Zhao Tai looked at everyone with excitement, "Old coach, team leader, Lao Zhou, Xiao Baozi, why are you all here?"

The old brigade coach is named Sun Li, who is in his forties and has a three-inch scar on his face. He is the chief of Zhao Tai when he was serving in Panshi Camp.

He is an officer and retired for a shorter time than everyone else. He retired only last year when Panshi Camp revoked its number. The rest of the people and Zhao Tai were also comrades in the same ranks.

"Come and see you and tell you something!" Sun Li smiled, "Why did you arrive at your house? You don't want us to come in and sit down."

Zhao Tai quickly turned sideways, "What are the old coach saying? Please come in and sit in."

The next party entered the house happily. Sun Li looked around and found that there was no furniture in the house. There was a bowl of pickled radish and a bowl of cabbage on the square table. There was no meat or fish. There was also sweet potatoes in the rice.

Sun Li knew that Zhao Tai was not doing well, so it would be quite difficult not to mention that his family was barely alone.

Zhao Tai quickly greeted: "Everyone is sitting, my wife hurried to Sixi Building to pack a few hard dishes and buy some good wine."

Several men saw that the situation in Zhao Tai family was not very good, so they looked at Sun Li. Seeing that Sun Li nodded slightly, one man smiled and said, "Please trouble my sister-in-law, I'll hug the child."

The man took the child, Zhao Tai's wife went back to the inner room to get the money, and hurried out.

"Come on, everyone sit down!" Zhao Tai took away the food on the table, called his comrades to sit down, and then poured tea for everyone.

At this time, the man nicknamed Xiao Baozi helped him take care of the children, while Sun Li and others started talking and laughing with Zhao Tai.

"What, old coach, you have retired!" During the conversation, Zhao Tai learned that Sun Li had also left the army, and looked surprised.

Sun Li said calmly: "There is no way! The Panshi Camp is gone, and the army is simplifying the government. The commander wants me to join him and move to the logistics system. When I see the numbers, I have a headache and choose to retire."

Zhao Tai was a little angry when he heard this, "Our Panshi Camp has made contributions to the country, why ~~~~ Alas~"

At that time, the main battalion of the Qian army has now even withdrawn its system, which makes it difficult for Zhao Tai to accept.

"Xiao Zhao, there is nothing we can do about this. The army now uses muskets and cannons. Even if you wear heavy armor, can you withstand muskets?" The man named Lao Zhou said, "We are out of date and have been eliminated."

Sun Li said in a deep voice: "Zhou Bin is right. Military reform and streamlining military affairs are the national policy of the court. This also means that the world is peaceful. Now the court wants to save military spending and carry out domestic construction. It is a good thing for us and the people, so don't complain!"

Everyone felt a little disappointed and felt that they did not seem to be of use to the court. However, soldiers took obedience as their duty, and everyone did not talk about this matter again.

At this time, everyone was talking for a while. After Zhao Tai's wife bought wine and vegetables, Zhao Tai quickly helped to put it on the table. There were Nanjing specialty salted duck, Nanjing roast duck, squirrel fish, northern hard vegetables pork head meat, roast lamb, and a few side dishes, which were all full of the table.

Zhao Tai arranged the dishes and took out two bottles of Fenjiu produced in Shanxi and poured them onto several brothers. Brothers were all from the north and couldn't get used to the southern rice wine.

Sun Li looked at the table of dishes and smiled and said, "Brothers, Xiao Zhao is very kind today. Don't be polite. Come and drink!"

Several people stood up one after another, picked up their wine glasses, and took a sip. Sun Li's eyes lit up, "Good wine, so fierce!"

My comrade who had not seen him for many years had a few glasses of wine and started talking, recalling the glorious years of that year.

"In the Shuanggou Camp, the Tartar cavalry rushed forward, and the Fierce Sharp Camp, and the first climbed the camp was destroyed by the Tartars. It was our Panshi Camp who fought to the death and stabilized his position. Wang Dongliang was the one who was not successful in the battle. At that time, he was next to me and let the Tartars fight horses fly away. He was gone, no more, woo~"

"Lao Zhou, don't talk about Lao Wang anymore, come and have a drink."

When the few people talked about it, the most they said was the past and the depression in their hearts.

Everyone's situation also reflects some of the problems facing Gan Chao. First, the transformation period from a war-oriented to domestic construction mainly caused a sense of loss to soldiers. Second, the world is peaceful, the population is growing rapidly, and the pressure on families.

The wine was dark all the time, and Zhao Tai felt depressed and was drunk by several old brothers.

At this time, Sun Li asked some people to carry Zhao Tai to the bed, and then called several brothers outside the door to raise some money, and then handed it to Zhao Tai's wife. "Brother and sister-in-law, we came to the door and didn't bring any gifts. This is a little intention. It's not for you and Zhao Tai, but for my little nephew. Please accept it."

"Old coach, this is not enough. My husband will talk about me when he wakes up." Zhao Tai's wife quickly refused.

Sun Li put the money bag on the table, "If he dares to blame you, you ask him to come to me."

Several men also persuaded them: "My brother and sister-in-law, you can accept it."

Sun Li left the purse, and without saying much, he left Zhao Tai's house with a few men. Everyone stood arm around and walked on the street while singing military songs.

Someone came out on both sides of the street to scold them. When they saw that they had drunk wine, they were like gangsters, and swallowed the words they said, and hurriedly closed the door and went back to the house.

At this time, the group returned to the inn where they were staying. Zhou Bin couldn't help but ask: "Lao Sun, why didn't you tell Xiao Zhao about going to Yinzhou?"

Sun Li shook his head, "You didn't see his wife regaining her children. That child is not one year old yet! We fought in the war to make peace in the world. Now that the bandits have been pacified, the Tartars have been defeated. Finally, there is no need to fight. Xiao Zhao has a wife and a child, so let him live a peaceful life."

Zhou Bin shook his head, "I think he should talk to Xiao Zhao. Whether to go or not is up to him or not, we will not force him. Going to Yinzhou is an opportunity for us. If he lives well, he may be able to help those brothers. And you see, his conditions are not very good now, and he has two sons. If he doesn't fight now, it will be a problem to marry a wife in the future."

Although Ganchao gave preferential treatment to military households, the entire society was developing, especially after the business started. In the past, military households were divided into several acres of land and had food to eat. Even if they lived a good life, now they could not do it. They also had to have wine and meat. The standards for food, clothing, housing and transportation were improved, and the conditions for military households were not good.

As an officer, Sun Li lived a better life than everyone else, and his family was gone in the late Ming Dynasty. He was the only one who earned military land, but no one shared it. After the officer retired, he still received subsidies from the court every year.

However, he funded all the money and the subsidies from the court to the families of the brothers who died in battle and the disabled brothers.

Although the court provided pensions for the soldiers who were killed and disabled, as prices rose, they could only barely maintain their survival. Sun Li had a notebook in his hand recording the information of the brothers who were killed and disabled. He sent them money every year to ask about their situation.

He and Zhou Bin and others helped those comrades live, but their abilities were limited and they couldn't make much money.
Chapter completed!