Ten vans were placed in the courtyard of the inn.

There's also a strange "Trojan Horse"...

This restaurant, called "Changxin", was contracted by a team of businessmen from Jiaozhi County, "Jiaozhou".

Originally, it was just a trivial matter.

But today, the "first test" under the victory bridge...

For a while, this team of businessmen suddenly became famous, and many people wanted to live in this "Changxin" restaurant, with various purposes, and had a cordial conversation with this businessman.

It's just that...

Changxin Restaurant has long been contracted, where can people still live.

Some of the people who visited... I didn't see these merchants, shook my head, and went home with a disappointed look.

Some people are staying around this "Changxin" restaurant, looking at it from time to time, and there is no deep meaning.

The shopkeeper also brought two jars of wine as if flattering, and strode to the room of "You Tanzhi".

The shopkeeper is like a literati, and he specially instructed the shopkeeper to learn a few lines of poetry, and chanted while delivering wine.

- "On the wine hall, relatives and friends will swim from me!" The Chinese kitchen organizes a rich meal, cooks sheep and slaughters fat cows! ”

- "Guest officer, the shopkeeper of my house asked you to go downstairs, saying that the mutton is ready, and it is waiting for the guest officer to enjoy it." ”

- "And this fine wine, will it be given to the guest officer, or will it come down to drink?" ”

Hearing the wine, You Tanzhi walked out of the house, picked up the wine jug and smelled it, revealing an intoxicated look.

I couldn't help but sigh, "It's so fragrant, mellow and sweet, like wine from the north!" ”

"The guest officer has good eyesight...", the shopkeeper echoed with a smile.

At this moment, You Tanzhi found something under the lid of this wine jug, it was a small note, he thought it was specially left for him by the shopkeeper, and immediately unfolded...

Because the speed was too fast, the shopkeeper didn't notice it, but when he saw the text on it, You Tanzhi couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly put away the note.

The voice of the shopkeeper continued.

"The shopkeeper of my family admires the businessman who walks the rivers and lakes like this, can the guest officer appreciate his face..."

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to finish speaking, "don't appreciate", You Tanzhi's words blurted out, which was completely contrary to his usual image of smiling and chanting during the day.

He didn't bother with the shopkeeper, walked out quickly, and went to the backyard.

When he came to the courtyard, You Tanzhi searched left and right, his expression a little vigilant.

But here, there is nothing else but those ordnance.

Just about to turn around and leave.

Suddenly, there was a "crunch", and the wooden ox and horse seemed to have been touched by something, and made a crisp sound.

You Tanzhi hurriedly turned around, and a woman walked out from behind the wooden ox and flowing horse.

She wore a hood and a cloak, staring at this businessman from "Jiaozhou".

You Tanzhi's cautious and suspicious gaze met the woman's sharp and expectant gaze.

You Tanzhi couldn't help but take a step back, but the woman took a step forward.

"How many of these, please make a price!"

With this crisp sound.

The woman gently took off her hood, it was Lu Xun's wife, Sun Ru.

Her gaze was like electricity... He also has a pen in his hand.

It seems that the note under the lid of the flask was specially written by her.

The text on it is unusually sharp - "Your Excellency is so high-profile, what you want is nothing more than money, I have money?" Why not talk about it in the backyard? ”

as Sun Ce's daughter;

As a master who is good at assassination and shadow arrows.

It's not difficult to lurk here and find a way to put the note in front of You Tanzhi.

The difficulty is to lead You Tanzhi out...

The difficulty is to persuade this You Tanzhi to sell this side car, this crossbow, and this wooden ox and flowing horse to them!

"I was forced to ask Mr. You to meet in such an abrupt way, but... The little woman needs these weapons very much, Mr. You, make a price! ”

She repeated the purpose of her visit...

And as her voice fell, You Tanzhi seemed to have become much more relaxed.

He only asked lightly:

- "I don't know, which friend is it?" ”

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Gangneung City, there is a luxurious mansion in the east of the city.

