Liu Biao accepted it and accepted it without pressure. Well...... In fact, it can't be said that there is no pressure, but at least this pressure is far from Li Yi's side. The reason is also very simple, Li Yi was named the Duke of Zhao, but Liu Biao was the king of Chu! Being crowned a royal clansman? It doesn't sound like a big deal.

Of course, because of the Seven Kings Rebellion that broke out during the Jingdi period, although the later king surnamed Liu still had fiefdoms, princes and other treatments, he did not have the right to govern the feudal country. At the same time, the Tui'en Decree promulgated during the period of Emperor Wu greatly reduced the possibility of turmoil in the surname Liu, because the fief of the king surnamed Liu would be jointly inherited by his first three sons. As a result, the fief of the king surnamed Liu will only become smaller and smaller.

However, it is clear that although there is an ancestral system, the current situation is very special. On the one hand, because of the turmoil in the world, the court and even the emperor were held hostage by traitors, and they could not govern the world at all. The second is because this is the meaning of Liu Xie, the current emperor. Although everyone knows that this is likely to be Zhang Ning's demon woman, who cares? The Holy Decree cannot be wrong!

And Liu Biao made the same choice as Liu Zhang, with the support of everyone, he didn't think about it for too long and accepted the division of the king of Shu given by the imperial court. However, it is not that no one objected, for example, Zhao Wei opened his mouth to persuade him, but with the support of others, he did not insist on his own ideas.

Luoyang.

While continuing to wait for the reaction of other places, Li Yi will naturally not be idle. The four battalions of Suzaku, Trapping, Flying Cavalry, and Wushuang had to go around almost every two or three days, and at the same time, they had to approve reports on armaments from all over the country. However, what really consumed a lot of Li Yi's time was still ...... Ministry of Industry.

As a traverser, Li Yi knows a truth very well, science and technology are the primary productive forces. Therefore, since the establishment of the Ministry of Industry, he spared no effort to encourage them to create inventions, even if many things have no practical value at all, but Li Yi never blames them. Short on money? To give! Lack of people? To give! Short of materials? Or give!

Li Yi has never refused all the requests of Sima Ma Ming of the Ministry of Industry, and apart from him, the only people who can make Li Yi do this level are his wives and concubines.

Because Li Yi understands very well that before a thing with practical significance appears, there will definitely be dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of worthless waste products. Like all inventors, they must have invented countless scrap or failure products before they invented an item that could be of great significance to society.

However, despite this, Li Yi did not consider letting the Ministry of Industry come up with those cross-era things. Just like the gunpowder that many traversers must, Li Yi didn't think about it at all.

The production of gunpowder sounds very simple, it is nothing more than saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, even if Li Yi can't remember how much the ratio is, it's a big deal to experiment again and again. But the question is...... Where does the material come from?

Needless to say, charcoal is very simple. But the problem is saltpeter and sulfur. Where to get saltpeter? Where do you get the sulfur? You must know that mining is a technical job, and prospecting is even more so. Among the people sent by Li Yi to mine and prospect, there will be experienced leaders in charge, and they have many ways to find copper and iron ore.

But whether it's saltpeter or brimstone, these leaders have no experience in finding these things, and they don't even know what they are. And what about Li Yi? Naturally, he didn't know where these things were dug, and he didn't even know how to describe these two things, except that saltpeter was black and sulfur was yellow. You can't dig all over the mountains, right? Even if Li Yi is crazy, those people under him are not crazy, with this financial, material, and human resources, isn't it good to do something else?

Luoyang City, within the Imperial City.

"Lord, this is what you said about the building car before!" Ma Ming pointed to a huge wooden building and said, his face full of pride.

"The height of this building car is six zhang, the length and width are ten zhang, the middle floor is according to the height of the city that is common today, and there are ladders for soldiers to go up and down, it can be said that from Luoyang, Chang'an to the ordinary earth city, you can let the soldiers directly from the building car into the city wall!" Ma Ming kept explaining, "In addition, this building car is large enough to carry up to five hundred and sixty-four soldiers, and the wood is covered with leather to prevent fire......"

Li Yi looked at the huge building car and nodded with satisfaction, and then asked with a serious expression, "Is it easy to disassemble and install?" Also, how fast is it moving? If you had to stop? Can you stop immediately? ”

If it can't be disassembled, then this thing is a joke. Although when Li Yi was preparing to make this thing, it was only specially prepared for a plain city like Chang'an, but if it couldn't be dismantled, it wouldn't even be able to get out of Luoyang City!

