Chapter 1100 Choice
After the bone whistle, he stabbed the gun straight.
When you blow the horns, you bend your bow and shoot.
After the war drum, the whole army advanced.
On the muddy ground that seemed to be untidy, thousands of soldiers from the left camp of Silver Gun were practicing routinely.
They will leave at the end of September at the latest. It’s really hard to count on the battle for a year.
But this is recruiting troops.
Recruiting soldiers to get food and pay every month, and there are rewards during festivals and festivals. Regular military competitions also have generous rewards, and all you need is to fight all the time.
The soldiers and the soldiers of the government are subject to agricultural production and cannot go on a long-term battle. They must have a considerable rest period. However, recruiting soldiers requires that they can pursue the enemy during storms and thunderstorms, and they can fight in battles. They cannot be burdened by the weather or farming, and they can tolerate a long expedition for one or two years before they can go to the stage.
As a meritorious force, Silver Gun Left Camp can naturally do this. Perhaps the only thing that can defeat them is the difficult climate - the trainees are not full, and the sick soldiers are scattered in the homes of the civilians in Jinan City, and the people are responsible for taking care of them. The advantage is that they can receive some food as subsidies.
In order to curb the epidemic in the army, Jiang Ke, the governor of the Silver Gun Zuoying (temporary as the prefect of Nanjun), formulated strict military regulations. The core is that he is not allowed to drink raw water, nor is he allowed to touch the water body with snails at will. If he is sick, he must not hide it and report it immediately, and try not to go to the undeveloped wilderness.
In short, stay in the city and don’t run around. Just complete your task of suppressing the place.
The location of the training of the Silver Gun Zuoying today is in the west of Jiangling City.
The market has been opened on the lakeside not far away.
The Zhao family had already sold the goods. At this time, a large number of empty ships arrived in Jiangling City through Xiashui. Huan Wen and the princess family ordered Liu Miao to go into the market for a walk, preparing to buy some goods and bring them back to the north for sale. The merchant who only did one trip was unqualified. The most important thing now is to spend the money obtained from the sale and exchange it for southern goods. This is the true meaning of the business of goods.
However, they soon discovered that the merchants were shocked by the training of the Silver Gun Left Camp, and they were a little absent-minded, even the shouting sound was a little less.
Huan Wen and Liu Miao looked at each other and smiled.
To their surprise, there were actually many Hu merchants in the Western Regions in Jiangling West City, but they didn't know where they came from.
As soon as Huan Wen approached a wooden house, he smelled a frankincense.
This product can be used as medicine or as a spice. Huan Wen knew that this thing was in the incense burner placed by Princess Jingfu at home, and it was extremely refreshing when the incense was ignited.
But he didn't stop here, but just secretly wrote it down and continued to move forward.
A bamboo shed was set up next to the spice shop, where there were merchants from Xiangzhou in the shed, and wooden boxes were placed on the table. Seeing that Huan Wen and Liu Miao were coming, they immediately stood up to greet him and opened a box.
The box is wrapped with moist cloth, rhinoceros horns and Hepu pearls, both of which are best-selling products in the North.
Huan Wen looked at it for a while and didn't say anything, but Liu Miao's eyes lit up and he talked to others about the price.
Huan Wen turned around and looked at the other shops next to him.
Some merchants in Shu made people spread exquisite brocade, attracting many people to stop;
A merchants in Jingzhou sold Kuaiji celadon, spread it on reed mats, and put it in exquisite patterns. There were even people next to them with wooden hammers to tap the porcelain, and the sound of the Qingyue was very far away.
There are also horses coming from Northland merchants. The horsetails are tied with red silk, and they look extremely majestic. They are the most popular commodity of Wu merchants - horses. They are basically sold out as soon as they appear in the market.
A variety of products are dazzling.
Jiangling before the war was originally a major commercial city, but now it is just slowly regaining its true nature.
Huan Wenqing couldn't help but walk out of the shop and stroll along the street.
The Jingxiang Gebu and the Huangrun Microcloth Shop in Shu were surrounded by merchants from the northern region.
Guangzhou honey-scented paper made of honey-scented tree bark is popular all over the country, because this thing can be used as a bookshell to avoid rotting.
It has a fragrant smell when used as a book page, and the paper is very tough and does not rot when it encounters water. It has always been a valuable gift from the emperor to reward his ministers. For example, Emperor Wu of Jin once gave Du Yu honey-scented paper thousands of pieces - in short, this is a high-quality paper with a faint fragrance, which is rarely seen in the north.
In addition, there are Jiangling brocade, jingxin satin, lacquerware, deer brush, bronze mirror and other local advantageous products, as well as Yiling cinnabar, Dangyang realgar, Wudang Poria cocos and other foreign products.
Even there are many agricultural products, such as Yunmengqin, Dongting citrus, well salt, Wuchang fish (salted), Yunmengze turtle (turtle shell is used as medicine), etc.
The most outrageous thing is that there are a large number of Jingzhou provinces on the market. The rice grains are slender and long, and the rice is soft but not sticky, which is very famous.
Huan Wen was a little puzzled. Can grain be bought and sold in large quantities?
Daliang was in the Yunmengze area, but it was actually very short of food. Otherwise, it would not have tried every means to introduce Shangtun and give it land. So you came to sell food? Still selling so cheaply?
Okay, remembering that the merchants in the North are also selling horses, it seems that everything makes sense again, no one thinks he is taking advantage of it.
"Yuanzi." A shout rang behind him.
Huan Wen turned around and saw that it was Liu Miao.
