I studied in modern times

Chapter 591 Guo Gui’s request

After autumn, the temperature in Didao also began to drop sharply.

Wang Daxu put on clothes made of thick burlap.

This kind of clothing is made of three layers, the inner and outer layers are made of linen, and the middle is usually filled with warm materials such as wild duck and pheasant feathers, paper scraps, and linen wadding.

But here in Xihe, there is no need to be so troublesome.

Wang Daaxe is in the clothes, filled with a lot of cotton wool.

The warmth-keeping effect was particularly obvious. Even on this frosty autumn morning, he didn't feel cold.

"This cotton coat is really good." Wang Daxue touched the clothes on his body.

Although separated by thick burlap, the compacted cotton still feels soft to the touch.

"I have to find someone to make a few more pieces of this kind of fabric and ask someone to bring it back to the capital so that my mother can use it to make some clothes for Da Lang, Er Lang and Sanniang to keep out the cold." Wang Daxe thought.

Winter in Bianjing is also very cold.

In Wang Daxu's memory, when he was a child, he and his younger brother Daqiang always gathered around the stove at home to keep warm.

But the adults, whenever they found them in front of the stove, would always take sticks and give their brothers a beating.

First, charcoal is burned for heating.

And charcoal is very expensive.

The second reason is that coal is poisonous. Wang Dafu remembers that he had a childhood friend who closed the doors and windows when trying to keep warm. When the adults found out, the friend was already dead.

I was thinking about trying every possible way to light a fire around the stove with my brother to keep warm.

Wang Daxu sighed.

He still hadn't heard anything from his brother.

I told the governor that there might not be any news from Guangxi until the spring of next year.

"Tihar, tihar..."

Wang Daxu was missing his younger brother, and Guo Gui, who had seen his figure from afar, had already hurried over.

"Guo Gui!" Wang Dafu raised his head and looked at Guo Gui.

The head of this cotton farm has been promoted to the supervisor of this cotton farm owned by Xiang Dujian because of his proper management.

He has obtained the deed from the Xiang family and registered his household registration in Xizhou. Therefore, according to the court's policy, he can reclaim 200 acres of wasteland near Didao as his land.

This is considered a mix-up.

So, now some people are starting to match him.

And when Guo Gui was in Bianjing, how could a serious girl be willing to look at him?
This can also be seen from the sheepskin jacket Guo Gui is wearing.

It was a brand new sheepskin jacket, with a lot of pheasant and wild duck feathers sewn into the jacket.

Compared with other farm owners and hired workers who can only wear paper clothes made of Chu paper, it is countless times better.

Of course, the price is not cheap. Here in Xihe, a new sheepskin jacket costs at least six or seven copper coins.

It is equivalent to two or three years’ wages of a hired worker in a cotton farm.

Ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

"Tijia, I heard that the government wants to make a big effort to prevent the fall?" Guo Gui cautiously approached Wang Daxu and asked.

Wang Daxu nodded: "Well, there is such a thing!"

"Mr. Jinglue has issued a military notice. In a few days, I will have to go to Xizhou City to listen to You Zhizhou's command!"

To be honest, Wang Daxu doesn’t understand what Fangqiu is? I don’t even know what exactly this Fangqiu does? I only heard that Xiang Dujian told him that this was a rule passed down from the Han and Tang Dynasties. It was just that the Song Dynasty was kind-hearted in the past and was not willing to do this. Only the Prime Minister from Hedong was willing to lead troops to do it once a year.

And this year, why is Xihe Road anti-autumn?
He told the governor that this was because the goodwill of the Song Dynasty was not felt well by Siyi.

Therefore, the current Minister of Economic Affairs decided to teach Siyi a lesson.

Let them know, uncle from the Han family, why uncle from the Han family?

It is only natural for an uncle to educate his nephew!
Wang Daxu thinks this makes sense.

The uncle taught his disobedient nephew a lesson and helped him take the right path.

