In a narrow and lonely alley in the east gate, a small courtyard is lit by a few oil lamps. Four people were talking around the table, and the hall was filled with the smell of alcohol.

"Shizi sent Yu Er, and then he talked to me!" Yin Jialin's eyes lit up, "The prince gave me two paths, let me choose by myself." One way is to keep the secular position, disarm and return to the field, and return to the local master! ”

"What will you do? Big brother, will you farm? Feng Ruhu, the bearded man, rolled his eyes and said, and the other two nodded vigorously.

Yin Jialin didn't care about their thoughts, and spoke to himself.

"This second way is still reserved for the world, and I went down to a county village team to be the captain. Come back when you're ready. ”

Wu Yuankang hurriedly nodded and said, "County Guardian Team!" Our left guard, looking at the stall is quite large, but the real soldiers are only 300 honor guards. I heard Tao Xiansheng's mother-in-law say that the commander of the county brigade is a battalion-level treatment, and he can bring hundreds of soldiers in the future! ”

"Did you listen to Tao Xiansheng's mother-in-law?" Yang Neng looked disdainful, and teased Wu Yuankang and said: "Tao Xiansheng's mother-in-law is like a flower and jade, will she talk to you, a rough person?" ”

"This ......" Wu Yuankang was a little embarrassed. He had a crush on Tao Xiansheng's mother-in-law, but he never dared to confess, and finally became a joke in Weili. However, his current mother-in-law doesn't care, and he is at ease.

"She told my mother-in-law about it!" Wu Yuankang generously admitted.

The three brothers fought with open swords and secret arrows, but it did not affect Yin Jialin. He nodded and said, "To be honest, I was also very tempted at the time, and being able to lead the troops is finally a way out!" Then I thought, no! The contemptible people turned out to be the genuine left guards of the thousand households, and the imperial court was a five-grade official, how could he go to the countryside to train the villagers? After training the township soldiers, it's not that you can't fight! Those who go out to fight are caravans! ”

"That's right! Chengdu Mansion is going to fight, and when will Zhang Xianzhong come! The other three went crazy with the strength of the wine and slammed the table.

"Then you know, why did I go to the caravan again?"

Yin Jialin sold a pass, and the three of them shook their heads.

"As soon as I was ruthless, I said to the son: I am a hereditary military attaché, and my mother's womb is the fate of serving the field! It's the fate of the Horse Leather Shroud! The last general doesn't want to train the villagers! ”

Listening to Yin Jialin's bold words, Feng Ruhu stood up suddenly, stepped on the stool with his right foot, hammered the table with a fist, and jumped up the dishes in unison.

He roared loudly: "Big brother! Balls! ”

"There's a fart!" Yang Neng retorted: "Isn't it fun to offend the prince? As soon as the cup of the prince fell, the curtain was lifted, and a few knife and axe hands rushed up, and they immediately took it out and cut it, hanging their heads! ”

"I was really scared!" Yin Jialin nodded and admitted, "It's just that the prince laughed at that time!" He said that General Yin liked to fight, much like someone standing at the door. Yes! Yin Jialin imitated the tone of the prince at that time, "You go to the caravan together to be a small soldier!" If you pass the training, you will fight! ”

"Is there really a fight?!" Feng Ruhu, a bearded man, was so envious that his saliva flowed out, "Who to beat?" ”

"I also asked the son. Shizi tore open the curtain on the wall of his office, and the curtain turned out to be ...... There's a map hidden behind it! Shizi took a bamboo stick and pointed it out on the map, and explained to me why he wanted to fight and where to fight......

"Say! Eldest brother! Feng Ruhu was so anxious.

However, Yin Jialin stopped here and didn't say anything.

"Military aircraft must not be leaked! Old Feng, you just bear with it. Yang Neng said. All of you here are hereditary officers, and you know all these rules.

Lao Feng rudely pushed away the dishes in front of him and stood up: "No! I don't know if Lao Tzu can't live anymore! Lao Tzu is going to ask for the son, so take me with you if you fight! Our Feng family has not killed anyone for ten fucking generations, my father, my grandfather, and my grandfather are all old and sick to death, and it's not worth it to die! ”

"Look at your appearance, your face is red and strong, you can't stand steadily, can you go and ask for the son of the world now?" Yin Jialin scolded sharply, and then changed his head: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you have washed up, and I will accompany you to ask for the son!" Anyway, now that the city is locked, the prince also carries filial piety and will not run around. As long as you say in front of the prince that you are not afraid of death in war, I will allow the prince to be sure. It's just that you have to say it in advance, if you can't pass the training, let alone go to the battlefield, you won't even be able to keep the errand of the guard in the future! You are like this, so am I, and so are all the officers of the Guard who wish to join the caravan! ”

