I have a backstage in Datang

But civil servants are always shameless, and they must defend themselves for such things. Sure enough, after Lao Fang sighed, he suddenly looked at Gu Tianya and said slowly: "Actually, the Tang women's toughness is really a last resort. When the troubled times came, the men were forced to go to the battlefield. Only the wives and children were left in the family, and if the women were not strong, they would not be able to support the family at all."

The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty paused for a while, and then said with deep meaning: "So the tough atmosphere of the women of the Tang Dynasty is actually encouraged by us men, especially those of us. I have been fighting with His Majesty all the time. At that time, the ownership of the world was not yet clear, and no one knew what would happen to me? Maybe one day after a certain battle was over, as a general, he died in battle directly. As a civil servant I was captured. It is precisely because of the unpredictable life and death that I deliberately cultivated the toughness of the women in the family. Even after losing a man, they can still grit their teeth and live on..."

Fang Xuanling deserves to be the head of civil servants, his words of defense are well-founded, and he seems to be defending himself, but in fact he is expressing something to Gu Tianya, so what he said is profound and simple, almost every sentence is With anticipation.

What is he looking forward to?

Gu Tianya obviously understood.

I saw Gu Tianya let out a breath slowly, and said softly: "Gu Tianya deeply agrees with Fang Xiang's words. I can even confess to you without any shyness. What you said just now was my intentional guidance."

He paused while talking, with deep meaning on his face, and slowly said: "Just now I deliberately cooperated with Zhaoning to let her show her violent temper in full view. Then I let out a sigh of resentment, which caused Everyone voiced their consolation... To be honest, this is a small plan of our husband and wife."

"But why did we both use such a small trick?"

"Accordingly, this kind of trick is unrefined."

"Especially in such a solemn place as the early court, and all the people present are the court dignitaries. Our husband and wife's behavior seems to be disrespectful to others."

"Yes, this little trick is really unrefined."

"Our husband and wife's small tricks really seem to be disrespectful to others."

"However, I, Gu Tianya, still did this!"

"As for the reason, it's also very simple...I want to attract everyone's attention and let everyone pay attention to the sturdy atmosphere of women in the Tang Dynasty."

"It is gratifying that this little plan of our husband and wife has succeeded. The words of Fang Xiang who stood up just now analyzed everything in a simple way, and this just made me achieve my goal."

When Gu Tianya said this, his tone suddenly became serious, and he said, "Now, I can tell everyone about my second plan!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned, unable to keep up with his leaping nature for a while.

However, there are also some extremely intelligent people who have vaguely understood Gu Tianya's intentions.

He was talking about the toughness of women in the Tang Dynasty!

……

Sure enough, Gu Tianya looked solemn, and suddenly walked a few steps slowly with his hands behind his back.

He looked outside the main hall again, looking at a ray of sunlight coming in from the door, and said softly: "The tough atmosphere of our women in the Tang Dynasty is actually a kind of sorrowful sorrow. In the years of war, when men leave home, maybe After a certain battle, women can no longer expect a man to come home..."

He paused while talking, still looking outside the hall, and said softly: "The vast majority of the men who died in the battle were ordinary pawns. Maybe in the eyes of some people, they are just a group of people who are not worth remembering." The victim of the name. But who can think deeply, those ordinary pawns are the pillars of a certain family?"

"They are the sky in the hearts of my own women."

"When they die in battle, the women's sky will collapse."

"This kind of collapse has happened throughout the ages, and we seem to have gotten used to it, thinking that it is a reasonable sacrifice."

"Even today, we still have to do this. In order to conquer Liaodong, we have issued an order to recruit government soldiers. Under this order, countless government soldiers began to gather..."

"As if history repeats itself, these government soldiers embody the figures of those soldiers in previous wars. They left their families, they bid farewell to their wives. They took up weapons and threw themselves into the bloody battlefield."

