Click!
The heavy knife slashed through and the bones were chopped off.
The cook Chen Chuan collected the bones and put them into a seven-foot cauldron. He poured three buckets of water into it. The cook Chen Si lit the fire and added more firewood. He sat on a small wooden stool and looked at Chen Chuan who was adding spices and said: "Third uncle, where have I seen you add so many spices in the past years?"
Chen Chuan wiped his hands on his apron and rolled his eyes at Chen Si: "How can we compare with the past years? I heard that Nanyang Navy has been established. The whole of Nanyang is the back garden of the Ming Dynasty. How many spices do you want? No. If you wait another three to five years, you might be able to take a bath with spices if you want."
Chen Si smiled stupidly, and got up to grab a handful of spices to take home. His mother-in-law's craftsmanship was good, but it was a pity that the family could not afford spices. Fortunately, there was no shortage of these things in the Beijing army's supply camp.
"Chen Si!"
A loud voice came out, which almost scared Chen Si. He quickly turned his head and looked around, only to see the principal Huang Yun walking over, followed by two young people.
Huang Yun quickly introduced: "Grand Governor Yang, announce the chief, this is Chen Si. He is twenty-six this year. He came to the military camp in his father's class. He is seven and a half feet tall, has some foundation in martial arts, and is full of tendons. Come here. ,Chen Si, take off your clothes and let the two gentlemen have a look."
Yang Fenghuo and Xuan Qingshu looked at Huang Yun with wide eyes, can you speak.
Chen Si even shivered and asked himself to take off his clothes and show them to two grown men. This, this must be too sinful.
Seeing this situation, Chen Chuan quickly said: "Master Huang, Chen Si is my nephew. If you have any hard work or dirty work, just leave it to me."
Huang Yun stepped forward, pushed Chen Chuan away, smiled flatteringly at Yang Fenghuo and Xuan Qingshu, and said, "It's definitely no problem."
Yang Fenghuo stepped forward, looked at Chen Si carefully, looked at Xuan Qingshu and nodded slightly.
Xuan Qingshu was also very satisfied with Chen Si and said, "Chen Si, right? Can you endure hardship?"
"I can!"
Chen Si did not let Chen Chuan take the lead and shouted first.
Xuan Qingshu asked again: "If you were asked to walk in the ice and snow for six hours every day, would you be able to hold on?"
Chen Si frowned, what does this mean? Is it going to be a war? Without thinking deeply, Chen Si patted his chest and promised: "As long as the military order is issued, our cooks will follow wherever the frontline sergeants are. Don't say six hours, it means eight hours, ten hours. We will fight for it even if we fight for it." Keep up!”
As a member of the Beijing army's cooks, Chen Si understood his mission, which was to feed the sergeants, and he would never allow the sergeants who were fighting desperately to go hungry.
Xuan Qingshu was very satisfied. He took out a wooden token from his waist and threw it to Chen Si: "You are very good. Now put down your work and join the parade training."
Chen Si grabbed the token and didn't know the words, but when he heard Xuan Qingshu's words, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked quickly: "Mr. Xuan, what did you just say, the grand military parade square?"
Xuan Qingshu nodded: "That's right."
Chen Si was trembling with excitement, but he was at a loss as he held the token: "I, I am just a cook, I can only cook. How can I participate in the grand military parade?"
Chen Chuan swallowed and thought he had made a mistake: "Yes, he is just a cook. This is not the Fifth Army Camp, nor the Three Thousand Camp, nor the Shenji Camp. Are you mistaken?"
Yang Fenghuo smiled heartily and patted Chen Si's shoulder with his big hand: "Don't worry, what we want is a cook. It's not just you, Chen Si, but also other cooks. A total of five hundred people have been selected. After training, some of them will be eliminated. Three hundred and fifty-two people are left to participate in the final grand parade and be inspected by the emperor!"
"This, this, can the cook also participate?"
Chen Chuan was shocked.
Yang Fenghuo nodded seriously: "This is the emperor's arrangement. The emperor said that the supply camp is the foundation of the army's logistics. Once the logistics is cut off, the war will be defeated. Once the logistics can keep up, morale will be like a rainbow. Cooks are also qualified to participate in the military parade. "
Chen Chuan pointed to himself repeatedly: "I, I want to participate too."
Xuan Qingshu and Yang Fenghuo looked at Chen Chuan's bulging belly and short legs, and shook their heads at the same time.
Chen Si never dreamed that a cook would be qualified to participate in the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was so proud that he participated in the array training with a group of cooks.
No matter how hard or tiring the training is, no matter how much sweat and blood you have to endure, you must pass the assessment!
Big military parade!
It has been a grand ceremony since the founding of the People's Republic of China. If you participate in it once, you will be honored for three generations. You can walk out with your chest held high. I have also participated in the military parade, which has attracted the envy of countless people.
Not to mention Xuan Qingshu and Yang Fenghuo, even Zhu Di, Tie Xuan, Xu Huizu and others did not expect to allow cooks to participate in the military parade. However, when Zhu Yunwen personally inspected the military parade array, he discovered that these people did not understand his The intention was to turn the military parade square into the Asan square formation, which was just a matter of stacking Arhats and performing acrobatics on the grand military parade.
Unifying standards has made many sergeants beat their chests and stamp their feet.
The first rule of the parade sergeant is that he must have been on the battlefield and killed the enemy, and must have at least first-class merit. This alone is enough to defeat many sergeants.
What's more, he must be seven and a half feet tall and have sharp eyes. He must be able to show murderous intent and not have gentle eyes.
