Part 2 The Elegant Career of a Corrupt Official Chapter 2121 The First Musket Team of the Great Song Dynasty

In Linhai Village, the secret school field of group training, Zhao Xingzheng took Yuan Yeping and Cheng Shuang to inspect the newly recruited musket team. Read the whole text in UC eBook ()!

After three months, the demon subduing transformation handed over by Zhao Xing was finally finalized under the rare high efficiency shown by the imperial court. However, a well-shaped musket needs to be practiced, and it is really not appropriate to complete this work in the capital. Because the Jinzhou army of the Liao State had encountered this kind of weapon attack, the imperial court was worried that they would practice in the capital, and the Liao people knew about it and believed that the Jinzhou incident was privately caused by the imperial court, so the imperial court could not tell.

It is also a headache to experiment with such a secret weapon outside the imperial court, and who can guarantee that this weapon will not be leaked? The Privy Council searched all over the world---- it could only be Zhao Xing, first, he had a relationship with Zhang, and the Privy Council officials left by Zhang fully recommended Zhao Xing, thinking that Zhao Xing was secretly operating this matter, and there was no need to worry about secrecy; Second: The emperor of Mizhou Tiangao is far away, and the envoys of the Liao people can't find it there, so there is no need to worry about leaking secrets; Third: Originally, this firearm was found from overseas, and Mizhou was originally close to the sea, not far from Jinzhou, where the incident occurred, even if the Liao people found this firearm, they could find a reason to explain it.

The most important thing is that almost all the sulfur imported from Japan in the imperial court, and Zhao Xing has also been developing the Ryukyu Islands, which have the largest reserves of saltpeter in Asia, in recent years, and imported sulfur saltpeter with extremely high purity and good quality to the Great Song Dynasty in the name of the Japanese people. Michigan happened to be a treaty port with Japan, and he trained in Michigan without worrying about the supply and transportation of gunpowder......

All these circumstances were added together, and the imperial court finally decided: the new musket team was entrusted to Mizhou to train and form secretly, and first test the actual combat effect of the musket. It is then up to the imperial court to decide on the next move.

Unfortunately, the historical inertia is so huge, Zhao Xing tried his best to design his musket according to the optimal plan, and what was handed over to the imperial court agents was something that he had repeatedly verified, but the musket samples issued by the imperial court were still made of bamboo poles---- which were exactly the same as the assault muskets a hundred years later.

This kind of assault gun has a nickname in the mouth of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, called "Rainstorm Pear Flower Gun", saying that the flames it spews are like pear blossoms blooming, and the flames are sprayed towards the enemy like a torrential rain...... Later, modern people "represented" the people of the Song Dynasty, and they were in legends. He also added a name to it, called "Yang Family (Rainstorm Pear Flower) Gun", which means: This thing is the unique and peerless nirvana of the Yang family general.

Now, Zhao Xing already knows that "Yang Jiajiang" is a paragraph. The Great Song Dynasty did not have Tianbo Yang Mansion at all, and he was thinking about giving this peerless marksmanship a better name--- he couldn't still call it "Yang Family Gun".

Is it going to be called "Zhao Family Gun"?

The official sent by the Ministry of War was also an acquaintance, and the man who took Zhao Xing's musket last time ---- Sun Cong Sun Tzushu, who stood in a hidden corner, followed by a group of Privy Council officials, intently observing the training of this army. I saw Zhao Xing appear. Sun Cong gestured covertly, signaling Zhao Xing to ignore him and just go about his own business. Zhao Xing nodded slightly. Turn around and walk towards the drill team.

This bamboo pole assault rifle is just a prototype. The Privy Council sent a drawing and a sample, and then asked the Mizhou regiment to complete the replication, but the gunpowder required for the musket was completely controlled by the imperial court, so the imperial court was also worried about leaking secrets......

However, although the inertia of history is great, Zhao Xing's stubbornness is stronger---- copper fire gun is a technology hundreds of years ago. The technical threshold is not high. Under the conscious guidance of Zhao Xing, the Mizhou Capital Institute produced a ground assault musket. It is exactly the same as the original version given to Sun Cong by Zhao Xing, and the barrel is cast in bronze from beginning to end.