It really makes sense.

Especially when the nephew abuses his family.

After hearing this, Guo Gui rolled his eyes and asked quietly: "I heard that for Ding Zhuang of Dafa, the government will follow the Baojia method and form a Baojia command on the spot, and set up ten heads of command under it. , to lead Baoding?”

"Indeed!" Wang Daxu nodded.

"Please give me some advice. For the sake of brother Daqiang, please give me a thumbs up..." Guo Gui immediately bowed his head and bowed.

"Are you going to fight for the title of Baojiadu?" Wang Daxu looked at Guo Gui with suspicion in his eyes.

Wang Daxu knows the method of protecting armor.

After all, he is now the inspector of Didao and also the inspector of Nanguan Fort, with more than 300 soldiers and horses in his hands.

He needs to memorize basic duties and laws.

So he knew that the imperial court still used the armor-protecting method of the Xining era on the border roads.

Here in Xizhou, five households are one guarantee, five guarantees are one big guarantee, and ten major guarantees are one capital guarantee.

Under the Nanguan Fort, there were only three Han people who were under the protection of the capital.

However, since last year, a large number of familiar Qiang tribe’s household registrations have been settled and classified as Baojia.

Therefore, the number of Baojia households in Nanguanbao suddenly expanded to ten.

According to the law of protecting armor, whenever troops are sent out, they will be supplemented by protecting troops.

This is to make Baoding an auxiliary branch of the army, responsible for miscellaneous tasks such as baggage and logistics.

This is called joining forces with Ding.

As a frontier fortress, Xizhou's Baojia Law was strictly enforced.

Every month Baoding has to go to the inspection department to receive training.

Guo Guizi is also a security guard, and because of Wang Daxu's relationship, he is also the security chief of Yidu of Nanguan Fort.

This is also the special feature of the armor protection method.

Under the Baojia Law, there is an extremely strict subordinate relationship between Baoding and Baochang, Dabaochang, and Du Baochang.

Wang Daxu may not be able to appoint a Baojia commander to command all Baoding.

However, he does have the right to appoint the heads of the capital below.

Xiang Zongji would not refute his face.

Guo Gui sighed and bowed: "Please also ask for help."

Wang Daxu rolled his eyes and looked at the fellow countryman in front of him.

In Wang Daxu's view, although Guo Gui's figure is relatively strong, he also has a lot of strength.

However, fighting in this battle requires more than just strength.

What's more, here in Xizhou, Han and Tibetan people live together.

The Tubo, Qiang, and Dangxiang people completely overwhelmed the Han people in numbers.

In the past, the Baojia method was not used on local Tibetan people.

But now, with the two national relatives Gao and Xiang coming to Renxihe.

A large number of familiar Qiang, Tubo and Dangxiang people subsequently settled down with the encouragement and help of the two compatriots.

Unlike the people in Bianjing and Jiangnan, they were afraid to avoid becoming a Baoding.

Not just anyone can be the Baojia householder in Xizhou.

At least until now, only local familiar Qiang, Dangxiang people and Tubo people who have lived for many years are eligible.

Those employed in cotton farms do not have this qualification.

The reason is simple - becoming a Baoding senior player will bring you money and income.

According to the law, a Baoding can get 11 yuan of salt and vegetable money every day during the service period, and two liters of rice as food.

This condition, even for dogs in Bianjing City, would not be tolerated.

But in Xizhou, it can make people break their heads!

Two liters of fine white flour, plus eleven jingling Yuanfeng Tongbao.

It’s enough to break the heads of the Qiang, Tubo, and Dangxiang people who have never seen the world.

What's more, in order to protect our cotton village from attacks by Western bandits and Tibetan cavalry.

Under the call of the two compatriots Gao and Xiang, cotton farmers in various places donated generously and paid per mu to serve as hard-earned money for Baoding and the garrison.

It turns out that when it comes to protecting your own property.

