Chapter 35: The Commander of the Command

When An Yi followed Lin Muzhi to the gate of the camp, he saw more than a dozen carts with sacks parked there, and An Xin stood in the middle, holding a booklet in his hand, as if he was counting the number.

This camp is not far from the location of the granary, it is in the southwest corner of the village, and it is the place where the original Chengdu Youwei Baihu was stationed. When they came here, they were naturally stationed here. The facilities of the original camp have basically disappeared with the relocation of the 100 households, but a few houses and fences have been built in some places.

"Xin'er."

An Yi greeted his sister who was standing on the grain cart,

When An Xin saw her brother coming, she jumped out of the car with her floral dress, ran towards him, frowned at her brother and said, "Brother, the grain and grass allocated to us by this treasury are completely allocated according to our current number, and it is only enough to support one month." ”

An Yi understood what his sister meant, that is to say, if his team expands by even one person, this food will not be enough to eat for a month. He asked his sister, "What about the rest?" How much has been allocated? ”

An Xin worked hard towards the last car covered with black cloth: "No, I just finished ordering, a total of one hundred and fifty taels." ”

The salaries of the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty would vary according to the region, the type of soldier they belonged to, and the level of status. Generally speaking, the salary of the guards is higher than that of the green battalion soldiers, but the salary of the ordinary head soldiers of the green battalion in places such as Jiangnan is eight to ten taels a year, but the salary of the guards in the eastern Liaodong region may only be about five taels, and if it is the guard in the northwest and other places, this standard may be lower.

There are also special cases, that is, Gansu Town, Datong Town and other important towns on the nine sides, their salaries far exceed those of other regions in the northwest, and even comparable to the provinces south of the Yangtze River. However, if you participate in the defense or support work of the Nine Border Towns as a team training, then the salary will be distributed according to the standards of the local green camp, but it is less than three or five taels a year. Therefore, there are often comrades in the army of the Great Xia Dynasty who are obviously fighting side by side, and the annual salary may even be as much as ten taels.

The food and salary are supplied by the local provinces, and each province must strictly follow the system of the imperial court, so the results brought by many green battalions and regimental training to the border are not even as good as the original small number but single category of border town soldiers, many direct generals and even general soldiers are helpless, and have to sacrifice execution and morale in exchange for the balance between soldiers with different salary standards, and the chaotic salary system can also be seen.

Lin Muzhi interjected on the side: "They said that we will distribute it according to the standard of three taels a year in Sichuan Green Camp, and it will be for a total of three months here. ”

An Yi asked, "Did the treasury say when the food and wages would be distributed to us in full?" ”

Lin Muzhi shook his head and replied: "My people told me that the people from the treasury only said that these were for us first, and when I asked them about the follow-up salary, the answer I got was to let him wait. ”

Although he has not been in the army, he understands that although this regimental training is not very popular with the regular green battalion, how can this ration be paid on a monthly basis, it is estimated that someone is hindering it. A month's grain and grass, not to mention recruiting new soldiers, just look at the empty granary in Songling Village, and it is indispensable that half of this grain and grass will be distributed to the villagers at that time, so you can't watch them all starve to death, right? Thinking of this, Comfort can't help but have some headaches.

An Xin said angrily: "Brother, I think the Chengdu garrison is deliberately embarrassing us, obviously it is necessary to give us grain and grass but deliberately withhold it, in my opinion, we should go to the King of Shu and punish him severely." ”

An Yi listened to her sister's words, thought about it, and shook her head. Not to mention that the grain and salary of the government treasury were not not distributed, but people also said that because of the war in the border town, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and a part of it was distributed first. If this reason is taken out, the King of Shu must have nothing to talk about, and in the end, he has to make his own way of telling right and wrong.

Besides, even if the king of Shu waved his hand and punished the filthy officials, one person would participate in them, so where would the face of the inspector in charge of the supervision of Sichuan officials go? Originally, he had already killed the Taketori political envoy before entering Chengdu, and then Qianyunlou formed a bond with the son of the commander of the envoy, and then the envoy was also provoked together, and he did not take office for a few days to offend the "three divisions", and then An Yi may be the most bullish regimental training envoy in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Thinking of this, An Yi said to the two of them: "That's it, I'll solve the matter of food and salary, Xin'er will count these food and pay first and put them in the library, Brother Lin, you take Ming Yin to settle the brothers, I will go to Chengdu to meet a few people." ”

Lin Muzhi and An Xin glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Okay! ”

An Yi nodded at the two of them, led a fast horse, and ran to Chengdu County.

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Sichuan is the commander of the embassy

Inner hall

In the center of the bright inner hall is a square table with marble nanmu trim, and next to the table sits an old man with white temples and a white beard fluttering under his dark face. Dressed in a red-bottomed silk official robe, with black foundation soap boots, and a leopard-like patch on his chest. In the Great Xia Dynasty, the standard dress of the three-rank military attaché of this imperial court.

"My lord, the young man is asking to see you outside the door."

A man dressed as a servant stood at the door of the inner hall and bowed to the old man at the table.

The old man raised his head to look at the people outside the door, raised his hand, and motioned for the young man to come in.

When the young man heard the sound, he rushed out of the door and stepped into the inner hall. This young boy is Zeng Ziren, who borrowed wine to make trouble in Jiangyun Tower that day. The old man was naturally his father, Zeng Hanru, the commander of the Sichuan Metropolitan Command Division.

