Late Tang

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Since February, the recruits have been sent to the military camps in the provinces and counties of the Qin Dynasty.In April, veterans had already started to return home from military camps in various places. On the roads and rivers, young veterans could be seen everywhere being sent back to their hometowns by army officers in vehicles and boats.

Just after experiencing the pain of separation after sending young children to enlist in the army, many military members immediately began to happily experience the joy of reunion.Most of the veterans returned to their hometowns with joy on their faces, but some soldiers had gotten used to the life in the barracks and left the barracks with great reluctance.However, although they have already retired, many soldiers are not worried about their future life.States and counties have already begun to arrange their future work for them long before they come back.

For all states and counties, veterans are a group of very popular guys, and they are very popular.They are all strong and strong boys, and they are not fit enough to join the army.Moreover, after several years in the army, even ordinary soldiers have undergone three years of forging, and each of them has learned a lot of skills.At least two thousand characters in three years can be recognized and written, and can do some arithmetic, and even some other clerical tasks.Moreover, these veterans have basically learned two or three skills in the army, such as driving, repairing and so on.

For the local government, the use of veterans is not only a response to King Qin's call, but also very appropriate.They are the most suitable people whether they work as subordinate officials in the township government office or in the county yamen, or even work in the township soldiers, militia groups, united soldiers, urban management teams, security teams, tax collectors, etc.Even physical education teachers in schools at all levels are suitable candidates.so that until now.This period of retirement every year.From the province to the state, county and township.From the government to the school, and even those private caravans, workshops, etc., all stared at these retired young men, ready to compete for these "talented people".

Every year, among the veterans, a small number of veterans, retired non-commissioned officers, and veterans, the few people who fight for it are very fierce.

The sun in April has gradually begun to gain power, and people in the sun at noon miss the warm sun in winter.

At this time, men, women and children in Red Fox Village are rushing to plant spring wheat before mid-April. The weather in the south of the Great Wall is warm, and winter wheat is usually planted in September and October in autumn.But in the north outside the Great Wall, the weather is cold, but spring wheat can only be planted after the weather warms up in March and April.By July, harvest.

Red Fox Village did not grow wheat before, or they only planted a small amount of wheat, mainly for grazing.But now, most of the villagers here are mainly Han Chinese, who are more used to planting rather than grazing.In addition, the government has already divided the land.Everyone's pastures and pastures have also been divided, so there are fewer cattle and sheep to graze.For example, Agulang and his family also started to grow wheat.

They allocated a lot of land. The area outside the Great Wall in Rehe was sparsely populated, and everyone could get a large piece of land.Fortunately, they all have a lot of cattle and horses, so they don't need much manpower.However, for Xi people like Agulang who just started farming, this is still a very hard and difficult task.Fortunately, the agricultural technology station in the county has special personnel to guide them in the field, and the advanced agricultural tools they have built under their guidance, everything is much better.

Agulang kept taking off the water bag on his waist to drink water. Since early in the morning, he had already emptied the water bag twice.I drank a lot of water, and now when I walk around, I can hear the sound of water shaking in my stomach.But after a while, his mouth was dry again, his clothes were soaked, his face was covered with sweat, his ears were buzzing, his throat was sticky, and he couldn't speak.The three women in the family, all with their headscarves wrapped around their faces, were also helping, and there were big beads of sweat rolling in the cleavage between Aria's plump breasts.

Agulang's eldest daughter-in-law's cheeks were flushed from the sun, and her clothes were drenched with sweat.

His eldest son was driving the two oxen in front, holding the plow and walking on the long field, sweating profusely, as if he had just been fished out of the water, sodden, his clothes were sticky and sticky On his body, it made him very irritable.

"Why do we farm the land? We are not farmers, but herdsmen. We herd cattle, sheep and horses. We are soldiers!" The eldest son shouted angrily at his father who brought him water.

"Forget it, now we are no longer Xi people, we are Qin people, we have to get used to this kind of life in the future. Look at the Han people next to them, they all live like this, since King Qin gave us the land, Then we have to farm, raise cattle and horses, which is not so convenient now. Fixed-point grazing and captivity also need to grow pasture, why not, we can’t feed these cattle and sheep.”

"Even if we want to plant, we don't need to plant so much. With hundreds of acres of land, our whole family can eat it for many years. Just planting tens of acres of land is enough. What's more, our family We also raise cattle and sheep, and we work as errands in the county, so we also get paid, so we can grow less.”

"Stop talking so much nonsense, hurry up!" The old centurion gave his son a dissatisfied look, then turned and went back.

When the eldest daughter-in-law waited for her husband to plow beside her, she shouted, "Oh, quit."

"Wait, finish plowing this ridge."

"Let's wait for the afternoon to cool down before plowing. It's too hot, so I don't want to do it!"

She stood there, her thin dress was wet with sweat, and the two balls of flesh on her chest became more and more plump and puffed up. She panted heavily, as if her husband was not driving the two cows, but her. Like pulling a plow.

"Why don't we go wash in the pond over there first."

"It's still far away, at least two miles away."

"Let's go on horseback, and we'll be back and forth in a while," said the wife.

The husband looked worriedly at his father behind him, but seeing his wife's expectant look, he finally wiped his face and said, "Let's go on a horse ride."

They rode away, and Alia quickly dropped the tools in her hand and ran to the front. She untied a horse, rode it skillfully like her young husband, and chased after her.