Hearing this, Ma Ming hurriedly replied, "Back to the lord, the movement speed can only be said to be very slow...... It doesn't matter if you use cows and horses to pull or manpower to push, it's the same. It's easy to stop, because the thing is so bulky that it can't be moved without an external force. Speaking of this, Ma Ming suddenly showed a hint of shame, "As for the disassembly and installation, the people from the Ministry of Engineering are already researching, and I'm afraid it will take another month or two to complete the improvement and draw specific drawings." ”

"Yes, there is still more than half a year before the soldiers are sent to Chang'an, so there is no need to worry." Li Yi nodded, and after seeing Ma Ming's ashamed look, he immediately patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Ziliang doesn't have to be like this, this is already much better than I imagined." ”

"Thank you, lord!" When Ma Ming heard this, he hurriedly thanked him, and let go of his hanging heart.

"No need to be like this~" Li Yi said with a smile after picking up Ma Ming, "In addition, the improvement of the rhubarb crossbow must continue, see if there is a way to make the crossbow arrows shoot continuously, and even shoot more crossbow arrows at the same time" Okay, Li Yi obviously plans to let the Ministry of Industry get the Zhuge crossbow out, but it is no wonder that in the era when there were no muskets, the power of crossbow arrows was very terrifying. Moreover, improving crossbow arrows is obviously easier and less labor-saving than studying gunpowder.

"My lord, if the number of crossbow bolts fired at the same time increases, the crossbow also needs to become larger and heavier, and the direction is difficult to control, let alone let ordinary soldiers control it. As for continuous shooting, subordinates ......" Ma Ming said with an embarrassed face. For the improvement of the rhubarb crossbow, the Ministry of Industry has never stopped, according to Li Yi's words, the body size is smaller! More powerful! Stronger continuous combat capability is the only goal. Well, typical leadership quotes.

"It's okay, study slowly, you have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in the power of machinery! It's like the keel waterwheel, isn't it the best example? Li Yi patted Ma Ming's shoulder and smiled.

"No!" Hearing this, Ma Ming suddenly shouted excitedly, as if he had received some terrible reward. But in fact, it is exactly like this, although Li Yi did not give Ma Ming any substantive reward, but his recognition of machinery and his recognition of Ma Ming is the best reward.

Just when Li Yi was constantly discussing with Ma Ming about the appearance of the repeater, a female soldier hurried in, "Lord, Xun Beijia hopes that the lord can return to the house as soon as possible, saying that there is something important to discuss!" ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Li Yi frowned immediately when he heard this, the previous matter of the official seal made him quite irritable, and even rarely launched a temper. And now, there is something important again?

Wushuang House.

"Lord, this is Yanzhou Don't Drive Chen Gong Chen Gongtai, but I came this time to hope that the lord can send troops to Yanzhou to crusade against the rebel Cao Mengde......" Xun Yu pointed to a man sitting on the top of his left hand.

"He's Chen Gong?" Li Yi thought secretly when he heard this, and then said in a meaningful tone, "Chen Beijia, although Benhou also knows the situation in Yanzhou now, but Meng De is Yanzhou Mu after all, and he ...... If the news that Ben Hou got was not bad, the reason why Meng De was able to sit on the position of Yanzhou Pastor was because of the recommendation of Jun and Meng Zhuojun and others. In addition, General Yuan also supported Meng De to sit on the position of Yanzhou pastor......"

"What the prince said is good, that Cao Mengde was indeed recommended by Meng Zhuojun and others, but at that time, at that time, Cao Mengde was the face of a loyal minister of the Han family, and he took up the post of Dongjun County Guard with the exploits of crusading against Dong Thief. When Liu Yuanjun was killed by the Yellow Turban thieves and no one in Yanzhou could control the situation, Cao Mengde was recommended as the head of Yanzhou as a last resort. Chen Gong's expression did not change in the slightest when he heard this, and he still said in a calm voice.

It's just that I never imagined that after Cao Mengde became the pastor of Yanzhou, he didn't want to serve the imperial court, nor did he do anything to benefit the local people, but instead took those Yellow Turban thieves who killed hundreds of people in Yanzhou for his own use, and then plotted against Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father. What they did was no different from those who had ambitions in the past who wanted to divide the place! ”

"A while ago, Cao Mengde ignored the great drought in the world and the famine in Yanzhou, and insisted on sending troops to Xuzhou, which caused the people of Yanzhou to have a hard time, and even many people changed their children and eat! In Xia, Meng Zhuojun and others couldn't bear the people of Yanzhou to continue to suffer, so they had to ask King Chen for help in order to drive away that Cao Mengde, how could they think that Cao Mengde was so shameless that he slaughtered several cities in a row and killed hundreds of thousands of people to counterattack our army. Now Chen Liu is already in danger, and King Chen is unable to send troops to support because of Chen's lack of food. As a last resort, I had to come to the prince for help. ”

"I know that the prince has a deep friendship with Cao Mengde, but I hope that the prince can see it for the sake of millions of people in Yanzhou...... Otherwise, when Cao Mengde captured Chen Liu, he didn't know if he would slaughter tens of thousands of people in the city again......" In the end, Chen Gong couldn't cry anymore.

