Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 88 Snow Eater (No, there are too many leaders...)
Facing the family's attitude, Shi Huizhen didn't think there was a problem with herself, but felt that the family members were too small-minded and had no room to display it.It happened that uncle Shi Mingyuan was going to Dadu for a meeting, and she insisted on going along with her.In order to let her stop causing trouble, Shi Mingyuan had no choice but to agree.

Shi Mingyuan probably thinks that since most of the people are reliable, she won't be able to make a fuss anyway.Unexpectedly, Shi Huizhen went with those Greek women.

Later, Shi Mingyuan was sent as an envoy to several small Persian and Turkmen dynasties in the east.He deliberately brought Stan with him, wanting him to see the world.And once the two left, Shi Huizhen was completely left alone.

The biggest weakness of those Greek women is that they can't fight.Back then, the Queen Mother Helena capsized in the gutter because she felt that she controlled the imperial army, but after the court conspiracy was exposed, most of the soldiers in the middle and lower classes refused to accept her at all.

Although the queen mother is sophisticated, she has no military experience.The legionnaires only looked at her as the mother of the Roman Khan, and gave her due obedience and respect according to the existing system.

After the murder of the Great Khan happened, this system and tacit understanding were destroyed by herself.And the supreme power of the old lady actually comes from this.When the new Khan Basil III showed qualified ability and courage, the legion immediately abandoned the queen mother, and even the upper officials and military families turned their backs.The last change in the palace was actually just pushing the boat along with the flow.

But if they really joined the army, it would be hard to say.

Therefore, there is indeed a lot of room for cooperation between the two parties.

This spring, Shi Huizhen has another big job.At that time, according to tradition, each military government would recommend outstanding young officers to the Khan Court for training and assessment.According to the usual practice, the foster father organized a confrontation exercise.

Tuo Huan is in charge of acting as the imaginary enemy this time—the Turkmen tribe.In order to get the atmosphere right, he also specially put on a big turban and bought a cart of wine. He looked like the chief of a new tribe.

The location of the exercise is in northern Greece, a desolate hilly land, which is relatively close to the environment of Asia Minor.Tuo Huan hid in advance, according to the rules, the first one to find him, and the one with more pawns in his hand when meeting, will be considered as the winner.

As a response, they each have several flocks of sheep, which are distributed on different pastures, and need to be guarded by separate men.If more than half of the sheep is stolen by Tuo Huan, it will be considered a failure.

Among several people, Shi Ke lost the fastest.He tried to gather the sheep together, thinking it would be more convenient.As a result, there was not enough pasture on the way, and the sheep and shepherds were in chaos.

Tuo Huan took advantage of the chaos to steal the sheep, Shi Ke was caught off guard, lost at least two-thirds of it, and was eliminated on the spot.

Guo Kang was quite surprised when he heard that Shi Ke had lost so quickly, but two days later, he was even more surprised when the news came that Tuo Huan had also lost.

It turned out that the queen cheated secretly and replaced the son of a Greek general with Shi Huizhen.Tuo Huan just won a game, and sent all his subordinates out to mark people, so there was no defense in the camp.Shi Huizhen took the opportunity to bypass other people's routes and found the old camp where she had fun.

Although Tuohuan himself ran fast and escaped from the camp in time, Shi Huizhen snatched all the supplies, including the scarf and wine.The referees ruled that the party had failed, and the game was over. After looking back, they found out that she was the one leading the team.

This incident caused an uproar again.The development of the matter is beyond everyone's understanding, even like a story in Greek mythology.There are people who say what the Khan court said, and they don't know how to reward or promote them.

In the Tang and Liao systems of the Purple Horde Khanate, there were no similar regulations—no one thought that this would happen, so there were no prohibitions.

The Greek system has provisions for this.According to the tradition of Eastern Rome, the titles of officials and nobles are divided into three genders: male, female, and eunuch.For example, some positions in the palace are only open to eunuchs and female officials; some external positions are only allowed to be held by male officials.Just by looking at the documents, you can know the corresponding positions of each gender, otherwise, it is not compliant.

