Pinghu suddenly said that he was going to join the army, and the businessmen who were watching were stunned for a while.

Although Ping Hu's business is not big, the advantage is that he makes money every day and it is very stable.

Hangu Pass only has an opening and closing time of one hour every day, so if the caravan wants to clear the customs within this hour, it must come here in advance, and then the vehicles will reserve a place in advance and wait in line.

Naturally, it is impossible for the personnel to follow the car all the time, so he also provides accommodation here.

Not to mention too much, it’s okay to earn ten or twenty dollars a day.

For private investors and retail investors, this is already a very high income.

Moreover, apart from accommodation and meals, they have other ways of income.

These locals often gather in small groups to help people guard vehicles and goods from damage at night.

Ping Hu also organized a group of people to do this, and his simple inn and stable customers were all a way to get money.

Moreover, Ping Hu has a bright mind, and he even launched a package of meals, accommodation and taking care of the goods.

Even more advanced, there are even free viewings of cars and goods based on your consumption.

Therefore, these businessmen estimated that apart from the daily expenses, Ping Hu would be able to save ten yuan a day by himself.

"Are you okay? You can make more money doing this than being a soldier, and you don't have to suffer that much!" Youshang asked with a surprised look on his face.

"So what if I make more money? If I don't do this business, I can still leave it to my son. It's the same." Pinghu continued with a slightly excited mood: "I heard that the imperial court will do it next

There will be movements, so there will be insufficient troops, and His Majesty does not want to impose military service to affect the next spring plowing. This year's new recruits will have two months to go to the border. Now, once the troops in front move, there will be no troops in the entire west and north.

We are going to garrison, and if those people in the west have any ideas, they can march straight in."

"Your Majesty was worried that the Guanzhong area would be invaded by the enemy, so your Majesty ordered the Forbidden Army General Zhang Buyi to station at the border with 40,000 Forbidden Army troops, which is the Zhenxi Army we see now."

"Your Majesty, because he couldn't bear to affect the spring plowing, even ignored his own safety. Although I, Pinghu, are a bit older, I still have some spirit. Even if I die on the front line, I am worthy of my name!"

Ping Hu said loudly and angrily.

"At your age, I'm afraid the army won't want you, right?" the traveling merchant said.

Since last year, the military has been tending to recruit young people when it recruits people.

Those aged thirty-five and above are basically not recruited.

But this year, I heard that the conditions are even higher, and those over thirty years old will no longer be recruited. If you want to be a soldier, you can only become a city defense force.

The city defense army is very different from the regular army. There is no armor, and the weapons are old weapons from the past.

To put it bluntly, they are responsible for guarding the city and maintaining public order within the city.

And Ping Hu's age obviously exceeds this requirement.

"If you don't want me, then let my son go. If you don't want my son, I will donate money and food!" The expression on Ping Hu's face was extremely firm.

Originally, Pinghu was a happy family. Although life was a bit difficult, they could barely survive.

During those years of troubled times, their family also suffered disasters, and they lost contact with their family first.

The two of them served under Zhang Han, but they never met.

Of course, at the beginning, both of them were encouraged to join Zhou Wen's army.

After Zhou Wen was defeated, he was reorganized by Zhang Han and incorporated into the logistics department.

His eldest son was injured at this time. He was shot in the thigh by an arrow. Although he did not lose his life, he became lame.

Later, Zhang Han was defeated and surrendered to the king of Han, Wang Bu Xing, and the two of them were reorganized.

Pinghu was eager to go home to find his wife and children, so he did not choose to stay. Because his son became lame, the Han army let him go home.

Although the two finally met, Pinghu's wife, second son and daughter were missing and could not be found anywhere. To this day, there is still no news.

When leaving the Han army, Pinghu joined the scouts. He also kept searching for his wife and children through the scout system, but there was still no news.

"Hey, don't be so excited, you will find your wife and children sooner or later!" the traveling merchant reluctantly advised.

They all know about Pinghu's family affairs.

In order to find his wife and children, Ping Hu opened this store. Almost all the caravan travelers who came and went knew that Ping Hu was looking for his relatives.

Maybe they hope to use this method to spread the news. Maybe relatives who don’t know where they are will come back on their own after hearing the news?

"Do you know what was the sentence I heard the most when I was in the Han Army?" Pinghu's mood calmed down a little.

Everyone shook their heads. They had never joined the Han army.

