Xun Chen arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your praise." These six policies were the result of a long period of hard thinking by his subordinates, and the Han court imposed heavy conscription and heavy taxes, which led to the displacement of the people and the end of being reduced to slavery. If the lord can lighten the forced labor in the entire Youzhou, and collect a symbolic amount of taxes, the people will also increase their enthusiasm when they carry out agricultural production, and then implement the tuntian strategy, the people of Youzhou will definitely be able to have enough food and clothing in two years. ”

Lin Nan nodded and listened.

Xun Chen continued: "The north of Youzhou is the prairie, the Xianbei people like to plunder, the south is Yuan Shao's Jizhou, and the west is Lu Bu's merger, in order to prevent harassment, the lord can build a high wall in the north, repair the broken Great Wall, connect it into one, set up checkpoints on the road leading to Youzhou in Jizhou and Bingzhou, and then send envoys to ease the situation of the surrounding barbarians, and then actively accumulate grain and straw, and adopt the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, and communicate with the princes, it is enough to make Youzhou completely become a solid backing for the lord to dominate the world within two years." ”

"The six principles of light conscription, light taxation, high walls, extensive accumulation of grain, and barbarians and princes are indeed very good, and can be regarded as the six basic principles of governance. Sir's strategy is indeed a high insight, which I admire. ”

Xun Chen said: "This is also the wisdom of the lord, if it weren't for such a wise lord, even if the six suggestions of the subordinates were proposed, they would not necessarily be adopted." In addition, the lord does not need to worry about the problem of troops, as long as Youzhou is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment, once the lord recruits soldiers, the people will naturally flock to it. There is a way that there are no longer many soldiers, and now there are 80,000 people in my Youzhou, if they can conduct a two-year exercise, and then match them with sophisticated weapons and equipment. It will inevitably become a lion that sweeps the world. ”

"That's a good point, hahaha, it's really good, but I'm going to add 20,000 to defend Youzhou with 100,000 people, and build Youzhou's iron cavalry and heavy infantry. In the future, when the world is dominant, the troops of the province will be insufficient. ”

Xun Chen did not object, his own construction was accepted, he was naturally very happy, and he had no objection to the conscription of 20,000 soldiers, after all, the total population of Youzhou is more than 1.9 million, and it is not considered a poor army to defend Youzhou with 100,000 people.

Lin Nan and Xun Chen had another conversation, and Xun Chen also talked about some difficulties that may be encountered in the implementation of the six basic policies. and recommended some of his subordinates to complete this matter, all of which were deeply approved by Lin Nan.

When he left the weaving division, the military uniform had not yet been made, Lin Nan said that he would come again next time, and he also had a new understanding of Xun Chen, and he appreciated Xun's family, a person who had been under Yuan Shao in history. He was thinking that Xun Chen must have put forward these policies when he was a strategist for Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao had adopted these six principles, it was estimated that the Battle of Guandu would not necessarily have been lost to Cao Cao.

As soon as I returned to the governor's house. Lin Nan immediately ordered these six guidelines to be promulgated in the form of a government decree to all counties in Youzhou, and handed them over to the Taishou and generals for implementation.

The next day, the envoys of the Han court who arrived from Chang'an came to Jicheng, read out the holy decree of the Han Emperor, officially canonized Lin Nan as a hussar general and Yan Hou, and let Lin Nan fake the festival. Governor Youzhou. At the same time, Lin Nan also heard some news from the imperial court from the mouth of the envoy from Chang'an.

Ma Teng was named Lianghou by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his son Ma Chao became the Taifu at the age of ten, accompanying the emperor all day long, and the father and son collected Dong Zhuo's old department. eased the contradictions with the Kwantung princes, took Chang'an as the capital, and formed a new court controlled by the Ma family, and the emperor also became a trump card in Ma Teng's hands.

However, Ma Teng was really loyal to the Han family, took all the officials to Chang'an, and exempted Liangzhou's taxes for two years, and divided the leaders of the Qiang tribes as marquis, alleviating the contradictions between the Qiang and the Han in Liangzhou, and also dismissed the cavalry of the Qiang people, and sat in Liangzhou himself, with Sikong Yang Ci and Situ Xu Jing as auxiliary ministers, concentrating on defending the small court of Chang'an.

