MTL - Poor Family-Chapter 901 night like water

  Chapter 901 The night is like water

This is a huge tent, and there are at least fifty or sixty wounded soldiers lying in it. They have all been treated, the bleeding has been stopped, the wounds have been washed and bandaged up, and most of the soldiers are safe. Zhang Xiaobed chatted and laughed with the companions around him.

When Li Yanqing came in, most of the wounded soldiers didn't notice, they continued to joke, and the object of their jokes was of course the young and beautiful female soldiers, this is the nature of men, and women are always inseparable when talking, but everyone agrees. Have a sense of proportion, and don't speak too obscenely. After all, these female soldiers saved their lives, and everyone is grateful.

  Even if a single soldier speaks up and speaks obscenities, he will be severely stopped by other soldiers because he offends the public.

Just as a soldier was about to shout loudly, Li Yanqing waved his hand hastily, signaling him not to disturb the crowd, but it was too late, the soldier had already shouted, and everyone turned their heads, only to find the commander standing at the door of the tent, Everyone was so frightened that they wanted to stand up.

  Li Yanqing quickly waved his hands and laughed, "They all have injuries on their bodies. Don't get up, just lie down. I'm here to visit everyone, not to show respect to you!"

  A veteran said apologetically: "It's really not embarrassing, lying in front of Dutong, please forgive me for being rude!"

  Li Yanqing felt that this veteran looked familiar, looked him up and smiled, "If I remember correctly, your surname seems to be Yan, and you are also from Xiangzhou."

  The old soldier was touched and said: "What Dutong said is right, the villain Yan Ping, from Linzhang County, Xiangzhou, has been with Dutong for five years, and now General Wang Gui's subordinates are serving as generals."

  The general was the original capital, a low-level general. Seeing that his leg was wrapped in gauze, Li Yanqing asked with concern, "Where is the injury?"

  Yan Ping was a little embarrassed and said: "One shot in the leg, one shot in the buttocks, all flesh wounds, nothing serious."

  Everyone laughed, and a soldier said: "The female guard wanted to take off his trousers to bandage him, but he pulled his trousers and refused, and the female soldier turned red with shame."

  Li Yanqing also laughed, "You can leave the front on, but just cut the pants with a knife at the back."

   Everyone laughed again, Yan Ping scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "This is the way to solve it, otherwise I will be scolded to death by my wife when I go home in the future!"

   There was laughter in the big tent, Li Yanqing waved his hand to calm everyone down, and said to everyone: "If you have any ideas or difficulties, you can bring them up. If you can solve them, I will solve them on the spot."

There was silence in the big tent, and after a while, a soldier said cautiously: "Qi Dutong, I am an **** under General Gao Chong's subordinates, I was hit by a piece of thunder and iron, and my leg bone was broken. I might become lame when I recover, and if so, I can only be discharged from the army, but I don’t know if the imperial court has any arrangements for soldiers who are discharged due to injuries?”

Everyone pricked up their ears. This is indeed a big problem. Everyone knows that there are compensations for those who die in battle, but there seems to be no talk about being discharged from the army due to injuries. The main reason is that in the past, most of the seriously injured would die, and the wounded who survived were basically lightly wounded. Injured soldiers can basically go back to battle, so the court doesn't pay much attention to the wounded soldiers. Now that the number of wounded soldiers has increased, many wounded soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield and can only choose to retire. At this time, the treatment of veterans has become the focus of everyone's concern.

  Li Yanqing nodded, "This question is very good and timely. Where is this brother from and what is his last name?"

   "Qi reports to Dutong, the humble job is called Zhang Xing, a native of Daming Mansion, but now his parents, wife and children have moved to Jingzhou to settle down, and it is estimated that he will not return to Daming Mansion for the time being."

Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: "I have already drawn up the regulations on the compensation for wounded soldiers who are discharged from the army. I plan to report to the imperial court for approval and implementation after the end of this war. You should be able to do it. I will use this brother Zhang Xing as an example to briefly explain it." Say it, and everyone will understand immediately."

  Li Yanqing asked the soldier Zhang Xing again: "First of all, I want to know how long you have been in the army and how many times you have made meritorious service?"

   "I have served in the army for three years in a humble position, and I have made a total of seven ranks of meritorious service. If it can be counted as meritorious service this time, it will be rank eight."

   "Then how much land reward did you get for your meritorious service?" Li Yanqing asked again.

   "According to the reward of five acres per transfer, the humble official should now have a reward of forty acres."

Li Yanqing nodded, and continued: "When you leave the army and return to your hometown due to injury, you usually get a land pension. Because everyone has a salary, there is only land and no money in the pension. Then, according to the degree of injury, you will get different levels of compensation every month. Food subsidies until the end of life. If this Zhang Xing is lame and discharged from the army, he is considered slightly disabled and has not lost his labor force. Then he can receive basic food and rice subsidies every month. If you get ten acres of land a year, that's thirty acres. Eight turns of meritorious service, and five acres of compensation for each turn, that's forty acres. The local government will give you a total of 110 mu of land, plus a monthly subsidy of one bucket of rice, now you understand!"

  Although it sounds complicated, Li Yanqing explained it very simply, and everyone understood it. Zhang Xing quickly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the explanation, I fully understand."

