"Carriage! Carriage! Something happened! Hurry back to the village!"

Several people shouted loudly, and the horse that had been eating grass was caught and put on the car. Several leaders of the village community couldn't wait to get on the car, so they jumped on a few bare-backed horses that had no time to install a saddle, and grabbed their manes and ran towards the village.

After these people riding bareback horses arrived at the village community, the flag bearer took out the order expressionlessly and said, "The special exercise mobilization order is that all people who have been retired for five years must rush to the village to gather the day after tomorrow, that is, before the evening of the 13th."

"Village representative and village chief, sign for it."

The two of them stood up and immediately signed their names on two pieces of paper, indicating that they had received the notice.

Muramasa knew that he might not be able to ask anything, but he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What happened? But something happened to Songdi?"

The rider nodded and didn't say much. He put the document proving that he had notified him and stuffed it into the saddle bag, and immediately got up and continued to the next stop.

Although the village is not a city, the cadres in the village have to go to the village every month. The teachers and teachers in the village will also distribute newspapers every month. They will take them out and read them during village gatherings or sacrificial meals in the evening.

Therefore, people in the smallest administrative unit like the village community also know the situation in the world.

Things in the Song State have been in chaos for more than a year. Many people in Si speculated that something might happen, but there was no mobilization before, nor was there any order to reduce land planting. People everywhere thought that it might not be a big deal.

However, now it seems that I am afraid that there will be a big battle.

Several villagers looked at each other, two of them had participated in the Alignment War that year, but there was no such general mobilization at that time.

This time, he directly ordered everyone who has retired for five years to report, which is a situation that has never happened since the beginning of Sishang.

Although there is a preview every year, and retired soldiers have to go to the village regularly to participate in military training for several days, it is usually regular, and this time it is a non-fixed mobilization.

After everyone came back, the riders had already left, and most of the people in the village gathered in the yard that was used to bleed the valley after harvest in autumn.

"Is this a big war?"

Many people asked in a verbal manner, and their eyes were turned to the person who was a teacher in the village community. The teachers and teachers in the village community were usually two people, most of whom were from the original village community or nearby village community, and they were also the most educated people in the village community.

Teachers are exempted from service. At the cost, these people need to stay in the village community, which can be considered as gains and losses.

The teacher raised the newspaper last month and said: "The chaos in the Song Dynasty must be revealed. If all countries want to send troops to interfere with the choices of the people in the Song Dynasty, then we must send troops."

"One is that the non-aggressive alliance that year was still valid, and the ten-year contract change period has not yet arrived."

"There are those princes and nobles who stationed their troops to our doorstep. It would be impossible not to fight. I think they want to fight."

There are many people serving in the village community, but in fact, not many people have actually been on the battlefield. Because of the order to retire for five years, the people who have been on the battlefield were those who fought against Qi.

The battle was smooth sailing. Many people fanatically wanted to benefit the world's reputation and merits, and the public opinion propaganda that began four years ago made the people's enthusiasm for war.

Several young men shouted after hearing this, "Then just fight."

"I think we will fight sooner or later, and we will fight sooner or later. We will fight quickly, so we won't need to fight until our children's generation."

"What I said is, sooner or later, will fight. Didn't you say that equality and aristocrats cannot coexist. Either our righteousness is in the world, or their righteousness is in the world."

After making some remarks, Muramasa came forward and said, "Since you are going to be recruited, you must arrive the day after tomorrow. After you get home, you must clean up."

"We will distribute military uniforms, and we will also distribute food, soap, tooth powder and other things. We will carry some food, eat it on the way, or when we have no meat when we get to the camp."

"As soon as you leave, if you really fight, you will have to plant less crops next year..."

The person below shouted: "We don't have to think about this. If we really fight, there will be notifications before Qiu Geng, and the people from the township office will notify you."

"We're leaving, women's family need to do more."

Some people also laughed and said, "Not everyone has gone, and some people who have retired for five years are staying. They have to worry about something like a dog. After they come back, the woman runs away with the people... hahaha."

