Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 5 Gossip
【Equipment disassembly complete】

[You get: small red crystal block x24, weathered powder x68]

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【Equipment disassembly complete】

[You get: small red crystal block x19, weathered powder x57]

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【Equipment disassembly complete】

[You get: small red crystal block x21, weathered powder x60]

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Thirteen enemy corpses were quickly decomposed, but this time they failed to harvest [Life Crystal] and [Adventurer's Soul], and even the amount of [Red Small Crystal] was greatly reduced.

"Because the death time is too long, has the energy dissipated?"

"Life" and "soul" are unique to living people. Once a person dies, these two energies will dissipate at an extremely fast speed.

Because the previous attacker was killed by himself, he was decomposed at the moment of death, so he was able to obtain [Life Crystal (Fragment)] and [Adventurer's Soul (Ordinary)].

But even so, more than half of the attacker's 'life' and 'soul' had already been lost.

Because these two kinds of energy dissipate too fast.

In contrast.

The flow of blood energy is much slower, so after such a long time, there is still a part left.

Simply fill up the small hole with soil, and Mo Jun returned to the camp.

A quarter of an hour later.

The army officially set off.

Escorting grain and grass is a hard job, especially for Mo Jun, who are not even soldiers. Because of the scarcity of horses in Qin, most of the grain and grass are pulled by manpower.

Because of his thin body, Mo Jun was assigned a relatively easy job, which was to push the grain cart behind.

However, even though his current body has been strengthened by the [small red crystal block], he already felt sore muscles all over his body and was unbearably hungry after only halfway through the journey.

Although the blood energy in the small red crystal can strengthen the physique and enhance the vigor, it cannot replace the effect of food.

But even if he was hungry at this time, Mo Jun could only endure it.

After all, the two-meal system is generally implemented at present. Even if the first meal is eaten early today, the second meal will be at least until the end of the day, and there is still at least an hour before the end of the day!
In the following journey, as expected, there were still enemy attacks, but because our own side was prepared, in the end, the enemy's several sneak attacks were in vain.

a few days later.

Mo Jun and his party finally arrived at Shangdang, and then, with the support of the frontline army, they successfully transported the food and grass to the frontline battlefield.

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Chi Li.

This was originally a city on the border of Zhao State, but half a month ago, it was captured by General Meng Ao of Qin State, and now it has become the territory of Qin State.

Mo Jun followed the army escorting food and grass into the city gate, the first thing he saw was the city wall, and rows of well-disciplined soldiers wearing black armor and holding long daggers on both sides of the city gate.

After entering the city, it was the barracks, and when Mo Jun and his party had just entered the barracks, there was a sudden wailing in their ears.

"Forgive me!"

"General, please forgive me!"

"I was wrong, General!"

The wailing alarmed everyone, and Mo Jun subconsciously turned his head to look, just in time to see a few soldiers with indifferent eyes, dragging at least a hundred stripped men, walking towards the execution platform in the center of the barracks.

Mo Jun was wondering, when suddenly he heard the young man who was pushing a grain truck beside him say in a low voice.

"Hey, do you know?"

"what?"

The young man said proudly: "I heard that the largest batch of grain and grass we escorted this time was destroyed by the enemy. The general was furious. I guess these people will die."

General Meng Ao led a total of [-] troops to attack Zhao State this time, and it is naturally impossible to send a team of troops directly to Mo Jun to supply the food and grass for such a large army.

Soldiers are the best choice.

According to the young man's words, if Mo Jun's guess is correct, the enemy's target from the very beginning is probably the largest batch of food and grass there.

As for the enemy attacking their side, there is a high probability that they are just bait.

This also explains why the enemy troops who attacked them before had so many sneak attacks, but the attack strength was pitifully small.

But then Mo Jun's eyes became strange, he looked at the young man beside him and said, "How did you know this news?"

"Hey, this news has already spread to Shangdang a few days ago. Why, haven't you heard of it at all?"

"..."

Mo Jun was speechless.

He has admired this kind of people since he went to school in his previous life. Although the school has not released any news, there are always people who can get so-called gossip from unknown places.

