A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 144

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Huaiyu also planned to go home from get off work, but Xu Jingzong said that the place is a mess now, with so many people, he, the chief officer, has to stay here.

There are only 100 people on duty in Youying of Shenji Camp, which is indeed a bit small.

Especially now that so many craftsmen and peasants have gathered together, and the workshops and barracks have not yet been repaired.

"Xu Xueshi, you are the military supervisor. Didn't Supervisor Duan ask you to coordinate the Shenjifang Department? I will leave it to you here. I have been busy all day, and I have to go home to rest. If it is late, the city gate will be closed." It's going to be closed." Huaiyu looked at the messy construction site, but was in no mood to stay.

"Erlang, I just caught fish and dug lotus root, it's very fresh." Xu Jingzong held him and refused to let go.

"Is there something wrong?" Huaiyu asked.

Xu Jingzong's small mung bean eyes rolled away, "To be honest with Erlang, you see that there are so many people here, and they are involved in the country's important weapons, so there is no room for mistakes. I have just been demoted, so I dare not make the slightest mistake. If you want Here, the Shenji Camp also listens to you, if you are leaving, I can't command those people."

"anything else?"

"What's more, Duan Jian promised to give 75 yuan as the capital of the company's food profit. You see, Wei Changshi of the Shenji Camp has already brought them 15 yuan, but the money for our Shenjifang has not yet been settled. Woolen cloth.

Shenji Camp has kelp, fish, and lotus root tonight, and we can only watch. "

Huaiyu looked at Xu Jingzong, "Xu Xueshi, you are the military weapon inspector, the boss of the Shenjifang Department, and Duan Jian asked you to be in charge of the Shenjifang Department. You should handle this matter."

"To be honest, Ji Guogong and I were indeed friends before, but now the status is very different. I also went to see Supervisor Duan today, but I didn't even see anyone. You still have to ask for the money.

You always want a bowl of water to be flat, Shenjiying is your subordinate, and so is Shenjifang Department, you can't eat delicious food, big fish and big meat over there, but we can only have porridge and pickles here, right? "

Without money and food, everyone is not motivated to work.

If the project cannot be completed in time and put into production quickly, then this will undoubtedly affect Xu Jingzong's career. Although this guy is happy to be demoted, he still wants to make progress.

People are still counting on Shenjifang to help him turn Xianyu over.

"It's so late today, and it's too late, so I'll go to Shenjiying and ask them to lend some fish, lotus root, and kelp to Shenjifang. Yesterday I went to ask for money and food myself."

Huaiyu promised to do it tomorrow, and hurried back to the city, but Xu Jingzong still held him and refused to let go, "Let's have a good talk at night about the plans of the Shenjifang Department."

Seeing the look of anticipation on this guy's face, I almost thought he was greedy for his body.

The fish caught in Qujiang Pond are very fresh, and there are all kinds of fish and shrimp. Good ingredients do not need any special processing methods.

The belly was dissected, the scales were removed, the viscera were removed, and the gill leaves were picked.

Put a flower knife on it, pick some ginger slices, green onions, and fine salt to marinate it, even if there is no cooking wine.

Heat up the pan, pour oil, sprinkle a layer of fine salt, then fry the marinated fish slowly over low heat until both sides are golden, then pour hot water from another pan into the fish pot, and cook over high heat. .

Huaiyu's technique of frying fish is very good. Although the pot is so-so, he still frys the fish with intact skin and golden shell.

He stewed two pots of fish, one pot was for him, Xu Jingzong, Wu Junya, Wei Siren, Niu Jianwu and other officials, and the remaining pot was for Er Ganzi to wait for their bodyguards, defensemen, servants, servants, etc. As for the trilogy, as for other Qianqi, artisans, stew by themselves, they can stew as they like.

As for the other slaves and minzhuang, their respective superiors are in charge. They do not belong to Shenjiying and Shenjifang. Very generous.

The stir-fried lotus root is also very crispy and tender, and the kombu is stewed directly. He also made himself a cold kombu shreds.

in the twilight,
On the banks of the Qujiang River, under the willows on the shore.

In front of the pitched tent, the dinner was not bad.

Niu Jianwu sighed, "If it weren't for the martial arts of the Turkic wolf cubs who are now a hundred and forty miles west of Chang'an City, it would be pretty good."

"I heard that the Turks sent envoys to the DPRK to ask for peace?"

Huaiyu snorted coldly, "After all, we have to finish the fight first. Now the Turkic envoys are just taking the opportunity to blackmail us. They opened their mouths. The conditions for withdrawing troops are too fucked up. Anyone who hears it wants to kill us." kill them."

The Turks are very arrogant now, and it is also the time when they are proud. After all, they have rushed all the way to the Guanzhong Plain, and the Khan is stationed more than a hundred miles west of Chang'an.

They are now taking the initiative, but the Turks are not good at attacking cities. This time they broke into the pass, but they did not hit the Tang army as hard as the battle of Taigu last year.

Last year, the Turks claimed to have wiped out [-] Tang troops in the First Battle of Taigu. In fact, tens of thousands of Tang troops led by Zhang Jin were wiped out in the Battle of Taigu.

But this year when the Turks invaded, Li Daozong of Lingzhou and Li Youliang of Liangzhou fought against the Turks for city defense, and only Li Jing and Chai Shao fought against the Turks for a few rounds, but the Tang army still won.

They are currently stationed in martial arts, but they dare not attack Chang'an, and even the Weihe River may not be able to cross easily. Seeing that the Tang army is also blocking from behind, the Turkic people are more willing to blackmail Datang, and then evacuate with the captive women.

Now in the hall of the Great Tang Dynasty, all the generals are asking for a fight.

