In the second half of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, from Henan to Nanzhili, Jiangbei and Shandong, which had been poisoned by military disasters in the past, the displaced people had been resettled at this time.

All the official fields confiscated by the local government and the imperial court from the convicts and the ownerless fields have been taken over to the households.

These newly settled homeless people have finally settled down in the Ming Dynasty-controlled areas, and some of the land that had been bloodied and trampled by horses' hooves in the past has begun to be recultivated at this time.

The most popular trade in various towns at this time is all kinds of agricultural tools and vegetable seeds.

Moreover, it was in the vicinity of these castles that new villages of thatched huts began to appear one after another.

Most of the people in the north who moved south began to resettle in the new village road, where chickens and dogs barked, and fruit trees were shady, no longer rolling with iron hooves and corpses everywhere.

Cai Ming, a soldier of the Guards, was arranged to return to Caijia New Village, Lu'an Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture because his left leg was disabled due to injury.

In the winter of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, he had to flee here because his hometown of Fengrun County, Shuntianfu, Beizhili, was occupied by Manchurian iron cavalry.

Now more than 30 members of the whole clan have gathered here, and they have all been allocated land by the local county government.

When Cai Ming returned here, and was led home by his wife, he saw the vegetable fields all over the ground, and the greenery was verdant, and he couldn't help but smile on his face, as if he felt that the injuries he suffered in the battle of Mengcheng were worth it.

"The master said that you were injured due to merit, according to the order of the imperial court military department, my family got an extra ten acres of high-quality paddy fields, this was originally the land of the great squire Liu Cai's family, fat, you are in charge of the house, it is good for you to come back, although you are lame, but you can also help me at home, so much land, I can't work alone", after Cai Ming's wife said, Cai Ming also laughed, and handed a bag of silver coins to his wife:

"This is my ringing silver and pension silver this month, a total of 100 silver dollars, you have collected it, and the court will give our family a subsidy of five yuan a month in the future, you remember to go to the county government to receive it, and report my name."

"Hey! This is a lot of money, and after a while, when the farming is slack, you can build a brick house to live in, and use it for the eldest baby to marry a wife in the future", Cai Ming's wife happily agreed, and planned the use of the money.

However, at this moment, I saw a servant walking over with a gong: "Is Cai Ming, a soldier of the First Infantry Battalion of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army, at home?" ”

"At home, at home, this official, what are you looking for me to be in charge of", Cai Ming's wife hurriedly walked over, as the wife of a commoner who works in the field all the year round, she can't avoid any etiquette and religion, so she dares to show her face in front of the living, and she is no longer afraid of the people in this official house, after all, the court is now exempted from forced labor, and the government can't find a reason to detain her as a peasant woman.

"Cai family lady, that's the case, the master asked your family Cai Ming to go to the county government, saying that he had something important to see him", as soon as the official said this, Cai Ming walked over, he is now a soldier of the former Guards A infantry battalion, the commander is the famous Chen Zilong, and his direct boss is a certain talented minister in Nanjing City, and even half of his teacher, so that he now recognizes several baskets of words, so in front of this official is no longer as unconfident as when he was a farmer before, and still straightens his chest: "Dare to ask, My grandfather asked me to go to the county office, what's the matter? ”

"You'll know when you go, it's a good thing anyway", the official smiled, didn't dare to put on a show, and stretched out his hand: "Please." ”

Cai Ming's wife watched her husband limp to the county government with some worry, but when she saw that it was going to rain again, she had to go back and call her eldest son, and the mother and son were busy carrying baskets on their backs to harvest wheat.

Affected by the climate of the Xiaoice River, in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, the rainy season in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River came later than in previous years.

Therefore, in June and July at this time, the rainy days began to appear, and the rain began to fall non-stop, and the plums in the south and north of the Yangtze River gradually ripened.

The rainy season begins after the rainy season, marking the beginning of the hottest phase of summer in the south.

However, during this period, it is also the season for the rapid harvest of summer crops such as wheat and rape, after all, if you delay for one more day, you will be rotted by frequent rains.

When Cai Ming's wife and his son hurriedly carried back the wheat from the last acre of land, Cai Ming also returned home, but changed into an official uniform and wore a black gauze hat, Cai Ming's wife laughed: "The head of the family, you went to the county government here, why did you become like this again." ”

"The Imperial Military Department re-began to implement the military merit system, and arranged different treatment for the disabled soldiers who returned to their hometowns according to their performance when they were soldiers, because I participated in the Battle of Mengcheng and killed two Tartars, so I was appointed by the county in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of War as the captain of the history and militia, you say this is not strange, when the soldier is injured and goes home can still be an official, it can be seen that the current Emperor Ming is a good emperor, and he gave us land and let me be an official", Cai Ming laughed.

"What does this have to do with the emperor", seeing that the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, Cai Ming's wife was not good to go out again, so she returned to the loom and began to weave.

At this time, Cai Ming slapped the table and began to straighten his stomach: "What do you know as a woman, I participated in the emperor's guards, so I can get the current grace!" Since the emperor has made me an official, I must be a good official who is the master of the people, I heard the master say, this classic history is to maintain the peace of one side, the militia captain is sent by the guard, and each county has one, which is specifically responsible for teaching the people to kill Tartars, I have to think about how to be a good official. ”

Cai Ming thought about this question very actively, not caring at all that he was already a cripple who had been injured due to work, and he still seemed so confident.

Chen Zilong, the commander of the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Guards, had just participated in the Battle of Huguang at this time, and escorted the chief officer Liu Fangliang to pass through this Liu'an Prefecture. ”

"You Chen Dacai and old friends are in this village?" Liu Fangliang said that he was also shocked by the shouting of Cai Ming and others in front of him, and couldn't help but ask Chen Zilong: "Who is that person, why is it that the assassination technique of my guards, and he is quite skilled." ”

"Returning to the chief officer, he is an old friend of the last general, Cai Ming, a soldier of the Third Infantry Battalion of the First Corps of the Third Army of my Guards, who stabbed the Tartar on the battlefield, because he blocked a knife for me on the battlefield, he was disabled and had to return to his hometown to resettle.

As soon as Chen Zilong said this, Liu Fangliang asked: "What are the products that have not entered the stream?" ”

"It's lower than the ninth grade", Chen Zilong replied, Liu Fangliang was angry on the spot: "The county master is a seventh-grade official, and he is actually lower than the county master, who is the county order here, let him come to see me, it's really nonsense!" The hero who killed the Tartars on the battlefield is a hero even if he returns to the township, how can he give such a small official. ”

"The general soldier is angry, you can't control this matter, it's Li Gelao (Li Banghua)'s business", as soon as Chen Zilong said this, Liu Fangliang got off the horse: "I'll talk to him after I wait for Fengyang, and now I'll go with you to meet this guy named Cai Ming, now that we have won the battle in Huguang again, we should let him know." ”

The bi-weekly 10,000-word outbreak was completed, and the fifth one took me two hours, deleted and wrote, wrote and deleted, originally wanted to show the social life in the Ming Dynasty's ruling area, but found that it was really difficult, so I could only try to show it from the perspective of the ordinary wounded of the Guards, and then lead to the historical celebrities Chen Zilong and Liu Fangliang to embellish, which may be more vivid.

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