Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 201 Leisure ([-])

In March of the second year of Guangqi, the imperial court appointed Yang Shouliang as the history of the defense of the Jinshang Capital and the envoy of the Gyeonggi System, Yang Shouzhong as the envoy of the Wuding Army Jiedu, Yang Shouzhen as the history of the defense of Suizhou, Yang Shouhou as the governor of Mianzhou, and Yang Shouli and Yang Shouxin as generals of the Shence Army .

Shouliang and Shouxin are the adopted sons of Yang Fuguang, and Shouzhong, Shouzhen, Shouhou, and Shouli are all adopted sons of Yang Fugong.Yang Fugong, currently the lieutenant of the Left Army of the Shence Army, the celebrity in front of the emperor, is a little more favored than Ximen's, maybe there is a sense of balance in it.

Of course, Li Xiang, the defense history of the capital of gold and merchants, refused to give up and refused to obey the imperial edict!The people under his command were all Huang Chao's descendants, and they were very united. They directly expelled Yang Shouliang, who was escorted by the Shence Army, and there was a commotion for a while.

So the imperial court transferred Yang Shouliang as the Jiedu Envoy of Shannan West Road, but Zhuge Shuang refused to obey the edict.

He is upset now.In the beginning, Li Xiang was in charge of the defense history of Jinshangdu and took away Jinzhou. At that time, he thought it was nothing.

Last year, the Dragon Sword Festival envoy divided Lizhou and Langzhou to go out, so Zhao Jian is a related household of Shao, so he can't object.

At the beginning of this year, the newly established Wuding Army Jiedu envoy was assigned to Yangzhou again. He still endured it. After all, his age is not suitable for the court to tear his face.

But now you don’t even give the remaining eleven states, do you want to take them all away?Marshal Zhuge immediately became angry and wanted to strike.

He could see it.The imperial court made a mess of the prefectures and counties in Sanchuan, as well as enclaves, which showed that they had no good intentions.It just so happened that Shao Shude attacked Helong recently, and Marshal Zhuge was quite concerned. After studying the information on Helong in the past few decades, he snorted coldly.After Zhang Yichao returned to the country, the imperial court set up Guiyi Army and Liangzhou two feudal towns there, deliberately setting up enclaves. Why?So Marshal Zhuge prepared his troops and planned to do a good job.

Seeing that Yang Shouliang was going to suffer again, it was Ximen Sigong who finally came forward to turn things around and gave him the position of Qiongnan Defense History. Zhuge Shuang remained in charge of Shannan West Road, which resolved the turmoil.

Shao Shude saw the news on the way back to Xiazhou.

He didn't stay in Lingzhou for a long time. In addition to caring about farming and animal husbandry, he also visited Lingzhou Duzuo Academy with Li Shao, and inspected Lingzhou Martial Arts and Huaiyuan and Huile Shipbuilding, which had just opened a few months ago. workshop.Especially the latter, now Marshal Shao's request is to build more ships, the more the better.The big expenses of warships can be ignored, but the tank ships have to be built and specially built for the future transfer of materials.

After finishing this mess, it happened that various soldiers and horses also arrived in Lingzhou, so he took the army squadron and set off for half a year, feeling very homesick.

Regarding the information from Guanzhong, what can Shao Dashuai say?I can only laugh at Yang Fugong as a villain, ignorant of the general situation, and ugly in eating.The Suizhou, Qiongnan, and Wuding armies are all in their hands, and they have made no secret of their attempts against Sanchuan.Besides, Yang Fugong has [-] false sons, are they all going to be distributed?Don't make the sky angry and people complain in the end, and everyone pushes the wall down.

Shao Shude finally arrived in Xiazhou in late April, almost eight months after his expedition.

Eight months, running around outside, fighting everywhere, exhausting all my energy.Wufu is not so easy to be.

After the division of the main army, each army will give leave one by one, let the big soldiers go home to relax, and contribute to the great cause of population growth in the town.

