In the early morning, when the mist was still covering the mountains, a loud military horn sounded between the mountains. Next, the scene that the people of the town often saw in the past few days was repeated again. In a moment, they would run out in line with a group of shirtless men shouting slogans and running around the ridges.

Since nearly 30,000 soldiers suddenly came to Taiping Town, a small mountain town with a population of 20,000, this scene has been reflected every day. Usually, these men will return to the foot of the mountain to start practicing after singing songs. Occasionally, they will also place sounding tools such as thunder and muskets every now and then. It is said that this thunder and muskets are not magic weapons to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, but are actually a weapon... Of course, when this army mounts these sound tools, or when they are in a neat row, they can always attract many big girls and wives to watch.

When these military men first came to the town, they frightened the elders of the town. Many ordinary people hid the beautiful women in their families, for fear of being affected by war. It is said that the Manichaeism did not care about being handsome or ugly, and would rob them as long as they were women. However, the next day after these military men came, the Sun family in the town was the clan leader, the chief of the baojia, the chief appointed by the court, began to shout for the elders and young people to reward the army. At that time, the town had only the Li surname, the surname of the Sun family, the surname of the Gou, the surname of the Xie, the surname of the Wang family, responded to the call of the leader of the Sun family. The rest of the people with the ancestral teachings of "the soldiers are like casters, and the bandits are like combs" and alienated the group of military men... Pressed tightly, and those who did not go were lost.

It is said that the person who managed the army was a chief clerk. After meeting several ministers, the chief clerk immediately announced the court's relief plan. On that day, several ministers of the army were appointed to be fully responsible for the matter. Then the chief clerk placed a large order - the order to hire labor and purchase bricks, tiles and stone beams.

Lord Zhubo has a lot of demand, and it is said that a military camp is set up outside the town... Of course, this order is first come, first served, and comes to the hands of families that reward the army.

Taiping Town is among the mountains, not far from Jingdezhen, and there are many kiln factories in the area. Bricks and tiles are not valuable, they are nothing more than putting some hard work to make mud embryos and chopping firewood into the mountains. If you don’t have that skill, you can go to the mountains to quarrel. There are 100,000 mountains nearby. You can choose a few stone beams at random to carry them to the military camp and sell them for money. In troubled times, the strength is not valuable, and the food is expensive. So, after the initial doubts of the townspeople, after several brave men tried to contact the military and received rewards as scheduled, everyone went crazy. The families that did not participate in the military were complained in the family and blamed them for their shallow vision. Several clans who initially participated in the reward of the army really made a lot of money.

It is said that with the huge order, it was a cement kiln construction method. After several families obtained this drawing, Ma built cement kilns of various sizes near the mines in the mountains, and then began to sell cement to the army... Next, these families discovered that they themselves needed cement. With the gradual establishment of military barracks, many masons immediately learned to use this new building material after taking a walk around her. This thing did not have much technical content.

People in the town have dealt with the army a lot and know that the military discipline of this team is indeed strict, so the military camp five miles away has become a must-visit place for children, girls and wives to play. People in the mountains are hiding entertainment, and a big show can often be talked about for several years, not to mention that the military camp is singing opera every day.

In April, the weather in the mountains is neither cold nor hot, which is a good day for a comfortable day. Every morning, as the military horn sounds, the men who deal with the army immediately carry hoes and baskets as if they hear the order. At this time, the women and children at home often ask for their companions to accompany each other, and the men often refuse at this time. The purchasing power of this army is very strong, and no matter how much eggs and poultry people take out, they can clean up. So every morning, the man goes to the military camp to work and earn money. The wife takes the eggs and embroidery produced by the family to set up a stall outside the military camp, and adds supplies to the family.

Therefore, more than ten days after this army arrived, the town was already in line with the rhythm of this army. Every day when the trumpet sounded, countless people in the town were getting up and dressing. When the army ran out of the barracks, countless men and women also carried various tools and agricultural products to the barracks. They often rushed to the barracks with running troops in the mountains. At this time, the townsmen always greeted the familiar military men with "Taiping language" that the military men did not hear. Although the military men could not speak in the queue, they could also receive a nod to the gift - this familiarity often made the townsmen show off for several days.

Next, when the military man came back from running, the men who went to the coolies also entered the military camp and started a day's work. Most of the men who went to the coolies were hired by the army to build houses and could not do a lot of work. They were all the work of digging soil and carrying bricks on their backs. The military barracks paid a lot of wages and even had a meal at noon. This meal often contained meat, and there was not much cultivated land in the mountains, so they stayed at home without any trouble. It was also a delicacy to eat with the military man.