On the contrary, Li Shimin kept suppressing the fire and kept calm.

Fan Xing has successfully entered Binzhou, and has replaced Zhang Jin to take over Binzhou City Defense and Tianji Army. Li Jing is also rushing to Jingzhou. It is said that he has reached Tanzheng Gorge, and Xue Wanche brothers are now guarding Longguan and Huating respectively.

Chai Shao even led the elite from the Longyou Great Victory, and followed them all the way to Qizhou.

Three generals, Qin Shubao, Yu Chigong, and Cheng Yaojin, led [-] elite soldiers each, and deployed them on the outskirts of Chang'an.

Both sides are constantly probing, and if they really want to fight hard, it is definitely not easy to fight.

For the Tang army, taking the initiative to fight in the open field, fighting against [-] Turkic cavalry, would not have much advantage.As far as the Turks are concerned, if the Tang army guards these fortresses, it will be difficult for them to do anything.

The longer the time drags on, the more reinforcements from the Tang army will be everywhere, and they may really have a hard time returning home.

However, such procrastination is also very painful for Datang, especially for Li Shimin. Every day of delay is a huge blow to his prestige. No, he is not even the emperor now, and his internal affairs are not stable enough.

It is very painful to endure, but I have to endure it.

But it is impossible to allow the Turks to blackmail, both sides are seeking to get more bargaining chips, forcing the other side to compromise.

"Erlang, you fought very well in Longyou, annihilating the Turkic wolf cub Wanqi, and you led more than a thousand disciples, but you were able to use the palm thunder to destroy thousands of enemies. This palm thunder is really amazing," Niu Jinwu said with red eyes. I asked Huaiyu, "Can you think of a way to quickly produce a batch of palm mines, and then I will send them to the frontline army and blow up those Turkic wolf cubs."

Niu Jianwu's father is now in the Qizhou Army, and he is very close to the Turkic Khan Jieli who is a martial artist.

As a son of meritorious service, Niu Jianwu was not able to join the army in Longyou to make meritorious service like Cheng Chumo and the others last time, and he was eager to make meritorious service in his heart.

Now seeing the Turkic wolf soldiers looting the Guanzhong Plain, he can only guard the construction site, feeling very depressed.

"The palm thunder I made last time is actually not very powerful."

"Why no power? Didn't you annihilate the enemy with [-] cavalry?"

"It's this time, Erlang, why are you still so relaxed? Didn't you also just come back from Longyou, didn't you also have hundreds of subordinates who died in Longyou, didn't you have many comrades who were disabled, how could you sit still? Don't you want to pay in blood, don't you want to kill them?" The distressed Niu Jianhu even got angry at Huaiyu, and vented his unwillingness and anger on Huaiyu's head.

"Niu Jianwu, pay attention to your words!" Wei Siren actually stepped forward to help Huaiyu scold Niu Jianwu, "You are so bold to attack the Shangguan!"

Huaiyu waved his hand, "Let's eat and chat here, and it's normal to make a few complaints, no problem."

"Brother Niu, your criticism is very reasonable. I am indeed a little slack. Although I have not delayed, I have been running back and forth non-stop, but I am indeed a little slack. Although I am returning to Beijing, the war is not over yet. I should Work harder."

His attitude surprised Wei Siren.

What Huaiyu said was from his heart. He never took gunpowder seriously in his heart. He felt that if this thing was refined and purified, it would be a sounding firecracker when it was made, and it would have no lethality.

But it needs to be refined and purified. With the current technical means, the production can be rapidly increased. If it cannot be mass-produced, it will still not be of much use.

But Niu Jianwu's words reminded him that it is still wartime, and 10 Turks are still looting in Guanzhong, and they may even go deep into the Sanyuan area.

If the Turks are not driven away, there will still be countless people suffering every moment.

At this time, even if he could only hear a loud firearm, it would still be useful. Didn't he make meritorious deeds with his worse palm in Longyou?

At this time, you still blindly pursue what lethality and output, do whatever you can, make as much as you can, and send it to the army to play a role.

That night, Huaiyu didn't sleep well.

He was worried about Sanyuan Laowu, also worried about the neighbors of Sanyuan Longqiao, and worried about his tenants on Bailuyuan.Tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, I went straight to the warehouse with red eyes after dawn.

He called a group of craftsmen from Shenjifang, and quickly started production on Yanbo Island, processing raw materials such as nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal separately, and directly started the assembly line.

Boil nitrate, boil nitrate and dry, grind nitrate, grind powder and sieve.

There are also sawing bamboo tubes for processing leads.

He figured it out. He didn't need to study it slowly, and he didn't have time to study it slowly. He first refined and processed a batch of palm thunders from the materials he had at hand.

There is no need to make the gunpowder too fine, as long as it can be used, make a batch of emergency first, and then slowly make it later to increase the power.

After a busy day, everyone worked together and managed to produce thousands of palm mines. Looking at these large firecrackers, Huaiyu handed some to Niu Jianwu, "Try a few more."

Niu Jianwu heard thunder on the island today, and knew that it was Wu Erlang's palm thunder trying out.

This will see the finished product, excited to take it quickly.

With a bang, Niu Jianhu looked at a splash of water on the surface of the water, his mouth closed in surprise, "This thing can actually explode in the water? Hey, why are there a few fish floating around?"

"Of course, this is Palm Thunder."

"This thing is too powerful. I want to request to send these palm mines to the front line of the army." Niu Jianwu was as excited as if he was drunk.

Huaiyu looked at those very rough palm mines, which consumed so much saltpeter and sulfur, and so many people worked together to create such a few firecrackers. It was a bit of a waste, but it might be worthwhile to build a reputation for our soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty. up.

"I will report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)