Training is effective, and stimulation is effective.
Under the training of the officers and soldiers day and night, in just ten days, a large number of people were able to stand firmly on the suspended ladder without being thrown off.
Of course, Luo Zhang, who had done this first, did not break his promise and was promoted to captain!
This army is not directly affiliated with the Tang Dynasty army. The promotion of this guard is decided by Luo Zhang. A few promotions are nothing at all.
Luo Zhang's fulfillment of his promise boosted the morale of the sergeants and made them train even harder. Ten days later, basically no one among the three thousand people was dropped, and all of them passed Luo Zhang's first level of training, the balance training.
The second level is about some control matters on the ship. The control of this sea ship is not that simple. It involves not only mastering the take-off and landing of the sail, the direction of the wind, the direction of the ship, matters on the deck, and the cabin. Patrols, etc., these must be known to three thousand people. Otherwise, if three thousand people go out to the sea and don't know anything, then they are still wandering around in the sea?
Although the sea-going ships were not well built, there were many smaller ships. Three thousand people were scattered on large and small ships to learn various control skills from the old sailors. Many people were confused after learning for a long time, and some were confused. Once a person learns it, he will be rewarded!
And when they saw others getting generous rewards, those who hadn't learned it naturally refused to lag behind and practiced hard one by one.
Normally, it would be impossible to master ship maneuvering without a few months, but under the stimulation, these officers and soldiers mastered the most basic ship maneuvering methods in just ten days.
Although I am not very proficient, I can slowly practice and become familiar with these in the future.
After passing the second level, there will naturally be a third level, and this third level is swimming.
For people in the north of the Tang Dynasty, swimming was a painful thing. Most of them were landlubbers and could not even swim, let alone swimming.
But as a navy, you can't do anything if you don't know how to swim. There are naturally many people from the south in Chang'an City. Most of these people grew up in the water, so they are naturally very familiar with swimming skills.
These people were hired by Luo Zhang to teach these landlubbers how to swim.
At the beginning, many people not only failed to learn, but also drank a lot of water. When they were dragged up every day, their stomachs were round. This was caused by drinking too much river water.
It's not that they want to drink water, but that anyone who wants to come up will be thrown in again. If you don't learn how, you can't even think about coming up.
Of course, there are also people to protect you. Once they find that you are in trouble, someone with good skills will pull you up.
Under such intense training, a group of northern landlubbers who couldn't swim suddenly learned to swim.
And this is the result of a month of training, and this is what Liu Renyuan admires about Luo Zhang.
Otherwise, one month later today, they would not be able to stand on such a huge ship with such high spirits.
When the goods were almost filled, Luo Zhang finally arrived at the dock in a carriage and boarded the ship.
"Sir, the goods have been loaded, please give the order!" Liu Renyuan said respectfully to Luo Zhang.
"Yes, thank you for your hard work Liu Duwei! This time I go to the south, I don't expect you to make money, the focus is on training, getting familiar with the ships, opening up more ports, trade routes, and the large crossbows installed on the ships. You should also train the sergeants more after you go to sea. , and the iron knot, you have also tried it, I don’t need to tell you how powerful it is, it cannot be used until the critical moment, and once it is used, no one will be left alive!" Luo Zhang instructed.
"Yes, sir!" Liu Renyuan promised.
"In addition, if you encounter Japanese or Goguryeo ships, don't say hello. Give me a good beating. I will be responsible for killing or injuring you. Of course, don't forget the goods on their ships. Do you understand what I mean? " Luo Zhang said with gleaming eyes.
"My lord, I understand this humble position!" Liu Renyuan showed a cruel smile. Luo Zhang had told him about this a long time ago. He also knew that Luo Zhang had grievances with the Japanese and Goguryeo people. Naturally, he would not fight with the Japanese and Goguryeo people. polite.
With that iron knot and the large crossbows he fired out, he would not be afraid of any Japanese or Goguryeo warships at all.
"Okay, be careful, I'll wait for you to return with a full load!" Luo Zhang patted Liu Renyuan on the shoulder and got off the warship!
Although the three offshore ships are not many, their assembly strength is not small. For this reason, Luo Zhang spent a lot of money to build them, which can be regarded as a huge investment.
Of course, spending such a huge amount of money is not a joke. As he just said, if he encounters Japanese or Goguryeo ships, he will plunder them. There must be cargo on those ships. What he wants is to raid them. Offshore, prepare for his next plan!
