Chapter 365: After the tour, the return journey

Wang Juan took the cotton ball and sent it to each other. Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Jiuling and others were not left behind, but they didn't tell him.

Zhang said that before he could figure out what Wang Juan was busy there, he was frightened by a loud bang and almost sat on the ground, followed by continuous crackling sounds.

Li Longji was not scared, but instead looked at the welcome scene happily.

Zhang Shuo blocked his ears helplessly with his hands, and glanced at Wang Juan who was laughing beside him. He was still a child.

Wang Juan tried to arrange the following things according to the situations in history. Except for the places where she and Zhang Xiaobao were specially used to prepare for Li Longji to make money in the future, there was no other change. For example, Li Longji changed Bingzhou to Taiyuan to a prefecture, and the tax exemption will still follow.

After the officials in Jinyang met with Li Longji's team, the officials had already arranged the letters sent by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan in advance and took Li Longji's mansion to transfer.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan estimated that Li Longji could not go to the prepared place to play today. The two found an excuse to go there to check if there were any omissions, so they asked Li Longji for a leave. As for whether Li Longji could continue to write poems here, it would not be up to the two of them. One more poem is not much, and one less poem is not much.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were asked to leave, took the Miaogu Protect Team at home, Xiaobei and others, and left the old man Bi and the other two who had not yet known that the two had left, found a place to prepare for Li Longji to play, and took out both the long and short guns.

Under the curiosity of Xiao Bei and his group of little guys, they started fighting against the target that was standing twenty meters tall.

After eleven bullets of a magazine were fired, a group of people ran over to watch.

"Well, I understand. I'll go to the left next time I aim." After seeing the bounce point, Zhang Xiaobao summarized how much the gun's ballistic was deviated based on the previous aiming point.

"It seems that the technology needs to be improved." Wang Juan also felt that the gun in his hand was a little bit short of it.

"I want it too, I want it too." Xiao Bei looked at Shiqi. He was so far away, and no one saw an arrow, and no one pulled a bow. The sound of slap was heard, like a firecracker, and the sign standing up here was broken. She was so smart that she knew this kind of weapon that could drive far away.

"Okay, okay, this is too heavy. I'll wait for you to make a gentler one for me. Remember, you can't tell others." Zhang Xiaobao changed into a magazine and said to Xiaobei.

Xiao Bei nodded violently, "I know, don't talk about things at home, you must not tell others about them, keep them confidential."

The other little guys also clamored for one, and Zhang Xiaobao agreed one by one.

When you take time, you will make it for them. Of course, it is not a pistol you hold, but a toy made of wood and uses animal tendons to make small stones. It is best to stick a layer of cotton outside the stone.

Then the two continued to test the gun, put the distance between the target and sixty meters away, gradually feeling the situation of the gun in their hands, then thickened the target, replaced the original paper target with wood, and then checked the effective distance between the pistol bullets.

If someone uses a bow and arrow to experiment, he can shoot a person to death. After the experiment, the effective distance of a pistol is 35 to 37 meters, which is mainly a problem of bullets.

After testing the pistol, they started testing the rifle again. With the scope modified with a telescope, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were both happy and dissatisfied.

What’s happy is that the spear is relatively accurate than the pistol. If you are not satisfied with it, it is naturally because of the range of one thousand meters. If you don’t even think about it, you can’t fly over eight hundred meters. The final result is between 250 meters and 300 meters.

This distance is worse than a strong crossbow, and is stronger than a regular bow and arrow. The advantage is that the fire speed is fast and the bullet is lighter than the arrow, so it can be carried more.

"It's almost the same. You don't have to expect it to be a long-range sniper rifle. If you can have three or five hundred, it will be equipped with the army and its lethality will be quite good."

Wang Juan said while breaking the spear.

"This is a progress across the ages, much more powerful than the first muskets in the Song Dynasty. Okay, we can use such weapons to equip the army in the future. At that time, we will fight all directions, and we will be invincible and defeat all the attacks."

Zhang Xiaobao put the broken gun into his backpack, looking like he was no less than me in the world.

Wang Juan glanced at Zhang Xiaobao, "Any good weapon depends on who will use it. Even if it is equipped in the future, you cannot underestimate the enemy. You can only use it at critical moments. Other people's crossbows are not close. If a few are removed, the technology will be passed over."

"It seems that the confidentiality work in Luzhou should be done more strictly, and it is best to be able to move to the ground."

Zhang Xiaobao also understood the truth, just like the gunpowder at the beginning. If it weren’t for attacking others, it would have been taken away by others after losing. As a result, people in Europe used gunpowder better than here, and improved their technology in a short time. When they came back, they had no power to resist.

