Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 168 Reorganizing the Barracks
Starting from Zhenjiang, I returned to Nanjing the next day.

At the door of the house, the parents were shocked, they didn't expect Yang Chao to build such a big house, the tall gate, just like the house of an official.

In fact, they have known for a long time that there are big houses built in the front and back of the family, and they are high-quality brick houses, but they still have to be pleasantly surprised when they see it with their own eyes.

Then I was shocked by so many women in the family.

Walking into the front yard, there were already a lot of women waiting. When they saw the old couple of the Yang family, they all bowed their knees and saluted. The Wang family took good care of them, but they had no servants for them.

The couple, especially Zhao Lan, are extremely satisfied with the dozens of girls who appear in front of them. This is the pomp that a rich family should have. Yang Yue is not used to it, but at the same time, she suddenly has a sense of superiority. , holding his head high, let someone lead the way to see his room.

Entering the backyard, two stunning beauties were already standing in the yard waiting.

The two of them immediately shocked the old couple, and Yang Yue also stood there dumbfounded, and the sense of superiority that had just arisen disappeared in an instant.

Seeing that her husband was in a daze, Zhao Lan couldn't help but glared at him, and then eagerly asked Yang Chao, "Son, whose family are the two girls from? Why don't you tell my mother?"

Before Yang Chao could explain, the two girls had already quietly walked in to salute: "Little girl Chen Yuan (Dong Bai), met Master Yang, Mrs. Yang, and Miss Yang!"

Only then did Yang Chao explain: "Father, mother, these two girls are guests invited by my son, and they will leave after staying for a few days."

Only then did Zhao Lan groan, and then said, "Let's go after staying for a few days."

An indescribable regret in his tone.

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan laughed and said, "Don't blame me for bothering you during this time."

Zhao Lan said: "No, no. It's too late to be happy. When I saw those girls in front of me, I thought they came out of a painting. Now I see you two, it's like falling from the sky. Even if you live, there are No one dares to drive you away, old lady."

Zhao Lan has always been used to being aggressive, and the two famous prostitutes were not used to the rough language of the market for a while, but they soon covered their mouths and laughed, thinking that this straightforward and hot temper was actually quite likable.

Yang Chao intentionally dismissed them and said to Yang Yue: "Don't you want to see your room? I'll let you two sisters live in it for the time being. Let's go and have a look together."

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan understood immediately, and Dong Xiaowan even walked up with a smile, took Yang Yue's hand, called each sister, and went to the room.

Yang Chao took his parents to their room.

The parents' room was full of furniture at this time, all of which were high-quality mahogany furniture.

The father who watched was happy, and sat on this stool for a while, sat on that chair for a while, and touched the table for a while.

"These guys are not cheap."

Although Yang Yong is not a carpenter, he has been a carpenter for a long time and has seen a lot of things, so his eyesight is not bad.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "They are all old things, you are using them for the time being, and replaced them with new ones years ago."

Zhao Lan also looked at some tea sets, porcelain vases, etc. she couldn't put it down, and suddenly said that she wanted to replace them with new ones, and immediately objected.

"Son, mother sees that these things are new, so why should they be replaced? Even though you are an official now, you can't be so extravagant. Being an official also costs money, and I will keep it for you just in case. "

Yang Chao said: "Mother, don't worry, I have the bottom of my heart."

Those pieces of furniture were from the Jinchai Building. The scholar smashed them and moved them in, and they still had to send them back later.

Yang Chao is not willing to let his parents use the furniture that others have used. The new furniture is already being built, and it will be finished in a few days, and it will be replaced at that time.

In short, the parents are very satisfied with the room, furnishings, and furniture. After seeing the room furnished by Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan, Yang Yue liked it even more. She insisted on living with them and was unwilling to change another room. In the end, she was scolded by her mother. After a meal, he moved to Yang Chao's house.

Yang Chao lives in the barracks, or temporarily lives in the Jinchai Tower.

After settling his family, Yang Chao rushed back to the barracks without stopping.

Together with Hu Quan, organize the soldiers to take an exam, and those who pass the exam will be promoted to a higher level.

I took the exam once last year, and there was only one passer at that time, and that was Lu Mo. As a result, Lu Mo was promoted to a higher level, and Lu Mo became the banner chief. As a result, it triggered a learning boom in the army, especially the last batch of new recruits. The 300 people in the school regard this as a channel for advancement and study very seriously, but it is a pity that the time is too short and the progress in learning is not too great.

Every time a test paper is issued, the content of the test paper is very simple. The test is a post, that is, before and after the content, and the candidates are asked to fill in the middle paragraphs.

In fact, it is the fill-in-the-blank questions of later generations. In ancient times, it was called posting text.

However, people in the Tang Dynasty posted articles first, and then took an oral test. After asking ten questions about righteousness, they answered three questions about current affairs and policies.
Yang Chao didn't need an oral test, no questions and answers, just a post test to test the soldiers' literacy ability.

They are not afraid of cheating. Each of them takes a test paper and takes the test separately. They are all under Yang Chao's nose. Anyone who makes a slight change will be kicked out immediately. In training, everyone has a sitting posture, and they dare not relax a little.

The results of the test did not surprise Yang Chao at all. No one got all the answers right. After the opening time was missed, literacy became much more difficult.

There was only one person who got one-third of the answers correct, and it was Chen Baodi. This kid was very interesting. Since Lu Mo was promoted because of his literacy, he had worked harder to read and write. It seemed that he was at a disadvantage if he didn't.

Chen Baodi's temperament is very tactful, and he is very likable in the military camp. He always says nice things to people and says what others like to hear, so he has a good relationship in the army. Yang Chao also likes this tactful temperament. Smart, as long as you work hard, you will get results.