Regardless of whether they are Han people, Tubo people, Qiang people, or Dangxiang people, they are all very shrewd.

Therefore, Baoding, who was in the last round, can still get an extra five yuan a day's hard-earned money in the last round.

As for the forbidden troops stationed in Nanguan Fort, they can get an extra ten coins every day.

Therefore, the Baojia households in Xizhou have sufficient motivation for the previous round.

Every time there was a draw, the Qiang, Dangxiang and Tubo people all rushed to get there.

As for wartime?

That would be even scarier!

Because the standard of rewards during wartime is the standard of the imperial army in Beijing.

According to today's day, in May of this year, in order to reward the southern expeditionary army, the Privy Council was ordered to formulate and promulgate the "Yuanyou Army Reward Order".

The first level of beheading will be counted as the fourth level of military merit, and the reward will be three guans or one piece of silk, and one merit will be recorded, which can be used for future transfer.

The most terrible thing is that according to Yuan Youjun's reward order, what is better than beheading is to be captured alive.

This is because God has the virtue of loving life, and today we must practice benevolence and justice and cannot bear to kill more people.

Therefore, if you capture an enemy, you will be rewarded with two pieces of silk or six pieces of money.

If you get his wife and children, you can be rewarded with three pieces of silk or nine pieces of money.

In addition, according to Yuanyou's army reward order, the rewards for extraordinary achievements such as ascending first, beheading generals, and defeating enemies are all greatly increased compared to Yuanfeng!
Even if you are injured, as long as the wound is in the front, you can still be rewarded generously according to the severity of the injury.

There are also standards for pensions for those who died in battle - as long as the body fell forward, land will be given preferentially according to the theory of death in battle.

Particularly brave, those who died in a fierce battle are even more likely to be descendants of Enyin (there is a precedent of Enyin dying in battle in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Yuanfeng era, a messenger soldier was captured by Xixia, and the Xixia people asked him to persuade a besieged fortress to surrender. He pretended to agree, and when he got to the city, he informed the city of the coming reinforcements. The Xixia people were furious and killed him below the city. Afterwards, Shenzong Enyin and his son Sanban borrowed his post and posthumously granted him an official position).

In short, after the military reward order was issued, it was sent to Xihe Road. Once it was announced, the entire Xihe River screamed.

Everyone wanted to make contributions to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. no way!
This approach of directly using the reward standards of the Imperial Army in Beijing to reward the Western Army is too buggy.

It's like someone is hiring people in third-tier cities in modern times with wages from Nordic technology companies.

Local people, why don't you beat the screws of this scapegoat?

Therefore, Wang Daxu can understand Guo Gui's mood.

only……

Although Guo Gui's figure is quite strong, in his opinion, he also has a lot of strength.

But the key point is that in this Nanguanbao area, there are more people who are stronger than him, and have more backers and backgrounds than him!
For example, there are now dozens of Qiang households with the surname Bao in Nanguanbao.

These Qiang people are not simple. Their surnames were given by the late emperor.

At that time, the official family was known to the world to be the most filial.

Therefore, these Qiang people with the surname Bao regard themselves as "the emperor's lackeys".

Last year during the Emperor's Tongtian Festival, they held a banquet in Nanguan Fort to wish the Emperor a long life.

Naturally, the young people in these people's families were directly organized into a dubao.

Obviously, the only ones who can protect the capital are their own people.

Most of the Baodings from other large tribes are like this.

Don't look at them now, their household registration has been lost.

But in reality, they are still the same as before.

Tribe is greater than everything else.

Outsiders cannot get involved at all.

Therefore, in fact, among the ten governors of Nanguan Fort, less than half can be directly appointed by the government.

In this half, there is also a mixture of Han and Tibetan people.

There was no background, no strong strength, just airborne, there was only one result - being put in a sack and knocked unconscious, and then thrown into the ravine to feed the wolves.

