Since following Qiu Er, He Lanying finally completely succumbed to fate, and felt at home to do laundry, cooking, and giving birth to Qiu Er. Because of this, Qiu Er began to get serious and think about the future of his family. If it weren't for the sake of making the child live a better life in the future and let the child have a little more interest in the future, Qiu Er would not be in such a hurry to leave here. He Lanying also understood the importance of her husband's children to herself, so while teaching her own children, she began to teach her husband and the children that her husband had with others. Although Qiu Er doesn't learn fast, it's better than no one to teach, he knows a few words every day, and he knows a lot in the past two years. The children also began to accept Helan Ying's mother, and the only one who had an opinion was the little widow. But fortunately, the little widow is reluctant to leave for the sake of her husband's family business, and she will not pester Qiu Er too tightly. Qiu Er only needs to worry about one thing, when he leaves here in the future, it will not be how Helan Yingsheng's children will be settled.

Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao were originally worried that Qiu Er would not be able to deal with the officer, but they didn't expect that this officer would be even more unbearable than Qiu Er. Qiu Er used the means of Jinyiwei to scare the officer a few times, and the officer was scared away. In order to survive, in order not to be tortured by the Jinyi guard, the officer told Qiu Er everything he knew. This made Qin Tai and his wife, who were a little worried, relieved, and Qiu Er also felt that his luck had come.

The officer's name is Qiu Jingwu, and the surname Qiu is not many, but it is an ancient surname that has existed for a long time. Qiu Jingwu, like Qiu Er, is also from a military family. However, compared to Qiu Er, this Qiu Jingwu suffered less, but his luck was not as good as Qiu Er. Qiu Jingwu is the ninth generation of military households, if Qiu Jingwu's ancestors and Qiu Er's ancestors knew each other as comrades-in-arms, Qiu Jingwu would call Qiu Er uncle. The Qiujing samurai family are all lower-level officers, and unlike Jinyiwei, their family's military status and military position can be hereditary. You don't have to be like the military households of Jinyiwei, you need to start training from the grassroots level. This is where the officer Qiu Jingwu Bhikkhu Er is easy, but because of this, his chances are not as good as Qiu Er. When Qiu Jingwu was twenty years old, he did two things that had a great impact on his life. The first thing was that his father married him a woman who was also from a military family. The second thing was that his father, who was not yet forty years old, gave him his position. Since then, he has been an active officer of the Ming Dynasty, a seven-grade hundred-hundred-household in tatters.

Qiu Jingwu didn't know until he took over that this hundred households were really a clean place. Traditionally, "eating empty salaries" and "drinking soldiers' blood" have always been the basis for officers to make a fortune and survive. The so-called "empty salary" is to falsely report the number of soldiers, report unnecessary soldiers, and use their food and salary to fill their own pockets. At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, every hundred households had a candidate. According to the statistics of the 11th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, there were no less than 180 soldiers in every 100 households, including 100 regular sergeants, 70 soldier candidates, 7 craftsmen, and 3 military doctors. Later, because there was no need to fight too many battles, the number of alternates was reduced, and there were at least about 130 people in a 100-household office. In the later period of Ming Chengzu, because the war in the north basically subsided, and there were no major battles in the south, the imperial court announced that the number of military camps would be reduced again. In general, there were ninety-eight regular sergeants and officers, five craftsmen and one military doctor, a total of one hundred and four people. From then on, every 100 households were built according to this standard, and their wages were paid according to this base. Although this number was nominally checked annually and the amount of food and pay for the following year was determined according to the number of people, there was little reduction since then. In fact, every health center is the same, every year, there are descendants of military households who have not inherited the military status are revoked from the military household qualifications, and some people become deserters. Except for some border guards and the royal guards in the capital, the loss of personnel in the general local guard stations is quite serious. For example, the number of 100 households where Qiu Jingwu is located is less than one-third, but it is still reported every year according to the 100 households of the whole system.

