"Set the car! Set of cars! Something happened! Hurry back to the village! ”

Several people shouted loudly, the horses that had been grazing were caught and put on the cart, and several leaders of the village community could not wait to get on the cart, jumped on a few bareback horses that had not had time to saddle the horses, grabbed their manes and galloped towards the village.

When these people on bareback horses arrived at the village community, the standard-bearer took out the order with a blank face and said: "Special exercise mobilization order, all those who have been retired within five years must rush to the township to assemble before the evening of the 13th, the day after tomorrow. ”

"The village representative and the village official, sign for it."

The two men stood up and immediately signed their names on two pieces of paper, signaling that they had received a notice.

Muramasa knew that he might not be able to ask anything, but he still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, "What's wrong?" But something happened to Song Di? ”

The rider nodded, didn't say much, put away the document proving that he had been notified, stuffed it in his saddle pocket, and immediately got up and continued on to the next stop.

Although the village community is not a city, the village cadres have to go to the village once a month, and the teachers and gentlemen in the village will also distribute newspapers every month, and they have to take them out and read them in the evening when the village community gathers or has a sacrificial meal.

Therefore, the people in the smallest administrative unit such as the village community also know the situation in the world.

The affairs of the Song Kingdom have been chaotic for more than a year, and many people in Sishang speculated that something might happen, but there was neither mobilization nor order to reduce land planting before, and people everywhere thought that it might not be bigger.

However, now it seems that I am afraid that there will really be a big war.

Several villagers looked at each other, two of them had participated in the Alignment War that year, and there was no such general mobilization at that time.

This time, he directly ordered everyone to report within five years of retirement, which has never been the case since the beginning of the change in Sishang.

Although there is a rehearsal every year, and retired soldiers have to go to the township regularly to participate in military training for a few days, it is usually regular, and this time it is a mobilization at a non-fixed time.

By the time everyone had returned, the riders had already left, and most of the people in the village had gathered in the courtyard where the autumn harvest would be used for threshing.

"Is this going to be a big battle?"

Many people asked nonsense, and their eyes were on the person who was a teacher in the village community, and the teachers in the village community were generally two people, most of whom were originally from the village community or nearby village communities, and they were the most educated people in the village community.

Mr. Teacher is exempt from military service, and in return, these people need to stay in the village community, which can be regarded as a gain and loss.

The teacher held up last month's newspaper and said: "The chaos in the Song Land is definitely going to happen, and if all countries want to send troops to interfere with the choice of the people in the Song Land, then we will definitely send troops." ”

"One is that the non-offensive covenant of the year is still valid, and the ten-year contract renewal period has not yet arrived."

"And then those princes and nobles stationed troops at our doorstep, and they can't fight it. I think it's going to be fought. ”

There are a lot of people who serve in the village, but in fact, there are not many who have actually been on the battlefield, because of the order of the five-year retirement call-up, those who have been on the battlefield are the people who fought against the Qi State back then.

Many people fanatically fought for the sake of the world's reputation and merits, and the public opinion propaganda that began four years ago to benefit the world made the people's enthusiasm for the war high.

When a few young people heard this, they shouted, "Then fight." ”

"I think I have to fight sooner or later, and I will fight early and soon. Let's fight, and we don't have to fight in our children's generation. ”

"That's what I'm saying, sooner or later, I'm going to fight. Didn't you say that equality and nobility cannot coexist, either our righteous deeds are in the world, or their righteous deeds are in the world. ”

After making some rambling remarks, Muramasa came forward and said, "Since it is to be recruited, we must arrive before the day after tomorrow." Clean up when you get home. ”

"Military uniforms will be distributed, food will be distributed, soap, tooth powder and other things will be distributed. That is, to bring some food, to eat on the road, or to eat when there is no meat when you arrive in the camp. ”

"As soon as you leave, if you really fight, you will have to plant fewer crops next year......"

The people below shouted: "We don't need to think about this, if there is a fight, there will be a notice before the autumn ploughing, and the people from the township office will be notified." ”

"We're leaving, and the woman's family has to do more."

