Chapter 150: Could It Be ......
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The chill of the early spring morning has not yet fully subsided, and the delayed construction of the racecourse continues to begin.
Compared with last year, there were only 100,000 people, and the number of people who applied for the recruitment at the beginning of this year was reduced to 40,000, not because there were too few people in 75 counties in Guanzhong, but because the basic projects that needed manpower in the early stage were basically completed, and the requirements of not so many people were naturally raised.
If you want to blame them, you can only blame them for not having long eyes at the beginning, doubting the sincerity of Shaofu and choosing to wait and see, but as a result, people did it silently, and the treatment was much better than the construction of Chang'an City, and now there is no place to say if you want to regret it, so you can only swallow bitter tears.
The Shaofu gave priority to hiring the best of last year's group of people, and then selected young people who were strong and strong and quick to learn from the millions of people who signed up, and the seedlings selected by these 40,000 people were simply a group of excellent soldiers, and they could almost compete with the Chang'an Northern Army after three months of training.
1 masonry per person per month. 40,000 people is 40,000 stone corn, and the people's three meals a day are as good as possible with fish, meat and vegetables, but the total food consumption is more than 80,000 stone. Counting the investment of 1o million people last year, even if the inner treasury has millions of stones of grain stored all year round, it is a bit unbearable.
Fortunately, the animal husbandry industry in Guanzhong took the opportunity to rise, and the people could eat one or two pork per day, which was converted to 25oo Han Jin or 125o city jin, so many people needed to eat 6 big fat pigs a day.
Shaofu vigorously developed pig breeding, and invested money early to drive away animals under the barren mountain circle north of Changling, and built a pig fence under the mountain enclosed by bamboo and wood fences. Hundreds of thousands of pig seedlings are raised in the fences, and after more than a year of careful care and breeding, the results are very fruitful. The second generation of piglets has greatly increased the stock of pigs, and many nearby hills can be seen everywhere in the arch soil, and the number is already immeasurable.
The people who return to their hometowns for the New Year in winter have a lot of money in their hands, and they all rely on subsidies from the Shaofu for food and housing. You can also eat fat and delicious pork, the rich people bring the habit of eating pork back to the township in the kung fu of returning to the hometown, the market price of pork in Chang'an City is very low, a pig is only 1oo money, the people have worked for a few months to earn more than this amount of food, almost every household buys a big fat pig to go home and kill it with the family, and the people who are willing to spend money buy two or three pigs to go back to eat at any time, so they sell 120,000 pigs.
The income from selling pigs is barely enough for half a month's expenses, but the habit of eating pork will not disappear. In the past two months, the number of live pigs sold has increased more than ten times, and tens of thousands of pigs are slaughtered every month, and people are gradually getting used to this kind of meat that tastes good and is inexpensive. The price of live pigs has also climbed from 1oo money to 15o money, after all, no matter how good a sheep is raised, there are 2oo city catties for a pig, and a pig can be raised casually for 2oo city catties, and fat sheep can be sold for 15o money, and fat pigs can be sold for 15o money The market is completely acceptable.
40,000 people ate and slept well, and they were very energetic to work. Shouting the trumpet every day to stir the Sanhe soil, the cement consumed by such a large project is heavenly. The entire residential area of Chang'an City has invested less than half of the cement in the racecourse, and with the current cement production, it is not enough to work overtime for a year, so the Sanhe soil has become the best substitute.
Lime, clay and sand and gravel are sieved and grinded, water and water can be used, the only difference with cement is that it is burned and not burned, which is the cement raw material made of soil.
Zheng Tong's team was busy from dawn, and was busy until it was dark, and the twine gloves were rotten I don't know how many pairs, and the waste shovels were piled up as high as a hill.
The original huge pit slowly turned into a long wall several people high, and the busy workers on the top of the wall were laying bricks, and beyond the high wall was a large staircase that extended down step by step, and it took so much manpower and time to finally see a little hope of completion.
