Song Dynasty

Chapter 72 Worry
"There are pheasant rabbits in the same cage today. There are 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How about the pheasant rabbits?" A teacher's loud voice came: "Qin Sizhao, I have asked similar questions twice in the past two days. , you do the math."

"Sir, the students still don't know what to do?"

The gentleman's voice was full of anger: "Whenever you encounter a problem, don't say that you don't know it first. You answer it simply, but you don't want to put your mind into it. I'm afraid you don't even understand the meaning of this question?"

Qin Sizhao replied timidly: "Sir...student...student really can't understand..."

"Spread out your hands."

Then there was the sound of a wrench pulling his palm, and Qin Sizhao's muffled groan.It can be heard that Mr. Teacher is hitting hard.

Yue Yun frowned, and was about to rush into the house.Wang Shen grabbed him, shook his head, and signaled him to listen.

After beating his subordinates, the teacher shouted: "I'll say it again, you have to understand. This question means that how many chickens and rabbits are in the same cage, counting from the top, there are 35 heads, and counting from the bottom." , has 94 legs, how many chickens and rabbits are there in each cage?"

"The algorithm is also simple, the total number of feet minus the total number of heads multiplied by the number of chicken feet, and then divided by the sum of the number of rabbit feet minus the number of chicken feet, and finally the number of rabbits can be obtained... "

He said a long series of words, and finally said: "You have done both of these two questions in the arithmetic, and I will come back tomorrow. In addition, you can preview the new chapters of "Mao Shi" and "Spring and Autumn". It's tomorrow's class, don't just sit in class dumbfounded... I'm so pissed off, I've been teaching for more than 20 years, and I've never met a student as stupid as you."

After finishing speaking, the gentleman slammed the door angrily and came out.

Wang Shen bowed his hands to him: "Hello, Mr. Xin."

The scholar surnamed Xin was the private school teacher invited by Wang Shen to teach Qin Sizhao. He was knowledgeable, but he had a bad temper.

When I saw Wang Shen, I probably blamed him for finding a stupid student for me, so I rolled my eyes, ignored him, and walked away.

Yue Yun was furious, clenched his fists, and cursed: "What kind of bamboo strips, what kind of rabbit legs and chicken legs, people are confused, so rude, general, you wait, I will chase after you and beat me to my heart's content."

Wang Shen shouted: "Ying Xiang, what do you want to do, do you know how to respect teachers and respect morals? It seems that you need to ask a teacher to teach you the principles of life and things."

Yue Yun was taken aback: "Forget it, I can't bear the hardship of studying, you can't do it." Falling into the hands of a sour talent like Mr. Xin is worse than killing him.

"There's nothing wrong with it. It's always good to read more." Wang Shen suddenly had an idea in his heart.

Just as she was talking, An Niang came out.

Seeing Wang Shen and his younger brother, An Niang was delighted: "You guys are back, I'll go to the street to buy some vegetables and come back."

Yue Yun said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, go and buy a sheep and come back. There are two taels of meat in the military camp every day, but I'm starving."

Wang Shen: "Ms. An, let Lao Guo buy it. Come back after a long time. Let's sit down and talk."

Early this morning, Wang Shen took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and tidied up neatly.

This is the No. 15 day of recruit training. According to the rules of the Sizhou Camp, the troops can take turns to take one day off on the 15th day of the first day of each month.

As a general of the first battalion, Wang Shen naturally would not be bound by this, and would come back every three to five days.But Yue Yun was going to lead the troops. Since entering the barracks, this was the first time he went home in half a month.

According to the system of the Sizhou Camp, soldiers must return to the team before Shenshi in the afternoon on the day of vacation.Shen Shi is three o'clock in the afternoon Beijing time, which means they can only stay at home for half a day.

After entering the room, Qin Sizhao had already served tea on the table, and went forward to salute: "I have seen my father, I have seen my uncle."

He just ate the teacher's board, and his hands are still red.After all, he was a child, and there were still two bubbles of tears in his eyes.

After sitting down and taking two sips of tea, Wang Shen asked about his studies.

Qin Sizhao replied that he was studying "Mao Poetry", "Spring and Autumn" and "The Analects of Confucius" recently, and he also had to practice two topics in "San Jing" every day.

Ever since Qin Sizhao was handed over to An Niang to raise him, Wang Shen invited Mr. Xin back to his house to teach him to read.After all, this child is the son of a scholar, and he is good at reading.It's just that I have some resistance to mathematics.

