Gongsun Zhan excitedly spun around on the ground, "Okay, let's plan so, Xuande, no matter where you go in the future, Liaoxi County will be up to you, our brothers will join forces, and the big things in Youzhou can be decided."

After a pause, he then asked, "Xuande, what is the third thing you said, say it quickly, I promise you everything." ”

I hesitated, but still said this request: "Brother, no matter how things develop in the future, you have to agree to my request, don't kill Liu Yu." Although Liu Yu is ruthless, he has the status of a noble clan, and it is not good to kill him. Besides, what Liu Yu did was also to stabilize Youzhou, but he took us as a sacrifice. But the world will appreciate it—as long as it doesn't come at their own expense. Therefore, for the sake of fame and profit, you must not kill Liu Yu."

Gongsun Chan hesitated, but agreed to my request, and I knew that there was only so much I could do. Gongsun Zhan, who was rigid in history, finally killed Liu Yu, this time, can I change history a little, I have no bottom in my heart.

After that, we rested in Guanzicheng for ten days, and when the soldiers regained their strength, the whole army returned to Youzhou. I was asked to go by Gongsun Chan, but after this series of fierce battles, there were only about 20 people left, and when they saw me, they were very happy to see me, and insisted on returning to Izumo Castle, and I readily agreed to them. Now, the 500 Gongsun soldiers I trained for Gongsun Chan have formed a fighting force, and when I returned them to Gongsun Chan in full armor, he transferred them into my army without saying a word.

After this battle, Zhang Chun's vitality was greatly injured and he immediately fled to Liucheng. Subsequently, he and Qiu Liju of Xianbei would fight each other because of the uneven distribution of the spoils. This person who wants to be the emperor will be just a head for others to ask for merit and reward, and he will never be a threat to us again.

On our way back to the army, the first snow of the year fell, and as soon as the flying snow fell to the ground, it turned into water, and we struggled to advance in the mud. In the sky, the snow fell more and more, at first, the snow was a small feather, but later, it was no longer snowflakes, but snow clusters, one by one, clusters of snow fell down, falling on the traveler's head, shoulder, back. A gust of north wind blew, and the biting cold bore into the body with small gray-white snow particles.

Riding through the queue, I looked back at the back. The cold wind blew everyone into a ball, and the soldiers were tightly wrapped in felt blankets, shivering forward. Occasionally, one or two soldiers were quickly lifted onto the cart while lying on their backs in the snow and mud.

I think it's good that we came early, and if we had come to the rescue after the snow, then nearly half of the people who had fallen all the way would have been as they have been in history.

"Bingyuan (Guan Hai), you take 1,000 light horsemen to Changli (the acropolis northeast of Izumo City), ask Changli to quickly prepare hot water and hot kang, wait for us to arrive, and if possible, let them bring some thick felt clothes to meet us. Zitai (Tian Chou), please take the baggage soldiers and move forward quickly, set up camp and make a fire fifteen miles away from here, and wait for us to arrive. "I immediately issued a barrage of orders.

We can't just march like this, walk like this for 30 miles in the ice and snow, and the number of non-combat attrition must be very large.

I raised my voice and shouted: "Soldiers, we have defeated 70,000 thieves and beheaded the thieves, we are the victors, but how do I see you like a group of people who have lost the battle." Keep my head held high, walk like a winner, we're going home, don't let my hometown parents see jokes. ”

Gongsun Chan immediately shouted beside me: "If the husband dies, he will die, and he is not afraid of swords, are you still afraid of this little wind and snow?" ”

The sergeants looked up in cringe, staring blankly at us. I sighed in my heart, it would be too harsh to ask these soldiers for the rest of their lives, but if they didn't let them move, they would get colder and colder. When I looked back and saw the 500 Gongsun soldiers who came with me to the rescue, my heart moved.

"Come, sing a song to your brothers, I'm so busy that I haven't bothered to check how you've learned, I'll sing it now." I bowed my head and commanded them.

Suddenly, the excited soldier raised his voice and sang loudly. Maybe to show off in front of their brothers, or maybe to show their wide vocal range, they all sang hoarsely.

It's really ugly, a good song is sung like this, it can be regarded as unprecedented and unprecedented.

In the wilderness, we sang as we walked, and sang and walked, at first 500 soldiers sang, and then thousands of voices of the whole army sang together, and when the whole army learned one song, we sang another, and the snowflakes in the sky seemed to be fearless, and the cold seemed to be far away from us.

In the twilight, we walked into the camp built by Tian Chou, and the excitement of the soldiers had not yet subsided, and after dinner, many soldiers were still humming songs.

