The wounded were distributed in different rooms according to their injuries. Li Qiao observed their faces. Those who were seriously injured naturally had faces full of pain and sadness. Some even had red eyes and were quietly wiping away tears.
Not only are their bodies suffering, but their hearts are also full of bitterness.
For example, some disabled people with broken legs, broken hands, injured eyes or other body parts have to leave the military camp after recovering from their injuries. Although the Holy Spirit will provide them with pensions, their limbs suddenly become disabled from being able-bodied. In their hearts, Natural pain.
Li Qiao watched silently. He did not go in, but just stood at the door and observed the expressions of the wounded.
They are all good sons and daughters of Dasheng, but now they can only lie in the hospital bed...
After seeing the wounded, he and Chang Wuchang walked to the kitchen together.
"Master Xiao Li, what do you think of these injured brothers?"
Chang Wuchang was much taller than Li Qiao. Li Qiao lowered his eyes, so he had to bend down slightly to look at Li Qiao's expression carefully with his big copper eyes.
"Huh?" This question was a bit strange. Li Qiao was a little confused and subconsciously turned to look at Chang Wuchang.
What caught his eye was Chang Wuchang's big eyes that were comparable to bull's eyes, and the imperceptible caution on his bronze face.
A burly man looked so worried. He couldn't help but blinked, "Why?"
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Chapter 238 Willing to Arrange a Way Out Li Qiao observes the terrain
"Mr. Chang, is something wrong?"
Li Qiao asked curiously.
Facing Li Qiao's clear black and white eyes, Chang Wuchang couldn't help but scratch the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed on his face.
Although he is thick-skinned, he is not thick enough to burden others with such a big burden just after they met.
Seeing his appearance, Li Qiao showed a gentle smile on his face: "Mr. Chang, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it. I will do what I can and I will help wherever I can."
He kind of guessed what Mr. Chang wanted him to do.
Hearing Li Qiao's words, Chang Wuchang scratched the back of his head again, still a little embarrassed. If only the burden was lighter, he would definitely open his mouth happily.
However, recalling the painful faces in the ward, he took a sharp breath. Li Qiao had only looked at them for a while, but he had been looking at them for several years, but he was not numb. Every time he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable. .
He gritted his teeth, and then said: "Lord Xiao Li, I don't want to be with you. I heard that the reason why you created Royal Logistics was to provide food for your brothers who retired from the Forbidden Army."
"You saw the wounded in the ward just now. They are all good men. It's a pity that they were not lucky enough to come off the battlefield with their arms and legs intact. After they recovered from their injuries, they had to be discharged and returned to the field. But many of them have already If you can’t do farm work, you will only be a burden to your family when you return home, and your life will be ruined.”
"So I was wondering, are they qualified to enter Royal Logistics?"
At this point, he stretched out his big hand like a cattail leaf fan and patted his bronzed face gently: "Master Xiao Li, I am thick-skinned, I can't help you, but I will show off as soon as I meet you." I’ll give you such a difficult problem.”
"I know this is a difficult task. There are thousands of wounded people, and you alone cannot arrange them all properly, so I just asked you casually. Don't take it to heart."
"I just can't bear to see their good men collapse on the bed and shed tears every day, ugh!"
He also climbed up from the bottom step by step, and he knows the suffering of the soldiers at the bottom.
Most of his servants are disabled veterans who have followed him in the past few decades. Unfortunately, his abilities are limited, his family does not have much land, and there are few shops, so the positions he can arrange are really limited.
But Mr. Xiao Li is different.
Let’s not talk about the famous Royal Logistics, just talk about Mr. Xiao Li’s shop, which is prosperous.
Not only open in Shengjing, but also in Yuanhe Province and Peng County!
In the past, the Li family's shop only recruited the Li family's own clerks, but later the Li family's shop recruited people from all over Shengjing.
The people recruited are all from poor family backgrounds. Those from good family backgrounds are not wanted by Li's shop.
Of course, Mr. Xiao Li opened a shop for business. No matter how much he knew about business, he knew that the shop assistants should be good-looking and smart.
Letting those brothers with disabilities go to the shop to greet customers is likely to affect the business of Li's shop.
Therefore, he did not expect these injured brothers to enter the famous shops of the Li family.
But Mr. Li opened a charity hall, and also set up a school and a medical school. In these places, even if he only arranges a job of lighting fires and sweeping floors, it can solve the employment problem of several brothers.
Therefore, after learning that Li Qiao was ordered to come to the border town to reward the soldiers, he couldn't help but make some calculations in his mind.
There are thousands of patients. Even if Mr. Xiao Li is willing, it is impossible to arrange them all properly.
His idea is very simple. It is better to be able to accommodate one by one and earn wages on his own than to be wronged and ignored after returning home.
Almost all of Dasheng's soldiers came from peasant families.
Military service: People in Dasheng have the obligation to perform military service. Rich families can use money to offset this obligation and prevent their children from suffering in the military camps.
But how can ordinary people have the money to offset this obligation?
Therefore, the soldiers of Dasheng, regardless of whether they are local garrison or forbidden army, the soldiers are basically from the countryside.
Once you enter the local garrison, if you make no mistakes, your service time will be at least ten years.
If they can enter the Forbidden Army, the Holy One promises to let them stay in peace until they are forty years old.
Forbidden soldiers are better off, with a monthly salary of one tael of silver, but ordinary local garrisons only receive one, two, or three hundred silver per month, depending on the wealth and poverty of the area.
Soldiers of the Forbidden Army earn one tael a month, which gives them twelve taels of pay in a year, and they provide food and accommodation in the military camp. If you don't have any personal expenses, you can save almost all of these twelve taels of silver.
