Chapter 85 Hua Baoyan: The dog official turned out to be a hero (55)

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

I'm not just saying this as a joke.

Dashun believed in using civil officials to control military officials, but no matter how much the civil officials looked down on and were wary of the military officials, they were still very clear-headed during wartime.

No civil servant dared to withhold the wartime food and wages of the imperial guards.

Once the war goes badly, when the reasons are investigated, no one, from the emperor to the common people, will show the slightest mercy to those who ask for food and money.

The wartime supplies of the Song Dynasty army were called "Jiushi".

The so-called "food" means that wherever the army goes according to military orders, the local government will be responsible for it, and the shortfall will be supplemented by the court.

This method is actually correct, but it will harm the people who live in poverty.

When the army passed by, the famous group of boat officials in the Song Dynasty would rush to the military supplies like locusts. After all, the chief officer would take the blame if something went wrong, so the people would be in trouble...

Wartime is wartime, and non-wartime is non-wartime.

Since Gao Qiu took office as Grand Marshal, he even built a private residence on the land of the military camp. That was not all, and he treated the imperial guards as his own private servants, regardless of their training, and only cared about them working for his own selfish ends.

Those who are rich can be exempted from "training"; those who are poor can only find other ways to make money for the Taiwei.

Those who eat military rations have to work to earn money, and they can't even guarantee food and clothing, let alone food and wages. It would be really against the will of heaven if you, Zhao Song, are not destroyed.

Wu Song's first three things to do when he took office as a new official were the donation of grain, which was paid by the local rich man to buy peace.

It has always been like this.

That's why Wu Song was able to easily get this batch of food and wages.

Even if these six or seven thousand grain and salary fell into the pocket of the commander of the camp, no one else could say anything.

But Hua Rong personally transported the food and supplies to the granary in the village, and Wu Song clearly stated that he would not take a single grain of rice and would use all of it to suppress the bandits.

What kind of behavior is this!

He is simply the great Lord in heaven!
Hua Rong served as the military commander for three years. He watched successive commanders plunder the people's wealth, paying no attention to banditry or training their soldiers.

Now here comes Wu Song, who sets out to really suppress the bandits as soon as he takes office. He treats them as close friends and worships them as his elder brother.

"Brother Hua Rong, you must take good care of the food and money. If there is a stone of food missing, I, Wu Song, will hold you responsible."

Wu Song raised his wine bowl and toasted Hua Rong, but spoke very harsh words.

"Don't worry, Captain. Even if my head is gone, our food and wages won't be gone." Hua Rong patted his chest and promised.

"I plan to pay out these rations once before the war, and once more after the war based on military merit. Families of the dead will receive an extra portion, as will the disabled... Brother Hua Rong, can you come up with a set of rules?"

Hua Rong nodded vigorously, clasped his fists and said, "Tomorrow I will have the secretary post a notice to inform the soldiers that with this batch of food and money, the soldiers will fight bravely."

"When the time comes, my brothers will be there to help."

"With Brother Cao here, we will surely be able to wipe out the three demons of Qingfeng Mountain in one fell swoop."

After they finished talking about military affairs, they stopped talking to avoid making mistakes.

So they concentrated on eating meat, drinking and chatting. At some point, a fair-faced young man appeared among the maids and servants serving beside them, and poured wine for everyone from time to time.

Cao Jie didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he saw Hua Rong staring at the boy with wide eyes, he turned his head to look.

'Huh! '

"Isn't this a woman dressed as a man? She's about 28 years old, so she must be Hua Rong's sister!"

"He has white teeth, red lips, handsome eyes, and a heroic look."

Hua Rong is so handsome that only Yan Qing can compete with him on Liangshan Mountain in Water Margin. A sister born of the same mother is naturally gorgeous and charming, and wearing men's clothes adds a special charm.

Hua Rong glared at her a few times, but the white-faced servant ignored him. "Ahem!"

Cao Jie coughed twice and asked, "Brother Hua Rong, I heard that you have a sister who is old enough to get married."

The pale-faced servant's hands and feet suddenly froze.

Hua Rong smiled bitterly and said, "He is old enough. As his elder brother, I should find a husband for him. But I haven't found a suitable one yet. In addition, my sister is free and easy-going. She can't sew, but likes to wield swords and guns. Her sister-in-law and I are really racking our brains."

"You don't like red dresses but love weapons. You should find a good man to marry." Cao Jie said with a smile.

Hua Rong nodded: "That's right! That's right!"

Cao Jie glanced at the pale-faced servant, then looked at Hua Rong without saying much, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"My brother has just arranged a marriage for Miss Liu. Brother Hua Rong, you will definitely do the right thing by asking my brother to be the matchmaker." Jiao Ting said foolishly.

"A good marriage is better than building a seven-story pagoda. When I meet someone suitable, I will also propose a marriage to you without any shame, how about that?"

"Then I must have 17 or 18 children so that they can inherit the unique sumo skills of my Jiao family."

"Ha ha……"

As everyone laughed, the pale-faced servant was so embarrassed that he almost dropped the jar of wine in his hand, but he was curious about what they were going to talk about next and resisted the urge to leave.

He secretly thought in his heart: "This dog official is actually a good man. He actually wants to go and suppress the bandits."

"I feel like he's so fierce! Full of evil spirit! But the one everyone calls brother, I find him pleasing to the eye..."

"He doesn't look special! Why is he called brother by everyone? It's really weird."

'Apart from his sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, handsome face, graceful demeanor, and dignified bearing...there's really nothing special about him!'

"Little girl, pour the wine! Why are you looking at me?"

Cao Jie shook the wine bowl in front of the white-faced servant, finally waking her up from her daze.

"Oh! That's it..."

A clear voice like a silver bell rang out, and everyone was stunned.

Hua Rong was extremely embarrassed, and pointed at the servant and said, "This is my sister, she is very lively by nature, and I didn't expect her to pretend to be a servant. I just used my eyes to signal her to leave, but she got stubborn with me."

"Little Sister Hua, you are staring at my brother. Are you attracted to him?"

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

"Ah! I've been seen through..."

The pale-faced servant shouted, then ran away and ran all the way to the backyard.

As a result, she had just arrived in front of the boudoir when she heard a gentle voice calling her name: "Baoyan? Why are you running so fast? How can an unmarried girl be like this? Did something happen in the front yard?"

Hua Baoyan raised her eyes to look at the gentle voice and said breathlessly: "Sister-in-law...it's...it's okay..."

Hua Rong's wife frowned slightly, and pulled Hua Baoyan to the room, saying as they walked: "Your brother has told me many times that many good men have come to the village recently, and he wants to find a marriage for you... Did you secretly go to see it? How is it?"

"Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you asking? How can a young girl like me, who has never been married, secretly go to see a hero?"

"Really not going?"

“I really didn’t go.”

"I heard that the elder brother of the village chief is a real hero. Your brother always complains about him every night when he comes home. He says that he..."

Hua Baoyan pricked up her ears, but her sister-in-law kept silent and just looked at her sister-in-law curiously...

(End of this chapter)