Chapter 3508: Lucky or not
The winter of the ninth year of Taixing.
December.
The bitter cold wind whistled from the north, raising the remaining snow in the wasteland, making waves of grim smiles, and then pounced on a group of people who were still walking outside in this weather.
The sky is gray-black, with large clouds, like the children of the gentry who only want to lie flat but not change. They are forced to gather together under the constant encouragement of the north wind, and then face the tragic future, they are squeezed and cry bitterly. They don’t think this miserableness is actually the norm for ordinary people before.
The suffering of ordinary people is not even time to cry, and the work of six plus one is not enough.
Six plus one, not a single break.
Instead, if you work for six days, you can get rewarded for one more day.
It's not OK to not do it.
After tasting the smell of being forced by the north wind, the clouds cried.
An old pine tree was tilted and carried the sadness of these clouds on the slope, and then perhaps overwhelmed. As the team walked by, it shook the snow and water, causing a burst of scolding.
White, yellow, gray, and black everywhere.
Occasionally, the green is also very deep and close to the black.
Of course, most of them are white, while other colors are just embellishments.
Nature will give every guy who disrespects him a color, not just on white.
Zhang Sheng was on the horse's back, shrank his head, almost wishing to shrink his head into the hair on the horse's neck. Although the little horse's hair was not guaranteed to be warm, and it was also covered with some white frost, it would at least feel better than being naked.
The other people are also very different.
No one spoke along the way.
In such weather, walking in the wild, who can make her mother talk about her long and clear, and can be heard by everyone around her. She is simply a god-like existence...
Zhang Sheng is a good name because many people use it.
The name is given by the parents.
Zhang Sheng himself cannot give his own opinions, and from a certain perspective, Zhang Sheng's name also represents his parents' expectations for him.
Live longer.
That's all.
It’s not like some children who either have jade in their mouths or have a jade in their name when they are born, for fear that others will not know the child’s dignity…
And what about Zhang Sheng?
It's just a few more strokes than earth.
It is almost the same as the level of Zhang San and Li Si in later generations.
So, if he has this name, he will be often asked, which Zhang Sheng are you?
Zhang Sheng was forced to tell his previous experiences—
I am the one who tells the book.
Then others suddenly realized, "Hi! Did you say it earlier! Did you write "Don't bully the young man and the poor"? It's so good!"
Then Zhang Sheng could only smile awkwardly.
"Don't bully the young man is poor." The reason why this sentence makes people feel good does not mean that this sentence is really good. It is because too many "young men" are "poor" and have all suffered from the pain of "poverty", so they remember this sentence very deeply.
How can you understand the importance of the word "peace" without going through the hardships of life?
Zhang Sheng was lucky because he had knowledge and knowledgeable writing than ordinary people, but he was also unfortunate because he was knowledgeable and educated. Before he arrived in Chang'an, he could not be an official, even if he was more capable than other people.
Because he has scars on his face.
The scar is not big.
But just such a small piece of scar was like a natural barrier in Shandong, cutting off his path to promotion.
Shandong Confucian officials shouted every day not to treat others with their appearance, but what about it?
Zhang Sheng only remembers that his scar was lost when he was a child, but he can't remember whether his scar was accidentally obtained by himself, or...
After all, Shandong has a large family and many surnames, while ordinary families can get very few positions. Each generation requires several or even a dozen cousins ​​to compete.
Zhang Sheng turned his head slightly and looked at the team.
His team is a writer or a storyteller, and some people still have a chance to meet.
What should I do when I ask them to come to Tongguan on the front line?
Could it be that they were asked to write a storyteller for the soldiers?
Isn't this a joke?
However, it doesn't matter.
As long as the General of the Cavalry summoned him, he would be willing to drag the vehicle even if he didn't use their mouths or their hands, just like a slow horse behind the team, pulling the vehicle in the wind and snow.
As long as that car is a car of the cavalry, not a baggage car.
