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"Hehe, the old man is free another day, and he will go to the dangerous mountain in person to meet General Li Chengliang and Major General Li Rusong, Mr. Go slowly!"

After being full of wine and food, taking advantage of the night, the porridge left the Fushun General Mansion with 30,000 taels of silver, and Luo Jin led the five hundred cavalry to personally escort the porridge and rest in the post house in the city.

"Sir, our dangerous mountain army has worked hard to kill the Tartars. Why do you sell these wine bags and rice bags? After arranging a stop in the inn, a caravan attendant suddenly asked.

Where is the caravan's work in this squire's waist, his face full of meat, the calluses on his palms, and his thick limbs?

His companions are also extremely fierce, and they are a group of soldiers who have been in the army for a long time!

"Hehe, Brother Hu, you don't understand. In this way, I estimated that the big guy's heart was also a little breathless. You work hard to get some food and drinks, let's talk about how to eat together" The porridge was not on the table, and he patted the attendant on the shoulder with a smile and said.

"Okay, it's really a little greedy" Lao Hu agreed with a smile, and then quickly went to arrange.

After a while, twenty attendants and porridge all sat on the ground, gathered in the back hall of the post house, eating a large piece of meat, while sipping the liquor of Liaodong, listening to the porridge and saying:

"I know very well what the big guy thinks: our dangerous mountain army threw their heads and dissipated their blood, and fought hard with the dog Tartars of the Hada Department and the Yehe Department, and this is the first level of these Tartars in exchange. And an old nest like Li Chengfang, how can He De also want to get the head of the Tartar to earn military merits? ”

"But a few old brothers, sigh and say something from the heart. If these Tartar heads are handed in, they can be exchanged for a few dollars, and even the young general's heart is black, and he himself can be promoted to a senior official. But the young general, he can't bear it! Speaking of this, the voice of the porridge was a little choked, and he took a sip of the strong wine to suppress his tears, and then said:

"My brother! The young general told me: The heads of these Tartars were exchanged for the lives of the old and young masters of our dangerous mountain, and many of them lost their lives and became disabled because of killing the Tartars, and they can't fight as soldiers! But they still have wives and children, parents and brothers to take care of, and they all need money! Since I, Li Rusong, took them to fight Tartars, I have to take care of them for the rest of my life and give them a pension to the end. I'd rather be a general in dangerous mountains all my life than treat my soldiers badly! The sound of porridge echoed in the back hall like the deafening sound of bells and drums.

"Major General!" Lao Hu wiped the tears from his face and said in a choked voice, at this time, the wine in his bowl was mixed with his own tears, but his heart was as warm as a flame.

As long as the commander gives an order, even if you are asked to die, you can't have the slightest complaint and resistance, let alone being beaten and scolded by the officer, bullied and exploited, and even deducted military salary, these things are commonplace in other places.

The most tragic thing is that if a soldier dies in battle or retires from the army because of disability, he can only receive a little silver or rice rations as the last pension given by the state when they retire. Most of the soldiers didn't even get it, because they were all embezzled by their superiors. Then they either left behind the miserable and desolate orphans and widows, or lived a life inferior to pigs and dogs with a disabled body.

"Brothers, you should remember that there is a retirement home for veterans in our dangerous mountain. There are veterans who live in our dangerous mountain who are disabled because of the war, they are willing to continue to find a job, the young general will contribute money and efforts to help them, they are not willing to plan to retire in this way, and the young general will support them for a lifetime! The voice of the porridge was very soft, but it was like thunder in the ears of these veterans: Where else can you find such a good Shangguan in the world?

"And those men who died in battle in order to protect the people of our dangerous mountains. We dare to pat our chests and tell you, they don't have to worry about their wives and children, parents and brothers when they die, no one to take care of them, the young general allocated ten acres of land to each family in their family, and gave five taels of silver and twenty catties of grain every month. The first commander and Li Zheng in the tunpu are responsible for arranging manpower to help them cultivate the land every year, and they only need to collect food at home until their children reach the age of sixteen."

They basically know about this matter, and Major General Li Rusong is extremely strict in protecting the fields of these soldiers who died in battle, and whoever dares to embezzle and kill them will not be forgiven! Who dares to bully the wives and children of soldiers who died in battle, there is no forgiveness for killing! Who dares to bully the wives and children of soldiers who died in battle, there is no forgiveness for killing!

The three killing orders relied on these four murderous "kill" words to do good and practical things for the soldiers under his command. There was once a Li Zheng who was friendly with Pan Bao, a confidant under General Li Chengliang, who relied on Pan Bao as a backer, arrogantly and arrogantly, and embezzled the fields of more than a dozen soldiers' families without authorization, including five families of soldiers who died in battle.

Li Rusong, who learned the news, didn't say a word, put on his clothes at night, took fifty Liaodong iron horsemen, rushed to Tunpu in the starry night, and directly kicked open the door of this black-hearted house and tied up his whole family.

Pan Bao, who rushed to the next day when he heard the news, tried his best to save Li Zheng's life, but the major general was selfless and selfless, and he kowtowed to Pan Bao three times to say that he couldn't give Uncle Pan this face.

Then in front of hundreds of people in the village, Li Rusong personally cut off Li Zheng's head, and Li Zheng's family was implicated because of Li Zheng's corruption, the land was confiscated, and the whole family was expelled from the dangerous mountain!

The eyes of the common people are bright, they don't know any gorgeous words, but they know in their hearts who is good to them, and who is really good, can let them go to the soup.

Lao Hu suddenly stood up, walked to the yard, knelt on his knees in the direction of the dangerous mountain, and knocked his head three times in a row:

"Major General, you don't even want officials for the sake of us people, we still misunderstand you, I'm sorry for you. In the future, for the sake of the young general, even if I die, I won't frown! ”

All the soldiers present were infected by Lao Hu, and they either learned from Lao Hu to kneel and kowtow outside, or hold a wine bowl and let tears rage on their faces, silently swearing in their hearts to follow the young general.

And the porridge was holding a wine bowl, looking at the clear night sky outside the door, silent, and at this moment he understood what his brother had said to him before he came:

"I not only want to let the people of the dangerous mountains live a good life, but I also want the people of our Ming Dynasty to live a good life. Even if it's your brother, what if I can't be promoted this time? As long as we are really good to our soldiers and people, let them understand and remember your goodness, it is impossible for you to be so good to them if you change people, why is it difficult for your brother and me to dominate the world and win the Central Plains? ”

"Hehe, no matter what you say, brother, anyway, I know that if you follow my brother, whether it is a common person or a soldier, you can be fed and clothed, and even if you die, you don't have to worry about no one to take care of your wife and children. That's enough, even if the porridge dies for my brother, what's there to regret? Muttering to himself, he found that he seemed to have changed into a different person, no longer the little god stick who ran around every day in Tieling for a livelihood and a full meal, but like his brother Li Rusong, he had to work hard for the people of the dangerous mountains and the people of the Ming Dynasty!

Because of the tears of joy, relief, and emotion shed by those veterans, and the support and love of those people for the major general from the bottom of their hearts, it is worth their hard work!