Professional Ethics of a Concubine

While they were arguing, Xie Liuyuan had already found a centurion and got some general information about the wounded camp.

"Master, the green tents over here are all for the lightly wounded soldiers. Once they recover, they can continue to fight on the battlefield."

Xie Liuyuan said to Ye Qingzhi and others,

"The white tents on the other side house the severely disabled soldiers, those who are missing arms and legs. Even if they survive, they can't go to the battlefield again. But many times, they simply can't survive the injuries."

"Let's go to the green tent first, check on the wounded soldiers one by one and comfort them." Ming Yan said.

"When you visit a patient, you should at least show some appreciation," Xie Niankang continued.

"Why don't we raise some money from the crowd? Those with more in the treasury can give more, and those with less can give ten taels of silver. We can give one tael of silver to each of these wounded soldiers. If the wounded are serious, we can give two taels of silver. It can be considered as a token of our appreciation. What do you think?"

As he spoke, Xie Niankang took off his purse and emptied it. Inside was a silver note worth one hundred taels and ten taels of silver.

"Okay! Okay! I have two silver notes in my purse, and I'll have more when I get back. I can take out ten silver notes."

Mingyu responded immediately, took off her purse and started taking out the banknotes.

In fact, Mingyu had no idea how many secret cash boxes he had, but he remembered that he had ten, so he wanted to take them all out.

"I also have three silver notes and more than ten taels of silver." Xie Hongbao also emptied his purse.

Mingyan also emptied her purse. There was only one silver note in her purse, while the maid who followed her had more silver notes, a total of five hundred taels.

Then the fifteenth and sixteenth princes also emptied their purses. They had no money in their purses, but the eunuchs who followed them had money in their bags. The two of them pooled more than two hundred yuan.

Zheng Xiangyang and others,...

They are also considered royal family members, so why is there such a big gap?

Their monthly salary was only ten taels of silver, which was barely enough to cover their daily expenses and they could not save any at all. Therefore, their wallets were very empty and each person had only a few taels of change.

"You guys are living such a poor life. Don't you carry a hundred taels of silver in your pocket when you go out? Even if you don't, you don't even have ten taels of silver." Xie Niankang looked at their pouches and asked with some disgust.

Zheng Xiangyang and the others also felt a little embarrassed and their faces were burning with anger.

"When we go out to buy expensive things, we always keep accounts, so we don't need to carry banknotes." Zheng Xiangxin tried to save face for himself.

"There are a lot of thieves in Funing City. If you carry so many banknotes with you when you go out, you will feel bad if your purse falls out or is stolen."

Zheng Xiangyang and the others nodded in agreement.

"A few taels of silver are also a token of my appreciation." Mingyan said with a smile.

"Then I'll add some more and make it two thousand taels. There should be less than two thousand wounded soldiers, so it's enough to share." Ye Qingzhi also said with a smile.

"Then where can we exchange silver?" Xie Niankang asked again.

"We should take the silver and give it directly to them, which shows our sincerity. If we just say it but don't give it, we won't know when the military camp will pay them the silver, which is very hurtful."

"Then I will go and exchange the silver right away." Xie Liuyuan took over this important task again. He took the silver notes and change, rode on a horse and hurried away.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Xie Liuyuan came with three other people. They were riding horses and there was a small box in front of each horse.

"My Lord, the total amount of silver in these four boxes is about two thousand taels, all of which are small pieces of silver divided into one tael each."

Xie Liuyuan put down the box in his hand and said breathlessly.

Ye Qingzhi smiled and praised him, then said to Xie Niankang, "You were the one who proposed this. Just move a box. You will be responsible for distributing money to the soldiers later."

Xie Niankang walked to a box, picked it up, then put it down again because it was too heavy. He squatted down, opened it and looked at the silver inside. He grinned and said happily,

"Hehehe, I love doing such pleasing things."

For Xie Niankang, distributing money personally was not at all degrading. While gaining other people’s gratitude, he could also accumulate merits and it was quite fun.

But for Zheng Xiangxin and others, they just thought that it would be better to let the people below do it, and they only needed to give orders.

If they distribute money to the soldiers personally, wouldn't they become accountants and lose face?

"I also want to give out money." Mingyu became interested when she saw Xie Niankang doing this.

He ran excitedly to a box, and finally picked it up with great effort. However, he could not hold on for a moment and put the box down again.

Because a small box contained about five hundred taels of silver, which weighed about forty kilograms, it was obviously beyond Mingyu's capacity.

"Ouch, it's so heavy, I can't hold it!" Mingyu's face turned red with tiredness.

"Stupid brother, just let the guards carry the boxes, and you can send them out when the time comes." Ming Yan slapped his head helplessly.

