Chapter 158: The Desire for War
Yi, who was four or five years old, looked nervously at the fawn in front of him, holding a bow and arrow that was almost about the same height as him, and aimed it.
Yi used the strength of the milk to pull the bow apart.
"Buzz!"
The bowstring trembled slightly, and the arrow flew crookedly.
The frightened prey looked up and looked around, ran wildly, and in the blink of an eye ran away without a trace.
The prey ran away, Yi Xiao's face was flushed, and he looked angry.
Seeing this, he laughed and said, "Yes, this is your first time shooting arrows, and I am very pleased to be able to behave like this." ”
Yi pursed his lips and said, "But the prey ran away." ”
"It's not the prey that matters, it's your courage that counts, and that's the most important quality of a leader."
"Yi has courage, Yi will be the leader!"
Yi patted his chest and said.
Xing rubbed Yi's head and said, "Okay, courageous Yi, it's not my child." ”
At this time, someone came to report: "Chief, there is still a messenger from the still clan." ”
"Oh! How did they come. ”
Xing Tian paused and said, "I know, Yi, let's go!" ”
Chang'an City.
After the end of the war, Yang Hao buried the fallen soldiers in the tomb of the warriors according to the custom, and placed their ranks in the place of sacrifice.
And with a hundred officials, he went to worship in person.
Yang Hao gave the soldiers enough respect to make the soldiers moved, and let the soldiers know that at least after their death, they don't have to bury their bones in the wilderness, worrying about being eaten by wild beasts, and their souls have nowhere to go.
Using the dead soldiers to create an image of loving soldiers like sons, Yang Hao did not have the slightest sense of guilt.
There are no immortals in war, the dead will not come back to life, and if the dead can bring comfort to the living, then this is their last value.
Although there were almost no casualties in this war, and the fighting was not tragic, Yang Hao still gave rewards to the soldiers.
After the concept of money was introduced, the soldier's reward was replaced by copper coins.
As a captain, Song's reward is more than that of ordinary soldiers, and he has a consistent copper coin.
This has always been a copper coin, which is not a small amount in Daqi, at least enough to buy enough rice for one person to eat for a month.
And during this time, the monthly military salary is also two cents.
After making up the money for the prostitute, Song saved up all the military salaries he had paid.
He had long fallen in love with a copper hairpin in the Daqi grocery store, but a copper hairpin cost eight yuan.
Such an expensive thing, he couldn't afford it before.
But now Song is very grateful to the Great Xia army for attacking Daqi, if it weren't for them, I don't know how long it would take to accumulate this copper hairpin to buy it.
When it was time to rest, his men all ran to the brothel.
Song didn't go, but took his entire net worth and came to the grocery store.
As a state-owned shop in Daqi, it is also the only shop in Chang'an City, and the goods in it are absolutely dazzling from the perspective of this era.
The staff of the grocery store are all grassroots officials who have been trained by the household department, and they have mastered some simple addition and subtraction procedures, and it is not a problem to sell some goods.
Seeing someone coming in and seeing the rank on his chest, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and said, "This captain, what do you need to buy?" ”
"Is there a copper hairpin here?"
The first time I came to sell something, Song was a little nervous.
The shopkeeper looked at Song in surprise, the copper hairpin is a luxury item, except for the big guys in Daqi who bought it to dress up their own women, no one else has bought it.
Although the person in front of him was a military commander and an officer, the price of a copper hairpin was higher than his Yulu, which couldn't help but surprise him.
Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't speak, Song was a little disappointed.
"Gone?"
The shopkeeper came back to his senses and said, "Yes, yes! Wait a minute! ”
Song Wenyan exhaled lightly.
After a while, the shopkeeper took out a small box from the shelf and said, "This Wu Chief, these are those jewelry, not only copper hairpins but also other things. ”
Looking at the golden ornaments in the wooden box, he swallowed his saliva.
This box of copper has been on top of his money for several years.
"If you make these knowledge into copper coins"
I don't dare to think about it anymore when I think of this.
"These are all newly created jewelry by craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, you see this, it is said that the original concubine loves this very much."
The shopkeeper took out a hairpin shaped like a butterfly and introduced.
Although the butterfly is not lifelike, it is very much in line with the aesthetics of this era, and it looks like it gives people a mysterious feeling.
"How much copper is this?"
"This one is more expensive, and you have to always have copper coins."
The corners of Songyi's mouth twitched, and he guessed a total of copper coins all over his body, although he liked this very much, but the cyst was shy, so he could only shake his head.
Song looked at it, picked up a copper hairpin with only one pendant, and said, "How much copper is this." ”
"That's six copper coins."
Song nodded and said, "Okay, that's it." ”
Painfully, he took out six copper plates from his arms, and after the transaction, Song looked around, and his eyes stayed on a jar.
"What is this?"
"This is wine, and now there are only two jars and a small spoon in the shop, so you need a lot of money."
"What? So expensive? ”
Matsu gasped.
The shopkeeper sighed and said: "Alas, of course it's expensive, it is said that this thing is made of grain, and a lot of grain guesses have come out of such a small jar, and I'm afraid we can't afford to buy a mouthful of it a year." ”
"How can this good food be used to make this thing, and how good it is to keep it for people to eat."
"This has nothing to do with our Daqi, these things are all left by Sanyu, the leader is thrifty, and he didn't keep this really expensive thing for himself to enjoy, if it is the leader of other clans, how can such a good thing be enjoyed by the civilians."
The shopkeeper sighed.
"That being said, this thing is also too expensive."
Loose sighed.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This is also a matter of no choice, there are only two jars in total, and naturally someone will buy and drink if you want to drink."
A few days ago, a few Wu Commanders bought three spoonfuls together and drank them.
”
"There are actually people who buy it."
Song was a little stunned.
The shopkeeper just smiled when he heard this.
Song looked at the copper hairpin in his hand, touched the few remaining copper coins in his arms, and sighed.
Looking at the various goods in the shop, he shook his head and left here.
Although the grocery store is good, it seems to be two worlds for him, who is extremely poor.
He wanted those things, he wanted to live a good life, and he felt that he had never been so eager for war as he was now, and only war could allow him to get a reward quickly, and with enough copper money, he could buy whatever he wanted.
But the premise of all this is to live, he doesn't want to die, thinking of what Yang Hao said, sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime, through a few battles, he feels that this sentence is very right.
Back at the barracks, Song came to the school field alone and silently practiced his fighting skills.