Rebirth: Lie down with the system

After returning to Yuqing Pavilion, Shi Qing relaxed and became lazy, and no longer wanted to set up the spirit gathering array.

Lying on the deck chair in the yard, blowing the wind, feeling the time passing by quietly.

Seeing him sleeping peacefully, Ali couldn't bear to disturb him. He gently covered him with a blanket and went to practice martial arts by himself.

Since Yan Yan doesn't want to practice martial arts, let him do it, and he will be the one to protect Yan Yan in the future!

The next morning, after having some porridge with Ali, they took their waist cards and left the palace.

I wonder how Shi Jing and the others learned from General Chu Xiang?

Went straight to the General's Mansion.

The guard obviously still remembered him. When he saw him, he stepped forward and asked him, "Are you here to see your brother and sister?"

"Correct!"

"Wait a minute, I'll let someone know."

"Okay, thank you brother!"

Shi Qing still has a good impression of these soldiers. After all, the image of the comrades of the People's Liberation Army in his previous life is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. He admires those soldiers very much!

Not long after, a guard came out and asked them to enter the martial arts field. At this time, Shijing and the others were training.

Several people in the courtyard were sprinting across the obstacles. After running, they picked up a big stone with both hands to lock their horses. In the time it took for them to burn incense, the big stone was slammed to the ground, and several people were strung up on the tree again.

When Shi Qing saw their training, he thought of a sentence: It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the clouds, and as moving as thunder.

It seems that the old general has a thorough understanding of the military warfare chapter in "The Art of War"~

Seeing how they were sweating profusely, Shi Qing was extremely glad that he had embarked on the path of cultivation. Although cultivation was painful, it only took pains on the mind, not the body!

The old general saw them coming in and waved them over.

"Shiqing, you haven't been here for a long time!"

"Meet General Chu!"

"Get up, no need to be polite! Is this your Majesty's fourth prince? I was really blind when we last met, but the fourth prince's body is much stronger than the last time we met!"

"Greetings to General Chu!" Ali followed Shi Qing and saluted the old general.

"Please get up quickly, it's time for me to meet the fourth prince!" Chu Xiang said as he helped Ali up.

"General, I came here to see how my brothers and sisters are doing with their studies? Are you in trouble, General?"

"Shi Wen Shi Wu has adapted well, has good physical strength, quick reactions, and strong learning ability. Shi Jing is a girl after all. She has natural physical weaknesses. She has little physical strength, and her reaction speed and learning ability can barely keep up! Really. You have to practice a lot before going into battle to kill the enemy."

General Chu said what he said was serious and thoughtful.

Over the past three months, he has treated them as his own children, taught them reading and martial arts, trained with them, and naturally understood a lot about their temperaments.

Shi Wen Shiwu had a calm and calm personality, while Shi Jing was impatient and aggressive. He was afraid that the child would hurt himself just to keep up with the training.

"This is her own choice. If she really can't persist, she will give up!"

"I thought you kid would protect your sister."

"Protect! But I can't protect her blindly, and that won't harm her! It is her dream to be a female general. If she is not allowed to work hard, I'm afraid she will regret it for the rest of her life..."

"You kid has a clear mind! Come on, go in and have a cup of tea."

The three of them sat in the main room, and a guard served them tea.

Chu Xiang picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

"I'm sorry for you, coarse tea! Although I am a general, I have used everything I have to help the retired soldiers. A few days ago, Shi Wen, Shi Wu, Shi Jing and others also handed over all their banknotes to me. The young master is here for this matter. Come? I haven’t touched the money yet, I’m afraid they are hiding what they did to my family!”

Shi Qing really didn’t know about this.

Shi Qing curiously asked him, "Since General Chu hasn't touched any money, why should he accept their banknotes? Wouldn't it be better to refuse them directly?"

Chu Xiang shook his head.

"My children are kind-hearted. I accepted the banknote to acknowledge them, not to protect them. I have always heard them talking about you before, and I know that you gave this banknote to them, so I must know your attitude. "

"Since the banknote has been given to them, what they do with it is their business. I will not interfere. But I am curious, what happened to those retired soldiers?"

Shi Qing didn't know much about the military legal system of this era. Didn't this country have arrangements for retired soldiers? Still need an old general to come to the rescue?

"Those soldiers were all those who had fought with me for many years. They fought bravely on the battlefield and became physically disabled. Although they received a retirement pension, they only had a few taels of silver. After they were injured, they had no money left, and they were physically disabled. There is no work to do, so you can only rely on my help to survive..."

"What about their families? Is there no one to take care of them?"

"Anyone who goes to be a soldier has his head tied to his belt. Some don't dare to start a family. Some who start a family don't want to drag down their families after being injured. Some are simply kicked out by their families to fend for themselves!"

"Those are heroes who protect our country! This is how we are treated. It's a pity that I have limited abilities, am old and frail, and His Majesty is also powerless..."

Shi Qing didn't feel comfortable hearing it either.

People who should be respected are now living like beggars and relying on others for help. I am afraid that the soldiers will feel uncomfortable.

“How many of these people are there, and don’t each of them have a labor force?”

"That's not true. Most of them are missing arms and legs, and their movements are somewhat restricted. They all live in the resettlement area on Wen'an Street. There are about three hundred people in total. These are only the people who have followed me. Other veterans I don’t know what’s going on. There are only twenty or thirty people who can’t provide any labor force at all. The main reason is that there aren’t that many things for them to do.”

Unconsciously, the two started talking like this, which made Chu Xiang incredible. The calm and wise look in Shi Qing's eyes made it impossible to regard him as an ordinary nine-year-old child, and his thoughts would always follow him.

Chu Xiang asked as he looked at the thoughtful person in front of him.

"Do you have a way to solve this problem?"

"I have an idea in my mind, but with so many retired soldiers together, the court won't say anything, right?"

Chu Xiang was shocked.

"Of course not. The placement of retired soldiers has always been a headache for the court. Because there is no way to handle this matter properly, many people of suitable age to join the army are avoiding joining the army. If you can really solve this problem, the court will reward you!"

"Please tell me what the solution is."

"The solution is actually very simple. Just find something for them to do."

"But if they have broken hands and feet, if you can do anything for them, don't show off!"

"I plan to open a workshop and only hire these veterans, so that they can receive a monthly salary and not be idle all day long and become depressed."

"Then can your workshop afford to support so many people?"

"It all depends on the output. I guarantee that once things are sold, demand will exceed supply."

"What exactly are you producing?"

"Let me ask you, what did you eat when you were marching and fighting?"

"In the first few days, we can eat some steamed buns, pickles and the like. These things are not put away. After that, we can only eat some fried rice and wheat. Marching and fighting require fast speed, but there is not much time for us to hunt and cook."

"If there is something that can be stored for up to half a year, and you can make a hot pot of delicious food with meat, noodles and vegetables in half a quarter of an hour, and this kind of food can be eaten wet or dry, you say, this Will anyone want the things after they are produced?”

Chu Xiang was surprised when he heard this.

Is there really such a thing?