Chapter 178: The Sand Table
In the early hours of the morning, when it was still dark outside, Lao Fu got up from bed early, got dressed and started to walk in the yard, people are like this when they are old, they sleep very little, and Lao Fu has developed the habit of getting up early since he was young, so in the whole courtyard, only the steward in charge of the kitchen gets up a little earlier than him.
When the sky was white in the east, Lao Fu who slipped around a few times also felt warmed up, and immediately opened the courtyard door and went to the kitchen, originally he didn't have to worry about the kitchen, but during this time, there were many people in the front yard who asked the county king to help lose weight, although they looked a little funny with round heads and round heads, but they were all from extraordinary backgrounds, so they should also pay special attention to the diet, otherwise they would lose the face of the county king's mansion.
After checking the kitchen, Lao Fu directly found a table in the kitchen and sat down, and the housekeeper in the kitchen also knew the habits of the old housekeeper for a long time, and quickly let people serve a bowl of millet porridge and send it up, and there were two plates, one plate had a few pickles sprinkled with sesame oil, and the other plate was six xiaolongbao, this kind of bun was still taught by Zhao Yan to make in the kitchen, which was chopped cabbage and pork, which was very oily and watery.
I saw Lao Fu take a few sips of millet porridge, and then use chopsticks to pick up the xiaolongbao and take a bite, the filling and juice inside are extremely delicious, Lao Fu has lived at such an old age, and he can't eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but since he has eaten this longbao, he has always thought that this thing is the most delicious food in the world, and he has to eat a plate every morning.
After breakfast, Lao Fu walked around the guest rooms in the front yard again, and the guests who were losing weight here had not yet gotten up. However, Lao Fu knows that the good life of these people will not last long, and when the county king starts to let them lose weight, it is estimated that he will be the same as the little county lord of the Wang family of Runan County, who is run behind the butt by the little meat dice every morning, and it is even worse to eat.
Thinking of the tragic situation of these guests in the future, Lao Fu couldn't help but shake his head with pity, fortunately, the New Year is about to be celebrated now. The county king's mind is obviously not on this. I hope that these people will seize the past few days and have a good New Year, and eat more meat by the way, because they will probably not be able to eat it in the future.
Lao Fu finished his daily morning patrol. Then he went to the lower room and called four young people who were strong and strong. Let them carry baskets and pickaxes to the river. Then he personally instructed them to dig up the frozen cement by the river, which was harder than stones, and waited until the bamboo baskets were full, and then led them to the yard where old Suma used to raise livestock. This matter was personally ordered by Zhao Yan yesterday, and it was supposed to be handed over to a steward to do, but Lao Fu was not at ease, so he did it himself.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and when Old Suma entered the courtyard with the courtyard, he happened to see Zhao Yan also coming, which made him immediately step forward and salute: "King Qiqi, the old slave of the cement you ordered yesterday has been prepared, I don't know if you have any other instructions?" ”
Zhao Yan also saw the dark red cement in those bamboo baskets at this time, and said with joy in his heart at the moment: "Next, we have to boil water and mud, which are all physical work, Lao Fu, you just leave these subordinates to help, as for you, go back and rest!" ”
"Hehe, thank you for your understanding, but now that the New Year's Eve is almost ready, the old slave has nothing to do when he goes back, so he still stays to help the county king watch, and it's no problem to burn a fire or something." Although Lao Fu didn't know what Zhao Yan wanted to do with these riverside clay, he always felt that his own county king would definitely not want to learn children to play with mud, but must have something very important to do, so he didn't want to leave.
Since the last time Zhao Yan knew that Lao Fu was the person sent by his biological mother to take care of him, he had a lot of respect for Lao Fu, and now he heard that the other party was unwilling to leave, so he didn't force it at the moment, and then let Lao Fu command these people to move the cement to the yard, and then a fire was raised in the middle of the yard, and a large pot of boiling water was set up, and when the water was hot, he put the cement in it and soaked it a little, and immediately fished it out and beat it on the stone slab, and then soaked it again until the cement was soft.
After those cements can be used, Zhao Yan asked his subordinates to send the cement to Yang Huaiyu's room, only to see that Yang Huaiyu's room has been cleared out of a space in the middle, only put a large wooden plate with a length and width of about one zhang, and wait until those and soft cement are sent in, Zhao Yan let those subordinates go out, and then said to Yang Huaiyu next to him: "Brother Huaiyu, everything is ready, let's start now!" ”
Yang Huaiyu is also very excited now, after hearing Zhao Yan's words yesterday, he has decided to agree to Zhao Yan's request and help him train those young people who are losing weight, maybe he can train one or two generals in the future. But what made him happy was not just this matter, but the gift that Zhao Yan gave him, that is, the thing called the sand table in front of him, although the production of zuò has not been completed, but yesterday Zhao Yan had already introduced him to the role of the sand table, which made Yang Huaiyu immediately obsessed with this thing, after having the sand table, it was much easier for him to do military deduction, and it was also very intuitive, it was much stronger than the map.