The imperial court used bamboo pipes to make gun barrels because bamboo pipes were cheap and could reduce the cost. In addition, the purity of gunpowder in the imperial court was insufficient, and the use of bamboo torches could just reduce the requirements for gunpowder. In addition, the bamboo tube assault gun is a disposable item, similar to a modern colored ball cylinder, and the court can rest assured that this weapon will be handed over to foreign armies for drilling.

When Sun Cong saw the local version taken out by Zhao Xing for the first time, he was shocked and immediately strongly objected, because this gun was too similar to the one he took back, which would make people have bad associations. As soon as Sun Cong insisted, Zhao Xing compromised, and his compromise plan was that the copper pipe continued to maintain the shape of the bamboo joint, and the knotted rings on the bamboo were decorated by him with copper hoops, which happened to be used to prevent the explosion of the chamber.

Regarding the cost problem, Zhao Xing also said: Mizhou used the production money allocated by the imperial court to buy some silk, tea, and ceramics locally, and sold them to Japan, and directly exchanged them for tens of thousands of catties of copper. Then the musket barrel is directly made of copper, so the cost gap between the newly made copper assault rifle and the imperial court sample is not large, and it can also be reused.

Sun Cong finally succumbed, because he got the original gun sample from Zhao Xing, and if the two sides had an unpleasant quarrel and the truth of the matter was exposed, he would be the one who was uncomfortable. People will not believe that Zhao Xing is unwilling to come forward before he wants to give up this credit, but will only accuse him of greedy for Zhao Xing's credit, the agreement reached by the two in private, if Zhao Xing refuses to admit it, he will say it, and people will only doubt his character.

Today, it is the first large-scale live-fire drill after the new gun is ready, and Zhao Xing has already made up his mind when he walked to the front of the team: That's it, this thing is still called "Rainstorm Pear Flower Gun", as for whether it will be called "Yang Family Gun" in the future, let someone else go.

After the three-way drum, the Chinese army lined up to prepare for the exercise. Zhao Xing cleared his throat and said loudly: "Now, what I teach you is the world's number one peerless nirvana. This kind of martial arts is really a necessary means for home travel, killing people and killing people.

This thing is not complicated, there are a total of seven moves, once you learn it, it is the first martial arts in the world...... Okay, without further ado, listen, the first trick is coming, it's called: end.

Oh, stretch out your arms, put the muzzle of this tube at others, don't rush at yourself, and hold the barrel flat, this is the first move: hold. The first move, and then the second move of the rainstorm pear flower gun, called: knock on the ---- knock what, knock on the flint fire sickle, and light the fire rope...... By the way, the next third move is called point. Finish lighting the arquebus, and the second move ends perfectly.

The fourth trick is called stretching, to stick the muzzle out and rush at others, remember, I repeat: don't shoot the muzzle at yourself. But if you have to rush yourself, I don't object, please remember in private, please call the head of the capital before trying, and ask him to pick up the gun after you die, it is the property of the court. Do not litter.

Well, at this point, the arquebus is also burned, and it's time to move on to the next move. The next move is called Spray, which sprays the enemy with the flame stream from the musket......

The next two moves are continuous actions, and I will talk about them in a row: The gunpowder in the gun is sprayed, and the barrel of the gun is hot and can't be grasped, what should I do? A trick is called throwing it---- since you can't catch the barrel, why should you catch it. Throw it away. After throwing it, the enemy who didn't hit it also rushed over, so the last move was called Run---- turn around. Scatter ducks and run to their own army.

This set of Rainstorm Pear Flower Gun full set of special moves is considered to be the completion of the demonstration. Let's repeat its seven nirvana moves. This is a family secret skill, the kind that is passed on to the son and not the son-in-law, everyone must treasure it, and you will be used for a lifetime ----, follow me to repeat it: holding, knocking, pointing, stretching, spraying, throwing, running Let's demonstrate the seven nirvana in detail, Zhao Xing then explained why it is seven moves, not other numbers---- because there are seven stars in the sky. So the seven moves can absorb the power of the Big Dipper. With the momentum of a Pegasus meteor. Bombarding the enemy like seven stars falling to the ground; It can also absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and use the power of the stars in the sky. Grow your momentum and fight the arrogance of your enemies. So much so that those who were shot were sent to the eighteenth layer of hell and could not be reborn forever......

