Chapter 1323
"At the beginning of the beginning, the disadvantage of a single unit is obvious."
Ying Yi has his own thinking: "The gunmen have almost no defensive power for long-range killing. But it would be much better if the whole army had iron armor and eight-petal helmets. Unfortunately, I had to wait for more than ten days to equip them with long spear. The armor is even more illusion. Once on the battlefield, I can only take it. Fight for human life."
"Time, resources...Hey..."
He thought about it for a long time.
"I have two million silver tael. If I can use this batch of silver, I may not be able to equip the army in a short time, but I have silver and no place to spend it."
He thinks about this, and Middle Thousand has a lot of thoughts in his heart.
"It would be great if I could get on the line with a certain big businessman."
This idea passed away in a flash.
That's how the day passed.
After dinner, Ying Yi organized an entire army competition, which he just thought of.
Military training, that is training to the death, is extremely depressing for soldiers. This has only been two weeks, and the army has seemed silent. Although training is to train soldiers into machines, too much is not good. It is easy to cause disgust and backlash, so it needs to be resolved.
Ying Yi organized this competition after thinking about it.
What singing, dancing, this is not a few hundred years later. On the contrary, it is a contest, which is more realistic.
Take a hundred households as a unit, each form a circle, light a fire, and if you are willing to compete, you will play on your own. Those who win will be recorded, and will be given priority in future military service promotion. As soon as this benefit was brought up, it was enthusiastically supported by the soldiers.
Zhu Bingkun recorded a guest appearance, no way, in this army, there are only a few literate people.
Ying Yi still thinks about organizing the whole army to read when he is free. It is always not easy to be illiterate. In addition, he has sent people to send letters to scholars, recruit some literate people in Crescent Valley, and send them to serve as clerks to manage military logistics and other matters.
The shouts of applause, laughter, and uproar ignited Xiaowangzhuang one after another. Ying Yi walked slowly between the fires, and the soldiers fisted to the flesh. Although they couldn't get into his dharma eye, watching the soldiers' emotions was released in it, they were slightly relaxed.
"It can be fixed in the future, and grand competition will be held every once in a while." Ying Yi said to Zhou Li next to him: "First, let’s see if the pawns under her hand have grown, and second, let’s relieve depressive emotions. Enhance the relationship between soldiers and pawns."
Zhou Li only understood half a sentence, but he blindly trusted Ying Yi and said: "My lord is wise."
Ying Yi laughed: "Can there be arrangements for peripheral detection posts?"
Zhou Li said: "Don't worry, adults, you should never neglect your duties when you open and dark detectives."
"That's good." Ying Yi said: "At any time, the army can't relax its vigilance, this must be kept in mind. In ancient times, many powerful people have been negligent, and they must learn from it."
Nodded by Zhou Li silently.
Speaking, the two walked all the way to the sweet potato field.
In the night, the sweet potato field looked dark. More than ten days passed. Because of the drought, the sweet potato did not grow luxuriantly, but rather stubbornly. But it has begun to provide dishes for soldiers.
Cut hundreds of catties of vine leaves every day and stir-fry in a large pot. Although the taste is not very good, it is already very good.
Looking at the deep night, Ying Yi sighed: "It's been a long time since the drought, I don't know when it will rain. If it doesn't rain, even if the thief is defeated, the commoners will move out and there will be no way to plant the land."
Zhou Li is also heavy. He from the commoner background has a deep understanding of farming. He said: "My lord, there must be large locusts after the drought, if...hey..."
Ying Yi was silent.
Droughts are often accompanied by locust plagues, which are almost inevitable. From the beginning of autumn last year to the present, it has not rained for half a year, the land has dried up and cracked, and crops are difficult to grow. If there is another locust plague, the blow to commoners is simply unimaginable.
"We have rarely seen the sun in the last few days." Ying Yi did not know whether she was comforting herself or Zhou Li: "Maybe it will rain."
Zhou Li shook the head "In recent years, there has been either a severe drought or a severe flood. After the severe drought has not waited for the commoners to be happy, the flood has come again. My lord, it may rain, but I’m afraid it will continue to fall."
Ying Yi suddenly speechless.
As a visitor hundreds of years later, most of his understanding of the climate of this era stays in books and vague memories. Although it has been more than half a year since I came to this era, there are not many other things except for the experience of the current severe drought.
But he knows how the sufferings of this era, natural and man-made calamities have caused the various Xia to sink.
Droughts, floods, locust plagues, military plagues, you come and I are raging in turn, the commoners are miserable, and the Divine Province wailes.
For a long time, Ying Yi sighed: "People cannot be suffocated to death, there is always a way out." He lifted his spirits: "Thousands of years ago, our Old Ancestor faced a better environment than this time. I'm afraid it will be more severe, but they have persisted, and they have also overcome all obstacles on the way, creating such a large living space for future generations of us. If we can't persist, what face will we have to meet the ancestors of Quanxia in the future?"
He said: "Regardless of droughts and floods, we are not unable to resist. Water conservancy construction is the way to resist. How many big rivers are there near Yexian?"
Zhou Li startled , Said: "I know that there is a sand river in the Northern Part of City in Yexian County, also this river..." He pointed to the dry stream outside the village and said: "It should be a tributary of Wuhe. But Wuhe is going to I went to Wuyang. Apart from this also a river, the Fenghe River that originated from the northern foot of Fangcheng Mountain, also flows through Yexian. Ours is probably between the Shahe River and the Fenghe River."
"Shahe, Fenghe..." Ying Yi slightly nodded: "How about the amount of water in these two rivers?"
"Definitely not going to do it." Zhou Li said: "I haven't done it in these years. "
"That's good." Ying Yi eyes shined: "You said, if you can use these two rivers to excavate some canals and waterways, can this kind of problem be solved? "
Zhou Li was dumb, and it took a moment to cautiously say: "My lord, this is not a trivial matter."
Ying Yi nodded: "I know it's not a trivial matter. But if you plan in advance, plan it. , It can be realized."
He looked at the night sky with faint eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I will go back to the mountains in a few days."
Suddenly Ying Yi said: "I don’t know if I have any clues about the vine armor that the scholar said earlier. when. the time comes, you and Zhu Bingkun are watching, remember to be careful."
Be careful, I don’t know how many times Ying Yi has reminded this sentence. But no matter how many times Ying Yi did not think it was too much. The enemy is right under the nose, the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you are not even cautious, what can you also think of?
Zhou Li cup one fist in the other hand said: "My lord, don’t worry."
"I just don’t worry." Ying Yi laughed at herself: "When I was singlehanded, there was I have the courage to go into Kaifeng to find a tiger to avenge. But now I am not alone, so I have more worries. I have Zheng Xianzun under house arrest, and I must bear the responsibility and not be lazy."