There are a lot of soldiers wearing military uniforms in the streets and alleys of Tokyo these days.
Almost all the family members of the imperial guards lived in Tokyo City and Chengxiang (the basic administrative districts near the city, the city is fang, the city is fang, and the countryside is liang), and their main income is the salary of soldiers.
Because I live not far, if I want to gather in a military force, as long as the military order is determined from the superiors, I can assemble within three days.
This time, the deadline is fifteen days because the guards have to gather together.For such a long time, some people arrived first and wandered around the city.
The above system was changed beyond recognition, but the lower-level generals and soldiers felt almost no difference.
Military orders still come from the commander, and the military pay is paid by the Ministry of War, but the amount has not changed; the settlement fee given before the expedition is the same.
It’s also a little different. I equipped the firearm a few months ago and trained it. It’s very simple. It feels troublesome to use it at first, but it’s actually much simpler than archery.
Everyone is willing to learn. The job of a professional soldier is to fight. He can use various weapons to them, just like a craftsman. He is not afraid of learning well, but is afraid that his master will keep his hands.
In addition, new winter clothes have been released in military uniforms.
Yao Er and a group of soldiers were happily changing into new clothes. Someone shouted: There are still words embroidered on it, what are you writing?
Ten people knew how to read, and they buried their heads and thought: Chen Chen Li Zhifa...
Yao Er immediately praised: Hey, there are always righteous merchants in the world, and merchants are also making clothes for us, which is very strange.
Just then, Duo Head walked into the barracks and hummed: You know what a fool!
Everyone stood up quickly, bowed with their fists and said, "Greetings to the head of the capital."
Wang Dutou waved his hand and said: Do you think it was given for free? Mrs. Chen, who was in the Chen-Li Chamber of Commerce, received great favors from the government. They account for half of the rights to boil and sell salt in the entire area of Shu! You know how fat the salt merchant is.
After all, we are warm and well-dressed, but we are still given by the government, otherwise how can we be called the Imperial Guard?
Everyone suddenly realized and discussed it. Someone said: That businessman gave us some clothes. If you get such great benefits, you should give us some money to reward the army!
At this time, most of the salt and iron in the Central Plains dynasty were monopolized by the official office and were very expensive. Sometimes, there was salt in the rewards of the imperial guards!People in the world have long been accustomed to the expensiveness of salt, which is an important source of the imperial court's finances.
Wang Dutou said: I heard that the merchant Chen and Li got the right to transport salt in Shu and would pay a lot of money to the national treasury every year. However, salt merchants who are willing to pay taxes and transport salt are everywhere!
No matter what, the people from Chen Li Chamber of Commerce are really kind to make clothes. Tsk, the shoulder scarf is made of silk. Someone muttered.
This sentence made the soldiers agree very much, and everyone praised it.
The military uniforms in the past were from different sources, and most of them were hand-sewn by small households. The needlework of the common people and women was good and bad, which could only be called covering the body and keeping the cold.
But now the new clothes are made by specially woven workshops, with very fine cutting and stitching.
The outside is a thick linen that is wear-resistant, and some parts are made of leather!
For example, a large amount of leather is pieced together under the shoulders, arms, wrists and collar, which is the junction of the armor. Using leather instead of cloth pads can reduce the rubbing of the iron armor, making it much more comfortable.
The middle layer is a kapok-filled jacket, which is used for warmth and is lined with flax, which is soft and breathable.
After everyone changed into it, they no longer wanted to wear old and uncomfortable military uniforms.The new military uniform board looks beautiful, and everyone looked at each other and praised: Not bad!good!
After all, Emperor Guo Shao is a military man from an imperial guard and is very good to his brothers!
Everyone doesn't care whether the generals above have been stripped of military power. Anyway, the treatment of the soldiers at the bottom has increased. They have good clothes and good food, and 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 dynasty was ushered in. This was the last dynasty in the main hall before Guo Shao personally fought for Pingxia.
Hundreds of civil and military personnel from Tokyo congratulated in the main hall.
Outside Jinxiang Hall, there were thousands of people saluting the towering hall on the open ground. They were the followers of the ministers who entered the imperial city, as well as some small officials, and even the emperor could not see them.
The eunuchs in the hall and the civil servants on the outside platform also read out the edict of Emperor Daxu in public.
