Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1386 Knights
When the village chief, Lao Wangtou, came over with a gourd of self-brewed rice wine, the six children of Ah Luo's family had already woken up.Ah Luo, a woman from Baekje with quick hands and feet, has already steamed those crabs to a bright red color, and fried all the fish and shrimp strung on a wicker stick with sesame oil.

A pot of rice wine, some dried pickled radish, paired with this steamed crab and fried fish, it is really delicious.

Da Lang is a bit thin and tall, with a thin beard around his mouth. He is holding a wooden bowl and drinking porridge quickly.

A Yuan put a piece of fried and crispy fish for his son and put it in his bowl, "Da Lang, you will be graduating soon, are you sure you can get the school's recommended county school place?"

Dalang buried his head in his porridge and seemed to be isolated from the surrounding affairs. His father asked him twice before he muttered, "Principal Zhang said that as long as I want to study in the county school, there is no problem. But he thinks my grades are I should go to a better county school to study, saying that our county is still too backward, but if I can enter the county school to study, then it will be much easier to take the imperial examination in the future and pass the county examination to obtain student qualifications."

When the tall A Yuan heard this, he slapped his thigh excitedly.

"You little bastard, this is a good thing. Of course the county school is better than our county school. After all, we are in the frontier, so we can't compare with the Central Plains. The gentlemen of the county school are all knowledgeable. I heard that the principal of our county school, Su Jiaoyu , is still a Jinshi. Son, study hard and strive to enter the county school."

Da Lang nodded, picked up the fried fish and put it in his mouth, biting off half of it in one bite.

After eating the fish, he glanced at the dishes in front of his father and the village head, "Principal Zhang said that he wanted to take me to the county town a few days ago, and take me to the county school to show to Teacher Su and them, and said that I If you can pass their exams, you will not only be able to enter the county school to study, but also there is no tuition fee for studying in the county school, and the county school will cover all board and lodging, and there will be six buckets of rice and two hundred yuan per month for granary meals."

Old man Wang couldn't help being amazed when he heard this, "That's a shanshan student from the county school. From now on, I will give you two buckets of rice and one hundred qian per month, and if you can really become a county student, I will directly give you two buckets of rice and two hundred qian per month."

"Thank you, village head." Da Lang said.

A Yuan was so happy that he picked up four or five pieces of fried fish from the plate in front of him and gave them to his son.

"Son, study hard. Our ancestors have never produced a scholar in seven or eight generations, let alone an official. Guangzong Yaozu relies on you."

"Father, I want to eat fish too."

The six-year-old second son said greedily.

"You eat a ball, you read into the stomach of a dog every day when you read and study, and you still want to eat fish like a ball like you? If you don't make any progress, you should stop reading this year and come back to me with you Land, drive the cow's ass." A Yuan became angry when he saw the second child, and he was already in the second grade of junior high school this year, but his grades were terrible, his words were crooked, and his Mandarin was out of tune. It's so wrong, I don't have the heart to study at all, and I just know how to skip classes all day to catch fish and shrimp.

The second child was so scolded that he dared not make a sound.

A Yuan picked up a fish and gave it to the third child who hadn't started school yet, "Third baby, you can't follow your second brother after you enter school, you have to follow your elder brother, as long as you study hard, you will have chickens to eat every day from now on." , Dad will also fry fish for you."

The ten-year-old eldest daughter glanced at the fish, then stood with her head down and continued to drink the porridge. As a daughter, not only was she not qualified to study, she was not even qualified to eat at the table, especially when there were outsiders around.

But the five-year-old second daughter is not so self-conscious, "Aye, I also want to go to school."

"Don't make trouble, what book do girls read!" A Yuan shook his head directly.As he spoke, he picked up a piece of fish for his second daughter, "Go to the side and eat."

The eldest went to school after dinner, and A Yuan asked A Luo to stuff the second son with eggs.

"You eat these two on the way, and you take the other four to the school to give to your principal. Principal Zhang is a good person. We must remember and thank him."

A Yuan also gave the four eggs of himself and the other three sons to the eldest son.

"Father, that egg is mine." The second child was not convinced.

"If you eat a ball, if you don't want to study hard, you won't even want to eat eggs in the future. I can save up eggs and take them to the township market to exchange for some money. It would be a waste to give you a ball to eat."

The eldest son went to school with six eggs.

The eldest daughter went to work in the fields. The newly planted rice had to be weeded for the first time, fertilized first, and water had to be kept.The second daughter is responsible for pulling pigweed.

As for the annoying second son, he went to school reluctantly.

The third child is responsible for taking care of the fourth child at home.

Ah Luo finished eating in a hurry, and took the pig food to feed the pigs. The four pigs raised by the family are also an important sideline business of the family, so we can't neglect it.

Only A Yuan and the village head were left in the house.

It is quite pleasant to serve with steamed crab and fried fish with pickled radish strips.

"Uncle Wang, are we really going to fight Silla with this militia assembly?"

"I heard that, it seems that the king of Silla died, and then the nobles of Silla refused to go to the Central Plains to welcome the king's son back to the country to succeed, and wanted to establish a new king. What do you mean if this is not treason? So our prefect Liu Just ordered that soldiers and horses be called into Silla to suppress the rebellion!"

"The order of Taishou Liu? Isn't it an order from the court?"

"The order from the imperial court is not so fast yet, but who cares about the order, in short, there is a battle to be fought. This time, it is estimated that we will take the opportunity to destroy the Silla Kingdom, so the opportunity is rare. Otherwise, it is impossible for the militia to take part in the battle. of."

A Yuan drank some wine, his face turned red.

"It's quite rare."

"Ah Yuan, you usually practice well with spears. You are the commander of the spear and fire of our militia. You must seize this opportunity. If you can make military achievements in Silla, you may have the opportunity to transfer to Sanya by then. How about being a servant? No matter how lucky you are, you might be awarded titles and honors."

"It would be even better if you can confer knights."

Knights, this originally refers to cavalry, but now knights have another enviable meaning, that is, meritorious soldiers conferred by the emperor and the court, who are granted military fields as permanent fields, and each knight will also be awarded Horses, weapons, etc. were given, and the rank of non-commissioned officer was awarded, and he served in the army as a team deputy, team standard bearer, modest flag, fire chief, fire deputy and other low-level military positions in the army.

These knights are the advanced version of Fubing.

They can have more military farmland. Knights generally start at [-] acres, and they are all permanent farmland. Even when knights are old, they can let their children participate in the assessment. If they get good grades, they can inherit their fields and armor. Become an apprentice knight, and after going through the test of war and making military achievements, you can become a full-fledged knight.

The most important duty of the knights is to guard the territory. They have the obligation to fight for the emperor and the court. They need to practice riding and archery skills, maintain armor and equipment, and raise horses. Even these knights will become professional non-commissioned officers and soldiers. Middle-level backbone.

Although the knights' fields also have to pay two taxes, their fields are all permanent land, and they are privately owned if they are granted.Not to mention, becoming a knight can also have a lot of privileges. It can be regarded as breaking away from the rank of ordinary people and stepping into the threshold of the official class with half a foot, with more paths and opportunities for advancement.

"Let's not talk about conferring knights, it's really great to bring back one or two young and strong slaves from Silla."

Today's slaves are not cheap. For example, A Yuan's family of eight members has [-] mu of land, but the children are still young, and it is very hard to plant these lands. This is because a lot of land is planted with mulberry or It is necessary to fallow and rotate crops, otherwise, I will not care about it.It would be much easier if there were two more young and strong slaves in the family to help out.

(End of this chapter)