Chapter Six Three One Thousand Years of Inheritance
Wang Yu knew the news that the two fiancées were coming to the city as soon as possible.¤:¤
Yicheng's geographical location is very good, but this is not a reason to be careless. Wang Yu is well aware of the principle of sailing with caution, so most of the preparations in advance were focused on how to arrange a warning circle around Yicheng.
As long as a team of more than 500 people approaches within a hundred miles of Yicheng, Qingzhou's cordon will be triggered, and the news will be quickly fed back to Wang Yu through various means.
The Qiao family and Lu Kang's family acted together with Sun Ce's team. Sun Ce brought nearly a thousand guards, plus the Qiao and Lu families. Such a big target had not entered the warning circle as early as three days ago.
At that time, he was discovered by Qingzhou scouts.
The following and surveillance after discovery were all done openly. Just like Sun Ce never publicly expressed his intention to kidnap and extort after his surprise attack on Wancheng, nor did he take any coercive measures against the Qiao family.
This is the tacit understanding between two old enemies who have never met.
Because of this, even if Wang Yu is really curious and looking forward to Er Qiao, he can't break the tacit understanding and rush to meet people or fall out and rob people. In fact, he doesn't have that free time.
He is very busy now. He is so busy that there are too many people coming to visit him.
There is a saying in later generations that if you don't go to Kyoto, you don't know how small or how many officials you have; if you don't go to Shenzhen, you don't know how many rich people there are. Wang Yu also wants to say it now: If you don't go to the Han Dynasty, you really don't know.
Know the deep roots of the family.
Unlike the later Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, as well as the two fallen puppet dynasties, the aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty were truly inherited for thousands of years, and a thousand-year-old family like the Xia Pique family was by no means a special case.
At first, Wang Yu didn't take these losers to heart. He planned to pick a few important ones and deal with them, but after passing a few, he found that these people really couldn't be dismissed casually. Especially those aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years.
, the accumulation of dozens or hundreds of generations is really terrible.
For example, the envoy of the Pang family from Yangquan, Runan County, who was talking eloquently in front of him, had an exaggerated name, Pang Bei, which reminded Wang Yu of the movie Spartacus for the first time.
The name is a trivial matter, but the key is that what he said was also exaggerated. He actually claimed that the Pang family had mastered the essence of the sword-making technology of General Moye!
An ordinary person would definitely think that this guy was lying. Gan Jiang Moye was originally a legendary sword, and no one had ever seen it. Whether he believed it or not, there was no way to verify it.
But Wang Yu had an idea because he had heard some relevant information.
In that legend, Moye threw it into the furnace, the gold and iron melted, and the sword came out. This is the most detailed and critical description of the sword-making process. Later generations of bored scientists once demonstrated that simply based on this sentence,
It makes sense to choose Mo Xie because the human body contains a lot of phosphorus. Phosphorus can act as a catalyst in the casting process.
It is said that a scholar who was obsessed with this method made two imitation swords by adding phosphorus to charcoal.
With this clue as a base, it was much easier to verify. Wang Yu and Pang Bei shocked each other.
Pang Bei was shocked that Wang Yu actually revealed the secret of Chu's highest casting technology. The explanation he gave was more reliable than theirs, a family of craftsmen who combined the inheritance of Luban, Momen and other schools.
Wang Yu once again marveled at the magic of his ancestors. With the current level of technology, or a thousand years ago, how could they come up with so many magical things?
Regarding casting technology, he could only give a rough idea, such as blast furnaces, additives and other terms. It would definitely not work if he was asked to do it by himself and establish an industrial foundation. However, things are very simple now. As long as the Pang family
The technology was also deceived, and then combined with the existing technology, it is easy to raise Qingzhou's casting level to a higher level.
Why do you say ‘ye’? Because the Que family is also very good at this.
Wang Yu does not need to build an industrial system by himself. He only needs to try to break down the barriers and recreate the atmosphere of competition and learning from each other's strengths in the Spring and Autumn Period.
After making this discovery, Wang Yu put away his previous carelessness and began to seriously communicate with the visiting wealthy families. This communication passed in the blink of an eye in three days.
"The Pang family in Yangquan is good at casting, and the Dai family in Hefei... is good at planting? It's quite appropriate... How about the specifics? Oh, the harvest of his family's fields is 25% higher than the average? Well, this one is called Dai Shu, so you can see
, it’s scheduled for... Let me see, tomorrow’s schedule is full, and the day after tomorrow... uh, the fight is going to start the day after tomorrow, how come it’s so fast?”
"My lord, you arrived at Yicheng on the second day of June. Initially, it was good that you only met the ten families who came to visit first, and arranged for three families in one day. Even a long talk was enough. But today, you have already met with twenty families.
There are more than 100 guests, and the number is still increasing. It is normal for there to be insufficient time."
Zhuge Liang performed his duties as secretary meticulously.
"The day after tomorrow is the decisive battle. Although my lord, you are brave and brave, invincible in the world, and have no one left... I'm sorry, it was a slip of the tongue, but my lord, your behavior in the past few days does not seem to take your opponent seriously.
