Jiaozhou, the junction of Yulin County and Cangwu County.

The camp of the Lu family's army.

After sending Lu Meng and Buqi away, Lu Xun returned to his military tent, Sun Ru looked at the edict and wine bottle on the table, and asked, "Wu Hou sent these to you?" What is the meaning? Although it's winter now, the air in Jiaozhou is warm, and it doesn't seem that there is a need for this 'turtle hand medicine', right? ”

"Huh-"

Lu Xun sneered faintly, lifted the bottle of dogwood wine, and poured out a glass, "Madam, your second uncle, if you want to kill people and don't want to see blood, you keep asking me to go back and drink with him on the winter solstice, but where is there still dogwood wine on the winter solstice, chrysanthemums have thanked me, this wine and the turtle hand medicine are telling me - if you don't return on the winter solstice, you have to give way to be a general and take over this army, and I don't have to go back." ”

After that, Lu Xun raised his glass and was about to drink, but Sun Ru hurriedly shot and knocked over the wine glass.

Lu Xun smiled and said, "This is the wine given by Wu Hou?" How could my wife ever be so bold? ”

Sun Ru said coldly: "If I had the courage to be brave, I wouldn't have let my mother and brother disappear in the first place... Now, if he wants to harm my husband again, will I just sit back and wait to be killed? ”

Lu Xun replied lightly, "A month, this is just the beginning..."

Sun Ru asked in a worried trembling voice, "But what about a month later?" The patriarch of your Lu family is placed in Jiaozhi, unless... Unless the husband doesn't care about anything! ”

"Man is a sword, I am a fish." Lu Xun opened his mouth with difficulty, "For today's plan, I can only wait." ”

Sun Ru asked, "What are you waiting for?" ”

Lu Xun's face was gloomy, and he said coldly, "Wait until someone can steal Lu Ji out!" As long as he comes back alive, I will be the real patriarch of the Lu family... If not, then..."

Sun Ru was shocked: "This... You're gambling your life! ”

Lu Xun's tone was firm, and he even said a little ruthlessly, "In today's situation, I can only bet this time, this may be a bet on the future!" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xun slowed down and asked, "Perhaps, this will be my Lu Xun's last bet." ”

This...

The sudden coldness of the atmosphere made Sun Ru feel less and less pleasant the more he thought about it.

She gritted her teeth and asked, "If, after a month, Lu Jiajun still doesn't move, what will happen?" ”

"Didn't you hear General Buqi's words?" Lu Xun's tone was filled with infinite sorrow and pathos: "Now the grain of our Lu Jiajun can be held in the hands of General Lu Meng, on one side is the mortal enemy of Jiaozhou, and on the other hand, the grain held by General Lu Meng, who would have thought that I, Lu Xun, would be forced to this point, in a dilemma!" ”

Wait a minute...

Listening to her husband's words, Sun Ru suddenly thought of something, and she suddenly opened her mouth, "Husband, actually... In fact... Another way? ”

"What way?" Lu Xun looked at Sun Ru, but there was no color in his eyes.

Sun Ru hurriedly checked the doors and windows to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, she walked in front of Lu Xun and said in a low voice, "Second uncle is not benevolent, we can also be unjust, no matter what Dongwu or Jiaozhou he is, why don't I take Lu Jiajun and I to Jingzhou!" ”

Sun Ru's words came out one after another, and her tone was resolute: "I don't believe it... I don't believe it, my husband has 30,000 Lu family troops, so Guan Yunchang will not accept it? Will you treat your husband as a guest? ”

This...

Sun Ru's words startled Lu Xun.

He hurriedly covered Sun Ru's mouth, his eyebrows condensed in an instant, and he exclaimed again and again:

"Madame, you, are you crazy?"

Sun Ru's martial arts far surpassed Lu Xun, she quickly broke free from Lu Xun's shackles, and she straightened her chest.

The tone became more and more resolute: "Look at General Xu Kun, look at Zhou Gongjin, Governor Zhou, and then look at General Tai Shici... If the husband insists on staying here, then it is... It's really crazy! ”

Lu Xun covered Sun Ru's mouth again.

He looked at Sun Ru as if begging, his lips trembling.

"Now... Right now... It's not there yet—"

It's just that Sun Ru's eyes are becoming more and more determined, as if she has made some kind of decision.

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…

During the Han Dynasty, apples were called "柰".

The "柰" of the Han Dynasty is far less big and full than the apples of later generations. The taste is not particularly sweet, about the size of an egg.

It's very tempting.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether the apple is delicious or full.

Importantly, October is the season when apples are ripe.

Now... Under an apple tree in the Shui Villa.

Apples the size of eggs were about to fall, Liu Ye used his head to catch them, and they smashed on his head one after another.

Liu Ye was not hit by the apple by accident, he deliberately stood here and waited for the apple to fall down.

And the reason why this is so is that Guan Lin proposed to him a concept of "gravity" and "gravitation".

At this moment, Liu Ye stroked his forehead while looking at the fallen apple, and then sighed:

"Is this the 'gravity' and 'gravitation' mentioned by the prince of Yunqi? It's sobering! ”

He frowned slightly, as if pondering for a moment, and then while "chirping" his mouth, he took out the "Strange Weapon Diagram" given to him by Guan Lin from his arms.

I couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "What does the book say, 'What's the weight?' Every body goes straight down, and the one who wants to reach the center of the earth is. Is this what gravity is called? ”

Speaking of which, the "Illustrated Diagram of Strange Weapons" was compiled by Wang Zheng during the Ming Dynasty, in which there is already a definition and elaboration of gravity.

I can say with great certainty...

