One Piece of Song Dynasty

"Well, our family will have more and more money in the future. Uncle An, how are those things going?"

"The workshop and house have been completed, and the shops have been decorated. We are waiting for the items produced by the workshop. The refugees in the orchard have also arrived. During this period, 14 more slaves have been signed, 3 women, 11 men, and 11 men. Among them, there is one who specializes in raising dogs and one who specializes in raising pigeons. Among the remaining 9 men, 4 are between fifteen and twenty years old. The orphans take in 9 of them, three women and six men..biquge"

"Well, that is to say, our family now does not include Uncle An, who has 54 slaves, 8 armed subordinates, and 4 disabled armed subordinates; 25 ordinary male domestic slaves, of which three are in the restaurant and nine are in the workshop. A dog breeder, a pigeon breeder, and a mule breeder, and the four of them go to the mountains to raise pigs, chickens, and cows, leaving only 6 men aged fifteen to twenty who can serve as armed guards; 17 female slaves, and three There are maids, thirteen cooks at home, and one who manages the kitchen in the restaurant; there are also 30 orphans at home, eleven girls and nineteen boys."

"Well, the young master is right."

"In the future, the main recruitment will be mainly men, with women as assistants, as well as orphans. There are too few people in our family who can serve as nursing homes. It would be better if there are whole families who are willing to be slaves. The shops will mainly hire workers for the time being. When the family can find more people in the future, When we get richer, we can allocate manpower there. The Yamashita Breeding Farm will also need to add two more people, and the workshop will not be able to rely on the current nine people. It will also need to increase manpower; after all the existing people are arranged, the expansion of the mansion can begin."

"Well, a certain family has already prepared the materials for the expansion of the mansion. When the people who should move out of the mansion move out, the certain family will start construction. After the construction of the mansion starts, a certain family will go to Hui'an to look at the land and buy it. During the expansion of the mansion, Mr. Just take more care of it.”

"Okay, Uncle An, have you found the fruit wine supplier for these few months?"

"We have already found them, and the first batch should be shipped over in a few days."

"Well, Uncle An, we need to recruit people faster. Come on, take me to meet Wang Xiucai."

Wang Xiucai, who is in his thirties, is dressed a little old, but he looks neat and tidy, and his eyebrows look a little old. This is probably due to his depression after failing to pass the imperial examination many times and being a scholar.

“Good host”

"Hello Wang Xiucai, I invite you here mainly so that you can teach literacy to my nursing home."

"Oh, yes." Wang Xiu hesitated and said.

It seems that Wang Xiucai was not very willing to teach literacy to the nursing school. In the Song Dynasty, literati looked down on vulgar warriors, let alone warriors with slave status. He finally agreed because of the pressure of life.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see your future students."

"Yes, master."

"Zhang Hu, come here."

"Why does the master want to find a villain?" Zhang Hugong said with cupped hands.

"How's the training going?"

"Hehe, it's not bad, it's just that there are a little less people. Including the eight of us, there are only fourteen people."

"Don't worry about manpower, there will be more and more in the future, but I don't think the training is very good. Apart from some improvements in martial arts, those nursing homes are not very good at anything else. You don't follow the rules I gave you. Let’s practice.”

"Hey, Master, I don't think it's necessary to be so meticulous. There are rules even for folding quilts."

"Don't be so playful. I will introduce you to someone today. This is Wang Xiu and Wang Xiucai. From now on, you will learn to read from him." When I said this, there was a buzzing sound below.

