"If this big barbarian doesn't move, it's just a shock, and the Central Plains heroes are in trouble, by the way, which onion is this Moroko?"

Cui Lan smiled dumbly and said, "My lord, this Moroko should be Morusha's younger brother, but the strange thing is that he is not famous, and I don't know why the barbarian is handsome with this person." ”

"Morusha's brother? And wasn't famous before? The big barbarian is unfathomable, and the talents under his hands are one after another. Lin Bei sighed.

This big barbarian is very good at playing cards, every time there is a trump card, which undoubtedly makes the enemy scratch his head, anyway, now Lin Bei has this feeling, the Central Plains talent blowout, the South Crossing talent is also a blowout, and the barbarian talent is also in large numbers.

Subsequently, Lin Bei instructed Wanghai City to start building the road from the outpost camp to the Changshan Mountain Range, and pave the road first, because Lin Bei thought that with the current army of the barbarians, it would not be difficult to capture Jingzhou, and it should take less than a year for Wanghai City to receive the southern border.

While watching the battle between Manshuai and Jingzhou, Zhen Ping came to Wanghai City again, and was still received by Lin Bei.

"My lord, the barbarian city is heavily guarded during this time, so the villain has been late for a long time, and I hope that the adult will forgive the sin." As soon as Zhen Ping saw Lin Bei, he pleaded guilty, because according to the agreement, Zhen Ping should send someone once a month, and now it has been two and a half months and almost three months, and Zhen Ping sent someone here.

"Something to do with being handsome?" Lin Bei said with a smile: "Lord Ben still thinks it's because something happened to your Zhen family." ”

Zhen Ping's heart jumped, he glanced at Lin Bei, and said with a smile: "My lord said that I am laughing, my Zhen family has no change now." ”

"Oh, then Shopkeeper Zhen should have had a good time lately, right?"

"The villain can eat and sleep, thank you for your concern."

"If there is something, then you must tell Lord Sùben, Wanghai City welcomes talents like Zhen Shopkeeper very much."

Lin Bei said. It is based on Zhen Ping's previous private move to send the ship, forty ships is not a small number, the Zhen family will definitely be aware of it, according to Lin Bei's speculation, Zhen Ping and Zhen Ding should have a conflict with Zhen Rong, the head of the Zhen family, so Zhen Ping sent the ship privately. Zhen Rong would definitely be unhappy, so he tried a few words, but Lin Bei couldn't see Zhen Ping's face, and he didn't know if he was right.

This time, Zhen Ping did not send many people, only 1,500 people, An Zhongzhi was responsible for receiving them, and at the same time, according to Lin Bei's earlier arrangement, these people would be sent to Linjiang City. Settle there and at the same time cultivate fertile land.

Taking Zhen Ping into the city, Zhen Ping looked at the surrounding houses and praised with emotion: "My lord, Wanghai City is becoming more and more prosperous. ”

"Well, now I have more than 80,000 people in Wanghai, in addition to Wanghai City, there is also Linjiang City. Along the river city and Vientiane City, the cement road is now nearly 5,000 miles. The upper reaches of the mighty Mekong River are nearly 3,000 miles long, and it is indeed prosperous. ”

Zhen Ping was taken aback: "The Pufeng people have been subdued by adults? ”

"There are still some tribes missing, and now they are all hiding in the dense forest, but with the laying of concrete roads, it is only a matter of time or time."

"Adults are far-sighted, step by step. Collecting Pufeng people is just around the corner, but adults should also know that the barbarian wants to use troops in Jingzhou, right? ”

Lin Bei nodded: "It's not that I want to go, but I have already acted, with Morok Ke as the commander, according to the itinerary of the barbarian army." may have entered Jingzhou. ”

"Indeed, when the villain came, the barbarian army had already entered the territory of Wuling County, Wuyang County, Rongcheng County may have been breached, and the county governance of Yiling County is also in danger."

"This is normal, with the courage of the barbarian army, as soon as you enter the Central Plains, it is like entering a no-man's land, what's wrong? What are you worried about? ”

"My lord, the villain wants to ask, if Liu Jingzhou and Yuan Benchu join forces, can they stop the barbarian handsome?"

"Liu Biao and Yuan Shao united? This is impossible, there is no possibility of union between the two men. ”

"Why?" Zhen Ping asked.

"Now that Yuan Shao is in Nanyang, Liu Biao and Sun Jian are facing each other in Xiangyang, the barbarian army is forced by the forward, but Liu Biao and Sun Jian are only, in terms of Yuan Benchu, there is no personal pain, Yuan Shao's advisers may build a coalition, but Yuan Shao is afraid that he will not do this, in the eyes of this lord, this guy should be eager for the barbarian to break through Xiangyang, and then he will see if he can pick up the cheap, united? Hum. ”

When Zhen Ping heard Lin Bei's analysis, he could only smile bitterly, because Lin Bei was indeed right.

