Qin Huaidao didn't think much about Li Jing's inquiry. He often did this kind of thing in the discussion session of tactics class in the past. He smiled and said: "The art of war is common in formation and then fighting. The best way to use it is to concentrate on it and put it aside as the best strategy."
"Fight in formation and then fight, is the art of war normal?"
"The beauty of application lies in one intention?"
Li Jing chewed on these two sentences, and thunder suddenly rolled in his mind. Many confusions and confusions in the past suddenly collapsed. Suddenly, his eyes were bright, as if he saw a military road, and he murmured to himself: "The beauty of application lies in the existence of
One mind? The beauty of application lies in one mind! So that’s it, I understand!”
The next moment, Li Jing stood up and saluted Qin Huaidao solemnly: "This is a very good statement. It is the beginning of a clear meaning. It reveals the essence of military strategism in one sentence and can be the standard for the art of war. Thank you for your advice!"
"Don't dare, don't dare -" Qin Huaidao was startled, but what? He quickly said: "Unless Shi Bo praises me, I just feel that there is no fixed method for fighting. It depends on the time, the place, the people, and the weapons.
We cannot follow the rules and remain unchanged, especially after the innovation of weapons, the tactics need to be updated."
"It's fair to say that there is a sequence of skills, and those who are masters are teachers. However, I understand that this changes because of the time, the place, and the people. How can it be explained that it changes because of the tools?" Li Jing asked curiously, his eyes widening.
Guang, unnaturally communicated with Qin Huaidao as a fellow Taoist.
Qin Huaidao was also a soldier and liked to talk about military affairs. He didn't think much about it and explained: "Shibo, the power of weapons can change the situation of the battle, and the tactics will inevitably change accordingly. For example, in the early days, chariots swept the world, and after the cavalry came out, the chariots retired sadly.
Another example is the power of Qin's crossbow, which swept across the world and was unstoppable. It can be seen that weapons can influence the battlefield, but it is people who determine the outcome. Therefore, the wonder of using the art of war lies in one mind."
"Hahaha, these words are very good. Based on these words, you should have a place in the military strategist. It seems that the art of war written by me now has many shortcomings. It should be revised. I will send it to you tomorrow to have a look and discuss it together!" Li Jing
He praised in surprise, completely forgetting that he was just thinking about passing on the mantle, but now it has become a request for advice.
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Qin Huaidao was startled, but it wasn't that he was afraid. Although he was not familiar with the ancient warfare methods, they were similar. It was not a big problem to make some suggestions on paper. The key was that he didn't have time.
"That's it." Li Jing became a little excited and wanted to say something else.
Qin Huaidao realized that he was exaggerating and quickly changed the topic: "Uncle Shi, let's divide the troops into two groups and continue the trial. We will try to win them all tonight and report them tomorrow to convict them."
"Good!" Li Jing agreed.
Simultaneous interrogation is much more efficient.
More than an hour later, everyone had been interrogated except Cui Shihai. The time had not come yet. Qin Huaidao arranged for several guards to send Li Jing away and continued to deal with affairs, including where the guards would sleep, how to eat, and which places needed to be posted.
Which rooms should be reserved for what, etc., all need to be arranged.
I was busy until the ugly hour, that is, between one and three o'clock in the morning. Without a clock, I could only roughly estimate that Qin Huaidao said goodbye to everyone and returned home alone. However, he turned around the corner, blended himself into the shadows, and walked straight down the street.
Head towards Dong City.
There were many patrols along the way. Qin Huaidao was careful to avoid them. If he couldn't avoid them, he hid and waited for the patrols to pass by before continuing on his way. Unknowingly, he came to the vicinity of the red boat and hid in the shadows to observe.
It was quiet all around, with no one around, and the surrounding houses were dark. In the distance, Wanhua Tower and Tianxian Tower were lit with red lights, but they were also quiet.
Qin Huaidao rushed over and quickly boarded the red boat.
There was no one on the boat, and it was eerily quiet.
Qin Huaidao went in under the guise, went to the back room of the cabin with the faint moonlight, pried open the wooden planks on the ship, and saw that the box containing the silver was still there. When he opened it, he saw that the gold cakes and silver were inside. It was exactly as he expected, where the silver was hidden.
It's secret, no one knows and takes it away.