"I know what you want to say. Let me tell you an allusion first: In ancient times, there was a man named Sun Wu. It was this man who wrote Sun Tzu's Art of War. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu, the State of Chu and the State of Yue were feuding states, and they both wanted to destroy each other. He wanted to get rid of it quickly, but the situation at that time was that both Chu and Yue were stronger than Wu, especially Chu, which was the overlord of the south at that time. The newly ascended King Helu of Wu had great ambitions and was determined to revitalize Wu. After a series of preparations to attack Chu and Yue, King Wu decided to send troops to attack Chu. However, King Wu was in a dilemma when it came to selecting generals. Wu Zixu was originally the best candidate, but Wu Zixu had a deep hatred for Chu. His father, Wu She, was a tutor for Prince Chu Ping. Due to Fei Wuji's slander, he and his eldest son Wu Shang were killed by King Chu Ping. Therefore, Wu Zixu fled from Chu to Wu and became an important minister of King Wu; King Wu was afraid that Wu Zixu avenged his personal revenge, which affected his overall plan and denied it. At this time, Wu Zixu took the opportunity to recommend Sun Wu to the King of Wu. After many recommendations, the King of Wu finally agreed to meet Sun Wu. After reading Sun Wu's Art of War, the King of Wu decided to let Sun Wu Do some actual combat drills - just talk but not practice fake moves, and decide to use women to practice. This is indeed deliberately making things difficult for Sun Wu, but Sun Wu agreed, so King Wu selected 180 beauties from the palace and handed them over to him. Sun Wu trained Sun Wu, while he watched from the side. Sun Wu divided the 180 beauties into two teams, appointed the two favorite concubines of King Wu as captains of the two teams, ordered them all to stand holding halberds, and then asked the two teams of beautiful soldiers Said: "Do you all know your front, left and right hands, and your back? Everyone replied: "Everyone knows." "So Sun Wu issued an order: "When I call forward, look towards the front and center; left, look towards the left hand; right, look towards the right hand; behind, look towards the back. have you understood? "Everyone responded, indicating that they understood. After the restraints were arranged, Sun Wu immediately ordered the yue to be placed, indicating that if anyone violated the order, the general would deal with it according to law. He then repeated the request again and again, and the training officially began. At first, he beat the drum to the right. Everyone should have looked to the right, but unexpectedly, none of these usually pampered beauties were serious. They were all smiling happily. The two captains of the concubine even laughed so hard that they almost sat on the ground. Sun Wu did not blame them, but just said "It is the general's fault to have unclear restraints and unfamiliar orders. " So he repeated the request again and again, this time beating the drum to the left. Unexpectedly, everyone laughed harder this time, as if they didn't take the previous instruction to heart. This time Sun Wu quit, and said: "It is the fault of the general if the restrictions are not clear and the orders are not familiar; it is the fault of the soldiers who do not act in accordance with the restrictions after they have been stated. So he decided to behead the two captains. King Wu was watching on the stage. At this time, he saw that Sun Wu was about to behead his favorite concubine. He was "horrified" and hurriedly sent an envoy to convey the order: "I already know that the general is good at using troops." If I didn't have these two beloved concubines, I wouldn't be able to eat well. I hope you can forgive them. "At this time, Sun Wu thought to himself, if I don't kill him, how can I lead the troops in the future? Where is my dignity? If I don't kill him now, how long will it take? Anyway, there is only one thing, these two people must be killed. Sun Wu has his reasons: " Since I have been appointed as a general and will be in the army, I will not accept your order. "Then he beheaded the two captains of his beloved concubines in public, and at the same time ordered the leaders of the two teams to serve as captains and continue training. Sun Wu's move really had the effect of shocking everyone. Everyone saw that this man dared to kill even the most beloved concubine of King Wu. , all of them were horrified. They concentrated on training, fearing that they would be beheaded if they made any mistakes. This time the drums were played again, and everyone was very neatly arranged from front to back, left and right, and there was no disorder when they knelt down or stood up. They were so well-organized that they could be measured with rope ink, and there was no one Dare to speak out. At this time, Sun Wu sent someone to report to the King of Wu: "The soldiers have been trained in order, and the king can go below to review. As long as she is someone the king wants to use, even if she is allowed to go through fire and water, it will not be a problem. "At this time, King Wu was upset because of the murder of his beloved concubine. How could he still be in the mood to review this "army"? King Wu just replied: "General Sun has worked hard, let him go back to rest. I don't want to review this army." . After hearing this, Sun Wu shook his head repeatedly: "Your Majesty only likes the words and phrases about the art of war, but cannot actually use them." Wu Zixu, who was watching from the side, quickly advised: "Your Majesty, I heard that soldiers are in trouble, and you must not try it in vain. If you want to raise an army to defeat Chu, in order to dominate the world and impress the princes, you must have a general like Sun Wu!" If you don't use him, then who can cross the Huaihe River and Si River to attack the powerful Chu State thousands of miles away? Besides, aren't there just two concubines? Favored concubines are easy to come by, but generals are hard to find. With a general like Sun Wu, why don’t you worry about not having beautiful women? "It should be said that Helu is still a relatively visionary and measured monarch. Although he lost two favorite concubines in this exercise, he also understood Sun Wu's skills in using troops and knew that he was a rare talent, so in the end He put aside his past grudges and worshiped Sun Wu as his general. Sun Wu also reciprocated the favor and devoted himself to training the army for King Wu. As a result, the Kingdom of Wu developed quite rapidly because of its two good generals and ministers, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu. Within a few years, the national strength was strengthened. , especially the quality of the army has been significantly improved, and later in the Wu-Chu War, the Wu army successfully broke through the capital of Chu."

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