Song Yingsheng also felt almost the same way, although he had also seen many homeless beggars, but he was going north along the canal, and the disaster in Shandong was not too serious, he felt that the colleagues around him might have their butts crooked, and the people who followed He Yusheng certainly did not have a good impression of Daming. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Song Yingsheng also had to admit that Datong, with Li Zhuang as the core, was politically clear and the administrative efficiency was extremely high, far from being comparable to the backward method of knowing the county and managing everything and the gentry and clans of the Ming Dynasty, and the people lived a rich life, I am afraid that it was not under the south of the Yangtze River, and it was simply a miracle in the military towns in the northwest.

Thinking of this, Song Yingsheng smiled and said, "You are used to staying here in Datong, where can you compare with Li Zhuang in other places?" So at first sight, after having a heart of contrast, of course, nothing is pleasing to the eye. ”

Song Yingsheng's attitude is very obvious, he never believes that Daming's finances will collapse, and Yusheng has an amazing annual income, but Daming is a huge empire with hundreds of millions of people, and a year's in-kind tax alone will collect 26 million stones, what is this concept? The grain in the granary of Tongzhou is enough for millions of people in Beijing to eat for decades!

Everyone listened to Song Yingsheng's words, although they didn't fully accept his words, but anyway, if they praised Li Zhuang's side, it was not too out of line, and they nodded slightly at the moment, and if they didn't speculate, they didn't have to talk anymore.

The carriage staggered forward, but soon stopped again on the side of the road.

The carriages on the avenue were like flowing water meeting rocks, and they quickly separated on both sides.

All the vehicles stopped, and the coachman of a convoy not far away shouted: "What's the matter, this is the convoy from the county king's mansion to handle goods, what are we doing in the way." ”

"The King's Mansion?" A passer-by sneered and said, "Even if the acting king's mansion comes, it won't matter!" ”

Everyone really understands this rule, and of course the people in the county king's mansion also understand, so they were silent at first, and then couldn't help but ask: "What is going on?" Is Mr. Zhang back in Lizhuang? ”

"Lord Zhang has never done such a disturbing thing." The person who spoke earlier was warm-hearted, and explained to the group: "It is the soldiers who died in the north who have returned. ”

"Why did the fallen come back......

The people from the county king's mansion still wanted to say a few words of gossip, but at this time, a tall calmer soldier passed by and glared at this person fiercely, and immediately frightened this person did not dare to speak.

The place close to the Li Zhuang military division is very wide, this is still the barracks area, there are several large and small school fields alone, there is a very wide square from the intersection to the office area and the barracks area, and the remains of the fallen soldiers come from the north, pass through the avenue of the north and south canals, and arrive at the square area all the way.

The military personnel have been prepared for a long time, and this is not the first time, and everyone is very familiar with their roles and positions.

The melodious brass trumpet sounded, which was the rallying cry in the army and symbolized the last assembly of the fallen soldiers.

From a distance, the entrances of each village were full of people, men bowed with fists, women bent over like candles, and children all looked solemn.

In the case of Heyusheng's education system, respecting the military, acknowledging the achievements and status of the soldiers, and acknowledging that their contributions far exceed those of other classes of society, which is the most important part.

Every resident who lives in Tianchengwei to Lingqiu knows and understands very well that all the glory and glory, strength and status of Heyusheng today, including the living conditions of the people, are inseparable from the efforts and struggles of the army, and everything that everyone has depends on the defense of the soldiers.

A situation like the one in front of us, which was advocated or even coerced two or three years ago, has now been widely accepted.

There is also a theory that the military department has recruited too many soldiers in the area with Li Zhuang as the core, and each family either has soldiers or soldiers in their own families, or there are also a large number of soldiers in the old homes or clans of relatives and friends, so they can empathize with the sacrifices of soldiers.

In fact, this statement is not reasonable, Datong is a border town, under a hundred years of the border army's family members are all over the family, in the past, being a soldier is still a forced choice, people can not be as full of respect for the border army as the soldiers of the merchant army.

Song Yingsheng has also seen this kind of occasion several times, and when he saw the ashes of the soldiers on the cart, he and his companions quickly lowered their heads.

In the melodious sound of the military horn, all the high-level officials, including Sun Jingting, also bowed their heads in the same way.

Guarded by the soldiers, the soldiers holding the bones walked forward behind the military flag to the Martyrs' Shrine, where a large number of bones were placed, and after a certain period of time, a large-scale public funeral ceremony was held to bury them.

Now more and more family members have given up on retrieving the bones, and the bones are left in the military cemetery in Lizhuang, which should be the common wish of the soldiers, hoping to stay in the cemetery after death and get along with the fallen robes and partners.

After the bones were brought into the military martyrs' shrine, the ceremony ended, and the people in each village slowly dispersed, and then the vehicles were released, and the scene of traffic on the road was restored.

