During the meal, only some children could run around freely. They walked up to Lao Jun and opened their mouths. Lao Jun laughed and cursed, stuffed the lean meat from the bowl into the open mouths, and then slapped them on the buttocks.
After being slapped, these children continued to go to other veterans to ask for meat.
When Bao Zheng saw that Lao Jun had eaten a few mouthfuls of food, he took off a small wine gourd from his waist and took a sip of wine. He didn't breathe for a long time. He waited until the wine smell was almost absorbed before exhaling.
The aroma of wine overflowed, and it looked like the drink was good.
Su Xun saw that the look of confusion on Lao Bao's face became more serious, so he smiled and asked the Huotou Army to bring him a bottle of wine, put it in front of Lao Bao and said: "I am now the highest officer in the camp. I am too busy with official duties to dare to drink. Ming
Please help yourself."
Lao Bao took the jug, opened it, smelled it, stared at Su Xun and said, "This kind of wine is worth at least two thousand yuan in Kaifeng. Do you think you are richer than a prince in Jiaziying?"
Su Xun was eating his own rice. He looked up and saw Lao Bao questioning him. He put down his chopsticks and said, "This is some local wine brewed by Jiaziying. It's not good at all. It's just a strong temper. Use the good ones to treat injuries. Keep the bad ones."
The benefits of being a soldier in the military camp, if the Ming Dynasty thinks it tastes good, drink more."
"Take the best to heal your wounds? Use wine to heal your wounds?"
"Yes, this is a military product. Now the alcohol we produce must not only meet the needs of Jiazi Camp, but also the Yongsheng Army. This time Liu Tongpan went to suppress bandits and transferred 31 jars of alcohol from Jiazi Camp
, resulting in the Huanzhou Frontier Army’s orders being unable to be met.”
Lao Bao listened to Su Xun's words as if he were listening to a myth. He wanted to get angry, but he was worried that he had misunderstood Jiaziying, so he suppressed his anger and asked: "What is the medical theory of wine treating diseases?"
Su Xun cupped his hands and said: "It can prevent the wound from suppurating and prevent the small wound from turning into a fatal wound. Ming Gong, you don't have to doubt that this has been tested. The battle at Zhao Gongshan in Jiaziying suffered heavy injuries. If the general hadn't taken this
If you present the secret recipe, you will see many times more people wearing Xiao today. The magistrate of Huanzhou has personally done the inspection, so Huanzhou needs to spend a high price to mobilize alcohol from Jiaziying every year to treat injuries. Since alcohol has been available
, the casualty rate of soldiers in the border army was reduced by at least 60%.
The brewing of Jiaziying was personally approved by the governor. Perhaps some of the wine was given to relatives and friends, but it did not flow into the market. Jiaziying does not rely on brewing to make money. This kind of wine consumes too much food, so the governor ordered not to brew a lot.
So the leftover wine left over from brewing alcohol became a benefit to the soldiers.”
Bao Zheng has read countless people, and it is too difficult to escape his eyes whether a person is lying. Not only did he see that Su Xun's expression was sincere, but he also heard that Su Xun was begging him to let Jiaziying go. How did he feel?
It was unmistakable, Su Xun was indeed begging herself.
What he knew about Su Xun was from the article. This person may not be a good official, but he is definitely a tough guy. He has been influenced by poetry and books for many years, and he will not look down on the tricks of a fly and a dog.
"You don't approve of Yun Zheng's coming to Beijing?" Bao Zheng asked Su Xun, squinting his eyes and taking a sip of wine from the spout.
"You should take pity on these people who are eating here. Don't take away their hope after finally living a few days of human life. When Yun Zheng arrives in the capital, his whole person will be ruined. Don't think that Yun Zheng will not
Official, if he concentrates on studying how to be an official, I promise you that within ten years his official position will definitely not be lower than yours.
When he came to Jiaziying, it was forced by the government official. The reason why Jiaziying is what it is today is because he took pity on these people who had no food and clothing, and casually helped them change their way of life and change their destiny, so that they would know
What is it like to be a real human being?
No one dares to say these words loudly. If they hear them, they might even want to kill you. People, as long as they try to live a good life and want them to be the same again, they would rather die.
.”
Bao Zheng was silent, looking around at the cozy and peaceful dining hall, stuffing a piece of meat into his mouth, finishing his meal quickly, imitating others, placing the plate on the table, and sorting the bowls and chopsticks into categories.
After putting them away, some women with their hair wrapped took away the dishes and put them in the clear spring outside the door to wash them. Finally, they soaked them in boiling water and then put them on the rack to dry.
Bao Zheng left after watching this process. Since he was experiencing life in Jiazi Camp, he had to experience the whole process.
The military camp was quiet at noon. Most people were taking a nap. Only a few old soldiers who couldn't sleep were sitting under the banyan tree repairing damaged ordnance. A group of white pheasants landed on the school military field and strolled leisurely. A gust of wind blew over.
The blood-red cloud-shaped flag was rolling with joy. Bao Zheng, who was sitting in front of the window looking through the account books, had no intention of checking the accounts at this time, because he simply couldn't understand this strange accounting method...
