Winning every step of the Red Mansion

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Jia Hu went to the frontier with Prince Zhongsheng.This time, with the concubine accompanying her, the daily schedule was much slower than when the prince came back, and he only traveled fifty or sixty miles a day, because the prince had to inspect the defenses of various provinces along the way, and officials from all over the country greeted them and sent them there, stopping and stopping. , It was supposed to be up to January, but it took two months to arrive.

This kind of itinerary, Han Qi and Jia Hu are the happiest. They wanted to march in a hurry, and they should be in a hurry along the way, but they slowed down so much that they visited all the famous places they passed by.The great rivers and rivers can only be expressed with a few words in the book or poets borrowing scenery on weekdays, but this time I really appreciate them all.Both of them lamented that it was a worthwhile trip.

Not only that, the two of them borrowed the local county annals to read every place they went along the way, and copied many interesting things recorded in the local county annals one by one. It's more fun to flip.

When they finally arrived at their destination, King Zhongsheng wanted to arrange for him to live in a mansion in the city, but the two refused and insisted on going to the camp in the army.The prince tried to persuade him several times, but he had no choice but to agree, but asked him not to go in and out of the camp at will, and if he went out, he must bring his cronies to follow him.After all, one is the grandson of the emperor and the other is the queen of the state. If there is a mistake, it is not easy to explain to Jia Hu and Han Qi to respond one by one.Han Qi also repeatedly asked herself to be an ordinary soldier now, this time to follow the prince to experience, not to have privileges, how did the prince order him to just obey.

Prince Zhongsheng saw that the two were resolute, and after entering the camp, they were indeed obedient to everything as they said, so he gave up and arranged the two's barracks next to his own camp, so that he could take care of them at all times.A 100-member light cavalry team was also allocated to Hanqi, which can be used by him on the one hand, and can be comprehensive on the other.Han Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard the words.As for Jia Hu, Prince Zhongsheng allowed him to read any book in his study.Jia Hu was also ecstatic when he heard that.Lord Zhongsheng has collected a lot of military strategies and theories, and it is a blessing in life to be able to feast his eyes on them now.

After entering the barracks, the two of them ate and wore the same clothes as the soldiers.It was only then that Han Qi and Jia Hu fully understood why their original life was called a rich life.

Take the three meals as an example. When I was in the mansion, because Jiamu didn't care about ostentation, the three meals a day consisted of three or four dishes. The dishes were well matched with meat and vegetables, and the taste was exquisite, but it was not like many princely meals. feast.Jia Hu felt that her food was nothing more than ordinary.But walking this way out of the mansion, it would be better if you meet government officials to receive them. If you are on the way, although the three meals are both meat and vegetarian, they are much rougher.But Jia Hu thought that it was inconvenient because he was on the road, so it was like this.I thought it would be better if I went to the barracks.But it was only after entering the barracks that I realized that I was too real.

First of all, the army does not eat three meals a day, but two meals a day.Even the two meals a day are just porridge, not to mention the combination of meat and vegetables, even a multigrain steamed bun is not guaranteed to be able to have one a day.As for the dishes, it would be nice to have boiled dishes.What's more, the porridge is made of bad rice, and it's not too thick, so it can be poured with chopsticks.The steamed buns are mixed with beans, flour and miscellaneous grains, and the aftertaste always feels a little crying in the mouth.Not to mention that Han Qi has never eaten such a meal, even Jia Hu is the first time.

Naturally, Jia's mansion also drank porridge, but the porridge was made of polished rice and served with various accessories.And that's because I'm afraid that my body won't be able to bear the smell of fish and meat for a while when I get sick.But this is a military camp, how can I be full if I eat these every day?How can you win if you are not full?

Not to mention the clothes, the home is made of silk and satin, and the clothes are all tailored to the body.The military uniform is worn with two collars all the time, and the material is just ordinary cotton cloth.

Han Qi is an elf, seeing that she and Jia Hu had such a good meal, at first she thought that Prince Zhongsheng wanted them to go back to the mansion in the city, and deliberately used this method to make things difficult for herself.One day at noon, he found an excuse to sneak into Prince Zhongsheng's big tent, to see what the prince usually eats.The two entered the account, just as Prince Zhongsheng was having dinner, the two of them stared straight into the bowl of the prince, and saw that it was just a bowl of porridge, on the plate was a steamed bun mixed with black bean flour, and a small dish of pickled vegetables .Han Qi and Jia Hu looked at each other.Prince Zhongsheng looked at the expressions of the two and said with a smile: "If you are not used to the food in the army, today I allow you to go to the city for a half-day vacation to have a tooth festival."

"Uncle Jiu, do you eat this too?" Han Qi couldn't help asking after a moment of silence.

Prince Zhongsheng looked at the rice in front of him, then at Han Qi and nodded, "This is what I eat in the army!"

Han Qi was dumb when she heard this, and asked after a while: "Uncle Jiu, don't mind my nephew's gossip, your salary is so much..."

Prince Zhongsheng put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "My salary is high, it was rewarded by the emperor. If I use my salary to entertain the three armies, I can have a few big banquets. But I can't, the army has its own salary, so it can't be messed up." rule."

Han Qi lowered her voice and said, "Uncle Nine, can you make yourself eat better? The porridge and steamed buns are too rough to swallow, and your throat hurts after eating."