The general meaning is that the Central Plains had favored Dangxiang people, so the Tang Dynasty court assigned the plump and broad lands such as Xiazhou to the Dangxiang people to live in the pastoral farming.
However, the leaders of the various divisions of the Dangxiang tribes were ungrateful, disrespectful of imperial power, colluded with enemy countries, and betrayed the court, which became increasingly a danger to the border, so they wanted to raise troops to question them.
...Emperor Daxu is the son of heaven. He is the ruler of man and governs the people of all directions within the universe.Those who disrespect the laws and morals of heaven and those who are unrighteous will attack them and practice the way for heaven...
The civil servant holding the edict in both hands on the base, standing tall, his voice slowly and brightly, as if echoing between the magnificent city towers and palaces on all sides.
The momentum and tone are unquestionable. Heaven grants the monarch's power, and every sentence kidnates the will of heaven. Since the imperial power is the destiny of heaven, the emperor's will is the most basic axiom.
If the emperor says Xiazhou is unrighteous, it must be unrighteous!
A large group of people outside knelt down and shouted: God bless my emperor, and I will live forever!
Then the second edict was granted the emperor's order to regent the emperor during the war and govern the military and political power of the country.
After reading the edict in the hall, the eunuch Wang Zhong stepped forward and sang: If you have something to say, you will give me a lecture, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court.
At this time, Zan Jurun, the Minister of Works, stood up and said: Your Majesty, a great good deed!
Everyone looked at each other, but it was not surprising.
There are many etiquettes in the court and high-sounding manners. Generally, no one reports the matter, and it is a good thing to report the matter.
When everyone heard about Da Shan, they knew it and looked at what a good thing was.
Seeing Zan Jurun holding a bowl of wheat, he stepped forward a few steps, holding it with both hands on top of his head.
The eunuch Wang Zhong glanced at Guo Shao and saw that Guo Shao nodded slightly. He walked down and held the bowl on the imperial desk and put it down.
Guo Shao looked at it for a while and couldn't see what was strange about this wheat. If it could grow as big as a finger, it would be considered auspicious, but the food in front of him was ordinary wheat grains.
The courtiers also started to talk in a low voice.Zan Jurun said: Your Majesty, these wheat grains are not carefully selected, they are just a cup of scooped from the granary. Let’s see if they are fuller than ordinary wheat grains?
After Guo Shaojing said this, he nodded slightly and said, "It's true that Minister Zan said."
Zan Jurun said: I have discovered a way to double the grain harvest!
At this time, the officials in charge of agriculture were in an uproar. The officials in charge of agriculture such as the Imperial Heaven Supervision and the Ministry of Revenue were the most surprised and asked.
This is not a joke. In order for the military and civilians to have enough food, farming has always been one of the most important things in history. The farming technology in the Central Plains has done its best and is very advanced. It stipulates the calendar, gaps between fields, water conservancy irrigation, crop seeding, and even simple wood machinery such as wooden seeds and wind-bumping.
At this time, agricultural technology has improved very slowly, and it has doubled at once?
Zan Jurun looked back and looked quite excited, because everyone knew that this would be a great achievement, and he could even leave a special name in history!
When this war was the top priority, he couldn't wait to report it, and he felt very excited.He immediately said: A while ago, the transferee of Pingxia Gong, Gong, was preparing for gunpowder, and he also led the military weapon supervision, so he went to the gunpowder workshop on the outskirts of Tokyo to inspect the affairs of manure and piled up the dirt.
At this time, I discovered something. The wheat fields around me used as waste to fertilize the workshop will have better harvests this year than in other places!
Someone couldn't wait to ask: Why?
Zan Jurun said: The benefit lies in the cooking of manure!The method of piled up nitrate is to place thatch in a large tank, mix with manure, lime, wood ash, and rot, and then cover it with thatch; then water it with urine water every day before scraping the nitrate frost.However, when the weather is hot, the feces in the tank are prone to maggots, which is not conducive to the accumulation of nitrogen.The craftsmen in the workshop first cook the manure before using it.
Farmers around will go to the workshop to pick up waste, and will try their best to please the workshop craftsmen, because the pile of nitrate waste can fertilize the fields.However, these wastes are cooked manure that has been cooked and fermented, but they are more fertile than raw fertilizer.
