Vol 2 Chapter 2415: Sorry, Liya, for keeping you waiting for so many years.
Chapter 2415 Sorry, Liya, for keeping you waiting for so many years
Chapter 2411: Sorry, Liya, for keeping you waiting for so many years
“Yizhou’s urgent secret report needs to be submitted to His Majesty.”
“But your Majesty is not in Luoyang now.”
“Then where has your majesty gone?”
“Your Majesty went to Xinzheng for inspection.”
"Xinzheng? It's not far away anyway. Send it directly there and hand it over to His Majesty."
"clear."
At the same time, outside Xinzheng County, Ying Hao was inspecting the mine.
There are 50,000 miners in the Xinzheng Mine, of which only 5,000 are civilians hired from the local area. The other 45,000 are prisoners of war, and they are mainly prisoners of war from the Yuan and Qing Dynasties.
After the Han people were defeated and captured by the Qin army, most of the prisoners of war who had good physical fitness and strong combat capabilities and could be recruited were directly recruited.
As for prisoners of war whose overall quality is too low and do not meet the conscription standards, they will be classified as miners and must work for three years before being released.
As for those foreign prisoners of war, they were not treated so well. They had to work in Daqin's mines for ten years before they could regain their freedom.
Most of the Yuanmeng prisoners of war were captured in the Second Hetao War. Although they can regain their freedom after ten years of service, ten years is not a short time, and the conditions in the mines are poor. It is difficult to survive until ten years later. Even half of the people are considered too many.
After Ying Hao inspected the mine, he said to the factory director: "Prisoners of war are also humans, not animals, and cannot be treated as animals.
Although they were once enemies of the Qin Dynasty, they are now making contributions to the Qin Dynasty, so the food should not be too bad, and they should seek medical treatment in time when they are sick. "
The miners mentioned by Ying Hao naturally refer to the captives, not the hired local people who are absent from work. After all, the local people will not be whipped by the supervisors.
Ying Hao saw that many of the prisoners of war were sallow and thin, and had multiple whip marks on their bodies. He looked at the overseer with hatred in his eyes, and knew that they had been whipped by the overseer in the mine.
In fact, it is normal to have this phenomenon. You can never be gentle when dealing with prisoners of war. If you want them to work and not be lazy, beating is an indispensable method.
But this degree must be grasped, otherwise they will be full of hatred towards the Han people. When the period of labor is over, if such hateful people are released, it will not harm society.
This is just a phenomenon that Ying Hao has seen. There are many dark sides of society that he cannot see, such as forcing girls into prostitution, selling children and girls, human trafficking, bribery of officials and businessmen, etc. Even if he wants to, he can't control it.
The higher he is, the more powerless Ying Hao feels. Even if he is already the emperor, some problems still cannot be solved. He can only rely on constantly improving the law and using a sound legal system to restrain the dirty human nature.
If someone takes advantage of the loopholes of the law, it only means that the law is not perfect enough.
Jiang Juan, who was guarding him, saw that Ying Hao was a little less interested and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, do you still want to go see the Ordnance Station?"
“I’m not going, let’s go directly to the Women’s Army and take a look at these iron ladies.” Ying Hao said indifferently.
He didn’t have to go there to know that what he saw must be peaceful, the top people were serious, the bottom people were working hard, and everyone was praising him for his wisdom. What else was there to see?
This is also the main reason why Ying Hao likes private visits on Weibo.
If he goes on a tour as the emperor, what he sees and hears must be that the years are peaceful, how powerful the Qin Dynasty is, and how wise he, Ying Hao, is.
Ying Hao's ears almost became calluses when he heard such flattering words.
If he wants to discover and solve problems, he can't just look at the good side of the country, he must also understand the bad side, and an honest tour obviously cannot understand this.
Tong Zhongsheng, the director of the Xinzheng Ordnance Factory, was a soldier. He once served as a general of the Jin Army's cavalry. He was forced to retire due to a leg injury. However, he joined the craftsman camp and became a craftsman. Later, he was promoted to The director of the second largest ordnance commander in Sizhou.
Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, Tong Zhongsheng and the Xinzheng County Magistrate mobilized tens of thousands of craftsmen in the factory and hundreds of thousands of people in the county ten days in advance to prepare a grand welcome party for His Majesty the Emperor. Unexpectedly, they were let go by the Emperor. Pigeon.
