The matter of how to collect grain and pay taxes is under the jurisdiction of the magistrate, and Chen Xiaoguang, as a military minister, cannot interfere.

However, the matter of employing village girls and village women belongs to the category that Chen Xiaoguang should be in charge of.

"When they hired people, did they pay them in advance?" Chen Xiaoguang pointed to the team sent to hire people, and asked Hua Cun Zheng seriously.

Hua Jiang hurriedly gave his hand and explained: "It's enough, it's enough, their daily salary is 100 yuan, and the military master gives 1,000 yuan each, and he also takes care of food and where he lives." ”

Chen Xiaoguang nodded with a smile, the military regulations were abnormally strict, and he believed that no one in his old subordinates dared to withhold them.

When the army went out on an expedition, there were no certain rules on the wages and accommodation of the hired people, and it depended on the situation in each locality.

Chen Xiaoguang's wage standard is not arbitrarily given. After preliminary calculations, it will only take two days at most for the main army to travel from Hanzhou to Chengdu.

Although Chengdu City is high and deep, it is impossible to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of hundreds of artillery. If it is fast, it will be one day, and if it is slow, it will take two days, and the Han army will break through the city of Chengdu.

Counting the time for the village girls to return to the village from Chengdu, it is more than enough to pay ten days' wages in advance.

Hua Jiang thought that Chen Xiaoguang would ask about money and grain, but Chen Xiaoguang said: "Looking at their appearance, they shouldn't have gone far away, if it's convenient for you, just stay." The wages are the same as theirs, ten days in advance, in charge of food, and in charge of shelter. It's just that you have to make sure that when the time comes, you can send them back to the village safely, how about it? ”

This is simply a beautiful thing of pie falling from the sky, Hua Jiang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and frequently gave up his hands and thanked him a thousand times.

In fact, as the village leader of Huajiang, when the official collects grain and taxes, he can fish in troubled waters and make a small fortune.

The daily salary of 100 wen is not a particularly large amount for Hua Jiang's family.

However, if Chen Xiaoguang borrowed force and made very excessive demands for money and food, this would be a big problem.

From the perspective of the responsibilities of the village leader, once he did not collect enough money and grain from the villagers, he needed Huajiang, the village leader, to use his own family's money and food to fill the hole in the lack first.

This is going to kill Hua Jiang, how big of a hole can he fill with his little family background?

Now, not only is there no risk of breaking the family, but there is still a hundred dollars to get every day, and he also takes care of food, how can Hua Jiang not be happy?

After everything was cleaned up, Chen Xiaoguang led the team and returned to the original starting place, behind the small hill.

Unlike the infantry army, the cavalry camped at night, not requiring the formation of a strong village and digging deep ditches, but the use of a cart carrying grain to circle the outside of the camp.

It was a time of war, and the requirements for the cavalry to camp at night were: no one removed his armor, and the horse did not leave the saddle.

When it was time for dinner, Chen Xiaoguang, like ordinary soldiers, held a large porcelain bowl and lined up to eat.

What Chen Xiaoguang didn't expect was that at this moment, in the carriage of the carriage, Zhang Xuexian gently lifted the curtains and stared at him intently.

The Zhang family of Shu is also a big family, and before Zhang Xuexian's father died, although his status was much lower than that of Zhang Ye, he was also the deputy commander of the army.

In Zhang Xuexian's impression, he is also the father of a military general, and he never eats with vulgar soldiers, let alone queues up together.

Since being captured by Min Zihao, Zhang Xuexian has been disheartened and almost completely desperate.

Min Zihao, that bastard, said a lot of nonsense, but one thing was extremely correct. If so, the small court of Shu Meng is really dead, and Miao Zhen Immortal himself is difficult to protect, where is there still enough strength to protect Zhang Xuexian?

Zhang Xuexian knew in her heart that no matter how much Min Zihao was a bastard, what he said about his poor face was not completely nonsense.

With Zhang Xuexian's peerless appearance, after losing the protection of the hard backer, he is like a three-year-old child, holding the Golden Buddha and swaggering through the market, and he will definitely be coveted by the powerful.

Originally, Zhang Xuexian thought that Chen Xiaoguang would come to interrogate her, but she didn't think that after Chen Xiaoguang handed her over to eight rustic village girls and village women to take care of, she didn't care anymore.

The few little Dao aunts who were arrested with Zhang Xuexian were actually her personal maids, just dressed as Dao aunts.

Eight village girls and village women, all of them are hairy women, and they don't understand anything, which makes Zhang Xuexian very tired.

Now, although Chen Xiaoguang released those little Dao aunts, he put them and Zhang Xuexian in different places, and they were far away.

With Zhang Xuexian's wisdom, he can see through Chen Xiaoguang's careful thinking at a glance. Chen Xiaoguang should have been worried that when their master and maid got together, they would probably cause trouble, so he did this on purpose, right?

But the problem is that the women in the village that Chen Xiaoguang found are more stupid than one another, and one is more stupid than the other, and there is no way to call them.

Zhang Xuexian, who is used to being pampered, really can't bear it, and she has to let the maids return to her side no matter what.

It's just that Zhang Xuexian has been hesitant about how to talk to Chen Xiaoguang. k

After getting through the initial panic, Zhang Xuexian has now regained her composure. Now that Min Zihao has sold her, the so-called water is difficult to collect, and there is no turning back.

