Chapter 21: Funerals and Rewards
On the afternoon of the 21st, Lu Xiao bought 4 good coffins and shrouds, and Feng Youcai asked people to find a few old men and old women to clean the bodies of these 4 sacrificed soldiers, and then put on shrouds, and with the help of everyone, placed them in coffins. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
These 4 soldiers sacrificed to defend the pier, and they were sacrificed for everyone, not only did they not fear, but they were full of respect for these 4 people.
Feng Youcai personally kept a vigil for them all night, and many people who were busy with their work came to incense the four soldiers, and some came to help keep the spirits.
Feng Youcai arranged a stonemason and carved 4 tombstones: in addition to the names of 4 warriors engraved on the tombstones, the time and time were also indicated, and they were sacrificed in the battle of the Mongolian cavalry to invade the Ming Dynasty's lower camp Zidun, on September 20, the 44th year of Wanli, the monument erected by: Feng Youcai.
On the morning of September 22, Feng Youcai asked all the work to stop and come to the funeral of these four soldiers to see them off for the last time.
The cemetery was chosen on the west side of the main road facing the south gate of the fort, so that people who came and went could see the cemetery when they walked from the main road.
The coffin was carried by 12 guards in full uniform. When they were buried, Feng Youcai and Zheng Hao filled in the soil themselves. He then planted four arborvitae trees around each grave to guard the graves.
Zheng Hao made a speech, praising them for their great lives, and their deaths were as heavy as Mount Tai, and they sacrificed for the peace of the entire Ningxia town........
The whole funeral was solemn and solemn, and many people cried.
After the funeral, everyone put all their energy into the construction of the fort, and all the people were holding back their strength, since they can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy now, then build the fort first, protect these homeless people first, and turn grief into strength.
Feng Youcai's funeral for the four victims soon spread to the hundred households, and even the thousands of households also knew about it. This also makes the Qianhu officials very stressed, and they don't know how to reward them, and the heads sent by the 100 households are almost catching up with the sum of the heads cut by the 1000 households for more than 10 years. It's not a way to drag it all the time, so Qianhu Huang Zhen decided to go to Lingsha Castle Baihu to see the situation.
On the 24th, Huang Zhen took the guards and set off early in the morning to Lingsha Castle.
At 11 o'clock, I arrived at Li Pingbei's house. Li Baihu was very surprised by the arrival of Qianhu.
After entering the house and sitting down, Huang Zhen first explained his intentions, and then asked Li Pingbei: "Li Baihu, do you think Feng Youcai's kid is reliable?" ā
"My lord, Feng Youcai's family is an old military household for many years, several generations have been my military household, in May this year, Feng Youcai's father died at the hands of the Mongols; In August, Feng Youcai's lower camp was broken by the Mongolian cavalry, that is, this kid survived; Originally, he shouldn't have to go to the camp to guard it, but this guy hated the Mongols a lot, and insisted on going to the north of the North Great Wall to guard the beacon pier, wanting to find an opportunity to take revenge, so he cut the heads of the Mongolian cavalry one after another. My lord, do you say that such a person is reliable? ā
"Yes, if such a person is unreliable, then we don't have a reliable person."
"Yes, and this kid is very bold, more than a dozen people dare to attack the Mongolian cavalry, every time they can drive away the Mongolian cavalry team, and every time there is a harvest, in less than 2 months, 43 Mongolian heads have been cut back."
"I'm also here for this, the reward above has been delayed, everyone will definitely have opinions, we finally came up with someone who can fight like this, but we can't force people away."
"This kid has 2 times to pick a child, I went to the guard last time, and I saw that you were embarrassed, so I didn't tell you, if this kid picks a child, no one really dares to go over there on duty, and I don't know what to do now."
"Why don't we promote him first?"
"My lord, now that he is the general flag, how can he raise it?" Li Pingbei said helplessly.
"He doesn't seem to be the chief banner, I know the two general banners of you."
"My lord, you're right, he was indeed not the general flag but the small flag before, the thing is like this, in May, the general flag was sacrificed, and Feng Youcai's father sacrificed together, the general flag family has no military surplus, Feng Youcai replaced his father as a small banner, in August, Feng Youcai's guard of the lower camp was broken by the Mongols, and 5 people died, no one in the institute dared to go to the north of the North Great Wall to guard, all the family members came to me, hoping to arrange the family to be on duty within the North Great Wall, there is no way, I saw that this kid was bold and willing to be on duty outside the Great Wall, so I promoted him to the general banner, gave him the land north of the Great Wall, let him use the land to attract homeless people, reorganized the military households to guard the 3 beacon piers I was responsible for, and gave him 7,500 catties of grain every month, until next year's autumn harvest, this kid also has the courage and courage, ran to Ningxia Town to recruit the displaced people, organized the military households, guarded the 3 beacon piers, and the results of the battle in the past 2 months are very good, I wanted to wait for the reward to come down and then report to you, But this reward has not come down for a long time, and it is difficult for me to do it. ā
"Hey, I can't blame you for this, there are too many people who die every year, you do a good job, this is good." Huang Zhen said: "I want to go and see this child first, what do you say?" ā
"My lord, north of the North Great Wall, it is very dangerous, now should be the time for the Mongols to go south, there may be Mongolian cavalry coming at any time, in other guards, there are already a large number of Mongolian cavalry active, so I don't recommend that adults go, if you want to see him, I will send someone to invite him to come."
