Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 45 Xiang Army (two in one)

The next day, Zhao Zhen got up a little later. When he opened the door, he saw Zhi Xiaoniang in the open space in the backyard where she usually practiced martial arts. Her movements were light and steady, smooth and natural, and her movements were as gentle and graceful as a brocade. I looked up unconsciously.

Bai Zhi was doing the fourth position, and when she looked back, she saw Zhao Zhen standing behind him, his face turned red, he clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and bowed in greeting. He said: "Master, wait a moment, Nunu has already practiced halfway." Zhao Zhen said: "You practice by yourself, let me take a look."

Bai Zhi responded, put on her posture, and started practicing each move. After practicing it once, I stopped and there was a slight sweat on my face. Zhao Zhen thought thoughtfully and asked, "This set of exercises of yours seems to be only for health maintenance, not for martial arts."

Bai Zhi said: "Exactly, it is stated in "Daoshu·Zhongmiaopian": It is used to treat the triple burner by raising the palms upward; the left liver and right lung are like shooting eagles; the east and west are supported independently, so the spleen and stomach are calm; return and take care of it. , so the injury and strain are treated; the big and small are facing the sky, so the five internal organs are connected; the throat is used to replenish the qi, and the left and right hands are lifted; the tail of the eel is moved, so the heart disease is cured; the left and right hands are used to climb the feet, so the waist is treated .

There are standing Ba Duan Jin and seated Ba Duan Jin. The vertical Ba Duan Jin passed down in my family is used to promote blood circulation because sitting for a long time can harm the body. Officials practice martial arts. This method is light, soothing and nourishes the Qi. It can also be practiced. "Zhao Zhen nodded and immediately asked for advice.

Zhao Zhen has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Ba Duan Jin is simple and easy to learn. Zhao Zhen remembered it clearly after only playing it once. He played it again. Bai Zhi looked at it and clapped her hands.

After having breakfast with Bai Zhi, the two separated. Bai Zhi went to the medical clinic, and Zhao Zhen also went to the front hall to handle village affairs. All the managers were given instructions one by one. Zhao Zhen got up and was about to go to the east courtyard to practice martial arts when Guang Hui strode in. Holding a peach in his hand: "Master, this piece of Bahrain colored stone has been carved. Bring it to the owner today."

Zhao Zhen took it and put it on the table. It was indeed a good workmanship. It looked like a fresh peach, white and red inside, and when touched with his hand, it was as warm as jade.

"Zhou Nan Taoyao" records: "When the peach blossoms bloom, their flowers will shine. When the son returns, it will be suitable for his family."

There is a truth about peaches.When the son returns home, it is suitable for his family.

The peach is young, its leaves are pure. "When the son comes home, it will be a good time for his family" can best highlight the beauty of a woman.

Zhenghe presented Bai Zhi as a gift, using the peach as a metaphor for the heart, promising each other with the heart, and the two were happy.

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  Bahrain colored stone peach carving (a first-class treasure, pretty and skillfully carved, looks like a real peach)
  Effect 1: IKEA room, couples give each other gifts, and naturally fall in love. Jade wrists pillow fragrant cheeks, peach blossoms bloom on the face.

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother Guanghui, your craftsmanship is getting better and better."

Guang Hui laughed loudly: "You have indeed made some progress. Owner, the three brothers of the Ruan family led a team to go fishing in the big lake. The other brothers also have their own errands. There is no need for Sajia at Baota Temple. During this time, Sajia wants to go The county invites Buddha statues.”

Zhao Zhen said: "That's fine. It's better to go sooner rather than later. I'm going back to the main world in the next few days. You can bring a few villagers, pay some money from the account, and go on a different day."

Guang Hui nodded: "The village wants to expand the territory, but I don't know when it will be implemented?"

"Don't worry, I will start this matter after I come back from the main world in the next few days."

After hearing this, Guang Hui said: "Early tomorrow morning, we will hit the road before dawn. Go early and come back early." Zhao Zhen nodded. After discussing with Guanghui, the land in Xixi Village can now be expanded in all directions.