The courtyard with seven entrances and seven exits shows that the people who live in it must be either rich or noble.

At this moment, the door of this mansion is wide open.

According to the common practice of this large family, unless it is to greet a person of high status, the middle door is generally not opened, and the main hall is not entered.

In today's mansion, there are distinguished guests.

Since the "lively" of the victory bridge at noon, many people began to pour into this mansion and went straight to the main hall.

Now...

Although there was still afterglow outside, the main hall was already burning brightly, under the lights.

An old man in his sixties was pacing with his eyes closed in contemplation.

"Step... Trample! ”

The sound of crisp footsteps resounded on the smooth bluestone floor, and the long beard under the jaw was windless and automatic!

In front of him, there were some younger, more impulsive men, who were not necessarily young, all of them looked like they were past their age.

One of them swore and scolded...

"Such a good opportunity, such a good ordnance? Can someone else buy it? Our family? Why can't you buy it? ”

This man's name is Shiyi, and he is one of the many sons of the governor of the seven counties of Jiaozhou.

Beside him, there are also Shi Hui and Shi Gan, these are his younger brothers.

And the old man in his sixties is today's distinguished guest, their uncle Jiuzhen County Taishou - Shi (wei).

This time, Shi came to Jiangling, originally passing by for a day of rest, and his ultimate goal was "Gong'an County", which was to secretly conduct an arms deal with Fu Shiren.

- Purchase some ordnance!

Jiaozhou is located in the borderland, and both iron and forging skills are extremely scarce.

Therefore, similar to arms and ordnance, the scholars naturally have to purchase them from other places.

Unfortunately...

Even three years ago, the patriarch of the Shi family, Shi Bian, completely bowed to Sun Quan, and Jiaozhou also became a vassal of Eastern Wu, but the vassal of Eastern Wu often did not end well.

Sun Quan always guarded against them.

Not to mention weapons, even soldiers and horses have strict restrictions.

That is, Shi Chang himself is in a peaceful state of mind and does not like war, otherwise... He still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, how can he let Sun Quan bully?

But at this time...

Shiyi's words caused a lot of discussion.

His younger brothers Shihui and Shigan said separately: "Yes, that Sun Quan is only in his thirties, and his father is in his seventies, and he still needs to bow down to him and pay tribute every year... Didn't he just rely on the armor, weapons, and armor of Eastern Wu? If my warrior is well armed... Shall he be allowed to ride on his neck and be a blessing? ”

"In my opinion, today's crossbow is very good, a crossbow with ten rounds, it can kill a cow when it comes, once it is fully equipped, I may not be enterprising enough in Jiaozhou, but it is more than enough to defend the city, so that I will not be afraid of that Sun Quan Xiaoer, see if he dares to do it... Mention that impudent request! ”

The so-called unreasonable demands...

It refers to the fact that Dai Shibian paid tribute to Sun Quan every year a large number of "pearls, large shells, glass, jade, tortoiseshell, rhino horns, ivory", a large number of rare and exotic fruits, and even many good horses.

Can...

Even if it's under such a premise.

Sun Quan still forced Shi to agree.

The northern part of Jiaozhou (i.e., Guangdong) was assigned to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan sent Buqi to manage it.

The southern part of Jiaozhou (the northern part of present-day Vietnam) was still under the Shibian...

It belongs to the vassal and has autonomy.

To know.

Originally... This incident caused a big stir in Jiaozhou.

Many Jiaozhou people feel that Sun Quan is "not greedy enough, snake swallowing elephant"... Shi Chang's godson even threatened not to give in.

It's just that the ideal is very beautiful, and the reality is very backbone...

There are soldiers in Jiaozhou, but there is no ordnance, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice...

How can you resist Sun Quan's army?

No, Shi was forced by deterrence and could only cede the northern part of Jiaozhou.

In this way, his title of governor of the seven counties was extinguished.

Over the years, as he got older, he gradually lost his ambition to regain the lost territory, so he willingly salted the fish.

But in fact, his sons, as well as his younger brother, were not satisfied with the status quo.

