Chapter 22 22 Trouble

"Ding-Ding-Dang-Dang", accompanied by the sound of horse bells, a carriage slowly drove into the gate of the fort, followed the road in the fort and stopped in front of the gate of the mansion in the fort.

The servant who drove the carriage put the horse stool, opened the curtain, and Daddy Wei jumped out of the carriage first, without stepping on the horse stool. Only Wei Wu, who got off the carriage later, needed that thing.

Wei Guangde knew that his parents were back after hearing the bell ringing outside the door. It was so late, and his parents had not returned home. He and his eldest brother were still very worried, so they were listening to the noise outside with their ears perked up.

Hearing the noise outside, the two people stood up immediately. Wei Guangde followed Wei Wencai and walked out. As soon as he walked to the front yard, he saw the old couple with bad faces entering the front yard.

"Dad, Mom."

The two brothers shouted in unison, and then followed their parents back to the backyard.

Seeing their bad faces, Wei Guangde guessed that today's trip would definitely not be smooth.

Although it has been decided to sell the land, at least some money can be obtained, but after all, it is done when there is no other way. If you go to your uncle and can think of a solution, the land will definitely not be sold.

Back in the house, Wei's mother calmed down and asked Aunt Li to start the meal.

But it was obvious that both Wei's father and Wei's mother were in a bad mood and had no appetite at all. Such a dining atmosphere also made Wei Guangde and Wei Wencai a little reluctant to eat.

The family of four had dinner quickly, and after asking someone to clean up, they returned to the inner room. No one was asked to serve. It was Wei Guangde who saw that the situation was not right and quickly made tea and brought it up.

Wei Meng watched Wei Guangde bring the tea. It happened that he was a little thirsty at this moment. He took a sip of the teacup and looked at his two sons again. He didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Dad, is it not going well? If it doesn't work, forget it. Sell it. At least you can get a thousand taels of silver."

Wei Wencai spoke to comfort him at this time. In his opinion, there was no hope at his uncle's side, so his parents were like this.

"The trouble is worse than you think."

Old man Wei suddenly said.

"What do you mean?"

Wei Wencai immediately exclaimed, is the silver gone? This is the only reason he thought of after hearing Old man Wei speak.

Old man Wei did not continue to speak, but sat there sighing, and Wei's mother also looked gloomy, obviously there was really worse news.

Wei Guangde sat on the side, his heart was also pounding, and he couldn't figure out what the more troublesome thing his father was talking about was.

After a long time, Old man Wei said: "Now that I think about it, I still did a bad job last time."

After saying this, Old man Wei shook his head again and didn't continue to speak.

"Last time? What was the last time? Dad, you tell me."

Wei Wencai was a little restless on the side, being hung up by his own father.

"The last time I gathered people and horses."

At this time, Wei's mother answered her son's question.

When Wei Guangde heard this, he was also puzzled. How did he do a bad job last time?

Wasn't it good last time?

The army led by Dad was the largest, and he sent out the troops at full strength, and he also got the most silver. Is there anything wrong with that?

"Fuck, I really can't figure it out. I think I am wrong to lead the troops like this."

At this time, the always good-tempered Dad Wei seemed to be a little angry and cursed.

At this time, Dad Wei cursed, but he also began to talk about the news he heard from his brother-in-law today. Everything was caused by the conscription of troops.

Dad Wei has always followed the precepts passed down by his ancestors. As an official, you must be greedy, but you still leave a line for the military households in the Hundred Households Office, and don't do things to the extreme. So now, the Bengshan Hundred Households Office still maintains the scale of the Kaichao period. Although the combat effectiveness of the army has declined, at least it can still pull out a team.

Now the problem lies here. The country has been peaceful for a long time, and the guard system has long collapsed.

Now the officers of the guards have all occupied all the resources of the guards privately, and they have madly squeezed the military households below, which has also led to the escape of the military households. The final result is that the guards are short of troops.

But this time, the emergency recruitment, the Bengshan Baihu Suo became the only guard with full staff. It was indeed glorious at the time, but it also gave the people above an opportunity to make money.

In the past, the military farms of the Bengshan Baihu Suo had been privately divided up by the upper seal according to convention.

But now it seems that, well, Dad Wei can still feed so many people, which can only mean that he has too much land.

According to the meaning of Wei Guangde's uncle, some people in the guards began to plan to redistribute the land.

This redistribution must be based on the past, and the remaining little land of each guard must be further divided up, which is called resource collection, so that there is money to get more firearms from the Nanjing Ministry of War to replace them.

Now, the 100-household unit that Old Man Wei had worked so hard to maintain has become a crime, causing the officials above to divide the interests of their subordinates again.

"Has the garrison been decided?"

When Wei Wencai heard the news, he was shocked for a long time. Who could have thought that there would be such a shitty thing?

And Wei Guangde was also in turmoil at this moment, which was completely unexpected.

From this, he also began to re-examine the era he came to. It was really shameless and invincible.

The farmland of the guard station has already been divided up once by the above, and now it will continue to be divided. No one expected that this time it was good luck. Jiujiang Wei was not dragged to the battlefield, and fought with the Tatars with real swords and guns. , but what if it’s next time?

Will luck still be with them?

When the time comes, on the battlefield, every hundred household offices are in a state of serious shortage, and there is still a fart war. Is it really okay for everyone to collectively lose their heads?

People die for money and birds die for food, but this is not such a way to commit suicide.

"How else can we decide? It's basically a certainty. It just depends on how the adults above divide the benefits this time."

Father Wei sighed and said: "This is what your uncle knows from his father-in-law. The loss is certain, just see how big it is.

After all, that person has limited rights in the guardhouse and can only keep certain things. "

Having said this, Father Wei looked at Wei Wencai and said, "Wencai, I also told your uncle about the matter yesterday. What he meant was that since people dare to come and ask for land, they must be sure, but they just don't want to cause trouble. Come out, so the only solution for now is to get money."

"That piece of land is gone, and now some of the farmland is about to be taken away. Then this year, people in these 100 households may starve to death."

Wei Wencai said hesitantly at this moment.

"Maybe I can survive this year. After all, I only got two taels of silver. If I save a little, I can survive for half a year. But next year, I will be in trouble."

Father Wei said listlessly.

"What about the people on the mountain?"

Wei Wencai suddenly remembered that since the land was going to be sold, what would the farmers on the land do?