Great Tang princess

Chapter 234 Production Construction
In a blink of an eye, it came to the Shangyuan Festival in the fourth year of Yifeng.

In the past few years, with the increase in food production, the happiness of the people has greatly increased, so the atmosphere on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has gradually become stronger.

In order to prevent low grain prices from hurting farmers, the imperial court has been monitoring grain prices since the past few years. As long as it finds a downward trend, it will buy the rest of the grain from farmers at market prices.

Some of these grains are stored in the granary to prevent disaster years or something.Some of them went into Li Yuechen's brewery.

And this high-grade liquor called Xianrenzui will be sold to nobles at a very expensive price.

After coming and going, the royal family not only did not lose money, but also made a lot of money.

Li Zhi and his wife basically don't worry about money now, and the usual rewards are much more generous.

Especially after seeing the means of making money in business in the past few years, he didn't even look at the memorials impeaching the princess for doing business and fighting for the interests of the people, and just burned them.

That is to say, considering his own reputation, Li Zhi is unwilling to do too much, otherwise he will start to think of ways to collect business taxes.

This kind of idea has actually been entrenched in his mind for a long time, it's just that he didn't implement it immediately because of the bad reputation left in the history books.

Not to mention that if the current situation is really implemented, it will definitely cause chaos in the court, and it is not an appropriate time.

In his opinion, it is better to leave this matter to the next emperor.

However, Li Yuechen believes that the future problems are definitely not solved by collecting commercial taxes, but that there are problems with the current tax system.

Therefore, it is necessary to abolish the poll tax in the future, but at present, it does not have the ability.

In addition, the current imperial power is not concentrated enough, and its influence on some remote places is not enough, so it cannot be done at present.

……

This year's Lantern Festival, Li Zhi was in a good mood, perhaps because his daughter hadn't seen him for a year and wanted to stay longer, instead of taking his family out for a walk as usual, he just watched the people on the walls of the imperial city have fun.

In this era, social development is relatively slow, and the annual Shangyuan Festival is actually similar.

The only difference is that with the increase in grain production, the number of river lanterns floating in Luoshui has increased a lot.

But it is different for ordinary people. After all, it is the annual day when they are allowed to go out at night. The anticipation for this day can be said to be much stronger than that of the Chinese New Year.

Li Zhi was wearing a furry cloak, looking at the brightly lit Eastern Capital City with his hands behind his back, and asked with a smile: "Chen'er, is the current Tang Dynasty peaceful and prosperous?"

"That's right, Grandpa is wise and powerful, and the Tang Dynasty is naturally in its prime!" Li Yuechen flattered with a thumbs up.

But I added a sentence in my heart: In this era, it is indeed a prosperous age, but it is not enough!
Li Zhi has always liked his daughter's flattery, and he laughed happily when he heard this sentence: "With Chen'er here, I think this prosperous world will last a lot longer!"

"It won't work for a long time, it's better to be forever!" Li Yuechen grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Li Zhi nodded, "Forever, forever!"

Seeing the father and daughter singing together, Li Xian, who was also by his side, couldn't help but sighed. It seemed that his status in his father's heart would never be comparable to that of his sister.

……

The pace of life in ancient times was very slow. Generally, the New Year was celebrated from the winter solstice, and the year was not over until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

On the second day, it seemed that the whole country woke up from the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, and then they devoted themselves to work with all their strength.

Li Yuechen didn't go out after practicing in the morning. After greeting his parents, he came back and began to draw the design of military boots.

To be precise, it is the sole of the shoe. As for the shoes of the military uniform, it is fine to use ordinary cloth shoes instead, or at worst, make them into the style of leather shoes in the future.

For anti-slip properties, Li Yuechen considered changing them with thousand-ply sole cloth shoes, wrapping them with a layer of leather such as pigskin, coating them with a thicker layer of isinglass, and at the same time putting rivets on them to have an anti-slip effect.

Of course, if it works, we still need to let the people from the Shangyi Bureau make a sample and try it out.

Especially in these matters, you can also mainly consult the opinions of these shoemakers who are responsible for making shoes.

