The positioning of the four peoples of "Shinong Industry and Commerce" has also become an immutable solidification model in traditional Chinese society, craftsmen and businessmen have always been in an extremely humble position and cannot raise their heads, and this industry and businessmen have always been at the bottom of the society, and they are despised by the high-ranking scholars, which can not but be said to be a kind of social sorrow. Although agriculture is in a dominant position in the society of small peasant economy, industry and commerce are also an indispensable class, craftsmen represent the invention and innovation of science and technology, merchants maintain the circulation and exchange of goods, human civilization and progress are promoted by all strata, and a heavy emphasis on agriculture and light industry and commerce will inevitably hinder the progress and development of society. Liu Ze secretly said that in his lifetime, he will change the current situation, so that there is no order difference between the four words of Shinong and industry, and the word equality will be truly realized.

While thinking about it, the scouts had finished receiving the meal, but they were kneeling on the ground in unison, the dinner plate was placed in front but no one moved the chopsticks, Liu Ze was slightly surprised, and when he was about to ask, but when he saw Guan Hai's command, all the children shouted in unison: "Parents who gave birth to me!" The one who nurtures me, my lord! Be brave and loyal, and serve the lord! If there is a betrayal, heaven and man will be killed! The voice was loud and loud, resounding through the clouds.

Guan Hai said to Liu Ze: "Today, the lord is here, and the lord should order the dinner." ”

Liu Ze secretly praised in his heart, this Guan Hai is also reassuring, strengthening loyalty education is his own request, but there is no specific content, I can't imagine that Guan Hai actually swore allegiance before every meal, which coincides with the Christian pre-dinner prayer, so that these children understand before every meal that this meal is given by the Lord, the Lord's kindness is greater than heaven, and it is everyone's obligation to serve the Lord.

Liu Ze stood up and said loudly: "Liu Ze is just a wild man in Zhuo County, how can He De be loved by everyone?" Today, the dynasty is sluggish, the people are in trouble, the world is in chaos, it is close at hand, I should hold the three-foot sword, drive away the thieves, Kuang Fu Han family, everyone is willing to follow Ze? ”

The children shouted in unison: "May I follow the lord and swear allegiance to the death!" ”

After lunch, it was the scouts' reading time, their own teacher Mr. went to give lectures, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were responsible for leading people to install stoves in each tent, and Liu Ze met with Guan Hai alone.

"Ziqian, your management during this period is good and very effective."

"Thank you for the praise of the lord, and the subordinates are willing to do their best to share the worries of the lord."

"That carpenter shop you built is good, and with some more people, I need you to make some furniture."

As he spoke, he drew a pattern of the Taishi chair on the paper, Guan Hai didn't see this thing, scratched his ears and cheeks, and said, "What is this?" ”

Liu Ze said with a smile: "The name of this thing is 'Taishi Chair', it is used to sit, you can copy it according to the picture, it shouldn't be too difficult." ”

The sitting of the Han Dynasty can be very different from that of later generations, the so-called sitting is just kneeling on the mat, the buttocks sitting on the heels, there are a few cases called sitting, and there are few cases called kneeling. Liu Ze hated this kind of "sitting method", sitting here and there, it was simply suffering, and after sitting for half an hour, his legs were paralyzed. Sitting was originally a pleasure, but in the Han Dynasty it was a sinful thing, listening to the management of carpentry, the heart was overjoyed, the first priority is to build a few master chairs, and then spread a piece of animal skin, that is called enjoyment. Thinking about the situation of sitting on the Taishi chair, Liu Ze, who was kneeling, couldn't help but be a little fascinated.

Although Guan Hai didn't understand what Liu Ze was drawing, the lord's order was greater than the sky, and what the lord asked him to do, Guan Hai naturally obeyed the order, not to mention that there were drawings, and it didn't look too difficult.

