The big man has a living father

Chapter 44: The whole army eats for free
crazy.

The city of Chang'an has gone crazy.

On the road, two rangers bumped into each other. One of them held his sword and said coldly, "How dare you bump into me?"

Another one: "What's wrong with bumping into you? Drawing your sword? I think you are looking for death!"

The other party: "Just you? I think you are Kong Anguo's ancestral inheritance - only books."

Then the two sides started fighting.

A scholar nearby immediately took out a pen and paper, moistened the tip of the pen with his tongue, and began to write: "First talk, then fight. Two knights had a conflict but did not fight directly. Instead, they used two-part allegorical sayings to swear at each other before fighting. This means that even if a person is not a scholar, he or she must have some culture."

Someone was already grinding ink at the back, and wrote: "Two Rangers Fighting with Swords."

"Chang'an is so prosperous, with streets nine feet wide.

The two heroes bumped into each other, drew their swords, and made people laugh. "

Someone behind me pointed out: "You are such a fool, this story obviously cannot be written in four sentences, you should write eight sentences."

Ink grinder: "You fart, you can write it."

The person next to him took the pen: "I'll do it."

"Chang'an is so prosperous, and bustling everywhere.

The streets are nine feet wide, but still close together.

The two heroes bumped shoulders and started arguing.

Drawing a sword to fight fiercely only provokes laughter."

"So wet, so wet!"

In Chang'an City, it was difficult for beginners who understood the rules of poetry to write without many templates.

Some people don't like being restricted. They don't care about the rhythm, rhyme or tone. They just pick up the pen and start writing. After all, if they write more poems, they will happen to get the rhythm right.

It's not just the people in the community who have nothing to do who are like this; many people who have something to do are still like this.

Many people under Ying Gong's tutelage are translating the Spring and Autumn Annals into vernacular Chinese.

Dong Zhongshu told Ying Gong that he could ignore other things but must translate the Spring and Autumn Annals into the Gongyang version.

So Lord Ying gathered all his disciples together and compiled the book in his own manor.

Ying Gong was tired, so he went to take a nap.

As soon as he left, his disciples gathered together.

"Look, this article can be summarized into the idiom 'indecisive'."

"Then I can call this article [Preparing for War]."

"Look, how about calling my story [The Meaning Is More Obvious]?"

"No, no, it's more catchy to call it [The more you try to cover up, the more obvious it becomes]."

"Let's go and submit our work first and take the title of idiom summarizer, or someone else will take it."

What is the Spring and Autumn Annals? It is a history book.

It's full of allusions.

In recent days, the entire city of Chang'an has been playing idiom chain games. How can they sit still?
Therefore, whenever Ying Gong was not around, they would immediately sneak out to report the idiom.

Even Ying Gong's second disciple, Lu Suimeng, has become the top idiom creator.

Originally, Meng Qing, the eldest disciple of Ying Gong, inherited Mencius's teachings and became an official. The important task of inheriting Gongyang School was to fall on Lu Suimeng. But now this leader has gone to play idiom filling-in-the-blanks. How can the other disciples feel at ease?

Duke Ying had no choice but to run to find Dong Zhongshu.

At this time, Dong Zhongshu was staring in a daze at the workers working inside the Prince's Palace.

Lord Ying: "Why did the Prince's Palace pry open the floor?"

Dong Zhongshu: "They said they would install copper pipes, and then the boiler outside would heat up the whole hall with hot water."

Lord Ying was puzzled: "How can the hall be warm if the water in the pot, not the copper pipe, is boiled?"

Dong Zhongshu sighed: "Because hot water will float up, just like boiling water, and cold water will fall down, so by using this principle and adding proper design, we can achieve natural water circulation."

"If the circulation is not enough, you can also set up a water tank and use some devices to squeeze and generate thrust to push the water into the water pipe."

Duke Ying looked at Dong Zhongshu.

Dong Zhongshu then came to his senses, and he accidentally explored the principle of hot water floating, the principle of copper tube heat dissipation, and the principle of water pushing in water tanks.

"what's up?"

Ying Gong bowed and said, "Teacher, the vernacular movement is popular in Chang'an City recently. Three of the initiatives are very popular. Whether it is the two-part allegorical sayings, idioms, or writing new poems, all scholars are fascinated by them."

"Even your disciple's grandson... This has affected the progress of our translation of the Spring and Autumn Annals."

Dong Zhongshu: "Since Lu Sui and Meng were like this, why didn't other people who translated the Five Classics do the same?"

"I'm afraid they were not sent by His Majesty specifically to delay the civilian translation."

