It is recorded in "Zhou Li·Kao Gong Ji" that among the six positions of the state, one hundred workers are in the same position.
However, on the banks of the Ying River today, there is such a motto in the Taixue School: - Among the six positions of the country, the hundreds of workers are the first!
Through this sentence, it can be seen that... Taixue attaches great importance to all kinds of skills.
Lu Yu specially built a workshop and hired a large number of craftsmen, which illustrates the problem.
Of course, not everyone in Taixue is enthusiastic about Baigong subjects. Just like Cao Mu in the past, most Taixue students consider themselves to be the proud sons of heaven, so how can they be willing to be a carpenter?
Besides, the stipulation of Taixue is that each Taixue student only needs to master one or two Baigong courses. If they are not interested in carpentry, they can still learn blacksmithing and smelting in the future.
This kind of subject is closely related to the battlefield. In later generations, it will be a very popular major.
Therefore, among the sixty Tai students, only a five-person team was able to truly learn the subject of "carpentry".
Among them are Cao Ang, son of Cao Cao;
Huang Zhong’s son—Huang Xu;
"Zhuge Liang", a descendant of the famous Zhuge family in Langya;
Xu Chu’s son—Xu Yi;
And there is Dian Wei’s son—Dian Man!
For example, Xia Houheng, Xia Houba and others are not enthusiastic about this "carpentry" subject at all.
Of course, the process of learning "carpentry" is very boring. Cao Ang, Xu Yi, Huang Xu, Zhuge Jun, and Dianman sat opposite each other under the scorching sun, pulling a big saw and splitting long pieces of wood.
The wood fell down again and again, and the saw blade was broken and bent again and again. Every time it was pulled for half an hour, the saw teeth had to be filed with a file to make them sharp!
I also had to learn how to use the grinding bucket to flick the thread, but the ink thread was not flicked well, leaving my hands and body covered with ink, which was extremely embarrassing.
It is said that if you can conquer a city by crossing rows like a mountain, you may not be able to be a good carpenter.
That is to say, Cao Ang, Huang Xu, Zhuge Jun, Xu Yi, and Dianman, these five honest people can be patient, study hard, and try constantly.
And this legendary "wooden cow and stray horse" is even more nonsense...
Armed only with a copy of "How to Make a Wooden Ox and a Flowing Horse" and a craftsman who doesn't even know what a "wooden cow and a flowing horse" is, the six of them are about to complete an unprecedented "big project"!
Huh...huh...
In the workshop, Zhuge Jun was playing with axes and planes. Blood blisters had already appeared on his hands, and his body was bruised from the impact. He felt that he could not lie down even when sleeping, and could not hold chopsticks when eating.
With the cooperation of the other four people, it took seven or eight days to make a wooden cow that was unstable and could not stand upright!
Not to mention transporting food and materials, this wooden ox sat on it and staggered to pieces. Zhuge Jun fell to the ground in a miserable state.
It's too far behind...
After all, Zhuge Jun climbed out, thought for a while and started discussing with a few friends.
"Obviously, I followed the instructions in the book... No, no... Let's take a look at Mr. Lu's book "How to Make a Wooden Ox and Flow a Horse". There must be something wrong!"
Zhuge Jun did not give up, and neither did Cao Ang, Huang Xu, Dian Man, and Xu Yi.
The five of them, for various reasons...
Everyone has an almost obsessive admiration for Lu Yu.
Therefore, Lu Yu said that if the wood, cow, and horse could be built, they must build it.
"Is it here..."
Five people sat together in the huge Taixue workshop, but they were the only five who continued to study tirelessly and tirelessly.
After seven or eight days of running in, the five-person team has become more and more in tune with each other.
Zhuge Jun held a charcoal pencil in his ear and a ruler on his waist, and was drawing pictures silently...
Cao Ang, holding a charcoal pen in his hand, kept summarizing the previous failures, which corresponded one-to-one with the words in "The Method of Making a Wooden Cow and Flowing Horses".
After discussing for a long time, Xu Yi and Dian Wei were stronger, so they continued to step on the wood and saw the wood up and down with their arms.
To know…
To build a "wooden cow and flowing horse", there are at least fifty or sixty processes, including drawing, selecting wood, planing the wood, drilling holes, etc.
The most difficult part was the power-assisted mechanism mentioned in "The Method of Making a Wooden Ox and a Flowing Horse", as well as the flywheel mechanism, gear mechanism, and linkage mechanism that made the five of them look confused.
This is the core of Mu Niu Liu Ma. It is not as simple as a simple one-wheeled or two-wheeled transport vehicle.
