To be honest, Li Yongji was very happy with the arrival of his parents' family, after all, it was good to have relatives by his side during the Chinese New Year, but he found that even his second sister Li Xiu'er and his wife, who had already married, also came, which made him a little surprised.

According to the etiquette of this period, the daughter who marries out is not a member of the Li family, and normally she cannot go back to her parents' house before the New Year, and only after the New Year can she go back to her parents' house to see.

But on second thought, the Li family's foundation is just a small business, and the second sister Li Xiu'er's brother-in-law Lin Guangyao is just a tea merchant who sells tea in Suzhou, in other words, everyone is from the market, and they don't particularly attach great importance to secular etiquette.

In the past, I couldn't see it because everyone was busy, but now that Li Yongji is shaking, Lin Guangyao's family should take the opportunity of the New Year to come over early to get acquainted, although it is a bit vulgar, but this is the way of life of people in the market in this era.

After all, if it is really calculated according to the etiquette law, Li Yongji did not go to see his parents in person during the New Year, but invited his parents to his military camp for the New Year, which is not a matter in itself.

Anyway, that's it, since you're here, you have to talk about the joy of family, as for that Lin Guangyao, if you are willing to speak, as long as Li Yongji can do it, he doesn't mind helping.

However, as soon as everyone sat down and didn't say a few words, they saw Wang Sanwu suddenly break in, and after coming in, he first nodded to Li Zhengxiang and Li Wang, called his brother-in-law and second sister, and then said that there was an important military situation to discuss with Li Yongji alone, please forgive him for not coming to talk about his relatives first.

has said the word important military intelligence, what else can Li Zhengxiang say, naturally he nodded in agreement, but this made Li Yongji wonder.

Important military intelligence? Please, we're just a newly formed regiment that has been trained well, and we haven't gone to the front line to fight, where is the military situation?

However, seeing Wang Sanwu's stern face, Li Yongji also knew that he might really have something important, so he sued him and asked Su Su to entertain his family, so he took Wang Sanwu to his study.

That study is where he usually meets Wang Sanwu and other senior officers, and the secrecy is second only to his bedroom and warehouse, and it is the safest place to whisper.

After entering the study, Wang Sanwu didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his intention.

Just now, the sentry standing guard caught a soldier who wanted to leave the barracks privately at the gate of the barracks, and he was originally punished as a deserter as before, who knew that when the sentry was about to escort him away, all the soldiers and family members around him collectively interceded for this guy, and there were more and more people who came to ask for the news, which attracted Wang Sanwu's attention.

came over to take a look, and found that this was actually a soldier of his cavalry company, or a soldier that he usually valued, and found that there were more and more people gathered around, and the influence was getting bigger and bigger, so he began to ask in person.

Only after this question did I know that this guy named Ding Huai did not want to escape as a deserter when he went out of the barracks this time as before, but for a reason.

It turned out that Ding Huai's home was in Jinze Town, not far from here, and it was said that his immediate family should have received a letter a long time ago, and after waiting for a long time, he finally waited for his relatives to come, who knew that he went to the gate of the barracks to take a look, but found that only his younger brother Ding Song was alone.

When he saw this person, Ding Huai immediately felt that something was wrong, because Ding Song was only thirteen years old now, which was the age of studying at home, even if he came, he should come with his father and mother, it was impossible to come alone, and seeing that he had injuries on his face and tattered clothes, it was obvious that he had an argument with someone.

Sure enough, when Ding Song saw Ding Huai, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly, and then at the gate of the barracks, he told the Ding family about the recent events on the spot.

The matter is not complicated, it is a common case of persecution in feudal society.

In the summer of this year, because Ding Huai's mother had an illness, in order to treat the disease, he had to borrow a year's money from the local Wang family, saying that he would use the land and cattle as collateral. Because the borrowed money was not much, the Ding family was confident that they would be able to repay it quickly when the autumn harvest came, but who knew that it didn't take long for Ding Song to get sick again and spend another sum of money, so even if the harvest was good during the autumn harvest, it was still not enough to pay off the debt.

This Ding Huai is also a child, and he will soon be tested for Xiucai, and he was able to give up studying so decisively to train in the Jingwu Army as a regiment, just for the high military salary and settlement fee, hoping to repay the money as soon as possible, so that the family will no longer be so tight.

Originally, Ding Huai had calculated, with his current salary, as long as it took another two months, his own salary would be enough to repay the debt, and if he was in a hurry, he would borrow some money from his colleagues and pay off the debt immediately. Considering that the debt was still three months to mature, he felt that he was not in a hurry, so he did not borrow money from his colleagues, thinking that he would pay off the debt on his own when the time came.

Who knew that a few days ago, the people of the Wang family suddenly went to collect the debts, asking them to pay off all the principal and interest before the end of the year, otherwise they would have to collect the land and pull the cattle.

This naturally aroused the indignation of Father Ding, after all, it wasn't that he didn't pay back the money, as for persecuting people to a dead end all of a sudden? They are farmers who do their duty, and the land and ploughing cattle are the lifeblood, if they are handed over, how will they live in the future?

