Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1617: Chapter : This glass of wine is a toast to you!
Looking at Li Shuai's severed finger, Ye Mingsheng was a little silent, while Jing Ren and Jing Xuan, who were sitting beside him, also looked very surprised. The two little guys seemed to have felt the cruelty of war at this time.

After showing his left hand to Ye Mingsheng, Li Shuai put on his gloves again.

At this moment, Ye Mingsheng seemed to remember something, and immediately asked:
"Li Shuai, when I looked at your file, I saw that you chose a buyout, right?"

Li Shuai nodded and said:
"You are right, sir. I bought myself out of the army with thirty-seven taels of silver!"

Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly upon hearing this and then said:

"You have been injured like this, and you have made great contributions in breaking through the enemy lines. Are you qualified to change your career?"

"It would be nice to join the reserve army or the militia, or be a constable. Why do you have to buy out your job?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's question, Li Shuai smiled bitterly and said:

"Sir, it's not that easy to transfer to civilian jobs! There are only so many places for transfer, but there were so many qualified people in the army back then. For example, there were more than a dozen people competing for positions like the firearms instructor and the sword and spear instructor in the reserve force!"

"Even for the lesser constables and police officers, there are always five or six people competing for one position. Although I have made great contributions in breaking through the enemy lines, I have no one above me, and no one is willing to help me!"

"If I had the opportunity to change my career, I wouldn't have ended up like this..."

After saying that, a hint of self-mockery emerged on Li Shuai's face. Ye Mingsheng felt helpless when he heard it. Just as Li Shuai said, there are indeed more wolves than meat in the career change, and there are also his own reasons for this. His own layoffs have made the already scarce meat even less!

The demand for G-position power is ingrained in the bones of almost every Qian person, just like a cat smelling blood. Therefore, anyone who has the opportunity to fight for it will undoubtedly use all kinds of tricks. It can be said that each of them shows their magical powers!
Ye Mingsheng has been at the bottom of the army for a long time. He has been asking the military department to conduct a thorough investigation into this situation. However, Daqian is a place that values ​​human relationships and social etiquette. So although Ye Mingsheng is deeply disappointed, sometimes he can only do nothing about it!
After a pause, Ye Mingsheng still asked in confusion:
"If you can't transfer to civilian work, you can go through the normal retirement. I remember that you are from Liaoyang. You can take some silver, or take the documents back. You can also receive some food and cloth from the local government every month. This is better than what you have now?"

"Why do you have to think of buying out?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's question, Li Shuai's expression immediately became complicated. He sighed and said:

"To be honest, sir, I had to retire because of an injury to my left hand. My first thought was to change my career. I knew that positions like musket instructor and sword and spear instructor would never be my turn. Those were places that only the descendants of the Ye family and the royal family could go..."

When Jingren and Jingxuan, who were sitting beside them, heard the words "Ye family's descendants, royal relatives", their expressions changed. At this time, Li Shuai continued to say:
"I was interested in a position as a constable. Although my left hand was disabled, luckily my right hand was fine. I thought it would be no problem for me to catch a thief or a snitch, so I signed up!"

"I thought the position of Constable was not that popular, and since I had the ability to break into enemy territory, I should be able to be selected. But a fellow villager of mine told me that the competition was too fierce, so he advised me to do something!"

After saying that, Li Shuai paused and gave Ye Mingsheng a look that said, "You know what I mean."

Ye Mingsheng naturally understood what Li Shuai meant, but at this moment Jingren beside him said with some doubt:
"What do you mean something will happen?"

Li Shuai was originally a little confused about who these two children of "Mr. Zhang" were, but since Ye Mingsheng didn't introduce them, he tactfully didn't ask. When he saw the child asking, he looked embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Seeing Jingren asking, Ye Mingsheng also intended to let Jingren and Jingxuan understand some of the hidden rules of the G field, and then explained:
"If there's anything that can happen, it's giving gifts!"

After saying that, Ye Mingsheng directly asked Li Shuai:
"Did you give a gift to your commander?"

