Leaving Xinye City and heading north for ten miles, you will find the newly built Xinye City. The new city is located on the bank of Baihe River, with a newly built dock and convenient transportation.

Seeing that the roads around the city are neat and flat, Wang Ruohai said: "This city is much better than Xinye City! The roads are wide and flat, and there are weirs in the surrounding canals. We have put in the effort!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course we can't be careless when building a new city. This spring, thousands of people from surrounding states and counties were summoned to work here."

Several people were talking and went straight into the city.

The military camps are not inside the city, but are distributed around it, surrounding the city. Each military camp also has a city wall. Xinye is actually a main city in the middle, surrounded by several military cities, forming a complete defense system.

With this city here, we can ensure the safety of surrounding Dengzhou, Tangzhou and Xiangyang Prefecture. If we don't attack here, we can't attack those places with confidence. Otherwise, if we send troops from Xinye, we can attack the enemy's flank.

Wang Xiaolie's main idea was that the army should not mix with the people. If he wanted to build a large army, he would simply build a new city. The defensive function of the city was actually incidental.

Entering the city, you will see that the streets are extremely smooth, straight and straight, facing south and north. The main road is paved with stone slabs, and the stone slabs are also covered with shallow grids to increase friction. The houses and shops next to them are all built with blue bricks.

It becomes a whole, and the pattern blends into one.

Looking around, Lu Qing couldn't help but praise: "It took a lot of effort to build it! Such a neat town is rare in the world!"

Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "This is a painting on white paper. Of course, we must try our best to make it beautiful. This city is different from other places. The houses starting from the city gate are all for the city's shops and houses, and there are no private houses. For the construction

In the new city, a brick and tile yard was specially built. After the city was built, the brick and tile yard could still be used to bake bricks for the surrounding people, and nothing was wasted."

Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing praised him repeatedly and followed Wang Xiaolie into the Yamen.

The guests and the host sat down and invited tea. Wang Xiaoxian said: "You two have come from afar, and I didn't greet you when I was in Xiangyang. I will hold a wine banquet tonight to welcome you and wash away the dust. The ones training here are mainly Niu Gao and Shao

Second General Ling will call them over later to meet you two."

Wang Ruohai thanked Lu Qing and sat down to chat.

When we came to this world, Xinye City was the first city that Wang Xiaolie built according to his own ideas, with great care. The manpower was the work of the common people, and it only cost money to provide food and drink. There were brick and tile yards, stone quarries, and lumber yards.

Wait for it to be newly built, with the addition of Wang Xiaolie's previous life experience. With the experience of building Xinye City, it will be much easier to build a city in the future.

Not long after, Niu Gao and Shao Ling arrived and came forward to pay their respects.

After the two sat down, Wang Ruohai said: "Looking at the appearance here, the establishment is going to be a big one. I wonder how many soldiers and horses have been recruited so far?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Since the construction of Xinye City, more than 6,000 new soldiers have been recruited from the surrounding state armies. However, due to the short time, less than 1,000 people have been recruited into the army. The others are still in the new barracks.

Just wait a few more days.”

Wang Ruohai glanced at Lu Qing and nodded silently. The six thousand new soldiers, plus Wang Xiaolie's original three thousand soldiers and horses, were already nearly ten thousand. Ten thousand soldiers and horses was not a big number. Some grass-headed kings around him were always moving.

There are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers. But the 10,000 people who are carefully selected and rigorously trained are different. With such an army, there is no opponent around. It seems that the two of them still underestimated Wang Xiaolie.

Lu Qing said: "As Zhizhi said, there are tens of thousands of people around Xinye City. It is not easy to supply them with food and grass."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "Yes, people eat horse chews, which is not a small amount. To be honest, after killing Wang Jun, Yang Jin and others, they seized some money. In the past few months, I bought grain from Hubei Road and bought cattle.

All kinds of things are almost spent. Now I just have to wait for the summer grain harvest to slow down. If the summer grain harvest is not good, it will make me suffer!"

Wang Ruohai said: "Looking at the seedlings in the field, they are growing well. I think it will be a good harvest year."

