Qin Official

"The emperor wants to put me on the fire to roast?"

After the military discussion on the war against the Huns was over, he could vaguely feel the slightly strange looks from other generals looking at him, and the slightly worried look from Zhao Gao, the commander of the Central Chefing Mansion, and Heifu had only one thought left in his mind:

"Get out of here!"

I originally wanted to say a few sincere words to gain some points in the hearts of Qin Shihuang and Prince Fusu. The effect of showing humiliation is almost the same as asking for land. .Unexpectedly, he acted too much and was pushed along by Qin Shihuang, who arranged everything clearly.

Supervising the army is either a favorite of the emperor, such as Meng Yi who supervises the Longxi Army, or he is respected by the country, such as Li Si, the court lieutenant who supervises the county army. There are also hard-working people like Zhang Han who are in charge of bridge construction and construction. road.

It is not impossible to arrange for the young master to be the supervisor of the army, but Hei Fu does not want the young master Fu Su to go to Beidi County to serve as the supervisor of the army!

Because he didn't want to be dragged into the deep water of the battle for the right to inherit the throne early, he would rather watch silently on the shore for a while.

But things went contrary to expectations. The emperor's order had been issued and he had to obey it.

The emperor's heart is really unpredictable. Hei Fu doesn't even know whether the emperor really wants to cultivate Fusu by doing this, or whether he is deliberately putting more pressure on himself.

Heifu has been a little too sharp recently, and his wife persuaded him to keep a low profile, otherwise he will be afraid of his colleagues and generals, and even the big men in the court will be afraid of him. Who knows, now the young master Fusu, the most likely successor of the future empire, has been appointed as the supervisor...

Isn't this intentional to push him to the forefront?

Heifu could foresee that in this war, countless eyes would turn to Beidi, staring at every move he and Fusu made. No matter what happens afterwards, Heihu will be labeled as "Fusu" and it will be difficult to get rid of it.

Working together is sometimes a political mark.

At this point, Heifu could only console himself this way: "Fortunately, the emperor only asked Fusu to be my supervisor, not the chief general or deputy general..."

Heifu remembered a story he had read in "Zuo Zhuan".

Duke Xian of Jin sent Prince Shen Sheng to attack the Gaoluo clan in Dongshan. Minister Rick came to admonish him and said: "The eldest son is responsible for the sacrifices in the ancestral temple, the festival of grain and grain, and the person who takes care of the king's food in the morning and evening, so he is called Zhongzi. When the king goes out, he protects the country. If there are others to protect you, you should follow the king. Following outside is called Fujun, and guarding inside is called supervising the country. This is the ancient system."

In short, the eldest son of the monarch cannot lead the army and is prone to accidents when he is on an expedition. Once a certain prince is assigned by the lord to lead the army as a general and go on an expedition, it basically means that he has no chance of becoming the king.

Fortunately, the supervisory army is a "fujun" that the young master can take on. It is only a temporary assignment. The supervisory army does not interfere with military affairs and only supervises, avoiding the embarrassment of quarreling and asking for instructions.

"It's too early now, the future has changed, everything is unknown, and now we can only try to find out what he is doing. Besides, it is not all bad. When you get along with Fusu, you can observe his words and his actions, and find out whether he is What kind of young master..."

After making up his mind, at night, Hei Fu was about to take a bottle of wine and go talk to Li Xin, the only friend among his fellow generals. Unexpectedly, the visitor also came to inform him that the emperor had summoned him to see him...

Heifu hurriedly followed the visitor. After entering, Qin Shihuang was still the same as before, looking at the memorials that he could never finish reading. It was just that the heavy bamboo slips in the past had become light pieces of paper. The emperor allowed paper slips to be used in the place, but the letter was given to The documents of the imperial court must be made of paper! As for not using paper, are you deliberately trying to tire out His Majesty the Emperor?

This is also the biggest driving force for promoting paper in local areas.

I thought that Qin Shihuang would talk about letting his son Fusu go to the north to supervise the army. Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, he asked Hei Fu an extremely pointed question!

Qin Shihuang raised his eyes, pointed to a sentence in the memorial and frowned:

"Each county donated its knitted sweater. The sweater in Longxi was called 'Zhipi', and the sweater in Shangjun and Daibei was called 'felt clothes'. However, the sweater donated by Wushi in Beidi County was called 'Hengyuanxiang', and Wushiluo said it was you. What’s the meaning of this name?”

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Heifu decided that he would never entertain himself with random jokes again.

But now, he could only start to make up the meaning of these three words on the spot, and it was difficult to get over it.