Li Shuai, whose secret was exposed, nodded awkwardly and said:

"I wanted to give five taels of silver, but my fellow villager told me that five taels of silver was not enough, and I had to give at least ten taels of silver!"

After saying this, Li Shuai also gave a somewhat emotional sermon;
"Your Majesty really takes good care of us poor brothers. During the wars in Youyan, Jiyu and Henan, I really received a lot of rewards, but I didn't know how to manage the money at that time. In addition, we were on the edge of a knife and no one knew when or where we would die, so we just drank and drank today..."

"I spent a lot of money on women, wine, and dice, so when I retired from the army, I saved up eleven taels of silver. But in order to become a constable and have a guaranteed income in the future, I gritted my teeth and gave our commander ten taels of silver!"

"Since you gave the money, why didn't it get done?"

"Ah! I was also puzzled by this at first. I thought I had given so much gift, why hadn't this matter been finalized? Did they think my gift was not enough? Later I found out that the position of constable I had my eyes on was taken by the cousin of one of our lieutenant generals!"

"The lieutenant commander's cousin originally wanted to be a coach, but the lieutenant commander didn't give his cousin the position. Among the ten people who could become coaches, at least seven or eight of them were surnamed Ye, so he couldn't get the coach position, so he could only take my position as a constable!"

After saying that, Li Shuai became a little angry and slammed the table with his right hand. However, he regretted it immediately and looked at Ye Mingsheng with some trepidation.

Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and said:
"No problem! Just continue telling me about your experience!"

Li Shuai continued to recall:
"Although the matter was not accomplished, our commander was quite particular and returned the ten taels of silver, so I didn't lose much. Since I couldn't transfer to civilian work at that time, I thought about retiring normally and returning home with the documents, just like you said!"

“If I took a clerkship at that time, I could get more than ten taels of silver. Adding the ten taels of silver in my hand, the total is more than twenty taels of silver. In Liaoyang, my hometown, twenty taels of silver is enough to buy a yard and a few acres of land. Then I can get some firewood, rice, oil and salt from the government every month, and my life is pretty good..."

"But at that time, something happened in my family. My eldest brother gambled with someone and lost all the family land. He also owed more than ten taels of silver. The other party threatened to break my eldest brother's legs if he didn't pay back the money. My mother also fell ill because of this incident!"

"I have to pay for my mother's medical treatment and my eldest brother's gambling debts, so I have no choice but to buy out!"

"The buyout price was thirty-seven taels of silver, plus the silver I had on hand, it was almost fifty taels of silver. After I received the silver in Yijing, I returned to my hometown in Liaoyang overnight, and then I paid back the money to my eldest brother and treated my mother's illness!"

"It's a pity that the old lady passed away, but it's good. I have done my best to be filial. I have been in the army for many years, eating meat and drinking wine, and I have no regrets. The only thing I worry about is that if I die there, I won't be able to see my mother for the last time!"

"After my mother passed away, I didn't have much money left. I wanted to do something to make a living in my hometown, but my left hand was broken and I couldn't do any work. At that time, I heard that there were many jobs available in Yijing, so I came to Yijing to join a comrade-in-arms!"

"He works as a carpenter in Yijing, and I work as a handyman beside him. Although I don't make much money, I can at least make a living in Yijing, which is very good for someone like me..."

After Li Shuai finished speaking, the waiter of the restaurant also served the dishes. Looking at the wine pot that was brought up, Ye Mingsheng, who had listened to Li Shuai's story, also picked up the wine pot, poured himself a glass, poured a glass for Li Shuai and said:

"Here's a glass of wine! I toast to you!" Facing Ye Mingsheng's toast, Li Shuai seemed a little terrified and nodded quickly, saying:

"Thank you very much for your kindness! Thank you very much for your kindness!"

After toasting a glass of wine, Ye Mingsheng basically had no more questions, so he started to eat. Li Shuai ate the food with gusto, even wolfing it down.

But for Ye Mingsheng, who was used to a life of luxury, the food here was a little hard to swallow, especially some of the meat dishes, which had a faint fishy smell. It was not known whether it was due to the processing problem or the stale raw materials. Ye Mingsheng felt nauseous after taking a bite.
In addition, the pig heads and braised pork livers ordered by Li Shuai were not what Ye Mingsheng liked to eat, so Ye Mingsheng also glanced at his two sons beside him.

