Wentang

Chapter 219 Lu Qianchang Visits

Yue Shan took out another brochure, handed it to Jing Junhong, and said, "This is the supplies needed by Baiqisi. You can work hard and run for me to send all these things to the military academy."

"Okay." Jing Junhong said in a relaxed tone.Isn't it just to go and not ask for supplies? They know this matter, let alone the Baiqisi appointed by the sage, who dares to detain their things?

However, when he saw the things recorded in the booklet, his eyes almost popped out: "Yue Hou, you got it right, right?"

"No." The corners of Yue Shan's mouth twitched slightly, he naturally knew why Jing Junhong would ask such a question.

"But...the Baiqi Division only has 200 people? These supplies are enough for 600 people...no, enough for a battalion." Jing Junhong said in surprise.

"So why do you think the saint attaches so much importance to Baiqisi?" Yue Shan asked back.

"Uh... I understand. Don't worry, Yue Hou, I guarantee that every grain of these supplies will be delivered on time." Jing Junhong said solemnly.

Before, he thought that the emperor just wanted to add another army.Now that the Tang Dynasty is surrounded by enemies, the existing army is simply not enough, so it is normal to add more troops.

But after seeing these supplies, I realized that things were probably not as simple as I thought.

Check out the supplies here.Three hundred war horses, two hundred two-stone strong bows, two hundred horizontal knives, two hundred long spears, two hundred sets of leather armor, two hundred sets of iron armor, and four hundred pieces of underwear made of silk...

Among other things, these things are already scary.Basically, it is equivalent to one person, one horse, one set of leather armor, one set of iron armor, and two pieces of silk underwear...

By the way, what does it mean to have two sets of armor for one person?And this underwear made of silk... Since when did soldiers wear clothes made of silk?There is also food, it must be rice or white flour, no one needs a catty of meat every day...

There are also many other miscellaneous things.

Is this raising soldiers or raising uncles?
To be honest, Jing Junhong no longer knows what kind of medicine is sold in Yueshan Gourd.But he didn't continue to ask, and he would naturally know when the time came.

In fact, this material list is already the result of Yue Shan's deletion, otherwise Jing Junhong would really be frightened.Among other things, according to Yue Shan's plan, only [-] war horses are needed, ensuring three riders per person.Only in this way can the maximum possible attack be guaranteed.

However, considering the scarcity of war horses in the country now, the pre-training does not require so many horses, so it was reduced by half.You can do it in batches during training.

Moreover, these materials are only used during training, and the entire set will have to be replaced once they become an army.This is why Yue Shan entrusted Jing Junhong with the task of asking for supplies.

The country is short of materials, and there are only so many logistics materials. If you have more, he will have less.The military department dare not deduct normal supplies, but those that Yue Shan hates obviously exceed the standard.To hell with it, they are willing to give it according to the booklet.Even if Li Shimin agrees, those officials will always find a way to make short work.

Yue Shan didn't want to waste time arguing with the Ministry of War, so it was most appropriate to hand over to Jing Junhong, an old brat.

After that, the two discussed the specific time when the academy would start, and then Jing Junhong left.

After sending Jing Junhong away, Yue Shan was about to go to other things, so he heard the report from the porter, and there was a Taoist priest who called himself Lu Qianchang outside the door asking to see him.

Lu Qianchang, what is he doing here?Yue Shan was thinking while having someone invite him in.

He still remembers this Lu Qianchang, who is the disciple of Wang Zhiyuan, the current leader of the Taoist sect, Maoshan Sect Master Wang Zhiyuan, who was rejected by him when he applied for a teacher in the academy last time, and has never appeared since then.I don't know why I came here today.

Just as he was thinking, the concierge brought him in.

"Poverty Lu Qianchang pays homage to Qing Shuihou."

"You don't need to be polite, please sit down."

"Thank you." Lu Qianchang said with a smile after sitting down, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but Qingshuihou still has the same demeanor. Congratulations."

"Borrowing the auspicious words, it's still passable." Yue Shan said politely.

After sitting down, Lu Qianchang kept rambling and praising.Yue Shan's attitude was always polite and alienated, and he was unwilling to speak first before he had figured out the other party's purpose.

After chatting for a while, Lu Qianchang also found that Yue Shan still refused to accept the offer, he was a little anxious, and stopped rambling.Instead, he took out a book from his pocket and said:

"Qingshuihou's Five Books of Yuexue is really an amazing book. Pindao especially likes the book of physics and has been studying it in private. It's just that there are many things that I still don't understand. Today I have the audacity to ask Qingshuihou for advice."

"Oh?" Yue Shan took the physics book curiously.

The book is very dilapidated and looks like the result of frequent flipping, which makes Yue Shan feel good about it.After all, it is a book compiled by myself, and it is the greatest respect for others to read it carefully.

After flipping through, I found that the blank space was filled with densely packed small prints. After a closer look, it was full of reading comprehension and various opinions.

After quickly flipping through the book, Yue Shan had a general idea of ​​what to do.Regardless of whether he really came here to ask for advice, it can be seen from the notes that Lu Qianchang really put his heart into it, and he really understood it.

From the notes, it can be seen that he understands more than one-third of the content, and the rest can be mastered with a little bit of instruction.

Don't think this is bad, you should know that this physics book is very concise, basically covering part of biology, chemistry, and physics from elementary school to high school.

Although they are the most basic, simplest and most understandable parts, they are already considered esoteric compared to people in Chutang.

He can read one-third of the book without a teacher's teaching, which is a talent.

"You researched these all by yourself?" Yue Shan still asked in disbelief.

"No, I don't have a lot of knowledge and can't understand much. Later, I invited many seniors from the Taoist sect to study together, and I barely understood some of the content." Lu Qianchang said in shame.

Yue Shan nodded secretly, isn't that right? Geniuses are so easy to come across.At the same time, he also realized another problem, that he underestimated Daomen too much.

Before, he thought that there were still descendants of the Mohist school, and wanted to find these people to do physics.Thinking about it now, in the history of China, the research on physics was also very deep.

Although their research on physical chemistry is not systematic, the purpose is only for alchemy.But it is undeniable that there is indeed some research.

For example, tofu, according to legend, was accidentally invented by Liu An, the king of Huainan, who put gypsum into bean juice when he was refining alchemy. Gunpowder is also a formula summed up by Taoists when refining alchemy.

It is indeed inappropriate to interpret Taoist alchemy as the study of physics, but it is also somewhat related to physical chemistry.In addition, Taoism has mastered medical skills and has a certain understanding of biology.

The most important thing is that they are different from Confucianists, at least they will not regard this knowledge as miraculous skills.

It should be a better choice to guide them to study physics.

(End of this chapter)