My whole family is punching cards in the farming article to survive

Chapter 225 Spring Soldiers
Since the first day of the first lunar month, there have been several heavy snowfalls in Yue and Liaoning.

During this period, Yue Liao County promulgated a spring military order and it had not yet passed. Mei Pei did not know that such disappointing news was sent out in advance.

Anyway, their family is not happy.

This spring military order is actually military service.

In the border of Yanzhou, especially in the north, a group of militiamen are recruited every spring and autumn to prevent the Tartars from going south and accidentally breaking through Yanping Pass in the Spring and Autumn to deal with the problem of insufficient troops in the rear.

Don't ask why the troops are insufficient. For one thing, the imperial court doesn't have that much military pay to support those soldiers. Moreover, the border line of the Yanzhou grassland is very long, and there are several places where battles may occur. The troops really don't have to be distributed to the rear.

Rather than hoping that the rear will also be well arranged, it is better for everyone to fight at the front.

"Oh my god, what does this mean...if the situation on the front line is not good, it is possible for us to go to the battlefield?"

The Mei family was quite confused when they learned about the Spring Soldiers Order.

When I came here last year, the Autumn Soldiers Order had just ended, and they didn't encounter it. It was a good thing that the Spring Soldiers Order was promulgated as soon as spring started. There was no need to wait until the autumn for the Autumn Soldiers Order.

Huh!There is no peaceful life anywhere.

"No, the militia is only used for city defense reinforcement. After the training, they will just patrol in shifts every day, so they will not send people to the front line.

Even if, in case, the Tatars come, the rear will not be slaughtered. "

Mr. Xue seemed to understand this very well. Looking at the sad faces of the two big men in the family, he only said: "Don't worry, Gu and Gu Hou have been guarding Yanping Pass for more than ten years. The Tatars have crossed Yanping Pass." Very few times.”

"It's very little, so there's still more?"

When Mei Bei said these disappointing words, Mr. Xue almost lost his composure.

"Occasionally! As I said, it's only occasionally! Then I'll run back very quickly! How can one be so victorious in a war?!"

"I know...she is already very powerful, but am I not worried?"

Mei Mei was glared at by Mr.

"What do you think?"

Mayberry asked, waving her hand towards Meiyou.

"This spring military order does not say that the militiamen are men."

"Ok?"

Mei Bei was stunned. Why is Mei You paying attention to this?
Mr. Xue on the side suddenly smiled when he heard Mei You's focus and said: "The militia has no restrictions on men and women, because the condition of 'males between fifteen and fifty years old' was deleted from the recruitment order more than 20 years ago. There’s no way to change it back.”

“Why was this deleted over 20 years ago?”

Meiberry and Meiyou were both interested.

"At that time, Dacheng and the prairie Tatars fought very fiercely. I don't know how many soldiers died on the battlefield. At that time, the strong men recruited directly from Yanzhou went to the front line, and many people died.

In many families, only the old, weak, women and children are left.In order to defend Yanzhou, the selection in the final order was deleted.In those years, it was normal for female soldiers to appear in the army, let alone the militia. "

"Then why is it like this?" Miao was surprised when she heard this and didn't know what to say, "Why not..."

Probably realizing that what he said was wrong, Miao immediately shut up.

Sure enough, the next second, Mr. Xue became excited and said, "Take one step back, one step at a time! Dacheng's land will naturally not be given up! Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the soldiers and generals who sacrificed for this land?
How can we be worthy of the people of Yanzhou who died tragically because of the Tatars?

Are we going to let those who sleep here forever have no peace, and let the Tatars trample on the land above their heads? ! "

Everyone looked ashamed after what Mr. Xue said.

"Well, after just over 20 years, this place seems to have recovered a lot."

Mei Bei saw everyone lowering their heads in shame and not daring to speak. She looked up and saw that Mr. Xue was suddenly angry even at his age. She was afraid that he would be angry, so she changed the subject.

"Yes, if it weren't for several generations of the Gu family in the past 20 years..."

Mentioning this, Mr. Xue's face brightened slightly, but then he didn't know what he was thinking of, and his face suddenly darkened for a moment.

He muttered a curse there.

Meiberry didn't hear the details clearly, but why did she sound like she was talking about someone who came here in a stupid way?
"Gu family?"

Mei You sensitively captured a key word in Mr. Xue's mouth.

Mei Berry's heart skipped a beat when she saw Mei You suddenly asking this question.

Has the heroine already doubted the relationship between Gu Pinglu and the Gu family?
Old Xue didn't know about Mei Berry's mental activities, and when he heard Mei You's question, he nodded and said, "Yes, Jingbei Marquis Gu's family, their family has guarded Yanzhou for generations.