"Okay, you can arrange this matter, the sooner the better."
"Yes, my lord, you drink tea first, and I'll arrange it."
"Let's go"
In the afternoon of the same day, Feng Youcai received a message from the Hundred Households, asking him to go back to the Hundred Households immediately, and he felt very strange in his heart, but he immediately rushed back to the Hundred Households with Feng Tian and the four of them.
After reporting to Baihu, Baihu introduced that this was Huang Qianhu, and it was Huang Qianhu who wanted to see him.
Feng Youcai immediately saluted Huang Qianhu, "Chief Flag Officer Feng Youcai came to report and asked Lord Qianhu for instructions." ā
"Okay, Li Baihu, don't scare this kid, come and sit."
"I'll stand in front of adults."
"Well, how old are you?"
"Report to my lord, I'm 15 years old."
"You've been doing really well lately, what reward do you want? I'll hear it. ā
"Report to my lord, I don't need any reward, it's my duty to fight the Mongols."
Huang Zhen was very satisfied with Feng Youcai's answer, he had a good impression of him, he was not very old, he was not small, and he was very reliable, he had a blood feud with the Mongols, he was very excited, and he could do things, otherwise he would not have organized a new military household within 2 months, and he could also cut off the heads of more than 40 Mongols. "Good boy, ambitious." Huang Zhen said: "I want to mention you to be a hundred households, do you dare to take it?" ā
"As long as I can kill the Mongols, I will dare to take it." Feng Youcai replied that now he was afraid of being transferred away from the forefront of blocking the Mongols' southward advance.
"Okay, I now appoint you as the test hundred, and you will be fully responsible for the defense north of the Great Wall and all the beacon piers, do you dare to take it?"
"My lord, I dare to take it, but my strength is not enough." Feng Youcai said embarrassedly, in fact, he is also pretending, that is, acting, and now this kid is also a thief who learns from Zhang Yang.
"I think it's better to use Li Baihu's method, you go to recruit displaced people by yourself, organize military households by yourself, how much food do you think you need?"
"My lord, this may need more, I also need all the land and wasteland north of the Great Wall, I want to use the land to attract displaced people, I now have more than 30 soldiers, I need 7,500 catties of grain every month, if you set up a hundred households, how can you also need 30,000 catties of grain per month, but after the autumn harvest next year, I don't need to allocate funds and food."
"Okay, it's decided, I will allocate you 30,000 catties of grain every month, and give you all the land and wasteland north of the North Great Wall, you have to recruit displaced people as soon as possible, organize the troops, and guard these beacon piers, do you have any other requirements? Let's bring it up together. ā
"Thank you for your support, that is, weapons and armor, I hope that my lord can support a batch, in addition, I hope that the institute can support me with some war horses, so far, I have only captured 14 Mongolian war horses, it is too few, it is really not good, I will borrow the guard first, and return it next year; In the end, it's not easy to manage if it's all homeless, look at all the military households who are willing to come, you can transfer some, and the craftsmen from each guard station can transfer some to me, otherwise I really don't have anyone available. ā
"Okay, I will satisfy you like this, but you have to organize the displaced people to build military households as soon as possible, guard these beacon piers, and I will entrust you with all the things north of the North Great Wall, and I will not interfere."
"Yes, I promise to complete the task, thank you for your support."
"Then you go back and wait for news first, and I will send someone to deliver the appointment letter to you."
"Yes, my lord"
Feng Youcai left with a smile. Before leaving, he also checked the five-dimensional attributes of the Qianhu Official, which made Feng Youcai pout, and the force value was only 32 points.
Li Baihu is still angry about Huang Zhen's digging of the wall, "My lord, this appointment is a bit hasty, his identity as the general flag has not yet been finalized, and he has been appointed as a test hundred, besides, he is only 15 years old, and the speed of promotion is too fast." ā
Huang Zhen also knew Li Baihu's careful thinking, so he said: "At the age of 15, you dare to appoint him as the general banner?" Isn't this all forced, or I don't want to take this responsibility, besides, since he has this ability, he should be allowed to play. The most important thing is that you have a few hundred households along the North Great Wall, and you don't have to worry about things outside the Great Wall in the future, aren't you still happy? ā
Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, Li Baihu will not say anything else. The matter was handled very smoothly, Huang Zhen was very happy, and he resigned and returned to the Qianhu Institute, leaving only the sullen Li Baihu, and missing 1 general flag and 1 small flag, Bai made a wedding dress for Huang Zhen, wasting so much food for himself, and the remaining food can no longer be given to Feng Youcai, a kid.
Feng Youcai first went home and told his old mother and Niuniu that he was already a hundred households, and let them be happy for him.