Zheng Tong squatted outside the construction site and talked to dozens of foremen, he knew a lot of internal information, and the teams from various townships came to ask him if they had anything to do, and his prestige was slowly established.
"Most of the project is completed, and the work of laying bricks can be completed in a month, and the rest of the work will take up to 10,000 people.
The foremen were stunned: "Such a big project is about to be completed?" I thought I was going to be busy for three and a half years. ”
"It's over so soon, what are we going to do next?"
"That's right! What do we want to do with this house-building job? ”
Gongbu snorted: "You want to, don't I want to?" When you're done, you should go home, and you don't need me to remind you that you should also know how to abide by the rules, and we will do the same when Shaofu has a job in the future. ”
The foremen lowered their heads with some disappointment, everyone is a person with military merits, at least participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu more than ten years ago, and they all understand the common principles of military rules and Chinese laws, and they will never end well if they make trouble arbitrarily.
"Not necessarily."
Zheng Tong smiled and explained: "I heard Junhou say that in the first half of this year, I plan to build a large school in the west of the temple square, in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, the scale is about the same as the demolition and reconstruction of the Chang'an residential area, at least enough for us to be busy for more than half a year." ”
"What is an academy?"
"I don't know, it seems to be an academy like the Jixia Academy." Zheng Tong said confusedly.
Inside the racecourse, the track is dusty.
"Run! You have to run faster! The Hun cavalry behind the fantasy is chasing you, and there is still a jogging with a calm mind? Hurry up, hurry up! And even faster! ”
Cao Shi followed the front of the team to take the lead in running, and more than 2,000 people in the back ran in thin sweatshirts against the rising sun. This is a five-kilometer hike that takes two quarters of an hour to complete, which translates to about 3o minutes.
"Sue me, who are you?"
Immediately, they replied in unison: "We are soldiers of the Han army. We are brave warriors! ”
"What should a samurai do?"
"Fight!"
"What should a samurai do?"
"Fight!"
"What should a samurai do?"
"Fight!"
"Your mission is to fight, your meaning is to fight, and if you don't fight, you will become waste, so tell me, what should you do?"
"Life is not endless, the battle is endless!"
The slogan of the brush, the strict formation. The rhythm of the two thousand people's breathing rhythm and pace were highly similar, and from a distance it looked like the product of a group of replicas.
Workouts are mixed with queue training. The first consideration of the battle formation in the army is the formation, and the formation is an invincible strong army, and the one without the formation is just a rabble.
Zhang Ou was very happy to participate in the training of the group of recruits, and the novel training system opened his eyes. also had a lot of good feelings for Cao Shi.
After running and resting, you will start to do push-ups, and the cruelty of physical reserves will squeeze everyone's potential to the limit, and no one will be on the "fail" list after only a few months.
After a morning of training, most of the people were tired and sweaty and panting, and only a few people maintained a calm and relaxed expression.
"All assembled!"
Zhang Ou announced loudly: "Congratulations on passing the guò training assessment and becoming the first batch of Yulin Rider members, I hope you will make persistent efforts not to insult this golden signboard!" ”
"Oh! We did it! ”
The enthusiastic cheers of the trainees overshadowed a qiē, and after all, months of hard training were not in vain, and the 2,000 people were all in good spirits.
Chen He touched his stomach and was very happy. A few months ago, he was a little fat man with a big belly, and his body tended to stretch horizontally, but now he couldn't believe his appearance. Every time I stand by the basin and smirk at the reflection in the water, I am scolded by my partner in the same group for being a nymphomaniac.
A few months of physical training have reborn everyone, and when they breathe a sigh of relief, they look back at their teammates and now everyone has lost a lot of weight, and the strong body has a very different temperament from the frivolous prodigal who once roamed the streets.
The old princes quietly appeared on the edge of the racecourse, and they were invited to come and celebrate this rare and historic moment.
