Fang Hetong led Wei Yuan to a small ancestral hall in the village. The place had been renovated and there was a square table in the center with a map on it.
Wei Yuan glanced at the map and saw that the map was hand-drawn, and it was exactly the terrain surrounding Quyang County. The map was drawn very carefully, even the rivers and mounds were clearly marked. The writing style was excellent, and every tick and stroke was very detailed.
There is something to see.
Fang Hetong greeted Wei Yuan to sit down and exchanged names.
Fang Hetong comes from a small sect in this county called Bai Feng Academy. He is thirty-eight years old this year. It took more than twenty years of hard work to build the Taoist foundation. Only the master of Baifeng Academy could barely complete the Dharma form, and the remaining seven or eight Taoist foundations are all
There is no hope to go further, a typical small family. If Bianning County is not located in the border area, there are always foreign intrusions, and the population is sparse, no one would be willing to come, and it would not be the turn of Bai Feng Academy to be a fourth-class sect.
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Seeing Fang Hetong, Wei Yuan truly felt the foundation of Taichu Palace. The human-level Taoist foundation in Taichu Palace was almost extinct, and people on the earth-level people called it garbage. Only the heaven-level people could get a high look from the sect, and those who wanted the sect
To be taken seriously by the sect, one must at least start at the rare heavenly level like Yan Ming.
In Bai Feng Academy, only the president is an earth-level Daoist, and the rest are all human-level. Seeing that the younger generation is unworthy, when the president dies, he will be kicked out of the fourth-level sect.
Wei Yuan himself practiced hard for ten years and failed to achieve the Taoist foundation, and was firmly ranked at the bottom of the Taichu Palace. Fang and Tong spent more than 20 years building the adult Taoist foundation, and in Bai Feng Academy, he was actually ranked in the middle or upper class. However, when it comes to combat power,
At that time, Wei Yuan's muscular achievements had defeated the earth-level Xu Du, and the human-level Taoist base was refined by melting blood and could defeat the law enforcement weapon. At this time, Wei Yuan, unless Xu Du could wear Baoyun's full set of equipment,
Go up, otherwise you won't survive a face-to-face meeting.
After exchanging names, someone brought cups and bowls. Fang He said: "Junior Brother Wei has come all the way, so he must be hungry. We really have nothing to offer, so we'll make do with it."
There was water in the cup, and it was not clear. There was sediment at the bottom of the cup, and the water was still yellow. In the bowl was brown rice, with a few pieces of wild vegetables on top, which had been steamed together with the rice.
At this time, there was a shout outside the house: "I've traveled dozens of miles, and you still think you can have a good meal when you come down, and then you give us this thing? Even dogs won't eat it!"
Wei Yuan's figure flashed outside the ancestral hall, and he saw a soldier in his early twenties who had come with him and looked like a fool, raising a wooden bowl and about to throw it to the ground.
Before Wei Yuan could make a move, an old soldier with half-white hair grabbed the man's wrist. The young soldier felt as if his hand was bound by iron, and his bones were cracking with every move. He was in pain and kept moaning.
Screaming: "Ouch! What did you do? The bones are broken!"
The old soldier snorted and said: "This is Mr. Fang's land. The things in your bowl are all saved by Mr. Fang from his own mouth! If a grain of rice falls, you have to pick it up and eat it!"
The young soldier did not dare to say anything more, and sat back on the steps angrily, muttering to himself: "I'm not new here, and I didn't know Mr. Fang was here..."
Fang Hetong also came out of the ancestral hall and greeted several veterans of the Xiang soldiers. The veterans originally looked like soldiers, but they all stood upright in front of him, actually looking a bit chill. Wei Yuan, on the other hand,
Unexpectedly, Fang Hetong could have such a high prestige among these ruffian-like soldiers.
The two returned to the ancestral hall, and Fang Hetong said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I should have run out of food here a few days ago. In the past few days, I can only distribute half of the normal rations, and I can barely survive until now."
Wei Yuan had seen the hardship here, but he didn't expect that it would be out of food. The Western Jin Dynasty had not suffered any disasters, so how could the front line be out of food?
Fang Hetong asked with hope: "Junior Brother Wei is here, is there any news about military pay?"
"Military pay?" Wei Yuan was startled again.
