golden scales

When Song Hongye returned to Beijing, Wu Changchun hadn't returned yet.He didn't wait for Wu Changchun, and brought the troops he had recruited into the city first.

The eunuchs guarding the city gate had benefited a long time ago, and recorded the matter directly in the name of the guards of the Eastern Palace, but they were also vague about the number of people, and it was lost in the running account of entering and leaving the city gate.

Zhu Cihong is full of expectations for this hardcore member of his direct line, the future personal guard and teaching team.As soon as he got the news, he immediately changed his clothes and went to the front yard to meet him in person.

Today's ten-acre front yard has been refurbished to look like a playground. The old trees that got in the way have been removed to the big garden, and horizontal and parallel bars, balance beams, and iron ladders have been made of cast iron with the walls.Thanks to having such a front yard, Zhu Cihong didn't have to worry about finding another school to train soldiers.

After 2000 people poured in, the front yard, which was the size of four football fields, still seemed a bit empty. It seemed that even 2000 more people would be enough.

And the current training goal is only queue and discipline training, plus daily recovery and physical training, the requirements for the venue are not high.

Zhu Cihong knew that his understanding of the military was ridiculously low, and his real military experience was two military trainings in high school and university, so since he was reborn, he has specially worked hard on Qi Jiguang's books, combined with his military training experience, to do recruit training work. questionable.

As for going to battle, we still need a general who is really familiar with the enemy and us to take command in the future.

"Your Highness, do you want to lecture me?" Song Hongye was running around outside, his skin darkened a layer.

Zhu Cilang glanced appreciatively at the soldiers lined up below. Although they hadn't been trained, at least they knew they were lined up.Thinking about speaking in front of so many people can indeed satisfy a person's desire for power, but now is not the time.Zhu Cihong shook his head, and said: "It's enough to show the crown prince's honor and let them know that I'm here."

Tian Cunshan quickly moved out all kinds of princely ceremonies, and asked the big Han general to put on a majestic demeanor, which really made the recruits feel awe.

"Take them to the small garden to take a shower first, and then assign them to the barracks. Their hair must also be washed to avoid fleas and lice." Zhu Cihong stood on the general platform for a while, and ordered Song Hongye.

Song Hongye nodded in agreement, and quickly led the team to the small garden.In the two days since entering the city from Kinki all the way, small bosses have spontaneously formed in the team. It is these people who help maintain order and allow Song Hongye, a layman, to be able to command.

Speaking of which, we have to thank Emperor Taizu Gao for his design intentions.The old man used Lijia to manage the people. On the one hand, he firmly controlled the people in their original land and identity. On the other hand, he also popularized the military system throughout the country, and instilled "obedience" and "order" in the bones of the people. shadow.

Whether it is officials or civilians, or even servants and artisans, they are no strangers to law and order.Even the refugees hiding in the doorways have their own order.

Song Hongye led his people to walk in the outer mansion of the East Palace. He didn't see him for just a few days, but he felt a sense of separation in his heart.Arrows are placed along the way to indicate the path.There are also red-painted "No Walking" signs in many places.

When we arrived at the small garden, an iron shelf higher than the roof first came into view, forcing people to look up to see how high it was.This frame is firmly inserted into the soil, and there is a large iron bucket on it, and I don't know what it is for.However, there is a thick moso bamboo pole protruding obliquely from the bottom of the iron barrel, and it passes through an iron adapter, extending out rows of thin bamboo poles.

Everyone looked inexplicably, not knowing what was going on.The leader said before that he wanted to take a bath, but there was no other water source except for a small pond.

"Zhenhua, pick some people to get the water." Tian Cunshan ventured out and said to Song Hongye.

Song Hongye himself also wanted to know how to take a bath, so he pulled two or thirty people in one breath, and followed Tian Cunshan to the back of the small garden.A dozen or so large pots had already been set up there, filled with water, and the firewood underneath was burning vigorously, and boiling bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.

"In a few days, when the channel outside is dug through, the water can be brought in directly instead of fetching water from the well in buckets." Tian Cunshan looked at the water that was about to boil, and said to Song Hongye one by one: "His Royal Highness also said that in the future, we will build a big stove, directly use the water tower to boil water, and the water will be hot water."

"Actually, these people come and go in the wind and rain, so it doesn't matter if you use cold water in this weather." Song Hongye said.

"It's not clean." Tian Cunshan said simply and clearly.Seeing that the prince always talked about cleanliness, he unconsciously followed suit, as if cleanliness was the top priority.

Song Hongye secretly remembered this, and seeing that the water was almost boiled, he ordered people to start fetching water with buckets.They are all big buckets carried by two people, and buckets are carried to the bottom of the water tower.A long time ago, the servants in the Eastern Palace installed the water tower and installed the pulleys and iron cables. As long as the people below push the turntable, the iron hooks on the iron cables will lift the vat and send it to the top.

The servants above are all from the servants, and they are familiar with hot water, and they will never be scalded by the water.One by one, they quickly poured the water in the bucket into the water tower, and at the same time looked at the buoy in the water tower, and waited until the buoy overlapped with the mark on the inner wall, and the firemen shouted loudly: "Let the water!"

Another fireman on the water tower walked to the port of the rough bamboo, turned the valve, and the water in the water tower rushed over immediately, and drenched down through the holes opened in the bamboo pipe.

In an instant, the entire small garden was filled with water vapor like clouds, like a water curtain hole.

"One by one! Take off your clothes and throw them on the ground! Let your hair loose, hurry up!" The big Han generals had gathered around and shouted loudly.

Song Hongye hurriedly helped and asked these recruits to obey the order.

"Don't take pity on your clothes, I'll give you better ones later!" The big Han general said in an extremely high voice, although he was useless, he had no problem managing others.Each of them held wooden sticks and leather whips, as if anyone would be whipped if they were disobedient.

In fact, they will, this is the power given to them by the crown prince.

Although Zhu Cihong didn't want to use those veteran soldiers and local ruffian soldiers whose old habits were hard to change, he couldn't completely abandon the existing resources.Otherwise, it would not be easy to just train a group of trainers.These big Han generals don't need to fulfill the requirements in the military book by themselves, they just supervise and scold them, so the difficulty is much less.

Zhou Jing thought that these newly recruited guards would eventually belong to him, and he was much less resistant, and he was more concerned about military training.

Although the small garden is "small", it can accommodate 600 people, and the entire temporary bathing place can allow 230 people to bathe at the same time.The first batch of people who washed were quickly driven to the back, took three-foot-long cloth towels from the waiter, wiped the water droplets on their bodies, and ran naked on the bluestone path.

Shame made them refuse to stay, they just wanted to get into the house quickly and put on their clothes.

At the end of the path, five or six servants have prepared clothes, combat shoes, and summer hats, all of which are in stock in the second library.Over the years, moths and rats have bitten some of them, and some of them have become moldy, but they are still much better than the rags these people hung on their bodies before.

Every time one came, the servant quickly picked out the clothes that matched his body and handed them over.The recruits don't need to be told and run away after being hugged. Anyway, there are walls on both sides, so they will never get lost.

Turning this corner is the cleared out barracks.Although it has not been repaired as a whole, it is not in danger of collapsing.The inside of the room still smelled of water and ash after cleaning. The bunk beds on the upper and lower floors were just shelves, and the bed boards were horizontal, and the burrs were not even polished.

Much better than a flea-infested straw pile.

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