"Pingyang Hou did a good job! A small bait restrained the idle bastards in the capital. That's a big achievement! ”
"The first batch of my three boys were eliminated, and these days I heard that everyone is going to finish their careers and they are looking for death and life to make a fuss about me. I regret that I didn't persevere and survive the threshold. ”
"These bastards should be well managed, the ban of the Son of Heaven has only been released for a year, and the bastard boys are doing evil in the capital, ruining the reputation accumulated by our meritorious princes, and it is a good thing to use Yulin Riding to cure a good one."
"How good it is to be a soldier, isn't our military merit a soldier, when he killed Zhu Lu, he was not a sword to participate in the counterinsurgency, how can these children be a big responsibility in the future if they don't practice."
Li Ji sighed, his own kid Li Fu was blocked out of the door due to his age, and there were also Wu Yingqi and other princes in their thirties, their age has long passed the peak of physical fitness, and the significance of military training is not great, and if you practice too much, you may even hurt your muscles and bones and fall into hidden dangers.
Although the explanation is convincing, but the people who are blocked out of the door are still uncomfortable, smart people know that Yulin riding is a rare opportunity to advance, and the children of the liehou no longer have to fight for the quota of Lang Guan, but good things cannot all fall on the liehou, the inclination within the grassroots military merit is essential, and a large number of Guannei marquis can not be taken care of.
Xiahou Ci is very happy, his own kid Xiahou is quite good, the total score has always been in the top 1,000 at a young age, and if it takes time to reach the top 500, the comprehensive performance assessment system within the Yulin Cavalry can be referenced, and the good people are given priority to be promoted to the leader of the group, and a simple military organization has been established.
Disbanded the team and gave all the members a long vacation home for a month to rest, Cao Shi could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Liu Che, the son of heaven, made up his mind for the sake of military reform, and proposed that dozens of proposals would either be directly rejected by the three dukes and nine kings during the court discussion, or they would be barely blocked by the empress dowager of Changxin Palace, and the only thing that went smoothly was this Yulin Ride.
The Empress Dowager will not embarrass the Son of Heaven for this, and the Three Princes and Nine Qing also feel that there are two thousand noble sons of Chang'an. The formation of a medium-sized elite cavalry regiment can not only meet the basic needs of the Son of Heaven for military reform, but also not affect the foundation of the system of the northern and southern armies. Even the newly appointed lieutenant Zhang Ou also admired the establishment of the Yulin Cavalry very much, not only did everyone resist but became the chief instructor of the Yulin Cavalry, which made many people who watched the excitement fall to the ground.
The establishment of the Yulin Cavalry fell smoothly, Cao Shi did not intend to get involved in the command of the Yulin Cavalry, nominally it was the Praetorian Guard belonging to the Son of Heaven Liu Che, and he was only responsible for organizing and training the team and left it alone. Many people don't understand that Cao Shi is so enthusiastic that he hides in the military camp at the racecourse and does not return home, and only a few people know that he is hiding from people. It was the difficult Liu Ling who was hiding.
Chang'an City knows more and more about his relationship with Liu Ling, and after a long time, the scandal spreads as if it is true, Cao Shi can not stand the harassment of this kind of rumors, and he is busy hiding in the military camp to be quiet and undisturbed. Even if Liu Ling has the ability to do everything, don't think about entering the racetrack for half a step, dare to talk nonsense on this territory and have her own military sanctions, she will not understand the strict rules.
As expected, Liu Ling wandered outside the racecourse for a while without touching anyone, and after a few days the carriage disappeared, no one would care where she ran to seduce men, as long as she didn't run around the building to break the quiet life of flowers and plants, demons have a habitat for demons, and flowers and plants like Cao Shi are harmless to humans and animals. I just want to be a quiet beautiful man.
Weiyang Palace.
Cao Shi walked on the trail with a relaxed step, hid in the racecourse every day to deal with the official affairs of the Shaofu, and tried to avoid going to the palace to participate in court meetings and appearing very hard. Now that Liu Ling is missing and his military training is over, his life can finally return to normal.
