The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 307 Inspection

Although Jiang Wanli's national scholar treatment sounds very exciting, everyone here knows that it is extremely difficult to obtain the title of first-rank and second-rank royal scientific national scholars. The title of national scholar is not a fantasy.

"It can be regarded as a national scholar anyway," everyone thought while eating.

Including me, Wen Tianxiang, Yuan Ji and other five people, there are about 40 people in Room [-], ten people per table, exactly four tables, and the four leaders of Lin’an University, the principal He Ji, who are sitting at the table with me , vice principals Shen Yiqiu, Quan Jue, and Jerry Polo.

"Master Huyan, I offer you a toast,"

"Hehe, Mr. Jerry, your Da Song dialect is getting better and better as you speak it,"

"That's why, I'm also one of the officials of Dasong Lin'an University,"

"Haha, that's right, Jerry, your household registration has already belonged to our dynasty, and you are a real Song Dynasty person,"

"Yes, my son," Jerry continued after drinking a glass of wine, "Young master, you made the high-grade baijiu developed by Mr. Quan Jue fragrant and mellow, full of strength and delicious. I like it very much."

"Really," I said with a smile, "Mr. Jerry, after the liquor factory, oh, the large-scale liquor production workshop is built, you can drink whatever you want."

"Well, I'm looking forward to that day coming sooner, if only people in my hometown could drink such good wine," Jerry Polo said slightly sadly.

I vaguely guessed Jerry's homesickness, and whispered comfortingly: "Jerry, the shipbuilding team headed by Song Wuxin already has a detailed plan for building a huge ship, and I think it will be able to build it within a year or two." Send out a big ship suitable for sailing, and then you can take the big ship back to your hometown."

Upon hearing this, Jerry nodded and smiled, "Exactly. Mr. Song's team is making rapid progress, and with the strong support of the imperial court, I see that the big ship will be ready to sail by the end of this year."

"Thanks to Mr. Jerry's auspicious words, I think it is possible to advance to the end of the year, Jerry, come and have another drink,"

The dishes in the Tongle Building are delicious and exquisite, and everyone is in a good mood. It is the New Year, and the more than 30 scientists in the room are all eating with gusto. They are full of praise for the taste of the Tongle Building. The atmosphere was warm, which made these normally unsmiling scientists smile.

In the common sense, holidays always go by faster than usual.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, which is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday this year, and the next day is the official office of the various ministries of the imperial court. During these few days of free time, I basically spend my time in Xianwen Pavilion However, except for the discovery of Duan Hengzhi's letters, other documents are not of much practical value to me. Most of the materials and documents are works about Neo-Confucianism collected by Song Lizong and his experience in Neo-Confucianism. There are few related to government affairs, let alone any confidential documents, which is beyond my expectation.

Early in the morning, under the protection of Yuan Ji, Lu Xiufu, Shen Mo and fifty imperial guards, I rode my mount Feiyan and galloped towards the Imperial Forest Army garrison in the southwest of the imperial city.

The camp of the Royal Forest Army was slightly modified on the basis of the original Southern Camp of the Forbidden Army. There were originally three camps of the Imperial Army around Lin'an City, namely the West Camp called the main camp, the South Camp called the sub-camp and the The North Camp and the South Camp are the smallest of the three camps. The original garrison was about 5000 people, which is more than enough for the Imperial Forest Army with only [-] soldiers.

Nan Daying is located in the southwest of Lin'an City, adjacent to Qingbo Gate in the north and Qibao Mountain in the east. It is the only military camp located in the city.

Leaving the Donghua Gate in the north of the imperial city, and heading west, you will enter Qibao Mountain. In the morning of early spring, the air is fresh. Although it is still slightly cool, it does not have the biting coldness of winter. , the south is already full of spring, looking around, but seeing the mountains are full of tender green color, it makes people feel happy at first glance, rapeseed flowers are blooming in the fields on both sides of the road, from a distance, the small yellow flowers have already disappeared Covering the green branches, where the breeze passes, the rapeseed flowers all over the mountains undulate like waves, forming a quite spectacular landscape of yellow flower waves.

"What a beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River," I reined in the horse and said.

"Yes, my Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory, the southern scenery is beautiful and soft, with green willows, and the northern scenery is rough and unrestrained, but I have not seen it with my own eyes," Lu Xiufu beside me also stopped at the same time.

I smiled and said, "Junshi, within a few years you should see the scenery of the northern country. The scenery covered in ice and snow for thousands of miles is indeed different from that in the south. It will definitely make you feel refreshed."

"Thousands of miles, ten thousand miles," Lu Xiufu didn't believe it.