"In a big battle, countless people will fall. However, because they are just ordinary soldiers, there is no wave of their fall. The superiors must not remember the names of every soldier, and they will not even care about their deaths in battle. At most it's just a sigh, 'our casualties are too heavy', some issued after the fact"

Chapter 369 [Gu Tianya, are you going crazy? 】

"I want to give them the thickest armor."

"I'll give them the sharpest knives."

The ministers present were stunned at first, and then shock appeared on everyone's face.

After a long time passed, Xu Shiji said with a serious face, and said slowly: "Millions of people's armor, millions of people's swords, this is, this is..."

Li Jing next to him subconsciously said, "It will cost ten Tang treasury money."

Even if the money of ten Datang treasury is spent, I am afraid that it is still a drop in the bucket in this matter.

Suddenly seeing several people jumping out of the hall, first of all Cheng Yaojin looked worried and said anxiously: "Brother Gu, you must not mess around. It's fine to talk about this matter, but you must not Really do it."

Zhang Liang also hurriedly opened his mouth, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "Yes, brother Gu, this incident is too scary. Throughout the history of any dynasty, there has never been a saying that small pawns are equipped with armor. Even the company leader At the first level, armor is also not given."

Duan Zhixuan stood up right after him, and said, "Let's not talk about the first rank of the team leader, even the first rank of the team leader. The soldiers in the army who can be equipped with armor must be at least the rank of captain, but even if they are the rank of lieutenant, they can't do it." It depends on what kind of captain he is, such as Captain Peirong and Captain Ren Yong, the official position is only equivalent to that of a civil servant, from the ninth rank, this level is not qualified to be equipped with armor, at most a heart guard for them to wear with a rope Hanging on the neck, that's all, it's already a leapfrog treatment."

He paused for a while, and then said: "The ranks that can be equipped with armor in the army are at least from the eighth rank. They are respectively, Captain Yuheng and Captain Xuanjie. These two kinds of captains are from the eighth rank. Next, start distributing armor according to regulations!"

"In addition, there are four captains, Sahui, Zhiguo, Zhenwei, and Zhaowu. They are one level higher than the previous two captains. This is the real armor, but it is only armor..."

Duan Zhixuan looked at Gu Tianya while talking, and suddenly asked with deep meaning: "Brother Gu, do you know why I said it was just for armor?"

He seemed to be asking Gu Tianya, but without waiting for Gu Tianya's answer, he said directly: "Because the armor assigned to the captain's first class is not iron armor at all, but low-level leather armor tanned with cowhide, and occasionally some important parts are added. Iron piece, this is the treatment that only eighth-rank generals can enjoy."

At this time, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, spoke out slowly, and said bitterly: "It's not that we are cruel, but because we are too poor, brother-in-law, maybe you don't know how much a pair of armor costs, then I will find you An official from an armor-making family will tell you, so that you can intuitively appreciate how valuable a pair of armor is."

Li Xiaogong stopped talking, looked at one of the ministers, stretched out his hand to make a move, and said with a bitter smile: "Patriarch Zheng, your Xingyang Zheng family is known as the number one armor maker, why don't you come out and talk about it, a pair of battle armor How much does it cost?"

The minister was straightforward, walked out without hesitation, and explained directly: "There are four types of armor used in battle. The lowest grade is rattan armor, which is made of old vines in the mountains. The cost of this kind of armor It is the lowest, but its price is still scary. First, you have to select flexible old vines, boil them in a large pot, and then store them in a cool place. It will take three or four months before you can take them out..."

"Just this step, you have to be careful. Once the old vines are not fully dried in the shade, there will be a problem of insufficient toughness. They must be removed and thrown away. They are inferior raw materials..."

"The next step is the second step. Soak the old vines that have been dried in the shade in tung oil. Let's not care about the soaking time for half a year. Let's just talk about the tung oil used for each pair of rattan armor. Lord Gu, do you know how much it is? Is it? Each pair costs two catties of oil...and how much does two catties of tung oil cost? Even for the large-scale purchases like our Xingyang Zheng's, it costs five hundred coins. That means, a pair The cost of the oil alone for the rattan armor is five hundred cash."

