Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

On the streets of Tokyo, there are a lot of soldiers wearing military uniforms these days.

Almost all the family members of the Imperial Army lived in Tokyo City and Chengxiang (the basic administrative area adjacent to the city, where the inner city was the square, the suburbs were the Xiang, and the countryside was the Li), and their main income was the soldiers’ salaries. Because the residence is not far away, if you want to gather an army, as long as the military order is confirmed by the higher authorities, you can gather within three days.

This time, because the guards had to gather, the time limit was fifteen days. For such a long time, some people arrived first and wandered around the city.

The above organizational system has been changed beyond recognition, but the generals and soldiers at the bottom hardly feel any difference. The military order still comes from the commander, and the military salary is issued by the Ministry of War, but the amount has not changed; the settlement allowance given before the expedition is also the same.

There are also some differences. I have been equipped with firearms a few months ago and trained a lot. It is very simple. It may feel troublesome to use at first, but it is actually much simpler than archery. Everyone is also willing to learn. The job of professional soldiers is to fight. To them, knowing how to use various weapons is like a craftsman's craftsmanship.

In addition, military uniforms have also issued new winter clothing.

Yao Er and a group of soldiers were happily changing into new clothes when someone yelled, "There are still words embroidered on it, what is it written on?"

Ten will be able to read, also buried his head in a look, and read: "Shen Chenli weaving..."

Yao Er immediately praised: "Hey, there are always benevolent merchants in the world, and it's very unusual for merchants to make clothes for us."

At this moment, Dutou walked into the barracks, humming: "You know what!"

Everyone hurriedly stood up, clasped their fists and bowed: "Meet Wang Dutou."

Wang Dutou waved his hand and said, "Do you think it was given for nothing? Mrs. Chen of the Shenchen Li Chamber of Commerce received a great favor from the government. They have half of the right to boil and sell salt in the whole of Shu! You know how fat the salt merchants are.

In the final analysis, our food and clothing are not all provided by the officials, otherwise why are we called the Forbidden Army? "

Everyone suddenly realized and discussed one after another, and someone said: "The merchant gave us some clothes. After getting such a big benefit, he should send some money to reward the army!"

At this time, most of the salt and iron in the Central Plains Dynasty were monopolized by the government, which was very expensive. Sometimes there was salt in the rewards of the imperial army! The world has long been accustomed to the high cost of salt, which is an important source of the imperial court's finances.

Wang Dutou said: "I heard that Shen, Chen and Li merchants have the right to transport salt in Shu, and they will pay a lot of money to the treasury every year. However, there are salt merchants who are willing to pay taxes for salt transport!"

"No matter what, the people from the Shenchen Li Chamber of Commerce are really honest in making clothes, tsk tsk, the shoulder scarves are made of silk." Someone muttered.

This sentence made the soldiers agree very much, and everyone was full of praise. In the past, military uniforms came from different sources, and most of them were hand-sewn by small families. The needlework of ordinary women was good or bad, so they could only be called covering the body to keep out the cold. But now the new clothes are made by specialized weaving workshops, and the cutting and stitching are very fine.

The outside is hard-wearing heavy linen, and some parts are made of leather! For example, a large amount of leather is put together on the shoulders, arms, wrists, and under the collar, which is the joint of the armor. Using leather instead of cloth pads can reduce the friction of the armor and make it more comfortable.

The middle layer is a jacket filled with kapok, which is used to keep warm, and the lining is flax, which is soft and breathable.

After everyone changed into it, they didn't want to wear the old and uncomfortable military uniforms anymore. The new military uniforms look good, and everyone looked at each other and praised: "Not bad! Not bad!"

After all, Emperor Guo Shao was born as a martial artist in the Imperial Army, so he treated his brothers very well! Everyone doesn’t care whether the generals above have been deprived of military power, anyway, the treatment of the soldiers at the bottom is increasing, good clothes and food, all kinds of favors make everyone feel that the emperor has not forgotten them... After all, many common people still can’t eat enough at this time.

... At this time, the great dynasty ushered in, which was the last grand dynasty of the main hall before Guo Shao personally conquered Pingxia. Hundreds of civil and military people from Tokyo congratulated in the hall. Outside the Jinxiang Hall, thousands of people saluted the majestic hall on the open ground. They were the entourage accompanying the ministers to the imperial city, as well as some small officials, even the emperor could not see them.

The eunuchs in the hall and the civil servants on the platform outside read out the edict of Emperor Daxu in public at the same time.

The general meaning is that the Central Plains was very kind to the Dangxiang people, and the Tang Dynasty court assigned Xiazhou and other rich and spacious lands to the Dangxiang people to live in, pasture and farm. However, the leaders of the various ministries of the party are ungrateful, disrespecting the imperial power, colluding with the enemy country, and betraying the imperial court.

"...Emperor Daxu is the son of heaven. He is the lord of the people according to the destiny of heaven, and he governs the people in the four directions of the universe. Those who do not respect the principles of heaven and morality, and those who are unrighteous, the king will punish them and do justice for heaven..."

Standing tall and holding the imperial edict in both hands on the platform, the civil servant spoke slowly and loudly, as if echoing among the majestic towers and palaces on all sides. The imposing tone is unquestionable, heaven bestows the monarchy, and every sentence kidnaps the will of heaven. Since imperial power is the destiny of heaven, then the will of the emperor is the most basic axiom. The emperor said that Xiazhou was unjust, so it must be unjust!

