Early the next morning, Li Siye got up and paced in the courtyard of his new mansion. This general's mansion was not built in strict accordance with the specifications of the Central Plains, the main courtyard only has the main house and the side house, the greening in the courtyard is good, and there is a few vegetable gardens under the adobe courtyard wall. The courtyard faces north and there is a cross courtyard where the dependents live, and further back is the backyard, with several wings and stables.

Whether in his previous life or now, he is not a person who pursues the quality of life too much, and he does not have high requirements for houses.

At this time, a group of craftsmen had gathered at the entrance of the town guard envoy's mansion, and they exchanged words with each other, speculating about what the general of the Shule town guard had called them for.

When the side door opened with a creak, the craftsmen hurriedly surrounded it.

Yan Xiaosi walked out of the side door and asked, "The guys have all the things, right?"

"Don't worry, the military master will bring it all, yes, take it."

"Okay," Yan Xiaosi coughed and said, "Go in later and listen to my general's greeting, and he will do whatever he tells you to do."

Everyone was amazed, this work was actually done by the general himself, could it be to make a bed crossbow, to install it on the head of Shule City, or to make a stone thrower? They were a little excited for a while, and they all geared up.

A group of people entered the house and went to the front yard under the steps of the main hall, Li Siye took out the draft he had drawn yesterday and showed it to everyone, explained to them the principle of the drum car in the memory, and then the craftsmen discussed with each other what could be improved.

The carpenters began to divide and cooperate, and each two people were responsible for a component, from the wheels, axles, chassis, wooden gears, and drum villain devices, all of which were used to compete on the same stage.

Li Twelve Niang ordered the maid at home to boil tea and bring it to the craftsmen to drink, and she was still watching with anticipation, thinking that she was making a screen shelf for her, but when she saw that it was a strange carriage in the end, she couldn't help but be very disappointed, glared at Li Siye who was sitting on the steps, turned around and left depressedly.

Where did Li Siye know that Twelve Niang had so many psychological activities, thinking that she was tired of watching freshness, so she would go.

After the successful production of the drum car in Jili, a preliminary test was needed, Li Siye deliberately chose an open place, let the drum car go a while, and specially sent someone to measure the length of the interval between the two drums, and finally missed six steps.

This should not be a problem with the wheels, but an error in the gears. The carpenters unloaded it again, carefully measured the number of teeth in diameter, re-chiseled, put it on and tested it again, and re-did it if there were any errors. In the process of testing, it is completely acceptable to reduce the gap again and again until the error of driving one mile is controlled within one inch.

Li Siye also asked people to install a compass more accurate than Sinan on the car to correct the direction of the vehicle.

Li Siye was very happy that the drum cart with the functions of compass and memory was successfully built, and in addition to giving the craftsmen a good remuneration, he also specially instructed Wu Niangzi to let the kitchen kill a few more sheep to celebrate, and invited the carpenters to eat mutton in the basin and drink a lot of wine.

Wu Niangzi has already been promoted to the housekeeper of the general's mansion, and there are not only a few Sogdian maids under her hands, but also dozens of people with different divisions of labor, and naturally there are a few maids in charge of cooking in the kitchen, and the meat of more than a dozen people is not a problem.

Before the afternoon meal was ready, Li Siye and the carpenters squatted in the shade of the tree in front of the hall, chatting casually. Li Siye didn't speak like a general, nor did he pull those intimidating words, he chatted kindly, and everyone relaxed a lot.

An older carpenter kindly reminded Li Siye: "General Li, while there is still time, we might as well make some makeup for the lady, bronze mirror table and other furniture, you are dedicated to making this car for the public, and the eldest lady is probably unhappy."

Li Siye asked, "How do you know that my lady is unhappy?"

The carpenter smiled but did not say anything but was muttering in his stomach, which could not be seen, when he first came to the yard, the lady smiled and sent a maid to make tea and bring it up. As a result, when I saw that you were doing this kind of thing, my face didn't change at the moment, but things were different, not to mention the hot tea, and I didn't even give a sip of cold white water, isn't this angry?

Li Siye scratched his head and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then do a few things casually and coax her over indiscriminately?"

The carpenter's eyes suddenly glanced upward, and Zhengse said: "How can you do it casually, the furniture that the lady wants must naturally be carefully made, and it takes some thought."

Another carpenter said, "How can you just say that you don't move, go, go to work?" ”

The carpenters ran to the workplace with understanding, began to saw the board, and dug out the tenon and groove, Li Siye felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, and looked up slightly, but saw Twelve Niang's hands folded in front of her lower abdomen, looking cold and worried. He hurriedly pretended not to see anything, and said loudly to the craftsmen: "Yes, the makeup that my twelve mothers want to make a little more detailed, five or six drawers and drawers, and paint a layer of tung oil inside and out, you don't want to fool me." ”

Twelve Niang smiled at the corner of her mouth, raised her chin slightly, and instructed the maid behind her: "Go and make some hot tea for the carpenters, and take it to see if the kitchen is ready." ”

At this time, it is basically two meals a day, generally one meal in the morning, one meal before dark, basically when the sun sets, the three-legged iron kettle and stove have been cleaned. In the days when oil lamps were used to make a living, all dinners were done before dark, and the same was true at the General's Palace. The light in the hall was dim, and Li Siye instructed his subordinates to carry the food table to the courtyard, and take the futon for the carpenters to eat.