Some people also laughed and said: "Not all of them are gone, and some people who have retired for five years stay." I have to worry that something like a dog will happen, and when I come back, the woman will run away with someone...... Hahaha. ”

As soon as he said this, someone said: "I am not afraid, if such an incident happens during the service, it will be sentenced." ...... who will be thrown into the South China Sea to build a paradise"

Several people laughed, the four words "building a happy land" is a very interesting saying, and the process of serving a prison sentence and labor camp for a person who has committed a crime in Sishang is called "going to a certain place to build a happy land".

The men all talked about the service in a nonchalant tone, and they were also afraid that the neighbors would laugh at them for their cowardice, and there were strict laws under the herd, and it was impossible not to serve.

Unless you choose to go home and cut off your thumb with a kitchen knife, but at this time the war has not yet broken out, and Sishang has not experienced a truly cruel war, and people have not yet realized the cruelty of war in the gunpowder age.

The women sighed, not only because they were worried about the fate of their loved ones, but also because of the long-term loneliness in the future.

After talking a little more, the families dispersed and went home, and made an appointment to gather in the courtyard at noon tomorrow, and after counting the number of people, the village was taking them to the township.

At that time, the people of the entire village community in the township will have to gather, and after arriving in the township, they may have to go to the county, and only after everyone has been gathered will they have the next move.

When the man who had been a cavalryman returned home, the woman began to get busy.

Since it is collective work, livestock and the like are raised and cared for by special people sent by the village community, that is, some chores in the family need to be handled by the women themselves.

There are a lot of things to carry when going out to serve, and the women don't care about any parting, they are busy frying soybeans and carefully wrapping some salted lard in a small jar, which are all delicious things that can improve life on the battlefield.

A pair of cloth shoes that were originally intended to be worn for the New Year were taken out at this time, and the man smiled: "You don't have to bring the shoes, they will be issued in the army." Besides, even if I go back, I will be a cavalryman, and I will be issued leather boots. Keep these cloth shoes, and wear them when I come back, and you can go and find the leather boots that I wore back from retirement. ”

"I'm afraid that the boots won't fit when the time comes."

Putting the cloth shoes away, the woman took out a piece of white cotton cloth from the house and skillfully tied a baggage.

This piece of white cotton cloth was left over from the funeral that year.

The funeral after Mozi's death was in accordance with the rules of the Mohist festival and the three-day mourning, and it also gave up the cumbersome distinction between the six decays, especially some very sparse linen cloth that was useless except for funeral.

After the death of a person, it can be used as a burden and a white cotton cloth for sewing clothes.

It's just right now.

Although everything is distributed in the army, the service is difficult after all, and sometimes the march is likely to be unable to eat meat and oil for a long time, and there are people who serve in each family, and they all have experience.

In terms of eating, it is to bring some fried soybeans, a jar of lard with salt, and a few pieces of sugar.

Clothes are generally not carried, but each branch of the military has its own practices that resemble superstition.

Like him, who is a cavalryman, will put a few horseshoe nails in his baggage, in fact, he generally does not need them, but I don't know who heard a fable about losing a horseshoe nail and losing a war, and it gradually spread in the army, like a superstition of the cavalry, they will carry a few more horseshoe nails, which can be regarded as protecting themselves.

Foot soldiers generally like to carry a copper plate with them, and most of the time they will sew a pocket on the inside of their chest to put the copper plate in it. Although we all know that we can't stop the buckshot at all, there is always a legend that someone has blocked it, so I have an attitude that I would rather believe it than not.

The superstitions of the artillerymen are more interesting, they will carry some firecrackers that do not sound during the New Year, in their opinion, the probability of the cannon blowing up is the same as the probability that the firecrackers do not explode during the New Year.

The man took out a few horseshoe nails from the house that his partner had given him back then, came out and squatted beside the stove, copied a few beans from the pot and chewed them in his mouth, and said very casually: "Fry a little bigger, I like a little mushy." ”

Like the tens of thousands of farmers who have received a call for call-up orders, he is not concerned about the upcoming war, but about whether the soybeans he wants to carry are ripe, whether he should sell a few horses to avoid being too busy to mow the grass, and what he should plant in the field if he does not come back next year......

It's bland, like just going out for a long time.