One person changed a military camp. This is Bao Zheng's most intuitive understanding. Now this military camp is not so much a military camp as a medium-sized consortium. Bao Zheng cannot understand the accounts, but the balance column says
Twenty-three thousand guan, this alone was like a thunder in his ears, making Bao Zheng dizzy. The 5,000 guan he handed over to Su Xun today has not yet been accounted for...
"Every penny in Jiaziying is clean. Some of it may have blood on it, but the blood belongs to thieves. For soldiers, it is a seizure and an honor. There is nothing to be taboo about.
Some of it was earned by digging stones and burning bricks ourselves, some was earned by selling horses, and some was earned by the Jiazi Camp escorting the caravan passing through Zhaogong Mountain and Wo Niu Mountain. Of course, the biggest part was to wipe out these people.
The rewards and trophies received by the thieves in the two places were finally added to the gains from the Western Region and the suppression of bandits in Kongtong Mountain, so the balance was a little larger.
However, the general has other plans. He plans to monopolize the sand and gravel market in Chengdu Prefecture, plus we will bake the bricks ourselves, and form a construction team with the remaining labor, planning to start the work during the winter break.
We still need to send people to Huanzhou to dig coal. There are always not enough manpower. The general is not allowed to use those soldiers. Ming Gong, can you get us some more people from Wu Shengjun? You know that people are in them.
It’s basically useless there, everyone is starving. I went to the Wu Shengjun camp and saw that the children there were so hungry that they were skinny and bones, unlike the children here who are as strong as calves.”
Bao Zheng closed the account book and sighed and said: "Yes, the imperial court has a stubborn problem, and redundant troops are one of them. In the Song Dynasty, disasters have been frequent in recent years. The Xiang army has doubled in just thirty years. Everyone knows that
The people who had no food to eat turned into Xiang soldiers. This was a way to quench their thirst by drinking poison, but the thief God did not give the Song Dynasty any room to breathe.
According to my opinion, as long as someone needs Xiangjun, I will give them all to him without hesitation to reduce the burden on the country. However, trust is a big problem.
Since ancient times, kindness has been given to the best. If the Xiang army only thinks about Yun Zheng's benefits and forgets about the official family, it will be a crime for Yun Zheng to be beheaded. Therefore, this sentence can only be spoken by His Majesty himself, otherwise no matter who of us proposes it
Whoever makes this suggestion is Yun Zheng's enemy, or a life-and-death enemy."
Su Xun sighed sadly, pointed to the green mountains in the distance and said: "They say that if the mountains don't come, I'll be the one, and if I go, the mountains will be the only ones. Who knew there was such a helpless thing in the world? The Jiazi camp didn't have enough manpower, and the other Xiang troops
But howling in hunger and cold, just because of a favor from above, saying that we share the world with scholar-bureaucrats, this is the greatest irony in the world."
Bao Zheng was also a little speechless. Gratitude comes first. This is an iron law of politics that cannot be broken. It is also a relationship that the scholar-bureaucrats have tried their best to maintain over the years.
The royal family can only talk about sharing the world when it needs scholar-bureaucrats. Now these things have changed. At this point, the two of them have nothing to say. They each hold a cup of hot tea and stare at the pacing white pheasant on the campus military field in a daze.
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At the same time, Zizhuxuan in the Song Dynasty Palace was bustling with activity. The Queen came to Zizhuxuan to personally taste Lin's famous steamed buns. It is said that after eating the buns, His Majesty became very obsessed with Lin, and all the concubines wanted to
Knowing what kind of secrets there were and not being able to come here themselves, some concubines who were close to Queen Cao encouraged the Queen to take them to try it for themselves.
So Zizhuxuan is very lively today!
Ms. Lin was still dressed in the same way, with no makeup on her face. Except for a peacock hairpin in her hair, which represented her status, there was no visible jewelry.
When I met the queen, she was still as humble as before, and she was also very respectful to other concubines. Hua Niang once said a very insightful words: "It is simply impossible to have a good relationship with other concubines, unless
You are uglier than them all!"
So today, Ms. Lin planned to implement this sentence thoroughly. She would personally cook to entertain these difficult concubines and carefully serve up the buns. Ms. Cao frowned after taking a bite and asked softly: "Just give it to your Majesty."
Eat such crude food?"
Mrs. Lin bowed and said, "I am a native of a remote place. I failed to get those precious foods and treated Your Majesty and the Queen so unkindly. Please forgive me."
Cao said with a straight face: "Sister Zhaorong, it seems that His Majesty is trying to attack you and intends to deal with those disrespectful ministers. You must remember that you are a palace concubine and have your own stand and opinions. You must not do this.
If you are arrogant due to favor, the harem must not interfere with politics. This is a rule passed down from our ancestors. You must remember it."
Lin Lanlan said with a look of panic: "I am from a humble background and know nothing about government affairs. How dare I mention government affairs to your majesty? I just want your majesty to feel at ease and have a comfortable rest when you come here."
That’s it, don’t dare to cross it.”
Mrs. Cao looked at Lin Lanlan's eyebrows, suddenly stood up and walked to Lin Lanlan, stretched out her long nails to fiddle with Lin Lanlan's eyebrows, and seemed to let out a long breath and said: "So you are still a virgin.