Qin Official

"Traveling on the same track, writing on the same page, traveling on the same track..."

What Heifu said to Chen Ping that day left a deep impression on him.

Even though he is a big figure in history, at this time Chen Ping is still a young man from a small town who never leaves home. In addition to himself, he still has family in his heart, and he still has a faint view of the country, but his view of the world has not yet been established. form.

Therefore, Heifu's remarks about "the world is unified and the culture is unified" had a certain impact on Chen Ping. Fortunately, he was smart and quickly digested this opinion. At the same time, he also had a crush on Heifu. gave rise to greater doubts.

"Is this the knowledge a Qin Army small camp leader should have?"

Not only that, Chen Ping also observed something unusual about Heifu.

The Hanoi County soldiers brought by Zhong Ming proudly showed their clothes to Chen Ping, saying that they were newly made summer clothes.

It was cold when Qin soldiers were serving, so everyone basically brought only two winter coats with them when they went on the road. Now that a few months have passed, the weather has become increasingly hot, and the heavy winter coats can no longer be worn, and the money they have in hand has also been spent. Seven or eighty-eight, not enough to buy cloth, many Qin soldiers suddenly became ants on the hot pot and only had to change their long clothes into short clothes.

At this time, it was Hei Fu who came to everyone's rescue. He took out the cloth that Yang Xiong had confiscated in Waihuang and distributed it to everyone, and asked the tailors in the village to make summer clothes for everyone.

Chen Ping thoughtfully said: "Although he cannot eat with the soldiers because of the strict distinction between titles in the Qin army, in this way, he can be regarded as wearing the same clothes as the soldiers."

This method that Wu Qi once used to win people's hearts was now used by a small village chief. Therefore, the soldiers in the camp were very grateful to Hei Fu and were willing to obey the additional orders and prohibitions set by Hei Fu in addition to the military law.

For example, you are not allowed to drink raw water...

The day Chen Ping came to Qinying, he was shocked by this living habit. That day, when he was thirsty after finishing his work, he took a ladle and planned to ladle water into the water tank to drink. As a result, Bu Cheng, who was in charge of life, scolded him, snatched the ladle from his hand, and poured a piece of water into his hand. The bowl of warm water just poured out of the cauldron was handed to Chen Ping.

"You You said, if anyone drinks raw water in the camp while we are stationed, we will whip him!"

Chen Ping thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out why. Because someone like him came from a poor background and usually drank casually. Whether it's river water, spring water, well water, or even rainwater, just bending down and opening your mouth can solve your thirst problem. Only in the twelfth lunar month of winter, when everything is frosty, do people boil water at home and drink it.

At first, he understood this as the custom of Qin.

However, after he made some insinuations, he learned that this was not a Qin custom, but Hei Fu's "eccentricity".

"There are strict orders on travel. Although we don't know the reason, we can only obey them."

The soldiers of Qin were simple and unsophisticated, not as smart and smooth as the people of Han and Wei. They rarely asked "why" and listened to orders when given. This was a character domesticated by laws and regulations over the years.

Chen Ping was different. He wanted to find out the reason for everything, so after getting familiar with it, he finally couldn't help but ask Heifu this question.

Beside the fire pond, Heifu looked at the cauldron he found in the room in front of him for boiling water. He watched the water inside gradually boiling and replied calmly: "You are a local and are used to drinking local river and well water. Naturally, Nothing. But the soldiers of Qin all came from thousands of miles away, and the soil and water in the two places are very different. Drinking too much raw water will inevitably cause gastrointestinal discomfort and contract diseases. Boil the water and drink it, and the stool will be much better. At the turn of spring and summer, this It was a time when diseases were spreading, but no one in the camp got sick, which may be the benefit of drinking boiled water."

Heifu's theory of "drinking boiled water because he is not acclimatized to the local environment" is new. Chen Ping thought about it and found that it actually makes sense.

Throughout the ages, there have indeed been many military campaigns, but when they were stationed in other places, they suddenly contracted epidemics, leading to defeats. The small camp in front of us is easy to deal with. If tens of thousands or more than 100,000 troops gather together, the water source will definitely be easily contaminated, or the enemy may throw in livestock carcasses, or the excrement chewed by the horses will not flow into it. , if you drink that kind of water without treatment, you will die...

"His bravery can surpass others, his benevolence can love soldiers, and his wisdom and prudence. This Youyou looks like a descendant of a general who has been a general for generations, not like the head of Guizhou without clan who came from Nanjun of Qin State..."

While Chen Ping was trying to figure out Hei Fu's character, he could not relax in the work at hand. One day in mid-April, Hei Fu suddenly placed three slips from Daliang and Yangwu in front of him at the same time.

"Translate these three slips into Wei characters and copy them on wooden boards."

Chen Ping was slightly surprised. Normally, so many slips and slips that needed to be announced to the whole town would not be sent at the same time. He quickly took it and took a look. The first piece made him slightly surprised.

"Is it a wanted order? Wanted for... Zhou Shi?"

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"Do you know Zhou Shi?"

Heifu heard something strange in Chen Ping's words and turned around to ask.

Chen Ping said quickly: "I have only heard of his name, but I have never met him."

But Hei Fu became interested: "The five hundred masters over at Yangwu said that this person has caused a lot of trouble to the Yangwu garrison. Please tell me who this Zhou Shi is."

Chen Ping had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Zhou Shi is from Huangchi County in the west, and has been a soldier of Wei for generations..."

