The management of the Yellow River will never be completed overnight, nor does it mean that you have just started and you can wait until you have no money. It cannot be like spending a night in the wedding room, paying 500 gold first, and then wait until you feel better.
Pay another five hundred gold. The reason why Chen Cheng said that he would consider it only after obtaining the consent of all the important ministers was just a prevarication. His true intention was that he was not willing to make great efforts to regulate the Yellow River.
However, Xu Chao could clearly hear the perfunctory meaning in it, but he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he showed a happy smile on his face. Getting such an answer far exceeded his best expectations. If it were other princes, listening to
If you see such an unreasonable request, you will either get furious or be dismissive.
Looking at Xu Chao's retreating back, the smile on Chen Cheng's face gradually dissipated. He was most afraid of comparisons in everything. Xu Chao was so brilliant that he couldn't help but start to reflect: He used to feel unbearable when he saw the people suffering, and he also once
He laughs at those officials who don't care about the welfare of the people at all. When something goes wrong, they just cover up the situation, and when they can no longer cover it up, they throw out a few scapegoats.
But now why is he beginning to have a tendency to become bureaucratic? Isn't it deceiving the other party by asking other important ministers to agree? One of the things he hates most is lying. It is very annoying for others to lie, but it is very annoying for him to lie.
It's even more annoying. Only when you are not strong enough and you need to compromise with the world will you need to lie.
However, that is to regulate the Yellow River! It requires up to 100,000 manpower, consumes countless money and food, and takes a long time... He is planning to return to Luoyang within a few years.
. Now although Mr. Dong has been driven to Bingzhou, He Jin has not been able to suppress the situation in Luoyang City. It is estimated that the opportunity to advance westward will soon come.
If all manpower and material resources are invested in regulating the Yellow River, we will definitely miss such a good opportunity.
Thinking of this, Chen Cheng shook his head and sighed. On the floor in the hall, footsteps sounded softly, and Liu Qian's crisp voice sounded from the side, "Master, why are you sighing again?"
Chen Cheng followed the message and saw Liu Qian and the guards behind him, so he put down the problem and said with a smile: "get out of class is over so soon today?"
Liu Qian took off her shoes and walked into the classroom wearing long white socks. She smiled and said: "The second period this afternoon is physical education, and another teacher is taking over the class. Master, are you too busy?"
Chen Cheng once ordered that all orphans under the age of thirteen in Shuofang County and Wuyuan County be sent to Linrong to be raised by the government. Later, this order was extended to Beidi County and Wuwei County, and the location was changed to
Lian County. So far, there are more than 200 male and female orphans under the age of thirteen, with a male to female ratio of about one to two.
In this era, both the Huns, Han and Qiang people had the habit of keeping slaves. Unless the children were too young, they could be regarded as property. Boys were especially in demand. As long as they grew older, they would be very useful.
Good labor force and soldiers. In times of difficulty, boys are definitely not the first ones to be abandoned, which is why there is a huge disparity between male and female ratios among orphans.
After these orphans were brought to Lian County, Chen Cheng placed them in Yacheng, letting them do what they could while teaching them some writing and arithmetic. Although most of these orphans had not entered school before, they were very good at it.
He is able to endure hardships and learns very quickly. In just a few months, several people have learned more than a hundred words, and they have also learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a hundred.
Liu Qian was sent to Yacheng by Chen Cheng a month ago to teach these children some arithmetic. She was still young and usually did not have many playmates of the same age. After going there once, she fell in love with it and often ran to Yacheng.
I also made many friends there.
Hearing what Liu Qian said, Chen Cheng patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Are you feeling dizzy? Someone asked me to regulate the Yellow River just now."
Liu Qian didn't know what regulating the Yellow River meant. She sat on a chair and said plainly: "Then go and regulate it."
"I also know that regulating the Yellow River is a great thing," Chen Cheng spread his hands and said, "But there is no money, food, and manpower!"
He said to Liu Qian: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. What are you doing here today?"
"Can't you come if you have nothing to do?" Liu Qian said: "Master said before that he would take me hunting. It has been many days."
Chen Cheng said in astonishment: "Did I tell you that? It's impossible, right?"
Thinking about it carefully, I am so busy these days, how can I have time to take people hunting? Although it is time to go hunting now, but...
Chen Cheng stared at Liu Qian and narrowed his eyes and said: "It's not impossible to go hunting, but I don't remember that I have promised you such a thing. Princess, maybe I forgot before, but it's not too late to teach you now. It's not wrong to lie."
A good quality.”
But then he thought of the conversation he had just had with Xu Chao. Although he did not intend to deceive, the facts would not change because of his words, so he added, "Don't speak nonsense unless you have no choice."
