If these people who change the law are just courtiers, but the king is no better. Those who are familiar with history must know about Hufu cavalry shooting. He really brought China into the cavalry era. It also made Zhao State "male", unlike Wei State, which had just entered the Warring States Period. He made Zhao a great power that was once almost comparable to Qin.

But how did King Zhao Wuling die? He who died of starvation, trapped in the palace by his courtiers and sons with a wall, with nothing, died of hunger and thirst.

Seeing the township test held for the first time, even Yang Zilu, who has experienced a lot of winds and waves, can't help but be a little excited at this moment. Yang Zilu immediately announced that he would personally serve as the chief examiner of next year's examination, of course, in name, there are so many things in the Han Kingdom, how could Yang Zilu have time to serve as the chief examiner. But even so, it also made the children of the poor family excited about this, which also proved that Yang Zilu attached great importance to the imperial examination, and also gave them a way to enter the office, so that they believed in the future of the imperial examination system, and they would definitely not disappoint them.

Although there are many doctors who are more or less opposed to Yang Zilu's move, even Confucius is also opposed, after all, he is also from a noble background. However, Confucius also admitted that Yang Zilu's move greatly alleviated the contradiction between the aristocracy and the poor family, and at the same time absorbed more talents.

But Confucius's opposition was not only based on his own etiquette, but also on his own merits. Most of the people who have knowledge today are born or in the family. If Yang Zilu offends them, it will still do more harm than good to the Han Kingdom in terms of recruiting talents now and in the future.

But no matter what, the imperial examination system was still implemented, and the time slowly moved to June. Yang Zilu set off to Ouyi and Jian'an County in the south on the grounds of safari, but Yang Zilu did not take any of his wives on the trip. Of course, this is related to several women themselves, Zheng Dan is happy, Xi Shi is happy, Xiaohu is training female soldiers, and dreams of establishing an iron army composed of women. Lian Ji is taking care of Yang Che.

But the main willingness is that Yang Zilu is not going on a safari, the safari is just a pretense.

…… Ouyi ...... Now Ouyi is no longer what it used to be, and it is full of popularity. The fields are neatly divided, and wheat and corn are no longer grown in the fields, but rice is planted instead. Water is poured into the fields along the dug irrigation canals. The rice in the field is growing well.

Yang Zilu couldn't help but nod her head with satisfaction and praised: "Not bad!" ”

Dong Kuanggong, the county doctor of Ouyi County, and Yang Tugou, the county teacher, followed Yang Zilu, and when he heard Yang Zilu's words, Dong Kuanggong was busy and said modestly: "Everything is the Lord's plan, and the minister is just following the Lord's plan!" Ministers don't dare to take credit! ”

Yang Tugou was on the side, hesitated for a while, and said with a reminder: "Lord, it's been a year!" ”

"Alright, don't you know that you little thinker? Do you understand why the widow punished you? Yang Zilu turned around, looked at Yang Tugou with a tiger face and asked.

Yang Tugou smiled awkwardly and said, "The minister understands that killing can certainly make the enemy afraid, but it will only make hatred accumulate over time. ”

"Well, it seems that this year has not been in vain in Ouyi!" When Yang Zilu heard this, she nodded with satisfaction and said.

After a long groan, Yang Zilu added: "Okay, since you understand this truth, follow the widow and go back with the widow!" If you go back to Jicheng for the specific position, your county teacher will let your deputy take over! ”

"Thank you, Lord!" When Yang Tugou heard this, he happily turned over from the horse and knelt down on one knee to Yang Zilu to express his gratitude.

Dong Kuanggong on the side couldn't help but look at Yang Tugou with envy.

Yang Zilu naturally saw the look on Dong Kuanggong's face out of the corner of his eyes, and Yang Zilu said: "Dong Kuanggong, you have done a good job, this year's autumn harvest assessment should be good, and you will return to Huiji City if you get it!" ”

Dong Kuanggong was overjoyed, and also learned from Yang Tugou, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee to Yang Zilu, and thanked him respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Although Yang Zilu said that he was superior, with the current situation, couldn't Dong Kuanggong still be able to get this evaluation? So when Yang Zilu said this, he had actually forgiven Dong Kuanggong's original crime.

