Chapter 479： very poor

Chapter 479 Very poor

Chu Lixuan couldn't help laughing when she saw her daughter-in-law's remarks against her intentions. It's embarrassing to say that at this age.

Eighteen-year-old Chu Lixuan won the battle and returned from the battlefield triumphantly. When he returned to the capital, he was told by his eldest uncle that he was twenty-eight and not married.

He wasn't angry either! What does it matter!

soon arrived at Zhao Chengan's General's Mansion, which covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters and has more than 100 houses.

The order of the houses is built according to the scale of the front and the back. The front hall and the second hall are used for office work, and the third and fourth halls in the back are used for generals to rest.

In the courtyard, there are towering ancient trees, halls, terraces, winding paths, cloisters, and the Drum Tower. Standing on the Drum Tower, you can see the scenery of Yumen Pass.

Zhao Chengan took Chu Lixuan and his wife to visit the General's Mansion, and tea was served by the maids and servants in the hall.

"Brother Chu came to Yumenguan this time, what advice do you have?" Zhao Chengan was really happy to see Chu Lixuan.

Chu Lixuan still doesn't like talking too much. He glanced at the little charming wife and hoped that she would come forward and say it. He thought what she said was particularly nice.

However, Jiang Xinyan didn't ignore him, she was thinking that Zhao Chengan's general's mansion was much more imposing than that of King Zhenbei.

"Our rice will be harvested soon, and there will be a lot of grain to sell, so I wanted to ask you if you need grain."

Chu Lixuan saw that Xiaojiao's wife was still wandering in the sky, he could only say that he was average in eloquence, so Zhao Chengan was shocked by his words.

And Jiang Xinyan pondered, there are actually soldiers, guards, servants, maids, mother-in-law in the general's mansion, doesn't it mean that there are many men in the military camp!

Chu Lixuan felt that he could no longer talk with Zhao Chengan, so he took the initiative to ask his daughter-in-law what she was thinking.

Zhao Chengan was not surprised when he learned about Jiang Xinyan's question, so he and Chu Lixuan told Jiang Xinyan.

In fact, the palace of the King of Zhenbei originally had a maid and a woman waiting for many servants.

Just because the Zhenbei Army had suffered a defeat and returned to the city of Youzhou, when the King of Zhenbei was defeated, the old servant girl in the palace became a refugee and escaped.

His grand palace was also destroyed by Beiyue soldiers, and finally became the shabby look Jiang Xinyan saw.

Zhao Cheng'an's General's Mansion was also the mansion where the Dingxi Marquis lived when they guarded the frontier for generations.

Ding Xihou Zhao's army, guarding Yumenguan for several generations, has never been attacked by Western Chu, so their general's residence has not been destroyed.

When the years are good, the imperial court will allocate funds to the frontier generals to repair the mansion, so Zhao Chengan's general's mansion looks thousands of times more imposing than that of the King of Zhenbei.

When he experienced a plague of locusts and was unable to pick up the green and yellow, the king of Zhenbei had a problem with eating, and naturally he would not go to repair the palace.

Zhao Chengan is a very good-natured person. He knew that Chu Lixuan cared about his daughter-in-law, so he told Jiang Xinyan all at once.

They are the frontier guards of Dongchen, and even if they are in the best condition, even if their Yumen is closed, although Xichu will come to attack from time to time.

However, Western Chu itself was richer than Nanman and North Vietnam, and did not rely on plunder to survive.

The southern border of Dongchen Kingdom is unbearably hot. It is already poor, and the southern barbarians are even poorer. The so-called ferocious and vicious ones mean that the southern barbarians, they want to plunder the things of the people on the border.

In the bitter and cold places on the northern border, birds don’t poop, and they are poor. North Vietnam is even poorer when it encounters ice and snow. It also wants to rob the food of the people on the border, so there are constant wars.

However, no matter which border it is, the most basic daily work of the defenders is to stand in the small shed on the top of the beacon.

Looking at the frontiers day and night, once they found the enemy, they would set different numbers of beacon piles on fire according to the scale of the incoming enemy.

flags or wolf smoke piles, so that the comrades in the rear can respond, and the soldiers standing guard are on duty in turn.

The soldiers and soldiers who can be on duty are all people who can go on the battlefield to fight the enemy, and those who are not on duty also have to undertake many non-military tasks.

For example, applying red, white and blue stucco paint to the building to maintain the landmark function of the building.

Also collect reeds, firewood, charcoal and other daily fuel, livestock forage for daily use.

Take care of vegetable gardens and granaries, and provide common food such as grains and vegetables for the tense war life.

Among the 100,000 people in the barracks, there were only 40,000 soldiers and soldiers who could really fight the enemy, and the rest were all odd jobs.

There are also thousands of households who do odd jobs. Hundreds of households have the same position and treatment. The frontier is the border of the country, and most of them are located in remote locations.

It is very difficult for the frontier soldiers to go home once, especially since the Dongchen Kingdom has frequent wars and the frontier guards are even more strict.

The imperial court sent troops to guard the border, and how many soldiers survived from youth to middle age or even old age, but never returned home.

The people of Dongchen Country generally have a relatively low age for getting married, and most of the young men who join the army are family members.

Young teenagers should always maintain a high degree of vigilance when they are on duty, and welcome the invasion of foreign enemies at any time.

The armor on their bodies cannot be taken off even when sleeping, because this is the harshness of the border, and everyone can never know when the enemy will attack.

So be vigilant all the time and go into combat at any time if they let up.

Then the country behind them will be in dire straits.

These sufferings, Chu Lixuan had never talked to Jiang Xinyan before, but hearing Zhao Chengan's words rashly made Jiang Xinyan feel uncomfortable.

Chu Lixuan took her hand and comforted her silently. He wanted to interrupt Zhao Chengan's words, but Zhao Chengan spoke very energetically.

And his daughter-in-law also likes to listen to it, that's all! Just let him speak!

Zhao Chengan told Jiang Xinyan again that at the very beginning of the Dongchen court, he was sympathetic to the soldiers who left home all the year round.

The policy was relaxed, allowing soldiers and soldiers to bring their wives and concubines with them, and wives and concubines were stationed at the border with the army.

Since the soldiers cannot go home when they are outside, let the soldiers move their homes to the side.

You can continue to complete the tasks of garrisoning at the border, and you can enjoy the warmth of home, and you can have hot meals and dishes when you are on duty or after fighting the enemy.

However, all the soldiers were keen on their daughter-in-law and son's hot kang head, but they had no intention of guarding the border, and there were groups of wives and concubines with bad character.

If the management is not good, the barracks will be smoky, and there are also officials who dislike the poor border conditions and are unwilling to follow to the border.

So when the new emperor came to the throne, it was canceled that the soldiers would bring their wives into the barracks, so that only fourth-rank generals and above could bring wives and concubines.

There are indeed very few women in the current military camp, and even fewer in the Zhenbei Army, because they are poorer, and the wives of the generals are unwilling to follow!

Jiang Xinyan sneered in her heart, as if you had a lot of troops in the west, she pretended to be surprised.

"So, General Zhao's Zhenxi army is quite wealthy. We have been to Zhenbei army camp, which is really poor."

"Mrs. Chu, we are also very poor now, very poor."

(end of this chapter)