Travel through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 83 Governing Youzhou ([-])

"Okay, Zilong, let's stop here today." Lu Bu jumped out of the circle, jumped off the horse, and said with a club on the ground with Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand.

"Fengxian, how does the stirrup feel?" Zhao Yun did not get off the horse, but sat on the horse and talked to Lu Bu.

"Well, that's right. If I had had these stirrups and saddles, it might have changed things!" Lu Bu said longingly.

Yes, in today's competition, he changed the saddle and stirrup for his mount, which is naturally much better than the previous competition. However, he still has not beaten Zhao Yun. If he is ten years younger, maybe, The two can fight evenly.

"Zilong, my lord spent a lot of money on updating the equipment of the barracks this time. Do you think it is necessary?" Lu Bu expressed his puzzlement. I forgot what happened when I led the soldiers. Although Gao Shun was missing, Zhang Liao was good at leading the soldiers. Over the years, even when Lu Bu was in trouble, he didn't need him to think about the soldiers below, so I was a little puzzled It is also normal.

As for Yang Yu, what improvements have he made to the equipment of his team? In fact, these improvements are not improved weapons. As far as weapons are concerned, Yang Yu has already unified them here, such as those used by soldiers trapped in the camp. It is a long lance, while the soldiers of the Qingqi Battalion mainly use bows, and their close weapons are improved long-handled sabers.

So, what did Yang Yu improve? First of all, Yang Yu improved the barracks where the soldiers lived. In fact, this improvement is also applicable to the houses of ordinary households.

There is not much change to the overall architecture of the house, but in each room, a heating fire wall made of adobe is added, which is a kind of fire wall for burning firewood. If you put some firewood inside, it will burn until dawn and keep the room warm.

But if it is used in residential buildings, Yang Yu designed a kang, so that it will be much warmer for the difficult winter in the north.

For some wealthy landlord families, Yang Yu designed western-style fireplaces, as well as public places. For example, there is a fireplace in Yang Yu's meeting hall. Otherwise, in winter, they need to burn a brazier. The brazier is naturally charcoal. In this era, although the airtightness of the room is not so tight, it will not cause any carbon monoxide poisoning, but there is a smell It still doesn't smell that good, does it?

But, why didn’t Yang Yu make a stove? One, as iron, they are not enough for normal use. Naturally, they can’t make these redundant things anymore. Another one is that there is no coal. Although, Yang Yu asked People searched for it, but they couldn't find it temporarily, even in the computer, there was no distribution map of resources. Yang Yu regretted it a bit. If he had known that he would travel through time, he would have downloaded more things.

People in this era, winter is very bitter, because there is no cotton in this era, and without cotton, it means that they will suffer from cold. The rich people all wear fur clothes, that is, clothes made of wild animal fur, just like Yang Yu, They have always worn clothes made from the animal skins they hunted, while other rich people bought furs from the market.

Soldiers, like ordinary people, suffer much more. Some of them live a little better. They will put some fine fur on their clothes to keep warm. For ordinary families, they will wear jackets and stuff them inside. Put some soft grass to keep warm. The worst thing is that the households can only spend the winter in worn-out single clothes.

Under Yang Yu's rule, this situation is better, but they all wear jackets, even the soldiers. Therefore, the second change in the soldiers' equipment is that the soldiers are equipped with standard clothing. Fortunately, Yang Yu didn't have many regular troops, otherwise, he would have been impoverished.

What are these clothes made of? Yang Yu had someone buy some cheap furs, and bought two winter clothes for each soldier. Compared with summer clothes, winter clothes are the most important, because summer is If you are naked, you won't die, right? However, if you don't dress well in winter, you will die.

Then there are boots. This thing is relatively cheaper, but it is more troublesome to make. It also needs cheap animal skins. Even, there are many sources for this animal skin. For a long time, under Yang Yu’s rule, it is Even if you eat pork, you can’t find pigskin to eat. Why, it’s useful to keep the pigskin. Pigskin and cowhide are processed by masters to make leather boots with left and right feet.

Therefore, under Yang Yu's rule, the second industrial factory appeared again. The first one was the green salt processing factory. There are two parts of the factory, but the charcoal factory was given up by the Zhao family and the Liu family to several small businesses under the rule.

The boots are made, similarly, Yang Yu handed over the production to two of his subordinates, and handed over the clothes to one of them. This is considered a business that specializes in serving the military. If it is sold, it may be more profitable than not. Isn't it Yang Yu's arms purchase?

Yang Yu, for the soldiers under him, he gave them quite good treatment, but the training was also quite strict. Compared with the soldiers outside, Yang Yu's soldiers were the most comfortable, naturally, This is after training, and it is also the hardest part. Naturally, this is the time for training, and the luckiest thing is, it is time for combat. Because the training is strict, it will be quite easy during combat. Their casualties risk will be minimized.

Therefore, the soldiers under Yang Yu have always been in conflict, but none of them wanted to leave the barracks. Why, because, in the barracks, they can be said to have lived the most comfortable life, unlike Gongsun Zan. My subordinates, every winter, are all shivering with cold, and even seldom go out of the house. There is no way, this clothes are always a big problem, although sometimes they will grab some warm clothes during the battle However, there are too many soldiers, and there are not enough points.

Not enough, Gongsun Zan's subordinates, the Hu people, are the most comfortable. Why, as a grassland tribe, they don't have clothes made of sheepskin. This is the difference between farming civilization and nomadic civilization.

In fact, after Yang Yu got the news, he made up his mind to let the people under his rule eat more mutton and less grain in the coming year. He would use the grain to exchange more cattle and sheep with the grassland, and even, as some salt The sale of cattle and sheep should also be based on the exchange of cattle and sheep, and even fur.

In the past, he had few people under his command, so he really didn't feel that he was lacking something. Now that there were more people under his rule, Yang Yu felt that it was really difficult. No wonder, people kept moving south, moving south Well, at least you don't need to think too much about warm clothes, don't you?

After solving these problems, there is one more important thing for soldiers, which is the quilt. For the folks, maybe the quilt is not a problem. The big deal is to put a pile of grass in the room in winter, and people get into the haystack However, soldiers cannot, especially soldiers who sometimes have combat missions. Their quilts need to be easy to carry. Even Yang Yu wants to follow the example of later generations. It is best to carry it in a backpack during the march. .

However, this is difficult to say, and it is easy to say. You only need to find some fine sheepskins and sew them. Isn’t there a saying that is called gathering armpit fur, which is what it means, and then, wrap it outside. A layer of cloth is added, which constitutes a quilt, which is very convenient for daily use or for carrying.

In this way, basically, the most difficult winter is much better, even the battle is much better. The team under Yang Yu can be called an all-weather combat team.

(End of this chapter)