marquis of jingan

Chapter 829 If They Don’t Do It, I Will Do It

Shen Yi stayed in the wounded barracks outside Huai'an city for five full days.

These five days are also the most critical five days, because if the five days cannot be saved, it is basically impossible to be saved.

In fact...

In three days, life and death were basically settled.

Shen Yi stayed for five full days, that is to say, he fulfilled his promise, even though the wounded had their last breath left, Shen Yi did not give up on them.

And he was about to leave the wounded barracks, that is to say, in the two wounded barracks, no one was being rescued, and those who should have been revived had already been revived.

should be buried...

also buried.

Most of the wounded soldiers in the wounded camp where Shen Yi lived were those who retreated from the Zhouqiao defense line, plus some wounded soldiers from the follow-up reinforcements. There were more than 200 soldiers in total. When Shen Yi left, only eight soldiers remained. 900 people.

Among the eight or nine hundred people, only about half of them are estimated to be able to continue fighting.

Before leaving, Shen Yi called together those who could walk on the ground in the wounded battalion, as well as some generals in the army.

He, the military master whose right hand was still hung on his chest by a strip of cloth, stepped onto the high platform and silently looked at the people present.

"Everyone, now the wounded soldiers in our army basically don't have to worry about their lives."

"But everyone also knows that many people have been injured by Qi people, missing arms and broken legs."

"Maybe the rest of my life will be ruined by someone in my army, by someone from Qi."

"Yes, there are indeed rewards and compensation in the army."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "But a few dozen taels of silver can't buy an arm or a leg."

Speaking of this, Master Shen Yi said in a low voice, looked at everyone, and continued: "Brothers who have been disabled cannot stay in the army to fight, and can only go back to their hometown. What is the use of dozens of taels of silver? Wearing such a If you have too much money, maybe you will be murdered by the evil relatives at home."

Shen Yi found a chair and sat down, then silently looked at everyone.

"In the past few days, I have been thinking about this issue, considering whether to tell my brothers about this issue."

"Actually, brothers, many of them are veterans, and they know how other armies deal with these problems. It's very simple. It's nothing more than turning a blind eye, sending some money back to their hometown, and then recruiting new recruits."

"I, Shen Yi, can do the same."

Master Shen lowered his eyebrows silently, and continued: "However, with a conscience in my heart, it is inevitable that I will feel uneasy."

"Especially all the brothers here."

"In the battle of Zhouqiao, many people called my name, Shen, and rushed to the front of the battle, fought hard with the people of Qi, and fought with the people of Qi with their lives!"

"I, Shen Yi, have seen and heard these things with my own eyes."

"I also remember it in my heart."

Master Shen looked around at the crowd and continued, "After thinking about it for a few days, I finally came up with a solution."

"I have an old friend from my hometown. I started a business in the early years, and now the business has gradually grown. In the future, I will let him do some cloth and silk business in various places, buy looms, and open textile workshops."

"Or some other line of business."

"In addition to the compensation that should be given to you in the army, anyone who is disabled in battle under my command, Shen Yi, can go to work in the loom workshop."

The textile industry has existed since ancient times. After Dachen lost half of the country, the already developed textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River became more important, especially in Zhejiang, where there are seven mountains, two rivers and one field. If there are few places where there are no fields, they plant mulberry trees to raise silkworms and weave silk.

Some wealthy merchants in Jiangnan have thousands of looms under their command.

Every loom is an employment opportunity.

Master Shen continued in a low voice, "In the future, I will ask the people from the bank to issue anti-counterfeit receipts to everyone. At that time, with the receipts, you can go to work in loom workshops in various places."

"Brothers are willing to work for a day, and someone Shen will use them for a day."

"The wages... are guaranteed to be more than [-]% higher than that of local weavers, or more."

"anyway."

Master Shen said solemnly: "It must be enough for everyone to support the family, so that they won't be bullied."

The placement of the wounded is indeed something that Shen Yi has been thinking about for the past few days. In the past when fighting in the southeast, although there were wounded soldiers and some were killed, the number was not many after all, and it was not to the point that Shen Yi had to consider.