To the east is Dongxi Village, which has a large population and is surrounded by fertile farmland. If it is included in this place, the population and land are ready, and its strength will increase most obviously.

To the north of Baishi Gang, there is a reed marsh, close to the big lake. The big lake here has a vast territory, a wide range of fisheries, and many harbors and branches. Water consumes much less energy than land, dispersing this fog and expanding the land. There are many fishing boats and fishermen in my village. Without the fog, fishermen can fish much more freely. In addition, this lake is connected to Liangshanbo and Shijie Lake. There are four-bearded carp in this lake, Shijie Lake has mud burrows, two small lakes still have spiritual fish, and Liangshan Lake, which is 800 miles away, may have even more spiritual creatures.

To the west is Wohu Ridge, a mountainous area. There are many big insects infested. The dry tree mountain and the original mountain forest are connected to it. Nowadays, the dead tree village has been resettled. The population is increasing, and when there are few prey in winter, it is necessary to focus on preventing big insects from entering the village and preying on people and animals. Nowadays, Kushu Mountain has not yet been fully developed, so there is no rush to include Crouching Tiger Ridge.

There is a wasteland on the south side. The land is a little barren, but it is flat. However, according to the village records, since the establishment of the village, no one has ever entered this world from the mist on the south side, and those who entered the mist have never returned. The villagers regard it as a dangerous place, and no one dares to enter.

While the two were discussing, Zhao Yuanli came to report that the three Ruan brothers had brought three large ships with many soldiers on board.

Zhao Zhen heard this and asked all the villagers to dress up, each with a knife and stick. The villager Guanghui and Han Bolong also had a knife and stick. Zhao Zhen wore a green brocade jacket, green boots, a leather belt around his waist and arms, front and back. The heart is covered with iron, a bow, a pot of arrows, a green sinking gun in his hand, and a fine steel knife hanging on his waist.

Everyone rushed to the dock and saw San Ruan leading a group of fishermen and supervising more than a hundred sergeants. There are also three large ships on the dock.

After meeting Zhao Zhen, Ruan Xiaoer came over and said: "Master, we were fishing in the lake. Today we met these three big boats. These inferior goods actually tried to rob us of our catch. We made an excuse to give away the fish. When we boarded their boat, I stabbed all the leaders to death, and the rest are here."

Zhao Zhen said: "What is carried on the ship?"

Zhusha got off the boat, walked up to them, and whispered: "Master, these are all weapons and equipment."

Zhao Zhen shouted to the sergeant: "Whoever is the leader, come forward."

Two short and sturdy men came out, both around thirty. They came out and knelt down next to Zhao Zhen. The one on the left said: "You are a great official, I am from the military commander of the Daming Prefecture." The sergeant, because he was late in transporting ordnance, was afraid of punishment, so he took me and others to escape. Along the river, through the mist, without knowing the boundaries, the food on the boat was exhausted. When I saw your village fishing boat, I wanted to beg for some fish to eat. I didn’t want to Let this strong man kill you." He said and glanced at Ruan Xiaoer.

Zhao Zhen said: "Where are you going?"

The man on the right said: "I wanted to find a place where weeds fell on the top of a mountain, but because I robbed a fisherman, I heard that there was a man named Xiao Mengchang here who only had money and food. We decided to go here to settle down first and borrow some money and food. Ask. I don’t want to meet a strong man on the water.”

Zhao Zhen asked again: "What position are you waiting for?" They both replied that they were both guards.

Only then did Zhao Zhen realize that this should be the group of Xiang soldiers he had summoned. They were not very good at it, and they were probably coming to rob them.

It turns out that in the Northern Song Dynasty, the army was roughly divided into the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army. The Forbidden Army was responsible for fighting. The Xiang Army was called the Standing Army, but it was actually a miscellaneous soldier raised by the government. The sources are mixed, including those who recruited disaster victims during disaster years, children of the army, those who recruited for special reasons, and those who recruited for vacancies, as well as those who committed crimes and were recruited into the army.