As soon as he stepped into the main hall with his front foot, Cao Shi suddenly felt that there seemed to be no messenger around him, so he hesitated and walked in slowly.
After only a few steps, I heard a loud slap from inside.
"! Don't get out of here yet! ”
A well-looking and disheveled woman fled in panic. Seeing Cao Shi staring at her coldly, he hurriedly pulled up his clothes and covered his face and walked away.
Cao Shi was very familiar with the woman just now. That is the palace maid given to the Son of Heaven by the Queen Mother of Changqiu Palace, each woman has been screened out by layers to find candidates with the right appearance and height, their purpose is not to compete for the position of the queen, or to compete for the favor of the Son of Heaven, just to let the Son of Heaven give birth to an heir earlier, even if it is just a gentleman.
It doesn't matter if the concubine can't inherit the unification, Taizu Liu Bang has the eldest son of Qi King Liu Fei, Taizong Liu Heng has a favored concubine Liang Huaiwang Liu Yi, and Gaozong Liu Qi has the eldest son Liu Rong who has not been able to inherit the throne.
"Unfortunate man, your opponent is Queen Chen Ajiao, and that is an opponent that you can never defeat." Cao Shi silently lowered his head and pretended not to see anything, although the court system of the Han Dynasty was inherited from ancient times, and foreign ministers could enter and leave the forbidden province at will with the Fu Festival, but the contradictions in the palace should not be interfered with, especially the palace struggle related to the competition for favor, and it is not appropriate to open his mouth to speak.
Cao Shi didn't dare to go inside, so he stood in the front hall and listened, and sure enough, it didn't take long for a fierce quarrel to come.
"That's my woman, why did you hit her? Do you still have any rules! ”
"Hmph, I'm your woman, I'm just a, that is not worthy of being a woman of heaven at all."
"Enough! It's true that you're my queen, but you can't interfere in my life, I have the right to define which is my woman, and I have the right to choose which woman to pamper. ”
"Brother Che'er, are you so cruel to me? We have been together since we were children, and every part of your body has left traces of me, do you treat me like this? ”
“……”
"I know you hate me meddling in your life, but you have to be considerate of my feelings, considerate of the feelings of the imperial grandmother, the queen mother and my mother, we have been married for many years and have been in the round house for more than a year, and I have not moved in my stomach until now, do you think I can not be in a hurry to interfere in your life? Let me conceive your child, even if it's a girl, okay? ”
The sound gradually stopped, just when he thought that the qiē was over, and was about to quietly exit the main hall, he suddenly heard a fierce kiss and gasp, Cao Shi only then realized that the waiter and the inner attendant ran away to create an opportunity for this little couple to have sex during the day, coincidentally when he came over, he didn't meet anyone blocking the road to tell him, maybe the patrol guard happened to miss, or maybe the inner attendant guarding the gate happened to be absent. In short, let him come all the way unimpeded.
Cao Shi wanted to leave, but the sound in the depths of the palace was very intense, and Chen Ajiao let out a high-pitched scream. and Liu Che's hoarse roar, which finally returned to silence.
"I was also a listener to the corner? It's ridiculous! ”
Cao Shi turned around and walked away with a brisk walk, ignoring the incredible eyes of the patrolling guards and leaving Weiyang Palace, sitting in the carriage and starting to think about his wife Liu Wan, who he hadn't seen for many days.
When he returned to the Hou Mansion, the sun was westward, and Cao Shi asked Sun Qi and Wang Meng to go back to rest, and returned to the backyard alone.
When he entered the courtyard gate, he met the little maid and saluted him in a panic, and he rarely showed up for several months, and was startled by the sudden appearance of the head of the house: "I have seen the prince." ”
"Are the two ladies in the mansion?"
"In the afternoon, I studied silk fabrics in the room, and I never came out."