In order to show his sincerity to the Kwantung princes, Ma Teng asked the emperor to entitle the Kwantung princes. Yuan Shao was named a general, Jizhou pastor, and led Jizhou; Cao Cao was named General Wei and Yanzhou Mu, and commanded Yanzhou; Lü Bu was named the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the pastor of the state, and led the state; Liu Biao was named the general of Zhennan and the pastor of Jingzhou, and commanded Jingzhou; Liu Yan was named General of Anxi and Yizhou Mu, and ruled Yizhou; Yuan Shu was named the general of Zhendong, the marquis of Runan, and the pastor of Yuzhou, and commanded Yuzhou; Tao Qian was named General Andong, Marquis of Langya, and Pastor of Xuzhou, and commanded Xuzhou.

In addition, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were named left and right generals, and Sun Jian, who was named Jiaozhou Mu, resigned from the post of Jiaozhou Mu, and led his troops to fight with Liu Xuan, who was named Yangzhou Mu, in Yangzhou, and soon occupied the land of the three counties, forming a confrontation stage with Liu Xuan.

Ma Teng was a peacemaker, and he couldn't send someone to explain, so he could only let himself go, and he couldn't scruple about it, so he could only wait and see what happened, and accepted the recommendation of the ministers, and canonized Shixie as the pastor of Jiaozhou.

After Lin Nan sent away the envoys from Chang'an, he sent people led by scouts trained by Bian Xi as envoys, and took the initiative to get in touch with Lu Bu in Bingzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Ma Teng in Chang'an, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and Sun Jian in Yangzhou.

In addition, Lin Nan also asked Tian Feng to send an envoy to Xianbei, took the initiative to get in touch with the Xianbei tribes, used Baitan and Pinggang as the places of Hu-Han trade, completely closed the mutual market in Shanggu, and used the city outside the Saiwai as the mutual market, agreed not to invade each other, and peddled all kinds of Han native products and silk, porcelain and pottery to Xianbei, and purchased horses, iron, and leather from Xianbei.

The Xianbei tribes were scattered, the great alliance of Tanshikui had already collapsed, the loose Xianbei people attacked each other, and Youzhou's defense was too strong, so that the Xianbei tribes turned the target of their attacks to Merge the state, and signed an alliance with Youzhou one after another, agreeing not to invade each other.

Tian Feng's envoy resolved the conflict between Youzhou and Xianbei people at a certain time, so Lin Nan sent Shi Sun You to lead a caravan into Baitan and Pinggang, nominally to conduct trade, but in fact to investigate secretly. and sent Zhang He and Pang De to lead troops to become merchants and secretly build dock forts in the two places. Because he knew that the Xianbei people had never been very fond of fulfilling their promises, and they might tear their faces at any time, so he wanted to defend outside the fortress, and put the strategy of building a high wall outside the fortress. Because it is much easier to build a new dock fort than to repair the Great Wall.

A few days later, the official military uniform was made by the female workers in the weaving department, and Lin Nan first tried it on, and he improved it according to the current military uniform, although the military uniform has not been dyed for the time being. But that's also a matter of time. He envisioned that the Flying Feather Army would wear camouflage uniforms, and that the rest of the troops would wear dark blue uniforms, and that they would also make zuò berets, so that they could look comfortable.

Wearing the military uniform of the new work, Lin Nan found more and more the feeling of the afterlife, and felt that he was heroic. But in the eyes of Xun Chen and others, they felt nondescript. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, he tried on four different military uniforms one by one. When they tried on summer clothes, Xun Chen and others felt very uncomfortable.

Lin Nan said with a smile: "I am imitating King Zhao Wuling to wear Hu clothes, this kind of robe and clothes are too cumbersome, it looks comfortable without wearing a military uniform, and it is not restricted in action, everyone will slowly get used to it in the future." ”

Xun Chen also understands this truth, but as an ancient, he has to accept new things. There must be a transition phase in between, and this stage has to be adapted slowly. Costume modifications are not something that can be eaten in one bite. Therefore, Lin Nan first used the army as a base point, and then slowly spread to the people, which can be used as a sign to distinguish other states.