Now that the barbarians are using troops in Jingzhou, Sun Jian and Liu Biao are certainly the first to bear the brunt, but why is Yuan Shao not a pond fish? Through the Zhen family's firm, Yuan Shao had already gotten the news, Zhen Ping knew that now Yuan Shao's strategists such as Frustrated Tian Feng Xu You and others were all fighting with one force, ready to join Liu Biao to snipe the handsome Yellow Turban Army, but Yuan Shao insisted on going his own way and was not ready to unite with Liu Biao to resist the barbarian army.

According to the words of Yuan Shao's strategists, the barbarian has just entered the Central Plains, the foundation is undecided, although there are more than 300,000 troops, but this time is really the weakest time for the barbarian, and it is also the best time to stop the barbarian, if together with Liu Biao, let Liu Biao convene the army of Jingzhou, which can be called the right time and place and the people are occupied, there will be a great chance to defeat the barbarian army, but unfortunately Yuan Shao is afraid, he does not want to fight hard with the barbarian, and he wants to preserve his strength, which makes his strategists a little disappointed.

Zhen Ping is also a little disappointed in this Yuan Shao, now Yuan Shao's strength has skyrocketed under Zhen's funding, and there are more than 100,000 troops under him, and he does have a good chance to defeat the barbarian army, but Yuan Shao doesn't want to do this, because of this matter, Zhen Ping more and more recognized Lin Bei's evaluation of Yuan Shao, this person not only has shortcomings in character, but also has a bad vision, he can't see the danger of the barbarian army after entering the Central Plains.

Lin Bei saw Zhen Ping's wry smile, and his heart moved: "What's wrong?" Did I get it right? ”

Zhen Ping nodded and sighed: "My lord really knows Yuan Shao very well, and now although Yuan Shao is stationed in Nanyang, he is actually ready to settle in Yuzhou at any time. ”

"It means that if the barbarian army and Liu Biaosun Jian fight, if they are evenly matched, Yuan Shao will step forward to pick up the cheap, and if the barbarian army is strong, Yuan Shao will retreat and not fight with the barbarian army?"

"Hmm."

"It's normal, Yuan Shao wants to preserve his strength."

"But my lord, once the barbarian army is based in Jingzhou, who else can control it? Why can even the villain see this, but Yuan Benchu can't see it? ”

Lin Bei laughed, "So the shopkeeper Zhen is more powerful than that Yuan Shao, I will build yì Zhen shopkeeper, don't be the shopkeeper, go to Nanyang to cut off Yuan Benchu's head, and be the lord himself." ”

"My lord laughed." Zhen Ping could only smile bitterly again.

The joke is over. Lin Beidao: "After the barbarian army enters the Central Plains, it will definitely be able to become a trend, just like the southern crossing, but it is too late to say that there is no one to control, there are still some talents in the Central Plains, do you know Liu Bei?" ”

"Liu Bei?" Zhen Ping thought about it. shook his head very blankly: "The villain doesn't know." ”

It seems that Liu Bei is still struggling very hard, "What about Cao Mengde." ”

"The villain naturally knows, but this General Cao is a defeated general under the handsome man, do you think that this person can control the handsome?"

"I don't know if I can control it, but he has a great chance, alas, Zhen Ping, you are a shopkeeper, what are you doing with this idle mind of worrying about the country and the people?" Lin Bei asked in surprise.

"Ugh. The adults are right, and the villains are indeed a little worried too much. ”

"That's it, just earn your money, by the way, because of the cement, you Zhen has gained a lot of weight, right?"

"My Zhen family has indeed earned a lot of money, my lord, that cement is really a divine object."

"There are more roads in the Central Plains now?"

"Hmm. Roads are being built in many places, only for these two months. The roads built in the Central Plains have to be nearly 10 million miles, and now many big city roads are unblocked, if it were not for the war, my Han Dynasty can be expected to prosper. ”

"There will be more in the future, because the war has just begun."

Zhen Ping remembered Yuan Shao's raid on Yingchuan and Hongnong, and now the road has indeed been paved in these three places. realized the interconnection of the three places, nodded thoughtfully, and then exclaimed: "My lord, you asked my Zhen family to sell cement to the Central Plains, shouldn't you have thought about this matter a long time ago?" ”

Lin Bei nodded: "That's right." ”

Zhen Ping suddenly beat his chest a little: "My lord." The reason why the barbarian army is marching so fast now is because of the cement, my lord, which indirectly helps the barbarian army. ”

"Where did I only help the barbarian army, I helped the Central Plains Zhuxiong, now that the road is smooth, wouldn't it be more enjoyable when the fight started? If the Central Plains Zhuxiong was more powerful than the barbarian army, you wouldn't say that. Lin Bei laughed.

