Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 482 Ruda returns home
Chailin said: "After marching for several days, the horses were tired and thin. The army rested for two days. Brother Luda, go home and have a look."

Arranging for the military accountant to withdraw 300 taels of silver from Lu Da, this was not given by Chailin, it was what Lu Da deserved according to his military merits.

Lu Da said: "The Sa family will go back for two days, and they will be back soon. They will definitely not be left behind."

"Then you can pay attention to safety and don't drink too much."

"Brother, don't worry, the Sa family has led soldiers for so long, and they just persuaded their soldiers to quit drinking, and the Sa family will definitely not get drunk."

Lu Da left, one person and two horses, riding one and the other as a spare, all of which were good horses selected from thousands of miles.

Lu Da first went back to his hometown and burned some paper on his parents' graves.I just saw Uncle San.

The third uncle said, "But my nephew Naluda?"

"It's me, third uncle, you don't know me anymore?"

Uncle Lu said: "You haven't been back for ten years, I don't know you, it's changed too much. If you weren't in front of the elder brother's grave, I wouldn't dare to recognize you. You won't go home when you come, walk away , go home and eat."

Although the third uncle and third aunt are relatives, they didn't take much care of Lu Da back then, and the family affection was far from that strong.

You have to have the proper etiquette. When you get home, kowtow to your third uncle and third aunt.

The third uncle said to his daughter-in-law: "Brother Dazi finally came back, killed two chickens, and went to the entrance of the village to buy two jars of wine."

The brother and daughter-in-law are still a little reluctant. It is not easy for a farmer to raise a few chickens.

Lu Da laughed loudly: "Third Uncle, this time he came back in a hurry because of military affairs, so he didn't buy anything. I had some taels of silver with me, and Third Uncle bought some things."

As Lu Da spoke, he took out five yuan and ten taels of silver, and the third uncle and daughter-in-law couldn't keep their mouths open from ear to ear, and hurried to kill the chicken.

Lu Da only stayed at the third uncle's house for half a day, and went to the outside of Weizhou early the next morning.

Because he didn't know whether the case of the year had been withdrawn, he dared not enter the city, and after asking several people outside the city, he found the grave of Butcher Zheng.

What a huge barren grave, the weeds on the grave are a foot high.

Lu Da set fire to the wild grass and brought him a jug of wine and two roasted chickens.

"Brother Zheng Tu, my brother is here to see you." He poured a jug of wine in front of him.

"Come on, eat chicken, you're welcome. Back then, the Sa family was young and vigorous, and originally wanted to punch you a few times to vent your anger. Who would have thought that your body would be hollowed out by wine and lust. It's been so many years, don't blame the Sa family. Back then The Sa family also regretted it, thinking that you forced Jin Cuilian, but later the Sa family found out that she was only looking for a rich family. Halfway on the way home, she married Zhao Yuanwai."

Lu Da talked to himself, ate the roast chicken with big mouthfuls, drank a jug of wine, raised his Zen staff and said, "You drank the wine and ate the chicken too, so forgive me, and this matter will be over again." .”

Lu Da smashed Zheng Tu's pot of wine in front of the grave as he spoke, turned around the mountain and rode back quickly.I went to visit a few old comrades in arms, all of whom were disabled and retired from the war with Xixia.

Lu Da gave the money one by one, gave away all the money, and then rushed back to the barracks.

Chai Lin was quite surprised and said, "Brother Luda, why did you come back so quickly?"

"The Sa family is just a group of old comrades-in-arms other than this uncle. There is no one else. Brother Shi Jin and Brother Li Zhong are in our army."

The army set out and passed through Weizhou. Chai Lin handed over the army to Wu Yong to lead.I went back to Cangzhou first, the army was too slow, a hundred miles a day, so anxious.

When I left, it was just after Chinese New Year, and now it’s almost March when I come back.

The potatoes in the field are all calf-high, with small white flowers.

Chai Lin returned to the Cangzhou army camp.

Zhu Wu was quite surprised and said, "Brother, why did you come back so soon?"

"Yeah, the army just passed through Weizhou. I was worried about my family and ran back early. How is my family recently?"

Zhu Wu said: "The family is safe and sound. There is a change in the troops and horses in the Liang Zhongshu Department of the Daming Mansion. I don't know if it is for training or what. It intends to move to the east. But it has not left the Daming Mansion. I discussed it with Lao Qin and came. There was a general mobilization in Cangzhou, led by Liu Tang and presided over by Chai Gang, who coordinated the logistics. 15 people from Cangzhou were summoned, and a three-day military exercise was held on the western border of Cangzhou. The army of the famous government never came.”

Chai Lin smiled and said: "Liang Zhongshu is an old fox, he will not do business at a loss. The court must have asked him to plot our Cangzhou, but he knew that Cangzhou was indestructible, so he didn't want to come. But having said that, the army and horses in the Daming Mansion are almost the same now. It’s about [-], the power has expanded too much. You have to be careful, I heard that Liang Zhongshu is also making cannons.”

"This is bad news. The structure of the cannon is simple, and workshops that make gunpowder for firecrackers can make it. It is not difficult for the imperial court to imitate it." Zhu Wu said worriedly.

"Imitation will definitely happen. If you suffer too much, you will naturally have to imitate. But the manufacture of artillery is much more difficult than imagined. Don't worry about their imitation. Let's speed up and keep advanced. In this Xixia war, the capture of Shuichuan, Liang In the state capital, the iron kite cavalry was smashed, and more than 3 enemies were wiped out. We lost only a few hundred people, and the main force was the undertrained heavy cavalry auxiliary soldiers." Zhu Wu took a breath of air at Chai Lin's words, and wiped out the enemy [-] More than [-], only a few hundred people were killed, and they were facing the strongest army in Xixia, the iron kite. This combat power was overwhelming.

"Amazing, amazing. If the result of this battle is sent to the imperial court, I don't know what Zhao Guan's family will think. They will probably vomit blood in anger."

Chai Lin spread his hands: "This is beyond my control. Anyway, the results have been reported, and we don't care about the official rewards. How is the spring sowing going this year? Are there any reports from various places?"

"Yes, Cangzhou is still the old rule. Spring sowing is less, mostly winter wheat. There are a small amount of potatoes in spring, and now cotton is being planted. The potatoes planted in Cangzhou are only more than [-] mu. After all, potatoes cannot be released, and sometimes they cannot be sold. It’s broken. Most people’s homes only grow three-thirds of the land, and they only produce a few hundred catties for their own food. There are more potatoes grown in Yizhou, Dongping, Jeju, and Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is the most. The hunger was too severe a few years ago , The common people are afraid, and each household grows more than half an acre of potatoes on average." Zhu Wu said.

Chai Lin looked at the report of Niu Ma Da Commercial Company, which is now fully supporting Qingzhou.

The mules, cows, donkeys and other livestock bred in Cangzhou were sold to Qingzhou to increase the utilization rate of livestock in Qingzhou agriculture.The localization of animal power in Cangzhou can be regarded as basically realized.

About half of the farmers in a village have livestock, so they can solve the problem of farming all the arable land through employment.

There have been mule teams in Cangzhou whose main business is farming. They are often linked by their families. A dozen or a few dozen mules go to places with few livestock to cultivate land to collect money.

　It's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)