Chapter 8: : Current situation of Bien County

Lu Hong's family is not thriving. Except for the couple, there is only Lu Chao. There are only four people sitting at the family banquet. Gao Yuan is the first time he has seen Mrs. Lu, but she is a kind-hearted woman, but Compared with Lu Hong's extra care of herself, Mrs. Lu seemed a lot more indifferent.

There are not many dishes, only five or six bowls, but the level of the cook looks pretty good, the meat and vegetable match, the color and the fragrance, the four people on the table, but the tallest and the smallest, it is a family banquet, it is not polite to be high, and did not consider yourself The guest first lifted the wine jar on the table, patted the mud seal, and prepared to pour wine for the four.

　　 Lu Hong twisted his beard and smiled, as if all this was taken for granted.

"I'm happy today, but I have to drink a few glasses. This jar of wine is a treasure given to me by the magistrate Wu in his early years. I haven't been willing to drink it for four or five years. Gao Yuan, today you have a good fortune." Lu Hong laughed. .

"My nephew has been lying down for nearly a month this time, but I really don't know what wine is like." Gao Yuan smiled and poured the wine into the bowl of the four. As soon as the wine was poured out, Gao Yuan couldn't help but startled. It's very fragrant, but the color is not very good, and it is a bit faint. Compared with the pure water-like wine that I have drunk in the previous life, it is not a long time, and it is broken, right? Gao Yuan secretly said in his heart. , But looking at Lu Hong's expression, nothing is unusual, and he can't help but claim to be surprised in his heart.

Picking up the wine bowl, Gao Yuan did not sit down, and said loudly: "For the first glass of wine, my nephew will respect his uncle and aunt. Thank you for your uncle and aunt's care for many years. Gao Yuan's parents have died early, and his uncle and aunt are Gao Yuan's reborn parents. . My nephew will do it first."

　　 Gaoyuan respected Luhong and his wife, and Lu Chao stood up and said with a smile: "Chao is to accompany you!"

　　 The two of them did it in one go.

Mrs. 　　 Lu picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Gao Yuan didn't speak this way before. I didn't think that the second generation was a man this time, but he was really sensible. In that case, it was worth the cut this time."

　　Lu Honghaohao laughed and looked extremely satisfied. He also drank the wine in one fell swoop.

Putting down the wine bowl, Gao Yuan frowned unobtrusively. Just now, Lu Hong said that this is an old wine he has treasured for several years, but when he drank it in his mouth, it was really tasteless, and it was similar to the kind of rice wine in the previous life. To be honest, it's really not a good wine, but it's hard to say anything from Lu Hong's precious and important appearance.

　　 "For this second bowl, I wish my eldest brother a successful study tour. On the day when my eldest brother will have a great future, don't forget to support the younger brother." Gao Yuan laughed.

　　 Lu Chao nodded, "That's natural." The two banged and drank again.

　　Looking at Gao Yuan's two bowls in a row without blinking his eyebrows, Lu Hong became a little worried, "You just got hurt, drink less and eat more vegetables. If you are drunk, it will be bad. You will have a long day."

　　 Gao Yuan laughed secretly in his heart, just this wine and that jar of the wine would not necessarily be drunk if he drank it all by himself.Above the previous life, he drank two catties of pure grain wine with a degree of fifty or sixty, and he still looked as usual.

Eating a meal is a joyful meal. From a high perspective, I can see that this family really regards myself as a family member. I can't help but move. In my previous life, I don't know what warmth is, and what I face every day is not cold equipment. , Is the killing of life and death, has never had such a warmth.

　　 After eating, Mrs. Lu went to the backyard to greet him, and Lu Chao also left and went back to the room to study, but Gao Yuan was left by Lu Hong.

"Gao Yuan, I didn't want you to be a soldier anymore. I also asked you to study with Chaoer back then, but you can't stand your temperament and your temperament escapes. It's really not what you want to read, and I blame me. Your parents died early. , I got used to you a little, otherwise, with your cleverness, if you study, today's achievements will definitely not be under your brother!" Lu Hong sighed.

　　 "Uncle, in fact, my nephew prefers to lead soldiers, refreshing!" Gao Yuan laughed.

"When you are a soldier, you have to kill on the battlefield. Your father died in the battle, and your mother died in depression. I really don't want you to go to the battlefield again. But if you don't want to study, this road will be blocked. Fight for the future, this time I asked you for the errand of the soldier. My uncle has two seats. You can choose where you want to go." Lu Hong said.

　　 Gao Yuanxindao has an uncle who is an official, it is really good, but you can do your own job.

"Uncle is a county lieutenant. There are three hundred soldiers under his command. There are a total of four soldier positions. Now there are two vacant positions. One is to assist in some chores with his uncle, and the other is to lead the soldiers. That?" Lu Hong asked.

　　 "My nephew will lead the troops." Gao Yuan said without hesitation, "Doing some paperwork in the county office, my nephew can't bear this trouble."

"It's also in line with your temperament, but in the barracks, it is different from other places. Uncle can arrange for you to go, but whether you can stand up is another matter. In the barracks, the strongest wins, even if you have Uncle, the backstage, I don’t necessarily have to convince you.” Lu Hong smiled, “You can also lead soldiers. I’ll give you three months. If you can’t hold it down, I’ll come back. I’ll leave you three for that seat. Month, how?"

　　 "You don't have to be uncle, since I have chosen to lead the soldiers, I will definitely not look back, so please look forward to it." Gao Yuan said loudly.