Zhang Sheng raised his head and looked into the distance.
In the wind and snow, there seemed to be a ban ditch ahead, and on the hills far away in the ban ditch, there seemed to be some people and shadows.
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Tongguan, no ditch.
Fei Qian stood above the trench and looked down at the trench.
In the forbidden ditches, many sheds have been built in the shelter.
These sheds built before the wind and snow will be more effective at avoiding the erosion of the cold wind than camps on the earthen plateau. The soldiers and horses that were originally in the barracks on the earthen plateau have now basically been transferred to the forbidden ditches to avoid the wind and snow.
This heavy snow came very quickly and violently.
However, the snow in Guanzhong is not the largest. A few days ago, Fei Qian received a report of heavy snowfall in Yinshan.
That poor dove...
Perhaps it is also a lucky pigeon.
Overnight, heavy snow sealed the door.
This "sealing door" is not an exaggeration, but a real snow seal. The snow layer, which is nearly half a person tall, blocks the doors and windows, and even crushes some beams of the room.
Fei Qian received a report of the disaster in Yinshan, but what can he do for Yinshan now?
Nothing can be done.
The heavy snow closed the road. Whether it was going north or south, it was a disaster. I can only hope that Yinshan could survive. I hope Yinshan would have enough preparations before, otherwise even pigeons might have eaten...
On the edge of the soil plate, there are some trees growing in a zigzag manner.
The location of these trees is relatively poor compared to their previous partners.
Perhaps the birds who ate tree species took them to the slope or the barren cracks of rocks, so that when they grew, they had to bend their backs and lower their heads, forming a twisted posture.
But they are also lucky...
Because many other tall and straight trees have become beams and pillars of temporary sheds, and even those that are average have become firewood. These trees that are difficult to cut down and are twisted and tilted have escaped the disaster and can wait for next spring in the wind and snow.
In the face of such wind and snow, soil and water conservation has become a joke.
Sometimes, it is impossible to have both and want them.
There must be a trade-off.
For example, under the wind and snow, you can’t light a bonfire today, and you may not see the sun tomorrow. What else will you think of a project that will benefit your descendants’ future?
Only when the people at the bottom can feel that there is a future can the country last forever.
While Fei Qian asked Guanzhong to send coal as much as possible, he took measures as much as possible to avoid wind and snow.
In addition, conventional military training and field operations have also been suspended to avoid more freezing damage.
Lu Su left anyway.
Although he seemed to be pretending when he left, Fei Qian could see that not everyone in the world thinks that ordinary people are the most important...
The noble children of the Han Dynasty played with various laws and operated various rules, and made the leadership that was originally entrusted to him by ordinary people, which became a tool to gain the personal strength of the children of the genius, and colluded with each other, becoming a common model and a inheritance from generation to generation.
Lu Su would be better than these gentry children.
But in his heart, he was still a child of aristocratic families. He did not have many great men, let alone any people.
Lu Su would not stay at Fei Qian, nor would he stay at the place of Emperor Liu Xie, but would return to Jiangdong.
It is famous for its reputation, and it does not follow the two masters.
This made Fei Qian even more convinced that these famous scholars in Shandong were already like this forbidden ditch in front of him, and had a deep gap with Guanzhong. Even if they saw the scenery of Guanzhong, they would still not easily cross this forbidden ditch.
Shandong's economic system is a small peasant economy.
This kind of self-sufficiency economic form and specific production and life pattern formed by a family or family as the unit, in the dispersed land management in small areas, maintains rule by using the production method of men farming and women weaving, and forms a self-sufficiency economic form and a specific production and life pattern. It is the luck of China in the evolution of the feudal dynasty, but it is also unfortunate.
In the early days, China was in the well-field system.
This early public-owned land system was soon broken by technological development and the expansion of people's hearts.
When working for public and land, everyone wants to work less, and when working for themselves, everyone is willing to work more.