After hearing this, Guo Shao didn't understand why fat is more useful, but Zan Jurun must have a good effect in public.
Although it still needs to be sent to verify whether the food can be doubled... But since it is a good thing, Guo Shao will not disappoint him in public.
He immediately said: I made military preparations, but I discovered the method of blessing the people. This is God's blessing.
When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly agreed, God bless my emperor...
Guo Shao immediately praised Zan Jurun, but did not give him a reward immediately.
After all, Guo Shao's concept is different from that of ordinary emperors. People who have received the kind of thinking education in their previous lives will not blindly believe in anyone or things. They must first examine it clearly before making a judgment.
However, Guo Shao attached great importance to this matter.
The Central Plains Dynasty was an agricultural country, and it had developed farming to a certain level, and it was difficult to increase production... The output of modern agriculture is very high, and it was nothing more than three powerful tools, pesticides, fertilizers, and seeds.
Among them, fertilizer is a very important part. It is impossible to manufacture fertilizers at this time. The basic synthetic ammonia requires modern industry; if it can be improved in manure, productivity can be brought to a higher level!
The war is about to go to war, and Guo Shao can't ask about this matter in person. After he retreated from court, he picked up a pen in the study of Dongdian, left a letter to Fu Jinzhan, and asked her to ask about it.
If the effect of cooked manure is actually observed, the Military Gunpowder Department will change the organizational system and distribute the workshops of the pile of nitrogen to various cities in the Central Plains to form a set of institutions.
Using the manure and sewage in the town to pile up nitrate, we provide fertilizer for the arable land around each city.
After Guo Shao finished writing the letter, he asked the eunuch to put it in the study of the West Palace. When Jinzhan came forward to manage the government, she would pay attention to Guo Shao's handwritten words.
He had not put down his pen in his hand, and he wrote randomly on the paper, but he couldn't understand the principle of cooked feces.
He learned computers back then, and after all, he had less knowledge about general physics and chemistry theory. He could not use most common sense to infer most common sense... he could only use the methods of the ancients and could not find out the bottom line, so he had to constantly verify and summarize experience.
Almost all the family members of the imperial guards lived in Tokyo City and Chengxiang (the basic administrative districts near the city, the city is fang, the city is fang, and the countryside is liang), and their main income is the salary of soldiers.
Because I live not far, if I want to gather in a military force, as long as the military order is determined from the superiors, I can assemble within three days.
This time, the deadline is fifteen days because the guards have to gather together.For such a long time, some people arrived first and wandered around the city.
The above system was changed beyond recognition, but the lower-level generals and soldiers felt almost no difference.
Military orders still come from the commander, and the military pay is paid by the Ministry of War, but the amount has not changed; the settlement fee given before the expedition is the same.
It’s also a little different. I equipped the firearm a few months ago and trained it. It’s very simple. It feels troublesome to use it at first, but it’s actually much simpler than archery.
Everyone is willing to learn. The job of a professional soldier is to fight. He can use various weapons to them, just like a craftsman. He is not afraid of learning well, but is afraid that his master will keep his hands.
In addition, new winter clothes have been released in military uniforms.
Yao Er and a group of soldiers were happily changing into new clothes. Someone shouted: There are still words embroidered on it, what are you writing?
Ten people knew how to read, and they buried their heads and thought: Chen Chen Li Zhifa...
Yao Er immediately praised: Hey, there are always righteous merchants in the world, and merchants are also making clothes for us, which is very strange.
Just then, Duo Head walked into the barracks and hummed: You know what a fool!
Everyone stood up quickly, bowed with their fists and said, "Greetings to the head of the capital."
Wang Dutou waved his hand and said: Do you think it was given for free? Mrs. Chen, who was in the Chen-Li Chamber of Commerce, received great favors from the government. They account for half of the rights to boil and sell salt in the entire area of Shu! You know how fat the salt merchant is.
After all, we are warm and well-dressed, but we are still given by the government, otherwise how can we be called the Imperial Guard?
Everyone suddenly realized and discussed it. Someone said: That businessman gave us some clothes. If you get such great benefits, you should give us some money to reward the army!
