Along the way, we met the passing tax soldiers. Without exception, they did not kneel down to Yuzhu, but instead put their legs together and beat their chests to salute.
Longkodo was interesting to see, so he asked Yuzhu: "Why is it a ritual to knock on the chest?"
Yuzhu smiled and explained, "I am just a small tax prison. Isn't that causing trouble for me to kneel down every day?"
Longkodo knew in his heart that the little villain must have not told the truth. However, he did not point out these things and skipped them quietly for the time being.
When he arrived at Yuzhu's house, Longkodo was surprised to find that a soldier with a gun and a knife stood in each side of the house.
Longkodo narrowed his eyes and observed carefully for a while. He was surprised to find that the angle at which the four people stood was locked in all directions close, without any blind spots.
Well, this little bastard Yuzhu is hiding quite deep, and he must dig it slowly, and Longkodo secretly made up his mind.
After Longkodo entered the house, he was completely attracted by a huge wooden military sand table in the middle of the house.
The capital city is the birthplace of Longkodo. Longkodo also holds military power inside and outside the capital. He even knows with his eyes closed that the direction of mountains, rivers and rivers inside and outside the capital city.
However, the things displayed on the sand table are more than several times more detailed than what Longkodo knows.
Seeing Longkodo's eyes staring at the military sand table without blinking, Yuzhu nodded secretly. After all, he was a man who knew the soldiers and a guy who knew the goods.
In fact, today's military sand tables are still very sketchy, with only one rough appearance, not very accurate.
Why? Yuzhu's tax soldiers, although they know the trends of mountains, rivers and rivers, are all illiterate people who don't know a single word. How can they learn the concept of "contour line" in a short time?
However, even such military sand tables with a completion rate of less than one-tenth are already the top presence in the Qing Dynasty.
"What is this thing called?" Longkodo seemed to be looking at a rare treasure. He admired it for a quarter of an hour before turning his head to ask Yuzhu.
Yuzhu whispered: "This object is called a military sand table. It is based on the display of the map. It restores the mountains, rivers, bridges and roads near the capital, but it only reduces the proportion."
"Well, this is a divine object!" Longkodo pointed to the military sand table and said excitedly, "If this object is given to the court, Bo Feng would despise it."
When talking to a wise man, there is no need to say too much. Just the word "shen" will let Yuzhu know. Longkodo has already understood the practical significance of military sand tables.
"Good son, tell me quickly, how did you train such an elite army?" Longkodo endured it and endured it. He couldn't help it anymore, and finally asked.
"Ama, you go around and take a look. No matter whether you can understand it or not, I will give a reasonable explanation." Yuzhu deliberately kept it a secret and began to put on airs.
"I won't go anywhere, I'll be with you." Longkodo is not a fool, and he follows Yuzhu, what else can't be seen?
"Ama, I still have some documents to deal with, you see..." Yuzhu wanted to send him away.
Longkodo smiled and said, "You are busy with yours, I'll take a look at this." He pointed at the military sand table.
Yuzhu began to handle military documents. Longkodo did not harass him. He stood alone next to the military sand table, concentrating on studying something.
"Didi..." Suddenly, a bamboo whistle broke the tranquility of the room. Longkodo subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Yuzhu.
Yuzhu didn't even raise his eyelids and kept picking up his pen to handle military documents, an unusual monograph.
Longkodo heard the chaotic footsteps outside the house, and then he heard a loud command, "All people, listen to my command, stand at attention!"
“Look right.”
“Look forward.”
"As arose, set up a long spear array."
Longkodo saw that the jade pillar was still as motionless as a mountain. He couldn't help it. He approached the door and looked outside and was stunned on the spot.
A team of tax soldiers of about forty people was divided into four teams. They held shields and were carrying guns and were conducting offensive training.
Even though Longkodo had badly read military books, he had never seen such a powerful spear assassination. He subconsciously walked out of the door of the house, stood on the open space, and started to study it with relish.
One of the eleven tax soldiers stood in the front row, two burly men holding shields. Behind them were six spearmen.
Behind the spearman were two soldiers holding a small shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand.
What kind of formation is this? Longkodo thought about it and then, even if he racked his brains, he would have no impression at all.
"Kill!" The officer in the queue shouted loudly, then pointed his sword forward.
Then the big shield raised the thick shield high, and the spearmen behind them stabbed the cat hard through the gap of the big shield.
The last sword and shield soldier danced the small shield with his left hand and slashed his sword with his right hand!
At this moment, Longkodo roughly understood everything in front of him, and told him an iron truth: this is the perfect formation that attacks the enemy formation.
The only drawback is that if you face the enemy of cannons and muskets, this formation will not work.
Longkodo is not an ordinary person, he is half an expert in military books. He naturally could see that once this formation came out, the enemy could only win by relying on firearms.
Giant shield soldiers and sword shield soldiers were actually outdated in the modern era of firearms.
However, the jade pillar left this big flaw, which was deliberately used to confuse people.
