Shao Shude has completely entrusted the government affairs to several prime ministers, and sits in the camp outside Zhenzhou City to handle military affairs.
He does not need to be specifically responsible for front-line command.
Lu Huaizhong has been fighting for 20 to 30 years, and he is considered one of the more outstanding ones among his old gang. His ability is no problem and you don't need to interfere too much.
He just watched and waited, and at the same time soothed the morale of the troops. Some troops had not been in contact with them for a long time, which was not conducive to strengthening his prestige.
"The Wuwei Army is really extravagant. They used Shuofang to burn their wounds." Shao Shude walked around the wounded soldiers camp, came out and smiled directly at the deputy envoy Li Yixian: "But it's worth it."
The effect of using spirits to disinfect wounds is actually not good. Medical alcohol generally has a content of 75%, but how much is distilled alcohol?
Shao Shude also drank Shuofang Shengshao. Is it over 30 degrees? He doesn’t think so.
Wine of this strength does not have a sterilizing effect. But of course there is a difference between using it and not using it. It just depends on whether you are willing to part with it or not.
In ancient societies with low productivity, wine was not cheap. The army generally rewarded wine and meat as a reward. Wine was not a daily consumer product, but a high-end consumer product that improved the quality of life. Ordinary people only drank it openly on festivals such as Community Day.
Normally, if you come back with a greedy taste, you will be scolded by your mother-in-law.
However, no matter how high the cost is, it still makes sense. Veterans on the battlefield are more valuable.
Further distillation and purification of wines such as Shuofang Shengshao, preferably to a temperature above 70 degrees, is the direction that needs to be worked on in the future.
In the Kansai region, due to different economic forms, the number of orchards owned by each household is far greater than the number of mulberry trees. This is especially true in the prefectures of Kanboku Province. Vineyards are everywhere, and wine making is a necessity because the lees can be used to feed dairy cows.
Promoting lactation has greatly increased production, and wine has been sold to grassland tribes. In the past ten years, wine has poured into Henan in large quantities.
People in Henan used to drink mostly rice wine and rice wine with lower alcohol content, but now they have been hit by the Kansai version of "brandy". The rice wine and rice wine market has shrunk significantly, while the spirits market has grown by leaps and bounds, with their proportion increasing.
The imperial court was also happy to see this happen, and was promoting it overtly and covertly.
Since ancient times, various dynasties have issued prohibitions on alcohol countless times. The core reason is that wine-making consumes too much food. However, there is always demand in the beverage market. Besides tea, there is wine. These two are important supplements to the government's finances, so the prohibition cannot last long.
Let go again, over and over again, extremely entangled.
Kansai wine doesn’t have much of this problem, and the imperial court has no reason to ban alcohol.
"On the battlefield, Marshal Lu has strict military discipline. Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be killed without mercy. Off the battlefield, he is very good to the soldiers. He does everything possible to get wine and meat to reward everyone. Even the reward will be compared with the Privy Council's.
The envoys and ministers pounded the table, and Ge Congzhou learned from him." Li Yixian praised Lu Huaizhong without hesitation, which shows that Lao Lu was still very popular in the Wuwei Army.
"By running the army in this way, the soldiers can serve their lives," Shao Shude said.
Lao Lu is indeed such a person.
Among all the Forbidden armies, he was the most willing to sacrifice casualties in the siege battle, pushing both the enemy and ourselves to the limit, and then put in the reserve team to recharge their batteries.
But he does love the nurses and soldiers very much and is willing to fight for their interests. He seems to be a very contradictory person, but that's just because you don't understand him.
It was almost evening, and Shao Shude sat on the ground with the sergeants in the camp again and had dinner.
Compared with twenty years ago, the food in today's military camps has changed a lot. The most prominent thing is that the proportion of dairy products is increasing day by day. You have changed the agricultural production model, and the total grain output has dropped slightly compared to before.
, if you don’t eat meat and milk, what else can you eat?
Furthermore, things like cheese and milk powder can be stored for a long time, have good energy, and are easier to transport. They are actually very good field foods.
In fact, Shao Shude didn't particularly like eating cheese, but in order to set an example, he almost treated it as a homely food to promote the trend.
To be honest, meat is not something that can be eaten openly, but the amount is still much larger than it was twenty years ago.
There is no way. The three-crop rotation system captures too much nitrogen from the air. If it cannot be reflected in agricultural output, what is the difference between it and the ancient fallow rotation system?
The meat in the iron pot has been cooked and is fragrant.
Shao Shude personally picked up the spoon and filled a bowl for each of the surrounding soldiers.
Li Yixian looked a little dazed. The last time the saint served meat to the soldiers in the Tiande Army, all ten of them had died in the battle. The favor of the superior, alas!
But when Shao Shude served him the meat, he still handed the bowl over respectfully. Just die, this life is sold to the saint.
"How many iron pots do you have in your camp?" Shao Shude asked.
"Four mouths."
Shao Shude nodded and said: "More than twenty years ago, not every camp might have an iron pot. I still remember the scene of using a rice steamer to cook rice."
"How many pairs of armor are there? How many pairs of armor?" he asked again.
"Everyone has armor, and there are more than two hundred pairs of armor."
Shao Shude nodded again and said: "There is progress compared to twenty years ago."
The supply of cheese, milk powder, and dried meat increased, and there were more armors. There were four large iron pots in each battalion, and other tools also increased. Lu Huaizhong even ordered people to clean wounds with strong liquor. The conditions in the army were better than before.
It has indeed improved a lot.
"Fight with His Majesty, it will be a pleasure."
"It's true that the days are endless, the better they get, the better."
"The thieves are getting weaker and weaker."
"Your Majesty, please take us to conquer Hedong."
"I'm afraid I'm not going to attack the Khitans!"
