Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 236 Equipment for Li Jing
Everything about Shanyang City was novel to these Hu merchants who came here for the first time. They never imagined that there would be such a tall city in a borderland grassland. However, when they walked into the city gate, they felt even more feel surprised.

This is a city with a completely different style from other Han Chinese cities. There are no tall square walls or wooden buildings with carved beams and painted buildings in the city. A straight cement road leads to the center of the city. Brick and tile buildings line up on both sides of the road. After opening, these houses are directly a kind of shops facing the street.

There are many shops selling hot milk tea, pouch cakes, pot helmets, noodle slices, pastries, dried fruit and snacks. Before coming to Shanyang, they have heard that there is a commercial street in Shanyang, which has all kinds of goods. Is this business The street opens at the gate of the city?

After walking less than [-] steps, these people knew that this was not the case. This mode of living and opening shops facing the street is the same in all streets in Shanyang City. These shops are only for the daily consumption of the residents in the city. The scale of the commercial street may be even larger than this.

The location along the Sanggan River in the center of the city is the concentrated area of ​​the inn. The reason why Sun Xiangfu designed it this way is because he wants all the merchants who come to Shanyang from afar to visit at least half of the city, even if you don’t need to buy or ship , can't the snacks and tea along the street attract you?No matter how big or small the consumption is, a small amount can turn into a lot. When the traffic in Shanyang is heavy, even a shop selling milk tea along the street is not impossible to make daily profits.

The inns in Shanyang City, no matter how high or low they are, are designed in a humane way. There are large warehouses specially stocked, and there are various kinds of fodder for feeding horses and camels. Once you enter the room, there is a warm air. At the end of the month, all the kettles were burned.

The most user-friendly design is that everything is clearly marked with a price, and it is written that there will be no additional charges. When you are at the door, you can decide whether you want to move in according to your financial strength.

Although the Hu merchants are rich, they are relatively frugal. After seeing the preparation of low-end and mid-range inns, they all happily chose to stay, because even the middle and low-end inns, the accommodation conditions are definitely not worse than many big inns in Chang'an , Moreover, the price is much cheaper than Chang'an, after all, this is a border area.

They didn't know that the reason why Sun Xiangfu lowered the prices of these middle and low-end hotels was to satisfy their mentality.

What is the price of coal in Chang'an?What is the price of coal here?What is the price of fodder in Chang'an?What is the price of grass here?

In terms of raw materials, it is more than three times cheaper than Chang'an.Another thing is that there is a famine in Guanzhong, and the price of goods has risen.Of course, even in normal times, the price of goods in Chang'an has always been higher than the overall level of Datang. Living in Chang'an is not easy, this is not a lie.

Shanyang's basic service items of food, drink, housing and transportation are not high, because Sun Xiangfu has made these preparations in order to make them like Shanyang's business environment and create business opportunities. A large number of products produced by Sunyang are sold.

Seeing that the Hu merchants settled in the inn one after another, Sun Xiangfu and his subordinates rode their horses to the military camp in the north of the city. Anyway, it was still early for dinner. After these Hu merchants stayed in the inn, they should take a stroll in the city , After they got to know Shanyang, Sun Xiangfu's product promotion meeting will be better. Now, he will finalize the business with Li Jing first.

"General Li, is everything planned?"

"Well, this raid on Jieli is of great importance, and His Majesty has a secret order for you."

Only Li Jing, Su Dingfang, and Sun Xiangfu were in the barracks. Sun Xiangfu unfolded the imperial edict brought by Li Jing and read it carefully.

The surprise attack on Jieli must be done with a thunderous force, and under the circumstances that no one has thought of, otherwise it will easily fail. Therefore, Li Jing will not have reinforcements to support this time. Even the logistics, Li Shimin also asked Sun Xiangfu's secret delivery was Li Shimin's first request to Sun Xiangfu.

In addition, he highly affirmed the series of things that Sun Xiangfu did in Shanyang. While fully trusting him, he made a second request for him, that is, to maintain the relationship with the Xue Yantuo tribe and the Huihe tribe. In any case, Datang cannot conflict with them at this time, because Hebei Road is not stable anymore.

Also affected by the catastrophe in Guanzhong, Koryo on the northeastern border united with Shiwei, Mohe, and Mo and other ministries, and their intentions were wrong. This may be related to Wang Lin's series of plans. At present, there is no news of Feng An and Zhao Long from the sea. , I don't know if the matter has been resolved.

In addition, Li Shimin also urged him to establish the military system of the Anbei Protectorate as soon as possible. Such a large site has only a few thousand soldiers and horses after so long. If he didn't go to Shanyang, all he did in Shanyang was probably to make wedding dresses for others.

