The Red Mansion's Dress to Become the King of Beijing

The first blizzard after the beginning of winter brought about [-] strong laborers to Shui Rong. After all, it was all middle-aged men who could make Shui Rong do heavy work with peace of mind.

There are families behind these two thousand people, and most of their wives, children, and parents are still waiting at home—the strongest laborers who can eat the most in the family go south to find a way to survive, and the remaining rations can help the remaining family members survive for a while.

Shui Rong has always attached great importance to the value of old women. The former has enough experience, and the latter can let him be stuffed into the workshop... However, under the current weather conditions, it is difficult for old women to starve, and it is not easy to go to the point of desperation. Abandoning the children, the old and the weak, women and children trekked on snow for about two hundred miles to come to Guangning City alive... I'm afraid the road will be cut in half.

And when he was self-serving, the first batch of farmers from further north arrived in Guangning City less than ten days ago.

Shui Rong picked a few large dormitories to accommodate them and walked around, and then returned to the palace, there was a steward who gathered the begging of the people who came to beg for life: Can you bring your family, they are willing to work for the prince.

This can have.

Shui Rong waited so long that this wave of people took the initiative to ask, because as the saying goes, rushing is not business: but if the whole family is here, you don't even think about leaving.

In fact, the successive waves of people who came to the road to survive stayed in Guangning for a period ranging from ten days to two or three days, but almost all of them... didn't want to leave: there are new clothes to keep out the cold, and food and drink are not available for the time being. Said, just picture this warm house with fire pit and earth dragon, and I am willing to work hard.

Because sufficient fuel has been prepared long ago, including firewood and coal, plus the ventilation facilities that Shui Rong personally improved and supervised to manufacture. In fact, simple blowers were fully popularized before winter. Villages and towns have a bit of the meaning of "[-] degrees below zero outside and twenty degrees above zero indoors" in the Northeast of later generations.

Except for a very small number of these people who are still recuperating due to frostbite and frostbite, most of them are arranged to farm in greenhouses.

There is no need to talk nonsense about whether the greenhouse is warm or not, so these farmers who are not afraid of hardship and are skilled in handling fruits and vegetables need to work four to five hours a day; while those who work outdoors, like the locals in Quang Ninh, have enough warmth in today’s minus ten degrees In the case of the clothes and hats, the cumulative working hours of the whole day were strictly controlled by the stewards to two hours or less... Afterwards, Shui Rong asked Mei Fei to inquire carefully, but he did not hear any complaints about the working hours.

The biggest dissatisfaction seems to be concentrated on the ginger soup. Many people can’t drink it because the taste is too strong and too stimulating. However, ginger is a relatively precious thing, so you can often see hot ginger in the water room. Soup, pinch your nose and raise your neck... just pour your own man, after all, not everyone can eat spicy food.

Water-soluble and good: the amount of ginger added in the standard ginger soup is at least half, and some brown sugar is added to it.

The people who drank the sweet ginger soup praised the prince countless times, and the little icon asked him specifically, "How do you feel?"

Shui Rong said frankly: "It's just a set of words to boast that I come and go, and I don't feel much when I hear it now." The people in this era are too simple, and his name is on the tablet to meet their basic requirements for food and clothing. He didn't feel much sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, so he naturally changed the subject, "Look at the weather this month, pick a day when the temperature doesn't cool down, and I'll order the guards to bring back all the wives and children of those people. Save this group of lads from making trouble."

Originally, this group of fat and strong boys was responsible for guarding against the "grain grabbing group" from the west. Unexpectedly, when a heavy snowstorm came, the "grain grabbing group" stopped cooking.

Shui Rong also complained to the little icon, "Am I overestimating my neighbor to the west?"

Xiao Icon firmly denied it, "The ones who are attacking your territory now, the master, are all small tribes who have no wealth to live on, or are bewitched by others. They don't even have the qualifications for the system to issue formal warnings and defend the territory points."

Thinking about it, although Guangning is becoming more and more prosperous, it is still incomparable with Liaodong City, which is hundreds of miles away.

Which of the palaces in this dynasty is not multi-generational and diligently managed, the Beijing Palace is not outstanding in terms of size and strength, and only Shui Rong and his confidants know that the potential is unlimited.

Comparatively speaking, Zhennangong, who has been reduced to the duke, is more "hot stove" than Beijingwang, because the horses produced in the southwest where the Zhennangong's mansion is located, whether they are Yunnan horses or Guizhou horses, are famous for carrying horses. A good horse for both uses.

But the Mongolian horse is the only horse breed that can be compared with the Yunnan horse, within reach, and even surpassed in some periods.However, neither the emperor nor General Wu, who secretly "tacited deals" several times in private, refused to sell Mongolian horses to him.

Shui Rong focused on gathering the many tribes in the west, and also wanted to get some Mongolian horses to come over—the help system needs "real money", so it is of course a little bit to save some.

