Xia Houying had just watched almost from beginning to end as Jia Heng first obtained information from the little officer named Cai Quan, then grabbed useful information from the clues, and then quickly judged where the bandits were hiding.
It is just by witnessing the process that I feel that it is magical.
Especially the method of calculating directions, the more I think about it, the more wonderful it becomes.
The bright clear eyes under Yingxiu's eyebrows flashed, and she looked at the young man in green shirt. For a moment, some doubts arose in her heart, but Qingzhi was not the time to ask such questions, so she had to suppress them for the time being.
Jia Heng flipped through the thin book in his hand, then put it down, and looked at Cai Quan. There was a bit of worry in his calm eyes, and said: "You have to be more careful with the hundreds of households under your command. I guess this Either there are bad people hiding inside, or there are spies from others."
Letting Cai Quan go suppress the bandits was probably the idea of Niu Jizong, a relative and friend of the Jia family who was the governor of the regiment at the time.
Today's Chen-Han 12th Regiment Camp was built in imitation of the Ming Dynasty. It was nominally selected from the elites of the provincial capitals to prepare for its establishment, but in reality there were many children of honorary cavalry filling it, receiving money and food instead of serving in the army.
The Chen Han Jingying camp has twelve battalions, divided into four military camps: Fen, Yao, Lian, and Xian; four brave camps, dare, fruit, effect, and drum; and four power camps, stand, stretch, raise, and vibrate. Each battalion has 20,000 troops. On the left and right, there are five armies, three battalions of Shenshu and Shenji.
Each battalion has a regimental commander, usually a prince or uncle, who has Tongzhi, Qianshi, and counselors for military affairs. Generals and guerrillas are dispatched on a temporary basis. The quota for leading troops in wartime is different. The banners are still divided into thousand households and hundred households. Training preparation.
The son of Duke Zhen now attacked the first-class Bo Niu Jizong, who was the governor of Guoyong camp, and he was nominally in charge of 20,000 troops.
Cai Quan nodded and responded: "I still have a few trustworthy people who are keeping an eye on them secretly."
Seeing this, Jia Heng didn't say much and asked instead, "How about I take a look at the fire blunderbuss?"
He is actually interested in the firecrackers of this world.
At that time, Cai Quan took down a black-tube fire gun from the table nearby and said, "This is the fire gun. It is called a bird gun. There are three-eyed guns in the army, but they are not easy to use."
Jia Heng stretched out his hand to take it, only to feel that it was cold in his hands. He rubbed it with a faint rough and astringent feeling, and said to himself: "From this, you can see the smelting craftsmanship of Chen Han."
"If you want to trigger a fire, you need to light a match rope, and it is very inconvenient to load the gun. If it rains or is humid, it will be even more useless." Cai Quan added as he saw Jia Heng playing with the fire blunderbuss.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said, "This blunderbuss is indeed inconvenient to use."
The development of military technology can often change the shape of war.
From the perspective of smelting technology, the blunderbuss tube technology is very average, but it is not completely unusable. If the firing method is improved and a lot of effort is spent, it can actually move towards a flintlock gun.
If calculated according to time, the European armies are now equipped with low-cost flintlock muskets on a large scale.
"In the original work of "A Dream of Red Mansions, the self-ringing bell has already appeared. It is obvious that the Chen and Han dynasties at this moment had some commercial contacts with Western countries through maritime trade."
It is impossible to make any further improvements to create a rifle.
Whether it's smelting technology or bullets, it's not something he can solve alone.
He was a soldier for future generations. Even though he was familiar with guns and artillery, he could not surpass Chen Han's existing "industrial base" and create any military technology that was too advanced.
If we just improve today's firecrackers, even if they are slightly easier to use, it can be done.
A certain big country has not solved the problem of unified rifle standards until the 21st century. IWC brand rifles.
Some things may seem inconspicuous, but there is an industrial category behind them.
"It's just that if you want to make a flintlock gun, you have to go to the Ordnance Supervision and communicate with the craftsmen there." Jia Heng's face moved slightly, and he made up his mind. He looked at Xia Houying aside and said, "Commander Xia Hou, I'm very interested in this musket, Commander Xiahou, can you take me to the weapons inspection to have a look?"
It is better not to make too much of a fuss about the fire gun, otherwise, even if it is made, it will only be used as a wedding dress for others.
When he really takes the lead in training the new army, it will not be too late to mention this again.
If you are training a new army, new equipment is definitely indispensable.
Xia Houying paused for a moment and said: "There are craftsmen in the Arms Supervisor, but Mr. Jia wants to go now? Your Highness will also send the young princess to the palace later. She won't have to wait too long."
Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "Then let's go see His Highness first."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Cai Quan exchanged glances with Dong Qian, both of whom could see the surprise in the other's eyes, as if they were asking the Commander Xia Hou and who the "His Royal Highness" he mentioned was?
Dong Qian also looked confused, obviously unaware.
Jia Heng thought for a moment, then turned to look at Cai Quan and said, "Brother Cai, did the army urge you to set off?"
Cai Quan said seriously: "Brother Heng, the best we can do is wait until the day after tomorrow. Any later will be unjustifiable."
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Then the day after tomorrow. I will go with you to Chang'an County the day after tomorrow."
