Chapter Twenty-Three: The Development of Donglin City
After being severely hit the day before, Xiao Chen once again pulled his civil and military officials to the court to hold an embassy the next morning. With the passage of more than 20 days, Xiao Chen also got two opportunities to brush the generals again, but unfortunately it was very faceless that neither the Zhaoxian Hall nor the Martial Arts Hall had any historical generals in mind.
Even the lottery once a day didn't get any good things, so it was fifty cavalry at a time, which made Xiao Chen happy for a while, and then it was even more sad that it was not the same, and for three days, it was all about making persistent efforts. Xiao Chen's face was full of melancholy, he smashed all the gods and Buddha statues in the house, and committed suicide by hitting the wall a few times, but unfortunately the suicide attempt failed.
Thinking back on those twenty days, Xiao Chen had a thought: these days are the unlucky days of the masters. It's okay to be unlucky to smoke things, but once I was walking on the steps in the palace, and I didn't know what nerves I had, so I actually fell, and I fell all the way to the first step.
There is also a night light lion cub is even more annoying, originally Xiao Chen rode on the back of the little lion, just right to go shopping. I don't know where a little mare came from, and the whole little lion directly flipped Xiao Chen to the ground, and then followed the little mare to play. When Xiao Chen finally walked back to the palace tired and half dead, the little lion actually brought the little mare back to the palace, and the two horses were still having a good time.
Everything after that, it's unbearable to look back, our heroes don't mention the courage of the year. Having said that, Xiao Chen looked at the twelve tabula rasa generals added to the court, and they all felt ashamed. Why can the whiteboard general still enter the court for meetings, it stands to reason that only those above the third grade are eligible to enter the court? Could it be that these are the pillars of their own court? Forget it, it will be over, and it will be changed later.
Fortunately, everyone is doing well today, at least there is no sleep. However, we still have to seriously criticize Comrade Du Dazhuang and Comrade Zhang Jian. As soon as the big guys heard that they were going to hold a criticism meeting, a group of old hooligans were more and more active than the other, and the criticism words like cannonballs bombarded these two comrades for more than half an hour, directly foaming at the mouth of the two comrades who did not listen well to the meeting, their eyes rolled up, and their legs trembled.
After the bad comrades got the greatest criticism, the rest of the people who were loyal to the party and the country were finally officially started, and it was not Xiao Chen who spoke first, but Prime Minister Li Dacheng. "Your Majesty, in the past twenty days, our Donglin City has achieved the most rapid development under your wise leadership. At present, there are a total of 150,000 people and more than 30,000 slaves in the two cities of Donglin City. More than 500,000 acres of farmland have been reclaimed, and after three days, it is estimated that the tax revenue of our city can reach 900,000 copper. At the same time, the road connecting Minxiang City has been repaired under the slaves of the slaves, and the ditches and irrigation canals are currently being repaired, and the irrigation canals will be completed in about ten days, and by then all the fields in my Donglin City will be nourished by the river water, and they will definitely be richer. ”
"In addition to these, there are no other major things, most of them are trivial things, and they will not be on this elegant stage." Prime Minister Li Dacheng snorted and said a lot, and actually stopped in the surprised eyes of everyone, it's really not easy, the big guys are about to fall asleep.
As soon as Li Ming's voice fell, Sun Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, stood up. Now the bosses of the army immediately came to the spirit, and the craftsman managed by the Ministry of Industry is the lifeblood of the army, can you not cheer up?
"In the past half a month, under the personal teaching of the king, our craftsmen have all used their strength to forge weapons and armor. However, in the process of suppressing the bandits, the generals seized a large number of ring-headed knives and spears. Therefore, the main forging of craftsmen is Changge, birch bow, and leather armor. Among them, Changge produced 2,000 handles, 800 birch bows, 500 infantry shields, and 1,000 pairs of leather armor. More than 70,000 units of wood and more than 50,000 units of iron were consumed. (Mainly, there are still a lot of crippled products, a lot of waste of resources, can you expect the handicraft industry to be as sophisticated as the machine?) )
Therefore, now the weapons and armor of the troops that have been formed are all ready, only the cavalry units have not yet completed their training and are not equipped. ”
Listening to Sun Cheng's words, Xiao Chen was overjoyed. Nima, finally has the ability to attack the city. It's not easy, I've been staying up for a month, well, tomorrow I'm going to send troops to destroy Naya's wild city.
