Chapter 794 New Soldiers
In the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month, some of the victims who came to Bianliang for food left.
Mainly the strong ones, there are almost ten thousand people. Their destination was Hongnong, and they were organized into the fifth battalion of the Wansheng Army. They would start farming next spring.
There are still tens of thousands of victims stranded in Bianliang, including men, women, old and young. They have joined the people who originally built Bianliang and continue to cultivate the land.
Among the total of less than 100,000 people, there are people from Qingzhou, people from Jizhou, people from Bingzhou, and a large number of miscellaneous people, which is very complicated.
On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the canal has been frozen, but the last batch of food is still transported to the camp for the victims by land.
After the delivery was completed, Zhang Heipi sat on the field ridge and wiped his sweat.
Zhang Chong began to check his baggage to see if he had everything.
He is going to Luoyang.
Heijin Youying has some vacant positions and is recruiting new soldiers. As a good son of Chen County, Zhang Chong successfully applied and will soon become a member of Heijin Youying.
This army was established in the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Shengui (318), exactly three years ago, with a staff of 2,400.
Compared to three years ago, the personnel have been changed once, and some of the squadrons have even been changed twice. Basically, they were broken up and replaced by the Silver Spear Army and the Heijin Zuoying.
There were not many vacant positions this time, only about a hundred or ten. Zhang Heipi, who had participated in the Battle of Jamati, found someone to help him with his connections, and sent his eldest son Zhang Chong, who was devoted to recruiting soldiers and eating the royal food, to send him away. Go in.
There is a knife hanging on Zhang Chong's waist. It was given to him by Prince Liang - he was still "Jun Gong Chen" at that time - an unusual treasure that he always carries with him.
Zhang Heipi wanted his son to keep the knife at home, but Zhang Chong refused. He only said that he would not take it out easily, and the military would issue weapons anyway.
"Is it what you wanted this time?" Although Zhang Heipi traveled around recruiting soldiers for his son, in the end he was not willing to do so.
His family has 40 acres of land, which is located on the edge of Suiyang Canal. It is convenient for irrigation and the yield per mu is not low.
If there are no disasters, in theory, around 240 bushels of millet, wheat, and 60 bushels of miscellaneous grains can be harvested in two years, which is more than enough to feed a family of five.
Even if there is a disaster, as long as it is not a major disaster like that in Hebei for three consecutive years, it can still survive. This has been the case since ancient times.
Is it really necessary to be a soldier recruiter?
Zhang Heipi had been injured in the war. When he fell from the wall, his fellow countryman Ma Jiu died next to him, with half of his head missing.
War is not a child's play, it is about risking your life.
However, he did not forcefully stop his son, because his current life was given to him by King Liang. Sending a son to work for King Liang could be regarded as repaying his kindness.
This is his simple psychology.
People like him can be found everywhere in Chen, Liang, Nandun, Xincai, Xiangcheng, Runan and other counties, because they were all gathered and settled by the King of Liang during the years of drought and locusts. of.
After ten years of relative peace, it seems so unreal in this troubled world.
"Grandpa..." Zhang Chong looked at his father and lowered his head.
Zhang Heipi sighed, stood up and patted his son on the shoulder, saying: "Now that it's decided, don't look forward and backward. You don't have to worry about your family. If you are given leave, you can take a boat home and have a look. ."
"Okay." Zhang Chong said.
Outside the hut not far away, county soldier Cao Yu was already waving.
There were five young men of sixteen or seventeen beside him, standing there respectfully. They were all from Chen County, and they all went to Heijui Youying to recruit soldiers.
Zhang Heipi led his son over.
Bing Cao Zhang Dong nodded to him reservedly.
Zhang Dong is a township party member of Zhang Heipi. His two families fled together. Later, he was transferred to the county because he barely knew a few words. Over the years, he has become a soldier, responsible for recruiting soldiers, and his family business has grown visibly.
Only a completely rebuilt county like Chen County has this opportunity.
Compared to counties outside the Liang Kingdom, soldiers like Zhang Dong, who did not even have child servants and whose parents, wives and children had to work in the fields themselves, were too weak. They could only be considered wealthy farmers at best. County officials don't have salaries, so they work for nothing.
Of course, if he had not been a soldier, he would not have been able to accumulate the current family fortune so that his parents, wife and children could eat some meat from time to time. His salary was actually given to him by the people of the county.
“Go back.” Zhang Dong only said one sentence, then turned and left.
The young men shouldered their burdens and followed Zhang Dong and his two followers closely, heading west.
Zhang Heipi watched quietly for a long time.
Suddenly, he felt that having his son become a soldier was not all bad.
It has only been ten years, but that bitch Zhang Dong is already showing off.
When we first arrived in Chen County, both families were poor and had nothing.
Ten years later, a vague gap has formed between the two families.
“Bah!” Zhang Heipi spat angrily.
A new county captain came this year. I heard that he was a disciple of King Liang. He was very young, only in his early twenties, and he was still a student (in name only). Zhang Dong is almost an adult at this age, but he is busy and fawning, like a dog wagging its tail begging for mercy.
Li Zheng and Feng Tong’s son entered Bianliang Martial Arts School. When he left home to study, Zhang Dong was also polite and smiling.
This man is so shameless. However, the world is like this, what else can you say?
This generation can still cherish friendship and not visit your home frequently during the conscription period. However, the next generation will not have this friendship. All official matters are handled openly. It is not for a corvee who transfers military rations to ruin your family. Sensational.
