In the first year of the first peace, in September, Luoyang. ￥⊙

Half a year ago, Ji Ping crossed the Luohe River, and the water flooded the west and south cities of Luoyang, blocking Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of iron cavalry in the west of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo sent soldiers to detour through the Beibi Mountain, entered the palace heights, and it took half a month to dredge the river and make the water return to the river.

But whether it is the west city or the south city, it is a sea of mud, until two months later, the water is dry and the mud is hard, Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of cavalry can gallop, and when he is about to attack the Chenggao Tiger Prison in the east of Luoyang, he received the news that Hedong County is lost, so that Dong Zhuo put all his energy into Hedong County.

However, for the attack on Hedong County, there was a natural danger of the Yellow River to obstruct it, and Dong Zhuo's iron cavalry could not wield its combat effectiveness at all, and several times crossed the river from the three major ferries and attacked fiercely, but they were all beaten back.

Now it is the soldiers in Dong Zhuo's army who also have an understanding of the three ferries.

The Maojindu guards were good at shooting, and they couldn't go ashore at all.

The Fenglingdu guards are cunning, and all kinds of tactics are invincible.

Pujindu had a 10,000-strong enemy, and led a group of personal guards and archers to kill the generals, causing Dong Zhuo to suffer the greatest losses in Pujindu, and a large number of middle-level generals were killed, which greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of his army.

Dong Zhuo was helpless, so he wanted to open the opening from Hanoi County.

At the beginning of August, he ordered Zhonglang to lead Hu Zhen with 10,000 people to pretend to be in Xiaopingjin, and he personally led Lu Bu and 5,000 elite soldiers to cross the river from Mengjin, but Ji Ping had already confessed to Liu Bei.

Although Lu Bu bravely rushed to kill in this battle, Zhang Fei, the enemy of 10,000 people, was ambushed on one side, and led 800 people straight to Dong Zhuo's army, knocking Dong Zhuo off his horse with a spear, and was rescued by the guards, I am afraid that this old guy will die directly in Hanoi.

Ji Ping later heard the news. can only sigh that Dong Zhuo's life is great, and Zhang Fei has a meritorious service in this battle. Ji Ping also did not hesitate to reward and appointed Zhang Fei as the general of Zhonglang. In the same column as Guan Yu.

At the same time that Dong Zhuo's troops went out of Mengjin to attack Hanoi County, Hu Zhen also tried to attack from Xiaopingjin, but was defeated by Duan Xuan and Shi Sun Meng.

Dong Zhuo, under the support of his personal guards, fled back to Mengjin in a hurry, was intimidated by Zhang Fei's momentum, trembled, and no longer dared to attack Hanoi, only sent Zhonglang to lead Niu Fu with his soldiers to guard the three passes of Shaanxi, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and rushed back to Hangu Pass.

So in Dong Zhuo's eyes. The entire Hedong County is like a hedgehog, so he has no way to speak, but he is still bound to fight, just because the terrain of Hedong County is too important for Guanzhong, and Hedong County is in the hands of the enemy, especially in the hands of King Shenwu, Dong Zhuo has trouble sleeping.

In mid-September, Dong Zhuo once again raised a large army, and at the same time united with the Qiang people in Shangjun. The troops entered Maojindu, Fenglingdu, Pujindu and Dayukou, and attacked Hedong in all directions.

Ji Ping of Hedong County is already preparing for a big battle.

At this moment, news came from the southern line of Luoyang. Sun Jian, the general who had been stationed in Luyang, was the assassin of Yuzhou and the general who broke the captive, and marched north to defeat the soldiers and horses of Yan Zhong, who was a light enemy. Take Liang County, according to Yang people. Approaching Yique Pass.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be surprised, he had worked with Sun Jian. And had a holiday with Sun Jian, naturally he knew Sun Jian's bravery, once Sun Jian was allowed to enter Luoyang, the subsequent Yuan Shu and other princes responded, it would inevitably be a protracted battle.

At this time, although Dong Zhuo was still in control of 100,000 male soldiers, he was calculated by King Shenwu many times before, and lost 20,000 soldiers and horses in the first battle of Luoyang, and later attacked Hedong and Hanoi.

Especially after he abolished the five-baht coin and minted a large number of small coins, the price of the guide zhì money was cheap, and the price of each stone valley rose sharply from the original two or three hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, which made the people of Guanzhong complain, and the Chang'an court was also surging.

Now Dong Zhuo is really unable to withstand multi-front battles.

Therefore, after he heard that Sun Jian was attacking Luoyang, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered Lang General Hu Zhen to lead 3,000 men and horses in his headquarters, and control Lu Bu's 2,000 troops and states, a total of 5,000 men and horses to support Yan Zhong.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo sent Zhonglang general Xu Rong to attack Chenggao and Tiger Prison Pass in the east of Luoyang.