After all, they are professionals, and they can only clarify the problem from the perspective of a user at most.

After spending an afternoon, I finally finished drawing the design, and after Fulai sent it to the Shangyi Bureau, I began to think about the next job.

If the army wants to grasp ideological education, it must have a rigorous education model.

Li Yuechen lay sideways on the mat, supported his head with one hand and began to think.

The first thing to instill is loyalty to the country and the royal family, followed by strict discipline and other issues.

It is still necessary to compile a set of teaching materials for these things. After all, what is to be trained is national soldiers, not mercenaries who can work with whoever gives them money.

Building a complete army template is not that easy, and apart from issues like discipline, there is also the honor system to consider.

So things like military ranks and military medals must also be available.

After thinking about it, I found that there were too many things needed, so I simply sat up, took a pen and paper and began to draw slowly.

Some of the dreams of every boy are the same when he was a child. For example, he wanted to be a policeman, a scientist, and an astronaut.Those who are older may have considered becoming a special soldier king or even a killer...

Li Yuechen also had these ideals when he was a child. When Soldiers Assault was broadcast, he also had the idea of ​​joining the special forces in the future.

Because of these ideas, I have also studied many things related to the army, and military rank is one of them.

She also remembered the pattern of the rank of the general and lieutenant, so she drew it very easily.

But on top of that, there should be another marshal title, which is the highest honor awarded only after winning a big battle, such as Master Liu Rengui.

……

After finishing drawing the pictures of military ranks, the sun was about to set. Li Yuechen, who always paid attention to protecting his eyesight, immediately stopped writing and continued to sit on the furry animal skin cushion and think about other things.

Queues, marching, things like that have to be practiced, it's the soul of an army, it helps to promote discipline and create a sense of community.

However, considering the particularity of this era, Li Yuechen still decided to make some changes.

For example, replace the action of "rest" with "straddling". During the military training, I felt that the action of straddling can make people look more powerful and upright.

Especially when there is no weapon in hand, this action is even more deterrent than standing at attention.

……

When Shangguan Wan'er and the others came back, she saw Li Yuechen sitting cross-legged on the animal skin cushion, with one hand resting on her chin, her eyes lost in thought, obviously thinking about something.

He frowns occasionally on his face, and smiles from time to time, with a look of jumping thinking.

Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng looked at each other and smiled at the same time, not to mention, this sister's usual maturity will always cover up her cuteness.

Only at this time, that lovely feeling will be completely exuded.

Princess Xuancheng has always been playful. Seeing her like this, she immediately waved her hand to interrupt Xiao He who was about to say hello and salute, and sneaked past Li Yuechen from the side.

Then he rushed over and shouted, intending to hug her.

"Chen'er!"

"what!"

Li Yuechen, who was thinking in a daze, was taken aback, and suddenly turned around and grabbed her by the shoulder, about to throw her out.

Realizing that it was my sister, she quickly withdrew her strength and put her down gently.

After being put down, Princess Xuancheng was startled instead, and after being in a daze for two seconds, she patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

Before he could speak, Li Yuechen already gave a serious lesson: "Sister, how old is she, how can she make such a joke?"

"Oh, I just want to tease you..." Princess Xuancheng smiled and raised her hand to pinch her face.

Li Yuechen is still very serious: "Sister, you can't joke with me like this! It's not like you don't know how strong I am? If I didn't realize it just now, I would have torn your arm off!"

"Okay, okay, it won't be like this in the future." Princess Xuancheng smiled and agreed, and then gave her another hug.

Li Yuechen pushed her away helplessly, pouted and said nothing.

This is really not a joke. With my own strength, I dare not say whether I can tear a tiger or a leopard, but it is not difficult to tear a person.

Among other things, although there is no strength tester in this era, Li Yuechen is sure that his grip strength may have reached more than [-] kilograms.

Generally speaking, normal healthy adult men have a grip strength between forty and seventy kilograms.

After training, the grip strength can be equal to your body weight, which is already considered excellent.