Liu Ze drew some more patterns on the paper and said, "You may also make some small stools, this one is simpler, one face, four legs, so that the children can sit here when they eat and go to class, and they don't have to kneel there." "Liu Ze is most dissatisfied with the kneeling method, the Chinese have thousands of years of kneeling culture, seeing that the emperor wants to kneel three times and nine times, to kneel to parents, to kneel to teachers, to kneel large and small officials, to grovel at every turn, kneeling can avoid death, has become the only magic weapon for the Chinese to resist power, or to say that the Chinese are full of servility, all kneeling out.

"In addition to the carpenter's shop, and then a blacksmith shop, we need to build weapons and armor, and saddle sheaths, and so on, in short, we will build a blacksmith shop this winter, and hire some skilled blacksmiths to come back, and use coal and stone as fuel, so that we can make better iron."

"It's easy, I'll do it tomorrow, there are a lot of displaced people outside, and it's not difficult to find some carpenters and blacksmiths who know how to trade."

"The Xuantie I sent back last time, have you made two weapons according to the pattern?"

"The lord ordered, the subordinates dared to be lazy, Quyang did not have a good craftsman, so he went to Yecheng to find the most famous blacksmith master, and it took a whole month to build it to be complete, and the size and weight were according to the lord's orders. However, the craftsman asked for ten times more than usual, and said that he would not build it if he did not pay first, so his subordinates had to do it. ”

Liu Ze nodded, didn't care how much money was spent, and said, "Okay!" Before the child, the porcelain has been burned, I will go to Luoyang in a few days, the winter weather is cold, but the training can not tolerate the slightest slack, now is a critical period, must be strengthened, I will re-arrange the training subjects tomorrow, you will be trained completely according to the subject. Originally, it was planned to complete the assessment this winter, but Luoyang is in a hurry, so let's wait for the assessment next spring. There are also some children to buy back in Jizhou and Youzhou, and choose some with higher talent as much as possible, and the existing personnel may not be enough after being eliminated next year. ”

Guan Hai nodded in agreement. Liu Ze inquired in detail about some chores in the camp, and Guan Hai reported them in detail one by one. Liu Ze asked Guan Hai what he needed again, Guan Hai thought for a while, and said: "Lord, there is a shortage of horses in the camp now, only a small number of horses and they are civilian horses, so it is impossible to conduct cavalry training at all. ”

It takes at least three years to train a qualified cavalryman, and most of the civilian horses are used to pull and carry goods, and military horses cannot be purchased lightly, Liu Ze sighed and said, "I'll figure out a way to do this." ”

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came over, and Zhang Fei shouted from afar: "Big brother, everything is done, and the fire is lit, do you want to come and have a look?" ”

Liu Ze answered, pulled up the pipe and walked into the nearest tent, the stove was quite simple, just surrounded by iron sheets into a barrel, with refractory soil to cover the furnace, the chimney was also made of cast iron, the coal in the furnace had been ignited, whirring flames, and the tent was warm like spring.

Guan Hai couldn't help nodding his head and said, "Good things, good things, with this stove, why not be afraid of the harsh winter wind and snow." ”

Zhang Fei also said: "That's it, this thing is much easier to use than Chai Heke, pull it outside to sell, and it will definitely be sold at a good price." ”

Zhang Fei's unintentional words, Liu Ze's eyes suddenly lit up, these days he secretly summed it up, from Luoyang to the north with a full 100,000 taels of gold, now there is not much left, Phoenix Valley, Quyang Kiln Factory, Yangquan Coal Mine, that place has to spend money, although the blue and white porcelain has been produced, but it has not yet been scaled, as for how the market is still a mystery, how to spend this cold winter this year? Zhang Fei's mention is really good, pull the best charcoal to Luoyang to sell, with a calorific value of more than 7,000 calories of smokeless charcoal can also be sold charcoal, maybe this can open up a new way of money.