Afterwards, it was reported that it was an "unfortunate fall". Who can investigate? Who will check?

This is also the reason why Xihe Road is not liked by the sergeants and officials of the court.

The atmosphere here is too barbaric.

It is easy to think of the proud soldiers of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

Moreover, because there are too many Tibetan officials and soldiers.

When the civil servants of the imperial court come over, they are easily acclimatized - others can really say: I am a barbarian. Civil servants are required to compromise for the sake of the overall situation.

Guo Gui looked at Wang Daxue's troubled expression and probably guessed something.

He bowed his head and said, "To be honest, Captain, I have a lover, the widow of Yimai family in Didao. Some time ago, when I was meeting that woman, I was caught by the head of Yimai family. Fortunately, I had the deed from Xiang Dujian with me, and my lover pleaded for me, so I was not thrown into the Weihe River!"

"But I had no choice but to sign a contract with the Otomo family."

"He told me to collect a hundred gu in betrothal gifts within one year and marry his daughter home. Otherwise, I will be punished for ruining his daughter's reputation."

"I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I can only come here to ask for help from Tiha. Please give him a thumbs up so that I can earn some military rewards and marry my sweetheart."

Wang Daxu couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

This Guo Gui usually seems to be clever, so why did he capsize with the Qiang people?

Then he scolded: "You are such a bastard, why don't you cover your crotch? You've just lost the face of a Bianjing citizen!"

He didn’t know how to steal from anyone, but he was caught and even had to write paperwork.

It is really……

"Yes, yes..." Guo Gui let Wang Daxu scold him, just lowered his head and kept saying yes.

Wang Daxu cursed again: "How can there be any reason in this world for a husband to give a hundred guan of bride price to his wife?"

"Take my name card and give it to the head of the Yimian family, and ask him to marry his daughter to you as soon as possible for my sake."

"As for the bride price?"

"Just give me three or five guans!"

"But the dowry must be a hundred dollars!"

Guo Gui paid his respects and said, "So that Tiha will know that my sweetheart left a pair of children, dozens of cattle and sheep, and five horses after her death! So, what is the talent of Yi Burian's family?" Ask me to pay a dowry of one hundred dollars!"

Wang Daxu was stunned.

He finally knew why everyone in the Song Dynasty liked to marry widows.

The widow is so rich!
Dozens of cattle, sheep, and five horses!
If you put it in Bianjing, it can be sold for thousands of guan. Even here in Xihe, it is worth more than 300 guan.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for someone to ask for a hundred gu in betrothal gifts!
He couldn't help but ask: "How old are those children now?"

Guo Gui replied: "I know Tiha, the elder is three years old and the younger is two years old..."

Wang Daxu swallowed.

This is equivalent to buy one and get two free.

Such a young child needs to be raised familiarly and lovingly.

It's like saying that I got two more children for nothing.

When Guo Gui saw this, he struck while the iron was hot and said, "Please give me a chance by raising your authority."

The only thing he can bet on now is military success.

Wang Daxu pondered for a moment and said, "I can't give you my head."

Even if I gave it to him, he couldn't hold it or hold it firmly.

"I can only give you a chance to find the deputy head of the Baojia Command."

In the military system of the Song Dynasty, five hundred people were under one command, and the command governed five capitals, each with one hundred people and a chief and deputy head.

If it is the Imperial Guards of the Fourth Army, below them, there are also officers at the level of ten generals, generals, Yuhou, and escort officers.

However, the purpose of the Baojia Law is to 'join forces with Ding'.

Therefore, it is relatively simple, with only the official Dutou and Deputy Dutou under the capital.

Other positions are appointed by the Dutou and Deputy Dutou.

Of course, the government will not recognize their appointment.

There is no preferential treatment.

Guo Gui was overjoyed when he heard this. He came to ask for the capital title, but he was actually prepared to get the title of a ten general or even a prison officer in name only.

Now, he can earn the title of deputy capital head.

