Emperor Ling ordered Nan Ye to beg for thieves, but there was nothing for the people, horses, grain and grass, and only sent these dozens of craftsmen. Perhaps Emperor Ling also felt that he was a little disadvantaged to Nan Ye, so the household registration of these craftsmen was also sent, which was regarded as sending these craftsmen who made weapons to Nan Ye. This made Nan Ye very happy, there was no shortage of blacksmiths in his arsenal, but there was a special shortage of high-end jishu talents, and these craftsmen just made up for this shortcoming.

When the craftsmen first arrived at the arsenal, they were worried. Although they had a low status in the palace before, they didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and no one dared to say that the treatment given to the craftsmen by Master Nan Ye would be better than that in the palace.

After a day of living in the arsenal, these craftsmen never wanted to return to the palace. Because Master Nan Ye provided them with not only food and clothing, but also a good salary, which was enough for the family to live three meals a day.

The most important thing is that this arsenal is full of craftsmen, and these craftsmen are not inferior, and skilled craftsmen can still be respected by everyone. Even Master Nan Ye was polite to them, which made the new craftsmen feel like they had reached heaven with their eyebrows raised. This feeling of being respected is something they have never felt before, and naturally they never want to leave.

After Nan Ye arranged the craftsman, he discussed with Xi Zhicai to transfer Zhang Baiqi back from Jiangxia, but Xi Zhicai did not agree with this proposal. Because if you want to seek Jiaozhou, the first thing to do is to collect intelligence from the south, and it is best to let the dart bureau open up the trade route to the south, and open the dart bureau to Jiaozhou first, so as to prepare for the acquisition of Jiaozhou. Therefore, Xi Zhicai thought that Zhang Baiqi not only couldn't transfer people back, but also sent more people.

Of course, Nan Ye knew that what Xi Zhicai said was reasonable, but he didn't want to lose his trust with Zhang Ning. Zuihou and the two reached an agreement, and ordered Guan Hai to lead a thousand dart divisions to the south to replace Zhang Baiqi, and at the same time be responsible for the escort of the south road darts. Shi A is in charge of the north road dart, Pei Yuanshao is in charge of the east road dart, Sima Ju is in charge of the west road dart, and Wang Yue is in charge of the Luoyang General Dart Bureau. Xu Huang is still in charge of the training and recruitment of troops in the arsenal, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, and Wang Yi are in charge of city construction, production, and sales, and Xi Zhicai is in charge of the overall situation.

After such a distribution, Nan Ye found that his manpower began to be stretched again, and it seemed that with the expansion of the dart game and the opening of trade routes, more and more talents were needed.

Nan Ye was also relieved that those disciples he had cultivated before had now come in handy. Those disciples who were engaged in business and worked naturally applied scientific methods of statistics, measurements, and calculations to practice, and some of them traveled with the opening of trade routes, while others remained in the arsenal to take charge of production.

There are also disciples of wealthy families who come to practice the path of science not for production and management, but for pure curiosity and knowledge. These disciples were all trained by Nan Ye to be good at preaching and teaching, and followed the trade routes opened by the dart bureau to travel around and spread scientific knowledge.

It is precisely because of the hard work of these disciples that the goods produced in the arsenal can be continuously converted into money, and in addition, the dart board of the dart board can have the money to raise soldiers and build cities.

When Zhang Baiqi, who received Nan Ye's summons, returned to Luoyang, it was already the end of the second year of Zhongping, and every household was preparing for the New Year, and Nan Ye's mansion was no exception.

Due to the great plague at the beginning of the year, Nan Ye's first New Year after crossing was spent in the ring with medicine, and Cai Yan almost died because of it, so it can be said that there is no joy at all. So this time for the New Year, Nan Ye plans to have a good look and experience the atmosphere of the ancient New Year.

Speaking of the customs of the Spring Festival in the Han Dynasty, many of our customs for the New Year in modern times can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. For example, sticking door gods and setting off firecrackers have appeared in the Han Dynasty. However, the door god at that time was not the current paper print, but carved out of peach wood. Firecrackers are not modern firecrackers, but they can make a crackling sound when they are thrown into the fire and ignited.

The gunpowder Nan Ye needed to make firecrackers can't be made, but the printing technology that Cai Yong and Cai Yan studied together in the arsenal already has an eyebrow, and they are fully capable of printing the statues of the two door gods, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.

