Nineteen Riversides, a place that was originally barren and rarely seen for tens of miles, has become very hot since two months ago.
All kinds of wood and truckloads of cement were piled together, and the first factories of Dayao were built here within two months before ordinary people knew it.
There are countless ox carts and carts coming and going every day.
In addition to the fish salvaged daily in Shijiudaohe River and sent to the new military camp after high-temperature cooking, there are also various stone materials such as quartz sand, borax, boric acid, barite, barium carbonate, limestone, feldspar, etc. sent anywhere.
A lively scene.
Correspondingly, there are two new military camps dozens of miles away, where 40,000 new troops are receiving training.
When Ren Baqian accompanied the empress to the two new military camps, he received the most attention after the empress.
"Is that the kid?"
"Just strangle him with one hand, it should be him."
"The bastard..."
"Stone him?"
"Looking for death, Your Majesty is here... although I also want to throw stones at him."
I don't know how many people are cursing secretly.
They came to join the army to eat meat, but they ended up eating fish every day. There were some unsoiled spines in it, their throats were often pierced, and the taste was not good.
It's all because of this kid's bad idea, it's so wicked.
Ever since he arrived at the gate of the barracks, Ren Baqian felt the hostility from all around, all from those muscular, bronze-skinned, ferocious recruits.
Although the empress had already reminded him, but it was always hostile, and that kind of gaze pierced him like a steel needle, which was not a good feeling.
"I'm quite innocent..." Ren Baqian whispered next to the empress, feeling aggrieved.
Now so many people can't even eat enough to eat. If you find a way to ensure your food and nutrition, it's okay if you don't thank me, but you are still hostile.
It was really a dog biting Lu Dongbin.
"It's not innocent, after all, you came up with this idea." The empress replied casually.
"But under the circumstances at that time, it was already very difficult to supply food and grass for 20,000 new troops, let alone 40,000 new troops." Ren Baqian called Qu. "If we don't do this, we won't be able to supply the food and grass for the 40,000 new troops, let alone other things." Ren Baqian was even more aggrieved.
"So you came up with this idea..." the Empress changed her words.
"Your Majesty, the subject is also for state affairs." Ren Baqian was completely depressed, he was too wronged.
"Then came up with this idea, so they didn't hate the wrong person."
Ren Baqian: ...
Can we still chat
Although anyway, the idea was indeed his.
Those new soldiers joined the army to eat meat, but ended up eating fish every day. No matter what the reason was, it was Ren Baqian who came up with the idea, and they naturally hated Ren Baqian too.
In a way, yes.
Ren Baqian was helpless. "The minister is also for state affairs."
The empress grabbed his hand and squeezed it as if it was unintentional, as a comfort, and then separated randomly.
The Empress said softly. "You can't expect everyone to understand that much."
The empress moved very quickly, but this small movement was still caught by many people, all of them stared at the sky, as if they hadn't seen anything.
Ren Baqian knew that what the empress said was right.
Even in modern society, not everyone understands the truth, not to mention in such a backward world, the required targets are those who have never read a book and may walk out of the mountains for the first time in their lives.
He understands this, but it doesn't prevent him from continuing to look aggrieved.
This is two different things.
The two barracks turned around, looked at the situation in the barracks, and watched their drills.
The first new barracks is obviously stronger than the second new barracks, at least it is less chaotic, and it is also more imposing during the drill.
The first military battalion is the first batch of new troops who have been training for more than five months and will leave camp to go to the Northeast Protectorate after the empress's inspection.
The new army in the second new army battalion will have to go through four months of training.
After a total delay of twelve days, the Empress' Luanjia set off again, heading for a ferry upstream, where three large ships were already waiting.
It is indeed very large, with a length of forty to fifty meters. There are three-story buildings on the ship's deck, which are nearly twenty meters high above the water.
The boat itself should be luxurious, with carvings seen in many places. However, I don't know how many years this ship has been used. The hull is very old, and "patches" can still be seen in some places.
On the lower part of the ship, there are many long oars sticking out, which serve as the driving force for the ship to move forward.
"Be careful, Your Majesty." Ren Baqian saw that the empress was about to go up the gangway, and went up to support the empress very attentively, while everyone around her rolled their eyes.
