was looked at by a young girl, and the young girl also issued an embarrassed "...... Belch...... Well, ......", Zhang Shijie, who came to buy sour bamboo shoots, felt a little confused.

In the 320th year of the Great Song Dynasty, no one in Hangzhou would regard the soldiers as thieves with the army, which does not mean that everyone is particularly close to the soldiers. Showing an embarrassed and somewhat familiar expression to a major general at close range, Zhang Shijie felt that this was not normal. After carefully identifying the girl in front of him, Zhang Shijie hesitated and said, "This little lady ,...... Are you surnamed Yang? ”

In the Great Song Dynasty, women were called Niangzi. For example, Yang Shufei is now the lady of the Zhang family. Maidens and girls are called little ladies. Such a call would never have been considered a flirtatious act in the Song Dynasty. When people in the Song Dynasty heard the name of Hu Sanniang, they knew that this girl was the third daughter of the Hu family, or the third daughter who grew up to adulthood after birth. is definitely not the third mother of the Hu family.

Hearing Zhang Shijie's question, the young girl's embarrassment dissipated a little, and she said, "Uh...... Uncle, long time no see. ”

“…… Sanniang, you are ......" Zhang Shijie has been the commander of the Imperial Forest Army for several years, and he can now be sure that the girl in front of him is the third daughter of Yang Shufei's brother Yang Liangjie. The two hadn't seen each other for three or four years, and they had met before, only two or three times a year. If it weren't for Yang Liangjie being a very annoying person, and this Yang Sanniang inherited the best-looking parts of his father, Zhang Shijie probably wouldn't have remembered this person.

"I'm here to see my aunt." Yang Sanniang said embarrassedly.

Zhang Shijie felt that it was a little strange to hear this, since the Zhao official family officially seized power, the Yang family ignored Yang Shufei. When Zhang Shijie got married, the Zhao official family sent people to send congratulatory gifts, and none of the Yang family moved. Why did you suddenly send someone to see Yang Shufei now. And how to come to visit people, I actually ran to the food store.

Maybe Zhang Shijie is not good at hiding his expression, or maybe he didn't think about hiding his expression at all. Yang Sanniang had an embarrassed expression on her face, and her whole face turned red. She bit her lip first, then clutched her bag in her hand, simply helpless.

Zhang Shijie could only look at Yang Sanniang at a loss, but the store might have seen a lot of things, so he opened the windows and doors like no one else, and began to ventilate. With this movement, Yang Sanniang barely broke free from the embarrassment, she lowered her head and said, "Uncle, this perfume is a gift I brought to my aunt." I felt that I couldn't meet people empty-handed, and I knew that my aunt liked to eat sour bamboo shoots, so I came to buy some. I didn't expect to spill the perfume. ”

"Hmph, haha." Zhang Shijie was amused, the children were careless, which was expected, and the previous embarrassment was just that Zhang Shijie didn't know how to deal with the embarrassing relationship between him and the Yang family now. After hearing about Yang Sanniang's baby, Zhang Shijie felt a little ridiculous, and he also felt very cute. He stepped forward and patted Yang Sanniang on the shoulder, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and you have grown up." I just came to buy sour bamboo shoots for your aunt, and I just bought them and walked together. ”

Not long after, the two people carrying sour bamboo shoots and other things walked out of the food store and walked on the gravel road of the Shangshu-level community. After the Zhao official family came to power, everyone should try to go to school as much as possible. Article 3 of the "Interim Regulations on the Regulation of Officials and Cadres of the Great Song Dynasty" stipulates that if officials and cadres do not allow their children to receive compulsory education, they will be dismissed from public office if they are found to be true after investigation.

Yang Liangjie is a very annoying guy, but he is protecting the people who went south to the small court of Lin'an at that time, so he has an official status. Yang Sanniang naturally wants to go to school, and Zhang Shijie also found a good conversation content, that is, Yang Sanniang's studies.

"What are you going to do now?"

"I've graduated from high school."

"Going to college?"

"......No, I don't want to be an official. I want to open a perfume shop. ”

"This ...... I think you'd better go to college. Now girls go to college, even if it's just to be a cadre. ”

China has a tradition of persuasion, and this can definitely be regarded as a positive rhetoric in any place. Even if some people think that Zhang Shijie is hypocritical, they can't say that Zhang Shijie is wrong. After surviving this distance and entering the house, Zhang Shijie saw Yang Shufei and Zheng Jie, the chief of staff of the military department, in the living room on the first floor.

Zhang Shijie and Yang Shufei were stunned, Zheng Jie stepped forward and said, "Follow me now." ”

"What are you going for?" Zhang Shijie was happy in his heart, and he could finally get rid of this embarrassing situation.

"Go to the official's house." Zheng Jie replied.

Hearing the word official, Yang Shufei's face changed greatly. But Zheng Jie was not moved at all, for the army under Zhao Jiaren, their commander was always only Zhao Jiaren.

It didn't take long for Zhang Shijie to arrive at Zhao Guan's house. In the conference room, there are Sun Qing, the head of the household department, and Meng Shixian, the director of the mechanical hall under the household department.

"Sit." With a wave of his hand, Zhao Guanjia took the lead in sitting down on the sofa, and everyone followed.

