Chapter 461: Before the Expedition (4)
Outside the city of Luoyang, the capital of God.
The early summer morning was particularly fresh, and the trees beside the road were already leafy, and the green leaves seemed to be puffing with a dewdrop, crystal clear, and an early bee buzzed down, trying to absorb the moisture of the dewdrop.
Suddenly, a troop of cavalry galloped by, splashing countless dust, and the dew was instantly covered with dust, and the bee buzzed angrily, and then circled helplessly for a while, and then fled from the dust.
The newly recruited soldiers in the eighty states have arrived one after another, divided into two large camps in the north and south, the north camp is located outside the Yanshi city, adjacent to the county seat of Wuqing, on the north bank of Yishui. Nanying is located in Longmen, on the south bank of Yishui. The two battalions in the north and south are each stationed with 50,000 recruits.
After a few days of court discussions, Wu Chu did not have time to inspect the second camp until today, and he first arrived at Nanying, which was relatively close to Luoyang City.
Longmen, known as "Yique" in ancient times, after Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty built the capital on the bank of Luoshui, because Yique is facing the imperial city, it was renamed Longmen, and the name of Longmen is nearly a hundred years. It has also become a royal forbidden garden, especially the Longmen Mountain Zhongwen soup is managed by a special person, and a palace garden is built, and vegetables are also grown for the royal family to enjoy. Wu Shui has brought beauty to linger in the warm soup pool of Longmen Mountain several times, so he is very familiar with this place.
But when he came here today, he only brought a team of personal guards, and he came to inspect the training of recruits in the South Battalion. Soon, in just half an hour, they came to Nanying, which is located on the south bank of Yishui.
The instructors of the Great Zhou Martial Academy in the southern camp had already received the news, so they were waiting outside the gate.
Look at the galloping cavalry, and the man in silver helmet and silver armor on the flaming horse. The instructors of the Great Zhou Martial Academy were suddenly in awe, and their bodies stood straight. The head is high, and the eyes do not squint.
Wu Chu was less than three zhang away, restrained the war horse, and then with a wave of his hand, he dismounted. Immediately, there was the history of the commander of the South Battalion, and Du Qiuren, a science official, greeted him.
"The lowly Du Qiuren has seen His Highness!" He bowed deeply. There was a look of admiration in his eyes.
Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Well, it looks good." It's been a few days since the recruits were trained, instructors, hard work! â
The instructors replied in unison: "Serve Your Highness, and never give up!" â
Wu Chu was stunned. This must have been the idea of the elder Shi Du Qiuren. Although this reply would greatly satisfy his vanity, he always felt that something was wrong. So, he said: "Don't talk nonsense, take this king to see first!" â
At this time, on the school ground, the first brigade was taking the unit as a unit, and various trainings were being carried out, with archers practicing archery and cavalry practicing horsemanship. The sword and shield soldiers practiced the defensive charging formation, and there were also some baggage soldiers. He is familiar with the operation of siege equipment such as bed-landing crossbows and stone-throwing vehicles.
In this way, the entire school field, shouting and killing came and went, and there was a prosperous scene. Seeing that the instructors surrounded a general in silver helmets and silver armor into the school field, the recruits couldn't help but stop training and looked over.
Wu Zheng's face sank slightly, and he said, "You have waited for a few days, have you ever taught military discipline?" â
Changshi Du Qiuren's heart darkened, due to the urgency of training, some military discipline was only a statement, and it was not taught in a centralized manner, it seems that His Royal Highness has discovered the problem of military discipline. He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the lowly duty only cares about training the soldiers, but does not take into account the military discipline, it is the negligence of the lowly duty, please punish Your Highness!" â
Wu Chu said slowly: "Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Martial Academy, this king has said that military discipline is the most important quality of an army, and an army without military discipline is like a flock of sheep.
Du Qiuren and the instructors were covered with sweat, and their high-spirited heads suddenly drooped, and they collectively bowed down and said: "What Your Highness has taught you is to remember your humble duties!" â
Seeing this group of people so obedient, Wu Chu couldn't help but feel a little satisfied, he said: "In this way, reduce the physical training a little during the day, and add about half an hour of military thought classes at night, remember, it must be easy to understand, and let these recruits understand what military discipline is!" And the importance of military discipline! â
"Humble, remember!"