If his son Zhang Chong could make a name for himself in the Black Army, he would at least be able to bring some benefits to his younger brothers and sisters.
In this world, someone has to bear the tragic fate of family destruction and death, and Zhang Heipi doesn’t want it to be his own family.
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In the wind and snow, Luoyang is faintly visible.
Under the shack set up outside Shiqiao Post, Zhang Chong and six other people sat together, shivering from the cold.
There is smoke rising from the walls of the inn, and there is also a scent blowing down the wind.
A line of carriages and horses were parked in front of the main entrance, and officials were coming in and out, talking loudly.
The officials' groom came to the shack and chatted with everyone.
"He is actually a new soldier of the Heijin Army." The groom, a senior high school student, bowed in awe and said: "My family used to be from Hanoi, and it was very chaotic. Now we still have relatives. Since the Heijin Zuoying After moving there, the bandits disappeared and things became much more peaceful. The Shangdang Jie people used to go south and rob you on the roads in the winter, but they don’t do that anymore.”
< br>Zhang Chong blushed a little when he heard this.
He hasn't entered the camp yet, so what kind of black soldier is he? But after hearing these words, a sense of pride gradually welled up in my heart. It turned out that the Heijie Army was so powerful. In addition to killing bandits, it also deterred the barbarians from messing around.
"Who is an official in your family..." Chen County soldier Cao Zhang Dong came back carrying a bag of fur cakes and asked casually.
"Bingzhou Mountain Zhizhong." The groom took a look at Zhang Dong's attire, and with a sharp look he could tell that this person was a county official.
“It turns out to be Shan Zhizhong.” Zhang Dong’s face was full of reverence.
Actually, he didn't know who this was at all, but Zhizhong was an important staff member of the governor, and he couldn't compare with him.
The groom ignored him and continued to say to Zhang Chong and others: "Heijin Youying is stationed in the outskirts of Luoyang, but I don't know which county it is in Luoyang or Henan. If you get married in the future, , also here. "
"How can a Luoyang person be better than a Bianliang person?" Zhang Chong couldn't help but said: "It's better to be a Pingyang person."
Zhang Dong began to distribute Hu cakes to everyone, one for each person.
When it was given to Zhang Chong, his eyelids jumped when he saw the saber on his waist, and he was given a few spoonfuls of tempeh.
This is special treatment!
The sword given by King Liang himself has prevented the Zhang family from countless troubles.
If Zhang Chong killed him with this knife, the government would probably not dare to sentence him to death, and would have to ask for permission - King Liang had a good memory, and he patrolled around from time to time, so the palace city could not contain him. .
What the hell!
“You don’t understand this.” The horseman also took out half a biscuit from his arms and said while eating: “Heijin’s left camp is in Hanoi and his right camp is in Henan. If we build another center in the future, If the camp is not intact, it will be in Hongnong and defend Luoyang on three sides. The king of Liang will eventually return to Luoyang. The status of Bianliang is just like Chang'an and Yecheng in the imperial dynasty, and the king of Liang is nothing. After living there for a few years, I will definitely forget it.”
“It’s better to make Chen County the capital.” Someone next to Zhang Chong muttered.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone laughed.
Zhang Dong shook his head and said: "If King Liang can establish his capital here, he will call it 'Chen Chang' from now on, just like the story of Xuchang."
Xuchang was originally called "Xu" county, and his capital was here. Later it became "Xuchang".
"Chen County is not incompetent." Zhang Chong said: "We are all the earliest citizens of King Liang. If there is a change in the world, if we raise our arms and raise our arms, tens of thousands of soldiers will be at our fingertips. Who can stop it? People from Luoyang Can you work so hard?"
"There are not many people from Luoyang now," the horseman said with a smile: "But if there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of new people from Luoyang, it will be very different. Ying is actually from New Luoyang.”
"Where is the senior high school student?" A man stood outside the gate of Shiqiao Station and shouted loudly.
"Official!" The senior high school student hurriedly stuffed the uneaten biscuits into his arms and walked out quickly.
Shan Shi slapped him back and cursed: "If you don't keep an eye on the car, why are you running around? You don't even know the emperor's tribute has been stolen."
Everyone in the shack Laughing again, it seems that the weather is not that cold anymore.
"A tribute to the emperor..." Zhang Dong took a few steps outside and said softly with a frown.
Zhang Chong also looked at it curiously. There was actually someone paying tribute to the emperor?
I wonder if the emperor is hungry.
He suddenly thought of a nonsensical question: What if one day in the future, Heijin Youying was ordered to enter the palace to kill the emperor?
This question made him very frightened and his mind was in a mess.
The emperor is almost like a god, can he really be killed? Will you be struck by lightning if you kill him? Will it shorten my life? Will it cause harm to future generations?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. In the end, all that was left in his mind was the scene when he fled with his parents: the grass was full of corpses, and some even held knives, crying children. Picking the meat off the legs, he said, "Meat is no sweeter than meat from the bones that is chopped alive."
“This thief can be killed!” Such a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"Let's go! We must get to Dongshi before sunset." Zhang Dong stepped forward and kicked each of them.
When he came to Zhang Chong, he only reminded him.
Zhang Chong stood up slowly and packed his baggage silently.
In the wind and snow, the group finally arrived at the temporary camp in Dongshi.
Zhang Chong looked at the barracks, and then at the towering Luoyang City not far away, and realized something in his heart: They are the swords of King Liang, and they will be struck at whomever they want, even if they are... The dignitaries in Luoyang City and even the emperor of the Jin Dynasty could be chopped down.
(End of this chapter)