Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 277
Zhu Wu said, "How does the head think about it?"

Shi Jin smiled and said: "You are a military adviser, you have to make up your mind on such a big issue."

Zhu Wu sighed, and said: "Although the terrain of our small village is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has no population and no production, so it will be wiped out sooner or later. Seeing that the world is going to be chaotic, heroes from all walks of life will soon We are about to make our debut, and it is time for us to find a good way out. There is nothing to say about the character of the owner of Chai Zhuang, and it is the former royal family, and it is just starting now. We are also sending charcoal in the past, and we must be reused. Chen Da, Yang Chun, What do you two think?"

"Big brother and second brother both agreed. What can we say? We don't want to risk our lives. If we do it, we can become a general. If we don't, we will lose our lives." Chen Da said.

Yang Chundao: "I agree, but what about our hundreds of brothers? They are all from the same township, so I'm afraid not many are willing to go there?"

Shi Jin said: "It's hard to leave the homeland. If you go to more than 2000 miles, even the elderly and infirm can't go."

There are no trains or cars in these days, all rely on the eleventh road, walking two thousand miles, the best result of old age and frailty is to die on the way.

Zhu Wu said: "This group of people went to the meeting and there was no way out. They were either arrested or killed. In this way, we still have thousands of acres of land in the mountains, dozens of cows, hundreds of sheep, enough for self-sufficiency. gone."

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Okay, let's call the brothers and talk about it."

Zhu Wu was responsible for telling everyone that, as expected, there were a total of 30 minions, and only [-] were willing to go.Others are not willing to go, especially the elderly and weak, and they cannot go either.

There is a small boss named Wang Li, who used to follow Zhu Wu all the time. This Wang Li is almost 50 years old, and he has good sword skills.

Zhu Wu said: "Old Wang, we are leaving, and the cottage will be handed over to you from now on. I will give you a few strategies to keep the cottage safe."

Lao Wang said: "Military adviser, please tell me."

"Close the gate of the mountain, and only leave the path when entering the mountain. Don't go down the mountain to rob and kill people. There is so much land in the mountain, and all kinds of wild fruits can't be eaten up. Plant thousands of acres of land to eat food, hundreds of sheep, drive up the mountain to eat grass , You can still eat meat during the New Year’s Eve. Now there are smoldering fires everywhere, as long as you don’t make too much noise, no government will pay attention to you.” Zhu Wu said.

Wang Li said: "Okay, I will definitely guard the cottage, the four masters, please rest assured."

Zhu Wu is known as a miraculous military division, and he is impeccable in his work. It is too obvious for a group of more than 30 people to walk like this, and it is easy to be arrested.So I spent money to complete the formalities of the caravan, bought more than a dozen mules, packed some herbs at random, and then rushed to Cangzhou Mansion.

The road is far away, and it takes nearly a month to arrive at Chaijiazhuang, Cangzhou, Chaijiazhuang Inn, which is the place to recruit talents.

The original low-rise room has already been newly built, a three-story building, and two stone-carved elephants at the door.

The two guys are clean and neat, they speak well, and their attitude is neither humble nor overbearing.

As a result, when I asked about bad dishes, Lu Da was not there, and neither was Chai Zhuangzhu.Shi Jin's heart sank for a while, this is not troublesome, if people don't accept it, then they have to go back, it will be troublesome for two or three thousand miles every time.

Chai Meng saw that Shi Jin's face was cloudy and sunny, and he knew that he was worried, so he immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, since you have the invitation letter from Commander Lu, you are home, and your brothers settled down to the backyard to wash, eat and drink. Four Brother first go to the third floor to rest for a while, I will arrange the kitchen to prepare some food and drinks, and then I will invite two friends to come over to accompany the wine."

After Chai Meng finished speaking, he asked his staff to lead Shi Jin, Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun to the private room on the fourth floor.

This building is really different, ordinary buildings are made of wood, but here it is made of bricks, and the floor is still covered with tiles.The private room is spacious and bright, the huge round table can seat a dozen people around it, and the room is clean and tidy.

The guy said: "Four guests, there is a sink next to you to wash your face and hands."

"Okay, thank you brother."

The four of them washed up, and the buddy brought up fragrant tea.

Zhu Wu was curious, so he knocked on the wall and found that the material was not stone, but it was about the same hardness as stone.

