His head ached, and he didn't want to deal with government affairs. Liu Zhang concentrated on teaching Liu Xun how to write. Wang Xu came in and said, "My lord, Fazheng, Wang Fu, and Qin Mi are asking for an audience together."
"Let them in."
The three of them walked into the room, and Liu Zhang said without raising his head: "If you have something to say, just say it, but don't say too much if it's useless."
Fazheng hesitated for a moment and bowed: "My lord, although my lord doesn't want to hear it, Fazheng still wants to say it. In fact, my lord does not need to argue with the ministers. My lord likes Miss Xiao. This has nothing to do with whether he will marry her as his wife. Ordinary people accept it."
The concubine may be for fun, but since the lord likes Miss Xiao, even if Miss Xiao is a concubine, he can still enjoy his wife's favor. This can not only appease the ministers, but also fulfill the fate between the lord and Miss Xiao, why not?"
Liu Zhang did not answer, but continued to instruct Liu Xun in writing. Fazheng stood aside awkwardly. Wang Fu and Qin Mi looked at each other, not knowing what to say. At this time, a secretary came in: "My Lord, Xuchang's reply
."
Liu Zhang took the bamboo slip and asked casually: "Who handed it over?"
"Government of Huang Quan."
"Where are the people?"
"Master Huang has left."
Liu Zhang frowned, opened the bamboo slip and read it from top to bottom. He became furious and threw the bamboo slip on the ground: "This is unreasonable. I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty. I am the emperor's uncle today, and I have more than 100,000 armors.
With the fertile fields thousands of miles away, and the great victory in Hanzhong, he asked to express his gratitude to the Lord of Shu, but he was rejected. He also said that he was ignorant of internal cultivation and had killed too much. Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, and heaven and man were angry. Wait for me to take over.
In Jingzhou, I vow to dig up the graves of the ancestors of three generations of the Cao family."
Liu Zhang's anger shocked both Wang Fu and Qin Mi. The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned cold. Fazheng slowly knelt down, picked up the bamboo slips on the ground, put them back on the table, and waved to Wang Fu and Qin Mi. The three of them
Resign together.
"Dad, would you like to accompany Xun'er to Luzhuping on the third day of next month?" Liu Xun saw that Liu Zhang was still angry and changed the subject.
Liu Zhang took a deep breath and said slowly: "Xun'er, if you want to go out to play, take some guards with you. Dad has many things to do and can't accompany you anymore."
"Daddy..."
"Xun'er is good and obedient."
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he left the room. He also needed to take a breath. Liu Xun took the pen and stared blankly at the door where Liu Zhang left. His face was filled with disappointment, and he murmured: "Mom, dad even forgot the day you died.
I also forgot Xun'er's birthday, Xun'er is so sad."
Wang Fu and Qin Mi left the Mufu, but Fazheng did not leave. Instead, they found Huang Yue. Fazheng said sadly: "My lord, I can't persuade you any more. Today, my lord used the Marquis of Shu to allude to his marriage to persuade us."
We have already given you a warning, and if you try to persuade me again, I am afraid that my lord will really have murderous intentions. Miss Huang, we are powerless and we can only rely on you now."
"Me?" Huang Yue said in surprise: "What can I, a little girl, do? You all can't persuade the adults, and the adults won't even listen to me, a little girl."
Fazheng sighed and said: "Miss Huang, I have a plan that can make the lord not marry Xiao with 90% certainty. However, if it fails, it may delay Miss Huang's life. It depends on whether Miss Huang is willing to sacrifice herself."
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Huang Yue raised her delicate eyebrows slightly, remained silent for a while, looked at the scenery in the garden, and said quietly: "Mr. Fa, to be honest, when I first met Miss Xiao, I saw that the adults treated her like
Just like a lover who has been in love for many years, I became jealous. I also tried to hope to have the same relationship as an adult, but that time on Elm Street, I was completely desperate.
