Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 203 Orphan Camp

"Your Majesty, they are all pawns of the Huben Army."

Grand Sima Sun Ping, who was following Qingji, said slowly.

Qingji stood there, watching the training of the soldiers of the Huben Army.

These half-grown teenagers were all wearing simple leather armor, their hair was tied up, and they were training with unsharp spears and swords in their hands.

"Line up—"

Following the order of a school lieutenant, the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army who were being drilled quickly gathered together, and under the call of their respective banners, they arranged in order to form several square formations.

Looks good!

Quite imposing!

"Wannian King! Wannian Wu Guo!"

"Wannian King! Wannian Wu Guo!"

The young soldiers shouted in unison, full of vigor!
This made Qingji quite satisfied.

Qingji immediately stepped forward to condolences to the soldiers one by one.

In front of a ten-year-old soldier with an immature face, Qingji stretched out his hands very kindly, straightened his collar, and patted his shoulder.

The soldier was immediately moved, his eyes were moist, and he couldn't help but stabilize his figure, hold his head high, and try to let the king see his most heroic side.

Seeing this, the nearby soldiers all cast envious and jealous eyes.

They respected Jiji as if they were gods.

Just like the modern day fans, Qingji is their idol, the supreme monarch!

"What's your name?"

"Back to the king, the younger one is Luo!"

"Luo? How old is this year?"

"It's eleven!"

"How have you been in the army?"

"Very good! Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's great blessing, the little one can be included in the Huben Army, and has no worries about food and clothing. He no longer has to live a life of being hungry and full and eating a hundred meals as in the past."

The soldier named "Luo" was choked with sobs, and said: "Your Majesty, the training in the army is indeed boring and hard, but I think that I can serve the Great Wu in the future, and I can go through life and death for the King, and make meritorious deeds. is worth it!"

"Good job!"

Qing Ji patted Luo's shoulder in relief, and then went to condolences to several soldiers.

Qingji is very familiar with the situation of the Huben army.

The real Huben army has not yet formed, and these half-grown teenagers are still just "orphan camps"!
When Qingji visited Meili last year, he found that there were many orphans in the area, and no one was raising them.

Qingji then issued an edict to gather all the orphans in the state of Wu, the orphans whose parents died, to the capital of Wu, and form a new army with the descendants of the generals, named "Hu Ben Army"!
Because almost all of them are orphans, the current Huben Army is also called the "Orphan Camp".

Among them, the oldest is only thirteen years old, and the youngest is only four years old.

If there are orphans who are too young, Wu Guo will also take the responsibility of raising them.

This invisibly relieved the worries of many soldiers with families.

Worried that after you die in battle, your children will be left unattended?

nonexistent!

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, if they are orphans, Wu Guo can take care of them one by one.

Men can join the army when they grow up, and women can farm and weave when they grow up. Xu Qi has a skill enough to support himself.

At this time, in the Huben Army, only orphans over the age of ten can join the army for training.

Therefore, the Huben Army only has more than [-] people, and more soldiers will surely be added in the future.

Qing Ji attached great importance to such a tiger army.

Because they were raised and cultivated by the state since they were young, and when they grow up, they will definitely appreciate Wu Guo and Qingji's kindness in nurturing them, and treat them like reborn parents.

How can the soldiers of the Huben army not be loyal to Qingji and willing to give their all for it?
Since they were instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, how could they not be diehard fans of Qingji?
Furthermore, after years of careful cultivation, I believe that the Huben army will surely become a powerful team in the future, and become a sharp knife for Wu Guo to conquer the world!

After condolences to the soldiers of the Huben Army, Qingji went to the side of the school field to review the newly formed Habayashi Army.

The soldiers of the Habayashi Army are all the children of nobles, the descendants of the courtiers and officials of Wu State.

Qingji had previously made a rule: all the noble children of the Wu Kingdom, who are above the age of sixteen and under the age of twenty-five, must join the Habayashi Army.

This has two advantages for Qingji.

For one thing, the sons of aristocrats who have received elite education since childhood became Habayashiro. Under the influence of the gentleman's six arts of ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics, they can quickly form a powerful military force to serve the Qing Dynasty. Do not use.

It won't even take long for these Habayashiro to become the backbone of the army and serve the country.

Second, the establishment of the Habayashi Army was undoubtedly a bond of interest between Qingji and the old clans of the Wu Kingdom.

There are so many descendants of families in the Habayashi Army, even if some old clans have the heart of disobedience and plot wrongdoing, they will weigh it themselves, whether their children and grandchildren will die because of this?
Regardless of whether it was the Huben Army or the Habayashi Army, they were already Qing Ji's most important military forces.

As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

If Qingji wanted to further strengthen Wu's military power, he had to sharpen the sword in his hand.

After inspecting the Xianghu camp, Qingji went to inspect the papermaking workshop in the west of Wudu City.

The existence of paper has undoubtedly added a lot of financial revenue to the state of Wu, and it is also a blessing for the benefit of mankind!

Compared with the original oracle bones, bronzes and stone drums are bulky, bamboo slips are inconvenient to carry, and silk is expensive.

The invention and popularization of papermaking enabled the rapid spread of human knowledge and civilization, and with the emergence of paper and printing, books flew from the residences of nobles to the homes of ordinary people.

Of course, Qingji's invention of papermaking is not just for the benefit of mankind.

He is the king of Wu, the king of a country, so he naturally wants to seek certain benefits for the country of Wu.

The ministers who followed Qingji were Zhisu Neishi Fan Li and Da Gong Ling Gan.

Surrounded by a group of old guards just now, Qingji entered the workshop, and what he was greeted with was a smoky smell.

I saw that the crushed bark, hemp heads, bamboo and other plant materials had been boiled in a large pot and gradually formed a paste.

The crushed ingredients in the cauldron are pressed with big stones to help them boil completely.

Qingji turned his attention to the construction site on one side, and saw a few craftsmen working skillfully.

"Your Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

Seeing Qingji approaching, several craftsmen hurriedly bowed to salute.

Qingji just waved his hands and said, "You continue to be busy, the widow will just watch from the sidelines."

"promise."

Qingji saw the craftsmen wait for the pulp to cool, and then use the flat bamboo screen to pick up the pulp, filter the water, and become a paper film.

The go-getter on one side whispered: "Your Majesty, this step requires proficient skills in order to fish out a moderately thick and evenly distributed paper film."

"good!"

Qingji nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)