Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 636 Armament Consultant

The second half of the edict is: In order to increase the strength of Beifang, let Cheng Yaojin put forward some useful suggestions based on the limit of 50 guan.

"This household department is really stingy. And that old Du, he is no longer his brother after he became the Minister of the Ministry of War. A, this is a heavy army." Cheng Yaojin complained, while sending someone to fetch his horse, apparently he was going to Huayuan immediately.

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Brother Cheng, do you know how many coins are in the warehouse of the household department?"

"It doesn't matter how much he has, as long as Lao Cheng has enough ordnance."

"I began to wonder if it was a wrong decision of the Ministry of War to ask you to choose ordnance."

Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, pulled Liumu and prepared to leave for Huayuan immediately.

"Can it be tomorrow?" Liu Mu really didn't want to rush all night.

Cheng Yaojin would agree, he pulled Liumu and got on his horse to go to Huayuan, Cheng Yaojin said after the horse ran: "Huayuan is a forbidden place, there is the emperor's gold medal there, ordinary people can't get close at all. There are rumors in the Ministry of War that a Huayuan can top 20 elites."

"Is there such a rumor?" Liu Mu didn't believe it.

"Yes!" Cheng Yaojin said very seriously: "The original rumor was that the North Gate of Chang'an should be placed there. Before the Supreme Emperor had no Zen throne, he once said that he would not send a single soldier. If [-] people in Huayuan die, [-] will die, and if there are [-] people, they will also die. That is not the top [-] elites in Huayuan."

Only then did Liu Mu remember: "I seem to have said such a thing back then."

"Look, Lao Cheng is not talking nonsense."

Liu Mu said again: "However, that's not the original meaning of the original words. I meant that Huayuan could hold [-] soldiers, but I didn't say that Huayuan could kill [-] elite Turks."

"Is there a difference?" Cheng Yaojin was puzzled.

"There is a difference. Brother Cheng, let me ask you, have you seen my big general cannon?"

"I've seen it. It's a good thing. It's just like what you said. If you put a thousand gates in an array, there won't be a blade of grass for five miles. This thing is powerful, but the saints are worried and don't allow any army to use it. I heard that it is too expensive right now. , It’s just a few pennies, and it takes a thousand gates, which is estimated to be enough for half a year’s military expenses for an expedition of 2 horses.”

Hearing what Cheng Yaojin said, Liu Mu knew in his heart that Lao Cheng was indeed Li Shimin's confidant.

Liu Mu said: "The team that made the big general cannon, although there are only two ghost workers, there are less than twenty skillful workers. Do you think these people should be worth twenty battalions?"

Cheng Yaojin nodded seriously: "If you say that, it's worthy."

Liu Mu remembers a saying in later generations, one Qian Lao is worth five divisions, but in fact, one of these ghost workers in Datang can also support a battalion of troops.At least one battalion.

The first battalion of Datang was about 3000 people.There are about 3 people in one guard and ten battalions.

At present, the establishment of each guard is at least 5000 people, and the maximum is 4.

From Sanyuan to Huayuan, the journey was originally a hundred miles.

Cheng Yaojin's subordinates had already brought dry food and water, as well as cooking pots and stoves for the march.But Liumu and Baoqin are lightweight, and Liumu's guards only have a small backpack each, and there is a small bamboo box on the saddle bridge of the horse.

After leaving the Qingheyu training camp, Liumu walked up the main road and said to Cheng Yaojin: "Eighty miles, I guess it will be very hard, and others don't take this seriously."

"Eighty miles, isn't it a hundred miles?"

"One hundred miles is the old road, and eighty miles is the new road. No one outside Beisi counties knows this road. Brother Cheng is the first one."

As Liu Mu said, he had already turned to the road on horseback.

Cheng Yaojin followed behind, and was really surprised when he saw the road.

The road is fifteen feet wide and divided into left and right lanes. There are already many carriages driving fast on the road.The left and right sides are six feet wide, the middle is a foot-wide bush, and the two sides are each more than one foot wide. There is a drainage ditch between the woods and the road.

The road surface is full of compacted cinders and gravel.

Cheng Yaojin saw that the carriages on the road were all four-wheeled and double-horse carriages, and they ran fast and steadily on the road.

"This road has not been completed yet. Right now there is no money and there is not enough cement. In the future, there will be more coins, and the output of cement will be higher. This road will be paved with another layer of cement. This road is like a flat stone road. The speed of the carriage It can be further improved, and the horse can also save more effort."

"A good road." Cheng Yaojin has been on the march for many years and knows what kind of road is conducive to fast marching.

"Such a road will be built all the way to Shuofang. Of course, this is just a plan. It is impossible for me to pay the money. The Ministry of Households can't afford so much money, and the Ministry of Works doesn't have enough manpower to repair the road."

Cheng Yaojin nodded fiercely, this kind of road repair is the best in all parts of Datang.

Moreover, such a road saves horsepower and is faster.

Cheng Yaojin rode his horse and galloped wildly, Liu Mu struggled to follow behind. It has been more than five years since he arrived in Datang, but unfortunately his riding skills are still not comparable to first-class generals.It can only be said that it is barely better than ordinary people.

Cheng Yaojin ran for [-] miles in one breath, and then let the horse slow down and rest.

At this time, there was an extra poor road on the side of the road.

"Mu, this is the way to go there." Cheng Yaojin shouted.

After panting beside Cheng Yaojin for a while, Liu Mu pointed to the side of the road and said, "Didn't you read the sign? This is called a rest area. Any carriages are not allowed to stop on the road at will, it will block the road. It is also not allowed to destroy the woods next to the trees, there will be a rest area every forty miles, and there will be shops here."

"Come on, let's go and have a look." Cheng Yaojin led Liu Mu's horse to the rest area.

This rest area is very large, there is a carriage parking area, there are people who feed the horses, and there are people who repair the carriages and wash the horses.

Then there is the dining area, which sells basic meals.

People in Guanzhong like to eat noodles. There are many kinds of noodles here, and the business of noodle restaurants is very good.

Cheng Yaojin laughed and jumped off the horse, threw the horse to the professional groom here, then strode to the noodle shop and shouted for a bowl of hot noodle soup.

Liu Mu sat down next to Cheng Yaojin, and before Liu Mu could open his mouth to choose noodles, Cheng Yaojin yelled: "You stupid, you know that there is a noodle shop here, why didn't you tell me when I brought the dry food, brother."

"I also have dry food. Dry food is a must for traveling. It's just that my dry food is not as big a burden as you pack, as long as there is enough dry food."

"Really?" Cheng Yaojin was a little suspicious.

Liu Mu nodded with certainty: "It's absolutely true, I'll show you when I get to Huayuan."

"Ok."

Liu Mu and his party did not arrive at Huayuan that night, and they walked for almost twenty miles. This is Huayuan, but they have not yet reached the county seat.There is a natural inlet here, in a trough, where the river water converges into a large inlet.

(End of this chapter)