The reason why the wooden cow and flowing horse were widely used in the Bashu mountains after its invention was because the crank-link mechanism inside drives the flywheel through gears.
After the flywheel starts running, the inertia of the flywheel gives power to the wooden ox. In this way, the purpose of saving labor is achieved.
In addition, there is a braking mechanism, which is similar to the handbrake in cars in previous generations!
It allows wooden oxen and stray horses to stand firm on slopes and maintain an inertial speed when going uphill and downhill.
It sounds very simple in just a few sentences...
But the physical knowledge and principles that need to be used here are not so easy to understand.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Lu Yu tried the "Method of Making a Wooden Ox and a Flowing Horse" himself, he might not be able to create such a wooden cow or a flowing horse!
"Try again..."
As the commander-in-chief, Zhuge Jun began to assign tasks again.
The five people in the workshop suddenly became busy again.
You know, a few students who can't even hold an ink fountain are actually making wooden cows and flowing horses.
There are many teachers and students who come here to pay attention every day, but... after seeing the messy wood in the workshop and the semi-finished products that may fall apart at any time, they all walked away disappointed.
"Zixiu, give up..." Xiahou Ba couldn't help it anymore and repeatedly advised Cao Ang. "It's too difficult for a wooden cow to lose a horse. If you do this, it will definitely be impossible to complete besides wasting wood."
"If you have the time, you might as well make a few boxes for your future wives and concubines to put their clothes on!"
Xiahou Ba was sarcastic...
Huang Xu still felt a bit dissatisfied, but Cao Ang chuckled, "Zhong Quan is right. If it doesn't come out in the end, it would be good to make these wood boxes into boxes. How about using waste?"
!”
Cao Ang has this kind of character, benevolent, filial, generous, easy to talk to, and a standard honest person...
In Taixue, he never felt superior because he was the eldest son of Cao Sikong. On the contrary, he was the first to do the hardest and most tiring tasks.
Seeing his appearance, Lu Yu, as the president of the Imperial Academy, was quite pleased.
There was even a moment when Lu Yu thought that if Cao Ang's successor was Cao Ang, he would not be safe... There wouldn't be a tragic incident in which three families returned to the Jin Dynasty and five random families invaded China.
It can be said that Lao Cao's character is suitable for ruling the world, while Cao Ang's character is suitable for ruling the world.
In addition, there is another point. At least Lu Yu feels at ease when the Wei Wu hegemony is handed over to Cao Ang.
This was a good emperor with benevolence and filial piety. Lu Yu even thought... When Cao Ang was in power, no matter how he tried to commit suicide, he probably wouldn't die, so there was no need to be extra cautious.
As for Cao Ang's posthumous title, Lu Yu had already decided it for him - "Ren"!
——Wei Rendi.
It's a pity that things didn't work as expected... Emperor Wu was followed by Emperor Wen. If Emperor Wen didn't exist yet, where could the benevolent Emperor come from?
Of course, "Benevolent Emperor" can be understood as "Benevolent Brother"!
Workshop in the afternoon.
Dian Man and Xu Yi were sleeping crookedly on the mat. Like their fathers, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, they were very strong people but didn't like to use their brains.
In ordinary times, Zhuge Jun, Cao Ang, and Huang Xu would do whatever they were asked to do.
There's just one thing, they have to take a nap, otherwise... they'll have a headache all afternoon.
At this moment, Xu Chu and Dianman had a similar dream. They dreamed that the wooden ox and the flowing horse were built, and countless grains were filled in it. The wooden ox carried the grain. The two of them rode the wooden ox and galloped on the official road.
Wooden cows and flowing horses leap into the clouds!
Just then...
"It's done...it's done!"
An exclamation interrupted Dianman and Xu Yi's sweet dreams. They rubbed their sleepy eyes, but they saw...a "wooden ox" that looked pretty good, and a "wandering horse" that at least was not rickety.
"…
The most important thing is that Zhuge Jun is pushing them to move, which is very easy to the naked eye.
Is this the power-assisted device mentioned in the so-called "The Method of Making a Wooden Ox and Flooding a Horse"?
this…
After a long mental process, Dianman and Xu Yi finally came to their senses.
It's done, they succeeded, they did it.
"Kong Ming, we..."
Xu Yi and Dianman said in unison, looking extremely excited.
"Yongsheng, don't be stunned, go and report to the commander-in-chief, just say... we are done, the wooden cow and the flowing horse are made!" Zhuge Jun was also very excited...
When Huang Xu heard this, he ran out of the workshop as fast as he could...
He wants to tell Director Lu and Director Cai this good news!
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…
Shouchun City.
shock!
