Chapter 132: News from Lingnan
A new type of utensils for heating has emerged in Chang'an City. √∟, it is said that with this new type of heating utensils, the inside of the house can be like spring, which is much better than a charcoal basin. And there is no sour smell of charcoal in the charcoal basin, even if people climb on it to sleep, there is no problem, and they are not afraid of charcoal poisoning. This kind of rumor spread in Chang'an City, and Xia Hongsheng was happy to hear about it. For most of the month, there was this kind of thing in the families of the nobles in the entire Chang'an City, and then this kind of thing began to appear in the rich merchants in Chang'an City.
On the Xiajia Zhuangzi in Jingyang County, a piece of land has been opened up for the boss, a wooden shelf has been erected on it, and there is a straw mat woven into a roll on the wooden shelf, when it is sunny, the straw mat on the entire shelf can be rolled up and received aside, so that the sun falls, and when it is cloudy, the straw mat roll is pushed away again, and it becomes the roof, which is very convenient. Below, there was a piece of honeycomb coal pressed by black press, and now the manpower in the kiln was far from enough, and Xia Hongsheng's housekeeper had to hire forty or fifty people from Zhuangzi to make coal. Even so, the honeycomb coal in Chang'an City is still in short supply, and you can always see many housekeepers of large families arriving at the Xia family's village early in the morning to wait for the honeycomb coal to be the first to pull away.
It's a pity that the Xia family is strict, and they can only pull coal in the order in which they place orders, and those housekeepers can't grab the honeycomb coal, so they can only place orders first.
The speed of the promotion of coal stoves and honeycomb coal has exceeded Xia Hongsheng's expectations, and it seems that there are really many rich people in Chang'an City. Since honeycomb coal is in short supply, thanks to this, the profit from honeycomb coal is greater than that of coal stoves. After all. The coal stove was bought and could be managed for a long time. If you want the house to be warm, you must burn the honeycomb coal, and the more you burn, the warmer the house will be. After enjoying the warm house like spring, who wants to let their house go back to cold. The sales volume of this honeycomb coal exceeds that of the coal stove itself.
Honeycomb coal was pulled from the Xia family's Zhuangzi to Chang'an City, and the copper coins were also collected into the treasury of Xia Hongsheng's mansion one after another.
With money, Xia Hongsheng can do many things.
For example, there are dozens of semi-circular sheds in the past, with a thick layer of straw mats on them, and from a distance, the neat dozens of greenhouses look particularly spectacular. As for what is inside, everyone in the Zhuangzi knows that there is nothing in it at the moment, but the owner of the Zhuangzi. The young boy once boasted in front of the farmers in the Zhuangzi that he would use those big sheds to teach the farmers to farm. It's a novelty to be tight. These peasant households, big and small, began to plant in the fields, especially those old peasants in the Zhuangzi, if they talked about the Four Books and the Five Classics, they didn't know any of them, but if they talked about begging for food in the fields, then no one could compare with them. But now, there is a teenage doll who says he wants to teach them how to farm! That's a joke. There are also many old farmers who are kind-hearted, thinking that this is the master of the Zhuangzi, the young age of the child's family, fun, and making these greenhouses to farm, is to make fun of it, so he also went to persuade Xia Hongsheng, saying that the son treats the farmers on weekdays is not thin, so the people in the family are also smiling all day long, and dare not bully these bitter haha, the villagers are grateful for their kindness, and come to persuade the son not to play with this, if the county magistrate knows, he will be questioned for not respecting the farmer - these people don't know yet, In their eyes, the county magistrate who is up to the sky, in front of Xia Hongsheng, but Xia Hongsheng doesn't speak, he can only bow down all the time.
Although Xia Hongsheng thought it was funny, he also thanked these old dealers for their reminders. Although they seem ignorant in front of Xia Hongsheng, a good heart can always be let down. Xia Hongsheng asked people to take copper coins and give them them as a thank you gift, and took the pastries in the house to eat for them to bring back to their families to taste. However, the plan for the vegetable greenhouse has not wavered in the slightest.
It's late this year, and there are no seeds left to grow. Xia Hongsheng also took this opportunity to do some soil cultivation. It is also very simple, there are so many farms in Jingyang County, I went to Jingyang County to collect a cart of cow dung, which is dried and mixed into the soil to be fully stirred, and then buried in the ground, which can make the soil very fertile. Dig up some earthworms and put them in the soil next summer, a natural tool for loosening the soil, and it can also provide fertility.
With money, there is support, everything in the Zhuangzi is going on in an orderly manner, and it seems to others to be chaotic, and they don't know what Xia Hongsheng is going to do, and Xia Hongsheng doesn't need to explain to them more. When the results come out, the results will naturally tell them everything.
Xia Hongsheng stood on the top of the mound not far from the Zhuangzi, looking at the greenhouse, recalling several models of circular agriculture in his heart to see if he could apply them to his Zhuangzi.
Just thinking about it, I heard the sound of footsteps from behind, looked back, and saw a personal soldier running up, came to Xia Hongsheng, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "Son, someone came from Chang'an City, saying that it was sent by Duan Duwei, and he reported to Gongzi if he had something." ”
Sent by Duan Zhan? Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned around and went down the mountain, the mound was not high, and soon went down to the bottom, and when he went back to the house, he saw a lieutenant colonel sitting in the main hall, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng coming, he immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists to greet him: "The last general will meet the general!" ”
Xia Hongsheng waved his hand to signal the exemption and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Returning to the general, Duan Duwei ordered the last general to come and ask the general to return to the army, saying that there is news from Lingnan." The lieutenant colonel replied to Xia Hongsheng.