Next, Zhao Yan and Yang Huaiyu rolled up their sleeves, put the clay in the big wooden plate, and then began to make the sand table, because it was the first time to make the sand table, so Zhao Yan was ready to make a sand table of Tokyo City, which was also the place he and Yang Huaiyu were most familiar with, especially Yang Huaiyu, who knew the topography of Tokyo City well, and it was easier to make it.
The sand table doesn't seem to have any technical content, but in fact, it's not so easy to really make it, for example, each terrain must have a strict proportion, which Zhao Yan and the two of them will definitely not be able to do, so in the end they can only make a rough idea, and it is not easy to make various terrains with clay, fortunately, Zhao Yan was an art student in his previous life, although he studied painting, he still knows a little about clay sculptures, but even so, This sand table also kept the two of them busy until the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.
The finished sand table looks exquisite, especially Zhao Yan asked Zhu Hong to make many exquisite small buildings, such as the city wall, the imperial palace and Kaifeng Mansion and other landmark buildings, all of which are placed on this sand table of Tokyo City, wide streets and long rivers also pass through the city, houses and temples are layered on top of each other, it looks extremely compact, and even in Zhao Yan's opinion, this is simply a handmade version of the Qingming Riverside map, standing next to this sand table overlooking the whole city, as if the entire Tokyo city is under his own feet.
"King Jun, this sand table is really wonderful, all the terrain is unobstructed, if you mark the strength on it, you can definitely reproduce the real situation of the battle between the two armies, which is much stronger than deducing on the map!" Yang Huaiyu looked at the completed sand table in front of him, didn't care about washing off the soil on his hands, and pointed to the sand table with a red face.
In contrast, Zhao Yan said very calmly: "This sand table looks good now, but there is still a big error in the proportion, such as the Bianhe River and the Jinshui River, we don't know their true lengths at all, so we can only draw these two rivers on the sand table, but the real rivers are not like this, so I think that the sand table is really used in the military, we must explore the real terrain, after all, a small error may lead to the failure of a military operation, It is even more likely to decide the outcome of a war! ”
Regarding Zhao Yan's words, Yang Huaiyu also nodded thoughtfully, as an excellent general, he also knows that fighting a war is not a child's play, and any small mistake may lead to a huge accident in the outcome of the war, so although the sand table in front of him is beautiful, it can only be used as a plaything.
Thinking of this, Yang Huaiyu, who was originally very excited, couldn't help but calm down, and said in a deep voice: "King Jun, if you want to make a delicate sand table, you must make accurate measurements on the field, which is not something that can be completed by one or two people, so I am afraid that we will not be able to make a sand table that can be used in actual combat." ”
Regarding Yang Huaiyu's words, Zhao Yan laughed and said: "Brother Huaiyu, why is it so confused, we can't make an accurate sand table, but we can use the power of the imperial court, as long as I send this sand table to the palace, and then personally explain the role of the sand table to my father, then with my father's wisdom, I will definitely use a lot of manpower and material resources to explore the terrain of various places, and wait until the imperial court makes the sand table from all over the country, as long as Brother Huaiyu can train those people in the front yard to make a look, I can get some sandbox back from my father! ”
When Yang Huaiyu heard this, he was also overjoyed at the moment, and at the same time secretly scolded himself for forgetting Zhao Yan's identity, as long as he could say that he could move His Majesty, then the sand table would be easy to do, but if he wanted to come to the sand table from the imperial court, he had to do a good job of what he promised Zhao Yan, that is, to train those fat people in the front yard, when he thought of this, Yang Huaiyu's eyes were a little red, although most of those fat people were a puddle of mud, but he Yang Huaiyu was not a vegetarian, as long as it was in his hands, even if it was a puddle of mud, and he shall beat them into fine iron.
Zhao Yan next to him saw Yang Huaiyu gritting his teeth, and guessed what the other party was thinking, and at the moment he couldn't help but mourn for those young people who lost weight, and when they met Yang Huaiyu such a rigid and stern devil instructor, they were unlucky, it is estimated that in a few months, they will say "goodbye" to the fat on their bodies forever.
"King Jun, when are you going to let me start training those people, and where is the training ground, I'm completely ready now!" Yang Huaiyu spoke again at this time, his two big eyes were red, it seemed that his fighting spirit had been completely aroused by Zhao Yan. (To be continued!)
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