Leaving the Weaving Division, Lin Nan only gave Xun Chen an order, in this winter, to recruit as many female workers as possible. Hurry up and make a batch of costumes first.

After that, Lin Nan went to the Hanlin Academy, to inquire about the public loss of the Philippine crossbow, but he hadn't been there for three or four days, and Lin Nan was quite worried about it. Once the repeater is successfully developed and mass-produced, it can be used as a pistol when equipped into the army, and it can also enhance its military strength when it is put into battle.

After entering the Hanlin Academy, Lin Nan did not let anyone report it, so he went directly to the office where Gongfei was located. Gong Yifei has not come out since she entered the Hanlin Academy, and she basically eats and lives there, concentrating on being a housemaid.

There was no public loss in the office of the university scholar, but the wood was dazzling, Lin Nan called softly twice, but no one answered, so he turned around and walked towards the room where Gong Fei lived.

The doors and windows were closed, and there was a burst of moisture rushing in front of him. With a hint of surprise, Lin Nan pushed open the door, only to see that the room was full of mist.

"Ahh

A scream suddenly came out of the mist, and it was a public loss. She was taking a bath in a wooden barrel, and suddenly saw Lin Nan break in, so she hurriedly covered her whole body, and she didn't know if Lin Nan saw it, so she shouted loudly, and at the same time turned around and turned her back to the door.

How did Lin Nan know that Gong Yifei was taking a bath here, as soon as he entered the door, except for a cloud of steaming water vapor and a large wooden barrel, he didn't see anything else. He hurriedly closed the door, walked out of the room, and said loudly: "I didn't see anything, I came to ask you if you have made a crossbow or not......"

"The repeater has been made, under the table in the hall, with a trap beast, you can get it yourself." A female voice with a hint of resentment came from the room.

Lin Nan quickly left Gong Fei's room, walked into the hall, searched for the repeater with his eyes everywhere, and saw a huge crossbow machine leaning against a small dog carved out of wood, so he said happily: "This is the repeater?" ”

In front of Lin Nan was a huge crossbow machine, the crossbow machine was about fifty centimeters long, the crossbow arm was about one meter, and above the crossbow machine was a flat arrow box, and there was a row of grooves in the center of the crossbow machine.

Lin Nan reached out and picked up this huge crossbow machine, only to feel that it was quite heavy to start, if it weren't for his strong arm, it was estimated that he would not be able to hold it up. He pulled the bowstring to the back, and immediately ten crossbow arrows about twenty centimeters long spontaneously slid out of the magazine, standing one by one on the groove, in a row.

Overjoyed, Lin Nan aimed at a wooden plank not far away, and after aiming, he pulled the trigger, and the ten crossbow machines flew out together, shooting straight into the plank, but only made a muffled sound.

"This giant crossbow can fire ten crossbow arrows at once, and in terms of lethality, it will be increased many times, and the Zhuge crossbow in my impression will not be like this. But ......"

Lin Nan's words came to an abrupt end, put down the giant crossbow in his hand, and sighed: "But this is not the repeater I want......

"And what kind of repeater do you want? It's taken me days to make this, and you're not happy at all? Gong Yifei didn't know when he was standing behind Lin Nan, and his sudden words scared Lin Nan.

Lin Nan turned around, and the moment he saw Gong Yifei, the whole person was dumbfounded.

Although the male loses Fei, he wears thick men's clothes. But his hair was not pulled up, her long hair hung down to her waist like a waterfall, and the long black curly hair was draped in a way he had never seen before, and with that beautiful face, it gave people a kind of virgin purity, as well as beauty.

What's worse is that. The hair was still wet, and this wet hazy feeling made people feel dreamlike, like a hibiscus out of water. Her neckline was unbuttoned, revealing the fair skin between her neck and collarbone, and the bulging furrow on her chest could be faintly seen.

Seeing Lin Nan's gaze on his chest, Gong Yifei realized that his neckline was not buttoned properly, and hurriedly covered it with his hand, and said with a slight anger on his face: "You still watch? My innocence has been completely ruined in your hands......"