Taking the result of the exam, Yang Chao encouraged him with good grades. At the same time, he declared again that he would be reassessed in half a year, and those who passed the exam would still be promoted.

After the exam, Yang Chao found Chen Kuan and Li Fu. Yang Chao had already notified the two veteran flag chiefs, telling them that the barracks must be rectified, and that they could not continue to occupy the barracks and playground. The barracks occupied by Chen Kuan must be All of them should be vacated, and they can no longer raise pigs; the playground occupied by Li Fu can only keep a small part in the center, and most of them must be vacated.

Chen Kuan fell to his knees as soon as he entered.

"Chen Zongqi, it's not that I am embarrassing you. There are already more than 400 soldiers in the army. I have already been promoted to a thousand generals. There will be more soldiers in the coming year. It is really impossible for you to raise pigs. Please forgive me."

Yang Chao said.I am still discussing with my subordinates. Although the army has been feeding pigs wrongly, they have been raising them for more than ten years. This is a problem left over from history.

He had already greeted Chen Kuan and Li Fu before and told them that their business of raising pigs and growing vegetables would be affected to some extent.

Especially Chen Kuan had to vacate all the barracks, and it was impossible to raise pigs.

Chen Kuan said: "The villain knows. The villain only asks for one thing from the adult. For the sake of the villain's hard work for so many years, I implore the adult to let the villain's son inherit the banner of the villain. The villain has no complaints."

It seems that Chen Kuan has given up, knowing that his business of raising pigs is over, but these years Chen Kuan used the military barracks to raise pigs and made a lot of money, allowing him to buy a yard in other places to continue raising pigs. But he didn't want to give up his status as an officer, and wanted to give up his official position as the banner chief to his son.

Yang Chao thought for a while and said: "This official can't agree to you. Under my rule, promotion has its own rules, and you can't be rewarded for nothing. But this official can accept your son as a soldier. You can also continue to stay as a banner total."

Chen Kuan pondered for a moment, probably because Yang Chao was a successful official, he was only 15 years old and he was already in the position of chief executive, he had a bright future, and his son had a guaranteed future as a soldier for him, so he nodded.

"The villain thanked the adults."

Li Fu also pondered for a while, and after Chen Kuan stood up, he also knelt down.

"The villain also has a son, I beg you to accept him as a soldier."

Yang Chao nodded: "Okay."

Li Fu thanked: "Thank you, sir."

Yang Chao said: "I don't understand something. Why doesn't Zongqi Li cultivate outside the camp, but grow vegetables in the camp?"

Yang Chao knew the location of Xinjiangkou Water Camp a long time ago. It was 100 to [-] feet away from the Yangtze River and more than [-] meters away from the mouth of the Qinhuai River. Now it is all wasteland, covered by tall grass, and no one is reclaiming it.

However, many of the barracks are willing to produce fields. Although they may not grow vegetables like Li Fu, there are quite a few who grow rice and wheat. The land in the barracks used to be a solid playground, and it is more difficult to cultivate than the wasteland outside. There are too many, so Yang Chao is quite strange.

Li Fu sighed: "It's not that no one is outside to reclaim wasteland. The villain once plowed a vegetable field in the past, but it didn't wait for it to grow. It was all stolen by the neighbors."

Only then did Yang Chao understand, no wonder the other side of the Qinhuai River is also a barren beach facing the river, but it was privately occupied by rich families and cultivated a large piece of fertile land, while no one cultivated the wasteland on the side of the military camp. It turned out that it was because of the disaster of the soldiers.

Yang Chao said again: "President Li, it's not easy to reclaim your vegetable fields. I'm not unreasonable, and I didn't ask you to let them all out."

Yang Chao calculated that his barracks were 40 feet long and [-] feet wide, with a total of [-] acres, and the one Li Fu opened had more than [-] acres.

But next year, his army will expand and need a bigger playground, so Li Fu's vegetable field will be reduced, leaving only the most central one.

The reason why he stayed was not because of Yang Chao's kindness, but because Yang Chao felt that it would be good to leave a piece of green in the middle of the playground, just like the playground of later generations.

After Yang Chao's plan, Li Fu could only keep a long vegetable field in the center.

Li Fu is very sensible: "The villain understands the difficulties of adults, and dare not have the slightest resentment."

These two people used to be able to raise pigs and grow vegetables because the old general cared about their filial piety, which was equivalent to renting the playground and barracks to them, but Yang Chao never cared about the little money. The money for buying vegetables and meat far exceeds the filial piety they give.

Therefore, when Yang Chao asked them to move away and reduce the vegetable field, the two of them didn't take any chances in their hearts, and they didn't try to bribe Yang Chao.

Yang Chao nodded: "Although you have less vegetable land, is there still a way, such as reclaiming outside the camp, next year I will be Chief Qian, and there will be more soldiers, at least no one under my command will dare Disaster, the land at the gate of our camp can still be opened. Or you can grow other expensive vegetables, such as—”

Speaking of this, Yang Chao suddenly thought of the greenhouse vegetables of later generations, and his heart was agitated, and he paused.

"Why don't you grow some winter vegetables?"

Li Fu was also taken aback, shook his head and said: "My lord is joking. How can we grow winter vegetables here? We don't have soup springs here."

Tangquan is a hot spring. Because of the high temperature nearby, some vegetables can be produced in winter, but these vegetables are not only available to those who have money, but also have status. Some are even tributes, which can only be eaten by the emperor.

There are hot springs on Zhongshan Mountain near Nanjing, and there is a Tangquan Town in Jiangpu on the opposite side of the river, which was developed by the hot springs. However, the yield of vegetables produced by these hot springs is too low, and only dignitaries are eligible to eat them.

What Li Fu was talking about was the food there.

Yang Chao smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, President Li, I have my own way."

(End of this chapter)