This boat is twice as tall, and His Majesty wants to go up in just a moment, so how can you be courteous
The expression on the empress's face was full of superfluous actions, but she was very happy in her heart.
Touching the Empress' arm through the thin veil, Ren Baqian didn't have any random thoughts, but carefully looked at the gangway under his feet. Every time he stepped on it, he would tremble, making him wonder if the gangway would snap off suddenly.
When I got on the deck and saw the whole picture of the ship, it was indeed magnificent. With the productivity of this world, such a large ship is considered a colossus.
But the boat is the same as what you see below, although it is clean, it is very old.
"Du Lao Liu, be careful."
"Oh? Why is this ladder trembling so much? It feels like I'm going to fall, help me, Tie Xun, come and help me!" Two soft voices came from behind.
Ren Baqian turned his head and looked over the side of the boat, while Du Laoliu stood on the gangway and winked at a young boy below.
Draw a gun.
"boom!"
"ah!"
"Teacher, I was wrong!" Du Laoliu put his hands on his legs, stood there with his head down and said honestly: "A man, no matter how dangerous it is, he must never say it."
"You know too much!" Ren Baqian said flatly.
"boom!"
"ah!"
Many people below watched Ren Baqian's figure disappear by the side of the boat, and silently recited Ren Baqian's words several times in their hearts. They must be remembered and must not be forgotten. These words are powerful.
Stuffing the gun into his waist, Ren Baqian walked back to the Empress's side: "Where did this boat come from?"
He would not think that this boat was built by Dayao, and the style is different. Those carved styles are exquisite, and the paint that has fallen off has not been repaired.
He had an idea, this boat was probably left by Haoguo back then, right? That's at least 70 years. You know, it's in the water. It's been soaked for 70 years, right
"It's been sent by Zhuoyue, it's been a while." The Empress said.
Ren Baqian thought for a while, Zhuoyou must be the Chief Protector of the Southeast Protectorate Mansion.
I heard that there are many rivers in the country of Chen, so it goes without saying where the boat came from.
"It's time to change, isn't this boat safe on the river?" Ren Baqian stepped on the deck, making a creaking sound under his feet.
"Excellence is already looking for a suitable ship, and we will send it back when we find it."
Ren Baqian: ...
Listen to me, don't ask anything else, and don't even consider where to order or whether others will sell it or not.
It is estimated that Zhuoyue bought a boat by throwing a knife holder on the other party's neck and throwing a piece of silver or two, asking the other party if he wants a boat or money
It is estimated that it is not ordinary people who can take this kind of boat. Looking at this posture, it must be money.
The speed of the boat is not fast, it takes about half an hour to cross the river of more than ten miles.
But it's smooth, with almost no bumps.
Ren Baqian and the Empress stood at the bow of the boat and heard singing coming from afar.
"The long river rises from its feet, and the waves wash away and the wind blows to the end of the world..."
The voice reached Ren Baqian's ears, and he could only hear these two sentences clearly.
What is strange is that the singing does not come from the opposite bank, but from a place parallel to the ship.
Ren Baqian turned his head and looked around, and finally saw a small dot in the distance in the river.
In other words, on the river, there was a person stepping on the water and sliding towards the other side of the river, in the same direction as himself and the others, but separated by a few miles.
If it weren't for this singing voice, I'm afraid it might not be possible to find the other party.
Yes, slippery, just like ice skating, although you can't see clearly, but the opponent's speed is extremely fast, obviously not swimming.
"Walking on water?" Ren Baqian was shocked, he didn't expect to see such a person in Dayao territory.
"Give me the binoculars." Ren Baqian greeted the guards.
Soon, Ren Baqian saw the whole picture of the other party through the telescope.
A man was wearing a purple shirt, his age and appearance could not be clearly seen, but he could clearly see that the man was indeed gliding in the big river.
And with his hands behind his back, he raised his head and looked up at the sky. The wind blew his clothes up, as if he was about to fly away.
It's not ordinary people who just do pie.
Looking carefully, Ren Baqian's expression became strange.
I saw a piece of wood under the opponent's feet floating and sinking in the water, and a rope was tied to the front of the wood, and in front of the rope was a "only" flying sword, which was more than one meter above the water surface, pulling the wood on it like a cow and horse. man walks forward.
The image of a tall man who was floating like a fairy in his heart before suddenly shattered like soap bubbles.