Conquest

    Chapter 169 [Thousands of holes]

    This season is the time of spring ploughing, farmland everywhere can be seen busy farmers, as well as the healthy peasant girls carrying food baskets to the family to send meals, running back and forth between the ridges, the face is hung with a healthy blush, wrapped in a coarse cloth skirt, a line of four people riding slowly, can not help but slow down the speed, Sabar The rude man whistled at the young girls in the roadside field right away, according to what he used to do in the army.

    Shaar laughed: "You are a pretty bull, it seems to be thinking spring." The next time you send the army, you have to save it. Don't send the money and go to the fat powder street and throw it into the pockets of those prostitute. ”

    Sabar didn't care, but he shook his head: "We are like soldiers, the blood on the blade, there is a month of war in the 12 months of the year, maybe a cold arrow on the battlefield will be shot that day. The Lord is called. Where are good girls who are willing to marry us? ”

    After a pause, this pretty bull's face showed a trace of sorrow: "But also, even if there is a girl in her heart, she does not have the heart to harm others. This year, I am waiting at home, looking forward to the day and night, every day, I am scared, I am afraid that I will not wait for my husband, the messenger who sent bad news in the army…Hey, look at Yulia…"

    When he mentioned the friend who died in battle, Shaar’s look was also awkward. He sighed and looked at the man like a cow. Seeing Sabar’s face at the moment is not like the usual look, with a hint of faintness in his eyes. Shallow loss, Shaar whispered, "Hey, pretty bull, you seem…"

    Sabar a wry smile, eyes fluttering in the distance walking on the ridge of a few, one of the tall peasant girl, the peasant girl wearing a thick skirt, head wrapped in a plaid turban, along the way, a few face red girl walked to the roadside of these four wearing out of the ordinary The person pointed to the point, full of curiosity, there is a faint sound of giggle.

    Sabar sighed and took back his eyes. There was a hint of faint pain in his face, and he whispered: "In my village, there is a girl named Rona. If I didn't run out to join the army…I am afraid I have already married her, and now even the children are climbing all over the place. ”

    When Shaar stunned, he suddenly laughed and comforted: "Don't be a girl, it will come to Moore County. I don't want to make a big deal. I will give you a good deal, you save some money. Go home and bring back the girl named Rona. I will give you a wedding in the wind!"

    He thought that he would be able to appease Sabar, but this bull would shake his head and look indifferent: "No need…Two years ago I went back to visit relatives, she was already married. ”

    Shaar was speechless, looking at the man who was so heartless on weekdays, but suddenly did not know what words to use to comfort the other side, but secretly sighed.

    As soon as you entered Moore County, everyone was slower. Especially Shaar, when I went south from here, I didn't care too much about the scenery around me. But this time I came back and saw all the way. The farmland in the village and town can be my own jurisdiction in the future. I can't help but leave a little more thought. He stayed in the army for a few days, naturally developed some habits, and this time the position was again Military Commander, so after walking through some mountains and rivers, I couldn’t help but imagine in my mind: I can camp here, it is suitable for doing Blocking, there is a certain position to be dangerous…

    Moreover, my heart couldn't help but feel a little more "seeing my own territory". Seeing that Moore County is rich, if it is not at the border, such a rich production area, I am afraid that it will not be able to take it, and it has long been occupied by those warlords. Alright.

    On the way, Shaar looked more and more proudly, and couldn't help but smile and express his feelings.

    Just like "My Site", the three companions next to it directly chose to ignore. In fact, this kind of discourse is quite inappropriate. After all, this place belongs to the Empire. Moreover, Shaar is only a Military Commander. Although the Commander is a county military, the head of the government is not him. The Empire has an administrative county here. Overseer Consul, but Shaar is very emotional, and the three people next to him are not good at breaking his good mood.

    Passing a village, here is still the implementation of the Empire's hundred years of peasant military system, at the entrance to the village there is a land playground, want to be idleness when used to practice for the farmers, passing the village, Shaar finally hit their own identity, The captain of the village's garrison point is naturally respectful and unusual, but Shaar put forward the need for horses, but let the other side embarrassed: This small village, cultivated land to pull carriage horses is there, but the War Horse is gone.

