Zhao Ta has always maintained a good image of a soldier in the past, with straight clothes and shiny leather shoes, but today he is being chased and beaten with crooked armor and slanted armor, and he has no panache in the past.

"Captain, don't be in a hurry, you've committed a foul," Xifu shouted at the top of his voice.

"You fouled first, and I'm not allowed to talk about it" Zhao Ta picked up the snow casually and threw a snowball over, impartially smashing the blessing with a full face.

"The captain fouls, you have to accept the punishment, everyone continue to fight" is really a stone to stir up a thousand waves, the captain's atrocities aroused public anger, the teenagers screamed and pounced, Zhao Ta only felt that the snowballs in front of him were like snowflakes in the sky and could not be counted, Rao is his 'light work', and the incarnation of a thousand-armed Guanyin can't catch so many snowballs, not to mention what to fight back, all that can be done is to escape

Zhao Ta is now an eagle flipped for a while, a dolphin fled for a while, using the terrain and trees to dodge left and right, which was also mixed with changing runs, changing lines and running, rushing left and right in the crowd, and wielding the individual tactics learned in his previous life to the fullest. But the good tiger can't stand the wolves, the young people rely on the large number of people, divide the troops in several roundabouts, outflank, intercept and treat the prince as a rabbit, surround him again and again, and he rushed out of the gang, they didn't expect the prince to be so able to run, and they were tired and panting.

kept running, breaking through, Zhao Ta didn't remember how many times he was surrounded, he rushed out a few times, his hat had already been lost, he didn't know where the hairpin had fallen, and half of the snow water was poured into his boots.

"Surround, don't let the captain run out of the gang again" Zhao Ta didn't catch his breath yet, the people of gang A and gang B from the left side, gang C and gang D divided into two roads from the right side and surrounded again, he looked at the front and back and left and right There were people, he had no strength, this time he couldn't rush out of the gang no matter what, but he still made the most effort, and desperately hit the moth at the junction of the two teams like a moth on fire-

As a result, you don't have to think about it, you don't have to think about it, the prince who is still sleepy and fighting was quickly overturned to the ground, and the teenagers smashed the snowball in their hands to Zhao Ta who was lying on the ground, looking at the prince who was huddled up with his head like a turtle, he suddenly felt that his breathing was smooth, and the stuffy breath that had been pressed in his stomach for many days finally spit out

"You... You are too much, how can you treat the prince like this, where did he treat you badly? Just as the group of people were about to beat the water dogs again, Zhao Xin suddenly separated the crowd and pounced on Zhao Ta and shouted at everyone.

"Zhao Xin, you dodge, we are playing a game with the captain" Li Lei stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Xin's arm and said.

"Nonsense, so many of you are chasing him alone, is that a game, it is clearly taking the opportunity to take revenge on the prince for teaching you a lesson" Zhao Xin shook him off and said still in the way.

"He used to think about the law to rectify us all day long, and if he made a slight mistake, he would beat the military stick, and last time you just passed the wrong order and received two whips, did you forget?" Xu Biao leaned over and whispered to sow discord.

"If you make a mistake, shouldn't you be punished, you must have been beaten by your father and mother because of this, do you want to get it back?" Zhao Xin said unmoved.

"Zhao Xin, you are good to us, we don't want to be rough with you," Xu Biao threatened with a tiger face.

"Get out of here, you guys with no conscience, count me as helping the wrong person in the past" Zhao Xin shouted like an old hen protecting the prince, "You don't look at who this person is, he is the second prince of the current Shengshang and the queen, the prince of the first rank of the court, if you bother with you, think about it, is your head still there?" ”

'Suddenly' the teenagers all took a step back, and their fanatical brains cleared up a lot, they just chased and beat the prince, and he was just his servant, although this is a game, but if it is investigated, no one can stand it.

"You don't want to think about what we train every day, what the prince does worse than us, he practices less, he is the youngest among us, he is only twelve years old this year, but he is the hardest of us, are you blind?" Zhao Xin counted everyone, "After blowing the lights-out whistle, you can go to bed, but what about the prince?" He will not sleep until you are all asleep, and he will get up twice in the middle of the night to check the bed, check the sentry, cover you with quilts, and add charcoal to the earth dragon, you may still be dreaming at that time, you complain about getting up early every day, but you don't see that the prince is the earliest one among us. ”

"He still beat us and didn't give us food," Xu Biao said a little unconvinced.