Shao Shude listened silently to the sergeants' heartfelt words with a smile on his face.
A while ago, he had hundreds of pieces of cloth delivered to the camp for the soldiers to use for wrapping their wounds.
Fine silk (cotton cloth) was also a kind of textile in the Tang Dynasty. Because of its scarcity, it was once sold more expensive than most silks. It mainly came from the south and was also called white silk and Guiguan cloth.
Currently, linen and miscellaneous silk are mainly used to bind wounds in the military, but the effect is not very good.
The bandages made of fine, soft, breathable and water-absorbent fabrics are better than other types of fabrics.
What needs to be done now is to reduce the cost of silk cloth, which requires expanding the planting area. Shao Shude thinks that we can try it in the south.
There are roughly five varieties of cotton: herbal cotton, woody cotton, upland cotton, Indian woody cotton (Asian cotton, tree cotton), and island cotton.
Some cotton is grown in a small area in the Sinong Temple Farm in Lingzhou, which is actually herbal cotton. It should have been brought to Dunhuang by Sogdian merchants during the Northern Dynasties and took root.
The arid place of Dunhuang is actually not suitable for growing this extremely water-consuming cash crop.
Cotton needs light and water, and there are not many places that have both. Shao Shude remembers that cotton was planted in Uzbekistan in Central Asia in later generations, which caused river water levels to plummet and put great ecological pressure.
If possible, it would be better to plant in the Yangtze River Basin.
Social and economic development will feed back the military - this is what has happened.
When the army becomes stronger, it goes to war abroad, obtains resources, and then feeds back into the economy—this has been happening before. Shao Shude made his fortune by relying on this, and he wants to continue to maintain it in the future.
There is so much to do!
"Your Majesty!" Sharuch waved outside the tent.
Shao Shude knew that he was cautious by nature and would not be like this if nothing happened, so he slowly got up and walked outside calmly.
"I'd like to hear the urgent report from the Secretary." Xia Ruqi stretched out his hand and handed over the wooden box.
Shao Shude took it, checked the seal, then opened it and read it carefully.
After a long time, he sighed and said, "Let Minister Chen come to see me."
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Chen Cheng also came over and lived in the camp.
It was completely dark now, so the clerk lit a candle for him.
"Click two more." Chen Cheng squinted his eyes and tried to see clearly the small regular script on the memorial. After reading it for a long time, he finally got angry: "You idiot, the handwriting is so small! Don't let me take advantage of it, otherwise
You look good."
The clerk silently lit two more whale oil candles and moved them closer. The tent suddenly became much brighter.
"Alas, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. If there are no whale oil candles in the future, I will not be able to do my work at night?" Chen Cheng put down his brush and sighed.
"Sir, the young man has made tens of thousands of candles, which will last for a long time." The clerk said, "If they are gone, Your Majesty will definitely reward them again."
"Last year, many people were jealous of the rewards and went out to sea to hunt whales, but got nothing. There were even two ships that failed to come back. We don't know whether they are alive or dead." Chen Cheng took a sip of tea and said, "Many people have already submitted letters to the Yushitai.
Stop the criticism, maybe one less whale oil candle is needed."
Actually, there are indeed people who have come forward to impeach, but most of them are small fish and shrimps, and there are very few people. At least heavyweights such as Yushi Dafu and Yushi Zhongcheng have not taken action yet.
The reason for impeachment is very valid: it harms the peace of the world.
People who go to sea only have rewards in their eyes and want money rather than their lives. They do not cherish their lives and are willing to exchange their lives for wealth. But the censors can't stand it anymore. They feel that if this continues, more and more people will go to sea.
If dozens of ships sink in a year, how many people will die?
Isn't this harmful to Tianhe?
They also knew that this was not an order from the saint, so they did not target the saint. They only asked the court to issue an edict to prohibit these desperadoes from going to sea.
But the saint's temper was not ordinary. After seeing the memorial, he directly commented on it: "You have so many things to do!"
Chen Cheng smiled when he saw Zhu Pi.
In the first year of Jianji, all civil and military officials in the dynasty were trembling in front of the saint. But today, in the sixth year of Jianji, the saint Xu Shi always showed a kind face to others, and the courtiers became more and more courageous, almost forgetting
The saint is a martial artist who immediately practices heavy swordsmanship to kill people after going to court.
"This depends on luck." The clerk said with a smile: "According to people from the Ping Navy, they once saw big fish on the sea. However, the military situation was urgent at the time and they could not catch it. Later, when they looked for it, they had disappeared.
Traces.”
"That's right." Chen Cheng put down the tea cup and was about to continue working when he saw Xia Ruqi walking over.
"Shilang Chen, the saint has called you." Xia Ruqi bowed and saluted.
"What's the matter?" Chen Cheng asked subconsciously. After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "I'm in trouble."
"It doesn't matter, the saint sent me to tell the minister the details and to go to the east of the river with him as soon as possible." Xia Luqi said: "Five days ago, Li Keyong suddenly got up from the sick bed, and everyone was shocked. Keyong ordered the cook to serve food, and after eating and drinking,
Later, he wanted to leave Yanmen Pass. Li Xiji, Li Sizhao and others tried to dissuade him, but Ke Yong refused to listen. Finally, he took a carriage out of Jinyang and headed north."
Chen Cheng nodded slowly.
Li Keyong was a man who wanted to be strong. The atmosphere in the North was heroic, and high-ranking officials and generals would be criticized if they traveled in sedan chairs or cars. If Li Keyong had not been really weak, he would have ridden on horseback and would not have been able to ride in a car.
And he probably knows his destination when he leaves Yanmen Pass in the north.
Golden town!
Li Guochang once served as an official in Jincheng, which was the pastureland of the three tribes of Shatuo and where Li Keyong was born and grew up...