Pu County, Hedong.

Pei Yong led the thin horse back to his home. When he participated in the Battle of Heyang and the Navy of Zhao Army attacked, he escaped to Zhongtan City by chance and saved his life. However, the two servants he brought were only one of them alive. The other was hit by the crossbow on the Zhao army's warship while running on the pontoon bridge and fell into the Yellow River.

The house in Pu County is an old house. It is by the river east of Pu County. There are 100 acres of land and 10 acres of paddy fields at home. These are not exposed fields, but real Yongye fields. When Grandpa Pei Yong bought it, the Pei family was more or less considered a local Haojian at that time.

But now Pei Yong returned home, but he saw a desolation on the way and the fields were covered with desolation and weeds.

Pei Yong had a slight premonition. When he arrived in front of his house, he saw his eldest brother squatting on the stone steps from afar.

"Pei Song holds the horse!"

Pei Yong ordered his servants and ran to the house and shouted loudly: "Brother, I'm back!"

Brother Pei Yong was stunned. When he saw that it was his own brother, he was overjoyed and hugged Pei Yong.

Pei Yong said: "Brother, we didn't fight well this time. I didn't fight for the Pei family. I didn't get a sanguan and Xuntian for our family like my father."

Brother Pei Yong comforted him: "Whatever you say, you will be able to come back with good arms and legs. It is better to come back alive than anything else. I have been thinking about you these days."

"How is your mother good?"

Brother Pei Yong didn't say anything. Seeing his brother's expression, Pei Yong stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, mom?"

Brother Pei Yong sighed and squatted heavily on the ground.

"Where is the second brother? Why is he not here?"

The eldest brother heard this and said, "The second brother is going to the market and change some medicine for my mother."

Brother Pei Yong looked at Pei Song, the only one who was leading the horse in the distance. He asked, "Xiao Songzi, why didn't you see him?"

"It's gone." Pei Yong lowered his head and replied.

Brother Pei Yong patted Pei Yong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. It's good that you can come back. This time I've beat Zhao Jun. I heard that there are no people. Let's go into the house first."

Pei Yong walked into the house and found that the Pei family's house was purchased by his grandfather. It was strictly followed by the layout of the front hall and the back hall at that time. The two main houses were behind the hall and there was a small yard behind. The left and right rooms were filled with the Zhou family's tenants and tenants' families, but now it seems that these rooms are empty and unoccupied.

"This...Brother, what's going on?"

Brother Pei Yong walked to Pei Yong and shed tears and said, "It's all gone. This time I went to the battle. In order to gather a war horse and a pack horse, as well as the two armors and soldiers on you, my family borrowed money from the custody warehouse. I hoped to harvest this autumn and get the harvest from the land to pay back the money, but you also know that the year's season is not good, and the harvest from the field has been checked a lot, and the custody warehouse has come to collect debts. I took advantage of the opportunity to get our thirty acres of land and the ten acres of paddy fields, and my mother was also angry and sick because of this."

Pei Yong was furious when he heard this, "What's the reason?"

After hearing this, Brother Pei Yong quickly covered Pei Yong's mouth and said, "Speak quietly, don't let your mother hear it. You don't know the quality deposit yet. We can afford it."

Pei Song's voice came from outside while he was speaking: "Erlangjun, you are back."

Pei Yong rushed to the door after hearing this. The person who came was Pei Song's second brother. The three brothers met again and again. At that time, the three went to pay their respects to their mother. The eldest brother and the second brother's wife cooked the meal, and the whole family had a happy lunch.

At that time, just after the meal was finished, I heard the sound of slapping the door outside, and the three brothers of the Pei family greeted them together. It turned out to be the Zhechong School Captain of Zhechong Mansion.

The Pei family Dalang said politely: "The general is here just right, come to our house for a simple meal."

"Forgive." The Captain Zhechong looked like he was unable to get into the air.

The lieutenant of Zhechong immediately said to the three brothers: "The imperial court strengthened the garrison of Pujin Ferry. The emperor ordered the government troops to serve, or the three tribes should be drawn. If you have three tribes in the Pei family, you still have to give one."

When the three brothers heard this, they were all stunned. Brother Pei Yong said, "My brother just returned home after joining the army. This military service has just passed, why are there any military service to serve?"

The captain Zhe Chong sneered and said, "What do you know? This is the imperial order. If you don't understand, go directly to Chang'an to ask the emperor. When you get here, as long as you have military qualifications, you can only listen to me."

The second brother Pei Yong hurriedly said, "General, our family is in trouble. Look at the third brother just experienced a war in Heyang. He finally saved his life. When he returned home, my Pei family also lost a slave. Now he wants my Pei family members to serve in the military service. Isn't this a difficult situation for us? Please forgive me."

The lieutenant of the Zhechong said arrogantly: "Don't say that you have so much to me. This is the order of the emperor. The scenery this year is so bad. Which family has no difficulties? The Zhou family in Sanliqiao, do you know? When this year's conquest of Heyang, Wu Dings drew two of his family's Sanlangjun and Wu Dings drew all to Heyang. As a result, Sanlangjun disappeared. Wu Dings was cut off by Zhao Gou and became a useless person. Now there are three people left. But after the order is transferred, Sandings drew one, and his family still has someone to guard Pujin City. There is no way, this is the rule. I am not a good deed, everyone is tolerant, who will replace the imperial court?"

This sentence made the three brothers of the Pei family speechless. Although the Li Tang family soldiers could exempt the family from taxes, they were actually not helpful, because the soldiers' armor, soldiers' staff, and pack horses and war horses all had to be prepared by themselves. Just preparing a war horse is enough for most of the wealth of ordinary wealth in a wealthy family.

Therefore, the war between the government soldiers mainly relies on the income from seizures on the battlefield, the achievements of military merits, the honor fields awarded by the court and the granted by the scattered officials.

However, the situation where the military soldiers maintained high morale was mainly limited to the situation where they had been winning battles. For example, this time, the Li Tang North Army was almost defeated, and it can be said that they had not captured any of them, and there were very few rewards for military merits. Therefore, after Pei Yong returned home, he faced his father and brother with shame because he did not obtain military merits.

After Zhe Chong's lieutenant left, the three brothers of the Pei family fell silent. The eldest brother and the second brother didn't speak. The eldest sister-in-law was crying there and complaining about the eldest brother was useless. The eldest sister-in-law turned out to be a wealthy family in the east of the city. After marrying the honest and mediocre eldest brother, she had enough voice at home.

The last time I served in the military service, I was said to have been my elder brother, but my elder sister-in-law insisted on cheating and denying it, and wanted to push it to Erlangjun of the Pei family. However, Erlangjun's wife was also a powerful figure, and the family was quarreling, and in the end, Pei Yong took the initiative to take over the military service for the two elder brothers.

As for this time, Pei Yong has been to military service once, and it is Pei Yong's turn to be Pei Yong's eldest or second brother.

But when Pei Yong saw the scene at home, his sister-in-law was crying and scolding. The second sister-in-law was fiddling in the kitchen, deliberately making the sound of the bowls and chopsticks loudly. The sister-in-law was not willing to be outdone and began to scold her three-year-old nephew.
Chapter completed!