The morning drums in the three cities of Guangzhou gradually sounded,
After the trade wind picked up, in just ten days, thousands of large and small ships entered the port, bringing countless goods, including incense, ivory, rhinoceros rulers, corals, Kunlun slaves, gold and silver, etc.
On the Pearl River between Fuxu Outer Harbor and Xi'ao Inner Harbor, there are white sails dotted, and people are everywhere on the river and on the pier.
When Wu Huaiyu got up in the morning, Runniang brought him breakfast.
"In the morning, the housekeeper saw some good fresh local meat at the dock, so he bought it and made roasted local meat with green onions."
The local meat is actually sea cucumber. The sea cucumbers at the dock today are of the highest quality, as thick as a human arm. When you buy them, they are roasted with green onions. They are very delicious and nutritious.
Paired with the steaming big soft steamed buns,
It’s really another unpretentious meal.
"It is said that a man with earthy meat is good at eating. He needs to eat more." Chen Runniang handed him the chopsticks. People always like to say that the shape makes up for the shape.
In the eyes of Lingnan people, sea cucumbers and abalones are miraculous creations of heaven and earth. They say that sea cucumbers are shaped like men's wings and abalones are shaped like men, so they have miraculous effects respectively.
People regard local meat as ginseng from the sea, so it is called sea cucumber.
The rich and powerful people here in Lingnan eat sea cucumbers every day at the beginning of the winter solstice for nourishment until the end of the ninety-nine and eighty-one days.
Wu Huaiyu, who studies medicine, naturally also knows that sea cucumbers, scallops, shark fins, fish maws, fish lips, fish roes, and bird's nests are among the eight delicacies of the sea, which have good food and medicinal value.
Today's sea cucumber is truly remarkable. It is as thick as a child's arm and five inches long. It is the best sea cucumber.
The ancients explained this thing as something that can be eaten endlessly and reborn as before. These are edible things of the Feng category. They said that they are things that grow in the soil in the sea, and they are classified as Tai Sui. They are called Feng, also known as Shi.
Meat can grow on its own and can be eaten endlessly.
"Local meat is a good thing, and it can be called sea cucumber. However, sea cucumbers are sweet and salty, cold and slippery in nature. People suffering from diarrhea and dysentery should not eat them."
With that said, he asked Runniang to eat too.
"This is a man from the sea. I have eaten a lot of it." Run Niang said with a smile, "I made stewed fish maw and abalone to eat."
Huaiyu looked at the sea cucumber that was full of thorns. If the shape could really complement the shape, then the thorns would be very powerful. He laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid?"
Runniang took a look at the sea cucumber on the plate. At this time, the green onions were not visible after being burned, but she had seen the fresh local meat she had just brought back.
I was thinking a lot for a while, and my face couldn't help but turn red.
The two of them laughed and ate breakfast, and Huaiyu asked her, "Don't you think you were dissatisfied last night, so you specially found this sea cucumber for me early in the morning?"
"Alang is so embarrassed that I am so embarrassed..."
"Fairy, I've decided to give you a good deal and never let you look down upon me again."
Run Niang's face was rosy and she bit her red lips and said, "Please Alang punish this slave severely!"
Huaiyu cooked sea cucumbers with green onions and finished two big steamed buns. He picked her up and went back to the bedroom.
After a long time,
Huaiyu was in high spirits, leaving Runniang, who was paralyzed and unable to get up, to walk alone in the room.
This top quality sea cucumber is indeed quite powerful.
It seems that it has to be paid tribute to the emperor. Although it is not as good as Liaodong sea cucumber, it is still very good.
morning,
Huaiyu went to Changzhou Island. This island is at the mouth of the Pearl River, not far from Guangzhou City. It has a long and narrow shape, so it is named Changzhou Island. It is also called Huangpu Island because it is located in Huangpu.
This place is formed by the alluvial sediment of the Pearl River and is expanding every year. Therefore, there were often fights over the sand in the past. After Wu Huaiyu came, he directly paid for this island in the river with an area of more than 10,000 acres.