After the Ministry of Industry finished reporting, it was natural that Wu Feng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, reported it. I didn't see my boss dying of joy when he heard the report of the completion department, what does this mean, it means that our boss wants to fight. At this time, I will go up again to report the strength of the army, and the boss will be happy that his small life in the future will definitely be fine, at least he will not have to carry too big a black pot in the future.
So, General Wu Feng stood up with the dream of not carrying the black cauldron in the future and said: "King Qiqi, now the last general has completed the training of 1,000 Changge soldiers, 1,000 archers, and 500 sword and shield soldiers. There are only 300 cavalry and there are still a few days left to complete the training, so please let the king take a clear look. ”
It turns out that no one will inevitably want to hear the words that make them happy. Now, General Wu said the good news that Xiao Chen wanted to know the most, and he was naturally in a happy mood. As for General Wu, forget it, let him carry less black pots in the future. It's a big deal, let Li Ming carry two, anyway, his father-in-law has two, not worse than this one.
Counting how many troops he has, the more he calculates, the happier Xiao Chen becomes. 1,000 sword and shield soldiers, all equipped with leather armor, ring head knives, and infantry shields, can be described as well-equipped, and their defensive capabilities are extraordinary. Since there were four or five hundred spearmen during the previous vacation, Xiao Chen directly matched them with Changge. Because they are all elongated weapons, the direct transformation is successful. Moreover, the single sword soldiers were also completely abolished by Xiao Chen, and most of them were transformed into Changge soldiers, and then the rest became the big brother of the city management. Therefore, the current Changge soldiers have reached 2,000 Changge soldiers.
1,000 sword and shield soldiers, with 2,000 Changge soldiers holding five or six meters long, and then with the fire support of 2,000 archers, it is simply unmatched. Especially after a few days, there are more than 800 cavalry to join, and at that time, Xiao Chen really wants to roar, haha, and ask who in the world can block my edge.
Although only about 500 of the 2,000 archers were armed with birch bows with a range of 180 paces, and the others still used wooden bows with a range of only 80 paces, as a support arm for the infantry, these vitality were sufficient for the enemy.
The rest of the officials and the criminal department are small things. At most, the little uncle of the ministry is talented and extraordinary, and wants to serve his own king, and then he is on the table on his side, and the king is happy. Yes, this thing was done, until the end, when Xiao Chen saw the official's brother-in-law, he immediately shouted loudly that he wanted to change the official's blood. Nima, this is also called being extraordinary with others? Well, it's really extraordinary, after all, a shaved head, a missing arm, plus a leg, and a blind eye.
When Xiao Chen saw this, he was dying of admiration. Is Hawking better than such a person? What happened to Helen? Look at people, this is called powerful. Those who have broken arms and legs are still blind, and they can still live until now. Oh, tell me, he's in his sixties. Not only do people live well, but they also plan to become officials. Who is comparable to ancient and modern?
However, can he really still be an official? With his left arm missing and his right leg missing, he can still support a cane, but how can he write official documents in this case? Okay, it's a good idea to have someone write it for you, but I'm really afraid that if he accidentally falls, he will have to let the labor and management pay the pension. In other words, this product is not a special official, it will not come to the court to retire, and by the way, he will earn a pension?
If that's the case, I really gave him a petty official, anyway, it's a trivial matter to raise an idle official in the court. As for the pension, when Xiao Chen saw the 100,000 copper sent by the recommender. The pension of more than 1,000 has long been forgotten, and just like that, half the morning has passed. The ministers were standing with a little sore legs. As for Xiao Chen, he also had a slight backache. Okay, that's all for today's meeting, let's go and eat. The meeting will resume tomorrow.
As soon as the court was dispersed, Wang Ping and a group of more than a dozen generals immediately gathered next to Xiao Chen, and they all shouted to invite their boss to go on an outing, go on a trip, hunt, and chant poetry.
Xiao Chen thought about it, okay, this is a good idea. Brothers, go, I haven't chanted poetry for a long time, and I have already brewed poetry in my heart, and when the mountains and rivers are close and the meat and wine are dry, inspiration gushes in.
As a result, Xiao Chen was very dissatisfied. How so? It's not that Concubine Min and Concubine Xiang didn't know where to get out, and they forced their husbands and generals to take them to play. The result was naturally not very satisfactory, originally more than a dozen people planned to run out, enjoy the scenery, hunt greatly, roast the prey by the way, and then drink a good drink. Fortunately, these two female devils came from nowhere, and they just followed the team, and they couldn't get rid of them after a few throws.
