Chapter 856: Stone Crusher
‘If you die under the peony flowers, you will be romantic even if you become a ghost.’
But who would be willing to be a ghost if he could be a human being?
After leaving Yuyuan in Dong'e, Xu Changqing found Ergou and Wang Xi, but the official hall stopped going back and opened a room at Haicheng Hotel. He had a good sleep first and then returned to the blood.
After a slept peacefully until noon, and had a delicious lunch, Xu Changqing felt much better and his body was full of vitality. He greeted Ergou, Wang Xi and the others rode their horses back to the official hall.
There are still a lot of things at the end of the year.
The second year of Hongguang was a glorious year for the Model Army and had a lot of rewards. It not only connected Denglai and Haicheng to the front line, but also stabilized the situation in Nanjing.
However, Haicheng was already very mature at this time. Both the Political Affairs Office and the military complemented each other. It was like a huge and tight machine that was always running in an orderly manner. Xu Changqing was only responsible for controlling the general direction, and he did not have to worry as much as before. He had to do everything himself.
This is the magic of the system.
Of course, in order to avoid the tragedy of civil officials covering up the entire Ming Dynasty, or the military rioters chaotic politics, Xu Changqing also used a lot of brains in it, allowing both sides to work together and closely restrict each other.
It is still just a prototype, with many imperfections, but the effectiveness has been initially revealed.
When I returned to the official office, several bigwigs from the Political Affairs Department went out to work hard. The end of the year, the more convenient the place to comfort me.
Including Xu Changqing, there are many jobs that need to be comforted by himself, but this afternoon, Xu Changqing thought about it and pushed it to tomorrow.
After resting in the official hall for a while, after adjusting his thoughts, Xu Changqing took Ergou and Wang Xi directly to the horse farm located outside Haicheng and the southeast area.
At this time, there was not much fluctuation in military affairs and government affairs, but there were a few points that still needed Xu Changqing to arrest him personally.
The first thing to bear is the horse farm.
This will directly concern the foundation of the future development of the Model Army.
The other is some basic aspects such as shipyards, wineries, military artifacts, cement plants, etc.
The horse farm is actually no longer a part of the city, but is built outside the city. However, after the Political Bureau and the Military coordinated with the Ministry of Commerce, in order to ensure the safety of the horse farm, several low-cost walls were built around the surrounding area, but they were also able to ensure a solidity.
From a distance, the horse farm located by the sea is almost connected to the city, but it is a little smaller in scale.
As he arrived here, Xu Changqing was a little breathless and did not rush to enter. Instead, he carefully examined the surrounding environment.
At this time, although Haicheng is getting better and better, developing rapidly and thriving, everything is beautiful, but Xu Changqing has discovered one of the huge hidden dangers.
That's right.
This city is too big, so big that it has become a bit deformed, and it is the kind of carrying capacity that this era cannot bear.
If it is in a peaceful and prosperous era, it is nothing. It is better to make use of surrounding land resources and coordinate slowly.
But at this time, it is still in a war-torn era, and war may break out at any time.
As a symbol of the Ming Dynasty in the north, Haicheng could be attacked by wars at any time.
This also directly leads to the endless prosperity of Haicheng City, but the surrounding land use effect is extremely poor. There are completely two worlds inside and outside the city...
Both the Political Bureau and the Military have tried their best to do this, but the effect is still not good. Once they leave the solid city, no one feels safe.
There is no large island near Haicheng, so it is impossible to transfer core strategic facilities, which will undoubtedly enter a vicious cycle.
Now Xu Changqing can't solve this problem either
, all aspects of the situation are limited, so you can only take one step at a time.
But it also makes the horse farm more important.
"Go, go."
Just as I was about to go in and see, the Hongmao who happened to be transferred here a few days ago also rode her horse over.
Xu Changqing hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "I just came over and took a look. I didn't intend to disturb you. Why didn't I keep it well in the camp and run out?"
Perhaps it was natural that Xu Changqing's hard work while working on the battlefield in Jiuxian Mountain finally achieved results, and Hongniang was finally pregnant.
Looking at Xu Changqing's concern, the Hongniang's pretty face turned slightly red and she smiled and said, "You have only been here for the first time since the horse farm was built. I am now the Southeast Guard, so I have to accompany you no matter how much."
The two immediately headed towards the horse farm together, and the generals and officers on duty followed one after another.
The head of the horse farm was Zhu Yuan, who also followed Xu Changqing's old army when he was in Ningyuan. Later, he broke an arm in the Central Plains battlefield and retired as an instructor. Because he was born in the night and was familiar with the horse nature, he later became the head of the horse farm.
Both adjutants were also disabled and retired.
One is Xu Lin, who is Xu Changqing's slave, and the other is Lei Heizi, who is Li Youwei's slave.
While walking, the three of them explained the configuration of the horse farm to Xu Changqing and Hong Niangzi.
To be honest, it is not appropriate to build a horse farm by the beach.
Just for planting grass, alfalfa, and some other horse feed, Zhu Yuan and others suffered a lot because the land on the site was too salty.
As a last resort, we had to open up a new forage farm dozens of miles away, which greatly increased the cost.