After the interpretation of this nonsense, the newly selected musketeers suddenly became more vigorous, and they all felt that their waists were no longer sore, and their legs were not painful, as if they had just supplemented calcium, and they felt that the golden armor god was in the world, with the power to destroy the world and destroy the world, and every pore on the body exuded divine might......

Zhao Xing waved his hand, the first row of musketeers came out of the ranks, lay down in front of the bunker, crackled and knocked on the fire sickle, lit the fire rope---- rainstorm pear flower gun kill seven moves as one after the demonstration, a burst of firecrackers roared, a cloud of white smoke covered the bunker, Zhao Xing's heavy coughing sound came from the smoke, he looked smoky, like a New Year's Stove Jun, the black head and gray face jumped out of the smoke, while coughing violently, while looking at his soldiers majestically, and cursing in his mouth: "Who matches this formula, Oh my God, I have such a good formula, what mustard and arsenic do I put in it? Failure! ”

In the early days, the ground assault musket was a large fire-breathing fire, and the iron sand mixed in it was not assembled separately, but mixed into the gunpowder, as a component of the gunpowder formula, such a gunpowder spray force was not high, and the small iron sand sprayed out five or six meters away had no harm to people. It seems that the secret agent completely forgot to remind the Privy Council of the problem of gunpowder granulation, and the original gunpowder formula presented by Zhao Xing has not changed.

Perhaps, it was precisely because the craftsmanship did not meet the requirements that the Privy Council simply abandoned granulation, and as a result, the barrel became a bamboo pole......

After Zhao Xing finished cursing, he was about to grab Sun Cong and roar, but when he looked back, it turned out that when the thick fog of gunpowder rose to the ground, the Privy Council officials were afraid that the smoke was poisonous, and they ran away early.

Zhao Xing couldn't find the object of abuse, and the fire was big. Finally, he endured his anger and trained the musketeers for more than ten days, and there were several more incidents of musket explosions. Zhao Xing couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply took advantage of the fact that the secret agent of the official Fang Si was not paying attention and changed the gunpowder formula again. The musketeers were also adjusted, among which the most skilled 100 were trained as musketeers, and the eliminated 400 were used as professional loaders, responsible for taking care of the life and logistics of the musketeers in peacetime, and professional loading in wartime.

Eventually, after several rounds of screening, the stereotyped musket reverted to the shape of Zhao Xing's mind, that is, the early arquebus: it had a thick stick to support the barrel, and each musketeer was equipped with five muskets, which were loaded by two loaders in turn, so as to ensure that the musketeers could continue to shoot and maintain the density of firepower.

The training of this group of musketeers was carried out in extreme secrecy, and two things happened during this period, one was that Zhang was reactivated by the imperial court because of the merit of offering muskets, but Zhang's official edict disappeared mysteriously during the transmission. The imperial court had no choice but to issue a new appointment to Zhang, but Zhang's performance made Zhao Xing suspect that ---- disappearance of the official was done by Zhang himself.

Zhang first resolutely postponed the appointment of the imperial court----Well, since Zhang's reason was to support his father, the imperial court simply appointed Zhang as a magistrate in his hometown of Suzhou. In order to support his father, but Zhang still refused, he was still willing to be a country idler with the idle post of lifting the palace view.

The monitoring personnel sent by the Privy Council also revealed strange things everywhere, which made Zhao Xing feel that Zhang had controlled the military department for many years, and the latent force was unimaginably strong. Except for the first time with Sun Cong, the Privy Council officials never went to the training ground since. But the secret report they passed to Shangfeng was sealed, and every time they generously stuffed the manuscript to Zhao Xingxian for review. Zhao Xing sometimes changed the other party's report beyond recognition, who knows, the next day. That Sun Cong actually transcribed a copy according to Zhao Xing's changes, and after letting Zhao Xing read it, he put the manuscript into a secret letter in front of Zhao Xing and sealed it. Hand it out in person.