At this time, most of the salt and iron in the Central Plains dynasty were monopolized by the official office and were very expensive. Sometimes, there was salt in the rewards of the imperial guards!People in the world have long been accustomed to the expensiveness of salt, which is an important source of the imperial court's finances.
Wang Dutou said: I heard that the merchant Chen and Li got the right to transport salt in Shu and would pay a lot of money to the national treasury every year. However, salt merchants who are willing to pay taxes and transport salt are everywhere!
No matter what, the people from Chen Li Chamber of Commerce are really kind to make clothes. Tsk, the shoulder scarf is made of silk. Someone muttered.
This sentence made the soldiers agree very much, and everyone praised it.
The military uniforms in the past were from different sources, and most of them were hand-sewn by small households. The needlework of the common people and women was good and bad, which could only be called covering the body and keeping the cold.
But now the new clothes are made by specially woven workshops, with very fine cutting and stitching.
The outside is a thick linen that is wear-resistant, and some parts are made of leather!
For example, a large amount of leather is pieced together under the shoulders, arms, wrists and collar, which is the junction of the armor. Using leather instead of cloth pads can reduce the rubbing of the iron armor, making it much more comfortable.
The middle layer is a kapok-filled jacket, which is used for warmth and is lined with flax, which is soft and breathable.
After everyone changed into it, they no longer wanted to wear old and uncomfortable military uniforms.The new military uniform board looks beautiful, and everyone looked at each other and praised: Not bad!good!
After all, Emperor Guo Shao is a military man from an imperial guard and is very good to his brothers!
Everyone doesn't care whether the generals above have been stripped of military power. Anyway, the treatment of the soldiers at the bottom has increased. They have good clothes and good food, and 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 dynasty was ushered in. This was the last dynasty in the main hall before Guo Shao personally fought for Pingxia.
Hundreds of civil and military personnel from Tokyo congratulated in the main hall.
Outside Jinxiang Hall, there were thousands of people saluting the towering hall on the open ground. They were the followers of the ministers who entered the imperial city, as well as some small officials, and even the emperor could not see them.
The eunuchs in the hall and the civil servants on the outside platform also read out the edict of Emperor Daxu in public.
The general meaning is that the Central Plains had favored Dangxiang people, so the Tang Dynasty court assigned the plump and broad lands such as Xiazhou to the Dangxiang people to live in the pastoral farming.
However, the leaders of the various divisions of the Dangxiang tribes were ungrateful, disrespectful of imperial power, colluded with enemy countries, and betrayed the court, which became increasingly a danger to the border, so they wanted to raise troops to question them.
...Emperor Daxu is the son of heaven. He is the ruler of man and governs the people of all directions within the universe.Those who disrespect the laws and morals of heaven and those who are unrighteous will attack them and practice the way for heaven...
The civil servant holding the edict in both hands on the base, standing tall, his voice slowly and brightly, as if echoing between the magnificent city towers and palaces on all sides.
The momentum and tone are unquestionable. Heaven grants the monarch's power, and every sentence kidnates the will of heaven. Since the imperial power is the destiny of heaven, the emperor's will is the most basic axiom.
If the emperor says Xiazhou is unrighteous, it must be unrighteous!
A large group of people outside knelt down and shouted: God bless my emperor, and I will live forever!
Then the second edict was granted the emperor's order to regent the emperor during the war and govern the military and political power of the country.
After reading the edict in the hall, the eunuch Wang Zhong stepped forward and sang: If you have something to say, you will give me a lecture, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court.
At this time, Zan Jurun, the Minister of Works, stood up and said: Your Majesty, a great good deed!
Everyone looked at each other, but it was not surprising.
There are many etiquettes in the court and high-sounding manners. Generally, no one reports the matter, and it is a good thing to report the matter.
When everyone heard about Da Shan, they knew it and looked at what a good thing was.
Seeing Zan Jurun holding a bowl of wheat, he stepped forward a few steps, holding it with both hands on top of his head.
The eunuch Wang Zhong glanced at Guo Shao and saw that Guo Shao nodded slightly. He walked down and held the bowl on the imperial desk and put it down.
Guo Shao looked at it for a while and couldn't see what was strange about this wheat. If it could grow as big as a finger, it would be considered auspicious, but the food in front of him was ordinary wheat grains.
