Chapter 94 Patterns
"Lingling..."
The crisp ringtone rang, and pedestrians on the street looked in the sound, and then their faces changed, and they all avoided to both sides. After a while, more than a dozen "double-breasted" rode their "bikes" and headed forward.
Although it is the New Year now, it still snows lightly from time to time. The snow-covered streets are a little slippery, but those "double-breasted" ride their "bikes" steadily and are rushing on their way majestic.
Not far ahead of the road, a large number of people gathered. It seemed that something had happened, so passers-by speculated that the "double-breasted" were riding "bicycles" to the scene to "send police" to maintain public order and arrest criminals.
"Twin-breasted" is the nickname of Chang'an residents for police. The police's "uniform" is a double-breasted style, so it is named after it.
A "bicycle" is a two-wheeled bike with the wheels divided into front and rear, the front wheel has a "head" and the rear wheel has an iron frame. Cloth pockets are hung on both sides to hold things. There are "seats" in front of the rear wheel, and there are foot pedals.
People sit on the "seat", holding the handle of the "front of the car" with both hands and pedaling hard with both feet, which can drive the two-wheeled bike forward. Because this kind of bike does not have a horse to pull a cow but can walk by itself, it is called a "bicycle" and is a transportation tool for the "double-breasted" people to travel.
Once someone makes a mistake and attracts the "double-breasted" riding a "bike", he will be taken back to the police station to "drink tea". The tea tastes bad, so the people saw the "double-breasted" riding "bikes" and no one dared to stand in the road.
First, it is awe, and second, it is hope that the "double-brides" will go smoothly and catch a few more bad people.
Since there were police in Chang'an City, the rules have changed. Not to mention that the powerful and noble children and their slaves dare not make trouble anymore, even those knights and evil teenagers dare not show off again.
Although the police station set many rules and was a bit unkind, over the years, residents found that the public security in Chang'an City had improved significantly. There would be no powerful children riding on the streets, and there were few vicious fights involving deaths and injuries.
Those who like to bully the weak and dare not harass good people anymore. If there is a dispute between neighbors and neighbors, as long as they "report the police", there will be "double-breasted" to mediate soon.
The crowd gathered at the corner of the street in front gradually dissipated, and the "double-breasted" left on "bicycles". The passers-by who had stopped by the street to watch the fun also dispersed. Some people turned to the tea shop on the street, listened to people reading newspapers, and drank tea to kill time.
Chang'an, which has no custom of drinking tea, has become more and more tea shops in the city in recent years. The cheap big bowl of tea and free newspapers by storytellers have given many cash-strapped people a good place to spend time and learn more.
Most of the people are ignorant of their own, and they are not informed, but they are very interested in things outside. They spend a penny or two in the lively tea shop to quench their thirst, and by the way, they "sit and hear about the world" and are extremely comfortable.
It is precisely because of this benefit that more and more people are accustomed to going to tea shops whenever they have time, and the habit of drinking tea gradually becomes.
Most of the tea shops in Chang'an City have now changed into high-legged seats. More and more people are accustomed to tables, chairs, stools, and sitting in public places.
This is true for tea shops, wine shops and restaurants. Although there are "knowledgeable people" from time to time, they are heartbroken by this "injustice" behavior, but they can't control the people's convenience.
Everyone just likes to sit down and drink tea and chat. What's the matter!
"The government army is going to attack in spring, what's wrong!"
"Although it's spring now, it's time for horses to replenish their fatness. The government army doesn't care about so many. It's time to fight. Who said that the Turks bully people too much? They always think about going south to fight and rob houses?"
A tea shop, a tea shop, was talking about the current situation, and couldn't help but be passionate and vulgar listened, and the vulgar listened, and couldn't help but sit upright. What everyone is talking about is that the government army went on a war not long ago and was about to go to the grassland to "open spring" and give the Turks a "surprise".
The well-informed tea chef talked happily, first mentioning the word "Supreme", then clenched his fists and arched into the air to show respect, and then continued: ",,, I have never lost a war. I took the official army to fight with the Turkic Khan the year before yesterday, but the birds were scared and ran away without a trace."
"The grassland is very big, and they hide from Tibet. After a few rounds, the government army couldn't find anyone, so they went back to the court. Now, it's a year later, and it's time to go around again, tossing and tossing these robbers to let them know that the dynasty is not easy to mess with."
"Just after winter, the horses lost a lot of weight and needed to eat in places with abundant water and grass. The government army only needed to guard the few fixed grasslands. First, let the horses open to eat and gain weight, and second, they were waiting for the rabbits, not afraid of any tricks for the Turks!"
Listening to the "insider news", the audience seemed to transform into the officials' officials, excited by the government's attack on the grassland, and even felt "a honor to be".
