The garrison, the most pitiful group among the Tang Dynasty's frontier armies, always guarded the Tang Dynasty's borders as a group, a small team, or a large group, or in other words, guarded many ethnic minority areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
At least before Li Yuanxing, these people were the most miserable.
Now... it's still very painful.
There is an open place with only a simple wall surrounded by branches. A large regiment is arranged here, which is two hundred combat soldiers and one hundred auxiliary soldiers.
The regiment leader here was drawn from the right leading guard, for no reason, because Datang needed it.
If you really need a reason, this seventh-grade captain is the young cousin and the guarantor of the young man joining the army. So the young man was also sent here, with his fifteen and a half years old
, a wife who has not yet celebrated her sixteenth birthday, and a banknote of eight thousand guan.
What sent them over was an 1,800-ton armed merchant ship, which was directly under the military and had nothing to do with the merchants.
Only two months of supplies and some adequate tools were given.
By the way, the merchant ship exchanged lunch meat from Chang'an for a boat full of snow candies at Palembang, then turned around and headed back.
"Not even a house?" a soldier complained.
"We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." The regiment leader said to the complaining soldier in a very firm tone. Then he turned to everyone: "We will build our battalion ourselves. From now on, we will stay here for a year.
, or two years. Our mission is just one sentence, Palembang is the Palembang of the Tang Dynasty."
What a simple command!
Until now, the leader doesn't know how to execute this order.
A gorgeous, super huge, 3,000-ton armed yacht was parked outside Palembang. It was guarded by six 1,300-ton armed merchant ships.
Li Yuanxing did not choose to use pure warships as escorts. He just did some business while traveling around the world.
Three of the seven princesses came with them, because they knew that Li Yuanxing would take them to see the fiefdoms this time, and also explain to them the characteristics of those fiefdoms.
Yaozhou is on the right track and is still under the control of the Qin Palace.
The tokens of Wu Zhao and Li Yuanxing were given to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er, for safekeeping. Li Er would not be relieved to whomever he gave these things.
The children stayed on the boat, Li Yuanxing, Li Lanshan, and Wu Zhao. The three of them brought more than a dozen guards and entered Palembang. This place represents the beginning of the colonial era of the Tang Dynasty. The prosperity here is somewhat like that of Shanghai in the old days.
A wall blocked the area between Tang Dynasty and Nanyang mainland.
The buildings in the Tang District are gorgeous, wealthy and elegant! They are full of the flavor of Chang'an. There are some thatched houses, earth sheds and the like outside the walls. There is no serious drainage facility, which is dirty, messy and poor. There is a distinct difference from the inside of the walls.
contrast.
"Your Highness, the Imperial Security Department has records that Nanyang people call the inside of the wall a place of bliss!"
The one who spoke was Wu Yuanshuang. He followed him out just to have a look at the Wu family's fiefdom. Now that he has been granted the fiefdom, the Wu family has not queued up to buy a big ship. He still belongs to the Security Department of the Tang Empire, and it is Li Yuanxing who takes him out to sea this time.
It’s a sign of the Wu family, and the Wu family knows it very well. Princess Mingyue is Princess Mingyue. There will be no other identity!
Three days, only three days.
The garrison of the Tang Dynasty had built their own barracks. According to the drawings, there really was nothing to build in this camp. It was like spring here all year round, and you would only feel hot, but not cold at all.
Just build beams and columns out of wood and tie them up with bamboo walls.
The bed is simpler, a bamboo bed, and even an extra quilt will make you too hot.
But each bed has a tent made of linen to prevent mosquitoes. There are medicines distributed by the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty inside and outside the house, either placed on the wall, or made into a medicine bag and placed on the body.
.
There is no military position in Palembang, only one civilian official.
The captain is the largest military official here, but the civilian officials responsible for the port manage a lot. It is almost equivalent to the position of a governor, but the territory he manages is smaller. In order to be a fifth-rank official, he was given
Those who hold the position of chief official at the state capital level in Palembang can be said to be the elite among officials of the Tang Dynasty.
"There must be rules in the military camp. The Ministry of War has also sent a document to promote you to the rank of Sixth Grade Captain, in charge of the security of Palembang. The number of sergeants staying overnight in the military camp must not be reduced by 30% every night. The military area has been
Get ready for you, the allocation of this house was originally a matter for the government, I thought you should allocate it yourself!"
An order from Chang'an was handed into the hands of the regiment leader.
The group leader looked puzzled.
"If you need anything, just say it. In this Palembang, if you have anything to do, as the port commander-in-chief, Mr. Hu from the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you from the Ministry of War, Xiao Wei from Yushitai, and Lao Zhao from the Ministry of Works
.There are just five of us, so to speak, we are a small official of the fifth and sixth grades, but we are thousands of miles away from Chang'an when we are away from home, so we all have to take care of each other."
"What are my soldiers doing?"