However, Shui Rong sent a thousand cavalry and well-fed and warm guides to the north to rescue those villages that were almost closed by the blizzard, and then brought back the people who were willing to come to Guangning to make a living. Bringing it back, there are still a lot of land in the palace that no one is farming, and the farm will continue to expand.

Shui Rong specially recruited the lieutenant general who led the troops this time and the two younger brothers who volunteered to participate, and taught them face-to-face.

This lieutenant general is still his family uncle, so he can be completely trusted: and the lieutenant general has more than a thousand soldiers and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers under his command in this dynasty. An experienced lieutenant, not only wanted to be safe for the first time "recruiting security", but also to deter those ~soil~bandits in the forest who occupy the mountain as king.

At this time, it is far from the time when the common people have no choice but to fall into the grass and become bandits. The common people who have suffered disasters will seek help and relief from the government and big figures. Those peasants who have gone to Guangning and settled down are proof.

Therefore, those bandits are mostly ~private~soldiers placed in the forest by "every household". Shui Rong excitedly asked Xiao Icon, "After encountering them, we seized some equipment, can you analyze the place of origin?"

Being able to expand a little influence and being able to help out made the little icon excited, "Yes!"

After getting a satisfactory answer, Shui Rong told his subordinates and younger brother, "Whether it's a farm household or a tribe that lives by grazing animals, it's all voluntary. If you don't want to come, you don't force it, so they don't think we have other plans." He shook his head lightly, "It won't hurt your muscles and bones this year, and it will be even colder than this year next year, so you can't even think about it." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room laughed heartily.

The production in the north is reduced by half, and it is not enough to fill our own stomachs, so don’t pay taxes, but the prince’s territory is another bumper harvest... This contrast is extremely strong, and the prince has always had some mysterious rumors, this year’s Guangning... Everyone sees it, and it doesn't matter if you don't believe it.

It is said that the chief steward Wang Dong and the chief executive Mei Fei are both standard "princes bragging". They not only brag about their princes to their family members, but also intend to spread the word. Now that there is food in Guangning, and it is easy to find work in the city, more than 2000 middle-aged men came to Guangning to make a living.

But it said that the temperature will start to rise from tomorrow, and then the daytime temperature will hover at minus twelve or three degrees, which is ten degrees warmer than the previous days, which is a suitable day to go out.

Just one day before the cavalry was ready to go, Wei Ruolan came to see him: It turns out that Xiangyun learns from Daiyu every day to extract essential oils and make perfume, and he has no time to play with him. He took the initiative to ask for the common people trapped by the blizzard...

Shui Rong didn't stop him either, and with a wave of his hand, Wei Ruolan and his followers acted as observers to follow a thousand cavalry.

After returning to her room after get off work, Daiyu was somewhat worried when she heard that the prince had sent Wei Ruolan out, "Don't let anything happen."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "The 1000 people are already the best of the best in my hands. If I order~private~ soldiers, I won't be able to let them go. I don't want to think about setting up my own family, I can catch them with nothing."

After marrying into the palace, Daiyu sensed her husband's ambition in the first few days, she was not uneasy at that time - she really never thought of reporting, now, she doesn't understand loyalty to the emperor, she just remembers If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken and marry a dog, follow the dog.

Daiyu squeezed her husband's arm, and frowned slightly, "I vaguely heard that the group of people in the forest in the northwest is going to spy on us, it's really deceiving." She didn't mind her husband saying that she turned her face like a book , "I thought you didn't want to scare the snake, but now it seems that I have a wrong idea."

Shui Rong smiled, "It's not that I'm afraid of scaring the snake, but I just want to freeze it before cleaning up those grandchildren. My people surrounded them, and they all shivered with a long frozen snot under their noses. Just think about this scene." I can be happier."

In fact, he wanted to gradually establish such a concept for the people of the world, especially his enemies: outside the pass, no one should try to take advantage of the Beijing Palace, especially when the weather is getting colder and the value and significance of the pass are getting higher and higher. in smaller and smaller cases.

Once successful, he will be able to gain more time and space to develop and advance the entire customs...initial industrialization.

When Daiyu heard this, she lay directly on her husband's back, her shoulders trembling.

Daiyu had some intimacy from time to time before winter, Shui Rong was not surprised by this, "Is it so funny?"

Little Icon thought about it seriously, "Because you have always been serious? Suddenly there is a contrast... a little cute?"

Shui Rong touched his face, "Cute?"

Daiyu's forehead was still on Shui Rong's back, "My lord... is a little cute..."

Shui Rong turned his head and caught a glimpse of Daiyu's reddish cheeks. He said to the little icon, "I always think that you and Daiyu might get along better."

Little Icon suddenly sighed, "It's not the key whether the personalities are compatible. A person who can't understand surface integrals can't be my host."

Shui Rong was very convinced, "Well, this is really the key."

Half a month later, Wei Ruolan returned to Guangning before the elites. He was clearly worried. How could Shui Rong not ask when he saw him, "Look at your embarrassment. Could it be that you met an old acquaintance in the bandit den?"

Wei Ruolan nodded solemnly, "I also ask the prince to spare his life, he... must have something to hide."

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