In fact, Sun Quan is not satisfied with the status quo.

Sun Quan tried in vain to make a move after his death and take the entire Jiaozhou into his pocket.

In fact, it is...

In the future, the mutant lived to be 90 years old before he died.

And Sun Quan immediately took some extraordinary measures and successfully forced Shi Mutiny's godson to rebel, and then... These sons were expected to be suppressed by Sun Quan's premeditated bloody suppression.

Of course, that's all for later.

At this moment, Shiyi, Shihui, and Shigan, the brothers, looked at their uncle Shi with longing eyes, as if they were waiting for him to make up their minds.

This "accidentally" encountered the ordnance in Gangneung City.

There are not only side vans against cavalry, but also crossbows to shoot enemies at medium distances, as well as wooden cattle and horses to transport grain and grass...

This... Isn't that enough?

Isn't it worth the shot?

Fu Shiren's ordnance... It's nothing more than some inferior blades and armor.

It's not cheap...

But those... Can it compare to the artifacts seen today?

"Ahem..."

Finally, in the expectant eyes of a nephew, Shi opened his mouth, "I'm just worried, your father... He didn't want to get involved in this war all his life..."

Without waiting for him to finish...

Shi Yi opened his mouth and said: "My father is a vassal of Sun Quan, and Tai Shi Ci is also a vassal of Sun Quan, isn't Tai Shi Ci's experience enough?" This Sun Quan's little wolf ambition is obvious... He just wants to boil my father to death, and then annex the whole of Jiaozhou! Hum... Uncle, my father is not young, but my uncle is still there, and we are still here, can our Shi family be slaughtered? ”

As Shi Yi said, in the chaotic era of the late Han Dynasty, vassals were very dangerous, and few vassals could be safe and sound with one side of the forces!

For Jiaozhou, Sun Quan naturally has such thoughts.

However, as mentioned earlier, he did not choose to resort to force, but used another method.

You must know that Shi Chang was born in 137, he was eighteen years older than Cao Cao, twenty-four years older than Liu Bei, and forty-five years older than Sun Quan.

When he made Sun Quan a vassal, Sun Quan was twenty-eight years old, and he was already seventy-three years old.

For Sun Quan, this old man is seventy-three, do you still need to go to him?

Didn't he die in a few years?

Won't it be logical to take the southern part of Jiaozhou at that time?

As a result, the more he waited, the more chilled Sun Quan became.

In history, Sun Quan demarcated Xiangshui and got the three counties of Changsha, this old man was seventy-nine years old and still healthy;

In another four years, Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and got the entire Jingzhou, this old man was eighty-three, and he was still alive.

After the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei Bai Emperor Tuogu, Liu Bei died, this old man is eighty-seven, still alive!

Sun Quan was stunned at this time, how could anyone in the world be a vassal for thirty years, it was estimated that Sun Quan felt that he was shallow, he was simple, and he knew that he should have done it when he was twenty-eight years old and completely took Jiaozhou into his pocket.

It wasn't until he was ninety years old that Shi Chang died, and Sun Quan also began to baptize the Shi Mutiny family.

Of course, for such a long time, the people of the Shi family will not be without feelings, nor will they be without reactions...

It's just that as the old saying goes, Jiaozhou iron and forging skills are extremely scarce, and the adjacent only Jing and Yang are two states, and they are difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

A long groan...

Finally, in a dry nephew turned over and showed his heart.

As soon as he clenched his fists, he seemed to have finally made a decision.

- "Hmph, forbearance! You can't hold back for a few more lifetimes! ”

- "Today, I will make this decision for my brother, this batch of weapons, no matter what the price, our family wants it!" ”

- "I have nothing else to pay to the state scholar's family, and the poor are only left with money!" ”

Yes, the Shi family has avoided trouble in Jiaozhou since the rebellion of Wang Mang, and after six generations, both its prestige and financial resources are second to none in Jiaozhou.

In this wave of "arms" battle, their soldiers will either not make a move, and once they make a move, they will definitely win!