Shouchun City was garrisoned by 30,000 Yuan troops, but Cao's army of more than 150,000 troops failed to capture it.
Cao Cao was surprised, and so was Yuan Shu.
Unexpectedly, after Zhang Xun retired, Ji Ling, who succeeded him and became the new "general" of the Zhong family emperor, was so powerful.
With the towering walls of Shouchun City and his vigorous and resolute army commanding style, Ji Ling was able to stop the offensive of Cao Cao's 150,000 army with this group of 30,000 Yuan troops whose morale had dropped to the bottom.
Both sides were seriously injured...
More importantly, Cao Cao did not conquer Shouchun City in one go. This was a fatal blow to the morale of Cao's army, and for Yuan Shu, it was tantamount to a heavy breath of air.
Now Cao Jun can only surround Shouchun City and look for another opportunity.
So and so...
The problem that worried Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai the most arose. After heavy rain for days, water accumulated in Shouchun, a lowland area, making it impossible for ordinary grain trucks to cross.
Cao's army's subsequent supplies of food and grass could not reach the front line at all.
And this caused the originally clear situation to suddenly fall into a huge crisis again.
Cao Jun's stronghold and the Chinese army's tent.
"How long can our army's current food supply last?" Cao Cao asked the food officer urgently.
The grain officer answered truthfully: "Thanks to Xun Lingjun's instructions early in the morning, each soldier should carry some grain with him, so... our army's grain can now last for a month!"
One month?
Through the window, Cao Cao looked at the towering Shouchun City Wall.
Fake Yinlin He Yan once told Cao Cao the news that there was not much food reserves in Shouchun City.
But, how much is not more? Can it last for a month?
Cao Cao didn't know...
So... the current situation becomes a bet to see whose food supply can't support it first.
"When will the subsequent food be shipped?" Cao Cao then asked...
this…
The grain officer shook his head and still reported truthfully. "It's hard to tell, we have to see..." At the end of the story, the grain officer hesitated.
"What do you need to see?" Cao Cao asked.
"It depends on the weather..." the grain officer said helplessly: "If...it keeps raining today, then...the water accumulation will probably become bigger and bigger, the hillside will be slippery, and it will become extremely difficult to go uphill and downhill. I'm afraid...
Military rations…”
The grain officer didn't finish speaking, but the meaning couldn't be clearer!
Look at the sky, it's the rainy season now, and it's low-lying here... This is the time when we will run out of food.
Cao Cao's brows suddenly frowned heavily.
"I understand...just back off!"
After hearing this, the grain officer slowly exited with his head lowered... When he walked outside the big tent, he looked up at the sky, and there were dark clouds again, as if... there was another heavy rain!
The transportation of food will probably become more difficult.
After the grain officer leaves...
Cao Cao helplessly raised his fist and punched the document.
Xi Zhi on the side saw Cao Cao's thoughts, and he said truthfully: "Cao Sikong, the heavy rains in recent days have not only restricted our army's food and grass, but also made it more difficult to attack the city. Yesterday's siege... It is true that there are
It’s because the opposing general’s command is very stable, but the help from the long drizzle is nowhere to be found.”
Just as Xi Zhicai said.
Under rain, the city walls will become more slippery, and the ladders will slide down extremely easily. It will be even more difficult for the soldiers to climb the ladders, not to mention the lack of sight when facing the rain with their heads raised, and the inability to transport siege equipment.
…
These are not conducive to the siege party.
But...what else can be done?
It's the rainy season now, there are no sunny days at all, so we have no choice.
How could Cao Cao not hear what Xi Zhicai meant? Huh...he exhaled for a long time. Xi Zhicai reminded him that during the rainy season, even within a month, Shouchun City may not be able to be captured.
The army's rations are only enough to last for a month...
Xi Zhi is urging Cao Cao to make preparations early.
"Let's besiege the city!" Cao Cao said: "We are short of food, how can he, Yuan Shu, not be short of food? If we continue to consume it, let's see who can't bear it first!"
Cao Cao was betting that Yuan Shu would be unable to withstand it sooner than he did.
After all, with such a God-given opportunity, what if we can’t break the city? Then...if we have such an opportunity again, we still don’t know whether it will be the Year of the Monkey or the Horse!
Cao Cao didn't want to delay his quest to conquer the Central Plains any longer.
"That's the only way." Xi Zhicai blinked his eyes. He was full of strategies, but facing Yuan Shu who couldn't shrink, what could he do?
Not to mention him, not even Guo Fengxiao or Xun Gongda could find a strategy to destroy the city!
Nowadays, all we can do is do our best and obey fate!
