General Zai

On this day, the sawing machine was put into trial operation. Li Shuan was pedaling, Shi Da was operating it himself, and Su You was shouting and giving instructions.

The cutting experiment was very successful, and countless moso bamboo tubes of uniform length were easily obtained.

However, changing the board was not so smooth.

"Why the hell is it stuck again? Shi Da, please slow down the feed!"

"Brother is tied up and can't pedal anymore? Change someone, third brother, where is the third brother..."

"Master, I have to admit that this thing is indeed a good thing, but the installation place is not quite right. If this thing is like Zhuangzi, it uses water-powered wheels, and it still can't spin very fast..."

"Come here, you just want to take my good things! Why don't you pull all these big pine trees over for me?"

"It would be a waste to change the big pine wood into thin boards for you. You have to replace one big pine wood with seven or eight small pine wood, and then use the small pine wood to modify the board. That's a good deal!"

"You are the only one who is smart! Do you think I don't know? The problem is that there is no ghost now. Can you change it for me?"

"..."

"You two, stop making trouble, wait young master, look, there's a ship coming up... Wow, there's a big ship..."

None of the children had ever seen such a big boat, and they all cheered and ran to the beach to watch.

The length of the ship was more than ten meters, and the width was one-third of the length. It was different from the ratio of ordinary cargo ships where the width was half the length. It was obviously a balance between load capacity and speed.

There were many ships on the Glass River, and Su You could estimate the load of the ship at a glance, which was 400 tons.

One material is the weight of one stone of japonica rice, and the meaning of a four-hundred-material ship is that when it is empty, the displacement of the ship can reach more than one hundred tons, and when it is fully loaded, it can carry nearly one hundred tons of cargo.

This is because you need to save food, thin skin, and empty stomach, so try to pull as much as possible.

It's different when it comes to official ships. Official ships with thousands of materials have a displacement of nearly 600 tons and can only pull about two to three hundred tons. The load ratio is different.

This large ship was also made of thick materials, but it was not up to the level of an official ship. It had three masts, hard sails, and a black shed roof. The speed was not slow, and it quickly sailed towards the dock.

Seeing the children preparing to run towards the pier, Su You took out a bamboo whistle and blew it to call them back.

The guards on the city also noticed the situation and quickly blew their horns. After a while, the city was filled with people armed with guns and knives.

An official in green robe was watching the river cautiously from above.

Su You curled his lips when he saw it. If this was really an enemy, the appearance of the county magistrate would be a stimulant for the rebels.

He shook his head and left a few older children behind. The rest all got on the mule cart and went to Shijiazhuangzi to take shelter first.

He and a few older ones headed towards the city gate and hid in the woods near the city to peek.

The big ship docked, and two gangplanks were pushed down from the ship. A group of black warriors covered with bandanas poured out of the cabin, followed by several scribes and masters. Then a little girl held up an umbrella, and a girl in a long skirt came out.

The woman in black finally came out of the cabin.

The woman wears a colorful brocade woven veil on her head, which is held down by braids. She has a high nose, dark complexion, dark cloud-like hair braided behind her head, two huge silver earrings on her ears, and a piece of silver on her neck.

With his silver coat and attire, you can tell at a glance that he is not a Han Chinese.

The warriors surrounded the woman, and a group of them came to the city. A middle-aged master shouted loudly: "Under the jurisdiction of General Huaiyuan of the Erlin Department, General Atunmi of Zailu is here. The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly. Why is the city closed to no one?"

Li Shuanzhu was confused when he heard this, and whispered: "Young master, where is the general, is he a boy or a girl?"

Su You pursed his lips and said: "This is my policy of restraining the people in the Song Dynasty. I am familiar with the barbarian tribes, give their leaders official positions, and order them to guard the land. They are not really high officials... But even women have official positions. This is really true."

It’s weird.”

I heard the county magistrate upstairs muttering to someone next to him, probably the county captain, and then the county captain shouted to the people downstairs: "The tribes of the border barbarians each guard their own territory, and there is no place for them to fight. You can only stay in Yazhou

Why did the trade goods come to Meizhou? It is best to retreat quickly and make peace with each other."

A'tunmi chirped a few words, and the master shouted: "My unit got salt banknotes from the Yazhou trade, and we need to go to Fushun prison to collect them. However, when passing through Jiazhou, I heard that there is something special in Meizhou, which is ten times better than Fushun salt.

So come and see why you closed the city gates?"

