Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Several people chatted for a while, Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi came in, and the shopkeeper served wine and food.

Everyone sat down at the table.Wang Xiaolie said: "Ma Fang came from Guangxi, which is thousands of miles away, and he is covered in dust and dust. Today, we prepare a special thin feast to wash away the dust for Defense."

After finishing speaking, he asked Ma Kuo: "Defense, what wine are you drinking today?"

Ma Kuo said: "On the way, I bought wine to drink, and found that there is a kind of strong wine here, which is the most powerful. If it is convenient, I will drink the strong wine."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Okay, Fang Fang is a wine lover, and he should drink spirits. When we first arrived in Xiangyang, we started brewing spirits, and it has been more than three years now. Spirits are different from other wines , when it is first brewed, it tastes spicy and hard to drink. If it is aged for three years, it will be much smoother and has a special aroma. From the beginning of brewing, I asked the winery to store the best wine. It has been preserved until now , just in time to entertain distinguished guests."

The restaurant is owned by Xuanfu Division, and of course it has the best wine in Xuanfu Division.He ordered the servants to fetch a few bottles in a short while, with glass wine dispensers and glass wine glasses, and placed them on the wine table one by one.

Wang Xiaolie looked at the boy standing on the side, and said to him, "Go down. You don't have to come over to serve other than serving food. As a person, I hate having others serve me when I eat and drink. We do these things. It's gone."

The servant said yes, and quickly walked out of Lvyingchun.

This is Wang Xiaohun's habit, it has been like this for many years, Wang Ruohai and others have already gotten used to it.

Pour the wine into the wine dispenser, one in front of each person, and drink by themselves.Drink too much, persuade each other to drink, follow your own temper.

After drinking for three rounds, Wang Xiaolie said to Ma Kuo: "As I said before, it is my habit here that the people who lead the army don't care about the people, and those who manage the people don't lead the army. The imperial court asked the defense to be the envoy of the southeast of the river, saying To be honest, I don’t know how to arrange this official position here.”

Ma Kuo said: "Everything is done according to Xuan Fu's orders. Ignore the imperial edicts!"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "It's best to think about defense that way. It's just that I don't know whether defense should lead the army or manage the people?"

Ma Kuo said: "I was born in martial arts and have been working in the army. If I can be elected, of course I will lead the army. Let me manage the people, how do I know how?"

Wang Xiaolie nodded.Said: "That's fine. It's just that my army here is different from other places, and has its own rules. I will defend for three months, and get familiar with the affairs of the army first. After three months, I will serve as the newly established second army." How about taking command of the Chinese army, and how about raising the affairs of a line? This position is basically the same as that of Li Dutong. If you don’t understand anything about defense, you can ask Li Dutong.”

Li Yanxian is Wang Xiaolie's deputy, everyone knows this.It can be said that Ma Kuo is very useful for such a position.

Of course, when there was only one army, Li Yanxian was Wang Xiaolie's deputy.Now there are two armies, and Li Yanxian is only the deputy of the first army, not the deputy of Xuanfu envoy.According to the custom of the Song Dynasty, the deputy envoy is not the deputy of the principal envoy, but also the chief officer.In most cases, if there is a principal envoy, there is generally no deputy envoy.If there is a deputy envoy, there will be no longer an envoy.It is extremely rare for a principal envoy and a deputy envoy to exist at the same time.

Just like Zhai Xing was the town governor, and Dong Xian was the deputy envoy.Dong Xian was not Zhai Xing's deputy, but formed his own army, both of whom were chief officers.

This is the local situation, if it is the imperial court, such as privy envoys and deputy envoys, it is another situation.

Hearing Wang Xiaolie's words, Ma Kuo thought for a while, and said, "I'm an outsider, how can I be the deputy of the First Army? Xuan Fu praised me, and Ma thanked him. It's just that I really can't do this job, but I don't dare to do it." promise."

Wang Xiao said: "If you want to defend yourself, how should you do it?"

Ma Kuo said: "I heard that there is a military academy here in Xuanfu, how about I go there to study for a while?"

Wang Xiaolie nodded, and said: "It's good to think so. During these three months, there will be no job assignments. You can study in the military academy. Your monthly salary will be distributed according to the recruiting envoy of the southeast of the river. .how?"

Ma Kuo shook his head again and again: "I went to the military academy to study and still get a monthly salary, how can I make it?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "There is no need to argue about this matter, so let it be. How to pay the salary, we have no choice until now, we can only make some adjustments according to the amount set by the imperial court. Now is an extraordinary period, more and less , I hope you don't argue."

Ma Kuo sighed.Said: "It's just that I feel ashamed—"

Wang Xiaolie waved his hand and stopped talking about it.Said: "Did the defensive family members arrive together? Have you decided where to live?"

Ma Kuo said, "We're here together. On the way here, I saw that the city was desolate. I wonder if I should find a house?"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "If there are no special requirements for defense, these matters should be handed over to the Xuanfu Department. First rent a private house to live in, and then move there after the official's house is built. We have all built here. Having a residence will not make officials worry about housing.”

Chen Qiudao said: "Speaking of which, I still miss the house I lived in Xiangyang very much. It is better to build a house in Luoyang than in Xiangyang. Luoyang was originally a big city, and now there are not one out of ten people in the city, and there is plenty of land. As long as there is manpower , the house can be built better."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Manpower is also difficult. As I said just now, there are not one out of ten people in Luoyang, and there are many things to do in the city. Where can I find people? I can only use money to hire people from other places. Now Ruzhou has a large population. , the people are short of money, so hire people from there.”

Ma Kuo said: "It's just building a house, why bother? There are many troops stationed around Luoyang, why don't you just find some soldiers?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Soldiers join the army to fight, not to build houses, how can they be used?"

Ma Kuoqi said: "Now that there is no war, the soldiers can't train every day. What's the matter with doing something? They are soldiers and get paid, so they should do things."

Wang Ruohai hurriedly said: "Defense, in our army, officers and officers have salaries, but soldiers don't have salaries. They serve in the military. When not fighting, you can find many things for the army to do, but you can't let them build houses and so on. Chores."

Ma Kuo said: "If that's the case, just give them some money. Anyway, they are idle, and the soldiers are not willing to earn more money?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "It's not a question of whether to give money, or whether the soldiers are willing or not. It's just that doing chores will reduce the combat effectiveness of the army. The most important thing for an army is to improve and maintain combat effectiveness. No amount of money can be exchanged. If we lack manpower, we will find people, and we must not blame the army. Treating the army as labor may seem smart, but it is actually stupid!"

After hearing this, Ma Kuo couldn't help being stunned.I have been a soldier for so many years, and I have never heard of this kind of truth.If it wasn't for Wang Xiaolie's words, Ma Kuo wouldn't have believed them at all, and even had to argue with others.