Liu Bei still didn't enter Shouchun City after all, and he didn't wait for Yuan Shu's head.

After Yuan Shu opened the city and fled, Liu Bei already understood: the overall situation of the Jiujiang Battle had been decided. Running away with his family on the plains, how could Yuan Shu outrun the Qingzhou Iron Cavalry, who was known for being good at pursuit. Just as Liu Bei was about to leave for Shouchun Anmin, the Qingzhou Senate came with an urgent official letter, asking Liu Bei to return to Qingzhou immediately.

To tell the truth, when this urgent document came out, the Qingzhou elders were terrified - as a subordinate, is it too excessive to summon their lord so mercilessly? In the end, if it weren't for the high hall that had just entered the Senate, the elders would definitely not have the courage.

When Gao Tanglong was in Izumo, he was famous for contradicting Liu Bei. At that time, the patriarchs were only the only ones, and Gao Tang reprimanded loudly: "The emperor has entered Mount Tai, according to the system, and the lord needs to welcome him; The fleet went to the South Seas for the second time, according to the ceremony, and the city lord was cut off; The Boy Scouts are about to enter the army, and the non-lord cannot decide; Hun Gongzi returned to Guangrao, what the lord originally wanted, so far he has not expressed anything; The war has been lingering since last year, and the wealth of Qingzhou has poured into other counties, but the lord is not tired of it, and the princes, as representatives of the people of the four states, how can they not express themselves? ”

At Gao Tanglong's insistence, an urgent letter from the Qingzhou Grand Senate was delivered to Yicheng, and Gao Tanglong originally planned to write the meaning of the question in the document, but the veteran who wrote the document deliberately ignored it, and the letter was only a euphemistic request. However, Liu Bei understood the significance of this letter: this was the first time that the Qingzhou Senate made a request to the upper position (the lord), which meant that after the powerful figure Gao Tanglong joined the Senate, the consciousness of the Senate gradually awakened.

"Very good, from now on, the Senate is no longer a mobile phone, for this reason, it is worth dropping everything and rushing back to Qingzhou", Liu Bei thought about it a little and happily obeyed. He immediately led the guards to Zhongli, preparing to cross Xiapi County into Lianyungang in the East China Sea, and return to Qingzhou by boat.

Liu Bei had just left Yicheng, and Sun Quan, who had not expressed his position for a long time, felt that the threat was gone, and under the persuasion of his subordinates, he recommended Chen Deng to succeed him as the pastor of Xuzhou. At the same time, Sun Quan's army was strong, and the vanguard had entered Jingzhou and began to crusade against Liu Biao.

In Yuzhou, when Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei had gone, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Hurriedly according to the agreement, agreed to Chen Deng's succession as the pastor of Xuzhou, Wen condemned the saint for leaving Beijing without permission, and asked the officials of Mount Tai to send the saint back to Beijing. After doing these superficial efforts, Cao's army turned around and headed west, preparing to carve up Jingzhou with Sun Quan.

After many years of demonstration by Liu Bei, the princes of the Central Plains have gradually understood what it means to truly "take agriculture as the foundation of the country" -- yeoman farmers are the main source of soldiers, and the intermittent and seasonal nature of farming determines that the peasants' military training time is sufficient, and the military training of peasants during the slack season will not affect either production nor life. The hard work of agriculture is ten times that of industry and commerce, and the harvest is less than one-tenth of that of industry and commerce, and it is better to encourage industry and commerce to tax the peasants. relying on commercial taxes to support the government and feed the army (peasants); Relying on constant plunder, opening new markets, and earning more commercial taxes, the government enters a virtuous circle.

After understanding this truth, Cao Cao and Sun Quan's attack direction invariably abandoned the grain-producing areas, and the soldiers pointed directly at the transportation hub and the main road of the Dilu. Cao Cao's main force avoided Wancheng Zhang Ji. From the east side of Wancheng, Bowangpo directly pounced (氵育图control (氵yu) Yangshuidao, threatening Wancheng to the north and Xinye to the south. Sun Quan's army went up the river and attacked Jiangxia directly, and the southern melee began.

Before the scuffle began, in order to curry favor with Liu Bei, and at the same time, in order to completely eliminate Liu Bei's peeping into the land of the southern lord, he cooperated with Chen Dengbu in Xuzhou to issue a proclamation, declaring that Zhenrong was persona non grata, and it was the responsibility of local officials in Yangzhou to arrest him and send him to Guangling for trial.

Announcement 1, Zhen Rong was afraid that Xue Li would be shaken, and for people who had no use value, Zhen Rong unceremoniously killed Xue Li, who had helped him, and looted Qu'a City, and became a white-eyed wolf again. Subsequently, taking advantage of Sun's army to conquer Jingzhou, he hurriedly led his followers to flee further south to Yuzhang County.

Yuzhang guarded Zhu Hao as the leader of the southern Zhu clan, and the Zhu clan sent the clansmen Zhu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, and Zhu Ju to Sun Quanjun. Since then, history has turned a corner here, and Zhu Hao luckily failed to become Zhao Yu's third and Xue Li's second. Soon, the Qingzhou Boy Scouts chased and killed, and this time there were no friends to turn to, so Zhenrong had to flee from the mountains. Judging from the end, it looks quite like the Japanese Akechi Mitsuhide.

In Moling, the Great Pope Yin Dong received Liu Beidi's reprimand letter, was silent for a long time, and ordered: "Disband the religious people's armed forces and let them disperse." ”

Some people may suggest: "Pope, the people of the church have been assembled, so that the prince will let the pieces of paper disperse, where is the prestige of the pope?" It is better for us to insist on mobilizing the people, intercepting the Zhenrong, and preventing it from flowing to the south. ”

Yin Dong sternly reprimanded the servants: "What do you know? What I and Xuande are planning is the foundation of thousands of generations, how can it be ruined because of small reasons? Xuande and I are one and two, two and one, and his decision is my decision. ”

Stepping back from the people, Yin Dong muttered in a low voice in the empty hall: "What do you know, Gao Shan's side is Liu Beiyi's son Liu Xuan, my side is the second son Liu Huang, and Zhou Yi's side is the third son Liu Yu." Over the years, Liu Bei repeatedly promoted loyalty in Qingzhou, and these children were sheltered by Liu Bei in the war. Give them a home, give them a surname, they see Liu Bei as a god, I am in the south, there is a slight change, Liu Huang will immediately succeed the Great Pope in Izumo, at that time, no one even knows how I died. Liu Bei, proficient in the way of checks and balances, if he is not 100% sure, dare to order me so harshly? ”

After being silent for a long time, Yin Dongfu said to himself: "The biggest ill of monotheistic religions is that they are easy to lead to religious fanaticism and religious wars. However, are religious wars really just bad? Are we really being educated correctly? Liu Bei, maybe it's wrong this time. However, I heard that you circulated the seal of impeachment to Cao Cao -- who knows if you wrote it yourself -- the hero became a man, God returned to the world, and the Renaissance began. Perhaps, our nation will know the value of individual power before the Romans. ”

Liu Bei arrived in Lianyungang, the can't wait for the Qingzhou fleet has gathered in Lianyungang to wait for the south, because the main force of the Qingzhou Navy has not yet returned, all the Qingzhou merchant ships have been converted into armed merchant ships. Private whaling ships have been hired as frigates because of their maritime cooperation and combat skills. They crowded in Lianyungang, waiting for Qingzhou Bu Nan's order.

Liu Bei was in a happy mood when he saw the flag and sail in the port, and asked the merchant kindly: "What kind of goods are on board?" ”

The merchant replied: "Porcelain, silk, tea, sweets." ”

Liu Bei asked, "Why is there no glass?" "The production of glass has been increasing in recent years. Frequent wars led to a decline in purchasing power in the south, and this luxury could only be profited by the slightly affluent Persian and Roman empires.

The merchant's answer was much to Liu Bei's surprise: "Back to the lord, glassware was just a cheap civilian commodity in the Persian Empire and the Roman Empire. It's like porcelain in my big man. Trafficking in glass, unless it is completely transparent white glass, is profitable. But the profit is still not high, unless there is such a military material as clairvoyance. Last year, the glass merchants had lost all their money, so this year we switched to porcelain, silk, tea, and sweets. It is said that sweets are the most profitable, and spices from the islands of the South Seas are also very popular. We prepared half a warehouse to go to the South Seas, loaded with spices and sailed to Persia. ”

Liu Bei asked curiously: "Rome has actually started to produce glass, when did it happen?" ”

After the previous voyage to the South Seas, due to a large number of Western classics, Qingzhou's name for the Western countries has adopted the common transliteration, the Great Food Country was officially named Persia, and the Great Qin State was officially named the Roman Eastern Province of Egypt.

