Chapter 401: The Capital

Long ago, Huang Tinghui had already paid attention to the barbarians in the grassland.

After all, in Huang Tinghui's original memory, in addition to the internal strife within the Central Plains Dynasty.

The people who posed a great threat to the Central Plains Dynasty, and eventually even took their place, were often from the grasslands.

After all, in the era of cold weapons, cavalry was the most powerful way to attack.

Compared to cavalry, infantry has many more limitations.

There are countless examples of cavalry defeating infantry in history, but there are only a handful of battles in which infantry has been defeated by cavalry.

In this world, Huang Tinghui has read many books that record ancient wars.

Among them, what impressed Huang Tinghui the most was the "Moon Formation" used by Liu Jinu, the founder of the Liu Song Empire, when he fought with the Rouran Empire three times.

and the record of the general surnamed Yue in the previous dynasty.

In the middle of the previous dynasty, the emperor was mediocre and the court was a traitor.

The grassland barbarians are slaughtering from the sea of corpses in the mountains of corpses, and their combat effectiveness can be described as explosive.

Even the Jingshi did not block the blade of the steppe barbarians.

However, the momentum of the grassland barbarians was like a bamboo, and it was not stopped until they encountered the army of the general surnamed Yue.

At that time, the general surnamed Yue broke the battle of Yuncheng with the main force of 10,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry of the grassland barbarians, which was one of the highlight moments of the general surnamed Yue in history.

And this also created a miracle of using heavy infantry to defeat the steppe barbarian cavalry with Iron Floating Slaughter when the strength was at a disadvantage.

Of course, none of this can be called a miracle completely.

Because the commander at that time was a general surnamed Yue.

He is also a military wizard of the ages.

Huang Tinghui naturally wants to spend his life happily in this era.

But he could only think about it.

After all, in the middle and late stages of the dynasty, who knows when a complete collapse will occur?

When that time comes, you can only wander with the general trend of the world.

So instead of sitting back and waiting, don't take the initiative to become stronger.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

In the scourge of bandits, he personally experienced the killing of his good brother and wife.

Huang Tinghui has already vowed to protect the people he is close to and cares about.

To understand one's enemies in a targeted manner, there are already various strategies to defeat the enemy, which is what Huang Tinghui thinks is commonplace.

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Got on the carriage and continued to move forward, Huang Tinghui, Tang Zihu and others originally took a boat through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and headed for the direction of Beijing.

However, due to changes in the waterway and the fact that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has not been effectively repaired.

As a result, parts of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal were clogged with silt, making it impossible to transport them efficiently.

For this reason, Zhang Julu, the first and auxiliary minister of the court, was furious and had already killed several officials in charge of this aspect.

After all, the matter of Cao Yun, especially the matter involving the capital of Cao Yun, can be said to be the top priority.

If there is a slight difference, the entire capital may be in chaos.

However, despite this, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will not be completely navigable for a while.

As for the ships transporting grain, they can only be transferred to the wharf, and then travel along the direction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal by land until the next navigable section of the river, and then transport it by water.

This has also caused the transportation efficiency to be extremely low, and the money and food spent on the road are increasing day by day.

"Those officials in the court, I'm afraid they are all eating dry rice!"

"The blockage of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will not recover for a day, and the money we spend every day is like flowing water."

"In this way, who can bear it!"

A man couldn't help but complain as he watched his men carry the sacks of grain back onto the merchant ship.

"Be careful, be careful!!" Hearing the man's complaint, someone immediately came up to stop the man's nonsense.

After all, such a public discussion of the ministers of the court really fell into the ears of those who have a heart.

That's going to offend people.

Hearing the reminder of others, the man could only sigh, but he didn't say anything more.

Huang Tinghui and Tang Zihu naturally heard what the man just said, but the two didn't say much.

They are not the kind of "people with a heart" who will betray men.

Take this merchant ship back north to the capital.

