Chapter 8: The Human Heart (10)

"Grandpa, how can you be so direct?" Fu Ying was pierced by his father's words, and his face suddenly turned red with shame. After a pause, he whispered in disgust, "It's like my daughter and I have really become an outsider." You don't care about anything else, let's take a look at this and this!"

As he spoke, he took two thin booklets from the hands of his personal maid and solemnly presented them in front of Fu Yanqing.

"What is it?" Fu Yanqing was slightly stunned and looked down. I saw that on the surface of the booklet above, there were four big characters written like a dragon flying and a phoenix, "River Governance Strategy".

Zheng Ziming's strategy for controlling the river! When he landed, his hands trembled uncontrollably, as if the two pamphlets combined weighed tens of thousands of catties.

You must know that even in the peaceful era, after any imperial court experienced the Yellow River breach, it would take at least ten or eight years of hard work to recover. And the cost is huge, and if you are not careful, you can make the treasury beyond its means. And Chai Rong and Zheng Ziming, it only took less than three years from the time they were invited to the present. Not only did he not ask for any money and grain from the imperial court, but also mobilized the people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, opened up hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and solved the problem of grain reserves in the Great Zhou Dynasty from the root mountain!

This method is simply done by the gods. If Fu Yanqing had mastered such a skill, he would definitely record it, hide it in a secret room, and only allow his descendants to circulate it, and not leak a single word to outsiders. However, in order to win over the Fu family for the crown prince, Zheng Ziming actually took out the strategy without hesitation, how could it not be shocking not to be shocked by such a pen and such a mind?

"This is all the river control method implemented by Ziming after discussing with the prince and the two people, including the reason for doing so. As well as a number of problems that have emerged and been discovered in the process of river control, as well as the process of solving problems, and the pros and cons of many decisions. The daughter's voice came from the other side, and every word made the weight of the book in Fu Yanqing's hand even heavier, "The method of asking and answering is adopted, similar to the legendary "Wei Gong Asks the Right", and the other book is ......"

"Little eaglet, you better say it directly, what step does the prince want the old man to do?" Fu Yanqing quietly took a few steps back, sat on the chair, and interrupted with a gasp.

There is a way to be courteous, and there must be something to ask for. The more you ask, the heavier the gift. Just a copy of "River Governance Strategy" is enough to make Fu Yanqing difficult to give up. If you add something of the same weight, I'm afraid that the Fu family can only express their stance on the spot, and only the prince will always be the first to look forward!

No, absolutely not! No matter how much she loves her daughter and grandson, Fu Yanqing will not make such a promise. That's just a bet on the entire Fu family. With his cautious character and rich experience, even if he makes his daughter sad, even if he gives up the temptation in his hand, he will never take such a risk!

"Father, are you in a hurry, as if my daughter and I are forcing you to do things for the prince!" Fu Ying smiled slightly, caught up, and took back two booklets from Fu Yanqing's hand, side by side on the table, "The other is the "Outline of Governing the Army". What is the combat effectiveness of the Cangzhou soldiers? You have seen it with your own eyes. With this book, let's Fu Jiaerlang......"

"Impossible! Impossible!" Before Fu Ying could finish speaking, Old Wolf Fu had already jumped up and interrupted. "How could Zheng Ziming be so generous and hand over the outline of governing the army! He, he Cangzhou Army only has 10,000 people, if the secret is discovered by others, in the future, how will he gain a foothold in the world?"

Although his words were categorical, his fingers couldn't help but quickly open the "Outline of Governing the Army" and his eyes moved away, lest he could not distinguish the authenticity of this book if he did not read it carefully.

I saw that on the first page of the outline, it was written, "Those who train soldiers should refine their physique and strengthen their spirits!" Let them know honor and disgrace, give clear orders, argue about golden drums, know etiquette, and do not be confused when they see a strong enemy, and do not be chaotic when they hear small profits, and then they will advance and retreat in an orderly manner and be invincible......

The writing is quite sloppy, and the choice of words and sentences is not neat. But every sentence made Fu Yanqing's face change again and again, and his ears were silent, and he heard thunder.

Forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart, he quickly flipped back, and the more he looked, the more reluctant he was to take his eyes off the slightest. When I saw the second half of the selection chapter, I forgot that there were still my wife and maidservant around me, and I started to read aloud directly, "The man in the husband and the army, the brave and daring to take responsibility." It can be described as the courage of the army. Those who must have both mental strength and appearance, and are willing to strictly abide by the order, can be selected. Rather lack than excess. Poor martial arts can be taught, poor strength can be raised, but those with poor spirit and no disobedience will not be able to see their merits after ten years. And the two armies engaged in the battle, the discipline was strict, the battle formation was neat, and the advance and retreat strictly guarded the golden drum banner, and the winner was eight or nine out of ten. Before the war, the soldiers are enthusiastic, and those who do not care about each other, even if they have a temporary opportunity, it is difficult to maintain it for a long time. After the three drums, the strength and weakness immediately turned ......"

"Boom!" as if there was a thunderclap, and it exploded in the head again. Fu Yanqing's body shook, and his voice stopped abruptly.

