Episode 8: Buying military rations

In the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang invented the Zhuge crossbow with ten arrows, which was known as the machine gun of the cold weapon era, which was very deterrent in the Three Kingdoms.

In ancient times, tens of thousands of people were involved in wars, and it was impossible to form a scattered formation of three or four people, and as soon as the fight began, the black pressure rushed upward, and ten arrows were shot out at a hula, how could they hit two or three, and this killing effect was extremely high at that time, so the army of Wei was very afraid of this kind of crossbow.

But Gao Yun's repeating crossbow is not this kind of crossbow with ten arrows at a time, but a crossbow with ten arrows in a row. In fact, Gao Yunzao's crossbow was like a large revolver in his own opinion, and every time he pulled the trigger, an arrow would be fired until all ten arrows were fired.

Because taking into account the weight and size, the capacity of ten arrows is already the limit. Although this kind of crossbow is more flexible to use than the Zhuge crossbow, it has a disadvantage, that is, it is very cumbersome to load arrows, and once these ten arrows are released, it is impossible to reload them on the battlefield. Therefore, Gao Yun asked Gao Shun to train cavalry archers, first, to attack and retreat quickly, and secondly, to ensure the hit rate of these ten arrows.

Sun Bin looked at the two objects in Gao Yun's hand, the round shield made of wattles, although Sun Bin had never seen it, it was still understandable. And this "big sniper" made of elm, Sun Bin is unheard of.

Because even the crossbow mechanism was inside, Sun Bin didn't see the way out of the door after looking at it for a long time, so he had to ask Gao Yundao: "My subordinates are stupid, if you want to say that this round shield made by the lord is really exquisite, not only light and heavy, but also very tough." But Sun Bin has never seen this elm instrument, and he asks the lord to teach him."

"Hehe, Furen is too modest, this thing is called 'Gaoyun Crossbow', I created it myself, so you naturally can't have seen it. I'll show you how to show it and you'll understand."

After Gao Yun finished speaking, he held the repeater in his arms, aimed it at the door and pulled the trigger continuously.

I saw that the ten arrows carried "Whoosh! The sound of the wind flew out of the crossbow barrel and nailed to the door one after another.

looked at Sun Bin dumbfounded, "This! This! ......" I didn't say anything for a long time.

In fact, it is no wonder that Sun Bin was surprised, even a master of physics and machinery like Gao Yun took a long time to design, and it took a lot of effort to make it.

After a long while, Sun Bin came back to his senses, and said with a face full of surprise: "If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, I really couldn't believe that there was such an artifact in the world, and the master's skills were really ingenious."

"Hehe, Furen has an overreputation, I already told you a few days ago that the world will soon be chaotic. At that time, this repeater will be our magic weapon to defeat the enemy, and it must not be leaked. But I couldn't make a few on my own, and to equip the army, I had to produce them in large quantities. So I came up with a way, you come and see".

After Gao Yun finished speaking, he picked up the repeater and dismantled it piece by piece, and after a while, the repeater turned into dozens of elm parts.

Gao Yun pointed to these parts, and said to Sun Bin: "You can divide your carpenters into groups, and each group will only produce one kind of part, and they must not discuss each other. In addition, you have to choose ten credible people to assemble them. Although the process of this repeater is complicated, after becoming proficient, it is not a problem for each person to load ten crossbows per day. Although this kind of repeater is powerful, firstly, we don't have too many manpower, and secondly, this repeater is too expensive to use arrows, so too many are useless, and the gentleman only needs to make me 6,000 in three months."

"Thank you for the importance of the master, Sun Bin must be cautious and ensure that nothing goes wrong." In Sun Bin's opinion, Gao Yun can give him such an important thing to do, which is a great trust in himself.

"Furen, you do things, of course I can rest assured, and then there is this round shield will be mass-produced, of course, this is not a secret, as long as the quality is guaranteed. In addition, after this round shield is made, it is soaked in glue oil, and then put it in the sand and drag it repeatedly until the sand is covered with every crevice, and then it is dried in the shade. In this way, the sand will solidify with the glue, which will act as a fire prevention and will be stronger." Gao Yun said as he pointed out Sun Bin with a round shield.

"The subordinates understand, please rest assured." Sun Bin is an extremely smart person, and this Jingtiao round shield does not have any advanced skills, Gao Yun instructed him, and Sun Bin fully comprehended it.

Gao Yun is convinced of Sun Bin's loyalty and ability to do things, so Gao Yun couldn't be more relieved to leave these two things to Sun Bin to do.

After Sun Bin left, Gao Yun stretched his waist for a long time, and he was tired a lot in the past two days. Seeing that it was getting dark, Gao Yun remembered one more thing, and hurriedly walked out of the front hall and asked the house to prepare horses.

Gao Yun walked down the steps and wanted to go to the bedroom to talk to Yu'er, but saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei coming from the front yard.

"Big brother, big brother!". The two brothers came to Gao Yun for a drink.

"Second brother and third brother, you came just in time, go and clean up and follow me to the county office."

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard Gao Yun's words, they no longer thought about drinking, and hurriedly went back to their rooms to clean up.

Gao Yun greeted Yu'er, took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and rushed all the way to the county government of Qixian County.

The current county commander is named Liu Xu, the word Fangxian, is a master who eats meat and does not spit out bones, and has scraped the land of Luxian County three layers inside and three layers outside.