The county lieutenant cupped his hands and said, "I want the general to know that rebels are currently rampant in the southeast, and Yanbian prefectures and counties must be on guard. There was news the day before yesterday that the state government has ordered martial law. You have to go into the city and wait until the martial law ends."

The woman frowned and spoke a few more words to the master. The master shook his head several times. The woman looked around and found the Earth Temple, then she raised her hand and pointed.

Su You said: "Ouch, they want to rob our house, go back quickly."

The ceremony at Atunmi was quite grand. By the time the team arrived at the Earth Temple, Su You was already ready and came out of the room with several older children: "We are honored to be here from afar."

A'tunmi didn't expect to see any ghosts outside the city since he landed ashore. At this time, several naughty children suddenly appeared, and he was surprised: "Oh, there are actually children!"

Su You was also surprised: "Oh, you can speak Chinese!"

Atunmi said: "Child, you just eavesdropped on our conversation!"

Su You looked innocent: "So that the general will know that this house is allocated by the imperial court to us orphan children, and you can't live in it."

Atunmi didn't expect the child in front of him to be so confident. He paused and said, "Child, the place for the few of you to live in should be a little bigger."

Su You said: "It's not big. As soon as the general came in, he could tell that he was pressing hard. There are more than fifty of us in total, but they are all hiding."

Atunmi didn't believe it, so he sent one of his warriors to check. Then the warrior came out, reported to Atunmi for a while, and then offered him a spear.

Atunmi took it and took a look, and was immediately attracted by the burning blade pattern on the spear blade. He pulled out the silver knife from his waist and slashed the spear blade. A small cut suddenly appeared on the blade of the small silver knife.

Atunmi asked: "Child? Is this spear yours?"

Su You said: "The imperial court decrees that salt, tea, copper and iron are all exclusive and cannot be traded privately."

Atunmi burst into laughter: "That's the big one you're talking about. As for the small iron workshops on Sichuan Central Road 4, as long as they get raw iron from the Imperial Iron Supervisor, they will get permission by default, and then they can forge some small things for sale by themselves. The imperial court

I’m too lazy to care about you! What you said can only deceive the barbarians, but we are doing business with the Han people.”

Su You really didn’t know much about this matter. The main reason was that the Shijia Iron Factory itself had half the meaning of an official iron factory, and had a close relationship with the tax supervisor. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that they sold ironware, and they really had something to do with Ah.

What Tun Mi said is almost the same thing.

Atunmi suddenly reacted: "How old are you, kid?"

But I couldn't help but be secretly surprised. This boy answered questions so eloquently that he was neither humble nor overbearing, and spoke the court's laws when he spoke. It almost made people forget his age!

Compared with the gang on the city wall, this kid is more like an official.

Su You cupped his hands and said: "Sister, my name is Su You, I am named Mingrun. I will be six years old soon. I am the leader recommended by this group of orphans. But I really can't sell this iron to you. You have to wait until the city gate opens.

Go to the Shijia Blacksmith Shop to buy it, otherwise, you and I will still be violating the law."

Atunmi smiled and spread his hands: "I came from Jisi Prefecture, and the court has always been kind to you; and you are a child. Do you think the court really cares about this matter?"

Su You handed over his hand again, with a serious look on his face: "The laws of the imperial court are as important as Genyue. Even if you are a prince, you must not violate them lightly. The laws and regulations are majestic, and they are not for us to take advantage of our status to take advantage of loopholes."

Atunmi looked Su You up and down several times: "You are so pedantic at such a young age! Is the Song Dynasty really He Qing Haiyan?"

Su You smiled and said: "Sister, this is actually for your own good. I went deep into the Song Dynasty to purchase weapons, hehehe..."

After speaking, he pointed to the side of Meishan City: "This city gate is still closed now! If we encounter villains again, or if the frontier army does something good in the future, today's incident will become a trouble. Sister Yu,

It will be detrimental to my sister’s tribe.”

"If sister really likes these things, then she can wait until the city gate opens and go to the city to report to the tax supervisor before collecting them. It's so foolproof, why rush it?"

A master raised his hand to Atunmi: "My lord, what this boy said is absolutely true. We have already violated the order by coming to Meizhou. If we purchase weapons again, then... the general will definitely punish me when we go back."

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Atunmi curled his lips and said: "Mr. Fan, when you taught me to read, you said, 'Read a thousand books and travel thousands of miles.' How come you are so ready to take a step forward, but you keep obstructing me? Isn't this a discrepancy between words and deeds? Jingzhou Pass
Chapter completed!