"I read the list of the Ministry of War, what is the opinion of the Ministry of Households." Zhao Jiaren is ready to deal with this matter.

"Official, the things in this list cost too much money." Sun Qing immediately narrated. He was born as a cadre, and he didn't know what was done in the Great Song Dynasty in the past. Now the Zhao Guanjia's style is very simple, if you encounter a problem, you have to solve it, and those who deliberately delay it can only pray that the Zhao Guanjia does not know about it.

"The leather, iron sheets, threads of the armor helmet are cheap. Steel for weapons is also not a problem. Cloth for making clothes is acceptable. Now it's this bronze and silk. Neither of these was cheap, and the Song army used a lot of bronze to cast its cannons, and now that cotton cloth was in vogue in China, merchants did their best to export every piece of silk they could get their hands on. The country's tax revenues have just leveled, and these two things will cost a lot of money. ”

After listening to what Sun Qing said, Zheng Jie immediately retorted: "I am a dignified Song Dynasty, and I will be embarrassed by such five hundred silk horses and five thousand catties of bronze. ”

Sun Qing was not happy when he heard this, and he replied with a straight face: "There are many places where the Great Song Dynasty needs to use money. There has to be a reason for how to use it. If you only talk about how my Great Song Dynasty can lack this little thing, the country will be in chaos. ”

Zheng Jie had a clear accusation when he heard this, and asked very unhappily, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Sun Qing replied with a straight face: "The army talks about discipline, and the household department talks about financial discipline. Any provenance must have a valid reason, and that is fiscal discipline. ”

After saying this, the head of the Tobe Shangshu and the chief of staff of the military department began to stare at each other. After staring for a moment, they all looked at Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "Don't worry, the purpose of letting you come is to communicate." If the military department wants to get so many supplies, it has to come up with reasons that can convince everyone. Chief of Staff Zheng, speak up. ”

"The time and place are favorable, and each person has his own opinion. Fighting with the Mongols is something we have long determined, and letting the Han people in Hebei fight with the Mongols, how much treasury expenditure will be saved in this matter, Sun Shangshu will not fail to think of it. I'm just going to talk about what Sun Shangshu might be worried about right now, and that's whether we can win the war. If you can't win, all your investment will be wasted. If you want to win the battle, the leading figures must be reliable, and in terms of cold weapon combat, General Zhang is definitely the number of people in our Song army. Speaking of this, Zheng Jie pointed at Zhang Shijie.

Sun Qingshangshu just thought that Zhang Shijie was activated again after completely defecting to Zhao Guan's family, but he didn't expect Zhang Shijie to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Continue to listen to Zheng Jie's narration, this personnel appointment is also very reasonable. Among the generals of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Shijie was born in Hebei, and he has been fighting on the front line since he defected to the Great Song Dynasty, and has made a lot of contributions, and is very loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. Such a person, as the commander-in-chief of the Han army in Hebei, is a very suitable person from a logical point of view.

With generals, all that remains is the army that fights. Zheng Jie frankly admitted that the combat effectiveness of the Hebei army is not strong now, and it is inferior to the Mongolian army. That's why it's important to use better equipment to reduce their losses and allow them to survive and grow in battle.

"Sun Shangshu, the reason why our army of the Great Song Dynasty is invincible now is because our soldiers never hide in a safe place, but have to fight every time. The survival rate of retired commanders and fighters in each round is between 90 and 95 percent. Everyone survived and accumulated sufficient experience in the war. Select outstanding soldiers to become commanders, and summarize mistakes. Constantly improving our training and operations. If every time they come to fight, it is a new recruit, it is to increase the experience of the Mongols. Equip them better, that's for that. ”

After listening to Zheng Jie's explanation, Sun Qing felt that Zheng Jie's more than ten years of military experience was really learning, but these were not enough to completely convince Sun Qing. Sun Shangshu asked a question that he had always puzzled, "What's wrong with letting the Hebei Righteous Army learn to use firearms?" Everything you are worried about can be solved. ”

Zheng Jie glanced at Zhao Jiaren, and when he saw Zhao Jiaren nodding slightly, he turned his head to Sun Qing and said, "If the Han people in Hebei can defeat the Mongols on their own, do you think they won't use muskets to resist our Song army's Northern Expedition?" ”

Sun Qing was excited, he really hadn't thought about this problem. When I think about it carefully, I feel that the whole arrangement suddenly becomes clear. Arming such a vote of Hebei Han people is not to create an armed force that can have the same combat effectiveness as the Song army. The use of cold weapons is a very reasonable means.

"How?" Zheng Jie asked while the iron was hot.

Sun Qing nodded and replied sincerely, "I think I can accept Chief of Staff Zheng's explanation." But I still have some things I want to talk to the officials about. ”

Zheng Jie didn't expect Sun Qing to be so stubborn at this time, and his face became very unhappy. Zhao Jiaren was not unhappy, he said briskly: "Chief of Staff Zheng will go out first, and I will talk to Sun Shangshu." ”

"Official." Zheng Jie also wanted to fight for himself.

Zhao Jiaren turned his head and glanced at Zheng Jie. Just looking at it like this, Zheng Jie almost instinctively stood up and responded: "Yes!" ”