In this regard, Sun Xiangfu thinks what Li Shimin said makes sense. The nomads outside the customs are not all so talkative. Without an army, if you develop the economy too well, people will be jealous, but he is also suffering from not having Due to the large population base, and not wanting to interrupt the development of Shanyang, the craftsmen and craftsmen put down their hoes and tools to join the army.

Therefore, he can only wait for the finalization of the matter of selling land and moving people, and then recruit soldiers from the serf children of the family. This is what he planned a long time ago. As long as they are willing to move here, they will be used by Sun Xiangfu, Just like Sun Xiangli used Wang's family soldiers before, in order to protect the output of the field, they had no choice.

This situation of few soldiers may last until next summer. This reminds him of the importance of Dongzhu who lives in the mansion. Her brother is currently the biggest force on the grassland, and she has a good relationship with her. , should put a lot of pressure on Xue Yantuo.

After reading Li Shimin's secret decree, Sun Xiangfu burned it easily, then looked at Su Dingfang and said, "Please General Su to open the armory, and hand over the food and grass and the military equipment prepared by our Anbei Protectorate to General Li! In addition, before the raid on Jieli is over, you and the [-] cavalry under your command will be deployed by General Li."

Regarding the military strategy, Sun Xiangfu is not qualified to advise Li Jing. He only knows how to make the soldiers eat better, wear warmer clothes, and equip them with more advanced and sophisticated equipment. This is definitely true. Therefore, it was developed by Happy Village. Some things were all mass-produced by him. At present, there is no problem in assembling more than 1 people like Li Jing.

"The old man wants to see what good things you have hidden in the Anbei Protectorate's Mansion." Li Jing smiled and said, of course, he wanted to check, not out of curiosity.

As the general of an army, he must know all the powers he has in order to use them flexibly in war.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the armory of the Anbei Governor's Mansion. Sun Xiangfu was the chief officer here, but he was handed over to Su Dingfang for specific management. After the door of the warehouse was pushed open, only the three of them entered. The eyes are rows of neatly placed shelves.

"This is the telescope? Is this also among the items handed over?"

Li Jing has a binoculars given to him by Sun Xiangfu. He is usually very precious. He made a big leather case and hid it around his waist. I don’t know. He thought it was some kind of weapon, but when he entered the armory, he Even at a glance, I saw no less than a dozen telescopes on the shelf.

"That's right, the research and development craftsmen of Xingfu Village lived up to expectations and fired transparent glass. To make this kind of telescope, we no longer need to rely on expensive and rare crystal ore, but the firing of glass is also extremely difficult. This is The total number they made is only twenty. The general can distribute one to each officer above the battalion school. How to flexibly use the function of the telescope in war? I believe that General Li has already figured it out. , It’s just that the general should know the importance of this thing to Datang, and it is not allowed to be lost, so a strict punishment and storage mechanism must be formulated.”

"Well, the old man knows that no matter what, the old man with these telescopes will bring them back to you wholeheartedly."

As Li Jing said, he wished he could hang these binoculars on his body immediately.

However, when he looked behind the binoculars again, his eyes narrowed again. It was the Lianbow that Sun Xiangfu used extensively in the defense of Mayi City.

"So many crossbows?"

"Of course, we are tens of thousands of cavalry marching. There are only [-] continuous crossbows here, and each crossbow has three arrow boxes. In addition, there are [-] boxes of spare arrows, with a total of [-] arrows."

Su Dingfang reported according to the prepared quantity.

Five thousand continual crossbows, 10,000+ arrows, is this to make myself use his rogue style of play?
After thinking about the scene under Mayi City, Li Jing shuddered, the scene was so sour.

Refined iron cavalry spears, sabers, and new-style saddles were all prepared by the expeditionary army. Sun Xiangfu didn't need to make them. What he got for Li Jing was new-style military rations.

"General Li, these boxes are full of meat paste, bean paste made from yak meat on the grassland, with dogwood and diced salted fish in it, which tastes very good. In addition, there are many naan bread and bread that can be preserved for a winter. Strong wine, full of taste, and a lot of nutritious cooked tofu, soldiers have thick cotton armor, plus these food and wine, they can survive in the snow for a long time..."

"With these things you provided, He Chou Jieli can't be destroyed."

Seeing the babies all over the room, Li Jing said happily.

"Then I wish General Li a victory in advance. It is not too late. General Li can immediately let the soldiers adapt to the new equipment and rations and use them. I have to deal with those Hu merchants."

"By the way, I have something personal to tell you. Our Anbei Protectorate is short of people! Xie Li, if you can capture him alive, you must capture him alive. In this way, those under him will definitely not resist desperately. If you can get him A part of it will go to my Anbei Protectorate, and the kid's investment in the general is not in vain."

Li Jing smiled and said, "I want to send so many good things to this old man because I have other wishes, okay! If this battle can be won, the young and strong captives can draw some for you first."

(End of this chapter)