This question is what puzzles the group leader the most.
This question also stopped the leader of Palembang from asking, what are these soldiers doing?
"Good question!"
"Then what do we do?"
"Ah!" The general manager opened his mouth. He really didn't know how to answer. He pulled the other person to the window and pointed to the port in the distance: "Look, the Japanese are responsible for this security problem. There are five thousand of them.
Man, the leader of the army is also a Japanese military academy. If he has something to do in the future, he will naturally come to you. And the Goguryeo people are in charge of tax-related matters. If there is a fight, their captain will definitely come to report to you. Of course, if someone evades taxes
, that’s the matter of Hube Laohu!”
"The general understands that the general will do his best, but he is just a soldier under the general?"
"Let's put it this way..." The supervisor really had nothing to say. He imagined making up a reason to stabilize the soldiers first and then said: "According to the orders from above, this is Palembang of the Tang Dynasty. The chores on the streets will naturally
We don’t have to come forward ourselves, but at the critical moment, the most reliable thing is whether we are right or not.”
"Yes!" the group leader replied very seriously.
"That's it, it's the critical moment. Therefore, our Datang's own soldiers are the most reliable at the critical moment, so that's it. In five more days, that is, on the morning of the fifth day, your family members will be sent here. You
First go and settle down the soldiers, and then do daily training on what is necessary. By the way, in six days, it happens to be the day when the rations are distributed, and your portion is ready. This is what I mean above."
The regimental commander went back, and even when he returned to the military camp, he didn't understand what they usually did.
Okay, let’s pick up the family members first.
The army's time is extremely accurate. If it says the morning of five days later, it must be the morning of five days later.
People in the Tang Dynasty had the habit of buying slaves. As long as they were not extremely poor, they would buy a maid or a slave. These soldiers had also saved some money in the past few years. Although it was not much, it was definitely enough to buy a maid.
The dock workers in Nanyang, who were responsible for carrying the cargo, watched the ship coming from a distance and came to the ship in a flash to see what work was going on.
After the board was set up, this time it was not an ordinary single board, but an iron frame with handrails. The dock workers immediately knew that this was a passenger ship, and many people couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
Those who disembarked were all noble ladies of the Tang Dynasty, whether young or old, all wearing silk gowns and accompanied by maids.
In Nanyang's eyes, this is a noble person.
"It's hard for these soldiers, because they are afraid of losing their face outside the door, so they take out the good things from the bottom of the box." Sitting on the third floor of a restaurant, Li Lanshan said with emotion.
Li Yuanxing smiled: "They really want to make money. They can earn twenty guan a month without violating military regulations. Otherwise, there may be a few extremely rich people in the army."
When it comes to making money, there is no need for Li Yuanxing to explain. Li Lanshan and Wu Zhao can use the experience of later generations to use their brains and come up with dozens of ways, and they can also bypass military regulations.
Qiuxiang and the other maids didn't understand, but they didn't know how to ask.
The military area is completely different from the empty barracks. It has all red brick and cement huts. In order to save costs, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce built all the two-story buildings. Each door is a family, and there is a stable in front of each house.
, and then there are steps. Because Nanyang is relatively humid, the foundation is one foot higher.
The interior of the house is about 80 square meters in modern times. Including the second floor, it is half a house and half a terrace.
The ground is made of pure wooden boards, and the walls are whitewashed with lime. Different from ordinary houses in Nanyang, these houses have glass windows.
Just these glass windows have led many Nanyang people to guess that this is the house of those noble people.
One set per household, choose whatever you like.
The leader is older. He is in a separate small villa area. There are only 200 houses in the small villa area here. Those who can buy a house here are at least the level of big businessmen. There are only a dozen units allocated by the public, and the rest are
It's a row of two-story buildings.
"How much do you earn in this residential area?" Wu Zhao turned to ask Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanxing shook his head. He no longer paid attention to this small amount of money.
Wu Zhao turned his attention to Qiu Xiang again. Qiu Xiang answered after getting Li Yuanxing's consent: "No money was used for this land. About 20% was allocated to the Ministry of War and 10% to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The remaining income was not high, only a small amount of money.
It will reach 300,000 guan. Regarding further development, the opinion of the government staff is to take it slow first, and then sell some to rich people in Nanyang. The profit will be 800,000 guan at least."
Wu Zhao laughed a few times.
The people of Tang Dynasty have learned how to play real estate, and this progress is terrible.
Besides, for those sergeants, guarding the border here seems completely different. It’s not hard here, and your family is around you. Moreover, the rule in the military camp is that as long as 30% of the people are stationed in the military camp, then everyone can take turns to be on duty the rest of the time.
Still at home.
It seems like this is a reward, not hard work.
When the food was distributed on the sixth day, the soldiers were dumbfounded. Each of them had one bolt of silk, five bolts of fine white linen, and a large basket of money.