After a dark sleep, I woke up to the dim light of morning. There was a knocking sound on the street, and it was past midnight.
Jin Yuji huddled in the quilt, as if she was about to let go.
Liu Zhaosun hugged his wife into his arms and held her tenderly for a moment, while the bustling sounds of people rang out on the street.
The two of them smiled at each other and got up to freshen up. Shaoyao prepared tea and food, and the two of them wanted to rub their ears and temples together, feeling as close as each other.
Liu Zhaosun finished eating first:
"What were you reading the past few days?"
""Zhibiography of the Northern Song Dynasty"."
Liu Zhaosun thought for a moment.
"Is it the story of the generals of the Yang family fighting against the Liao Dynasty?"
Jin Yuji stared at her husband:
"Have the officials seen it too?"
Liu Zhaosun naturally knew the generals of the Yang family. When he was a child, his grandmother took him to listen to Henan Opera every day.
It is estimated that the story of Yu Opera is very different from the Ming Dynasty version seen by Jin Yuji.
"The four generations of the Yang family guarded the northern border and served the country with loyalty, which can be called heroic."
"My wife knows so many stories of loyalty and righteousness, and in the end she became a heroine. By the way, what exactly is the Yang family general talking about?"
Jin Yuji listened to her husband's question, quickly put down her chopsticks and read:
"Dalang replaced Song Taizong, and Erlang replaced Nanqing Palace. Third Lang's horse was trampled like powder, and Fourth Lang was lost in Liao State. Fifth Lang became a monk and broke the world, and Liu Lang persisted in protecting his family. The most unfortunate ending was that of Qi Lang, who was killed by random arrows. . I hope that today’s people will work harder and there will no longer be a Yashan without China.”
Liu Zhaosun was surprised and happy after hearing this, and praised him:
"Well said! If there is no more cliffs, there will be no China!"
Jin Yuji’s almond-shaped eyes contain spring:
"I saw it all in the book. What exactly is Yashan?"
Liu Zhaosun blurted out: "It is the soul of the Han people."
He stared at Jin Yuji for a moment and suddenly said:
"After reading so many books, haven't you ever thought of writing one yourself?"
"ah?"
Jin Yuji was stunned on the spot and said after a long while:
"Yes, but I can't write. I don't know where to start."
Liu Zhaosun made up his mind and said to her:
"Tang, Song, Yuan, and this dynasty, which dynasty do you like the most?"
Jin Yuji was asked by her husband and thought for a long time before saying:
"This... I don't know. It should be this dynasty."
"The Tang and Song Dynasties were too far away, so the slave family didn't know about it; in the Yuan Dynasty, I heard that it had fought against Korea, but the slave family didn't like it. The officials asked what it was doing?"
Liu Zhaosun smiled proudly:
"Then start writing from this dynasty, and also write a storybook, imitating "Zhizhuan of the Northern Song Dynasty". After reading so much, you should be able to write. Write three to five million words, I will publish it at my own expense, and let the world tell stories People say go.”
Jin Yuji laughed angrily and said, "An official has too much money and nowhere to spend it?"
Liu Zhaosun began to make nonsense again.
"It only cost a mere hundred taels, but I still have this little money. Kang Yingqian said that I am not a womanizer and I don't like money. He was anxious and gave me medicine. From now on, I will also study with my wife, so I have a hobby, unlike It’s so out of this world.”
Jin Yuji was amused by her husband, thought for a moment, pursed her lips and smiled:
"Listening to what the official said, the slave family really has a story they want to write?"
Liu Zhaosun immediately became interested and asked:
"What do you want to write? Just don't write "Jin Ping Mei", hahaha! You can't write it."
Jin Yuji raised her chopsticks and hit Liu Zhaosun on the head, causing his eyebrows to stand up.
"I want you to tell me."
"The slave family wanted to write about Renchen's fight against the Japanese. There were many heroic stories at that time, but I was afraid that they would not be well written and would make people laugh."
