Xu Chao asked someone to take an iron drill and put it on the ice, and then ordered the strong government servant to smash the iron drill into the ice with a sledgehammer. The tall and round government servant raised the hammer, and sparks shot out in all directions.
, while shouting loudly at the end, "Hey yo hi yo hi yo yo!"
"Crack, click, click", as the iron drill dug in, river water seeped out of the ice. After smashing a hole slightly smaller than the copper basin, he walked a dozen steps away and smashed the next one.
After five holes were made in a row, Mengjiao shouted loudly, which made the soldiers and government officials wait for a while.
After a while, there was a dark shadow shaking under the ice, and then many fish jumped up from under the ice. The people waiting on the side were holding harpoons and other things, and they hurriedly caught and threw the fish that jumped up.
Put it into the cloth bag, and then pour it into the cart.
When she saw many fish jumping out of the water, Liu Qian clapped her hands and jumped and screamed. Zi Jiaer also opened her purple eyes wide and looked at those big fish eagerly jumping out of the ice with some surprise.
Jumped out from below.
After no more fish jumped up, Xu Chao asked someone to put a wooden stick into the hole and stir it vigorously. After stirring for a while, he asked someone to use a hammer to completely break open the ice layer in this section, and then
The fishing net was thrown down and fishing started.
A total of less than a thousand people came this time, and there were several fishing teams like this, distributed throughout the river. Lian County is located on the edge of the Yellow River, and the temperature is not that cold, but when it is blown by the wind outside, it is still
It will cause a strong stinging sensation.
Zi Jia'er and Liu Qian's hands and faces were red from the cold, but they refused to return to the carriage. Instead, they squatted on the shore and watched the adults pulling up the fishing net with relish. Whenever they saw a fish being pulled up along the fishing net,
When they came out, they became very happy.
Chen Cheng looked at Xu Chao's red and swollen palms and saw other people working hard in the cold wind, many of whom were officials. He couldn't help but sigh: "I have been breathing too much to cover my tears. I am sorry for the hardships of the people's livelihood.
"
He knew that the lives of most people in this era were very difficult, but he did not expect that even a high-ranking official like Xu Chao would be shivering from the cold. Liu Qian shook her head in confusion and said: "Master wrote
The poem is so good!"
Chen Cheng turned around, shook his head and said, "This was not written by me, but by Qu Yuan, the Sanlu doctor."
"Oh!" Liu Qian said with a smile: "I just said that I seemed to have heard of it before."
Chen Cheng looked at Zi Jia'er, who had purple eyes next to Liu Qian, and said, "Is this your friend?"
"Yes!" Liu Qian took Zi Jia'er's little hand and said, "Her name is Zi Jia'er!"
Chen Cheng thought to himself: She really doesn't look like a Central Plains person. He said to Liu Qian: "Just because you are not afraid of the cold, it doesn't mean that others are not afraid of the cold. Look how cold she is. Get on the carriage!"
Zi Jiaer whispered from the side: "I'm not cold."
Liu Qian shook her girl's horns and said to Zi Jia'er, "Ah, it's really cold outside. Let's go inside the car."
The latitude of Liangzhou is not too high, but winter is not a suitable time to go out, let alone send troops to fight. The fighting in Hanyang County has also temporarily stopped, and the princes in Xiliang are also waiting quietly
In my hometown, I am waiting for the spring to come and the flowers to bloom.
This was also the case under Chen Cheng's rule. Only Yacheng and Lianxian counties were still operating at a high speed. Winter is not suitable for military training, as non-combat attrition would be too much, but learning cultural knowledge in a warm room is no problem at all.
No. Except for part of the small amount of qualified paper produced by the Ministry of Industry, which was supplied to the Lian County office, the rest was sent to Yacheng.
Zhao Yun has conveyed Chen Cheng's meaning. If he can complete literacy, know more than 500 simplified Chinese characters, and be proficient in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within 100, he can enjoy an extra allowance. Ordinary soldiers can be promoted to non-commissioned officers, and officers can get
Prioritize promotion. The effect can only be said to be average. The literacy rate among the tooth soldiers is already high, but there are still many people who can't pass no matter what.
It is much more difficult for illiterate people to learn to write than for people who originally knew some poetry and books to learn the Arabic alphabet. Starting from scratch is always the most troublesome. On the contrary, the orphans placed in Yacheng all exploded.
Chen Cheng was a little surprised by his positive enthusiasm and learning progress.
After receiving Zhao Yun's report, Chen Cheng thought for a long time and finally decided to squeeze out some money and food to establish an army primary school after the beginning of the new year. He planned to gather the children from the families of generals at all levels and soldiers, and teach them first
Cultural courses and discipline training, wait two years, and then teach martial arts and the art of war.
As for why the scope of recruitment is not extended to all the territories under the rule, it is because there is not so much food to support too many people who are out of work. Half-year-olds are poor. But the more important reason is because there are no qualified people.
teachers. If you want to promote education, you must first train teachers.
Yang Qiu did not object to this matter, but he did not agree with it either. Although he knew some words, he did not realize that literacy would be of any help in fighting. War depends on the bravery of generals and the courage of soldiers to fight, and the rest is all in vain.
Instead of teaching children to read, it would be better to make more spears and spurges. But fortunately, this expenditure is related to the army, and he is happy to see the results.