It is also understandable that no matter it is modern or ancient times, except for those who are gifted, most children hate this subject.As soon as I hated it, I didn't learn well naturally, and then I was physically punished by the teacher.

Seeing that the little guy was beaten today, An Niang couldn't help telling Wang Shen that she was a kind person, books should be read, but things like arithmetic are useless, so why don't you stop learning.

Wang Shen smiled and shook his head, and replied, it's useless?This thing is the most useful knowledge!Not only do we have to learn, but we also have to increase the curriculum, and put more effort into it.Ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics are the six arts of a gentleman, and they are used to raise the sons of the country with Tao.This number is mathematics.

In fact, in Wang Shen's plan, he did not plan to train Qin Sizhao to take the imperial examination in the future and then enter the system.First of all, although this kid is good at studying, it is too difficult to take the imperial examination, which is a road for thousands of troops to cross the single-plank bridge; the most important thing is that in this troubled world, if you want to survive, you need force.

No matter how well you read the Four Books and Five Classics, what good is it if you can't stand up to the rolling iron cavalry of the Jin army on the front, and can't stand up to the shining sword of the future Mongols on the back?
Reading Confucian books and understanding the principles of being a person and doing things is still possible, but it is not of much use in this world.Is it good to learn practical knowledge, such as arithmetic?With the gradual growth of the Sizhou Army in the future, mathematics will be needed for logistics support and equipment manufacturing.

It is also difficult to recruit this kind of talent from the private sector. Even if you come, they may not have the same heart as you.Especially the core affairs such as money and food have to be in the hands of their own people to feel at ease.You might as well start cultivating talents now.

After listening to Qin Sizhao's report, Wang Shen asked, "Si Zhao, do your hands still hurt?"

Qin Sizhao: "If you talk to daddy, it hurts, but father and husband are doing it for my own good. My son knows it well and will never let you down."

He talked about his father, no matter how Wang Shen corrected him, he would not change his words.

Wang Shen was also helpless, remembering that Qin Sizhao's parents died at a young age, and his mother was killed by Jin Bing in front of him.Now that the child has completely entrusted his longing for his parents to him and An Niang, how can he bear to refuse?

I had to let him go.

"That's good, that's good, you study hard, and after two years, you can work under my command."

Qin Sizhao said excitedly, "Yes, father."

Yue Yun chuckled, and said: "General, this kid is so thin, he has no strength to restrain a chicken, can he hold a knife and a gun, please don't lose our family."

Qin Sizhao didn't get angry when he heard Yue Yun's sarcasm, instead he said politely: "If you go back to my uncle, my nephew also learns martial arts from Uncle Guo on weekdays. After two years, when he grows up, he can go to battle and kill the enemy." .My nephew's mother was brutally killed by the Jurchen Tartars. If you don't avenge this revenge, you will be a son of man in vain."

"Old Guo's martial arts are not good. According to me, the kung fu for killing people has to be learned in the military middle school and practiced on the battlefield." Yue Yun curled his lips, obviously disapproving of Lao Guo.

Now that he was talking about martial arts and battle skills, Yue Yun became excited and complained: "General, I think your method of training troops is wrong."

Wang Shen asked, "What's wrong?"

Yue Yun: "The morning jogging every morning is okay, it can exercise the strength of the soldiers, and the tactical training in the afternoon is also good, very practical. But the queue training in the morning is really boring, everyone is saying, just stand at attention, take a rest, turn left Turning right is too annoying, and it has nothing to do with fighting. Also, there are strict rules on how to walk, how to fold the quilt, how to put the shoes, and how to eat. Does this have anything to do with killing the enemy? If you are punished, you will inevitably feel resentful, so it's hard to manage!"

Not only him, but other officers in the battalion also had the same doubts.

"Is it possible that the soldiers are trained to hold weapons and fight all day long? The queue and internal affairs train the execution ability of the soldiers and the fear of the officers. After long-term training, the soldiers will develop the habit of not thinking about it when they have an order. The subconscious reaction of execution. No matter how much I say now, you will not understand. In fact, there is no need to wait until the battlefield. The next step is to start a new training subject." Wang Shen smiled and asked: "Ying Xiang, what are you talking about? It's not easy to control, but in fact, it's wrong to say this. They don't have a free time all day long, so how can they have time to secretly complain?"

Yue Yun was stunned, and scratched his head: "Don't tell me, the soldiers began to train non-stop at dawn, and when it was dark, they were so tired that they fell down on the bed and snored immediately. You still have the energy to think about other things. Your method is actually not bad.”