Thus, the history of this musket is interpreted as follows: under the experiment of the musketeer, the craftsmen of the Mizhou Metropolitan Institute continued to improve the musket model, and finally changed the draft, and found that the current shape was the most suitable, so the final version was finalized......

The musketeers were made up of new Praetorian soldiers. It is included in the sequence of Mizhou group training, but it has never been in contact with Mizhou group training and has always been closed. Wait until they are all proficient in handling the muskets in their hands. was transferred back to the capital as a forbidden army, leaving only some unqualified loaders, and the musketeers who originally belonged to the Mizhou Capital Courtyard were taken away...... Of course, that's all for later.

After three or five days of training for musketeers, Zhao Xing had lost interest in training musketeers, and he only came to the training camp every once in a while, while he was busy with spring plowing problems everywhere.

Shandong is a large province with abundant gold and silver reserves. More than 70% of the state finance of the Song Dynasty was produced in Shandong. In the Song Dynasty, Shandong was rich in gold and silver. The extent to which a farmer can turn over gold nuggets when he ploughs the ground. But the disputes that arise every year also break the hearts of the magistrates.

In the second year of the first year, there were 137 recorded disputes in Michigan over the discovery of gold in the fields---- and in modern times, similar disputes have been reduced to one or two per year.

When Wang Anshi was in power, he believed that disputes over the discovery of gold in the field should be applied to the crime of civil theft. The old party, on the other hand, believed that the state imposed gold and silver control, and that picking up gold and silver in one's own fields without concealment was equivalent to stealing state property, and that violating the gold and silver control order should be applied to the crime of robbery, that is, the death penalty.

Zhao Xing was more inclined to Wang Anshi's view, believing that in any case, if the product was found in his own field, the crime would not lead to death, however, at this time, the concept of the Great Song Dynasty officials was confused, because it involved party disputes, some officials simply turned a blind eye to such disputes, of course, there were also officials who advocated severe crackdowns and supported neighbors to report each other.

Because of the ambiguity of the upper echelons of officialdom about this law, the situation in each county was left to the local officials. The entire Mizhou was in a mess because of this, and Zhao Xing had to run around the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Mizhou to extinguish the fire.

Zhao Xing adopted a strict stick education for such disputes that occurred in the Mizhou regimental training: anyone who came to report him was beaten with a stick until he did not want to sue again. After Zhao Xing's education, the group trainers no longer complained, and they found that if the discoverers discussed privately and reached a mutually satisfactory agreement on the distribution of spoils, it would be the most worry-free thing. Zhao Xing and Zhang Yong above turned a blind eye and listened to it, not only did they not get beaten, but they each went home with their own money......

Out of the scope of the regimental exercise, Zhao Xing couldn't control it, he still had to obey the requirements of the local officials, and sent the regimental training to arrest everywhere. are all complaining in private: "What are you doing, how much less is it to go to the sea without a trip to the sea?" The local area is frequently gathered, and the officials above don't care, no matter how big it is, it doesn't matter if it is settled in private! ”

The Mizhou regimental exercises, which worked with a stomach full of resentment, were unprovoked, and they often confiscated the gold nuggets simply and rudely, and privately divided them among themselves, while the criminals beat them back with random sticks, and as a result, there were immediately fewer cases in various places......

At the end of spring, Zhao Xing was finally idle, and the monk Buddha Yin saw that Zhao Xing could no longer get the situation here, so he asked for Zhao Xing's approval, and set off to go back to Hangzhou to find the carving master and carve his big Buddha. After the monk and Buddha seal left, Zhao Xing remembered that An Sida had been in his house for a month.

After a little understanding, Zhao Xing found that An Sida had a very leisurely life these days, and he led three attendants to wander around the countryside every day to observe the customs here. chatting with the villagers, occasionally becoming a doctor, helping the villagers treat headaches and brain fever, and gradually accumulated some small prestige in the countryside.

Zhao Xing invited Ansida to accompany the monk to visit the scenery of Mizhou. The first thing to visit was Mata Lake, and after enjoying the scenery of Mata Lake, Zhao Xing led him to Jiaoxi County, his jurisdiction.

