Idle courtiers

Chapter 111 Abandoned (Part [-])
I thought this was Tang Shunzhi's logistics supply base, so it should be heavily guarded.But I didn't want to, entering the town, it was very chaotic inside.

The houses in the town have already been numbered by the major units, and there are signs at the gates of the yards that look a little bigger, with the name of the yamen written on it, and there are guards standing at the gates.

On the street, ragged men flocked to and flocked away, shouting, "Where should we go, sir?"

"Sir, where do we live and eat?"

"Hungry, I'm hungry!"

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Needless to say, these are all township soldiers and civilian husbands temporarily recruited from various counties in Changzhou.

Soon, under the leadership of the officer, Zhou Nan helped Xia and Zhan to a small courtyard, and a person who looked like a general banner received them.

The officer handed over the roster and said to the General Banner: "This is the Minzhuang recruited by Jiangyin County. Send it to your department. Hurry up and accept it, so I can go back to the city."

The general flag looked at the three people up and down: "These three people are strong, not bad, not bad, let's accept it. Your names are Zhou Nan, Xia Yi and Mr. Zhan?"

Without waiting for Zhan Tong to correct him, he continued: "After entering our department, according to the rules set by Tang Gong, three meals a day, breakfast and lunch are enough, and there is still five renminbi a month for foot strength. Come, take them down placement."

Zhan Tong is a big fat man, and he does not lose his strength.Xia Yi was as strong as an iron tower, and Zhou Nan was taller than ordinary Ming people.The quality of the soldiers is good, and the general flag is very satisfied.

Zhou Nan thought about it, and if he comes, he will be at ease.Anyway, this is Tang Shunzhi's barracks, and it's enough to let Fatty Zhan reveal his identity when he meets a big shot. It seems that everyone doesn't need to go to the front line.

At this time, Xia Yi began to cough violently, and she was out of breath with this cough, and her tears filled her eyes.

Zongqi's expression froze, and he said to the officer: "I'm afraid I can't accept these three people here, you have to find another place to settle them."

The officer was very puzzled: "What's going on?"

Zongqi replied: "Tang Gongzheng transferred Ding Zhuang from Changzhou to join the Zhenhai Guard Army. We belong to Chongming Shasuo. These three people should go there. If I accept these three people, I will hurt the peace of the two families. This It's a rule in the army, you can't mess it up. You'd better take them there, turn left and take a street to see off the guests."

The officer frowned: "Mr. Tang has too many rules, but he is not comfortable."

Then, he escorted the three of them for about two hundred meters, and entered another courtyard.

Poor Zhan Tong has a severe fever and is already sweating profusely.When we got to the ground, the people from Chongming Shasuo looked puzzled and said, "We are the guards of Suzhou Prefecture. How could we accept Ding Zhuang from Changzhou? Let's go to your Changzhou government office. When you go out, turn right and walk to the end of the street. Just turn left."

The officer had no choice but to detain three more people to the township army yamen in the town of Changzhou government office, and asked if there were any people there.

The person who received them was a secretary from the government office. This person was not so polite. He just yelled at the officer: "You bastard, a lowly soldier. Our government office is responsible for the transfer of materials, and we don't fight in battle. What do you want soldiers for, do you offer military pay?"

The officer smiled apologetically, "Don't you also need a master to transfer military funds in the yamen?"

The secretary office was even more angry: "You are blind or illiterate. This document says that three men, Ding Xiangyong and Ding Xiangyong, are recruited. Soldiers and soldiers are naturally not masters. You should send them to the barracks and get out." It's him, and now he's going to be brave again, anyway, it's all about his mouth.

In this way, a group of people were directly blasted out.

The officer and his four soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

It turns out that in the Ming Dynasty, except for the crusade against Yang Yinglong in Bozhou during the Wanli period, and the suppression of the rebellion of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they had never fought a war of this scale in the country before, and they lacked experience.

Although Tang Shunzhi is a talented person, he has only been in office for more than a year. The relationship between the army and the army, the army and the local government has not been straightened out, and the organizational system below is very chaotic.In Yangshe Town, there are more than a dozen units from all directions, including Chongming Shasuo in Suzhou, Zhenhaiwei in Songjiang Prefecture, and the frontier army he brought from Ji County.

In addition, Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Zhenjiang also set up transfer offices here.

Coupled with the local civil affairs department, the chaos is severe.

Ordinarily, with the war, a large number of people fled, and there was a shortage of human resources. These three strong men should be sought-after meat and potatoes. It is really strange why no one accepts them today.

Fatty Zhan couldn't move anymore, so he sat down on the ground and wailed, "I'm so weak, I can't move anymore, kill me, kill me!"

Xia Yi couldn't help coughing, her face was full of misery.

A soldier seemed to understand something, and said to the officer: "Brother, I know what's going on. Among these three people, one is consumptive and the other is so sick, it's obvious that he can't work with nothing. If you die, you will also suffer bad luck, so naturally no one wants to take it."

In ancient times, medical conditions were backward, and a cold would kill a person.

God knows if this guy who is coughing and vomiting blood is suffering from tuberculosis, that fat man may have the flu.If they are really recruited into the army and make everyone sick, they will fall down in pieces.

The officer slapped his forehead, and suddenly realized: "So that's the case, I just said it! I'm so annoying to death, don't worry about these three plagues, let's go, and report as a fugitive when we go back."

After walking for an hour or two, the four soldiers under him were so hungry that their chests were stuck on their backs, and there was no yamen in the town who was kind enough to invite them to dinner.At the same time, he shouted: "Well said, anyway, the money is already in hand, let's go back to the county."

After finishing speaking, he roared away, leaving only Zhou, Xia, and Zhan looking at each other.

It turned out that the officer was the nephew of the owner of the inn guard, and now he was serving in the Changzhou Prefecture Army.The paperwork for La Zhounan and the three others to arrive in the army has been completed, and he has also shared a few taels of silver.

Now that the money is already in hand, I don't bother to take care of it anymore. What's the use of being a soldier?
During the war, there were many soldiers and civilian husbands who fled, and there were not many of these three.

Is it possible to stay here and go door to door begging those yamen uncles to do a good job and accept these three evils, I can't stand this anger.

As for the three who live in the Bawang restaurant and eat the Bawang meal, let them die.

Seeing those five people leaving in a hurry, Zhou Nan suddenly became anxious: "Hey, hey, hey, don't go, what should I do if you leave?"

"Hahahaha, these soldiers are finally gone, and we are free." Zhan Tong suddenly woke up and laughed: "Zhou Zimu, help me go back to the city, let's go to the inn and wait for that friend Xia Qianhu Come back, borrow money to go back to Beijing."

Zhou Nan said angrily, "I'd rather be exiled into the army."

(End of this chapter)