As soon as he said this, someone said, "I'm not afraid. If such a thing happens during the service, I will be sentenced. I will be thrown into the South China Sea to build a paradise..."

Several people laughed. The four words "building a paradise" are very interesting. The process of serving labor reform for those who committed crimes in Si Shang is called "going to a certain place to build a paradise."

Men all talk about service in an indifferent tone, but they are afraid that their neighbors will be ridiculed by their cowardice. They have strict laws under the crowd, so it is impossible not to serve.

Unless you choose to cut off your thumb with a kitchen knife after going home, the war has not yet broken out, and Sisaka has not yet experienced a truly cruel war, and people have not yet realized the cruelty of the war in the Gunpowder Age.

Women sighed, not only because they were worried about the fate of their loved ones, but also because of their long-term loneliness in the future.

After talking about some more things, the families dispersed and went home. They made an appointment to gather in the yard at noon tomorrow. After counting the number of people, the village was taking them to the village.

At that time, the entire village and community will gather. After arriving in the village, they may have to go to the county and gather everyone before taking the next move.

When the man who had worked as a cavalry returned home, the woman began to get busy.

Since it is collective work, there are special people in villages and communities to raise and take care of them, that is, some miscellaneous work at home needs to be handled by women themselves.

There are many things to carry when going out to serve, and women don’t care about parting. They are busy frying soybeans and carefully wrap some salted lard in a small jar. These are all delicious things that can improve life on the battlefield.

A pair of cloth shoes that I was supposed to wear for the New Year was taken out at this time. The man smiled and said, "There is no need to bring the shoes, it will be sent by the army. Besides, even if I go back, I will be a cavalry and I will give away leather boots. Keep these cloth shoes and wear them when I come back. You can find the pair of leather boots I have worn back after retirement."

"I'm afraid that the boots I'll be sent will not fit at that time."

Putting the cloth shoes in place, the woman found a piece of white cotton cloth from the room and skillfully slapped a bag.

This piece of white cotton cloth was left behind when the funeral was held.

The funeral after Mozi's death was followed by the Mo Family Festival and mourning for three days. It also gave up the complicated difference between the six declines, especially the sparse linen that was useless except for the funeral.

Instead, after a person dies, he can still use it as a baggage and sew a white cotton cloth like clothes.

Now it's just right for use.

Although everything was done in the army, service was difficult after all. Sometimes, marching was likely to be unable to eat meat and oil for a long time. All the families have service personnel and have experience.

As for eating, I brought some fried soybeans, added salted lard in a jar, and added a few pieces of sugar.

Clothes are usually not required to be carried, but each military branch has its own practices similar to superstitions.

Cavalrymen like him would put a few horseshoe nails in their bags, but they were not usually used. But I don’t know who heard of a fable that lost a horseshoe nail and defeated a war gradually spread in the army. It was like a superstition of cavalry, who would carry more horseshoe nails, which could be considered as a blessing for themselves.

Infantrymen generally like to carry a copper plate with them. Most of the time they would sew a pocket on the inner side of their chest and put the copper plate in them. Although they all knew that they could not block the lead bullet at all, there were always legends that someone had blocked it, so they would rather believe it than not.

The superstition of artillery soldiers is even more interesting. They will carry some firecrackers that did not sound during the New Year. In their opinion, the chance of the cannon explosion is the same as the chance of setting off firecrackers during the New Year. They carry a possibility that has happened before, and the cannon may not explode when the battle is over.

The man found out the house that his partner gave him, and he packed several horseshoe nails, walked out and squatted beans from the stove, picked out a few beans from the pot and chewed in his mouth, and said casually: "Fry a little bigger, I like something that is a bit mushy."

He was about to serve and a war might break out soon. Just like tens of thousands of farmers in Si who received the order to recruit, he was not concerned about the upcoming war, but about whether the soybeans he was going to carry were ripe, whether he should sell a few of his livestock to avoid being too busy to mow the grass, and what should he plant in the field if he didn't come back next year...
Chapter completed!