As for the girls and wives who came with the townsmen, they were often forbidden to enter the military camp. But that was nothing - they could set up stalls at the gate of the military camp. As this military camp was stationed here, gradually, the mountain people from all over the countryside came to see them as a scenery. Even they felt fresh when they got out every day. Many people rushed torches before dawn, just to wait for the soldiers to line up at the gate of the military camp to run... Of course, due to the large number of labor required in the military camp, these people often turned to acquaintances or relatives after seeing them, and also went to the military camp to have some food.

So, in the past few days, relatives came to the town to play, and the townsmen always liked to lead them to the gate of the military camp to see the scenery. At this time, the townsmen were full of showing off their minds.

As there are more people gathering, a grass market appears. During the afternoon of the day, the military men have to practice and cannot go out of the camp, but the spectators gathered at the door always have to eat, drink water and buy some snacks. From time to time, the chef Lu, the barracks, will also come to the door to sweep away the agricultural products and mountain goods brought by the villagers. The team of 30,000 people is more than that of the townsmen. They have a great appetite and can sweep all the goods every day.

After noon, the show started - first the military camp started lunch. I saw countless cooking chariots lined up, and the soldiers lined up to receive lunch one by one, and the line was neat and orderly. Every time, a few enthusiasts would like to say that this group of Haizhou soldiers ate unusual food, with meat every meal, and it is said that a pound of meat is rationed every day. Not to mention this, they even distributed soju wine, and as long as the person standing guard at night could receive two taels of soju wine...

Next, the perverted men must show off how strict the Haizhou soldiers are at night. They will fire thunder muskets when they hear the sound. How powerful the thunder muskets are. They take the heads within a hundred steps, like taking objects from the head. Who in the neighboring village, who did not listen to the warning at night, and immediately got bombarded half of their heads... Of course, if you really ask the specific name of the person who was bombarded with half of their heads, they often can't say good things - but all the townsmen will be anxious about you. They insist that such a thing is just a specific name, and one thousand people say it.

After lunch, a group of vicious foreign soldiers often rushed out of the barracks, and these foreign soldiers either headed south or north, galloped all the way. At this time, the enthusiasts often showed off to people who had never seen a tall horse and said: These are the foreign soldiers in the western Jin Dynasty. The horses they rode out to suppress bandits were not tall. The Haizhou soldiers themselves had few cavalry, and the war horses they rode were tall.

.These war horses are galloping like lightning... In short, with them, Taiping Town is really peaceful.

These words often bring harmony or people talk about the bandit suppression near Zhuangde and Xuanzhou City. It is said that the government troops are very vicious. Once they hear someone in the village, the government troops often stay without leaving any other people. Compared with them, these Haizhou soldiers are really kind... etc.

While saying this, the good Haizhou soldiers began to move from time to time. Haizhou soldiers with a large wallet were in groups of three or three to play. Of course, because of the language, most Haizhou soldiers still like to stay in the military camp and perform "all the military and hundreds of plays". The contents of the "all the military and hundreds of plays" stipulated by the court include Cuju, dragon boat racing, etc. In the early Song Dynasty, polo was also a kind of content of the hundreds of plays, but because war horses were precious, even though there were advocacy, basically no one implemented it.

The content of Haizhou soldiers' "Hundred Plays" is more entertaining. Among them are the armored arrays that are similar to modern football, and the "Chuwan" similar to baseball. The former collided violently and was very popular among the foreign soldiers in the western Shanxi. Therefore, during this afternoon, the two armies often competed in the arena, and several teams of troops were sent to compete - this is what the onlookers waiting outside the camp were looking forward to.

Taiping Town is among the mountains. Haizhou soldiers occupy a mountain, but there are many ridges around. They stand to watch. Although they can't see the specific faces clearly, the situation of attack and defense can be seen very clearly. Therefore, for most civilians who lack entertainment, the Haizhou military camp is a small theater. Every afternoon, families in the town that have close umbrellas and bring a group of girls, maids and servants to enter the military camp to watch the competition. However, ordinary people who are unfamiliar with the army occupy a nearby mountain, drink wine and eat snacks, can also enjoy a big show. There is an advantage in watching the play on the hillside. Often, at the beginning of the game, the enthusiasts will jump out to introduce the rules of the game and face the situation of both sides... Of course, with the gambling nature of the Song people, gamblers are also indispensable for organizing gambling games and setting bets and betting.