People were still talking about it, and the identity and status of the merchant soldiers were fully displayed in this simple ceremony. Due to the large number of conscriptions in Datong, almost every village has soldiers from the merchant army, and there is no dissatisfaction in the people's discussions, on the contrary, many people are envious of the treatment of the merchant soldiers and the generous pension system.

It is a pity that there is no recruitment in Datong recently, and it is estimated that in the next two years, the military department will mainly strengthen the cavalry, and the Han people on the grassland and the good families who are good at riding horses in various border towns are the focus of recruitment.

Most of the displaced people who settled in Datong were also placed in various factories or became tenant farmers, and a considerable number served in the army, but the time for the displaced people to enter the army was still very short, and their sense of existence was relatively low.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and even the discussion was much less, everyone had their own things, if they wanted to be soldiers, those young men had already signed up in the previous recruitment.

After all, no matter how good the treatment of the merchant soldiers is, no matter how high the pension is, after all, they have to fight with their lives, and for many ordinary people, they would rather suffer more hardships at home than risk their lives...... In fact, this is normal human nature, with the improvement of living conditions near Lizhuang, the number of people willing to serve as soldiers should continue to decrease, Zhang Han has long understood this.

When Song Yingsheng turned into the square with the car, he only saw the soldiers guarding and some small officials passing by in a hurry, as well as the carriages passing in the direction of the factory area and various manufacturing bureaus, and then a group of family members with red and swollen eyes were still rushing in the direction of the ancestral hall.

The Department of Military Affairs will use the fastest time to complete the procedures for the bereavement of the families of these servicemen, and the generous bereavement will be delivered to the families as soon as possible, which is also one of the best measures to maintain the morale and combat effectiveness of the army.

Song Yingsheng got out of the car in front of the square, and then slowly walked all the way north, about half a mile away from his destination.

The various manufacturing bureaus in the north are five or six miles away, the Firearms Bureau is the farthest, and the Miscellaneous Bureau is the closest.

The reason why he came down so close today was to go to the patent office.

There are many acquaintances along the way, and they are all hands on each other.

Song Yingsheng also had some emotion in his heart, he was a serious man, when he was in his hometown in Jiangxi, those flat-headed people bent down when they saw it, and even knelt down to salute and speak.

Usually, whatever government affairs are in the local area, the magistrate convenes the gentry in the city to discuss, and the Song brothers must have participated.

Identity, status, wealth, and people will all undergo qualitative changes after they are raised.

And at this moment, Song Yingsheng is a middle-aged man wearing a Heyusheng robe, slowly pacing and walking, here, even the farmers who pass by with a hoe will not bow to him, let alone kneel on the side of the road to say hello.

Everyone is busy with their own work, and in the morning there is always a lot of business in the military department, and there is a busy scene everywhere.

The carriage of the brigade came from the east, turned onto the avenue, and headed north.

This kind of horse convoy, more than five or six hundred carts, less is about three hundred, each car weighs more than 50 stone and 6,000 catties, all the way to the north, and the convoy in the area of Xinpingbao to meet, and then from the grassland all the way to the east, in the Zhangjiakou area again and the convoy again, along the way there are supply points to change wheels and repair vehicles, through the Karaqin boundary to arrive at Alu Korqin and the Wubu Alliance place, and then all the way east to Horqin and even the periphery of Yizhou Wei, Houjin side has a large number of people there to take over, There were some warehouses for warehousing on the Obadagi site, and after unloading, Houjin slowly transported a large amount of goods all the way back to Liaodong with sleigh plows.

Compared with Heyusheng, which has a longer distance, Houjin has to prepare a large number of wheelbarrows and climbing plows in a short distance of a few hundred miles, and the more manpower goes east, the more losses, which are much greater than those of Heyusheng.

Nurhachi proposed to send it to the east by He Yusheng, but Zhang Han flatly refused.

"Li Er's shopkeeper?"

"It's him, I heard that he is also going north."

"The trade with the Russians, it is estimated that there will be a large number of vegetables and fruits, and the amount of trade in winter is not small, and these things are estimated to be the responsibility of Li Er's shopkeeper."

"Shopkeeper Liang is in charge of groceries, mainly cloth, silk and porcelain, and the Military and Political Department is in charge of our ironware and other specialties, plus all kinds of goods, which can be shipped in about half a year."

"Mr. Song." Someone greeted Song Yingsheng and said with a smile: "I'm afraid your miscellaneous bureau will be busier next year." ”

Song Yingsheng arched his hand and smiled: "No matter how busy we are, the workers below are busy, and we are just talking about it." ”

"If the carriage can be improved a little more, the reward of the military division will be even more generous."

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult." The two Song Yingsheng brothers also had the idea of this aspect, but after several years of trial production and improvement, it is really difficult to improve the carriage under the existing technical conditions, and even if there is, it is only a small-scale fine-tuning, and it is really a very difficult thing to make a profit in this matter.

"Yes." The speaker arched his hand and walked away with a smile.