Neither Tong Zhongsheng nor the county magistrate understood why the emperor changed his mind midway. They thought it was because they had not done well enough. Both of them were a little panicked. They were relieved when they learned that the emperor went to the Detachment of Women first.
After Ying Hao came to the Detachment of Women and saw the vigorous military drills of the Detachment of Women, he felt much better.
It's better to go with Arthur. If you don't play tricks with him, just do whatever you want.
“The combat effectiveness of the Detachment of Women has dropped drastically.” Ying Hao sighed.
Arthur on the side smiled bitterly and said: "There is no way. The older female soldiers are all married, and the newly recruited female soldiers have never seen blood, and many of them are not strong enough in will. They would choose to join the army instead of wanting to Marry into a good family."
Female soldiers in the Detachment of Women don’t have to worry about getting married. If they want to retire when they get older, the state will arrange for blind dates.
There are millions of male soldiers in the Qin Dynasty, but there are only 8,000 in the Women’s Army. Therefore, those who can date the female soldiers in the Women’s Army are basically middle-level generals in the army. If they are lucky, they can even meet high-level generals.
Even so, there are still more wolves and less meat, which is not enough for the majority of male compatriots.
Ying Hao once heard the reaction of some generals, saying that the size of the Detachment of Women was too small, and he hoped to expand the Detachment of Women to 30,000 troops. However, he encountered collective opposition from the civil service group headed by Prime Minister Wang Meng, and finally gave up.
The Women's Army's salary is high enough and they can marry well. The whole country regards them as treasures. So why do these female soldiers work so hard just to go to the battlefield and fight to the death to achieve military exploits?
When an army lives too comfortably, it will lose the goal it strives for. There is no point in having a high combat effectiveness.
The Detachment of Women is now encountering such a problem, and this is the main reason why Arthur took the army away from Luoyang and chose Xinzheng as its base.
"The Detachment of Women has an ideological problem, and you must solve it as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to go to the battlefield and can only act as a guard of honor." Ying Hao said seriously.
Although he does not want the Detachment of Women to go to the battlefield again, he does not want the Detachment of Women to sink like this. After all, this army was once one of the most powerful armies in the Qin Dynasty and was also a role model for women in the world. It would be a pity to abolish it like this. .
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the general already has a solution." Arthur said seriously.
Ying Hao looked surprised. After all, this problem is not easy to solve.
"How are you going to solve it?" leg)' Even through sacrifice, women can hold up half the sky and make their children proud of them.”
Hearing Arthur's words, Ying Hao said: "It's not like you can say this. It should be a trick given to you by others."
"Your Majesty, you saw that it was Concubine Ye who gave the general the idea." Arthur smiled.
Ying Hao showed an expression that was indeed true. After all, he could not think of anyone who could say such shocking words as "A woman can hold up half the sky", except Ye Qingmei, a time traveler.
“This girl is really capable of doing things, but I also want to see what she can do.”
Ying Hao said with a faint smile, the doting in his words was so expressive that even Arthur was envious.
Since Ye Qingmei entered the palace, it can be said that she has completely let herself go.
Among the many imperial concubines of Ying Hao, she is the most courageous and the most capable of tormenting.
Ye Qingmei’s various ideas, such as allowing women to study, allowing women to participate in some professions, etc., all challenge this secular concept dominated by Confucianism.
In the eyes of many officials and scholar-bureaucrats, Ye Qingmei was simply rebellious and knew how to rely on the emperor's favor to come up with some bad ideas that were detrimental to the country.
But in the eyes of most people and women, Ye Qingmei was a virtuous concubine. Her reputation and reputation were on par with the two queens of the East and West Palaces, but both queens liked her very much.
Before Ying Hao left Luoyang, he heard from Ye Qingmei that she had recently taken Cai Yan and Li Qingzhao to prepare the "Da Qin Dictionary" for enlightenment and teaching purposes.
It doesn’t take much thinking to know that once this "Da Qin Dictionary" comes out, the literary world of Da Qin will definitely experience a big earthquake, and the status of Concubine Ye Cai and Li San in the literary world will also skyrocket.
But Ye Qingmei could obviously create the dictionary alone, but she dragged Cai Yan and Li Qingzhao together. Apparently she also realized that she was weak and that she needed allies if she wanted to change the world.
