Tractor.

It's the soldiers of their little banner.

Iron Bull is not a nickname, but his surname is Iron Bull. He is in his twenties this year, as his name suggests, with a Chinese face, a bearded face, a dark complexion, and a strong cow.

Tie Niu is also good at dancing big guns, spears, and can shoot two-stone bows. He is a rare good soldier in this hundred households where military discipline is lax.

It is precisely because of the lax military discipline that Tie Niu can only be a soldier.

On weekdays, their relationship is neither good nor bad.

Wu Nian put the dishes and chopsticks in the pot, covered the lid, and washed them when he came back. Then he went out of the kitchen and opened the courtyard door.

"It's an iron bull. What's the matter? ”

Wu Nian looked up at the stout iron bull and asked very calmly.

"Go in and talk, it's cold here." Although Tie Niu is strong, he is quite afraid of the cold, and after shivering, he said.

"I was negligent, please." Wu Nian apologized and welcomed Tie Niu into the hall and sat down.

"It smells so good. Did you really go into the mountains and hunt a deer and come back? When I heard about it, I thought it was a joke. After Iron Bull sat down, his nose moved, and he smelled the smell of meat.

"Good luck. This sika deer hit my arrows and sent it in by itself. Wu Nian didn't mean to talk too much, and wrote lightly.

Tie Niu also felt that Wu Nian should be lucky. He knew that this drunkard was very weak, and he didn't shoot a bow and arrows very much.

But he just sighed, lucky. Nor jealousy. He was a hunter himself, and he often went into the mountains to hunt, and his family did not lack meat to eat.

"Yesterday the military order came down, let's assemble. As a result, you are not in the 100 households. Lord Xiaoqi asked me to inform you that you should assemble in the barracks early tomorrow morning. ”

"Also. Because you weren't there, Lord Xiaoqi lost his temper. Don't blame me for not reminding you, tomorrow your kid will be a little better. Otherwise, you might get smacked. ”

Iron Bull finally put aside the nonsense and got to the point.

Wu Nian's eyes flashed, and he stood up solemnly and bowed to Tie Niu, and said, "Thank you brother for mentioning it." ”

Tie Niu looked at Wu Nian in surprise, and felt that Wu Nian seemed to be a little different. In the past, Wu Nian would not be so clear-sighted.

"You kid seems a little out of the ordinary." Tie Niu touched his bearded chin and looked at Wu Nian suspiciously.

But he didn't think much about it, and waved his hand very refreshingly: "You're polite." There are not many good people in office. You are a drunkard and a gambler. But he didn't offend me on weekdays. If there is anything, of course I will take care of you. ”

"Alright. That's all there is to it. I'm leaving. It's so cold in your house. I'd better go back and sleep with my wife in my arms. ”

Iron Bull stood up, patted his ass and left.

"Brother walk slowly." Wu Nian politely sent the iron bull to the door, waved his hand, and watched the iron bull's body plunge into the night.

"This guy can handle it. There is also a big contradiction between being an official and being a soldier. ”

Wu Nian collected the memories of the original owner, and said secretly in his heart.

The military discipline of the Great Chu State was lax and corrupt.

Iron Bull is a good soldier, but he can only be a good soldier.

Although Xiaoqi only brought ten soldiers, the official worship was from the seventh grade, which was the official skin. If you want to get the position of Xiaoqi, Tie Niu is incapable.

The small flag with ten soldiers, this is the theory. In practice, it is not necessarily. Their small banner has never been full, and there are only five soldiers at present.

According to the laws of the Great Chu State.

Every month, each soldier is given five buckets of rice without a wife, that is, sixty catties. Those who have wives are given six buckets.

The robes are changed every three years.

Now the situation in the Great Chu State has been eroded. The original owner couldn't figure out how much the actual military rations sent by the imperial court were.

Anyway, in Wu Nian's hands, there are only two buckets of rice per month.

The robe has not been changed for more than ten years.

The original owner's robe is still inherited from Wu's father.

The officials are exploited layer by layer, and they eat empty salaries. From time to time, let his soldiers go to help with farming.

How to reconcile the contradictions between this soldier and the officer?

He already suspected that Zhang Yong would collude with Xiaoqi Li Ding to engage him, but now Tie Niu made it clear to him that Li Ding had indeed lost his temper and might take the opportunity to play.

"If you want to me, it's not that easy." Wu Nian sneered, and had some scheming in his heart.

After standing for a while, Wu Nian also felt cold, and shivered and went back to the house. He went to see Liu Xiang first, and when he saw that Liu Xiang was asleep, he didn't disturb her, took the dishes and chopsticks and washed them together, and then went back to sleep in his room.

Early the next morning.

Wu Nian burned the lotus seed porridge early and ate it himself. went to see Liu Xiang, her complexion was a little better, and she was able to go to the ground.

Wu Nian asked her to eat porridge by herself, he went back to the house, put on a broken battle jacket, hung up a knife, put on an iron helmet, picked up a big gun and went out, and came to the barracks to report.

There were no tents in the barracks, and there was a simple house of 100 households. Ten separate houses. The hall house is the public hall of Xiaoqi, and the rest of the rooms are residences.

After Wu Nian came to the court, the others had already arrived.

In addition to Tie Niu, there are also Zhang Sheng, Wang Gui, and Li Yong.

Tie Niu is a good soldier, and Zhang Sheng is also young and strong. Wang Gui is a sick man, and Li Yong is a veteran who is over half a hundred years old and has a white beard.

Coupled with the original owner of the original drunkard, most of them are crooked melons and cracked dates.

The four of them all nodded to Wu Nian, and then stood together and waited for Xiaoqi Li Ding to arrive.

Soon after, Li Ding arrived with his servant Chen Guang.

Wu Nian and other soldiers wore battle jackets, that is, cotton armor. Li Ding is wearing iron armor, he is in the prime of life, strong, with a national face, with iron armor, he walks majestically.

His servant Chen Guang was also strong, wearing cotton armor and a helmet.

Domestic servants are not part of the establishment, they are the personal armies of officials. Compared to their own soldiers, the officials trusted their domestic slaves more.

Li Ding came to the main seat and sat down, and Chen Guang followed closely behind, standing on his left side. As soon as he sat down, Li Ding glanced at Wu Nian, and a dark look flashed on his face.

"Wu Nian. You're a military householder. Yesterday the army assembled. but thou art not in the house. According to the law, it should be killed. ”

Li Ding didn't talk nonsense with Wu Nian, and directly made a big move, first after saying this sentence fiercely, he changed his words again and said, "However." Everyone is in a hundred households, and you can't look up and look down. ”

"I will show mercy to you and give you twenty sticks."

"Iron Bull. Pull Wu Nian down and beat him hard. Don't cheat on me. Later, the official will take off his pants and check it himself. ”

Li Ding raised his head and ordered Tie Niu Dao.

Everyone is a veteran ruffian. We all know that there are two ways to play sticks.

One is to play loudly, but it does not hurt the muscles and bones.

One is the dullness of beating, which can paralyze people.

Today, Li Ding first asked for Wu Nian's half life, and then talked to him about the Wu family's acres of land.

This is the crushing of people at the level of the official university.

The corners of Li Ding's mouth showed a sneer, his waist was straight, his head was held high, and he put on a real official prestige.