"Back to Your Highness, my sisters and I were idle in the county town. I heard that Your Highness assigned Mr. Dai to treat the wounded soldiers, so I boldly asked Mr. Dai to take us with him..." The figure pinched the hem of her skirt and spoke in a somewhat reserved tone.
Standing in front of Zhu Su was the unfortunate woman "Sanniang Zi" whom they rescued from the Japanese.
Moreover, Zhu Su also discovered that Sanniangzi was not the only one. Besides Sanniangzi, there were also a group of miserable women who were also rescued from the wounded soldiers camp.
These women felt dirty and did not want to return to their hometown, which gave Zhu Su a great headache. But if you save people to the end, you cannot abandon them midway just because of this. Therefore, after temporarily settling in Changli County, Zhu Su found an uninhabited house and temporarily placed them in the county.
I thought that when the situation stabilized, I would find a way for them to be self-reliant.
"Accommodating women in the military camp, this..." Zhu Su and Zhu Di looked at each other, both hesitant. "Besides, the army is a mixed place. If someone bullies you..." He glanced at the many male wounded soldiers in the camp.
He knew that Sanniangzi had good intentions, but you must know that many people in this era are very superstitious. The army is a masculine place, while women are yin. Some superstitious generals firmly believe that having women in the army will affect The morale of the army led to defeat.
More importantly, Zhu Su knew that he had not yet exhausted his military morale, and not all soldiers would obey his words. Moreover, the army of this era was far from having the same orders and prohibitions as later generations. If a wounded soldier saw a woman, no one would say anything, tease her, or even force him to do something beastly. Wouldn't he be pitiful if he harmed these women? woman?
Seeing Zhu Su and Zhu Di frowning and hesitating, all the women shrank even more. They knelt down with panic on their faces, like children who had done something wrong.
"I'm waiting for death! I was just thinking about whether I could help you benefactors a little and repay your kindness. I didn't intend to violate the taboos in the army... Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" After saying that, he kowtowed his head to the ground.
"This..." Zhu Su was stunned. "Why is this so?"
But it was Dai Sigong who snorted and said, "I only thought that His Highness the Fifth Highness was an extraordinary human being. Didn't you expect that he also has such pedantic prejudices?"
"Sanniangzi and others have benevolent and skilled hands. Although they cannot diagnose diseases and injuries, with their presence, they can take care of these wounded people meticulously and greatly increase their chances of survival."
"As for bullying... Well, whoever dares to bully them should first ask me if I agree! If any beast dares to be rude to them, let's see if I can save them!"
Doctor Dai Dai's eyes were like cold lightning as he swept over the wounded soldiers in the wounded camp. These soldiers all trembled and hurriedly swore to Zhu Su:
"Your Highnesses, please rest assured. These girls are our benefactors. How dare we be rude to them?"
"The girls didn't mind our wounds and applied medicine and tied them up for us personally. We were too late to be grateful, so how could we possibly bully them?"
"Is Your Highness worried that other people will gossip? Or is he worried that they will bully the girls? Although we are injured, we can still use the knife. If someone dares to be rude to the girls, you don't need to take action, Your Highness will survive." Kill them!"
What this last man said aroused great opposition among the wounded soldiers. "Yes! We will protect the girls!" The wounded soldiers were full of morale.
Zhu Su looked at this unexpected scene in astonishment, and suddenly thought that there would be a position of "military nurse" in later generations. These angels in white who come and go on the battlefield to save lives and heal the wounded often gain the greatest respect from the soldiers. And their utility is not limited to saving lives and healing the wounded, because women are often gentle in nature, and soldiers often do not want to be embarrassed in front of women. Therefore, the existence of these "military nurses" can often heal the wounds left by wounded soldiers on the battlefield to a certain extent. The psychological trauma caused by the war played a role in boosting morale and calming the grievances of the soldiers.
I had originally thought of forming a "military nurse corps". It was just that this thought ran through my mind for a while, but was finally shelved. After all, it is almost impossible for an ordinary woman in the Ming Dynasty to agree to act with an army filled with men. Moreover, most of the wounded barracks are dirty and they often have to look directly at flesh and blood. Not many women nowadays can do that.
But this is not the case with Sanniangzi and the others. Although it sounds worthy of sympathy, it is precisely because these women have seen hellish horrors that ordinary wounds are no longer enough to scare them.
Moreover, Zhu Su had traveled with them for a while and knew that they were all kind-hearted and good women. He always marched with them. Even if they were marching in a hurry, they would grit their teeth and move forward hard, not wanting to hold back the army. . When the army camped for a rest, they always busied themselves regardless of fatigue and took the initiative to burn firewood and cook for the soldiers, not wanting to have a moment of leisure.
Isn't this group of women the best source of military nurses?
"Sanniang, please get up quickly." Upon thinking of this, Zhu Su quickly helped Sanniang up. "You are willing to help us. I am only grateful. How can I punish you?"
"I have said that you are all the most innocent and outstanding women of our Ming Dynasty. Protecting the people of our Ming Dynasty is the duty of our sergeants. If you have experienced something like that, you should be the one to blame us. We have no kindness to you."
Seeing that the third lady wanted to argue, Zhu Su interrupted her directly: "Listen to this king."
"Therefore, I don't want you to be the nurses in this wounded soldier camp just for the so-called repayment of gratitude. If you are interested, I am willing to hire you as a 'nurse' to specialize in medical care for the wounded soldiers. If you don't intend to, it's okay. , I will still send you back to your place of origin and find your parents, and I will also give you gold and silver as gifts..."
"Would you like to think about it?"
While Zhu Su was talking, he saw Sanniangzi's eyes slowly becoming brighter and brighter from the panic in the beginning. When Zhu Su finished speaking, she opened her mouth to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she still muttered and said: "Your Highness's decision to accommodate women in the military will not lead to impeachment by the officials? We don't want to be Your Highness is burdened."
"It doesn't matter." It was Zhu Di who was beside Zhu Su who answered. He said with a proud look on his face: "Sister, please don't forget that my two brothers are named Zhu!"
After speaking, he winked at Zhu Su.
Zhu Su rolled his eyes in his heart. The fourth brother stole the lines and started to learn and sell them now! But he also knew that this was Zhu Di's way of expressing goodwill to him. If there is really an official impeachment after returning to the court, the two brothers will bear the responsibility together. After all, there are so many people here watching, and King Yan Zhu Di also opened his mouth about this matter.
(End of chapter)