Looking at the three distant warships, Luo Zhang's eyes were a little deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.
As for Luo Zhang's approach, many people sneered and waited to see the joke.
Why is it that the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, in their view, is just Luo Zhang's grandstanding, but it actually boasts that it is independent of the Tang Dynasty army and belongs directly to His Majesty's army?
They all know the cost of raising an army. In the eyes of everyone, Luo Zhang will be unable to bear it for a long time and demand that the so-called Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty be subordinated to the Tang army. When the time comes, it will be up to Luo Zhang. Why do you have the dignity to be a guard?
Changsun Wuji always felt that something was wrong with Luo Zhang's actions. Based on his understanding of Luo Zhang, Luo Zhang would not do such an untargeted thing. However, most people did not care about this matter, and it was not easy for him to jump out. , we can only wait and see what happens.
In the eyes of many people, this was just an episode. Most of their energy was focused on highland barley. After more than ten or twenty days, the first batch of highland barley shipped from Tibet also arrived in Chang'an.
Naturally, this batch of highland barley was robbed, and the price was sky-high.
You can no longer buy it at fifty times the original price, but you can buy it at sixty or seventy times the price. And with the launch of Luo Zhang's highland barley wine, the whole of Chang'an was boiling.
Chang'an City, isn't it what you talk about the most when walking on the street these days? Which girl is nice!
But have you bought highland barley wine?
Anyone who has some money hopes to buy a bottle of highland barley wine.
The reason for this is because of the bottles used by Luo Zhang to pack highland barley wine.
He actually used the Jiujie Ice Jade Glass Bottle that was auctioned at a high price by Yanlai Tower to contain highland barley wine.
Although many people like wine, they do it more for the bottle!
If not for the wine, the bottle is valuable.
We must know that this bottle was once auctioned for a sky-high price at Yanlailou. I don’t know what Luo Zhang is doing. Why he uses the Jiujie ice jade glass bottle with such a high value to hold highland barley wine. Moreover, this bottle is strictly a gift. for free!
Therefore, some people who buy highland barley wine come for the bottle!
This resulted in a bottle of highland barley wine being hard to come by. Everyone wanted to buy a bottle of highland barley wine, and the gate of Yanlailou was almost trampled by the crowd.
However, there are only so many highland barley wines, and they are sold in limited quantities every day. If you want to buy it, you have to queue up, which has caused dissatisfaction among many people.
However, Yan Lailou also gave a solution, which is to exchange highland barley, a thousand catties of highland barley for a bottle of wine.
This made many people dumbfounded. They didn't expect Yan Lailou to be waiting for them here.
Although the members of the big family were in pain, they all dragged the highland barley they purchased to Yanlai Tower in exchange for highland barley wine for the sake of the Nine Street Ice Jade Glass Bottle.
The crisis of highland barley was resolved by Luo Zhang in a flash, which made Changsun Wuji itchy with anger. He was the one who purchased the most highland barley. With so much highland barley in his hands, he couldn't eat it, so he could only feed it. Horses, but how can he have so many horses to feed!
I didn't intend to give it to Luo Zhang, but I bought too much and it would take up a lot of space to put it there. Moreover, the family's money is not big cabbage, so it is impossible to misuse it out of anger.
His eldest son, Sun Wuji, is not a pedantic person. Although he doesn't want to make things easier for Luo Zhang, he will not have trouble with money.
If you, Luo Zhang, dare to lay down such blood to break the situation, he naturally cannot suffer a loss.
He secretly sent people to transport a large amount of highland barley to Yanlai Tower in exchange for highland barley wine.
Of course, there are also many people who take a wait-and-see attitude, feeling that exchanging a thousand catties is too much of a loss, and want to wait until Luo Zhang increases the price to five hundred catties to exchange for a bottle.
But who would have expected that Luo Zhang not only did not increase the price, but instead listed that there was too much highland barley and wanted to exchange it for highland barley wine, which cost 2,000 kilograms a bottle. This made many hoarders dumbfounded.
He wanted to wait, but he was afraid that Luo Zhang would continue to cut prices, so he had no choice but to take action. So far, Luo Zhang had obtained a large amount of highland barley, and the situation that had been hoarded by others naturally collapsed!
It's just that everyone is curious, where did Luo Zhang get so many Nine Street Ice Jade Glass Bottles? Even Zhao Tianhu was very curious, but Luo Zhang kept it secret.
