I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 217 Shi Wanshan

"Pay the soldiers' salaries personally?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise, and then he quickly made a decision, "Okay! It sounds fun."

Zhu Houzhao has always had a strong curiosity about things he has never done before and is willing to try them.

"Son, beat the drum and call the soldiers." Jiang Bin suppressed his displeasure and said immediately. He had already vaguely guessed why Zhu Houxuan made such a suggestion.
"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao agreed immediately.

The war drums were beaten in the camp.

Shi Wanshan, who was in a daze, was awakened by the sound of drums.

This kind of drum sound means gathering. In order to learn to distinguish various drum sounds, he was beaten with a military stick once.

He looked at the captain of his team, Shi Laosi. It was now time for a break. The captain of his team, Shi Laosi, also reacted and quickly called out to the people in his team.

Shi Wanshan also clumsily helped the captain greet the team members. He knew that it was useless to go to the gathering alone. Only when the whole team was present would he avoid being beaten with a military stick.
This is one of the things he has learned in almost a month here.

A month ago, he was still a coal miner. While digging in the dark underground, he also had to fight with people from the neighboring village to steal the mines.

People are divided into different classes, and coal mines are also divided into good and bad. Good coal mines are easy to mine, the coal mined is of high quality, and the price offered by coal merchants is also high. It is said that good coal will be transported to the capital for sale.

But there are only so many good coal mines, and people from every village want to occupy the best mines, so they have to rob them. There is no right or wrong in this matter, everyone just wants to fill their stomachs.

Shi Wanshan was very famous in the villages where they lived, because he was always the first to rush to the front in every mine-robbing fight. He was not afraid at all, so his opponents were afraid of him and called him Shi the Big Fool.

Shi Laosi often praised Shi Wanshan for his bravery and said he would definitely be a fierce general on the battlefield.

Shi Wanshan knew whether he was brave or not. He felt that he just took some things lightly. He also forgot when he started to become like this. He only knew that after the mining accident, he suddenly became like this.

During that mine accident, the mine cave collapsed and he and two of his co-workers were buried in the mine. The two co-workers were seriously injured at the time and died not long after.

He persisted by relying on the dry food and water collected in the mine. The dry food was eaten up on the fifth day of the mining accident. He persisted until the eleventh day by drinking water and the company of two rotting corpses, until Shi Laosi led his men to dig out the mine.
Since then, he suddenly became open-minded, became taciturn, and also began to become brave. In fact, he felt that it was because he no longer cared about many things, such as other people's lives and his own life.
From then on, he had been following Shi Laosi and became the person who did the most work and fought the most fiercely under him.

Many mine owners also contacted him privately and asked him to betray Shi Laosi, but he rejected them all without hesitation.

One reason is that Shi Laosi is his savior, and the other reason is that Shi Laosi is very good to him and provides him with food and clothing.

You should serve whoever gives you food and clothes. This is what Shi Wanshan's parents taught him when they were alive. Shi Wanshan always kept it in mind, even though he almost forgot what his deceased parents looked like.
So Shi Wanshan had been following Shi Laosi all along. Just when he thought that his life would continue like this, and he would die in a mining accident or in a fight, the government suddenly found them and said that they were all conscripted.
Then they were brought here, given uniform clothes, and then started various trainings.

In fact, Shi Wanshan still likes this place very much, because the food here can make you very full, and he has a big appetite and doesn't like the feeling of being hungry, and here you can eat salted fish in various ways. He likes to eat all kinds of salted fish, but the number of times he can eat salted fish is too small, and he wants to eat more salted fish.
His withered heart began to desire delicious food.
As for the content of the training here, although many people feel it is very hard, he does not feel it is hard at all. His strong body can still handle this level of training with ease.

The members of their team were quickly found, and they quickly lined up and arrived at the meeting point.

Only then did they realize that their team was the first to arrive.

They also discovered that there was a group of people in luxurious clothes standing on the platform in the parade ground.

More and more people gathered on the parade ground, and soon they were all there.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the remaining length of the burning incense stick and smiled. This incense stick was lit when the drum was beating. It was beyond his expectation that a battalion of more than 3,000 people could gather so quickly.

"Bin'er, you've practiced well!" Zhu Houzhao praised. Although this place is not far from the capital, Zhu Houzhao's identity is here. It would be good if he could come here seven or eight days a month.

"I dare not let my father down." Jiang Bin said quickly.

He felt a little regretful about taking this job, because it meant he would spend less time with Zhu Houzhao, which made Qian Ning become arrogant again.

However, he also knew that if he could really get this done, the emperor would favor him even more.

"Let's start!" Zhu Houzhao said enthusiastically.

Jiang Bin nodded, then took out a tin horn and shouted to the new recruits in the field: "Today, the commander of our army has personally summoned you to give you this month's military pay. Two silver coins per person. Welcome everyone!"

After that, boxes filled with silver coins were carried out.
The new recruits below immediately cheered, and Zhu Houzhao also walked down the platform amid the cheers. He liked this lively scene.

He walked straight towards Shi Wanshan's team. He remembered that this was the first team to arrive.

He immediately noticed the tall Shi Wanshan in the team, his eyes lit up, and he immediately walked up to him and praised: "What a brave warrior! Let's start with you."

After he finished speaking, he took out two silver coins from the box and handed them over.
Shi Wanshan looked at Zhu Houzhao with dull eyes, reached out to take the silver coin, and then held it tightly in his hand without saying a word.
"Hurry up and express your gratitude, boy! The commander has come in person to pay you your salary," Jiang Bin reminded quietly. He really didn't expect this scene to happen.

As a result, Shi Wanshan turned a deaf ear to him and stood still without saying a word.
Zhu Houzhao was originally preparing to pay salary to another person, but when he saw this scene, he stopped and looked at Shi Wanshan with interest.

Now even Shi Laosi, who was standing behind Shi Wanshan, started to get anxious and poked Shi Wanshan quietly with his hand.
(End of this chapter)