Jiaoxi County is now in full swing of construction, after the spring ploughing, Lin Ji hired a large number of people from nearby counties to sort out the official office. The construction of government buildings, schools, roads, and city walls was in full swing. He heard from Wang Gong that Zhao Xing's students were good at organizing, but he transferred a lot of manpower from Zhao Xing.

Lin Ji seems to be a worrying fate. He shouldered all the work, but Zhao Xing became the rubber head seal of the county, and Lin Ji had a notice coming, so he just stamped it. The specific work is carried out by Lin Ji and others.

Standing on the dusty avenue, Zhao Xing couldn't help but hint that the other party should be dirty: he received the small treasury from the Mizhou City Bosi, although Zhao Xing didn't care much about such an amount of money. But Lin Ji accepted it alone, which inevitably violated the unspoken rules of officialdom.

"Forty thousand, Lord Lin. 40,000 is enough to do a lot of things." Zhao Xing looked at the busy workers and reminded intentionally or unintentionally: "Lord Lin, are you still short of money?" ”

Lin Ji also looked at the group of workers and sighed: "Yes, I thought there was a lot of money, but after careful calculation, this money is far from enough." To build the city wall alone, it takes at least 16,000 guan. This number is also needed for the construction of roads. There are also official houses, official offices, and post houses...... Jiaoxi newly built. Need money everywhere? Lord Zhao will see if he can move some money from other places. I've already put more than 10,000 pieces of the salt field into it, but it......'s not enough."

As he was talking, a person on the side of the road who was carrying soil collided with his companions, the two quarreled a few words, and when they fought, Lin Ji hurriedly left Zhao Xing and took the officials over to guard him.

An Sida didn't speak, and after Lin Ji left, he sighed at Lin Ji's back and said: "It is worthy of picking up pearls and not ignoring Lin Gongji, to build such a city, 50,000 guan is enough, at least 100,000 guan, Lin Gongji actually wants to use 50,000 guan to build a city, so courageous." ”

Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows: "What?" Picking up pearls is not ignorant of Lin Gongji? Master An, may I ask what is going on? ”

It turned out that Lin Ji went to Beijing to take the exam when he was young, and passed through an inn in Caizhou (now Runan, Henan Province) to stay overnight. When I was sleeping, I picked up a cloth bag on the bed, opened it, and there were hundreds of pearls inside. In order to be safe, Lin Ji stored the pearls in a box.

The next day, Lin Ji asked the shopkeeper who had stayed in this room last night, and the shopkeeper replied: It was Xunyang businessman Zhou Zhongjin. Lin Ji explained to the shopkeeper: "This old man, if he comes back to look for him, you can ask him to go to Jingshi to itch through the Daozhai and ask Lin Ji." Million! Million! Don't make a mistake! ”

Before leaving the next day, Lin Ji was still not at ease, he was afraid that the owner of the store would forget, so he left a message in the house: "On a certain day in a certain year, a certain month, you Chuan Lin Ji Fake Museum." Soon, Zhou Zhongjin found that he had lost the pearl, hurriedly returned to the inn to look for it, and after listening to the innkeeper's message to Lin Jidi, he unveiled the notice of Lin Ji in the room, and immediately rushed to Jingshi to find Lin Ji. After Lin Ji verified the situation, he returned the pearls in full.

After that, Zhou Zhongjin took out half of the pearls to reward Lin Ji, but Lin Ji resolutely refused. Zhou Zhongjin was grateful, donated money to the Buddhist temple, and built a shrine to pray for Lin Ji. Later generations wrote poems to praise Lin Ji and said: "Lin Ji is still unheard of, and his heart is not moving. Secretly cast the help of the gods of Yin De and ascend to the name of Keyao in one fell swoop. ”

That is to say, the prototype of the idiom "picking up gold is not ambiguous" is said to be Lin Ji, and the earliest idiom was "picking up pearls is not ambiguous", and later evolved into "picking up gold is not ambiguous".