"If you farm, you will depend on the weather. Even though the people try their best, it still depends on whether God will reward them with a bowl of rice. How can you say for sure?" Wang Xiaolie has been anxious about this, hoping that the weather will be smooth, so he must not go out of his way.

funnel.

After killing Wang Jun and Yang Jin, Wang Xiaolie did seize a lot of money. Without this money, even if Wang Xiaolie occupied several states, he could only lie down and wait until the grain was harvested before he could take action. But the money is real

Without spending money, it will be almost spent in a few months. If the newly built industry in Ruzhou hadn't collected a lot of money every month, the salary of officers and soldiers would be a problem now.

Nowadays, Jinghu North and South Roads are relatively peaceful, and grain prices are not high. You can buy grain and grass from there. In addition, in order to cultivate fields, Wang Xiaolie sent people to buy a large number of cattle from Jinghu. Now most of them have been loaned out and are waiting to be harvested.

The pressure to pay back food and get back together was very high. Wang Xiaolie originally had many ways to make money, but because he had no capital, he had to stop.

Lu Qing said: "No matter how heroic a man is, everything will be difficult to do without money. Especially in the military, money is indispensable for everything. It will be difficult for Zhizhi to recruit so many recruits at once. I say, we should wait for a while.

, it’s much easier.”

Wang Xiaolie smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not answer.

No matter how difficult it is, there is no reason to postpone the recruitment of troops. When will this happen? Recruiting a thousand more soldiers, or recruiting a thousand soldiers earlier, may very well change the overall situation. It doesn't matter if you don't have money for a while. Let's live a hard life.

They will make up for it later. Moreover, Wang Xiaolie has no private wealth and uses all the money and food to support the army, so the pressure is relatively small. If he is like others and keeps most of the money for himself, he will not be able to support it now.

Looking at the night sky, Wang Xiaoxing said: "The back office has prepared a banquet for the two of you. Don't be too humble."

Wang Ruohai smiled and said: "Since now is the time for you to use money, you might as well save it and eat whatever you want."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "In this place in Xinye, there are no exquisite delicacies that you want to eat. They are pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks raised by the nearby army, and fish, shrimps, turtles and crabs caught in the river. The cook made them, and we came to drink. It's nothing more than cooking.

It has to be more refined and have some flavor."

While talking, he invited the two of them to the back office for a banquet.

While walking on the road, Niu Gao whispered: "Zhizhou, can I drink alcohol today?"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "It is natural that you have to drink to support two officials. By the way, have you arranged someone in the army to take care of things for you?"

Niu Gao nodded repeatedly: "The arrangements have been made long ago, Zhizhou doesn't need to worry! I and Shao Tongzhi have been leading the army for a long time, and there will be no mistakes!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Just be careful. The most important thing in the army is to be careful! One oversight can lead to big trouble!"

Niu Gao said yes. While talking, several people arrived at the back office.

Wang Xiaoyou put a lot of thought into the construction of the newly built Houya. There are various flowers and trees on the east side of the yard, a pavilion in the middle, and a small pond on the east side with fish and turtles in it, surrounded by verandas. Although there are no later gardens.

Exquisite and unique.

By now the weather had warmed up, and the banquet was held in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Wang Xiaolie invited Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing to sit down, and ordered someone to take the tea sent by the Xinyang Army two days ago and brew a pot.

Said: "A few days ago, some thieves broke through the Xinyang Army and killed the defender Zhao Shihui. I sent people to recover it, and I will take care of it for the time being. The Xinyang Army has a superior geographical location and produces good tea. It's just a group tea, so it doesn't show the place.

To improve the flavor of tea, I thought of a new method. Although the tea produced by this method is loose tea, it has a refreshing fragrance and a sweet aftertaste. Today I will brew a pot and let you two have a taste."

After hearing this, Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing looked at the newly brewed Maojian tea. The tea leaves inside were tender and small, and the color of the tea was slightly yellow. Different from the tea, the tea soup was clear and translucent.

Picking up the tea cup, Wang Ruohai took a sip. He shook his head slightly and smiled without saying anything.

Lu Qing picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp. He put down the cup and said, "Zhizhi, I'm telling you the truth, don't blame me. The taste of the newly made tea is really weak! When you drink it, there is no taste at all. Moreover,

Without the camellia when brewing, I can’t compete with you.”