As a local prince with a heavy army, who doesn't want his own command to have a tiger and wolf army under his command? And the combat experience over the years clearly tells him that at present, whether it is the forbidden army in Guo Wei's hands, the white horse elite cavalry in Gao Xingzhou's hand, or the Fu family's children under his command, they are all just second-rate goods used to deal with ordinary bandits and grass robbers. If you really encounter hard stubble, you will be beaten to the original shape!

Therefore, since the silver spear army was ruined by Li Siyuan, the same number of Central Plains troops fought against the Khitans again, and they were defeated and invincible. In order to win a battle from the Khitans, the Central Plains army often had to mobilize three times, or even five to ten times as many as the other side! And the more soldiers and horses, the greater the demand for grain and grass. In case the Khitans sent another detachment to detour behind the Central Plains army, cutting off their grain routes. In less than three months at the latest, the Central Plains army will definitely collapse!

Shame, an expert in the civil war, and when you meet the Khitans, you become a wreck. This is not only the shame of the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, and even the Later Han Emperors, but also the shame of all the Central Plains generals! In this life, Fu Yanqing did not think about shame. But I don't know how to get up in the snow. And today, Zheng Ziming's "Outline for Governing the Army" finally allowed him to see the direction of his efforts and the dawn of hope.

"Grandpa, are these two pamphlets useful to our Fu family?" Seeing that his father was shocked as he expected, Fu Ying smiled, walked to the other side of the table, and sat down gently. Spring-like fingers, tapping lightly on the tabletop, "Knock, knock, knock......"

"Whew-" Old Wolf Fu took his eyes off the "Outline of Military Governance" with difficulty, and let out a long breath towards the ceiling. "Why, how could it be useless. Let's have it if our Fu family can get it sooner and get these two books, no, we only need the "Outline of Governing the Army" to be enough, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay-"

As he spoke, he exhaled a long breath, as if he wanted to vomit all the regrets in his heart into the air.

"What's that, Grandpa?" Fu Ying's eyes lit up slightly, stopped beating, and asked with a smile.

"Forget it, don't mention it!" Fu Yanqing immediately realized that he had missed his mouth, and shook his head with a wry smile, "Girls are outgoing, and the ancients are honest and don't deceive me! These two gifts are too important to our family, and my father can't find any reason to refuse." But don't ask for a price!"

"Grandpa, look at what you said. What's wrong with my surname Fu!" Fu Ying looked at Fu Yanqing's eyes and shook his head slightly, "Actually, the prince didn't let my daughter ask you anything at all, it's just, daughter, I don't want our Fu family to be told that we only go in and don't leave, so I want to discuss with you, can, can you give a table to the court at the end of this autumn, and Chen said that Zheng Zi Meizhi River and the merit of defending the land for the country?"

"Ah, that's all there is to it?" Old Wolf Fu couldn't believe his ears, and instinctively asked back, "You two husband and wife, don't you need to express support for your father?"

"You are my father, you don't say anything, in fact, it's all the same!" Fu Ying smiled and nodded slightly.

"This is strange, at the moment, Wang Jun and Wang Yin are far superior in strength to the crown prince. Although Zheng Ziming is brave, the Cangzhou army only has 10,000 people, and two fists are invincible to four hands!" Hearing what his daughter said for sure, Fu Lao Wolf couldn't help but rub his beard and groaned in a low voice, "Unless, unless the prince has other strength, he is not recognized." However, he has been busy with Zheng Ziming in the past three years to manage the Yellow River......"

"Grandpa, you must have forgotten the criteria for selecting soldiers. Those who must have both mental strength and appearance, and are willing to strictly abide by the orders, can be shortlisted!" Fu Ying smiled again and gave an answer softly.

"Huh?" Fu Yanqing's mouth suddenly opened to fit a goose egg. After being stunned for a long time, his body tilted back, and he sighed, "I'm old, I'm really old for my father." Such a strong army is right under their noses, and they are actually blind!

In the past three years, the number of displaced people selected by the prince and Zheng Ziming is probably no less than 400,000, even if one of the 40 people is selected, 10,000 qualified people can be selected, how can there be no one available? And this is still a soldier, not a soldier. According to the "Outline of the Army", one soldier is in the middle of the battle and can control ten soldiers. At this time, the prince only needs an order, and he can easily pull up an army of 100,000!

And this 100,000-strong army is by no means an ordinary commodity. For nearly three consecutive years, hand in hand, three consecutive years of sitting and lying down, eating together, and three consecutive years of prohibition, even if it is a pile of pig iron, it has already been forged into a hundred refined steel, not to mention a bunch of big living people!

It's ridiculous, the elders of the Fu family still think that the prince does not have enough soldiers and horses to rely on. It's a pity, from top to bottom of the Fu family, there are still many people who think that the prince's strength is too poor, and they are reluctant to stand on his side and face Wang Jun and Wang Yin with him!

The weather is already cold, especially at night, and the autumn wind is already full of chill. However, at this moment, Fu Yanqing, who was sitting on the chair, had beads of sweat the size of soybeans oozing from his forehead.

Fu Lao Wolf, Fu Lao Wolf, you have really been smart all your life, but you have become a fool when you are old! In the past few months, in order to draw a clear line with the prince, you have even acquiesced in some idiots in the clan and took the initiative to provoke you! Fortunately, the prince is kind-hearted, and for the sake of the two sides as a family, he does not care. If you change your heart and lead tens of thousands of river workers to suddenly attack, the Fu family will be defenseless, and the end can be imagined!