Wang Shen: "That's right. Raising soldiers is like raising dogs. You have to let them move. Otherwise, thousands of strong men will stay together and have nothing to do all day, and the leader will be in trouble. The next stage of training is more complicated. , Officers need to be able to understand military orders. I plan to let Lu Can set up a school, so that officers above the team can go to him to study, and don’t want to read anything famous, as long as they can recognize five or six hundred characters.”

Yes, that was the idea that came to him just now.An uneducated army is a stupid army. Except for Lu Can, Gu Lie, and Yue Yun, the group of officers under him are illiterate and illiterate.

It's okay to be a low-level officer now. When the Sizhou Army grows stronger in the future, they can't even understand military orders. How can they command troops to fight?

"Study?" Yue Yun was taken aback. He didn't like going to school since he was a child, and he felt uncomfortable every time he sat in the school. Hearing this, his expression changed drastically.

After a while, he slapped his head: "That's right, I can read and write, so I don't need to go to this school?"

"You don't have to go."

"Great." Yue Yun couldn't help cheering.

Seeing her brother talking and laughing with Wang Shen, An Niang was relieved.Knowing that Yue Yun became Wang Shen's officer, she was unwilling in her heart.

Today I finally saw my younger brother. I haven't seen him for half a month. My younger brother seems to be stronger and calmer. He is already an upright husband.

I couldn't help but think: Ying Xiang is also an adult, and his current appearance really looks like a father.It is impossible for me to lock him up at home forever.A man is a man, after all, he is flying in the big sky outside!

After lunch at home, it was time to go back to camp.

Wang Shen couldn't help but asked An Niang: "Have you and Ying Xiang's mother been found?"

An Niang replied that she was a girl, and it was not convenient to go out. These days, she asked Lao Guo to go out and inquire, but there was no news.

No wonder there is news, no one knows where Yue Fei's first wife is now better than Wang Shen.According to historical records, after An Niang and Yue Yun's mother eloped, her lover joined Han Shizhong's army and became a mid-level officer.Now, Han Shizhong's department is stationed in Zhenjiang, and there is still a long distance away from here. If you look for it in Jiankang City, how can you find it.

This matter is related to the privacy of the Yue family, the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, Wang Shen can't imagine the situation when the three mothers and the lover meet, and with Yue Yun's violent temper, it may be another human tragedy.

His lips moved, and he said: "Then keep looking."

After speaking, his heart was moved again, Yue Fei was in this city, and the future father-in-law is now a moderate official in the Jiankang Left-behind Department. After a while, he should go to him to propose marriage Give An Niang an explanation.

Wang Shen couldn't help being excited when he thought of the upcoming meeting with the military god Yue Fei.

As a time traveler, Wang Shen naturally knew how the Song army was defeated in the future Jiankang battle, and he was already determined to save the day.With Yue Fei's help, he would naturally be a little more sure.

It's just that he hasn't told An Niang and Yue Yun the good news yet.One is to give them a surprise when they think about it, and the other is that during this period of time, the troops of the left-behind division have been mobilized frequently, and the ghost knows whether Yue Fei is in the city.

It's strange to say that although the Sizhou camp is under the jurisdiction of the former army of the Left Guard Division, the superiors have not issued an order, as if they have forgotten their army.

After thinking about it carefully, Wang Shen understood why.

In recent years, military officers in the Song Dynasty had the unspoken rule of eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers. Although the Sizhou Army was formed as a battalion, Lu Can and others had only a hundred people on hand, and they didn't take it seriously at all.Moreover, if the former military commander wants to mobilize the Sizhou battalion, even if he officially recognizes them as his own troops, shouldn't the military salary be paid?With that money, it's better to share it with everyone.Anyway, even if the garbage army of the Sizhou camp was transferred to the old camp, it would not be of much use.

In this way, the Sizhou Army was forgotten intentionally or unintentionally by the superiors.

This is exactly what Wang Shen wanted, because the troops have not finished training, and now the troops are on the battlefield, which is basically tantamount to death.

"There's still half a month left, half a month before the golden soldiers will cross the river, and the curtain of battle will open. Can we make it in time? Even if the new army is trained and goes to the battlefield, will it be able to withstand the stormy impact of the Jurchens?" Wang Shen also had no idea.

The training of recruits in later generations lasted for three months, and they would not be sent to the combat troops until the training was completed.And because of time constraints, I only have one month.

What kind of soldiers can be trained in a month?
(End of this chapter)