Liu Xu had already heard that Gao Yun was going to take over his position, and when he heard that Gao Yun was suddenly visiting, he felt that it must be related to the matter of taking over, so he hurriedly invited him to the front hall.

"I have long heard that Lord Liu is honest and honest, Gao Yun is busy with chores, and he has not come to visit him, and I still hope that Lord Liu Haihan, hehe." Gao Yun walked up the hall and was polite to Liu Xu.

Seeing that Gao Yun was polite, Liu Xu quickly stood up and said politely: "Oh, Brother Pufang is serious, knowing that Brother Xian is about to take office, Liu has long wanted to go to congratulate, but he has not been free, I didn't expect to let Brother Xian work, please sit down."

"Where, where is it, Lord Liu is too polite." Gao Yun arched his hand at Liu Xu and sat on the chair, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood behind him.

"Brother Pufang, please use tea, my Qingshui Yamen, I don't have any good tea, I neglect Brother Xian."

"Where did Lord Liu say, he took the liberty of bothering him, and he couldn't care less."

"Huh? Brother Pu Fang is about to take office, so it's reasonable to come and check it out, I'm afraid Brother Xian is also coming for nothing, haha."

"Hehe, Lord Liu is really fast-talking, and there is no need to detour in the next round, this time I took the liberty to visit, and there are indeed some things to discuss with adults." As Gao Yun spoke, he looked around and motioned for Liu Xu to retreat.

"Brother Xian don't have to worry, these are Liu's henchmen, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Oh, that's a lot of worrying." Gao Yun smiled and said to Guan Yu, "Yun Chang, take out the things."

"Yes, big brother" Guan Yu listened to Gao Yun's instructions and put the bag in his hand in front of Gao Yun.

"A little courtesy, not a respect." Gao Yun said as he opened the bag, revealing yellow gold.

Liu Xu saw that there were at least five hundred taels of gold, and he was happy and suspicious in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "This!" What does this mean? ”

"Hehe, Brother Fang Xian is a sensible person, I might as well say it clearly, I know that Lord Liu has worked hard in the past few years, so there is such a wealth of money and food as the county official warehouse. Now that it is time for the adults to step down, Gao naturally can't let the adults suffer, all the money in the treasury can be taken away, and the shortfall will be made up by Gao Yun himself. But the grain in the official warehouse, please leave it for Gao, and the 500 gold will be compensated. What does Lord Liu think? ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard that the eldest brother not only asked Liu Xu to take away all the treasury silver, but also gave the gold to Liu Xu, and they were unhappy with the boss. In fact, how do they know that if Gao Yun doesn't come to send the five hundred gold, not to mention that there is not much money left in the treasury, I'm afraid that even this official grain will have to be sold out by Liu Xu.

In fact, this has become a common practice in the Eastern Han Dynasty, why do these people spend so much money to buy these three years of officials? It's not that you just want to make a profit, so you can leave your hard-earned family funds to your successor.

But this treasury silver is easy to handle, just take it away, but the official food has become a heart disease for these people. Usually afraid of checking the library above, I don't dare to sell privately, but when I want to sell, it is not so easy to find a buyer.

After all, it is official food, and no matter how bold these people are, they don't dare to sell it openly, so most of them will steal it to the surrounding bandits, and the selling price is only one-tenth of the market price.

According to Liu Xu's original plan, he wanted to sell 100,000 yuan of coarse and fine official grain in the warehouse, which was only about 2 million yuan at one-tenth of the market price, and the alloy was only more than 400 taels.

But Gao Yun sent 500 gold, which not only allowed Liu Xu to earn an extra 100 gold for nothing, but also saved him the risk of trading with bandits, and Liu Xu's heart suddenly blossomed.

said with a smile: "Brother Pu Fang is really worthy of everyone's background, and at first glance, he is a person who does great things. Since Brother Pufang is so refreshing, then Liu is not ambiguous, there are 150,000 official grains in the official warehouse, and Liu guarantees that a lot of them will be handed over to Brother Xian."

Gao Yun was naturally happy when he saw Liu Xu's promise, but he was surprised when he heard the amount of grain. 150,000 Hu, that's more than 4 million catties, "I wiped his mother's, this dog official is too fucking greedy."

Although Gao Yun scolded Liu Xu in his heart, he was still full of smiles on his face, and said happily: "Then thank you Lord Liu, when the delivery is made, Gao Yun still has a small gift to thank your lord."

As soon as Liu Xu heard that there were still gifts, he was happy in his heart, "Oh, Brother Xian is so polite, Brother Fool immediately ordered the house to prepare a banquet, you and I will not be drunk tonight."

Although Gao Yun was humble on his face, he was itching in his heart for the root of his hatred for this corrupt official, and he felt disgusted when he looked at Liu Xu's face, let alone stay and eat with him.

"Thank you Lord Liu for your kindness, but there is really something at home today, let's do it another day, invite Lord Liu to the house another day, and then talk to the adults about it." After Gao Yun finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye.

Liu Xu was originally out of courtesy, so naturally he would not keep Gao Yun.

The success of this transaction, Gao Yun was actually equivalent to robbing the bandits' business and buying the grain out of his own pocket.

But this price is too cost-effective, according to the current market price of more than a dozen dollars a catty of rice, these four million catties of grain, planing out the low-priced coarse grains, at least 30 million yuan, equivalent to gold, that is 6,000 taels.

"My good boy, fuck, made a lot of money". Gao Yun's calculation made his heart bloom.

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