Wu Chu went to the big tent of the Chinese army and said: "Gather the generals and colonels at all levels, this king has something to say!" â
Immediately, the drums gathered.
Not long after, all the generals and brigade commanders gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the big tent of the Chinese army was crowded.
Wu Chu glanced at it slightly, and then said, "The generals have worked hard!" â
"Serve His Highness, never give up!" The generals shouted.
Wu Chu almost wanted to cover his ears, his hands darkened, and said, "You and others are the future generals of my Great Zhou, and the pillars of my Great Zhou." Today, this king is here for no other reason, just to see you and others, my recruits, have you been rigorously trained! â
Wu Chuan continued: "Although this king has given you only one month, this month, in this king's opinion, is enough! As long as you train rigorously, you will be able to do it! â
"If the lowly duty does not train elite soldiers, the lowly duty is willing to come to see him!" The generals swore an oath. The generals already had an expression of looking at death as if they were at home, Wu Chu was very satisfied, and then smiled: "There is no need to come to see him, this king is nothing, but it can scare the princess of this king, you just become a ghost, and this king can kill again!" â
"Haha!"
Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in the Chinese military tent.
Next, Wu Chuan inspected the room to see the food of the soldiers, and after reading it, Wu Chuan said: "The training is heavy, this king requires a meal of meat every day, and when there is no money, he asks the court for it, understand?" â
Changshi Du Qiuren promised repeatedly, he was dealing with these things, and he wanted not to cause trouble to His Highness, but now that he got His Highness's promise, he was not afraid. Besides, who doesn't love having meat to eat every day?
Because Wu Chuan put the steward of the castrated eunuch in the palace in the veterinarian hall for several months, coupled with the castration method recorded by the folk, he was finally able to castrate the pig from boar to sow, and Wu Zong also estimated the castration time from the little by little memory of his childhood in his previous life, plus some ways of raising pigs, these years, although pork is dirty in the eyes of scholars, it is rare meat in the eyes of the poor. The price is half cheaper than beef and mutton, not to mention, and the meat is fat and delicate, plus some public braised pork and other practices in Wuz, but in a few years, pork has replaced beef and mutton. It has become the main meat on the plate of the people of the Great Zhou.
Of course, various professions derived from this also appeared in the streets and alleys of Da Zhou. Between the squares, such as the pig slaughterer. Pig dealers, as well as pig gelders, etc., without exception, these people secretly worship a god seat, and on it is the name of Wu Zheng.
Of course, there are countless industries that worship Wu Chuan as the "ancestral master", according to folklore. There are some good Jingshi Qinglou women, for unknown reasons, who also secretly worship Wu Zheng. There are also some girls who are raised in the depths of the boudoir and are unknown to others, and for some reason they also hide Wu Zheng's ranking under the pillow. Sooner or later, you have to take it out and bow to it. All this, but Wu Chu didn't know.
Of course, it's a long way off.
In short, after Wu Chuan auctioned off the good land. The issue of military salaries has been completely solved. As for one meal of meat a day, it is fully supplied. Because of this, in just a few days, the price of pork in Luoyang has risen by almost 30%, so that pig farmers seem to see that raising pigs seems to be a good job. In this way, there are careful people who begin to have the idea of raising pigs.
Wu Zheng, who returned to Luoyang, issued it to all states and counties in the form of court documents. The common people were encouraged to raise pigs, and the pigs raised would be purchased by the imperial court.
And. When Wu Chu ate a pot of golden braised pork in front of the ministers, finally some courtiers couldn't help it, tasted it, and then without saying a word, took two steamed buns and ate them.
Since then, pork has gradually entered the food table of the nobles, even if they don't eat it, they can also be eaten by the servants, so that the slaves can work more vigorously.
As a result, the restaurant in the restaurant, which was originally not easy to buy pork food and had almost no pork, finally blackened its face. And Wu Chuan has long been prepared, so some of the pork practices that transcend the times are presented one by one, such as Qingfeng Lou, which is almost a trick every day, so that it is almost full every day, but for three days, it is necessary to book a seat for the next three days. In Shendu, there are nearly 36 restaurants in Wuqi, but in just half a month, there are nearly one million yuan. In addition to Wu Zhai's great joy, he couldn't help but be a little worried about the future development of these restaurants.