    For the first time, Shaar was such a big official. Naturally, there was a little vanity like a child. If he couldn’t stand it, he watched a farmer’s exercise in the village. In fact, this season, spring spring farming, the village’s People are busy farming, where is there any exercise? Moreover, the Empire's peasant military system has been in the past hundred years, has been close to collapse, many places have long been dead, the village of the farmers manoeuvres, only afraid that a year can not do seven or eight times, most of the so-called agricultural soldiers, but is to send a spear, Then lined up on the playground in a tumultuous run of a few laps even if the end, as for the annual peak to check, but also to choose a few strong, in the village garrison point of the warehouse to turn out a few sets of good leather armor to put on, in the down to check the officer in front of a few poses, yell a few words even finished.

    But the new Lord Commander suddenly put forward to "review", immediately put the village of station troop captain to frighten, can see this big man nature is very high, also dare not refuse, can only hard to send people to the village to summon agricultural soldiers, The poor Messenger ran all over the farmland near the village, only to bring back 88 people with a sparse of difficulty.

    Seeing the farmers wearing the rags in the farmland, there are even people who are carrying farm tools such as fences, muddy legs, and stalking in the playground. Shaar stands and looks frown. stand up.

    He is a person who is used to the elite army of the Rhodelia Cavalry Army. Even the army he has seen before is also the central standing Army. There is a faint illusion in his heart that always means that the army of Byzantine should be That kind of appearance, can see the group of chaotic legs standing in front of the mud, can not help but the disappointment of the boss.

    In front of these people, the line of chaos is just, but it seems that the age is old and small, the old fear of age is enough for Shaar to be a father, and a few small, a look at the tender face, only afraid that has not been an adult (then a inquiry to know, originally heard station Troop Captain Convocation Order, Some people in order not to delay the farm work, refused to put the home of the strong Ding Pai, only indiscriminately put the family young can not get to the working child crawled to fill. ）

    The station troop captain is also a bit of a sigh, sweating on the forehead, standing in front of Shaar with a hard scalp: "Lord, that, this is…"

    Shaar shook his head and looked displeased: "How many people are there?"

    "Eh ……SeventeeneighteenStation troop captain wiped the sweat.

    "Well, you bully me young, don't you know the military system?"Shaar shook his head and said with a black face: "The imperial peasant military system, you have a village that says there are only one hundred families. According to the standards of the two households, the peasant soldiers in your village should be a full-fledged infantry squad. That is, 50 talents are right. How do you stand here so much? ”

    This…Lord, now when farming, most people go out to work, and they can’t be notified for a while…"

    Shaar nodded. He thought about it slightly. He changed his face and smiled. He looked at the station troop captain. Wen Yan said with a smile: "Well, I am not the kind of official who likes to pick the thorns. I understand the suffering of ordinary people." . Well, I only ask you, in the village, how many farmer soldiers are in total? ”

    Speaking of this, Shaar looks a little deep: "To tell the truth!"

    The station troop captain hesitated a bit, although the heart was reluctant, but after all, people were in front of them. In case the other party was true, they were counted in the village on the spot, then the lie was immediately pierced, and they could only bite their teeth: "A total of…There are a total of thirty-three. ”

    "Well, that's one third less."Shaar frowned: "The population of your village is not scarce, how can you not be happy?"

    The boss of this station troop captain is not happy, the belly is awkward, and his face is more respectful. He replied carefully: "Lord, this farmer's preparation has never been so strict. I took over the station troop here six years ago. Captain, my job is still good, if it is my predecessor, I am afraid that the number is not half of the full. This is still the battle with the Odin people in the past few days. The war zone military department is located in our Moore County. Only a group of peasants have been rushed to make up the preparations, so this number has increased. In previous years…"

    Got itShaar nodded and couldn't see the anger on his face. He just said casually: "Is this the same in other villages around here?"

