Chapter Twenty-Six: Brothers
In Wu Shaogang's mind, the impression of his hometown and family was very vague, and he also felt strange why the information about his hometown and family was extremely vague among the information he received. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The basic impression is still there, that is, he belongs to an ordinary peasant family, has parents at home, and has a younger brother and a younger sister, the younger brother's name is Wu Shaozun, who is twelve years old this year, and his sister's name is Wu Shaolan, who is ten years old this year.
In a vague impression, I remember that the reason why I entered the army was because of the difficult family background, the Southern Song Dynasty sergeants implemented the recruitment system, that is, the recruitment system, the most famous of which is to recruit sergeants from the hungry people or poor families, this matter is responsible for the local county lieutenant or the chief Bo, Xu officials operate directly, whenever the sergeants are recruited, the county government will take out a certain amount of money to subsidize the families of those recruited sergeants, and most of the money taken out by the county government is greedy by the officials. The families of the recruited sergeants receive only a small fraction.
The village and town leaders also had to assist in recruiting sergeants.
The recruited sergeants and weapons are all prepared by themselves, which requires a certain amount of money, but most of this part of the money is borne by the villages and towns.
Good men are not soldiers, recruiting sergeants is not so easy, even if there are a lot of hungry people, they are not willing to enter the army, so as time goes by, many endless methods appear, whenever the imperial court issues a holy decree to recruit soldiers, the local general will directly press the task to the village and town Li Zheng and the first head, Li Zheng and the first head, and the village and town of the elderly, to see which family's son is the right age, after the list is gathered, the elder, Li Zheng and the first head, respectively, come forward to mobilize the family's son to be a soldier, And promised that in addition to the money subsidized by the county government, the villages and towns will also come up with some.
It was under such circumstances that Wu Shaogang entered the army, because he belonged to a peasant family and had a red and positive roots, so after entering the army, he directly became a guard, rather than an ordinary sergeant.
As for how much compensation his family received because he entered the army and became a sergeant, I really don't remember at all.
Maybe it was Wu Shaogang who had ascended to heaven who deliberately hid this information because of his special resentment towards his family, which caused Wu Shaogang to cross over and was very vague about his hometown and family.
In the more than a year since he entered the army, Wu Shaogang has never contacted his family, and he has not even written letters. Wu Shaogang didn't read, he was a standard peasant kid when he was young, and when he was a little older, he helped with farm work and herded cattle for the gentry's family.
Wu Shaogang, who has crossed over, has a different understanding of his family, from nearly a thousand years later, he attaches great importance to his family and family, no matter how hard a person struggles, he must first let his family live a good life, as for the kind of thinking that the world is for the public, Ning Yuan suffers from his family, and he also wants to make the lives of the people better, he does not have it, and he can't do it.
Jiangling Mansion is 1,400 miles away from Luzhou, and even if it is a horseback ride, it will take at least ten days or more. From Luzhou Mansion to the capital Lin'an, 850 miles, it takes about six to eight days, that is to say, Wu Shaogang will spend nearly 20 days on the road at the fastest speed.
What's more, when I went home this time, I still carried thirty stone of food, and the speed could not be very fast.
What is even more worrying is that after the war, Jiangling Prefecture, Ezhou, Qizhou and other places are particularly depressed, bandits are rampant, and a team of more than 20 people, protecting 30 stone of grain, as well as a large amount of gold and silver, is very dangerous.
After careful consideration, Wu Shaogang decided to take the waterway, get on the boat from Jiangling Mansion, pass through Ezhou, Jiangzhou and other places, arrive at Jiankang Mansion, get off the boat from Jiankang Mansion, and return to Lujiang Mansion by land.
It takes about 20 days to do this, which is longer, but the safety factor is greatly improved.
Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, Wang Shisan, Du Xiaoqi and Tan Mazi and others are all from Xuzhou, but unfortunately today's Xuzhou has been occupied by the Mongolian army, and it is impossible to go home this time, they simply followed Wu Shaogang's side and went to Luzhou, as for the rest of the more than 20 people, some people originally planned to follow Wu Shaogang's side, but were rejected by Wu Shaogang, after all, such a holiday is rare, not a special situation, you need to go home to see.
In the end, Wu Shaogang made a decision, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, Wang Shisan, Du Xiaoqi and Tan Mazi and other five people, because their home was in Xuzhou, they couldn't go back, so they followed him, and the rest of them all went home.
Wu Shaogang and his sergeants, each of them has a war horse, which is also a result, after all, they conquered the city of Huangzhou and captured hundreds of war horses, of which Wu Shaogang has three war horses, Zhang Binghui and Ma Long are two war horses, and the rest each have a war horse.
In fact, after the Battle of Huangzhou, when all these war horses were received by Lu Wende, Wu Shaogang was extremely distressed, but unfortunately he had no choice but to watch all this happen, after all, Lu Wende was a handsome.
It is precisely because of this incident that Wu Shaogang realized that he must be in charge as soon as possible in order to truly develop his own strength, and it is impossible to develop on a large scale under the fence.