As for Li Yuechen, it is very easy to break a person's bones by just relying on grip strength, not to mention that he has practiced martial arts with Liu Rengui for many years, and has also learned a lot of various capture and other moves.

With the support of this powerful force, it is really easy to tear off a person's limbs.

So no kidding, just now Princess Xuancheng really walked through the gate of hell.

……

In the evening, the sisters and Guan Wan'er chatted while eating.

Today's dinner was relatively rich, especially the braised pork dish, which made Princess Xuancheng's eyes shine, and she ate a lot more.

Li Yuechen wasn't worried about her getting fat either, since this era has always had a plump aesthetic.Secondly, they exercise with themselves every day, and they keep in good shape.

After eating, we chatted relaxedly and happily for a while, and then went back to sleep.

……

After getting up the next day, Li Yuechen ran to Mang Mountain in the afternoon after practicing the kung fu, to watch the military area that had already started to be built.

The first is to lay the foundation, and start building the barracks for people.

All the captives added up to more than a thousand people, and they officially started working under the supervision of heavily armed soldiers.

Li Yuechen didn't come here today to oversee the work, but to provide some advice on the construction of the barracks.

In the open space next to the construction site, Li Yuechen and a group of craftsmen gathered together to discuss the construction of the barracks.

The barracks in this military region are not wooden buildings, but experimentally constructed with bamboo reinforced concrete developed a few years ago.

Because the highest building is only up to the second floor, Li Yuechen thinks that there should be no risk of collapse.

The matter discussed today is about the heating system. Li Yuechen intends to imitate the kind of fireplace that he has seen in Europe.

But that thing needs to add a chimney inside the house, so I am discussing the specific method with the craftsmen.

Li Yuechen's idea was to connect the fireplaces on the first floor and the second floor to share a chimney, which would also save a lot of man-hours.

But the craftsmen had never seen this kind of thing before, and they couldn't give a definite answer for a while, saying that they needed to experiment.

Li Yuechen is not in a hurry, let them go to experiment first, if not, just make one on the first and second floors.

Then consider the size of the room.

Because it is necessary to take the form of fireplace heating, it must be impossible to work one room at a time like the future troops.

After thinking about it, Li Yuechen decided to make the room bigger, [-] to [-] square meters per room.

Fifteen bunk beds are placed in a room for thirty people.

The barracks should be lined up, and try to ensure that they face south and receive sufficient sunlight every day.

In this way, the clothes washed in summer can be dried quickly in the sun.

At the same time, a small pavilion will be built at intervals under the barracks, and a big drum will be placed.

There is no number in this era, and every morning when we get up, we use the sound of drums during the charge as the wake-up number.

Li Yuechen and a group of craftsmen pointed and talked about their requirements while walking on the construction site.

The captives who were working next to her saw the princess in a big red round neck gown walking by, raised their heads and looked at her with complicated eyes.

These new captives had all seen the princess on the battlefield. At that time, she was dressed in a red robe and black armor, rushing to kill in their ranks.

Everyone who rushed in front of her would die under those huge hammers.

Until now, many of these new prisoners looked at her with a sense of fear in their eyes.

They have all seen her fighting power up close, and it is really unimaginable that that tall and well-proportioned body contains strength comparable to that of a wild beast.

One prisoner even looked at her with hatred, because his own brother died under her hammers.

With a crisp "snap", the soldier next to him suddenly whipped the whip in his hand on his back.

"Look! Look! Your Highness is also something you can see? A bunch of idiots killing talents, why don't you work quickly?" The soldier next to him scolded ferociously.

Prisoners who have this kind of direct hatred are actually a minority, and most of the captives have complicated expressions.

Although they are now captives, they have to work every day, and they have no freedom.

But to be honest, the food provided here is much better than at my own home, and I can always see meat every few days.

On weekdays, white rice and pancakes are also enough, and there is no limit to how much you can eat, as long as you work hard.

Some prisoners even felt that it was good to live like this, at least they would not be sent to the battlefield to serve as cannon fodder like the slaves in Tubo.

Except for the lack of freedom and the need to work every day, there is actually nothing bad here... This is the most real thought in the hearts of many prisoners at this time.

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