Originally, Qin Huaidao didn't want to touch this ill-gotten wealth and planned to get compensation through formal and legal methods. The killed coachmen must pay compensation. He couldn't just forget about his losses. But Li Er refused to let the investigation go. Who should he ask for?
Ill-gotten gains can be used to help the poor!
Qin Huaidao found a piece of cloth and spread it out, poured the gold cakes and silver on the cloth, tied it with a knot behind him, put the box back, restored the plank of the ship, and left quickly.
Along the way, Qin Huaidao walked carefully without revealing his identity.
Even when he returned to the mansion, he didn't call the door. He carefully climbed over the wall and entered to avoid exposing his ill-gotten wealth. Who knows who the person in the mansion is Li Er's spy? You must be on guard.
Returning to the backyard, I saw that He'er's room not far away was still lit with red candles. I didn't know if he was asleep, so I didn't bother him. He quickly entered the house, lit the red candles for lighting, took off the package, and spread it on the table.
Counting, the total value of gold cakes and silver is more than 8,000 taels. With this amount of money, Qinjiazhuang can survive for a long time.
"If I don't want to investigate, I won't investigate. It will save trouble. Anyway, the murderer has been brought to justice. The person behind it will take his time!" Qin Huaidao felt much better, hid the money and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, Qin Huaidao came to the restaurant and prepared to eat something. He'er's eyes lit up when he saw Qin Huaidao, and he happily ran to the kitchen to bring some breakfast.
After dinner, Qin Huaidao was about to go out. Seeing He'er's expression of boredom, he said, "He'er, clean up. How about I take you out for a walk in an hour?"
"Really? That's great." He'er said excitedly.
"Look for me at the blacksmith shop in the west courtyard in an hour." Qin Huaidao left without saying a word.
When he came to the west courtyard, he saw Uncle Ma busy, so he walked up and asked, "Uncle Ma, what's the matter?"
"I met the young master and made some. Please check the young master." Uncle Ma quickly saluted.
Qin Huaidao looked at the finished briquette mold. The style was a bit rough, but it could be used. The size of each part was basically the same. He felt relieved and said, "Uncle Ma, help me make some of them."
"Here!" Uncle Ma quickly agreed.
Qin Huaidao found clay, fine sand, etc., mixed it with water and kneaded it into a mud ball. Then he made it into a ring shape with a bulge in the middle and a concave circle around the outside. He then selected three places to press down to the same depth and size.
Then the fire is used to smelt the iron material. Coke is used. Uncle Ma brought it from Qinjiazhuang a few days ago. The temperature is much higher than that of charcoal. After the iron block melts into molten iron, it is poured into the mold. When the molten iron dries, it will form
A hollow iron ring piece is very rough and has many particles on the surface.
This hollow iron ring piece can be placed on the stove in the future. The three depressed parts are turned over to form three support points, which can hold up pots and other vessels to form gaps to facilitate air entry and avoid suffocating the fire. The hollow parts are better than honeycomb briquettes.
Slightly larger for easier placement of briquettes in the future.
The number of hoop pieces cannot be less, as long as they are usable, they don’t need to be elaborate.
Qin Huaidao warned: "Uncle Ma, this thing is made by directly smelting molten iron and casting it. The surface is slightly polished and smooth. There is no need to consider the impurities and toughness contained in it. Arrange manpower to purchase a large amount of ordinary iron materials. No refined iron materials are needed. Save some money."
, one thousand pieces will be cast first, and everyone in the house who can help will be transferred."
"Remember." Uncle Ma said quickly.
"This is one thousand taels. Take it for use first, and then you can check the account with Uncle Jia later." Qin Huaidao took out a bag of silver and threw it over. He saw He'er running to find it happily, and continued: "Uncle Ma
, thank you for your hard work, let someone inform Uncle Jia to mobilize some more people from Qinjiazhuang to help, we must be quick. "
"Here!" Uncle Ma responded solemnly.
Qin Huaidao went up to greet him, smiled at He'er and said, "Come on, let's go back to the room first."
"Did you leave something behind?" He'er asked curiously. Her heart had already flown to the street. She was usually at the house. She didn't even need to do shopping. It was rare to leave the house.
"Get some money, it will be useful." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
Back in the room, He'er was very sensible and waited at the door. Qin Huaidao went in and took some gold cakes and silver that arrived last night, put them in bags, and then went out. He had to do some things.