Although Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty was born with mud legs, his majesty was not inferior to that of Emperor Qin and Han Wu. In the process of conquering the whole country, on the basis of the road of the previous dynasty, the general was sent to preside over the repair of the road, such as Hongwu 23 years, sent Fengxiang Marquis Zhang Long to Yunnan to set up a post to pass on, Hongwu 25 years, ordered Puding Marquis Chen Huan to Shaanxi to repair Lianyunzhan into Sichuan, Governor Wang Cheng to Guizhou to level the danger, along the ditch and stream to build bridges, to access the road, and at the same time encourage the border ethnic minorities to build roads, in order to pass through the inside and outside, such as Hongwu 17 years, Guizhou Governor Ma Ye whipped the Guizhou Xuanxiang envoy Mrs. Xiang, Mrs. into Beijing to complain, willing to build the road to open the west, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled Ma Ye to be executed, and Mrs. Xiangxiang opened the Nine Posts in Longchang to report to the Ming Court, which greatly alleviated the traffic situation in the southwest, and was vigorously commended by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Mrs. Xiangxiang also became a famous heroine in later generations. Wang Yangming, the famous founder of Xinxue, once stayed in Longchang Station for a period of time, where he was enlightened and founded Xinxue.

Xu Huizu and his entourage went north along the post road that was ten zhang wide, it was the spring of March, the spring was brilliant, and the marching people were all young people, as soon as they came out of the Beijing Division, everyone was elated, but after walking for three days, the morale was slowly low. Every day is a march, a little boring, although the guards are strictly disciplined, but after all, they have not been far away, watching the land under their feet turn from red to yellow, passing through villages and towns, sometimes the language is not understood, everyone's spirit has become worse and worse. However, fortunately, it is in the early days of the founding of the country, the officials are in the Qing Dynasty, and the supplies of the guards and governments in various places are very timely, and there is no shortage of food, wine and meat, so after more than ten days, after entering Henan, everyone's mood is relatively stable. At this time, I can see the strength of the Taisun Guard, every day I wear armor, the queue is neat, I move forward at a uniform speed, I am not impatient, and my mental outlook is very good; Compared with the avant-garde of the government army, it is slowly a little loose, the armor is not neat, and the weapons are also placed casually, not only that, but the neat guards even have some strange words. Xu Huizu used to bring troops like the avant-garde of the government army, and he didn't think there was anything, but this time he took the guards with him, and he felt that the avant-garde of the government army was always a little bit worse, and sometimes he reprimanded Liu Lingfeng a few words. Liu Lingfeng couldn't help it, he went back to gather everyone, and said cruel words to everyone to learn from the guards, a little more energetic, but it didn't work, it was okay to get up in the morning, and the queue was scattered before noon.

Wang Du was the chief of staff of the escort army, and during the march, he often took his staff to survey the terrain and study strategy, but fortunately, they were all equipped with horses, which was relatively easy. Wang Du would write marching notes every night, organize and file, and often inspect the military camp at night, and would write down problems when he found them, and then put them forward in the daily military discussion, if Qu Neng, Geng Xuan, Guo Key, Wu Sheng, Song Xuan and others agreed to form new regulations, which was also Zhu Yunwen's request, so after the escort army came out of the capital, it was improved every day. Xu Huizu saw this in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

That night, just after camping, Wang Du was sorting out his marching notes, when suddenly the curtain of the door was lifted, and a person came in. Wang Du looked up, quickly stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Lord Guogong, it's so late, and you haven't rested yet?" ”

Xu Huizu smiled and said: "I'm about to arrive in Kaifeng, I will have a lot of emotions along the way, if I have nothing to do today, I will talk to Chief of Staff Wang." ”

Wang Du put away the pen and paper, sat down and said, "Lord Guogong, what do you want to talk about?" The son knows everything. ”

"Hehe, Lord Wang, General Ben observed all the way and found that the escort army is indeed different from other armies, how is this trained? Was it His Highness's idea? ”

"My lord, it's basically His Highness's idea, we just implement it, but His Highness is not stubborn, if there is something out of place, we will point it out, and His Highness will revise it."

"Can you tell us about your training process?"

"Oh, it's normal, it's like this......"

After listening to Wang Du's story, Xu Huizu thought for a moment and said, "It's that simple? Strict requirements for food, clothing, shelter and transportation can train such soldiers? ”

"Not necessarily, you still need other physical fitness and queue training."

"This is really good, it's just that you have trained for five days and only rested for two days, the intensity is too great, is the military salary enough?"

Wang Du smiled and said: "The salary of the guards is according to the standard of the upper twelve guards, but it is still not enough, and the rest of His Highness will supplement." ”

"What? His Highness came out of his own money? Does the emperor know? ”

"Hehe, the emperor knows, as for where His Royal Highness came out of the money, Lord Guogong should go and ask His Highness, and I won't say anything."

Xu Huizu thought for a while and said, "Is Your Highness dissatisfied with the existing military system?" ”

"I don't know about this, but His Highness is far-sighted and prepared for danger in times of peace, so he may make some fine-tuning."

