Han Dao world

While chatting, Xun Wenqian also came, with a few maids and a lot of daily necessities.

Seeing that Yang Xiu and Cai Yan were also there, Xun Wenqian said with a smile: "I knew you would come, but I didn't expect you to come so soon. If you don't mind, come to my tent together. I will prepare a little food and drink for Yuan Guiren. , please accompany me."

Yang Xiu quickly said: "Your words are serious. They are my relatives, and they should be my host."

"Is this a relationship?" Xun Wenqian covered her lips and said with a smile: "You are true relatives, but when a nobleman enters the palace, he and I are a family, maybe we will live in a tent, how about you?"

Yang Xiu realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and quickly shut up.

Both the Hongnong Yang family and the Runan Yuan family belonged to four generations and three lords. His status is even more special, as he has the blood of both the Yang family and the Yuan family. Although many people admire him, there are also many people who are jealous.It's just that the emperor trusts him, and no one dares to talk about it.If he deliberately made publicity, that's another matter.

He may have nothing to worry about, but the Yuan sisters have just arrived and may not be able to bear such pressure.

Yuan Quan said with a smile: "Thank you, noble, but my sister has not yet entered the palace, and it is not known whether she will have the blessing of serving the emperor. I am afraid that it is not appropriate to call her a sister now. Zhao Ji is my daughter's appointment. Glory, I have long wanted to invite her to a party. It's just that the timing was unlucky, and I haven't been able to make the trip. Since I saw you today, I will invite her. If you don't mind, please come over and have a drink or two, and say something for my sister. Speaking of the rules in the palace, it is better to be prepared."

Before Xun Wenqian could speak, Yang Xiu stood up and said, "Then I'll arrange it and find some good wine. What a coincidence, I just bought a can of daughter wine made by the Qiang people at the market yesterday. The flavor of the wine is different, it is extremely luscious, and it is worth a taste. Brother-in-law, you come with me."

Cai Yan also said: "I also have a can of wine from the Western Regions, and I was reluctant to give it away. Since my sister invited me, I took it out as a congratulatory gift, and it won't hurt me to drink half of the can back home."

Xun Wenqian couldn't help laughing. "Ling Shi, you're too treacherous. It's fine, since you are all so generous, I won't argue with you. I'm bothering Sister Yuan today. Next time I come to invite you, don't fight anymore."

Yuan Quan bowed to salute. "Your kindness, I am very grateful."

Yang Xiu called Huang Yi out of the tent, and Cai Yan also ordered people to fetch wine from the tent. There were only a few women of the same age left in the big tent, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

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After leaving the tent and walking out of the camp, the people who came towards him greeted Yang Xiu one after another.There are both officials and ordinary soldiers, and there are even Qianghu with kuntou.Some even stopped to chat with Yang Xiu, respectful yet close.

Huang Yi saw it in his eyes and was envious. "Dezu, you are really a young man. Even if your father is at this age, he hasn't achieved such achievements."

Yang Xiu thought of the situation when he first became an official, and he also felt emotional.If he hadn't gritted his teeth at that time and withstood the test of the emperor, how could he be as proud as he is today.

"Brother Huang, you are not a few years older than me, and the future is promising. It's just that a precious sword must be refined, and a beautiful jade must be pondered. Can you calm down and experience a lot of tempering from the inside to the outside? To be honest, I am somewhat suspicious."

Huang Yi said with a smile: "Dezu, although the Huang family in Jiangxia is a noble family, it is still much inferior to the Yang family in Hongnong. You can bear it, but I can't? Or, in your eyes, I am also A talker who can only talk but can't do anything?"

Yang Xiu turned his head to look at Huang Yi and smiled slightly. "Try?"

"Just try it."

"Okay, starting tomorrow, every day at dawn, practice riding, archery, swords and spears. It doesn't take much, just shoot a hundred arrows, chop a hundred knives, and stab a hundred spears. As an official in Bingliang, I don't have any martial arts skills." No way."