When Nanye printed cards before, he basically built the prototype of the printing house, and what Cai Yong had to do was nothing more than to enlarge the engraving and engrave the text to print the book. Engraving text engravings is obviously not a task that can be completed in a day or two, but carving a statue engraving is very simple.

Nan Ye originally planned to print some statues for his own use, but he felt that he had wasted the carved templates, so he simply decided to print more to make a fortune. As the old saying goes: It is easy to draw ghosts and gods, but it is difficult to draw donkeys and horses, and it is not complicated to make carvings of two door gods. Therefore, it only took a few days to print, and a batch of paper paintings were printed in the printing house and put into the Luoyang market, and the people only needed to paste on the door with paste after buying home, which was very convenient.

As soon as this god sticker was listed, it was immediately snapped up by the people of Luoyang, and it was really in short supply. Even Emperor Ling and important ministers of the imperial court came to ask Nan Ye for three reasons.

The first is that this god sticker is of good quality and low price, not only the portrait is beautiful and expressive, but also the price is not high. At that time, the door gods of rich families were carved from peach wood, and those who did not have money could only use two peach wood boards, on which were written the names of the two door gods, "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei", and hung on the door, or simply wrote the names of the two door gods directly on the door. Although the paper door god sticker is not cheap, it is much cheaper than the peach wood carving.

The second is that this god has been used to ward off evil spirits since ancient times. Who in Luoyang City doesn't know that Master Nan Ye's magic is boundless? Therefore, the people all believed that the god statue created by Master Nan Ye must be more powerful than other door gods, and the effect of exorcising evil spirits was better.

The third is the brand effect created by Nanye. Nowadays, both dignitaries and ordinary people in Luoyang City are proud of the use of mage card goods. This god sticker is consumed by everyone, and it is naturally in short supply.

For Nan Ye, the income from the door god sticker is a complete windfall, which makes Nan Ye very happy, and it seems to indicate that the new year will have a good start. Before his joy passed, Zhang Baiqi gave him an important news.

Zhang Baiqi has gained a lot of harvest in the past few days in Jiangxia, and he and his Yellow Turban Heavenly Soldiers have found that there is an undercurrent surging in Jiangxia, Nanyang and other places, and it seems that someone wants to start a rebellion. But before Zhang Baiqi could hear clearly, he was summoned back by Nan Ye.

When Nan Ye heard that Nanyang Taishou was Qin Jie, who had fought against the Yellow Turban with him, he immediately understood where the undercurrent Zhang Baiqi said came from, and hurriedly asked Xi Zhicai to discuss.

Xi Zhicai frowned after listening to Zhang Baiqi and Nan Ye's narration: "Bai Qi just heard some clues, I don't know why the mage asserted that Zhao Ci would rebel and kill Nanyang Taishou?" ”

Nan Ye flickered and said: "That Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie once had a relationship with me, and I saw that he had this difficulty at that time, but I almost forgot it after a long time, if it wasn't for Bai Qi mentioning it today, I wouldn't be able to remember this person." ”

Xi Zhicai saw that Nan Ye said the name of the rebel general, and he didn't dare to believe it, and lowered his head to think about the countermeasures for this matter. And Zhang Baiqi on the side was even more impressed by Nan Ye's five-body throw. He himself has only gotten a little inaccurate news after exploring Jiangxia for a long time, but he didn't expect the mage to be able to predict the future of Jiangxia, this is the real unpredictable prophet, many times more clever than Master Zhang Jiao.

After thinking for a while, Xi Zhi asked Nan Ye, "Does the mage know who this Zhao Ci is?" When did the incident start? ”

Nan Ye shook his head and said: "I don't know this, I only know that it will be in chaos in the coming year, but I can't calculate when it will be." "It turned out that Qin Jie's general Xinglu only wrote: In the third year of Zhongping, Jiangxia Zhao Ci rebelled and killed Qin Jie. Buried in Yicheng. But he didn't write when Zhao Ci would raise the army, let alone who Zhao Ci was, Nan Ye naturally didn't know.

Xi Zhicai has also read the Book of Changes and knows some methods of divination and calculation. He understood that there was not a single person in the world who could accurately calculate the future events like Master Nan Ye and accurate to the year. Even for some worldly masters who are called immortals by the people, the results of divination are often vague and ambiguous. Therefore, Xi Zhicai no longer insisted, but said: "If Jiangxia changes, it will be an opportunity for the mage." It is better for the mage to prepare early to go south to quell the chaos. First, he can win military merits, and secondly, he just opens the southbound trade route, and sets up the dart bureau in Jiaozhou to make some preparations for the future. ”

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