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Text Chapter 44 Mid-Autumn Festival of the Northern Song Dynasty

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    Liangshan received the news that Song Jiang had been captured. As soon as Chao Gai ordered his troops and horses, he received the news that Song Jiang had escaped. He immediately stopped his troops and returned to the camp. He went out to the camp to inquire about Song Jiang's news.

    Chao Yong was not interested in Song Jiang, but he really liked Zhu Dian.

    In the Water Margin, Zhu Tong released Chao Gai and Song Jiang successively, and later released Lei Heng. For this reason, he was assassinated and sent to Cangzhou.  When he arrived in Cangzhou, he was valued by the prefect and stayed in the Yamen. In the end, Li Kui threw him to death in the Yamen, and then he was forced to go to Liangshan.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that because of Song Jiang, I would be assassinated so early.

    Although Chao Yong wanted to invite Zhu Tong to Liangshan, he knew that given the current situation in Liangshan and Zhu Tong's experience, it was unlikely that he would be killed now, and he could only wait for the opportunity in the future.

    Soon, it was already January after Liangshan¡¯s army reorganization, and the first selection of Liangshan¡¯s regular army ended with great fanfare. However, the result was unsatisfactory. Only more than 4,000 regular soldiers were selected from the preliminary selection.

    However, there are many leaders in the cottage. There are five generals in charge of combat alone. According to the establishment, each person is required to lead a thousand soldiers and horses. Although the other leaders have their own duties and do not all go to the battlefield, they have more or less requirements.  Allocate some soldiers.

    Therefore, as soon as the selection was over, the leaders began to compete for who could fill the roster first.

    In order to prevent the leaders from creating discord, Chao Gai had to gather the 200 cavalry troops in the village as the first army and let Dong Ping lead it. The remaining 4,000 infantry troops were led by Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Hu Sanniang, and Luan Tingyu.  .

    After Chao Yong had his own soldiers, he shifted his time for martial arts training to military training. The usual training locations were in the back mountains. He did not train with the leaders, but asked other leaders to teach him some skills from time to time.

    Ruan Xiaoqi has taught him water skills, Dong Ping has taught equestrian skills, Hu Sanniang has taught him flying ropes, etc. As long as the leader has a skill, he will not be left behind.

    The leaders are not optimistic about Chao Yong's strange training method.

    Since ancient times, the army has been divided into many arms. For example, in this dynasty, there are mainly three types: swordsmen, gunners, and crossbowmen. Each arm specializes in one. I have never heard of any general training a comprehensive arm, let alone Chao Chao.  He looks brave, as if he still wants to integrate the three major arms of water, infantry and horse.

    After Chao Gai heard about it, he also advised him not to bite off more than he could chew, but Chao Yong suggested that he had a unique way to train soldiers. In addition, Chao Yong could only train a hundred soldiers. Even if the training failed, it would not have much impact on the overall situation of Liangshan.  , so Chao Gai left Chao Yong with some doubts.

    In fact, Chao Yong just wants to train an all-round soldier, at least traveling across mountains and rivers is not a problem.

    Although the result may not be that ideal because he didn't know how to do it, the 100 people he selected have a chance to compete for centurions in other teams. Even if they are useless in the end of training, they are more than enough to serve as personal soldiers.

    "Brother, I respect you. You have worked hard these days."

    Lin Chong did not refuse, raised the bowl and drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Your soldiers are the most elite team in the village. I am also very curious about what you will train them to be like in the end."

    Lin Chong turned his head and looked at his wife standing behind him tenderly, and said with a smile: "A few months ago, Brother Yong and I met over drinking here. At that time, the leader of the village was still Wang Lun, and we brothers had to send someone to drink.  I came here to monitor, so useless. Lin Chong didn't know the news about his wife, and he felt very depressed when he talked about it while drinking. Brother Yong immediately went down the mountain and reunited me and my wife. After that, King Chao Tian went up the mountain and I fought with him again.  Lun Nasi. Now King Chao is generous, the leader of the village is sympathetic to his brothers, and his wife is with him every day. Lin Chong has lived half his life, and he is the happiest now. "

    Thinking of those days when she longed for her day and night, Zhang cherished her current happiness even more, staring at Lin Chong without blinking, with love in her eyes.

    "Ahem"

    Chao Yong looked at the couple's nonchalant expressions and couldn't help but coughed in embarrassment.