Yuan Ji also said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right, the snow scene in the North Kingdom is indeed spectacular, Lord Lu, you will know it after you have seen it."

I laughed again: "Let's go, drive,"

Before arriving at the barracks, I heard bursts of shouts from inside. I knew it was the morning training of the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army. If it is said that during the Spring Festival holiday, the entertainment and catering industry is the only private industry in Lin’an City that has no time to rest, then Another government group with a large number and no rest is the army.

Xie Daolin, Deputy Commander of the Yulin Army, Zhang Shijie, Wen Zhang, Chief of Staff Cao Shixiong, Su Bingyi and other senior generals were already waiting in front of the barracks. I slowed down and entered the barracks slowly.

Most of the soldiers in the barracks are undergoing queue training. Although there are quite a few recruits among them, they are also well-trained. Under the supervision of their respective superiors, they devote themselves wholeheartedly. Queue training also adopts the method of veterans leading new recruits. The old and new are combined to form groups. The rewards and punishments of the boss are not for individuals, but for small groups with groups as units. Xie Daolin's intention is very obvious. You must understand that team spirit is one of the two principles of the Royal Forest Army.

The muskets that came out recently have huge flaws, which need to be compensated by the strength of the team. For example, when shooting, the musketeers are required to fire in salvo, so that the muskets can exert the greatest power, or, when the enemy rushes to the front, The boss did not give the order to retreat, and once someone retreats first, it will cause confusion in the formation, which will cause the entire team to collapse.

As the first army mainly composed of musketeers, obeying military orders without hesitation and advocating the spirit of team supremacy are the guidelines set by the lieutenant generals such as Xie Daolin and me.

I watched and walked to the depths of the barracks.

Xie Daolin pointed to a row of bungalows in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Forest Army Command and Division Command are in front, and the area behind Qibao Mountain is the camp of the Second and Sixth Brigades. Your Majesty, go and rest in the house first."

"No, let's take a look at the back first,"

The second and sixth brigades currently have only one regiment with 1000 members. Among them, the second brigade is dominated by the Yangzhou Army, and the sixth brigade is all members of the former Youth Guard. These two brigades are the first batch of soldiers in the Yulin Army In the firearms units, more than half of the soldiers each have guns and throwing bombs. According to the production plan of the Gunpowder Department, all the equipment of these two brigades can be equipped in mid-March. Compared with other units, there is still a little difference It is the clothing. Except for the iron armor on the chest, the armor of the musketeer is the same as that of ordinary people.

Passing through the headquarters, to the left is the barracks of the [-]nd Brigade, and to the right is the [-]th Brigade stationed. "Wen Zhang, lead the way to see the former youth guards," I ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

The queue training time of the Sixth Brigade was relatively short. From the first day of the establishment of the Youth Guard, these young soldiers began to train in queue. The loud and exciting scene at that time was replaced by an almost static picture. I saw soldiers standing quietly in front of the barracks holding their muskets or musket molds tied with stones.

Zhang Shijie, the commander of the Second Division, introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the morning training session of the Sixth Brigade. Stand still with your guns in hand."

"How long can I stand,"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the current time for the Sixth Brigade to stand with a gun is about two to three words (one word is 5 minutes),"

"Wen Zhang, where is your second brigade?"

Wen Zhang said: "The time of the second brigade is generally around four characters,"

Zhang Shijie said: "Your Majesty, although the teenagers of the Sixth Brigade are young, after a year of deployment by Mr. Wen, their potential is even higher than that of the Second Brigade, let alone a group of teenagers under the age of 20. Back then, when they were practicing and holding When the guns stand still, in two months, the results of the second brigade can only reach two characters, and rarely exceed two characters."

The musket weighs far more than the guns of later generations. In my opinion, it is not bad to last for 10 minutes.

When arranging the troops, I assigned the soldiers of the former Youth Guards to the second division with Zhang Shijie as the division commander. The reason was that Zhang Shijie was the first general to come into contact with guns, and his ability and methods of leading and training musketeers were naturally superior to Wen Zhang’s. Most of the second brigade composed of former Yangzhou army soldiers has mastered the performance of muskets, so I assigned it to the first division and was commanded by Wen Zhang. On the second brigade, to put it simply, my intention is to allow them to learn from each other.

Under the leadership of the Sixth Brigade Commander He Quchen, I entered the meeting room of the brigade headquarters.

After taking a few sips of tea, I sat down and said, "Everyone, sit down, Brigadier He, tell me about your current training subjects."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Compared with the He Quchen I saw a year ago, the person in front of me has grown up a lot. Both height and weight have changed a lot. The already dark face seems to be even darker. Overall , although childish is still there, but already has the appearance of a young man,