When Xia Hongsheng heard this, his eyes suddenly froze, and he immediately turned around and shouted: "Come on, prepare the horse!" ”
Someone outside immediately prepared a horse, Xia Hongsheng took Qi Yong, and the lieutenant colonel of the army rushed to Chang'an.
Since arriving in Chang'an, Xia Hongsheng has practiced horseback riding, and now although he is still too far from riding skills, he is generally proficient. Fighting horses and galloping all the way, Xia Hongsheng only hated that the Tang Dynasty had no cars, and he couldn't rush all the way to Chang'an for one hundred and twenty yards.
The news from Lingnan can only be the news of the special operations team. The envoys are not all the way with the special combat team, and they are no longer under the jurisdiction of Xia Hongsheng, if they have any news, they will directly send it back to Li Lao Er in the Taiji Palace. The beheading of Tan Dian is Xia Hongsheng's responsibility, and the news of the special operations team will be transmitted back to Xia Hongsheng first. When the special operations team set off, it was still October, but now it was almost the end of the year, the special operations team went deep into the jungle, and could not pass the news through the official road station, when they were about to leave, Xia Hongsheng asked them to bring a few carrier pigeons, but those carrier pigeons had not been trained for a long time at that time, and they were not thoroughly trained into carrier pigeons, so Xia Hongsheng didn't know if it would have any effect. There has been no news back in the past few months, and Xia Hongsheng is helpless, there is no way to contact them, I really wish I could invent the radio, but I can only be in a hurry. They can't be contacted, so they can only fight in the jungle on their own.
As soon as he heard the news coming back from Lingnan, Xia Hongsheng immediately couldn't bear it and hurriedly went back to Chang'an.
When he arrived in Chang'an, he went straight to the barracks, and inside the big tent, Duan Zan was waiting for Xia Hongsheng to go back. Xia Hongsheng went into the big tent by himself, and told Qi Yong to look outside, and no one could go in.
"Lingnan has sent back the news, and I have written it out against the codebook." As soon as Xia Hongsheng entered the big tent, Duan Zan immediately handed over a piece of paper, and Xia Hongsheng took the paper and looked at it quickly.
At a glance, Xia Hongsheng suddenly became excited, and the more he looked back, the more excited he became, and he slapped the table suddenly: "Cow!" That's awesome! ”
Although Duan Zan didn't understand what Xia Hongsheng meant, he could feel Xia Hongsheng's excitement, and said to Xia Hongsheng very excitedly: "Zan never thought that this team of only 30 people could make such a big move!" General, when these thirty people return triumphantly, the name of Datang Blade will definitely be famous in the entire Datang Army, and all Datang soldiers will be shocked by this name! ”
This team also has his hard work and dedication, so Duan Zan is naturally excited.
Xia Hongsheng put down the letter, rubbing his hands frustrated, he didn't expect it, he really didn't expect it, it was too unexpected, what these thirty people did was even more amazing than Xia Hongsheng's original plan. Xia Hongsheng originally planned to let them sneak into South Vietnam secretly, and after finding Tan Dian's first department, he secretly approached and infiltrated, and after assassinating Tan Dian, he brought Tan Dian's head to Feng An, so that there was no news at all, and he quietly sneaked in from Chang'an Nanyue and among the tribes of South Vietnam, cut off Tan Dian's head, and quietly withdrew, bringing the head to Feng An, which not only shocked the South Vietnamese departments, but also deterred Feng An, making him think that once one day he would also rebel. Then there may also be an elusive strange soldier quietly arriving and cutting off his head.
But I never thought that these thirty people went to South Vietnam, and after investigating the situation of the various tribes of South Vietnam on the spot, they found that the people of the South Vietnamese tribes believed in witchcraft, so they actually mixed into the tribes of South Vietnam, treated the diseases of the tribes of South Vietnam, and used some things they learned from Xia Hongsheng to make the locals believe that they were all real wizards.
After that, these thirty people in a group of five, took advantage of the night to secretly kill the leaders of the rebel tribes, including Tan Dian, a total of 22 leaders of the South Vietnamese tribes, in the jungle as a Jingguan, taking advantage of the rebellious tribes when they were panicked, as a sorcerer to preach that these people were punished for rebellion, and at the same time divided a few people to dress up ghosts and gods in the mountains, so that the head of Jingguan in front of everyone turned into white bones in a moment, and the frightened people of those tribes immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. In the end, these thirty people took the rebel tribes and went to surrender to Feng An. Feng Ang was greatly surprised, it coincided with the arrival of the envoy from Chang'an, comforting Feng Ang, Feng Ang thanked the grace of heaven, and even if he was willing to send his second son to Chang'an with the envoy, wait for the left and right, in order to show his loyalty.
Xia Hongsheng originally wanted them to assassinate Tan Dian, shock the South Vietnamese tribes and Feng An, and at the same time let the South Vietnamese tribes fall into chaos because of Tan Dian's sudden death, and create an opportunity for Feng An, but he never thought that they would put down the rebellion of the South Vietnamese tribes with only thirty people! (To be continued......)