    Mrs. Zhang then remembered that Chao Yong was still there, and immediately lowered her head in shame, her jade neck turning red.

    Lin Chong looked at his beloved wife's girlish shyness and hurriedly came to the rescue: "Brother Yong's bowl is empty. Madam, please fill it up for him."

    Mrs. Zhang filled a bottle of wine for Chao Yong with a face full of shame, and changed the subject: "It's a pity that we are not in Tokyo. Otherwise, we can go get some new wine for uncle to eat now."

    Chao Yong was young and didn¡¯t know much about ancient wine culture. Later generations preferred to drink aged wine.  This is the first time I heard about this new wine, and I couldn¡¯t help but wonder: ¡°Is new wine always on sale these days?¡±

    Lin Chong said with a smile: "Well, it is supposed to be on sale on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that you can drink new wine and enjoy the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there are also some that go on sale a few days in advance. I really miss the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tokyo. There was a carnival all night in the city that night, and Jinmingchi also  It is open to the common people, and people in Tokyo will flock to watch Ta Ge and then go to restaurants to drink and admire the moon. Meishou wine from Fengle Tower; Xianjiu wine from Xinle Tower;Yuye wine from Huixianlou; Jade wine from Huixianlou; Biguang wine from Shilou; Liuxia wine, Qingfeng wine, chalcedony wine from Gaoyang store, etc. In the main building of Tokyo 72, every family has famous wines.  Damn, that night the whole city of Tokyo was filled with the aroma of wine, and you could get drunk just by smelling it.  "

    In later generations, there were very few traditional things left over from the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chao Yong only knew that the whole family would get together to eat mooncakes, but he didn¡¯t know what other customs there were in the Song Dynasty. He immediately said: "Hearing what my brother said, I really want to go to Tokyo."  "Brother, tell me more about the Mid-Autumn Festival."

    Lin Chong said with a smile: "The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history of worshiping the moon, but before this dynasty, it was only one of the emperors' spring equinox festivals, summer solstice festivals, autumn equinox moon festivals, and winter solstice festivals.  The fifth day is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, the government and the people enjoy the moon together. The Mid-Autumn Festival became popular among the people. Now the emperor likes to be lively, and various festivals are celebrated even more grandly. When I was in Tokyo, I would go to a restaurant with my friends every year on this day.  Eat wine and admire the moon, while your sister-in-law worships the moon at home."

    Zhang laughed and said: "There has been a saying for a long time that men do not worship the moon. I guess it may be because Chang'e flew to the moon. Men were afraid that they would kneel down before her and lose their status. Women worshiped the moon in the hope of having a face like Chang'e.  ¡±

    In later generations, worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was always a man's business. Chao Yong also worshiped the moon many times when he was a child. Unexpectedly, in the Song Dynasty, only women worshiped the moon.

    When Lin Chong and his wife told him about it, Chao Yong suddenly became interested in traveling again. He said with a smile: "After hearing what my brother and sister-in-law said, I really want to go to Tokyo again. I was in such a hurry last time that I didn't have time to see the capital."

    "Nowadays, everyone is a prisoner of the imperial court. Uncle, don't be careless. There are businessmen all over Tokyo. If you are not careful, you will be doomed."

    When Mrs. Zhang heard that Chao Yong said he was going to Tokyo, his beauty suddenly turned pale. While trying to dissuade him, he squeezed Lin Chong.

    Before Lin Chong could speak, Chao Yong said: "I have also seen the portraits on the imperial list, and none of the dozen leaders in Liangshan look like them. Except for the red-haired Liu Tang and the elder brother with the golden seal on his face, they are very conspicuous.  Even if the others enter the Yamen, they may not be able to recognize them if they are not familiar with them. Moreover, if we break the Dongping Mansion, it will definitely shock the imperial court. I just happened to go to the capital to investigate and see which troops the imperial court will send to fight. "

    When Lin Chong heard what Chao Yong said, he also smiled and said: "What Brother Yong said is that since there is no one who knows you in Tokyo, you can still go there. It's just that the traitorous ministers in the court are now wielding power, and the city is full of Gao Yanei and his ilk."  There are officials and officials who do all kinds of evil, and most of the public servants are the villains. If you come to Beijing, you must not make it public, lest you conflict with them and be arrested. "

    Chao Yong nodded and said: "Brother said yes, I must remember it."

    (Thanks to the book friend Ben No Way Ben No Way, Eat God¡¯s Pig for the reward)
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