Chapter 104: The palace is about to be added
After inspecting the Huaxia Army, Zhao Xu was very happy and excited, and he was very happy and rewarded all the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army with ten yuan each. And he was happy to see the hunt, and he was fascinated by the military sand table, and asked Wu Zhi to get him one in the palace as well.
So, Wu Zhi assigned Guo Cheng and Zhe Keshi to lead the staff officers to the palace, worked overtime for many days, and copied a miniature version of the military sand table with reference to the style of the sand table in the staff department, and placed it in a side hall of the vertical arch hall, so that Zhao Xu could refer to it at any time.
Five days later, Zhao Xu looked at the big sand table presented in front of him, and was so happy that he casually rewarded Wu Zhi and everyone in the staff department with a thousand pieces of silver each, but everyone in the staff department was very happy, except for Wu Zhi, he was very calm.
Subsequently, under the recommendation of Wu Zhi, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu were promoted and reused because of the formation and leadership of the Huaxia Army. and Li Tingyu was promoted to the right deputy commander of the front division of the palace of the fourth grade, advanced to the court doctor, Feng Xuanwei general, and light car captain; Liu Quan was also promoted to Marquis Yu, the former Si Du of Wupin, promoted to Fenglang, sealed as a guerrilla general, and rode as a lieutenant under the recommendation of Wu Zhi. Such a result made Yan Sheng, Li Tingyu, and Liu Quan ecstatic, and strengthened their determination and will to follow Wu Zhi to advance and retreat together.
After Zhao Xu inspected the new army, taking advantage of Zhao Xu's remaining interest, Wu Zhi immediately went to the sparse and requested the expansion of the Huaxia Army, and then set up a cavalry brigade of the Huaxia Army and a special operations regiment of the Huaxia Army, the cavalry brigade is full of 5,000 people, the special operations regiment is full of 1,000 people, and at the same time needs more than 20,000 healthy horses and horses, and more than 8,000 carriages, Wu Zhi wants to build the Huaxia Army into a highly mechanized new army!
Zhao Xu, Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu and other ministers of civil and military affairs had already seen the gratifying changes in the Huaxia army, so they happily agreed to Wu Zhi's request.
After the Northwest Army occupied the Hehuang region, it had a huge and excellent horse ranch, which had delivered hundreds of thousands of horses to the Song Dynasty for more than half a year, and more than 100,000 real cavalry teams had been formed in the Northwest and other places.
Now Wu Zhicai has applied for 6,000 soldiers and 20,000 horses to replenish the new army, which is just a trivial matter. With a stroke of his pen, Zhao Xu allocated hundreds of thousands of dollars to him for raising horses and purchasing carriages. With the further trial of "spreading into acres", the imperial court is continuously increasing the number of fields and increasing the land endowment, and Zhao Xu and the imperial court have the feeling of becoming rich overnight.
With the will of the imperial court, Wu Zhi immediately handed over the task of conscription to Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu to complete. The two of them coordinated everything, and selected and levied 6,000 soldiers from all the forbidden armies in the northwest and from all the places where the people were fierce, and each of them was required to be under thirty years old, young and strong, and they must be able to ride horses, and they must not have night blindness.
Wu Zhi is mainly responsible for four things.
First, according to the height and weight of soldiers of standard stature, more than 12,000 sets of new army summer clothes, shoes, hats and belts were customized, and the cost of these summer clothes, shoes, hats and belts was paid for by himself.
The second is the development of horseshoes, at that time, the war horses used by the cavalry of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty and the horses used by the common people are bare-hoofed, and the horseshoes are not equipped with protective equipment, and the horseshoes commonly used by later generations have not yet appeared! Horseshoes are a good thing, and they can be used endlessly.