The left guard turned to protect the caravan, and it turned out that there was still this joint! Wu Yuankang understood, and hurriedly said:

"If you can't keep it, you can't keep it! If we can't even pass the training of small soldiers, then what kind of generals do we have! Although we are genuine guards, we are far from being compared to the guard platoon of the prince. I was guarding the Zunyi Gate, and I saw those guards and platoons every day. Just looking at the figure of the standing guard, our left guard lost. The soldiers of the guard platoon always stand straight, and that spirit is so energetic that I don't know how the prince of the world practiced! I heard that those soldiers were selected by Mr. Shu from among the veterans who had fought in the battles of Tsing Yi River, Yazhou, Niutouzhai and Pengshan River Estuary, and they were all ...... with one enemy."

"One against a hundred, that's not necessarily! Their platoon commander named Wei is not as strong as me! "Feng Ruhu likes to raise the bar with people when he drinks.

"Fighting a war is more flesh than having it on your body? Changshan Zhao Zilong (Note 1) in the temple is still wearing the clothes of a literati! How can you ...... Zhao Zilong than Zhao Zilong" Wu Yuankang sneered.

"Alright, don't fight! Lao Feng, don't look down on that Wei platoon leader. In the Battle of Yazhou, he killed three thieves with a bamboo spear and captured seventeen. It's a bamboo gun! ”

"Hey, it's still the big brother who said it right!" Yang Neng came out to play a round, "Since the prince chose the Wei platoon leader to be the captain of the guard, he must have something extraordinary!" ”

Feng Ruhu was not good at arguing with Yin Yang and the two brothers, so he had to find Wu Yuankang to bully him again.

"Xiao Wu, are you going to fight?"

"Of course the little brother wants to go, but it's just ...... The fields at home. The harvest is about to be harvested. This year, the sun and rain are good, if the sky opens the eyes, there is no problem with the yield of two stones per mu in autumn. As soon as I shook my hands and left, my daughter-in-law ......"

"If you want to go to war, you don't have to think about the fields, and you can't think about your daughter-in-law!" Yin Jialin's voice was faint, but it sounded extremely stern.

"Let me reveal one more thing to you: Liu Qianzhong's matter is not over, and it still needs to be investigated! Some people even have their brains chopped off! In the future, Zheng Changshi, Mr. Shu, and Mr. Li from Wangzhuang will arrange it properly, don't worry about it. Those who can fight and are willing to fight in the left guard will be reorganized into a battalion with the caravan. Those who remain in the guard are waste people like Yu Lao Er and Liu Lame. That day, I came out of the Jinde Hall and happened to meet Song Zhenzong. He whispered to me that as long as we are faithful, disciplined, and able to fight, the prince will never treat us badly, and we should not worry about money or land. Others who can't fight are useless if they have a job. WHAT THE PRINCE REALLY MEANS IS TO RECTIFY OUR LEFT GUARDS, SELECT THE ELITE, AND ELIMINATE THE REDUNDANT (RONG) SURPLUS. Soldiers must be selected and officers must be selected. If you can't choose, you really have to go home to farm and guard your daughter-in-law! ”

"Song Zhenzong told you? He's got a tight mouth, he's going to tell you? Lao Feng not only didn't believe Yin Jialin, but also obviously had a lot of opinions about Song Zhenzong, "I begged him last time, Brother Song, you fought a few battles in Yazhou and Jiangkou, and set up a dragon gate formation for your brothers to satisfy their hunger!" Guess what he answered? He told me to ask the Son! It's a shame that Lao Tzu used to treat him as his own brother, and often invited him to eat meat and drink wine! ”

"Song Zhenzong and their caravan are fighting, and the younger brother also learned about it through Wen Dou's big mouth." Wu Yuankang analyzed for Yin Jialin: "Big brother, this time Song Zhenzong suddenly said so much to you, maybe someone asked him to say it." ”

Han Wendou is one of the guards who followed Zhu Pingjin to Bifeng Gorge in Yazhou, and likes to laugh the most. Song Zhenzong and Xiaohong's stinky incident in Niujiaozhai, he set up the Longmen array several times for all the honor guards.

In fact, there is no need for Wu Yuankang to remind him, Yin Jialin understands in his heart. Song Zhenzong was waiting for him at the gate of the Jinde Palace, didn't he just want to give him a secret? Isn't it through him that he brought a message to Brother Weili? The person who can instruct Song Zhenzong knows who it is without even thinking about it. It's just that he can't say it.

