Chapter 17: Military Medic
Zhao Ziliang understood their purpose after listening to the housekeeper's words, they came for the formula that was boiling hemp, but unfortunately Chen Mingqian refused to sell it, so this group of people thought of such a way to frame them, who is the owner of this family? In order to get the recipe for hemp boiling powder, he actually used such a vicious method?
However, Zhao Ziliang thought about it, the formula of Ma Boiling Powder must be extremely precious, and it was no wonder that the owner of this family used such vicious means in order to seize this formula.
Who is the owner of this house? Zhao Ziliang pulled a guest aside and asked in a low voice, "This old brother, whose family are these people?" ”
The middle-aged patient said in a low voice: "This military master doesn't know? These people are all the family members of Lord Helian Kunlun, and the formula that Lord Helian covets Dr. Chen is not two times a day, and many people in the entire Shule Town know it, but Dr. Chen has always refused to sell, so he didn't succeed, and he didn't get it this time He actually used this method to frame Dr. Chen."
"Helian Kunlun?" Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked: "Is it Helian Kunlun who is in the jewelry business?" ”
"That's him!"
Zhao Ziliang looked at the housekeeper, then at Chen Mingqian, his mind turned, and he quickly had an idea, and stood up and shouted: "Don't make any noise!" ”
Everyone in the medical hall was frightened by this loud drink, and they all looked at Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang opened the crowd and pointed at the housekeeper and said, "Are you Helian Kunlun's person?" ”
When the housekeeper heard Zhao Ziliang directly call his master's name, his heart suddenly felt a little upset and confused, who is this person? How dare you call the master's name directly? Seeing that this person is dressed in armor and quite powerful, is he a big man?
The housekeeper didn't dare to be presumptuous, and said, "This military master, I don't know what to call it?" ”
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Don't care who I am, you go back and tell Helian Kunlun, just say that Dr. Chen is the doctor in my army, and he is the person covered by me Zhao Ziliang, if he doesn't want to make trouble for himself, don't fight Dr. Chen's idea!" Get out! ”
"You ・・・・・・" The housekeeper pointed at Zhao Ziliang, but was frightened by the fierceness of Zhao Ziliang's face and couldn't speak.
Zhao Ziliang pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, stepped forward, stared at the housekeeper and said coldly: "What? Want to go sideways? ”
When the housekeeper saw that Zhao Ziliang was forced forward, he might draw a knife and cut people at any time, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned around and ran, and the people he brought with him quickly ran away.
Chen Mingqian stepped forward and bowed to Zhao Ziliang: "Thank you General Zhao for your help, otherwise Chen would be in a big disaster today!" ”
Zhao Ziliang shook his hand and said: "Doctor Chen doesn't have to be like this, Zhao is just a team deputy, and he can't be called a general!" To tell the truth, Zhao is the deputy castle master of Tuoyun Fort, and he can't speak in Shule Town. Today, Helian Kunlun's butler was scared away by me, and after I left, there was no guarantee that he would not bring someone back another day. At that time, I will also be beyond the whip! Now I Tuoyun Fort is short of a doctor, if Dr. Chen is willing, Zhao can recommend to the castle owner, let you be our Tuoyun Fort's military doctor, military salary can be discussed, so that Dr. Chen can not only avoid this disaster, but also find a place to live, you see? ”
Chen Mingqian was puzzled: "This ・・・・・・."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Chen Mingqian's expression and knew that he didn't want to join the army, and he felt understandable when he thought about it. Since the Juntian system was seriously damaged by the land annexation, the government military system can not be maintained, after all, the government military system is built on the Juntian system, the Zhichong Mansion in all parts of the Tang Dynasty has basically become a military government with only officials and no soldiers, and the Zhichong Mansion therefore does not have enough soldiers to take turns to go to the Sixteen Guards and the border passes, the imperial court has to adopt the recruitment system in view of this situation, and recruit young and strong people from all over the country to enrich the army, but the salary of the soldiers is not high, so the army is also regarded as a cheap industry by the people, Only those who have a very difficult life will let their sons join the army.
Zhao Ziliang didn't embarrass Chen Mingqian, after all, the twisted melon was not sweet, but said: "Doctor Chen doesn't need to reply to Zhao in a hurry, Zhao is going to leave for Tuoyunbao tomorrow, if Doctor Chen has figured it out, you can go to Tuoyunbao to find me, I welcome your arrival at any time." Okay, give me the hemp I want."
"Yes, General Zhao, please wait a moment" Chen Mingqian agreed, and quickly took two catties of hemp boiling.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ziliang took Wang Can, Zheng San and others to escort a large number of grain and grass back to Tuoyun Fort, there were originally 500 stones, plus 100 stones allocated by the town guard embassy, a total of 600 stones, if the number of people in Tuoyun Fort remains unchanged at 168 people, each person eats two catties a day, this batch of grain is enough for everyone in Tuoyun Fort to eat for more than half a year. In addition to grain and grass, this time Zhao Ziliang also received more than a dozen supplementary soldiers from the town guard embassy, and there were more than 20 people in the group.
Not long after leaving the city gate, Zhao Ziliang, who was at the front of the team, saw Chen Mingqian, who had a pair of dark circles under his eyes and a haggard face, standing on the side of the road not far away with a cloth bag on his back.