He not only went to help Cai Quan, but also wanted to see the fighting strength and discipline of the soldiers in the Beijing camp. Only by seeing this weak brigade in person, which could not even defeat the foreign countries along the Western Sea, could he tell Emperor Chongping about the preparations for the establishment of a new country. When military strategy is implemented, it must be meaningful and convincing.
When Cai Quan heard this, he couldn't help but said with joy: "Brother, if you follow us, we will be sure to suppress the bandits."
Even though Jia Heng had just roughly estimated the hiding place of the bandits in Cuihua Mountain, it was still very difficult to annihilate the bandits with just a few hundred of his men, not to mention the need to think of strategies accordingly.
Jia Heng said: "You can't say that, you still have to be prepared to show mercy to the enemy."
Over here, a servant from Cai Quan's house said, "Master, the food is ready."
Cai Quan greeted with a smile: "Brother, eat first."
Jia Heng nodded and said, "I have to meet a distinguished person later, so it's not good to drink."
Cai Quan thought about the word "noble" in his heart, and then looked at Xia Houying beside him, feeling a little awe in his heart again. He hadn't noticed it just now, but now he took a closer look, and this conductor Xia Houying was actually a woman?
So... from the palace?
He didn't dare to ask any more questions and asked Dong Qian to sit down and enjoy the food.
Xia Houying waved her hand and said she had eaten. Then she walked aside, took the map on the table and looked at it, a flash of thought flashed in her cold eyes.
But he was still thinking about Jia Heng's positioning method. The more he thought about it, the more wonderful it became. He raised his eyes to look at Jia Heng who was eating.
"How did he come up with it?" Xia Houying frowned Yingxiu and thought, "Could it be from history books? But why have I never heard of this method?"
In this compartment, Jia Heng finished his lunch and did not linger much. He said goodbye to Cai Quan and Dong Qian, then stood up, nodded to Xia Houying, and left Cai Quan's house together.
"Where did you learn that...?" Xia Houying frowned and said softly.
"What?" Jia Heng was thinking about the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms. Hearing this, he didn't react for a moment.
Xia Houying's cold eyes flashed under Liu Ye's eyebrows, and she said in a clear voice: "How could you think of using three forks to determine the location of that den of thieves?"
"This... I figured it out as soon as I thought about it." Jia Heng said with a smile.
Xia Houying blinked and looked at Jia Heng, seemingly speechless.
What does it mean to come up with it as soon as you think about it?
Why didn't she figure it out?
Jia Heng smiled softly and said: "No matter how you come up with it, it will be useful."
Xia Houying was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then said quietly: "That group of thieves also robbed His Highness's goods last time. Your Highness was too angry last time. It's not a pity for those goods. Gyeonggi San In the auxiliary land, thieves plundered merchants."
Jia Heng said: "Then I am venting my anger for Her Royal Highness. However, there have been years of disasters and the rise of thieves and thieves. The government and army can hardly control it, and it is not a long-term solution."
Thieves and thieves have long caused trouble to the local area, especially Sanfu in Gyeonggi Province, seriously damaging the prestige of the central government.
After hearing this, Xia Houying was silent for a moment and said, "What Mr. Jia said is true."
Perhaps after the chat just now, the originally cold and indifferent atmosphere became more relaxed.
Xia Houying walked forward and said: "In the past few years, the weather has been unusually tight. In June last year, snowflakes fell in Henan Province. Some people thought that some shocking injustice happened somewhere, and the celestial warning was issued. The Holy One and the cabinet issued an edict instructing the governor of Henan and the Yamen of Zhensi to sort out the prisons and redress the unjust cases."
Feudal society pays attention to the connection between heaven and man. In the past two years, natural disasters have gradually become more frequent in Chen and Han Dynasties. Some young people even took the opportunity to slander Emperor Chongping, which was not good for his holy virtue. This phenomenon happened.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "Yao had nine years of water, so he was still an emperor; Tang had seven years of drought, but he was still a king. If there are any changes, just stock up on corn, be prepared for hunger and famine, and respond proactively; there is no need to make prophecies that are far-fetched."
There was no smooth sailing in that generation. The key was to work hard to deal with natural disasters and reduce the occurrence of man-made disasters.
If people eat each other, it will be recorded in the history books.
Xia Houying's eyes moved slightly and she said softly: "Mr. Jia's words are quite insightful."
Jia Heng smiled and said: "This is what the predecessors said. I just think it makes sense and I regard it as a guideline."
Feeling the young man's gentle chatter and Zhuolun's grace, Xiahou Ying's frosty jade face was startled for a moment, nodded, and said: "Xiahou has learned a lesson."
Jia Heng asked casually: "Where is Commander Xiahou from?"
Xia Houying said: "My ancestral home is Jingzhao. My father has been hereditary as the Jinyi Guard for thousands of households. After me, I was highly regarded by the Holy Emperor and His Highness and was promoted to Jinyi to command the affairs. However, it was a false title and did not receive any specific Jinyi duties."
Jia Heng said warmly: "It turns out that he is a native of Jingzhao, but it is rare for a woman to be an official in Jinyiwei. Commander Xiahou must have suffered a lot to be able to be where he is today."
Xia Houying's beautiful face paused slightly, her eyes glanced at Jia Heng, and she said calmly: "It's just a coincidence."
Seeing that he seemed unwilling to talk more about his family background, Jia Heng was not in a position to ask further questions, so the two of them quietly walked towards the Princess Jinyang's Mansion again.