Li Yanqing smiled again: "You should have saved some money in the past few years as a soldier. I advise you to buy all the land after you go back. You will be a small landlord in the future. In addition, if the local government does not fulfill the pension according to the regulations, you may Go directly to the Beijing Privy Council to beat the drums and file a complaint, the Privy Council has a special organization for managing the discharge of wounded soldiers, and they will help you get justice."

   "Thank you Li Dutong!"

At this time, everyone asked another seven or eight questions, most of which were about whether Taiyuan could be held. Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I'll answer them together! I hope everyone has confidence. We have sufficient food and materials in our city, and more importantly, we The total force of the Taiyuan army has surpassed that of the Jin soldiers outside the city, and there is a strong city defense. The Jin soldiers will not be able to attack Taiyuan City anyway. I guess they will not attack the city in the next step, but will besiege the city. As long as we can hold on before the beginning of spring City, victory will eventually belong to us!"

   Li Yanqing's words aroused excited applause from the soldiers.

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Li Yanqing is currently living in an official residence. This official residence was also where he lived in Taiyuan. After he went to Bianliang, Tokyo, it was kept empty. The house became the mansion of Marshal Wanyan Xie of the capital, but Wanyan Xie had never lived in it for a day, but it did not prevent the officials from decorating the mansion magnificently in order to please Wanyan Xie, Wanyan Xie also liked it Gold ornaments and porcelain, so tens of thousands of taels of gold alone were consumed, and all kinds of precious official kiln porcelain were overwhelming.

  After Li Yanqing arrived, all kinds of gold ornaments in it became military expenses, and the precious porcelain became his private collection. He also likes porcelain.

  However, most of the time, he still lives in the barracks. Today he was a little worried about Hu Qinger, so he came to this official house where he seldom lived. Hu Qinger often lived here.

Li Yanqing walked into Hu Qing'er's yard. At this time, night had fallen, but the sky was not completely dark, and there was still a little light under the sky. She was sitting alone on the big rock in the yard, staring blankly at the people in the yard. Several snowmen.

Li Yanqing looked at her thin back, his heart was full of love and affection, so he came to sit beside her and gently put his arms around her shoulders. Hu Qing'er's body trembled slightly, and she also gently snuggled into Li Yanqing's arms, bowing her head. burst into sobs.

   "Our Qing'er kills people like hemp, why can't he see through life and death suddenly today?" Li Yanqing smiled in her ear.

   "Nonsense!" Hu Qing'er gave Li Yanqing a teary look, "He's killing people like hell, and he's killing all the damned bad guys."

After a pause, she said sadly again: "These sisters are all in their twenties this year. Although they say they don't want to get married, I'm still trying to find a home for them. I didn't expect a thunderbolt to **** them away." Life, although I am used to seeing life and death, but I still can't help feeling sad in my heart."

  Li Yanqing persuaded softly: "Since they have embarked on the road of joining the army, death on the battlefield is a normal destination. They should be prepared in their hearts. The dead are gone, and we living people should live well."

  Hu Qinger wiped away her tears, sighed softly, and leaned on Li Yanqing's shoulder, but she was thinking about another thing. If it wasn't for this battle in Taiyuan, she should have married her elder brother a few days ago.

  Cao Yun had already set a date. On New Year's Eve, Li Yanqing took Hu Qing'er into his house. The night before they rushed to Yan'an Mansion to fight, Cao Yun had already accepted the tea served by Hu Qinger, that is, he officially recognized her as his sister.

In fact, as early as when she was still a child, her father and grandmother had intended to marry her to Brother Qing, but her mother disliked that Brother Qing's family was too poor and refused to agree, so the marriage was not negotiated. Later, she gradually became sensible, especially after Brother Li rescued her and her grandmother from prison, her heart was firmly tied to Brother Li, and she never thought that she would follow another man again.

   "Brother Li, do you still remember when my grandmother called me into the house before she died?"

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he noticed that Hu Qinger's address for herself had changed from Big Brother to Big Brother Li. Although only one word was added, the meaning was completely different. This reflected the change of her mentality. Think of yourself as a brother again.

In fact, Li Yanqing was still a little uncomfortable with accepting Hu Qing'er into the house. He regarded Hu Qing'er as his younger sister since he was a child. These years, he knew Qing'er's friendship with him, but pretended not to know anything. Seeing that Qing'er was already twenty years old , Li Yanqing could no longer avoid it, he also knew that Hu Qing'er would not marry someone else, and instead of letting her live a miserable life, it was better to change her mentality, so under the repeated urging of his wife, he finally agreed.

Ever since his wife received Qing'er's tea in front of himself and the whole family that night, Qing'er was already his concubine in name, but at that time he only had the name of a concubine, and there was no such thing as a concubine. Li Yanqing It still takes time to slowly adjust the mentality from brother to husband.

  Li Yanqing smiled, "Of course I remember!"

   "You want to know what my grandmother said to me at the end?"

  Li Yanqing didn't speak, but Hu Qing'er plucked up her courage and said in a low voice: "Grandmother told me to remember that I am your person in life and your ghost in death, let me follow you for life after life."

Li Yanqing was stunned, and an inexplicable emotion suddenly surged in her heart. At this moment, Hu Qing'er slowly raised her head and closed her eyes. Li Yanqing looked at her full and trembling lips in the night, and couldn't help it anymore. Holding her face in his hands, he lowered his head and kissed her face heavily.

  (end of this chapter)