Huang Yi smiled and said, "What's the difficulty?"

"It's really not difficult, but there are only a handful of people who can persevere." Yang Xiu said, "If you can persist for three months, I will recommend you to become an official. If you can't get six hundred stones within three years, I apologize to you."

Huang Yi thought about it and agreed.Six hundred stones should be Zhonglang in the court, and county magistrates outside the court, whether high or low.With his current status, he is on the right track if he reaches six hundred shi in three years, and two thousand shi can be expected in the future.

"One more thing, read more "Mencius" in your free time. You are not asked to find chapters and excerpts, but to choose them that are beneficial to the world. As far as my experience is concerned, it is easy to understand the actions of the Son of Heaven from this perspective. many."

Huang Yi nodded gratefully.

This is Yang Xiu's experience, and most people would not say it.

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In November, the army was assembled.

Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, built a school field outside the city and erected a high platform to invite the emperor Liu Xie to parade.

Liu Xie led civil and military officials to stand on a high platform and build Cuiyuqingluogai.Under the high platform, Han Sui built the head of the general of Zaose Town West, and commanded the soldiers to perform in formation.

Liu Xie is still frugal, although he has a guard of honor symbolizing the emperor with him, which is almost never used.The erection of the Cuiyuqing Luogai this time was purely at Han Sui's request.

Of course, Han Sui himself did not come forward, but expressed it through Jia Xu.

Jia Xu also agreed with Han Sui's suggestion.It is good for the emperor to be close to the people, but if a gentleman is not serious, he will not be powerful. When necessary, he should also show the majesty of the court to deter Xiaoxiao.

Cai Yan, Yang Xiu and others also agreed with this view.

So Liu Xie put on the emperor's crown with white jade as beads, and put on gorgeous armor.The servants Jia Xu, Yang Xiu and others all wore official uniforms and followed behind.The regular servants on loose horses are fully armed, protecting both sides of the high hall.Huben and Habayashi lined up below the stage.

The most dazzling one is the three hundred armored cavalry.

When the three hundred armored cavalry escorted Liu Xie and appeared in front of the assembled tens of thousands of Han and Qiang troops, the audience was silent, and everyone could feel the indescribable coercion.

Even Han Sui unconsciously straightened his back, opened his eyes wide, stroked his chest with his fists, tapped his breastplate, and saluted the emperor.

Besides the three hundred armored cavalry, the most eye-catching one is the one hundred female cavalry led by Ma Yunlu.Although the female cavalry did not line up alone, but together with the Habayashi cavalry, and even the armor did not change much, their appearance still made people's eyes shine.

Many people were secretly exclaiming, it turns out that women look so good in armor.

This scene reminded Liu Xie of a famous scene during a military parade.In fact, this is also very normal, people are not sages, who would not be moved by seeing a heroic female soldier.

Really handsome.

Anthony, a profiteer from the Western Regions who was fortunate enough to serve, was the best at watching her face. Seeing that Liu Xie had looked at the female knight twice, he immediately moved forward.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Anthony, your most loyal servant, has recently bought several female slaves who are skilled in martial arts and are natural female knights. If Your Majesty needs it, I am willing to dedicate it to His Majesty to show my infinite loyalty to Your Majesty."

Chapter 422

Liu Xie didn't even look at Anthony.

A barbarian is a barbarian, his eyelids are too shallow.Don't you look at what occasion this is, is it a place where you can talk?

What's more, this kind of words.

Is it human?

But I also have responsibilities. I am usually too easy-going and don't pay much attention to majesty.

Pay attention in the future.

Wang Yue stepped forward and put his palm on Anthony's shoulder.It seemed calm and calm, but Anthony couldn't bear it, his legs softened, and he almost knelt on the ground.

Liu Xie remained motionless, looking down at General Zhenxi not far below.

The scene in front of him gave him a feeling of deja vu.