After him, more than ten people, carrying a bag, he obviously had bought the goods. "Why are you still here? Go and buy some oranges." Liu Miao said, "When you go back, you offer it to the emperor, the queen, and Liu Concubine." "When you sent it to Luoyang, it was probably corrupt." Huan Wen said. "There is a way." Liu Miao said: "I just met a merchant selling citrus in the market. He said that as long as you can afford money, there is a 'wax sealing method'."
After saying that, I explained it again. The so-called "wax sealing method" means wrapping a layer of cloth or paper outside the citrus, and then wrapping it with melted wax. It will definitely be extremely fresh when sent to Luoyang - the wax shell is waterproof, anti-bumping, anti-microbial, and prevents the citrus moisture from evaporating, which can effectively maintain freshness, which is a bit expensive.
But Huan Wen was very happy after hearing this and said, "Buy!"
Liu Miao nodded with approval.
He is from the Liu family and is naturally bound to Concubine Liu and the princess. The wax sealing tisheng is the princess's filial piety. When the emperor was very happy, he would have a slight leak of the gap in his fingers and the benefits would come out.
So the two of them excitedly went to the place where Jiangling citrus, Badong citrus and Dongting citrus, and compared the stores and started bargaining.
At this time, at the top of Jiangling City, Shao Shen quietly retracted his gaze and turned to Yang Bao, the governor of the Navy, and said, "The commercial tax in Jianglingfang City belongs to the governor's office, and the Shaofu will not collect it. This tax is no less than five million yuan a year, and the annual income is more than ten million. This money can support two thousand soldiers in the Nanjun County (mostly stationed in Jiangling). During the holidays, you will collect some credits from the merchants, and you will also get rewards."
Yang Bao opened his mouth, not knowing what Shao Shen wanted to say. Since you are so reluctant to give up the benefits, why should you take the initiative to start a war?
The five thousand soldiers of Jingzhou can support themselves. The two thousand soldiers of Nanjun are supported by the court's money, and the main source is the part of the commercial tax that the Shaofu gave up.
Not to mention the navy, the gold-swalking beast, is currently relying on the Jingzhou counties to raise money to support it.
Once you fight, the markets in Jiangling and Yangkou will definitely be greatly affected. Le Hongxu is afraid that he will be filled with white hair.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read! "However, if you only think about money in everything, don't do anything." Shao Shen changed his mind and said, "After the night of tomorrow, you will lead a navy to transport more than 3,000 people to Badong. The movement is smaller, so don't make people notice it. After entering the river, if you encounter the Jin navy, do not fight and retreat." "As for your order." Yang Bao replied.
According to the plan, Jiangling will draw 1,000 county soldiers, 2,000 generation soldiers and hundreds of children from the Right Cavalry Guards to take naval warships to Badong.
This plan was proposed very early, but it has not been implemented. Now it seems that Shao Shen finally made up his mind that in his opinion, entering Shu is more important than anything else, and he can give up everything, including the small tacit understanding with Zhuge Hui.
"After you leave, I will ask the court to arrange a group of troops to go south and arrive in Nanjun and Jingling in early winter. With these people here, Jiangling will be fine. The shogunate will also send people to Yidu and Jianping to seek comfort." Shao Shen said again, "I have decided, so I decided."
"Yes." Yang Bao saw Shao Shen's determination, so he stopped hesitating and responded loudly.
On the first night of September, just as Huan Wen and others returned north with their cargo, the navy commander Yang Bao and everyone drank a bowl of Zhuangxing wine, and then boarded the ship at night.
For a moment, shouts, footsteps, and equipment collisions came one after another, and even the impatient neighing of war horses was faintly visible.
After working hard in the middle of the night, more than 3,400 talents boarded the ship one after another - they were supervised by the Jiangling Shogunate and led by Wang Shuang, son of Wang Quer.
Then were food, equipment, and wounded medicine, especially arrows that could be called sharp weapons to defend the city. They brought as many as possible, filling almost every gap in the cabin.
I saw that Li Tianming had not long before, the ships anchored in the water city began to leave the port.
First, the two ships quickly sailed out, entered the wide lake, and negotiated with the patrolling wooden ship. After learning that there were no enemies nearby, they began to signal with flames.
Soon after another, one ship after another sailed out of the water city.
They constantly adjust their direction on the lake surface and gradually formed a loose fleet. With Yang Bao's order, the dark shadow of the ship began to move.
The soldiers of the Silver Gun Left Camp who were seconded maintained order on land and did not allow anyone to enter within a radius of five miles to ensure the suddenness of the navy's departure.
They succeeded.
Until the sun was at midnight, the navy fleet had long been missing, and no one had noticed the change in the situation here.
On the fifth day of September, the fleet passed through Shimentan and put down a group of people to go ashore to pull out the fibers.
Someone in Jiangbei was shocked to see this large fleet.
On the fifth day of September, the fleet passed by Yiling.
It was the second day when the prefect of Jin Yidu received the report. His first reaction was to close the city gate in broad daylight, strictly prohibit entry and exit, and then recruit servants from the wealthy clan and the barbarian chief Ding Zhuang to defend the city.
On the tenth day of September, the fleet passed through Jianping County.
This county's troops are weaker than Yidu, and they are completely watching the Daliang Navy travel west. However, they were quite responsible and quietly sent a small boat downstream and went straight to Wuchang to report the news.
On the evening of September 12th, the Daliang Navy docked outside Yufu County.
Wang Shuang led more than 3,400 infantry and cavalry to land overnight. After a secret talk with the Badong army supervisor, he divided his troops into two places, one to guard Baidi City and the other to the county city.
On the 13th, a large number of supplies were unloaded.
The navy led by Yang Bao left that night to avoid being caught on the river and would not die without a place to bury it.
At this time, news that Chengguo was about to go east was rampant, covering the heads of the military and civilians of Badong like dark clouds.
This news was also sent to Luoyang as quickly as possible.
(This chapter ends)