Lin Nan was angry and happy when he heard Gong Fei's words, but he smiled: "You are so good-looking!" ”

The public lost the Fei and ignored Lin Nan anymore. glanced at him with his eyes, thinking that sooner or later it would be his person, even if he was seen, what did it matter, his body turned, his face flushed slightly, and he asked softly: "You just said that this is not the repeater you want, so what kind of repeater do you want?" ”

Lin Nan got back to business: "This kind of crossbow should not be a problem for defending the city, one crossbow and ten rounds." It's lethal, but it's too cumbersome. I had a hard time lifting, not to mention the other soldiers, it wasn't suitable for solo combat, it would be nice if I could be a little smaller. ”

"A small one can't shoot ten crossbow arrows, but a maximum of five is considered great."

"No, no, no......" Lin Nan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about the small one, which fires all ten crossbow arrows at once." It's a single-shot bolt, but every time the trigger is pulled, the next bolt will automatically roll down to the groove of the bolt, and the bowstring will no longer need to knock down the tail of the bolt, and it will automatically be reloaded like a bolt. ”

Gong Yifei frowned. After thinking about it carefully, the person also became relaxed when he was thinking, and habitually dragged his cheeks, paced around the room, and said to himself: "It is not a problem for the crossbow to be loaded by itself, but it is a huge problem to let the bowstring pull it automatically, except for the use of external force, it is impossible for the bowstring to be automatically pulled apart, unless it ......"

"Unless what?" Lin Nan hurriedly asked.

"Unless you apply a trap near the bowstring and use two bowstrings, after one bowstring is ejected, the other bowstring can be pulled apart, and so on, it can be automatically filled without the need for manpower." Gong Fei explained.

Lin Nan understood the meaning of Gong Yifei, and wanted to borrow the circulating power and use the force of pulling the trigger to pull the bowstring. He laughed, and under the joy, he took two steps forward, grabbed Gong Fei's hand, and said very happily: "Well, as long as you can shoot continuously, and let the crossbow arrows reload by yourself, and can be used by a single person, it will be considered a real repeater." You're so smart, I love you so much, I don't know when you'll be able to make this repeater? ”

Gong Yifei felt a throbbing that she had never felt before, her heartbeat accelerated, and her face became hotter and hotter, she only felt that the hand that was grabbed by Lin Nan began to stiffen, and the whole person stayed there, not knowing what to do.

Lin Nan saw that Gong Yifei's face was flushed, and the white was as red as a red apple, so he immediately realized his indecent deeds and actually held Gong Fei's hand. He hurriedly let go of Gong Fei's hand, stepped back, bowed deeply, and apologized to Gong Fei: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it just now...... That one...... When will you be able to make a repeater? ”

Gong Yifei clenched her hands, and there was Lin Nan's residual warmth on her hands, and when she heard Lin Nan say the sentence "I love you to death", her heart was warm. She turned around and said, "No...... Nothing, anyway...... I'm already your man...... That one...... The repeater you want can be made in the afternoon, and the materials are well prepared, just improve the ordinary crossbow machine. In the afternoon, you come here to pick it up. ”

Lin Nan said "um", and said to Gong Feibai: "Then you are busy here, I won't bother you, I'll leave first." ”

Gong Yifei nodded, squinted sideways at Lin Nan, and saw Lin Nan walking out of the hall, so he stretched out his hands to cover his hot little face, with a smile on his face, and said to himself: "He loves me to death, he said he loves me to death......"

In the afternoon, Lin Nan came to Gongfei's workplace again. This time he was not so reckless, and now he knocked on the door outside, and only after hearing Gong Yufei agree inside, did he enter the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, Lin Nan saw that Gong Yifei was holding a small crossbow machine in his hand, which was a little larger than an ordinary crossbow machine. However, it does not affect individual combat. Because of the crossbow machine that a thin woman like Gong Yifei can hold, let alone those big men who fight.

"Here, you try this, this should be the repeater you said." When Gong Yifei saw Lin Nan come in, a smile spread across his face.