The merchants' answers once again opened Liu Bei's eyes: "My lord, when Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty (the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) ascended the throne, the Syrian province of Rome became the center of glass production. At present, in addition to white plate glass (window glass), they are not able to produce other glass varieties such as molded glass, blown glass, blown glass, cutting, engraving, engraving, wire winding, gold plating, etc. The sheer number of varieties and quantities is staggering. ”

Liu Bei was extremely depressed - what kind of world, he made glass in the Three Kingdoms era, and he still felt "before", but the Romans in the era of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the glassblowing process was mature, why didn't anyone say that the Romans were "before" enough for you, there was a protagonist who made glass in the Ming Dynasty, and was scolded before. ^o^）

After sulking for a long time, Liu Bei asked, "How do you know about these things?" ”

The merchant took out a book as if playing tricks and explained: "Lord, you have been fighting all year round, and you don't know the changes in Qingzhou this year. You see, there are several books on overseas trade. Since the beginning of this year, the newspaper has published daily overseas trade tips, prices of various goods, and local customs. It is said that Di Bao paid a lot of money and interviewed more than 100 sailors and merchants before writing those materials. Later, I had the intention to buy the information in the newspaper and draw a picture, which was the book. This "Yinghai Chronicles" is one of them, can the lord take a look? ”

Liu Bei nodded silently, Di Bao has done a really good job in this regard, and demand is really the driving force behind the social exhibition. After a while, Liu Bei asked again: "You said that their glass is gorgeous, so, are those glassware uniform in color?" ”

"Color? The colors of those utensils are perfectly integrated and exquisite. ”

Liu Bei said: "The key is in the paint. Now the great Han should be the most prosperous era of chemical research, for the so-called five stone powder, gunpowder research is in full swing, but after that, China's geochemical research into the evil road, drilled into the so-called immortal medicine dead end. The main reason is that we don't have a systematic chemistry theory. Coupled with Confucian repression, chemistry was regarded as a strange skill, which led to its end in China. At present, the top priority is to make use of the production needs of glass, establish a set of chemical systems as soon as possible, and lay a theoretical foundation for the establishment of chemistry in our nation. ”

The birth of any science and technology has its origin, and the birth of chemistry began with the glass industry. Around the time of Dayu's water control, Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptian glass craftsmen in the two river basins showed practical chemistry (pigment chemistry, dyeing chemistry). Qingzhou now has a large output of glass, and there is a lot of demand for dyeing, and the social demand will promote the exhibition of science more than ten universities. Perhaps, Qingzhou can also change history and exhibit the chemistry of our Han Dynasty.

The earliest chemical works should be written in Greek by Alexander the Great of Macedon, Aristotle's most famous protégé, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China. The most primitive treatise on chemical systems can be traced back to Aristotle's uncle Plato's "Timaeus", which includes some expositions on inorganic and organic matter, including the theory of elements, the concept of chemical change, etc. Most of the chemical ideas of later generations originated from this.

The earliest work on chemistry in China is the "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" compiled by Wei Boyang, an alchemist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Three chemical responses are recorded in the book: the reaction of sulfur and gong to form sulfide gong, the chemical reaction of lead oxide being carbonized and reduced to lead, and the chemical reaction of gong and lead to form alloy. Later, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong's "Hug Puzi" was a collection of ancient chemistry and alchemy. For the accumulation of knowledge, it is time for the birth of the discipline, and Qingzhou also has a strong glass industry, which is enough to provide everyone with practical opportunities.

"You are going to Persia, and when you have finished selling your goods, you will buy me a large army of slaves, slaves from the glass factory. Also, buy me all kinds of classics, and I need all the classics written by the local sages. There is also a need for a translator - a translator who can translate the texts of the great sages. After I bought it back, I paid for it, and I gave you the same weight of silver. Liu Bei made up his mind, even if the owner stole it, captured it, or cheated it, as long as it was taken to Qingzhou and let Qingzhou's discipline establish a system from now on, it would be worth it no matter how much money he paid.

The merchants of Qingzhou got Liu Bei's permission, and they all rushed to anchor and set sail without waiting for Qingzhou to issue a sailing order. This time, with the experience of going to Nanyang for the first time, the businessmen will inevitably gain great harvest by selecting goods in a targeted manner.

When the boats were gone, Liu Bei moved the boat with a lot of worries.

History is such a coincidence, not long after Liu Bei left Hong Kong, the Boy Scout Striker led by Liu Hun passed into Lianyungang, and only a moment later, Liu Bei failed to stop Liu Hun's southern killing.