Jizhou Zhongshan country, Shangcai City. Ｗｗｗ。 しωχｓ520。 ｃｏｍ

In the northwest of Shangcai City, there is a big mansion, up to half a street, extremely civil and woody, flying eaves and walking walls, magnificent.

In front of the red lacquer gate, there are two huge stone lions, and there is a large plaque hanging on the door, with four gilded characters on it: "Shang Cai Zhen Mansion".

Shangcai Zhen Mansion is the richest family in the entire Zhongshan Kingdom, and even one of the best in the entire Jizhou, so even if the mansion is built in a high-profile and flamboyant manner, the city also takes it for granted.

Zhen Yi, the old owner of Zhen Mansion, was originally Shang Cai Ling, but died seven years ago. Zhen Yi's eldest son died young; The second son, Zhen Yan, once raised filial piety and integrity, became a general, and served as the head of Quliang; The third son, Zhen Yao, was filial piety and succeeded to Cai Ling. The Zhen family is not only an official for many years, but also grasps the commercial lifeline of most of Jizhou. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Zhen Yan resigned and returned to his hometown to concentrate on business.

The Zhen family's business has penetrated almost all walks of life, but it is mainly based on important materials such as grain, iron, and salt, especially in this era of war and chaos.

In an elegant study, Zhen Yan was sitting in front of the bookcase, slowly grinding ink in an inkstone, but there was another person who was struggling to write, a little Lori who was about ten years old.

I saw that although this little Lori is only ten years old, her skin is better than snow, and her eyebrows are picturesque, according to Gongsun Bai, she has grown up to be a disaster for the country and the people at a young age, far away from the Olympic version of Lin Miaoke Jiutiao Street, if she plays ten points, the Olympic version of Lin Miaoke can only score six points.

Little Lori is concentrating on writing on rice paper, such as Dai's eyebrows frowning slightly, long eyelashes trembling slightly, making people feel pity at first sight, the seal characters on rice paper are beautiful and dignified. Breathtaking.

Zhen Yan helped this little Lori polish ink, and secretly admired: "Liu Liangyan, a famous man in the county, said that the fifth sister is unspeakably noble, it seems that it is not a lie. Just this good hand, it is not comparable to ordinary men. Extraordinary people must have extraordinary deeds. ”

This little Lori was praised by Cao Zhi as "like a frightening dragon, graceful like a dragon." Rong Yao autumn chrysanthemum, Huamao spring pine. It seems to be like a light cloud covering the moon, and fluttering like the snow of the wind. Looking at it from afar, it is as bright as the sun rising to the morning glow; Forced to observe it, it is like a hibiscus out of the waves".

In the midst of admiration, a general hurried to the door. But Yaxing, who didn't dare to disturb Zhen Mi's writing, walked to Zhen Yan's side lightly and whispered something into his ear, Zhen Yan's face immediately changed greatly, and he hurriedly walked out.

Zhen Mi in the house seemed to be completely unaware of it, still writing rice paper, and what she was writing was "No Clothes".

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"A good hoe, Tinghou made, as long as the hoe is swung well, no hoe can't be dug down!"

"Qu Yuan plow. One plough tops ten oxen, a combat plough in a rake! ”

"Produced by Tinghou, it must be a high-quality product. Tinghou kitchen knife, tailor-made for you, cutting vegetables and meat, killing people and setting fires, home travel, a must-have weapon! ”

On the street, several iron vendors were shouting loudly, and the surroundings were full of people who had come to buy them.

Zhen Yan sat on the horse's back, frowning slightly. He asked in a deep voice: "Such bells and whistles must be flashy." Why not drive it out of Shangcai City? ”

The general smiled wryly: "The problem is, what they sell is really good." The kitchen knife cuts flesh and bones and does not curl the blade. The hoe is also extremely tough and durable, especially the curved plow is simply a unique design, the people who have used it say that the efficiency of using the curved plow to plow the field can be increased by more than three percent. He waited for the sale of genuine goods, and the small ones did not dare to drive away. ”

There is also a way for businessmen, as the rich party, the Zhen family did not start by oppressing the people, for this kind of genuine business, even if this group of traders shouts again, they can only let it go.