According to the information provided by Shi Yuan, General Sun is very angry now, and the consequences may be serious. Therefore, I suggest that you stop the meeting temporarily and return your energy to business."
"Well, thank you for your suggestion." Wang Yu rolled his eyes and looked at Zhuge Liang angrily, so he said that male secretaries are the most annoying.
"This is what I should do." Zhuge Liang responded calmly to Wang Yu's sarcasm.
"Kong Ming, you..." Wang Yu raised his finger and pointed at Zhuge Liang, grinding his teeth. If you don't give your lord face, the consequences will be very serious.
Wang Yu is also very aware of his own shortcomings. His grasp of the general direction is impeccable, but he always gets distracted during the specific implementation process. However, he cannot blame himself for this. Even the magic weapon of General Mo Xie has appeared, which is very important to the family.
Who can not be curious about these accumulated treasures?
Anyway, now my curiosity is almost satisfied, and it’s really time to prepare for the fight.
He asked seriously: "Where was the battlefield chosen?"
"Lord, please take a look..." Zhuge Liang did his secretarial job very smoothly. He had a pile of paper rolls under his arm, and he casually pulled out one and spread it out. It was a schematic map of the mountains and rivers around Yicheng.
"Because there were so many people coming to watch the ceremony, Liang thought this was a good opportunity to show off the power of our army. Considering the prevention of emergencies, there is an open space at the foot of Jingshan Mountain in the southwest of the city, which should be a good choice."
"Well, with Pang Bei and now with the arena, it really feels like filming a movie?" Wang Yu murmured.
"What did you say? Duel ground?" Zhuge Liang didn't hear clearly and asked in surprise.
"It's nothing, let's settle it. Let's negotiate with Sun Ce..." After thinking about it, Wang Yu added: "By the way, Kong Ming, you negotiate with the Bo'an Song family who are good at construction and let them think about it.
The solution is to build a temporary viewing platform in the south of the city. Any aristocratic family that talks about substantive content with me and expresses sincerity will be invited there."
"I know." Zhuge Liang didn't need to take a pen to memorize it. With his super memory, he easily remembered this little thing.
Seeing that Wang Yu seemed to have finished speaking, he reminded: "Guangling, how should you reply?"
By forming an alliance with Yuan Shu and the special situation after the Battle of Xuzhou, Wang Yu opened an opening for powerful families. This opening was not big, and most of the families who came to test were only willing to exchange technology for promises or official positions——
Not every aristocratic family attaches great importance to technology and craftsmanship. The Que family is a special case.
However, for the powerful people in Guangling County, this opening is enough to save their lives.
They were afraid. In the Battle of Xuzhou, Wang Yu struck too hard and too fast, and Liu Bei and Cao Bao were wiped out like autumn leaves. If he had led the main force of the hussars south, the powerful men might still be lucky, but
Wang Yu never used his army, and throughout the battle in Xuzhou, no blood was seen on the swords of Langya Yulin's team.
Such strength has shaken many people.
Not everyone has huge and irreplaceable interests in Guangling like the Chen family. There can only be one Tu Emperor, so why should others stand in the way of the Chen family?
Those powerful men who were relatively distant or had little to do with the Chen family began to change their stance. For this reason, they also took the opportunity of watching the ceremony to send envoys to see Wang Yu and try to smoothen the relationship.
"Guangling..." Wang Yu stood up to leave, but when he heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed. He raised his fingers and tapped lightly on the table a few times, pondering undecided.
The Chen family and his son were difficult to deal with. After Liu Bei's defeat, they did not waver, but put up a posture of long-term resistance in Guangling. They abandoned Huaiyin City and moved their main force to Sheyang County.
Sheyang is named after the lake. In this era, Sheyang Lake was deep and wide, and extended in all directions. In addition, Sheyang was also the place where the Chen family started.
Obviously, if you attack Guangling now, you will encounter the same problem as when Sun Ce dealt with Yan Baihu. It is easy to lose but difficult to destroy.
It should be said that Wang Yu's problem is more difficult than that of Sun Ce. Yan Baihu is just a foolhardy local tycoon, and the Chen family's father and son's ingenuity is something that even tycoons like Cao Cao and Liu Bei would not dare to underestimate. How about Wang Yu?
Can you despise it?
Now that we have conquered Guangling, we can easily gain access to most of the strongholds including Huaiyin City, but we will have to face the Chen family's counterattack afterwards. Regardless of Wang Yu's method of setting up a buffer zone or garrisoning for defense, they all have their drawbacks. In short,
It's just very troublesome.
"It's good to meet them, but it's of little use to meet them. These people are not very reliable." Wang Yu clicked his fingers and asked unhappily: "Who is here?"
"Yuyao Yufan."
"Huh?" Wang Yu was suddenly surprised and asked doubtfully: "How could it be him?"
Zhuge Liang explained: "Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, was born in the Donghai Wang family and had acquaintances with powerful people from all over Xuzhou. Now my lord is an enemy of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce's army is attacking Jiangdong, so..."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend?" Wang Yu expressed Zhuge Liang's unfinished intention, waving his hand and saying: "Then let's meet, but don't be in a hurry, wait until the fight is over."