Traveling back to the admiral's youth

Chapter 202 (202) Forming the Ice Army
When Xia Ou's small bamboo basket was almost full, he grinned and said with a sweet smile, "Thank you husband, these are enough."

Even though, Ji Cheng didn't know what the little lady was doing picking flowers, but he was willing to pamper her.

And he was still helping, taking all the rough work into his hands, first adding water, and then adding saltpeter.

The summer lotus root will pass the picked flowers gently in the clear water, and then use the chopsticks to hold the flowers in the water.

She took back the chopsticks only after the icy balls could be fixed.

After the flowers are completely frozen in the ice, buckle them upside down.

Instantly, amazing.

Oily green leaves, crimson flowers, with transparent white ice, rising mist, just like a work of art, beautiful.

Ji Cheng also smelled a business opportunity from it.

He gathered several flowers in a small basket and placed them in the water.

In an instant, it became a flower arrangement.

He also gave some famous sentences.

"The beauty of the country is drunk in the morning, and the clothes are dyed in the night with the fragrance of the sky."

"Yaochu is hollowed out, and the ice scrolls overlap. The cold light wants to fight, but it is difficult to hide the leaves when returning to the show."

"The peony in front of the court is unqualified, and Fuqu on Chishang is pure and unfeeling..."

Xia Ou saw the admiral's flower arrangement skills, and felt that the "outstanding" flower arrangement he made was beautiful, but it lacked the profound floral art accumulated in history.

And the flowers he put out are elegant in their beauty, which is absolutely rare to see.

Most people in the world love flowers, plant flowers, enjoy flowers, pick flowers, give flowers, wear flowers, and hairpins.

It would not take long for the flower art in ice created by the admiral to become popular among officials and nobles.

She felt that as a good wife, she should not be too timid.

After thinking about it, he decided on a masterpiece, saying, "The fragrance soaring to the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is full of golden armour."

Ji Cheng smiled, and wrote down the poems recited by the little lady, regardless of whether the characters fit the context or not.

As long as the little lady who can be coaxed is always smiling, he will be delighted.

Summer lotus root also suggests using the branches and leaves of fruits and vegetables to color the white ice, such as spinach and seaweed heads, which are all fine.

Moreover, it can also be made into a colorful rainbow, wouldn't it have a better meaning and be more festive?

With this whimsical idea, Ji Cheng's money bag is also plump...

Soon it was time for Jicheng to complete the mission assigned to the prefect of Lu.

In the middle of the night of the last day, the magistrate Lu almost completed the task on the list, and this was barely done when he left early and returned late without stopping.

Honestly speaking, since he became an official, he has never worked so hard without sleep!
God is so pitiful, his majestic mansion is as tired as a dog...

On the other side, in order to prevent the continued expansion of banditry, Ji Li issued several orders in an orderly manner, adopting a household registration rule called the "Ten Family Card Law".

That is to say, ten families form a group and supervise each other. If a family loses members, it must be reported. However, if any family becomes a bandit, ten families will sit together.

He acts vigorously and resolutely, and he has a taste of Shang Yang's reform.

Immediately afterwards, Jicheng selected 5000 people from the armies of the four provinces to form the Ice Army.

The four provinces have a total of 20 troops, and only 20 elite soldiers are out of the provinces.

And the selection rule for these 5000 people is three don'ts, including, don't be thin, don't be stupid, don't be short.

Moreover, they are required not only to have brilliant brains, but also to have a strong physique and a majestic torso.

But even for these five thousand elite soldiers, they still have to be selected from the best to become the Frost Army.

You need to test weightlifting, riding and archery, infantry, and carbine.

At least three out of nine arrows are required.

The horse shoots two backs and six arrows, and the middle and third are combined.

Five out of nine arrows are combined.

Then compare strength, including pulling a hard bow, dancing a knife, and lifting a stone.

The bow is divided into eight, ten and twelve strengths;

The knife is divided into eighty, one hundred, and one hundred and two catties;

Stones are divided into two hundred, two hundred and fifty, three hundred catties.

Ji Cheng explained the rules himself, saying that those who are qualified can become his Ice Army. In order to motivate everyone, each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver.

Immediately, he waved his hand.

Let the boys carry dozens of large boxes full of silver ingots, and come up wheezing.

Because the weight is too heavy, take one step at a time.

"Crack!" As soon as the lid of the large vermilion lacquer box was lifted, the plump white silver ingots inside suddenly appeared, glistening in the sunlight.

These are all the silver he earned from selling ice, which is tens of thousands of taels of silver.

You must know that the young people who come to serve in the army are all from poor families.

They couldn't even get their military pay all the year round, and now seeing boxes of silver brought up, they were really high-spirited.

The elite soldiers had heard of Ji Cheng's reputation, and knew that Lord Futai was trustworthy, and he was not the kind of corrupt official who talked nonsense.

In a short time, they all shouted their trumpets and went on stage.

After three days of competition, only 520 nine people completed the assessments stipulated by Ji Cheng.

In front of everyone, Ji Cheng distributed the silver one by one with his own hands.

The elite soldiers were not only grateful to Ji Cheng, but also felt very elated, and even had expectations for the future.

However, Ji Cheng's assessment is not over yet.

He asked the more than 2000 people to take a written test, and asked questions about strategy, martial arts and military art.

Most of them are basic. Of course, for the soldiers who answered well in the front, Ji Cheng will also ask some questions for improvement later.

However, most of these soldiers are from poor families, and very few of them are literate.

Ji Cheng called the people into the tent one by one and asked them to dictate the answers.

The questions he asked were of similar difficulty, but they were formal and fair.

Then, according to their personal abilities, dispositions, and specialties, Jicheng divided them into 25 people from small to large, and replaced the small boss with Xiaojia.

The two teams form a team, and the leader is Zongjia.

200 people, that is, four teams form one post, and the leader is the post chief.

400 people form a battalion, and there are two staff officers in the battalion.

The three battalions form a formation, and there is a partial general in the formation.

The two formations are the first army, and there is a deputy general in the army.

As for the general, he is the governor.

In this way, after some operations, Jicheng subdivided the army in an orderly manner, which is not only convenient for uploading and distributing orders, but also can greatly improve the efficiency of management.

Next, before the training started, Ji Li first paid the salary, and told everyone that they would get thirteen months of salary for twelve months of the year.

In the middle of each month, there is a competition in the unit of five. The top three fives all have rewards. The first prize is 70 taels of silver, the second prize is 50 taels, and the third prize is taels.

Suddenly, the soldiers boiled...

They never thought that being a soldier could support their family. Now, their wish, which they never even dared to think about, suddenly came true.

But Ji Cheng said again, since there are rewards, there will be punishments, and the last three teams in the competition will pour night incense for the entire army and be cooks.

This time, even if Ji Cheng didn't give any order, they all started training by themselves.

They are all rough men, so they are not afraid of Ye Xiang being dirty and smelly, but as men, they naturally need some face...

　The name of the Ice Army comes from the Ice Hell.

　　Tang Shi Daoshi's "Fayuan Zhulin" Volume said: There are eighteen small hells in the middle Abi hell, and there are eighteen cold ice hells in the small hells, and other hells.

　　It is gloomy there, and there will never be a sun; it is chilly, chilly, surrounded by icebergs, and fire beasts are stalking. Those who fall into this prison are all indifferent and ruthless. Those who drown for fun; or hunt and kill aquatic animals for storage.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)