After the matter was done, Liu Ze handed over the two weapons to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the one that was handed over to Guan Yu was the sixty-four pound Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and Zhang Fei's was the fifty-four pound snake spear spear, telling them that this was made of the meteorite iron that he got from Wei Ze Pass. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had their eyes shining after they got the blades, Guan Yu, who was not smiling on weekdays, was a little moved, and Zhang Fei was happy like a child, running all over the camp with a snake spear, and competing with people.

Next, Liu Ze sifted the coal pulled back from Yangquan, eliminated the crushed coal and gangue, selected charcoal blocks the size of duck eggs, and filled a hundred carts with dozens of furnaces that had just been built. These stoves were much more refined than those used in the barracks, and Liu Ze personally designed them to completely imitate the modern civilian stoves, and loaded two carts of freshly fired blue and white porcelain, and immediately headed for Luoyang.

This winter, the snow fell early and heavily, and the weather was much colder than in previous years, just in winter, it was already cold, the snow on the road melted into ice, the road was slippery and difficult to walk, Liu Ze's convoy arrived in Luoyang four or five days later than before.

Jian Yong welcomed everyone into Fuyuan Silk Village, Liu Ze introduced Guan Yu to him, and his own buddies brought tea, and everyone chatted while drinking tea. Jian Yong first reported the business of the silk village, as Liu Ze expected, three months later a large number of Shu brocade poured into the Luoyang market, the price plummeted, the current market price of each horse of high-grade Shu brocade is only about two taels of gold, only one-fifth of the original price, but the remaining five hundred Shu brocade in the store (Liu Ze took away a hundred horses when he left) as early as before the price dropped, and now the store has purchased a batch of Shu brocade from the wholesaler at a low price, although the profit is lower, but Fuyuan Silk Village still has a lot of old customers, Coupled with the operation of some other varieties of satin cloth, the business is still booming.

"It's still the eldest brother's poisonous eyes, but we are still engaged in Shu brocade now, so why don't we lose our pants." As soon as Zhang Fei came out of his mouth, everyone laughed.

Liu Ze also smiled: "If you can't lose it, the profit is too low, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Jian Yong remembered something at this time. "Speaking of Shu Jinlai, there is another thing to tell, a few days ago came a few merchants from Yizhou, wanting to buy the Xiajiang shipping map, I only said that the shopkeeper was not there, they were still unwilling, and they came several times."

Liu Ze groaned and said, "Oh, with this, how did they know that I had a navigation map of the Xiajiang River in my hand?" ”

Jian Yong shook his head and said: "This is not very clear, those people are undoubtedly from Shuzhong when they hear the accent, and they claim to be from the Yizhou Ship Association." ”

While he was talking, a guy came up to report: "Those merchants from Yizhou are here again and ask to meet the big shopkeeper." ”

Liu Zexin said, these people are very well-informed, and they came to the door before they entered the door. "Please!"

The few who came in were all dressed as merchants, and one of the leaders was about forty years old, with a round face, slightly fat, and a few wisps of green beard under his chin, and stepped forward to salute and said: "Qian Botong, president of the Yizhou Ship Operation Association, has come to meet the treasurer of Fuyuanzhuang." ”

Liu Ze returned the salute and said, "Fortunately!" Fortunately! Then he sat down and served tea, and the two sides sat down separately.

"I don't know if President Qian is coming, what do you think?"

"Qian heard that Shopkeeper Liu had a map of the Xiajiang River in his hand, and he came from thousands of miles away to buy this map."

"I wonder why Chairman Qian knows that I have a map of the Xiajiang River in my hand?"

"Shopkeeper Liu bought Shu brocade in Yizhou half a year ago, and he walked the Xiajiang River, and it was unscathed, this matter has long been praised by everyone in Yizhou, and women and children know it."

Liu Ze smiled coldly and said, "This is the power of Boss Bai." I think that day, I begged all the major boats, but no one paid attention, if it weren't for Boss Bai, my twenty ships of Shu brocade might not be able to leave Yizhou until now. ”