The military reconstruction is quite professional. Zhao Xing doesn't know much about this, and Shi Hao doesn't have any military expertise, so the reconstruction of the army of the three commanders is left to Zhang Jun, the official of the Privy Council, to be fully responsible for it.

Next, there is the Navy.

The direct consequence of this Ming and Song war was that the main force of the navy was the annihilation of the entire army, which led to the loss of the river defense and the loss of the sea defense, which further led to the large-scale landing of the Ming army's infantry and cavalry, destroying the Song army's Jianghuai war zone in one fell swoop.

In Zhao Xing's opinion, such a situation must not happen again, so while training the army, Zhao Xing also needs to train the navy.

In this battle, the Southern Song Dynasty lost three local navy troops and one main navy. Most of the water power was lost and its strength was greatly damaged.

Fortunately, they have nearly 20,000 ships, so it is not difficult to transform them into warships, and it is not difficult to recruit naval soldiers. It is easier to quickly pull up a reliable naval division than the army.

So Zhao Xing handed over the task of rebuilding the Navy to Hu Quan, the Tongzhi Privy Council, and had high hopes for him.

The funds for the reconstruction of the Army and the Navy are all allocated specifically to be implemented as much as possible.

Zhao Xing squeezed out money from his teeth to rebuild the army, which was a struggle.

At the same time, the court had to clean up some of the messes in the local area after the war in the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, those officials who fled when they heard that the Ming army came could not be used, and they had to choose new people.

Zhao Shen took this opportunity to choose a group of young officials from the war-oriented sect to go to these places to clean up the mess, rebuild administration, repair city walls, and stabilize defense.

There are things that cost money everywhere, that is, Zhao Xing confiscated some officials' homes so he had some money in his hands, so these things were successfully implemented.

But this is the first wave of using money, and there will be more money in the future.

When the Southern Song Dynasty was in full swing to carry out post-war reconstruction work, on June 13, the Ming Dynasty envoy Xin Qiji went on his second mission to the Southern Song Dynasty and arrived in Lin'an City.

Because this time, the Ming Dynasty was no longer a friend, but a father, despite the many unpleasant feelings in the Southern Song Dynasty, he still gritted his teeth and gave Xin Qiji the top treatment.

Not only do you eat good food and drink good food, but you also have special treatments that are no less than those of royal relatives.

Because the weather in the south was hot and Xin Qiji was not used to it, the Southern Song Dynasty court specially rated ice for Xin Qiji.

They used summer ice cubes exclusively provided by the palace to cool down Xin Qiji's car frame. Xin Qiji sat in the car, and there was a tank of crystal clear ice cubes in the car, emitting a slight cool air and a fragrance that exuded the fragrance.

So the interior of the car is not only very cool, but also has a faint fragrance, which is very comfortable in the hot summer days.

Not only that, these ice cubes can also be knocked down directly to make cold drinks, and paired with milk, honey, and fruits, Xin Qiji provides high-end desserts that only high-ranking officials in the Southern Song Dynasty can enjoy, comparable to modern ice cubes and fruit fishing.

So Xin Qiji happily enjoyed the cold drinks and ice cubes and headed south to Lin'an.

To be honest, Xin Qiji went south to the Southern Song Dynasty for the second time and felt a completely different level of treatment than that in the Ming Dynasty.

After returning to Zhongdu last time, Xin Qiji felt the unsatisfactory of the post station, so he told Su Yonglin about the matter of the Ming Station system to him, which was valued by Su Yonglin.

So Su Yonglin ordered that all the unqualified chefs who were suspected of insulting ingredients be carried to the Huotou Army nearby for further study, and asked them to follow the Huotou Army chefs who cooked for the military soldiers to hone their skills.

Until you make a meal that will satisfy the soldiers of the army, and then return to your original post.

After three months of further study, the chefs returned to their original jobs.

Later, based on the feedback from officials who often traveled on business, the overall food level of the Daming Station system was greatly improved. Officials who often traveled on business said that it was really delicious.

Therefore, the phenomenon of carrying pastries on oneself and going out for a tooth sacrifice has decreased a lot.

This time, Xin Qiji went south and felt the appearance of the station system after the change. The food in the three thunder stations that he remembered made him taste the taste of the big pot rice in the army.

Although it is not so fine and the dishes look rough, they are very fragrant, which makes people want to eat rice noodles with big mouthfuls. They even want to wipe the soup clean with steamed buns.

This feeling just fits the needs of business travel officials who are tired and hungry.

Three dishes and one soup, Xin Qiji was still very satisfied.

However, the food level of this improved version of the Ming Dynasty business trip version is still many times worse than that of the treatment of high-ranking officials and powerful people in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The purpose of supplying ice and ice fruit fishing alone is not something that the Ming Dynasty would provide to officials.

However, simple cold drinks were not that rare in the Ming Dynasty. They could even be said to have become a more conventional means of cooling off during the hot seasons of the Ming Dynasty officials and even the people.

Xin Qiji asked about the price of cold drinks in Lin'an, the Southern Song Dynasty, and made some comparisons and found that the price of cold drinks in the Ming Dynasty was lower than that in Lin'an, the Southern Song Dynasty.

The prices of cold drinks have generally decreased and even flowed into the people, and the cause is the arrival of the gunpowder era.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the army's demand for gunpowder has soared, and the development of gunpowder manufacturing technology, craftsmen have gradually discovered that when saltpeter is dissolved in water, it will absorb a lot of heat, which can cool the surrounding water until it freezes. It is very surprising.

Over time, some skilled craftsmen began to make ice with saltpeter. They put the water into the tank, took a larger container, put water in the container, then placed the jar in the container, and continuously added saltpeter to the container, resulting in the water in the tank forming ice.

After saltpeter was dissolved into water, the craftsmen gradually developed the cooling and crystallization method used as a supporting method to re-produce saltpeter for reuse.

With this technology, the expensive attributes of cold drinks are greatly reduced, and the possibility of cold drinks further entering the people is given.

The Ming army under Su Yonglin's command had a particularly large demand for gunpowder. The skilled gunpowder craftsmen also produced a large amount of ice as by-products while making granular gunpowder.

This by-product has two uses. One is that it is invested by Su Yonglin in official summer welfare, providing cold drinks to officials who still need to work hard in the hot summer to cool off the heat, and was warmly welcomed by the officials.

Officials cannot consume such a large amount of ice production, so the second use is to invest in the public.

Su Yonglin set up a Water Ice Department under the Ministry of Finance, which is specifically responsible for taking over the by-products of gunpowder manufacturing. In addition to the welfare ice cubes required by the official, all other ice cubes are included in the Water Ice Department.
Chapter completed!