Section 60 The Way to Return to the East (I)
Du Ne was shocked, if this Luo Jia Saburo in front of him was not a powerful soldier, he would probably have to reprimand him loudly. For two hundred years, no one wants to stay in this land, and seven or eight generations of the Tang people of the artisan camp have tried to return to their homeland in different ways, but they have not succeeded. Now a young man from outside actually said that he had a way, although he was not very familiar with military affairs, but as an elder, how could he not know the barbarism of the Turks on the way home? With more than 100 alien warriors under his command?
"Du Lao, please take a look......" Lao Luo ignored his annoyance, but took out a drawing of a partial van he drew with his hand, he drew a copy of this thing, and the rest were copies of Li Jiao's copy, the same kind of drawings are not complete, and the key compartment connection hook and chassis shock absorption technology are not reflected.
"What is this?" Dunne's anger didn't come out, but he was attracted by the drawings in Lao Luo's hand, which was obviously a factor in solving the problem of the way back to the east, and he opened the drawings with Lao Luo's cooperation to check them.
"This is the drawing of the partial van," Lao Luo pulled out the scroll while pointing out to Du Ne, he used a quill to draw the drawing as much as possible to respect the industrial drawing learned by later generations, in addition to the effect, there are three views, parts analysis diagram, material annotation diagram, and even a lot of blank places, he also drew some disassembly and assembly combination diagrams, "This thing is used to defend against the cavalry assault of the Turks, as long as a certain amount of crossbowmen are deployed behind the partial carriage board, it can completely resist the cavalry team." ”
"Partial carriage, I seem to have heard this word somewhere," Du Ne rubbed his temples and carefully examined the craftsmanship indicated on the drawing, he was an expert in metalworking and carpentry, although this drawing was different from what he had seen before, and he didn't know how the other party drew it, but what fell on the straight face should be feasible, he muttered as he looked at it, "Four wheels, put the two-wheeled chariot together?" How to solve the steering problem? How to fix the outer compartment panel...... Rear and rear connections? What to do if you encounter an arrow projectile? ”
Lao Luo didn't speak again, he just looked at this old craftsman, that's right, Du Ne, who looked at the drawings, didn't look like an elder at all, but was very much like the old engineers of later generations, professional, stubborn and rigorous.
Time passed minute by minute, because it had been explained in advance, no one came to disturb the communication between Lao Luo and Du Ne, and the few craftsmen brought by Du Ne had long been attracted by the layout of the camp.
"No, this thing is not complete," Lao Du, who had been watching for a long time, finally realized that something was wrong, "The size of the perforation is marked, and the spacing of the spokes is regulated, but there are no details of the production of the axle, there is no key position of the steering, and there is no hook for the front and rear cars...... San Lang, where did this thing come from? ”
"I painted ......," Lao Luo said very easily, and his face was also completely relaxed.
"Hmm......" Du Ne fell silent, the expressions of anxiety, anger, excitement, and sadness flashed on his face, and after a long while, he eased down, "General Luo, say, what do you want?" ”
Lao Luo saw that the other party's expression calmed down and it was clear that the other party saw his intentions, and the other party's question also proved this, from the other party's title, he may have thought that he was trying to blackmail something, he sighed in his heart, in the end, it was an elder selected from the bottom, calm and sharp enough. Lao Luo said with a pleasant face: "Old Du, I don't need any money or goods to reward, I just need to trust." ”
"I don't believe it, it's impossible to get something without work, and if you want to get something, you have to give something." At this time, Dunne was admirably calm.
"Okay," Lao Luo spread his hands, "Old Du, you see, I am also a Han person, and my ancestors were also common people who used to be in the Tang Dynasty, we have the same roots, this is not a transaction." You know, the fourth mother of the Li family has a good relationship with me, and I want to marry her as a wife, but I don't want to stay in this land. So ......"
"Well, I'm sure that's part of the reason you came up with this thing, but not all of it, right? Luo Jia Saburo? "Dune is sixty-two years old this year, the blood of his ancestors did not give him any advantages, he has experienced too many things from commoners to elders, he is not worried about his safety at this age, nor does he care about any wealth, only the trust of descendants and people around him is what he cares about the most, the so-called desireless and rigid is exactly this truth.
