Although he is a Zhejiang inspector with no grade or rank, he is ordered by the emperor, so he should be matched with the same, seven guards, a scribe, a groom, and a long-term follower. These ten are his subordinates, and they belong to the imperial court to Yulu. If it's not enough, no one will care if he hires a few more, but he will have to pay for it himself.

Shen Mo felt that he was erected as a benchmark by the imperial court, and he was afraid that he would make a big splash and attract the attention of the Japanese Emperor, but he couldn't resist the order and disobey it, so he had to strengthen his own defense...... But if you put your hope on these seven soldiers, you will simply think that your life is long.

He thought about it for a long time, and decided to let Shen An go out of the city: "Take this musket and go to Jianhu Town, find a big black man named Tiezhu, and tell him: 'Shen Gongzi is an official, please go and be the captain of the guard, if you have a brother with good skills, you might as well bring it together.'" ’”

"Childe, we don't have a compilation." Shen An whispered: "If you have more, you will have to pay for it yourself." ”

"The government promised to raise five for me, and the county promised to raise three for me." Shen Mo said softly: "I'll raise ten more by myself, and you can grasp about twenty." ”

Shen An is a clever guy, and he sniffed out a dangerous aura from these words: "Childe, let's stay in the city for a long time, it seems that we don't need so many guards, right?" ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think that the imperial court's monthly funds of two or three hundred taels are for me to play in the city?" ”

Shen An shrunk his neck and said, "I knew that the emperor's rice bowl was not so good...... But this world is chaotic......"

"Noise!" Shen Mo glared at him, and Shen An immediately opened the way.

When he walked to the door, he heard Shen Mo say again: "Take four guards and be careful on the road." Shen Andeng smiled and said, "I know that Gongzi is a good person." ”

As soon as Shen An left with the front foot of the guard, Shen Jing hurriedly came in and said to Shen Mo: "Go and take a look, the eldest son's father is going to break his leg." ”

Shen Mo was surprised: "What's wrong?" But he was dragged out by Shen Jing: "Talk while walking." The two got into the carriage parked outside and drove towards Baoyouqiao Street.

On the carriage, Shen Jing told him that his eldest son was very happy to see his father yesterday, so he took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to join General Yu as a soldier to fight the Japanese invaders. Father Yao was not happy when he boarded, scolded his eldest son, locked him up for a night, and asked again this morning, but this kid was hard-hearted, and he still insisted on being a soldier!

Shen Jing said with a frightened face: "I went to look for him this morning, and I saw his father holding a stick with a thick bowl and trying to break his leg. I said you must be able to persuade him, but his father didn't do it. ”

Shen Mo frowned when he listened, "When I talked to my eldest son the night before, he didn't mean that?" ”

Shen Jing hammered his thigh and said: "I remember that before you were rewarded yesterday, the eldest son and that Yu Dayou were next to each other, as if the person surnamed Yu was talking to him." ”

"This guy is quite capable, and he took the eldest son into his spare time." Shen Mo couldn't help but laugh.

"What? Listen to what you mean, don't object to the eldest son going to be a soldier? Shen Jing glared and said, "Why is it that once you become an official, you only think about the court and not your brothers?" ”

Silently hammered him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, it's because we are brothers that I respect his choice." ”

Shen Jing was still not convinced, and Shen Mo no longer defended, but said, "Let's talk about it when we get to the ground." ”

The two families were not far away, and after a while, they arrived outside the Sanren business, the two hurriedly got out of the car, and walked directly from the store to the backyard, and saw the eldest son kneeling on the ground with a bare backbone, and Father Yao sat opposite angrily, without looking at him.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Father Yao turned around, saw that it was silent, and quickly got up to greet him: "Childe is here." Because he was so angry, he couldn't squeeze out a smile on his face for a while.

Shen Mo went over and took his hand and said, "Uncle, why did the eldest son make you angry?" ”

Father Yao said in a sullen voice: "He wants to be a soldier!" ”

Shen Mo pulled Father Yao to sit down on the pestle, glanced at the eldest son and said, "How can you have such an idea?" ”

The eldest son's eyes were dark and bloodshot, but the expression on his face was extremely firm: "I'm going to be a soldier!" I can't sleep if I'm not a soldier. ”

"Is it that serious?" Shen Mo asked softly, this time it was not a pretense.

"As soon as I close my eyes now, my eyes are full of the scene of that night, those brutes slaughtering silver in the boat, shooting arrows at the people who have fallen into the water, and they laugh loudly in a pool of blood," the eldest son clenched his fists tightly and said, "It is clearly laughing at me that there is no one in China!" ”

Father Yao was also very shocked when he heard him say this for the first time, but he still didn't want to change his mind and said: "The rules set by Grandpa Tai, fighting is the business of the military households in the guard, and we households only need to pay taxes ......."

