Great Tang princess

Chapter 448
For an ancient person, seeing such a picture would inevitably lead to a crazy drop in San value, just like Liu Zihe at this time, after the brush fell to the ground, he still held the brush in place in a daze.

The dense piles of salt approaching the height of a person are almost invisible in sight, and the snow-white salt grains even glisten in the sun, like gems, which are even a bit hard to see clearly.

"His... Your Highness, this..." Liu Zihe turned his head and stammered to say something, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

This output far exceeded his expectations, so much so that he still hasn't recovered.

Li Yuechen, who was standing on the ridge of the field, turned his head and smiled slightly: "It's just entered May, and the production speed has slowed down. In June and July, the process will speed up a lot."

Listening to her explanation, coupled with the confident smile on his face, Liu Zihe gradually regained his sense at this moment.

But then it turned into admiration for the princess. It is really unexpected that the problem of salt since ancient times can be solved in this way.

Just like the problem of food production back then, the princess always seems to be able to solve the problem through different ways of thinking.

Li Yuechen smiled lightly: "Okay, this is a complete salt production process. You should be familiar with it for a while, and then build a salt farm in Hainan."

"Yes!" Liu Zihe quickly agreed.

Although he has not yet understood the principle behind it, this method is actually not difficult. As long as it is copied meticulously, it can be used immediately. In addition, he has made detailed records at every step. Work is still confident.

……

In Qingzhou, after Jiang Zhengan handed over the work, he took Lu Zhenghao and officially set off to Qingdao.

The two of them rode in the carriage and bumped all the way for several days, which made Lu Zhenghao feel pain in his buttocks.

Just when I was thinking of finding an excuse to stop and rest, I suddenly felt that the bumps were no longer there, and it seemed to have become stable.

At the same time, a series of shouts gradually sounded outside the car window.

He couldn't help but lifted the curtain and looked around. It turned out that their carriage was already driving on a dusty hard road nearly two feet wide.

The dusty, hardened road covered the original official road, and the carriage was very stable on it. Although there were occasional bumps, it was within a tolerable range.

And there are many foreigners on both sides who are constantly building new roads under the supervision of a team of soldiers, who seem to be captives.

But what really surprised him was that so many captives were working at ease, showing no signs of resistance.

Obviously there are so many of them, more than ten times the number of soldiers guarding them.

The soldiers who were in charge of guarding them were even more ambitious. Apart from the axes hanging on their thighs, they didn't even have a long weapon!
He didn't even have a whip in his hand, and he didn't know how to beat them. At most, he just yelled twice when he saw what was wrong.

"Brother Lu, do you feel puzzled by this?" Jiang Zhengan asked suddenly, and then explained without waiting for his answer: "This hardened road was also invented by His Highness. I have to say that walking on this kind of road is very difficult. It really can improve a lot of speed..."

Lu Zhenghao interrupted him with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Brother Jiang, I've heard of this incident before, but how do these foreigners... tame them?"

A businessman is also a manager, so he can naturally see that it is absolutely impossible for these captives to be so obedient if they simply use force to oppress them.

In the case of force and oppression, you can be lazy and try to be as lazy as possible.

But the group of people responsible for road construction now have firm expressions and serious eyes. They are really willing to do the work well from the bottom of their hearts, and there is an essential difference.

If the people under him can also be trained like this, it is estimated that his business can be improved to a higher level.

"I was also curious about this matter before." Jiang Zheng'an also turned his head and glanced out, "I asked before, and His Highness said that the prisoners are actually used to control the prisoners, and the soldiers are just playing a supervisory role. And because they don't Beat and scold them, and give them enough food, so these prisoners are willing to work hard..."

Listening to his explanation, Lu Zhenghao felt that something was wrong.

After all, he was from Fan Yang Lu's family, and his level of education was higher than that of some officials to some extent.

From his explanation, a word suddenly popped up in his mind: Emperor's Mind Technique!
The princess managed these captives not simply by using force to oppress them, but by using the emperor's mind here to let them supervise each other internally.

To put it simply, we absolutely do not allow them to unite internally, and at the same time feed them well, do not beat or scold them, and let them live like human beings.

In fact, to be honest, emperors have treated ministers in this way since ancient times. This is a compulsory course for every emperor.

The imperial mind is not unique to the royal family, and the gentry naturally understand this, but it is like a conspiracy. They know it, but they can only act according to the rules.

Because human nature is too complicated, even if you know the principle, you can't jump out of this rule, otherwise you may be lost forever!

