General Qin

"That Xiqigu is a small official in our township, and he is also included in the enlistment this time. It is said that his ancestor was an old nobleman, and he was very proud all day long. This time our Shichang and Wuchang are mostly him and brother Zhu. people."

In the middle of the mix (hùn), Xiaobai talked about the round-faced man in the corner just now.

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, which was almost the same as his guess.

Compared with the other people in Gengshi, that Xiqigu was not only fatter, but also wore an old fur. It would be normal if he was a country official who didn't have to work.

Qin's conscription system is not only aimed at ordinary people, even the government's public servants are also included in the conscription. Unless your title is high enough to be exempted from military service, or you have reached the age of termination of service, as long as the country needs it, you can Gotta go to the battlefield.

However, Xiqigu's surname is rare. It should be the descendant of Xiqigu in Qin Mugong's era four hundred years ago.

The Mengxi Bai tribe is one of the oldest nobles in the Qin State. Unfortunately, with the reform of Shang Yang, military meritorious titles throughout the Qin State, the descendants of these old nobles fell down from the altar one by one, and now most of them have become civilians. Retaining a useless surname shows the achievements and glory of the ancestors.

"Well, if brother Zhu does something, I will definitely support it."

Zhao Tuo said with a smile.

In the military system of the Qin State, five people make up an army, and ten people make up an assortment.

Among the Shiwu, there must be a Shichang and a Wuchang.

Only those with titles can serve as military officials, and unless there are not enough titles, they will be selected from the rest of the army.

Including Zhao Tuo, there are three duke titles in total, and the Shizhang and Wuzhang must be selected from these three.

But Zhao Tuo is definitely not going to be a great leader. He is equal to Zhu and Xiqigu in title, but both of them are about twice his age, around 30 years old.

Not only because of their age, but also because both Zhu and Xiqigu had served in the military several times and had sufficient military experience, so they were far more suitable than Zhao Tuo to be ten-year-olds.

"I also want brother Zhu to be a leader, but it's a pity that the head of the village has to say it." Xiaobai curled his lips.

Although Chief Shichang is a high-ranking official, he still needs to be appointed by his superiors, at least he must be approved by the head of the village who manages 50 people.

Zhao Tuo shook his head. According to the current situation, it would not be his turn anyway.

With that said, he and Xiaobai walked out of the mess together.

The good thing about this military camp is that although the toilets are also called "huo", there is no pigsty built next to them. The experience is much better than that in the countryside.

On the way back, Xiaobai touched Zhao Tuo's winter coat familiarly.

"I said Tuo, your clothes are newly made. They are too warm. I think you have a surname, a title, and money. I'm afraid you are not the son of some noble family?"

Zhao Tuo imitated Xiqigu's tone and said: "If I were a nobleman's son, would I stay in the same room with you scumbags? It's just that before I came to Qin, my family had some surplus money, it's nothing."

Xiao Bai giggled, and the two walked all the way to the earthen house.

Perhaps because of the mention of clothes just now, the boy named Shejian who entered the room just now appeared in Zhao Tuo's mind.

He noticed that the clothes on Shejian's body were very thin, summer clothes only worn in the hot season, and very torn, through the torn holes, the chapped skin under the clothes could be seen.

You must know that they went north to Yandi this time, and it is the twelfth lunar month of winter. If the clothes are not thick enough, they may freeze to death without having to fight.

The conscripted soldiers, no matter how poor their families were, would squeeze out some money and cloth to buy a winter coat.

Shejian is dressed like this, is it because the family is too poor to afford a winter coat?

As soon as the two entered the door, they heard Xi Qigu complaining.

"It stinks. The clothes on you, Zhuzi, haven't been washed for days. It's about to stink to death, Naigong. Stay away from Naigong."

Zhao Tuo followed the sound and saw that Xi Qigu was holding his nose, leaning against the earth wall, looking at the young man on the hay mat next to him with disgust.

The earth house where these ten people live is only for them to live temporarily for a day. When the assembly and reorganization are completed tomorrow, they will set off to Lantian Camp, where they will proceed to the next step.

Temporary residences, no matter where the fixed beds come from, they are all chosen first.

