[The first update, ask for red tickets, collect]

A corner of the courtyard after the Qinzhou Prefecture is the study of Zhizhou. Zhizhou with different personalities, the layout in the study is also different. And the recent Zhizhou, his study is always indispensable for all kinds of pen and ink painting tools. On the wall of the study, there are beautifully framed paintings, all of which are from the handwriting of the master of the study. It's just that recently, the owner of the study gave up his hobby of painting and buried himself in official documents.

"I can't imagine that it's Shen Qi, what's the use of him coming, and the mud?!"

Li Shizhong sneered, and threw the official document he was looking at on the table. It's just that the strength of his hand is a little stronger, and the paper turns half a circle on the table, and it slides to the ground with a snap. Listening to Qin Fengjinglu's voice ringing in the study, he said to his staff:

"It's a joke to let Shen get up and re-measure the wasteland of Qinzhou. Shen Xingzong has always looked at the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't have the courage to stand on Wang Shao's side. But he himself is a figure who knows how to advance and retreat, and he will not get along with the auxiliary ministers. His temperament must be a mud after the worst, thinking that neither side should be offended. Xiangqing, look at it, Shen Qi will definitely say that the barren land in Qinzhou is neither ten thousand hectares as Wang Shao said, nor one mu as Dou Shunqing and Li Ruoyu said, but around two or three thousand hectares. If he doesn't, I'll lose my head to you! "Li Shizhong is usually a big mouth, but in private, he is even more unscrupulous.

"It's not that matters now, is it?!"

Yao Fei shook his head, he wanted Li Shizhong's head to do something. Picking up the official document left by Li Shizhong, he said: "Shen Qi is okay, the Son of Heaven doesn't even believe the words of his cronies and courtiers, and he also sent Shen Du to transfer to Qinzhou again, and the Son of Heaven's preference is already self-evident." ”

"Wang Shao's reunion of the seven families and the destruction of the Tuoshuo tribe have won the favor of the saints, I can see this. But this is Wang Shao's ability?! Li Shizhong remembered Wang Shao's appearance at the military conference that day, which did not seem to be a fake at all. And Wang Shao suddenly changed his original intention and went to Guwei, but it was after he visited Han Gang, who was sick, "Han Gang is the one who strategizes." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's right or not, no matter how high Han Gang's intelligence is, it's only a Jiupin, and when he is really threatened, it won't be until more than ten years later. Now Wang Shao is the prime minister, you have to care. Yao Fei did his duty as a staff member and put forward his opinion to Li Shizhong, "Xiang Bao has had a stroke and will inevitably leave his post in the near future." The new ruler is not allowed to be selected and transferred in Kansai, and if Zhang Shouyue is promoted, Wang Shao will be even more difficult to govern. Xianggong still made a plan early, picked a suitable candidate on the road, and asked for his life. ”

Li Shizhong did not answer immediately, but hesitated for a while, and then asked in a hurry, "Xiangqing, you say...... How much does the Son of Heaven value Wang Shao? ”

Li Shizhong regretted it!

After many years of friendship, Yao Fei could see at a glance that Li Shizhong regretted it. It is no wonder that Li Shizhong miscalculated the determination of the Son of Heaven, thinking that Wang Anshi would not be able to compete with Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and others. So he has always stood on the opposite side of Wang Shao, but the current situation is unexpected by Li Shizhong.

Yao Fei shook his head and pointed out that Li Shizhong's idea was unrealistic: "It's too late to marry Wang Shao now." Moreover, Wang Shao has an independent personality and never likes to share credit with others. In two days, Gao Zunyu will go to Qinzhou, and Wang Shao may be driven out of Qinzhou City by him, and the matter of Hehuang will have nothing to do with him. ”

"By the way, there is Gao Zunyu!" Li Shizhong nodded first, and then shook his head, "First the ministers, and now the relatives, how can the current official family make full use of these people?" ”

Yao Fei didn't speak, thought about it and then changed the topic: "By the way, Wang Shao didn't know what he was doing in the past two days, and asked Han Gang to get nearly 100 catties of beeswax for his family in one go. ”

"Beeswax? Nearly 100 pounds? Wang Shao: Does this want to make candles to sell? ”

"I don't know what to do." Yao Fei shook his head, and he had no intention of delving, it was enough to divert Li Shizhong's attention.

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Candles are more expensive than oil, so oil lamps are often used in the world. People who can afford to use candles have a solid family background.

Han Gang reads at home on weekdays, but at night he lights an oil lamp instead of using candles. Not only Han Gang, but Wang Shao is also usually saving. However, the beeswax they provided to Tian Ji to make the sand table was used for dozens of catties, and they didn't feel distressed at all.

Tian Ji remade a more elaborate sand table model, and it took four days to pay nearly 100 catties of beeswax. Whether it is Wang Shao, Wang Hou, or Han Gang, they have exhausted their minds and energy for this sand table.

