Chapter 180: Butcher Zhang's doubts

In Dengzhou City, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and many merchants who had business dealings with the barracks outside the city suddenly found that those military and soldier patrons who had a cold face and gave money were simply incomparable, suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if they had suddenly changed the merchants who purchased.

What's the matter, it's not easy to get acquainted with these soldiers, do some business in the world, meet these soldiers, are ten trips of business to lose nine trips, this Fengzi camp, it is estimated that it is the only remaining trip, if you go to such a customer, it is really reluctant.

Butcher Zhang was one of the merchants who had business dealings with the barracks outside the city. The contact with the soldiers of this Fengzi battalion has just begun, and no one is trembling, but with the increase of time, the people in Dengzhou City gradually discovered that these soldiers, whether they are officials or big-headed soldiers, are really different from the kind of rotten soldiers they have seen before. Speak and be kind, and the money that should be given to buy things will not be less. As for those who have big girls and little daughters-in-law in the family, they will not come forward to laugh, move their hands and feet, and after they are very familiar, they will say a few irrelevant meat words. All in all, these soldiers are not like the soldiers of the imperial court.

Can such a soldier fight? It is not vicious at all, not only the big and small officials in Dengzhou City, but also the people who have been in contact with these soldiers and soldiers, all have such a question in their hearts. However, this doubt soon disappeared in their hearts, because something happened.

From beginning to end, Butcher Zhang saw it, and even, in the first half of the matter, he personally participated.

The reason is very simple, whether it is the purchase of military supplies in this large battalion, or the soldiers who go out of the camp on leave, they are all kind to people, and after some people are afraid, they begin to ponder, these soldiers are said to be real salaries, and those who are rich are very rich, why not take out more silver from their hands. They have seen it with their own eyes a few times, even if there is a dispute between the people and the soldiers, whether it is the lord of the city or the official of the soldiers, everything is towards the people, even if the soldiers are justified and fight against the people, in the end there is no good fruit to eat.

As a result, the people began to be disrespectful, and even if they were fair to the soldiers, they began to shorten the pound and deceive them, just to earn more of their silver. On that day, the purchase of this military camp had to come to the market to buy five pigs and twenty sheep, such a big deal, no matter which one could not be taken alone, so several of Zhang Butcher's colleagues invited each other to take over the deal.

Due to the urgency in the barracks, even if they are partners, they can't get together so many pigs and sheep in half a day, usually they are purchased from other people's livestock, where will they prepare so much, and when they buy and pick up the goods, they want to earn this silver, so they make a little slippery.

There are twenty sheep and pigs, except for three big fat pigs, the other two are old sows who don't know how many piglets they have laid. Unexpectedly, the purchase was not stupid, and they found out at a glance that they were tired, these two pigs, they didn't want to live or die.

Now the butchers are gone, everyone knows that the meat of this old sow tastes like chewing wax, not to mention, there is a fishy smell, these soldiers don't want it, they can't sell it. So, the two sides quarreled, according to the past practice, if the matter is big, this soldier, will definitely be arrogant, and then pinch his nose to suffer this loss, who knows, that day that purchase, but no one's account to buy, in the end, even the pigs and sheep that gave a fixed amount of money are not wanted, clamoring to go to Laizhou to buy.

Everyone was angry and angry, screaming and scolding, I don't know who made the first move, although they didn't use the knife, but they couldn't stand the crowd, and the two soldiers around him were beaten to a blue nose and swollen face, and a few bones were broken, and they were sent to the hospital.

What happened later, Butcher Zhang remembers very clearly, thinking of the situation at that time, he is still a little worried.

An hour later, everyone was still talking about today's "feat", of course, in their mouths, it was nothing more than beating the officers and soldiers who oppressed the people, it was worth talking about, but soon someone found that a group of soldiers drove in from outside the city and surrounded these streets.

Butcher Zhang was frightened, and took advantage of the fact that everyone was shouting and shouting, and quietly hid in his shop, and then, he saw that a capital in the yamen, with a few officials, walked up to the officer who led the team and said a few words, and then saw that the officer who led the team slapped him very neatly, and turned the head fan to the ground.

Then, the one who had just been sent to the infirmary by them and the two soldiers were carried out, and the officer did not speak, but let the buyer identify him in the crowd.

A full seventeen people, in front of everyone's eyes, were taken away by these soldiers, and their lives were uncertain.

Naturally, the families of these people refused to give up, went to the government to make trouble, and asked the government to negotiate with those soldiers and soldiers, return their relatives, and give them justice. I don't know what those officials and the general who led the troops said, and they sent words lightly, telling everyone to be less safe and not impatient, these people, beating the soldiers of the imperial court, that is a violation of the king's law, these soldiers want to use military law to govern them, and the local officials are not easy to speak, anyway, the crime is not to death, everyone just wait!

Three months later, these people came back, and it was indeed a crime that did not lead to death, and there were not even injuries on their bodies, but the whole person was so thin that people could see that their hair was oozing, and there were some smells on their bodies that could not be washed clean. It looks like these people don't look like people anymore.

No one knows what they have experienced, and they seem to have unified their voices, only saying that they are working in the army to atone for their sins, but Butcher Zhang really understands that these people must have been thrown somewhere by those who were soldiers, and the cattle and horses were not as good as working for a few months, and people didn't want their lives, but this life may not be much better than death.

Therefore, from the day those people came back, as long as the officers and soldiers from outside the city came to him to take care of his business, that attitude was really good. He can see clearly that these soldiers are peaceful, but they are not afraid of them, but people disdain to deal with them, if it is more serious, even if they are not vicious soldiers, with knives and guns, it is not something that they ordinary people can provoke.

Soon, his changed attitude immediately paid off, and someone from the army directly approached him and asked him to take charge of some meat, and after that, the people in the big camp did not buy them one by one in the market, but directly from him.