Liu Zhaosun encouraged her and said:
"It's okay. This is just for my own entertainment. Don't worry about what outsiders think. My adoptive father told me a lot about his experiences when Wanli aided the imperial court. If you encounter any details you don't know, just ask me."
"Does the officer really mean what he said?"
"It's a deal."
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On the morning of the third day of their wedding, Marquis Pingliao ended his honeymoon early and started to be as busy as a bee again.
At dawn, Liu Zhaosun left his beloved wife and concubine and led his guards to the North Gate Wengcheng to check on the training of new recruits.
Qi Jin and Qin Jianxun got up earlier than General Liu and were already counting the number of soldiers at the Wengcheng campus.
Groups of new recruits, under the command of the flag captain, quickly came out of the camp and formed a neat formation.
After more than two months of training and screening, a total of 3,500 recruits passed strict assessment and became the fresh blood of the Kaiyuan Army.
Two thousand pikemen were practicing thrusts.
The remaining 1,500 musketeers were practicing reloading movements. They were holding new flintlock muskets. Of course, there was no ammunition.
Qi Jiajun's spear technique mainly originated from Yang Jia's spear technique in the late Song Dynasty, which was called "Pear Blossom Spear" at that time. The secret of the pear-shaped spear technique lies in the fact that it is practiced thoroughly and is completely mature without being rigid or sluggish.
Qi Jiguang evolved based on the pear blossom gun and formed his own Qi family gun marksmanship.
Liu Zhaosun saw that the pikemen were very organized in every move, with wide opening and closing, and accurate and sharp thrusts. He knew that Qi Jin and the others had worked hard these days.
When the two instructors saw General Liu coming to inspect, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Liu Zhaosun interrupted with a wave of his hand and asked them to concentrate on training. They went to find the commander of the fire gun camp and asked about the shooting situation of the new fire gun.
The general manager was dark-skinned and spoke very little. He asked a few questions to no avail.
Liu Zhaosun turned around and took out his own flintlock gun. After Jin Yuji helped him load it, he suddenly pulled the trigger at the target eighty steps away.
The hammer struck the flint to ignite the gunpowder, and a cloud of white smoke rose from the barrel.
As expected, it missed the target.
"This fire gun should be very accurate."
Liu Zhaosun smiled awkwardly, and the people around him pretended not to notice.
He was used to cavalry slashing and killing, and he hadn't touched a firearm for a long time, so he was a bit unwieldy.
He handed the flintlock gun to Jin Yuji and said with a serious face:
"Jin Duizheng, come and try."
Jin Yuji held back her laughter, took the flintlock musket from General Liu's hand, picked a good piece of flint and clamped it, then took out a short musket fixed-load ammunition from her ammunition bag, and loaded it skillfully.
Liu Zhaosun couldn't help but marveled at her movements and said loudly:
"Captain Jin is worthy of being the first guard under my command."
Jin Yuji glanced at her husband, pursed her lips and smiled. She raised the blunderbuss levelly and looked at the sparks between the rear sight and the target stack in the distance to form a three-point line.
The gun exploded, and a lead bullet hit the center of the target.
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In just three months, Qi Jin trained a group of refugees to look like soldiers.
Although there is still a long way to go before a powerful army, it is already much stronger than the ordinary Ming army.
Liu Zhaosun was overjoyed. After the tour, he hurriedly inspected the workshop. The new Shenhuo Flying Crow entered the debugging stage and was expected to take off in the next few days. Liu Zhaosun was full of expectations for this new weapon and hoped that it would play a role in the battlefield. greater effect.
It seems that March is approaching, and the time for the North Korean coup is getting closer and closer. Gwanghae Jun should step down soon. ''
Liu Zhaosun's only worry now is the supply of food and grass for the army. His troops are sufficient, but how to transport the food to Dandong and across the Yalu River is a big problem.
The North Koreans have made it clear that they will not provide any assistance to Liu Zhaosun.
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