Outside Chang'an City, in the military camp of Luo Zhangfeng's tunnel, carts of fine wine were brought from Yanlailou in Chang'an City. This is the unique highland barley wine of Yanlailou.
It is usually very difficult to buy a jar of highland barley wine, but today Luo Zhang waved his hand and pulled ten carts with a total of 300 jars. Each jar weighed twenty kilograms. These three hundred jars were Six thousand catties, if it were converted into money, it would be worth several thousand gold.
But Luo Zhang doesn't care, it's just money, as long as he's happy. Besides, these wines don't cost that much money at all. He brews them all by himself. It only costs him highland barley money and time. If he doesn't have them, he'll just brew them again!
The soldiers are not idle either. There are also recruits who have just returned and are communicating and learning. Veterans are veterans after all. Sometimes a few words can enlighten the recruits about something they don't understand. This is what Luo Zhang wants and what Liu Renyuan has been waiting for. Reason for coming back soon.
Having gone to sea once, fought a naval battle, and trained for such a long time, this is something that the two thousand new recruits cannot compare with.
The most common question asked by many recruits is the situation of this naval battle.
This is what the veteran wants to say most and is most proud of. The entire military camp burst into laughter.
Luo Zhang was looking around with a smile on his lips, and he was in a happy mood.
Of course, there is also something unhappy, that is, at the last moment, Liu Renyuan handed him a memorial. On the memorial, eighteen names were written, the names of eighteen young people. They did not die in the naval battle, but died in the sea battle. On board.
reason? Liu Renyuan wrote the words of the ship's doctor, the wind is cold!
But Luo Zhang knew that this was not a cold, but a common problem on long voyages, a lack of vitamins.
You must know that on the sea, the food that soldiers eat can be stored for a long time, such as dried fish, dried radishes, and dried meat.
There is nothing wrong with eating a little of these things on weekdays, but it won’t work if you want to eat them every day.
First of all, nutrition cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, without raw materials and fruits, the body will be severely deficient in vitamins. People with strong bodies will be fine. They will be over after just one resistance. You can replenish it by eating more when you get ashore, but your physical constitution Those who are weak will not be able to do it. It will be fine for a short time, but as time goes by, the body will get worse and worse, and eventually it will become sick. Wind, cold, cough and other diseases will follow due to the decline of immunity, until death!
This was his negligence, he didn't pay attention to it, and it was said that he indirectly killed these eighteen young people, so Luo Zhang blamed himself very much, but he buried this self-blame deep in his heart.
At the first opportunity, Luo Zhang asked Liu Renyuan to invite the families of these eighteen young people. He wanted to apologize to these families today!
The dinner was held very grandly, and many people came. As mentioned before, many people from big families came to congratulate Luo Zhang with gifts, in order to establish a good relationship with Luo Zhang.
Perhaps before, their friendship with Luo Zhang was just a formality, and they were familiar with each other. Most of the people they sent were juniors or elders of the family, but it was different today. All the people who came were the heads of major families.
You must know that Luo Zhang is different from the past. In the past, Luo Zhang had not grown up yet. He was just a viscount or earl, and his official position was only the fifth rank. But now he is a marquis, a fourth-rank official, and he has entered the level of a senior official. .
What's more important is that he is only eighteen years old now. An eighteen-year-old marquis and a fourth-rank official, Luo Zhang is probably the only one since the founding of the country!
If this weight is not enough, the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty is Luo Zhang's biggest bargaining chip. This is real and substantial military power, and it controls the army that has always been independent of the military system of the Tang Dynasty. It has always achieved great results, and Defeat the Japanese army with less.
Another important point is that people from these big families have seen the benefits of shipping. If they can catch Luo Zhang's shipping ship, it will be beneficial to their family without any harm. Naturally, they have to personally Come and discuss with Luo Zhang.
After all, their goods are bulk transactions, and the freight is expensive. Who is willing to pay more if it can be cheaper? This is not a one-time deal, but a long-term cooperation. Save a little this time, save a little next time, and save a lot in the long run. That’s a lot of money coming down.
