Chapter 4 Section 31 Calculation

Around the city lord's mansion, Liu Bei did not answer Sun Ce's words, and slowly walked to the weapon rack and sorted out the weapons. After a long time, Liu Bei turned around and asked indifferently, "Do you want to try your new weapon?" ”

Sun Ce replied excitedly: "Okay." ”

Liu Bei immediately ordered his attendants to carry the weapon rack to the back garden. After a while, Dian Wei also heard the news and rushed to watch.

Liu Bei took a short sword and a round shield from the weapon rack, paced to the side, and suggested: "Bo Fu (Sun Ce), you should also choose a shield." ”

Sun Ce said proudly: "Why do you need a shield? Immediately, he drew a new knife and set up his posture.

Liu Bei smiled appreciatively: "What a tiger." He raised his dagger and prepared himself to attack.

"Wait", Dian Wei intervened to stop: "The lord wants to move the real sword and gun, and wait for the children to get my weapons." ”

After getting along for a while, Dian Wei has become accustomed to his role, and when he goes out to see the admiring eyes of others, he is even quite proud of his new identity. The neat military uniform and bright armor made Dian Wei love it. Badge emblems, these status symbols bring him freshness and win him countless respects. Seeing countless pedestrians on the street seeing their badges, they all wanted to salute themselves and avoid the road. The simple-minded Dian Wei immediately insisted on maintaining his status as a guard, and followed him on his heels and feet, becoming Liu Bei's shadow.

At this moment, the lord wants to fight with others, Dian Wei only knows to open his bull's eyes wide, hold the weapon in his hand, and give the other party a look when the lord is not supported. As for this kind of behavior, it was something he hated, and Dian Wei had long forgotten it.

On the field, the fierce fight began, Liu Bei under the cover of the shield, launched a hand-to-hand combat, the sword and sword were sinister, the 15-year-old Sun Ce was weak and weak, and the new knife was not long in hand, and the weapon was not easy. And Liu Bei turned to the battlefield, with incomparably rich experience, and often fought with violent men like Zhang Fei.

Seeing the crisis of the situation, Zhou Yu tightened the sword in his hand, and before he could react, Dian Wei had already seen this small action, and as he spoke, four guards stood beside him.

Zhou Yu sighed and let go of the sword in his hand. At this moment, there was a crisp sound in the field, the figures of Liu Bei and Sun Ce separated, Liu Bei threw his sword on the ground, and roared to the sky.

Sun Ce brought the knife in his hand close to his eyes and looked at it carefully.

The black saber looked blunt and bladeless, however, after the fight just now, Sun Ce understood that this was really a treasure knife. When waving, the resistance of the wind is reduced to a minimum, the design of the grip can block the weapon, and the feel is extremely comfortable. Sharp and unedged, is this Liu Bei's pursuit? Is it true of the sword and the same with the man?

Throughout Liu Bei's battle this time, he reached a cooperation intention with the three of them. Cao Cao settled down without a piece, and Liu Bei's agreement with him was a product of temptation. Tao Qian, a powerful prince, Liu Bei appeared as a madman and a scoundrel, taking the biggest advantage. His father shared the same hatred with him in Zhang Yan'er's affairs, and he initially asked for a contract as an equal, but unfortunately the big thing did not come to fruition. What is he going to do about it this time?

"Strength", Liu Bei said fiercely: "What treatment do you need others to treat yourself, show your own strength, interests and dignity are not obtained by praying." ”

Seeing Sun Ce examining the knife, Liu Bei woke him up and said, "After this battle, you understand the strength of this knife, and how to treat it in the future, you have a clear idea in your heart." Sun Wentai and I, what strength do we need to use to talk? Come up with the requirements that meet your strength and discuss them with me.

In the past, I made an appointment with your father (Sun Jian), but your father did not come after the deadline. I know that if I don't go back to Qingzhou for a day, your father doesn't think it's worth meeting me. When I return to Qingzhou today, what else is there for your father, and it is worth me to come up with the conditions of the day to discuss with him?

I sent him ordnance, but your father detained me 500 men? I inquired, and although you brought guards with you this time, you didn't bring back my 500 attendants. Excuse me, how does your father plan to consult with me in this case? ”

Liu Bei was so aggressive that Sun Ce was unexpected. In his view, soldiers are nothing more than a crowd of people. It was natural for the officials to lead them and drive them to the front, but Liu Bei reacted so much for these 500 soldiers that Sun Ce, who was born in a wealthy family, was puzzled.