In terms of the composition of the square formation, Zhu Yunwen even ordered Zhu Di and others to form a military formation according to the types of arms. There were 352 people in a group. Each type of arms could form one or two square formations. In order to show that the Ming Dynasty and all ethnic groups were one family, urgent A group of Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and Jiaozhi Changlin Soldiers were transferred to Beijing to participate in training. Cooks, as logistics personnel, are naturally indispensable. Medical soldiers also need to be arranged...
Groups of personnel were transferred to the capital's small training ground and began six hours of training every day. The Weaving Bureau received an order to urgently design and weave military uniforms.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
The west wind blew away October, and in a blink of an eye it was November of the ninth year of Jianwen.
Kunning Palace.
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen, who taught Zhu Wenkui how to govern the country, with tenderness in his eyes.
The palace maid Yinxiu quietly walked up to Ma Enhui and whispered: "There is news from the Xijiang Medical Gauze Weaving Factory that a total of 50,000 boxes have been woven this year and have been handed over to the Xijiang Dusi for acceptance. The money has been deposited in Ulu... Qi’s central bank.”
Ma Enhui nodded slightly and asked, "Do you have any news from those gentlemen?"
Yinxiu replied: "According to the schedule, the gentlemen from the Craftsman Academy should arrive in Kaifeng, and they will not arrive in Western Xinjiang until next spring."
Ma Enhui smiled and said: "This time I have spent a lot of money. I asked the gentleman from the Craftsman College to send people to Western Xinjiang. There is no way, the steam engine is not suitable for direct transportation there. When the steam engine is applied to medical gauze, this country's sharp weapon It’s time to meet the needs of the entire army. The merchants have been longing for this for too long, and it’s time to harvest these merchants.”
Yinxiu stepped aside with a smile. Ma Enhui flipped through the account books casually. The royal family's properties were increasing, and the profits were also increasing. Although it was not the end of the year yet, and some profits had not yet been sent to the palace, most of the accounts had been settled, and the balance was as high as 180 yuan. One hundred and seventy thousand taels.
Looking at such a large number, Ma Enhui was a little confused.
In the first year of Zhu Yunwen's accession to the throne, the harem still needed to withdraw more than 300,000 taels from the Ministry of Household Affairs. But only nine years later, the harem was able to support its maids and servants entirely by its own finances, and even had a surplus of 1.87 million taels!
This is a huge fortune, a fortune that was unimaginable just a few years ago.
Ma Enhui knew that if Zhu Yunwen hadn't been extravagant and kept giving some money from the harem to the Longjiang Shipyard, the Second Artillery Bureau, and the Imperial College, the balance in this account would probably be more than six hundred thousand taels.
Zhu Yunwen came over, turned the account book towards himself, took a look, and said with a smile: "Yes, there are quite a few more."
"Your Majesty, this money cannot be spent. I need to save it."
Ma Enhui became nervous.
Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "Queen, for ordinary people, it is a good thing to have a little surplus. But for us, we hold a large amount of wealth in our hands. If we don't spend it and keep it stingily in the corner, it will make the market worse. The decrease in banknotes has led to an inflated value of banknotes. Do you remember the Queen of Silver and Bronze Suppression in previous years?"
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Ma Enhui naturally remembered that the central bank was set up at that time, but when it came to his own treasury, he still refused: "Your Majesty, how many palace servants and clerks worked hard for a year to earn these money for the palace, and it was so easy to spend so much money." Too wasteful.”
Zhu Yunwen pulled Zhu Wenkui over: "You know the operation of commodities and capital. Tell your mother and persuade her to take out one million taels of banknotes. I will use it next spring."
"One million dollars, no, it's useless even if he says it!"
Ma Enhui was anxious.
Zhu Yunwen didn't care about this, just leave the matter to his son.
Shuangxi hurriedly walked in and looked at the three people who were enjoying themselves. The document in his hand seemed very heavy, but he did not dare not to report it, so he had to bite the bullet and presented the document: "Your Majesty, Song Hu, the commander-in-chief of Jiayuguan, is writing this letter."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Wenkui encouragingly, then walked towards Shuangxi, took the document and said: "Jiayu Pass now belongs to the Inner City Pass, so there shouldn't be any military affairs, right?"
Shuangxi didn't dare to speak.
Zhu Yunwen opened the document, and his happy face suddenly turned cold. His hands trembled slightly, and the document was torn by his fingernails. He breathed a little quickly and lowered his voice: "Tie Xuan, Yang Rong, Xu Huizu, and Liu Changge are sent to Wuying Hall."
Shuangxi took the order and left.
Zhu Yunwen looked back at Ma Enhui, who was pretending to be angry, and then at Zhu Wenkui, who was racking his brains to lobby. He suppressed his anger and forced a smile: "I suddenly remembered that there are still some government affairs that have not been dealt with. You can keep them for later. I’ll come back for dinner.”
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen, his smiling face seemed a little stiff, and she knew there was something urgent. She couldn't help but feel worried, but she didn't dare to ask more questions, so she had to agree and watch Zhu Yunwen leave.
Zhu Wenkui thought about the knowledge taught by Zhu Yunwen and continued to persuade Ma Enhui: "Money needs to circulate to be valuable. Every time the queen mother spends a sum of money to buy people's food, the people will have more money to buy hawkers' items. I can have more food and clothing, so I bought..."
The door of Wuying Hall was open, and the biting cold wind kept blowing in, chilling to the bone.