There is currently Wu family’s Yi Zhuang farmland on the island.
There is also the newly built Wu Family Huangpu Academy,
Today, Wu Huaiyu came to the island to attend the inauguration ceremony of the academy. After the summer vacation, the fall semester will officially start. This Huangpu Academy is like the Qujiang Academy in Chang'an.
The scale is not small.
The academy has four colleges, four subjects, law, calligraphy, arithmetic, teaching Confucian classics, etc. There are also many technical schools in medicine, architecture, textiles, shipbuilding, mining and metallurgy, ceramics, casting, translation, navigation, etc.
This academy even has more detailed subjects than Chang'an and admits more students.
This is a place to cultivate talents for the Wu family.
Children of the Wu family and children of relatives and friends can study here. They can not only study Confucian classics, but also other specialized subjects, or miscellaneous subjects.
Take a boat to the island,
There are large areas of cultivated farmland on the island, and many crops, vegetables and fruits have been grown, including rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., as well as sugar cane, cotton, and various vegetables.
Most of these lands belong to Wu Huaiyu, and some are private lands and experimental fields of the academy.
There are many workshops on the island, most of which belong to academies. These workshops are also part of the teaching of the academy's technical schools. Students will learn and practice while working and studying to earn living expenses.
"Our students in various colleges mainly study various technologies. They are from Lingnan officials, children of soldiers, and children of ordinary people. Some are children of barbarians, and many of them are orphans adopted by us...
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Junior college students, who major in technology, are also called miscellaneous students. They are mainly two types of students. One is ordinary social enrollment. After selection, they pay tuition to enroll in school, and the school recommends employment after graduation.
The other type is the commissioned trainees. Various workshops and firms of the Wu family send some outstanding apprentices to train in related majors. They have signed a commissioned training agreement. Tuition and living expenses are paid for by the original workshops and firms.
After you finish your studies, you will still go back and forth wherever you go.
Of course, there are also some orphans adopted by the Wu family. They are sent here to study, and the Wu family arranges jobs after they graduate.
The school's technical training model is much more efficient than the traditional apprenticeship model. It can also quickly train junior technical workers in batches according to the needs of the Wu family.
After the training is completed and sent to various workshops, you can also train again while working and help convey the belt. This is the most suitable model for the rapidly expanding martial arts family.
The Wu family is now blooming everywhere. It is not enough to recruit people, and it is too late to cultivate them slowly.
Went around the island,
Teachers are already in place, administrative and logistics personnel are in place, and even students have been recruited. However, the weather is hot now, so we still have to wait until the fall to enroll again.
There are still some parts of the school that are not completed.
The school is quite big, and the various colleges, junior colleges, classrooms, dormitories, canteens, playgrounds, stadiums, etc. are all very well planned.
Huaiyu was very satisfied with it,
Take a boat to leave the island and return to Guangzhou,
He also summoned relevant officials in Guangzhou,
"Today I went to Huangpu Island to inspect the newly built Huangpu Academy, and I have some insights. I think the school's method is very good and can be applied to other places.
For example, we currently have many soldiers and horses in Lingnan, but their quality is still somewhat uneven. In the past, when we planned the army and established new garrison camps, officers were seconded from the six towns. However, if you borrow something, you must repay it.
When I was in Longyou, Shuofang, and Youyan, and later when I came to Lingnan and led troops to fight, I would set up a medical school in the camp, and also run an officer training group and a staff training group. These were of great help.
Able to quickly increase combat effectiveness,"
"We have a lot of troops in Lingnan now. We have six towns in Lingnan, twelve military headquarters in Lingnan, three marine patrols in Lingnan, three patrol battalions in Lingnan, as well as a new strategic army, a new six-guard capture camp, and training camps for various regiments.
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Although there are many soldiers, they are not sophisticated enough, especially the lack of outstanding and experienced officers.