When I went home this time, I carried a lot of belongings, and I was still a little worried about safety, but Zhang Binghui and the other five people, after several months of training and also participated in fierce battles, had already been reborn and became brave sergeants, and they were Wu Shaogang's absolute henchmen.
Under such circumstances, Wu Shaogang declined Cai Siwei's kindness to send a sergeant to escort him.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Wu Shaogang and his entourage set off from Jiangling Mansion and went to the wharf.
Li Siqi came to see him off on behalf of Lu Wende, sent to five miles outside the city gate, and after drinking the resignation wine, he returned to Jiangling Mansion City, as for Cai Siwei, he sent it out for nearly ten miles and sent everyone to the dock.
Waiting on the dock was an official ship, and thirty stone of grain had already been loaded onto the official ship.
This is also a special arrangement made by Lu Wende.
In winter, the water flow of the Yangtze River is not particularly turbulent and not too dangerous, but it is not very fast.
Zhang Binghui and others all got on the boat, leaving Wu Shaogang and Cai Siwei who came to see them off.
Cai Siwei is a man of temperament, he has always been in the army, and he can become the commander of the urging army of the Xingzhou Imperial Army, and it is also through his own efforts, in terms of age, Cai Siwei is nearly forty years old and can be Wu Shaogang's father, but Cai Siwei has great respect for Wu Shaogang, and he has no other ideas because of the age gap.
can become the commander of the Urging Army, Cai Siwei still knows some people who are sophisticated, but when facing Wu Shaogang, all he shows is sincerity.
It's quiet on the pier.
Wu Shaogang picked up the wine jar on the ground and slapped the sealing mud on it.
Pour out two large bowls of wine.
"General Cai, you must say goodbye to you for a thousand miles, you and I cherish each other, this is the fate arranged by God, I believe that it will not take long for us to meet again."
Cai Siwei held the wine bowl, his expression was a little sad, in his opinion, Wu Shaogang had already gone to the capital and entered the palace division, he was in Sichuan, still in the army of Hezhou Imperial Palace, the chance of the two meeting was too small, and it was very likely that there would be no chance to meet in this life.
"Vice General Wu, I hope we can meet again in the future."
"General Cai, we will definitely be able to meet again."
After drinking two large bowls of wine, Cai Siwei took the initiative to pick up the wine jar and poured it full of wine again.
"Vice General Wu, before drinking this bowl of wine, I have a reluctant request."
"General Cai just said it."
"You and I are so attached, how about swearing as brothers of the opposite sex."
Wu Shaogang was stunned for a moment, this Jin Lan's righteous words were not said casually, such a decision was not made at will, since Cai Siwei said such words, he had already thought and prepared.
"Okay, according to General Cai, it's just that this place is too simple."
Cai Siwei didn't speak, waving his hand.
Soon, the sergeant behind him brought over a table and placed an incense burner on it.
Incense was also placed on the table, on the left and right sides of the incense burner.
The two bowls were filled with wine again.
Cai Siwei took the initiative to pick up the incense on the left, Wu Shaogang didn't speak, he also walked over and picked up the incense on the right.
The sergeants around him stepped back about ten paces, standing on guard.
Cai Siwei looked at Wu Shaogang and spoke with a serious expression.
"Today, you and I marry Jinlan, I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year, how old am I stupid, and I call Wu General the younger brother."
Wu Shaogang faced Cai Siwei and saluted with both hands in fists.
"Little brother meets big brother."
The three incense sticks in the hands of the two were all ignited.
In front of the incense case, a futon had been placed, and the two knelt down facing the incense burner.
"I, Cai Siwei, a native of Luzhou, today and Wu Shaogang's brothers are married to Jinlan, with one heart and one mind, life and death together, and never lose each other."
"I, Wu Shaogang, a native of Luzhou, am married to Jin Lan with Cai Siwei's brother, with one heart and one mind, life and death, and never lose each other."
Kowtowed three times, and the three incense sticks lit in the hands of the two were also inserted into the incense burner.
After drinking a bowl of wine again, Cai Siwei waved his hand.
A sergeant touched a long strip wrapped in black cloth.
"Little brother, today we just bowed, we are going to part, for my brother has no other good things, give you a treasure knife, this is a bloody knife to seal the throat, I took it from a general of the Jin soldiers, with me for many years, I named it the unicorn knife, the hero with the treasure knife, I hope the younger brother with this unicorn knife, make contributions."
Wu Shaogang didn't refuse, and took it and opened the black cloth.
Seeing the unicorn knife in his hand, he gasped, the handle and scabbard of this unicorn knife are made of gold, and after pulling it out, the blade is cold and shining, needless to say that it is a treasure knife.
It's a pity that Wu Shaogang didn't prepare any gifts.
He handed the spear in his hand to Cai Siwei.
"Since the younger brother entered the army, he has used this spear, this spear has killed a lot of Mongolian Tartars, if the eldest brother misses the younger brother, seeing this spear is equivalent to seeing the younger brother."