As usual, there was a large crowd of people coming out of the gate of the city. Shogunate officials, prefectural and county officials, and military supervisory academy officials, Shao Shude greeted them one by one, and the muscles on his face stiffened with laughter.

After returning to Lingwu County Prince's Mansion, he immediately went to Yeli's room.

On the way, I heard that Yeli Lingji had just given birth to a daughter for him.This is his fourth child—well, it's the fifth, and he also has a adopted daughter, Shao Guoer.

Now that we have four children, it's time to name them.

The eldest son was born in October of the fourth year of Zhonghe, and his mother, Zhao, was almost two years old; the eldest son was born in March of the first year of Guangqi, and his mother, Zheshi, had just turned one year old; the eldest daughter was born in February of the third year of Zhonghe, Mother Fengshi is three years old; the youngest daughter is less than one month old, mother Yelishi.

Several concubines in the family, the sisters of the Zhao family and the Feng family are all educated and knowledgeable, but Shao Shude does not intend to listen to their opinions, but reads the classics by himself, searches his guts, and finally decides on the name: the eldest son is named Cheng Festival, the eldest son was named Siwu.

Speaking of it, this dynasty is okay, don't avoid suspicious names, that is, don't avoid homophones and near-phonetic characters, otherwise many characters will not be able to be used.

"Lang Jun, a few days ago, my sister-in-law sent someone to bring some brocades and gold wares." In the bedroom, Zhe Fangai smoothed her sweaty hair and said.

"Sister-in-law? Which sister-in-law?" Shao Shude didn't react for a moment.

"It's Mrs. Liu, the wife of Mr. Lang Jun's brother-in-law."

"Oh..." Shao Shude understood: "Since it is for you, just accept it. After a few days, I will pick some gifts and send them to Hedong. Reciprocity is a gift, and there must be enough scenes."

He seemed to understand Li Keyong's character, but he was also a little unpredictable.But there is really no need to offend him now, the soldiers in Hedong are strong and strong, wouldn't they be asking for trouble if they fight?
In a few months, I will lead the army to patrol the Yinshan Mountains in the north, and I don't know if Li Keyong will come.Most likely not, Helian Duo is still strong in Yun, Wei, and Shuo states, and Qi Bizhang from the Zhenwu Army is also an enemy, he came here only after he was crazy.

It doesn't matter if you don't come, after I have convinced Hao Zhenwei and Wang Bian, you can go west to Lanzhou without worry.You are busy with your work, I am busy with mine, everyone does not violate the river water.

"Then we should choose as soon as possible, and try to send it to Jinyang before the Dragon Boat Festival." Zhe Fangai stood up, and the brocade quilt slipped down, revealing a piece of snow white.

"Ma'am, why be in such a hurry?" Shao Shude embraced him in his arms.

Zhe Fangai was a little flustered, since she was tossed about last night, she hasn't gotten up until now, and others don't know how to look at her, so she hurriedly said: "Today, the mansion bought bamboo shoots that Mr. Look."

"Eat some bamboo shoots first."

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"When did Uncle (Uncle and Xiao Lang both refer to his wife and brother) come back?" Shao Shude asked after he handed over Ye Like who was making a fuss to the maid, and then sat down.

Ye Liyu understood slightly when he asked when he went down the mountain, so he replied: "I went up the mountain in the first month to meet my family, and then I went down the mountain and have been living in Xiazhou."

"Have you met your niece?"

"I've seen it. She's as lovely as my sister when I was young." Ye Liyu smiled slightly.

Yeli Yulue is still a bit regretful that his sister failed to give birth to a boy.The King of Lingwu County has so many concubines, and he is away all the year round, so he doesn't know when he will conceive next time.

But my sister is still young, she is only 17 years old this year, and she still has a lot of opportunities.The momentum of the King of Lingwu County is so good, the future in the future is simply——precious.Whether the Ye Li family can go out of Hengshan and go further, in addition to making military exploits, other factors cannot be ignored.