Including horses, they also need to adapt to the climatic conditions at the beach, which are very difficult.
Faced with this same problem, Xu Changqing was also quite helpless.
If the horse farm is placed in a better location in the mainland, then safety cannot be guaranteed, but if it is placed here, there will be many problems.
After weighing the trade-offs, safety factor is more important, and Xu Changqing can only draw cakes for them to soothe their emotions.
The horse farm covers a huge area and is generally divided into several major areas.
The largest area is the racecourse, and the places where horses are thrilled are carefully planted in asakusa. Even though it is deep winter, there are still many grasses that are not afraid of the harsh nature. From a distance, the green is clear and vibrant.
The most core is the breeding area of horses, including the "sun" that Xu Changqing had seen before and was brought to Nanjing by Wang Pu and Ergou, and was also included.
However, this time it was not the origin of war horses. Although horses like the sun flirted with mares at times, they did not have any actual actions.
The sun obviously still remembers Xu Changqing. Seeing that Xu Changqing brought another beautiful woman and a cool female general, he immediately showed contempt.
The Hongniang couldn't help but giggle: "Why did you mess with others? They don't like you?"
Xu Changqing was covered in black lines and spat: "When I use up this evil beast in the spring next year, let's see how I deal with him!"
The Hongniang was shocked: "Don't do anything randomly, this is a baby."
“…”
Xu Changqing glared at Hong Niang angrily, "Are you such a stingy person? At most, just ride it."
The breeding work of war horses is a restricted area in the penalty area.
At this time, there had been a "expert group" with hundreds of people through various channels, including not only the Mongolians, armored people, but also the whites, Cossacks, and Goryeo.
Their work was formulated in very detailed terms, with a responsibility system and very strict.
Even though Xu Changqing and others came to inspect, they didn't come to cater to him and were busy.
Living the business at your hands.
They not only have to take care of the diet and hygiene of these war horses, but also to mediate the mood of these war horses, especially those breeds. Horses are really like emperors here. Not only are there countless mares for them to choose from, but each pore will be taken care of very comfortably.
After visiting for nearly an hour, Xu Changqing was very satisfied with the work of the horse farm. He immediately announced that he would allocate 3,000 taels of cash to the horse farm and give everyone some benefits before the New Year.
It immediately caused everyone to exclaim in excitement.
Zhu Yuan, Xu Lin, and Lei Heizi also had an unstoppable smile on his face.
This is not a matter of how much money it costs, but Xu Changqing recognized their work and the efforts they put in.
Xu Changqing originally wanted to stroll in the horse farm for a while, but Hong Madam was pregnant, so she could not do this way, so she pulled her into the carriage and returned to avoid the female general from getting cold. That would be awesome.
The warmth of spring in the carriage, Xu Changqing lay on Hongniang's thigh with a smile, extremely comfortable.
The Hong Madam spat coquettishly and said, "Why don't you go to find your Qing Dynasty princess? I heard that they are very sincere to you."
Xu Changqing gave Hongmao a blank look in anger: "Sister Hong, can we not pick up any pot without opening any pot? I can't even hide from them."
"Hehe, you're also afraid."
The two of them had sex and were almost at Hong Niangzi's camp. She suddenly felt a little twisted.
"Um?"
"Sister Hong, are you worried?"
Xu Changqing keenly noticed the changes in Hong Niangzi.
The red lady bit her red lips and said softly: "Changqing, a few days ago, a few days ago, and a few days ago, I also gave me a generous gift. I didn't want to accept it, but I really couldn't refuse..."
As the lady Hong said, she couldn't help but feel guilty and a little aggrieved, for fear that Xu Changqing would educate her.
Xu Changqing laughed: "It's okay. Wang Pu likes to do such small moves. What kind of gift did he give you?"
"Okay, it's nothing... It's just over 5,000 taels of silver, and there are two experienced old moms..."
Hong Niangzi said aggrievedly.
Xu Changqing also understood that after all, two old mothers are of high quality, so Hongniu is reluctant to refuse to turn it over.
"Okay, don't be wronged, a small matter. In the future, someone will ask you. As long as it does not involve any matter of principle, you still have to accept the gift you should receive. Just treat it as a small gift for our children."
"real?"
The Hongniang was overjoyed and looked at Xu Changqing with bright eyes.
In the past, she really had no idea about money and never cared about it. It would be enough for her brothers to eat and drink enough.
But at this time, as she became pregnant and felt the little life in her belly, her whole life began to change rapidly.
If you don’t think about yourself, you have to think about her children.
It's okay for her to suffer herself. Should she let her children suffer with her?
In terms of maternal glory, even the Red Lady cannot avoid the vulgarity.
...
After sending Hong Niang back to the camp station, Xu Changqing endured the gracefulness of staying overnight and turned back to the official hall.
Today has been delayed for a day, and there are still a lot of things tomorrow. Xu Changqing must continue to accumulate energy.
As soon as he returned to the official hall, he saw Qin Dongxu coming over excitedly, and he couldn't help but danced: "Master, good news, what kind of thing you mentioned before is called the stone crusher, Meng Chen and the others have already developed the results!"
Xu Changqing was also excited when he heard this: "Where are you, go and see!"
Chapter completed!