The Xiang Army also has military titles, which are mostly related to the service of the Xiang Army, such as the Bridge Army, the Kaidao Army, the Kaihe Army, the Ninghuai Army (daily management of the Huaihe River), the Buyi Army (the delivery force on foot), the Shipbuilding Army, Loading and unloading army, kiln army, field army, shipbuilding army, craftsman army, shipyard and ironwork army, hydrology army, water transport army, shipyard army, bridge pavilion army (plank road), mining army, river defense army, water mill army.

Almost all labor services performed by the government and husband's services undertaken by civilian households were gradually served by the Xiang army. The craftsmen and handymen who serve are all borne by the soldiers and craftsmen of the Xiang Army.

Almost all the daily labor services originally borne by civilian households were gradually borne by the Xiang army (conscripts). The benefit is that the majority of households are basically freed from the troubles of labor (husband's labor, labor labor) and can devote themselves to farming or other labor. It is not only conducive to the recovery and development of production, but also conducive to the prosperity of the entire social economy. Most of this team of workers are temporary recruits from the Xiang Army, and the smaller half are from the Forbidden Army. The old lead the new and quickly form an army.

Except for Dutou, these two guards have the highest official positions among the remaining people. Each leads a brigade, which is assisted by the captain, deputy captain, and left and right bannermen.

Zhao Zhen also knew the military system. A capital of 100 people was divided into two large groups.

Three people form a small team, three small teams form a squadron, five squadrons form a large team, and there are five officers, adding up to fifty people. Then one of the fifty people who can fight will be selected as the "flag leader" to hold the flag.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Who is the flag leader?"

Two more big men stood up and knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen asked: "What is your position?"

Both of them replied: "Deputy leader." Zhao Zhen looked at

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  Name: Li Xiaming/Wang Benxing (an ordinary hero, formerly a primary school of the Daming Prefecture Forbidden Army, and served as the deputy leader of the Daming Prefecture Xiang Army Guards and Works Department due to meritorious service. Because of his strong martial arts skills, he was appointed as the flag leader.)
  Race: Terran

Reputation: 10 (overwhelm everyone in the capital)
  Occupation: Warrior

Sub-career: None

Level: Level 1 Level 15 (Strength 20)

Attributes: strength 17, constitution 15, agility 10, spirit 8
  Skills: Water transport level 1 (water transport, agility +1), boat driving level 1 (driving a boat, strength +1)

Martial arts: stick (first glimpse, using stick weapons has +1 force, the thirty-sixth route Taizu in the army has a long stick, and he has learned a lot)

Equipment: White wax stick
  Zhao Zhen looked at it and found that he had some skills. The leader of the team was called out again, and the flags on the left and right were read one by one. Although he is also a hero, his martial arts skills are average. I looked at the remaining Xiangjun sergeants and found that half of them had taken up their posts as Xiangjun sergeants. Some strong ones are still in the hero profession.

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  Name: Wang Fei (Army)

Race: Terran

Occupation: Sergeant (Sergeant of Xiangjungongdu)
  Level: Level 1 Level 7

Attributes: strength 14, constitution 13, agility 12, spirit 7
  Skills: Split and Sweep (majoring in Taizu's long stick, taking the seventeen stick skills to split, sweep, swing, poke, smash, lift, hang, collapse, point, penetrate, block, pick, frame, hold, cloud, lift, The first two moves in Wuhua, wide open and close, focus on range attacks)

Zhao Zhen immediately ordered the sergeants to be registered. In addition to the killed Dutou, several team leaders, deputy team leaders, and left and right flags were all placed separately.

The remaining people were divided into four teams. One team was old and weak and was placed in Xixi Village. The other team was good at water and acted as fishermen. San Ruan supervised them. One team was sent to Kushu Tun and handed over to Bao Xu's care. Zhao Zhen of the two teams also promised that if they performed well, they would all be treated as villagers. Another group of people who were unwilling to wield swords and guns were sent to Tao Zongwang of Baishi Gang to serve as laborers. After the courtyard of Baishi Gang Temple was repaired, they were restored to civilian status.

