In July of the seventh year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang was busy with the comprehensive and in-depth reorganization of the Han Navy.
A new round of training was launched and was in full swing.
The soldiers were not afraid of the scorching heat.
The entire Han Navy barracks was in full swing, with high morale.
The relationship between soldiers and soldiers During this period, officers and officers, and generals competed with each other, and no one wanted to lose face.
However, at this moment, Wang Can, the commander of the Han Navy Scout Battalion and the head of the Tianyan Secret Network, brought Zhao Ziliang the latest news from the court.
"General, the news that just came from Chang'an today is not urgent information, so the message transmission channel uses the conventional channel, so the time is a little slow."
Zhao Ziliang held the handle of the waist knife and watched the soldiers of each battalion drill on the school field.
After listening to Wang Can's report, he said: "Oh, what kind of news are they?"
Wang Can said: "On the second day of April, the general of the gate guard of the left prison, the internal minister Gao Lishi and the general of the hussar are all in awe at home and abroad.
It is said that the prince also calls him brother, the princes and princes call him weng, and the consorts call him For me.
Li Linfu and An Lu.
Shan and others all considered him a general because of this.
Gao Lishi built the Baoshou Temple outside the city of Chang'an.
When the temple was completed and the bell was laid, the dignitaries gathered together to celebrate.
Once the bell was struck, they were given a hundred coins, which was a sign of flattery.
The one who strikes the bell twenty times, the least one strikes the bell ten times.”
Zhao Ziliang smiled and shook his head after hearing this and said: "Although this Gao Lishi Gao Lishi is powerful, he is gentle, cautious and kind to others.
He had a problem with me back then, and it was also because of Bian Lingcheng.
In recent years, he has not been with me anymore.
I’m embarrassed.
Is there any other news?”
Wang Can said: "After Gao Lishi was made a hussar general, An Lushan was given an iron certificate by the emperor.
According to the news from our insider in the palace, An Lushan was quite amusing.
The imperial concubine often called him into the palace to talk.
He was very amused and often danced the Hu Xuan Dance with him, which made the emperor very happy."
"Iron Coupon" Zhao Ziliang's face turned cold, "It seems that the rise of this fat pig is unstoppable.
Why is this old ghost Li Linfu not dead yet?"
Although Li Linfu had almost no achievements in politics, Zhao Ziliang had to admire his powerful scheming skills.
Almost all the capable ministers and generals inside and outside the court were killed or disabled by him, and the remaining ones were just mediocre. generation.
After a while, Zhao Ziliang suppressed the anger in his heart and asked: "Is there any other news?"
Wang Can said: "Yang Zhao moved the household department to Shi Zhong and Yu Shi Zhongcheng, who were responsible for judging branch affairs.
The three sisters of the imperial concubine were canonized as Mrs.
Korea, Mrs.
Guo Guo and Mrs.
Qin respectively.
The three had the most powerful power in the world, and they relied on their favor to accept bribes. .
Yunnan Wang Nanzhao Wang Pi Luo Ge died, and his eldest son Ge Luo Feng succeeded to the throne because of his literary and military skills.
His second son Chengjie failed in the fight for the right to inherit the throne and was expelled.
His whereabouts are unknown.
In May, Ge Shuhan established the Shenwei Army on the banks of Xihai Lake. , Tubo came to attack, but was defeated by Ge Shuhan's troops."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "This old ghost Li Linfu is not dead yet.
Now the Yang family, which is related to the emperor, is about to rise again.
The Tang Dynasty is about to enter a precarious period.
It seems that we have to step up the pace of military expansion and training."
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Wang Can cupped his hands and said: "What the general said is true.
If we don't prepare early, the world will be in chaos and we will be caught off guard."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "From last year to this year, how many people and households have we moved from the mainland and how many soldiers we have recruited?"
Wang Can reported: "In total, there are more than 56,000 people.
Men account for the majority, about 36,000 people, and only about 20,000 women.
The total number is about 18,000 households.
These are the refugees who have lost their land in various parts of our country.
In recent years, land annexation has been serious and the people have lost their land seriously.
In the future, I am afraid that the people who have lost their land will More and more, in the past year and a half, we have recruited 18,000 soldiers from the mainland.
Except for the 7,000 soldiers in Xilin Shouju, the remaining 11,000 are now all arranged to train around Xilin Shouju. , but because they exceed the establishment regulations stipulated by the imperial court, they are not counted as soldiers and have no title.
The generals can only pay their military salaries."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Wang Can: "Go ahead, the recruitment of soldiers in the mainland will be temporarily stopped, but the recruitment of refugees cannot be stopped.
We can recruit as many people as we can.
As long as there are people willing to come, we can't continue to recruit soldiers."
Yes, recruiting too many soldiers will attract the attention of the court, but recruiting refugees will not.
If we want to recruit soldiers, we can recruit them from the refugees who come here.
As long as there are generous military pay, people will definitely be attracted."
Wang Can cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
In the evening, Zhao Ziliang returned to his home in the city from the military camp.
As soon as he entered the door, the steward Wang Ru came out to welcome him: "The general has come back.
Bolhan is here.
He is waiting in the lobby.
It seems that he has something important to report to the general."
"Oh."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned, and after thinking for a while he told Wang Ru: "He goes to take off his armor and change his clothes.
You take him to the study to wait for him."