During this time, Han Gang's understanding of contour maps was deepened a lot through the production of sand tables. At the beginning, the sand table was made, but it was just an imitation of the old simple map, from which it was impossible to distinguish the height of the mountains and the flow of the river, and it had to be corrected by Wang Shao and Wang Hou through memory.

Now, drawing a rough contour map, the mountains are steep where the lines are thin, and the terrain is gentle where the lines are sparse, so it is much more convenient to create a sand table. At the same time, even Wang Shao and Wang Hou are already well aware of these cognitions. In addition, there is a scale of the map, which was also proposed by Han Gang and then adopted. However, the problem of scale is also Wang Shao's estimation. In order to determine the reduction ratio of the length and width of the sand table, Wang Shao also asked Han Gang to go to the pavilion library, turn out the geographical map drawn a few years ago, and copy and compare it again according to the proportional relationship.

"I can't imagine that there is such a trick in making a sand table. Although the contour map may seem dizzy at first, once you get used to it, you can see the change in terrain at a glance. The mountains and valleys are clear at a glance. Wang Hou asked Han Gang half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Yukun, you honestly, where did you learn it?" ”

"Learn? I don't know anything about the Tao myself, what do you want me to say? Han Gang shook his head, "It's just a flash of inspiration." ”

After four days of hard work, Tian Ji's beard became unkempt, his hair was also disheveled, and his eyes were bloodshot. His voice was hoarse, like a file, "Han Guanren has a wonderful light. In the future, if you make a sand table, with a contour map and a scale bar, it will be much simpler. ”

"But if you have to draw a map and measure the scale in advance, it will be very cumbersome to do this preparation."

Han Gang was humble and stood in front of the newly made sand table. This sand table is no longer three feet square, but close to one zhang in size, and is composed of a total of 25 sand tables in length and width. The main hall of Wang Shao's house was tightly blocked.

To put it mildly, this sand table is not formal, and there are many gaps with reality. As far as Han Gang's memory goes, he even found that there were a few missing hills in one place, and another one was an extra tributary valley. But Han Gang wasn't sure about this, he was just relying on memory, not an accurate map that he had carefully drawn.

Through these days of hard work, Han Gang understands how hard it is to make a sand table. In the future, these things will be left to professionals to do, and it is enough for them to be audited by themselves. And the sand table in front of him that has been prepared is more than enough because it is for the emperor to see. It doesn't matter if there's one more hill or one less.

"That's it!" Wang Hou was also exhausted, but he was very excited, and in a few days he would press the captives to Tokyo to face the saint, such an honor was not because of his father, but with his own credit.

Wang Shao didn't say much, and silently returned to his room to make up for sleep, he was also working hard. And Wang Shao's age is here, no more than Han Gang and Wang Hou who can stay up late.

Wang Houban leaned over and looked at the sand table, the rivers and trees, desert mountains and forests on it were all expressed with sawdust of different colors, which was also Han Gang's opinion.

Wang Hou once again praised Tian Ji's outstanding craftsmanship, and said: "Outside the field, help me make a few small clay figurines so that they can be placed on this sand table." ”

"Do what?" This is Han Gang asking.

"Serve as a garrison for every city and every wall." Wang Hou blinked his eyes and smiled at Han Gang, "When Brother Fool used to have free time, he always liked to look at the map and point out the country. But the old maps look very messy, and they are useless. I don't want to do it these days, with the sand table coming out, it was difficult to do a good job in the past, but now it is easy. ”

Tian Ji's movements are very neat, everything is a skilled worker, three times five divided by two, it is a group of more than a dozen clay soldiers, placed in front of Wang Hou. These clay soldiers have different postures, vivid, some on horseback, some on foot, a few simple knives, but the spirit of the men in the army is carved.

Wang Hou gently picked up a small soldier and placed it in the position of Qinzhou City in the sand table, "There are nearly 6,000 soldiers in Qinzhou, which belong to fourteen commanders, of which two are cavalry commanders, and the rest are foot soldiers. ”

He then picked up another soldier and placed it on the defense of Gangu City, "This is the soldier of Gangu City. Gangu Castle had a total of eight commanders, two thousand five foot soldiers, and four hundred cavalry. ”

The third soldier was placed in Shuiluo City, "There are 2,000 soldiers in Shuiluo City, and five commanders. ”

The fourth soldier was placed in Guwei Village, "There are two thousand foot soldiers guarding here, and there are three more cavalry under the command of Fan Luo recently." ”

Seeing Wang Hou on the sand table, doing some childish games, Han Gang suddenly woke up. The real purpose of the military sand table is not to show it to the Son of Heaven, nor to attack political enemies, but to calculate the success or failure of the war before the start of the war, and to make up for the gaps in tactical plans.

It seems that I am really a little confused, and I have forgotten to use the most useful thing of the sand table. With the sand table, there is no need to bake turtle shells before the war to judge the good and evil - although it is a matter of Yin Shang, but at this time, the commander still has to learn the skill of fortune-telling. In the general essentials of the martial arts, there is a special chapter on how to divinate victory.

"Brother Chudao." Han Gang stepped forward, "This sand table is not used like this. ”