Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

"He's really good." Zhao Can couldn't help laughing when he saw the military official excused himself to leave.

A look of helplessness appeared on Ping An's face, "You don't know how famous you are now. For his status, it is a great honor to be able to climb up to you and say a few words."

If it wasn't for Ping An's face, even if he came to pay his respects, would Zhao Can give him a look?The other party is not a fool, so naturally he will not take the opportunity of Ping An at this time.

Only then did Zhao Can turn her head and looked at Ping An with a smile, "What about you?"

Ping An paused before realizing what he was asking.

For others, it is a great honor to be able to climb up to Zhao Can and have a few words with him, but what about yourself?

Ping An couldn't help laughing, "It's a great honor for me to be favored by Your Highness."

"Come here." Zhao Can said to Pingan.

He just stood there, just scanning Ping An's body inch by inch with his eyes.Obviously without any explicit words or actions, Ping An couldn't help but feel slightly hot all over.

He walked over involuntarily, and stood beside Zhao Can. In order to avoid being seen, he was a little behind.

The two stood very close.But in fact, there is still a huge gap between them.It's just that this is already the closest distance. After all, it's not in the secret room. People can see it from all sides of the pavilion. Any overly intimate movements may fall into the eyes of others.So the two of them can only do this, chatting to comfort each other.

Zhao Can raised her hand slightly, and using the cover of her sleeve, rubbed the back of Ping An's hand, and then sighed softly, "Ping An, I miss you very much."

"Me too." Ping An glanced at him, "You seem to be doing well after you return to Beijing." The spring breeze was on his face, and his complexion was very good.However, it is also conceivable that when he returned to the capital with military exploits and reputation that cannot be ignored, he was no longer the Zhao Can who needed to keep a low profile in everything.

Zhao Can's eyes were also on his face, and he smiled in a low voice, "You look much darker."

Ping An couldn't help but wanted to raise his hand to touch his face, but fortunately he held back.He cursed Zhao Can inwardly, but he put on a helpless expression on his face, "You also know that I am repairing the cement road. Although I don't need to do it myself, I have to see it with my own eyes to be at ease. It's no wonder it's not dark after being exposed to the sun all the way." gone."

After a pause, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Can, noticing that the other's skin was almost transparent, he was a little unconvinced and hummed softly, "I'm not a white-faced scholar, only a tanned man can be masculine."

Zhao Can sneered a couple of times because of this.

He walked to the stone bench in the middle of the pavilion and sat down, and said to Ping An, "By the way, don't you want to serve me tea? Go quickly. Otherwise, people outside will feel strange."

Ping An glared at him.Out of the pavilion, to get tea.

The weather is still a little hot, and the soldiers practice for so long every day, so they naturally need to add a lot of salt and water.So Ping An asked people to set up a stove here, and boiled a large pot of salted tea for supply.Of course, the officials themselves drank tea from a small stove.

This is what Zhao Can drank, of course.

The Jinming Pool, which the royal family took a lot of effort to build, naturally cannot be rigid and boring in a square shape, so many places are full of flowing cups of water, which is extremely elegant.

It's just that in this way, it takes too much time to walk around the lake.

Ping An went back and forth this time, and when he walked back into the pavilion, he was already drenched in sweat.

Zhao Can asked him to sit down and poured him a cup of tea, "Take a break, I feel so tired for you." As he said that, there was a smile on his face, clearly teasing.

The tea is no longer so hot here, but it is still hot.Ping An took a sip and put down the cup.

With this movement, Zhao Can grasped his fingers in the palm of his hand and squeezed them, and then let go, but his eyes were always entwined on Ping An.After a while, he sighed, "It's really boring to be restricted in everything. I was going to find you when you came back."

"It's a good thing you didn't come." Ping An said bluntly, "I'm currently living in the place where the Supervisor of Ceremonies is located, surrounded by His Majesty's eyeliner."

To be honest, for a while, even if Zhao Can went to find Ping An, no one would think of going elsewhere. Most of them felt that Zhao Can wanted to win over the people around the emperor.It didn't affect Zhao Can much, but he was different.

After all, they are outside, and the two of them can't stay here for too long, so Zhao Can quickly changed the topic to serious matters, "I heard that you gave His Majesty that idea, it's really hard for you to come up with it. "

Asking the emperor to use treasury funds in exchange for management rights was really beyond everyone's expectations. As a result, those ministers who were eager to fight did not even see the face of peace, so they could only die.

Pingan raised his eyebrows, "That's called cutting the mess with a sharp knife. Otherwise, as long as you get stuck in this matter, it will not be so easy to come out clean."