Under Jia Xu's Jianyì, Dong Zhuo postponed the attack on Hedong County and put it in the cold winter, just because the Yellow River would freeze in winter, and the army would cross the river as if it were on the ground.

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Jizhou, Bohai County, Taishoufu.

Yuan Shao sighed: "Han Fu has already responded to the matter of supporting Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the Son of Heaven, but my brother replied to the letter on the highway and refused with the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao showed a sneering look on his face: "Highway, highway, don't I know that you are occupying Nanyang County, seeking Yuzhou in the east, and Jingzhou in the south, I am afraid that I am very selfish." ”

In his sarcasm, he was not without anxiety and envy, after all, Yuan Shu was now the best among the princes, a Nanyang County, the population and wealth of Cheng Dù were almost equivalent to a state elsewhere, but he Yuan Shao still achieved nothing.

Yuan Shao looked down at Xu You, who bowed his head: "Ziyuan, we want to support Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the Son of Heaven, I ordered you to send someone to inform Liu Yu, it has been two months, but I don't know what Liu Yu means?" ”

Xu You shook his head and sighed: "Although Liu Yu is loyal, he refuses to be the Son of Heaven, I really didn't expect that there are such pedantic people in the world, and the respect of ten thousand times is in front of him, but he abandons it!" It's really sad and lamentable! ”

Yuan Shao frowned and wandered.

Feng Ji on the side hurriedly said: "Lord, Liu Yu is unwilling to respond, for the sake of today's plan, it is better to secretly blame Han Fu for the matter of supporting Liu Yu, and then the lord will attack him in the name of righteousness, just to seize Jizhou." ”

Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and he was quite moved.

Xu You opened his mouth and said: "This matter is known to Han Fu, Liu Yu is known, and Yuan Shuzhi is known, if the lord uses this as a reason, once it is reported, I am afraid that he will have a bad reputation, and it will be even more difficult to achieve such a thing." ”

Xu You's words, especially the sentence "Yuan Shuzhi", shocked Yuan Shao's body, and then said categorically: "This plan is not feasible, it is better to support Liu Yu." ”

He pondered for a while and ordered: "Xu Yu, you went to Youzhou to lobby Liu Yu in person, only saying that Dong Zhuo held the puppet emperor hostage, and the Han family was difficult to survive, so let Liu Yu take the Han family as the priority and ascend the throne as the emperor." ”

looked at Chun Yuqiong again: "Chun Yuqiong, you go to Nanyang to meet my brother on the road, and say that Dong Zhuo supported the puppet emperor, and the Kansai family is flattering and dependent, if you stay for a while, I am afraid that my Kanto family will be difficult to recover, and there is an uncle's revenge to be avenged, if we support Liu Yu as the Son of Heaven, we will be able to achieve great things, how can we hesitate!" ”

Yuan Shao instructed Feng Ji again: "Feng Ji." You go to Chenliu to see Meng De, if you can win over Zhang Miao and others, it will be better. Liu Yu was unwilling to be the emperor and unwilling to be loyal to the Han Dynasty. I'll force him to be emperor! ”

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In September, Yanchi, Hedong County.

The morning sun shone on the earth, and the south wind blew slowly.

Ji Ping, Tang Wan, Yin Muyue, Cui Jun, major families and nearly 10,000 salt workers gathered here, looking at the salt pond together, a murmuring clear water passed along the canal.

Not far to the south of the canal is a salt furrow.

There are wars everywhere, or open and secret battles, but Ji Ping is still engaged in people's livelihood.

This canal flows a small stream from Anyi, which verifies Ji Ping's guess about the mystery of "rainwater salt".

In the salt furrow is the fourth brine, and the brine has begun to bloom with salt flowers. It is at the juncture of crystallization and raw salt.

The canal and the salt furrow are connected by three small channels, which correspond to the three inlets of the salt furrow, and the three small canals and three inlets are opened for the uniform intersection of fresh water and brine.

Because when it rains, the rain and the brine belong to the most even convergence, and now they can only try their best to imitate this form, and Ji Ping's thoughtful thoughts are reflected at this time.

The fact that there are clean stones and cloth balls in the connected canals is also Ji Ping's idea, in order to filter the impurities in the stream water and ensure the cleanliness of the fresh water.

"Divert water!"

With Ji Ping's order. The three outlets on the south side of the canal were opened at the same time, and the stream water in the canal flowed down the three small channels to the salt furrow.

The experienced old salt worker, with four or five salt workers, stood in the brine in the middle of the three inlets of the salt furrow and the salt furrow, their hands rubbing in the water. Nervous and expectant, I watched the stream flow slowly.

