Chapter 1522: Liao Country Farm

There was a shooting range for archery in the palace. Zhao Xu ordered people to set up a human target ten steps away and put on stamped plate armor.

He raised his musket and aimed at the target: "Puff, puff, puff -" Zhao Xu fired a magazine of thirteen bullets in the blink of an eye.

Gao Taotao was born as a general. During the Renzong period, there were rebellions in the palace. He also personally guarded the palace gate with his sword. He was not afraid of weapons. When he saw the strange weapon in his grandson's hand, he fired it thirteen times in a few breaths.

He was also greatly shocked: "As Situ said, this is a magic weapon!"

Zhao Xu reset the empty handgun: "This one is less powerful. Brother Bian Guan and Brother Zhu can use it with one hand, and they are much faster than me."

"Generally, sergeants use more powerful long muskets, which can be fired eight times at a time. Brother Bian Guan said that it is easy to deal with the Liao cavalry group charge."

Gao Taotao took a deep breath: "Let's go and see the effect."

Today's stamped plate armor has been made very thin and has no resistance against a nine-millimeter-caliber handgun.

Except for a few bullets that missed the target, all the other bullets made small holes in the steel armor, including the leather lining under the plate armor, which had been penetrated.

Seeing Gao Taotao testing the holes in the steel armor with his hands, Zhao Xu said carefully: "Grandma Huang, I think... I think..."

Gao Taotao smiled and said: "Brother, why are you so hesitant? If you don't feel comfortable talking about something, then just don't say it."

Zhao Xu blushed: "No... my grandson wants to... enter the Royal Military Academy and study military affairs."

"How is this possible?" Gao Taotao couldn't help but feel a little angry and funny: "My brother is the Supreme Being of the Heavenly Family, and what the courtiers want is to serve the kings Yao and Shun."

"But in history, there was no such thing as Yao and Shun who led troops to fight."

Seeing that Zhao Xu still wanted to argue, Gao Tao said: "Brother, don't worry, my grandmother means that my resistance is too great, and I will definitely be blocked by the officials."

Zhao Xu was a little angry: "But Situ said that today's military has undergone tremendous changes from ancient warfare. Just studying Sun Wu's art of war may not necessarily lead to understanding of battle formations. A monarch must understand the new army's tactics of land and water."

"Brother, don't worry, grandma didn't say you can't learn, she just said you can't let me go to the military academy to learn." Gao Taotao said with a sly smile: "Isn't there a military aircraft office outside the palace? Now Cai Jing and Wang Shao

We are discussing with the veteran generals on reforming the military system. If you want to learn, you can bring the textbooks from the Royal Military Academy and go there to consult with the veteran generals."

"As for the discipline training, I think Su Duwei is quite good at training the palace guards, so I'll go with the imperial guards."

Seeing Zhao Xu's overjoyed look, Gao Taotao quickly added: "But first of all, once you have made up your mind, you are not allowed to call it tired or hard."

"And you are not allowed to put on airs. You must start as a soldier. As for the rank you can reach in the future, it all depends on your own ability, grandson."

"Yes!" Zhao Xu stood at attention, feeling very happy: "My grandson promises to live up to the instructions of the emperor's grandmother!"

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Tokyo, Liaoyang Prefecture, Heye County, Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Hongji took his grandson to the manor of his favorite Ma Qun Taibao and Xiao Tuohui, the pastor of the group.

Accompanying him were Cai Bian, the envoy of the Song Dynasty who had ascended to the throne, Zhang Shangying, the deputy envoy, and Li Yong, who promoted the water conservancy affairs of the Liao Kingdom during the Song Dynasty.

Accompanying him were Niu Wenshu, the newly appointed counselor and political officer of the Liao Kingdom, Chen Yi, the privy envoy of the South Academy, and Wang Jing, the state affairs officer of Pingzhangjun.

Since Xiao Tuohui took charge of the group and animal husbandry department, which was the most important horse and archery force in the Liao Kingdom, he had plundered various tribes and herded horses and horses, numbering more than a million.

Yelu Hongji was very pleased, so he rewarded the herdsmen greatly and advanced in rank. He also rewarded Xiao Tuohui with one of the modern farms built by the Song people with the help of the Liao Dynasty.

At that time, it was actually just a plot of land to test the water. Over the course of a year, Xiao Tuohui and Li Yong worked closely together, and this farm became a model for the small water conservancy projects aided by the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty.

Li Yong rode on his horse and introduced the outline of the project to Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, the manor here covers an area of ​​thousands of hectares, and it is the largest of the five projects."

"We built a dam upstream, stored water, and created a large lake covering an area of ​​100 acres."

"The abundant water in Heye Lake can form artesian flow through canals and irrigate these thousands of hectares of land."