Zhao Can said "hmm" and revealed his real purpose, "I also saw the concrete road outside when I came here, and it looked really good. Think about repairing the road in Hebei first?"

"You're going to find eunuch Tian." After resting for a while, Ping An took a breath, and the sweat on his body was blown dry by the wind, and then he took a cup of tea and drank slowly, "I'm not qualified enough. His Majesty is entrusting him with the responsibility."

But after thinking about it, I still gave a reminder, "However, Hebei is a strategic location, and road traffic is the most important, so it must be given priority."

He came all the way from Qinzhou to the northwest road, and it was almost done.As for Qinzhou further to the northwest, there is a cement factory built there, so it is not difficult to build roads.In Ping An's plan, there are two roads to be built next.

One is from Hebei.Strategic military locations, news exchanges and troop movements all place high demands on roads.After this road is repaired, it may only take a few days to send letters from Hebei to the capital.When fighting a war, if you can seize an opportunity, you will have a better chance of winning.

The other is to go to Jiangnan, which is the most affluent place in Dachu, a land of fish and rice, with a developed economy, and more than half of the annual income of Dachu comes from Jiangnan.However, the relationship between Jiangnan and the imperial court is very subtle. The entire Jiangnan officialdom is connected with each other, and they are faintly separated from the imperial court, focusing on the interests of the Jiangnan family.

After the road is built, it will naturally strengthen the communication between the imperial court and Jiangnan, and increase the imperial court's binding force on Jiangnan.

As for other places, you can only go to the back row.There is no way to do this, no matter what era it is in, it is impossible to achieve absolute fairness.It may take more than ten years or even decades to complete the road construction, and there must always be a sequence.

Pingan wrote his suggestion in the proposal to Eunuch Tian, ​​but he didn't know how Eunuch Tian would choose in the end.

After all, there are still many things that can be done in this matter.After the emperor decided to turn the cement company and the road company into royal companies, those who wanted to intervene would surely change their tactics soon.

They had nothing to do with the emperor, but that didn't mean they couldn't do anything with Eunuch Tian either.Although it can't be done blatantly, it is only natural for eunuch Tian to give priority to repairing the road on his own side by doing something secretly.

On this point, Ping An unfortunately feels that the officials of Jiangnan Road will do a more thorough job than those of Hebei Road.Of course, what's more important is that they have money.Just pull out the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, and each of them will pay a little money, and the branch office will soon be established in the city.

If Eunuch Tian wants to open up the situation, of course he will give priority to places that are more supportive of his own policies.

The only advantage of Hebei Road is that there is Zhao Can who is willing to come forward, and the relationship network there is relatively not as complicated as that of Jiangnan, so everyone is still of one mind.

Hearing the words, Zhao Can said thoughtfully, "Let the Governor of Hebei write a note back to Beijing and ask His Majesty."

If the emperor issued an order to build the road from Hebei, no matter whether it was the eunuch Lai Tian or anyone else, he could not object.And the reason is ready-made. The Changhe Tribe has always been eyeing Da Chu, and must give the greatest attention strategically.

In particular, Zhao Can was holding something else in his hand.

Although both of them were a bit reluctant, the meeting still had to end here.The Hebei army's exercise in the front square was over, and after Ping An returned with a teapot and cup, Zhao Can also got up and left.

Someone came up to him and gathered around Ping An to inquire about the news.

Everyone had guessed Zhao Can's identity, but no one had the guts to say hello.So Ping An and Zhao Can guessed right. During their conversation, countless pairs of eyes stared at them.

If you know it, you know it, these people still came forward to inquire about the news so blankly, Ping An naturally couldn't show any good face, and said a few clichés with a straight face, and the others saw the clue, and they all dispersed.

Anyway, Zhao Can was just a prince, and for most people, it was indeed difficult to get someone to curry favor with, but if he couldn't curry favor with him, it wouldn't be a big deal.

But behind the scenes, it was inevitable to talk about how Ping Zhuan was putting on airs, that he was going to flatter Zhao Can, and he had to be wary of others.For this kind of words, just listen to it safely.

The second day is the formal exercise.

Naturally, Ping An had to accompany him, and because he was responsible for repairing the cement road and preparing for the drill, he was also allowed to stay on the Luan Yu to explain to the emperor.Of course, he can only sit in front of the car.But even so, it is already a rare honor.Because the person sitting next to him is Zhang Dongyuan, the chief executive of the imperial court and the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies.

When he got outside the city, the emperor specially got out of the car and experienced the feeling of walking on the concrete road.

