It only took four or five days for Xun Yu to take care of Sheguo County in an orderly manner, and even Huahu, the main bookkeeper who had been watching the post of county lieutenant and wanted to see his jokes, had to bow down and think that he was the best candidate for the county lieutenant.

Xun Yu's performance had long been expected by Han Zhan, and he knew in his heart that when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting for the world, the reason why they won the final victory after repeated defeats was because of Xiao He, who continuously replenished his troops and materials, so he could recover in the shortest possible time every time. The reason why Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao was not only because of the soldiers in front of him, but also because there was a talent like Xun Yu in the rear, who was proficient in internal affairs.

As long as he thought that Cao Cao's most powerful Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia and others had all been dug into the corners by themselves, Han Zhan's heart was happy.

Xun Yu, who was discussing with Han Zhan, couldn't help frowning and coughing heavily when he saw Han Zhan suddenly grinning. After Han Zhan refocused his attention on himself, he continued, "Zhan'er, did you hear what I just said? ”

Han Zhan hurriedly sat upright, pretending to be serious and said, "I heard it, I heard it." My uncle said that in order to speed up the repair of the city walls, it was necessary to find ways to improve the transportation conditions today. ”

After Xun Yu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he sighed and said: "That's right, Sheguo County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is facing water, the road is rugged and difficult, and there is a lack of horses to pull carts in the city, and the stones needed to repair the city wall can only be carried out from the mountains by people on their shoulders, which is too inefficient." ”

The problem of transportation has troubled Han Zhan for a long time, and he thought that Xun Yu could find a suitable solution, but who knew that this matter was still an unsolvable problem for Xun Yu. The two stared at each other for a long time, and Xun Yu said with a sad brow: "Even if you send someone to the north to buy horses at this moment, it will take about a month to go back and forth, and it will still delay the process of repairing the city wall." ”

"Uncle," Han Zhan asked with a fluke mentality, "Is there really no other way?" ”

"What else can be done," Xun Yu said with a wry smile, "unless you can scatter beans into soldiers and conjure up hundreds of wooden horses that don't eat forage at once." ”

Wooden horse?! Hearing Xun Yu's inadvertent words, Han Zhan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly picked up a charcoal pen placed on the table and drew something that he suddenly thought of on the blank paper. Xun Yu, on the other hand, tilted his head and stared at the strange objects that appeared in Han Zhan's pen.

After Han Zhan put down the pen, Xun Yu asked curiously, "Zhan'er, what are you drawing?" ”

"Uncle, please see, this is a kind of wheelbarrow that Zhan'er just came up with." Han Zhan explained to Xun Yu: "The frame is installed on both sides of the wheel, and one person supports the two handlebars to push it, and it can also be pushed forward and backward, carrying people and goods. Don't look at this kind of car is small, I estimate that there should be no problem with a load of four or five hundred catties. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Xun Yu hurriedly asked, "Can you drive on the mountain road?" ”

Han Zhan nodded, and then said: "Because this kind of cart is a one-wheeled landing, it can be unimpeded regardless of the plain official road or the mountain trail, and it is definitely a transport vehicle that can beat manpower and is not inferior to the carriage." ”

Xun Yu took the sketch drawn by Han Zhan and looked at it over and over again for a long time, his lips trembled with excitement, and he asked nervously: "Zhan'er, have you ever seen this kind of wheelbarrow anywhere?" ”

Han Zhanxin said that this kind of wheelbarrow legend is Zhuge Liang's invention of the "wooden ox flowing horse", and now it has not appeared, so he quickly shook his head, and shamelessly took Zhuge Liang's invention as his own: "Uncle, this is Zhan'er's own figure......up of his own, and he hasn't had time to practice it yet."

Before he finished speaking, Xun Yu grabbed his hand, pulled him and walked out of the lobby, and said, "Okay, Zhan'er, don't say any more, let's go find someone to make a prototype car and come out, and see if this kind of unicycle is suitable." ”

Han Zhan and Xun Yu came to the construction site of repairing the city wall, and Hua Hu, the chief secretary of the overseer here, saw the two coming together, and hurriedly greeted them, and asked curiously: "Envoy, county Cheng, you are here today, don't you know anything important?" ”

"Is there a carpenter on the site?" Xun Yu grabbed Huahu's arm and asked impatiently: "If you want a carpenter with excellent skills, the county order wants him to make something." ”

"Yes, yes." Hua Hu nodded again and again and said: "There are many places on the construction site that need carpenters, so naturally they are indispensable, so I immediately led the two of them to the carpenter." ”

Hua Hu took the two of them to a shed and said loudly to the busy carpenters: "Everyone, everyone stop for a while, so that you have something to say to everyone." ”

The carpenters stopped what they were doing and gathered around. Seeing that there were about 20 carpenters here, Han Zhan raised the sketch in his hand and asked loudly, "Who will make this kind of wheelbarrow, this envoy will be rewarded!" ”

Hearing that there was a big reward, the carpenters gathered around, and after seeing the things on the drawings clearly, they shook their heads and walked away. Seeing that the carpenters were scattered, Han Zhan's heart couldn't help but feel cold, and his heart said that this kind of wheelbarrow is quite simple, wouldn't anyone do it?