I just hope Yuan Shu can't bear it first!
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…
An urgent message was sent back to Xudu City from the front line.
Shangshutai…
Originally, the great victory on the front line should have put Xun Yu and Xun You in Shangshutai in a good mood, but... the constraints of food supply almost cast a thick layer of gloom on their moods.
"Unexpectedly, Chen Guo obviously has food, but it cannot be transported to the front line?" Xun Yu murmured...
His eyebrows formed an inverted figure almost instantly...
"Uncle, Shouchun City is a low-lying area..." Xun You explained. "Once it rains, water slopes will form. These water slopes are nothing more. What affects the transportation of food the most is the steep slope..."
"Once the existing grain trucks encounter rainy season, it will become extremely difficult and even dangerous whether going uphill or downhill...According to past records, Shouchun this season is the rainy season...wait until the rain is complete.
Stop, I don’t know when it will be.”
Many people must not understand the impact of the rainy season during this period.
You know, the rainy season of the Little Ice Age was no joke.
Because of the Little Ice Age, the weather in Dahan is generally erratic. In June and in the hot summer, hailstones can be as big as chicken eggs, let alone rain...
In extremely cold weather, rainwater will quickly freeze into ice. Just imagine, steep and icy uphill and downhill slopes... it will take a lot of effort for a person to walk, let alone a grain truck.
It can be said that in this rainy season, the food road on the front line has been completely broken, and there is no possibility of repair.
"this…"
Xun Yu still frowned. "Is there any other way, such as... transporting some food to the Shouchun front line through other routes?"
"Thinked about it!" Xun You waved his hand. "Apart from the road to Chen State, there are only roads to Xiapi and Guangling in Xuzhou. It just so happens that Xiapi and Guangling are Lu Bu's territory. If we are not careful, maybe... we
The grain fell into Lu Bu's hands."
At this point, Xun You paused and said with emotion: "My uncle also knows that Lu Bu has never been a trustworthy person."
"This is going to be difficult..." Xun Yu frowned even more...
Could it be that, with such a God-given opportunity, Shouchun City still cannot be captured?
Do you really want to leave it to fate?
Thinking of this, Xun Yu narrowed his eyes and looked helplessly at the sky through the window.
But at this moment...
Whoosh…
Xun Yu suddenly thought of something. To be precise, he thought of a brilliant title, a name that can always create miracles - Yinlin! Lu Yu!
That's right, there is an unwritten agreement in Cao's camp...that is, if you have any difficulties, go to Lu Yu. As the saying goes...Lu Yu helps, the more you help, the more help you get...Ah no, it's Lu Yu who helps, the more you get more help, the more help you get!
Besides, is there anything difficult in this world that Yinlin cannot solve?
Immediately, Xun Yu's eyes opened, and he blurted out subconsciously: "Gongda, what are Lu Sinong doing recently?"
"In addition to implementing the new agricultural policy in civilian and military villages...that's all..." Xun You replied truthfully, but halfway through the sentence, he seemed to have remembered something.
Suddenly, his face became much more serious, but in this seriousness, there was still a bit of joy.
"In Taixue...General Manager Lu has built a workshop, and he is ordering the Taixue students to practice one of the hundreds of crafts, 'woodcraft'!"
In fact, these are not the key points, the key point is the last sentence.
"Now, these imperial students are working together to create an artifact called the 'Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse'. I heard that this wooden ox and flowing horse can transport military rations. Once it is made, whether it is a shoal or a steep slope, it will be as smooth as walking on the ground!"
Xun You's words were full of promise...
Of course, the reason why we know so much is because Xun Yun, the eldest son of Xun Yu, had the Friday holiday yesterday and reported it to Xun You when he came home.
Although Xun Yun was Xun Yu's son, he lived in Surrey with his contemporary Xun You and even worshiped Xun You as his teacher.
Therefore, Xun You knew a little about the recent trends in Taixue.
Just because he knew something, and because of this "wooden cow and stray horse", his eyes suddenly widened, and at this moment, his heart was throbbing!
"uncle…"
Before Xun You could speak, Xun Yu grabbed his arm.
It seems that Xun Yu was even more excited than his nephew Xun You when he heard that the wooden cows and flowing horses were in the "shallow" and the "steep slope" was as smooth as walking on the ground.
"Let's go, you and I, let's go to Taixue now!"
"Go and see this wooden cow and flowing horse!"
"Let's also pay a visit to our skilled craftsman—General Manager Lu! Lu Sinong!"
The skill of speaking...
Xun Yu and Xun You have disappeared from the Chancellor's desk.
They are literati after all, but at this moment their steps are faster than rabbits!