Bai Liyan didn't fully believe in the theory that it was easy to learn metaphysics, but she didn't dare not believe it. The lessons of the past life, many inexplicable truths, make people dare not believe it.

chatted with Zong Botai until late at night, and on the second day, Bailiyan got up early and entered the palace for funeral.

Xue Chong, the son of the Marquis of Lu, the second son Xue Cheng, arrived in the city five days later, the Marquis of Lu Xue Teng has been widowed in the Lingling for many years, his eldest son Xue Chong, the second son Xue Cheng, perennial in the city of salt business, but also the generation of the descendants of the Marquis do not stay in the capital of the practice.

At the same time that the salt lords from all over the country gathered in Chenling, the news spread to Guangxin, Jiang Min, Jiang Qian, father and son, as members of the royal family, and the relationship between the salt lords was to break bones and connect tendons.

When the Marquis of Lu died of illness, King Xian issued an edict ordering his father and son to go to Chenling to mourn, but it was impossible not to go, and he was worried about being detained in Chenling, which really worried the father and son.

So it dragged on for a few days, and let Wang Jiu go to Chengling to find out. Wang Jiu returned to Guangxin and brought back Jiang Rong's letter, which made Jiang Min breathe a sigh of relief:

"Father, what did Sister Rong say in her letter, does King Xian have any plans to take the opportunity to do it?"

"No, according to Rong'er, King Xian has no such plans, and Bailiyan guarantees that there will be no fraud."

"But Bailiyan has been robbed of military power by King Xian, and now it is Zhao Xun and Lu Gao who are in charge, Bailiyan has no soldiers and horses in his hands, how can he still have weight in his words."

At this time, Luo Songting, who was seriously ill and lying on a wicker chair, said in a low voice:

"Lord, there should be no deception in the trip to the Lingling, just go with confidence."

"Songting, do you think so too?" Jiang Min asked.

"King Xian has added great importance to Baili Yan's grace and reduced his military power in order to reduce his influence in the army, to make full use of his talents, and to use it for the use of Xianguo. If he holds the military power for a long time, he will definitely be successful in the future, and after a hundred years, King Xian will not be tolerated by the crown prince and the crown princess Xihuan, and he will definitely get rid of him. Strip him of his military power now, so that he will not be put to death in the future.

Therefore, if King Xian wants to attack the lord and the young lord, although Bailiyan has no military power, it is better than 200,000 troops in King Xian's heart, so this trip can be assured. ”

In fact, Luo Songting didn't say anything else, but he was afraid that it would hurt Jiang Gan's self-esteem, that is, Jiang Gan was infertile.

Therefore, the title of Duke of Guangxin will be extinct in Jiang Qian's generation. Even if Jiang Qian's stepson inherited the title, King Xian and the future crown prince would inevitably refuse to recognize it with non-royal blood, forcing him to cut the domain.

Therefore, it only takes another twenty years for the threat of Guangxin to be completely eliminated, and King Xian will never risk civil war and act immediately.

Jiang Min thought about brewing for a moment, and then said to his staff member Yue Pan:

"Yue Pan, what do you think about this matter?"

His subordinates also agreed with Mr. Luo's statement that there should be no danger in this trip. It is stronger to go than not to go, to go confidently, and to give the spirit of the Luhou to the less, so that the relationship with the Luhou family can be narrowed. ”

Hearing the news that he wanted to give Luhou Fuling, Jiang Qian frowned and said:

"Supporting the soul is a great gift for men, not a father or a mother, how can you help the spirit, ridiculous!"

Luo Songting coughed twice and said in a low voice:

"Young master, what Yue Pan said is reasonable. The crown prince has been an assistant to the government, but the king of Xian has not entrusted the authority of the salt lord to the prince, which shows that the king of Xian is deeply afraid of the crown princess, and in a short period of time, if the king of Xian is in good health, he will never hand over power. Therefore, this time Lu Hou died of illness, all parties are wooing Lu Hou and the salt lord family, and the young master also took advantage of the situation. ”

"Songting and Yue Pan are pickled!" Jiang Min affirmed, and then said: "It's so decided, on the day of Luhou's funeral, Qian'er went to help the spirit." ”

"Dad, how can you do such an unfortunate thing!"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Min scoffed: "For the sake of Guangxin, even if you are asked to carry the coffin, you have to carry it too!" Go, immediately let Hu Mo prepare horses, pick a thousand elite iron horses, two fast horses per person, and set off this afternoon. ”

Jiang Min wanted to go to Chenling to see from the bottom of his heart, first, the richness of Chenling, which has been the most in several years, all of which are the contributions of Baili Yan's governance.