When the first emperor paraded troops in Pingliang, General He Jin was in a similar position.At that time, because of He Jin's achievements in pacifying the Yellow Turban, he already had power over the world. The late emperor's idea of ​​having a young son was suppressed, and the establishment of the eighth school lieutenant in Xiyuan to divide the military power of the general was eventually turned into a joke under the manipulation of Yuan Shao and others.

Except for Jian Shuo, all the eight lieutenants in Xiyuan belonged to He Jin, or in other words, they were all from Yuan Shao.

Han Sui has little ability and ambition.

Regardless of whether he is intentional or unintentional-intentional in the court is often intentional-this is unacceptable.

Almost in an instant, Liu Xie figured out how to deal with Han Sui.

Don't you want to be a general, as you wish.

Han Sui sat on horseback, with soap covering his head, and even if he looked up, he couldn't see the emperor.Under the attention of thousands of people, he didn't dare to be so presumptuous, so he could only concentrate on reviewing.

After consulting the emperor, Han Sui ordered the military parade to begin.

The first is the infantry drill.

With a limited scope and in front of the emperor, it is impossible for tens of thousands of infantry to carry out a large-scale evolution. They can only perform some changes of advancing and retreating, splitting and combining to show their well-trained.For safety reasons, long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows cannot be wound even if they are brought, let alone a performance.

After the infantry, the cavalry entered the field and performed outflanking and assault tactics.

Overall, these guys are doing well, or at least look like they are.It's just that even when Liu Xie was on the march, he practiced every day. He was used to all kinds of high-intensity and high-level tactical coordination, and he would not take it seriously when he watched the performances of these county soldiers.

That's it?It's not as good as the military training for college freshmen.

After the school performance, Han Sui rode his horse, came to the high platform, and bowed to salute.

"Marquis of Jincheng, General Chen Sui of Zhenxi, please send troops to put down the rebellion."

"Yes!" Liu Xie replied lightly, shaking his sleeves lightly, showing the majesty of the emperor.

Han Sui turned around and gave the order. "According to the order of the emperor, send troops to fight against the rebellion. Rise!"

The horn blew, and the cavalry phalanx on the westernmost side took the lead to receive the order, left the large formation, and marched west.

The west is gold, the chief killer, the imperial court sent generals to go out, and the army all came out from the west gate.Now in Jincheng, there is no city gate to speak of. No matter how courageous Han Sui is, he dare not compare the capital with Jincheng County.

Fortunately, Fanghan was on the upper reaches of the river, so marching westward was a matter of course.

As the army set off one square after another, the valley in front of him gradually became empty, and Han Sui bid farewell to Liu Xie again, and headed west with the personal guard battalion.

Liu Xie stood on the high platform, looked at the cavalry moving with the battle flag, and looked back at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Liu Xie turned his head, looked at Han Sui's back, and watched the nearly [-] cavalry elite move forward slowly, his brows raised slightly, and then slowly fell down.

Han Sui's personal guard battalion was not small, with [-] paces.

There are five major generals, two of which have a maximum of 2000 people, that is, 1 people.In fact, apart from deliberately showing their strength, or receiving special favor from the emperor, very few major generals have a full compilation of parts, and at least one or two parts are left vacant to show that they have no ambitions.

Han Sui is the standard of a general, and he is full, or even overstaffed.

What is even more disturbing is that among his 1 people, there are [-] Han and Qiang cavalry, which is far more than one-tenth of the cavalry configuration.

Of course, this can be seen as the advantage of Liangzhou's large number of horses, but it can also be seen how eager Han Sui is to show his strength, even at the expense of breaking taboos.

Or, he is simply unscrupulous.

In fact, to a certain extent, Han Sui had a similar thought in conscripting a small Fanghan, and Han Sui conscripted state and county soldiers with great fanfare.It's just that he didn't dare to achieve the ultimate, and he still borrowed the name of the emperor to some extent.

At that moment, Liu Xie felt Han Sui's inner struggle and contradiction.