Ying Gong: "What should I do?"

Dong Zhongshu thought for a moment and said, "I'll fight him again."

"Huo Hai hasn't come to the Crown Prince's Palace for many days. So... I will take the Crown Prince to find him under the pretext of studying abroad and have another fight at his doorstep."

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Huo Hai was lying at home, eating the dishes prepared by the chef for two days, but he was not satisfied. He asked Huangfu Hua to catch a pheasant and prepare to teach the chef how to make beggar's chicken.

Arriving at the kitchen, Huo Hai put down the chicken and looked around. Where is the cook?

At this time, a person appeared from behind the firewood pile: "Second Young Master."

Then, six or seven people came out from the small kitchen, giving Huo Hai a big scare.

"Hiss~ You guys like Kuspree Reggae, right? You're always fine?!" Huo Hai was puzzled: "What are you doing here?"

These people look familiar.

One of the soldiers whispered, "Second Master, let's find something to eat here."

Huo Hai was suspicious: "Looking for food? This is where the servants cook and eat. You want to eat but don't go buy food... You don't have money to eat?"

The soldier scratched his head: "No money."

Huo Hai's eyes widened. "How much money did His Majesty reward you with? And how much did my brother give you afterwards? Even if you got the least, the reward money should be enough to buy him ten acres of land nearby, right? How come you have no money to eat?"

"Did you go to play for money?"

Huo Hai was about to say "Why don't you call me?", but the soldier interrupted him with an embarrassed look on his face: "Didn't General Zhao ask us to invest in the coal mine? They have a lot of money, and we have money to use after the investment. We have already spent a lot of money before, and we don't want to miss the investment, so we thought..."

Another person chimed in: "Just think about investing first. We can just starve a little and make do with it."

Huo Hai stared at them.

These people are all strong men, so how can they eat like the servants?

Even if those slaves are strong, they have trained their bones and muscles. They have no muscles and are not heavy, so they will not consume too much energy.

Each of these Han soldiers was over 1.7 meters tall and weighed at least 70 kilograms.

Just lying there motionless, the calories consumed by the body's basal metabolism are higher than the calories consumed by a servant in a day.

They eat these dry foods here, and even if they are full, they will still be hungry.

What's more, the servants don't skip meals, so how much food can be left for them?

"You guys, how much have you invested? You've already spent too much money before."

A soldier scratched his head and said, "But I saved all my money and invested it. I didn't spend it carelessly, Second Master."

Huo Hai looked at them: "Really?"

Several people nodded.

Huo Hai: "Just the few of you? I'll treat you to meals for ten days or half a month, and when the coal mine produces some, I'll give you dividends first, okay?"

Someone whispered: "There are... about 200."

"General Zhao, let us all surrender."

Huo Hai stared.

These guys really leave no room for malice.

They are worthy of being the soldiers led by the eldest brother.

Huo Hai thought of a new friend he had met recently: "Gather everyone. I'll take you to a place for a meal."

A soldier said excitedly: "I'll get the bowl!"

Huo Hai interrupted: "What bowls are you taking? Everyone pack your luggage. We'll be gone for a month."

Free meals? One month? What is the niche word?
The monthly food allowance for these soldiers was four stone of millet, which is equivalent to four hundred and eighty jin in Han Dynasty, or one hundred and twenty kilograms in later times.

Moreover, their families receive subsidies, and the subsidies for their underage children are the same as those for the soldiers themselves.

So, they almost always only took some to exchange for money and ate the rest.

So, on average, a soldier's family ate six to eight kilograms of millet a day and meat once every five days.

It was because of the good food that we were able to defeat the Huns so badly.

Now, you want to take two hundred soldiers and eat for free for a month?

Huo Hai smiled: "Don't worry, every meal is full, and we eat three meals a day."

Three meals? What is this word? The emperor only eats two meals a day?
Huo Hai continued: "Every meal has meat and oil! Plenty of millet!"

Everyone went crazy: "Second Young Master? You... why don't we just invest less? We can't let you pay for our meal, then you won't lose money!"

"What a loss?" Huo Hai laughed: "I told you, I was going there to eat for free."

"I have a friend who is helping His Majesty with farmland experiments. I'm going to his place for a meal."

Soldier: "Second Master, are you going to plow the fields? We know how to do that!"

Huo Hai shook his head: "It's free food and drink, good food and fun, not only can't farm, but also not allowed to do too much."

The whole group of people were dumbfounded.

Are you sure you won't be kicked out?

But there was still that bold excitement: "Second Young Master, can you bring your family?!"

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