But these so-called gossips are so accurate.

conversation room.

The soldiers not far away dragged a group of ashen-faced men who kept howling.

"Are these people also the ones who escorted that batch of food and grass?"

"Ah, no! These people are from another team. I heard that some of the food and grass that their team escorted was not kept properly, which caused mold. Therefore, according to the military law, everyone must be whipped. The death penalty can be avoided, but the life penalty cannot be escaped." .”

Mo Jun: "..."

"What's your name?"

"Just call me Xiong Da, how about you?"

"...Mr. Mo."

"Hey! What a good name!"

"I think so."

Mo Jun replied honestly, and then said casually: "Your name is Xiong Da, so you don't have a brother named Xiong Er?"

"How do you know? My brother's name is Xiong Er. But don't look at me as skinny, my brother is much stronger than me. People in our village praise him as strong as a bear! But this time he I didn't come to participate in the corvee, and my family will soon open up wasteland. With his strength, I will definitely help my family open up a few acres this time..."

As soon as his younger brother was mentioned, Xiong Da immediately seemed to turn on the switch, and started talking endlessly, even his eyes lit up a lot.

By the time the grain and grass were transported into the army warehouse, and the records were handed over one by one, the sun had already faded away.

All the bronze swords equipped by Mo Jun and the others were also handed in. These apprentices were not qualified to be equipped with weapons. They were temporarily equipped with weapons because they were suddenly attacked by the enemy in order to increase their combat effectiveness.

The screams on the other side of the execution platform rang for a while, and soon disappeared.

Had dinner.

The sky is getting dark, which means that the day has come to an end.

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the next day.

As soon as a ray of morning light pierced the eastern horizon, there were bursts of high-spirited training sounds in the barracks.

However, in the tent where Mo Jun and his party were, not even a single person got up.

Do not misunderstand.

This is not because Mo Jun and the others are lazy, but because the rules in the barracks are like this.

Corvettes like Mo Jun and the others are not qualified to train on the frontline battlefield, because the food on the frontline battlefield is precious, and after training, they need to eat a lot to maintain their strength.

Therefore, in the frontline barracks, only elite soldiers at the forefront of the battlefield are eligible to participate in training.

Mo Jun and the others are not qualified to do even logistical tasks such as lighting fires and cooking, because such 'technical tasks' will cost extra.

That's right.

In today's state of Qin, there is a wage for corvee service. Ordinary coolies like Mo Jun and the others are paid six dollars a day, including food and lodging.

If you bring your own dry food, you will be paid eight dollars a day.

For "technical work" such as lighting a fire and cooking, the daily wages will increase by one to two yuan.

As for the various tyranny of the Qin State that Mo Jun saw in later generations, in fact, most of them only appeared in the period of Qin II.

After all, Qin is now in a period of rising national power. If there are really so many tyranny, how can it rise.

And even if you don't add money, you can occasionally 'add food' for work such as cooking fires and cooking, which is also a fat job.It is impossible for such a job to fall on the heads of Mo Jun and the others who are 'newcomers'.

as a newcomer.

The current job of Mo Jun and others is to continue to serve as coolies during the war, helping to carry food and equipment.Then cheer on the frontline soldiers before the war begins.

For the rest of the time, you only need to move less and eat less, which is the greatest contribution to the army.

After lying down until the sun was completely above the horizon, Mo Jun finally couldn't lie down anymore.

It is estimated that in the previous life, I would never have imagined that I would not be able to sleep late one day.

After waking up.

After a brief wash, Mo Jun began to wander around the barracks.

But it's just a stroll, in fact, there are only a handful of places Mo Jun can go now.

There is strict discipline in the army.

First of all, as a logistics soldier, he can only move around in the barracks.Secondly, Mo Jun can't get close to all the important military bases and front-line training places.

The sum of all the range of activities is actually only a small part of the logistics area.

Walked around twice.

Mo Jun felt that there was nothing interesting. Just as he was about to return to the tent, suddenly, a pile of things not far away attracted his attention.

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(End of this chapter)