The Wang family came this time to be prepared, not only the Wang family's family Ding Nursing Home, but also the government to follow, the IOU in the hand is also in black and white, it can be said that there is a reasonable and well-founded collusion between officials and businessmen, as for early repayment, in fact, there is also a statement in the IOU, that is, you can collect the money half a year in advance, but in that case, the interest will be halved.

This kind of early reminder was commonplace in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that the IOU had already stated that it could be called half a year in advance, and it was not a breach of the contract, after all, a year-long IOU was also risky on the lender.

In fact, at this time, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Wang family clearly looks at the Ding family's land, not caring about the silver, and now that the Ding family has the ability to repay the loan every month, they can't wait for them to repay the loan in full, no longer delaying, just that they can't afford to pay it back, and then forcibly take over the land.

Father Ding has a big temper, and after understanding this, he picked up a hoe and resisted violently, but he was beaten to the ground by a group of people in a few moments, probably because he was older, and he may even have some hidden diseases, anyway, after he was knocked to the ground, he quickly lost his breath.

Immediately afterwards, seeing that Daddy Ding was dead, Daddy Ding's wife, that is, Ding Huai's mother, rushed over and bit like crazy, but one of them didn't pay attention, and was pushed in the tearing, fell on the ground, and the back of his head hit a brick, and he died.

Two lives occurred in succession, and everyone was also panicked, so they threw down a few cruel words and left in a hurry, leaving only Ding Song there crying.

After that, Ding Song relieved himself, and happened to meet the person who came to CITIC Qianzhuang to deliver the letter, knowing that his brother was still a soldier in the Jingwu Army, so he came all the way here to ask for help from his brother.

In short, this matter was commonplace in the Qing Dynasty, but it was a bit excessive when someone died, but in the eyes of some people, it was not a big deal, it was nothing more than a matter of giving money to the two of them.

But in the eyes of Ding Huai and Ding Song brothers, this is a big thing, Ding Song is still young and incapable, but Ding Huai is an adult, irritable, and has learned so many things here, his thinking has long been different from the past, and now when he heard the tragic death of his parents, he was angry, and he was about to rush out on the spot to find revenge on the people of the Wang family, but because of his anger, he left the warning range of the barracks, and the sentry standing guard at the door did not listen to many warnings, and was finally arrested by the sentry on the charge of leaving the barracks privately.

After all, sympathy is sympathy, but military law is like a mountain, which every soldier is required to abide by firmly from the day he enters the camp, and the sentry does not dare to break the law, plus it is useless to know that such a person as him rushes out, so he was arrested, and it was also for his good.

"Oh, I see." Li Yongji, who understood, nodded, "That means that this soldier is not running away, but just going out of the camp without listening to dissuasion?" ”

"Yes." Wang Sanwu nodded.

"And what do you mean by coming to me?"

"I want you to be extrajudicially gracious." Wang Sanwu sighed, "Our discipline stipulates that those who leave the barracks without reason will be shot directly if they are heavy, and those who are light will be shot with thirty rods, and they will be demoted to the baggage camp as coolies." This Ding Huai is a talent, and there is a reason for it, so it's too wasteful to be a coolie like this, so I hope you will be light. ”

"Oh, that's right." Li Yongji nodded again.

"In addition, many people know about Ding Huai, and they are very sympathetic to his plight, if we still strictly enforce the law, I am afraid it will be a blow to everyone's military morale."

"Hehe, so I really can't enforce military law against this person?" Li Yongji smiled, "Otherwise, everyone will rebel, right?" ”

"No, it's not." For some reason, seeing Li Yongji laughing like this, Wang Sanwu suddenly felt a chill in his back, and cleared his throat before re-saying, "I mean, he didn't mean to be a deserter after all, he just got diazed for a while, this ...... The law is nothing more than human affection, we, our elite army ......"

Speaking of this, Wang Sanwu stopped talking, because he saw Li Yongji start to frown and walk back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, which showed that he was thinking about something very important.

Li Yongji frowned and walked back and forth a few times with his hands behind his back, then suddenly stopped, turned his head to Wang Sanwu and said, "Uncle, how do you say our army is training?" ”

"Huh?" was asked by Li Yongji, Wang Sanwu was stunned, isn't this about Ding Huai's business, why is it involved in this again, but he still thought about it before he continued, "If you want me to see, our team is naturally a well-armed and well-disciplined and powerful army." ”

"Well-armed, well-disciplined, mighty division, hehe, the evaluation is not small, then you don't think there is any deficiency in this team?"

"If it's not enough...... Wang Sanwu thought for a while, "maybe he hasn't been far away, he hasn't been on the battlefield, he hasn't seen much of the world, and he hasn't really seen blood." Although I have never fought a war, I heard the old man say that only those who have been on the battlefield and seen real blood are truly good soldiers. ”

"Indeed, only those who have been on the battlefield and seen real blood are truly good soldiers." Li Yongji nodded and sighed slightly.

"Yongji, what about Ding Huai?"

"Don't worry, I won't be too embarrassed for this soldier." Li Yongji smiled and waved his hand, "In this way, you still take me to meet this Ding Huai, and I'll ask in person." ”