In order to boost morale, and also to let the soldiers not have worries. Wei Zheng specially set the time of sending troops after the autumn harvest, that is, a certain day after the soldiers knew about their autumn grain harvest.

As the autumn harvest time approaches day by day, Shanxi was still a barren land a few months ago. At this moment, it has been covered by bursts of golden wheat waves.

About ten miles away from Datong City, there is a tuntian area, more than 20,000 acres of fertile land, and there are no exceptions, all of which are shrouded in golden wheat waves. The tun people who were guarding the fields were like children, and they were eager to guard the wheat that was about to be harvested in the tuntian.

Of course, there are also some residents who gather together to discuss with each other with honest smiles about their families' income this year.

In Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, tens of millions of people and millions of people are ...... All of them are full of eagerness to welcome the autumn harvest.

In this Tuntian District, what attracts everyone's attention the most is the Zhang carpenter's family.

Because, in other people's fields, there are only one or two people guarding the edge of the field. As for his carpenter's house, the whole family was dispatched, five or six people, all old and young, guarding the edge of the field.

It turned out that this carpenter Zhang was a former craftsman in the Ming Dynasty, and he had a low status and never owned his own land. In the rice bowl at home, there has never been overnight food.

In order to support his family, in addition to working for the officers of the guard, he did some carpentry work for the surrounding military households, in exchange for the rations used by the whole family to survive. One of the remaining sources of income for Carpenter Zhang was to rent the fields of the officers of the guards.

However, the drought has reduced yields. There is not much left of the limited harvest income in the fields, excluding the payment of taxes.

After a year of hard work, the whole family has been drinking wild vegetable porridge for at least half a year.

However, God and the court will not let them live this kind of hungry life.

As the drought became more severe, the farmland rented was slowly reduced from the beginning. Step by step becomes a harvest time. In order to live. Carpenter Zhang had to take his family and join the army of displaced people to see if there was a way for himself and his family to survive in other places.

At that time. Whether it's Carpenter Zhang himself. Or the family of Carpenter Zhang. Because there is nothing to eat. All are malnourished, pale, and have a future for themselves. Full of despair......

Just as they were about to be defeated by hunger, they encountered the Haw Par Army......

And not only did he give them food for his life, but he also divided the fields, and the sheep and cattle, and the deep wells...... Let them settle down again in Datong, Shanxi, and have new hope for the future.

In the beginning, their attitude towards the Haw Par Army has always been full of vigilance.

Because, in the eyes of the low-status carpenter Zhang, the Haw Par Army is the army of the imperial court, and since it is the imperial court, the Haw Par Army will never be so good to a carpenter for no reason. Therefore, the Haw Par Army must have some ulterior secrets when doing this.

However, as time passed, they slowly received enough rations for the whole family, cattle and sheep, their own fields, and food planted in the fields, and the vigilance in their hearts finally disappeared.

Instead, it is a heartfelt thank you to the Haw Par Army.

In order to repay the favor, but also to respond to the call of the Governor's Palace. Carpenter Zhang, who has always held the idea of 'a good man is not a soldier', unexpectedly sent his eldest son to the Haw Par Army, ate military salaries, served the Haw Par Army, and served Wei Dashuai.

And at this moment, in the face of the upcoming harvest, he has suffered all his life, and he is afraid that the wheat in the field will have some accidents at the last moment. Directly took the whole family of six people to take turns to stay by their fields, watching the wheat approach to maturity day by day.

Just as the family sat around discussing the upcoming harvest. The fourth child, who was holding his head high and looking around, suddenly let out an exclamation full of excitement.

"Big brother, the big brother who was a soldier is back...... Father...... Mother...... Big brother is back......"

Looking along the field road, the boss in an earthy yellow military uniform, Zhang Tiezhu, carrying something wrapped in oiled paper, strode away towards the location of his family.

Facing his son, who had been a soldier for half a year, the family members sitting on the ground as if they had taken stimulants, jumped up from the ground at the same time, and greeted the direction of the eldest son.

After some greetings, the eldest Zhang Tiezhu, after raising the things in his hand in front of his family, said proudly: "Dad, Mom...... This is the ...... that the handsome man asked his son to bring back to honor you."

"In order to receive the grain in the field to the warehouse as soon as possible, as long as the soldiers whose families are nearby, they can come back to help their families harvest in the autumn."

"In addition, the marshal also gave us soldiers who went home to help the autumn harvest, and each of us gave five catties of mutton......"

"Dashuai said that in the busy farming season, only by eating more meat, eating more oil and water, can everyone have the body to work, and can we collect the grain as soon as possible......"

