"It's really rare. Manager Song has always regarded this wine as a treasure, but he didn't expect it to be given away for free?"

Song Tianming smiled and said, "Give good wine to heroes. The general is a hero who works hard. He is just two bottles of wine. I am willing to give it to him. If the general thinks it is not enough, I will send it to you."

"Okay, I don't have the habit of taking things for nothing." That being said, Jiang Yu was also a greedy person, so he took a bottle and poured a cup.

Seeing that Song Tianming didn't move, he asked again: "Would you like to drink some?"

"You have also seen that I have such a big stall, drinking too much can easily make things happen. If the general is willing, he might as well come back in the evening. I will prepare a banquet to wait for the general."

Jiang Yu didn't want to accept this: "No need to worry, I'm just here to have a meal, and there's still something to do, it's inconvenient."

Although he repeatedly rejected Song Tianming's kindness, Jiang Yu's words were obviously not as aggressive as before, and he eased a lot.

Seeing this, Song Tianming then expressed his question: "General, I have something to ask for advice..."

Jiang Yu interrupted directly: "You want to ask, why I have been staying in Xiahe County and haven't left, right?"

"The general is indeed extremely wise, and I want to ask about this."

"Is this matter related to you?" Jiang Yu took a sip of wine and looked at him squintly.

"Indeed, this question is purely my personal curiosity. But no matter how you say it, it is Baron Xiahe. Xiahe County is a good thing. If the general needs it, he can serve the general."

Jiang Yu then remembered that Song Tianming was also Baron Xiahe after all, but he had always regarded him as a pure businessman, and he had always regarded him as a preconceived impression.

He thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, since you want to hear it, it's okay for me to say it.

This time I came to Xiahe County, first to come to you to try it out and see you, a great hero, and secondly, to meet my old subordinates."

"Old subordinate?" Song Tianming said in surprise, "Such coincidence, the general's subordinates are in Xiahe County?"

"Of course not, but many of my vanguard army are from Yangzhou.

Since I came to Xiahe County, I sent someone to disperse the news and wanted to reunite the old subordinates here to reminisce about the past and see how they have lived over the years."

"The general is so kind and still misses them."

Jiang Yu drank the wine in the cup and sighed: "I thought that after retiring from the army, there would be pensions from the court and compensation from the army. They should have lived a good life, but who would have expected..."

Song Tianming's heart tightened: "What's going on with them now?"

"You can see it yourself." Jiang Yu took out a stack of paper from his arms, and a lot of content was written on it.

At the beginning of each line, there is a name and hometown address, and at the back there are some related situations written.

Every line of words is shocking!

Wang Zhongkui, a native of Bagan Township, Yangzhou, lacked his right arm and returned to his hometown to farm. His family was poor.

Sun Maocai, from Sunjia Village, Yangzhou, lacks his left leg and rests at home. He has a wife and daughter to make a living.

Feng Si, a native of Tongqu County, Yangzhou, lost all his eyes and was raised by his father and brother.

......

These are pretty good situations.

One of the names made Song Tianming silent after reading them.

Zhao Xun, a native of Maoling County, Yangzhou, died at the hands of bandits.

The paper was pinched tighter and tighter in his hands, and there were already traces of being ripped.

"These are brothers I can find. Some of them cannot come here to meet because of life, but at least they can live a life.

But many brothers, like Zhao Xun, turned out to be my personal guards... they didn't die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of their own people."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yu's eyes and nose turned red, and tears flashed faintly, but he finally endured it back.

Song Tianming asked in a deep voice: "General, after the soldiers who have been fighting for their great soldiers have been discharged from the army, isn't anyone taking care of them?"

"Constrain? Who cares about the adults in the court?

If you are lucky and have some military achievements, you will naturally have no worries about life if you can become a small official in the village.

But it would be good for those ordinary brothers to come back alive. There was nothing else except giving them a sum of money before leaving."

"How much will it cost?"