In addition to negotiating deals, these big families are not without vision. Not only did Dugu Mao see the future potential of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, many people from these big families also saw the same, and some of them brought their nephews here. When he arrived at the military camp, he wanted to find a career for his nephew. It would be best if he could get a part-time job in the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, or even become famous, and then run some court hearings in the future.
Although Luo Zhang doesn't want to see these people, he is no longer someone who can ignore them in the past. Instead, he has to take into account the influence of all aspects. He cannot fight alone for the rest of his life, whether in the court or in the court. Everyone needs allies and needs someone to be on his side.
Just like Changsun Wuji, he has his own cronies and allies. As long as he says anything, a group of people will stand up to support him. Even His Majesty sometimes has to consider these feelings to make compromises.
On the other hand, apart from himself, Cheng Yaojin and the others were all warriors. They couldn't compete with the civil servants in the court. If they had a verbal fight with them, they would only suffer defeat!
So he needs allies. Although such allies are tied to interests and are not reliable, is Changsun Wuji reliable? Isn’t it also tied to profit?
Luo Zhang naturally had to follow suit and win over a group of people, so that he would no longer be alone in the court or outside the court, and would have the strength to compete with Changsun Wuji.
The dinner started as scheduled. Luo Zhang and everyone exchanged glasses and exchanged some whispers. These are old foxes. Some words don’t need to be explained clearly. Everyone knows that some exchanges of interests are unavoidable. If you want the shipping price to be low, For some, this is easy to do, but for those who want to send their nephews into the Royal Navy, this is more difficult. After all, he wants a navy that can always be dragged out to fight tough battles, not a young soldier.
Luo Zhang also made it very clear that if you want to enter the Royal Navy, there is no problem, as long as you pass the initial test, you can take as much as you want.
These people also understand that if you should take part in a test, take part in the test. If you fail, it’s not Luo Zhang’s fault!
Just when Luo Zhang finished his work with the big family members and was preparing to gather with the soldiers, Eunuch Huang arrived!
His arrival caused everyone to talk about it. Who is Eunuch Huang? For the people around His Majesty, his coming means His Majesty’s arrival!
After seeing the carts of things brought by Eunuch Huang, everyone understood that this was His Majesty's coming to reward the soldiers.
Sure enough, after Eunuch Huang read out the imperial edict, the soldiers were very happy.
Why did they come to serve as soldiers? In addition to money, I naturally want to find a career, a wife and a son!
And now, Your Majesty has come to reward them. What does that mean? It shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to them and does not ignore them. Many of these people have also let go of their previous worries.
The things were naturally distributed on the spot, and Eunuch Huang personally distributed them, which was equivalent to a reward given to them on behalf of His Majesty!
Holding the heavy silver, the soldiers all showed happy smiles.
Not only His Majesty's reward, but taking this opportunity, Luo Zhang also distributed his reward, which made the soldiers cheer for joy.
The recruits were all looking at it with enthusiasm, and they were even more determined to train hard and strive to go to sea to defeat the Japanese and Goguryeo people and obtain rewards and meritorious deeds!
Naturally, the rewards were also delivered together with those imperial edicts for Luo Zhang's promotion and promotion. These edicts were all stamped with big seals, and Luo Zhang only needed to fill in his name!
These blank imperial edicts almost went crazy in the eyes of the big family members.
How much your Majesty must value the Royal Navy and how much you trust Luo Zhang to give such a blank imperial edict. Just fill in your name and you will be promoted to a higher rank.
Seeing this imperial edict further strengthened the determination of these big family members to let their nephews join the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty. Even if they risk their lives, they have to squeeze in. The potential of this Royal Navy is unlimited!
Luo Zhang did not fill out these documents on the spot, but put them away. Now Liu Renyuan's people have just returned, and many things are still unclear. The name is easy to fill in, but who to fill in and who is qualified to be filled in have to be carefully considered. Think about it and discuss it.