What else can he say to such a person, Zhao Xing originally thought that Lin Ji had privately ignored the money that should be given to him, but now after listening to An Sida's introduction, he only had admiration left in his heart. When Lin Ji finished dealing with the roadside dispute and rushed back to Zhao Xing's side, Zhao Xing had already thought of a countermeasure, he said: "Lord Lin, there are two ways to solve the urgent need now. "There are as many as two ways?" Lin Ji raised his eyebrows in astonishment: "Brother Zhao is worthy of being a capable official, tell me quickly, I have thought of all the methods I can think of, but I don't know that there are two other ways to raise money?" ”

Zhao Xing erected a finger and said, "First, collect taxes in advance." Although it is now a time when there is no catch, the people still have a little money in their hands; Originally, the county government collected taxes after the autumn, but we changed to collect taxes in quarters---- just like saying to merchants, dividing the land tax that should be paid in a year into each season. Let them pay their taxes on a quarterly ......"

Lin Ji interrupted Zhao Xing's words and said: "It's not proper, you also said that this is the time when the green and yellow are not grounded, the people have a few surplus money in their hands, and they have to survive the spring famine, and we will collect taxes from the people in advance, which is inappropriate." ”

The reason why the 50,000 yuan money was spent so quickly was because Lin Ji did not recruit messengers, he actually hired messengers to labor, and the huge manpower expenditure was like the sea absorbing water. Drain the treasury. And Lin Ji still looked at the board at a glance, and left a reserve money in the treasury. In Zhao Xing's view, there is no need to keep the money for the famine, because the money from the government has gone to the people. The government has no money, and the government treasury is empty, but the money is in the hands of the people, and if you really want to collect taxes, you can still collect it.

However, Lin Ji is reluctant to pre-tax. Zhao Xing no longer insisted, because his previous idea was just foreshadowing, and the real purpose was in the second move: "Since this is the case." There's only one way left. We are backed by the City Shipping Division, and although the warehouses built by the Municipal Shipping Division stretch for more than ten miles, those are for the feudal merchants, and the local merchants will eventually have to look for shops to display their goods. Rather than them going around and finding their own rooms to open shops, the government should organize and build a special large-scale market......

Don't worry. We don't need businessmen to shell out. There was no need for the people to go on business, and the government carved out a vacant lot on the ground near the river. They were allowed to bid for the land and then build their own shops so that the merchants could come and see the goods and trade.

Merchants are naturally aware of the benefits of a dedicated market. Although wealthy merchants like to buy land for themselves and take full ownership of their shops, if the government gathers them together, they will also like this kind of large-scale trading place with a large flow of people and a wide range of products...... Then, it's their own business! ”

The officials of the Song Dynasty did not lack business sense, Zhao Xing mentioned it slightly, Lin Ji was already thinking about it, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "Lord Wang Dingguo originally told me that Lord Zhao is good at construction, but now it seems that it is true." But the old man was troubled, and he took care of all such a big thing, and he didn't pay attention to the skillful craftsman. Can you give the old man a plan, I'll see if it's feasible. ”

Do you still need to worry about this kind of city construction plan? Modern people who are accustomed to playing video games know the steps of the city-building plan in the game. Zhao Xing picked up a tree branch casually, and drew the layout of the mill (granary), barracks, school, market, etc., in the order of the era of empires, civilization, and other games, and then introduced the urban planning to Lin Ji.

Zhao Xing didn't know, he inadvertently changed history again, originally Jiaoxi County was no city wall, because Jiaoxi County was small, labor was insufficient, and the construction of the city wall cost a lot, so the end of Lin Ji was a term, only made the foundation of the city wall, and the later officials had no funds, so they abandoned the city wall construction.

Jiaoxi County, which has no city walls, is like a beautiful and naked girl, when the Jin soldiers went south, they killed the people of Mizhou City by the way, and after they robbed, they slaughtered the people of Jiaoxi, and then burned them with a fire, and since then it has become a ruin......