The courtiers also started to talk in a low voice.Zan Jurun said: Your Majesty, these wheat grains are not carefully selected, they are just a cup of scooped from the granary. Let’s see if they are fuller than ordinary wheat grains?
After Guo Shaojing said this, he nodded slightly and said, "It's true that Minister Zan said."
Zan Jurun said: I have discovered a way to double the grain harvest!
At this time, the officials in charge of agriculture were in an uproar. The officials in charge of agriculture such as the Imperial Heaven Supervision and the Ministry of Revenue were the most surprised and asked.
This is not a joke. In order for the military and civilians to have enough food, farming has always been one of the most important things in history. The farming technology in the Central Plains has done its best and is very advanced. It stipulates the calendar, gaps between fields, water conservancy irrigation, crop seeding, and even simple wood machinery such as wooden seeds and wind-bumping.
At this time, agricultural technology has improved very slowly, and it has doubled at once?
Zan Jurun looked back and looked quite excited, because everyone knew that this would be a great achievement, and he could even leave a special name in history!
When this war was the top priority, he couldn't wait to report it, and he felt very excited.He immediately said: A while ago, the transferee of Pingxia Gong, Gong, was preparing for gunpowder, and he also led the military weapon supervision, so he went to the gunpowder workshop on the outskirts of Tokyo to inspect the affairs of manure and piled up the dirt.
At this time, I discovered something. The wheat fields around me used as waste to fertilize the workshop will have better harvests this year than in other places!
Someone couldn't wait to ask: Why?
Zan Jurun said: The benefit lies in the cooking of manure!The method of piled up nitrate is to place thatch in a large tank, mix with manure, lime, wood ash, and rot, and then cover it with thatch; then water it with urine water every day before scraping the nitrate frost.However, when the weather is hot, the feces in the tank are prone to maggots, which is not conducive to the accumulation of nitrogen.The craftsmen in the workshop first cook the manure before using it.
Farmers around will go to the workshop to pick up waste, and will try their best to please the workshop craftsmen, because the pile of nitrate waste can fertilize the fields.However, these wastes are cooked manure that has been cooked and fermented, but they are more fertile than raw fertilizer.
After hearing this, Guo Shao didn't understand why fat is more useful, but Zan Jurun must have a good effect in public.
Although it still needs to be sent to verify whether the food can be doubled... But since it is a good thing, Guo Shao will not disappoint him in public.
He immediately said: I made military preparations, but I discovered the method of blessing the people. This is God's blessing.
When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly agreed, God bless my emperor...
Guo Shao immediately praised Zan Jurun, but did not give him a reward immediately.
After all, Guo Shao's concept is different from that of ordinary emperors. People who have received the kind of thinking education in their previous lives will not blindly believe in anyone or things. They must first examine it clearly before making a judgment.
However, Guo Shao attached great importance to this matter.
The Central Plains Dynasty was an agricultural country, and it had developed farming to a certain level, and it was difficult to increase production... The output of modern agriculture is very high, and it was nothing more than three powerful tools, pesticides, fertilizers, and seeds.
Among them, fertilizer is a very important part. It is impossible to manufacture fertilizers at this time. The basic synthetic ammonia requires modern industry; if it can be improved in manure, productivity can be brought to a higher level!
The war is about to go to war, and Guo Shao can't ask about this matter in person. After he retreated from court, he picked up a pen in the study of Dongdian, left a letter to Fu Jinzhan, and asked her to ask about it.
If the effect of cooked manure is actually observed, the Military Gunpowder Department will change the organizational system and distribute the workshops of the pile of nitrogen to various cities in the Central Plains to form a set of institutions.
Using the manure and sewage in the town to pile up nitrate, we provide fertilizer for the arable land around each city.
After Guo Shao finished writing the letter, he asked the eunuch to put it in the study of the West Palace. When Jinzhan came forward to manage the government, she would pay attention to Guo Shao's handwritten words.
He had not put down his pen in his hand, and he wrote randomly on the paper, but he couldn't understand the principle of cooked feces.
He learned computers back then, and after all, he had less knowledge about general physics and chemistry theory. He could not use most common sense to infer most common sense... he could only use the methods of the ancients and could not find out the bottom line, so he had to constantly verify and summarize experience.