"Stop!" Zhao Ziliang reined in his horse and raised his palm, and the convoy behind all stopped.
Zhao Ziliang jumped down from the war horse, threw the reins to Zheng San, walked up to Chen Mingqian and asked, "Doctor Chen, who are you?" ”
Chen Mingqian arched his hand and said: "Deputy Fort Master Zhao, Chen Mou has thought about it for a night, then Helian Kunlun will definitely not give up, Chen Mou still decided to go to Tuoyun Fort with Deputy Fort Master Zhao after thinking about it, and ask Deputy Fort Master Zhao to take care of it in the future!" ”
"Hahaha!" Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed. It is not that there are no military doctors in the Tang Army, but there are only military doctors in the field army, for example, the Shule Army, which is directly under the control of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, has military doctors, but there are no military doctors in a military garrison like Tuoyunbao, which is small in scale and is a fixed garrison.
Who can guarantee that they won't get sick? In just these two months, two soldiers in Tuoyun Fort died because they were sick and did not have a doctor to treat them, this kind of non-combat attrition is not uncommon in the Tang army in various places, Tie Er and Lu Shi, who were seriously injured in the battle with the Tuqi Shi cavalry a few days ago, also died because they did not receive timely medical treatment, if there was a doctor at that time, then the two could have survived.
Chen Mingqian agreed to go, how could this not make Zhao Ziliang happy? He grabbed Chen Mingqian's hands and said happily: "Dr. Chen can join Tuoyunbao to become our military doctor, Zhao is so happy, with Doctor Chen, our non-combat attrition in Tuoyunbao will definitely be greatly reduced in the future!" ”
Chen Ming said modestly: "Chen's medical skills are low, but Chen must do his best to see a doctor for every soldier!" ”
"Good, good!" Zhao Ziliang was happy, but also remembered Chen Mingqian's salary issue, and said: "Doctor Chen, don't worry, I will definitely fight for more salary for you with the castle owner!" ”
To return to Tuoyunbao, you have to take a mountain road, and it is from a low place to a high place, which is much more difficult than going from Tuoyunbao to Shule Town, and Zhao Ziliang and others did not rush back to Tuoyunbao until late at night.
Xi Yunqing had already received the news that Zhao Ziliang had sent someone to inform him, and he was overjoyed when he learned that Zhao Ziliang had brought back hundreds of stones of grain this time, and personally went to the gate of the fort to greet him.
"Oh, Brother Ziliang, I've finally brought you back, you're tired of this trip!" Xi Yunqing smiled and looked at the convoy of grain behind Zhao Ziliang and smiled.
Zhao Ziliang jumped down from the war horse and saluted: "Castle master, Ziliang is back!" When his subordinates saw General Fumeng, they told the general that our fort was short of grain and grass and that it might be invaded by the Turk Cavalry, and General Fumeng promised to allocate twice as much grain and grass to us every month in the future, so that the soldiers could strengthen their training after they were full of food and drink! ”
Xi Yunqing looked at it and said with some doubts: "How can there be so much grain and grass?" I'm afraid there aren't five or six hundred stones, right? ”
Zhao Ziliang explained: "There are a total of 600 stones here, of which 100 stones are allocated by the town guard government, and his subordinates helped the guerrilla general of the city defense army the day before yesterday to break the small stronghold set up by the Tuqi people in Shule Town, and a total of 1,000 stone of grain was confiscated at that time, and General Panzhu Junxiu learned that our soldiers here only eat one meal a day, so he sent half of the confiscated grain to his subordinates, and his subordinates brought it back, the castle master, these grains are enough for the soldiers to eat for more than half a year!" ”
Xi Yunqing was so excited that he patted Zhao Ziliang on the shoulder and said: "Okay, Ziliang, you are so good, I thought of a lot of ways but I couldn't get grain and grass, I didn't expect you to get so much food as soon as you went to Shule Town, you are really my lucky star!" ”
"The castle lord has a good reputation!" Zhao Ziliang bowed his hand and was modest, and then pulled Chen Mingqian out and introduced: "Castle master, this is Dr. Chen Mingqian, he originally opened a medical clinic in Shule Town, but he was framed by gangsters, I saw that he had superb medical skills, so I brought him back, I want to recommend to the castle owner, let Dr. Chen be our military doctor in Tuoyun Fort, in the future, when our soldiers in Tuoyun Fort are sick, there will be a doctor to see a doctor, and if anyone is injured, there will be a doctor to treat the injury, and there will never be a non-combat attrition situation that cannot be treated in time and dies!" ”
"Okay, great!" Xi Yunqing almost jumped up with joy, finding a military doctor for Tuoyunbao has always been something he wanted to do but didn't do, and now Zhao Ziliang brought him a doctor, how could this not make him happy?
He hurriedly said: "Since Doctor Chen is willing to come, and Ziliang recommends him, how can the lord of this castle disagree, this matter is decided!" ”
Zhao Ziliang asked, "Castle master, how to calculate Dr. Chen's military salary?" You see? ”
Xi Yunqing thought for a while and asked Chen Mingqian: "It's the same as the captain's military salary, do you think Dr. Chen is satisfied?" ”
After the conscription system was adopted, although the soldiers' salaries were not high, the officers' salaries were still considerable. Hurriedly said: "Satisfied, thank you for taking it in!" ”