"After the old vine is soaked in tung oil, it needs ingenious women to weave it into armor. This step is the least costly step, and it is nothing more than paying some wages to the women."

"However, even if the cost is the lowest, at least you have to pay more than 100 cash. If it is less, no one is willing to do it, because it is too time-consuming."

"For example, if the cost of weaving a pair of rattan armor is less than a hundred cash, folk women would rather weave cloth to make money than weave rattan armor. Lord Gu, you should know that ordinary people are the most clever group of people. I have set a bottom line of [-] Wen, which means that the bottom line of wages for weaving rattan armor must be so much. If there is less, no one will do it."

"Computing all these things together, the cost of a pair of vine armor is basically clear. The old vines in the mountains are not worth much, but you need to pay for them if you hire someone to chop them back. Although our Zheng family in Xingyang hires people to chop them in large quantities, but for The cost of each pair of rattan armor will definitely be shared equally, and according to so many years of experience, the cost of cutting rattan is ten cents."

"Then there is boiling in hot water and drying in the shade. The cost of this step is basically labor. After equalization, the more it is between [-] and [-] yuan, we will calculate it at the lowest level. Let's count it as [-] yuan. "

"The next step is to soak tung oil. As I said before, two catties of oil are needed. The price of oil is about 550 Wen, but this step costs more than [-] Wen, because there are also laborers, so this step is about [-] Wen including wages. ...Lord Gu may be very curious, why is the labor for this step so expensive? The reason is very simple, tung oil has poisonous gas. When soaking tung oil, craftsmen are often poisoned and have accidents. If the wages are not paid higher, the common people will definitely not willing to do this job.”

"In the end, add the [-] Wen for the preparation, and the overall cost of a pair of rattan armor will come out. It will take nearly a year, and the expenditure will be at least [-] Wen. But Lord Gu, you should understand that our aristocratic family is in this business It is to make money, although the cost of rattan armor is [-] Wen, but it is definitely impossible for us to sell it at [-] Wen."

"If a pair of rattan armor can't earn three or four hundred cash, it will be considered a loss for us for more than a year."

"This also means that the rattan armor alone costs about a thousand dollars."

The Hejian County King waited until the minister had finished speaking, before he sighed slowly and said, "This is only the lowest-grade rattan armor, but the price is already as high as usual."

Looking at Gu Tianya while speaking, he said inexplicably: "The back is the second grade of paper armor, which is made of straw paper layer by layer. Brother Gu, don't think that the paper armor is low-end, in fact, it This thing is far tougher and more effective than rattan armor. Although it is made of straw paper, the craftsmanship is very complicated and time-consuming. After wearing it on the body, it can already withstand [-]% of the bows and arrows on the battlefield."

"It's a pity that this thing is good enough, and the price is also daunting. The price of a pair of paper armor is at least five guns."

Li Xiaogong said and looked at the official of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and said in a deep voice: "I'm right, isn't that the price for the paper armor of the Zheng family in Xingyang?"

The official nodded and said: "Although Wuguan is very expensive, it is because the Datang military made a large-scale purchase last year. The preferential price will be given. If it is usually purchased in small quantities, the minimum price cannot be lower than Wuguan. Through half."

Li Xiaogong took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Gu Tianya again, and said solemnly: "Brother Gu, did you hear that? A pair of paper armor costs five pennies."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gu Tianya to open his mouth, he continued: "In addition to the rattan and leather armors, there are also leather armors and iron armors, but the price of those two armors is higher, there is no need to let the guys from Xingyang Zheng's fight with you. Let me elaborate."

Gu Tianya nodded slowly, and said solemnly: "I know, I understand, for example, the raw material of a pair of leather armor must be at least half a piece of cowhide. Regardless of the manufacturing process and labor costs, the cost of cowhide alone is not enough. It's less than three or four guan. If the miscellaneous things are added up, the total price of a pair of leather armor is probably at least ten guan."

