2141 Soldiers Are Heroes

Chen Meng and Ding Lun suddenly raised their heads and saw the serious and serious Gu Xiaowan say such words, and felt that such words were so sacred when they came out of Gu Xiaowan's mouth.

Everyone who defends their home and country is a hero. We must remember them, care about them, and let them feel that thousands of people have been paying attention to them and will always remember them!

For a long time, what everyone remembers is the general who rode a tall horse and the soldiers who made great achievements in battle. Who remembers those ordinary soldiers?

However, the soldiers are a minority after all, the vast majority are ordinary soldiers!

"Girl Wan, you are right. Yes, those ordinary soldiers are more worthy of our appeasement!" Ding Lun said in amazement. Who doesn't work hard for a soldier to defend his home and country? They don't have great military exploits, but they are equally remarkable for guarding the safety of the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Meng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked, "Princess, how do you appease these ordinary soldiers?"

"How often do these soldiers rotate?" Gu Xiaowan said.

"Ten years!" Ding Lun said: "If they are injured and disabled and cannot march and fight, we will let them go home in advance!"

"How much subsidy do you give to soldiers who have been here for ten years?" Gu Xiaowan asked in a modern sentence.

"Subsidy? What kind of subsidy?" Ding Lun and Chen Meng didn't understand.

"That is, they spent ten years defending their homes and the country. During these ten years, they were unable to work, raise their children, or support their parents. During these ten years, they were desperate for the safety of the Qing Dynasty. After they returned home How much comfort will the imperial court give them?" Everyone has experienced hardships, how much comfort will the Qing Dynasty give them?

"This..." Ding Lun replied, "A normal soldier pays one hundred taels of silver. If there are meritorious ones, it will be more!"

"Then what do these people do after they come back? Does the court care?"

"It doesn't matter, they rely on that money to start a small business or grow land!" Chen Meng didn't know why Gu Xiaowan would ask such a question, but regardless of the girl's young age, the gully in his heart sometimes made him feel inferior to her, so he He said everything he knew: "If a soldier is injured and sent home, according to how many years he has been in the frontier, he will be appeased on average, and the imperial court will give an extra pension, but it is not much!"

"These people have spent ten years defending their homes and the country. After returning home, each of them can only get one hundred taels of silver. Uncle Chen, Uncle Ding, do you think those people, if they do it at home? Do small business, do other things, but in the past ten years, you can only earn one hundred taels of silver?"

"Not necessarily, some people may earn dozens of one hundred taels of silver!" Ding Lun said.

"Yes, what's more, a person with his head pinned to his trouser belt is in fear every day just to defend his home and country. Do you think that a hundred taels of silver can be just paid for such a person? Besides, if they are injured, Can't do things, can't make money, and the court doesn't care about them anymore. These were originally strong laborers in the family, but now they don't have the ability to work, so let them fend for themselves like this? After all, they were the guardians of the country before!" Gu Xiaowan was serious and serious said.

"This..." Ding Lun and Chen Meng looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Chen Meng frowned, and said with some seriousness: "Princess, these words... shouldn't be said by a woman like you!"

"I'm sorry, Uncle Ding, Uncle Chen, I'm just expressing my feelings, you just pretend I didn't say anything!" Gu Xiaowan didn't want to talk about government affairs, and knew that women can't interfere in politics. What she said today went beyond!

Chen Meng was just reminding her that these words should not be said.

Ding Lun and Chen Meng didn't dare to ask more questions, so they nodded. At first, the atmosphere was a little tense, but later, when there were more people, the barbecue became popular. Everyone drank and ate barbecue, not to mention how excited they were.

Gu Fangxi was so rare today, she also drank a glass of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, very happy.

Chen Meng has been thinking about Gu Xiaowan's words. Just now he stopped Gu Xiaowan from continuing because he knew that what Gu Xiaowan said was true, but these words came from a woman's mouth, it was too shocking!

However, it makes a lot of sense.

A group of people drinking for thirty days, the smell of fireworks, the aroma of barbecue, the aroma of wine, and everyone's singing and laughing, the atmosphere is very lively.

But at the moment in Jinfu Building, the atmosphere is not so good.

Su Mang ate a few dishes in front of him, frowned and called the waiter in: "Why is this dish different from the usual one?"

Every time Su Mang came, Li Fan personally entertained him, but today Li Fan went out to work, and when Su Mang came, he was greeted by an ordinary boy who had just arrived. The usual ones are not quite the same, so naturally I don’t know what’s different, so I hurriedly said: “Guest officer, this one is the same, it’s made by the chef in our kitchen, it’s the same!”

Su Mang frowned: "Do you have a chef here?"

"There's one more?" The waiter thought for a while: "The dishes here are all cooked by Master Li and Master Gao. The other chefs, guest officer, who are you talking about?"

"It's okay, you go out!" Su Mang knew that today's dishes did not seem to be made by other people, and she felt a little lonely, so she waved her hand.

That guy is new here, and he doesn't know who the person in front of him is, so he's a little curious, besides Master Li and Master Gao, is there any chef in this kitchen? In my spare time, I said what the guest said today, just happened to pass by Li Fan, so I asked him immediately

Asked about the appearance and grade of the guest, the guy answered them one by one.

Li Fan was sure it was Su Mang, but he was a little confused.

Could it be that every time Su Mang came back, he came here to eat the dishes made by Gu Fangxi? Otherwise, why would he ask where the other chef is today?

Aunt Gu's family had something to do, so she asked for leave on purpose, and the other guests didn't pay that much attention, so they didn't come if they didn't come. After all, the dishes cooked by Aunt Gu are no different from those made by Master Li and Master Gao.