After taking over the business of this military camp, Butcher Zhang didn't even do his own business, this craft of killing pigs and sheep was almost his amateur pastime, and he no longer needed to get up early every day to get bloody in the dark. Pigs and sheep are harvested every day and then delivered to the barracks, whether it is the degree of leisure of the people or the income in the shop, it is simply a earth-shaking change from the past.

This transaction has only been done for more than a month, and the money he has earned is already more than the whole of last year. Now, he really regards the soldiers outside the city as the God of Wealth, but for a few days the God of Wealth did not come to the door, even if he went to the barracks, he was also blocked back, he was so anxious as if he was in a bad mood, and his family also knew that he was in a bad mood, and even his mother-in-law was careful when talking to him, for fear of annoying him and causing a fat beating.

"Is there going to be a war?" He thought about it, and it seemed that only this reason made sense, it didn't seem that there was any bandit near Dengzhou, if these soldiers were transferred to fight elsewhere, then he would lose a lot.

"Old woman, old woman!" He loudly swapped his wife.

"What's the matter, the master, is there no wine?"

"Not this!" Butcher Zhang glared at her: "Last time, I heard you and Mrs. Mei chattering, as if to say, the son of the horse widow on East Street is no longer a pawnshop, and has gone to serve as a soldier outside the city?" Is there such a thing? ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Go, change your clothes, let's go to the widow's house!" He stood up.

"I haven't eaten yet!" His wife was a little unhappy.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know, our rice bowl is almost gone, and we still eat a fart!" Butcher Zhang rolled his eyes and scolded his wife into the room.

The horse widow is in her forties, she is sitting under the eaves with a shoe, and when she sees these two people coming to the door, she paused for a while, and only reacted in half a ring, this is the Zhang family of the butcher shop on the opposite street.

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, is there something wrong?" Seeing the large intestine in their hands, the horse widow was a little puzzled, this is not a New Year's Day, what are these two people doing in their house with gifts.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Butcher Zhang replied with a smile, "I have an extra pair of large intestines today, I heard that your third son went to eat food as a soldier, and no one at home took care of it, and my lady can talk to you again, so I will send it to you!" ”

"Oh, what to say!" Widow Ma stood up and thanked her again and again: "Everyone, neighbors, I'm very happy to come and sit down if I have nothing to do, and I brought something with me!" ”

"Who!" A voice came from inside the room.

"Uncle Zhang on the street, I'm here to bring food to our family!" Widow Ma replied, and explained to Butcher Zhang with a smile: "The third son has not been at home for the past few days, and he is resting at home, Brother Zhang, you sit, I will ask him to come out and talk to you!" After saying that, he carried the large intestine and walked into the house.

In the middle of the ring, the son of the widow walked out with sleepy eyes, and the butcher greeted with a smile: "What about resting at home?" Didn't go on duty? ”

"Hmm!" The widow's son obviously didn't wake up: "What is the value, if it weren't for the sake of the money, I wouldn't be able to eat and suffer that sin, I practiced to death every day, and I don't know what crazy happened to it in the past few days, everyone in our camp has been given ten days off, take this opportunity, I can't take a good rest!" ”

"No, my shop is also doing business in your camp, it seems that there is only one monthly leave a month, how can I give ten days off at a time? Sanzi, didn't you make a mistake and get fired home, right? Butcher Zhang asked pretending to be puzzled.

"How do you say that!" The third son looked at him very strangely: "The Dengzhou soldiers in our battalion have all given fakes, but those veterans are not fake!" ”

Butcher Zhang still didn't understand, and asked carefully, and the three sons who listened to him answered without a word, and he realized that he dared to be affectionate, these three sons were not the soldiers of the barracks outside the city at all, and the neighbors spread falsehoods to have this misunderstanding.

It turned out that the Fengzi battalion was stationed in Dengzhou, and some young people were also recruited in Dengzhou, but these people were not recruited as official soldiers, but as auxiliaries. Their salaries were not even half of those of the regular soldiers.

But even so, there are still many children's children who are willing to do this thing, although the money is not very much, but this salary is much better than finding a job in the city, besides, eating and drinking are in the barracks, this salary is real, and it is paid on time, so a comparison, naturally the temptation of this job is much greater.

In addition to taking care of the horses and maintaining the ordnance, they also have a certain degree of drill, although the intensity of this drill is much less than that of the regular soldiers, but these auxiliaries still feel that it is enough. To put it bluntly, these auxiliaries are some military men and cavalry servants recruited by the Fengzi Battalion in order to improve the relationship between the garrisons. They can't be considered to be the sequence of the Wind Word Camp at all.

Three days ago, they received an order to take a holiday, and as soon as they heard that there was a ten-day holiday, they did not deduct their salary, and they were so happy that they immediately packed up and went home, as for why there was such an order, they were also inexplicable.

When Butcher Zhang went back, he felt a little distressed about the large intestine, this horse widow's son is purely a living treasure, he doesn't know anything, and he deserves to be a buddy for the rest of his life. They all entered the barracks, and they didn't think about climbing up, and they would be sorry for a little crime, which was really useless material.

He was now sure that something must have happened to the Fengzi Battalion outside the city, and even the recruited auxiliaries were sent back, leaving only those soldiers from Lingshan, indicating that this matter was still a little sensitive. However, this should not be a long-term thing, in the suddenness of the matter, the purchased Liu Zongqi, did not breathe through the wind, let alone increase the amount of purchase, presumably in a few days, this matter will pass!

"Bodhisattva bless! Don't pull these soldiers out to fight! He secretly prayed, for the first time in his life, he asked the Bodhisattva so sincerely for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, "Otherwise, I will lose a lot!" ”