Although the two little guys were a little hungry at this time, they looked at Ye Mingsheng eagerly. It was obvious that the food here was not to their taste.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng didn't want to force himself and the two children, so he glanced at Zhang Hu and ordered:

"Go and pay the bill!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Li Shuai looked up at Ye Mingsheng and said:
"My lord, you?"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and said:

"I have something else to do so I'll leave first. I've asked someone to pay for the meal, so you can pack up and take it home after you finish eating!"

"I will report your situation truthfully to the higher-ups and see if I can get you some subsidies..."

Hearing the word "subsidy", Li Shuai's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly said:

"Thank you so much, sir! Thank you so much!"

After saying that, Li Shuai wanted to kneel down to Ye Mingsheng, but was stopped by Ye Mingsheng.

"No need to do that! You are a soldier who has made contributions to the court, and this is what you deserve!"

After saying this, Ye Mingsheng left with the two children amid Li Shuai's numerous thanks. Half an incense stick later, Ye Mingsheng and the two children appeared in a mid-range restaurant in Yijing.

Sitting on the chair in the box, Jingren looked at Ye Mingsheng and said with some dissatisfaction:

"Dad, why don't we go to my mom's Xin Kang Ji to eat? It's only three blocks away and we'll be at Houde Street!"

Hearing that Jingren was still thinking about eating at this time, Ye Mingsheng said angrily:

"It's good enough to have this restaurant to eat! Look at the lower-class people like Li Shuai, what do they eat? Every day they either eat steamed buns or sorghum rice. It's good enough to have meat. And you're still being picky!"

Seeing his father getting angry, Jingren lowered his head and dared not say anything.

At this time, Jingxuan asked Ye Mingsheng curiously:
"Dad, what do you mean by buyout and normal discharge?"

Facing Jingxuan's question, Ye Mingsheng adjusted his mood and replied:

"During the Hebei-Henan War, the Fengwu Army generally treated disabled soldiers in three ways!"

"The first is to transfer to civilian work. You will be assigned to the reserve forces as a coach, constable, or police officer. In short, these are all government positions. For many people, they are just rice bowls, so the competition is very fierce. In addition, there are thresholds for majors. You must have made many contributions to have the opportunity to transfer to civilian work!"

"This is the way Ye Yu walks!"

"The second option is to be discharged normally. The army will give you a resettlement allowance and a certificate. The certificate will record your meritorious service and the benefits you will enjoy when you return to your hometown. After you return to your hometown, you will hand the certificate to the local government..."

"After receiving the certificate, the government will return a document to you. Then you can take this document to the government every month to collect rice, flour, grain and oil!"

The third type is buyout. Buyout means that you will be given a sum of money directly, and whether you live or die, and how your future life is, will have nothing to do with the army at all!
"Li Shuai left because of a buyout!"

Hearing this, Jingxuan blinked his eyes and said to Ye Mingsheng with some anticipation:
"Then Dad, will you give Li Shuai a subsidy?"

Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and said:
"Although he bought out his contract back then, it was fate that we met. Moreover, he has made contributions to the court and has not lost two fingers, so I will give him some help!"

"But I won't help him too much. After all, there are many people like him. Giving him too much will be unfair to others!"

After saying this, Ye Mingsheng instructed Zhang Hu:
"Find someone to give Li Shuai ten taels of silver in a few days, saying it's a subsidy for him!"

"Yes!"

After Ye Mingsheng gave instructions, the waiter brought the food, and the hungry people started to eat with relish.

After finishing his meal, Ye Mingsheng wiped his mouth and asked Jingren Jingxuan:

"Today I took you two to see the recent situation of Ye Yu and Li Shuai. Do you two brothers have any ideas?"

Facing this question, Jingren and Jingxuan did not speak. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng also pointed out:

"Jingren, you are the eldest brother. Set an example for your younger brothers and tell us what you think..."