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Chapter 1461 The Painter
Xiao Chengen and these juniors are far behind in battles with those who have been in the fighting field all their lives.

However, they know more about the development of the current situation and information changes than Baibai, and they are more receptive to new knowledge.

For example, after receiving the news that Soli Kam had been captured, the leader of the army took the envoy sent by Qi Jiguang's Chinese army across from the right bank of the Kama River, and immediately taught Xiaobai a lesson as the youngest son.

The envoys sent by Qi Jiguang were not the military supervisors, but Yu Shaoyu, a novelist from the Wanli court, and Wu Bin, Zhang Fu, etc. who were enshrined in the inner court. They were ordered by the emperor to follow the army at the front. Emperor Telegram.

Although as a military officer, who doesn't want to make his own martial arts famous all over the world, and he is not unhappy in his heart when he hears that the emperor has such a plan, but after all, he is an old man, and he is still a bit reserved in his heart.

Especially knowing that the emperor's order is not to allow painters and novelists to listen to their paintings and write, but to eat and sleep with soldiers in the barracks, write what comes to mind, and draw what they see.

The most important thing is not to follow the conventions of court painting, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

At first, Xie Bai was quite embarrassed, he waved his hands and said, "Pull it down, I'm already the vice-president of the army, and the master can just draw some portraits for the juniors."

Later, I heard Wu Bin say that this is not possible, we have to paint. The emperor ordered that all the generals who lead the army should be treated equally, regardless of their official positions, regardless of their age, regardless of where they were born, as long as they are generals who receive the official title of the Ming Dynasty, they must painting.

This made Xi Bai very moved, according to the past, these things have never been his part.

Not even his name was mentioned in the battle report, just like in the early years, as a general, he belonged to the garrison Zheng Yin.

No names at all.

Now that Emperor Wanli is here, he even has to make a portrait?

Without saying a word, Qianbai led Wu Bin, the enshrined painter of the inner court, to the trophy vault where he captured Soli Kam.

It was a huge wooden granary, more than half of which was occupied by grain and wooden barrels, and the rest was filled with piles of Rakshayi soldiers, leather goods and hardware. Obviously, it was too late to tidy up after the victory of the war.

Xiaobai led Wu Bin straight past the guards, to the innermost cubicle, and opened several wooden boxes with bronze carvings.

Unprocessed gold nuggets, silver ingots, processed gold rings, earrings, and granular diamonds, citrines, and emeralds almost blinded Wu Bin.

"The master came here by the emperor's order. There is not much good stuff here. Choose whichever one you like."

Qiao Bai looked at Wu Bin, and said happily, as if he was quite regretful: "It's rare for the court to treat him as a national scholar in his life, so I have no regrets. Only a few boys in the house, please draw them more like Han people."

Wu Bin was an enshrined painter in the inner court. Unlike the Song Dynasty, the painting academies in the Ming Dynasty did not have independent painting academies. However, due to the needs, there was a set of enshrining mechanisms for selecting talents, mainly in ministries, cabinets, and internal supervisors.

Therefore, a court painter in the Ming Dynasty was enshrined with talent, but his official position may be Zhongshusheren and Daizhao of the Imperial Academy, Daizhao of Wuying Hall, head of the Ministry of Industry, Dr. Kelou and Wuguan Lingtailang of Qin Tianjian, Jin Yiwei's governors, hundred households, thousand households and even commanders.

It was not until these people set off to follow the Ming army that Wanli established the official institution of painting and calligraphy in the inner court as a reward for his meritorious service.

Wu Bin followed Qi Jiguang in the northwest with his good at painting figures. When Oirat and Shuobu Hanino Khan returned to him, he painted "Wala Nei Drawings", which was sent back to Beijing to make the emperor happy. He established a calligraphy and painting academy on the spot and appointed him as the master .

Wu Bin never dared to take the property that he worshiped. On the one hand, it was because of his strength of character, and on the other hand, because he followed the frontier to the west, even a sheep had to be controlled by Qi Jiguang. These spoils may be the frontline officers who fought Dare to be generous with the generosity of others, but others dare not take it.