But Zigong, who followed Yang Zilu's side, saw a different meaning from this seemingly ordinary sentence. Zheng Dan was happy, which made many doctors from the Yue Kingdom and doctors from the nobility happy. In their opinion, how can the little fox who was born in barbarians be worthy of Yang Zilu? And how can her son become the future monarch of the Han Kingdom?

In their view, only those who are from noble backgrounds can become kings and doctors. In their opinion, if Gongzi Che ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely be biased towards Shanyue people, and people from Shanyue people will be reused. But if Zheng Dan gives birth to a baby boy and makes him the monarch, isn't it more beneficial to the Yue people? And Xiaohu trained the palace maid to become a women's army, why didn't he do it for his son?

And in this case, Yang Zilu transferred Yang Tugou and Dong Kuanggong, who were born in Shanyue and were born in the Jiukui Department like Xiaohu, to return to Huijicheng, is this consolidating the status of Gongzi Che and Mrs. Xiaohu? Then why don't you transfer the doctor Black Bear back to Huiji City?

Although Zigong was thinking about these questions, no expression appeared on his face. But Yang Zilu still seemed to see through what Zigong was thinking, and turned his head sideways and said something to Zigong that others were confused. "Don't get involved!"

Zigong couldn't help but feel like he was being targeted by a beast for a while, and a lot of cold sweat couldn't help but ooze from his back, Zigong smiled awkwardly and didn't answer, but Yang Zilu had already got the answer from Zigong's smile.

The people around Yang Zilu couldn't help but itch, but no one dared to ask what Yang Zilu and Zigong meant. The atmosphere was a little dull for a while, but it didn't take long for the group to ride their horses to the Oujiang Military Horse Farm. Although the Oujiang Military Horse Farm is called the Military Horse Farm, the actual number of horses in it is not much, only more than 300. And not all of these horses are military horses, only about forty or so are military horses. More cattle will be trained as ploughing cattle.

And Yang Zilu came to the military horse farm to see not horses, but cattle. Seeing this, Zigong couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lord, what are you doing when you come to the military horse farm to look at the horses and not look at the horses?" ”

Yang Zilu patted the sturdy back of the ploughing ox that was led over with satisfaction, and then said to Zigong: "You don't know this, although the iron plough of the Han Kingdom can be pulled by human hands, it is better to use the ploughing ox to pull it." An ox with an iron plough is enough to cover the workload of at least two strong men in a day! And seven or eight ploughing oxen, just need a shepherd boy to take care of them. How many strong men do you think these ploughing cattle can liberate? ”

Zigong nodded thoughtfully when he heard this.

Then the group came to the beach, which is the real purpose of Yang Zilu's trip.

"Lord!" A total of 200 soldiers, led by a general, all knelt down on one knee towards Yang Zilu. The soldiers were all dressed in white linen clothes, and they looked in good spirits.

The most striking thing is that the general who takes the lead, although he kneels down on one knee, his head is raised high, like a beast that is not inferior to him. Yang Zilu didn't care, because the other party was Xia You, although Yang Zilu didn't know sign language, but Xia You knew a little lip language, and he was preparing to "hear" what Yang Zilu said on Yang Zilu's lip movements.

"Flat!" Yang Zilu held his hands in vain.

"No!" All the soldiers responded in unison, and Huo Ran stood up, as straight as a javelin.

Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction and said to Xia You: "Let's go to sea!" ”

There was a translator again, and the translator was none other than Zigong, who was following Yang Zilu. And Zigong's sign language was learned from Confucius, which is not surprising, if Confucius didn't know sign language, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to teach Xia You.

"Lord, this way, please!" Xia You said.

brought Yang Zilu and the others to the dock, and three huge warships docked on the dock. The battleship was twenty feet long, and two feet eight feet wide at its widest point. It's as if a seven-story building has been put down in the middle.

Unlike river vessels, these three Wing-class warships are designed to fight in the sea. Yang Zilu asked the craftsmen to see that the bridge at the bow of their ship was built much higher. This makes the battleship more suitable for riding the waves in the waves. On the sail, Yang Zilu also used the sail power of the battleship to the extreme.

Strictly speaking, the battleship has three sails, two masts are erected on the battleship, and Yang Zilu abandons the ramming angle at the bow and adds a sail to the bow. This is entirely Yang Zilu's reference to the sail design of Western ships in the Age of Discovery.