"You don't make mistakes, has the prince beaten you? Every time you are beaten, when did the prince not send you medicine for injuries...",

"Zhao Xin, didn't you send us that medicine?" Xu Biao asked in surprise, and the others also had question marks on their faces.

"You pig brains, those wound medicines are all secret wound medicines made by the Ouchi Imperial Pharmacy, can I take them out casually from a small family?" Zhao Xin glared at him and said, "That's what the prince asked me to send to you, that medicine is not easy to come by, and he is usually reluctant to use it."

"Huh?" Now everyone understands that when he was punished and couldn't eat, Zhao Xinneng secretly kept food for himself, which must be the result of the prince turning a blind eye, otherwise with his shrewdness, he would not be able to show up, and then think about the prince who is several years younger than himself, but not only train with himself every day, but also have so many things to worry about, but he... The more I thought about it, the more ashamed I became, and the prince who was still afraid of being on the ground felt that he had just gone too far.

"Hey, if you don't fight, then I'll get up" Just as the group of people reflected on their behavior, Zhao Ta let go of the hand holding his head, raised his head and said, but there was no trace of anger on his face.

"The little ones should be damned, they shouldn't be guilty of the following" Xu Biao suddenly knelt down and kowtowed and said, and the others quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty when they saw it.

"Hurry up, I said it's just a game, and I won't punish anyone for it, what are you doing here," Zhao Ta stood up with Zhao Xin's support and said 'fakely'.

"Thank you, the little one will follow the prince to the death in the future, and never do it again," Xu Biao kowtowed and said.

"Come on, get up, what does a big man look like when he kneels and lies on his stomach" Zhao Ta patted the snow on his body and lit them, "Hey, where is my hat, have any of you seen my hat?" He looked around left and right and shouted.

"Lord Wang, your hat is here" Everyone saw that the prince was really not angry, stood up in disdain, quickly retrieved the hat for him, and handed it to him by beating the snow on it.

"Okay, the clothes on our bodies are soaked, hurry back and change your clothes, don't catch a cold, I won't train this morning, I'll be tired today, I won't bring such fun in the future" Zhao Ta put on his hat and said with a bitter face, just a few people who took the lead in making trouble, they all lowered their heads and smirked, and they felt even more embarrassed.

Looking at these subordinates, Zhao Ta breathed a sigh of relief, he could be regarded as having passed another level. As a veteran, he knows that if you put too much pressure on the recruits and don't give them an outlet for catharsis, something big may happen. In the past, recruits committed suicide, ran away, and in extreme cases, shot instructors during live firing, or even threw grenades into the company commander's office. The instructors in our troops, the chaplains of the foreign army, are responsible for relieving the stress of the soldiers and preventing accidents, but now there is nothing.

And Zhao Ta has other ideas, he thinks that the best way to relieve pressure is to play tricks on the leader. The training of special forces is even more harsh, and they are always facing the result of being eliminated, and the pressure can be imagined, and they sometimes put the instructors who check the sentry at night into sacks and throw them into the ditch; steal the captain's clothes and let him fuck with his bare ass in the morning; The most troublesome time was to secretly kill and eat the chickens raised by the political commissar, and it is even more common to make small moves during training. However, the instructors seldom pursued their nonsense, but they thought that they had a 'big bargain' and could enjoy it for a long time, and when he became an instructor, he naturally understood the truth.

According to the training plan, Zhao Ta began to arrange for the recruits to conduct martial arts training, but this is his shortcoming, and the two personal bodyguards Pan Long and Xue Bao around him came in handy, both of them are good at sumo wrestling, and Pan Long's iron cloth shirt and Xue Bao's iron sand palm have been practiced perfectly, which can be used as training content. The two of them have been with Zhao Ta in this courtyard for more than two months, except for sometimes making cameo appearances as thugs, they have nothing to do all day, this time they finally have a job, and the two of them are quite happy and take office with great interest. This time, the recruits began to talk about the prince's coming, and their Protestant leaders were even more ruthless, and let them beat them up and have to lie on the bed for several days.