"The dam is open at both ends, and the water level difference is used to drive hydraulic machinery to complete the processing of the farm's output and the maintenance of agricultural machinery."

"The whole project took six months. There was no snow last winter and there was severe drought in the surrounding areas. Not only was this farm not affected, it also produced 150,000 shi of grain. It also promptly helped surrounding herders and collected 200,000 horses.

Herding horses and surviving the famine."

Xiao Tuohui said: "Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, we have made timely adjustments to the grain land and pasture land. It can be said that it is a blessing from the gods."

"The horses of the surrounding Bohai and Nüzhi people were extremely low in price last winter. The food minister kept only 50,000 shi from 150,000 shi, and the remaining 100,000 shi were replaced by horses for Your Majesty."

"Now these horses are fattened on the farm, using feed from the Song Dynasty and introduced chicken grass. Now they are fat and strong, and there are many good stallions among them!"

One hundred thousand shi of grain was exchanged for 200,000 horses. On average, fifty kilograms of grain was exchanged for one horse. This was definitely not a normal trade method of equal value. This was evident from the Liao Kingdom's harsh exploitation of the surrounding tribes affected by the disaster.

But this is easy to understand. Compared with the western part of the Liao Kingdom, which sent troops to the prairie every year to reduce the Tatar population by massacre, Xiao Tuohui's method of taking advantage of disasters can be called "merciful".

After the inspection, Yelu Hongji was very satisfied and said to Cai Bian: "Su Situ of your dynasty is right. Food is the foundation of a country. The Liao Kingdom is very grateful to the Southern Dynasty for its selfless assistance."

Cai Bian said: "The two dynasties are brotherly states that have not seen military affairs for nearly a hundred years. The people of the Liao Kingdom have food security. It is not just the Liao Kingdom that benefits. It is beneficial to the stability of both countries."

"This is just a small project. When the Liaohe River water conservancy project is completed, it will be a national benefit."

Niu Wenshu said: "After investigation, Li Langzhong believed that the problem of the Liaohe River was that the water level changed too much and there were uneven droughts and floods."

"Actually, Heye Lake is just a small pilot project. When the Liaohe Reservoir project is completed in two years, we will no longer have to worry about floods and droughts across vast expanses of wilderness."

"This is not only a water conservancy project, but also a disaster prevention project. I am confident that within three years, Tokyo will be transformed into a vast granary."

Yelu Hongji raised his voice to stop him: "In front of the ministers of the Southern Dynasty, there is no need to boast like this."

After saying that, he handed over to Cai Bian and his entourage and said, "Then I will give you the honor to envoy, and I will tell you more about the goodwill between the two countries when I return to the court."

Then he handed over to Li Yong and said: "The doctor has three generations of good workers and famous ministers. The Wulongjing opened by your father is still auspicious to me in Liao Dynasty. This water conservancy project will also have to work hard for the doctor."

It should be said that Yelu Hongji still had his own imperial charm, and the envoys of the Song Dynasty quickly returned the favor.

Yelu Hongji turned around and told his ministers: "Not only do you have to do your job well, but more importantly, you have to learn the skills and master this craft. Do you understand?"

The ministers also only said yes.

Yelu Hongji then asked Cai Bian and Zhang Shangying to accompany him, and they rode for a walk together. By the way, he asked about anecdotes from the Southern Dynasties: "I heard that Su Situ is not in office now? This is puzzling."

Cai Bian quickly explained: "Now that Sima Gong has become the prime minister, because he and Lu Gong are both highly respected, Situ does not want to be ahead of others."

"Wen Gong has also entered the court. In terms of seniority, the person below Wen Gong in our court is Situ. Situ respects his senior brother and is determined not to be ranked alongside him."

"Furthermore, Er Su has also returned to Beijing, Su Shi has been appointed as the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Su Che has assumed the position of admonishment."

"In the system of our dynasty, the relatives and descendants of the chief ministers are not allowed to participate in admonishment, so Situ also firmly declined his post."

Yelu Hongji shook his head: "How can a great sage follow the same example as an ordinary person? I know that when Mr. Anshi was in power in the Southern Dynasties, he expelled Tai Jian twice and replaced them all with his own people."

Zhang Shangying became wiser: "Therefore, although Xianggong Anshi was honored and given a posthumous title after his death, he who was assigned to the temple of Shenzong was a rich man."

This was just decided by the imperial court. Wu Shen, the new Minister of Civil Service Fan Chunren and others asked Shenzong to share it.

At first, it was discussed whether Wang Anshi or Wu Chong was to be appointed. Taichang Shaoqing Xian wrote in the imperial court: "The most honorable and virtuous person is Fu Bier."

Important ministers, including Su You, also recommended Fu Bi for their own purposes.
Chapter completed!