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Chapter 750
Hedong Pu County.

Pei Yong led the skinny horse back to his home. He took part in the Battle of Heyang, and when Zhao Jun's navy attacked, he managed to escape to Zhongtan City to save his life. Only one of the two servants he took with him was still alive. , Another person was hit by a ballista on a Zhao Jun battleship while running on the pontoon bridge, and fell into the Yellow River.

The family house in Pu County is an old house. It is by the river in the east of Pu County. There are [-] mu of land and [-] mu of paddy fields. These are not open fields, but real Yongye fields. When Grandpa Pei Yong was there After buying it, the Pei family at that time could be regarded as a local Haojian.

But now when Pei Yong returned home, the road was deserted, and the fields were barren and overgrown with weeds.

Pei Yong had a bad premonition, and when he arrived at the door, he saw his elder brother squatting on the stone steps from a distance.

"Pei Song hold the horse!"

Pei Yong ordered his servants, and ran to the front of the house and shouted loudly: "Brother, I'm back!"

Brother Pei Yong was taken aback for a moment, but when he carefully saw that it was his own younger brother, he was overjoyed and hugged Pei Yong.

Pei Yong said: "Brother, we didn't fight well this time, I didn't embarrass the Pei family, and I didn't get Sanguan and Xuntian for our family like my father did."

Brother Pei Yong comforted: "Whatever you say, you will be back with good arms and good legs. It is better than anything else to come back alive. Mom has been thinking about you these days."

"How is your mother?"

Brother Pei Yong didn't speak. Seeing his brother's expression, Pei Yong stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, mother?"

Brother Pei Yong let out a long sigh, and squatted heavily on the ground again.

"What about the second brother? Why isn't he here?"

The eldest brother heard this and said: "Second brother has gone to the market to change some medicine for mother."

Brother Pei Yong looked at Pei Song who was leading the horse in the distance, and asked, "Little Song Zi, why didn't you see him?"
"No more." Pei Yong answered with his head lowered.

Brother Pei Yong patted Pei Yong on the shoulder and said: "Don't be sad, it's good that you can come back. This time I beat Zhao Jun, I heard that there are many people gone. Let's go to the house first."

Pei Yong walked into the house, the house of Pei's family was bought by his grandfather, strictly according to the layout of the front hall and the back house at that time, the two main houses were at the back of the hall, and there was a small courtyard behind.The tenants and their family members of the Zhou family lived in the left and right wings, but now it seems that these rooms are empty and unoccupied.

"This... big brother, what's going on?"

Brother Pei Yong walked up to Pei Yong and wept: "It's all gone, all are gone, this time, in order to get together a war horse and a pack horse, as well as the two sets of armor and the staff on your body, the family asked the quality library I borrowed money. I hoped to harvest this autumn and use the harvest from the field to pay back the money, but you also know that this year is not good. The harvest in the field has been checked a lot, and the warehouse came to collect the debt. Taking advantage of the situation, we took thirty The mu of fields, and the ten mu of paddy fields, my mother also became ill because of this."

Pei Yong was furious when he heard this, "What's the point of this?"

After hearing this, Brother Pei Yong quickly covered Pei Yong's mouth and said, "Keep your voice down, don't let mother hear you, you don't know about the stockpile, and we can afford to mess with it."

Pei Song's voice came from outside the speaking room: "Mr. Erlang, you are back."

Hearing this, Pei Yong rushed to the door, the person who came was Pei Song's second brother, the meeting of the three brothers was full of sorrow and joy.At that moment, the three of them went to visit their mother together. The wife of the eldest brother and the second brother cooked the meal, and the whole family happily ate a lunch.

At that time, just after the meal, there was a knock on the door outside, and the three brothers of the Pei family came out together. It turned out to be the captain of Zhechong Mansion.

Pei Jia Dalang said politely at once: "The general came just in time, come to our house for a simple meal."

"Forget it." Zhe Chong gave the captain a reckless look.

Lieutenant Zhechong immediately said to the three brothers: "The imperial court has strengthened the garrison at Pujindu. The emperor has ordered the government army to serve, but you still have to draw one out of three people. Your Pei family has three people, so you still have to give one out."

Hearing this, the three brothers were stunned.Brother Pei Yong said: "My younger brother has just joined the army and returned home. He has just finished his military service. How come he has to serve again?"

Captain Zhechong sneered and said, "What do you know? This is an order from the imperial court. If you don't understand, go directly to Chang'an and ask the emperor. Here, as long as you are enrolled in the military, you can only listen to me."

The second brother Pei Yong hurriedly said: "General, our family is really in trouble. You see, the third brother just went through a battle in Heyang, and managed to save his life. When he returned home, my Pei family even lost a slave. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing for us to ask people from my Pei family to serve in the military? I beg the general to be lenient.”

Captain Zhechong said domineeringly: "Don't talk so much about me. This is the order of the emperor. The situation is so bad this year. Which family has no difficulties. The Zhou family in Sanliqiao, you know? Two, Sanlangjun and Wulangjun of his family have gone to Heyang, but Sanlangjun is gone, and Wulangjun was cut off by Zhao Gou and became a useless person. Right now, there are only three Dings left, but after the order, San Ding will smoke One, his family still needs someone to guard Pujin City. There is no way, this is the rule, I am not doing good deeds, everyone is tolerant, who will be sent by the court?"

This sentence made the three brothers of the Pei family speechless. Although Li Tang's soldiers can exempt the family from taxes, it is actually not helpful at all, because the armor and staff of the soldiers, as well as the pack horses and war horses, are all prepared by themselves. A war horse is enough for more than half of the wealth of an ordinary wealthy family.

Therefore, the government soldiers mainly rely on the income captured on the battlefield, as well as the military exploits, the Xuntian rewarded by the court and the scattered officials awarded by the court.

However, the high morale of the government soldiers is mainly limited to the situation where they have been winning battles. For example, this time when they conquered Zhao, the army of Li Tang North Road was almost defeated.Therefore, after Pei Yong returned home, he faced his father and brother with a face of shame because he did not get the military exploits.
After Captain Zhechong left, the three brothers of the Pei family fell into silence.The eldest brother and the second brother did not speak, and the elder sister was crying there, complaining that the elder brother was useless.The eldest sister-in-law used to be a wealthy family in the east of the city. After marrying the honest and mediocre elder brother, she gained enough voice in the family.

The last time I served in the military, it was said that my eldest brother went there, but my sister-in-law insisted on blasphemy and denied it, and wanted to push it to Mr. Erlang of the Pei family. Yong took the initiative to undertake military service for the two elder brothers.

According to the logic, Pei Yong had already been there once to serve in the military this time, and it was the turn of Pei Yong's eldest or second brother.
But when Pei Yong saw the scene at home, the elder sister-in-law was crying and cursing, and the second sister-in-law was tinkering in the kitchen, intentionally making the noise of the dishes loud.Not to be outdone, the sister-in-law began to accuse Sang and Huai, scolding her three-year-old nephew.

Thinking of his mother who was bedridden in the room, Pei Yong stood up and said, "Forget it, elder brother and second brother, this time I will still go!"

(End of this chapter)