Hearing this, Carpenter Zhang hurriedly took the mutton and handed it over to his wife under the eager gaze of several children.

Then, he said with emotion: "Dashuai is really a Bodhisattva in the world, no, better than a Bodhisattva, such a small matter, is so thoughtful." It's really a blessing for us ordinary people to meet such a handsome......"

"When the grain is collected and the silver is sold, I will definitely find someone to set up an immortal tablet for the marshal, burn incense for the marshal every day, and pray for the marshal to live a long life."

"Since these muttons were given to us by Dashuai, then we will take them. Eat two catties at noon today to catch the wind for the boss. The rest, when the harvest begins, will be eaten......"

Amid the cheers of several children, the family, old and young, went home ahead of schedule under the greeting of Carpenter Zhang.

While the family sat around the stove eating stewed mutton, Carpenter Zhang did not forget to ask the boss about his situation in the army.

In a pair of curious, confused, worried...... Under the gaze of complex eyes.

The boss Zhang Tiezhu replied proudly: "Mom and Dad...... A good thing to tell you...... Two months ago, because my performance was outstanding during training, the battalion commander promoted me to be a captain. Not only did his subordinates manage ten brothers, but his salary also rose from the original six taels of silver a month to the current ten taels of silver a month. ”

After finishing speaking, directly under the stunned gaze of everyone, he took out five taels of silver and placed them in front of everyone.

Then he pointed to the silver, and said......

"This is my salary for seven months after joining the Haw Par Army, a total of fifty taels of silver. I didn't spend a single or two, all here. And my son will give you this money today...... You will be better off in the future, take the money, buy more meat, and make a new dress or two for your younger brothers and sisters......"

After listening to what the boss said, especially after witnessing the white flowers and silver that the boss put on the table. Except for the children who are not very sensible, the faces of the others are full of shock from the heart.

Although when he sent his son to the Haw Par Army, Carpenter Zhang heard from the recruiting Haw Par Army that the salary of the Haw Par Army was very high, far exceeding that of other officials and soldiers in the imperial court. More importantly, in the Haw Par Army, no matter who they are, as long as they have the ability, they can become officials, and there is no such thing as deducting military salaries.

When he first heard this, Carpenter Zhang was also skeptical.

Because, in Carpenter Zhang's cognition, the Ming Dynasty did not have such a good army. Especially for a person like the boss, who was born in a craftsman's family, he can only be a bullied soldier for almost his whole life......

In this case, the reason why the boss was sent to the Haw Par Army was for two purposes......

One is to let the family and the elders have a way out.

The other is to repay the kindness of the Haw Par Army for saving his life and his family.

And now, the white flowers and silver on the table in front of him directly proved to Carpenter Zhang that all his worries and questions were too much...... The Haw Par Army not only paid the boss a full salary, but also made his own boss an officer......

Thinking of this, Carpenter Zhang's gratitude to the Tiger and Leopard Army and to the Marshal Wei Zhengwei has more than doubled again.

After taking a deep breath, he said to the boss: "Tiezhu, I sent you to the Haw Par Army to repay the kindness of the Haw Par Army to our family. Now it seems that you are going to the right place to go to the Haw Par Army. ”

"Since the Haw Par Army is so good to us, then you must do a good job in the Haw Par Army...... Serve the Haw Par Army, serve the commander...... Otherwise, our old Zhang family really doesn't know how to repay the kindness of the marshal and the tiger and leopard army to us. ”

Zhang Tiezhu nodded, and replied with a cautious face: "Dad, I know what you said, and I will definitely do a good job in the Haw Par Army." For the sake of the Haw Par Army, for the sake of the commander, even if I die on the battlefield, I will not frown......"

When he heard the word 'death', although Carpenter Zhang's brows furrowed, he did not express the worry in his heart. Instead, he replied to his son with a relieved face.

"Iron Pillar, you're right, we can do without anything...... But you can't do without a conscience......"

"Our whole family's lives were saved by Dashuai. Without Dashuai, we would have starved to death on the way to be homeless. If there really is such a day, not only you, even if you take my life, I am willing. ”

After speaking, he directly said to the wife next to him who was red in the eyes because of these words, and was about to leave tears: "You are a woman, what do you know, you will cry...... The marshal saved our whole family, and also let the boss be a soldier, eat military salaries, and give him an official position, which is worthy of us. ”

"At the critical moment, it is also appropriate to die for the handsome."

"Okay, don't cry...... Immediately put the money away and keep it for the boss......"

"When we meet the right one, we will use this silver to tell the boss about a good family business, and let the boss give us a big fat grandson...... In this way, when the boss fights with the commander, he will no longer have any worries......" (to be continued......