In the history of Eastern Rome, there were actually many male generals who were good at fighting, and there were also famous eunuch generals, but there was indeed no place for female officers.

Therefore, the chief of the military bureaucracy, Skazari, the Minister of Military Affairs, finally ruled that she could be rewarded, but not appointed.This report, along with dozens of heavy ancient documents accompanying it, was submitted to the Warmaster for approval.

Although everyone felt that by not pursuing the matter of breaking the rules, it was already favoring the queen for her sake.But Shi Huizhen still complained about this.But it may have taken advantage of it, and did not continue to make trouble.

Of course, although she was in the limelight, she might still be at a disadvantage in terms of connections.Because of this incident, Tuo Huan has always been brooding.He really bought that carload of wine with his own money, but after Shi Huizhen snatched it away, he didn't give it back.For this reason, Tuo Huan has complained to Guo Kang several times.

Guo Kang didn't have any prejudice against her. After all, among the senior officials of the Purple Horde Khanate, his psychological shadow may be the only one, which is much smaller than others.However, Shi Huizhen often stood up for those Greek women, and went to interfere with Guo Kang's daily activities many times.

Guo Kang's temper is actually quite good, and he can tolerate other trivial matters.But interfering with his development of steam brother, this may not be able to budge.

Therefore, when he saw Shi Huizhen, he felt overwhelmed for no reason.

However, Shi Huizhen has been playing with weapons all year round, and is also very familiar with these firearms.Seeing her like this, if she is not satisfied with firing two shots, she probably won't leave.

When Guo Kang was thinking about countermeasures, she also started wandering around, knocking around, commenting on various firearms and even the proficiency of the soldiers.Even Nurhachi's hair was pulled by her.

Guo Kang still couldn't figure out how the brothers Shi Ke and Shi Dan had a relative with such a personality.

Finally, Shi Huizhen turned back, still rubbing a handful of charcoal powder in her hand.

"It's a bit damp, so try another barrel next time." She said to Guo Kang, "I think it's a problem with the wood treatment. You have to see if the craftsmen cut corners and didn't do a good job of waterproofing."

"Oh..." Guo Kang nodded.

"Did you choose these materials yourself?" she asked again.

"I really didn't pay attention to the charcoal, I think it's fine to buy it." Guo Kang said, pointing to several other places: "I picked those few by myself."

"Nitre is fine. From the mines?"

"No, it's produced in Nitrate." Guo Kang said: "I think that if the scale of firearms expands in the future, the mines in Crimea may not be enough. We must find a way to make the output of Nitien more stable and of higher quality. Only in this way can we stabilize our own supply before we get new mines.”

"What is that?" asked Theodora.

"It's the place where the saltpeter is piled up." Guo Kang turned back and said, "At first, people discovered that saltpeter would appear in the toilet. Therefore, some people deliberately piled up the dung and concentrated it, and consciously promoted the formation of saltpeter. This is the saltpeter field. .”

"The French have been playing this for decades, and the technology is relatively mature. Let's refer to it, there is no problem."

"Ah, it looks very white, but the source is so dirty?" Theodora frowned and said with emotion.

"It's like this after processing." Shi Huizhen said with a smile: "Don't think it's dirty, gunpowder is easy to use."

"That's right. This is not ordinary dung." Guo Kang also laughed: "I heard from French engineers that before extracting, they have to carefully identify the types of nitrate soil. Some soils are salty, and some soils are spicy. Only Spicy soil is the only way to extract the purest 'snow'."

"It's really exquisite." Shi Huizhen sighed, and asked casually: "By the way, you are the supervisor in charge of technology, have you tasted this snow? How does it taste in your opinion?"

"..."

Guo Kang knew why everyone couldn't stand her anymore.

(End of this chapter)