"Never expect to fight at home, never think that after today's battle, you can return home tomorrow. As a strong man, you should be determined to place the battlefield thousands of miles away, or even thousands of miles away, so that even if we fight

Even if he dies, our family will be safe." Pinghu, who had just calmed down some of his emotions, became excited again, and continued with red eyes:

"I am the one who has experienced it firsthand. No one knows better than me how much harm the war at home has caused me. If I can't stand up now, and no one else will stand up, and just wait for the court to deal with it passively, sooner or later there will be consequences.

One day, the tragedy that happened to me will also happen to the people in Guanzhong, and even the people in the Central Plains."

"I will never tolerate this kind of thing happening again, so even if they don't want me or my son, I will donate money and food, whatever I have, so that this war will end at the border, and even go to the other side's territory

beat!"

Pinghu's words were recognized by many businessmen, who felt the same way, although their wives and children were not separated because of the war.

But this statement makes a lot of sense.

No one wants a war at home.

No one can predict which day the flames of war will burn into their own home.

Pinghu's family of five has now instantly become a family of two, no, three.

Pinghu's son was lame and could not find a wife at all.

A lame leg means that you can't do heavy work. This kind of person is not only a cripple, but also a half cripple.

That is to say, Pinghu started a business, and his family gradually improved, and then he 'bought' a wife for his son last year.

Even so, his son now feels very inferior every day and cannot do heavy work.

So I worked hard to make money every day, cooking porridge during the day and taking people to look after the vehicles and goods at night.

Maybe only in this way can he feel that he is still useful and not a complete waste.

Ping Hu's business is destined to have a large flow of people here.

Ping Hu's identity made his superiors notice him, so they chose to make his place an important intelligence collection and distribution point for his subordinates.

This time Pinghu did receive the order, but to serve as a soldier, donate money, and donate food, this was Pinghu's own feeling. He really felt it, and he did not want the tragedy that happened to him to happen again.

No one likes war.

Countries have been fighting wars, large and small, for hundreds of years.

Qin unified the world, and the people were overjoyed when they heard it, and finally no longer had to suffer wars.

Although the Qin Shihuang period was under great pressure, he could barely survive. If he could survive without having to fight, the people would be satisfied.

During the Second World War, the imperial court often changed its orders from day to day, corvees and taxes became heavier and heavier, and the laws became more and more cruel, which led to the outbreak of peasant uprisings.

And to the current Han Dynasty.

Even those who were initially dissatisfied now have to admit that under the rule of the Han Dynasty, the people are now the happiest in the past five hundred years.

The laxity of the law means that we no longer want to implicate others at will. We have a flexible legal system that severely punishes serious crimes and lightly punishes misdemeanors. We reform farm tools, build water canals, encourage industry and commerce, and are exempt from taxes for three to six years.

It was agreed that they would do corvee service for twenty days every year. As a result, it is now the fourth year since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Sanchuan County is supposed to pay taxes this year, but the time they have served in corvee service in the past three years has been zero. Can you believe this?

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The rice jars in people's homes gradually became thicker, and they could also work for the court in winter to get paid.

Even during busy farming days, they could cultivate government land to offset taxes or get paid. Who would have dared to imagine such a good life in the past?

Before that, some literati and poets believed that the Han Dynasty had to spend more than ten years implementing benevolent policies in order to gain the support of the people in the world.

However, the imperial court quickly slapped these people in the face. It only took the imperial court one year to accomplish this.

When the people are satisfied, it means that the country is stable, and internal stability means that the chance of renewed war is minimized.

The traveling merchants were also lamenting, isn't it precisely because of this series of actions by the imperial court that stabilized the counties in the country and allowed the people to gradually gain some wealth, so that merchants like them can make profits?

"My dear..."

The businessmen were about to express their feelings with emotion, but were interrupted by Ping Hu's son outside the door.

Pingding limped one leg and ran in in a hurry.

Ping Hu's face darkened and he scolded sternly: "Why are you here if you don't want to look at the vehicles and goods? If you don't want to look at them, just say so, or ask someone to notify me to take your place. How do I teach you on weekdays?"

"Oh, Weng, it's a big deal! It's a big deal!" Pingding ignored his father's scolding and said with a hurried expression: "I just heard from people in the customs that the imperial court has just issued an order. The switch will be open for the next five days and the seal will be closed after five days."

Pass, the imperial court will recruit corvees to transport grain to the front line. I haven’t said when it will be turned on and off. I estimate it will take at least a few months..."

The words calmed down made a group of businessmen instantly at a loss, and panic expressions gradually appeared on their faces.

"What???"

"It's not like there's no food in Guanzhong, so why does it have to be transported from the Central Plains?"

"It's over! It's over! Maybe I won't be able to come back from Guanzhong this time..."

"Five days is simply not enough time..."
Chapter completed!