In the southern camp.
Xu Da arrived at the commander's tent early in the morning.
At this moment, the entire camp was filled with a somber atmosphere.
"Have you calculated it?" Xu Da looked at the comptroller.
The statistics should have been calculated yesterday, but there were too many of them. The audit officer could not calculate them in such a short time, so Xu Da gave them an extra night.
The comptroller said,"
"General, the total is 695,000 boxes.”
Xu Da narrowed his eyes and asked again,
"How many cans are there in each box?"
"32." the comptroller said.
Xu Da sneered and asked again,
"Tell me now, how many cans are there in total?”
The comptroller wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and stammered,
"General, there are a total of 22.22 million cans.”
What Lu Ya told Xu Da yesterday was 22.4 million cans. Now, he was short of 180,000 cans.
That was five thousand boxes less.
Xu Da's expression darkened. He swept his gaze across the surroundings and shouted,
"This general will give you a chance. Spit it out yourself. Otherwise, once I catch you, you will be executed immediately.”
Below, the military officials were silent.
Lan Yu was a little puzzled and asked,
"Great General, what do you mean by this?"
Lan Yu wasn't asking the obvious, but he really couldn't understand Xu Da's words. He didn't know the actual number of cans, so he subconsciously thought that the audit officer was talking about all the cans.
Geng Bingwen was also confused.
The other military officials looked at each other, not understanding what Xu Da meant.
Xu Da didn't answer Lan Yu's question. He only sneered and said,
"I've given you a chance."
With that, he stood up and walked out of the tent.
At this moment, a group of soldiers had already gathered here.
Each of these soldiers had a hound in their hands.
This was the military hound, the Mongolian Scrub Dog.
The people of the later generations were no strangers to dogs, and dogs had even become a part of human life.
Many people even had pet dogs, and the government also had police dogs, guide dogs, drug detection dogs, and so on…
In fact, in ancient times, other than guarding the house, hunting, grazing, and accompanying the old and young, people also used dogs to guard prisons, march, and fight.
The Ming Dynasty was no exception.
The word "Yu" was shaped like a reverse dog, with a "Yan" in the middle and a "Dog" on the right.
In other words, two dogs were barking.
It could be said to be very vivid. From this font, it also revealed the way dogs were used in ancient times.
According to the history of Chinese culture, dogs were already used in prison posts during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It could be seen that the history of using police dogs was as long as 3000 years.
As for letting dogs serve in the army to assist in marching and fighting, the so-called " military dogs " might serve longer than police dogs.
To this day, there were still police dogs and military dogs because dogs had irreplaceable functions, let alone in ancient times.
Although dogs were not as prominent as dragons or as fierce as tigers, they did play an important role in ancient politics and social life. They even enjoyed honor.
During the Han Dynasty, the internal court set up a "dog prison" to feed the hounds to the royal family.
This dog-raising officer was the source of the term "dog officer" in later generations.
Sima Xiangru, the Western Han Ci Fu master, was recommended by Yang Deyi, the dog supervisor of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Coincidentally, Sima Xiangru's nickname was "Dog Son".
During the Tang Dynasty, there was also an organization that specialized in replacing the royal eagle dogs, commonly known as the "Five Houses".
That is, carving workshop, Uighur workshop, harrier workshop, eagle workshop, dog workshop.
Being able to raise a dog for the emperor was also a kind of glory. Some people used this to bully others. This was called " a dog taking advantage of others 'power."
The common people were very evil and called him "the children of the five workshops".
In the later generations, the words related to dogs seemed to be derogatory.
The 15 sentences, such as " a dog eating sh * t "," a bold dog ", and " a dog jumping over a wall in desperation ", were all derogatory terms.
If "bear" was also understood as a curse, then the derogatory term was even greater, reaching more than 90%.
Why was this happening?
There were many reasons for this custom, but it had a lot to do with dogs being too obedient and too careless in life.
How could a servant gain the respect of his master?
Of course, this was also related to the fact that dogs often violated humans. They loved to bite people. They were full of wolf nature.
Even if they were killed and eaten, they would still be of a lower grade. There was a saying that "dog meat could not be served at a banquet".
However, this was not the case in ancient times.
In ancient times, dogs enjoyed a high status and enjoyed honor. Even during ancestral temple sacrifices, dogs were indispensable.
There was a kind of soup offering that used dogs.
And if it was a fat dog, this was what was said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Give me the fat dog."
This was how the word "offer" came about.
The offering was originally a temple dog.
Not only that, but the people also regarded dogs as sacrificial animals.
During the Han and Wei Dynasties, there was a custom of offering a yellow dog to the Kitchen God on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.
In our ancient civilization, cows and horses were the best helpers and friends of humans. However, in the west and north, dogs were the best helpers and friends of the nomads.
In addition, in ancient times, the most important basic function of dogs was hunting.
As dogs were domesticated from wild wolves, they had the ferocity and aggressiveness of wild animals. They had sharp teeth and claws and could run quickly.
P.S. This chapter is about the history of military dogs. It might be a bit boring, but it is very important. Later, when we fight the Mongolians, military dogs will be very useful, so we have to write it.
Don't worry, I won't write too much. I'll be done in one or two chapters.
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