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After Laba, Huang Jingchen began to urge the prince to return to his house to prepare for the New Year, and some things had to be done by him personally, and he still needed to make arrangements for next year's affairs. Zhao Ta rubbed to the twenty-second day of the lunar month, tomorrow is the day of the sacrificial stove, he, the master can no longer be absent, Zhao Ta felt that the military uniform he designed was now too dazzling to wear out, after careful consideration, despite everyone's opposition to let them change into civilian clothes, then they went home, and the people who had been holding back in the North Mansion for almost three months stepped out of the door for the first time. ,

Although they are low-key enough, the neat team, the same pace, and the indescribable temperament still attract the attention of passers-by as soon as they appear. These people listened to everyone's comments, saw the envious eyes of their peers, and the girls shot into the blurred eyes on their faces, and they felt that their bitterness in these days was really not in vain.

Back in the mansion, Zhao Ta threw them to Zhao Ren and a few gang leaders to manage, he plunged into the council hall again, listened to the work reports of various workshops, workshops, and caravan shopkeepers, arranged for people to check the accounts, put bonuses, and thought about what gifts to give to the old men and women in the palace

After three days of hurriing, these things came to an end, and Zhao Ta was able to sleep peacefully, sit down and rest, "See, there haven't been any major events in Beijing for a while?" Zhao Ta asked lazily leaning on the couch.

"There are several major events, the emperor got the treasure of the Xia Dynasty - Yu Shun gave Yuan Gui, held a ceremony in the Daqing Palace, amnesty to the world, set up the province of Zhike, the introduction, the Quartet Pavilion, the east and west cabinet doors. Cai Jing entered the title of Lu Guogong, and He Zhizhong was the young master, Dazai and the servant of the disciple, and the ruling was all ranked. In December, the law of land grazing horses was given. With Zheng Juzhong as the special advance, and with the Wuxin Army Festival, Tong Guan was made the captain. The name of the appointed woman is ninth, and there is news in the palace that the prince and the eldest prince and the third prince have been protected by the Taibao, and the auspicious day will be chosen in the first month to be sealed, and I will first say hello to the second master. Jianxi said with a smile.

"Hey, what kind of happy event is this, I can't give a few more money" Zhao Ta snorted coldly and said, a group of guys who brought disaster to the country and the people were all promoted, helping his father to loot the people's wealth, "What do you mean by the horse herding law you said just now?" ”

"Second master, it is a law to give land to herd horses, there are not enough horses in the country, and a new law of raising horses by the people must be re-implemented," Jianxi said.

"Tell me more"

"This-this small one can't be explained clearly, what the newspaper says clearly, I'll take it for you" Seeing Xi, I didn't expect the prince to be interested in this, so I didn't prepare.

Zhao Ta thought about it, the problem of horses has plagued the Song Dynasty for decades, since the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun, there is basically no place to graze horses, in order to maintain the supply of military horses, set up horses to supervise horses, but it is not successful, it occupies a lot of land, and there is a lot of investment, but it has very little income, and the quality of the horses is not good, so it is a loss-making deal. So some people put forward the suggestion of abolishing the herding horses and supervising the raising of horses for the people, and they calculated that the cost of raising horses for farmers is about 13 yuan per horse, 500 yuan for each horse for horse husbandry, and 25 yuan for purchasing from the ethnic minorities in the northwest.

As for the quality of private farmers' horses, whether they can ensure that the cavalry of the empire gallops on the battlefield, it is not the most important at this time, because the quality of the horses produced by the horse herding supervisor is also low, and the survival rate of farmers' horses is definitely far better than that of state-owned horses (the life of a horse is the life of a farmer, and it is natural to be careful). And the money saved by relying on private support was enough for the empire to buy horses from the ethnic minorities in the northwest. In addition, the state leased all the fertile land previously occupied by the state-owned horse herdsmen to the peasants, and these vast fertile fields became a new economic income for the empire, and became a new money printing machine. But as soon as Shenzong died, the old and new parties fought for decades, one time state-owned, another private, endless tossing, and so on, and the result was that both state-owned and private horses were unreliable. Now that the emperor has checked the accounts, he has given him a data on the herding of horses in various places, which is a pitiful 1,800 horses, of which 1,400 are on Hebei West Road, and the number of other roads is very small, and there are only nine horses on a dignified Hedong Road.