Qi Jiguang is actually a person who is very good at giving gifts, but that's because what he says doesn't count.

In addition to giving gifts, he is also good at setting up a system. Now, where he has the final say, these offerings from the inner court are all bound by rules. They should have a lot of points, and they should not take more. , These things have been communicated with the emperor through reports, and no one can change them.

He didn't dare to take it back, but Wu Bin was very concerned about this kind of respect, and quickly waved his hand in agreement: "Don't worry, general, I will definitely repair it for the young masters."

He even proposed to ask Xiao Chengen, Xiao Chengchong, and adopted son Tu Wenxiu to change their armor recently, or send someone to the Central Army to borrow a few sets of armor from the Beiyang Army.

There is no need to borrow this, Qi Jiguang was busy trying to win people's hearts for the court, he knew too well that the composition of this army was chaotic, so when he asked for this request, he immediately rewarded him with a few sets of armor.

Not only the worship, but even the newly attached generals such as Karacha gave a set, but the armored cavalry of Chechen Khan and Alda from the Kingdom of Jin still kept their old military uniforms.

This is also the first time that Baibai feels that even if he marches thousands of miles west, Daming is not far away from him.

At least the heart of Emperor Wanli is here.

What's more, in communicating with Wu Bin and other inner court priests, Xibai learned more about the land in the east when they came.

"And it's going to be chaotic, Taiping? Not so peaceful."

Wu Bin took out half a pack of Muye cigarettes from his sleeve, and thought about it before taking out one for Xie Bai. Then he was about to light it, but was dragged out of the warehouse by Xie Bai, and then he smoked it comfortably. He took a sip and said, "It's difficult. Once the railway is repaired, everyone will go north."

It's not that the painter is stingy, it's really the policy of the Minister of the East not to allow Makino smoke to go abroad, which abruptly made the Dongyang Makino smoke sold overseas by Daming a precious object, and the one that turned sour in his bag was the one from the governor of Jinyi, Xu Jue, in Jining. Sent by the export firearms shop.

I can’t bear to smoke. It’s not that Dongyang doesn’t sell cigarettes, so there are none in China. Nanyang Military Mansion’s Tamba mushrooms are also sold in China, but I don’t know what’s going on there. Anyway, it doesn’t taste as good as Dongyang’s Makino cigarettes.

Tobacco is not new to Baibai, but he has never smoked Muye, and he thought to himself: It's the railway again.

He didn't make a sound, just listening to Wu Bin continue: "First, merchants, those with foresight went to the north to explore the mines when the Wulianghai Railway was built, and opened mines and operated coal mines on the spot."

"With work, the people who are sad in the mouth run out of the mouth, and the tribal chiefs outside the mouth are happy with them. There are no people left. The emperor recruited people to go west one after another, and some even disappeared from the tribe."

"The workers outside the exit repaired the railway and opened the mine, and the herdsmen who stayed on the grassland also came to work with them. They paid back their wages for food, which was more comfortable than grazing. The railway was built along the west, and soon it was connected to Qinglong. From Wu Liang Hai passed through Jining to Guihua City, and from Guihua City to Yili to continue repairing."

"Some people became horse thieves, merchants and workers fiddled with firearms in the export firearms shop. Anyway, they were born and died to make money. No matter how chaotic, the railway means money. The coal, iron, and forests nearby can be used. It will be repaired sooner or later."

Xiaobai tried his best to think about it in his mind, but he couldn't figure out what the railway was. He only knew that the railway ran faster than Ma Jun, so he asked, "Then how fast is the railway?"

"Different routes have different speeds. I first went to Wulianghai from Tongzhou. I took the Xiaoqinglong, which was specialized in reporting letters. There were 11 people including the car workers and passengers. I left Tongzhou in the morning. How dare the general think? The next morning Just go to Tainingwei."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)