Li Fang immediately felt much closer to Zhu Wencong; the leaders of the Xiang Army were very kind, giving her a large military pension.
The officers didn't deduct any of it, and even personally arranged for the bodies of soldiers who died in battle to be transported back to their hometowns, making countless Xiang people eager to join the army.
Unfortunately, after the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the imperial court no longer employed the Xiang Army, and a large number of Xiang Army soldiers were dismissed. They returned home to either seize land as landlords or occupy mountains as kings.
If Li Fang's husband had managed until the disbandment of the Xiang Army, she probably wouldn't have to work as a tenant farmer for a landlord; perhaps she'd have a shop in the city or a dozen mu of land in the village.
"Why don't you use this military pension to purchase a few mu of land?" Su Yanqiao was somewhat confused, as working for a landlord wasn't a long-term solution.