He has great ambitions and great strength, but he doesn't have enough courage to support him. There is always an inexplicable fear floating in his heart like a dark cloud.

It's also a very strange feeling.

After Han Sui's Chinese army moved out, the emperor's camp followed suit.

Compared with Han Sui's huge Chinese army of nearly 4000 people, the scale of Tianzi's camp is much smaller, and the number of officials, including officials, does not exceed [-].Because Han Sui provided food, grass and supplies, the nomadic back camp was left in Jincheng, and a large number of cattle and sheep were fattened in the nearby river valley for the winter.

But Liu Xie was not guilty at all.

Don't say that Han Sui may not have the guts, even if Han Sui had the guts, he is sure enough to get out of the whole body, at most the loss is bigger, and it is absolutely impossible for the whole army to be wiped out.

The strengths of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

He saw Han Sui's strength, but Han Sui didn't see his real strength. Three hundred armored cavalry were enough for Han Sui to weigh the seriousness of the consequences.Even if he doesn't know Guo Wu and Zhao Yun, Yan Xing and Zhang Xiu are enough for him to consider the confidence of the court, not to mention Han Sui's old friend, Wei Wei Ma Teng.

Unless Han Sui turned his face on Ma Chao and Zhang Ji.

But then again, Ma Chao might not be reliable.

Liu Xie was calm and composed, chatting with Jia Xu along the way, especially the nearby terrain.

Geography is the most important thing when using troops. Everywhere Liu Xie goes, he pays special attention to the local terrain and arranges troops in his mind.The second is astronomy. The further west you go, the higher the terrain and the lower the temperature. People will not only feel chest tightness, but also feel very cold.

Fortunately, Liu Xie had already prepared, hoarded a large number of leather jackets, and put them outside to keep out the cold.

"In the future, we can make a kind of cotton armor." Liu Xie said to Jia Xu: "Put a layer of cotton on the outside of the armor to prevent your fingers from freezing on the armor."

Jia Xu has long been used to Liu Xie's various ideas, and he didn't take it as a joke. After thinking about it seriously, he said: "I'm afraid that the fluff is not enough, and the production is complicated, and the court can't afford it."

Liu Xie knew that Jia Xu had misunderstood.The cotton he said is cotton cotton, not silk cotton.

These two things look similar, but are actually two completely different things.Cotton comes from silk, and the products are limited.Cotton is cotton that can be grown in large quantities, and the yield is sufficient.

After winning the Western Regions in the future, cotton can be promoted in the Western Regions.

The Xinjiang long-staple cotton of later generations is the top cotton, but there is no cultivation technology yet, and the long-staple cotton may not be discussed for the time being.However, it is possible to consider the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxon gangs as slaves to pick cotton.

Liu Xie felt that it was necessary to talk to the profiteer Anthony and ask him where he bought the slaves who could be female knights.

Chapter 423 No matter what

Anthony bumped into a wall once, and it was a rare two days of silence.

When he heard Liu Xie's call, he arrived immediately.

After hearing Liu Xie's question, he immediately regained his spirits. "Your Majesty the Emperor, from east to west, there are many countries like stars on the land tens of thousands of miles away, but there are only four real big countries. Except for the big man of His Majesty the Emperor, the other three big countries have slave trade , the slave trade is a huge and lucrative business."

Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

Chinese civilization is a precocious civilization. After the Warring States period and the beginning of the Qin and Han Dynasties, slavery was legally abolished and it became a civilian society.Although the slave trade still existed in practice, it was no longer mainstream.Even slaves cannot be killed for no reason.

Not only is it unacceptable to live, but it is also unacceptable to die. The system of human sacrifice has long been recognized as a barbaric system, which is despised by people.

That's why Confucius said that the one who started the evil has no successors.

But slavery did not disappear and continued into the nineteenth century.

Now, slavery can even be said to be the mainstream social system outside of China. Guishuang, Parthia, and Rome are all slavery, as is ancient Greece, which is touted by countless people. Profits are beyond imagination.