Old Agulang watched the three of them run away in a hurry, and shook his head involuntarily.

The three of them rode on the road in the field, far away.There is a cloud of smoke.It was rushing along the dirt road quickly.

"That man runs so fast on horseback!" the eldest daughter-in-law exclaimed.

The village sergeant narrowed his eyes.Staring at the cloud of smoke and dust, through the dust cloud, the silhouette of the rider can be seen faintly.After a while, it became clearer.

"Running at such a speed, this horse can't bear it, and it will break down in a while."

He frowned, put his right hand on the hat, and watched carefully.He had clearly seen the man on horseback.He bent over and galloped on a horse with three small red flags on his back.

"Postcourier!" The sergeant of the village soldier quickly recognized it, and hurriedly called his wife and sister-in-law to get out of the way. These postpost couriers with three small red flags can't be stopped, even if they are killed, they are not only in vain , and there may be a lawsuit against him, which he learned in the village soldiers.

The post courier flew past and shouted: "Yellow alert, yellow alert!"

A cloud of stage-horse dust kicked up his face.He watched the messenger go away, and his mind was a little confused for a while.

Among the country soldiers.He learned a lot of military orders in the Qin army. For example, the urgent post cavalry at the post station cannot be stopped, otherwise he will be held accountable if he is hit and injured.In addition, such as yellow alert, red alert and so on.A red alert means the mobilization of the whole people. All the young and strong must be armed and rush to the county to assemble. This usually means that the enemy is invading and the people need to help defend.It is even possible that the Qin Fan has encountered a major crisis and needs the mobilization of the whole people to fight.

The yellow alert is only to mobilize the solidarity soldiers, township soldiers, and militias, as well as newly retired veterans.

He stood there in a daze for a while, looking at the vast field under the sun.Then, the united soldiers and township soldiers who were busy farming in the fields, and even the young people who had just been discharged from the army, rode their horses and ran towards the village from all directions.

In the fields and on the roads, these township soldiers and militiamen rode their horses and raised clouds of dust. After they rushed to the main road, they galloped away in groups, dragging a big yellow dust tail, towards the village.

All the town soldiers, united soldiers, and militiamen who were in service, as well as those young people who had just returned from the army, left what they were doing and rushed back to the village.

He saw his father Agulang get on his horse and run towards the village, waving to him non-stop along the way.

"What's wrong?" Alia and her sister-in-law exclaimed, looking at him in horror.

He woke up suddenly, and yelled, "Yellow alert, emergency assembly order, I have to go." He turned his horse's head, ran back to the parking place by the field, jumped off the horse, put on his work shirt He took off his coat, got on his horse again, followed his father's figure, and disappeared into the dust and mist just like those people.

The drying yard in front of the township office in the village was densely packed with gray people.

Rows of horses, the equipment of the soldiers, and the uniforms of the township soldiers, united soldiers, militias, and even without epaulets and badges, and the auxiliary soldiers wearing friezes or hats, each of them looked a little solemn and solemn.

As auxiliary soldiers, they usually only train during the slack season, and they take turns to train.During the two years when there was no war, they were trained for three months a year, and they hadn't gone to war for two years, so that everyone got used to this kind of life.Now suddenly the yellow alarm sounded again, and the emergency assembly order immediately made them very worried.

All the shops in the village were closed, and the township government's few low-ranking and out-of-town officials were sad and worried.The roadside along the street was full of women who had already changed their clothes.

There were five words hanging on everyone's lips, emergency mobilization order.

Next to it was a bearded sergeant of the united soldier who was arguing with a third-class soldier of the township soldier: "Nothing will happen. I guess it's just a drill. The drill knows it. We went there for a few days and then came back."

"The exercise doesn't require such a big battle. I think it's going to be a war."

"Nonsense, there was an exercise two years ago. It was no less noisy than this time, but it didn't happen afterwards."

"Who says it's okay? Didn't you beat Chengde that time, and then King Qin personally led the army to Bohai? Maybe Chengde wanted to attack while King Qin was away, or the tribal army in Bohai was very fierce?"

"Bah, shut your crow's mouth, and you don't have to think about it. Now, the commander-in-chief of Chengde Town has been detained in Yanjing City. It's not to mention that the king of Qin will go there in person on the Bohai Sea. Who can be the opponent of King Qin and his old man."

The quarrel between the two of them attracted a group of people to talk about it, and an old man said excitedly: "War is a war, and it has nothing to do with us. They beat them, and our crops haven't been planted yet." .”

"Yeah, look, the whole village has been called here. You know, we are rushing to cultivate now. If we miss the solar term, then this year's harvest will be gone."

"The head of the township said, this is an order from above, and a yellow alert has been issued, so everyone must be assembled.'

Those who eat official meals in the township office have already begun to call their names, and the auxiliary soldiers who have been called immediately stand at the designated position. On the side of the township office, according to the difference between the united soldiers and the township soldiers, the militia, and the new veterans, Four plots were drawn, and different people automatically stood on the one they belonged to.

Soon, all the people on the roster were counted, and several officials of the township office began to ride horses and lead the soldiers from the village to the county.Although they didn't know what was waiting for them ahead, these auxiliary soldiers and veterans had no fear or panic. Instead, they joked with the people next to them along the way, very relaxed. . )