Zhen Yan was puzzled and said, "You go buy a few things and show them to me." ”

Soon, several pieces of iron were presented in front of Zhen Yan, Zhen Yan picked them up one by one and looked at them carefully, with a solemn and surprised look on his face, and couldn't stop admiring: "Good craftsmanship, good steel!"

When he saw the black zigzag plow, he couldn't help but exclaim: "The one who designed this plough is also a true god!" ”

He turned to the general and asked, "Where did these iron tools come from, ask them quickly, and there will be a reward!" ”

The general hurriedly said: "I have inquired clearly, these iron tools are all from Tuyin City, Beiping County, Youbei. ”

"Tuyun City?" Zhen Yan read these three words, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked urgently, "The Pavilion Marquis they are talking about, but the Pavilion Marquis of Guangning is the Gongsun Taishou of Beiping County?" ”

The general said: "Exactly, I heard that this Quyuan plough was also designed by Tinghou himself, and these ironware are all made by craftsmen gathered in Tinghou Mansion." ”

Zhen Yan thought for a while, and suddenly said urgently: "Hurry up and prepare the carriage and horses, I want to go to Tuyin City and visit the Guangning Pavilion in person!" “

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In the spring season, some people think about spring, some people call spring, and naturally some people are doing things related to spring.

Like Guo Jia, the first prodigal son of Tuyin City, in this spring season, he is free to mingle in the Red Fragrance Pavilion. Gongsun Bai once kindly persuaded him to be a daughter-in-law, but to no avail. For a prodigal son like Guo Jia, it seems that he is reluctant to raise chickens for the sake of eating eggs, and he still buys it to save trouble.

However, fortunately, there are not many people like Guo Jia, so several famous matchmakers in Tuyin City are very busy, and Wang Po is one of them.

As the saying goes, Wang Po sells melons and boasts about herself, and Wang Po will boast about the matchmaker every time she talks about matchmaking, but Chen Laowu, the matchmaker who came today, doesn't even seem to look down on her.

Chen Lao Wu looks nearly forty years old, but for the famous matchmaker Wang Po, age is not a problem, height is not distance, but this matchmaker Chen Lao Wu is indeed a little too stumbling, short and thin, not to mention old, and his skin is as black as charcoal, the hair on his head is messy like a chicken nest, and his beard is also like a messy grass.

As a famous media, not all kinds of media take it all and say it, and it is obvious that she is here to smash her signboard, so her face is ugly, and she just wants to send Chen Lao Wu away in a few words.

"Gui Geng?" She asked coldly.

"Twenty-five."

Wang Po's eyes widened, she was really old and decrepit, no matter how she looked at it, she looked like forty-five, but she didn't get entangled, but continued to ask: "Is there a shop in the city?" ”

"Nope."

"Can there be an immediate relative in the family as an official?"

"Nope."

"Do you have your own house in the city?"

Chen Lao Wu replied helplessly: "No." ”

Wang Po finally stopped wasting her time and issued an eviction order: "I'm sorry. The girl of the Zhang family is also a woman from a good family, and she is very smart, but she can't live a hard life. ”

Chen Lao Wu stood up with a sneer. He said to himself: "I'm just a first-class blacksmith in the Tiangong Camp of the Tinghou Mansion, and it seems that I can't climb high." ”

The voice did not fall. Wang Po had already risen up, grabbed him firmly, and said with a smile: "Dead ghost, why didn't you say it earlier, come on, come on, young people have to be patient, sit down and have a good chat." My daughter is also fourteen years old this year, and she looks much better than the Zhang family's stumbling girl. And with big breasts and big butts, I guarantee that I can give you a son. ”

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In 193 AD, Liu He, the Taishou of Liaoxi County, went to Changli City to officially take office, and Yan Rou and Xian Yu complemented each other. At the same time, under the recommendation of Gongsun Bai, the former Xu Wucheng County Ling Li Al was appointed by Liu Yu as the minister of state of Liaodong.