It was the first time for Lin Nan to see Gong Fei smile at him, and then he gave Gong Fei a smile, and took the crossbow machine handed over by Gong Fei, which felt very light in his hand. I looked at the crossbow mechanism in my hand and found that the foundation of the crossbow machine was no different from that of an ordinary crossbow. The only difference is that there is an extra bowstring on the crossbow machine, and there is a small teleporter between the two bowstrings, and there is also a narrow arrow box under the crossbow machine, when he pulls the trigger, he sees that both bowstrings are moving, and the crossbow arrows that have been set up in the grooves are also ready to fire, as soon as the trigger is triggered, the crossbow arrows will shoot out immediately.

He tried to fire three bolts. All were carried out in continuous firing, and there was no mismatch. And it's convenient and lightweight, so you can take it with you wherever you go. Each time a bolt is fired, a bolt from the upper receiver will automatically be mounted on the groove, and the bowstring will automatically pull away and get stuck in the tail of the bolt.

"Hahaha...... Lin Nan laughed excitedly, "This is really exquisite." This is the repeater I want, and it can be used as a pistol. By the way, how many crossbow arrows can be loaded in this quiver box at one time? ”

Gong Yifei didn't know what a pistol was, but when she heard Lin Nan say that a repeater could be used as a pistol, she guessed that the pistol was probably like this. He didn't ask more, but replied: "Ten guns are loaded each time, and after the firing is completed, you only need to open the lid above the arrow box and put the crossbow arrows into it one by one, and the rest are automatic, and the operation is very simple, you only need to pull the trigger with your hand." But ......"

"But what?" The joy on Lin Nan's face vanished in an instant.

Gong Fei said: "However, the range of this kind of repeater is not as far as that of the kind of giant crossbow that fires ten at a time, and the range is about fifty to eighty steps, and if it is farther, it will not be able to shoot." ”

Lin Nan nodded: "I know, between fifty and eighty steps, that is to say, the best distance is about sixty steps, and if it exceeds sixty steps, it will become the end of the strong crossbow." This kind of repeater is very suitable for individual combat, and can be mass-produced to equip the whole army, even women and children. Can you teach the principles of manufacturing to other craftsmen? ”

Gong Fei said: "It's no problem, it's just a very simple thing, it's just an improvement of the crossbow machine, and it doesn't have any effect on the mechanics of our Gong loser." By the way, I would like to ask you to take a look at a few things, which I have recently made and can be used for the defense of the city. ”

"Oh, something, take me there."

Gong Fei took Lin Nan to a corner, a white cloth covered the corner, she directly lifted the white cloth, showed three things with complex structures, pointed to the three things, and said to Lin Nan: "This is what I made, you can let other craftsmen learn the principles of these three things, it will be of great help to defend the city in the future." ”

Lin Nan saw that two of the three things were like crossbow-like launchers, and the other was like a small catapult, so he asked, "What are these three things?" ”

Gong Fei said: "These three pieces are all made by the Mo family's mechanism techniques, they are the crossbow car, the transfer machine, and the borrowed car, which are all necessary equipment for defending the city. ”

Lin Nan didn't have much research on the Mo family, only knew that Mozi was the ancestor, with the concept of "love and non-attack", and also knew that Mozi was good at defending the city. When he saw these three pieces of equipment for defending the city, he felt that Gongyi Fei was well-intentioned, although he was unwilling to contribute the Gongyi clan's mechanism technique, in order not to make Lin Nan unhappy, he took the initiative to create the Mo family's mechanism technique for him to use.

He was very moved in his heart, and turned his face to Gong Yifei and said, "Thank you." ”

Gong Fei just smiled faintly, and then explained to Lin Nan how to use the three weapons of the crossbow car, the transfer machine, and the borrowed car to defend the city, Lin Nan also listened very carefully, and when he heard the key places, he also asked for advice like Gong Fei, and the two talked very tacitly.

According to Gong Yi Fei, even the ballista, the transfer machine, and the borrowed car are all inventions of Mozi, the ancestor of the Mo family, when Mozi "stopped Chu from attacking the Song Dynasty", he once had a "polemic" with Lu Ban, the ancestor of the Gong Loser, in Chu State. In the end, Lu Ban was defeated by Mozi, but he also got a glimpse of some of the city-defending equipment invented by Mozi, and made it by his own hands, specializing in how to deal with Mozi's city-guarding equipment, which is why the public loses the Feifei will be the Mojia mechanism.

