I am not a lucky star through time travel

Lin Qiao comforted, "Don't be afraid, I'm also from Anyang County. Your wife, Mrs. Liu, asked me to find you. I just want to make sure I'm not looking for the wrong person."

When the groom heard this, he immediately lay down on the ground and wailed loudly, crying until those who heard it were sad and those who saw it wept.

Lin Qiao was heartbroken. Even if Liu Cai was from Menghuzhai, he was just an accountant, and he hadn't done anything outrageous.Moreover, the tiger village has always robbed wealth without hurting people, that is, the owner of the Sheng village is not a good person, and he likes to rob people's men by force.

After the groom was exhausted from crying, he got up and stretched out his right hand to Lin Qiao.

He choked up and said, "The little finger was chopped off on the way here, and they all called me a thief and a monster."

Lin Qiao looked at it, and there was indeed a scar on the side of the little finger, which was pitted and horribly pitted. It seemed that the wound was not treated properly, and it was caused by inflammation and festering.

Lin Qiao asked some more questions, only to realize that his leg was also broken by the escort on the way here, and he limped like this without dealing with it.Fortunately, the army didn't abandon him, and let him work in the stable, at least he had something to eat, so he wouldn't starve to death.

Knowing Liu's situation, Liu Cai kowtowed three times to him.Lin Qiao couldn't stop her, and she didn't know how someone who seemed to be able to fall in the wind could kowtow so vigorously.

Liu Cai finished kowtowing, then raised his head with tears streaming down his face, "My lord, thank you for taking in my mother-in-law so that she can live. I, Liu Cai, can't repay you in this life. I will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay your kindness."

How could the ancients have to be a cow and a horse to repay their kindness at every turn!

Could it be a catchphrase?Just like modern people say "I'll treat you to dinner another day"?

With Liu Cai's current situation, Lin Qiao couldn't do anything, after all, he was conscripted into the army for a crime, and he was not the same as the soldiers who were conscripted.

Lin Qiao wanted Liu Cai to return to Anyang to reunite with the Liu family, but this was not an easy task.Since it is exile, it is reasonable to be afraid that he can only stay here until he dies.However, everything is easy, as long as you have connections and money.What's more, Liu Cai's crime was not a capital crime, so it shouldn't be that difficult.

Afterwards, Lin Qiao went to visit Liu Cai several times, and sent over the pair of shoes that Liu made, as well as a quilt, some thick clothes and some food.

Liu Cai hugged the cloth shoes and cried to death again.

Lin Qiao invited the stable steward to drink again, and asked him to take care of Liu Cai.

The stable steward was a smooth fellow.

This Master Lin, who was appointed as the Deputy Lieutenant of Yu Hun at such a young age, is also a celebrity in front of Master Wan, and even invited him to drink, which really flattered him.

Isn't it just to take care of Mr. Lin's fellow countrymen?

The steward patted his chest and said, "My lord, don't worry, since your lord has spoken, the little one will follow suit. From now on, he must work less and rest more."

Lin Qiao smiled, "There is no need to take special care of him, as long as he is not bullied. You still have to do what you should do."

It's not good to make it too special. For one thing, Lin Qiao worried that Liu Cai would bully others like Cheng Si, knowing that he had his backer.After all, he didn't know Liu Cai's character.Although Liu's character is good, it does not represent her man's character.

Second come!Lin Qiao was worried that if Liu Cai was really an honest person and didn't cause any trouble at all, but if the steward asked him to work less, he was afraid that the rest of the stable would be unhappy and they would all come to crowd him out.Don't fail to take care of him when the time comes, and end up hurting him instead.

Because of Liu Cai's matter, Lin Qiao thought of the villagers in Qushui Village who were conscripted.Before he came, the village head Gu and Gu Hai also asked him to find out about the two conscripts at home.

Lin Qiao couldn't help feeling guilty again. He had completely forgotten what he had promised.

I heard from Gu Hai before that in the past few years, Qushui Village has recruited about [-] men!

Anyang County is a middle-lower county, with a population of less than 800 households, which is calculated as [-] households. Excluding the families of Mianding and Tiding, each household has an average of one person recruited, so the entire county has a total of about [-] people recruited in the four years before and after.

Of course, this is just an estimate. Due to various reasons, there must not be so many people recruited. Otherwise, there are almost 600 million households in the country. Wouldn’t it be 600 million people recruited?If there are so many soldiers, how can they not defeat Khitan?In the era of cold weapons, the tactics of the sea of ​​​​people can also exhaust the Khitan.

But now in the Northern Army, the original soldiers plus the newly conscripted recruits and miscellaneous logistics, etc., are only in the early [-]s.The reason is that, firstly, such a large number of soldiers could not be recruited at all, and secondly, the death rate of soldiers was too high in the war, which is also the reason for several consecutive recruitments. The source of soldiers must be constantly replenished!

Lin Qiao thought, if there are soldiers from Anyang County in the army, they should also inquire and take care of them, just like Chu Lingfeng, who took good care of his fellow villagers in Qingcheng.

But the result of the inquiry made Lin Qiao very sad and disappointed. Now in the army, among the people of Anyang County, only four people survived, and three of these four people were disabled.

Liu Cai was beaten and disabled by the escort, while the other two were injured in battle.Lin Qiao asked the names of the other three people, and one of them was surnamed Gu, from Qushui Village.

The news finally made him feel better. Although most people in Qushui Village were surnamed Gu, he still hoped that the soldier with the surname Gu was from the Gu Hai family. After all, he had a good relationship with Gu Hai, so of course he didn't want to see Gu Hai sad.