Before this trip, the palace had already explained that the Western Jin Dynasty was responsible for all soldiers' military pay and food. Of course, those who brought their own soldiers and servants had to pay out of their own pockets. So Wei Yuan did not ask when he went to lead the troops, and Wang Delu did not mention military pay at all.
thing.
"Have you never been paid? Aren't those people outside people brave?" Wei Yuan asked curiously.
When he entered the village, Wei Yuan noticed that most of the people in Shayang Village were men, with only a few healthy women and old people doing logistical chores. According to the military system of the Western Jin Dynasty, men between twelve and fifty-five years old were eligible for recruitment, and six men were eligible for recruitment.
Those who are above ten are considered old. Moreover, these people have some traces of cultivation. Although they have not practiced for a long time, and the best muscles have only been tempered by 20%, they are already different from ordinary people. Ordinary farmers cannot cast bodies.
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Minyong usually works as a farmer, and after being recruited, he is given half pay according to the specifications of the border army. Under the Datang military system, the border troops are all regular troops, which are different from the Xiang soldiers in the county. Therefore, the half pay that Min Yong receives is roughly equivalent to that of Xiang soldiers.
Eighty percent.
Wang Delu said that he would give Wei Yuan extra civilian heroes. Wei Yuan thought they were about 300 people from the village. They all looked like they had signs of physical training and were very satisfied with it. However, according to Fang Hetong, they hadn't received it yet.
Military pay.
This is wartime, and this is the first line of defense against the enemy. It stands to reason that the imperial court should have allocated military pay and food and grass long ago. Dare to go without food and pay during the war, at least it is a mutiny, at worst it is an attempt to change the dynasty.
Seeing Wei Yuan's expression, Fang Hetong understood and sighed: "Actually, I heard the news that the military pay from the imperial court has been allocated to the county, a total of two hundred thousand taels. I thought that Junior Brother Wei had arrived and could take care of it.
I also brought military pay, but I didn’t expect... Alas! It’s a pity that these brothers outside have followed me for three months, risking their lives and fighting seven or eight battles, killing more than thirty people, but they haven’t received a single cent of military pay.
, I don’t know when the pension will be available.”
"Mr. Fang, don't worry, I brought some military supplies this time."
At this moment, Wei Yuan remembered that the three boxes of military supplies he had carried on his back could meet his immediate needs. He moved the three boxes to the center of the room and opened them one by one.
Each of the munitions boxes is an iron box one foot square. They don't look big, but in fact each box weighs more than a hundred kilograms. After opening it, you can see that there are neatly stacked dried meats in the two boxes. These dried meats
They are all specially made military rations from the Taichu Palace. Each stick is only about the size of a finger. After soaking in water, it turns into broth. Drinking it can keep you hungry for a day. Even a strong man who is accomplished in bodybuilding only needs two sticks of dried meat to last him for a day.
In another box, there are water purification pills and various medicines to remove plagues and treat injuries. Just put one water purification pill into a large tank of water to drink Wuji raw. If it is a well, only three water purification pills are needed.
That's enough water for one day.
Two boxes of military rations and one box of medicine were quite reasonably configured, enough to support an army of a hundred people fighting for half a month. However, Wei Yuan suddenly thought of a problem. The Taichu Palace said that all military rations and salaries would be settled by the local government, and distributed three boxes to each person.
Military supplies are also stipulated to be carried to designated defense areas and cannot be abandoned midway. It seems that the real people above have foresight of what they will encounter.
When Fang Hetong saw the three boxes of military supplies, his hands trembled. He grabbed Wei Yuan's arms and said repeatedly: "Sending help in times of need! Helping people in times of need!"
After talking about it, the eyes of the man who was several decades old turned red, and a few tears fell down.
Wei Yuan quickly comforted him, and then helped Fang Hetong sit down. Fang Hetong wiped away his tears with his sleeves and sighed: "It's a joke for junior brother. It's been so difficult these past few months."
After calming down for a while, Fang Hetong asked hesitantly: "I know these are military rations and should not be used for other purposes. But these brothers outside have been fighting for several months and have not seen any rations. Some families already have them."
The old man is starving to death. If possible, can you give some to their family?"
"Of course!" Wei Yuan agreed without hesitation.
Fang Hetong suddenly stood up, bowed to Wei Yuan and said, "I want to thank Brother Wei on behalf of my fellow villagers!" His body trembled and he wanted to kneel down.
Chapter completed!