Because the road has just been paved, it looks very clean.For ancient people who had never seen this kind of road, it was very pleasing to the eye. Not only the emperor, but many courtiers stepped on it.If it weren't for the fact that there is still some distance from Jinmingchi here, I'm afraid everyone would want to just walk all the way.

However, riding a car and riding a horse over it is another experience.

Although the emperor's Luanyu was exquisitely made and even added shock-absorbing measures, the effect on bumpy roads was very limited.But on this flat concrete road, the feeling is completely different.

As for the adults on horseback, they also kept nodding, obviously appreciating it very much.Everyone focused on the cement road, but the military exercise was left behind.

When the emperor walked halfway, he suddenly remembered that he had brought a few captives with him, and with a wave of his hand, he brought them up as well.

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Probably because they were reluctant to part with such a good road, everyone "walked" very slowly, and almost missed the auspicious time.In the end, Zhang Dongyuan pushed Pingan over to remind the emperor, and this speeded up the journey.All of a sudden the smoothness of the road was revealed.

The emperor planned to reward Ping An with something later.

After all, although I knew that the cement road was good before, people who have never seen it will never be able to describe how good it is.

So no matter whether it is the emperor or the important ministers in the court, although they pay attention to it, they actually don't take it very seriously.Because the roads they walk most of the time are paved with bluestones, which are flat and smooth, and they don't think that cement roads can be any better.The reason why it is important is because it is related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

But after seeing it now, I realized that this thing is even better than imagined.No matter how tightly the bluestone road is pasted, you can still feel it when the wheels roll up.Besides, it is very troublesome to cut and polish the bluestone into exactly the same size.Countless manpower and material resources were consumed, and there were not so many bluestones available.

But cement is different.It is said that a pack of cement plus water and sand can pave a ground the size of a dozen pieces of bluestone, and there are absolutely no gaps, and it can be done in a day.

After getting this kind of thing safely, he thought about dedicating it to the court, that was his wish.But the emperor couldn't just take it without saying anything.Otherwise, wouldn't it be cold to the heart of peace?

The heat on the cement road did not subside until the military exercise started.

At this time, the training in the army was not as bad as Ping An thought.Although there is no unlucky training method such as turning left, turning right, and walking forward, the vast majority of the army requires orders and prohibitions, and there is another training method.

Because the war at the moment is basically a few rounds of long-range archers shooting, and then enters the rhythm of hand-to-hand combat.So the main training is the cooperation of the archers.

Generally speaking, there are three rows: the first row retreats after drawing the bow and shooting arrows, and the second row immediately makes up for it.As for the first row that retreated, they had to take out their arrows and set up their bows immediately, and stand behind the third row, ready to make up for it.Make sure there is no gap and kill as many enemies as possible.After shooting one or two rounds like this, the distance is basically very close.

Then came the cavalry charge.Try to disrupt the opponent's formation as much as possible, and not be able to take care of both front and back, so the chances of winning will naturally be greater.But in fact, when Da Chu faced the grassland people in the north, he was mostly the one who was charged.Because Da Chu's cavalry can't compare with them at all.

But it's not impossible.That is the infantry phalanx.Everyone wears heavy armor and holds shields. As long as they are not rushed away by the cavalry, the opponent's advantage will be disintegrated.Then other people hiding behind the shield raised their knives and slashed.Generally, the legs of the horse are cut off. After the horse is injured, most of the cavalry will be in chaos.

So in the end it's the infantry's slashing.The army is generally equipped with knives, because actions such as slashing can kill the enemy to the maximum extent, and the blade is not easy to get stuck in the flesh and cannot be pulled out.

In addition, there are drills of various formations.Most of the wars in the cold weapon era will end up in melee, and there is no way to command, and they can only rely on small teams of three or five people to support each other.Therefore, formation drills on weekdays are also very important.

For example, in a team of three, one of them holds a shield, the other holds a knife, and the other holds a gun. There are t, long-range and violent dps. If everyone cooperates with each other, the possibility of stock is the highest.

And in fact, even in ancient times, the emperor would often hold a military parade or something.Therefore, the existence of the imperial guards, in addition to guarding the imperial city, is more important to practice these things on weekdays to ensure that they look very good-looking, pleasing to the eye, and satisfy the emperor.

So although Ping An made the plan, what Ping An can do in this regard is limited. The part that really belongs to his arrangement is to let the Hebei Army and the Northwest Army have a simulated war.

Because he is a frontier soldier, he naturally has a kind of evil spirit on his body. Compared with the imperial guards who live in the beautiful bushes like the capital, their moves are sharp and not so fancy, and their ultimate goal is to kill people.Although wooden knives and arrows without arrowheads were used, and the criteria for judging by hitting vital points, the battle scenes were still very intense.

