Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Besides becoming a squad leader, Li Yuan also had another good thing happen.

Because Li Yuan lifted a three-hundred-斤 stone lock.

And he was the top pick in this conscription.

According to the rules, he received a reward of ten taels of silver.

This made the other soldier households extremely envious.

Because the regular adult male soldiers only received 500 wen from the military governor's office as settlement money, which was only half a string of cash.

And the auxiliary soldiers received even less, only a mere 200 wen.

Ten taels of silver, when converted into the Jianxing Tongbao currency of the Great Liang Dynasty, was a full ten strings of cash, which was 10,000 coins.

It was twenty times more than what others received, so how could they not be envious?

If they were frugal, this money would be enough for an ordinary family to have enough to eat for more than half a year.

However, although these soldier households were envious, even jealous, there was nothing they could do.

Who told them they didn't have the ability to lift that three-hundred-斤 stone lock?

After the conscription was completed, the military governor's office issued rough wooden waist牌 to all the new soldier households.

From then on, they were removed from the civilian registry and entered the military registry of soldier households.

It was already Shen Shi (3-5 PM) in the afternoon.

It was too late to send these soldier households to their respective military forts today.

The military governor's office ordered these soldier households to spend the night in the thatched sheds around the training ground.

Tomorrow morning, officials would send them to their respective military forts.

The military governor's office did not restrict them, and the superiors also allowed them to move around in the county town.

These soldier households were now registered and were not afraid of them running away. Anyway, if they ran, they would be arrested from their homes.

At that time, they would not be soldier households but soldier slaves.

These newly recruited soldier households knew that they could go to the military village tomorrow to get land, houses, and wives, so why would they run?

Many people had been single all their lives and had never touched a woman.

Now they were dreaming of having a wife.

At this time, some soldier households surrounded a middle-aged man.

They were all asking questions with playful smiles.

Li Yuan looked over and saw that this middle-aged man was the one who had just explained the soldier household system to the people around him.

He now also had a rough wooden waist牌 of an auxiliary soldier hanging on his waist.

It seemed that he was about to leave the training ground and go to the county town.

At this time, someone stopped him and said.

"Uncle Fu, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

"Everyone will chip in some copper coins for you so you can find a semi-open door tonight, how about it?"

After saying that, this group of newly recruited soldier households burst into a vulgar roar of laughter.

This man called Uncle Fu could only shake his head helplessly and say.

"Okay, ask whatever you want."

"Everyone will be fellow soldiers in the future."

"I will naturally tell you what I know."

Li Yuan inquired with the people around him and found out.

This Uncle Fu was said to have applied for recruitment three times before, but because he was a little older, he had failed the previous two times.

This time, because the casualties of soldier households were too great, the military governor's office turned a blind eye to the selection of soldier households.

As long as they were adult men without disabilities, they were all recruited.

So Uncle Fu also became an auxiliary soldier this time.

Because he had applied for recruitment many times, he was somewhat familiar with the officials of the military governor's office.

He knew more about the rules and inside information of soldier households than the average person.

At this time, a pockmarked man asked Uncle Fu with a smile.

"What we brothers want to know most is what the wives distributed in the military fort are like."

"Today I also heard that the distributed fields, houses, and women are divided into upper and lower households."

"How is this calculated?"

"Uncle Fu, please tell us brothers about it."

The men around him all nodded.

Everyone had an expectant look on their faces.

Uncle Fu saw that they were all impatient and could only shake his head and smile and say.

"This is not difficult to understand."

"If you are selected as a regular male soldier, you can enter the upper household and become the head of the household."

"The so-called upper household means that there is at least one young and fertile woman in the household."

"The house will also be larger, and at least half of the distributed land will be fertile upper-grade land."

Everyone looked longing after hearing this.

Several men who had already received the waist牌 of regular male soldiers just giggled foolishly.

They were naturally extremely happy in their hearts.

Uncle Fu continued to say.

"As for the lower household, there are many situations."

"The distributed house is usually more dilapidated, and the land is mostly lower-grade land that is inconvenient to draw water from."

"Don't expect the woman assigned to you to be good-looking, you can only guarantee that she can give birth to children for you."

"Actually, this is not the worst."

"The worst thing is when you enter the household and see that not only is your wife ugly, but there are also several half-grown children who can eat that you have to support."

"At that time, you will be calling to heaven and earth without response."

The men around him all laughed heartily after hearing this.

Uncle Fu sighed.

"The selection of households is determined by drawing lots, which is considered fair."

"The so-called 'selecting Ding to support the household' means that the male Ding can support the household and live their lives."

"They can support the women and children in this household and earn food for them."

"Whether you choose a good or bad one, it all depends on your luck, and you can't blame others."

"The luckiest person here is this little brother."

Uncle Fu pointed to Li Yuan, who was standing aside listening carefully.

"He is the top pick, and he has the right to choose a household when he enters the fortress."

"He can choose the house and woman he likes."

"Even if others are regular male soldiers, they can only draw lots and leave it to fate."

The others naturally looked at Li Yuan with even more envy.

Li Yuan saw everyone looking at him.

He walked up to Uncle Fu and asked.

"This brother, I see that you were in a hurry to go to the city just now, are you going to buy something?"

"Is there anything we need to prepare for when we go to be the head of the household tomorrow?"

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

What Li Yuan said made sense.

You can't go to support the household empty-handed.

You definitely have to prepare something.

Uncle Fu also smiled slightly and said.

"This brother is really thoughtful."

"That's right, I'm going to the city to buy some things."

"The reason is very simple."

"Tomorrow, when you enter the village, the woman you choose has to prepare a welcome feast."

"In addition, according to the rules, the village head and the village elders will come to welcome the new household."

"And the new soldier household has to offer them three cups of wine."

"But think about it, these women are all relatives of soldiers who died in battle. Because of mourning, they have lost their men to support the family for half a year."

"Although the military governor's office will send them some rice and grain for relief every month."

"But what can that do? They can only rely on selling their family property and working hard to get through this half a year."

"At this time, these women must have no food left at home and be extremely poor."

"This hosting a welcome feast must have wine and meat to be considered presentable."

"I plan to use my 200 coins of settlement money to buy some coarse wine and meat in the city market, and bring it directly tomorrow so that my future wife won't be embarrassed."

"If I bring her wine and meat, she will definitely be happy, and she will definitely treat me well in the future."

The people around him all nodded in agreement after hearing this.

They thought to themselves, "So that's how it is."