Xu Chao was also very dissatisfied, saying that he had no money, so why did he have enough money to start raising children? Forget raising boys, what’s the point of raising so many girls? This only has the territory of two or three counties.
Are you ready to start a harem?
Even Yan Zhong felt that it was inappropriate to raise so many children. The few hundred people in Yacheng were enough, but now that this happened again, the landlord's family had no food left!
Among all the important ministers, only Zhao Yun fully supports Chen Cheng. Firstly, he trusts Chen Cheng's vision, and secondly, he really feels the benefits of learning cultural knowledge. Not only is it easier to convey military orders, but it can also help
Handle a lot of documents, such as statistics and verification. When he was the military chief clerk, he often had to stay up all night to handle official military affairs. If the various corps commanders could collect the data and then hand it over.
, then his workload will be much less.
The weather is getting colder and colder day by day. Sometimes it will be sunny, sometimes it will continue to snow heavily, but the temperature keeps dropping. As a result, Chen Cheng ushered in a long leisure time. Every day
In addition to urging Liu Qian and her little friend Zi Jiaer to continue studying, they only have two things left to do: feeding the horses and exercising. Occasionally when I am in a good mood, I will draw something. Or mechanical equipment, or simply
It's a scene in the courtyard.
On this day, it was clear after the snow, and the sky was as blue as if it had been washed by water. As usual, Chen Cheng got up in the morning and gave his horses some fodder, and then exercised in the yard for a while. Before, he had always felt that the military
None of the weapons were very handy, and were a bit too light and short. Only the infantry halberd was more useful, so the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau under the Ministry of Industry made a double-edged halberd.
Now he is holding on to this 1.2-meter-long halberd, which is 3.6 meters long, and dancing in the yard. The halberd weighs more than 40 kilograms, which is about the same weight as stone locks and other equipment. But such a heavy weight is usually used for
For exercise, in battle formation, this kind of weight seems too cumbersome.
However, the painted halberd named "Fang Tian" flew up and down in Chen Cheng's hand, but it seemed extremely agile and did not feel heavy at all. He grabbed the tail of the painted halberd, exerted force with his wrist and arm, and swept the wide crescent moon,
The sharp blade cut through the air and made a "wuwuwu" sound.
The snow on the ground was kicked up by Chen Cheng's footsteps, stirred up by Fang Tian's painted halberd, and kept flying up and down. Liu Qian heard the noise in the yard outside, opened the door, stuck out her little head, and saw the sunshine.
The light shone on a group of jumping and dancing ice chips. In the center of the ice and snow, Chen Cheng heard a noise behind him, so he stopped. He held the Fang Tian Painting Halberd at an angle and turned his head to look over.
Her heart beat faster. She didn't know whether it was because of the strong murderous aura in her master, or because of the pure sky in the distance and the beautiful scenery in front of her, like a scroll.
"Get up and wash up when you wake up," Chen Cheng calmed down and said, "Then go have breakfast."
"Okay!" Liu Qian nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and closed the door again with a "click" sound. Chen Cheng began to think about another question: Will there be carbon monoxide poisoning if the room is closed so tightly every day?
?
Footsteps sounded under the eaves of the corridor, and as he followed the sound, it was Yan Zhong who came over. He was one of the few people who came in without announcing.
"Your Majesty," Yan Zhong said, "Yan Xing has returned from Hanyang County."
"The road was blocked due to heavy snow and you're back?" Chen Cheng smiled and said, "You must be missing your new wife at home, right?"
Yan Zhong also laughed. He first looked at the murderous weapon in Chen Cheng's hand, then ignored it and said: "Han Sui attacked Shanggui once after the snow stopped, but Ding Yuan's general Lu Bu led his troops to counterattack.
Thousands of soldiers and horses were lost, and even Han Sui's mount was shot to death. If his generals Tian Le and Yang Kui hadn't fought tooth and nail to resist, even Han Wenyue would not have been spared."
He sighed with emotion: "Unexpectedly, there are such brave generals in the imperial court!"
Chen Cheng walked up from the yard, stepping on the wooden board, making a "creak" sound. He casually handed Fang Tian's painted halberd to the tooth soldier beside him. The tooth soldier was also a tall and round warrior, and he grabbed Fang Tian's painted halberd with both hands.
Tian Hua Ji, his body only sank slightly, and then he placed the somewhat exaggerated weapon back on the wooden stand.
Chen Cheng asked Yan Zhong: "How dare Han Sui use troops after the snow?"
After receiving a positive reply, Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Hey, I really underestimated him Han Wenyue. But although his move was unexpected, it didn't achieve any results, so you don't need to admire him too much, just admire him a little."
Yes. Is this why Bo Dao came here today?"
Yan Zhong shook his head, sighed softly, took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, and said, "Your Majesty, take a look at this."
Chen Cheng reached out and took it, opened it, raised his eyebrows and said, "Dong Zhongying is so bold!"
Yan Zhong said: "Isn't that true? He just took office as Bingzhou Mu this year, and last month he wiped out more than 60 Bingzhou powerful families!"
Chen Cheng looked at the expression on Yan Zhong's face, and an idea popped into his mind, so he asked, "Does Bo Dao want me to learn from Dong Zhuo?"
