Chapter 9 First Arrival of the Back Sent ()

Wu Shaoting never expected that before Liang Hongkai became famous, he was actually a minor official in the Army Yamen.

He was really moved. He was able to meet so many future big names in an unexpected way when he traveled through time. It felt really good to be with celebrities.

"I thank Brother Liang for the comments I mentioned just now. Brother Liang and I hit it off at first sight. Why not make friends and contact us more in the future?" He said with a smile.

Liang Hongkai was a little uncomfortable. He had thought that Wu Shaoting was a rigid person before, but unexpectedly, the change suddenly became so great. He quickly laughed for a while and said, "Where is, the function of Beiyi is good to Master Wu. This is the honor of Beiyi. It just so happened that Beiyi has been thinking about applying to the martial arts lecture hall recently and learning the ability to manage military affairs. I really hope to ask Lord Wu for advice in the future."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "This is no problem. I will definitely not refuse if I can help."

Liang Hongkai was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord Wu. I will lead Lord Wu to the sentry camp first!"

Wu Shaoting followed Liang Hongkai to a camp area east of the Grand Secretariat.

The barracks here are very old. The walls are mottled, and there are traces of green moss climbing in several places. The tiles on the houses look like babies from the teeth changing stage, with little to nowhere; all the houses are bungalows, and there is a archway in front of the house. If it weren't for the Daqing Dragon Banner, the Green Camp Military Banner and the Shanzi Banner, I'm afraid passers-by would mistakenly think that this place was just a small village.

Liang Hongkai told Wu Shaoting that the twelve houses here are the camps of the back post, which is where Wu Shaoting's soldiers were stationed. He pointed to the northeast and southeast direction of the Grand Collegiate Field, and also mentioned the locations of the three camps of Shanzi Camp, the left post and right posts. As for the last post, the original post of the Qianzheng General Li Mingshan, it was naturally stationed on the main camp.

Wu Shaoting thanked Liang Hongkai and asked Liang Hongkai to go back to the Army Yamen to do his own business.

After Liang Hongkai left, he slowly walked into the camp. After passing through the archway, the twelve barracks at the back were fan-shaped, and most of the barracks had a very small yard. However, at this time, no one was seen outside the entire camp. He couldn't help but wonder, what about his subordinates?

At this moment, some noise came from the yard of a barracks on the left, as if someone was coughing.

Wu Shaoting immediately walked over and pushed open the hidden gate of the courtyard. He saw a young man about fifteen or sixteen squatting in the middle of the courtyard, using a branch in his hand to provoke a large piece of dried radish on the ground.

The boy was wearing an ordinary old jacket with several patches on it. His face was dirty and he seemed to have not washed his face for a long time. If he hadn't been wearing military boots on his feet, he would have been a serious country doll.

When the boy saw Wu Shaoting, he stood up and asked in confusion: "You're the one who tied him? What are you doing?"

Wu Shaoting then remembered that because no one informed him today, he did not wear the government house, but just dressed in casual clothes. He smiled indifferently and asked the young man: "Little kid, can you speak official language?"

The boy replied a little unhappy: "I can speak official language, but I'm not a little devil!"

Wu Shaoting smiled and said deliberately: "Is that so? In my eyes, you are just a little devil. Could it be that you are still a soldier?"

The boy hummed, raised his chest and said, "I am a soldier. This is the barracks at the back of the Shanzi Camp. Let's go away quickly, otherwise there will be something good to you!"

"This is a barracks? What about the other soldiers? You will not be the only one of the little ghost soldiers, right?" Wu Shaoting smiled disdainfully.

"They are all sleeping. When is it now?" the boy said angrily.

Wu Shaoting looked at the sky. The sun had already hung in the air. Although it was not yet noon, the noon had almost reached the end. He secretly kept the words of the young man in his heart. It turned out that these old soldiers could not get up until noon. This was not an army, it was even lazy than a nursing home.

But he knew in his mind that Houshou's performance today was not accidental, but reflected the overall situation of the abolition of the old military discipline in the late Qing Dynasty.

He sighed secretly and asked the young man, "Then why did you get up so early?"

The boy did not hide it and replied: "Uncle Aqi asked me to get up early and dry the radish, otherwise I would have no pickles when I was drinking porridge these days."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "Is that so? Then why didn't Uncle Aqi come to show it in person?"

The boy scratched his head, obviously not thinking so much, and said, "This, Uncle Aqi is old and can't get up so early. Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I help me take care of it when I'm idle."

Wu Shaoting saw the simplicity of the boy and asked again: "What's your name?"

The young man said, "My name is Zhou Xiaohu, and everyone in the camp calls me Huzi. By the way, haven't you said who you are yet?"

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "You will know who I am, but it's not today. Just here today. You can continue to dry the dried radish." After he said that, he turned around and walked out of the yard. Before leaving, he turned around and picked up a dried radish and took a bite on his own.

"It's a little bit light!" He murmured to himself while chewing the dried radish.

Zhou Xiaohu looked at Wu Shaoting's back, his face full of inexplicable feelings, and thought to himself that this person is really strange!

At this time, the door of the house creaked open, and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked out wearing a dirty robes and rubbed his eyes.

"Huzi, who are you talking to?" the old man asked yawning.

"I don't know, that person didn't say who he was, but he also said that I would know him. It's so strange!" Zhou Xiaohu continued to squat down and used the branches in his hand to wiggle the dried radish on the ground.

"Today is the day when our new sentry officer takes office. Could it be that the one you just met was Lord Shinkun?" The old man suddenly became a little nervous. He is a veteran, and he still knows the saying that the newest official takes office is three fires.

Immediately, he ran out of the yard and looked around, but he could no longer see the figure of the man.

He turned around, sat on the threshold of the courtyard gate, sighed depressedly, and said, "Oh no, sir, I must have been angry when I saw that we were so unconventional!"

"Uncle A Qi, that man was not angry when he left. He even picked up one of our dried radishes to eat!" Zhou Xiaohu said in a daze. He was not as nervous as the old man.

"Really? Then what did he say?" Uncle Aqi asked quickly.

"He said the dried radish was a little lighter." Zhou Xiaohu said, picking the smallest one from the dried radish on the ground and putting it in his mouth and chewing it. "The dried radish has not changed much, it still tastes the same as before!"

Uncle Aqi couldn't help but be stunned after hearing Zhou Xiaohu's words. Is this person the newly appointed sentry officer?

"Oh, that's all, it's not just our back whistle. The new adults will do whatever they want." He sighed and stood up and walked into the house. As soon as he entered the house, he turned around and ordered Zhou Xiaohu, "Huzi, hurry up and collect the radish. When the next team, the kids from the second team woke up and saw the radish, they would definitely be frustrated. We will only have these few kilograms of radish this month, so cherish it."
Chapter completed!