Today, Zi is good at fighting, so everyone is confident that the dynasty will eventually defeat the Turks. The dynasty will not only quell the troubles in the northwest, but also Goguryeo in Liaodong, northeast, Liaodong, must also be dealt with.
Speaking of Liaodong, we will talk about the famous "Beiyang Trading Company", and the people of the company Chang'an know the name of "Hongjun" under the Beiyang Trading Company.
It is said that it was a tea chef who had just returned from Qingzhou. When talking about the "Qing Army", he was furious: "Now that spring is beginning, the southeast wind is gradually rising, and the Quing Army is almost going to take a boat to attack north. In my opinion, Goguryeo is going to be in trouble again!"
Someone asked after hearing this: "Brother, I heard that the imperial court ignored the burning, killing and looting the territory of Goguryeo, Liaodong?"
"Well? Brothers are so bad about this. What is the 'Goguryeo territory in Liaodong?'? Liaodong is the hometown of the Central Plains, and Goguryeo is just a steal. You must remember this." The tea chef said seriously, and then corrected the error in the other party's second statement:
"Burning, killing, looting, is a crime, and the court of law must take care of it, but the army of the lords were attacking the Goguryeo people, and these people were not citizens of the dynasty. What did the court do?
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"Brother Que goes to Liaodong to fight a war, and there must be dangers, but if a man does not go to the battlefield to make contributions, would he be huddled in the Chinese house all day long and drunk and dreaming? What does this look like?"
"I know, but... I'm going to send troops just after the Chinese New Year. Is it too early? It is said that the coastal areas of Liaodong will freeze in winter. I'm afraid the ice has not melted yet? How do sea boats dock?"
"If there is ice floes, use thunder to bomb the sky. Is this a problem?"
At this moment, Yuwen Wen was riding a bicycle with Yang Lihua in the back seat, and was walking around the Taiye Pool. His strict father and kind mother talked about the upcoming Liaodong war, and each had different opinions.
After several marching generals led their troops to attack the Turks not long ago, the prince Yuwen Weihan was about to be appointed as the marching generals of Liaodong Road, leading troops to Liaodong and punishing Goguryeo.
Yang Lihua, who was a mother, was a little confused about this, so Yuwen Wen took the time to do the other party's "ideological work".
The use of troops on both sides is a taboo in military strategists, so Yuwen Wen launched an offensive at the beginning of the year, with the west and the east. The attack on the Turks was aimed at the decisive battle, while the attack on Goguryeo was aimed at "punishment".
Of course there is a reason for this arrangement.
First, the current national strength is insufficient to allow Zhou State to launch two large-scale long-term wars at the same time. Secondly, the time to resolve the Liaodong issue is not yet ripe.
So what Yuwen Weihan wanted to fight was not the Liaodong battle to recover Liaodong, but just a military operation to inquire about the crime. Yuwen Weihan's troops were only tens of thousands of people, not a destruction army.
Now it is the fifth year of Mingde, Yuwen Weihan is over 18 years old. As his father, Yuwen Wen hopes to use this military operation as his son's coming-of-age ceremony.
For him, eighteen years old is the age of the college entrance examination.
Yang Lihua knew that Yuwen Wen was doing it for her son, so she didn't have a long struggle. Now she sat on the back of the bicycle, hugging Yuwen Wen's waist and leaning against Yuwen Wen's back. She felt both happy and strange.
This kind of bicycle is also available in the police station. It is said that it is solid tires of Eucommia glue and iron pipe frame. The whole vehicle is not light in weight, but it is unexpectedly flexible when riding. However, the cost is too expensive and troublesome to repair. It can only go to the flat ground, otherwise it will be very bumped, so it cannot be promoted at all and cannot be a new type of transportation tool.
The cost of a bicycle is so expensive that it is close to an ordinary transportation horse, so it can only be used in a small range. Yang Lihua is a little resentful of this thing. Yuwen Wen asked her to learn to ride a bicycle several times, but she "did rather die than follow."
Of course, if Yuwen Wen took a ride with him, that would be another matter.
At this moment, two men and women in "ancient costumes" ride (sitting) "modern style" bicycles. From Yuwen Wen's perspective, this scene is quite "agricultural heavy metal style" and is very awkward.
But he didn't care. He came up with many tricks, constantly trying to promote his relationship with his wives and concubines, and children. He rode a bicycle and took a ride with a beauty. This feeling made him feel like he was back to school, and people seemed to be much younger.
The lost youth, another era, is no longer possible.
But I can still revisit the college entrance examination season at the age of 18.
Yuwen Weihan took tens of thousands of soldiers to Liaodong to "take the college entrance examination". To be honest, this force is useless in front of the powerful Goguryeo. However, the "exam equipment" Yuwen Wen gave his son was more than ten thousand people on the surface.
Chapter completed!