Hearing the official of Xingyang Zheng's sneer, he said, "Ten rounds? That's not even enough for the cost. To tell you the truth, a pair of leather armor needs at least fifteen rounds. This is only the cost of our manufacturing, not the cost. The cost of selling it to the military. As I said before, the business of the family is to make money. Especially the more expensive the armor, the higher the profit must be. Otherwise, it is not in line with the investment. Saying it is also a burden.”

The man paused while talking, and then said: "Last year, the purchase price of the Tang military was [-] guan for a pair of leather armor. Lord Gu, don't blame us for making a lot of money. The profit of [-] guan It is the bottom line of this industry. If the profit is less than five guan, do you believe that no one wants to make leather armor?"

Gu Tianya nodded slowly again, and said more solemnly: "I believe it. Because this matter involves the risk tolerance of investment and income."

Li Xiaogong hit the iron while it was hot, and then said: "So leather armor can only be equipped at the captain level. As for the most high-end iron armor, that thing is beyond the imagination of ordinary soldiers. Back then, your second brother wanted to make The Xuanjia iron cavalry almost emptied the entire family property of Tiance Mansion. Although it was announced to the outside world that the iron cavalry was produced, everyone knew that he did not succeed at all. The so-called 1000 iron cavalry, in fact, only [-] people own the iron armor , As for the so-called war horses also equipped with iron armor, that is purely a scare rhetoric. War horses are equipped with iron armor, if you have that money, you might as well buy more armor for the soldiers."

He paused while talking, then suddenly looked at Gu Tianya and said: "And you kid, now you claim to have 15 soldiers, of which [-] are cavalry, and they are also Xuanjia cavalry. Regarding your bragging, We have always been skeptical. What is the concept of [-] Xuanjia iron cavalry? This is almost a combat power that can sweep the entire world. If you really have so many iron cavalry, you may be able to fight Goguryeo by yourself. .”

Gu Tianya looked embarrassing, and said angrily: "Brother Xiaogong guessed right, I really bluffed this matter."

Li Xiaogong snorted coldly, and asked suddenly: "Tell us the truth, how many black armored cavalry does the Gu family have?"

Gu Tianya touched his nose in embarrassment, bowed his head in embarrassment and said, "Only eight thousand."

He felt that there was a huge difference between the numbers of [-] and [-], so he felt embarrassed and lowered his head. However, there was a gasp in the whole court hall, especially the generals all watched him and slapped him. trembling.

After quite a long time, Li Xiaogong gritted his teeth and said angrily: "You, you, bastard, you actually have eight thousand cavalry."

He is the leader of the Tang military, how can he not know how much it costs to support a cavalry?

The cost price of a warrior's full-body armor alone is 130 guan, and the armor of a war horse is more expensive, with a pair of [-] guan, so one rider costs [-] guan, but this is only the cost price of manufacturing the armor.

If it is a purchase, the more expensive the armor, the higher the purchase price. For example, the price that Xingyang Zheng's sold to the military last year was directly an uncompromising price of two hundred guan.

The iron armor for one person and one rider, the effort of two hundred guan.However, everyone knows that this is only the initial expenditure, and the subsequent maintenance of the iron armor is a place to spend money in a steady stream.

So in general, at least five hundred guan should be prepared to support a black armor cavalry.

However, Gu Tianya just told everyone that the Youyun Gu clan now has eight thousand cavalry.

What is this concept?

There are 400 million guan in the money thrown in alone.

Last year, the annual revenue of the Datang treasury was only 420 million yuan, which was more than 400 million yuan, which was double that of previous years. The reason was that the cotton industry in the land of clouds doubled everyone's income.

Li Xiaogong was panting obviously heavily, and said viciously: "The treasury of the Tang Dynasty only has 400 million yuan a year, you kid actually spent more than 300 million yuan to support the cavalry, if you add the other 12 infantry, you kid is only on the army horse The expenditure is only 500 million yuan, no wonder everyone says that you are a god of wealth..."

"but!"

