Chapter 27: Trebuchet
Wang Jian asked his stepfather Tian Lingzi: "What does it mean to be a son today?" Will Princess Suining marry Tang Zhangwei? ”
Tian Lingzi said: "You! is just unable to hold his breath, then Tang Zhangwei got Princess Suining, but he just got an outdated little girl, if he accepted Princess Suining, he would have to supply troops and food to the Tang Dynasty. ”
Sure enough, Tang Zhangwei ignored Tang Xizong's order, and the marriage was not accepted.
Mr. Tang's troops are still on the sidelines, but he has set up a number of refugee reception stations at the border.
A team of refugees came from the war-torn Henan Prefecture, the Jinshang Defense Envoy, the Eastern Capital Qi Defense Envoy, the Shaanxi Observation Envoy, the Loyal Army Jiedu Envoy, and the Xuanwu Army Jiedu Envoy.
Tang Zhangwei personally cooked porridge and supervised his officers and soldiers to separate the teams of refugees.
Regardless of whether these refugees were landlords, peasants, or dignitaries in the past, they are now disgraced.
With so many refugees, it is inevitable that there will be a mix of sick and spies.
A large number of soldiers from the Intelligence Division and doctors from the infirmary played a role here.
On both sides of the road, close to the water source, a large number of refugee camps have been established.
All the refugees were stripped naked, each with a small wooden sign, and then the clothes were burned.
Those with title deeds and other valuable property were also searched by Tang Zhangwei's army, and of course, they had to be registered before they could be confiscated. 、
After strict disinfection, the sergeants of the Intelligence Division were allowed to use these items.
There were 60,000 soldiers on the front line, and 200,000 for the entire militia.
All clothing, after being burned, is buried with quicklime.
After that, the refugees took their clothes, got into the cart arranged by Tang Zhangwei's men, and continued to walk south, to live and reclaim land in those war-torn places. Some were arranged to mend clothes and build roads nearby.
The other envoys hated the entry of such refugees very much, because if they were not appeased, they would provoke a popular uprising.
Huang Chao's spies crossed the Yellow River in large numbers and advanced towards Tang Zhangwei's jurisdiction.
Huang Chao ordered these spies to kill Tang Zhangwei, but unfortunately, as soon as these people crossed the border, they were driven into the refugee camp by Tang Zhangwei's soldiers.
Huang Chao ordered Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiba and other four people to go to Shannan Dongdao together, and the general Tang Zhangwei stood on the border line, watching another group of refugees pass by.
Wei Wan'er took the maidservant to give porridge in person, and she said to Tang Zhangwei: "Why does the general always watch from the wall? ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "Fang is undecided today, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong are heroes, Huang Chao is not dead, I can't rest assured that I will lead troops north." ”
Wei Wan'er said: "The general's grace to life, these refugees will definitely remember it." ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "Today, those who can win the hearts of the people will win the world, but now that the heroes are standing side by side, I have to take such precautions." ”
Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiba are all generals, but now they have come to Tang Zhangwei's territory with an assassination mission.
Along the way, they had to starve in order to pretend to be like something.
Originally, they had some fried noodles with them, but in the looting of the Huangchao rebels and the obstruction of the Tang army, they had to swallow all these fried noodles.
Along the way, they gnawed grass roots, ate tree bark, and finally came to Shannan Dongdao. Those envoys of the Tang Army, in order to make Tang Zhangwei's burden heavier, deliberately drove the weak Dingkou to Shannan Jianzhou.
As long as it is not a serious illness or infectious disease, Tang Zhangwei will send someone to contain it. Of course, for some displaced people with serious infectious diseases, Tang Zhangwei sent people to forcibly isolate them.
Due to the timely incineration and disposal of the patient's clothing, there were no major outbreaks of plague and epidemics in Jianzhou, Shannan.
Huo Cun stripped off his clothes, put on a sackcloth after taking a bath, and tattooed a word on his body.
Huo Cun felt that his treatment was obviously different from others, so he asked the officials of the Intelligence Department: "Why do you treat me like this?" ”
Several soldiers under Tang Zhangwei smiled and said: "The calluses on your hands show that you are a person who has been a soldier and has held a knife, who will you arrest if you don't catch you?" ”
Huo Cun wanted to resist, but several crossbows were already aimed at him. Huo Cun had to be arrested, he was chained and assigned to work in the road construction labor camp.
From then on, he had to smash stones every day, and after completing the prescribed tasks, he could get a bowl of porridge, and Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guiba were also treated the same.
Only Ge Congzhou, with a flamboyant mouth and bold and careful, concealed the officials of the Intelligence Department.
Wei Wan'er asked Le Zijun of the Intelligence Department: "Do you think those three spies are big fish?" ”
Le Zijun said: "I think there are definitely more than the three of them, but it's hard to say where the rest of the people are." ”
Wei Wan'er said: "How happened to Cai Hongde and Ou Qiaoyun who were captured before? ”
Le Zijun said: "They threw stones all day long, and although we put on cotton gauze masks made by General Tang Zhangwei, they still kept coughing, which was scary. According to General Tang Zhangwei, they had some kind of pneumoconiosis. In the future, they are not die-hard spies, and they can't be allowed to smash stones to do their work anymore. ”
This cotton was imported from India. In fact, as early as the Warring States Period, there were island cotton in the Central Plains, that is, long-staple cotton and Asian cotton, that is, coarse staple cotton, but the output was not high.
Cotton and cotton cloth from the Indian peninsula were enjoyed by the aristocracy as a luxury. In the gardens of many dignitaries, cotton was planted as ornamental flowers. When the Arab merchants saw this, they couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
Cotton, only in the Western Regions, is grown in large quantities and used as ordinary clothing. In the Anzai Prefecture, it was common for soldiers to wear cotton products.
With the trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as Ethiopia in Africa, upland cotton was introduced, that is, fine staple cotton, and grass cotton, that is, coarse staple cotton.
In Fujian, there is also a kind of kapok tree, but the yield of kapok is very low, and it is regarded as a rarity.
After Tang Zhangwei came to power, he promoted cotton cultivation in his own jurisdiction, cotton could be spun, and cotton boys could be used to extract oil. Tang Zhangwei popularized the cultivation of upland cotton, which was produced in large quantities and of good quality, and the spun cloth gradually replaced linen and silk fabrics, because it was more durable than silk.
Wei Wan'er said: "Arrange those two people to be with Huo Cun, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiba, and don't say anything." ”
When Huang Chaodu's spies Cai Hongde and Ou Qiaoyun appeared in the cabin, their heavy breathing made Huo Cun, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiba feel extremely frightened.
At this time, a pink girl was talking to the two little girls, and she said, "Auntie is leaving, Tang Xing and Yongping, you two can only take care of yourself." It was Princess Suining who spoke, and at first she heard that she might be arranged for Tang Zhangwei and her relatives, and she was secretly happy.
However, later this matter stopped, and Tian Lingzi's righteous son Wang Jian wanted to marry her, and she was angry and prepared to leave the palace privately.