Chapter 1073: Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.
As the news that Duke Lantian was going to lead the army into battle became more and more certain, more and more people came to visit Yunchu at Yun's mansion.
Once Yunchu is worshiped as a general, all the forty-two military states in Jiannan Road will be under Yunchu's rule.
There will be no less than 300 civil and military officials in the Jiannan Road Marching General Manager's office immediately.
This was the main reason why they swarmed into Yun's mansion.
Naturally, Yunchu would not see them. Every general would stop interfering with family affairs when he was about to go on an expedition. Even if his wife was caught stealing at this time, he would not be able to inform the general who was about to go on an expedition.
The eldest son of the Yun family, Yun Jin, was still young and told him that it was of no use, so the people who came to visit the Yun family were all famous female relatives in Chang'an City.
What they asked for was just that when Yun Chu went on the expedition this time, he could bring their children with him. It would be best to arrange a good position in the camp with the chief manager instead of going to the battlefield.
Yu Xiurong was very easy to talk to. He only said that this time he went to the southwest, the march was difficult, and it was a battle. It was difficult to ensure that everyone could come back safely.
She even used what Yun Chu and Li Chengxiu had said about the southwest to advise these women not to push their precious little ones into the pit of fire.
As a result, the attitude of these women was very clear. As long as they followed the general manager and set off, even if something happened, they would be considered as sacrificing their lives for the country, which would be their full glory.
Seeing that Yu Xiurong had said it again and again, these people still wanted to send their children to the army, so he reluctantly agreed and accepted the gifts brought by these women to enrich the Yun family's treasury.
At the same time, these women were also given a long list of materials and equipment that their children would use on the battlefield.
In just fifteen days, Yun Chu, the military commander of Jiannan Road who had not yet been appointed, had more than 300 children from aristocratic families under his command.
When Yunchu found out, he laughed it off.
However, Chang'an's censor Yanguan and Baiqisi reported the situation to the emperor in detail.
After Emperor Li Zhi heard the news, he also opened the back door and sent more than 300 children from Luoyang's aristocratic families to Yun Chu's tent.
As a result, those wise civilian strategists in Chang'an City sadly thought that the athletes in Guanzhong were useless and seven hundred bastards went to the battlefield.
Under Wen Tian's martial arts, Yun Chu would definitely lose this battle.
No matter what the bastards in the folk said, Yun Chu remained silent and gentle, while Di Renjie and the various shopkeepers prepared supplies and equipment for the army like crazy.
Yunchu was very busy in the back house.
Mainly because my daughter Yunjin is currently developing a super shampoo.
The source of the idea for the formula came from an old fairy. Yun Jin felt that her hair seemed to have slits at the ends, so she asked the old fairy for advice on what formula could be used to make her hair black and shiny, and not only did it not have a slit.
The old fairy told him that soapberry, Platycladus orientalis leaves, and Polygonum multiflorum are the best products for hair care and shampooing.
When soapberry is crushed, it can produce rich foam when exposed to water. This alone is much better than the shampoo commonly used by women in the Tang Dynasty.
After Yun Jin got the secret recipe, she decided to follow her own ideas and come up with a shampoo that could make women's hair as smooth as silk after shampooing.
This girl is currently going crazy for this thing. In order to prevent others from stealing her secret recipe, she specially built a cooking stove in Yun's back house, and also moved two stone mills, one for coarse grinding and one for grinding.
Finely grind.
Crush soapberry, fleece-flower root, and arborvitae leaves and then grind them to get a bunch of green powder. Although it is rich in foam and is good for washing hair, after washing, the hair is always mixed with those powders.
, very difficult to clean.
As a last resort, it is best to use some chemical knowledge to further extract the active ingredients from this pile of powder and discard the impurities.
With Yun Chu's help, Yun Jin tried to use alcohol as a medium to extract the essence. Unfortunately, the essence was extracted but dissolved in alcohol. The alcohol needed to be evaporated again to get the real essence.
After the five or six kilograms of alcohol evaporated, Yunjin got the so-called essence at the bottom of the bowl, most of which were still impurities.
This road was obviously impassable, so the father and daughter were busy in the back house all day long. Yun Chu even suggested using beet sugar dehydration reaction to obtain betaine, which is also an excellent foaming agent.
Unfortunately, the effect is not good.
Liu Rengui saw that Yunchu had not shown up for many days to refute the rumors, but those who had obtained permission to enter Yunchu's palace celebrated wildly in Pingkangfang. He seemed to think that as long as he followed Yunchu to the southwest, he would definitely be the Tang Dynasty when he came back.
of meritorious officials.
After being invited to the backyard by Mr. Cui, I saw Yun Chu, his daughter and a few maids cooking something in a big iron pot. Not to mention the smell, there was thick smoke.
When I looked closer, I found that Yun Chu and his daughter were pouring lye boiled from plant ash into a pot of lard...
Yunjin knew the soap preparation technology, but this time they boiled lard to obtain glycerin.
