Lu Haoshan and his entourage were a little stunned.

After about two quarters of an hour, the team of servants and slaves did not get any bargains, and each dropped a few cruel words, but they dispersed, and the slaves could not deceive people, and the servants did not arrest anyone, as if they were just gangsters who broke up after a fight.

"This, this, my lord, is this okay?" Li Dingguo said with some surprise.

Without waiting for Lu Haoshan to speak, Zhao Gongchang opened his mouth to explain: "The king of Shu forcibly occupies the people's land, this matter is not brilliant to say, and the king of Shu is a relative of the emperor after all, and the local government does not dare to do anything with him, so in fact, they are all conniving at their subordinates, but they will pretend not to know, so that they can turn big things into small things, and small things into nothing, and now a fight is just to show that they are unwilling to give in." ”

"These people will exploit us poor people, hum." Sun Xiong said with an unhappy face.

In the past, as a blacksmith, in addition to paying a lot of taxes, he also had to repair weapons, household goods and other things for the government and its officials for free, and he had to pay filial piety during the New Year's holidays.

Lu Haoshan waved his hand and said, "Okay, this is not my own territory, be careful of the trouble coming out, let's go shopping." ”

The group is headed by Lu Haoshan, and now that Lu Haoshan has opened his mouth, everyone will respond, this year, more things are better than less things.

As the metropolis of Sichuan, Chengdu's bustling and prosperous cities can be compared with those ordinary small cities, Tang Qiang and Zhao Gongchang have seen a lot of the world, and the more prosperous capital than Chengdu has been, and they don't feel much novelty, for Lu Haoshan, who is a person in two lives, Chengdu at this time is also average, much worse than those super cities in later generations, but it is better than more ancient rhyme and many local characteristics, which is not available in later generations.

The most important thing is that the ancients did business for the real thing. There are not as many fakes as in later generations.

"Ah, this house is beautiful." When he walked to Xihua Gate, Li Dingguo suddenly pointed to a house with yellow tiles and red walls and said in surprise.

Lu Haoshan looked up, and sure enough, a very gorgeous and exquisite house appeared in front of him, no, it should be said that it was the palace that was attached, with yellow tiles, blue bricks and red walls. Le Ting, table pillars, three bridges, stone lions and other royal buildings, make people feel the atmosphere of slaughter, inside and outside the wall, it can be said that there is a world of difference, the wall is like a fairyland on earth, enjoy the glory and wealth, outside the wall are mostly ragged, hungry people, Lu Haoshan remembered a poem of the poet Du Fu: Zhumen wine and meat stink, the road has frozen bones.

Vermilion is a type of red. Zhumen refers to the gate of the powerful family, but the Zhumen here is the door of the prince surnamed Zhu.

"This is the Shu Palace, not bad. Sure enough, majestic. Lu Haoshan said with some sighs.

In 1378, Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, canonized his 7-year-old son Zhu Chun as the "King of Shu", guarded the southwest region of the Ming Dynasty, and sent Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, and others to Chengdu in 1381 to preside over the construction of the magnificent and gorgeous Shu Palace. After 9 years of construction, this Shu palace is majestic in scale, and it is the most magnificent one in the Ming Dynasty. From the east and west of the imperial river in the north, to the red wall in the south, to the Donghua Gate in the east, to the Xihua Gate in the west, the circumference is more than 2,500 meters, the area is more than 38 hectares, the whole building sits in the north and faces south, the buildings on the central axis mainly have the carrier door, the carrier hall, the Duanli hall, the Zhaoming hall, etc., it is extremely magnificent.

Li Dingguo and Sun Xiong were a little stunned, Tang Qiang nodded and said: "That's right, this is the Shu Wangfu, the emperor has always treated the Shu King preferentially, and there are many fiefdoms, and Sichuan is rich in specialties, and most of the fertile land outside Chengdu is owned by the Shu King, and it is said that the Shu Wangfu is rich and rivals the country." ”

What's the use of being rich, isn't it the cheapest for others?

Lu Haoshan showed a smile that was not easy to perceive, for him, this King of Shu who couldn't go out lightly was actually a captive "fat pig", as soon as the time came, he would be slaughtered, no matter how much he earned now, he also earned it for himself, if he didn't come, according to the trajectory of history, it would be cheap Zhang Xianzhong, but he came, hehe, it's difficult.

However, Lu Haoshan soon made a difficulty: I heard that there are many concubines and beauties in the palace, and it is said that the princess is also very good-looking

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, are you alright?" Tang Qiang saw that Lu Haoshan seemed to be suddenly stupid, and hurriedly asked curiously.

Lu Haoshan knew that he was distracted, coughed dryly, smiled and said that it was okay, and then led people to continue to wander around the bustling city of Chengdu

"Ho"

"Ho! Ho! Ho! ”

"Hard, shoot fast, and play steadily."

"Hurry up, hurry up, if you want to eat and drink, get out of here early."

For the military households near the Thousand Households, these shouts have become commonplace since the new Thousand Households took office, and the newly appointed Thousand Households Chiefs are very strict with military discipline, and training is the top priority, but recently I have heard that those soldiers are training more and more energetically, and they are roaring one by one, as if they have used all the strength to eat milk.