"promise" After Zhao Ziliang took off his armor and changed into regular clothes, he came to the study.
Brahan was already waiting in the study.
When he saw Zhao Ziliang coming in, he immediately stood up and saluted: "General" Zhao Ziliang closed the door and pressed his hands: "Sit down."
When Zhao Ziliang walked behind the desk and sat down, Bo Lehan sat down.
Zhao Ziliang asked, "If you don't stay in Xilin to guard the country, why are you here in Tingzhou?"
"The matter is so important that I have to come here personally," said Bo Lahan, taking out a red stone from his arms and handing it over, "General, take a look at this."
Zhao Ziliang took the crimson stone and felt his hand sink.
His expression immediately changed.
He leaned closer to the lamp and took a closer look.
He saw the crimson stone shining brightly.
Zhao Ziliang put the stone under his nose and smelled it.
His eyes narrowed and he raised his head and said, "This is hematite, where did it come from?"
Bo Lehan showed joy and said: "The general was not sure before, but he didn't expect it to be an iron mine.
This was brought by a Herdsman from Horoshi to sell it as a strange stone in Xilin Shouchu City.
At that time, the general happened to be passing by and discovered that it was an iron mine.
The color of this stone was unusual, so I bought it and gave it to Gao The adults and Master Cen watched.
After seeing it, Master Cen said that it was probably iron ore, so the general called for the blacksmith again.
Several blacksmiths said they had never seen iron ore of this color, but they all suspected that it was very possible.
It is iron ore, so the general brought this stone to Tingzhou."
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Zhao Ziliang kept turning over the stone and asked, "Have you found the origin of this stone?"
Bo Lehan nodded and said: "I found it.
The general sent people to follow the Horoshi herdsman to the foot of a mountain in Cheling.
After questioning, he found the source of the stone.
It was at the foot of a mountain in the north of Cheling.
The general I have personally seen it and found that the buried layer of this ore should not be deep.
Some of the iron ore is exposed, making it very easy to mine.”
Zhao Ziliang said with great joy: "Okay, great.
With this iron ore vein, we can be completely self-sufficient in weapons and armor.
Even if the court does not escort weapons, arrows and armor, we can forge it ourselves.
You can go back immediately to organize prospecting technicians."
Go over and check the situation of the mineral veins, let them investigate how to mine them, and rush over in a few days after arranging military affairs."
"In this case, the general will set off overnight to go back to Xilin to guard the capture."
Bo Han said and stood up to leave.
Zhao Ziliang stopped him: "But there is no rush.
Let's have dinner here and have a night's rest.
I will ask them to prepare some dry food and meat for you.
It won't be too late for you to eat something and bring dry food and meat before leaving early tomorrow morning."
"The general will obey his orders" In the next few days, Zhao Ziliang supervised the reorganization and put it on the right track.
After handing over military affairs to Chen Qing, Gong Ren, Dugujun, Liu Tiao and others, he quickly rushed to Xilin with his personal followers to guard the capture.
When Bo Lehan heard that Zhao Ziliang had arrived, he immediately took Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Zhao Hu and others to greet him.
In order to keep it secret, Zhao Ziliang and Bo Lehan did not bring many people to greet him.
"General, let's go to Shouchou Mansion to rest first."
Zhao Ziliang declined politely: "I came out in a hurry.
There are still many things to deal with in the army.
We can't delay here for too long.
Let's go to the mines to have a look.
After seeing it, I have to rush back."
"In that case, let's set off."
So, a group of people rushed to the foot of the northern foot of Cheling Mountain where the iron ore vein was located.
After driving hard for a day, they finally arrived at the iron ore vein at dusk.
Since it was already getting late and Cheling was a branch of the Tianshan Mountains, the wind here was strong at night, the temperature dropped quickly, and the light in the mountains was not good, making it difficult to see clearly.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang and others could only rest for one night near the mineral veins.
The house I lived in was a temporary military tent built by the Xilin garrison, but it had sheepskin mattresses, so I didn't feel cold at night.
After spending the night, Zhao Ziliang got up very early the next morning, practiced martial arts for two hours as usual, washed up, had breakfast, and led the way to the location of the mineral vein.
The rugged hillside is full of open-pit red iron ore.
Zhao Ziliang knew that the main component of this red iron ore is iron oxide.
What makes Zhao Ziliang happy is that it is an open-pit mine.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Where is the prospecting technician?
Can you guess the amount of iron ore reserves here?"
An old Han man with a white beard lifted up his long robe and bowed in obeisance.
He walked over and was about to kneel down.
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite.
Just tell me."
"I obey," the old man put down the hem of his robe, and said, "General, based on my experience in prospecting, the reserves of this mine are definitely not small.
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As for the specific reserves, I can't calculate them, but I can guarantee that as long as they don't If mining is carried out indiscriminately, if the mining tunnels are properly dug, this iron ore vein should be able to be mined for more than a hundred years."
"Seriously?"
A hint of surprise flashed across Zhao Ziliang's face and he immediately asked.
The old man said seriously: "Young man, I dare to guarantee it with my head."
Zhao Ziliang doesn't believe this.
You don't know how many years this old guy can live.
He might be dead tomorrow.
It's useless for you to use your head as a guarantee, but he can also see it.
This old guy should be worried about his own.
The inference is still very confident
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