When the fourth uncle heard this, he nodded and said: "Good thing, good thing! When you get to the new camp, you have to work seriously and don't mess around like before! Okay, the housekeeper wants me to wait for some work, you go back first!"
The second housekeeper was laughing so hard while listening to them talking, he just thought about how rich this poor soldier was! Which battalion leader in the Beijing camp can say that he will be fully paid and rewarded? What a joke!
But when he took a closer look, he realized something was wrong! I saw that this man was tall and strong, with a ruddy face, and even the flesh on his cheeks was bulging! Moreover, the clothes are neat and clean, and the hair is perfectly combed! Look at the fourth uncle opposite him! The body is thin, the cheeks are sunken, the eyes are dull, and the face is white with blue! They are two different people at all!
So looking at it this way, he believed what the soldier said! Because only those who eat well and eat well can have a fleshy face and a rosy complexion! Keeping your clothes neat and tidy and your hair in a bun can only be achieved if your superiors supervise you!
So when the soldier came to salute and thank him, he directly stopped the soldier, and then ordered the people behind him to take the soldiers to work. He turned back to the soldier and said, "I look familiar to you, who are you?"
The soldier said: "Second housekeeper, little Zhang Mumu. I used to work for the second housekeeper in the house!"
The second housekeeper thought for a while and felt that this answer should be accurate! So I put aside this question and asked directly: "You just said that you are now serving as a soldier in the new battalion, with full pay and rewards, but is it true?"
The soldier said seriously: "Second housekeeper, what I said is true! The current battalion headquarters is in Fengtai, and they practice non-stop every day! I have been on vacation these days to send money back to my family, and I am thinking I owe my fourth uncle money, so I’m chasing after him to send him some money!”
The second housekeeper said doubtfully: "But why haven't I heard any news about the new battalion head? When did the soldiers gather?"
The soldier said: "They say they are the new battalion commander, but in fact they still use the original name! They just selected some strong and strong men for retraining, but they are fully staffed and they are well paid!"
The second housekeeper nodded and said: "I see! That means we select some elites and merge them together, and throw the old and weak to other camp leaders! Then after such a merger, how many people will there be in the new camp leader?"
The soldier thought for a while and said, "That's what it means! There are six or seven people from my battalion alone! As for the number of people, there are almost sixty or seventy thousand people!"
Now the second housekeeper was surprised! Sixty to seventy thousand elite soldiers gathered together, but there was no news on the streets! He couldn't help but ask: "With so many of you gathered in Fengtai, why is there no news on the street? Could it be that the superior officer asked you to keep it a secret?"
The soldier smiled and said, "That's not true! The superior officer just said that we people are receiving full pay. If word spread, I'm afraid it would easily cause trouble for other battalion leaders, so he told us not to make any noise! In fact, the other battalion leaders Everyone knows it, but they themselves know that they are old and weak and can’t bear to be drilled every day, so they don’t say anything! Isn’t this matter obvious? No one hides these things at all!”
The second housekeeper thought about it and said, "I understand now. No wonder the labor prices on the street have been rising in the past few months. With 60,000 to 70,000 people less working, the labor prices will naturally rise! It seems that these days I need to say hello and ask the camp head to leave more people to work with me!"
Then the second housekeeper asked the soldier a lot of questions, and the soldier sent him away after he answered! However, he was very unhappy, complaining that the people in the Beijing Camp did not have any training, which caused the wages of labor to rise! Because wages and money have gone up, it means less money goes into his pocket!
But then he thought about contacting the officers in the Beijing camp and asking them to keep some soldiers at all times, and then return them to the original wages when they hired them! Is it possible that these soldiers still dare to rebel?
After dinner in the evening, it's time for the grandmother to take charge! According to the rules, everyone in charge must gather in the back hall to summarize the day's travel expenses to Madam. Report the accounts that should be reimbursed, and complete the errors that should be made!
Normally, Shen Shixing doesn't care about things at home! As the saying goes, the male dominates the outside and the female dominates the domestic! But as the head of the family, he always has to show his face at this time! Just like the Buddha in the temple, even though everyone knows that the money thrown into the merit box is spent by the monks
used! But there is no puppet sitting high up, and no one is throwing money into the merit box!
So the second housekeeper reports the accounts
.Ь. I told you what happened today! They also blame all the reasons for the rise in wages and money these days on the tens of thousands of people gathered in the Beijing camp for exercises! This naturally caused a complaint from the matron of the house!
But Shen Shixing, who was sitting aside, was almost stunned when he heard it! As the elder in charge of the Ministry of War, he had never heard of tens of thousands of troops gathering in Fengtai for drills! He suppressed his composure at the time, and then quietly arranged for people to go to the streets to find out the news!
As a result, the subordinate said directly: "This matter has been going on for a long time, but I don't know the details! If I want to know the specific information, I need to go to the street and ask!"
Shen Shixing asked in surprise: "Do the people on the street already know what happened in Jingying?"
His men were also very surprised and said: "Don't you know, sir? This idea has been rumored on the street for a long time!"
In fact, Liu Haojia didn't expect to be able to hide the news! After all, there are tens of thousands of mouths there, how can he control them! However, he finally made a clever move and moved the capital camp to a place far away from the capital for training, which had a much smaller impact on the capital. .Ь.
Moreover, although people on the street knew about the Beijing camp drill, they had not seen the actual situation. As the news spread, they no longer had the energy to spread it! Moreover, military exercises are normal and not many people will care.
So although this news has spread widely, only ordinary people know about it! And Liu Haojia caused many troubles and instigated civil and military conflicts, which attracted the attention of officials, gentry and scholars who were interested in state affairs!
And with these people's superior mentality, how can they care about ordinary people? How is it possible to communicate with ordinary people? Therefore, this news was widely circulated among the lower class, but among the people above the scholar class, they knew nothing about it! Even if you know it, you may not care! So this news was artificially ignored because of his identity!
When Shen Shixing heard what his family said, his first reaction was that the army was going to cause chaos! But then he realized that if he wanted to cause chaos, he should place his troops in the capital. What the hell is it in Fengtai? So he reluctantly calmed down and asked people to go to the streets to find out the news.