    Station troop captain immediately patted the chest, loud voice: "Lord, I dare not blow myself, I am also a veteran of the regular Army. Therefore, the soldiers in this place, in the vicinity of seven or eight villages, are considered to be the best, at least when I selected the peasants, they also chose the elite, and some places, even the seven old and eighty people are pulled out to fill it. ”

    "Oh ?" Old SoldierShaar smiled and looked at the station troop captain: "Which army did you used to be?"

    "6th Army !"Station troop captain One chest: "Retired six years ago, my hometown is here. After I got the severance payment, I was appointed the station troop captain here…"

    "Oh, the old man of General Ruhr."Shaar had a little more affinity on his face. Since it was the old man of Rabbit General, he felt a little more good in his heart. He raised his hand and smiled and said: "Well, let you let everyone go, I am just on the rise. Look, there is nothing."

    The following those agricultural soldiers have to disperse, can not help but all the uproar, although in front of the Shaar face dare not say anything, but the talent scattered, these people are already busy at home, heard the Sir called the review, only reluctantly have to come over to a scene, see this "Master" young, and said two words, Also did not look at their eyes to let people scattered, can not help but some resentment, quite a few whispered in the local language in the voice of the swearing, and then as soon as.

    The station troop captain heard the snoring and his face was awkward. He sighed in his heart: Fortunately, this Sir is new, I hope I can't understand the place here…

    He didn't know, Shaar grew up in Wildfire Town, not far from Moore County, so he could understand a few accents here. He could hear the following sly words, but he just deliberately pretended not to understand. Not broken. He himself is from the bottom, and he understands the minds of these native grassroots people. He also knows that he is busy with his work, and he is so forced to call it and then send it away. It is inevitable that there is also anger. Unusual, so not angry.

    Just that…This peasant military system actually collapsed into such a situation, and the smug feeling that Shaar originally rushed to take office was suddenly cooled by three points.

    Although he does not have a clear thought in his heart, but faint, life sees nature affects one's heart. He has only seen in the Rhodelia Cavalry Army, General Adrick is majestic and banned, and the whole Army is like iron. ! Ruhr's chubby is a bit funny, but the 6th Army brought out is like the wind. Ruhr is even more popular, and he is in the army.

    He has seen the appearances of these generals in his heart. Naturally, he has a little expectation. He only hopes that he will be able to stand alone and be able to carry an elite as the two. But now I can see…

    Shaar immediately pressed the unhappiness in his heart. By the way, he looked at the warehouse of the squadron. The warehouse was just two broken wooden houses. In the winter, the wind leaked in the summer, but the ground was muddy. The weather was dry these days. Cracked open, and stood in the middle, the wind smashed into the cracks in the wall.

    The warehouse is almost able to run a mouse – it is clean, obviously someone has taken up the warehouse to live. As for the military law, the weapon should be stored in the warehouse…

    There are a few spears in the corner of the storeroom, and there are three shields. The shield has rusted, and the coffins inside are basically rotten. As for the bow and arrow…Shaar looked for a long time and only found an arrow behind the door, but it was already used as a bolt.

    "And that's all?"Shaar's face became more and more ugly. Looking back, staring at the station troop captain, the face said: "The number is insufficient, it is busy time, I accept your explanation. Insufficient training, it is now the military discipline, you can not control these alone. But…Where did the military equipment in this store go? Is it that the wings are flying? ! Or you secretly took it for sale, greedy and full of pockets! ”

    Don't misunderstand, this hillbilly doesn't really have any sense of responsibility, but since he became a military servant of a county, then the military treasury of the county is regarded as his own imprisonment!

    Bye! Some people dare to corrupt their own things? ! Damn it ……Father hasn't had time to get corrupted yet! ! Too angry!