He was right. Li Yuechen didn't know how the army managed the prisoners, let alone how the prison guards managed the prisoners.

But fortunately, her father and mother are both emperors, and the emperor's skills learned from them can actually exert a very good effect in this respect.

……

Once on the hardened road, the speed is naturally much faster, and soon arrived at the destination.

After getting out of the car, the first thing Lu Zhenghao saw was two groups of soldiers walking in from the gate with uniform steps.

I have long heard that His Highness's army is strictly disciplined, but I have never had an intuitive understanding of it. Only after seeing this scene did I really understand what is meant by orders and prohibitions.

The frequency of the two groups of soldiers raising their legs and landing their feet was exactly the same, and they walked on the straight road without squinting.

And the sentinel at the gate of the road, if he hadn't just seen him raise his hand to salute with his own eyes, Lu Zhenghao would even have thought it was a dummy.

The sentry stood under the parasol, like a javelin, expressionless, without any small movements.

It wasn't until he followed Jiang Zhengan to the front that the sentinel turned his head slightly and looked over.

Lu Zhenghao was about to take out the money, but Jiang Zhengan grabbed his arm and said to the sentry: "I am Jiang Zhengan, governor of Qingzhou, please inform Your Highness."

The sentinel nodded slightly: "Wait!" Then he waved to the sentry box behind him.

The sentry box at the entrance of the camp was made of wooden boards. There was no bed inside, only two chairs and a small stove.This is for drinking water for soldiers on guard.

The sentries at the gate are in groups of two and are replaced every hour. They don't need to sleep here.

When one person is standing guard outside, the other sits and rests in the sentry box, drinking some water or something by the way.

After the sentry explained a few words, he pushed out a bicycle from behind the sentry box and headed straight for the camp.

This bicycle is specially equipped for the sentry at the gate of the camp, just to let them report faster and save some energy.

Watching the soldier enter the camp on a weird two-wheeled vehicle to report, another sentry came to the platform under the parasol, adjusted his camouflage uniform, and continued to stand like a dummy.

Lu Zhenghao had a lot of questions in his mind, and he wanted to speak, but was pulled aside by Jiang Zhengan: "Brother Lu, these sentries can't chat, it's better not to ask. Also, don't give money..."

These are all things he has done before, and today they are all passed on to Lu Zhenghao as experience.

"This... Your Highness's army, is it true that the military discipline is so strict?" Lu Zhenghao couldn't believe it.

To him, the soldiers of this era are just a bunch of stinky soldiers, no different from ordinary people. It is normal to give a little money as a reward on weekdays and use it as a kid.

In his opinion, as long as he can keep the principle of not betraying his brothers, he can be regarded as "military discipline". He never thought that the army could do this.

But let's be honest...

He turned his head to look at the soldier under the parasol, and he felt like a dummy indeed.

Even if I saw it with my own eyes now, it was hard to believe that the army could be trained to this level.Even the private army or even the dead soldiers raised by the gentry's family could not achieve this level.

"Brother Lu doesn't know something..." Jiang Zhengan shook his head slightly, "When the sage was enthroned, I went to Beijing to attend the Great Court Meeting. The Qianniu Guard in the palace is really... just like the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals!"

The Qianniuwei patrolling in the palace don't wear camouflage uniforms, but black military uniforms, which will make them appear taller and more imposing.

Wearing military uniforms, their axes are hung on their waists, which looks more deterrent than on their thighs.

……

The two chatted for a while, and the soldier who had just entered came back on a bicycle. He came to the front of the horse and said to the two: "His Royal Highness is going to Yantian at this time, you two can just go there!"

Jiang Zhengan nodded: "Thank you!" As he spoke, he raised his arms and bowed to the soldier.

The soldier on the opposite side stood at attention and raised his head, and gave a military salute with a "shua", which was neat!
When the two left, Lu Zhenghao looked puzzled. The majestic governor of Qingzhou actually saluted a big soldier?Although it was just a simple bowing ceremony, this scene was really unexpected!

Perhaps seeing the doubt in his eyes, Jiang Zhengan explained with a smile: "I don't know why, these soldiers in His Highness's army feel a special aura about them, and I can't help but think that maybe their identities are not lowly. Compared with me, the official of the court, I also work for the royal family..."

It wasn't the first time Jiang Zheng'an came here. Sometimes when he came here, he could see that His Highness was very kind to his soldiers, and he didn't put on airs at all.

After a long time, he couldn't help but think that these soldiers are actually working for the court just like himself. Maybe there are high and low positions, but in terms of personality... there seems to be no difference between high and low?
(End of this chapter)