The so-called repeater is a kind of large crossbow cart placed on the city wall that can be released at the same time with sixty arrows. The most ingenious is that the tail of the arrow of the 10-foot-long crossbow is tied with a rope, and after being shot, it can be quickly rolled up and retracted with a roller.

The ramjet is also a large transmitter placed on the city wall, six feet long, operated by two people, and unlike the repeater, the ram is more flexible, allowing one person to shoot arrows while the other person rotates the frame.

The car is a kind of externally clad iron, which is partially buried in the ground. It is a machine that can shoot charcoal fire, and is controlled by multiple people to defend against enemy siege teams.

When Lin Nan listened to Gong Fei's explanation, he also admired the Mo family's tricks, but more of them admired the Mo family's tricks, and he was able to fully grasp the essence of the Mo family's tricks at a young age, which can be said to be a confidant.

Lin Nan doesn't know much about the Mo family, but he knows that the Book of Ink is a great work. Many of the ideas put forward were ahead of their time.

For example, in terms of mechanics, the definition of mechanical motion is put forward in the Book of Ink: "Movement. Domain migration also. This means that the essence of mechanical motion is the movement of the position of an object, which is exactly the same as the definition of mechanical motion in later generations, and the Mohist school mastered the law of leverage two centuries before Archimedes.

In terms of optics, among the vast historical works in China, the Book of Ink is the only classic book that systematically discusses the development of geometric optics in ancient China. The Book of Ink records the world's earliest "small hole imaging" made by Mozi and his students. and made an incisive insight into the results of the real yàn, which is the first scientific explanation of the propagation of light along a straight line. In terms of mathematics, the "Book of Ink" proposes some definitions of geometry, such as the definition of a circle in the "Book of Ink" cited in the middle school mathematics textbook: "A circle, one in the same length." This is completely consistent with the definition of a circle in modern mathematics, "the trajectory of a point at equal distance from the central point".

The vastness of the universe. The wisdom of human beings is infinite, although Lin Nan does not know much about the principle of making some things, but the interaction between Tong Guò and Gong Yifei made him understand the subtleties of the trick, and he also became interested in the mysterious school of Mohist. He was secretly thinking that he would definitely go when he fought against the Mo family more than a year after the public defeat to the Philippines.

With the exquisite technology of Gongyi Fei to make equipment to defend the city, Lin Nan left the Gongfu Fei University's Bachelor's Mansion and immediately asked people to take away the repeating crossbows, repeater carts, transfer machines, and registered cars, and let the craftsmen manufacture them.

As for himself, he often came to ask Gongfei for some principles, and the two of them seemed to be familiar with each other.

Time flies, Lin Nan was busy conducting necessary research in the Hanlin Academy all winter, and he got a lot of Mojia inventions, although most of them were things about defending the city, Lin Nan was still very happy.

Winter turned to spring, and in a blink of an eye, it entered 187 AD. In this year, Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty officially used the era name and changed Zhongping to Taiping, which was the first year of Taiping.

In the spring and March of the first year of Taiping, the snow melted in Youzhou, and the people entered the busy spring period, Lin Nan implemented Tuntian in the entire Youzhou, and although the work of expanding Jicheng was still in progress, in order not to hinder agricultural production, he asked Shisun Rui to slow down the expansion process and reduce the original recruitment of 80,000 people to 20,000.

In terms of recruiting soldiers, 20,000 new recruits were added to Youzhou, and Lin Nan was handed over to Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Chen Zhi, Wen Ping, Zhou Cang, Lin Yang and others for training, and the training mode was completely in accordance with the training mode of the Feiyu Army that had been popularized.

The teaching work of Juxian Hall has not stopped, and relying on the reputation of Cai Yong, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, Xun Chen and others, there are many new people who have learned all winter, and most of them will serve as teachers in Juxian Hall when they are not engaged in politics, and have made a lot of contributions to the cultivation of the next generation. On the wall on the periphery of the Juxian Pavilion, Lin Nan even pulled out a slogan, which read, "No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education", which made the people of Jicheng feel deeply, and some children and their fathers will secretly go to the Juxian Pavilion to learn and know some words.

