The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 341 Ganlu River

The time between breakfast and lunch is for academic classes.

One hundred and three students were divided into two classes.

Learn the "Three", "Hundred", and "Thousand".

The two scholars we hired would give the boys a pop quiz every day after class.

A small test every day, a big test every ten days.

When the soldiers enrolled in school, Gan Minglan stated her position directly:
"Whether it's physical training or literacy, your daily performance will be recorded, and these will serve as proof for future awards."

In that case, who would dare not take it seriously?
I have to study like crazy every day!
The boys were so exhausted that they didn't dare to cry out.

The friends gritted their teeth and asked:

"Even the five-year-old young master and his two eight-year-old brothers can follow along. We're so much older than them, how dare we cry?"

"If my parents find out, they won't feel sorry for me; I'll just get a good scolding!"

"Ah! If only there were only morning and afternoon classes!"

Who wouldn't want that?

In the afternoon, they mainly learned to ride horses, shoot arrows, and use various weapons, including muskets.

Whether it's cold weapons or firearms, all teenagers love these kinds of activities.

Gan Minglan hired veterans with excellent skills in their respective subjects to be their instructors.

At this stage, it's all about practicing and learning.

With such a large amount of physical training every day, their appetite has been increasing day by day.

After half a month, all the guards had visibly become stronger and taller.

The most obvious effect is that everyone can carry 20 pounds of sand for 10 miles in 45 minutes!
Gan Minglan nodded: Very good, the weight training in the next stage can be increased by another ten pounds!
There will be rewards for achievements.

Therefore, the top three scorers in both civil and military subjects were also given names by the family head!
They are respectively called: Five Hooks, Fire Dragon, and Tiger Head!

As soon as the name was announced, the training ground erupted in screams and shouts.

The unwilling guy just started talking:

"Awoooooo! We're only one point away from third place! Just one point!"

The third person, who was given the name Tiger Head, scoffed:

"It's not just you who's one point short; there are seven people tied for fourth place. It's not your place to complain."

The unwilling boy, as if his tail had been stepped on, howled even louder:
"Tiger Head Ang wants to come up to the challenge stage and challenge you. Do you dare to do it? If you lose, you'll have to return the name Tiger Head to Ang!"

The other party was not swayed by this provocation and waved his hands repeatedly: "I dare not transfer the name bestowed by the patriarch."

Yes.

This isn't some kind of object that can be exchanged and used interchangeably.

Lu Chen advised, "You ranked fourth this time. Try to get first place in the civil and military exams next month. I heard that the spear Xiang Yu used was called the Overlord Spear!"

Lu Ye chimed in, "That sounds even more imposing than Tiger Head! If you're so confident, then put your mind to it and work hard! That challenge platform isn't for arguing over a short time."

What is it used for?

Use it during actual combat training!

It's basically just a fighting arena.

Those who don't get along with each other will be grouped together by the patriarch during practical training.

No matter what conflicts they have, once they step into the ring and fight, they're still good brothers afterward.

Strangely enough, as they continued to fight, the bond between the young men actually grew stronger! General Xiong and the other generals also kept a close eye on Gan Minglan's daily training regimen and her progress in training.

It would be a lie to say I'm not interested.

When General Xiong asked the quartermaster about the feasibility of this plan, the quartermaster looked distressed.
"Putting everything else aside, we simply can't provide enough food for the soldiers during training, even just three meals a day. In Kansai, the price of staple food is now higher than that of meat, and the variety of vegetables is also very limited. Mutton, on the other hand, is available every day, and we can eat our fill with its broth."

The Guanzhong Nine Guards now number 80,000. Do the math—that's enough to feed General Gan's personal guards! How much will the daily cost increase? And who gets the food?

Upon hearing this, the generals lowered their flags and fell silent.

The more this was the case, the more General Xiong anticipated the reparations from the Kashgar Khanate.

Logically, it should be around this time, about half a month.

I'll send someone to Weilumu again when I get back!
In the past two weeks, the overall deployment of Hami Guard has also undergone some changes.

The first to be mobilized was the 3,000-strong vanguard battalion.

According to the "Tang Liudian" (Tang Dynasty's Six Codes).

The Tang Dynasty had a military settlement in the Western Regions, one of which was located in Yiwu, about 300 li northwest of Hami City, in the Ganlu River Basin at the northern foot of the Eastern Snow Mountain.

A large river, formed by the confluence of hundreds of springs and streams, runs through the basin. The riverbanks are flat and rich in water resources, making it suitable for farming and grazing.

The former Tang Dynasty military settlement is now just bare earthen walls.

After the Bei army entered Hamiwei, the herders who had been grazing their livestock around the military settlement wisely withdrew.

In late autumn, the pastures within a radius of hundreds of miles turned yellow and withered.

Of the more than 10,000 troops currently stationed in Hami, 6,000 are defending the city of Hami.

Most of the guard posts at various passes were located near Hami City, and the military dependents mostly lived in the oases outside the city.

Before taking leave, Gan Minglan proposed that she wanted to allocate her personal guards and their families, as well as her family's farmland, to one area for easier overall management.

General Xiong issued an order in those days, transferring Ganluchuan, formerly the Yiwu Military Garrison, to her.

He added, "I've been studying the microscopic map of the Guanzhong Plain for many days, which is about to be completed. No wonder the Tang army wants to cultivate land here."

Ganluchuan is strategically located, connecting Dunhuang to the east, reaching Hepingguan, and Qitai and Weilumu to the west, leading to Yili and Tacheng.

You will lead the vanguard battalion and your personal guards to garrison this place. This will not only allow you to deal with changes in the situation in the Eastern Snow Mountain, but also help to control the movements of the various Tatar tribes in the Western Desert.

The general's surname is Gan, and Ganluchuan's surname is also Gan! Who can say this isn't fate?

I believe that with the general's abilities, he will not only be able to cultivate the military fields of Ganlu River next year, but also rebuild a new city on the earthen walls of the Tang Dynasty.

Ok.

We must defend the border, and we must also cultivate tens of thousands of acres of wasteland.

Three hundred miles is really not far.

She rode the wild horse, King of Horses, and could make a round trip in two hours.

Gan Minglan readily accepted the task.

Subsequently, the entire vanguard battalion, along with a hundred personal guards and their families, were transferred to Ganluchuan.

Upon hearing that they were leaving Hami City, Luo asked her daughter-in-law with a distressed expression, "Are we moving away too?"

Gan Minglan smiled and said:
"Didn't you say that there are too many servants nowadays, and the courtyard is crowded with people everywhere? When we get to Ganluchuan, your daughter-in-law will build you a large three-courtyard house, and also a big vegetable garden in the backyard. We can grow vegetables and flowers whenever we want."

"Then I also want to grow grapes and raise chickens and ducks!"

“We’ll raise them! Even if you want to raise pigs, we’ll get you a few piglets.”

"Great! I've been craving pork for months now. Don't blame me for embarrassing you by keeping these in the General's Mansion."

(End of this chapter)