Before Zhao Tuo and Shejian came, everyone didn't like Xi Qigu's vitriolic mouth, so they vacated the hay mat next to him.

When Zhao Tuo came to report, Zhu saw that Zhao Tuo was young and was afraid that he would be bullied by Xi Qigu, so he beckoned Zhao Tuo in advance to sleep in the bed next to Zhu.

Unexpectedly, the last person to report was a young man who had just graduated.

Shejian was taciturn, didn't say a word after entering the room, and went directly to lie down on the empty seat.

Perhaps because of the dirt on Shejian's clothes, Xiqigu was very upset and kept mocking her.

"Okay, okay, everyone is a Shiwu, so let's not say a few words."

Zhu uttered dissuasion, and only he and Zhao Tuo in the room could compare with Xi Qigu in terms of title, and the others dared not speak even if they were upset.

"It's really bad luck for Naigong and you bastards to be on the same side."

Xiqigu snorted, when he saw Zhao Tuo and Xiaobai enter the room, he yelled again: "You two hurry up and close the door, don't you see that the man next to him shrank like a dog in the cold? It would be really bad luck if he died of freezing next to Nai Gong."

"Pooh."

Xiao Bai secretly spat, turned around and closed the door.

Zhao Tuo smiled, he was too lazy to argue with this bastard, and arguing with him would lower his grade.

This person is still a petty official, and I don't know if he usually looks like this in front of other officials.

Fortunately, this Xiqigu yelled for a long time, but when he saw no one was paying attention to him, he stopped talking, and the room became quiet again.

Zhao Tuo got on his own bed and looked at Shejian opposite, and saw that he was really like what Xi Qigu said, he was curled up into a ball, and the skin outside Xia Yi was covered with goose bumps.

After a while, Shejian might have to go to the bathroom and got down from the earthen platform. At this moment, Zhao Tuo noticed that the straw sandals on his feet were almost torn, and the exposed toes were covered with chilblains.

Shejian moved his body, opened the door, and the moment the cold wind blew in, Zhao Tuo saw his body shiver.

The door was closed again, and the figure of the boy disappeared.

Zhao Tuo hesitated for a moment, and followed him down the earthen platform.

"Tuo, where are you going? You can't wander around in this camp." Xiaobai asked curiously when he saw Zhao Tuo go to open the door.

"I'm going to mix."

"Ah? Didn't you just go there?"

Zhao Tuo didn't care about the questioning behind him, he went straight out of the earthen hut and went outside to wait.

After a while, Shejian's figure appeared.

The young man walked towards Gengshi's earthen house in a daze, even Zhao Tuo who was waiting at the side didn't notice, or maybe he noticed, but he didn't want to talk to him.

"Wait a minute."

Zhao Tuo shouted hastily.

Shejian turned his head and looked at Zhao Tuo indifferently.

It was cold, but his expression was even colder.

Zhao Tuo sighed, took off his thick winter clothes that were still steaming, and wrapped them directly around Shejian's body.

At this time, he felt the thinness of the young man's body. He was two years older than Zhao Tuo, but his body was much thinner than Zhao Tuo's, and he could touch the raised bones with his hands.

"Why?"

Shejian finally spoke. He frowned and looked at the winter clothes on his body, and looked at Zhao Tuo with some puzzlement.

Zhao Tuo laughed and said, "I've heard that Qin Di has a poem."

"Don't you mean no clothes?"

"Same robes with the son."

"As the poem says, you are my robe, if you have no clothes to wear, I shall share them with you."

Shejian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help saying: "If you give it to me, then you don't have any clothes."

"Haha, what you don't wear is what you don't wear. I can't freeze to death in this weather."

After Zhao Tuo finished speaking, a gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help sneezing even though he was only wearing unlined clothing.

Shejian frowned, reaching out to tear off the winter coat on his body.

But Zhao Tuo had already run away. He ran towards the earthen house with his arms in his arms, and said with a smile, "I'm just kidding. I still have clothes inside, just put them on carefully."

"My robe can't be frozen."

Shejian stood where he was, staring blankly at Zhao Tuo's running figure.

The residual heat from the winter clothes warmed his body.

The frost in the eyes melted away.

He murmured: "Does it mean that you have no clothes? You are in the same robe with your son..."