Thinking back to the Qingzhou Confederation restriction book he had just seen, Sun Ce was somewhat enlightened. Qingzhou is a martial place, soldiers have a particularly high status in Qingzhou, when these soldiers were sent to their father, Donglai was in full swing, they would not be the first combat sequence, at the same time, it could not be the second combat sequence composed of foreign soldiers, the third and fourth combat sequences are all Qingzhou people with small families. Detaining them himself will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people of Qingzhou. Liu Bei didn't return to Qingzhou, he could not scruple and return to Qingzhou, so he had to pay attention to the dissatisfaction of the people, so it was impossible to trade with them.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce replied categorically: "In the past, the road was not quiet, and my father was afraid that they would be attacked on the road, so he did not repatriate them, but now, since Uncle Liu has returned to Qingzhou, I immediately retired and told my father that the road is peaceful and they can go on the road." ”

"Okay" Liu Bei put the shield back on the shelf, turned around and said word by word: "Your father wants to talk to me on an equal footing, first return my soldiers, when the soldiers arrive in Qingzhou, it will be when the negotiation between you and me begins." ”

Sun Ce saluted silently and prepared to retreat. Liu Bei instructed Dian Wei: "Le Tao, you sent someone to take Zhou Gongjin to the armor shop and put a suit of armor for him, Liu Hun took away his golden crown, and this suit and armor can be regarded as my compensation for him." In the next few days, you will take them around and go to the military academy to listen to a few classes and let them know about the Qingzhou military system. ”

When Sun Ce walked out of the door, it happened that a young man in a white robe hurriedly walked into the mansion gate, and along the way, the servants knelt down to this young man. The young man smiled and nodded at the servant, and from time to time, he stroked the servant's head, and the servant who was caressed showed a happy smile.

Kneeling, this etiquette is rarely seen in Qingzhou, people on the street meet, generally bow their hands, or salute each other. When the servants in the palace saw Liu Bei, they just bowed. Why did this young man make him kneel? With a stomach full of doubts, Sun Ce followed the footsteps of the leading guards, and looked at the young man as he walked.

The young man nodded kindly to Sun Ce who was passing by, calmly accepted the guard's kneeling salute, and continued to walk towards the depths of the courtyard without waiting for Sun Ce's response.

As he passed by, Sun Ce smelled the faint scent of smoke on the young man's body.

"Why is there a lot of people coming and going in Lord Liu's mansion like a vegetable market, how can this person enter with dignity and not see you stop him?" Sun Ce asked with a smile.

"Hugh's nonsense, this is Liu Ergongzi, General Guan (Hai) was seriously injured, and the lord specially called him from Izumo to treat General Guan's injuries." The guard scolded without saying anything.

Liu Ergongzi, Liu Huang, the adopted son of Liu Bei who was sheltered in Taishan County during his study tour, has been following the great Pope Yin Dong Yin Zhiping to learn medicine and religion for many years. The series of actions in the palace just now were for him, as the archbishop, to bless the familiar servants. At this moment, he was standing in front of Liu Bei, waiting for orders.

Liu Bei flipped through the letter written by Yin Dong, and on the letter, he first explained the measures taken by Izumo after receiving the news of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the five-baht coin-establish a currency settlement system similar to that of modern times, requiring the settlement of goods to be in a unified Izumo currency, in order to unify the action, Yin Dong asked Qingzhou to also announce that he did not recognize Dong Zhuo's unwritten money, and the currency settlement was all in a unified currency. In this way, the penny can be strangled in the cradle.

"At this moment, there is no better time to unify the currency." Yin Dong wrote in the letter.

"Not bad", Liu Bei secretly agreed in his heart, raised his eyes and looked at Liu Huang, and then continued to read the letter.

Yin Dong then briefly explained Izumo's recent scientific and technological advances, most importantly, Izumo's invention of movable metal type printing similar to Gutenberg.

Liu Bei couldn't hold back his excitement, stopped his gaze, turned his face to the sky, and burst into tears.

Others may not be able to feel the ancient and modern of this achievement, but Liu Bei understands. Around the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, around 1041-1048, Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. There is no record of Bi Sheng's life and deeds in history. Only when Shen Kuo introduced movable type printing in the book "Mengxi Writings", he mentioned that Bi was a "cloth cloth", that is to say, Bi was an ordinary person, an ordinary person who fiddled with "strange and obscene skills".

Although the Confucian scholars enjoyed the books printed with the "Strange Sexual Technique", it never prevented them from insulting the "Strange Sexual Technique". This scolding had a result - around 1200, movable type printing spread to the Korean Peninsula, and Korea improved printing and introduced metal movable type. Around 1400, Korean printing technology was transmitted to Europe, and Gutenberg combined this technology to invent the printing machine.

However, in the following 800 years, when the Eight-Nation Alliance opened the country with guns, until the Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, those Manchu remnants (Manchu dung, ancient * faction) insisted on using wooden movable type while scolding "strange and obscene skills" and scolding foreign goods.

Innovation, the biggest inspiration of this technology, is innovation. The Chinese civilization invented many advanced technologies, however, there was no sense of innovation, and eventually later scholars gradually surpassed them. And this invention tells people that any advanced technology has room for innovation.