It is probably the so-called "Cang Rinshi, knows etiquette". The Haizhou soldiers wandering in the town rarely do things that violate the rules and regulations of the town. These people left the military camp and often wore very exquisite military uniforms, shiny copper buckles in the military uniforms, wide armed belts with copper nails, military ranks and merits, etc., making them look handsome and mighty, just for this beautiful military uniform.

There were many young men in the town who quietly started to chat with soldiers in clumsy Mandarin and ask questions about how to join the army - so when Haizhou soldiers went to the town, there was never a shortage of leaders. The local townspeople's level of Mandarin has also grown rapidly in just a few months, and this unexpected gain has not been expected.

After inquiring for a long time, the young people in the town often feel disappointed - Haizhou soldiers never recruit soldiers from other places. This is a group of troops to train armed forces, and they must be local to become local people.

However, the villagers who work with Haizhou soldiers did not find nothing. Haizhou soldiers often have a wide range of news. When talking about overseas scenery, talking about the blooming and various novel things, one set after another makes people regret that they have a little ear... These contents are enough for the mountain people to repeatedly talk to their children and grandchildren in the second half of their lives.

As the two sides contacted more, the townsmen gradually realized that although there were 30,000 soldiers from Haizhou, there were actually less than 10,000 formal soldiers. The rest were auxiliary soldiers who served the soldiers and civilians recruited along the way. Although these people were also desperately considering themselves as Haizhou regiment training, at this time, the townsmen could already distinguish the differences between military uniforms and auxiliary soldiers and civilians. The latter often did not have standard military uniforms. Occasionally, some people would get one or two sets of military clothes after following the troops for a long time, but they often did not have eaves and armbands and military rank signs.

However, these war soldiers are not completely affiliated with one unit. It is said that the Haizhou Regiment Training Headquarters only have 5,000 troops, and the other Western Jin Dynasty soldiers have more than 3,000 troops. The latter often calls themselves Haizhou soldiers. Although this claim has not been denied by Haizhou soldiers, most of the proud Haizhou soldiers always smile when they encounter this kind of situation.

During this period, the Haizhou Regiment Training Headquarters rarely dispatched, and the soldiers who went out to suppress bandits were often foreign soldiers in the western Jin Dynasty. The Haizhou cavalry, which was worn at times, were basically used to inquire about intelligence, draw maps, and still communicate with nearby troops - however, no one dared to underestimate this team. According to the news brought by Mayor Sun, Fang La set up a naval camp in Jiangnan, and the vanguard of this team was the vanguard of this team.

After receiving this news, everyone began to discuss the purpose of the imperial court's idle team in the mountains. However, when the public had the idea of ​​"the legend was untrue", the army immediately made a fierce appearance - nearby bandits of the mountain hoisted mountain in the mountains for many years, and the court failed to fight repeatedly, but the army only sent more than 300 people to bombard the mountain hoisted mountain hoisted into scum.

It's definitely a scum - According to Mayor Sun, who went to identify the corpse, the corpse of the Shanjiao was not in shape, and there was almost no completeness under his body.

Therefore, the townsmen no longer dared to guess the intentions of the court. Gradually, the Haizhou soldiers and military camps gradually became like this, and the materials for each project began to be paid. The townsmen suddenly felt that in fact, the Haizhou soldiers could be stationed for a long time and not hunted. Now, there is such an army nearby. Not to mention that the little thief has disappeared, it is the income of the townsmen. Even the oldest elders remembered that they have never had such a good income.

Spring has gone and summer has come. In this summer, Fang La gave up Hangzhou and began to retreat to Shezhou. The court was inspired by the good situation and paid the bounty very generously. In July, the loach fleet recruited by the Eastern Army returned to build. The vast fleet went down the river, bringing winter clothes and extra supplies to Shizhang - at this time, the entire Western Army was still in the towns of Taiping and Jingde.

Huan Niang was also here with the boat. She hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. I don't know how she was doing in Tongzhou. Huan Niang was not in a hurry to introduce the situation. As soon as she arrived at the military camp, she first looked at the surrounding environment pickyly and immediately laughed and said, "Brother, you really carry a house wherever you go - you can build a house without a house. If you don't live in Xuanzhou City, you can't stay in the mountains, what are you doing?"

Shi Chuan smiled: "Xuanzhou - I was King Xuan now. Can you stay in Xuanzhou City?...What emergency is there this time?"
Chapter completed!