I plan to build a martial arts lecture hall in Guangzhou, and transfer outstanding officers from various military camps for rotation training. They will be divided into captain training classes, brigade commander training classes, and captain training classes, that is, junior high school and senior high school training classes to teach the art of war and tactics.
, history, learning footwork, riding, baggage and other majors to improve their cultural level and tactical literacy..."
There may be various short-term training courses, crash courses, etc. in the future.
The best people from each military camp are selected and sent up. After systematic training, they are promoted and appointed, and continuous training is carried out in rotation, in order to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of Lingnan's army.
"Xiaohuanwei Island to the west of Huangpu Island is in a good location. It is in the Pearl River and surrounded by water. It allows closed training and avoids the officers and soldiers from the martial arts hall disturbing the people."
Regarding Wu Huaiyu's proposal, Wu Huaiyi, the governor of Guangzhou, and Jia Runfu, the Qing naval envoy, had no objections, and everyone expressed support.
Now there are indeed many troops in Lingnan, with no less than one hundred thousand troops.
There are many soldiers and enough food,
But the combat effectiveness is not very strong. Anyway, we are now taking turns to fight against the barbarian rebellion, the local tyrants in various places are resisting taxes, and the states and counties are suppressing bandits and arresting thieves.
There is no idle time, but the fighting is all public security warfare, and the intensity is not high.
The next stage will definitely involve launching a major offensive against the barbarians of Zuoyouxi. It cannot continue like this. After the Thirty-six Jisu Prefectures of Zuoyouxi are cleared and conquered, we will have to go deeper into the western wilderness to attack Zhuzi.
various tribes,
To open up the communication channel between Shu and Shu, we have to go deep into the barren area. It will be more difficult to fight and supply, and that will be the real test.
At this stage, although the Lingnan armies have many people, they are very disorganized. They can do well in small-scale bandit suppression and security warfare, but they still lack tacit experience in large-scale expeditions.
In particular, there is a lack of experienced and outstanding officers, especially middle and low-level officers who are the backbone of the army.
It is impossible for the imperial court to dispatch them, so they can only train them themselves.
"I plan to build another Guangzhou Naval Academy in addition to the Martial Arts Lecture Hall to train our naval officers."
The navy is a very professional army. It is not as quick as the infantry. It recruits younger people, gives them a spear, and trains them for a few months, and then they can be put on the battlefield.
The navy is much more complicated.
Especially for coastal marines, it is even more complicated to sail and fight at sea.
In the past, there were no professional sailors. When needed, some merchant ships and fishing boats were recruited, and some famous fishing sailors were recruited, as long as they knew how to sail a boat and understand the water.
As for water warfare, there isn’t much professionalism to speak of anyway.
A Northerner like Yang Su who could win a decisive cavalry battle with the Turks on the grasslands could also defeat the Nanchen navy in a large boat on the Yangtze River.
Not many people really paid attention to the navy. Even in the peaceful Southern Dynasty, there was never a very powerful navy.
Wu Huaiyu wanted to build a naval academy because he wanted to systematically train a real navy, even an imperial navy.
Learn various methods of sailing, surveying, celestial phenomena, and geographical maps,
Learn arithmetic, learn Yi language,
Not only must we learn how to sail a ship, but we must also learn how to measure and observe the stars. We must learn not only navigation, but also water warfare. Even the naval academy must be divided into many detailed specialties, such as command, ship driving, surveying, and shipbuilding.
Ship repairman, etc.
The Naval Academy is half classroom learning and half training on board.
After graduation, they can become professional naval officers. Won't they be of great use when the Tang Dynasty expeditions to Goguryeo and Baekje in the future?
Wouldn't it be great to even conquer Linyi, Luzon, Zhenla, Funan, Qiantuoli, do trade, grab spices and so on in the future?
Wu Huaiyu has always been obsessed with the fact that Nanyang pepper costs one hundred pounds per pound, but Chang'an sells eight pounds for one or two.
He has been coveting thousands of times the huge profits from the spice trade for a long time.
