Lu Hong's family was not prosperous. Apart from the couple, there was only Lu Chao's one child, and there were only four people sitting in the family banquet. This was the first time Gao Yuan met Mrs. Lu, but he was a kind-hearted woman. However, compared with Lu Hong's special care for him, Mrs. Lu seemed much more indifferent.

There were not many dishes, just five or six bowls, but the chef looked pretty good. It was a combination of meat and vegetables, and it was colorful and fragrant. The four people on the table were the smallest. Gao Yuan was not polite. He didn't treat himself as a guest. He took the lead in picking up the wine jar on the table, slapped the mud seal, and prepared to pour wine for the four people.

Lu Hong smiled, as if all this was taken for granted.

"I'm happy today. I have to drink a few drinks. This jar of wine was a treasure given to me by the magistrate of Wu County in his early years. I haven't been willing to drink it for four or five years. Gao Yuan, today you have a good taste." Lu Hong laughed.

"My nephew has been lying for nearly a month this time, but I really don't know what wine tastes like." Gao Yuan smiled and poured wine into the bowl of the four people. As soon as the wine was poured out, Gao Yuan couldn't help but be stunned. The wine smelled quite fragrant, but the color was not very good, and it was a little dizzy. It was much different from the pure and watery wine he had drunk in his previous life. It should have been put for a long time and was broken, right? Gao Yuan said in his heart, but seeing Lu Hong's expression, he was completely different, and he couldn't help but secretly claiming to be strange in his heart.

He picked up the wine bowl and Gao Yuan did not sit down. The man said, "For this first glass of wine, my nephew wants to respect my uncle and uncle. Thank you for your years of care. Gao Yuan's parents died early, and his uncle and uncle are Gao Yuan's resurrected parents. My nephew should respect me first."

Gao Yuan respects Lu Hong and his wife, and Lu Chao also stood up and said with a smile: "Choose to accompany you!"

The two of them fought all the time.

Mrs. Lu picked up the wine bowl and smiled and said, "Gao Yuan was not so good at speaking before. I didn't expect that this time I was a human being, so I was much more sensible. In this way, it would be worth it to be a knife this time."

Lu Hong laughed loudly, looking extremely satisfied. He also drank the wine in one go.

Putting down the wine bowl, Gao Yuan frowned without any notice. Just now, Lu Hong said that this was an old wine he had treasured for several years, but when he drank it in his mouth, it was really bland and tasteless, and it was similar to the kind of rice wine in his previous life. To be honest, it was not really good wine, but looking at Lu Hong's precious and respectful appearance, it was hard to say anything.

"In this second bowl, I wish my elder brother a success in his study tour. In the future, don't forget to support me." Gao Yuan smiled.

Lu Chao nodded, "That was natural." The two of them slammed and drank it all over again.

Seeing Gao Yuan’s two bowls of wine without blinking his eyebrows, Lu Hong was a little worried, "You are just hurt, drink less and eat more vegetables. If you get drunk, it will be bad. The future will be long."

Gao Yuan laughed in his heart. Even if he drinks this wine, he may not be drunk even if he drinks all the jars of that jar. In his previous life, he drank two pounds of pure grain wine at fifty or sixty degrees in one go, and his expression still looked as usual.

The meal was enjoyable. Gao Yuan could see that this family really regarded themselves as family members. He couldn't help but feel moved. In his previous life, he didn't know what warmth was. What he faced every day was either cold equipment or life and death. Never had such warmth.

After dinner, Mrs. Lu went to the backyard to greet her. Lu Chao also said goodbye and went back to study, but Gao Yuan was kept by Lu Hong.

"Gaoyuan, I originally meant to not want you to join the army again. I also asked you and Chao'er to study together back then, but you couldn't help but be irresistible and had a tendency to do so. I blame me. Your parents died early, so I was used to you. Otherwise, with your intelligence, if you study, your achievements today would definitely not be inferior to your elder brother!" Lu Hong sighed.

"Uncle, actually my nephew prefers to lead troops, it's so refreshing!" Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"If you join the army, you must be killed on the battlefield. Your father died in battle and your mother died in depression. I really don't want you to go to the battlefield again. However, if you don't want to study, this path will be blocked. You can only go to the army to fight for a future. This time I have planned the job of military chief for you. My uncle has two seats. Wherever you are willing to go, you can choose your own choice." Lu Hong said.

Gao Yuan thought that it was really good to have an uncle who was an official, and he could choose his own job.

"Uncle is a county lieutenant, with three hundred soldiers under his command, and there are four soldiers in total. Now two are vacant. One is to follow his uncle to assist in doing some chores, and the other is to lead the troops. Do you choose which one?" Lu Hong asked.

"Nephew, go and lead the troops." Gao Yuan said without hesitation, "I really can't stand this annoyance when doing some documents and documents in the county government."

"It's in line with your character. However, it's different from other places in the military camp. Uncle can arrange for you to go, but whether you can stand firm is another matter. In the military camp, the strong ones win. Even if you have the uncle as a backstage, your subordinates may not be convinced." Lu Hong smiled, "It's okay if you want to lead troops. I'll give you three months. If you can't suppress it, come back. I'll leave you three months for that seat, how about it?"

"No uncle. Since I chose to lead the troops, I will definitely not look back. Just take a look." Gao Yuan said loudly.