He suddenly heard someone in the hall interrupt Li Xiaogong's words, and said in a deep voice: "But even if Gu Tianya offered eight thousand cavalry, it doesn't mean that he has the ability to equip all the soldiers with armor. Although the eight thousand cavalry costs a lot, he Gritting my teeth, I survived. But how many soldiers are we going to use this time? This is a million-level battle that has never been seen before..."

The man paused slightly while talking, staring straight at Gu Tianya, and said in a deep voice: "What a difference between a million soldiers and eight thousand soldiers, you should understand this without me telling you, right? Gu Tianya, you are not going to hide it from me It’s very annoying to see you all the time. However, although I am very unhappy to see you, I don’t want to see you sink. Do you know what kind of situation you want to give all the soldiers to accompany the armor? This idea gives us the feeling that it is purely crazy ah."

The atmosphere in the entire court hall was suddenly strange.

No one thought that Chai Shao would stand up to dissuade Gu Tianya.

Zhaoning suddenly stepped forward, hugged Baby Tiger and stood side by side with Gu Tianya. This eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty had a pretty face, and her eyes scanned the entire court hall.

Her voice was extremely solemn, she made it clear that the chariots and horses supported her, and she said loudly: "My family's Tianya's wish is my Li Xiuning's wish."

Zhaoning paused slowly when he said this, and then an inexplicable brilliance burst out in his eyes, which was a kind of decisive brilliance, and even more a kind of maternal brilliance.

She suddenly took another step forward, and for some reason suddenly changed the subject, as if it was a memory, or a declaration, so the high-spirited voice of the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty resounded everywhere in the entire court hall.

"Seventeen years ago, under the protection of my boy Ma Sanbao, I, Li Xiuning, fought a bloody road from Chang'an and hid in the Qinling Mountains, which is known as the home of troubled times..."

"It lasted three months, and all I saw was fear. Everywhere I looked, women and children were vicissitudes, and children were crying. There were also countless elderly people, whose bodies were as thin as dry branches. At that time, you will find that many old people have never opened their eyes again!"

"There are also poor babies, biting their own mother's shriveled breasts, but they can't suck milk at all, so the babies die of hunger amidst faint cries."

"It's the result of the troubled times, and the people are suffering and desolate."

"So I, Li Xiuning, burst out with an ambition in my heart. I want to lead the people who are hiding in the mountains to avoid chaos to survive."

"In order to achieve this ambition, I tossed and turned day and night."

"However, at that time, I was just a weak woman. Since I was born in a mansion of a wealthy family, and I studied female precepts since I was a child, so my knowledge and experience could not help me, so that I could find a way to protect the common people to live. way."

"Fortunately, one day, God seemed to open his eyes. There was an old Taoist priest in Taoist robes, and he appeared in front of me with a basket on his back..."

"He said his name was Sun Simiao, and he was entrusted by an elder to bring me a sentence."

"That sentence, there is really only one sentence, and it can't even be regarded as one sentence, because it only has two words."

"what is it then?"

"field."

"Although there are only two words, they resounded through my mind like Huang Zhong Dalu, which shocked me and woke me up, allowing me to find my direction."

"At that moment, I suddenly realized that if people want to live, they can't just hide in the mountains. Although the mountains of the Qinling Mountains are thick, they can't support the people. Mountains are places to hide from disasters, but they are not places to support people."

"Only large tracts of land can feed countless people."

"And in the chaos of war at that time, there was only one way to get the land. What was it? It was fighting one after another."

"So I, Li Xiuning, in that deep mountain, called for the first time to the people fleeing the war. I want to lead them to form an army, and I want to lead them out of the Qinling Mountains."

"This is the original epitome of the Datang Detachment of Women."

In the entire court hall, Li Xiuning's voice resounded, but although the ministers present were listening intently, there was almost a sense of bafflement in everyone's mind.

They couldn't figure out why Princess Pingyang said these things suddenly.

But soon they knew the answer.

Chapter 370 [Wife to Marry Li Xiuning]

I Have a Backstage in Datang Chapter 370 of the main text volume [Marrying a wife should marry Li Xiuning] It turned out that Zhaoning wanted to sell her private property.