"In general, you can retire after five years of military service. It is not counted as military pay, and you will be given an additional ten taels of silver every year.

If you die in battle, then the money will be given to your family, which will be calculated in five years.

And my army is all vanguards, and the military pay and retirement money are twice as common!

This is not the extra pension given by the court, but if that amount of money is added, it will be even more."

"In other words, if an ordinary brother in your army has retired, he will have at least one hundred taels of silver?"

"Um."

One hundred taels of silver, I can only drink a bottle of drunken flower wine in Pinxiang Pavilion.

For the soldiers, it takes five years of desperate battles to exchange, and even have to take their own lives!

Jiang Yu said again: "But one hundred taels are definitely not a small amount in the countryside. I have calculated that even if you don't do anything, the money will be enough for a family of five to five or six years to use it. You will have no worries about food and clothing. How could it become like this?"

Song Tianming's face was cold and said:

"General Jiang may be fighting outside and rarely comes back once, not knowing the situation.

But it is very clear below.

This money can never be distributed to the soldiers smoothly!

The imperial court deducted it once, and then deduct it once when he went to prefectures and counties, or even when he went to county towns and villages, he would be deducted again!

In the end, the soldiers could not even have ten taels of money!

Five years of youth, exchange for ten taels of silver, which is sad and ridiculous and hateful!

This situation is so common when working hard.

Now I finally understand why some people would rather become bandits than join the army.

Why do some people come back from joining the army and become bandits and bully their own people?

They were all forced out!

If this continues, who else is willing to join the army and serve the country?

I was full of passion, I was afraid I would have been cold with my heart.”

"There is such a thing?" Jiang Yu heard this and slapped the table, stood up and shouted: "Are you afraid of retribution for these bitches being raised?"

Because the vanguard is responsible for the vanguard's responsibility, it is also one of the most effective weapons to deal with barbarian cavalry when the strong crossbows and poisonous smoke did not appear in the army.

Therefore, almost every time he fights with the barbarians, Jiang Yu has to lead the army and lead the way.

Wars are frequent, and he has no time or energy to take care of the affairs behind him.

This time he came to Xiahe County, it was the first time he planned to finish his old subordinates.

Unexpectedly, the result made him extremely worried.

Now Song Tianming told him about this situation again, which completely ignited his anger.

It even made him more angry than before the barbarian bullying!

At least I was bullied because of my lack of strength.

Now it is entirely because the treacherous ministers in the court are in power, which makes it difficult for the soldiers to maintain their basic life after they have been discharged from the army!

This is simply a big deal. If the barbarians find out, they will be able to wake up even if they dream!

Although the barbarians are barbaric, they also know that they have to feed their horses before they can run away.

Every time you win a battle, the barbarians will reward you according to their merits as soon as possible. As long as you make merits, you will not lose your share. Even if you die in battle, your money will be distributed to your family.

Therefore, the barbarian soldiers are brave and fearless in their lives every time they fight because they know that this battle is for them!

No wonder there have been fewer and fewer people joining the army in recent years. The shortage of soldiers is because these turtle grandsons are interfering with it!

Jiang Yu wished he could kill these corrupt officials now!

As he thought about it, tears could not stop flowing down, and kept shouting: "Brothers, I'm sorry to you..."

Fortunately, Song Tianming reminded him in time: "General, let's put this matter aside first.

Instead of being angry with those bastards, it’s better to think about how to help these failed brothers.”

Jiang Yu wiped his tears: "How to help?"

He is a good at leading troops to fight, but he can only catch things blindly in this way.

The only thing he could think of was to use money to help.

However, although he is a general, he is honest and has not saved much money. Recently, he has spent a lot of money on this Pinxiang Pavilion.

But at the moment he couldn't care about so much, and stood up and said, "I'll take the money and help them!"

At this time, Song Tianming said slowly: "If the general has no idea, I have an idea..."
Chapter completed!