The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 130 Another Year

March of the fourth year of Zhenghe: Dingwang Huan was crowned, and Prince Yan sent people to congratulate him; Taoist Wang Laozhi went to Beijing to pass through Xiangyi, and Prince Yan greeted him personally, and stayed for three days to ask for Taoism; When it rained, Prince Yan led the crowd to draw water and open canals to fight the drought.

In April of the fourth year of Zhenghe: Shengdetang leather workshop and garment workshop started production; 60 students who graduated from the craftsmanship class and arithmetic class of Prince Yan Zhunyi entered the workshops of Shengyi Hall; There are several gold bowls and silver bowls.

In May of the fourth year of Zhenghe: The Chongwen Hall in the Fuzhong was changed into a martial arts hall, and dozens of scholars and bureaucrats from nearby prefectures were invited to discuss military affairs here. Prince Yan came to listen to it in person many times. , built Guandi Temple to worship it.

In June of the fourth year of Zhenghe: Severe drought and no rain, grain fields in Zhulu prefectures failed to harvest, and hungry people flooded in. Prince Yan asked for relief, and the emperor approved. The prince's mansion opened a warehouse to release grain for relief. Prince Yan went to dispense medicine and take in orphans and widows , There are countless living people, the victims of the disaster felt the kindness of the prince, and set up a shrine to worship.

In July of the fourth year of Zhenghe: The royal palace included hundreds of hectares of barren land, built canals to divert water, distributed agricultural materials, and resettled refugees, costing tens of thousands of guan.

August of the fourth year of Zhenghe: Autumn grain harvest, the palace funded and set up a competition, with gold and silver bowls as the starting point, each village actively competed for the bid, and the society Ding taught Gao Chong to be the best at bowing and horse proficiency; after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Prince Yan led the crowd to hunt in autumn …

"Dutou, how far do we have to go?" The night had already fallen, and a small army camped in a valley. Lei Zhenshan brought a bundle of dry firewood by the campfire and put it down, asking Zhao Zhong who was checking the map.

"From the map, there are still more than a hundred miles. According to the order, we must arrive tomorrow evening. However, there are two rivers in the middle. I don't know the water conditions. It is hard to say whether they can pass smoothly." Zhao Zhong followed the map according to the original The creases were re-folded and wrapped in oilcloth.

"Dutou, we have been walking for five days, how far is it?" Li Lei next to him put his frozen hands on the fire and said, they have been out for five days, and they march on foot every day. It is about a hundred miles away, and the roads are all deserted, and they have to carry more than 40 kilograms of equipment and supplies, which consumes a lot of energy.

"There's so much nonsense, the second master must have a reason for us to do this, your team is on duty tonight, don't let the fire go out, Erba, go find some water and boil more water, and scald everyone's feet." Zhao Zhong said with a straight face, he is now the head of Capital A, and Li Lei is the captain of Team B.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away," Li Lei agreed, and immediately got up to ask some team leaders to set up guard posts.

Hearing Dutou's order, Erwa added some firewood to the bonfire and picked up a leather bucket to fetch water from the stream. Erwa's big name was Lei Zhenshan. Because he was familiar with the boys in the mansion, everyone called him Erwa. Baby, he was originally a blacksmith in a workshop, and he could become an apprentice in another year. He heard last year that the royal guards were recruiting soldiers, and he immediately went to the mansion to sign up without discussing with his family. He thought that he had studied for two years. He has practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child, but he has never ridden a horse, but he often rides the donkey raised at home, but he thinks that he has a "friendship" with the prince, so he will talk to him at worst, but he did not expect that the person in charge of recruiting troops is Zhao Ren These old acquaintances agreed immediately.

When Erwa came home, she was afraid that her parents would complain that she would decide to serve as a soldier. Unexpectedly, when she said that, her parents were happier than him, and asking him to protect the prince was also a repayment for the kindness the prince has shown to their family.He didn't realize that being a soldier was not an easy task until he joined the Guards. Zhao Ren and the others didn't show any affection to their old friend in training, just like everyone else.

After gritted his teeth and survived these few months, he finally understood why Zhao Ren and the others treated him like this. He realized that being a soldier is different from ordinary people. Things, his grades are also one of the best in the whole battalion, and now he has become a correspondent with Dutou, but he is unwilling to do this, and wants to join the gang as a soldier. Although he is very tired these days, he thinks that the prince has been marching with the same burden as everyone else. Together, he didn't feel anything.

"Happy to the frontier after a hundred battles, the fragrance of chivalrous bones for thousands of years, beside Yishui on the Taihang Mountain, dark clouds and long walls. Resisting power, eradicating national thieves, the spirit of martyrs shines brightly, the head can be lost, the body cannot be surrendered, and the blood turns into a general..."

"Lian Po is a hero who has fought a hundred battles. He keeps his food and thinks about Zhao. He returns the body wrapped in Fubo horse leather. The old man will become stronger. To resist power and eliminate national thieves, our young people must work hard and work hard. The future will be catastrophic, and the responsibility lies on my shoulders."