The eldest son protested and said, "Dad, what you said is all the old yellow calendar!" Chaosheng and General Yu both told me that our guards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have stopped nine out of ten, and pointing to these people to fight against the Japanese Kou, the whole of Zhejiang will be lost! ”

Father Yao was surprised: "Then who is fighting now?" ”

"Good people like you!" A deep voice sounded, Yu Dayou's burly body appeared at the gate of the courtyard, he first arched his hand towards Shen Mo, and then said to Father Yao: "The eldest brother just said that the guard is empty, but it is the truth. In order to deal with the ravages of the Japanese invaders, the imperial court specifically allowed the governors of the coastal provinces to recruit soldiers. ”

"Is there any difference?" Although Father Yao was said to be stunned, the idea of 'once he is a soldier, his children and grandchildren must be soldiers' is deeply rooted, so he still can't accept it, and he looks at Yu Dayou vigilantly and says: "I understand that the eldest son wants to be a soldier, and the Japanese are ruining the people, and they want to fight with them if they are a man." But when the time comes, the Japanese are gone, but he still has to continue to be this soldier! His children and grandchildren must continue to be in power! will blame him! ”

Yu Dayou shook his head and smiled: "Brother, listen to me, recruiting soldiers and guarding the army are absolutely different. They are not hereditary, they are recruited, although they are soldiers, they are still under the nationality of the people, and they are still people after they have been discharged from the army, and when they are done fighting the Japanese invaders, they can also come back to be his little boss and provide for their children to go to school...... Become someone like Lord Shen. ”

Father Yao was most worried about the way out for his children and grandchildren, and when he heard this, he would be suspicious: "Master Jun, aren't you ...... What, a delaying tactic, right? ”

"Hahaha......" Yu Dayou burst into a hearty laugh, reached out and took out a wooden sign from his arms and said, "If you don't believe it, just take a look." ”

Father Yao took it, looked at it in front and back, and didn't know a few words, so he had to hand it to Shen Mo and said, "Childe helps the old man read it." ”

Shen Mo read to the dense small characters on the front: "The secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, Lu and Guangzhou, the military affairs of Zhang Jingyu: Protecting the family and defending the country is the foundation of a man, how can he be entrusted to the military household?" Today, there is something going on in the country, and I am specially recruited to fight against the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty, although it has been clearly stated that the matter will be returned to the peasants, but the people are afraid that they will not know everything, and they have worries. Therefore, the official does not engrave a small ticket, and takes the people as a hostage, and all the recruits give it, and after the matter is peaceful, it is insisted on being the post-letter. ”

When I turned it over again, there were two lines of words, one large and one small, the small characters were 'Recruited People', and the big one was 'Yao's eldest son'.

"That's really the case." Daddy Yao believed it.

"You can always promise the boy to go with General Yu, right?"

The big problem in front of him was solved, and Father Yao trembled his lips and said, "Then, then ......" Thinking that his son was going to face those demon-like widows, he couldn't let go of this mouth no matter what.

Yu Dayou is obviously used to this kind of abduction of human traffic, and his chest is clapped loudly: "Brother Sensei is worried, the eldest son is going to be a personal soldier for this official, and he will not leave me an inch." He pointed to his big face and said, "I am a dignified general...... Oh no, the deputy commander-in-chief, he will not go to the battlefield until he has to. ”

Listening to Father Yao's ears, this is undoubtedly to ensure the safety of the eldest son, he finally felt a little relieved, but he still couldn't let go of that mouth, and finally gritted his teeth and said to Shen Mo: "Childe, you can help me come up with an idea, I will listen to you." ”

Shen was silent, although he promised that his eldest son would help him speak when he turned into a human beach, but now it is really difficult to make this decision by letting him send his brother to the battlefield with his own hands.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, the eldest son said loudly: "Chaosheng, you understand me best, you can't help but support me!" ”

Shen Mo finally nodded slowly, "I know." As soon as he lifted the placket of his robe, he knelt down side by side with his eldest son and said, "If the eldest son doesn't come back, I will be your son......" Father Yao panicked and helped him, and said repeatedly: "The son must not do it." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at his eldest son and said, "The old man also has a son, so let's give this to Daming." But there were old tears on his face.

The eldest son's family was reluctant, and the three of them said goodbye first, and Shen Jing saw that they also had something to say, so he said, "I'll wait for you over there." After speaking, he didn't look at Yu Dayou, and left directly.

He smiled apologetically and said, "Brother Yu, don't mind, he has such a temper." ”

Yu Dayou shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, I've encountered a lot of situations like this." ”

Looking at his pale sideburns and rough skin, Shen Mo suddenly said with a sour heart: "It's not easy for you." ”

Rao is an iron-clad man, and Yu Dayou was also a little moved and said, "Thank you, Lord for your understanding." ”

"Don't call me sir." Silent and said in a deep voice: "I am not worthy in front of you. ”

(To be continued)