Zhang Xuexian also knows that her appearance is too attractive to men, and even her uncle is desperate to occupy her, let alone other men?

Therefore, Zhang Xuexian racked her brains to approach and curry favor with Miao Zhen Xianchang, the purpose was to seek her refuge.

However, the world is unpredictable, Zhang Xuexian, who escaped from the world and avoided disasters, still did not escape Min Zihao's calculations, was captured from Qingcheng Mountain, and fell into the Han army's military camp.

Zhang Xiaoguang, the general of the Han army, actually held a thick bowl and lined up with the soldiers to receive the meal, which completely refreshed Zhang Xuexian's old concept.

In Zhang Xuexian's old thoughts, what she was most worried about was whether she would be bullied by men if she was mixed in the vulgar military heap.

However, neither on the way to the march nor after camping, not a single soldier approached the carriage. Even the few guards in charge of guarding it have been staying ten feet away, monitoring the movement here from a distance.

The temporary safety could not completely dispel Zhang Xuexian's doubts. After all, people are knives, she is fish and meat, and the future is uncertain.

Zhang Xuexian has been staring at Chen Xiaoguang's every move, just wondering, what kind of person is Chen Xiaoguang?

When Chen Xiaoguang squatted on the ground like the soldiers and ate heavily, Zhang Xuexian was stunned.

After all, Zhang Xuexian is the daughter of a military general, and she knows some of the rules in the barracks, how has she ever seen such a scene of unanimity between officers and soldiers?

"Well, whoever goes, you go and tell the guards, and say I want to see their commander." Zhang Xuexian pointed to an idle village girl and told her to pass the word.

However, the village girl was like a goose, just standing by the carriage stupidly, looking at Zhang Xuexian blankly.

Zhang Xuexian was very helpless. However, she is used to eating and drinking, and without a personal maid by her side, her daily life has become a mess.

After saying it, the village girl finally understood what Zhang Xuexian meant. However, she was so frightened that she waved her hand again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "I...... Afraid ......" was too timid to go to the guards.

In desperation, Zhang Xuexian had to find another way. Fortunately, among the eight village girls, there was a village woman who had entered the county seat, and she was also very spicy and bold, so she asked her to find the guards.

The guards hurriedly reported the news to Chen Xiaoguang, Chen Xiaoguang smiled faintly, and said in his heart, what is there to talk about between him and Mei Jiaoniang?

In the Han army, no one climbed up by nepotism, and all of them relied on solid military exploits to get ahead.

Even if it is a fairy-like Zhang Xuexian, it is very likely to become the woman of His Majesty the Emperor, so what does it have to do with him Chen Xiaoguang?

What's more, in front of everyone, Chen Xiaoguang went to see Zhang Xuexian, if there were rumors involving the private affairs of men and women, wouldn't it be his own death?

Chen Xiaoguang made up his mind and resolutely did not go to see Zhang Xuexian, so he instructed the guards guarding it: "If she has anything, just let you convey it." ”

Zhang Xuexian never dreamed that Chen Xiaoguang would react like this, and for a while, he had no idea.

However, Zhang Xuexian really couldn't stand the stupidity of a few village girls, so she had to tell the village woman what she wanted, and the village woman went to tell the guards.

After Chen Xiaoguang learned of Zhang Xuexian's request, he couldn't help but smile slightly, he deliberately separated Zhang Xuexian's master and maid far away, just because he was worried that there would be demon moths, how could he agree to this kind of request?

"No, I can't. Those little Dao aunts are likely to be meticulous and need to be interrogated slowly. The reason given by Chen Xiaoguang was very absurd, which made Zhang Xuexian hate itchy, but she was helpless.

Although the request was rejected, Zhang Xuexian also saw that the essence of the Han army and the Shu army was different.

The military discipline of the Han army was very strict, whether it was Zhang Xuexian herself, or the village girls and village women, they were not harassed at all.

In this way, Zhang Xuexian, who was originally worried that the maids would be bullied, gradually felt a lot more relieved.

On that day, Zhang Xuexian had no appetite to eat. The next morning, when her stomach was rumbling with hunger, the village woman brought two pancakes and a bowl of wild vegetable and jerky soup.

The pancakes looked yellow, but they were dry and hard, and Zhang Xuexian completely lost his appetite after only taking one bite.

There are no condiments in the soup of wild vegetables and dried meat, and the wild vegetables in the soup have a strong earthy smell, which is really unappetizing and difficult to swallow.

Cakes and lying down, how to bring them into the carriage, and how to bring them out, Zhang Xuexian would rather be hungry than eat this kind of pig food.

After Chen Xiaoguang learned about it, he couldn't help sneering: "When the army was out on the expedition, the emperor and his old people all ate this, how old is she, is she more noble than the emperor?" Hmph, if you like to eat or not, if you don't eat and pull down, just be hungry for a few meals. ”

Chen Xiaoguang did what he said, for lunch and dinner, what was placed in front of Zhang Xuexian was still pancakes and wild vegetable jerky soup.

After starving for four meals in a row, Zhang Xuexian couldn't hold it anymore, so she had to soak the pancakes in the wild vegetable soup and eat them with her nose pinched.