    Shaar is annoyed, the station troop captain is more aggrieved, he called Qudao: "Lord! You can't marry me! I have been doing station troop captain for six years here, and I have never greeted a copper plate in the warehouse! This armory is empty, you can't ask me, you should ask the county's military supplies! Every year, I will report the damage as it is, and ask for the amount to be replenished. But one year and one year, and which year someone has paid attention to us? That's what you saw, or when the Odin people were doing it last year, the military supplies were really stunned, and they just reluctantly sent it down so badly! ”

    Said, station troop captain pointed to his own pudding full of clothes: "I want to be really corrupt, as if mixed so miserable?"

    When he finished, he cried with a red eye: "When I took over the place, there was only a bundle of wooden arrows that had been rotted in the storeroom, and two short spears that even rusted the spear! Up to now, there are more things in the warehouse than when I took office. This is a rare thing! You go elsewhere to see where the warehouse can be more than me, I will screw my head down to kick you! ”

    After that, he stirred up the temper, pulled the clothes and exposed his chest, and there was a scar on his chest. The loud voice: "I am also a person who has worked in the Empire 6th Army! The most hated is the mice that embroil the ordnance! I used to work with the Odin people, I was hurt, and I personally cut the head of the Odin people! If you think that I can't, I will withdraw it! This awkward station troop captain, I have long wanted to do it! Every year, I run a roster and go door-to-door to promote the military. I don’t know how many eyes I have suffered! ”

    The man was excited, and he really deserves to be called the man who had been killed by the 6th Army. He was red-faced, even though he was not afraid in the head of Shaar, even the spit star was sprayed on Shaar's face.

    Shaar listened, frowning, staring at each other's eyes, Shen Sheng: "You really have no corruption!"

    "Father took the life to swear! If I say a word, it is called that Father can't die. After he died, the egg was bitten by the Odin dog! ”

    Shaar looked at the man's eyes and determined that the other person didn't seem to be telling lies. Then he nodded. "Okay, I am blaming you." I will go back and check it out, let the guys of the military supplies send you the missing ones. ”

    The station troop captain listened, but I didn't think so in my heart. I thought that the official Master's mouth said beautifully. Father has been here for six years. This kind of promise has also heard hundreds of sentences. Which time has it been honored?

    Do not believe in the heart, this kind of rough people in the country will not be fake, and the face can not help but show it. When Shaar looked at it, he frowned. "Why, don't you believe me?" I am a county Commander, I will send a decree, naturally it will not be a fake! ”

    The station troop captain looked at Shaar, hesitated and closed his mouth.

    Shaar is a rectum, looking at the other side's words and feelings, and my heart is even more curious: "What are you worried about? Let's say it!"

    After that, he also shook his chest: "Fearless tells you that Father is from the 13th Army! Once upon a time, General Adrick's Praetorian Guard! People of our Rhodelia Army, you will not believe it! General Ruhr of your 6th Army is my good friend! ”

    The station troop captain finally hesitated. This time, the look is respectful and the eyes are sincere, and slowly said: "Lord…Since you are from the 13th Army, it is a good man, so let me just say it! What you said, I believe that you are sincere, but to talk about the distribution of ordnance…I see, hard! ”

    "Is it?"Shaar frowned: "I am Military Commander. These are all within my authority. Is it difficult?"

    "Lord, Moore County, a total of twenty-one villages in four cities and six towns, in addition to the stationed in the city, the garrison army still has some military appearance, although there is a deficit in the armory, but at least the door is still too good…I am afraid that the peasants of other villages and towns will be smashed, that warehouse… hēi hēi! Like me, the empty one can run the mouse. ”This station troop captain smiled bitterly: "You sent me a place here easily, but once I opened the mouth, I sent it here, and you can't make up the warehouse in another place? If they are all completed… hēi hēi, the peasant soldiers in the county, the preparation of the book is six or seven thousand people, the weapon equipment that sent out six or seven thousand people, this cost, I am afraid that the whole county for one year It’s not enough to fill in the military expenses. ”

    After a pause, the station troop captain looked at Shaar's ugly face and continued: "I have a weapon, naturally I want everyone to train. Then, if you want to train, you have to reorganize these mud legs. Lord, you are In the army, this training, you have to spend money! Eat and wear, it’s all money! ”

    He whispered: "I have been idle and bored, and if I really want to fill in all these holes, I will calculate it according to a person's weapon."A set of barely able to go leather, plus long-contradictory cards, as well as military uniforms, six or seven thousand people's food expenses, how can also get three or four thousand gold coin can be counted down. But I heard that we have only two thousand gold coins in the year of Moore County, and the two thousand gold coins, it is not enough to keep the garrison troops in those places, where is there enough money for us to use these peasants? ”

    Shaar is stunned.