As he spoke, he shook his head.

The tea was picked late this year, so it is not good tea. Moreover, Wang Xiaolie just followed the script and taught the tea masters hastily. How could they master the skills all at once? This year's tea is still drinkable, but it is not good tea.

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Wang Xiaolie understands in his heart. But he just wants to promote this kind of tea. As long as it is promoted, over time, someone will naturally sum up a lot of truths. From brewing to drinking, various cultures speak clearly and logically.

Even like in the previous life, I even found a young lady to put on ancient clothes and pretend to tell others that this was a tea ceremony.

This is true for many things in the world. The tea ceremony, chess ceremony, calligraphy, and piano playing are complicated in form and tell others that this is culture. What does this have to do with culture? It is just a trick played by businessmen who are arty. And these are all different.

Many of the various Taoisms were learned from Japan and other countries, and they developed a set of etiquette to tell others that this is traditional culture.

The most typical example that Wang Xiaolie remembers is that the country is governed by the wise. I don’t know when, experts across the country have been advocating it, and there are places working hard to promote it. And it has a name, this is a Chinese tradition.

When foreigners study Chinese history, there is a very famous direction, which is that in Chinese history, the imperial power did not extend to the counties, and the country was governed by rural gentry. Is this really the case? In the peaceful era, most of the time in China, in most places, where is this true? As a big country

When it comes to unifying the country, the so-called county magistrate who destroys the family, and the governor who destroys the family, when will it be the turn of the squire to have the final say? The squire only has the final say when it is inconvenient for the government to govern, or in some specific places, as a supplement to the government.

I have an intuitive impression after seeing the local government's promotion of rural virtuous governance. This is not a Chinese tradition. To be more precise, it should be a learned tradition of rural virtuous people represented by the United States. Such a thing, through Chinese history, is a rural gentry tradition.

When it comes to governing a country, rural virtues are a tradition, and coupled with some scholars’ explicit or pretentious advocacy, it suddenly changes completely.

Of course, the rule of the country by rural virtues was not really promoted in the end. But the reason for the failure is that Chinese tradition is no longer suitable for the current era, and we cannot follow the past, and so on. But no one really said that it was not Chinese in the first place.

Tradition. Similarly, there is a large amount of this kind of traditional culture, which was learned from foreign countries by some people who were either deceived or half-informed. Then there is a group of advocates, shaking their heads and wagging their ears.

, looking for historical basis, talking about the splendor of Chinese culture.

First of all, we must understand that most of these traditions and cultures have formed habits due to geographical limitations, insufficient technology, political restrictions, religious beliefs, and other reasons. This represents history and the people.

Yearning or helplessness. Future generations should understand why the ancients formed these habits. Whether to use them or not depends on their own needs.

This is culture, and that is culture. This is not allowed to be touched, and that is not allowed to be changed. The literati who advocate this kind of thing are rotten. Culture should be developed naturally by the people. Finally, through the sublimation of literati, it is recognized by the majority of the people.

Songs express aspirations, and poetry was originally sung naturally by the working people. Finally, through the continuous development of literati, it finally matured. When it lost its vitality, lyrics, dramas, etc. naturally appeared.

Literati should be deeply rooted in the people and know their joys and sorrows, their joys and sorrows, their helplessness and yearning, so that they can maintain their vitality. If they just bury themselves in the pile of old papers or turn their heads outward, they will lose their vitality and will lose their vitality.

Sour.

In this sense, culture should not be traditional. Instead, it should absorb nutrients from tradition and express its own era in order to be full of vitality. Traditional culture should exist in history.

As for the other kind, I watched some Westerns in foreign countries. If I go back to my own country and say that I am backward, it will not work. If there is no collective spirit, no culture, no unity, then it has nothing to do with literati.

Wang Xiaolie understands that the current fried tea has various shortcomings. But as long as he persists and develops on his own, fried green tea will eventually become popular. And someone will sum up the theory, and a new tea culture will naturally emerge. He

If some fermented teas are developed, some people will also talk about the benefits of fermented teas. Naturally, there is no need to worry at all.
Chapter completed!