In the early years, the old Marquis of Jingbei was seriously injured and returned to the imperial capital. His former son died in battle. The current Marquis of Jingbei, Gu Yan, guarded this place for his father as soon as he was enthroned as the heir apparent. He stayed here for 20 years.

The old Marquis passed away in the middle, and he didn't even have time to go back to observe his filial piety.Although the old Marquis also said before his death that there was no need to observe filial piety for him, and that everything was focused on the peace of the border, but who heard this and didn't sigh?As a result, Yanzhou gained 20 years of stability. "

"Master Guhou...has an heir now?"

Mei You narrowed her eyes, and when she asked this question, she only heard Mr. Xue's affirmative answer.

He said that Gu Hou had two sons, then sighed and said that the eldest son had died fighting beside Gu Hou.

Mei Bei listened to Mr. Xue's words and turned to look at Mei You. At this time, Mei You had lowered her eyelashes and looked at the ground as if she was caught in some kind of memory:
"When I was young, my father was not around, so only my grandparents and my mother were with me and my brother."

"Later, my mother-in-law died and my brother went to find my father, so I stayed with my grandparents."

"Later... my eldest brother passed away and my grandfather was gone, so my grandmother and I depended on each other..."

“My grandmother sometimes looked at me and didn’t know who she was thinking of, and secretly cried behind my back.

According to the housekeeper, my grandmother misses my uncle, and sometimes she seems to miss my elder brother..."

Meiberry just watched Meiyou sitting there quietly, motionless, and she didn't make any movement until Meiberry had finished her cup of hot tea.

Suddenly, the check-in reminder sounded in Meiberry's mind again - [Ding--Congratulations to the host for the "change of attitude (part)" check-in scene, and the reward of twenty kilograms of cereals and wotou ~ has been distributed to the system space, please remember it, the host Check~]

Plum Berry:? ? ?
She didn't do anything, but she clocked out again just when she was drinking a glass of water?

Mei Berry looked at Mei You who hadn't recovered in surprise, and expressed her doubts to the system, [I didn't do anything, what happened? 】

[She remembered the conversation she had with the male protagonist before. 】

[Ah, then this counts as a check-in? 】

[Well, why doesn’t it count?Aren't you right next to the heroine now? 】

Plum Berry: […]

Mei Berry was worried for a while when she heard Mei You ask if the woman could join the militia.

Normally, the heroine would never ask questions casually, but fortunately, when Mr. Xue mentioned the past affairs of the Gu family, Mei You's attention was diverted.

Finally, when Meiyou remembered it, the men in both families had already been reported.

However, Mei Mei was also a little worried when her father was drafted into the militia. In the past few days, she had found some kind of protective goggles for her father to wear closely, and also asked for a bunch of wound medicine from Mr. Xue.

In this regard, there is no need for Mei Bei to tell him, Mr. Xue will also be prepared.

After the end of the first lunar month, it was still very cold here in Yanbei. Because of the Spring March, Mei Youqian and Mei Youcai had to go to the assembly point for training before dawn every day.

They don't have armor or weapons like regular soldiers. All of them prepare their own weapons and clothes.

The fancy style, like the long knives used by Mei Youqian and Mei Youcai, seems normal, but it looks very out of place among a group of axes, rakes, and large shovels.

No matter how many days he came here to train, Mei Youqian always suspected that this was not military service, but a peasant uprising.

Especially when Gu Hou sent the Gu family army to cooperate with the training, Mei Youqian had a sense of deja vu that he was a rebel and was about to be surrounded and suppressed.

After training for most of the day, a group of people had to eat dry food they brought from home at noon.

Dry food basically has nothing to do with the word "delicious".

In addition, there is no hot water in this cold weather, so eating with cold water is not enough.

"Wai Ri, God, it's so cold. I wore such thick clothes today, but I almost didn't freeze to death."

There were other people sitting next to the two brothers who were training and taking a break. They were all complaining about how cold it was even though it was spring and how much they had to train in this weather.

"I can't even stretch out my hand holding the chopsticks. I look at the soldiers who are suffering! There are frostbites on their hands."

"What is frostbite? I heard from my father that many soldiers freeze to death every winter! Otherwise, why would you want us to participate in military service every year just in case?"

Mei Youqian listened to Zhenzhen, rarely interrupting, but he took a hard bite of the grain cornstarch he brought, and secretly cursed his unlucky daughter.

He said that this child was so willing to give him a few sacks of cornstarch as dry food.

It turns out to be so hard to chew!

I'm really dying of filial piety.

　Mei Youqian: My daughter is eating rolls at home, and my father is eating steamed buns outside!So filial!
　　Meiberry: In fact, the steamed buns are quite delicious when warmed up, and they have a chewy texture.

　　Mei Youqian: I seem to have a hot spot!

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