Kangxi was in charge of a firearm unit, named the Eight Banners Firearms Camp, which was stationed near the Forbidden City.
In the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion, there are shotgun guards and gun armor, and the main equipment is shotguns and counterfeit Fran machine cannons, with about a few thousand people.
No matter how powerful the tax soldiers are, they will be destroyed by the firearm battalion.
As a result, Kangxi was completely disdainful of the dozens of people from Yuzhu.
During lunch, a few large jars and small jars were placed in front of the five chefs. The jars were filled with white rice and the dishes served in the jars were served.
Longkodo looked curiously, but saw pickled radish strips, fat meat with oily flowers, boiled white squids, kohlrabi and shredded carrots and a large jar of meat and bone soup, and white rice that could not be poured into chopsticks.
Although it was just three dishes and one soup, Longkodo, who knew the soldiers, knew that this was an extremely sumptuous lunch for the tax soldiers.
You should know that the Eight Banners soldiers under Longkodo usually only serve pickled radish sticks and can't see meat stars at all.
Just looking at this kind of food, Longkodo knew that Yuzhu was very willing to give the tax soldiers a good meal and did not embezzle military expenses at all.
When it was Yuzhu's turn to get the meal, Longkodo noticed that Yuzhu walked to the steaming iron pot, picked up the large thick porcelain bowl from the pot with long wooden chopsticks, and took it out.
A pair of bamboo chopsticks.
"Why is this?" Longkodo has been regarded as a senior general who has seen the world, but has never seen such a way of doing so. He couldn't help but ask Yuzhu curiously.
"The people and animals in the army are mixed together, and they are most afraid of getting infected with epidemics. If the bowls and chopsticks boiled with boiling water are not easy to get infected." Yuzhu's explanation made Longkodo puzzled.
What is the reason for this?
Longkodo also knew a lot of famous imperial physicians in the palace, but he had never heard them talk about it?
Yuzhu had already started to make food, but while Longkodo was raising the bowl, he accidentally got burned and threw the bowl in his hand.
Can boiling bowls really prevent epidemics?
Longkodo lost his face on the spot, his face inevitably turned red, but he was thinking about the reason for boiling the bowl.
Yuzhu had already made a meal, but he didn't pay attention to Longkodo, who was a little dazed. He could do many things that he couldn't understand, so he could just think about them by himself.
Anyway, given Longkodo's love of military affairs, he will definitely break the question to the end.
After finally finishing the meal, Longkodo saw Yuzhu squatting among the vulgar military men.
When Longkodo walked towards the Jade Pillar, he suddenly found that several people were holding a whole bowl of fat and thin meat and were eating voraciously.
He noticed sensitively that many soldiers without meat in the bowl nearby stared at these guys who were eating meat with big mouthfuls, and swallowed their saliva in envy.
This is really rare. Even the owners of ordinary families can not eat such a large bowl of meat every day.
Longkodo also squatted beside him as he learned from the appearance of Yuzhu, and asked in confusion: "Why is such a big bowl of meat?"
Yuzhu took a bite of rice and explained: "The winners of morning training can eat meat for lunch. Similarly, the winners of afternoon training can also eat meat for dinner."
"Oh!" Longkodo understood, it turned out to be a regular meat-appetizing meal.
Not to mention anything else, just this big bowl of meat is at least a pound.
In the butcher shop in Beijing, a pound of pork belly costs at least one hundred cents.
Longkodo immediately gained a new understanding of Yuzhu's willingness to spend a lot of money and open it up to give the tax soldiers a good meal.
The first time he squatted down to eat, Longkodo felt that it was particularly fresh. How could he be so vulgar before?
It was precisely because he squatted down that Longkodo discovered another rare thing. The soldiers' feet were not straw sandals, but black local cloth shoes.
You know, the regular official soldiers in the Green Camp in the capital are still wearing straw sandals.
Longkodo felt a sense of time and space disorder. The local tax soldiers here were treated much better than those of the imperial army!
Who is the real official army?
After leaving the tax patrol camp, Longkodo was no longer worried about Yuzhu.
His beloved son of Longkodo, Wen can win the top scorer and the martial arts association trains troops. In the future, Yuzhu will really be able to earn a count by himself and go home by relying on military merits.
If you have a son like this, what else can your husband ask for?
Among the Qing Dynasty's civil servants, the first-rank viscount was used as the watershed. The dukes, marquis and counts above the viscount were all divided into first, second and third grades, all of which were super-ranked titles.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the super-ranked titles among the civil servants of different surnames were extremely strict. They were truly able to do so, and they could not be awarded without military merit.
The most obvious example is Fucha Maqi. As the Chief Grand Secretary of Manchuria and the Minister of Revenue, he is of high authority.
However, because of no military merits, Ma Qi never had any titles in the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties.
When he arrived in the Qianlong Dynasty, because of his niece Empress Fucha, Ma Qi was favored by his relatives and was named Earl for his favor.
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