"How is the Chashan Iron Mine now?"

"The family has recruited more than a thousand people, which is not enough. The family monarch has also recruited more than a thousand people from the vassal tribes, which is still not enough. If the king wants to produce more iron, he still needs to send more people, and it is best to send another two thousand." Li Yulue said.

Chashan Iron Mine, located in Hengshan, is currently the only iron mine in large-scale production among the seven states of Dingnan.Shao Shude placed high hopes on this, not because of the size of its reserves, but because the composition of this iron ore may be rather special.

The weapons of the later generations of Xixia all used Chashan iron at the beginning, and then used the iron smuggled from Liao and Song, or the iron produced in Helan Mountain—the iron mine had a small output at that time.

Xiazhou's iron smelting business specializes in the manufacture of various weapons and armors. The quality is excellent, and even the emperors, ministers and generals of the Northern Song Dynasty are very sought after.On the one hand, Xixia's military technology is indeed very good, on the other hand, this iron ore may be somewhat special, and it should contain some special ingredients, so that the manufactured weapons are all top-grade.

"I'll figure it out." Shao Shude nodded, indicating that he knew.

Xiazhou Duzuo Academy has already begun to forge weapons using Chashan Iron.In addition to knives, spears, arrows and axes, thirteen vests were produced last year, and ten more in the first three months of this year.Considering that the manpower of Xiazhou Metropolitan Institute is still expanding, Shao Shude is confident that he will produce [-] additional vests before the end of the year.

He even planned to place an order with those private blacksmiths to help them produce vests.

Isn't it just money? It would be a good deal to exchange for weapons.

And next year will go to the west, and the Helong tribes are quite different from the Central Plains. There are a lot of horses, and the quality is not bad.In the early years of the Kingdom of China, Liangzhou raised more than one million army horses, which were tall and strong, so-called "Liangzhou big horses".

To deal with these forces, you must not suffer a disadvantage in terms of cavalry.Dingnan Army's Qinghai Cong was originally a good war horse. If he was equipped with good armor and cavalry with good weapons, he would be even more handy in fighting.

Shao Shude had never suffered a disadvantage in cavalry before in battle, and he didn't want to suffer in this regard!
"Those people from the Tuoba Clan are going to be pardoned." Shao Shude said: "Chashan Iron Mine can recruit some people to go up the mountain. Tuoba headquarters and vassal tribes will always pardon 2 people. You only need 2000 people, which is enough. However, it has been explained in advance that the Tuoba Department has pardoned their crimes, and the Chashan Iron Mine is considered to hire them to go up the mountain, and they have to settle their wages and rations."

The Chashan Iron Mine is currently owned by the Ye Li family. The Xiazhou Metropolitan Academy buys iron from them to make weapons. Of course, the price is very low, and they also give priority to supply.

Someone in the shogunate once vaguely reminded that with this mine in the Noribe, its power would be greatly enhanced, so it had to be guarded against.

Shao Shude admired this person who risked his life to advise him very much.Who is Ye Lishi, there will be no one in Dingnan Qizhou who doesn't know.If it were another commander, he might have already handed him over to the Yeli family, so what's the intention of alienating the commander-in-law's in-laws?It's just that Shao can't do such things.

Of course, this also has something to do with his other choices.After attacking Lanzhou next year, the mine that mainly produces copper with "bonus" gold, silver, iron and lead can be developed.Moreover, based on his superficial understanding, the mine must have veins, and how far it may extend. The copper-iron mines in Zhongning in later generations may belong to the same vein as the silver mines, and the reserves will be large. .

Why stare at Ye Lishi's petty profit?
Only by giving them benefits can they be more loyal.The daughter of the Yeli family is serving her, giving birth to her own children, the man is fighting for her, and even sells iron at a low price to Xiazhou Duzuoyuan. This is not loyalty, what is loyalty?

(End of this chapter)