When Yunchu saw that his daughter and the maids were stirring up the fight very vigorously, he washed his hands and came to Liu Rengui and said, "Don't you think Mr. Liu also thinks that 'the athletes from Guanzhong are useless and seven hundred bastards go to the battlefield' is reasonable, right?"
Liu Rengui frowned and said: "These people have gone to the army. Apart from disturbing the morale of the army, I don't see any use."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "They are plotting a position in a certain family's camp, and a certain family is also plotting their supplies and equipment, so there is no need for Liu Gong to be angry."
Liu Rengui: "What kind of equipment and materials can't be prepared by Chang'an?"
Yun Chu said: "Just bedding, tents, gauze curtains, patent medicines, protective clothing, curtains, and cowhide boots are not something that the soldiers can prepare, but these things are not on the military's procurement list.
We don’t have it in the warehouse, so we have to find another way.”
Liu Rengui: "The left-behind mansion still has some money and food, and can support you. Don't ask for those dandy boys."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "A certain family went to the southwest this time to show off their wealth. The soldiers are not qualified to show off their wealth."
Liu Rengui said in confusion: "Who are you showing off your wealth to?"
Yun Chu said: "Show off your wealth to those savages in the southwest."
When Yun Chu saw that Liu Rengui wanted to ask, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, everything is under the control of a certain family."
Liu Rengui sighed and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy. Fighting is not a spring outing."
After saying that, he bowed his hands to Yun Chu and left.
Yun Chu chuckled lightly, turned around and saw that the saponification reaction had already begun, and began to use a spoon to scoop out the glycerol that had just reacted inside.
The news of the defeat in the Southwest was finally spread to the people. For a while, the people of Chang'an began to worry more and more, because this time, Yunchu still had to take thousands of soldiers from the two counties of Chang'an to the expedition.
Yong Wangxian, who originally had great confidence in Yunchu, also began to beat his drum in his heart.
After arriving at Yun's house, he saw Yun Chu playing with the soap in the shade. The color of the soap didn't look very good, but Yun Chu seemed to treasure it.
Yong Wangxian came to Yun Chu's back and said, "You are so leisurely and relaxed."
When Yunchu saw Yong Wangxian coming, he picked up a piece of soap and said to him: "Saponification reaction is a reaction that takes a certain amount of time to complete, so time is the basis that can really change everything."
King Yong said wisely: "The lonely king has asked people, those seven hundred guys are really seven hundred dudes. If the monarch wants to train them, the lonely king thinks this is the right time. If the monarch is worried about their family causing trouble,
, the lonely king will block it for you."
Yun Chu said: "It is one thousand two hundred miles from Chang'an to Yizhou and Chengdu, and there is still eight hundred miles to go from Chengdu to the war zone. The mountain road in the middle is rugged and difficult to navigate. Seven hundred fat and strong guys walked up the mountain.
It should take two months to get stronger.
The southwest is plagued by miasma, which requires a strong body to withstand a lot of consumption. Moreover, many people may not be able to come back. At this time, it doesn't hurt to let them be happy for a while."
King Yong said wisely: "The lonely king didn't know the arrangement of the prince, but the lonely king asked the Ministry of War, and he never thought that the prince would bring so much supplies to the southwest this time.
So I really want to ask Junhou, is it possible that Junhou went to the southwest this time with the intention of appeasing him?"
Yun Chu looked at Yong Wang Xian and said, "Who told you this? You are very knowledgeable."
King Yongxian said: "I asked Pei Xingjian, and this is what he told me."
Yun Chu said: "You still have to kill people, otherwise wouldn't those soldiers who died in the Tang Dynasty be very unjust?"
King Yong said wisely: "First kill to establish authority, and then give grace to appease?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I went this time because I actually wanted to make friends with some barbarians."
When Yong Wangxian saw that Yun Chu didn't say anything clearly, he stopped asking questions. He originally wanted to give Yun Chu a few words, but when he faced Yun Chu, he felt that he was not qualified to teach him a lesson, so he sighed and left.
In the following days, after basically all the people in Chang'an City who were eligible to enter Yunchu's rear house came, Yunchu felt that the imperial decree was about to come down.
Sure enough, one early morning, Pei Xingjian came over from Luoyang.
"Don't open the decree yet. Think about it for three days. During these three days, Huo Yongcheng, the Minister of Rites, will always be with you. After you have thought it through thoroughly, it won't be too late for me to read out the decree."
Yun Chu looked at Pei Xingjian and asked, "When you were the manager, was the process as complicated as this?"
Pei Xingjian said a little disappointed: "I have never been the general manager of a supervisory department. If you ask Xue Rengui, he should know the process very well."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Don't you know either?"
Pei Xingjian said: "The general manager who supervises the army is out on an expedition, and no one dares to inquire about the details."
Yunchu looked at the sun that had just risen and said, "Then let's start counting from now on."
Pei Xingjian looked at Yunchu and said, "Why do I always feel that you already have a chance to win this battle?"
Yun Chu said: "Civilization is conquering barbarism. We should have such confidence."
Pei Xingjian stood up suddenly, cupped his hands towards Yunchu and said, "In this case, I will come in two days to read out your Majesty's decree to worship the general."