Erwa walked back carrying the water, and suddenly a loud singing sounded, he looked into the valley, and in the firelight, the prince was waving his hands and directing everyone to sing, and Erwa couldn't help singing loudly...

Erwa’s water was not used to scald their feet, they were poured into the kettle, and the troops went on the road overnight after only an hour’s rest. After traveling all night, they arrived at their destination in the early morning. Among the mountains, there was no warmth here. There are no steaming meals, and even the dry food they carry is gone.

Everyone, including the prince, started training in the mountains without any supplies. They not only had to carry out normal mountain warfare training, but also learned the skills to survive in the wilderness where food and lodging were hopeless, and how to identify available supplies. Eat wild vegetables, learn how to use traps to catch prey or catch fish, how to find water and light a pile of wet wood without any tools, and many other combat skills.

During the training, they not only have to endure all kinds of physical torture, but also they are extremely nervous mentally. They must be ready to accept sudden tasks at any time.Some people were asked to march long distances in the dark according to the map. After many people lost their direction many times and walked a lot of wrong roads, they finally arrived at the destination exhausted, only to find that there was waiting for them. A group of menacing masked men.

They will be thrown into a dark cave for one night, accompanied by not only the fear of the unknown, but also the screams and whips of their companions, followed by endless interrogation, requiring them to confess the crimes in their hands. How to use the weapons, where did they get them, the purpose of their coming here, where is the prince... After asking countless questions and receiving countless punches, they will be bound and blindfolded and expelled into the wilderness. It was the sound of hundreds of horses running, galloping towards them, all they could do was wait for death...

As time goes by, no one knows when the training will end, and the amount of training is constantly increasing. They often start training at Yinshi, and it will not end until Haishi at night, or even later, and they will not get the slightest slack Many people find that due to lack of sleep and adequate diet, their judgment is being affected. These are no longer physical tests, but challenges to willpower.

Just when everyone's physical strength and mental endurance were about to reach their limits, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the good days had come, and suddenly they had food, warm tents, endless meat, endless wine, and more. Their beloved war horse also came to their side... The following days were also full of hardships. At this time, they not only had to take care of themselves but also the war horse that sat down, but it was already heaven compared to the previous days.

At this time, it was not only the soldiers of the guards who felt uncomfortable, but also the countless bandits who haunted Baili Funiu Mountain with them.The cottages that had been in operation for many years were uprooted one by one, all the gold and silver were wiped out, countless lives disappeared in the light of knives and thunderous gunshots, and the cottages that had been in operation for many years were reduced to ashes in the flames.In order to survive, more than a dozen cottages reunited and gathered more than 2000 people. When they were about to look for an opportunity to destroy the gang of murderous gods that haunted them, they were ambushed on the road and were not discovered by people who entered the mountain until the next spring. , The bodies of the bandits who were killed were all over the valley.

When the first snow fell in the twelfth lunar month, people finally looked forward to returning to the prince and his personal guards, but the people in the mansion suddenly found that their children had become strangers. A kind of chilling faint murderousness and indescribable maturity and self-confidence.

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The Spring Festival in the fifth year of Zhenghe was still peaceful. Now the entire palace has a thousand hectares of fertile land and nearly [-] households. All of them within a radius of [-] miles have become the domain of the prince. After continuous expansion, the first four villages in the palace have almost merged One is collectively called Dazhaozhuang, and the two Zhuangzi on the outer edge and the two newly built Zhuangzi last year are collectively called Xiaozhaozhuang. They are still divided by southeast and northwest, but they are all added with small characters. The former Beifu has become Xiaozhaozhuang. In the center, the Baishui River was widened and dredged again, flowing through the entire area. If you look down from the air, the two palaces are like the eyes of two yin and yang fishes in the Tai Chi picture, and the Baishui River is the boundary between yin and yang.

After the Spring Festival, He Qufei began to lecture on "The Seven Books of the Martial Arts" and "The General Essentials of the Martial Classics" in the morning. In addition to the prince, there were more than [-] accompanying readers in the class. Ministry of the army.In the afternoon it was time for him to meet guests. As the reputation of the lecture hall spread far and wide, more and more scholars came here to visit. The prince specially set up a courtyard for them to live in, so that they could discuss the art of war with He Qufei.He Qufei has already taken off his military title at this time, he is in the fifth rank, and he is highly valued by the prince. He has lost the inferiority complex of the past, and lives more chicly. He is also willing to discuss some academic issues with his colleagues and enrich his works.

At this time, the palace also found that Lu Da and his wife, who had disappeared for two years, had returned to the palace and still lived in the original small courtyard. Their son was already wandering around, planting trees and raising flowers as before, and nothing seemed to have changed.

The prince still couldn't stay idle. Every day after lunch, he would take his guards and a team of personal guards to Beifu, and he would not return until the next morning.The Beifu is still heavily guarded, but the original inner courtyard is even better. The guards standing guard outside have been ordered, and anyone who trespasses can kill them first and then act later, without waiting for orders.