Helplessly, a group of old men had to circle around, and from time to time they looked at two crazy girls who were not far away. Then, head to head, quickly hold a small jar of wine and take a big sip, and then pass it on to the next one. Alas, I think that the gentlemen drank as much as they wanted in the barracks, but as long as the boss was there, there was absolutely nothing good. Hey, this sentence seems to have been proven before.
, Nai Naidi, as long as he is with his boss, it will definitely not make people very happy, twenty-five days ago, there was no one who didn't know, and he was stupid to invite this broom star to drink in the wild. When Du Dazhuang thought of this, he immediately gave himself two ear scrapers, and Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, what is this, why is his general nothing to incite himself. Do you want to beg for abuse, this is a good thing, recently the master has been a little itchy.
After the rest of the generals saw Du Dazhuang's behavior, they unanimously showed an expression, vividly expressing the meaning of 'you should have slapped yourself a long time ago'. And Du Dazhuang burst into tears directly, and his heart ached. There was no way, the big guy looked at the twenty or thirty jars of wine behind the grass in the distance, but he just couldn't drink it. This feeling, every brother is not uncomfortable.
In the end, the big guys still couldn't destroy the hidden wine. Xiao Chen and the others all came up with various methods, and even asked a few guards to take the two female devils to hunt. Well, even though they were all on horseback, they came back every minute. The reason is that in this minute, Concubine Xiang and Concubine Min were able to feed six or seven deer.
This made the big guy stunned for a long time, Nima, don't bring such a playful person. Seven deer were shot in less than a minute, plus a fawn. On average, it takes less than ten seconds to die, but that's not counting the distance, could it be that there is a herd of deer a few dozen meters away from our camping place? Don't bring such a cheating father, so I can't blow the two girls away, but before I can take a sip here, they will get dinner back.
A group of guards who followed the two women also shrugged their shoulders, saying that they were helpless. Well, the world is always so incomprehensible, and without wine, it's good to have some meat to eat. That's it, a big king, two princesses, more than a dozen generals, and a group of small soldiers playing soy sauce. After an afternoon of camping at home in the middle of the morning, listlessly ready to pack up and go back to camp.
The two princesses really ate a little too much, and they hummed and chirped along the way, so it's no wonder they can be happy. As for Xiao Chen and the generals, since the two princesses joined the camp, they didn't feel happy in their hearts, why? It's not that the hegemon tigress, just ask the people of the city, the soldiers of the whole army, and the hundreds of officials of cultural relics, who doesn't know how powerful these two princesses are.
When he was a general, he had to recuperate for more than 20 days before he could get up, and I heard that he couldn't ride a horse and exercise vigorously now. The king, not to mention, has long been trained by the two princesses to be more well-behaved than a good baby. Nowadays, as long as the princess is present, the king walks on the street, and will never look at other people's daughters-in-law, let alone chat with other women. I remember that a few days ago, my own king helped my grandmother cross the road because of his good deeds on the street. This is a big win for the people, and the two princesses were also very happy at the time, but after walking to a small alley, there was a lot of killing pigs and screaming all kinds of torture * confessions, plus all kinds of promises. In the end, under various cruel struggles, Xiao Chen was forced to owe the agreement and swore a poisonous oath: he would never talk to any woman in the future, and he would have skin contact. Bao Kuo goes down to a three-year-old girl and goes up to an eighty-year-old grandmother.
Thinking about the bitter days in the past, Xiao Chen straightened his hair. As for those TV series, as soon as the pig's feet swore a poisonous oath, the scene where the daughter-in-law immediately stopped it was even more wooden, and some were just two smiling gloomy female devils looking at poor Xiao Chen squatting in the corner, raising his right hand, and swearing poisonously, so it caused Xiao Chen's tracheitis to be particularly serious now. In this hunting operation, as soon as the two princesses participated, they were stunned and didn't even dare to fart for a day. Because, there is such a clause in the king's agreement: Fan, when he is with his daughter-in-law. No matter when, where, or what the scene is, no fart is allowed, and if there is a fart, you have to hold it to the old lady. The fart is too smelly, there is polluted air, and no one can let his daughter-in-law smell that filthy gas, otherwise he will be beaten infinitely when he gets home