"It's a match with your father. Well, let me introduce you to the situation in Fufeng County. We have three hundred soldiers in Fufeng County. One hundred of them are stationed in Fufeng County, and the other hundred are stationed far away from Fufeng City. There are more than ten miles of Juliguan, and a hundred people are usually scattered in all townships of the county to maintain public order. These are three soldiers and they are usually rotated every year. This time the one hundred people you brought happen to be stationed in the city. But. After the New Year, you have to go to the Curie Pass." Lu Hongdao. "That's not a good place."

　　 "Nephew can afford to suffer!" Gao Yuan said seriously.

"It's not a question of whether we can endure hardship, but our Liaoxi County is a Bian County, and our Fufeng County is the closest place to the enemy in Liaoxi County, and Juliguan bears the brunt. Donghu barbarians harass and loot every year, and Juliguan always pays off every year. Lose some manpower."

During this period, Gao Yuan and Zhang Yi had nothing to do. Zhang Yi worked beside Lu Hong and knew a lot about border affairs. Gao Yuan also knew that the greatest enemy of Liaoxi County was the Donghu people. Liaoxi County is basically on the defensive, to put it bluntly, that is, it is passively beaten. If you want to deal with the Donghu people, you can only win unless Dayan is mobilized throughout the country.

"Uncle, I don't understand one thing. Our Fufeng County is the first county in the front of Donghu. How can there be three hundred soldiers!" Gao Yuan was a little puzzled. What's the matter?"

Lu Hong laughed. "As soon as I heard you, I knew you were a little guy who didn't understand anything. Gao Yuan, we have 300 soldiers in Fufeng County, which is quite a lot. There are more than a dozen counties in Liaoxi County, Fufeng County. The number of soldiers is three times that of other counties. You have not calculated how much it costs to raise a soldier, right? Just one month’s monthly salary, at the end of the year, it is more than three thousand. Other clothing, weapons, For food, each soldier spends ten guans a year. That is to say, for these three hundred soldiers, we will get more than 6,000 guans per year. This is not a small sum. Fufeng County has a special situation every year. The prefect gave 60% of the budget, which is 3,600 guan. I will dig another 20% from the county. This is 1,200 guan. There is a gap of 1,200 guan. I have to raise it myself."

　　 "Self-raising?" Gao Yuan took a breath.

Lu Hong nodded, "Yes, self-finance, Gao Yuan, tell you the truth, I have three hundred soldiers, the number is uniform, but every year I am full, and only the 100 people who go to Juliguan are all. Salaries, after all, it may be a loss to be stationed there. The other two stations stationed in the county and going to various villages to maintain law and order will pay half of the salary every year."

Gao Yuan took a sigh of relief, and calculated in his heart that Lu Hong takes 4,800 guans of money from the county and county every year, and a hundred people in Juliguan spends 2,000 guans. This is indispensable. If the other two teams only have two thousand guanxis for a long time, then there will be eight hundred guans left. If they are deducted from other places, such as food weapons, the number will definitely exceed one thousand guan. This money is gone. There, naturally, I knew it well, and after doing it for a long time, the tall uncle in his heart was also a drinker of soldiers' blood.

"You are a smart person, and naturally you know where the remaining money goes. I am also embarrassed. Not only do you have to support your family, but you also have to provide for your elder brother to study. It is not a small expense to invite your husband. Moreover, every year It’s also a lot of money if you rely on this amount of money. Fortunately, there are some other incomes. Uncle can barely achieve a balance of payments."

"But uncle, I don’t understand. Since our Fufeng county is a Bian county, what should we do if the Donghu people call? Just rely on the three hundred soldiers with uneven payment?" Gao Yuan was a little helpless, who Lu Hong is his uncle.

Lu Honghehe smiled, "You don't know that. In fact, Donghu people come to fight the autumn wind every year, but the scale is not large. He is here. We will defend the city. In addition to three hundred soldiers, we can also temporarily recruit young men. Zhuang, Donghu people don’t know how to attack the city. It’s okay to grab the city, but if you really want to fight the county seat, the enmity will be fought. The court and the county will not sit idly by. People don’t have a bottom in their hearts. In the past few years, the prefect had assembled tens of thousands of horses and fought a big battle with the Donghu people. After giving them a severe lesson, they became more honest. The soldiers who can really fight are in the county. Here, these places of us are just showing up. Donghu's interior is not stable, they are a tribal alliance, and their minds are not aligned. Now, do you understand?"

Gao Yuan nodded, and finally figured it out.The Donghu people came to grab some villages outside the city.As long as they didn't attack the city and plunder the land, Dayan wouldn't bother to care about it, but this way, the village outside the city fell. It's blood mold.

　　 "If you don't pay, the soldiers don't make trouble?" Gao Yuan asked a key question.

　　 "It depends on the methods of the soldiers who led the soldiers!" Lu Hong glanced at Gao Yuan meaningfully. "There are more ways to get money, and it depends on whether you can get it."

　　 "I see!" Gao Yuan nodded.

"If you want to lead the soldiers, you must first be served by the soldiers, and if you want to convince you, not only must you be brave, but you must also have food for everyone." Lu Hong said: "The team you are going to owe this time It's been more than half a year, and I have prepared a hundred pens for you, that is, one month's payment. I can also take out so much. This is you. If you change someone else, there will be no such cheap thing."

　　 stood up high, and bowed respectfully to Lu Hong. He knew in his heart that this hundred guan was actually given to him especially by Lu Hong. If you change a soldier, you must not even think about it. "Thank you, uncle."

　　 "Well, you can understand it."