Zeng Hanru glanced at his son who walked in quickly, and said with a brow: "How many times have I told you, be steady, you see that you don't know how to do something serious day by day, and you know that you are running around." ”

Zeng Ziren hurriedly put a smile on the stern old man, and sat lightly on the opposite side of the square table. This old man doesn't know what's wrong with him in recent years, he is very dissatisfied with himself, and he has to scold himself for a long time for some small things. You must know that a few years ago, he was reluctant to say a heavy word to himself.

Zeng Hanru raised his head and said to Zeng Ziren: "Ziren, did you get drunk and make trouble in that Jiangyun Tower a few nights ago?" ”

"Dad, look at what you said, it's just a quarrel with the guests when you go to the Qianyun Tower to drink." Zeng Ziren took the purple sand teapot in the handmaid's hand, and as he spoke, he stood up and filled the teacup in front of the old man.

Zeng Hanru looked at him, snorted coldly, and said: "You have to have a longer memory, and I told you that Jiangyun Tower is a place of right and wrong, and it is better to go less, especially the Liu shopkeeper, and provoke less!" ”

Zeng Ziren was still holding back this evil breath by Liu Siyi in his chest, and when he heard his father say this, he hurriedly asked: "Dad, you always say how this Qianyun Building is, how is the surname Liu, what is her backstage?" Let you be afraid of all the commands? ”

After Zeng Hanru heard his words, the teacup that had already reached his mouth was put heavily on the table by him.

"Afraid? I have been a Hanru all my life, and I can sit upright. I came out of the black gauze hat step by step, why am I afraid? I'm afraid of you, I'm idle every day, playing right and wrong, and accidentally falling into their hands, not only will your life be difficult, but even my reputation will be implicated by you. ”

His tone was a little angry as he spoke, and the two pale mustaches on his mouth were constantly bulging by heavy snorts.

Zeng Ziren saw that the old man was a little angry by himself, and hurriedly put the teacup that Zeng Hanru had put on the table with a smile on his face and gently lifted it to his face and said, "I didn't mean that, you are angry, come and drink tea." ”

Zeng Hanru glanced at his son with an angry smile, took the teacup, took a few sips and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the shopkeeper of the Qianyun Building should be called Liu Siyi, right?" ”

"That's right, it's Liu Siyi." Zeng Ziren said on the side,

"When I was the commander of the right guard in Chengdu, the current political envoy Zhu Zongchen was the left political envoy of the political envoy department. I remember that it was at a banquet that the first time I saw this Liu Siyi was with Zhu Zongchen. Later, after he became a political envoy, I was also transferred to the commander of the envoy as a commander, and the Qianyun Building was opened, and the shopkeeper was this Liu Siyi. ”

Zeng Hanru looked out of the door and recalled that although he had only met Liu Si once, he was very impressed by this woman. First of all, in terms of body appearance, it is a masterpiece in the world, which is easy for every man to remember. What's more, the banquet was all dignitaries from various provinces in Sichuan, regardless of whether she was brought by Zhu Zongchen or not, it was definitely not an idle woman who could appear on that occasion.

He glanced at Zeng Ziren on the side. I am an old man, I am very distressed, since I was a child, my husband and wife have held this Zeng Ziren in the palm of their hands, and they are used to not being presentable. But Zeng Ziren, who doesn't have much life experience, can easily become a tool used by others. Therefore, in recent years, he has begun to be deliberately harsh, blaming him, reminding him, and not asking for anything to do, at least he can be content to be a rich man in peace.

Zeng Ziren always didn't seem to understand the old man's painstaking efforts, and he smiled mysteriously: "I didn't expect the political envoy to be okay with this?" ”

"Smack!"

Zeng Hanru slapped his son on the forehead and scolded: "Don't tell you to tell right and wrong, and chew your tongue like a woman here, that political envoy is a feudal official of the imperial court, can you judge it casually?" ”

Zeng Ziren covered his forehead and grinned in pain, although his father was already in the year of the Mandate of Heaven, he was also a man who had survived a hundred battles, and the strength in his hands was not small.

He looked at his son's uncompetitive appearance, so he was angry, picked up the teacup on the table and took a few sips, suppressed the anger in his chest, and said to Zeng Ziren: "By the way, why did you come to me?" ”

Zeng Ziren remembered his intentions and hurriedly said: "Dad, didn't you ask me to pay attention to our military attachés at all levels in Chengdu some time ago and recommend it to you." ”

"Oh? So how did you observe? ”

Zeng Hanru looked at his son with interest.

"Chengdu garrisons Xia Ang, and his son thinks that he is loyal, fair and honest, and well-governed, and he is a good official and should be promoted."

Zeng Hanru was relieved when he heard this, his son was finally willing to do something serious, and his tone softened a little, "Xia Ang is indeed a good person, he always bears loads, and he doesn't form gangs, and the subordinate armies of Chengdu Prefecture can also be taken care of in an orderly manner." It's just a temporary lack of merit, so it's a talent that can be referenced. ”

If the old man knew that Zeng Ziren still had Xia Ang's 100,000 taels of silver tickets in his cuffs, he would faint on the spot.

Zeng Ziren was a little anxious when he heard this: "That, Dad, now that you don't fight, where did you get your merits as a military attaché?" I think that Xia Ang, you can give him an official position of commanding affairs, and slowly cultivate it first. ”

Zeng Hanru glared at him and said, "I only let you observe military attachés at all levels, do you want me to recommend official positions?" ”

Zeng Ziren was still unwilling, "But ....."

Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by the old man's fierce eyes, and waved his hand towards the door.

"I still have official business to do, you can go back first!"

Zeng Ziren saw that his father didn't listen, snorted angrily, and walked away.