Cai Yan and Li Qingzhao have great influence. In addition, Cai Yan is from Liu Mu and Li Qingzhao is from Ren Hongchang. They represent the harem and the two major factions of Da Qin. With their support, they can It can block the vast majority of demons and monsters.
Ye Qingmei is worthy of being a time traveler, her ability to get things done is at her max, and her vision is very sharp, and she knows who her friends and enemies are.
The reason why Ying Hao indulged Ye Qingmei so much and allowed her to break the sky was not just because of his love, but because of Ye Qingmei's actions, many of which he wanted to do but was inconvenient to do.
If you want to change a country, you cannot rely on Ying Hao alone. Since Ye Qingmei also wants to be one of them, and has the means and ability, then Ying Hao will naturally welcome him with both hands and feet.
Of course, Ying Hao's support is relatively obscure. He just supports Ye Qingmei from behind, so that when Ye Qingmei is a **** and charges into the battle, he can have a haven behind him to take shelter from the wind.
Walking to the big tent, Ying Hao suddenly asked: "Liya, how long have you been in the Central Plains?"
Arthur was startled, and then replied: "Almost ten years."
"Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. I still remember how you looked when I first met you ten years ago. But now you have completely changed. You are much more beautiful than you were ten years ago." Ying Hao admired sincerely. .
Arthur's pretty face couldn't help but blush, but Ying Hao said: "Liya, if I remember correctly, you are already twenty-six this year, why haven't you gotten married yet? I heard that you have many suitors. , why, don’t you like any of them?”
“The last general in my heart only wants to protect His Majesty, and has long since given up on his children’s personal affairs.”
"So, I have delayed your life-long event. If that's the case, how about I give you a husband as compensation?"
Hearing what Ying Hao said, Arthur suddenly became anxious and waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no..."
But before he finished speaking, Ying Hao grabbed his hand, which also made Arthur stunned.
Ying Hao said seriously: "Liya, didn't you say you wanted to be my guardian knight? Then I might as well compensate you for myself. What do you think?"
“Your Majesty…”
“Liya, I’m not stupid, I can understand the affection in your eyes.”
Having said that, Ying Hao stretched out his hand, hugged Arthur into his arms, and said softly: "I'm sorry Liya, I'm too slow to let you wait for so many years."
“Your Majesty, the last general, the last general…”
Arthur felt dizzy at this moment and was too embarrassed to say a complete sentence.
"Liya, you came to the east alone, and have no relatives or friends except Gawain and Lancelot. From now on, I will be your family."
With that said, Ying Hao hugged Arthur and walked into her general's tent, while Arthur buried his head in Ying Hao's arms, too embarrassed to even raise his head.
The next morning, Ying Hao woke up from his sleep, and Arthur was lying next to him, with tears in the corners of his eyes.
Although Western women's physiques are much stronger than those of Eastern women, even super generals like Arthur are the same.
Arthur is blond and full of exotic charm.
In addition, Ying Hao, who had just broken through the half-step Grandmaster level, had his skills improved a lot again. The improvement was even greater than that of Grandmaster Jin Ling.
Ying Hao felt that if he got another female super general, he might be able to ignore the bottleneck and directly break through the Grand Master, but this is obviously impossible. After all, there is only one female super general like Arthur in the world.
Although Zhu Rong has the potential to become a female super general, the Dongfang Twelve Super Gods already have all the super gods. Even if someone falls and the position is vacated, she may not be able to compete with those competitors.
Looking at Arthur sleeping soundly in his arms, Ying Hao did not speak to wake her up, but closed his eyes and started to contact his plug-in system.
It has been a year and a half since the last summons, and he has summoned 8 times last time, and there are still two summons left before the balance will be triggered.
The current situation is relatively stable and is most suitable for triggering balance, so Ying Hao decided to summon at this time.
“System, proceed with the summons.” Ying Hao ordered.
【Okay, the current host has: 1 gold summoning card, 1 bronze summoning card, 3 bronze random summoning cards;
Have summoning points: 10075 points;
Should I use a summoning card or a summoning point to summon? 】
After Ying Hao saw these props, he said: "Open the system mall. If I remember correctly, after the system mall was refreshed last time, there seems to be an upgrade card that can be redeemed."
(End of this chapter)