Many middle- and lower-level officers were selected in the Beiwutang, all of whom were brave men in battle, and most of them were selected from among the soldiers, and then appointed to official positions such as military commanders and military marquises. Separate generals as generals.

On the other hand, more than 10,000 crossbows have been mass-produced, steel weapons and armor have also been produced, Dagu Wharf in Beijing is building sea ships, and Shisun You, Zhang He, and Pang De have also built several large dock forts in Baitan and Pinggang, and officially stationed troops there. Firmly control the two places in his hands, while trading with the Xianbei people, while guarding against the Xianbei people.

Lin Nan then merged Pinggang and Baitan into one, and directly divided them into Youzhou to rule, named Yunzhou, and the eighteen hussars of Youzhou were also renamed Yanyun eighteen hussars at this time. The western Liaoning corridor was also completely repaired at this time, and a wide avenue could directly reach Changli County from Jicheng, and the roads from Changli County to Liaodong, Yangcheng, Shuncheng, and Lingcheng were also being built. All new roads are cement-based, and there will be basically no muddy roads in the future. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and he implemented all this sentence in Youzhou.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, it was very warm, and Lin Nan was sitting in the hall of the Hanlin Academy, studying the trap bird of the Philippines. But when he saw Bian Xi walking in from outside, he said directly: "Enlighten the lord." There is news in Yangzhou that Sun Jian has completely occupied the six counties of Jiangdong. ”

Lin Nan said with a smile: "Jiangdong Tigers, the future is limitless, what is the situation in Xuzhou?" ”

"The situation in Xuzhou is very tense, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao has completely occupied the whole territory of Yanzhou, I heard that his father Cao Song took refuge in Langya. Cao Cao wrote a letter to his father to go to Yanzhou to enjoy his blessings. Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian stammered with Cao Cao and sent his subordinate Zhang Min to escort Cao Song to Yanzhou. Cao Cao blamed Tao Qian for this. And recruit troops, train soldiers, and there will be big moves in the near future. Bian Xi told the news he had heard back.

Lin Nandao: "Some things are predestined, Cao Cao will inevitably take this opportunity to point to Xuzhou, I don't know if Liu Bei will be able to block Cao Cao's attack." ”

"As far as my subordinates know, the Xuzhou soldiers have been strengthening their training since they joined the alliance, and they have been connected to Kong Rong and Gong Jing in Qingzhou and Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, since they have already prepared, if the three states are united, Cao Cao may not be an opponent." Bian Xi said.

Lin Nan smiled and said lightly: "Kong Rong and Gong Jinglulu, they can be captured in a battle, isn't Yuan Shu still fighting for Nanyang with Liu Biao, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in Jizhou are so good, this time the land of Xuzhou will inevitably be full of corpses." Cao Cao, a cunning fox, will inevitably slaughter the city on a large scale to shock the hearts of the people of Xuzhou. ”

"Didn't the lord and Liu Bei secretly form an alliance, if Liu Bei sent someone to ask for help, what should I do?"

"Wait and see, Youzhou and Xuzhou are too far apart, there is Yuan Shao in the middle, if Cao Cao really wants to fight Xuzhou, he will inevitably send envoys to Jizhou and Youzhou to cut off the possible foreign aid in Xuzhou."

"Lord Qi, the envoy sent by Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao has arrived, and he is waiting in the State Pastor's Mansion, and the military advisor asks the Lord to return quickly." A soldier clenched his fists at the door of the hall and said loudly.

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, this fox's movements are really fast! Bian Xi, prepare the horse. Lin Nan stood up and sneered.

Bian Xi came out in response and went to prepare the horses without mentioning it.