Therefore, the initial transformation from the public well-field system to the small peasant economic system that contracts production to households has indeed greatly stimulated the labor enthusiasm of ordinary people.
However, the ministers were not happy.
The ministers and ministers want both.
So while they were shouting to praise Duke Zhou, they were digging for Duke Zhou.
The reason why Duke Zhou was praised was that if they did not do this, it would not be proved that their ancestors had shed blood and died for Duke Zhou, so their current treatment was all due.
There is no need to mention digging the corner of Zhou Gong...
Judging from the current big man’s appearance, you can tell how good these guys’ small hoes and big rakes are waving.
"Lord!" A guard pointed to the distance and shouted, "Then... it seems like the last team has arrived!"
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The warm shed and the sound of snow made Zhang Sheng and others who arrived at the Tongguan Forbidden Gully in the severe cold slept in a dark place. It was not until the copper whistle at the early morning of the next day that he woke him up.
As Zhang Sheng woke up, all kinds of sounds from the camp shed suddenly crashed into his ears.
The laughter, the voice of speaking, the sound of snoring, mixed with the sound of whining wind and snow, and the crackling sound of bonfires burning, gathered into a vibrant and energetic music, which seemed to declare war on the outside wind and snow, showing its tenacity.
"Awakened?" A voice sounded, "Don't sleep for a while? The general has an order. You should rest today, so you don't need to sing Mao."
Zhang Sheng turned his head and saw the silly smiling face of the hut.
"I won't sleep anymore," Zhang Sheng got up, "It's good if I sleep enough."
"Yeah." The old mate responded, then poured a bowl of hot soup from the pot on the bonfire, "Drink a little soup first to warm up your body. Are you hungry? It will take a while before the early time..."
Zhang Sheng thanked him and sat by the bonfire.
When I arrived yesterday, I was late, and I was really exhausted, so I basically fell asleep just after falling back and didn’t have the time to observe carefully. Now, when I looked at it like this, Zhang Sheng felt that the bonfire was a little different.
The bonfire was not lit very well, but there was only a little residual fire left. It could not even be regarded as the bonfire inside Zhang Sheng, as if it was a half-buried stove.
"This..." Zhang Sheng couldn't help but stand up and carefully looked at the bonfire stove in front of him, "It's a little different..."
"This is what the General of the Cavalry taught us..." The old guy laughed, as if he was happy to see Zhang Sheng's expression. He gestured for a moment, "The fire here can be used and the heat can be used there... The best bricks are used here...
Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment, "You mean, here... are bricks used here? That kind of square bricks?"
"Yeah." The old guy said, "So, General Husband is a good person!"
Unlike the low price of bricks in later generations, firing bricks was not an easy task in the Han Dynasty. Although the labor cost may be lower than that in later generations, the cost in other aspects was very high.
Perhaps he was woken up by the conversation between Zhang Sheng and the old guy, or perhaps he was almost asleep, and several other people in the shed also woke up one after another, and then joined the exploration of the new bonfire tunnel.
"General of the Cavalry is this..." Zhang Sheng looked at the new discovery they found in confusion, "This place was not built temporarily, but it should be preserved forever?"
"How is that possible?" The old guy smiled and said, "Next summer, there will be water in this ditch, so how can I keep it?"
"Then... why?" Zhang Sheng couldn't understand.
Why do we need to use more expensive bricks for temporary huts for soldiers and people like Zhang Sheng to live in?
"More than that..." The old guy walked to the side of the shed and patted the "wall" of the shed, "Look at what this is?"
"This is... a felt blanket?!"
"No wonder I didn't feel cold last night!"
"God! This...is this... or is it all here?"
The old guy smiled proudly, "All, all Nirvana!"
Zhang Sheng was stunned, and he quickly calculated.
This is not a small number!
Who would spend so much money on these ordinary soldiers and inferior officials?
Even if you wait until the beginning of spring and dismantle these things and recycle them, there will inevitably be losses, right?
Is it worth it?