Returning to Guangyuan from Chengdu, it was already November 14, Lu Haoshan got off the horse, did not take a break, and immediately went to the school field to check the training of his soldiers, as soon as he arrived at the school field, he saw that in the cold wind, in the days when the snow was flying and the air turned into smoke, the soldiers still insisted on training, some were lifting stone locks, some were practicing spears, and some were playing military body boxing, one by one sweating, the heat emitted by the body and the cold air met, one by one like a "steamer", hundreds of people together seemed more spectacular.

It's not bad, it's only been more than half a month, and this mental outlook can be said to be completely new, and the spirit, energy, and spirit have come out, at least, the attitude is correct.

There are many factors for a good soldier, the most basic of which is to have a strong physique, good military quality, and the consciousness of unconditional obedience to orders.

"Your Excellency, you're back."

"Senno-sama"

"Adult"

Seeing Lu Haoshan suddenly appear on the school ground, a group of soldiers saluted Lu Haoshan respectfully, and Lu Haoshan nodded very kindly.

At this time, the military advisor Li Nian received the news that Lu Haoshan had returned, and hurriedly came to the lawsuit wearing a big cotton jacket: "The student has seen Dong Weng. ”

I haven't seen him for more than half a month, Li Nian has lost weight again, it is estimated that he has worked hard these days, Lu Haoshan hurriedly helped him up and said: "Mr. Li doesn't have to be polite, you have worked hard these days." ”

"Don't dare, these are the responsibilities of the students."

Having a good military advisor can indeed save a lot of things, Li Nian is not only talented, in order to prove that he is not worse than others, he also works very hard, and he does everything, Lu Haoshan is very relieved of him.

The two chatted while walking, Lu Haoshan looked at the soldiers who were training the school field, and asked happily: "Mr. Li, what method do you use to make these guys train so hard?" ”

Li Nian said with some shame: "Back to the words of the adult, the students did not dare to take credit for this matter, and now the Qianhu Institute is applying the same set of the original picket, using ranks, positions and different grades of meals to let them work hard, these days their training is full of energy, but the cost is a little bigger." ”

Walking to a stone table, Lu Haoshan motioned for Li Nian to sit down, and then said with a smile: "If you want the horse to run, this grass can't be less, it doesn't matter if the cost is big, as long as it's worth it, Mr. Li, how has it been progressing recently, is it still smooth?" ”

"With the cooperation of the Lin family, and the adults also put on a good show in front of those hundred household chiefs, it can be said that the progress is very smooth, and now our people have been scattered in ten hundred households, and the strength of Wen Chong's thousand households has all been in their hands, but those personnel are uneven, some are really unbearable, and it is useless to stay, the students divide people into two grades, which can be made and cannot be made, and the materials that can be made will be left in the barracks to continue training, and those that are not available will be allocated to those hundred household chiefs to help them maintain law and order, It is also used by thousands of households. ”

After a pause, Li Nian continued: "Those hundred household chiefs, let them hand over the military power in their hands, let them engage in public security, inspection and other work, so as not to be idle and idle, and there must be soldiers under their hands. ”

Lu Haoshan said curiously: "These hundred households have no opinion? ”

"No" Li Nian raised three fingers and said, "Mainly three points"

"I want to hear about it."

"One is that Dong Weng is a thousand households, and they are hundreds of households, and they still have a handle in the hands of Dong Weng, and they dare not make a second, the second is the full cooperation of the Lin family, let them cast a mouse taboo, and the last point, and the most important point, Wen Chong has the most oil and water in a thousand households, that is, the adults sit in this guard, guard the gateway to Sichuan by land, and eat and live in the Jialing River, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is estimated that the other nine hundred households add up to not as much as Wen Chong's guard, and the adults integrate the interests, which is equivalent to putting the interests in their hands with them, and they will only get more and not lessHow can there be any reason to disagree? ”

It turned out to be the case, no wonder they agreed so happily that day, Lu Haoshan thought for a while, nodded and said: "As long as they are obedient, it doesn't matter if you give them a little more benefits, Mr. Li, supervise them well and don't let them make trouble." ”

"Yes, the student takes the order." Li Nian said respectfully.

Lu Haoshan suddenly frowned and asked: "Mr. Li said that the soldiers in this guard are uneven, and these hundred households already have empty salaries, and then clean up a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, wouldn't it be an emergency for the soldiers?" How many people are there in Wenchong Thousand Households now? ”

"Yes, Dong Weng is right, there are less than nine hundred soldiers now."

"What? Less than 900 people? ”

Li Nian nodded with a wry smile and said: "This is still plus the people we brought, the full amount of the thousand households is 1120 people, and after counting, 923 people are actually obtained, and the rest are empty salaries, this proportion is already very low, but unfortunately many of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and these are cleaned up, only about five hundred, even if there are more than 300 private soldiers of adults, there are less than nine hundred, not only the personnel are scarce, but the equipment also needs to be replaced, if you want to train into cavalry, this horse is also a big problem." ”

Lu Haoshan smiled bitterly, this errand is really not worry-free, the old problem has just been solved, and the new problem will surface immediately. (To be continued......)