Chapter 162: The Neglected Man
Yes, although Arjuna is a daughter, her kung fu in leading troops to fight is not even inferior to Zhao Gong, and she understands the skills and tactics of the musket, and she is not much different from Zhao Rui himself.
"It's good......," Zhao Rui said with a sad face: "But the road along the way is dangerous, and I can't rest assured." ”
This is the first time Zhao Rui has shown his feelings for himself in the presence of outsiders, Arjuna lowered her head and skillfully concealed her slightly red cheeks.
"It's okay, aren't you looking for a passage where you can transport grain, I will definitely explore the way first, and then attack the city!"
When Zhao Rui heard it, what Arjuna said made sense, since the geographical environment of the northeast coast is harsh, it is better to find out if there is a convenient way directly south of Dabao City.
Although Arjuna has deeply understood Zhao Rui's strategic thinking, but she is a daughter after all, Zhao Rui still wants to persuade again, but Arjuna pushed her palm and stopped: "Zhao Rui, now that you are the prince, it is impossible for you to personally participate in every war in the future, this is unrealistic, and it is not conducive to the generals under him to improve their ability to command troops, and I am also looking forward to becoming a general who can be in charge all the time, so I beg you, let me go!" ”
Zhao Gong nodded when he heard this, this is also the question he wanted to tell Zhao Rui, but he didn't expect Arjuna to say it first today.
It was simply an impeccable reason, Zhao Rui was silent for a while, and finally agreed to Arjuna's request to lead troops, but privately gave Aruna a large amount of chili peppers, artemisinin, and a full box of **.
On the day of the expedition, all the staff sent each other, Zhao Rui looked at Arjuna on the opposite side as if he had a thousand words, and he didn't know where to start.
She is a princess of the Yuan Dynasty, and she took the initiative to give up her glory and wealth to fight everywhere with her, which in itself is where Zhao Rui owes something, but now she has to go out alone, to find a way to attack the city in that deserted place, she has helped herself too much.
All the soldiers also admired Arjuna very much, although she was a female general, she had the ability to not lose to men, and she was resolute and decisive, which was very suitable for the temper of these rough men.
Arjuna stood opposite Zhao Rui, examining Zhao Rui's expression, grateful, reluctant, and a little moved, these are enough! Arjuna smiled and gave Zhao Rui a tight hug.
Zhao Rui also took advantage of the situation to hug Arjuna's slender waist, the common battle of Arjuna has an extremely moving body curve, Zhao Rui felt it, but he couldn't help but feel a little bitter, it's good to do such a thing alone, why should you be in public?
The relationship between Zhao Rui and Arjuna is already known to everyone in the army, so the two hugged a little affectionately, but gave the soldiers a feeling of being sluggish and cold.
Saying goodbye to Arjuna, Zhao Rui suddenly remembered Lin Mengyao, he was always tired for so long, and he hadn't been to see her for a long time, and he hoped that she wouldn't blame herself.
Zhao Rui immediately went to the textile center first, which was originally a stone canopy and could not grow crops, so Zhao Rui turned it into a textile processing factory and let the Lin family's mother and daughter manage it together.
There are more than 100 textile machines in it, and many ordinary women are also employed to earn some silver here to supplement the family's food and clothing.
When Zhao Rui went, Lin's mother was sitting in the inner hall, while Lin Mengyao was teaching the new female worker some skills on the loom.
Seeing Lin Mengyao's expression as usual, Zhao Rui thought it was okay, but when Lin Mengyao saw Zhao Rui, her eyes immediately turned red, and it seemed that she was still thinking simply.
Although there are many people here, Zhao Rui has always regarded Lin Mengyao as his fiancée, and dragged her to the inner hall, comforting her softly along the way.
"Okay, Meng Yao, I know what you have wronged, didn't I come......"
"Auntie." Zhao Rui did not change his title when he became a prince.
Mrs. Lin now knew that Zhao Rui's identity was not as good as before, so she just stood up and walked to the door, and said softly: "You two haven't seen each other for a while, let's talk more." ”
As he spoke, he walked out of the hall door, and by the way, he lowered the curtain.
Sure enough, the identity is different, and the attitude of others towards themselves is also different.
Zhao Rui thought about the days when he was sneered at by Mrs. Lin, as if it was just yesterday.
"Brother Zhao, are you about to forget me? They all said that your girl is like a flower, and the female generals under your command are also beautiful and fragrant, and they also said that Arjuna is the identity of a princess, and she will definitely be the main room in the future, so I don't think too much......"
Because it was a workshop outside, although Lin Mengyao tried her best to lower her voice, her tears were like beads with broken threads, and they slid across her delicate face.
Zhao Rui's heart thumped, as if he had been grabbed by someone, indicating that Lin Mengyao still occupied an extremely important position in Zhao Rui's heart.
"Don't be stupid, it's all idle gossip, don't go to your heart, I just arrived in the fiefdom, too many things force me to deal with, now that I have a little free, I'll come to see you first."
Zhao Rui heard the soft words, and took advantage of the situation to gently hold Lin Mengyao's trembling delicate body in his arms, and the pear blossoms in his arms brought rain, which was extremely pitiful.