The second is that the medical treatment in Shanling is developed, and Jiang Qian's infertility has always been Jiang Min's heart disease.

The third prince was not valued by the Xianwang king, and Jiang Min saw a glimmer of hope for restoration, and for various reasons, Jiang Min wanted to go to Chenling to test the depths of the water.

So in the afternoon of the same day, a thousand fast riders came out of the south gate, and entered the tomb in the morning four days later. Bailiyan was in the palace and had no time to respond, the father and son came to the Yongxing Hou Mansion, Jiang Rong and other women had already received the news and greeted them outside.

"My daughter greets my father."

"Hehaha...... It's all their own daughters, and they are so polite, it's almost free. ”

At this time, Jiang Qian approached and said:

"Sister Rong, after years of not seeing, Sister Rong is even more beautiful."

"My sister was born like this, where can she become a fairy, and my brother doesn't find a better reason to speak, it's really annoying."

Jiang Rong said as soon as she spoke, and behind her, Xiao Chunyu, Tang Tao, Chunrou, and Chunfang hid their faces and teased, and Jiang Qian was busy making apologies:

"Okay, okay, it's all my brother's fault, okay. By the way, what about my sister, why don't you see each other? ”

"What brother-in-law and brother-in-law, Yanzi is the son of Qiguo, and now he is the Marquis of Yongxing, how can his brother be so public, and the noise of his brother-in-law and brother-in-law is in the mouth."

"It's been all these years, Sister Rong still hasn't changed at all, I really can't say you, what about Yongxing Hou and others?"

"I have been busy for more than ten days in the palace for the funeral, and I can only return home in the evening. Father and brother, please come into the house. ”

Jiang Rong introduced the father and son into the mansion, and then entertained them in the backyard.

At the same time, Zhao Xun arrived in the second half of the night yesterday to run the funeral, today at six o'clock into the palace to see the king of Xian, and the king of Xian met for nearly an hour, at noon in the Taikang Hall to see the Baili Yan who was sent to the funeral.

"Yongxing Hou is happy!"

Zhao Xun said behind his back, Baili Yan was a little surprised, and looked back busily, it turned out that Zhao Xun was standing behind him in military uniform:

"Zhao Shuai, the king has also recruited you back to the capital."

"Exactly, it is not only for condolences, but also for sending troops to the west. You can borrow a step now. ”

"I'll explain when I'm free."

Handed over the affairs at hand to the subordinate officials, Bailiyan followed Zhao Xun to a place where no one was:

"Zhao Shuai, is the king urging to prepare for the army after the year?"

"Exactly, the king secretly ordered Ben Shuai a few days ago to prepare for the next year, and at the same time, I just learned from Lu Gao that you have created a heaven-shattering fire, and the power and range are extremely amazing, I don't know if you can go into battle next year?"

"It can be put into battle immediately, but there are only twenty-five statues, and they will not be rebuilt in the short term due to the huge cost."

"This doesn't hinder it, the earth-shattering fire owned by the black turban thieves is only more than a hundred, scattered all over the vast territory, exhausted, our army can have twenty-five, that is also incredible power. In addition, I also heard Lu Gao say that Yongxing City has created a kind of gunpowder jar that only needs to pull the wire and does not need to ignite, which is very convenient to use and extremely powerful. ”

"At present, about 8,000 are being made, and after February next year, there should be another 4,000 or 5,000, but it is necessary to prepare for the training of grenadiers and use them. Therefore, Zhao Shuai can send wrestlers from various armies to the military battalion for training, but those who can throw two pounds of heavy objects 40 steps away can be selected as grenadiers, and those who are 50 steps away are preferred. ”

To be honest, grenades are not suitable for group attack operations, let alone cold weapon attack operations, and most of the time they are more suitable for positional warfare and defensive warfare, and their tactical tactics must be readjusted.

Therefore, when selecting grenadiers, they must be thrown at least 60 meters away to have a real combat effect, and 70 or 80 meters is better, because even if it is a light bow, the effective range is 50 or 60 meters, and a strong bow is 120 or 30 meters away, and if it is a crossbow, it is even farther.