The third is to transform the horse-drawn carriage and change the current two-wheeled carriage into a four-wheeled carriage. That is, the front two wheels of the four-wheeled vehicle are mounted on one frame, the rear two wheels are mounted on another frame, and the rear frame frame is connected by a vertical shaft on the front frame. It's actually a combination of two two-wheelers. After he submitted the transformation plan to the general supervisor, the general supervisor studied the transformation, and soon the general supervisor made a prototype car. After test driving, Wu Zhi felt that the effect was okay. After pondering, two requirements were put forward: the material of the vertical shaft should be strong and smooth, and the rotation should be as flexible as possible; The wheels were all changed to rotating wheels, and the wheels were covered with relatively solid and soft leather. If there is a rubber cladding, it will be even more perfect! But he doesn't have it now, so he has to replace it with leather.
Fourth, it is preparing to select 1,000 soldiers who can read and write and are younger and stronger from the 6,000 soldiers who have been levied to form a special operations regiment, and are preparing to appoint Suo Chao as the leader of the special operations regiment of the Huaxia Army, and Zhou Tong will assist him in training. For this reason, Wu Zhi hurriedly wrote a special work
The management and training manual of the war regiment was completely carried out in accordance with the management and training methods of the special operations forces of later generations, integrating brainwashing, infiltration, mountain and wilderness survival, sabotage, rescue, special reconnaissance and decapitation training, and Wu Zhi hoped to build the special operations regiment into a special forces unit of the Great Song Dynasty and become a victorious soldier who defeated the enemy. Moreover, he wants to train this special forces regiment of 1,000 people into his own private team! At the same time, Wu Zhi also had to compile a training manual for the cavalry brigade. On top of the combat functions of the traditional cavalry units, he should add new combat methods such as how the new army should charge, block, raid, and reconnoiter after using grenades and other new weapons, so as to make use of its strong points and avoid its weaknesses and defeat the enemy.
Wu Zhi prepared another camp for the cavalry brigade and special operations regiment of the Huaxia Army, which was next to the Huaxia Army camp, but it covered a wider area and was convenient for horseback training. The new battalion was named the Huaxia Army Mixed Brigade Battalion. Moreover, Wu Zhi specially demarcated an area with mountains and rivers as the camp of the special operations regiment in the new camp, surrounded by a fence and heavily guarded by soldiers, so that no one could get close!
The work of selecting new recruits and forming a cavalry brigade and a special operations regiment of the Chinese Army is proceeding in an orderly manner.
In the middle of summer in July, there is not a single cloud in the blue sky, the fiery sun scorches the earth, the water in the river is hot, and the soil in the field is smoking.
In early July, Zhao Xu and the New Party headed by Zhang Chun took revenge on the old Yuanyou party members intensifying, and issued an edict to belittle Fan Zuyu to be resettled in Huazhou, Liu Anshi was relegated to Meizhou for resettlement, and Wang Yansuo, Zhu Guangting, and others were suspended from their posts and never hired!
In mid-July, one day in Renshen, the earthquake in Jingshi, the earthquake around Kaifeng Mansion was obviously felt, and many houses around Jingshi collapsed, killing and injuring some people. Wu Zhi donated some money and goods and sent 200 yuan to the families of the Chinese officers and soldiers affected by the disaster for post-disaster reconstruction, thus solving the worries of these officers and soldiers.
However, the earthquake in Beijing became an excuse for some literati and Yuanyou old party members to vent their tongues, and they wrote to the imperial court one after another, accusing this of being the result of Zhao Xu's failure to cultivate virtue and the rampant behavior of women in the court. For a while, there were different opinions, and it was boiling. This made Zhao Xu, Zhang Chun and others disgraced and embarrassed.
Wu Zhi got out of the way and watched coldly. This is a natural disaster, and he will not attribute it to ghosts and gods and man-made disasters, but he still has contempt and resentment for Zhao Xu, Zhang Chun and others to retaliate against the old party, and he also sympathizes with the plight of the old party.
After the earthquake, on the 18th day of the seventh month, it is a good day to get married, sacrifice, pray for blessings, fast and dip, and break ground. At the time of the unitary, Wu Zhi had just returned to the Founding County Mansion from the front of the palace, and was tasting the fruit cold drinks made by Jin Lian, Xiao'e, and Tianjiao. During this time, after continuous experiments, Jin Lian, Xiao'e, and Tianjiao have been able to make a variety of delicious cold drinks. Seeing Wu Zhi eating with relish, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and Tianjiao on the side were all full of joy.