When he met someone and asked about his family situation, the 20-year-old guy in front of him who also had a lame leg turned out to be Gu Hai's son, Gu Ping.

After hearing who Lin Qiao was and Gu Hai's name, Gu Ping, like Liu Cai, lay down on the ground and cried loudly.When he was tired from crying, he talked to Lin Qiao about what he knew about the soldiers from Anyang, "We are the only ones left, and the rest are all dead. Some died directly, and some died after being injured. He died. My third uncle was stabbed in the waist and died within a day."

Although Gu Ping injured his leg and couldn't go to the battlefield, he was not sent back to his hometown, but stayed in the army as a handyman.According to military Chinese documents, news of dead and wounded officers and soldiers is not allowed to be sent back to their hometowns, so as not to affect subsequent conscription, and soldiers are not allowed to write home letters no matter how homesick they are.

From Lin Qiao's point of view, these seemingly inhumane practices in the military are understandable. After all, there is a country where there is a family. If the country is destroyed, how can the family survive?

In order to resist the Khitan's southern invasion, conscription and fighting are inevitable.But Dajin was too weak, he was beaten all the time, and the soldiers suffered too many casualties.In order not to destroy the country, repeated conscription is also inevitable.

If the news of the casualties of the frontline soldiers came back to the hometown, it would be very difficult to recruit soldiers. The villagers would rather hide in the mountains than die, especially those who had already been conscripted.

Lin Qiao talked about these depressing things to Brother Zhuzi, and Brother Zhuzi also said in a low mood, "The same is true for Qingcheng, there are only a few of us left. We are still good fortune-tellers, with Master Chu and Lord Yan protecting us, and all of us are still alive." must live wholeheartedly."

Lin Qiao is not stupid and sweet, so he doesn't know that people will die in war.It's just that before, I always felt that none of this had anything to do with him. After all, he didn't have any sense of belonging to this world or the world of Dajin.

But now, he who has despaired of being able to return to the modern age, and he who has accepted the reality, sees so many of his fellow countrymen dying in battle, and he inevitably feels uncomfortable, even though they have only become fellow townspeople for a short time.

Today, Brother Zhuzi finally came back from training in Xingzhou, and he was baking steamed buns around the charcoal fire with Lin Qiao.

Although the court has not yet made a final decision, Chu Lingfeng and others lead soldiers to practice special exercises in Xingzhou every day.

And Brother Zhuzi, as Chu Lingfeng's confidant, can only go back to the Daming Mansion once every ten days.Depart in the morning and return in the evening.

Lin Qiao reached out to pick up Brother Zhuzi's golden steamed buns, and accidentally met his tender and loving eyes, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.I don't know whether I should take this steamed bun.

He was a little at a loss, so he had to find a topic, "Brother Zhuzi, if there is no war, where are you going?"

Nonsense, of course they are going back to Qingcheng, and all retired officers and soldiers have to return to their places of origin.Lin Qiao felt that he was really confused and asked such a stupid question.

Brother Zhuzi said with a smile, "I will go wherever Xiaobai goes."

Lin Qiao, "..." How can this topic continue?

He is worrying!Er Niu came in with a plate and said, "Master Lin, Lord Yan shot a deer, and this leg is for you."

Lin Qiao glanced at it. It was a big leg, and it had been dealt with.Brother Zhuzi suddenly lost his smile. He glanced at Lin Qiao first, seeing that he was not overjoyed, he breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up to continue.

Brother Zhuzi was roasting the deer, Lin Qiao asked Er Niu to stay and eat, and asked, "Er Niu, when the war is over, will you and your brother go back?"

Er Niu smiled shyly, "I won't return. I'll go with Master Lin."

Lin Qiao, "..." This is really not a good question. "Why?"

Why did these two cows follow him?They are not the same way.

Er Niu laughed again, "I made an oath, I will serve Mr. Lin as a cow and a horse for the rest of my life."

Lin Qiao, "..."

Both he and brother Zhuzi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it didn't mean that.

"You don't have to follow me, go back to your hometown with your brother to marry a wife and have children!"

Er Niu refused to listen, "How can we not count the vows we have made?"

Since he didn't listen, Lin Qiao didn't bother to argue with him, and we'll talk about it later.

The days are coming to the end of the twelfth lunar month soon, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the barracks are also full of joy.

Lin Qiao is still nesting in his own tent to prepare medicinal materials. Now Cai Zhongcheng and others have been in Xingzhou, and only him, Zhuzi Ge and Er Niu who occasionally come here are left here.

Of course, he would occasionally cheer up to see Liu Cai, Gu Ping and others, and give them something to eat. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and they are all alone here, without their relatives to accompany them, so they should eat something anyway. comfort comfort.

Saying it is Chinese New Year, in fact, it is not much different from ordinary days.It's just that the food is a little bit better. Tofu and a little minced meat are added to the stewed cabbage.

In the evening, Brother Zhuzi came, and Lin Qiao was both happy and uncomfortable seeing him rushing back to accompany the New Year in the heavy snow.It is of course good to have someone to accompany you during the New Year.

However, it would be even better if the eyes of this person who accompanied the New Year could be closed a little bit. Don't be so gentle at one moment and hot at another, he really can't accept it!

Brother Zhuzi took Lin Qiao out of the space with wild boar, venison, chicken and rabbit, and stewed them in one pot.

Soon, the smell of meat wafted across the white water vapor.