Just when he was disappointed, a lame carpenter with dark skin and a full beard limped up to him, looked at the drawings carefully for a long time, and asked, "Is this the way you plan to make this kind of car?" ”

"That's right," Seeing that someone was finally interested in this kind of car, Han Zhan hurriedly nodded and said, "Can you make it?" ”

The lame carpenter nodded, and said affirmatively, "As long as the envoy tells me the detailed dimensions, I will be able to make the car in an hour at most." ”

"Great, that's great." Hearing that a lame carpenter could make a wheelbarrow, Han Zhan immediately expressed his attitude to him: "As long as you build a cart within an hour, I will reward you with ten dollars." ”

He thought that the carpenter would be happy when he heard this, but the other party shook his head and said, "Envoy, the grass people are one person who feeds the whole family and is not hungry, so you might as well let the grass people have a few jars of good wine." ”

"No problem." Han Zhan nodded and said solemnly: "As long as you can build this kind of car, this envoy will not dare to reward you with ten taels of money, and send you another five jars of fine wine." ”

Hearing that Han Zhan was going to give him wine, the carpenter was immediately happy. He said to Han Zhan flatteringly: "Envoy, please tell the grass people the size of this wheelbarrow, and the grass people will immediately make it for you." ”

Han Zhan had seen this kind of wheelbarrow called the "chicken car" in the countryside when he was a child, but he didn't know much about the size, so he could only compare it to the lame carpenter and say some approximate dimensions. The lame carpenter may be the one with the highest level of carpentry here, although Han Zhan said that the dimensions are not very detailed, but he still relied on his years of experience to start making this rare car.

In less than half an hour, the first wheelbarrow took shape. Immediately a curious young carpenter ran over and pushed him around the yard. Han Zhan asked loudly at that person, "How do you feel?" ”

"In reply to the envoy," replied the young carpenter, "it is not a wooden wheel, but it is easy to push." ”

Hua Hu saw that the young carpenter was having a good time, and hurriedly urged: "Okay, you can quickly move a few bags of things up and test whether the car is strong." ”

As soon as the young carpenter stopped, someone next to him put two bags of grain on it, urging the young carpenter to push it two more times. The young carpenter pushed a wheelbarrow with two bags of grain, circled the yard twice, and said, "This is wonderful, this wheelbarrow pushes the grain without any difficulty." Hearing that the young carpenter pushed it easily, Han Zhan asked people to put a few bags of grain on it and continue to test the load-bearing capacity of this kind of vehicle.

Xun Yu stood by and didn't speak, just silently watched Han Zhan order someone to put food on the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow, which had piled up ten bags of grain, had run less than half a lap in the yard before it fell apart, and the young carpenter was so frightened that he stood there in a daze.

The lame carpenter, who was sitting on the side drinking water, got up and walked in front of Han Zhan and said to him, "Envoy, the grass people have thought about it carefully, this kind of car must be made of hardwood in order to be durable. Carrying five or six hundred catties, it will not fall apart if it runs hundreds of miles. ”

"Only one person is needed to push a cart with a load of five hundred catties like flying," Xun Yu looked at Han Zhan and said with satisfaction: "It seems that this kind of wheelbarrow that Zhan'er came up with is really not bad." If the army is going to fight on the march in the future, this kind of cart can be used to transport supplies, and the consumption along the way can be greatly reduced. ”

"Envoy, my subordinates have an idea." Hua Hu took advantage of the carpenters' efforts to make a new wheelbarrow, and hurriedly walked up to Han Zhan and made his own suggestion to him: "If you install a wooden box with a groove at the bottom of the car, you can transport soil on the construction site, which can greatly increase the speed of repairing the city wall." ”

"Master Hua," Han Zhan said to Hua Hu with a smile: "Since this envoy has asked you to be in charge of the construction site affairs, then the matter here is up to you, and this envoy will definitely not overstep his responsibilities." ”

Seeing that Han Zhan trusted him so much, Hua Hu said gratefully: "Thank you for your kindness, Hua Hu will definitely live up to the trust of the envoy and complete the repair of the city wall as soon as possible." ”