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The sun has set in the west, and the twilight is scorching.

Outside the study room of the Guan family's mansion, the Guan family's army guards stood in the forest.

The windows and doors have long been hidden, and countless lights illuminate the study as if it were day.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang sat in their seats.

Guan Xing and Guan Yinping were standing, foaming at the mouth on one side, and gesturing with their hands on the other, this pair of brothers and sisters were talking about the magic of the van and the car array under the victory bridge in the daytime.

The daughter carefully examined it, the side van is by no means simple, although it is a wooden plank, but it is made of a lot of wood and iron blended structure, as solid as a rock... Later, my daughter also thought about it carefully, but she still couldn't accurately say the material of this partial van, and even... If there is no manufacturing drawing, even the made wooden planks will not be able to be so strong. ”

Guan Yinping's implication is... This partial van looks simple, but if you really want to copy it, there are many problems that need to be solved urgently.

First of all, it is the rock-like "solidity".

You need to know, how powerful is the impact of cavalry?

Hundreds, thousands of cavalry charged, and the ordinary planks were suddenly smashed into slag.

The material of the partial van...

Guan Yinping has a feeling, this is by no means something that can be broken through by the number of cavalry!

The design of this partial van... It's exquisite!

"The child thinks..."Guan Xing added, "The baffle of this van will never be just wood, the child's green dragon glaive knife will hit with all its strength, if it is pure wood, it will never be damaged in the slightest, and even the child green dragon knife will break the subtle teeth... Such a skill is really ingenious. ”

Since you are planning to buy this partial box...

Guan Yu and Ma Liang naturally wanted to summon Guan Xing and Guan Yinping, and carefully inquired about the details of the "attack and defense" of this car formation.

Guan Yu thought naïvely.

He thought it would be nice if he could copy it.

You can save a lot of money.

But now, listening to Guan Yinping and Guan Xing, I am afraid that the road of imitation will not work at all.

From this and there, the partial van is like this, I'm afraid it's the crossbow, and the same is true of the wooden ox and flowing horse... No wonder the merchant had no fear.

It seems that this money has to be spent!

It was Ma Liang, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered for a moment, his attention was on another part.

"There is often a rule in wood manufacturing, that is, the name of the inventor will be engraved on the finished product... Second son, third lady, have you noticed the name on this side car? ”

As Maleonn said...

For example, from the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the beginning of the Warring States Period, many of the wood art made by Luban will be engraved with "Made by Luban".

On Cao Cao's side in the north, there is a special workshop, which will be engraved with "Liu Ye made", "Ma Jun made", and "Hao Zhao made"!

This is an unwritten agreement left by our ancestors in the field of wood art and instrument manufacturing.

Ma Liang wanted to dig out some clues about the "people behind the scenes" and "the forces behind the manufacture" of these ordnances.

Really...

After thinking about it for a while, Guan Yinping seemed to recall something.

"It really has a name."

Because of the miraculous skills of this partial van, she was very impressed.

It's just that this strange name somewhat made Guan Yinping's cheeks change a little.

"Yes..."

Don't wait for the silver screen to open.

It seemed that because of the change in his daughter's face, Guan Yu seemed to suddenly think of something, and he suddenly raised his voice and interrupted Guan Yinping's words.

- "Could it be, it was made by the 'Hong Qigong', right?" ”

"It's not Hong Qigong." Guan Yinping immediately shook her head, and then, she said with great determination, "What is engraved on it is... It's 'Huang Lao's evil creation'! ”

- Huang Laoxi? Make?

As soon as this name came out, Guan Yu and Ma Liang looked at each other, and there were many intriguing colors in their eyes subconsciously.

Is this a wave of unevenness and a wave of resurgence?

The previous birth of Hong Qigong caused an uproar in Jiangling City, causing changes in the current situation.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the next ten years, Hong Qigong's influence was far-reaching.

But now...

Huang Laoxi? Another yellow old evil came out of nowhere?

Who is this?

- Where is sacred?

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(End of chapter)