Walking on the battleship, Xia You took Yang Zilu to the bow and introduced: "Lord, a bed crossbow is installed on the bow deck on the left and right, a trebuchet is installed on the bow of the ship, and a trebuchet is also installed on the stern. ”

Xia You walked and squatted down and knocked on the plank, making a crisp sound. Xia You's eyes were full of enthusiasm and said, "Lord, listen, this is made of the best mahogany in the mountain!" Even if you use a crossbow and shoot eighty steps away, it's just three points into the wood. Even with a bed crossbow, it would take less than thirty steps to penetrate the plank of a battleship! ”

Yang Zilu nodded, pulled out the saber at his waist, walked to the side of the boat, and stabbed it down. Yang Zilu took a closer look and saw that there was only a hole about two minutes deep left on the side of the ship.

It must be known that although Yang Zilu does not have much strength, as the king of a country, the weapons in his hands are actually ordinary weapons? Such a weapon is only a three-point deep opening, and it can be seen that Xia You is not exaggerating in this regard.

Xia You took Yang Zilu and them to the middle of the battleship, on the small wooden building, and saw a big yellow crossbow on each side of the small wooden building. The rhubarb crossbow was made by the ordnance supervisor on the basis of the crossbow and was named by Yang Zilu. However, although the rhubarb crossbow is based on the scarf crossbow, it is not something that can be used by a single soldier, and two soldiers need to stir the pulley together when winding.

You can shoot three arrows at a time, or you can shoot one arrow, although the arrows are not so terrifying as the bed crossbow, and shoot arrows similar to spears, but the arrows are not comparable to ordinary arrows, they are five feet long, and the thickness of an adult's thumb. Each use usually requires three soldiers, and at least two are needed.

Despite its limitations, the effective range of the Great Yellow Crossbow is worth the money, and the effective range of the Great Yellow Crossbow is a full 150 paces. And at this distance, the crossbow bolts shot by the big yellow crossbow can still break through a layer of leather armor.

If it is within eighty paces, this distance ignores all armor, even the tower shield. It has become the most powerful weapon for the Han army to snipe enemy generals, but the cost is relatively expensive, and a large yellow crossbow is equivalent to the cost of five crossbows. There are also many reasons such as the fact that there are only a small number of craftsmen who can make them, so the number of rhubarb crossbows is very small at present.

Zigong and the others have also seen two of them in the internal guard of the Yulin Army. Unexpectedly, he saw two on this battleship at once, Zigong couldn't help but look at Yang Zilu and sighed for Yang Zilu's generosity.

Xia You pointed to the noose on the side of the big yellow crossbow and said, "Lord, although this big yellow crossbow is very good for sniping the enemy general, the minister has come up with a good way. It is to shoot a special crossbow bolt with a large yellow crossbow, which has five large hooks at the front of the arrow, which can hook the enemy warship to death. The other part of the crossbow bolt is tied to this noose, which is made of oily old vines mixed with copper wire. Even with an axe, don't even think about cutting him off for a moment. And our soldiers can use cloth, slide from the noose to the opposing warship for hand-to-hand combat. ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she couldn't help but admire Xia You's whimsy, and felt that she had really picked up a treasure this time. Xia You may not be able to hear the sound, and he has a lot of shortcomings compared to the others. But perhaps it was because of these shortcomings that God gave him other supplements, such as diligence and the idea of swimming in the ocean.

Then Xia You took Yang Zilu and them to sea, although the battleship was large, it was actually only in the coastal area, and he did not dare to stay away from the coastline, but even so, Yang Zilu was satisfied.

Seeing that Yang Zilu was satisfied, Xia You immediately took the opportunity to put forward conditions. "Lord, in November, we will have one more Big-Wing-class battleship and five medium-wing class ships, isn't it too small? The Lord and the Ministers should expand the shipyard! ”

Yang Zilu didn't know Xia You's ghost idea! However, the boatmaster occupies an important part of his plan, Yang Zilu thought for a while, and said: "In this way, the shipyard will recruit ten more craftsmen and fifty apprentices. Next year's winglet-class battleships will not need to be made, and the winglet-class will not be of much use at sea. It's time to make two more Bigwing-class ships and four more Mid-Wing-class ships! So you're satisfied, right? ”

As soon as Yang Zilu's words fell, Zigong had already relied on his memory to translate Yang Zilu's words word for word through sign language.

After Xia You saw Zigong's sign language, he was overjoyed. Then he asked a second question. "Lord, when will we go to war with the State of Wu?"

(To be continued)