If you stay in the Forbidden Army for twenty years, you can really save a lot of money.
As for the local garrison, if it is 100 fen per month, then it will only be 1,200 fen per year.
If there are 300 Wen, then there are 3600 Wen in a year.
But regardless of whether it is 1,200 fen or 3,600 fen, this amount of money is definitely not much. Even if you save for ten or eight years, it’s actually not much.
But!
Regardless of whether they were soldiers from the Forbidden Army or local garrison, many of their salaries were sent home.
These little soldiers entered the military camp when they had just grown up and had not had time to be filial to their parents. In order to be filial to their parents and help reduce the burden on their families, a considerable number of soldiers sent their pay back home.
Except for some soldiers who have good intentions and can save money, many soldiers have empty wallets.
The same is true for the wounded in the ward. Most of the wounded now can only count on the charity from the Holy One.
However, the pension given by the Holy Spirit to the wounded cannot be compared with the pension of the dead soldiers. The families of the dead soldiers can receive one hundred and fifty taels of silver, but the wounded who are still alive will receive basically the same amount of pension according to the level of disability. The price is between ten taels and fifty taels.
There is no way, both the Holy Emperor and the court have no money.
Moreover, as the war in Western Shem begins, the number of wounded and dead soldiers will increase significantly, and the number of soldiers is likely to decrease.
In the past few years, the income of the Holy Emperor and the Supreme Emperor has increased a lot. With their bulging wallets, they were very generous in giving money at the beginning.
But now there is no end in sight to the war with the barbarians. The war costs not only human lives, but also money. Therefore, he feels that the wages of the wounded and dead soldiers will decrease in the future.
Even if it doesn't drop, how long can the wounded soldier's shirt cost between ten taels and fifty taels?
Among the soldiers in the ward, the oldest were in their forties and the youngest were only seventeen or eighteen years old.
Many people here cannot do heavy work, and they are not married. After returning home, they will have to spend money on getting married, having children, and providing for their retirement.
If you are tough-tempered and hold on to your shirt, your life will not be too bad.
But if you meet a stupid, filial, and soft-tempered soldier, it will really piss him off.
My parents don’t care whether their son is disabled, but what about my brothers, sisters-in-law, and siblings? When a large family lives together, there will always be times when there are stumbling blocks. Soldiers with weak temperaments, stupid filial piety and disabilities are often the targets of bullying.
If the eccentric parents take away the shirt money again, life will be even worse.
He has been in the military for decades and has seen too many such examples.
Therefore, he had to shamelessly open his mouth to Li Qiao.
In fact, he originally thought that after getting acquainted with Li Qiao, he would tell more about the bad things that happened to the wounded in the past after they returned home, and then talk to Li Qiao about it after arousing Li Qiao's sympathy.
But he couldn't hide things. When he saw Li Qiao standing at the door of the ward looking a little sad, he couldn't help but speak now.
It was because he was not kind enough to pose such a big problem to someone just after they met, so seeing the surprise on Li Qiao's delicate face, he hurriedly said: "Master Xiao Li, I just said casually, you do what you can. "
"I know."
Li Qiao knew clearly and really wanted him to help these disabled soldiers find a way out.
It seems that Chang Wuchang is really similar to what Sheng Hong said. He treats ordinary soldiers like brothers.
He straightened his expression and said with a serious face: "Mr. Chang, these wounded are all warriors of Dasheng. I am very grateful for their bravery. If it weren't for them, how would the border town be stable at this time?"
"I will report your request to Your Majesty after I return to Beijing. If Your Majesty has no additional arrangements, then I will try my best to arrange as many people as possible."
Seeing Chang Wuchang's big copper eyes widening in surprise and his mouth wide open, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Chang, my personal ability is limited and I can't accommodate too many people, so don't have high expectations."
"I know!"
Chang Wuchang never expected that Li Qiao would agree so readily. He was so happy that he reached out and grabbed Li Qiao's shoulders with his big hand: "Master Xiao Li, Brother Li! Even if you only accommodate one person, I, Chang, will I’m so grateful and I will always remember your love!”
"Mr. Chang regards ordinary soldiers as brothers. You took the trouble to plan an escape route for them. Your kindness is really admirable."
"Don't worry, if I can really arrange their whereabouts, I won't be able to accommodate just one person. But you don't have to remember my kindness. These wounded people were injured to protect Dasheng and the people. As an official of Dasheng, I It’s our responsibility to find a way out for them.”
Li Qiao seemed not to feel the pain in his shoulder and said with a smile.
"Refreshing, I love hearing this!"
Li Qiao's words spoke to Chang Wuchang's heart. He couldn't help but raise his hand and pat Li Qiao's shoulder: "Brother Li, I am really happy to have an official like you in Dasheng, Chang."
"Let's go to the kitchen. Let's have a drink at noon."
"Okay. I just want to hear you talk about what the wounded may encounter after they return home."
Li Qiao nodded.
This belongs to his blind spot of knowledge. Regardless of whether it is in this life or the previous life, he does not know much about it.
Chang Wuchang agreed immediately and led him to the kitchen.
The kitchens were converted from residential buildings. Chang Wuchang opened up more than ten courtyards and connected them in a row. There was no other way. The 120,000 soldiers had to eat. If there were fewer kitchens, it would definitely delay the soldiers' meals.
The kitchen has been expanded, and so has the Huotou camp, from less than a hundred people to the current eight hundred. These eight hundred people were originally cooking in shifts, but today is a big day, so all eight hundred Huotou soldiers are here.