It wasn't until more than half a month later that Huang Tinghui, Tang Zihu and others arrived in the capital.

The trek along the way made Huang Tinghui tired enough.

"Daddy, Daddy!!"

"It's the capital, the capital!" Lu Qiaosi stretched out her little hand and pointed to a few big characters at the city gate, and she said excitedly.

Huang Tinghui also smiled when he heard this, he scratched Lu Qiaosi's nose, and then said: "This is the capital you have been thinking about for a long time!" ”

Although Huang Tinghui came to the north with his family this time, he did not want to put Lian'er and Lu Qiaosi in danger.

So naturally, it is impossible to rush to Datong Town with Lian'er.

In this way, it is undoubtedly the best choice to arrange them in the capital.

Fortunately, the business of Tyumen House is very good, and even in the capital there are branches.

In addition to some stores in the capital, there are also Li family members in the capital.

Like Li Zisong's sister, he lives in the capital.

Someone took care of Lian'er and Lu Qiaosi, and Huang Tinghui could also take Tang Zihu to the front line with peace of mind.

"Daddy, is there a lot of delicious food in the capital?"

It is worthy of being a pure snack goods, as soon as I arrive in the capital, I want to eat delicious.

"Beijing!"

"The dignitaries and nobles are all here, how can there be no good food?"

Huang Tinghui said to Lu Qiaosi with a smile.

While a few people were talking, someone walked over to this side.

"But Master Huang?" The man asked Huang Tinghui with some uncertainty.

"I am Huang Tinghui, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"

"You are?" Huang Tinghui looked at the man and asked with some curiosity.

"The young man in Xia Qiuming Building, entrusted by the shopkeeper today, came to greet Master Huang and his wife!"

confirmed that the person in front of him was Huang Tinghui's person, and that person's attitude suddenly became enthusiastic.

Huang Tinghui can be regarded as their boss, so of course that person does not dare to slack off.

"Do you recognize me?" Looking at the man's earnest attitude, Huang Tinghui asked again.

After all, as soon as the man came up, he directly asked Huang Tinghui if he was Master Huang.

If he hadn't known each other, he wouldn't have asked like that as soon as he came up.

"Hey!"

"Master Huang may not remember, the villain is still in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mansion after the hospital exam!"

"After Master Huang was admitted to the head of the hospital examination, the villain took a few glances at Master Huang when he served food to Master Huang!"

"At that time, I took a few times about the appearance of Master Huang, and as soon as Master Huang appeared, the villain recognized it!"

"I'm just not sure it's you, Master Huang, the villain has been waiting for you at the gate of the city during this time!"

"But I've finally waited for you!"

Looking at the tone of this guy's speech, Huang Tinghui knew that this person was a clever person.

"I see!" Huang Tinghui nodded.

"Master Huang, Mrs., and this son-in-law!"

"Miss!"

"I'm tired all the way, the shopkeeper has already prepared a banquet for a few people in the private room of the restaurant!"

"Just wait for a few people to come over and have a meal!"

After speaking, the man made a gesture towards Huang Tinghui and the others.

"Master Huang!"

"Everyone, please!"

"This carriage will go directly to the direction of the restaurant in a while!"

After hearing this person's words, Huang Tinghui and the little girl did not hesitate.

They got straight into the wagon.

It's no wonder that you need such a caring local when you go out, this person is clever and very familiar with the boundaries of the capital.

With him arranging everything, it only makes people feel extremely comfortable.

The carriage moved forward steadily, neither fast nor slow.

You must know that the boundary of the capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so you have to follow the rules.

Even those princes and ministers will not commit any taboos in this kind of thing again.

Huang Tinghui pretended to sleep in the carriage for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he only felt that the carriage had stopped.

Then the man's voice came, "Master Huang! ”

"Qiuyue Restaurant has arrived!" Listening to the voice, Huang Tinghui opened the curtain of the carriage.

Sure enough, the plaque of "Qiuyue Restaurant" appeared in front of him.

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