For him, I am willing to do anything I can, but I don’t think there is anything wrong with Miss Xiao. If I stand up and implement Mr. Fa’s plan, it will not be good for you, but it will break up the relationship between Miss Xiao and you.
Marriage, how do I face adults, how do I face myself.
Mr. Fa, sometimes I am really scared. I followed Mr. Fa to Chengdu because I really want to help you, or because my jealousy is causing trouble. If it is the latter, I will never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life."
Fazheng was silent, and swallowed the strategy he had heard. He looked at this woman who had suffered so much but firmly guarded her bottom line. Such a woman could not become the wife of the lord, and in the future, who would be the mother of the world?
For the sake of his lord's great cause and the perseverance of the woman in front of him, Fazheng felt that he should tell his plan. When Fazheng finished speaking, Huang Yue's eyes widened, and he really made a desperate move.
The wedding was scheduled for November 20. In the early morning of the third day of November, Liu Zhang went to the craftsman camp in the west of the city early in the morning to see how the white-steel gun prepared for Xiao Furong was being made.
The craftsman camp has gathered hundreds of outstanding craftsmen from all walks of life, among whom blacksmiths and carpenters are the most common. Some skilled craftsmen are responsible for designing and transforming, while others are responsible for realizing samples.
Both the continuous crossbow and the siege vehicle have been improved, but the improvements are very limited. The continuous crossbow is based on the original, achieving simpler launch and longer range. The actual cost is still high, and if it is officially equipped with the army, it cannot achieve a single crossbow.
Five shots.
In addition to repeated crossbows and trebuchets among the siege equipment, Liu Zhang easily thought of war horse equipment. Looking at the current cavalry, although the Yizhou cavalry is not as good as the north, they look similar. The saddle, stirrup, and horseshoe were not invented.
The saddle is still a piece of thick cloth, the stirrup is just a piece of hemp rope, and the horseshoe is even missing.
If there are stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, not only will the Han cavalry's riding and shooting skills be greatly improved, they will be able to use large-scale destructive weapons such as spears, and they will also be able to form heavy cavalry. If there is a strong heavy cavalry, they will be invincible in plain field battles.
However, Liu Zhang did not intend to leave these to the craftsman camp now. Yizhou is mostly mountainous, and the next target, Jingzhou, is covered with dense water networks. The cavalry is not of much use at all. If he really wants to do it, he would let Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Xiliang do it first.
After military training, Liu Zhang would have to reap the consequences of his Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
In addition to these military equipment, a waterwheel designed by a young man named Ma Jun attracted Liu Zhang's attention. After Ma Jun explained, this waterwheel can draw water from streams and irrigate fields evenly. This was in ancient times when there were no pumps.
, is very effective and can greatly increase the reclamation of slope land.
Upon closer inspection, this Ma Jun is really amazing. In addition to the waterwheel, he also designed a new type of silk weaving machine. The silk weaving machine is a loom that is threaded through the fuselage and controlled by a pedal. It was invented very early on.
Replace artificial woven fabrics.
However, the wiring of the previous damask weaving machine body was too complicated, and the pedal control was difficult and prone to malfunction. After Ma Jun's transformation, the six-disk ring wiring and dual-pedal cycle control not only simplified the operation, but also increased the number of tasks.
The pattern, speed and quality of weaving have been greatly improved.
Liu Zhang immediately decided to mass-produce waterwheels and damask weaving machines, one for reclamation of land in the west of Chengdu, and one for the assembly line workshop of cloth. He rewarded Ma Jun with one hundred taels of gold and promised to increase the income of the assembly line workshop in the future.
, and also gave Ma Jun a commission, which really made other craftsmen envious.
These craftsmen used to be in the villages and townships and could not compete for much money all year round. Unexpectedly, Ma Jun designed two things and got a hundred taels of gold, and he also got a commission from the workshop. Who doesn't know in Chengdu now that although the goods are cheap in the assembly line workshop?
, but it is making a lot of money, and a little bit of oil and water is enough to drown a person.