The two people who had finished the gun did not plan to find Li Longji, and took Xiaobei and others to swim, which was the place to prepare for Li Longji.

No one suspected the movement just now, and he thought someone set off firecrackers here.

"Okay, change your clothes and swim now." Zhang Xiaobao shouted to a group of little guys when he arrived at a big small lake that turned out to be here.

In order to take advantage of it, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan wrapped up a large area here and transformed the original small lake, especially the shore, which brought a lot of sand.

In this way, in summer, tourists can come here to swim, or barbecue and bask in the sun on the beach.

Li Longji can't say that he had traveled once. He could not let others come in such a big place. The courtyards prepared for him here are not allowed to come, but other courtyards next to the courtyard can be rented out.

The emperor is willing to visit the place, and I think other tourists will rush to enjoy it, and the price will be very high at that time.

Open a few open air large stalls and use local wines to make money back in the summer next year.

There is a responsible person in this place. Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao and his group wanted to go into the water, he hurried over to stop him, saying that he was prepared for the emperor and could not go down casually.

As a result, before Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were spoken, Xiaobei told the man that he had tried the water for His Majesty, otherwise, if the water was hot and cold, something would be bad in the water. The person in charge of the speech was speechless and could only stand beside him and watch.

I thought I could try it here, and I had already cleaned it up again and again. There were no other living creatures in the water except for small fish, and even the aquatic plants in the lake had been pulled out in advance.

The lake that has a lot of sand in it is very comfortable to use. First, it is only half a meter high, then one meter, but every half meter, there will be a distance of more than twenty meters, so that people will not be flooded.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan floated in the water, not going deeper, but only in an area of ​​about 1.5 meters, so that they could lose the two of them.

Xiaobei and his group of little guys also swam in this area. Compared with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, their swimming range was larger, and they could swim even at a depth of half a meter.

Perhaps it is well trained. The little guys are not afraid of water at all. They swim very freely in the water for breaststroke and backstroke, and can also speak casually.

Two days later, Li Longji should have been almost the same as the officials, and finally came to this swimming place. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan persuaded Xiaobei and others to go ashore to wait for barbecue. The two of them were swimming in the lake with Li Longji's side.

The specially made swimsuit was worn on the palace maids and concubines brought by Li Longji, and it was immediately white. Seeing Li Longji wanted to drive away the guards and Zhang Xiaobao.

As soon as he saw him like this, Wang Juan muttered to Zhang Xiaobao in a low voice: "I have never seen the world, I just show my arms and legs, so what?"

"That's right, when I was outside, there were many women who didn't wear anything. Not to mention it was three o'clock, then looking... it didn't mean anything at all. It's really boring. Don't look at me like that. Western women are not impressed, and there are pleats on their faces at the age of ten.

You can wait first, I'll go down and see if there are any shells. Don't clean them up. You can eat them after catching them for a while. Wait, and then come up with a glance."

As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, he suddenly found that Wang Juan's gaze was wrong. He threw down his words and pierced into the water. He stayed in the water for three minutes before he floated up again, shook his head regretfully.

"No, there are only small fish in the water. These spoiled things told them to keep the shells and clean them up. When they go up later, they can fish them out of other rivers and put them in. From now on, there will be a special project here, and let them catch them now and then bake them. One shell will be sold for a penny."

Wang Juan stopped mentioning what had just happened. He also plunged into the water to take a look. He caught a lot of mud from the lake and found that all the little red worms were dead. He said, "It seems that there is a lot of lime here, and the water cannot be drunk."

Li Longji finally didn't drive away all the other outsiders, and then came here to play in the water, but instead fought with the concubines for a while.

Then I went to the sun umbrella on the shore for barbecue, and praised Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, saying that this place is good.

It seems that he is preparing to play for one day today and not to play tomorrow.

Zhang Xiaobao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, there are other Majesty here that you haven't enjoyed. In the next three days, you will feel different every day."

"Oh? And? Isn't it possible today?" Li Longji asked.

"I can't arrange it. How can I have time for many projects in one day? There is also a high platform diving, and there is even more drifting at the water diversion point of the lake, at least three days."

Zhang Xiaobao replied that the so-called high platform diving is actually only five meters, and even if you take a horizontal shot, there will be no danger. As for drifting, it costs a lot of money, because the river flowing into the lake is not that big. Although it also flows down from the mountain, it is impossible to drift quickly first.

For this, Zhang Xiaobao asked those who came here in advance to build a small reservoir upstream to block the small valleys passing by the river, so that there was no need to store too much water, as long as it could be washed twice when the water was released.

