Chapter 40: Waiting Quietly
For various reasons, Cao De is unable to establish cavalry now, but Cao De has already paved the way for the establishment of cavalry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The first thing Cao De did was to propose a plan to Ma Teng to buy a horse. This plan was sandwiched in a letter written by Cao De to Ma Teng and delivered by Xiahou Yuan to Wu Wei in person.
The second thing Cao De did was to make a simple saddle and horseshoes. Cao De recruited most of the blacksmiths in Hanzhong County and worked day and night to make a large number of horseshoes. During the trial, Cao De and the experienced blacksmith personally ordered the horseshoe for the war horse. The hooves of four horses were also damaged, and it took them to find the right size and proper installation method for the horseshoe.
In his letter to Ma Teng, Cao De did not directly say that he wanted to form a large number of cavalry. Instead, he told Ma Teng euphemistically, your little brother is also the Taishou of a county now, and I have the holy decree of Emperor Han Ling personally to form an army, but I have a different enthusiasm for cavalry. But because of the special nature of Hanzhong, I have nowhere to get a good horse. See if you can sell me a few hundred horses stealing, I'll have a good time."
And now Ma Teng is no longer the original military officer, and now he is the captain of Wuwei. Getting a few hundred horses is not a big deal, but it's not a small thing. After thinking about it for a while, Ma Teng discounted the amount proposed by Cao De. got 300 good horses, and arranged for the groom to send them to Cao De.
When Cao De saw these war horses, he was excited that he hadn't slept for two days and one night. One will touch this horse, and the other will look at that one. Looking at that posture, Cao De couldn't wait to live directly in the stable.
Now that he had horses, Cao De immediately selected three hundred good men from the whole army and immediately began the training of cavalry.
At this point, Cao De's preparations have almost been completed.
It was the autumn of 183 A.D. Most of the crops in the field have already been harvested, and I don't know if it is due to the fact that Cao De has just taken over the care of God. The whole Hanzhong County is a bumper harvest. The grain in Cao De's official warehouse has been filled with seventy or eighty percent. Cao De's previous land policy also greatly stimulated farmers' enthusiasm for farming. As a result, this year's tax revenue is 20% more than in previous years.
Moreover, another measure by Cao De has also increased grain reserves. That is in the tuntian system, which has always been famous.
At the beginning, Zhang Fei recruited more than 40,000 soldiers, and after going through layers of screening, a unit of more than 6,000 people was left. Although these more than 6,000 people are inferior to others on the training ground, they are not necessarily the same in farming. So Cao De waved his hand, and these more than 6,000 people went to farm in an organized manner. At first, the more than 6,000 people were still a little resistant, but when Cao De announced that farming would also be taken by the military industry, everyone's resistance dissipated. And the training of more than 6,000 people has also not been left behind. Although most of the time is spent on farming, at least there is some combat effectiveness. This is also Cao De's last reserve.
And the fields planted by these more than 6,000 people are the land left over after Cao De distributed the land last year. Although Cao De had already had the idea of establishing a Tuntian Army at that time, Cao De did not leave the high-quality fertile land to himself, but gave priority to the toiling masses. After all, all the grain grown by the Tuntian army will be filled into the warehouse, and it doesn't matter if there is more or less. But the broad masses of toiling people have a lot of concerns.
But based on the Yellow Turban Uprising, which will break out next year, Cao De made a hypocritical twist. Let's just say, I just took office, and there is a whole army to suppress bandits, this year's tax majesty, you can see if you can hand it in later. After Cao De gave Zhang Rang another 300,000 yuan, Emperor Ling of Han agreed to Cao De's request. Therefore, Cao De justifiably locked all the taxes in the warehouse.
When the holy decree that agreed to Cao De's request arrived, the holy decree urging Cao De to suppress the thief also came.
In desperation, Cao De just had to be a showman. But who is Cao De? How can Cao De suffer, the army is dispatched to spend money like running water. So Cao De handed out his evil claws to the soldiers and gentry in Hanzhong.
After being satisfied, Cao De led an army of 5,000 into Luogu Pass, north of the Han River. The so-called crackdown on bandits began.
The army wandered around the mountains for more than a month. The bandits of the big stock did not come across. A small gang of more than a dozen people has met quite a few. And these so-called bandits immediately disarmed and surrendered when they heard that the army of Hanzhong County was coming. But these bandits aren't really bandits. Most of them were also pretended to be sent by Cao De.
In this way, Cao De led 5,000 people into the mountains to suppress bandits, but in fact they went into the mountains for more than a month of special training. In fact, Cao De went to the mountains for more than a month.
Immediately afterwards, Cao De wrote a memo and sent it to Emperor Ling of Han. The whole recital is sprinkled with thousands of words, describing in detail the bits and pieces of Cao De's suppression of bandits. I can't wait for Cao De to rub the sword beans several times a day, and write clearly. In the end, it ended with more than 1,000 bandits. Coaxed Emperor Han Ling to be happy. greatly praised Cao De a few words.
At this time, Cao De was bent on the training ground of the three hundred cavalry. At the same time, Cao De was also paying close attention to the secret protection sent from the Black Pearl in Jizhou, waiting for the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion at any time.
It is now the month of September 183 C.E. It was only five or six months before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the original history. Although Cao De was ready for everything he could, Cao De still felt a little uneasy. But what Cao De was worried about in his heart, even Cao De himself didn't know. For this reason, Cao De took Xiahou Yuan to leave Nanzheng City again.
This time, Cao De wandered around Hanzhong County aimlessly, and went to see what he thought of. In the end, Cao De himself was all soldiers, and he felt that he still didn't do everything. Suddenly, Cao De remembered that in his previous life, he seemed to have had a disease called pre-exam anxiety before the college entrance examination. This kind of disease is obviously fully prepared, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that there is something missing, and then you confirm it, the more you confirm it, the more you feel that it is not good. In the end, I was exhausted. Actually, everything is really already done.
After Cao De figured it out, he suddenly felt refreshed. immediately took Cao Ren back to Nanzheng City. And when Cao De and the others just entered the gate of Nanzheng City, Cao De saw that the people in the Taishou Mansion were hurrying towards him. Immediately after, Cao De heard a piece of news that made him ecstatic. Ren Hongchang is pregnant.
At this time, Cao De's anxiety disorder and everything wrong with him have been forgotten. Cao De slapped the horse's buttocks and rushed back to the Taishou Mansion with a smoke. When Cao De first met Ren Hongchang. The first thing Cao De did was to hug Ren Hongchang and turn around in place twice, and the second thing was to lie on Ren Hongchang's lower abdomen and listen carefully to something. Knowing that Ren Hongchang gently told Cao De that the baby was not yet two months old and couldn't hear anything at all, Cao De raised his head in embarrassment.
In the following days, Cao De fantasized about what happened after the birth of the little life every day. Therefore, the most people in the Taishou Mansion saw during this time was Cao De smirking.
It's no wonder that although Cao De has been a human being for two lifetimes, it is the first time for Cao De to be a parent, and it is inevitable that he will be excited about his gaffe.
Just when Cao De was immersed in being a father, a secret letter from Black Pearl was like a thunderbolt, pulling Cao De back to reality from his beautiful fantasy.
(The third chapter, which is good, may come a little late.) It's time for me to wash up and sleep, and I have to go to work tomorrow. Continue to ask for recommendations, in order to encourage me to go to bed at twelve o'clock, please kill me with recommendation votes. )