This is also Ji Ping's order, he believes that the mixture of brine and fresh water must have a most suitable ratio for salt production. More or less will not achieve the effect, as the old salt worker said. The traditional "rain salt" must also be produced with just the right amount of rain, not rainstorm and light rain.

Ji Ping didn't have any appearance. Unable to detect the specific proportion of the water at the intersection, he could only use a stupid method, which was to use the difference in the texture of brine and fresh water, and let the old salt worker take a few experienced salt workers to lay nitrate plates in the small pool and in the water tank and try repeatedly, and finally several people found the same most suitable feel, and only then came here to try.

With the inflow of the stream, the salt flowers originally produced by the brine in the salt pond slowly disappeared, and the coarse salt originally crystallized at the bottom of the furrow also dissolved again.

Under the attention of countless people, time passed slowly, and as several salt workers shouted "stop the water", several salt workers on the salt furrow hurriedly blocked the entrance.

Ji Ping hurriedly asked the old salt worker to measure the depth of the furrow at this time, if the rain salt is successful, the water depth and the previous brine depth can be compared with the best mixing ratio, and the salt furrow everywhere in the future as long as it is mixed according to this ratio, it will be extremely convenient.

Ji Ping's previous method of doing practical yàn made everyone admire his thoughts and wisdom, and Cui Jun's eyes on the side were bright and he was carefully recording.

The old salt worker went ashore, looked at the sun overhead, and saluted Ji Ping: "General, go back and rest, the sun is fierce at noon, it is not advisable to stay longer, and you can start to produce salt in the afternoon today." ”

After getting along with Ji Ping for more than a month, the old salt workers now have more confidence in Ji Ping than Ji Ping himself, and they have great respect for Ji Ping.

Ji Ping shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you're not in the mood to rest, so we'll eat and wait here, Cui Jun, someone will give you two baked cakes per person, and I'll spend it here today." ”

After the steamed bun made zuò came out, Ji Ping asked He Hou and Tang Wan to try to make zuò baked cakes, adding chopped green onions, cumin and other ingredients, and baking them over the fire, which was more delicious and loved by the people.

After the baked cake was burned, everyone worshiped Ji Ping and ate it separately.

Hedong County is a low-lying basin, especially in summer and early autumn, the weather is extremely hot, but Ji Ping really didn't have the heart to go back to rest, he asked Tang Wan and Yin Muyue to rest, and the second daughter insisted on not leaving, just pulled him to hide under the tree.

The experiment of Yuhua salt was very important to Ji Ping, to these families, and to Hedong Salt Pond and these salt workers.

You must know that at the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the people fished salt from the salt pond in the east of the river, and boiled salt by burning water, these two ancient ways lasted for thousands of years, until the end of the Warring States Period, when they began to use salt to dry salt.

However, the exhibition of salt drying is also from small to large, and it has taken hundreds of years to reach the current situation, which is still chaotic.

During this period, it has been through thousands of years and countless people's exploration, if under Ji Ping's thinking, once Yuhua salt was made, it is not impossible for many salt workers in the salt pond to worship Ji Ping as the god of salt.

There is seawater boiling salt in the land of Qilu, but the process is extremely complex and the cost is extremely high, and there is well salt in the cool land, but the yield is low and the cost is high.

If Yuhua salt can be made in large quantities, it will mark that Hedong salt has truly become the first salt in the world, regardless of output, texture, or cost.

In the expectation of everyone, the time slowly came to the afternoon, the water level in the salt furrow slowly dropped, and salt flowers began to grow on the water surface.

Nearly an hour passed, and more and more grains of salt were coming out of the bottom of the water.

Before Ji Ping could speak, the old salt worker on the side couldn't help but jump into the salt furrow, fished out a handful of salt grains from the bottom of the water, and put them in his mouth to taste them.

The old salt worker's tears flowed down his eyes.

"Isn't it possible?" When everyone saw this, they were disappointed, but they saw the old salt worker kneeling down towards Ji Ping in the water, and shouted: "It's done!" It's done! Yuhua salt is done! The sky has eyes, and the wise man is given to me. ”

Wow! Nearly 10,000 people around the salt pond cheered in unison.

Ji Ping also breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed the joy in his heart, and was about to ask someone to help the old salt worker in the water up.

But he was thrown up by a group of salt workers around him, shouting: "Sage! Sage! ”

Geng Zhong and Dian Wei, who were guarding on the side, were going to go up with a group of guards to stop them, but they were stopped by Yin Muyue, Cui Jun looked at it interestingly, and laughed and added it.

And Tang Wan looked at this scene with a smile, tears in her eyes.

finally succeeded, the people all said that he was a sage, but only a few of them close to them knew how much Ji Ping had paid to govern Hedong. (To be continued!)

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