"Lord Wang, as His Royal Highness's confidant, you must persuade His Highness, the military system is very big, and it will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, so you can't move lightly."

Wang Du looked at Xu Huizu's anxious appearance and said with a smile: "General rest assured, in the eyes of Zizhong, His Royal Highness is young and old, very cautious, and will not make a big move." His Royal Highness attaches great importance to His Royal Highness, and when the time comes, he will need His Royal Highness to help His Highness. ”

"His Royal Highness is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he will be loyal to His Highness in the end, and he will have no two hearts."

The two were silent for a while, and Wang Du asked, "Lord Guogong, how long do we have to get to Xi'an Mansion?" ”

Xu Huizu said with a smile: "Lord Wang, isn't the itinerary on this road according to the route you have formulated?" We took the post road from Beijing to Henan, waited for Kaifeng, and then took the post road of Shaanxi, passed through Shaanzhou and Huazhou, and arrived at Xi'an. However, we have to stay in Kaifeng for at least one day to meet the king of Zhou, which is the gift of the Ming Dynasty to meet the prince, and we must not ignore it. So we will be able to go to Xi'an Mansion in about 12 days, and the date set by the emperor is one month, and we are rich and rich, so we don't have to worry. ”

Wang Du said: "My post road in the Ming Dynasty is really well repaired, the road is ten zhang wide, and it is very convenient for marching and business travel." ”

Xu Huizu arched his hand and said: "This is all the emperor's wisdom, Daming Hongfu." By the way, your baggage battalion has brought more than 1,000 carts, what are they carrying? ”

Wang Du looked at Xu Huizu with a curious look, so he smiled and waved his hand to let the guards come over, went out to get a few things, put them on the table, and said, "Lord Guogong, these are the things." ”

Xu Huizu looked at the things on the table, it was a clay pot and two bags, picked up the clay pot and found that it was sealed, and he could hear the sound of water when he shook it, after the noodle bag was opened, it was filled with flocculent and powder, smelled it, and then licked it with his tongue, and suddenly realized: "Lord Wang, I will understand, this seems to be pasta, and this seems to be beef powder." ”

Wang Du smiled, took the tool and opened the clay pot, poured the contents into the plate on the table, and said: "Lord Guogong, please see, this is called canned, after the meat and fish are cooked, sealed with a clay pot, it can be stored for more than 3 months, come, my lord, you can taste it." ”

Xu Huizu took the chopsticks and tasted it, feeling that salt and sugar should be added, it tasted good, closed his eyes and tasted it for a while, and said: "Lord Wang, this can is not bad, it is nothing now, but if you can eat this when you go on the expedition, it is really delicious in the world." How do you make this? Troublesome? ”

"It's not difficult, in fact, it's just to cook the food and seal it with canned food, and there are a variety of flavors, fruits, vegetables, and fish can be made, and they are all available in the big car behind, if the Lord Guogong is interested, I will let the servant send it to the adult in a while."

"Okay, thank you so much, Lord Wang. And what about these two? ”

"This is called fried noodles, it is a variety of grains, fried and crushed, add salt, sugar and other seasonings, if you are hungry, you can directly grab a handful to eat, you can also soak in water to drink, although the taste is not very good, but you can wrap your stomach; This is called meat floss, which is taken from the military rations of the Mongols, and is also equipped in the army of the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, but this one is better made and tastes better. These things are cooked food, and they can be eaten directly without raising a fire during the march. ”

Xu Huizu tasted the fried noodles and meat floss, and said: "Lord Wang, the guards are very well-equipped, the armor is excellent, and they are also equipped with the steel guns of Zhanger, and the cavalry's swords are also extremely sharp. ”

"Lord Guogong, His Royal Highness's majestic talent is really the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, we are lucky, these things are actually designed by His Royal Highness, and they are also stained in the child, I don't know how His Royal Highness knows so many things, maybe it is a genius of the sky."

"Well, Lord Wang, are these things equipped with other armies?"

"Not yet, according to His Highness's intentions, it is necessary to test the effect first, and if there is no problem, the border army will be gradually equipped."

"Okay, Ben will understand, thank you so much, Lord Wang, please send some of these things to Ben in a while, I want to taste them again."

"No problem, I'll send it to the adults in a moment. Send adult. ”

On the way back to Xu Huizu, he felt a little shocked, His Royal Highness has invested so much effort in protecting the army, it seems that his ambition is not small, although in the wargame deduction, His Royal Highness has the ambition to clear the desert, but he just thought it was a young man's words, but he didn't expect that during the time he was out of Beijing, His Royal Highness had trained his own escort army, and was equipped with sophisticated equipment, it seems that His Royal Highness is not lying, and has been gradually preparing these things, and these are really good news for us soldiers. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be happy, and I returned to my big tent with easy steps.

Wang Du looked at Xu Huizu's back, ordered someone to send things to Wei Guogong, and then laughed happily, Wei Guogong seemed to be shocked, why not himself.