Chapter 288: Trivia in the Army
In the past few days, Chen Yue has rarely been idle, the affairs of the camp are handled by Yang Zhengping and Chen Ping, the logistics are in charge of Zhang Chengkai, and the ordnance repair is supplemented by Li Xiong, Liu San and others, and he does not need to bother with military affairs at all. In addition, Lu Zhenfei is still in Huai'an, and Chen Yue doesn't need to worry about Huai'an's government affairs. Chongzhen was accompanied by Chen Jianghe and others, and was busy meeting with magistrates from all over Jiangbei every day, and the affairs around Chongzhen were handled by Wang Yin and Yuan Kewang, and Chen Yue found that he had become an idler.
It's good to be free, so that you have time to accompany Princess Kunxing and see the scenery of the Yellow River and the sunset over the canal. Princess Kunxing, who was born in the palace since she was a child, was so free and easy, and she had seen such a beautiful scenery, and sent someone to call Chen Yue every morning, and accompanied her everywhere, and she was so happy that she was going crazy.
But on this day, Chen Yue could no longer accompany Kun Xing to play, because something tricky happened in the army.
After more than a month of combat rushing, the entire Pingnan Army was exhausted, and after arriving in Huai'an, Chen Yue did not train them strictly every day as usual, except for the soldiers who stayed behind to guard the camp, everyone else had a holiday.
The soldiers slept in the camp or simply went into the city to buy goods.
The Pingnan military salary is very high, and they never deduct it, most of the soldiers have a few dozen taels of silver, and the military discipline is good, which makes them the most popular people in Huai'an City.
There are often some tall soldiers with northern faces in the streets of Huai'an, and the people of Huai'an looked at them vigilantly at first, because the military discipline of the army in this era is extremely poor. Slowly, they found that these northern soldiers were generous and mild-mannered, and there was no such thing as forced buying and selling, and no one was raping and plundering. The people were pleasantly surprised, and asked each other, only to know that this was the army of the Marquis of Pingnan, who supported the emperor.
Therefore, when the soldiers of the Pingnan Army entered the city to go shopping, the merchants of Huai'an would take the initiative to receive them warmly, and some people even warmly pulled them to their homes to entertain them, and inquired about the heroic deeds of the Pingnan Hou.
Within a few days, the Hou of Pingnan loved the people like a son, his subordinate soldiers had good military discipline, and the image of high salaries and silver had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even some people came to the barracks and were willing to marry their daughters to the soldiers of the Pingnan Army. For some impoverished people, the generous salaries and rewards of the soldiers of the Pingnan Army were extremely attractive.
"Several brothers in my army have begged me for advice, wanting me to agree to their daughters-in-law, but there is no way but I can only come to tell you." Xiao Bing, the outpost chief of the infantry battalion, said to Chen Yue, although Xiao Bing is still the head of the outpost, he already has the rank of guerrilla general.
"It's all young men in their twenties, and it's the time when the blood is strong, and I'm afraid that something will happen." Xiao Bing sighed.
For a long time, the soldiers of the Pingnan Army have been running around continuously, and they have not stopped to repair at all, nor have they taken care of their own life events. At the beginning, considering that he would go south, Chen Yue mainly recruited single men when recruiting soldiers, so most of the soldiers in the army were single.
Now that I have come to the southern flower world, I also have a bulging bag of silver in my waist, plus look at the gentle women in the south, many people can't help it, if it weren't for the strict order that they must return to the camp at night, there must be many people who will not return at night.
In this case, Chen Yue naturally understands that the blockage cannot be blocked, and it must be channeled, but now is not a good time for the soldiers to get married, because Chen Yue himself does not know whether he will continue to fight, after all, King Fu has already been supported by the army of the four towns in Nanjing, and it is difficult to say whether Nanjing will establish King Fu as the emperor.
"They are all single young men, and it's understandable to want to get married, but after all, we are an army, and we can't do without rules, so let's let me think about it first and make a charter." Chen Yue said to Xiao Bing.
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"Master Hou." Wu Wan'er brought a cup of tea, put it on Chen Yue's table, and turned around to tidy up the room.
Looking at Wu Wan'er's beautiful figure, Chen Yue felt slightly apologetic in her heart, Wu Wan'er's affection for herself was obvious, but she had been playing with Princess Kunxing these days, but she had never cared about her, but she still served herself as always, doing things silently.
Feeling the burning gaze behind her, Wu Wan'er suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Yue's eyes bravely.
"Ahem", Chen Yue, who was drinking water, choked suddenly, and the tea sprayed everywhere.
"Oops, I can choke on tea." Wu Wan'er hurriedly walked over and wiped the water stains on Chen Yue's clothes.
Smelling the faint fragrance around him, Chen Yue didn't feel drunk, and couldn't help but reach out and hold Wu Wan'er's white jade-like wrist.
"Master Hou!" Wu Wan'er's face turned red with a "whoosh", struggled for a while, and lowered her head to let Chen Yue hold her wrist.
Gently hugging Wu Wan'er's delicate body and smelling the faint fragrance of her body, Chen Yue's mood calmed down.
"Master Hou, is there any trouble in the army?" After a long time, Wu Wan'er gently pushed away Chen Yue's hug, and asked in a low voice, she saw what Xiao Bing came in a hurry just now.
"It's a bit of a problem," Chen Yue thought for a while, and then told Wu Wan'er that Wu Wan'er had controlled the business of Beijing Honeycomb Coal, and her ability was average, maybe she had a good idea.
Sure enough, after listening to Chen Yue's story, Wu Wan'er smiled lightly and said, "This matter is easy to do." As he spoke, he whispered in Chen Yue's ear.
The next day, Chen Yue summoned the generals of the three armies, and the officers of the infantry battalion, cavalry battalion, and water battalion sentry general and above all attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Chen Yue announced to them the method of dealing with the soldiers' marriage.
It stipulates that the age must be 20 years old or older, and officers who are above the general flag can marry now, and below the general flag, the military age must be more than three years. Most of the soldiers in the army have only been in the army for more than a year, and in a little more than a year, the situation in the south will certainly be stabilized, and it is natural that the matter of settling in for the brothers should be considered at that time.
After the regulations were announced, the slightly restless military spirit suddenly calmed down, and for many soldiers, although they did not yet have the conditions to get married, they also saw hope.
Chen Yue promised that as long as they met the conditions for marriage, he would personally officiate their wedding.
A rule blocked ordinary soldiers, but there were many officers above the general flag, but to Chen Yue's surprise, no officer applied to Chen Yue for marriage, and in the end, Wu Wan'er solved the doubts in Chen Yue's heart.
Because these officers know that following Chen Yue, their future official positions will definitely be louder and louder, maybe in a few years, they will become a guerrilla of Qianzong, and now they are married to marry the daughter of a poor family at most, and in a few years, they will definitely be able to take a well-informed young lady from a large family.
So it's not worth getting married now!