It was accompanied by Zhang He's Taiping Army, which guarded the northeastern part of Liaoxi and the area where Liaodong County and Liaodong vassal states were located. In addition to preventing the Xianbei people from crossing the Great Wall to the south, as well as the riots of the people and the looting of bandits, the Taiping army also had two important tasks: one was to prevent the invasion of Gongsun Du in Liaodong, and the other was to deter Liu He and Yan Rou and others. Prevent it from causing trouble.

In this way, the political situation of the three counties was stabilized, and the right Beiping County and even Shanggu Yuyang, Liaoxi and Liaodong vassal states. It entered the era of great economic development at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Yu's political value of 94 was fully exerted, and under his call, a large number of wastelands in the north of Youzhou were reclaimed, including many nomadic Wuhuan people in Youbeiping County, who also began to cultivate and farm, transforming from animal husbandry to planting. Iron mining and salt production are also booming, with salt and iron ore in Yuyang and iron ore in Youbeiping County being the leading force driving economic development.

The land of Youzhou is rich in iron ore. In particular, Yuyang and Youbeiping County are even more so, but the original iron-smelting industry has been completely banned. Big carts of iron ore. A steady stream of them were sent to the iron-smelting camp outside the city.

The iron-smelting camp was owned by the Tinghou Mansion, two or three miles away from the city. There are dozens of houses, and a compound with a radius of hundreds of steps, with mountains of iron ore stacked on the left and smelted steel ingots neatly stacked on the right.

Every day there were horse-drawn carts coming and going, in and out of the iron-smelting camp, some to deliver iron ore and some to pull steel ingots. Although some people wonder why there is no black smoke blast furnace here, since it is an iron-smelting camp, only iron ore enters and steel ingots come out, but no one dares to ask about the affairs of Tinghou Mansion.

The important thing is that the iron ore here is sold at the best price, and as for the steel ingots, they are not sold out, and all of them are sent to the Tiangong Camp, which is only a hundred steps away from the iron smelting camp. Therefore, even if the original iron smelting industry was not banned, they had to give it up, they could not afford the price of the Tinghou Mansion to buy iron ore, and the quality of iron smelting was extremely poor, and no one bought their iron blocks.

The Tiangong Camp is the meaning of taking advantage of the heavenly workmanship, that is, the craftsman camp built by the Tinghou Mansion is mainly blacksmiths, and there are also many carpenters. Here are the best blacksmiths and carpenters in Youzhou, and of course, the best ironware is made. Except for some weapons, most of them are agricultural tools, including hoes, curved plows, harrows, rakes and other items, which are high-quality and durable.

The farm tools of Tiangong Camp were only sold in Youbeiping County at first, and then gradually spread to the entire Youzhou and even the northern part of Jizhou, so the scene seen in Zhen Yan in Shangcai County appeared.

In the Tiangong Camp, blacksmiths are rated according to the level of craftsmanship, and the wages of blacksmiths of different grades are not low, and the wages of first-class blacksmiths like Chen Lao Wu are naturally the highest, so Chen Lao Wu will become the diamond king Lao Wu in one fell swoop.

High-quality ironware, in addition to the good craftsmanship of the blacksmiths, the real reason is that the steel is good, the high-quality steel not only makes the ironware tough and durable, but also saves the blacksmiths' forging time, greatly improves the production efficiency and output, and can be sold to the entire north.

As for the steel, the fried steel forged by the armor system is forged according to the quality of the best fried steel in this era, and it only takes ten minutes to complete a few tons of fried steel. (To be continued.) )>