"This ......" Li Yi heard this, and glanced at Xun Yu and Guo Jia with a little headache. In his heart, he naturally very much hopes to be able to meddle in the affairs of Yanzhou, and now, it is indeed a very good opportunity. Cao Cao and Chen Gong and others competed for hegemony in Yanzhou, if Li Yi sent troops, it was likely that Yanzhou would be pacified in one fell swoop, and there would even be a chance to subdue Chen Gong, Cao Cao and others.

It's just that...... There are pros and cons! Although it is a great benefit to subdue Chen Gong and Cao Cao, especially Cao Cao, if it can be used by Li Yi, then Li Yi will probably wake up laughing in his dreams. It's just this odds...... Apparently not very big. The drawbacks, however, are very certain to happen, and they will be very large.

What are the drawbacks? The hostility of the surrounding forces. Since the coalition forces crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Li Yi's posture was to fight Dong Zhuo to the death, break through Chang'an, Qingjun's side, rescue the Son of Heaven, and help the Han Dynasty! The only dispute that has ever had is because at the request of Liu Yu, he sent troops to Jizhou to attack Yuan Shao, who had some unjustified names. Yes, it was Liu Yu, although the proposal was made by Gongsun Zhan, but at that time he was acting in the name of Liu Yu.

And after Ma Teng killed Dong Zhuo, Li Yi changed his target to Ma Teng, and he didn't seem to be interested in the chaos in the Kanto region. And this also made many forces in the Kanto region very jealous of Li Yi, but they did not take much action.

But once Li Yi captured Yanzhou, many Kwantung forces would definitely think that Li Yi planned to pacify Kwantung first, and then turn back to attack Chang'an. In this way, many forces in the Kwantung region will inevitably become hostile to Li Yi, and it is even very likely that they will form a coalition to attack Li Yi together. At that time, at least in Li Yi's opinion, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and even Liu Biao are very likely to send troops. Coupled with Ma Teng, who has not yet been solved behind him, by that time, although Li Yi's forces are strong, they may not be able to hold out for long under their siege.

One wrong step, one wrong step, just like Hitler during World War II and Napoleon, the French emperor, all took a wrong step in a good situation, and eventually lost everything. And Li Yi obviously doesn't want to follow in their footsteps...... Well, it should become a negative teaching material for those heroes and emperors in later generations.

Seeing Li Yi's eyes, Xun Yu suddenly spoke, "Chen Beijia, although we are very concerned about the affairs of Yanzhou, after all, it is an internal matter of Yanzhou. If the lord intervenes, I'm afraid it won't sound good...... And once this precedent is set, if a war breaks out in the surrounding areas in the future, will other people be able to intervene in the name of saving the people? ”

"Xun don't drive this is a big mistake! This battle is related to the lives of millions of people in Yanzhou! If the prince does not send troops, they will definitely die tragically under the butcher's knife of Cao Mengde! That Cao Mengde slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, and hundreds of thousands of people in Yanzhou! Universally! Even if it was the thief in the past and the horse thief now, how could he have done such a horrific and cruel thing?! Chen Gong objected loudly when he heard this.

Then, without waiting for Xun Yu or others to speak, Chen Gong looked at Li Yi again and said loudly, "Prince, I have heard for a long time that the prince loves the people like a son, and the good governance implemented in the territory is the envy of the people of the world. Now that the people of Yanzhou are in fire and water, how can the prince see that he is not saved? ! ”

"Nima, this is the so-called fame burdened?" Li Yi thought helplessly when he heard this, and at the same time hurriedly opened his mouth to reassure, "Don't be excited, don't be excited, don't be excited, for the ...... of the people of Yanzhou"

As soon as he said this, suddenly a soldier hurriedly walked in, "Junhou, there is a person outside the mansion who claims to be Xun Yu Xun Gongda, who is the envoy of Yanzhou Mu Cao Envoy, hoping to see Junhou!" ”

"Holy!"

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