Wei Wuzu was a professional soldier created by Wu Qi. They were the most elite and tough representatives of the heavy infantry during the Warring States Period. More than a hundred years ago, they set a record in Hexi of defeating the Qin army with one enemy against ten. Later, Duke Xiao of Qin was ashamed of Qin's weakness and supported Shang Yang's reform.

As professional soldiers recruited by the state from the fields and homes, the number of soldiers could not be too large. At its peak, during the period of King Wei Hui, there were only 50,000 soldiers. After that, the Wei State fell into a double attack between Qi and Qin. Its national power gradually declined, and its soldiers gradually withered away, and their number became smaller and smaller. In the Battle of Yique and the Battle of Huayang, almost the entire army was wiped out. Afterwards, although part of it was restored, it could only maintain a few thousand people.

As time passed, the nature of the warriors also changed. From recruiting soldiers who constantly recruit new blood to soldiers who have been serving as soldiers for generations, because the land and houses given to soldiers by the Wei State are generally not taken back, and tax exemptions are also given, so many families cannot support them in vain. So when all the previous generations of military soldiers died in battle, the Wei State simply asked the young and strong children of each family to inherit their father's business and continue to be military soldiers, so that the country would not have to provide another land and house...

Zhou Shi was born into a family where three generations of people were military soldiers.

"Zhou Shi, a native of Huangchi, has been a soldier for generations. His ancestor once followed Lord Xinling to save Zhao and died in Handan; his father participated in the last Five Kingdoms expedition against Qin and died in the battle. Zhou Shi inherited the inheritance of his ancestors and My father’s legacy was that the Qin army attacked Wei twelve years ago and fought against Qin. After the war, he was promoted to a military official and he also came to Hufu Township to garrison for a period of time, so I know his name..."

When the Qin army surrounded Daliang, Zhou Shi served as a military official in Yangwu County. Yangwu Ling surrendered to Qin on Zhang Bo's persuasion, and Zhou Shi led dozens of people to try to surround the county temple to prevent this. However, he was repulsed by Yang Wuling's disciples. He fled the county with more than ten remaining people and disappeared.

Chen Ping said that in Wei, the most loyal people to Wei, apart from the princes, princes and grandsons, were the families of military soldiers who had "been favored by Wei for generations". Zhou Shi even hated the Qin people because of his two-generation blood feud with Qin.

"It's no wonder."

After hearing Zhou Shi's deeds, Heifu looked at the words on the slip and shook his head.

Zhang Wubaizhu of Yangwu angrily informed Heifu that a group of Wei people, numbering more than a hundred, who were dissatisfied with Qin's rule had gathered in Zhoushi, Yangwu County. The day before yesterday, they attacked the grain truck sent by Yangwu to Daliang. Although it was eventually repulsed, hundreds of stones of grain were still burned...

"It seems that not all people in Wei are willing to give in, and resistance still exists."

Heifu knew that although the Qin army nominally occupied Yangwu, its ruling power was only concentrated in the countryside, but it was beyond its reach to the vast wilderness and rural areas. As a local, Zhou Shi was able to take the hundreds of people around and lurk, but it was difficult for the Qin army to catch them.

Therefore, Zhang Wubaizhu's wanted order may not be of much use. It would be better for Heifu to be careful and prevent Hufu from being attacked as well.

"Translate this slip into Wei characters and submit it to Shi Fu and San Lao for review."

Chen Ping agreed. After he finished transcribing and translating, dried the ink, and gave it to Heifu to read, he picked up the second wooden tablet.

It is also a wanted order, issued by Waihuang County, for former Waihuang Order Zhang Er and his wife and son...

"After the Waihuang commander was defeated and fled from Waihuang, some of his Wei disciples still refused to give up. They gathered around Waihuang and continued to resist under the banner of Zhang Er."

Hei Fu said with a smile: "Zhang Er is a great hero of Wei Dong and has a great reputation. Therefore, whoever can catch Zhang Er will be rewarded with a hundred gold pieces, and whoever captures his wife and son will be rewarded with ten gold pieces. However, if I were Zhang Er, We should run to the east to the land of Qi and Chu, so as not to die in Yangwu."

Chen Ping nodded in agreement, but secretly thought in his heart: "Youyou is a stranger from outside, so he doesn't know that Zhang Bo, a local stingy man, has had some friendship with Zhang Er, a foreigner, in recent years, and the two have even become relatives. ... "

But Chen Ping still hid his secret and did not say what was in his heart. After all, this was already in the past.

After he finished translating this copy, he looked at the third wooden tablet. This wooden tablet was sent from the camp outside Daliang City and had General Wang Ben's general seal on it.

This is not a wanted warrant, but...

"Collect food?"

Chen Ping's eyes widened, looking at the eye-catching number, and lost his voice: "Two thousand stones!?"

"That's right, two thousand stones."

Heifu sighed: "I didn't expect that Daliang would ask Hufu Township to come up with so much food."

Chen Ping's expression had changed slightly. He stopped writing, looked at Heifu and said, "Youyou, if we really take out so much food, the people in this town will be hungry before the summer harvest... "

Heifu didn't answer, but he knew very well.

This food reminder order will make the Qin and Wei Dynasties in Hufu Township friendly, and the illusion of harmony between the army and the people will no longer exist. This place will become a cauldron of boiling public resentment!

Heifu couldn't help but slandered: "General Xiao Wang, this is not a food urging order, but an urging order! This is clearly to throw our local garrison into boiling water in a golden cauldron!"