Such brute force as Tian Peng, which can be thrown 100 meters away, is definitely the treasure of the town army.

In addition, Yongxing City has built more than 80 hot air balloons in the past three years, plus more than 30 in Zhao Shuai's hands, there can be more than 110 of them, Zhao Shuai can order the soldiers to multiply the hot air balloon, float on 150 steps, throw grenades from top to bottom, and kill the ground or the defenders in the city. However, gunpowder is scarce, so Zhao Shuai has to save some use. ”

"This is very good, with these two things, our army will be much smoother when it advances westward. In addition, can we transfer some unicorns from the south to reduce the burden of our army's logistics and transshipment? ”

"Don't hide it from Zhao Shuai, when he returned to the north, he accidentally fell into the trick of the Jin Xuedi people, and the female unicorn was fed with herbs, which caused the unicorn of various countries to be divided, and many mares were difficult to conceive, so more than four years have passed, and the unicorn in the south of my country has only been bred from 267 male and female horses that year, and less than 40,000 have been bred today.

If there is less adjustment, it is not used, and if it is adjusted too much, it will hinder breeding, so it is not that you do not want to adjust it, but for the future, if you can not levy it, you will not levy it. However, Yongxing City has successively built a number of four-wheeled baggage vehicles available, and after the war of 100,000 people in the baggage battalion, they can be transferred to the front to specialize in grain and grass transfer, and tens of thousands of people can also be transferred from the new annexes, and foreign troops can be filled into the rear garrison to reduce the burden of logistics and transportation of our army. ”

At this time, Bai Liyan suddenly felt that Dasi Nong was really not good, not to mention being in charge of agriculture and animal husbandry, as soon as the war started, he had to manage grain, meat, food, drink, and animal power.

At present, Xianguo does not have the position of a servant, that is, the official position of managing horse administration and logistics animal power, and there is no vacancy. The farmer is not only in charge of agricultural finance, but also has to manage the food and horse feeding, and also has to take into account the production and scheduling of agricultural tools, tools, weapons, and minerals, that is, technical production.

A whole hodgepodge, so it is called Da Si Nong, the key is in a "big" word, otherwise it can be simply called Si Nong.

Previously, he was just a nominee when he served as the Great Sima Envoy, and he didn't think that now he was like a transportation captain, and Zhao Xun was completely here to ask for debts.

However, due to the constraints of exploration technology, in recent years, the country has been looking for sulfur ore, and the production of gunpowder products in Yongxing City has been seriously restricted, so we can only hope that the future development of chemical industry can extract and separate sulfur from other minerals.

Asking for a unicorn failed, Zhao Xun was unwilling to give up, and continued to ask for the east and the west:

"Allocate some healthy BMWs to Ben Shuai to pass on the order, it's no big deal."

"It's okay, as long as Zhao Shuai doesn't prepare for the construction of the Jianbao Iron Horse, the big Si Nong of the lower official will be relieved."

As of Jiang Zhan's letter this summer, more than 7,000 horses have been bred in the past four years, and the original herd of horses is only more than 13,000, which is very precious.

Only when the foals of four years ago are sexually mature this year and early next year will the number of cubs in the herd be larger, and it will still take five or six years or more to breed enough military horses.

In addition, the consumption of rations is also a hard injury for Jianbao, there are many pastures in the south, and there is no problem for a while, and the need for cereal concentrate is less.

When it is moved back to the Central Plains to raise, there is not enough grassland forage, and to maintain the rate quality of Jianbao, it can only rely on concentrate feed accumulation.

Bailiyan is considering planning several uninhabited areas in sparsely populated counties to raise horses and cattle and reduce the usual need for concentrate feed.

It is worth mentioning that after galloping and raising Jianbao and Maxima, all countries were planning to waste sleep and forget to eat, and at the beginning they also scattered a lot of people and horses, and went south to search along the route of Baili Yanbei to return to the north, trying to find other Jianbao horses and horses scattered, but two years later, in addition to finding some abandoned and scattered military horses and pack horses, there was no trace of Jianbao wild horses.

So his eyes turned to the Jianbao horses stocked in Xianguo, or stealing or robbing, and successively lost more than a dozen Jianbao, for which Bailiyan moved 4,000 young and strong men and women and 1,000 cavalry to Qichi City, strengthening the control of horses, and at the same time urging Su Fangyi to strengthen local vigilance.

(End of chapter)