Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 116 On the Rewards for Deeds
Xue Lang, who was in a trance, suddenly heard someone calling his name, he regained his composure, and quickly replied, "This subordinate is here!"

Princess Pingyang's deep eyes glanced at him, although she didn't express anything special, but Xue Lang always felt that she had seen through his distraction——

Will Her Royal Highness punish you for being distracted during such a solemn ceremony?
Xue Lang felt a little guilty for no reason.Princess Pingyang nodded to the left and right, and immediately a messenger took out a handwritten letter and read it aloud: "My lord Bo Xuelang, who is also in charge of the quartermaster, is dedicated to his duties and puts all his energy into training the troops to ease the difficulties of attacking the enemy and relieve the general's worries. . Xue Lang was promoted to the Princess Mansion to consult and participate in the military, counseled left and right, participated in general affairs, and also served as the lord of Bo's office."

"Thank you, Your Highness, Xue Lang will do his best to continue to assist His Highness, in order to thank His Highness for your kindness."

Xue Lang's words of thanks are very simple, but his tone and expression are extremely sincere. It's not that he doesn't know how to speak well, but he thinks that words coming from the heart are more reliable than saying gorgeous rhetoric against his heart.I think Her Royal Highness will understand!Xue Lang has this confidence.

Her Royal Highness cast a glance at him, and said: "Xue Zhiyi, please, I will ask Xue Zhiyi more from now on."

Xue Lang said sincerely: "Your Highness, whenever Xue Lang is useful, Xue Lang will definitely do his best!"

Her Royal Highness loves you and nods her head in satisfaction, and the orderly then announces the reward candidates.For those involved in military training, regardless of the size of the official position, rewards are given according to merit.Only Xue Lang was promoted, and most of the others were material rewards.

After the flag is presented, the ceremony is not over, there is still a martial arts performance to be carried out.In ancient times, the so-called martial arts performance was the modern military parade.Princess Pingyang is going to review her troops.

The troops all lined up to enter the arena, regardless of whether they were government soldiers or frontier soldiers, they were all in good spirits.All of a sudden, the flags fluttered in the arena. These flags were different for different square formations, different generals, the height of the flagpole, the length, pattern, and color of the flag.

In ancient times, when there was no radio communication equipment, the system for conveying orders was the integration of several things, the golden drum, the flag, and the messenger in one.

Xue Lang looked at the field with his eyes wide open, watching the soldiers line up, disperse, advance, and retreat silently under the command of the flag——

At this time, the quality of soldiers is shown!

The Jingbing Battalion... is now called the Xiong Wei Army. Under the command of the flag, it responds very quickly to orders. It gathers and disperses quietly, neatly and neatly.

The frontier army was a little vocal, but they could also do what they ordered.The worst was Fu Bing, who couldn't help being a little noisy, and even his footsteps were disordered, but he could still obey orders.

Xue Lang could only see the difference between the three, but General Xiong Lang at the side could see more, and said in a low voice: "Xue Zhishuo's method of training troops in formation has miraculous effects, and the government soldiers are easier to lead than in the past. too much."

Yi Canjun on the side nodded in agreement and said: "That's true. In the past, the government soldiers rotated, and every time they changed, it was a headache. Since the method of queue training, it only takes three days for the government soldiers to respond correctly to the military orders. It took less time to re-train the flag order than in the past, and the effect is much better."

After looking at it for a while, Xue Lang also saw some tricks, and said: "My method is not perfect, I just use passwords, I think the changed one is very good now, it is more suitable to combine drumbeats with flag orders."

Use the flag to command the march and formation, and use the drum to command the pace, which perfectly solves the shortcomings of no radio communication.Yi Canjun said: "This is the general's idea. After Xue Jianyi's military training method was proposed, the general summoned the generals to study it many times. Passwords can be used in training, but they cannot be used in wartime. Therefore, the general proposed this improvement. The method, after the trial training, the effect is quite good."

Xue Lang nodded, and said: "I heard a saying before, saying that you sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. Training should start from actual combat. This is the purpose of military training. All training that is not aimed at actual combat, but It's wasted effort."

"This is true insight!"

It was Her Royal Highness who turned around and praised Xue Lang, saying: "From now on, in our military training, everything should be based on actual combat!"

Since then, during the training of the Weizeguan Army, whether it is the frontier army, the government soldiers, or the Xiongyuan Army, during the training, the golden drums and flags are ready, and everything is trained according to the requirements of wartime. The quality of the entire army has improved by leaps and bounds. feel.

In other words, the ceremony of presenting the flag and performing martial arts lasted for nearly two hours, completely missing the meal time.After the ceremony, there was a big banquet held by Princess Binh Duong.

Xue Lang sat down in his seat, wondering what dishes Her Highness the Princess would serve for the banquet.Speaking of which, after a period of time in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Lang also roughly knew the eating habits of the Tang people.

All pasta are called cakes.The steamed ones are called steamed cakes, and the boiled ones are called soup cakes.Most of the steamed cakes have fillings, but the fillings are not necessarily the same, it depends on the chef.Xue Lang has eaten stuffed bean paste and all kinds of meat stuffing until now.

Vegetables are often eaten now, such as eggplant, celery, okra, radish, scallions, leeks, etc. Potatoes and green peppers that modern people are used to eating are all absent.These dishes, okra and scallions are eaten more in the modern south.In many places, scallions like to be marinated before eating. After marinating, they have a little garlic taste and a crisp taste.

This kind of banquet, because in the army, is not a celebration, there will be no wine, but a few sheep roasted on the fire, there are big baskets of steamed buns, fish soup boiled in a big pot, and some raw vegetables .Tang people eat vegetables and like to eat them raw.

Waiting for the food to be served——

Fresh okra, finely chopped, mixed with soy milk and drum juice; a bowl of tofu fish soup, this is a recipe contributed by Xue Lang; roasted mutton, Xue Lang may be the object of attention, and directly served him a Roast leg of lamb; and a bowl of raw lamb, finely chopped, mixed with seasoning, onion, ginger, and garlic, and served just like that.

Xue Lang's face turned green. Personally, he doesn't like raw food very much, not because of other reasons, but because he is afraid of parasitic diseases.There is no deworming medicine here. I don't want to get parasitic diseases, so I can only eat cooked food to the maximum.

Everyone was waiting for Lord Pingyang to offer the first chopsticks, Xue Lang waited patiently even though his hungry belly was thundering.While waiting, someone suddenly peeled open a roasted lamb and took out a goose from it——

The goose was placed on a plate and brought directly to Xue Lang's table.

Xue Lang was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why.Princess Pingyang, who sat on the head, said: "Youyang came back from a foreign country. In the past, I ate a lot of delicacies from you, but you have never tasted the delicacies of my Tang Dynasty. Today I held a big banquet and specially made a dish of pure sheep. , invite Youyang to taste it!"

This is a great honor and reward.

It seems that this dish is to kill the goose and put it in the belly of the sheep. The sheep is roasted and the goose is raw and cooked. It has the smell of mutton and the smell of big goose. It should be very delicious. delicious.It is also a very luxurious dish.

Looking at the whole banquet, Hunyang Shihu only made this one, and the big goose inside was given to Xue Lang. Seeing the envious expressions on other people's faces, Xue Lang immediately understood the preciousness of it. .

Quickly stood up and thanked: "Xue Lang thanked His Highness for the reward."

(End of this chapter)