The equipment on the ship was brought into the village at night, registered in a register, and moved into the warehouse. All the equipment was counted. The total included: 15 pairs of cooked leather vests, bronze and iron helmets, spears, and gun knives. Three hundred sets of iron armor, seven types of arrows, conical arrows, armor-piercing arrows, barbed arrows, heavy arrows, crescent arrows, trumpet arrows, throat-breaking arrows, and two eight-oxen crossbows are the most precious, each equipped with arrows. There are "wooden stems and iron feathers", known as "one spear and three sword arrows" in the world. They are shaped like javelins and the three iron feathers are like three swords. Equipped with fifty "stepping arrows" for attacking the city. During the siege, they were nailed to the city wall in rows so that the siege soldiers could climb up.

Three two-masted multi-oared boats were all allocated to the three Ruan brothers, and each of them was given a pair of leather armor. Zhao Zhen asked the three of them to use this to train Zhuang and Ding in boat warfare. The three of them were very happy.

Zhao Zhen picked out five more pairs of armor, asked Zhang Da to modify them according to the body shapes of Guang Hui, Jiao Ting, Bao Xu, Han Bolong, and Tao Zongwang, and gave them to the five people. Zhuang Ding was also given a piece of leather armor each, and became familiar with the feeling of wearing armor early.

After everything was cleaned up, Zhao Zhen looked at the harvest and felt happy. The wine had been laid out early in the village, and all the heroes went to the east courtyard hall and sat down in a circle with dustpans and palms. There was a moment of drinking and drinking, and Zhao Zhen drank too much without realizing it. Zhao Yuanli helped Zhao Zhen to the backyard, where he was served by Angelica dahuricae to rest.

When I woke up the next day, I looked at Bai Zhi beside me and felt my index finger moving. Afterwards, Zhao Zhen took out the Bahrain colored stone peach carving and gave it to Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi was indeed very happy. After admiring it for a while, I carefully locked it in the box and placed it with the bottom of the box.

After washing up, Zhao Zhen first practiced Baduanjin with Bai Zhi, and then went to martial arts practice, so that all the muscles and bones in his body could move. Bai Zhi went to the hospital. Zhao Zhen took care of Xueshangfei a little less these days. Seeing that Bai Zhi was feeding well, he asked Bai Zhi to go out and take Xueshangfei and three Liangshan fine dog puppies.

Today Zhao Zhen plans to return to the main world. Tomorrow is the fifteenth day, the day when the king of the Lin family in the village awakens. Furthermore, the village has accumulated a lot of fish catches, leaving enough food for this year, and the excess wheat will be shipped out and sold. The most important thing is to go to the county and township to leave a seal.

After handling the village affairs, Zhao Zhen returned to the main world.

As soon as he appeared in the main world, Zhao Zhen hurried to the pond and barn to store his catch and food. As soon as they finished cleaning up, Tian Lei, the manager of the village, came to report.

After seeing the gift and drinking tea, Tian Lei said: "Baozheng, we have recruited 7 farmers in the past few days, resettled them all, and put the wheat into the warehouse." He handed over the account book.

Zhao Zhen looked at it carefully, closed the account book and asked, "What is the price of wheat now?"

Tian Lei replied: "I heard that troops will be used this year, and the government is also purchasing food. This year's food is 10% more expensive than in previous years." Zhao Zhen nodded.

He also asked: "Does the director of Luliu Township Gao Pavilion have any official documents?" Tian Lei said: "There is no official document. The day before yesterday, the director of Gao Pavilion sent a helper to ask the owner when the restaurant can be opened? Director Gao Ting has prepared it. We have two chefs waiting for the owner to open the business."

Zhao Zhen indicated that he understood. After thinking for a while, he spent some luck to condense a token, handed it to Tian Lei, and said: "If you have an emergency in the future, you can call me on the token. I will return from the fantasy world when I hear it."

Tian Lei solemnly put away the token.

Zhao Zhen then told Tian Lei: "There is a big carp weighing a hundred kilograms in the pond. Tomorrow you lead two people to bring the fish and wait for me in front of Gaoting Chang's Mansion in Luliu Township. Prepare your horses. Today I want to go to my parents in the city. Spend the night here.”

(End of this chapter)