The Glorious Summoner

Chapter 3: Situation in the city

When the rice porridge at home was cooked, Xia Lin pushed the door of Xia Pingan’s room again to bring the rice porridge, but was shocked to find that Xia Pingan had already put on the dark red military uniform in the room, and was right. Looking at the mirror and sorting the buttons of his clothes, he seems to want to go out.

   Xia Pingan was able to wake up and stand up. Of course the mother was happy. She felt that the big rock on her heart finally fell to the ground, but Xia Lin was frightened when she saw Xia Pingan put on the clothes on her body again.

   "Peace, you just woke up, you need to rest more, why put on this military uniform..." Putting the hot rice porridge on the table next to the bed, Xia Lin said worriedly.

"Mom, it's okay, I'm all right. I lie in bed for three days. I feel like my body is going to rust if I don't move. I'll go out and have a look!" Xia Ping An knew what his mother was worried about, so she pretended to be relaxed. Said.

   This dark red heavy-fat wool-blend military uniform looks good, at least thick enough, and it already looks like a modern military uniform. The clothes are clothes, and the pants are trousers. They are neatly worn on the body.

The dark red jacket, copper buttons, gray-black pants, gray-black military cap, the military cap has a dragon emblem of the Great Yan Empire, the cowhide belt on the waist and the leather military boots under the feet are also quite strong, in the mirror It fits well by myself.

   Xia Pingan's body is still healthy, and she immediately showed a bit of heroism in this suit.

   My body is the standard uniform of the Great Yan Empire Musketeers. The red color is the national color of the Great Yan Empire, symbolizing fire and light.

Xia Lin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xia Pingan say this, "This porridge is ready, it's a little runny. The doctor said before that you can't eat too dry things at once when you wake up. You should eat it while it's hot... "

   "Okay, let's go out to eat..." Xia Pingan took the bowl of gruel and left the room.

   Before, Xia Lin thought that Xia Pingan was lying in bed and hadn't gotten up, so he brought the gruel in. Now that Xia Pingan had already risen, he naturally took the porridge and went outside to eat.

   Xia Pingan’s family is not big. The family of four lives in an ordinary two-bedroom and two-living house in the ordinary residential area south of Rixiao City. The total area of ​​the family is only about 70 square meters.

Because there are only two rooms in the family, when Xia Ping An and Xia Ning were young, the two brothers and sisters lived in one, and the parents lived in one. Later, as Xia Ping An and Xia Ning grew up, they became Xia Ping An and Xia Yannian. One room, Xia Ning and Xia Lin live in the same room.

   After Xia Pingan joined the army, he lived in a barracks every day, and the living space at home became slightly more relaxed. In the past two days, Xia Pingan was sent to take care of him at home, and the Xia family began to be crowded again.

Xia Pingan’s home is a bit messy. The balcony by the window is full of clothes to dry. Under the balcony, there are several cabinets containing firewood for the iron stove in the kitchen. You can smell the smell of fireworks at home, and the whole home is cleaned up. Full of dangdang, a little cramped.

   In the past month, the bullet factory has been working overtime, and Xia Ping’an’s father is almost away from home, working day and night.

   The last time Xia Yannian went home was seven days ago, when Xia Ping An fell from the tower and fell into a coma, his father still doesn't know until now.

Xia Pingan’s younger sister, Xia Ning, was sitting at the table with her legs dangling. When Xia Pingan’s mother and son came out, Xia Ning was trying to unscrew the lid of a bottle on the table and saw Xia Pingan and her mother come out. , Xia Ning hurriedly pushed the bottle away in a panic, and said, "Mom, I didn't steal sugar..."

   The bottle contains some brown sugar rolls cut by Xia Lin.

   The brown sugar was brought back by Xia Pingan’s father before. Brown sugar is more expensive than salt, and it is easy to get damp when placed outside. Xia Lin, who has been diligent and thrifty, chopped up the brown sugar and put it in a bottle, occasionally using a little.

   "Your brother just woke up, that sugar is for your brother..." Xia Lin said quickly.

   "Oh..." Xia Ning glanced at Xia Ping'an, lowered his head and responded, and glanced at the bottle of brown sugar.

Xia Ping’an sat next to Xia Ning, smiled, picked up the bottle of brown sugar, unscrewed the cap, and poured a lot of rice porridge into Xia Ning’s rice porridge. “It’s okay. Ningning is also growing up. Let her eat more..."

   "Brother is still the best..." Xia Ning's eyes narrowed with a smile, and before Xia Lin could speak, he stirred the brown sugar into the bowl.

Xia Ping'an picked a bit of the jujube peanuts from his bowl and put it in Xia Ning's bowl. Xia Ning was shocked, took a peek at Xia Lin, and quickly picked the red dates and peanuts back into Xia Ping's bowl. Here, "Brother, you eat, your body has just recovered now, it's just time to make up, a little brown sugar in my porridge is enough..."

   Xia Ping'an smiled, Xia Ning is really getting more and more sensible, "Mom, you can eat too..."

   "I'm not hungry..." Xia Lin said quickly.

"If you don't eat, I won't eat..." Xia Ping'an put down his bowl and chopsticks. He knew that Xia Lin was saving food for him. These days, the food supply in the city is getting more and more tense, and the security in the city is also getting worse. Somewhat confusing.