"I have the same personality as your father. Well, let me introduce you to the situation in Fufeng County. There are a total of 300 soldiers in Fufeng County, of which 100 are stationed in Fufeng County, and another 100 are stationed in Curie Pass, which is more than 50 miles away from Fufeng City. There are also 100 people scattered in various villages in the county to maintain public order. These are three soldiers and they are usually rotated a year. The hundred people you brought this time are stationed in the city. But after the Chinese New Year, you have to go to Curie Pass." Lu Hong said. "That's not a good place."

"My nephew can bear the hardship!" Gao Yuan said seriously.

"It's not a question of whether we can endure hardships, but our Liaoxi County is a border county, and our Fufeng County is the closest place to the enemy in Liaoxi County, and Curie Pass is the first to be hit. The East Hu barbarians harassed and looted every year, and Curie Pass always loses some people every year."

During these days, Gao Yuan and Zhang Yi had nothing to do. Zhang Yi was doing things around Lu Hong and knew a lot about the border affairs. Gao Yuan also knew that the biggest enemy of Liaoxi County was the Donghu people. Donghu was powerful, and Liaoxi County was basically on the defensive. To put it bluntly, it was like being passively beaten. If you want to deal with the Donghu people, you will have a chance of winning unless the Dayan mobilized the whole country.

"Uncle, I have something to do. Our Fufeng County is the first border county in the frontier of Donghu. How could there be three hundred soldiers?" Gao Yuan was a little puzzled, "What can this little manpower help you fight?"

Lu Hong laughed, "As soon as you hear your words, you will know that you are a little guy who doesn't know anything. Gao Yuan. There are 300 soldiers in Fufeng County, which is already a lot. There are more than a dozen counties in Liaoxi County. The soldiers in Fufeng County are three times as expensive as other counties. You haven't calculated how much it costs to raise a soldier? Just a month's salary of mondays, a year, it's more than 3,000 guan. Other clothing, weapons, and food. Each soldier spends ten guan a year. In other words, these 300 soldiers will have to pay more than 6,000 guan a year. This is not a small amount. The situation in Fufeng County is special. The prefect allocates 60% of the budget every year, which is 3,600 guan. I will dig 20% ​​from the county. This is 1,200 guan and there is still a gap of 1,200 guan, and I can raise it myself."

"Self-finance?" Gao Yuan took a breath.

Lu Hong nodded, "Yes, self-financing, Gao Yuan, tell you the truth. I have three hundred soldiers under my command, but every year I get full, only the one hundred people who go to Curie Pass are paid in full. After all, it may be a life to be stationed there. The other two units stationed in the county town and in various villages to maintain public order. It would be good to pay half of the salary every year."

Gao Yuan took a breath and calculated in his heart that Lu Hong brought 4800 guan from the county and county every year, and 200 guan for 100 people in Curie locked up. This is indispensable. If the other two teams had only 200 guan, then there would be 800 guan left. If they deducted it from other places, such as food and weapons, the amount would definitely exceed 1,000 guan. Naturally, they knew the money there. After a long time, the tall uncle in his heart was also a man who drank soldiers' blood.

"You are a smart person, so naturally you know where the remaining money has gone. I'm in a dilemma. Not only do you have to support your family, but you have to support your elder brother's schooling. It's a considerable amount of money to hire a teacher. Moreover, it's also a lot of money to make money every year. If you rely solely on this little money, you really don't even have enough money. Fortunately, there are other incomes, so the uncle can barely achieve a balance of income and expenditure."

"But uncle, I don't understand. Since our Fufeng County is a border county, what should we do if the Donghu people come? Just rely on these three hundred soldiers who can't even pay the money?" Gao Yuan was helpless. Who said Lu Hong was his uncle?

Lu Hong laughed, "You don't know this. In fact, the Donghu people come to fight Qiufeng every year, but the scale is not large. When he comes, we will seize the city and defend it. In addition to 300 soldiers, we can also temporarily recruit young and strong people. The Donghu people will not attack the city, so it doesn't matter if they really want to fight the county town, then the revenge will be big. The court and the county will not sit idly by. That is a big battle. If they really want to fight, the Donghu people are not sure. A few years ago, the prefect gathered tens of thousands of troops to fight a big battle with the Donghu people. They taught them a lesson a little hard, and they became more honest. The soldiers who can really fight are all in the county, and our places are just showing off. The Donghu people are not stable inside, they are a tribal alliance and have not been united. Now, do you understand?"

Gao Yuan nodded and finally understood that the Donghu people came to rob them, but they just robbed some villages outside the city. As long as they did not attack the city and land, Da Yan would not bother to pay attention. However, in this way, the villages outside the city would be in trouble.

"If the pay is not paid, the soldiers will not make trouble?" Gao Yuan asked a key question.

"It depends on the methods of the soldiers leading the troops!" Lu Hong looked at Gao Yuan meaningfully, "I have more money to do it, it depends on whether you can do it."

"I understand!" Gao Yuan nodded.

"If you want to lead a soldier, you must first be subdued. If you want to subdue you, you must not only be brave but also make everyone have food to eat." Lu Hong said: "The team you are going to this time has owed you half a year's salary. I have prepared 100 stalemates for you, which is just one month's salary. I can only take out so much. This is you. If you change to someone else, there will be no such cheap thing."

Gao Yuan stood up and bowed respectfully to Lu Hong. He knew in his heart that this hundred rule was actually given to him by Lu Hong. If he changed to a military officer, he would definitely not even think about it. "Thank you, uncle."
Chapter completed!