Cao Shi nodded and pushed the two little maids. Liu Wan's hobbies changed from singing and dancing to pure entertainment, and he gradually twisted into the direction of studying clothes and cosmetics. When the color satin produced by the Hou Mansion was on sale, he was fascinated by clothing design, and specially invited the best woman in the Beijing to guide the craft of making clothes, and he had not finished the course until the beginning of the year when Cao Shi went to the training camp.
"Eighty percent of them have learned technology and studied new clothes."
Bypass the cloister and step into the courtyard. A few little maids who were serving outside were kicked out, and they were about to push open the door when they heard something that stunned him: "Men are not good things." ”
Cao Shi took a deep breath, and secretly said that he was going to listen to the corner of the wall today, and took a few steps back to listen carefully.
"Sister, when did you say the prince would come back?"
"Who knows him! Under the banner of doing things for the Son of Heaven, we didn't go home, and the letter sent said that it was to avoid the fox, but those rumors outside didn't say that. ”
The corners of Cao Shi's mouth twitched slightly, and the rumors of the Jingshi said that he and Liu Ling were not happy, but there were two thousand noble sons in the barracks. Hundreds of officials and officials in Shaofu, as well as the Son of Heaven who often comes to visit, the three princes and the nine kings, and the people who build the wall all know. He is innocent.
"But it is also rumored in the capital that the prince has been staying in the racecourse and has not come out!"
"Oops! My stupid sister, if you believe those words, you will be deceived into being a fool, the men are free to enter and exit the flower street and willow lane, you can't catch the handle if you want to, the prince is entangled by that sassy fox. Who knows what if the two of them do something that is wrong? Even my stupid brother Liu Che won't believe it. ”
"The prince probably wouldn't do that."
"Who knows? I hope he can remember that there are still two of us at home, if he is a man with a bad heart. I cut the one underneath him. ”
"Huh? Sister, what do you say? Will you still be alive if you cut that person? ”
"You can live, men who have been corrupted enter the palace as chamberlains, and they will not live well."
"It sounds so scary, I don't want to cut it off under the prince, I can't bear it."
"I can't bear it, we don't have children yet, and if we want to cut it, we have to finish the child."
"Do you want to cut it after giving birth? I'd like to have a second mile! ”
"You're so greedy, it's not enough to have one."
"It is a blessing to have more children, what do we women do if we don't have children?"
"So do you want to cut it or not?"
"I don't want to."
The two women said one moment to cut it, and then said no to cut it.
Cao Shi was listening to the outside in shock, and the more he heard it, the more he didn't like it, he couldn't help but push open the door and break in angrily.
"Yikes! The prince is back! ”
Cao Shi grabbed Liu Wan's waist, took off his lower clothes to reveal a snow-white and straight little buttocks, picked up the slap and slapped it, and the little buttocks were red and swollen like a monkey's buttocks.
"Tell you to make me up behind my back, tell you to talk nonsense that I hook up with women, and see if I don't beat your little ass into eight petals!"
Liu Wan pouted her ass and was beaten silently, and after being beaten, her buttocks were red and her face was red, and she couldn't survive on him as if she was drunk.
She was about to die of shame, and the two sisters secretly said that their private words were exposed, and they just said such unashamed words, and they would never have said such a bold act when they were little girls before the round house.
Liu Wan's blushing face remained unmoved.
"Huh? What kind of socks is this? Cao Shi was surprised.
Wearing socks is a custom that began in the Xia Dynasty, Luo socks are large cloth silk to wrap the feet, rich people have silk, no money people use cloth, due to the lack of weaving technology is the lack of guide zhì Luo socks are relatively loose, just like two cloth bags on the feet, so usually to tie up the Luo socks to use, the famous minister Zhang Shizhi during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, was forced by Mr. Wang Lao of the Huang Lao School to knot socks for the court, but also left an allusion to "knot socks Wang Sheng".
But obviously, the socks on Liu Wan's legs are by no means Luo socks.
Liu Wan snuggled up to him and giggled, "Guess, gentleman! ”
Many strange things flashed through Cao Shi's mind, and he finally targeted a very familiar name.
"This is a ......" (To be continued)
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