Where did the craftsmen enjoy this kind of treatment, whether at home or when they went to the master's house to eat? Eating according to the case is the style of rich people, and our small households generally squat in a random place with a big bowl, and pull it into their mouths.

Although they were a little restrained, after the lamb was served, they were attracted by the food and forgot to be restrained. General Li's family was really generous, there were a few peppers in each basin, they held the basin with both hands and pulled it into their mouths, and only when they had eaten a round belly did they support each other and leave the general's mansion one by one. Even when they returned home or chatted in the future, they would think of the sumptuous meal they had at General Lee's mansion that day.

After the drum car had been built, Li Siye sent Yan Xiaosi to inform the deputy military envoy Zhao Chongyu that he would set off tomorrow to inspect the Tang army stationed in various places under the command of Shule Town.

The next day, Zhao Chongxuan had already brought five or six personal soldiers to wait outside the gate of the general's mansion, and Li Siye only brought Yan Xiaosi, Feng Changqing, and a few personal soldiers under his command, and everyone went to inspect the military camp in the city first.

There are three battalions in Shule City, each battalion has five to three regiments, and the three battalions stationed are the jumping battalion and the battle front team, as well as the city defense battalion. The city defense battalion numbered 1,000 and was responsible for the defense of the four gates in the city, and the number of the battle front and the jumping battalion was 600 each, and they were all transferred by Li Siye from the bank of the White Horse River in Qiuzi.

The city defense battalion had two regiments of strong cavalry and three regiments of odd soldiers, equipped with horizontal swords, crossbows and spears. When they passed by the camp gate in the west of the city, the army happened to be training, and Li Siye stopped to watch, feeling that the combat ability of these soldiers was not low, and it was not inferior to the Eighth Regiment, a powerful force in the city.

Zhao Chongxuan said to Li Siye proudly: "This is the first batch of Long March athletes recruited by my Tang Dynasty to come to the Western Regions, most of them have small families in the local area, they are brave in battle and have won the first merit many times. ”

Li Siye nodded approvingly, people, especially a group of people together, can see the advantages and disadvantages at a glance from the spirit.

After seeing the barracks, Zhao Chongxuan crossed his hand at Li Siye and asked: "The garrison in the city has already been seen, do you think we should go out of the city and go to which state city to see first?" ”

"There's no hurry." Li Siye waved his hand: "First come with me to pay homage to the former sages and go to see Geng Gongjing." ”

Geng Gongjing is located in the southeast corner of the city in the low-lying place, there are two mulberry trees near the edge of the well, although it looks thick and strong, but it must not have the history of this well, and there is no heroic deeds behind this well that can be praised.

In the place where they stood, in the Eastern Han Dynasty a thousand years ago, Geng Gong, the captain of Wuji, led more than 100 strong men to stubbornly resist the attack of the Northern Xiongnu in the city, and the Xiongnu led a large army to besiege the city three times, Geng Zhong fired poisoned arrows with a crossbow at the head of the city to drive the enemy, and the Huns cut off the river water source flowing to the city, so that the drinking water in the city was cut off. Geng Gong personally led people to dig wells, and there was still no water after fifteen zhang of depth, and the soldiers were so thirsty that they could only squeeze horse manure to drink. In this lifeless desperate situation, the sad hero knelt down to worship and shouted: "I heard that the general of the second division of the past drew his saber and pierced the mountain, and the flying spring gushed out; Now the gods of Hand, how can they be poor? ”

As soon as Geng Gong's words fell, a clear spring gushed out of the dry well, and the soldiers were hungry and thirsty, and poured water on the city to celebrate. The Huns thought that the Han army was guarded by gods, so they had to retreat and leave.

This story did not end, the Huns made a comeback again, Geng Gong led the Han army to hold on to the city for more than eight months, and the food ran out and could only be fed by boiling armor leather and bowstrings. The Huns persuaded him to send an envoy to make him the king of the white house and reward him with a beautiful wife, Geng pretended to invite the envoy into the city, killed him with a knife at the head of the city, and roasted the meat of the envoy with a knife and ate it.

Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty learned that Shule in the Western Regions still had the Tang army to hold on, and specially ordered to send more than 7,000 soldiers to the Western Regions, and rescued Geng Gong and his subordinates from the isolated city of Shule, and when he finally returned to Yumen Pass, there were only thirteen comrades left with him who stuck in the Western Regions. This is the story of the thirteen soldiers who are full of blood and loyalty to return to Yumen.

Li Siye stood by the well and sighed with emotion, this is not just as simple as expressing a mood and sending a circle of friends, he has also integrated into history today, and has an experience similar to that of the sages, and he is more and more able to empathize.

"An ancestral hall should be built here to worship Geng Gong."

Feng Changqing stood by the well, and couldn't help but be leisurely fascinated, and opened his mouth to chant poetry: "The oath to order Shule to fly out of the spring is not like Yingchuan empty wine." ”

After hanging the ancients, both life and work have a sense of ritual, Li Siye raised his arms and turned around, turned over and said to Zhao Chongyu: "First go east to Seoul, then go south to Panchengzhou, then to Manchuria and Yandu Prefecture, and then randomly select two beacons to investigate on the spot." ”

"Whoa!"

The crowd saluted him at the same time, and then each of them turned on his horse and went out along the east gate.

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(PS: Thank you for the desert torch passing on the red reward)