However, in Huai'an now, in just a few months, there are already more than 200 disabled soldiers under Shen Yi's hands.

There may be more to follow.

This made Shen Yi have to think about their placement.

One is Shen Qi's own compassion.

Second, it is to let those who can continue to fight have no worries.

Of course, the imperial court should be responsible for these resettlement tasks. To be precise, the Ministry of War should be responsible. But now, Da Chen's Ministry of War has no "business" in this area, so Shen Yi can only try to take care of it.

"Of course, brothers who want to go back to their homeland, I will not stop them. I will also issue you a receipt. If someone in the local area bullies you, or if someone from the same clan wants to take your money."

"Look for the nearest city with a residence newspaper, and hand over the receipt to the local residence newspaper."

Having said that, Shen Yi patted his chest hard with Jiankang's left hand, and said loudly: "If someone Shen is in court, he will answer you all day!"

Having said that, he laughed at himself and said, "Of course."

"One day, if I, Shen Qi, were no longer in the court, I would most likely be in trouble for myself, and I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to respond to my brothers."

The follow-up placement of wounded soldiers is a huge task.

For Shen Yi, all he can think of at the moment is to let Xu Fu, a businessman, use commercial means to give these wounded soldiers a job, a job that guarantees income in drought and flood.

As for the official appearance...

I am afraid that the court system will not be changed until the day when Master Shen becomes Minister of the Ministry of War, or the day when he pays homage to the Prime Minister.

But even so, these relatively simple "welfare" still made some wounded soldiers below excited, some burst into tears, and even knelt down to kowtow to Shen Yi.

Master Shen shook his head slightly. He stood on the high platform and motioned for everyone to stand up. Then he bowed his head deeply to everyone.

"Brothers, in the battle of Zhouqiao, Shen Qi remembers you for the rest of your life!"

"Today, many seriously injured brothers did not show up. When the brothers go back, I will pass on Shen Qi's words to them."

"After a while, someone will come to sign the receipts for the brothers, and those who have been with me for a long time will know."

"Someone Shen speaks exactly what he says."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "If you say it, you will definitely do it!"

At this time, there were about 600 people listening to Shen Yi's speech. After listening to Shen Yi's speech, many people's eyes were red.

After Master Shen finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, brothers, let's go and go back to the tent to rest."

"Before the injury recovers, I will recuperate in the wounded barracks, and the military salary will be paid, so I don't want to go anywhere."

Master Shen had a very high prestige in the army. As soon as he gave an order, everyone present at the scene began to disperse one after another. After a while, only a few generals remained.

Shen Yi glanced around the wounded barracks, and sighed slightly.

Not far away, Zhang Jian waved at him.

"Ziheng, here, the sedan chair is ready for you."

Shen Yi usually takes a carriage no matter where he goes, and occasionally rides a horse, but now he is injured and is not easy to bump, so Zhang Jian prepared a sedan chair for him.

They are going back to Huai'an City.

Shen Yi nodded slightly and walked towards Zhang Jian.

After approaching, Zhang Jian patted Shen Yi's left shoulder lightly, and said with emotion: "Zi Heng is really good at leading troops. Hearing what you just said, who in the army can't die for Zi Heng?"

Shen Yi glanced at the tent not far away, and shook his head slightly: "I don't care about the morale of the army, these things, the younger brother also has to do."

"You can't live up to your conscience."

Hearing this, Zhang Jian sighed: "That's right, these things are what the imperial court should do, but..."

"It costs too much money."

"Hire, what do you need to spend?"

Master Shen walked towards his sedan chair.

"It's just that if this matter is entrusted to the imperial court, if the imperial court is to open a weaving factory, there will be another group of people who will eat their brains full of fat."

"This group of people is spending the court's money."

Zhang Jian followed behind Shen Yi, smiling wryly.

Corruption of officials has happened in all dynasties, and even now, it has happened in both the Northern and Southern Dynasties. This is a well-known thing.

Everyone knows.

Everyone is silent.

It is too difficult, too difficult for the world to clarify because of selfishness.
Master Shen strode towards his sedan chair.

"The court doesn't do these things..."

"I'll do it."

(End of this chapter)