The biggest feature of Gutenberg's technology is the casting box, the alloy for casting movable type, the stamping die, and the four points of grease printing ink, all of which Izumo has. In ancient China, water-soluble ink has always been used in printing, which is probably related to the water-soluble pigments we write and paint; In Europe, oil-based inks were used in printing from the very beginning, which is probably related to the fact that Europeans used ink for writing and oil paint for painting. Solving this problem, the technical difficulties that have plagued the Chinese for thousands of years will be solved.

Once our nation has a sense of innovation and takes this consciousness deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, we can dismantle the clamor of the * faction in the Han Dynasty, so that they will no longer become a stumbling block that hinders the development of productive forces and the progress of our nation. A nation with a sense of innovation can constantly update itself, keep moving forward, and constantly maintain technological leadership. Then, the action to transform the heart of our nation can be regarded as a small result.

Liu Bei turned his gaze to the letter again, flipped through it, and couldn't find any information about treating Guan Hai's illness. Looking up at Liu Huang suspiciously, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask, "Did your Uncle Yin explain anything to you?" ”

Liu Huang replied: "Uncle Yin confessed when he left, if the father-in-law asked about the treatment, let the father-in-law turn over the letter and look at the back of the letter. ”

Liu Bei flipped over the letter paper, and six words were scribbled on the back: "Willow bark, ******." ”

Liu Bei smiled: "I understand, I started making vinegar for the sake of deliciousness, but I didn't expect that I always said that others don't innovate, but I forgot to innovate." ”

It is said that vinegar was invented by Heita, Heita is the son of Du Kang, and Du Kang learned to make wine, due to playfulness, the wine sour turned into vinegar, causing Du Kang to be unable to deal with Dayu. In fact, the time when vinegar really appeared was in Luoyang during the Three Kingdoms era. After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, Luoyang's most prosperous brewing industry also moved outward, and the palace brewing artists also wandered to all parts of the country, and at the same time brought the brewing technology to all parts of the country. From the royal court, the upper class enjoyed, to the introduction of the people. At this time, vinegar really appeared in the history books. And Liu Bei's deliciousness made vinegar spread to the people 5 years earlier.

In traditional Chinese medicine, willow bark is often used as medicine, but in fact, the process of suffering in Chinese medicine is the process of preparing new compounds. Soaking willow bark gives you salicylic acid, another name for salicylic acid, called aspirin.

Guan Hai is a traumatic injury, and what he is most afraid of is infection, and the Han Dynasty did not have many means to deal with infection, what Liu Bei could do was to tell Guan Hai, who was on the front line, to constantly rinse the wound with 40% alcohol. If you make aspirin, are you still afraid of infection?

(PS: ****** is a controlled item and belongs to the chemical agent for making poison, so it is inconvenient to talk about the simple preparation method of ****** here. ）

"Okay, I understand, I've sent someone to the front line to recall Guan Hai, you just stay in Qingzhou, I still have something for you to do, and Izumo will return to Izumo in June and July (lunar calendar)." Liu Bei then instructed the servants to prepare a room for Liu Huang.

Liu Huang asked cautiously: "Father, I finally returned to you, it is better to stay longer." June and July are the thunderstorms and typhoon season at sea, so how about I leave after the New Year? ”

"Thunderstorm", Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he nodded absentmindedly.

Outside Wang Lie's mansion, the two important ministers of Qingzhou and the two party officials have reached a consensus: Liu Hun can be saved, but after being saved, he must be sent overseas and must not return to Qingzhou for life. Soon, Liu Hun's destination was also chosen-the Maritime Wa Kingdom. In the place corresponding to the Wa Province and Wanghai Castle, Sunrise Castle (Kyushu Island) was established. 50,000 Liaodong troops were dispatched to Sunrise Castle, and based on this, they first took Kyushu Island, and then formed a complete maritime defense circle in Izumo, Qingzhou.

"In this way, Lianyungang is just in use", Kong Rong praised the perfection of the plan with a little smugly: "The goods from the North Sea can be transported to Lianyungang through Langxie, from Lianyungang to the south to Jiaozhou, to the east, and the sea ships can reach Sunrise City within five days." After arriving in Lianyungang, the goods from Sunrise City can be transported through Langxie and Beihai to Izumo in Longkou Port In the future, my Beihai Gongmin Club (mercenaries, bodyguards) has a heavy task. ”

"As soon as the troops are gone, the army guarded by Donglai can be withdrawn, Qingzhou has sufficient combat power, and the Central Plains will compete for hegemony, and I ask Zhou Zheng to show his strength." Xu Shu looked longing, and his thoughts were flying.

"If Liu Hun does not enter Qingzhou, there will be no suspense in the succession of the lord, and the officials of Qingzhou can concentrate on supporting the young master, so that my Qingzhou can obtain stability for at least a hundred years." Frustrated and secretly calculated, he stroked his beard happily and smiled.

Guo Yuan was embarrassed to find that he didn't seem to get any benefits from this matter, so he leaned on the carriage with a depressed face, muttering in his heart: "Income, where is the income?" ”