When he became emperor himself, did the emperor still need to run a business? If it is directly classified as an imperial asset, he is a little reluctant, after all, those restaurants are created by him step by step, although the operation is managed by women and shopkeepers, but he is from the big layout, macro control, so that there is such a situation today.
As a result, Wu Chuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought about his countless assets. Today, his wealth can be described as an unusually huge number, enough to make any ambitious person salivate! How to manage these wealth has always been something that Wu Zhai wants to solve and has never thought of a better way. If it was in the previous life, it would be a big deal to set up a fund organization, but this was in the Great Zhou Dynasty, what monetary policy, what financial means, etc., are all fantasy.
Originally, Wu Chu was just planning for the back road, but now he only has one way, his emperor road. But the road of the emperor does not use so much wealth, and it is impossible for him to send money to the people, which is not in line with the way of survival. There must be a reason for saving zĂ i, if he sends money to the people, I don't know what will happen, and the population of the Great Zhou Dynasty is roughly estimated, it will be seventy or eighty million, but this is open to discussion.
Even so, if it were averaged over each person, his wealth would not be much.
Wu Shui wanted to come up with a method suitable for this era, but he was stumped for a while, and so far, he has not found financial wizards, and those talents of science are only limited to this era, which does not give him a feeling of amazement.
this day. A caravan dressed in Tibetan costumes entered the divine capital, which caused the people to stop and watch and discuss for a while.
Since the war with Tibet, the Great Zhou closed the mutual market with Tibet, so that the merchants of the two countries did not dare to blatantly transport goods, and generally smuggled them secretly.
But such a blatant Tibetan caravan entering the capital has not been seen for several years. This caravan was dusty, and the black and red faces of the merchants were stained with a touch of vicissitudes. Although the relationship with Tubo is not good, the soldiers guarding the door do not dare to hinder it, His Royal Highness has already stipulated, "Shendu, welcome visitors from all over the world!" â
However, if the Tibetan merchants came to Shendu and did not report it, they might be punished for a crime of dereliction of duty, so some soldiers immediately reported it to the officials. At the same time, the Tibetan caravan was led by a great Han to the Sili Monastery Station.
Wu Chu first summoned Wang Xiaojie in Wucheng Palace, and was introduced by Wang Xiaojie, and he summoned the members of the Geer family of Tubo who surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Wu Chu looked at the two of them, both of them had black and red faces, and on their rough skin, it was always clear that they had gone through hardships. Wu Shui said slowly: "Have the predecessors of Qinling been buried? â
On Zanpo and Gong Ren's eyes suddenly flushed, and Gong Ren bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, the criminal minister redeemed his father's body with two hundred taels of gold, and he has been buried, His Royal Highness Xie is worried about his father." â
Wu Chu paused and said: "When this king was a child, he knew that the predecessors of Qinling were the best resourceful people in Tibet, and their strategies were incomparable to many resourceful people in my Great Zhou. Since the king grew up, he was eager to fight with the predecessors of Qinling, and he got what he wanted a few years ago, but it is a pity that Tubo Zampu could not tolerate a powerful Geer family in his heart, nor could he tolerate the authoritative Qinling predecessors. â
On Zanpo's heart, there is no sigh in her heart, the glorious Tubo Geer family in the past is no longer there, and where to go in the future has to be decided by His Royal Highness and the Empress of Da Zhou. He bowed down and said: "Your Highness is far more resourceful than us and other barbarians, and now the small clan is attached, I hope that Your Highness can sympathize with our clan and let my clan have a stable place." My son is a son, but he is sent by His Highness. The sinner sent gold and treasures to His Highness and the Holy Lord, asking His Highness and the Holy Lord to forgive the sinner for his past disrespect. â
Wu Chu nodded in his heart, this talk about Zanpo is also worthy of being the prime minister of Tubo, so that even he, a person with countless wealth, can't help but want to see the gold. But he was just moved, and then smiled and said: "You have already returned to my court, so you are naturally protected by my court, and as for where to live, this has to be decided by the saint." And you will first stay at the pavilion, and this king will be consecrated. If the Holy One sees you, he will naturally summon you. â
Wu Shui said this, and the two of them could only be grateful, who let them be defeated in the past, and now they are sending people under the fence? But for the sake of the family, for the sake of the death of the big theory, what do they have to endure humiliation? (To be continued......)