   There have been several incidents of smashing the rice shop and hitting the bank among the refugees who entered the city. Fortunately, the Xia’s family has a little grain in the house, so they won’t be hungry, but the situation is not optimistic.

   The leftover rice at home yesterday, plus a bit of jujube peanuts, and a bit of brown sugar, became a delicious gruel for ordinary people.

Seeing that Xia Ping’an stopped eating, Xia Lin’s was also careful to add a little gruel to his bowl. Upon seeing Xia Ping’an, he directly added two spoons to Xia Lin’s bowl with a spoon. Lin's bowl added some brown sugar.

"Enough, enough, safe, enough..." Seeing Xia Pingan pour the brown sugar into his bowl like no money, Xia Lin said distressedly, and directly grabbed the brown sugar bottle in Xia Pingan's hand. Tighten it and glared at Xia Ping'an, "This brown sugar is so expensive, so your dad has only one piece..."

   "Mom, don't worry, as long as there is food in the city, I won't let you and my little sister hungry!"

Xia Lin’s awakening Xia Pingan seemed to be slightly different from before. It seemed to have grown up a lot at once, which comforted Xia Lin’s heart a lot. "As long as our family can survive this crisis, you and Ningning I'm relieved if it's okay!"

   "Mom, don't worry, there is me!"

   I haven't eaten anything for three days in Xia Ping. At this moment, I ate a bowl of gruel and drank a little water from the gruel, and I felt that my whole person had recovered.

   After eating, Xia Pingan talked to Xia Lin, and went straight out of the house to see the situation in the city...

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   Until Xia Ping’an went out, the morning sun had just risen.

   The chimneys in the factory districts in the city are still smoking, and there are also smoking outside the city. The streets are a bit depressed and chaotic.

  Many shops have closed, so the depression, and the chaos is because under the eaves of the shops on the street and in some alleys, they are crowded with people who fled before.

   Several government offices in the city lined up for porridge cooking.

  The gangsters on the street, the thief, and the refugees coming into the city make things from time to time, and quarrels and fights can be seen everywhere.

   The whistle of the policeman in the city, wearing a black uniform, a black hat, a white leggings and a stick, rang in his ears from time to time.

   Xia Ping’an looked at the uniforms of the policemen, and found that they were the same as the uniforms on him, very close to the modern style. I heard that the uniforms and police uniforms were all styles of the Western Continent.

His Majesty, the current emperor of the Great Yan Empire, Zhaode the Great traveled to various continents when he was young. I heard that he had concealed his identity. He studied shipbuilding and smelting techniques at shipyards and steel plants in the Western continent, and he also attended Western universities and waited for Zhaode. After the Great Emperor became the throne at the age of 22, the Great Yan Empire ushered in an era of great change known as "Zhaode Zhongxing".

Under the reign of Emperor Zhaode, the Great Yan Empire also established universities, began universal education, encouraged industry and commerce, liberalized private maritime trade restrictions, and vigorously developed the imperial navy. The Great Yan Empire also established the Imperial Academy of Sciences, scholars and craftsmen. Its status has been unprecedentedly improved, and the military and police systems have also undergone tremendous changes.

In the past, the imperial police called patrols, which were led by officials from all over the country, but after the reform, patrols became police, and patrol houses became police stations. In addition to the management of local officials, police officers in various places also accepted the headquarters of the imperial police. Leadership.

The army of the Great Yan Empire has also undergone tremendous changes in the hands of Emperor Zhaode. The army of the Great Yan Empire was organized according to towns, associations, standards, battalions, teams, guards, sheds, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com, etc. Although there are firearms in the military, they are not used much. The largest firearms unit in the military is the firearms battalion. The firearms of those years were still in the age of arquebus. The arquebus against the crossbow did not show that it was overwhelming. The advantage of sex.

After the reform, the army of the Great Yan Empire adopted the army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad of the western continent. New-style military uniforms, thermal weapons such as muskets and cannons have gradually become the main weapons in the army, and the arquebus in the army has also transitioned to flintlock smooth-bore rifles...

The sights on the street made Xia Ping’an’s thoughts drift a little far away. Watching many refugees in the traditional costumes of the Great Yan Empire and people in Western police uniforms mingled on the street, the scene in front of him always reminded Xia Ping’an of the Meiji Restoration. The scene in the big cities of Japan in the era.

   Throughout the city of Xiaoxiao, at this moment, there was a state of panic and panic everywhere. Occasionally, one could see a group of sergeants wearing dark red uniforms carrying flintlock rifles crashing past the street, and there were sporadic gunshots coming from outside the city.

I heard that the orcs were coming and burned, killed and looted everywhere. Many wealthy people in Ningzhou fled to the city of Tai'an with their families. The city wall of Tai'an is higher, there are more defenders, and it is more difficult to be safe. Many of the money people have real estate shops and other industries in Tai'an City.

   The city of Rixiao is small, about six kilometers long and wide, and the city walls are not too high. For most ordinary people who cannot escape and the official garrison in the city, they can only defend themselves...

Xia Pingan was just an ordinary corporal musketeer in the garrison regiment of Rixiao City. He had no title or job, and his parents did not have much ability. So he could only stay in the city and hand over the fate of his family to God. …

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