"Persistence means long-lasting; source means spring; auspicious means blessing, and comes from the sheep. The combination of these three words means that the sweater is clean and odorless like the source of living water, can be worn for a long time without being rotten, and the wearer is blessed... …”

Hei Fu also admired himself for his nonsense, but it still sounded reasonable!

Although Qin Shihuang was doubtful, he just thought that Heifu was from a humble background. Although he studied diligently, he often used slang and crooked sentences that the upper class could not understand. He did not think it was strange. Following this incident, he talked about the war materials prepared by each county.

Different from the past, sweaters have become a new strategic reserve in this battle in the north. Wu Shiluo described it as a land of raccoon dogs. It is a place where shade accumulates. The bark of wood is three inches and the ice is six feet thick. You must eat meat, drink cheese, and wear clothes. The thick fur of birds and animals can protect them from the cold. It's okay for Chinese people to go there in spring and summer, but if they spend the winter locally and cannot adapt to the soil and water, they will probably die...

Although the scheduled start date of the war is late spring and early summer, the area to be attacked in this battle is vast. If the war cannot be ended in one go, it may be delayed until next year. Even if Beijie and Henan are occupied, a large number of soldiers must be left to guard them. Their winter problem cannot be ignored.

Furs are too expensive, so sweaters have become the best choice. Nowadays, not only Longxi County, but also several other border counties have introduced Qiang sheep, and using the technology developed by Shaofu, they have begun to raise sheared sheep and weave cloth. Last year, Longxi produced 3,000 sheep, Beizheng County produced 1,000 sheep, and Shangjun and Daibei each produced 500 sheep. .

The output tripled from the year before, but Qin Shihuang still felt that it was too slow, so all counties were desperately trying to find ways to increase output.

Longxi County relied on its proximity to Huangzhong, the origin of Qiang sheep, and continued to expand its scale by either robbing or buying it, and even purchased wool from the Qiang people.

Needless to say, in the north, Wu Shiluo, under Heifu's suggestion, began to regard wool spinning as his own pillar industry in the future, and bought Qiang sheep into the county on a large scale. Heifu's wife, Ye Shi, suggested mobilizing the majority of women. The Rong people would raise sheep and the Xia women would weave cloth, forming a mutually beneficial cycle between Hua and Rong.

The three counties of Shangjun and Daibei started late and were far away from the production areas, so they decided on the breed of sheep. In Meng Tian's memorial, it is said that Ban Yi, a large shepherd family who immigrated from the Chu region to Yanmen County, took dozens of shepherd boys under him to try to cross the Qiang sheep with fine wool and the local sheep with rough wool, hoping to produce suitable offspring. The varieties of shearing and weaving are...

All this is to fulfill Qin Shihuang's request: next year the sweater output of each county will be doubled! Even so, among the 150,000 soldiers in the Northern Expedition, less than one-tenth could wear a sweater, let alone the civilians...

In addition to winter clothes to keep out the cold, there is also food. Qin Shihuang has asked Zhi Su Neishi, one of the nine ministers, to prepare military rations. By the beginning of next spring, he will be able to raise about 300,000 people to feed him for a year: 5 million shi!

"Longxi County's military rations can be prepared locally. Daibei's military rations are collected from Taiyuan and Hedong, and Beidi and Shangjun are supplied by Guanzhong."

The benefits of fighting near Guanzhong became apparent. In late spring and early summer, the 15,000 civilians who were handed over to Beidi County would escort military rations and prisoners from the fertile Guanzhong, Zhengguo Canal and other granaries, and trek all the way there. Reporting to Northland County. They were led by the county captain, You You, and the pavilion chief, just like many years ago, Heifu took Anlu's little brothers on the journey...

300,000 people were recruited from Qili, how many people would come back the next year?

Heifu didn't know whether his pushing for this war in advance would be good or bad for them.

"I only hope that this battle can pacify the northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop, allowing the Qin people to take root deeply in the northern part of Henan and create a fortress in the Central Plains..."

At this time, Qin Shihuang suddenly said something else.

"I have heard that it is easy to predict the difficulties of farming."

"However, the princes and grandsons have never looked at a piece of soil and cultivated a seedling. I don't know how many months it will take to harvest it. How can I be aware of the rest of the world?"

"The same goes for military matters. If you only hear about the good news thousands of miles away, but don't go out with the army together, hear the golden drums shaking the sky, and see the smoke billowing from the wolves, how can you know the difficulty of military affairs and the necessity of driving the Huns from the Ming Dynasty in the north?"

"These are all things Fusu needs to know."

Heifu immediately cheered up. He knew that the drama summoned by the emperor this time was coming!