It really made him happy!

He immediately bowed his head and said, "Thank you so much for Tiha, thank you so much for Tiha!"

"I will definitely repay Tiha for his great kindness!"

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me!" Wang Daxu said coldly: "All I can give you is a chance."

"Whether it will work or not depends on your martial arts skills!"

"Although the deputy chief of the Baojia command is not as good as the deputy chief of the Forbidden Army, he has no name and status, and only has a salary."

"But there are many heroes in Xihe. If you want to conquer the crowd, you must have good martial arts skills."

"In two days, you will follow me to Nanguan Fort to test your martial arts skills in front of the Governor and compete with other heroes."

With that said, Wang Daxu asked: "Guo Gui, how is your shooting skill?"

Guo Gui replied: "To be honest, my ancestors also served as commanders in the Infantry Tiger Wing Army. I have never forgotten their craftsmanship!"

Wang Daxu snorted, not surprised by this. Since Guo Gui could become friends with his younger brother Daqiang, they must have the same background.

Drawing the bow and setting an arrow are the basic skills of the Song Dynasty's imperial army.

Almost everyone in the Beijing Forbidden Army has good archery skills.

Normally, 23 out of 100 steps and 56 out of 10 out of 50 steps are all normal.

Even now, the elite shooters of the Fourth Army can still line up in front of the enemy and hit three or four out of ten in a hundred steps, and six or seven in fifty steps.

Unfortunately, times have changed.

The enemies faced by the Song Dynasty were not afraid of the traditional bow and crossbow volleys of the Song Dynasty.

Especially the elite of the Western Thieves, the heavy infantry of the Iron Kites, the Poxi Army and the Qisheng Army.

Either they have powerful long-range projection firepower, they are heavy cavalry with both men and horses heavily armored, or heavy infantry wearing armor made of refined pig iron.

Especially the iron kite, with its men and horses in armor, seems to be the cavalry that rushed out from the ancient battlefields of the Northern and Southern Dynasties hundreds of years ago.

The infantry of the Song Dynasty, which looked very retro, raw and traditional, had no way to deal with them.

In the past, the Song Dynasty paid too much attention to crossbows and underestimated melee combat.

Therefore, at Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan Village, they were beaten to collapse by the Western Bandits.

In addition to the lack of cavalry, the biggest reason is actually poor melee combat.

When Wang Daxu was a child, he heard his uncles in the army talk about the scene when the Western bandits rebelled.

When the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty fought at long distances, they could usually shoot through the dense rain of arrows and send the thieves flying.

But once the Western Thieves Iron Cavalry got close, the formation of the Forbidden Army could no longer be maintained.

This is why the iron kites of the Western thieves were able to defeat the Song Dynasty repeatedly.

After learning from the painful experience, today's Song Dynasty pays special attention to hand-to-hand combat.

Iron maces and heavy axes have become the standard for elites, and their salaries and rewards are several times higher than those of others.

Wang Daxu's father named their brothers Daxu and Daqiang because he hoped that when they grew up, they would be able to hold a big axe and a big gun and earn a monthly salary of seven to eight guan.

Wang Daxu has been determined to do this since he was a child, so he has never stopped honing his skills.

Therefore, even at Xihe Road, with his skilled heavy ax skills, Wang Daxe could suppress those arrogant and powerful generals and convince them.

Of course, Wang Daxu also knew that it was really difficult for him to be proficient in using melee weapons such as maces and heavy axes.

Then he asked: "Can you use a simple knife?"

The Pu Dao was a relatively common melee weapon in the Song Dynasty. In this era when hand-to-hand melee combat gradually became the norm, this kind of broadsword that could be used with both hands gradually became a common weapon for the infantry of the Song Dynasty.

Guo Guibei said: "I know a lot. Last year in Hebei, I even consulted Brother Daqiang for advice!"

Wang Daxu nodded and said: "That's good!"

(End of this chapter)