"What you said is true?"
Lin Mengyao's eyes widened, there were tears on her flickering eyelashes, and she looked at Zhao Rui's handsome face stupidly.
"Of course!"
Zhao Rui gently wiped away the remaining tears on Lin Mengyao's face, only to feel that the touch was extremely smooth, white and tender like fat.
Wen Xiang nephrite was held in his arms, Zhao Rui and Lin Mengyao's pretty faces were very close, the breathing of the two was intertwined at this moment, Zhao Rui only felt that his whole body was hot and unbearable, and he saw Lin Mengyao's eyes were blurred, and his lips were lightly opened......
Both of them kissed for the first time, which seemed particularly jerky.
"Hmm......"
Lin Mengyao first felt that her anger was not enough, and it was easy to escape from Zhao Rui's mouth.
The seemingly ordinary kiss disappeared the estrangement in Lin Mengyao's heart, hugged Zhao Rui's broad shoulders, and showed a happy and sweet smile.
Zhao Rui felt the soft touch and was about to take further action, but was stopped by Lin Mengyao in a panic, she pointed to the thin curtain and looked at Zhao Rui as if begging for mercy.
Zhao Rui knew that his daughter's family was shy, so he secretly pressed the impulse in his heart and gently put down Lin Mengyao.
Mrs. Lin's light cough came from outside, Zhao Rui excused himself to leave, and Lin Mengyao sent him out of the door stupidly.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but sigh, if the old man was still there, I am afraid that these two children would have been married......
Zhao Rui went to Zhang Zhennan's administrative station, people came and went outside the house, and the people in the house were also immersed in writing, obviously a busy scene.
happened to meet Lin Shizhao, after he was well injured, he has been following Zhang Zhennan's left and right, and after asking, Zhao Rui knew that Zhang Zhennan went to Wanya Prefecture to register the population.
Now Lin Shizhao is strong, no longer the thin appearance of being injured before, and asked him about his current situation, saying that he is more handy.
It seems that the previous choice was not wrong, Lin Shizhao originally advocated force, and also wanted to fight with Zhao Ruijin in the army, but later, under the strong request and coercion of Mrs. Lin, he entered the civilian system and worshiped directly under Zhang Zhennan's men.
Now seeing that he has a scholarly temperament and a dignified appearance, Zhao Rui is also happy for him in his heart.
Lin Shizhao said that he had read a lot of books with Zhang Zhennan and felt that being a literati was the pursuit of lifelong happiness.
Zhao Rui patted him on the shoulder when he left, asking him to come to him to solve anything else, don't see outside, etc., Lin Shizhao naturally happily agreed, and then sent Zhao Rui out.
After serving for a period of time, Zhao Rui traveled throughout the entire sphere of influence to understand the situation, and put forward his opinions on modernization on some unreasonable places and some difficult points.
For example, digging drainage channels in towns, unifying garbage burial sites, renovating thatched latrines, and concentrating on manure at downwind outlets, etc., have given several cities a new look in a short period of time.
Not only are the towns and villages neat and new, but even the unpleasant smell of farmhouse manure has disappeared.
Regarding the matter of land reform, Zhao Rui did not think that in order to develop modern agriculture, it is necessary to integrate land resources, and then use modern machinery for farming, so as to produce high-quality and low-cost agricultural products, and at the same time liberate manpower and invest in the secondary and tertiary industries.
However, before the modern agricultural equipment, Zhao Rui never planned to reform the land, because at this time, the field is still the lifeblood of the people's hearts, and it is also a powerful factor in attracting the displaced population.
After comprehensive consideration, Zhao Rui felt that it was not a favorable time to develop modern agriculture, and at the same time, Yongpingzhai was located in the northeast corner of the sphere of influence, and it was possible to encounter changes at any time.
At the same time, the conscription that attracted everyone's attention was opened again, this time a total of 100,000 people in each city took the initiative to enlist, after enlisting in the army, not only the social status improved, but also the military salary was higher than farming, so too many young people came to hear the news and wanted to fight for luck.
But this time Zhao Rui was smart and directly set a limit of 20,000 people, not only recruiting most of the outstanding young people, but also not recruiting too many people and making ends meet.
Some families are happy and some are worried about such a policy, and I don't know how many people have lost the election, and some men have even cried loudly because of the defeat.
What kind of man has tears and doesn't flick, it's all a lie, which just reflects how desirable Zhao Rui's conscription is, but the smaller recruitment ratio did not dampen people's enthusiasm, but made those who failed to have a stronger belief to strengthen their physique and strictly exercise, so that from the side, Zhao Rui actually attached more importance to martial artists than the Song Dynasty, so that in the end, a good situation of all the people would be soldiers, and no matter who they were in the future, they could not easily seize Zhao Rui's land.
Arjuna went here with a team of 3,000 people, from the departure to the present, there are constantly sick soldiers being transported back, adding up to about 300 people before and after, and there is a one-tenth reduction before arriving in the city, which makes Zhao Rui a little worried, but fortunately, the last letter shows that Arjuna has found a way, which makes Zhao Rui a little relieved.