Lin Nan turned his face and said to the public beside him: "I'm leaving, I'll come back next time." ”

Gong Yifei stopped what he was doing and said to Lin Nan: "That, what is the hot air balloon you are talking about, I haven't figured it out for many days." ”

Lin Nan knew that Gong Yifei had a strong desire for knowledge, and he smiled and said, "I'll tell you next time I come, I'll go first." ”

Turned around and went out, leaving without looking back. Walking outside the Hanlin Courtyard, Bian Xi had already prepared the horses, Lin Nan turned over and got on the horse, and went straight to the state pastor with Bian Xi.

In order to enliven the atmosphere in the city, and attract the expanded people to live in Jicheng, Lin Nan specially built a central commercial street, launched the Qian Zhuang business for the first time, and also put the improved clothing on the storefront, and also created a song and dance hall that is a pure entertainment venue, which has no special services, just a simple song and dance hall.

Lin Nan rode a tall horse and walked through the central commercial street, except for some grain and oil stores, cloth shops and some people, the rest of the shops were crowded in front of them, and there was no feeling of being in the market at all. Not only did he sigh, he sighed that he was in too much of a hurry. In short, the framework of the city has been pulled out, and all that remains is the question of attracting people to live in the future.

Before he knew it, Lin Nan arrived at the state governor's mansion, got off the horse, and walked straight towards the meeting hall.

In the council hall of the governor's mansion, Jia Xu was talking to a middle-aged man with kind eyebrows, and from time to time he would let out a hearty laugh or two.

Jia Xu saw Lin Nan coming from afar, and said to the fat and kind man sitting next to him: "Boning, my lord has arrived, and my lord has to be in charge of everything, please express your intention directly." ”

That person's surname is full of names, the word is Boning, a native of Changyi, Shanyang, and he is currently engaged in Zhonglang under Cao Cao's account. When he saw Lin Nan coming from outside in a strange costume, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up, and saluted Lin Nan: "I have been engaged in Zhonglang Man Boning under the Yanzhou pastoral tent in Xia Nai, and I have seen the hussar general, the Yan Hou, and the state pastor. ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are full of favors, disrespectful and disrespectful, please take a seat, you are welcome." Lin Nan looked at Man Pet as he walked towards the hall, and then replied casually.

After the guest and host sat down, Lin Nan saw that Manzhong's appearance was a bit like the long-eyebrow Arhat in the Eighteen Arhats, with kind eyebrows and good intentions, and the eyebrows were curved and long, and they all hung down under the cheekbones. As soon as he sat down, he asked, "How is Meng De lately?" ”

Man Zhong heard Lin Nan call Cao Cao Meng De, he had heard that the relationship between Lin Nan and Cao Cao was extraordinary, and when he saw that he shouted so intimately, he hurriedly said: "Oh, my lord is fine, thank you General Lin for worrying." My lord was also worried about General Lin, so he sent me to inquire about the general's current situation. Last winter, Bian Xi, the general's subordinate, had been to Yanzhou, and when he talked about some of the general's conditions, my father-in-law felt the bitter cold of Youzhou, and as soon as spring began this year, he immediately sent me to greet him, and by the way, to express the friendship between my father-in-law and the general. ”

Lin Nan nodded and said, "Well, I was relieved to know that Meng De was safe and sound." However, I heard that Mr. Cao was killed by a traitor in Xuzhou, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

"Old man Cao?" It's the first time I've heard someone describe Cao Cao's father like this, but it seems to be more ear-to-ear than Mrs. Cao. His face became solemn, frowned, sighed, and said slowly: "This matter is indeed true, and I am here for this matter." My lord wants to raise an army to fight against Tao Qian in Xuzhou to avenge the killing of his father. However, my father-in-law learned that Liu Bei under Tao Qian's account had a great relationship with the general, and he was afraid that the general would send troops to save Xuzhou, so he specially sent me to Jicheng, hoping that the general would not send troops for the sake of the past and my father-in-law's brothers. ”

Lin Nandao: "Mr. came from afar, just for this little thing, it is too laborious, in fact, it only needs a letter from Meng De, why bother?" Please be relieved after you go back, although I have a little friendship with Liu Bei, but I am also close to Meng De, and the crime is only in Tao Qian, and it has nothing to do with Liu Bei, if he helps Tao Qian, it can only be that he is helping to abuse, and I will not send troops to help. (To be continued......)