When there was no longer a smile on his face, the so-called kind eyes turned into indifference and cruelty. Liu Qian's heart beat faster, but she said with a smile on her face: "Then the master said he would take me there
Hunting?”
Chen Cheng snorted, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Get ready for tomorrow and go hunting the day after tomorrow."
He pushed away the chair, stood up, and said, "Come with me now. I want to check whether your martial arts has improved. If instead of improving, it has deteriorated, then don't go."
Behind Chen Cheng, Liu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, then stuck out her tongue and thought to herself: Master is so scary when he is angry! It's like he wants to eat people!
Fortunately, although she has not spent a lot of time practicing martial arts these days, for some reason, her martial arts has not deteriorated at all, but has made some progress.
Liu Qian followed Chen Cheng to the yard, picked up the hunting bow, and started shooting at the target. Not long after, a bag of twenty arrows hit the target twenty steps away. Densely packed arrows were stuck in the bullseye.
Nearby, it looked like a patch of grass suddenly grew up.
Liu Qian put down her hunting bow and said with a smile: "Master, is my shooting okay?"
Chen Cheng folded his hands in front of his chest. He pondered for a while and said: "It's enough to practice to this level. In the next two years, just maintain the feel. The main focus should be on learning cultural knowledge."
Liu Qian raised the corners of her mouth and said bluntly: "I have already finished studying that "Elementary Mathematics"!"
"Hey, where does that go? After finishing "Elementary Mathematics", there will be "Intermediate Mathematics" and "Middle School Physics". After studying these two books, there will be "Advanced Mathematics" and "Geometry Principles"," Chen Cheng said with a look on his face
Showing a meaningful smile, "Confucius said: There is no end to learning. Where does learning end? Don't worry, even if you finish learning these, there are still "Chemistry" and "Physical Chemistry", which guarantee that you will not be bored.
"
Liu Qian's eyes widened and she exclaimed: "Master, are you trying to scare me?"
Chen Cheng snorted and said, "Remember, you are not allowed to lie unless you have to."
Liu Qian came over, took his arm, shook it a few times, and said: "I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again. Master, please don't be angry."
Chen Cheng's expression softened and he said: "Tomorrow, check your mount's shoes, saddle, and stirrups, as well as your bow and arrow, dagger, and cloth bag. We will go hunting the day after tomorrow."
"yes!"
Chen Cheng looked at her and said thoughtfully: "Did someone ask you to remind me that it's time to start this year's autumn hunting?"
"Ah? This...that..."
"Humph," Chen Cheng waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't ask who it is, you can go back and prepare."
Hunting is not entirely for fun. In this era, there are still many places in the wild that have not been cultivated, and there are wild beasts and venomous snakes everywhere. On the one hand, large-scale hunting is to supplement meat, and on the other hand, it is also to clean up the nearby beasts to prevent them from killing them in winter.
When he was very hungry, he broke into the village and hurt people.
Of course, large-scale hunting is also a method of training the army. This custom is not only found in the Central Plains, but also by nomadic fishing and hunting peoples. Until the Qing Dynasty two thousand years later, hunting was also used to train the army.
The role of the enemy. In many cases, the enemy troops being surrounded and chased are no different from wild beasts.
Classmate Sun once said: The autumn is high and the horses are fat, so it is a good time to go to war as a pastime. Chen Cheng has too little capital now to afford a money-burning game like war, so hunting is not a bad idea.
The weather has been good this year, and the herdsmen on the Mobei grassland are still getting by. In addition, Lu Fang's defense is strong, and there are not many plunders going south. Therefore, many local and nearby generals have joined the hunt with their troops and hunting dogs.
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To the west of Lian County is Helan Mountain, which stretches for hundreds of miles. There are many ferocious beasts in the mountains, and wild beasts hurt people every year. If a person is alone, he is likely to be in danger in the mountains, but if thousands of people go out together,
That's another thing entirely.
Ever since humans learned to use spears and bows, there has been no species in the world that can threaten humans. Although tigers and leopards have claws and claws, how can they compare to sharp spears? As long as you wear heavy armor, you can normally
Humans...well, normal humans still find it difficult to defeat tigers alone, even if they wear heavy armor.
In the past few thousand years, mankind's only enemy has been mankind itself. In the next few thousand years, mankind's enemy will still be themselves. In the conceivable future, there will be no other species that can truly pose a threat to mankind.
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Near Lian County, as well as many garrisons and powerful men in Lingzhou across the Yellow River, participated in the hunt. They brought bows and arrows, horses, hunting dogs and goshawks, and gathered them outside the west gate of Lian County. The army marched westward in a mighty way.
, worshiped the victims of the previous Xiongnu invasion on the platform in the mountain, and then went deep into the mountain to drive out the fat and strong gifts from every corner.