In the end, the Hebei Army won by a narrow margin.

Compared with the viewing nature of the Imperial Guard exercise, this war made many civil servants silent after watching it.

Everyone would say that the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, but they can't see it at all on weekdays.Unless they are sent to border towns as officials.Even if you watch the exercise on weekdays, what you can see is the performance-like "war" of the Janissaries.

This time, the emperor sent the frontier army into Beijing with a slap in the face. The courtiers were still very dissatisfied before, but after watching the exercise, they were a little shocked.

So much so that the emperor and the soldiers had fun together, and the moon cake distribution was not so lively.On the other hand, the reaction from the soldiers was very intense.Although - it is impossible for the emperor to distribute moon cakes to everyone, it is just an order, and everything is done by others.

However, the emperor took a sip of the moon cakes that were handed out.

It's a bit hard, and the taste is... hard to describe.Looking at the emperor's tangled face from the side, Ping An almost laughed unkindly.

The mooncakes eaten by the soldiers are naturally not that particular about the materials and taste.Moon cakes are filled with five kernels.Although the five-nut mooncakes have been hacked in later generations, in fact, sugar is very precious in this era, and dry goods such as peanuts and melon seeds are not so easy to get.So it is very rare for ordinary people to be able to eat such moon cakes.

As the saying goes, a good man does not serve as a soldier, and a good iron does not make nails.If it weren't for the hard life, if it wasn't for the imperial court to force joining the army, no one would be willing to join the army, so their life would not be much better than that of ordinary people.Many troops ate only porridge when they were not fighting, that is to say, they could not die of starvation, and they did not even have the strength to train.

Therefore, since Ping An said that the emperor should have fun with the soldiers, the food is of course no exception.

Standing a little further away, Zhao Can noticed the smirk on Ping An's face, and couldn't help but smile too.As a result, the sixth prince Zhao Qi who was standing beside him suddenly asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's just that I'm happy to see my mighty military power." Zhao Can smiled casually.

Zhao Qi looked at him meaningfully, "Really? Brother, I thought you saw someone."

Zhao Can couldn't help squinting his eyes.

"Sixth brother's words are very interesting. Do you think I should see someone?" He asked.

Zhao Qi took a deep look at Zhao Can, "Brother, it's just a joke."

As for whether he was joking or not, only he knew in his heart.But Zhao Can would not think that his words were just casual.Zhao Qi is a person, on the surface, there is really nothing to see. It seems that he has been following Zhao Guan all the time, and everything is based on his lead.

But even if people all over the world will be deceived, Zhao Can will not.

Because he has already experienced it once, it is very clear that Zhao Qi is the one who hides the deepest.

In her previous life, Zhao Can almost suffered from Zhao Qi.So this time, he was very wary of this person from the very beginning.But Zhao Can was not in a hurry to deal with him, because...Zhao Can knew very well that the four, five, six and three princes were obviously from the same mother, and they should work together as one, but in fact it was not the case at all.

Their internal problems are much more serious than anyone thought.In the previous life, in the end, the three of them fought among themselves and consumed each other, so Zhao Can took advantage of it.

In this life, the development of things did not go beyond Zhao Can's expectations.

According to the information that Zhao Can found, the relationship between these three brothers is simply wonderful, and they can write a big drama.

Zhao Can is looking forward to the follow-up.

The emperor probably upheld the idea that I could not be unlucky alone, and asked Zhang Dongyuan to lead people to distribute the mooncakes to the ministers and the royal family members who followed, so that they could taste it too.

Ping An personally handed a piece of mooncake to Zhao Can, and smiled meaningfully at him.Zhao Can immediately felt that it was going to be bad. He only laughed like this when Ping An was scheming people!

The rewards given by the emperor, of course, cannot be eaten.So everyone put the mooncakes into their mouths with a bitter face.I don't know who made the moon cakes. They are really as big as a palm, hard and sweet, and have a little oily smell. Many ministers' expressions changed after taking a bite.

Zhao Can calmly lifted the mooncake to her lips and took a bite.

Um?He couldn't help showing surprise, this mooncake is soft and delicious, it doesn't seem so bad?Looking at the bitter faces of the others, and thinking about Ping An's sly smile, Zhao Can confirmed that what he got was a rather special mooncake.

This is safe... The mooncakes in his mouth were obviously salty, but Zhao Can couldn't help feeling sweet.

He quickly restrained his expression, put on a sad face, and ate the mooncakes in two or three bites.

It happened that the sixth prince turned his head and saw him finish his last bite, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

I heard that Zhao Can took the lead when he was in Hebei, and even stayed with the soldiers, is it true?