The 500 Gongsun soldiers who came with us are now treasures, and groups of sergeants surround them and listen to the gist of their lyrics. They also proudly wrote lyrics on the ground to show the culture we had learned there, which was even more enviable.

Looking at them, Gongsun Chan said with emotion: "Xuande really has a set of governing the army, in the past, Guan Zhong sang to teach and escort his soldiers, those soldiers traveled five hundred miles a day and a night tirelessly, if it weren't for Xuande's songs, we would have frostbite countless soldiers along the way." ”

He pointed to the 500 soldiers, and then said: "These people were not very good in my battalion that day, but after a few months of training by Xuande, they were so strong, I wish that it was 2,000 soldiers who were handed over to Xuande at the beginning, so that I would have a hundred battles of heroes." ”

Gongsun Zhan shook his head and sighed, "If Xuande is not in a hurry to go, it would be better to train a team of 5,000 people for me, and I will not let Huma peep at my big man." ”

"Brother don't worry," I comforted him, "These 500 soldiers already know the training method, you can train with this method." ”

Looking up at the dark sky, I said in a deep voice: "The Central Plains is about to be in chaos, brother must be prepared." When the time comes, you must stop Xianbei from taking the opportunity to go south, brother, I have a sentence to tell you, the Central Plains Rebellion has nothing to do with you, you just need to build Youbeiping County, accept the refugees from the Central Plains, and be good with the country and the people. The rebellion in the Central Plains was nothing more than the officials forcing the people, killing compatriots and seeking their own merits, which was unkind. ”

Gongsun Zhan was immediately shocked: "Xuande, listen to you, what do you want to know, let's talk about it in detail." ”

I smiled slightly and said, "How can the secret of heaven be leaked, then my brother will understand my thoughts, and my brother must remember that it is enough to protect the territory and the people, and there is no need to kill too much." ”

Five days later, we arrived at Changli City, where Gao Shun was waiting.

I introduced Gao Shun to Gongsun Zhan, and then I told Gongsun Zhan that I was going to various Tunmin cities to make arrangements, and then I went to Jixian County with Gongsun Zhan and asked Liu Yu for his resignation. In the meantime, I arranged for him to rest his strength first, and when I returned, we set off.

In the wind and snow, I returned to Izumo Castle with Gao Shun, and convened the senators to familiarize everyone with Gao Shun, before, everyone knew that I was going back to my hometown, but I didn't expect it to be so soon.

I started by introducing the takeaways from this trip: our political status in Izumo Castle has been resolved, and we can do business through Gongsun Chan's territory with confidence and boldness in the future. What we need to do now is to design the products that we want to sell in the future.

After discussions, we decided to stop the military production of iron tools and transfer the manufacture of iron tools to civilian use. It is necessary to study good agricultural tools, good iron civilian equipment - such as iron basins, iron cans, and iron pipes. If the technology of seamless iron pipes matures, we can make rudimentary guns.

Of course, at this stage, the seamless iron pipe cannot withstand the bore pressure of the fire explosion at all, and reducing the bore pressure will cause the power of the musket and artillery to decrease, and the rate of fire of the artillery and musket is too low, and the combat effectiveness cannot be formed at all. Therefore, although Ge Hong had invented fire yao at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we cannot yet consider making hot weapons.

In addition, in the next few years, we must vigorously develop agricultural technology, first of all, to develop the cultivation of sugar beet, peanuts, cotton, and barley. Sugar beets can be used to make sugar, cotton can be used to weave cloth, and the rest can have developed into the food industry. Candy packed in tin cans could be sold as luxury goods in this era. In particular, candy will not pose a threat to our combat effectiveness, but will earn back a lot of money, so you can rest assured that you can sell it boldly.

In addition, we need to build a dam on the Luan River and use water power to weave cloth and make paper. Among them, the paper industry should study the method of manufacturing cardboard and cartons. Wood is a precious raw material, and I don't want to leave a lot of bare hills for our future generations. So look for a cardboard carton that is lightweight, can be made from waste straw, and use it to package our goods and form a fashion.

Of course, we also have a consideration, now there is a paper industry in various places, although our coated paper is good, but the cost is too high, only suitable for printing high-end books, there is not much competitive advantage, so it is better to develop to the low-end civilian industry, so as to form competitiveness.

As for textile technology, the weaving industry in the Han Dynasty was not yet developed, and we could imitate the Jenny loom and occupy the market with a large number of cloths. The clothes of the Han Dynasty, the Eguan Bo belt is too inconvenient, we can start from the military uniform, create a majestic tight-fitting uniform, in order to drive the change of people's clothing.