"Hehe," the gray-haired old man in front of him was so stubborn that it was respectable, and Lao Luo said calmly, "Okay, let me tell you something specific, I am worried about the current situation of the local Tang people, and the disagreement of the four big families is likely to cause the local people to become a mess of sand." Moreover, if you want a lot of people to move eastward together, whether it's just a few thousand or all of them, you need a unified plan and deployment, and I don't believe that the local people have the ability to do that. ”
Lao Luo's words were very slow, because he didn't know how to express them with the words at this time, even so, Du Ne thought for a while before he realized what Lao Luo meant, "Alas, you are right, the contradictions between the four families of Li Zhang and Pei Wei are not small, and now they are even more stiff, as far as I know, the Pei Wei family is colluding with the Turks." However, the current defender of the city, General Cheng Shouru, is also a good general, San Lang, do you have the ability to integrate thirty or forty thousand people? ”
"Haha, Du Lao, the matter of the generals will be spoken by force, it's a big deal to try it, then what do you think of my subordinates outside?" Lao Luo smiled heartily and pointed in the direction outside the tent.
"They are all very brave warriors, but rely on these aliens?" Of course, Dunne had reason to suspect that the artisan battalion had been forced to remain on the land at the expense of the aliens (Qarluqs).
"I provide their food, clothing, shelter and transportation, even the knives they wield are mine, they are still learning our language and script, they are fighting according to my instructions, and they may have an Oriental name when they come to the East? Do you say they're still interracial? Lao Luo said a lot of things, because he can't tolerate this kind of blind xenophobia around him now, which must not be in line with reality.
"Okay, okay, it's that I'm a little too worried, once I was bitten by a snake, and I'm afraid of the well rope for ten years." Lao Du stroked the beard on his chin, and said with some sighs, he has really had enough of the suffering of foreign races for so many years.
"Old Du, I'm a little paranoid, I just don't want to be tied hand and foot. I will make it clear that they were warriors that I gathered from Athens, the city of the Greeks, and from Athens to here, except for a few wounded, not a single person was lost, they were professional warriors, meticulous in their obedience to orders. Lao Luo's attitude is still very calm, without a bit of ostentatious expression, this is his self-confidence, for him, a soldier who came out of the high-intensity war in later generations, the trivial matters on the thousand-mile journey from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea coast can really only be regarded as trivial.
Lao Du was also a little surprised, although he heard that this young man's small team of Georgians who won more with fewer victories, but he really didn't expect that this young man could actually take a large group of people to travel thousands of miles without damage, "Well, I believe that San Lang you don't have to lie, you should also have the ability to integrate everyone." But I'm curious, what is the expected return for your dedication? Don't hide it, don't let an old man like me look down on you. ”
"What I want is to get a territory in my hometown in the East, and to help the people here, the main thing is that I hope that the people who go back with me can stay and be my people." Lao Luo felt that there was nothing to hide about this, many things were explained in advance, but it was not anything, and trying to hide something in a concealed manner was more likely to make people doubt and distrust.
"Ahh Lao Du had a sudden realization that this young man's ambition was really not small, "Why?" It's not bad to return to your hometown and honestly find a place to marry a wife and have children, or to be a general on the battlefield and a marquis? ”
Lao Luo spread his hands and made an innocent look, "You know, it is difficult for a person like me to submit to an emperor, I can't be a loyal minister, and I don't want to please anyone to be a minister, and I want to be a minister and ask for glory and wealth." So I decided to carve out a home on my own, and no one could stop me, and I had the ability to keep my land safe. By the way, I'm talking about wanting someone to be my lord, not being forced, and when I get to the East, I can leave as much as I want. ”
"Well, Saburo, do you want to establish a principality like Sylvan?" Lao Du was a little curious, and the other party's words were a little arrogant, but he just believed that maybe he could really do it. You must know that even the enthusiastic and unrestrained Tang people like to be more reserved, and no one has ever said from the beginning that I want to conquer a territory or something.
"Maybe, who knows, that's my goal for the next twenty years." Lao Luo's words were very casual, as if conquering a territory was a very easy matter.
"Well, if I make it to the East alive, maybe stay in your territory." Lao Du didn't want to delve into this, what territory or feudal country was not what he wanted, not to mention that it was still a matter of the future, and there was still a problem with the way back in front of him, "San Lang, the road back is very long, and the battle may be solved by this partial car, what about many frail old people, children and women?" They can't afford to be bumped for a long time, it's deadly. ”
"Old Du, please take a look at this ......" Lao Luo rummaged through the bag behind him, and pulled out a set of scroll drawings.
Dunne took the scroll and opened it slowly, still on delicate parchment, on which he had drawn some strange patterns in black ink, until it was all unfolded, and he found that it was a car without wheels, a basket-like structure made of wood with a flat fence, and a huge ball-like thing floating on top, the ball was tied to the "body", and in front of it was the horse's seat, and he was a little dumbfounded, "What is this?" ”