Xiang, is to assist the monarch in handling the state affairs and command the chief executive, one person under 10,000 people, the Warring States period is generally called Xiangbang, until the Han Dynasty to avoid Liu Bang's name, changed to Xiangguo. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the change of the Dune Palace, King Zhao Huiwen's ministers were Gongzi Cheng and Li Dui, and after the fall of Li Dui, in order to form an alliance with Yan and Qin, he let Le Yi and Wei Ran serve as Zhao Xiang, but they were only transitional. More than ten years ago, Le Yi died, and Qin Zhao had a bad relationship again, so Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, finally sat in the position of Xiangbang.

However, the good times did not last long, and as King Zhao Huiwen appointed Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, two outstanding meritorious people, as Shangqing, Pingyuan Jun, who had little merit, began to be marginalized, and was finally squeezed out of phase by Lin Xiangru.

If he really wants to be a happy son, a Xiangbang position is nothing, but although Pingyuan Jun is not strong, he never forgets the glory of the Xiangbang position. Now that King Huiwen is dead, the new monarch is on the throne, and the queen mother is regent, it is an excellent time to replace Xiangbang, so Pingyuan Jun jumped up and down, wanting to make a fuss about sending Chang'an Jun to Qi State to make a fuss and build momentum for himself to re-ascend the phase......

After getting the corresponding information, Mingyue made this judgment, and after guessing Pingyuanjun's purpose, when he interacted with Zhao Sheng again, he knew what to say and what to do.

But what is strange is that today deliberately let Gongsun Long debate with himself, is it the meaning of Pingyuan Jun, or the meaning of his disciple?

"Pingyuan Jun's mind can't be so deep, this is probably Feng Ji's own assertion...... Hey, before the owner could speak, he took the initiative to bite someone, what a loyal dog. ”

Although he was a little calculated, Mingyue didn't hate because of this, judging from the results, these two things were good for him, and Mingyue was too late to thank Pingyuanjun!

At this moment, Li Tan in front of him said again: "Don't hide it from the son, in addition to inquiring about this matter, the villain also learned some other news, those rangers who left on their own are really saying bad things about the son, such as the son is stingy with small weapons, and he can't be polite to Corporal Yunyun......"

He said hatefully: "If it weren't for his friends to stop him, the villain would have rushed up to reason with those rats, I really look forward to three days later, Chang'anjun's methods can make them embarrassed!" ”

Mingyue said: "You have so much confidence in this son? ”

Li Tan said with a smile: "That's natural, to be honest, the villain has also driven many sons, but he has never seen such a heroic and wise character as Chang Anjun." ”

This sycophant shot was just right, and Mingyue laughed out loud: "Li Tan, Li Tan, you can not only speak well, but also have a little knowledge, you have a broken mouth in front of you on the road, but you will not be lonely, in this way, you will drive for me in the future, how so?" ”

Li Tan's eyelids jumped, Chang'an Jun was directly soliciting!

"Villain...... I can't ask for it. He was a little excited, but he was still a little hesitant in his heart, which meant that he wanted to go to Linzi with Chang'an Jun, and his father had a lot of trouble and even used the relationship of the national captain Xu Li to find him such an errand, which was not easy. He is now the pillar of the family, and this time, relying only on his lame father's words, the family is estimated to be unable to open the pot.

Mingyue saw it in her eyes, and asked: "Li Tan, you drive for the palace and usher in the delivery, how much can you get?" ”

Li Tan's face was a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "The villain is given eight stones in the month, and the year is less than a hundred stones. ”

"It turned out to be a fighter."

The bright moon is clear, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the emperor was only held by nobles, but in the Warring States, with the sharp decline in the status of chariots and the ups and downs of the aristocratic class, most of the people who drove were not of high status.

Li Tan didn't have many people, and on average, he could only get one bucket or two liters of corn per day, so he was called a dou food official, and he was the lowest status among the officials of Zhao State.

According to the Hanshu. According to the tracing of the productivity of the Warring States Period in the Food and Goods Journal, farmers farm 100 acres of land, and the annual harvest is one and a half acres of land, and 150 stones of millet. A person eats one and a half stones of millet in a month, and here, a stone is a unit of capacity, and one and a half stones is equivalent to 15 buckets, 150 liters. The "liter" here refers to the small liters of the Warring States period, which is equivalent to 120 milliliters today, and 150 liters is nothing more than 18 liters.

This 18 liters of millet is still millet that has not been shelled, and it weighs about 20 kilograms after being licked, and it is not an exaggeration to eat so much millet in a month in the Warring States period, where it is difficult to eat meat and manual labor is heavy. After all, according to the calculation of the planned economy era, an adult's monthly ration is 15 kilograms of rice, and he is still hungry.

In this way, a family of five, five people will need 90 stone millet a year, which is not counting the expenses such as oral taxes, taxes, firewood, vinegar, oil and salt lamps, housing and clothing.

Therefore, with Li Tan's age of 100 stones, he can only keep his family from starving, and his father, who is a handan heir, is also a fighting eater. This family can barely be regarded as a "Chinese family", there is no cold and hunger, but there is no money to spare, which can be seen from Li Tan's simple dress, plus he looked at the young women passing by from time to time along the way, Mingyue guessed that he couldn't even make up the gift money for marrying a wife.

Such people have a bit of knowledge, and most of them are very eager to go out and break through, and the reason why they hesitate is because they are worried about the risks and not getting the conditions they expect, right?