Yin Jialin looked around at the brothers and said, "Don't guess here!" Now that the world is in turmoil, it is the season when heroes don't ask where they come from. Our left guards, for three hundred years, have been the personal soldiers of the Shu Palace, and we must not lose those caravan guards and Zhuang teams! You all treat me as a big brother, then the big brother will say hello to you: this opportunity was missed, and it will be difficult to come out in the future. When you go back tonight, you will quietly say hello to your brothers, and if you want to go to training, you will all sign up! Xiao Wu has always been careful and collected the list first. Then I asked Zheng Changshi to write a letter on our behalf, saying that we are all willing to go to war and accept that training! ”

"Good!" The table was slammed.

"What about the brothers outside the city?" Feng Ruhu was anxious, "The second and third children of my family all want to go into battle to kill people, but they can't get in Zhuangzi!" ”

"That's easy to do, wrap it up on your brother!" Yang Neng patted his chest, "The guards at the east gate are very familiar to my old Yang, and it's easy to hang someone down and spread the news!" ”

Wu Yuankang papped Feng Ruhu's arm: "Your three brothers have all gone, and there is no one left at home?" ”

"What?" Feng Ruhu shook his head, "Those two guys don't accept anyone, report one or not, they won't say that my eldest brother is biased?" They all reported it, but they didn't have anything to say if they couldn't pass the training. ”

"Good!" Yin Jialin's knuckles slammed on the table, making a crisp sound, "Think about it first, don't regret it!" The name is written on the song first. People, told them to come quickly. Three days later, as soon as the gates were opened, we were to set out. In four days, we will report to Pine Forest Mountain! ”

"So fast?" Wu Yuankang is still a little worried about his harvest, as well as his wife and daughter, "I still want to bring some things home!" ”

"Stuff to everyone. At that time, my old Yang sent someone to tow it back in a car! ”

Brother for so many years, Yin Jialin knows that what Wu Yuankang wants to say is not a package. He felt that he should make it clear to everyone, so as not to be complained about in the future: "Let me make it clear to you: the contemptible person will go down this time, although he will be suspended as the deputy battalion commander, but the official character is still the fifth grade." In addition, the treatment set by the prince to Lao Tzu in the caravan, the same as that of Song Zhenzong, is at the regimental level, with sixteen stones per month, all of which are folded into silver, one stone is folded into one or two five, a total of twenty-four taels, and Zhengdan is paid three hundred and twelve taels of silver a year. During the camp, battle robes, armor, knives and guns, bows and arrows, war horses, all combat weapons, and food were distributed free of charge. If you go, your treatment will probably remain the same. But how many soldiers I can lead, I don't know. ”

Three hundred and twelve taels a year at the regimental level! Feng Wu and the others were taken aback.

Sixteen stones per month, on the surface, the same as the imperial court, can be folded into silver, but it is much higher than the imperial court. The true color of the imperial court is folded, folded east, folded west, and there is not much left of the folding. Counting the grain received, the annual income of the deputy thousand households from the five-grade official is about less than seventy taels of silver. Fortunately, the guards of the Shu Palace, especially the guards of the guards, are not in arrears, and these officials have occupied some military land in the guard, and there are 100 stones of rent a year, so life is still passable. Compared with Yin Jialin and Feng Ruhu, Wu Yuankang's economic situation is even better. Because his wife is not only shrewd and capable, but also the famous number one master of horse crane in Weili, and often has some extra broken silver.

The free distribution of military weapons and food is also a temptation. The practice of the Ming army to go to war, the officers' weapons, armor, and horses are equipped by themselves, which is a big expense. For two kinds of war horses and armor alone, it costs fifty taels for a decent point, and one hundred taels for two kinds. Theoretically, these things can be received by Weili, but the things that are received are generally deducted from the opening fee. If you don't have enough money, or you lose the battle, or you hang up when you go out, or you don't grab something, then you will lose a lot.

Feng Ruhu's horse ran lame last month, and he was thinking about changing to another horse, which would save money. He happily brought a plate of fennel-marinated pig's head meat on the table to himself, and began to eat it.

Wu Yuankang glanced at Feng Ruhu with disdain, and said to Yin Jialin: "Big brother, I waited for the training of the caravan guard, and I have a way out." But there are still 20,000 people in Weili! The younger brother wondered, can you write a sentence on the song, and ask the prince to reward the people in Weili with a way out! ”

"That's it!" Yang Neng finally inserted a heartfelt sentence: "For someone like me who is not worthy, the son of the world must also give a way out!" ”

Note 1: It refers to the statue of Zhao Yun in the Zhaolie Temple (Wuhou Temple) of the Han Dynasty wearing Confucian robes. Book lovers who have the opportunity to travel to Chengdu can go and see it for themselves.