Zhao Xing's painting of the city wall is still based on the topography of the wavy castle, others design the city, are afraid that it is too small, can not accommodate all the people in the county, Zhao Xing has been to Europe, he knows, no defense of the city wall is equal to no city wall, so he designed the city of Jiaoxi only covers a small range, the key county government, markets, barracks, school houses included, only covered a small number of dwellings, the rest are thrown outside the city, independent built a similar Han Tang Dynasty city town residential area.

If the city is small, the natural cost of labor will be less, and the city wall can be built as high and strong as possible. Lin Ji looked at Zhao Xing's drawings and felt Zhao Xing's design intention to save money, he pointed to the drawings and asked, "Why do you include the market?" Indeed, it does not include the dwellings of the people. ”

"Grain ----" Zhao Xing explained: "The market is included because there is grain in the market, and when the enemy besieges the city, the grain stored by the merchants can allow us to survive the food shortage during the siege." ”

"So, what about the schoolhouse? The school house is also uninhabited, so it could have been located outside the city. ”

"Because it is uninhabited, it must be wrapped up in the city, because the vacant school building can allow the people outside the city to avoid the city in the event of an enemy attack---- and temporarily settle in the school building."

The school building was left outside the city, not because Lin Ji had any discrimination against the school, but because the architectural pattern of China at that time was like this, for example, the Taixue and Guozijian in Bianliang City were both in the outer city, and the picture was a quiet environment, thinking that students could study in such an environment without being disturbed by material desires and concentrate on learning.

"What about the temple? Why don't temples stay in the city, and temples are generally not in the mountains and forests, so it's easy to practice! ”

"The temple is vast, and it can be used as a garrison similar to a school, and it can also be used as a medical house to help the wounded and sick in an emergency."

Lin Ji asked a few more questions about the functions and uses of the area on the sketch, and then said without objection: "Just like this, I have few people in Jiaoxi County, and building such a small city is not big or small, which just conforms to the pattern of a small county. ”

Zhao Xing was surrounded by a master architect, he turned to Ansida, and said: "When the master first came, he told me that Quanzhou City was built by you, and Chang'an City also left countless masterpieces of yours, and this small city will be handed over to you." ”

An Sida nodded, took the branch in Zhao Xing's hand, pointed to a clearing in the city, and said, "If we build it, we also need to add a church here, the church of Nestorianism." ”

Zhao Xing frowned: "This open space is a place for me to gather the army, or to sacrifice rain, and when there are no sacrifices and drills, I plan to let the people go there for a walk...... There's nothing wrong with you squeezing the church into the street, with the shops, because I need to leave a big square open space for a city square. ”

An Sida gave in without hesitation: "This place is the Lotus Drain, let's build a temple next to the Lotus Drain, and the Lotus Drain will be maintained by us in the future, how about it?" ”

"Very good!" Lin Ji liked it when he heard that he was saving money, and without waiting for Zhao Xing's reaction, he hurriedly expressed his position.

"So, how do you build a city? We only have ...... in our hands 30,000 guan, can 30,000 guan build a city? ”

"As long as the county lord and the judge can come to our temple to participate in the consecration prayer ceremony in person after the church is completed, the rest will not be a problem," An Sida replied very happily.

"What about the architectural style?" Zhao Xing continued to find the roots: "The architectural style of this city will not be like Quanzhou City, of course, if it can be like a small Chang'an, full of Tang style and Tang charm, presumably the merchants of the Wa Kingdom, Goryeo and Jiaozhi must like to enter the city to trade." ”

"Lord Signatory, I heard that you have been engaged in stone construction recently, calling it concrete, I can build you a small Tang City made of stone, which is not bad for thousands of years---- I promise!"

"Deal", at this time, Zhao Xing preemptively agreed.

Ansida smiled.

After Zhao Xing's planning, he added a new income to the brothers in the church, and let the Jingjiao get a new missionary territory, and it was an exclusive missionary point. Because Zhao Xing did not leave a vacant space for Buddhist temples in the city, the only church in the city belonged to Nestorianism.

In this way, no matter how many temples the monks build outside the city, when they encounter the Nestorian religion in the city, they will consciously bow their heads congenitally.

Thinking of this, An Sida asked again: "Lord Zhao, I ...... What can we do for you? ”

UC eBook Mobile Access: Computer Access: