Zhao Guanjia had already said that they would take the one over the Bianliang Guantiantai as the prime meridian, and now they are preparing to rebuild the datum measurement point. Taken together, these projects promoted the establishment of the standard weights and measures system of the Great Song Dynasty.

Through the prime meridian of the Great Song Dynasty, one-ten-ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole is regarded as one meter. Develop a set of decimal units of length. The weight of one cubic decimeter of water at 4 degrees is one kilogram, and the unit of weight is derived.

As for the temperature, the Nautical Guild has long completed the temperature measurement and calibration of ordinary thermometers for water freezing at zero altitude at sea level at a pressure of one atmosphere, and boiling to 100 degrees.

This whole set of measurement system was taken out, and no one in the Great Song Dynasty from the court to the people objected. The Song army, including Zhao Taiwei's son, went to Henan and began to work hard to achieve this.

The time soon came in late September 319 of the Great Song Dynasty, and when the Song army arrived in Henan to begin the survey, Hao Ren of Wanhu of the Great Yuan Dynasty saw about these things from a "Great Song Daily" more than a month earlier. Da Yuan paid great attention to collecting information about the Great Song Dynasty, and newspapers were undoubtedly the best source of information. Recently, the order of the Great Song Zhao official family made Hao Ren a little incomprehensible. Leave the old weights and measures that have already become large, and make a new one, is this enough to be supported?

Putting down the newspaper, Hao Ren Wanhu leaned back in his chair and suddenly remembered that his wife was weak. Now Wanhu is inspecting Xingtai, and during the day, local officials send a few so-so looking sisters. Hao Ren didn't accept it because he was dirty. At this time, after being out for more than a month, he naturally remembered his wife.

Bao Xiweak is a Jiangnan woman, Jiangnan is not short of water, and it is necessary to wash her face and feet every day. After Bao Xi's weakness arrived in Dadu, he asked Hao Ren for the first time, that is, he wanted to get a bath bucket. Hao Ren often fell into the water and became soup chicken after joining the water army, and in order to take care of the weak, he gradually got used to taking a bath. Because of this, Hao Ren Wanhu built a house with a hot spring in Xiaotangshan. Now when I think back to my wife, I naturally think of Bao Xiweak's heartfelt smile after seeing the hot spring.

Although the woman sent by the local officials was greased and powdered, she could not suppress the smell of bathing, brushing her teeth and washing her face. A woman with this kind of taste, not to mention that she is weak compared with Bao Xi, but she can't be compared with ordinary women in Hangzhou. Hao Ren stayed in Hangzhou for almost two months, and he often saw small families in Hangzhou sweating on the street, picking up water from the fountain to wash their faces, and rinsing their mouths along the way. The sanitary situation can only be described as 'civilized'.

Recalling what he saw and heard in Hangzhou, Hao Ren had to sigh that compared with such a civilization, Dayuan was not only barbaric for men, but also barbaric for women.

Since he didn't have the heart to have fun, Hao Ren Wanhu decided to sleep. 'July Flowing Fire' and the weather is cool. The house was smoked with mosquito coils imported from the Song Kingdom, and Hao Ren Wanhu slept until dawn.

In the morning, the local Eagle Yang Mansion Junior Colonel arrived with a hundred and ten cavalry. The gang rode Mongolian horses and were quite tall. It's just that the ages are uneven, there are teenagers, and there are 'old people' in their thirties and forties.

Seeing that Hao Ren Wanhu didn't say a word, the local school couldn't help but ask, "Wanhu, do you want to see their kung fu?" ”

Hao Ren glanced at the junior colonel coldly, and then said: "In winter, all the government soldiers will go to Dadu for training and review. If the soldier you send is good, it will naturally give you a credit. Do it now. Hao Ren Wanhu didn't expect anything, these northern Han people would definitely not be able to do the riding skills that the Mongols could do, and they would definitely not be able to do the superb array of the Song army. As for the so-called kung fu, it is estimated that there is no fancy performance in most of the capital.

Being so encouraged by Wanhu, Xiao Xiao said excitedly: "Obey!" ”

Hao Ren appeased the little colonel, and then let the soldiers ride their horses and run a few laps for him to see. Sure enough, the riding skills of these people were far from being exquisite. However, Hao Ren was not disappointed, even if the gang picked crookedly, at least they did not fall off the horse. Even the Mongolians have experienced many times of falling off the horse, and having such riding skills shows that the school coach them took a lot of effort.

After reviewing the group, Hao Ren quickly set off for his next destination. Thinking of his wife's weakness, Hao Ren found that his homesickness was getting heavier and heavier. And he has been outside for a month, and judging from the information received, the crown prince Zhenjin has led his troops to Shangjing and Lin to attack Haidu. Even returning to Dadu now won't cause any problems.

Xingtai went north, inspected Changshan, which has always been out of cavalry, and then went east to Baoding. When thousands of households go out on patrol, there are naturally people who stand in front. When I arrived at the boundary of Baoding, there was already a large number of people who came to greet him, and there were people from the Zhang family among the people who greeted him. There are many people in the Zhang family in Baoding, including the general Zhang Rou and Zhang Rou's son Marshal Zhang Hongfan. Now Zhang Rou has long since died, and Marshal Zhang Hongfan is in Dadu. It wasn't until after the introduction that Hao Ren knew that the Zhang family was among the people who came to greet him. Looking carefully, you can see a little shadow of Zhang Rou and Zhang Hongfan from their appearance.

When everyone arrived at the yamen, Hao Ren opened his mouth and talked about official business. "But I don't know how many soldiers there are in Baoding?"

Ten thousand households spoke, but no one spoke. Hao Ren glanced at the group of people with unsightly faces, and calculated the situation in his heart. In addition to the Zhang family, there are many Han military marquis in Baoding. Although these people were stripped of the privileges of the Han army after the rebellion of Li Pu, they were still local heroes.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Hao Ren continued to ask, "But there is no number?" ”

"There were more than a hundred." The local official replied.

"More than a hundred." Hao Ren repeated. He didn't show it on his face, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart. In terms of affluence, Baoding is much stronger than Xingtai, with more than 100 soldiers in the first batch and more than 300 in the second batch. The first batch of Baoding must have at least 300, and the second batch must have more than 300 government soldiers.

Anyone who can be an official is not a fool, seeing Hao Ren's cold expression, the local official hurriedly said: "Wanhu, we do have a hardship here. ”

"Tell me about it." Hao Ren still replied coldly. It's not that he deliberately learns from Boyan Dashuai, but only this kind of coldness can make Hao Ren curb his anger.

"Wanhu, we sent 20,000 soldiers and horses in Baoding last time we sent troops. More than 17,000 of them were signed for the army. As a result, there were heavy casualties in Huaxian County. If you came here a year, it was really a family wearing filial piety, and the crying was shocking. The official was already a little choked up when he said this.

"A year ago?" Hao Ren Wanhu is strange about this time. The Battle of the Yellow River was fought two years ago, how could it be Dai Xiao a year ago?

However, when he thought about it again, he understood a little. The exchange of prisoners between the Great Yuan and the Great Song Dynasty was more than a year ago, and it was only after the prisoner exchange that it was possible to determine whether those Yuan troops were captured or lost their lives. At this time, Hao Ren couldn't help but sigh: "It's very sad to think of the local people. ”

"Exactly. Many local people originally expected that their relatives would only be captured by the Song army, so no one went to Huaxian to claim the body. When they knew that their relatives had not been captured, those bodies had already been buried by the Song army. After more than a year, I couldn't help but look like it even when I dug it out. What's more, who has the strength to dig out the tens of thousands of Erlang who were killed. At this point, the official was already choked up.

Hao Ren didn't feel much about the death of tens of thousands of Han people, and he still couldn't help but sigh slightly. From the materialist theory he learned, the first point of materialism is to admit the facts. Now Hao Ren found that he himself was actually very easy to make the mistake of taking it for granted.

Seeing Hao Ren's regretful expression, the Baoding officials and Haoqiang representatives who didn't know Hao Ren's inner thoughts were relieved. It would be nice for Hao Ren to understand their difficulties.

Hao Ren Wanhu inspected the soldiers in Baoding and felt that although these people were not as good as Changshan, they were still stronger than Xingtai. plus I was homesick, so I didn't particularly dwell on the matter.

Leaving Baoding, Wanhu hurried all the way and finally rushed home. Seeing his wife and children, Wanhu's mood suddenly improved. He picked up Hao Kang and Hao Jun, who ran over, and spun around in place a few times in a row, causing the little guy to scream excitedly. Hao Ren walked to Bao Xiweak, who was holding the female baby, with two male babies in his arms, and said, "After I report to the Great Khan, let's go to Xiaotangshan to live for a few days." ”

"Hmm." Bao Xiwan nodded in response. When you go to the hot springs, you are always happy to be weak.

The next day, Hao Ren went to attend the court meeting. Kublai Khan was also very happy to see Hao Ren return. There are many things in the court, and Hao Ren's affairs need to be discussed carefully, so he asked Hao Ren to leave a detailed discussion after the court meeting.

After the court meeting, Kublai Khan listened to Hao Ren give a detailed introduction to the situation of the government soldiers in various places, and learned that about 20,000 government soldiers could be gathered, and they were all cavalry. Kublai Khan was overjoyed. The Emperor of Dayuan smiled and said, "This winter, I will take a closer look at how these soldiers are." ”

"In terms of cavalry shooting, they are naturally inferior to the Mongol cavalry." Hao Ren hurriedly responded. He didn't want Kublai Khan to have unrealistic illusions.

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Of course I know this. If they were stronger than the Mongol cavalry, then what would they do? ”

Hearing this, Hao Ren's heart moved. It could be seen that Kublai Khan was speaking from his heart in a happy mood, and Hao Ren found that his own expectations for the soldiers were higher than those of Kublai Khan. It is that the government soldiers are inferior to the Mongolian army in cavalry and archery, and Hao Ren also hopes that the government soldiers can reach the level of the Mongolian army in terms of overall combat effectiveness.

The Battle of the Yellow River proved that the group shock of the heavy cavalry had no effect on the Song army at all. Not only the thousands of heavy cavalry rushing into battle, but also the pro-army of more than 30,000 elite Kublai Khan Khan, there was nothing they could do in the face of tens of thousands of Song troops. Not only did they have no way to effectively defeat the Song army, but they couldn't even hinder the Song army's actions on the battlefield.

That being the case, the Mongol army faced the Song army, which was superior in both quantity and quality. At this time, it is useless to add more inferior troops.

Just when Hao Ren wanted to say something, he saw the cold look of the handsome Boyan who came to listen to Hao Ren's report seemed to be a little different from usual. At this time, Hao Ren resisted the urge to continue to express his opinion, but followed the words of Kublai Khan, "As long as the Great Khan can be satisfied." Our Mongolian cavalry has been riding horses for more than ten years, and these Han cavalry can't compare at all. I'm afraid they're too bad, and the Great Khan thinks I'm speaking too well of the soldiers. ”

Hearing this, Kublai Khan laughed, but did not say anything more. Hao Ren said by the way that he had been running outside for so long and wanted to rest for a while. The Great Khan naturally agreed.

When Hao Ren and Boyan came out together, Hao Ren couldn't help but ask: "Dashuai, do you think that the government soldiers should be weaker than the Mongolian soldiers?" ”

"You're going to recruit 40,000 soldiers, right?" Boyan asked.

"Yes."

"Which tribe in Mongolia can send 40,000 cavalry?"

“…… No. ”

"Which 10,000 households can send 40,000 cavalry? Which prince can send 40,000 cavalry? ”

"Nope. But these 40,000 soldiers are the army of Dayuan. Hao Ren argued.

"You think it's Dayuan's army, and many people don't think so. When it comes to cavalry, many people think of the Mongolian cavalry, who would think of the Dayuan cavalry. Boyan's voice was always cold.

Hao Ren was silent. Boyan Dashuai is able to tell the true face of things in such a sharp way, and this kind of truth is difficult to accept in many cases.

Seeing the gate of the palace, Hao Ren couldn't help but stop Boyan Dashuai. But he really didn't have the courage to talk about the difference between the Mongol army and the Yuan army, and he didn't want to admit his disappointment. So Hao Ren told Boyan what he encountered in Baoding.

After listening to Hao Ren's description, Boyan was silent for a moment before he spoke: "The signing army is not a cavalry. Most of the cavalry led by Zhang Hongfan were his direct subordinates. Are you recruiting a foot army in Baoding? ”

These words were like a bolt from the blue for Hao Ren, allowing Hao Ren to grasp the confusion that he originally had in his heart, but he couldn't grasp it. Baoding is really fooling Hao Ren! The government soldiers targeted small and medium-sized landlords, and the state tax reduction allowed these people to provide a stable and combat-ready source of soldiers. However, the local tyrants did not want to undertake this kind of military service that could not give themselves the rank of knight.

Just before Hao Ren was about to get angry, Bo Yan, who arrived at the gate of the palace, got on the horse and walked away, so that Hao Ren had no chance to complain about Bo Yan at all.

Returning home with a heavy heart, Hao Ren said to his wife, "Pack up your things, let's go now." ”

"In such a hurry?" Bao Xiweak was very surprised.

Hao Ren forcibly squeezed out a smile and said to his wife: "It's been outside for so long, and it's smelly everywhere." Go to the hot springs early and wash off all the stench! ”

Although Bao Xiqiao didn't quite understand Hao Ren's mood at this time, he didn't mean to object. So at sunset, the carriage and the horse team left the capital and went straight to the direction of Xiaotangshan. Hao Ren Wanhu sat in the carriage and completely ignored the two sons' fighting.

Regarding Dayuan's current intrigue, he only felt depressed. In the past, he didn't feel this kind of depravity at all, even if the war was very cruel and the people who went out were very hard, at least the Dayuan army at that time was full of expectations and desires. The war is won, the war is over, and everyone can go home and live a good life.

When the Southern Expeditionary Army arrived in Dadu with the coffin containing Song Lizong and the surrendered Song officials, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the civil and military officials, the joy reached its peak.

Now Hao Ren looks back on the past and finds that those have turned into the unattainable past, the apex of the Great Yuan. When Da Yuan walked past that apex, it went downhill irreversibly.