A large group of people outside knelt down and shouted: "God bless my emperor, live forever!"

Then the second edict, during the emperor's expedition, appointed Empress Dafu to act as the regent of the emperor, and to unify the power of the domestic military and government.

After reading the imperial edict in the hall, the eunuch Wang Zhong stepped forward and sang: "If there is something to do, we will play, and if there is nothing to do, we will leave the court."

At this moment, Zan Jurun, Minister of Industry, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, a great deed!"

Everyone looked sideways, but it was not surprising. There are many etiquettes in the great court, and they are high-sounding. Generally, no one plays anything, and it is a good thing to play something. When everyone heard Dashan, they understood it, and they were also very curious to see what a good thing it was.

Seeing Zan Jurun stepping forward holding a bowl of wheat, he held it up to the top of his head with both hands.

Eunuch Wang Zhong glanced at Guo Shao, saw Guo Shao nodded slightly, he walked down, took the bowl of things to the imperial case and put it down. Guo Shao looked at it for a while, but he didn't see anything unusual about the wheat. If it could grow as big as a finger, it would be considered auspicious, but the food in front of him was just ordinary wheat grains.

The courtiers also whispered. Zan Jurun said: "Your Majesty, these wheat grains are not carefully selected, but just scooped from the granary, and see if it is fuller than ordinary wheat grains?"

After Guo Shaojing said this, he nodded slightly and said: "It is exactly as Minister Zan said."

Zan Jurun said: "I found a way to double the harvest of grain!"

At this time, all the officials were in an uproar, and the officials in charge of agriculture, such as Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Household Affairs, were the most surprised and asked questions one after another. This is not a joke. Farming has always been one of the most important things in all dynasties for the military and civilians to have enough to eat. The farming technology in the Central Plains has done its best and is very advanced. It stipulates the season calendar, the gap between ridges, water irrigation, crop replacement, and even simple wooden machinery such as wooden planters and wind blowers. At this time, agricultural technology is improving very slowly, doubling it all at once?

Zan Jurun looked back and forth, with an excited expression on his face, because everyone knew that this would be a great achievement, and even be able to leave a special name in the history!

When the war is the top priority, he can't wait to report this matter, just because he feels very excited. He immediately bowed and said: "A while ago, Pingxia's transfer envoy Li Gong prepared the gunpowder, and the minister was also the chief military supervisor, so he went to the gunpowder workshop on the outskirts of Tokyo to inspect the affairs of using dung to nitrate.

At this time, I found something, the surrounding wheat fields fertilized with workshop waste, this year's harvest is better than other places! "

Someone asked impatiently, "Why?"

Zan Jurun said: "The advantage lies in the cooked dung! The method of heaping nitrate is to put thatch in a large vat, mix it with dung, lime, plant ash, and rot, and then cover it with thatch; then water it with urine every day for fermentation, and then scrape the nitric frost. But when the weather is hot, the dung in the vat is prone to maggots, which is not conducive to heaping nitrate. Therefore, the craftsmen in the workshop boil the dung first before using it.

The surrounding farmers will go to the workshop to pick up waste, and they will try their best to please the workshop craftsmen, because the pile of nitrate waste can fertilize the fields. And these wastes are cooked manure that has been cooked and fermented, but it is more fertile than raw manure. "

After hearing this, Guo Shao didn't understand why "cooked fat" was more useful, but Zan Jurun said it must be effective in public. Although it is still necessary to send people to verify whether it can double the food... But since it is a good thing, Guo Shao will not disappoint in public.

He immediately said: "I made armaments in the dynasty, but discovered the method of blessing the people. This is the blessing of God."

When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly echoed, "God bless my emperor..."

Guo Shao immediately praised Zan Jurun, but did not reward him immediately. After all, Guo Shao's concept is different from that of ordinary emperors. People who have been educated in the thinking of the previous life will not blindly believe in anyone or anything. He has to investigate clearly before making a judgment.

However, Guo Shao attached great importance to this matter.

The Central Plains Dynasty is an agricultural country, and farming has been developed to a certain level. It is difficult to increase production... Modern agriculture has a high output, which is nothing more than three sharp tools, pesticides, fertilizers, and seeds. Among them, fertilizer is a very important part. It is impossible to manufacture chemical fertilizer at this time, and the basic synthetic ammonia needs modern industry; if it can be improved in manure, the productivity can be raised to a higher level!

Now that the expedition is imminent, Guo Shao can't personally intervene in this matter. After he retired, he picked up a pen in the East Hall study and left a letter to Fu Jinzhan, entrusting her to intervene in this matter.

If the effect of cooked dung is actually observed, the Department of Gunpowder of the Arms Supervision will change the organizational system and disperse the workshops for heaping nitrate to various cities in the Central Plains to form a set of institutions. Use the manure of the towns to pile up nitrate while providing fertilizer for the cultivated land around the cities.

After Guo Shao finished writing the letter, he asked the eunuch to put it in the study of the West Palace. When Jinzhan came to govern, she would pay attention to Guo Shao's handwritten words.

Still holding the pen in his hand, he scribbled on the paper again, unable to understand the principle of cooked dung. He was studying computer back then, and he still lacked a little general theoretical knowledge of physics and chemistry. Most of the common sense, he couldn't use the theories of the year to infer...or he could only use the methods of the ancients, unable to get to the bottom of it, so he had to constantly verify and summarize experience.