In Li Tan's body, Mingyue seems to see the shadow of her previous life, the little civil servant at the bottom of the society, with a smile on his face, ushering in the send-off, who can know the bitterness......

For this royal who has some insight and is very neat, Mingyue has the intention to recruit him, so he said: "Are you willing to be a fighting eater for the rest of your life?" In this way, I can first raise your annual salary to 400 stones, half of which will be sent directly to your house, and then increase it as appropriate in the future, are you willing to go to Linzi with me?" ”

"The villain is willing to go!"

The last hesitation in Li Tan's heart was gone, and his salary increased four times in an instant, which was equivalent to a middle-class official, and the problem of food and clothing at home was suddenly solved. What's more, in his opinion, Chang Anjun will definitely not only be an ordinary son in the future, but he will also be able to rise in the future if he throws himself under his door.

At this time, the sky will be dark, the carriage arrived at the door of the palace of King Zhao, according to the custom, even if it is a son, he must get off the car and enter, change to the chariot, Li Tan is decisive enough, the front foot was recruited, this will quickly get off the car, lying on the ground.

"The villain serves the lord and gets off!"

Li Tan did not have the slightest resistance to this, he also fought with a sword when he was young, but he ran into walls everywhere, he couldn't even marry a daughter-in-law, and his ambition gradually faded.

Unexpectedly, Chang Anjun jumped down from the side, kicked him lightly, and scolded: "I recruited you because I value your insight and cleverness, and I want you to do things for me, how can I treat you as an ordinary slave?" Hurry up, and rest like this! ”

Li Tan slapped the sycophants in the wrong place, he got up brightly, put his hand on his abdomen, and just when he didn't know what to say, he heard Chang Anjun say: "Next." ”

When he looked up, he saw Chang Anjun digging in his sleeve and throwing something to him.

Li Tan hurriedly took a look, but it was a piece of gold cake cut into squares, he recognized it, this is the "gold" of Chu State, and it is also the "upper currency" used by other countries, there are about one or two weights to start, this gold cake can almost make his whole family eat and drink for two months, Li Tan suddenly felt extremely hot!

He swallowed and said, "Lord, this is ......"

"Let you use it, and use the rest to settle your family."

Li Tan was deeply moved, and immediately bowed his head and said, "I don't know what the lord wants the villain to do?" The villain must not avoid fire and water! ”

Mingyue smiled: "It's not that exaggerated, as a royal person, you should be no stranger to chariots and horses, but do you know some trustworthy wheels and public opinion?" ”

Li Tan nodded again and again: "Know!" The villain's neighbor is the craftsman who repairs the wheel! ”

"Can that man be trusted? How is the craftsmanship? ”

Li Tan thought for a while: "The craftsmanship is the best in the surrounding streets and alleys, and he is also honest. ”

"That's very good."

Rubbing the bones of his body that were loosely torn, Mingyue said: "Tomorrow, you will find your neighbor, I will draw a sample map for him, and you will return to reserve all the materials and build a car for me." ”

"Car?" Li Tan was a little confused, Chang'an Jun wanted a car, so there wasn't much in the treasury of Zhao Wanggong, right? Why do you want him to go outside and ask someone to do it?

"The car I'm going to make is not quite like a normal car." Mingyue patted the horse and the car, he was tired of this bumpy thing on this trip to Purple Mountain, this model that has been fixed since Yin Shang was also time to change.

"What I want is a double wheel!"

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Three days later, in the early morning, outside the palace garden in the northern part of King Zhao's palace, a brand-new carriage was driven by Li Tan, its wheels creaking and circling in circles on the flat ground, while a rough craftsman watched nervously from the sidelines.

Unlike the single-wheeled cart, which generally requires two or four horses to pull, this car has a left and right wheels on the inside of the wheels at both ends of the lower axle, and there is only one horse in front of the horse!

This is what Chang Anjun said three days ago.

Chang Anjun sat on the seat of the car and asked Li Tanfa: "Li Tan, what do you think of this double wheel car compared to a single wheel car?" ”

Li Tan responded: "Lord, if you want me to make an analogy, the difference between driving these two kinds of cars is like an archer who can pierce Yang in a hundred steps, running to within ten steps and aiming at the target!" ”

Mingyue knew what he meant, meaning that the double-wheeled car was easier to use than the single-wheeled car.

A carriage is not a train, and the body cannot be nailed to the horse's butt with something like a screw hook; Horses are also not oxen, and carts can be tied to horns. The technique of connecting chariots and horses together is quite intricate and ingenious, known as the "tie method", and is usually only mastered by specialized masters.

Among them, the ancient single-wheel car shape system that has been handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties requires four or two horses to drive. Two of the horses can be tied directly to the rim and are called service horses, while the outer two horses need to be put on a rope and leash, called horses. They are made up of harnesses such as chariots, bows, and indigos, and are driven by the master with eight bridles.

Mingyue didn't even need to know how to control it, just looking at those complicated systems and even more complicated driving methods, he felt that his head was big. Driving, sure enough, it takes professionals to do things, and learning to drive a single-wheeled horse chariot is undoubtedly much more difficult than learning a driver's license in later generations.

But the two-wheeled car in front of you is different, only one horse is needed, not only the driving is greatly simplified, but also easier to control, just think about it to know that it is far easier to control a horse than to control two or four horses, which also enhances the stability of the vehicle.

"But there are also some things that are not as good as the single-wheeled cars." Li Tan is worthy of being a professional, and after going around in a circle, he found something wrong.