"Little brother, may I ask what kind of material this house is made of? Why is it so strong? It's much stronger than that wooden building." Zhu Wu asked.

The man said: "Returning to the guest officer, this is called cement. It was made by our village. I don't know what it is. Anyway, the wall is muddy today, and it will be as hard as a stone tomorrow."

The four of them drank tea in the room, and after a while, Chai Meng arrived, followed by two big men.

Chai Meng said: "I kept the four brothers waiting for a long time, so I went and called the two brothers who accompanied the wine. This one is Lin Chong, the cavalry instructor in the village, and he and the Lu Da brothers are brothers."

Lin Chong said: "Welcome the four brothers. Master Chai is away on business and cannot receive the four in person. I hope you will forgive me."

The four were very surprised. They didn't expect it to be Lin Chong. Lin Chong's reputation after the Fengxue Mountain Temple was very loud in the world.

"So it's Coach Lin, sorry for your disrespect." The four saluted quickly.

Chai Meng introduced Ma Ling again, everyone greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries for a while, Lin Chong took the main seat, Shi Jin took the second seat, and each sat down.

Chai Meng said: "Four brothers, do you have any taboos about fish and shrimp in the sea?"

Shi Jin said: "In our northwest frontier, where have we seen the sea, as long as it is delicious, there is nothing taboo."

"It's good that there are no taboos. Now that seafood is on the market, everyone should try it." Ma Ling said.

After a while, the two mistresses served the dishes together, placing eight dishes in a clattering manner.

Stewed yellow mushroom fish, braised black snapper, steamed grouper, steamed swimming crab, roast chicken, stewed pork knuckle, celery eggs, braised beans, the portions of the dishes are relatively large, which can basically guarantee a full meal.

Zhu Wu's eyes were straightened, the prefect's family's food was probably no more than that, how could Cangzhou be so rich?
Shi Jin saw that the three fish did not recognize any of them, and the crab was also strangely large, quite different from ordinary river crabs.

Everyone ate it and found that the taste was really good.

"It's delicious, it's delicious. It's even better than Yellow River carp." Chen Da said after eating a large grouper.

Lin Chong said: "Everyone, don't be polite, just let go and eat."

They were not familiar with each other at first, but after a few glasses of wine, they started calling each other brothers, but no one drank too much.

Zhu Wu asked Chai Meng who was next to him, and said: "Brother Mengzi, our food is a bit too expensive. I'm afraid there are not dozens of taels of silver for this table."

Chai Meng said: "What you are talking about is the price of a big restaurant. For example, in the restaurant opened by Zhuangshang in Cangzhou, there are still eight dishes that cost two or three taels of silver, because rich people only eat expensive ones and don't eat them." That’s right. But our village is different, the pork knuckle and roast chicken are expensive for this table, and everything else is cheap, costing about [-] Wen.”

In fact, three hundred cash is too high to say, because seafood is not overfished these days, there are too many fish, swimming crabs and yellow mushroom fish are all one or two pennies per catty, and four fish add up to less than fifty arts.

"Then can you ask how our small soldiers get paid?" Zhu Wu also had to consider the benefits of bringing thirty minions.

"We have three meals a day in the army. In addition to rice porridge, pickles, steamed bun pancakes for breakfast, there must be an egg or duck egg. There must be fish and meat at noon and afternoon. Of course, the number will not be too much. Each soldier should be limited to three or four. The amount is about [-] taels per month. For generals, the monthly salary ranges from two taels to ten taels, which is paid on a monthly basis and is never in arrears." Lin Chong said.

"Little soldiers have eggs every day, and [-] wen a month, which is too high." Zhu Wu said in surprise, the salary level of this army is almost as high as that of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty. You must know that this is a village soldier in Cangzhou.

"Our township soldiers are professional soldiers. Even the fire-headed soldiers, pig-raising soldiers, and vegetable-growing soldiers have to undergo rigorous military training and assessment. The first [-] soldiers, after passing the training, each received a I bought a donkey. Therefore, the loyalty of the soldiers and the will to fight are very strong. Since the four brothers have come, let’s stay here. Let’s rest for a few days at the inn to recover from fatigue. After all, walking thousands of miles is too hard. I will be back in a few days." Lin Chong said.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket.A new week has begun, and there are tickets coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)