    The three people who have been with Shaar, Tatara is a layman, naturally not plugged in, Sabar is a rude temper, and I don't know much about these things. It was Phillips. After listening to it for a long time, I looked quite a bit. When I heard this, I suddenly laughed: "Lord Shaar, the captain said it makes sense, but this account is not so calculated."

    "Oh ?" You said that I am not right, then you count! ”This station troop captain also made a temper today, and just squinted at the neck and shouted.

    "Well, I didn't say that you are wrong, but the cost is not so big."After all, Phillips is also a person who has led a warriors' group of hundreds of people. It is naturally experienced that hundreds of people eat and drink.

    "In fact, in this money, the weapon armor is a big head, but…This weapon armor is a one-time investment. After the patch is completed, a set of weapon can be used for maintenance. It only needs to be maintained and maintained in the weekdays. It can be used for three or five years. ”Phillips slowly said: "So, the real annual expenditure is only for the soldiers to eat and drink. The peasant soldiers do not have to pay for the military, as long as they take on food and drink. Therefore, as long as we have tried to solve the problem of ordnance, then the annual expenditure will not be large. ”

    "This is the truth."Shaar smiled: "How can I not know?" Even if it is a one-time expenditure, you have to have money. I am afraid that the annual military expenses in the county have no savings at all. Let’s take out a few thousand gold coins…I do not think so.

    There is still a sentence in his stomach that is not said: unless the uncle himself pays for it.

    But this sentence, hillbilly is absolutely not to be said, come out as an official, he is not enough to grieve and intercept himself, let him pay for his own subsidy? What kind of joke? ! Hillbilly can't bear it!

    "Oh, it is not too difficult."Phillips said slowly: "If you don't have to do things, you're in a hurry. Lord, since you have this heart, you can go slowly. First, look at the military fees. Then pick some elite farmers to supplement." Anyway, I don’t even fight at the moment. I will make up this point this year and make up for it next year."

    Shaar is silent and undecided.

    Then everyone returned to the playground, station troop captain sent people to Shaar and other horses, the horse had already fed the feed, Shaar bid farewell to the captain, did not say anything, just turned over the horse, took people away This village goes all the way north.

    Shaar and others left, and the captain looked at the back of his eyes and sighed: "Unfortunately…It’s nice to say, it seems to be a ghostly king who is full of anger. What should Fa still do? Hey, I am also a heart-ache now, how can I accidentally say such a big truth! ”

    All the way to the village, when the road, Tatara and other three people saw Shaar's mood is not good, but for a time do not know what to say to comfort the Master.

    It was Shaar, riding on the horse, boring the head all the way, after running for a long time, suddenly a reins, stopped directly in the middle of the road, the three people did not expect him to suddenly stop, ran a few steps and quickly grabbed the reins Turned the horse and ran back to him.

    That…Shaar Master, you…"Tatara tried the way.

    Shaar looked strange and his eyes flashed, as if he finally made up his mind. He looked up at the three people and hesitated: "This account, I think it is too bad!" Those peasants, even if they issued a weapon, can they be used? You have seen those mud legs, old and old, small, those who throw the hoe and come to the sword, how can they become good soldiers? Even if I gritted my armor, the following peasant military system would have collapsed. The things that were sent were also thrown away in the warehouse. If you encounter some bad guys, I am afraid that the corruption will be sold quietly! ”

“…………”The three men looked at each other and didn't know what Shaar meant.

    Finally, hillbilly looked up and looked different: "You said, I just abolish this peasant military system in Moore County, how about?"