Zhang Jing led the crowd to wait for the guards to report at the gate of the Zhejun army. While waiting, Zhang Jing and the crowd observed the Zhejun army camp.
The layout of the camp is based on the mountains and the water, a large and a small camp in the form of a hand, there is a fence in the camp, outside the fence there is a trench around, the trench is more than three zhang wide and more than one zhang deep, and at the bottom of the trench there are also sharp stakes rammed all over the trench, and the upward end is sharpened, and one end of the ramming to the bottom of the trench can be seen to be blackened by the fire to prevent the stakes from moulding, and the main gate is set up with a wooden bridge to pass through; outside the trench there are rows of rejectors, and the rejectors outside the trench are placed with the more cumbersome The camp was guarded by towers at intervals of fifty metres.
The camp has a sentry tower every 50 metres, the camp can also be seen from time to time wearing hardened soldiers patrolling ……
“Zhejiang army is also too insecure, this camp is arranged like a hedgehog ……” Accompanying official.
“Oh, it is probably too afraid of death ……” Someone teased.
Oh, many people followed and laughed.
“What’s there to laugh about, heavily guarded, this is what a military camp should look like, so as not to give the Japanese an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
Zhang Jing swept a glance at them and said expressionlessly.
“Yes, yes, what His Excellency the Governor said is very true.”
The few people who were laughing panicked and stopped their smiles, nodding their heads in agreement, but in their hearts, they were unimpressed, thinking that the Zhejian army was located in the hinterland, and that there were no decent cities in the periphery, so there was no need to make such a fuss.
“If the Jiangning battalion can be as heavily guarded as the Zhejiang army, strictly enforcing the permission to enter the battalion, it would not be so easy for the Japanese pirates to disguise themselves as merchants and mix into the battalion, and then suddenly attack, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army.”
Zhang Jing said with some emotion, and then turned back to the people around him and instructed, “Turn around, draw up a note to require all battalions to set up camp like the Zhejun army, with tight security, so as not to give the Japanese pirates an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
“Yes, sir.” The official led the order.
Soon, the crowd saw Zhu Pingan riding his horse from the camp, quickly rolling over and dismounting, he went out of the camp to pay his respects to Zhang Jing and the others, “My humble servant, Zhu Pingan, pays his respects to Governor Zhang, Lord Zhao, Lord Huang, Lord Hu, and all the lords …… Your Excellencies have come to inspect, my humble servant is late in welcoming you, please forgive me.”
“Lord Zhu, please rise, we came without telling you, so what is your crime.” Zhang Jing smiled and supported him in vain.
“Thank you Lord Governor for your tolerance, please enter the camp, all of you.” Zhu Pingan respectfully invited the crowd to enter the Zhejian army camp.
“Oh, Lord Zhu, into your camp is not easy it, your camp guards are very responsible, identity verification but also insisted that we wait outside to report, so responsible, you can reward reward …….”
An official swept a deep glance at the guards on the way out, and said in a joking tone, with ulterior motives.
The guards at the yamen gate could not help but be a little nervous, although in their hearts, their lord Zhu Pingan has always been impartial in his judgement, but this time the situation was special, they stopped the Governor of Jiangnan and the Grand Master of the Imperial Police, as well as other people whose status was obviously very high outside the barracks, and this official gave up his face to sue in front of them, so I don’t know if his lordship will be concerned about the face of these bigwigs, and will fail to make an impartial judgement, and will inflict disciplinary action on them?
“Oh, checking the identity and reporting into the camp, this is the military rules of my Zhejian army, they acted in accordance with the military rules, this is a part of their job, but looking at the fact that your lordship is showing credit for them, then I’ll give them a small credit.”
Zhu Pingan glanced at the guards at the yamen gate, and in their nervous and uneasy eyes, slowly opened his mouth and said.
The face of the official who complained was instantly darkened, he wanted to sue them to relieve his anger, but he didn’t expect to make them whole instead, he really moved a stone and smashed his own foot, and he couldn’t say anything if he was angry, who let himself indeed say that he would let Zhu Pingan reward the rewards.
“Many thanks, my lord.”
Regulus gate guards face overjoyed, adults are adults, will always be impartial judgement, I just really deserved to die, even would doubt that adults will not be impartial judgement, adults are always worthy of belief.
“Thank me for what, to thank Lord Wang.” Zhu Pingan smiled and said, “It’s all because Lord Wang asked for credit for you.”
“Many thanks, Lord Wang.” The guards at the Regulator Gate thanked the informing official with a smug expression similar to Wang Yousheng’s grin in Shining Sword.
The complaining official’s face darkened even more, and he almost didn’t spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Zhu Pingan guided Zhang Jing and his party into the camp to inspect, Zhang Jing and the others looked at the well-planned, neat and clean camps of the ZheJiang army, all of them had a few surprises, the other military camps all have a messy and poor side, but the ZheJiang army is so clean and orderly.
“This is the camping area, the entire battalion of two thousand and eight soldiers are here to sleep and rest, each tent to place a ten people; over there is the valley of the road to reincarnation of the area, all the soldiers are concentrated there to defecate; over there is the breeding area, my battalion’s mules, horses are in the breeding, and in addition to the breeding of fifty pigs, more than five hundred chickens, ducks, geese, the breeding area next to the also opened up a piece of land in order to improve the food of our troops! food ……”
Zhu Pingan introduced the layout of the Zhejun camp to Zhang Jing and the others as he walked, knowing any part of the barracks like the back of his hand.
“Raising pigs and chickens, won’t it stink? With this kind of effort, it would be better to pick and buy.” An officer shook his head and questioned.
“No, the generals take turns to take care of the livestock and regularly sprinkle and clean the pens every morning and evening to ensure that they are clean and free of odour. As for the reason for breeding and planting, one is to save costs, our army has limited military expenses, the generals have a large amount of training, and they have to ensure a certain amount of meat and vegetable meals to replenish their physical fitness every day, which is a big expense, and the cost is too high and unsustainable if you only rely on picking up the food, so breeding livestock and planting vegetables, the general’s leftovers and swill from brushing pots and pans can be fed to the livestock, and the livestock’s dung can be planted to grow vegetables, and it can solve half of the meat and vegetable supply, and it can cut down on half of the cost, can also ensure the supply of pork and chicken for the generals; Secondly, in addition to drilling, the generals usually do not have any entertainment and leisure activities, raising pigs and planting vegetables, do-it-yourself food and clothing, but also can temper the spiritual life.”
Zhu Pingan smiled back.
This was also Zhu Pingan’s reference to the experience of the modern army, remembering that when he was a child, he watched the story of the cooking class, and the troops raised pigs and grew vegetables inside.
“Well, not bad.” Zhang Jing sniffed and couldn’t help but nod his head, this method of the Zhejian army was very good, raising pigs and planting vegetables could effectively reduce military expenses, and also ensure a certain supply of meat and vegetarian meals for the generals, so it could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
Currently, the court’s financial constraints, Zhang Jing is always worrying about the military expenses, ZheJun’s method, if the battalion to spread out, can save a lot of military expenses.
Troop leftovers, brush pot slop, thrown away is also thrown away, not as good as feeding pigs and chickens it ……
After the speech, Zhang Jing was interested in letting Zhu Pingan take them for a stroll around the breeding area, clean pigsties, pens, etc., so that Zhang Jing and others were surprised, this pigsties than the average family is still clean, there is really not much odour.
Pig pen inside a head of fat pigs are nibbling slop leftovers residue, see Zhang Jing nodded, heart Zhejun this approach can be promoted.