"Then my lord, aren't you worried that the barbarian army will attack Wanghai City?"

Lin Bei laughed again: "Hit me to look at the sea? You go and ask the handsome, see if he dares to come to my Wanghai City, it's good if I don't fight him. ”

Now to attack Wanghai City, there is only a sea route and a way through the Changshan Mountain Range, needless to say, the sea route is the home of Linbei, how much Linbei can kill how much, if the road is paved from the Changshan Mountain Range, as long as the road is paved, the tank and chariot of Wanghai City can kill the enemy with a charge, and it must also be crushed, so Wanghai City is now as safe as Mount Tai, only Wanghai City fights others, no one else fights Haicheng.

Zhen Ping asked again: "My lord, the barbarian army enters Jingzhou, I am afraid that it will become a trend that will sweep the world at that time, and now the two states of Hebei are also occupied by the Zhang Jiao brothers, and the Yellow Turban of the Han Dynasty has occupied three states, although Wanghai City is safe and worry-free, if you want to enter the Central Plains, I am afraid it will be very difficult." ”

"I'm calling it sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, don't worry, the Yellow Turban Army is not so easy to sweep the world, although the barbarian army is also a Yellow Turban, but the barbarian handsome person doesn't have to be willing to open his horns, if they meet, they will definitely take the lead and fight, I'm not in a hurry at all."

"It's Zhen Ping who is too worried."

"Well, you're thinking too much, by the way, this time I came to Wanghai, how long will the shopkeeper stay in Zhen? Master Ben has something to ask the shopkeeper Zhen to agree. ”

Zhen Ping hurriedly said: "Your Excellency commands." ”

"Then you will go to the Nanyue Academy to give a few lectures to the students in the academy, right?"

"How many classes?" Zhen Ping was a little stunned: "Adult, villain is not a scholar. ”

"Of course I know, and I don't want you to talk about reading and literacy, but about your business experience, that is, how your Zhen family makes money, how you run nearly 100 business houses, oh, if it involves your Zhen's secrets, you can not talk about it, but otherwise, I hope you can teach me."

"Okay, let's try it." Zhen Ping really couldn't find a reason to refuse.

That night, Lin Bei still held a banquet to entertain Zhen Ping, and just above the banquet, Mu suddenly asked to see Lin Bei.

"What?" Lin Bei summoned the wood up and asked.

The honest wood didn't say it directly this time, but looked at Zhen Ping first, obviously not wanting Zhen Ping to know, Zhen Ping was so knowledgeable, so he avoided it.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Lin Bei asked curiously.

"My lord, wood is here to bring good news to your lordship, we have built a steam engine that can draw water from a well."

"A steam engine that draws water from a well? Overturned? ”

"No, it's a steam engine, but it can draw water directly from the well, and Wood thinks this kind of steam engine is very important, so he came to report it to the adults."

"Oh, I'll take a look at it."

Lin Bei first informed Zhen Ping, and then followed the wood to the craftsman's workshop, and saw the steam engine that could draw water from the well, and after the craftsmen demonstrated it, Lin Bei was even more surprised than when he saw the steam engine being studied, because this water drawing machine actually involved the theory of vacuum.

The shape of this water extractor is very strange, it is a hollow steel ball, outside the steel ball, there are several air inlets and outlets, and a valve device is installed, if you want to draw water, first pour a lot of steam into the steel ball, and then turn off the valve, pour cold water on the outside of the steel ball, and then put the leather pipe of the water inlet into the water, open the valve, and the water will be automatically sucked into the steel ball, and wait until it is almost sucked, then close the valve, and then pour the water out.

It's okay to say anything else, but after the steam is poured in, cold water is poured on the outside of the steel ball, which is to let the steam inside cool quickly, and a vacuum will be formed inside the ball, so that when the leather tube is put into the water, the water will be sucked into it due to the pressure.

To be honest, Lin Bei never thought of this situation, because this is already the prototype of a pumping machine, and Lin Bei will not, who knows that the craftsmen actually made it first.

"Wood, you made it?" Lin Bei asked curiously.

Mu shook his head and pointed to a craftsman on the side: "My lord, this is what he came up with." ”

"The villain Zhao Gou, I've seen an adult."

"Zhao Gou, yes, why did you think of making this water drawer?"

Zhao Gou is also a tall and honest man, and scratched his head when he heard this: "My lord, Zhao Bao is now in the academy, some time ago, Xiao Eryan used a wooden bucket to carry water very hard, so the villain wanted to let the child save some effort, so he came up with something, adult, this steel ball can be placed on the side of the well, and can be big or small, if it is larger, it will draw more water, if it is smaller, it will draw less water, but it is a little troublesome to fill steam." ”

See, that's how the pumping machine was invented, and the reason was only because a craftsman wanted his son to carry water with less effort. (To be continued......)

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