"Hehe, yes." Mingyu covered her forehead in annoyance and said a little aggrievedly,

"I just saw Brother Kang pick up the box, so I wanted to pick it up. I thought it was easy."

"That's because he is stupid too." Ming Yan said coldly.

"Sister, Brother Kang is not stupid." Mingyu argued for his favorite brother Kang, "He is very smart."

Mingyan snorted and said nothing else.

Xie Niankang lowered his head, pretending not to hear and pretending he didn't exist.

He just didn't understand why he still felt awkward even though he had explained the relationship matters clearly to Mingyan.

It seemed like the more I avoided her, the more awkward it became. I felt uncomfortable even talking to her.

It's so weird.

"Hehe, okay, okay, we've been delayed for so long, let's quickly take the silver and go to the tents to visit the wounded." Ye Qingzhi said quickly to smooth things over.

"Coming, coming." Xie Niankang responded quickly, picked up the box and ran to the front, as if the 40-pound box had no weight at all.

"Wow, look! Brother Kang is so awesome and so strong!"

Mingyu acted like a little fanboy, and even pulled her sister's arm, asking her to appreciate Xie Niankang's "heroic appearance" together.

Mingyan,...

Xie Niankang,

There is no need to be so supportive.

Ye Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh.

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In fact, for those wounded soldiers with minor illnesses, after their wounds were bandaged, they no longer took their injuries seriously and continued to do what they were supposed to do.

Because there are many talented female doctors in the army this year. They can suture up the minor wounds on their bodies and use medicines, which are much better in stopping bleeding and relieving pain than before.

In the past, after getting injured, I had to endure it with great difficulty, but now it is much more comfortable.

Therefore, none of the wounded soldiers in the tent lay down to rest properly.

Some people gather together to play cards. When they get excited, they not only yell but also fight, as if nothing happened.

Some of them gathered together to brag about how many heads they had chopped off and how they were going to get promoted.

There were also many people who gathered together to discuss women, making dirty jokes and telling dirty stories. Many of them were related to female doctors, and they would inevitably make some jokes and say something like they wanted to marry them home.

When a message came from outside saying that Master Ye and the princess and others came to visit them, the wounded soldiers were stunned.

After being stunned, they quickly rolled back to their own "beds", quickly put on their clothes, lay down obediently, looked at the tent door, rubbed their faces, and tried to show a peaceful expression...

"Hello everyone!"

Xie Niankang walked in carrying a box in one hand and opened the curtain with the other. Then he put the box heavily on the ground and greeted them with a smile.

The wounded soldiers were still lying there, nodding in agreement to Xie Niankang while forcing themselves to smile. They all looked very shy.

Afterwards, Ye Qingzhi and the others came in one by one, and the tent, which was not big to begin with, was suddenly packed with people.

The smell in this tent is not very pleasant.

As soon as Zheng Yulan came in and smelled the odor in there, she frowned, covered her nose uncomfortably, and started to retch.

I vomited so much just now that there is nothing left to vomit.

But her disgusting retching sound immediately made the atmosphere very awkward.

Mingyan looked at her and frowned slightly.

Others also looked at her.

Zheng Yulan's face and eyes turned red, and she felt wronged and uncomfortable.

She is a lady from a noble family, why should she endure all this!

Oh, aren't you humiliating her by doing this?!

"If you don't feel well, go wait outside." Ye Qingzhi patted her shoulder and asked her to go out first.

"Well, this, this tent is too messy, smells bad, and is too crowded. We did offend you. Brothers, we are not seriously injured, so don't lie down. Hurry, get up and line up outside!"

As he spoke, a centurion with an injured arm climbed up, and then the others quickly stood up.

"Hahaha, it seems that the injury is not serious. This is a good thing. Don't rush to line up outside. Come to me and get the silver first."

Xie Niankang opened the box while laughing, and the awkward atmosphere immediately disappeared.

The wounded soldiers also turned their eyes to the box of silver coins, with gleams in their eyes.

For them?!

"We came here specially to visit you. We know that you have worked hard for the Great Zhao and it is not easy for you. We are embarrassed to come here empty-handed.

We just took out some silver from our wallets. It's not much, just one ounce per person as a token of our appreciation."

Xie Niankang briefly explained and said with a smile,

"If you think it's too little, I'll go back and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give you more money. Once the war is over, you can all take the money home and marry wives..."

The wounded soldiers couldn't help but grin.

Compared with previous years, this year's battle was so satisfying!

Ye Qingzhi stood aside, watching the scene with a smile, watching Xiaokang and the soldiers quickly become friends, chatting and laughing, as if there was no distinction between high and low.

Ming Yan was also watching, her eyes falling on Xie Niankang from time to time. She didn't say a word from beginning to end, letting him express himself to his heart's content.

She also felt that some of the burden on her shoulders had been shared by him, and she felt much more relaxed.