Chapter 121: Five taels of pills and one or two lives
The aftermath after the war, unsurprisingly, was handed over to many disciples of Yanwutang, and bringing them out was to familiarize them with the military and gradually grow up, so that they could become an excellent general or a county commander who could benefit one party in the future. Only by experiencing the suffering of the lower-class soldiers can we be more careful and less casual when making decisions in the future.
General Qin deliberately handed over the most difficult and bitter things to the people he thought were worth cultivating, but instead handed over the work of counting casualties, food, grass and weapons and other losses to the rest of the disciples. Perhaps in the eyes of the generals of this unified army, enduring hardships and standing hard work and sharing weal and sorrow with soldiers is an excellent quality, and the so-called internal affairs ability is only something that those who cannot be generals will learn.
It's just that he never thought that most of the disciples of the Northern Expedition were men, and there were a few female disciples by chance, and most of them were considered by him to be the kind of people who couldn't be generals, and they were assigned statistical work.
No matter how careful a man is, he always lacks some of the delicacy of a woman. When it comes to treating the wounded and comforting people's hearts, how can a woman do it conveniently.
After Xu Ao made some inspections, he found that although this world is full of powerful spells, and various elixirs are endless, there are very few drugs for ordinary soldiers to treat sword wounds and prevent infections. Occasionally, listening to the dictates of those sergeants, the effect of the medicine is only average.
The usual novels, such as gold sore pills and the like, simply don't exist. Most of the wounds are bandaged and then applied with plant ash. Not even the most basic disinfection measures, such as salt water alcohol.
With these questions, Xu Ao went to ask Xu Hu and Sun Xiansheng. Then he angrily broke into General Qin's room.
General Qin was holding a bowl of ginseng tea in the room, and when he saw Xu Ao barging in with anger on his face, he was not angry, but just took a false lead with one hand and motioned for Xu Ao to sit down and say.
"General Qin, why? Isn't the life of an ordinary soldier a life? Is it that in the eyes of the general, only the lives of those naturally noble clan of the gate lord clan are fate?" Xu Ao saw General Qin signaling him to continue, so he continued: "General, you were doused with the blood of the wild god and almost died, but after all kinds of pills were poured down, you also came back to life, and now you can even handle government affairs, eating and drinking soup with a bowl. Xu Hu and Sun Xiansheng were so seriously injured, but they were also saved by various pills. Although the diarrhea does not stop now, it is much better than the miserable situation of those soldiers, right? Why are there so many pills, but they are unwilling to use them for those soldiers, and actually let them cover their wounds with ashes of plants and trees? Even if they are from civilian backgrounds, they are still a life? Under the order of His Majesty the King of Qin, they also packed their bags and went to the battlefield like those children of the soldiers and clansmen. The same bloodshed and the same sacrifice, why can't you give them some of the pills. There are many people who only need one pill to survive, why do the disciples of the Yanwutang have countless pills to save their lives, but they can only wrap their wounds with grass ash and cloth strips and resign themselves to fate?
"Yes, the gap between people is so big. General Qin put down the tea bowl and moved some into Xu Ao: "An ordinary sergeant's monthly salary is fifty yuan, that is, half a tael of silver. This time, with the elite of our Northern Expedition, the monthly salary is one hundred Wen, that is, one tael of silver. You know, how much is needed for the most common elixir to heal sword wounds? You see, you don't know at all. In addition to the earthwork seeds used now and the cheapest several common herbs, an elixir for treating trauma starts at five taels of silver. It's these elite five-month monthly stipends who haven't been on the battlefield. And five months is enough to train an ordinary sergeant into such an elite. If you are the chief general and only have a thousand pills in your hand, will you give them to those ordinary soldiers who may not necessarily die, or will you use them to treat the disciples of the Yanwutang who are entangled in various family forces behind you? Maybe you will insist on distributing the pills to ordinary soldiers, but as soon as you give the order to distribute the pills to ordinary soldiers, the next moment you will be robbed of your military power by the deputy general who is also from a family. General Qin patted Xu Ao's shoulder: "Saving people comes at a price." You have money, you are willing to treat, you can pay for the pill yourself to treat whoever you want to treat. But on the battlefield, no general would be stupid enough to use five taels of silver elixir to treat an ordinary sergeant. ”
Xu Ao stiffened his neck and was reluctant to bow his head: "General Bai Qi will, because General Bai Qi is known for being considerate of his subordinates." ”
General Qin glanced at Xu Ao deeply, and the conviction in his eyes made him a little trance, as if he had seen himself when he first joined the army. General Qin's palm was a little harder: "General Bai Qi will not either." ”
Xu Ao raised his head vigorously and looked directly at General Qin, who was much taller than him beside him: "Xihui! He is even willing to treat my injuries!"
General Qin got up, paced to the door, looked at the courtyard withering, and sighed: "If you weren't from the Xu family, Xi wouldn't have saved you." ”
Xu Ao just wanted to stand up and argue, but sat down again. What do you want to say to General Qin? Say that he is not the Xu family of Qianhe County at all? Tell him that Xi inexplicably wants to save a wild child in a mountain village? Not to mention how many people will be involved at this time, even if General Qin believes that everything is true at this time, I am afraid he will not agree. The old thinking has been ingrained, and Xu Ao thinks that he has not yet been able to convince him.
Thinking of this, Xu Ao got up to say goodbye, and when he left the courtyard, Xu Ao turned his head and came back: "General Qin, all lives are equal. Regardless of his origins. Farewell!"
General Qin watched him fade away, just as he looked at himself back then.