Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 258
Although the hut was dilapidated, it was neatly tidied up.

Su Tong glanced, Fan's clothes were fine, but Zhang's mother's clothes were patched.It's just that the patch is very clever and the stitches are so fine that it's hard to see.

The ground was also cleaned up, and the black pottery teapot, which lacked a lid, was also covered with a small lid made of rattan.

The plain cloth that Su Tong brought, Fan immediately took out two pieces, and planned to cut them to make clothes for Zhang's mother: "It's a coincidence that the little lady came here, and the things she gave were very timely, so I said make some The money is used to make clothes for A’s family, her clothes are too old, they should have been dismantled and changed into smaller pieces.”

On the bed, in addition to Zhang's mother's clothes, there were also some scattered clothes, both adults' and children's. Seeing Su Tong's attention, Fan couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Brother Qiao and none of them have a bride. And Brother Qiao adopted two children. He is a big man, clumsy, how can he do sewing and mending? I am a weak girl, I can't lift my shoulders, I can only do some errands to help .”

Su Tong sighed.She could see that Fan's family was really determined not to remarry, but to live with Zhang's mother.

I heard that the brother and sister-in-law of the Fan family introduced a good one to her a while ago. Although he is a widower, he is a seventh-rank official. He is only 40 years old. He is not too old. , and the reputation of a filial son, if he hadn't said that he wanted to find an older bride who could take care of the elderly, I'm afraid it would not be the turn of the elderly Fan.

Her brother and sister-in-law were all kind-hearted, but in the end, Fan Shi refused to die, and the two of them were also annoyed. Fan Shi was very busy these days, and the two of them refused to visit the house again.

Su Tong also had nothing to say.

It can only be said that everyone has their own ambitions, Fan did not take the path that others thought was good, but took a detour full of thorns, that was her own decision, whether it was good or bad, she could only bear it by herself.

Su Tong came out of Fan's, went straight to the school, and called a group of students and gentlemen to go to the yamen to search the files to see how many veterans who had no means of living near the capital.

Her group of students is familiar with Su Wencheng, and more than half of her father's staff members are from her own school, which is normal, and Su Wencheng is probably more willing to use his own people.

As a result, after a long time, just counting the vicinity of Tokyo, the number of soldiers who have been subsidized in the past three years is no less than 300, and nearly [-]% of them have no serious business until now, just relying on part-time jobs to make money.

But the situation in Tokyo is not bad. After all, the residents are well-off, no matter what job they find, they can always survive. In disaster years or winter, there are relief subsidies issued by the government to make life difficult.

Fu Dahu and the others are smart ghosts, and they even know how to go door-to-door to conduct on-the-spot investigations. Anyway, the final conclusion is that these soldiers will not have a good life after they leave the barracks, because they will be revoked from the army. Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Su Tong looked at the results of the investigation and frowned.

Fu Dahu lingered to his husband's side, and shook his head like a grown-up with a puffy face: "Shan Zhang, the imperial court doesn't care about these soldiers, saying that they are going to go home to work in agriculture, but those who are barely considered strong It’s okay, but how can a disabled man survive? I’m afraid it’s better to be a sergeant in the army all the time.”

Su Tong smiled, patted Fu Dahu's head, and said seriously: "Our Dahu can think about these things, he is really an amazing boy."

"The imperial court also allowed a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled sergeants to serve as 'little soldiers' and 'leftovers'. Although they only receive half of their salary, they can barely eat."

Her face was a bit complicated, and she sighed: "But you should know that our imperial court adopts a recruitment system, whether it is forbidden soldiers or sent soldiers are recruited, refugees and hungry people are recruited as soldiers in disaster years, this is done every year , There are more and more soldiers."

Although this method can effectively prevent peasant uprisings, in Su Tong's view, it is too unreliable. If the refugees and hungry people go to serve as soldiers, wouldn't the wasteland be abandoned even more?
It's okay now, once a war breaks out in the future, how can these soldiers go into battle to kill the enemy?
"There are enough soldiers in the imperial court. Even in the army, there are many sergeants who are struggling to make a living and have to do other jobs. In addition, the officers will inevitably have to deduct their salaries and enslave the sergeants. The sergeants who flee every year The same is true, those who are old, weak, and disabled are fine if they meet good officers, but if they encounter bad ones, they might as well leave early, and life in the army will be even more difficult.”

Fu Dahu was stunned for a moment, and didn't ask why he didn't sue the government.

Even though he was young, he was not naive. It would be useless to sue for such a trivial matter, and it would never reach the ears of the officials. There are always some things in the world that cannot be satisfactory.

"Shan Zhang, is there any other way to deal with it?"

Su Tong smiled and pondered for a moment: "Actually, I think it's not appropriate for the imperial court to recruit refugees and hungry people to serve as soldiers. It's better to find a job for those idle soldiers. As for Disabled soldiers can always find jobs they can do."

Patting Fu Dahu on the head, Su Tong's first thought was to turn some of the Xiang soldiers into agricultural reclamation corps and let them go to open up wasteland. This idea is still a little feasible. Some of the fertile fields were abandoned. Also, as the father and daughter transformed the saline-alkali land into fertile land in Taizhou, it took a lot of effort and cost more money. If the soldiers could be used to open up wasteland at that time, I am afraid it would be inconvenient. few.

However, the court had to get involved in this matter, and there was no rush at all, and she didn't know where there were so many unowned wastelands that the sergeants could develop.

Another one is postal logistics.

In the Song Dynasty, there were no serious bodyguard bureaus. When Su Tong was in Qingzhou, the "bodyguard bureaus" he saw were not actually bodyguard bureaus at all, and they were not called by that name. High-strength, loyal, and kung fu, they get together to escort people's property.

Right now, you have to go to the post station to send a letter, or let the car dealer or some acquaintances in the caravan carry it. There are many people who endure hardships and stand hard work, even those who are disabled can rely on making postal parcels and containers for loading goods. Anyway, as long as you are willing to work hard and not afraid of hardship, it is the best thing to do.

The more Su Tong thought about it, the more reasonable he became, he simply went to the study to think carefully, wrote a proposal seriously, and then showed it to Su Wencheng.

If you want to get the sergeant's idea, she can't do it alone, you have to let Su Wencheng figure out a way.

(End of this chapter)