The so-called "drinking the blood of soldiers" is to withhold the soldiers' supplies, including daily expenses and soldiers' equipment and weapons. Every soldier of the Ming Dynasty knew that the imperial court would not pay everyone in full. Even if the soldiers are paid enough, the money still can't support the family. The reason why they joined the army was to have a place to live in peace, and for a reason to be exempt from paying taxes, their living expenses still had to rely on the hard work of their family members at home. Withholding soldiers' salaries and lowering their living standards is a necessary means for officers. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the treatment and salary of officials have generally been low. Officials had to find ways to embezzle, which is why there were so many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. The vast majority of these officials embezzled in order to survive and support their families. Officials can be corrupt, they can exploit the common people, and the officers have no choice but to withhold the soldiers' supplies. The equipment and weapons of the soldiers, which are the most coveted by the officers, because these things are the most valuable. According to the regulations of the imperial court, soldiers changed their uniforms and equipment every three years, and weapons every seven years. But in fact, this is not the case, and the general local health center does not have such good treatment at all. Except for the border gates, where wars often take place, and the imperial guards to be inspected by the emperor of the capital, the equipment is not often changed locally. Take the hundred households where Qiu Jingwu is located as an example, nine generations of their family are here as a hundred households, in addition to the first generation of the ancestors received two sets of military uniforms with armor, each hundred households can only receive a set of more suitable military uniforms when they take office, and the armor is fundamentally inherited from their own ancestors. Qiu Jingwu's father once counted that nine generations were stationed here, and a total of seven collective changes of clothing and three updates of weapons. In the past 150 years and more, 79 military salaries have been paid, and the largest one has paid 70 percent of military salaries. In other words, most of the salaries owed by the imperial court to the soldiers were not counted, and even the clothing was not paid enough. Of course, these deducted materials and equipment are not the Qiu Jingwu family's, and all military camps must deduct some, which is "drinking the blood of soldiers".

Due to the seriousness of "eating empty salaries" and "drinking soldiers' blood", Qiu Jingwu became the last hundred households. Soon after Qiu Jingwu took over the 100 households, one of his subordinates reported the actual situation of the 100 households to his superiors without authorization. Although the higher authorities knew about the following things, they didn't expect it to be so serious. At this time, an official from the military department was there to inspect it, and he must come down to check it himself. The result was very serious, and there were less than thirty soldiers in the entire hundred households, and more than half of them were officers. The armament was almost zero, and some soldiers mortgaged their weapons to shops in order not to go hungry. The barracks became a den of beggars, full of, almost all intact. The only thing that is more pleasing to the eye in the entire Baihu is the half-new military uniform on the new Baihu Qiu Jingwu. The officials of the military department were furious, and while demanding that Qiu Jingwu hand over all the accounts and rosters, he also asked his superiors to consider whether to cancel the system.

The deficit over the years and the lack of management have become Qiu Jingwu's fault, but it also saved Qiu Jingwu's life. Because these things are not something that Qiu Jingwu, a newcomer who has just taken over, can do it all at once, so Qiu Jingwu only has the crime of knowing and not reporting, and has no other crimes. However, because this hundred households were abolished, Qiu Jingwu, the current hundred households, also came to an end. When the Ministry of War agreed to the abolition of the establishment of this 100-household office in the local military camp, Qiu Jingwu became an officer waiting for a reassignment. Qiu Jingwu knew that there would be no result if he waited, there were extra people in the imperial court everywhere, and if he didn't look for it, he would generally not be able to wait for the opportunity.

Just when Qiu Jingwu was busy, his wife, who was left at home by him, played a role. This is also a wife from a military family, and she is very innocent of her husband's current situation. In order to get her husband back to work, in order to make her husband pay attention to herself, this woman went back to her parents' home once. She used the method of crying, scolding and hanging herself to force her mother's family to find a new job for her husband. Qiu Jingwu came here as a sub-100 household-level inspector. It's not oily at all, but it's better than doing nothing at home.

Qiu Jingwu had just arrived at this Thousand Households Office, and he was not qualified to participate in the first few operations. However, he had heard some information and knew that the people above had joined forces with the people of the local yamen to not only resell a batch of military rations, but also to frame a current magistrate named Duan Xingao. Although Qiu Jingwu received some benefits, these benefits were not obtained in vain. Not only does he have to keep it a secret, but he also needs to do something about the aftermath. Just when he was doing the aftermath work according to the instructions of his superiors, news came from the people in the yamen, saying that two outsiders inquired about Duan Xingao. He immediately sent someone to inquire about the origin of this group of people, and found that not only did these people have no intention of leaving, but they were also asking around about Duan Xingao. Qiu Jingwu reported the news to his superiors, and the superiors sent someone to check the clues. In the end, everyone guessed that Qin Tai and his party were the people sent by the imperial court to investigate the cause of Duan Xingao's death. In order to keep the secret, in order not to sabotage their criminal actions, they decided to strike first and create a false impression to burn these people who came to investigate the case. This task was handed over to Qiu Jingwu, and Qiu Jingwu had no choice but to take people to do it, but he didn't expect it to fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei. When Qiu Jingwu knew that he was in the hands of Jinyiwei, he knew that something big had happened this time, and he had to confess to his superiors in order to survive.