Prince Zhongsheng took a look at the steamed buns next to the bowl, took another bite, swallowed two or three times, and said, "Is there any? Just get used to it. It's normal for you two to come here, and it's normal if you're not used to it. It's okay to eat more for a while." You can also appreciate the beauty.”

Jia Hu glanced at Han Qi, she couldn't figure out what good things could come from eating too much of this poor food.Han Qi couldn't help asking: "Uncle Jiu, what's so wonderful about it?"

"The beauty is that you can eat something else when you return home. No matter what it is, it's like dragon liver and phoenix marrow. It's delicious." Prince Zhongsheng smiled and poured the small dish of pickled vegetables into the bowl He picked up the bowl and snorted and ate it into his stomach a few times, then put the bowl away, and ate up the steamed buns in his hands in two or three bites, clapped his hands, and asked the soldiers to remove the bowls and chopsticks.At this time, Han Qi and Jia Hu watched Prince Zhongsheng finish their meal, but they still haven't recovered.

Seeing the two of them like this, Prince Zhongsheng said with a smile: "Could it be that I really can't get used to it, if not, I can go to live in the mansion. Now that the princess is here, you must have good food and good food to greet you when you go."

Han Qi shook her head again and again, "When my nephew left, I made a promise with my father. When I leave the mansion to go with Uncle Jiu, I will treat myself as an ordinary soldier, and I will never put on the posture of a son. What's more, Uncle Jiu can eat , the two of us can eat."

Hearing Han Qi's words, Prince Zhongsheng nodded, with a hint of approval in his eyes.Han Qi paused and asked again: "Uncle Nine, I don't understand one thing. It's okay if the food is poor, but the soldiers are going to fight for the country, so can they have enough to eat? This is not enough..."

After hearing this, Prince Zhongsheng was not in a hurry to answer and asked instead: "The two of you have followed me all the way and you have gone to a lot of places. I think you two borrowed the local county annals to look up wherever you went. Then you Do the two of you know how much can be harvested in a year in the county closest to our military camp?"

Jia Hu heard the words and replied: "Fengcheng County, which is closest to Daying, has about 40 mu of cultivated land, of which about 8000% is flat land, about [-]% is slope land, and the rest is steep slope land. The yield of flat land is about [-] catties per mu, and steep slopes can account for [-] to [-] percent of that of flat land due to poverty. So the annual harvest is at least [-] million catties.”

Prince Zhongsheng nodded and said: "It's not bad, and I remember it meticulously. If there is no disaster or disease, there will be a total of 8000 million catties of grain on the ground, and even if it is handed over to the treasury, about 600% of it can be used as military food. It’s only 80 million catties, and the 20 people in our armed forces, based on the ration of one catty per person per day, the county’s annual harvest is only 360 days. This year is [-] days! "Prince Zhongsheng gave a meal, "Besides, there are many kinds of food in this county. If you take it into account, the harvest this year is at best barely enough to feed the army in October. This is nothing more than The rations of the soldiers, I haven't counted the horses with you yet."

Prince Zhongsheng laughed and said: "In the army, you need money for everything you can see and cannot see. For example, this month's military report will be submitted to the Holy Spirit, the soldiers' salaries and winter clothes, and the cloth for camping. Calculating the military salaries in this way can guarantee their It’s not easy to have two meals a day and steamed buns the next day.”

Han Qi and Jia Hu didn't expect Prince Zhongsheng to settle such a deal with themselves, and they couldn't help being stunned.The two looked at each other for a long time and both sighed.Prince Zhongsheng said with a smile: "You can care about the sufferings of the soldiers, and I treat you differently. But if you want to make achievements in the army in the future, I'm afraid you have to forget a lot of useless things in the original book."

The two of them blushed when they heard this.Both of them have always thought that they have good knowledge, but now it seems that it is good to read a lot, but there is still a long way to go before they can apply what they have learned.Today, just relying on food alone, the prince taught himself a good lesson.If I really want to realize the ambition I made when I was a child in the future, there are still many things to learn.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Lord Zhongsheng showed a look of shame, and comforted him: "It is reasonable for you to not know many of these things. I think I am not as good as you when I first arrived in the barracks, so you don't have to care about it. I might as well tell you today. , in the army, although you can’t eat enough, you won’t starve to death, and if it’s an ordinary farmer’s family, it’s not uncommon for them to starve to death in the event of a disaster.” After finishing speaking, he couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.

Jia Hu remembered that Prince Zhongsheng was transferred here to guard this place after General Shi quelled the northwestern refugee uprising.I recalled how shocked I was when I heard the words of the disaster victims outside the capital. I wondered how Prince Zhongsheng would feel when he saw such a tragic situation with his own eyes.

"But I think it's better to live in peace. It's not that I'm lazy as a commander. Once there is a war, it is the common people who suffer the most. If there is no war, even such porridge and coarse grains, I will feel like eating sweets for the rest of my life." Lord Zhongsheng said with emotion.

After hearing this, Han Qi and Jia Hu respected Prince Zhongsheng again.At this time, there were soldiers outside the account who wanted to report the military situation, and the two of them hurriedly got up and said goodbye in order not to disturb them.Prince Zhongsheng didn't stay either, and when the two of them approached the door, he suddenly said again: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, this hunger is not only bad."

These words made Han Qi and Jia Hu turn their heads, and looked at the prince eagerly waiting for him to give an answer.Prince Zhongsheng smiled and said: "It's easy to win a battle with a hungry stomach and a clear mind."

Han Qi and Jia Hu looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.