In terms of breeding technology, we must vigorously develop cattle, chickens, and sheep raising, and implement the milk and egg plan for the next generation. But in our government-run school, the government pays to ensure that students eat an egg and drink a meal of milk every day. The milk that cannot be consumed can be made into yogurt and sold as cream, and we provide the technology to make yogurt and cream in exchange for free milk provided by merchants. On the one hand, it ensures the healthy growth of our next generation, and at the same time, it also develops the habit of consuming milk in the future.

As for wool, it can be used to weave cloth and make military blankets to keep out the cold, and it is of great military use. We intend to use it as an instrument of conquest, and we will teach all the tribes with whom we are friendly and cooperative the art of growing pasture, and even send men to plant grass near them, and they will exchange wool with us for food and household goods.

In the long run, the tribes that are friendly with us will abandon their habits of migration and settle down to form cooperative organizations that raise sheep, and eventually accept our management and live in abundance. Of course, in order to expand the farming area, they will automatically conquer other tribes for us. The land in the Central Plains has been reclaimed and is not suitable for grazing, so their eyes will turn to the north and to the grasslands, and the Central Plains will reduce the killing.

In our glass industry, because the source of raw materials cannot be guaranteed, the transportation loss of the products produced is too large, so we must quickly transfer to the mirror industry, stop the production of glass used in handicrafts and doors and windows, and resume production when we find a better raw material base.

At the meeting, we had a lively discussion, and this series of new terms made Gao Shun stunned. Sitting in his chair, he writhed uncomfortably. However, seeing that Gao Tang Longguanning and the others were all at peace, he couldn't express his position, so he had to follow my example, put his elbow on the arm of the chair, and held his chin in contemplation with one hand.

Turning my head and seeing Gao Shun like this, I smiled: "Senior brother is still comfortable sitting like this, right?" I asked.

"It's okay, this weird thing is more comfortable to sit on than to sit on your knees." Gao Shun replied curiously.

I pulled Zheng Hun with one hand and introduced him to him: "This thing was invented by this person, it is called Zheng Hun Chair, also called the Patriarch Chair, this is the master craftsman, the lifelong veteran of Izumo City, and the Viscount Zheng Hun." ”

Gao Shun's eyes immediately widened: "Craftsman Zheng Hun? ”

I said, "Yes, Master Zheng Hun, but he is now a master craftsman." Of course, he also deserves this title. Senior brother, what weapons do you need, just talk to him. ”

Zheng Hun immediately proudly stroked the title ribbon on his chest, and nodded slightly: "Of course, senior brother, just speak." ”

I took them by the hand and said, "After I leave, the defense of Izumo Castle will be handed over to the senior brother, I want to expand the current Izumo Castle again, this time to build a larger one, we can start construction in the agricultural season, I ask the city wall to be built with huge refractory bricks, the height is more than 20 feet (meters), so that no ladder can reach the head of the city, we can use a small number of soldiers to defend the city, mobile troops to patrol the four directions, maintain the striking power, I have drawn a drawing, the city wall is built on a large scale, But what kind of defense equipment to install on the city wall, senior brother can discuss with Zheng Hun. ”

On the contrary, without waiting for Gao Tanglong to speak, I said: "The construction of the city must not cost the people and money, but can do what you can, build a small section in a year, and build it in five or ten years." Once such a city is built, we will be able to feed a small army and gain a foothold in this western Liaoning. ”

"Also," I continued, "we must also pay close attention to the training of the people, and the new people will not have to pay their debts with their work, and we will train them simply, so that we will make all the people soldiers." Any enemy who penetrates into us will be swallowed up by this sea of people. ”

After everyone agreed, I further proposed that with Gao Shun's exploits in the battle to rescue Gongsun Zhan, he would be awarded the position of lifelong patriarch and led out of the Governor's Mansion in Cloud City, and everyone voted without hesitation.

After the meeting, everyone said goodbye to me, and Gao Shan and the others stayed to talk to me. Guan Ning dragged it out until the end, and stepped forward to ask me, "When will the city lord leave?" ”

I replied, "Three days later."

Guan Ning asked again: "Who is serving by the city lord's side?" ”

I replied: "Guan Hai is with him, and Tian Chou will also return to his hometown with me." ”

Guan Ning thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "When the lord leaves, be sure to inform me, and I will see off the lord." ”

I immediately replied: "How can Bei leave without informing You'an (Guan Ning's character), I will come to the door to say goodbye when I leave." ”

Guan Ning nodded and said, "In this case, Ning will not pass it first." ”