But I still had a comfortable sleep last night and the hot soup that left after warm when I woke up in the morning, which seemed to be telling him an answer...
Zhang Sheng felt as if something had hit him in his heart, and then he stood up and pushed open the thick shed door.
The cold air hit him, making him tremble for a moment. He quickly came out, closed the door of the shed again, and then looked up at the surroundings.
Because you have to choose a place that is leeing and rising to the sun, the sheds in the forbidden ditch cannot be as straight as a military camp, but are scattered, with sheds arranged in a staggered manner in the forbidden ditch and stretching out for five or six miles.
Because it is windy and snowy weather, there are not many people who are moving outside the shed.
Zhang Sheng walked along the trail that he stepped out to another shack near him.
I don’t know who said something in the shed, but laughter came, haha, hehe, different laughters overlapped, making the corners of the mouths raised up.
Zhang Sheng didn't go in, he just stood outside the shed, looking at the other shed.
The same chimney, the same half-entering ground, the same combination of wood and felt blanket...
Oh my God, if these sheds are the same, how much does it cost?!
Zhang Sheng originally thought he was going to come here to be a cow or a horse, and he was mentally prepared to be a cow or a horse, but when he saw these in front of him, he suddenly felt that he might have thought it was wrong.
Before he knew it, perhaps also being affected by the laughter in the shed, Zhang Sheng's mouth began to rise, and he smiled foolishly...
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There is a saying in later generations that employees will either do it unhappy or they will not be rewarded.
I am happy and rewarded, and I can’t even drive away.
Many people understand this principle and even talk about it often, but there are not many people who actually do it.
Pang Tong and others did not understand this principle, and perhaps they did not have any experience in this area, but Fei Qian understood it.
And Fei Qian started to do this...
Happiness or not is often relative.
If others have to sell their children to survive, and if they have a bowl of porridge at home, they will be happy. But when they turn around and see the smell of wine and meat in the rich family, they will feel that they are really unfortunate...
Therefore, whether you have a sense of happiness depends on how you compare and who you compare with.
The rain and snow in winter are basically impossible to do whether it is marching or training.
Small troops, elite soldiers, may be fine in such weather, but large troops will be in trouble, especially no one can guarantee that every soldier can still jump alive in the cold conditions in the wild for a long time.
Limb frostbite is a common problem, and it is also possible to cause large-scale epidemics due to wind and cold.
This is one of the reasons why Fei Qian spends a lot of money and effort to build a decent hut instead of just dealing with the situation.
Now that you have to deal with things and save some money, it will bring higher risks and more troublesome things.
The emotional instability of soldiers is caused by war syndrome on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is uncertain about the future. People need to have a longing for the future, otherwise they will easily fall into a state of lying down and blindly pursuing immediate interests.
Especially in the army, if soldiers lose hope for the future, it is undoubtedly a terrifying thing. Such an army will often fall into endless killing and madness, and the consequences are often disastrous.
At that time, the army may become uncontrollable and will conduct indiscriminate attacks on civilians and prisoners of war, causing a large number of casualties and social destruction. At the same time, discipline and order within the army may also collapse, leading to mutual suspicion and conflict between soldiers, which may lead to mutiny or rebellion at any time.
Such examples are common in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. In the late Roman period, due to long civil wars, political corruption and economic recession, many soldiers of the Roman legion lost their loyalty to the empire and their belief in the future. Some of them began to become cruel and lawless, plundering and massacre of civilians, aggravating social unrest and chaos. In the end, these hopeless armies became one of the important factors in the demise of the Roman Empire.
The end of the Tang Dynasty is similar.
Fei Qian once wanted to set up positions similar to political commissar in the army, but later found that it was not feasible. Not only because of the low military culture, but more importantly, the Han Dynasty does not have the soil for survival now.
Therefore, Fei Qian retreated to the next best, and chose another model that was more in line with the current environment and current needs.
"Remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness".
Chapter completed!