Because the time is too short, it can only be rushed once now. It is controlled by an iron gate. As long as the iron cable is shaken, the door can be opened. It took a lot of time to repair this simple small reservoir.

After Li Longji leaves, he will have to repair it again. At that time, a group of twenty people who want to drift will be in groups of ten coins each, and there will probably be many people rushing to come.

Since there is no rubber, all small kayaks can only be glued with leather, and the same is true for life jackets.

Li Longji had never played such a thing before. After thinking about it, he finally decided to stay for three days. If he had a good time playing, he could also make one in the capital.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan actually have something better, that is, try translucent swimsuits at three points. The women wear them, so they are going to take them out and let Li Longji take their concubines to play with him. But when Concubine Wu Hui comes, he naturally cannot take them out. If Concubine Wu Hui wears such clothes, Queen Wang will not have much advantage when she goes back.

Concubine Wu Hui also came with her today, and she seemed very enthusiastic about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, which made them wonder whether the other party had already thought of a way to cause trouble for themselves.

In the evening, a bonfire party started here again, and instead let Li Longji stay here for a few more days, it would be better to write a poem or something. It would be even better if he could write a word that is the best leisure place in the world.

For three consecutive days, Li Longji was really staying here, diving, drifting, and eating on the water. Li Longji was very happy.

I felt that the time was almost over, so Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan arranged Li Longji's next itinerary to go to Luzhou. In history, Li Longji arrived first and climbed Taihang Mountain there. This time it was later. Even if Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were not mentioned, Li Longji would not miss it.

So the team walked over there again, and this time they stopped walking on the water. They waited for some fun there and had to come back to take the boat.

While the team was moving, Zhang Shuo told Li Longji about turning the mansion into recruiting soldiers and making a plan to make a strong and weak branch.

This is mainly because the recruitment is a bit difficult now. If it weren't for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, the people who died in the war last time would not have any pensions.

Many people with names on the roster were afraid of being recruited, so they tried to move their families and live somewhere else, so that they could not find them during the recruitment of troops, and their household registration was very messy.

It is also because of this that Li Longji asked Yuwen Rong to check his household registration and gave land to people who had no hometown outside, so that they could live with peace of mind. Yuwen Rong did a good job in this regard and was about to complete it. Those who had escaped before will no longer continue to hold them accountable.

Regarding this matter, Li Longji agreed. There was more money in the treasury and fewer people guarding the capital, so it was more cost-effective to take out money to recruit soldiers.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.

"The recruitment system is better than the government system, but there are many hidden dangers. If the court has no money, it will not be able to raise troops. Local governments all support their own soldiers. Whoever pays the money will listen to the soldiers. It seems that they have to talk to Li Longji."

Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while and said to Wang Juan.

Wang Juan also knew the disadvantages of doing this. After all, it is still the era of cold weapons. There are too many people needed to fight. Even if Zhang Shuo laid off a lot of border troops, as long as they have money, how could they not secretly raise more soldiers by themselves? Moreover, the power of the Jiedushi is a little too great.

After listening to what Zhang Xiaobao said, he said, "Or we should also be the governor. At that time, there will be more soldiers and deal with anyone who wants to make trouble. I am worried that if one An Lushan is missing, there will be another person who will jump out. After all, this system itself provides people with such an opportunity.

I really have to talk to Li Longji, telling him not to let the local government form an army by himself, and try not to recruit soldiers. If there is no money, it will be troublesome. The best thing is of course the conscript. Just like we did at that time, we used honor to win over the hearts of soldiers. When we were in the army, we could come back to do things for a few years and get a considerable amount of money.

If you find that there is good, continue to train it. In this way, if the soldiers are trained, there will be less trouble. Now when you become a soldier, you only recognize money, and it is probably even more so in the future."

"It's okay, let's talk about it when you go back." Zhang Xiaobao nodded.

The team walked for a few more days and arrived in Luzhou.

Li Longji started his home in Luzhou. He always regarded this place as his blessed land. When he arrived, he felt particularly comfortable. He climbed the mountain, wrote poetry, and exempted the local people from tuition. It was five years in history. At this time, it may be because of the relationship between Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan that the money in the treasury was much more, so he was exempted for six years in a row.

It is not a small amount to exempt one year. Luzhou is not a small amount. It pays a lot of rent and taxes every day. One year less can give the people here more development opportunities. After six years, it is difficult to not be rich.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan naturally would not miss doing some business on the Taihang Mountains here. Those who arrived in advance have organized local people to build better mountain roads, and have also built many villa areas in the mountains, all made of wood.
To be continued...