At this time, hurried footsteps sounded outside the study, and I saw Suo Yanqing knocking on the door with a sweat, and while entering the door, he shouted: "Lord, someone from the palace is here, and he is in the living room, as if he has something urgent to find you!"
Suo Yanqing now also follows the people in the mansion to call Wu Zhi the lord, although Wu Zhi is Suo Chao's master, but he doesn't dare to call Wu Zhi a brother, he feels that it is more natural and reassuring to call the lord.
"Someone from the palace? Who is it? What is he doing here?" Wu Zhi was puzzled, and hurriedly finished the cold drink in his hand, put down the bowl, and followed Suo Yanqing to the living room.
Stepping into the living room, I saw Hao Suizheng anxiously pacing back and forth in the hall, sweating and not caring about it.
"I don't know what the wind is blowing! Is there anything urgent?" Wu Zhi walked up to Hao Sui, smiled and asked directly, looking at Hao Sui's appearance, it is estimated that he has encountered an urgent matter that is difficult to solve.
"Hello Master Wu, I've finally looked forward to you! The concubine had a difficult birth, and the official family told our family to come to you, please come with our family immediately to have a look!" Seeing Wu Zhi coming, Hao Sui was overjoyed, and immediately took Wu Zhi's hand and wanted to go out.
"Wait! Are you saying that Liu Guifei had a difficult birth? Then you wait for me!" Wu Zhi thought for a moment, broke away from Hao Sui's hand, told him to wait for a while, and hurriedly ran to the warehouse.
After a while, Wu Zhi hugged an altar
Disinfectant alcohol came, as soon as he heard the word "difficult birth", he knew that disinfectant alcohol was probably going to come in handy, and it was best to take a jar over now, just in case.
Hao Sui was already waiting anxiously, and was a little surprised to see Wu Zhi coming over with a wine jar, but he didn't dare to ask, so he turned around and walked out. Wu Zhi didn't delay anymore and quickly followed.
When the two hurriedly came to the gate of the Kaiguo County Mansion, they saw a carriage parked in front of the mansion, and a small eunuch was standing beside the carriage and waiting anxiously.
"Rack! rack!" After the two of them got into the carriage, the little eunuch immediately spurred the horse, drove the carriage, and turned around and marched in the direction of the imperial city.
In the car, under Wu Zhi's questioning, after Hao Sui's detailed explanation, Wu Zhi finally knew what was going on.
It's no wonder that Hao Sui is anxious, it turns out that the palace is ready to add Ding!
Today is the production period of the concubine Liu. She was waiting to give birth in Qingning Palace, and the amniotic water began to break at noon, but she encountered dystocia, and she failed to give birth under seven pains and eight pains, and the palace doctor and the midwife were helpless at this time. Zhao Xu had seen Wu Zhi's usual miracles, so he sent Hao Sui over in a hurry and asked Wu Zhi to rush to the palace to see if he could come up with a good way to help Concubine Liu give birth.
After hearing this, Wu Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly, this official Zhao Xu really regarded himself as a capable person who could cure all kinds of diseases and solve problems, thinking that he was really omnipotent?
After a wry smile, Wu Zhi settled down and began to seriously consider what to do about this matter.
The so-called dystocia, judging from the research of later generations, is nothing more than these four reasons: one is insufficient labor, the second is the narrowing of the birth canal, the third is fetal abnormality (the fetus is too large, the fetal position is not correct, etc.), and the fourth is the uterine atony caused by excessive tension or excitement psychological factors.
Wu Zhi quickly mobilized his brain, carefully recalled the symptoms of dystocia and the methods of saving it from the depths of his memory, and gradually had a countermeasure, and his tightly knit brows relaxed.
Hao Sui has been quietly observing Wu Zhi since he got into the car and explained the ins and outs of the matter to Wu Zhi, and when he saw him from frowning to soothing, he gradually calmed down, and couldn't help but settle down. Now, he also has a blind and almost worshipful trust in Wu Zhi.