Chapter 4 The Legend of Cat Ghost (22) - I Shinobu (II)

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Chris shook the raindrops off his body and brushed his wet hair.

Xiong Daiying accompanied her and followed.

I saw a few catchers carrying a few brown ragged grass coats, and a big hat in their hands.

Jian Shi pointed to the clothes and said: "Take the adults to see how Bianliang City is fireproof! It's not very convenient to walk around the streets and alleys with an umbrella for a while, so let's wear the clothes!"

It turned out to be a raincoat-like existence!!

Jian Yan pointed to the robe, and said to Xiong Daiying: "Since you want to follow, pick a suitable size and put it on." He thought to himself: Keep an eye on your eyes to see if I will violate the holy decree and break the rules!

Xiong Daiying didn't say a word, walked to the side of the catcher, and found a coat to put on. He dressed himself, turned his head to see that his master was still fiddling with the chosen robe, and hurriedly walked over to help.

Chris thought it was very fresh, it turned out that this coat was a set of three. Tie the skirt first, then put on the blouse, and finally put on the bamboo hat to be complete. The garment can be sewn with special grass weaving, and the surface is densely packed, which not only protects from the rain but also keeps warm.

When she was dressed, she landed on one foot, put the other foot into her tuft, then straightened her arms, threw her head back to the side of her shoulder, and called out in a low, strange voice, "Wear it...... Shadow...... Fast...... See...... I'm a scarecrow!"

Xiong Daiying was naturally accustomed to Chris's funny temperament, but Jian Yan raised his eyebrows, couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart: It's not just that thing that was cut off in the silkworm room, why does this person have no heart!

After a while, three people wearing hats and robes left Kaifeng Mansion and quickly walked to the street. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the people on the streets, those who are hurrying, those who are sheltering from the rain, are in a hurry.

Without further ado, they crossed the state bridge and walked to the Daxiangguo Temple for a while, and the sword led them to a lookout tower.

Downstairs, two soldiers were unsaddle some horses. When the horse encounters a rainy day, it is happy, flicking its big tail and enjoying the joy of the rain hitting its body.

The sword man greeted, and the two soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and sang: "Lord God Catcher!"

"What's going on?"

"It's okay! Anyway, it's raining so hard, and there's not much fire, so I'll take it back!

Chris looked at the horses and knew that they were the so-called "fire horses", they were not very large, but their limbs were very strong, and they were suitable for shuttling through the streets and alleys.

The two men led the horses to the house next to them, and into the yard, and tied them to the stable.

Chris walked to the door and probed in. Except for the two people who had just entered, the courtyard was empty, and there was no one else.

She whispered, "Dai Ying, what is this?"

"This is a military patrol shop. ”

In fact, in ancient China, there has always been no separation between fire and water, thieves, and thieves. Chang'an in the Western Han Dynasty has "one pavilion per street", a total of 16 street pavilions, and Luoyang 24th Street in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are 24 street pavilions. There are drums, houses, and courtyards in the street pavilions, which can be stationed and guarded, which is the same as the current police station. Xun Yue of the Eastern Han Dynasty once expressed an incisive opinion on the control of fires, "prevention is the first, rescue is second, and admonition is the bottom" - "prevention is the first thing" is from this.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was an organization called "Wuhou Shop" that was specifically responsible for the fire, and there were fire extinguishing tools and horses in the shop. Depending on whether it is located in the downtown area or suburbs, there are fire extinguishing teams ranging from 120 to 100 people.

The Song Dynasty inherited the "Wuhou Shop" of the Tang Dynasty, and set up the "Military Patrol Shop" under the Wanghuo Tower.

However, the Wanghuo Tower is often built on a high place, which is not conducive to the garrison, so it is still stationed in the large battalions of each compartment as a submarine fire army, rather than a "military patrol shop".

There are generally only a dozen or so "fire-probing soldiers" who take turns to work in shifts, a few cavalrymen of the horse army and a few "fire-looking horses" in each shop. This often makes people feel that the shop is deserted and there is no one in sight. In the summer, you can occasionally see the soldiers who get off the night shift, and they are also lying at the door to make up for sleep and rest.

Influenced by the Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty set up inspections in the capital, the palace where the emperor traveled, and the imperial tomb. Kaifeng Mansion has a permanent "four gates outside the capital", "left and right compartment inspection", "old city inspection", "new city inspection", "compartment and each compartment inspection" and so on.

Wang Guangyuan mentioned before that when extinguishing the fire, there must be a "metropolitan inspector" present to extinguish the fire. The metropolitan inspector is responsible for public security patrols in the capital, dealing with emergencies, and fire fighting. In his absence, he can only inform the left and right army patrols, the local branch boundary inspectors of the fire, and the staff commanders.

The most fundamental problem lies in the demarcation of boundaries.

The Song Dynasty continued to use the Later Zhou army number, and the four main forces in the forbidden army were the Iron Cavalry Army of the Front Division of the Palace, which was called "Iron Cavalry", which was changed to "Day Cavalry" in the time of Taizong, and then changed to "Holding the Sun"; the infantry army of the Front Division of the Palace was called "Control Crane", which was changed to "Tianwu" in the time of Taizong; the horse army of the Horse Army Division of the Guards was called "Long Jie", which was changed to "Long Wei" in the time of Taizong; and the infantry army of the Infantry Division of the Guards was called "Hu Jie", and was changed to "Shenwei" in the time of Taizong.

Holding the sun, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei, each with a left and right compartment, is the "Forbidden Army", also called the "Fourth Army". According to the 501 command, the 5th command is one army, and the 10th army is a regular establishment, and each box should have 25,000 men. Then the four armies should each have 50,000 men, for a total of 200,000 men. In reality, however, the strength of the Fourth Army was much less than that. During the time of Taizu and Taizong, the troops of the one compartment were sufficient, and the military power of the commanders of each compartment was too large, and by the time of Song Zhenzong, the establishment of the left and right compartments had been reduced. When he went to Renzong, the four-compartment commander had gradually become a virtual title.

At the moment, the total number of troops in the four compartments is only about 30,000. They were divided into left and right wings, and were stationed in the "Old City" of Kaifeng City, while the other forbidden troops were stationed in the "New Town", the four gates outside the capital, the suburbs, and the Gyeonggi area. The old city was built on the basis of the old city of Bianjing in the later Zhou Dynasty, but it was also the most core area on the edge of the imperial city, which was naturally heavily guarded.

There are military camps in every compartment of the old city, and there are also military stations in every square. If a small fire breaks out in the city, the submarine fire troops at the cantonment station can go to put it out, and if there is a large fire, they will transfer troops from each large battalion.

Pegasus reported that the submarine fire army at the garrison point can often arrive at the fire point in time, but they still have to wait for the inspection of the adults. The most terrible thing is that each compartment has duplicate jurisdictions. At the critical moment, there were many mutual shirks and delays in the occurrence of fires.

Insufficient troops, uneven rewards and punishments, and duplication of jurisdictions, these three key drawbacks Wang Guangyuan can see, how to solve the problem?

In addition to these three points, the most insurmountable is the regulation of troop transfer.