This article, the definition of gravity, is nearly forty years before Newton was hit by an apple and realized "gravity".

As an aside, considering the great voyages of the Ming Dynasty, Newton's theory of "universal gravitation" is not plagiarized from my Great China's "Illustrated Illustration of Strange Weapons", this is a matter of opinion.

Of course, it doesn't matter, what matters is... Liu Ye seems to have a new understanding.

"If you follow this theory, does it mean that under a fixed acceleration, as long as the gravity of the eight-bull crossbow increases, then the range can continue to increase... Or even break through 800 steps and reach 1,200 steps? ”

was studied by Liu Ye to this point.

It seems that this "Strange Weapon Illustrated" has some unintentional tastes from the donors and the viewers.

It's no exaggeration to say...

- Gravity, mass, acceleration due to gravity and even drag...

This series of nouns seems to have opened the door to a new world for Liu Ye, making him reverie and confirming from the book the many possibilities that originally existed in his mind.

- The ancients were not unintelligent, but their horizons were not broad.

——Once the ancients were guided, they were often able to burst out with extremely terrifying learning ability and creativity.

A book of "Illustrated Strange Weapons" looks like nothing to ordinary people, and even to people in later generations.

But for Liu Ye, a man who can skillfully use the "lever principle" and make a thunderbolt, it is simply a "plug-in".

- "Click! ”

It seemed that because he suddenly figured out something, Liu Ye took a bite of the apple violently, "It's the height... Yes, yes, yes, it's height! This eight-bull crossbow can also be further adjusted in height to find the optimal 'gravitational acceleration' and reduce the drag in the air... That's right, that's it... That's it..."

Thinking about this, Liu Ye took one last look at the apple tree and hurriedly ran to the workshop again.

During this time, all his thoughts were on the side of the workshop.

And his knowledge of craftsmanship, the manufacturing techniques of these large-scale ordnance, is extremely fast, and he is always able to make improvements and keep improving...

Many times, Liu Ye's improved ordnance is what makes Huang Chengyan, the successor of the Mojia technique, sigh to himself.

Yesterday, when Guan Lin came to the Shui Villa, he also specially asked Huang Chengyan.

- Ask him what is this Liu Ye?

Huang Chengyan's answer is that in less than ten years... I'm afraid that this Liu Ye can change the fighting style of the entire battlefield with his own strength.

Guan Lin was shocked, as if this had to be cultivated!

So, he wrote out the physics book "Diagram of Strange Weapons" in the Ming Dynasty overnight, and sent someone to hand it over to him early in the morning.

But when Liu Ye entered the workshop.

Huang Chengyan is counting the newly made eight-bull crossbow.

These are twenty eight-bull crossbows...

The Jiaozhou Shibian family has sent someone to receive it, and the money has been paid.

As agreed... Huang Chengyan is going to deliver today.

Seeing Huang Chengyan, Liu Ye hurriedly ran to him, and his conversation with Huang Chengyan was like a discussion between two academic masters: "Huang Lao, I have an idea, according to the theory in the book "Strange Weapon Diagram" given to me by Yunqi, I think... In these eight bull crossbows, as long as the height of the 'three strong bows' is raised and lowered to a certain extent, the straight line is changed to a slight inclination, and the aim is slightly corrected, then... The energy stored in this eight-ox crossbow will be greater, and the distance it can shoot will be greater... Maybe... It can be achieved..."

didn't wait for Liu Ye to finish the last five words "1,200 steps".

That's when ... Shiwu and Shihui happened to arrive.

Shiwu, as Guan Lin's guard, and Shihui, as Shixie's son, are extremely concerned about these eight bull crossbows.

I saw the eight-ox crossbows being transported.

Shiwu was quite excited. "Senior Huang, the prince of Yunqi commanded that he could hand us twenty eight-bull crossbows today... But really? ”

I blurted out this...

Shi Hui is also looking forward to it, his father Shi Xie has urged countless times, and he is extremely looking forward to bringing back the Eight Bull Crossbow as soon as possible.

At the same time, because of the weight of the eight-ox crossbow, even if it is by water, it is not fast to transport.

So...

The Shi family decided to send a wave of people to transport the Eight Ox Crossbow back first, and another wave of people continued to practice in Gangneung, and finally... Half a month later, they will meet in Jiaozhou, and the crossbows will be united, and they will be able to enter the battlefield in the battle with the Lu Jiajun.

The warriors and emblems in front of you...

Huang Chengyan is no stranger.

I've been dealing with each other for the past few days, and the two sides have a good chat.

The most important thing is that the Shi family's inadvertent generosity, as soon as they met, they gave Huang Chengyan a hundred jars of good wine in the Jiaozhou area, which made Huang Chengyan appreciate it very much, and felt that Yunqi, an ally, was good and worth it.

Immediately, Huang Chengyan stroked his beard, "Since Yunqi said so, the Eight Bull Crossbow can be handed over today..."

The word "pay" delivered had not yet blurted out, and Liu Ye hurriedly stopped it, "Huang Lao... I can't pay it, I can't pay it..."

His tone broke: "I... I just need to, with only a slight change, to be able to increase the range from eight hundred paces ... Increase to at least one thousand two hundred steps ... Give me a few days, you trust me... Give me a few days..."

Liu Ye swore that he felt that his thinking had never been so clear.

He just needs to try it now, and then improve it individually... And then there was a massive improvement.

He was sure it would be done in five days.

It's just that...

Shiwu hurriedly said, "Mr. Liu just said? How many steps can the range be improved? ”

"Twelve hundred steps." Liu Ye's tone was firm.

Shiwu and Shihui waved their hands in unison.

"Oh, how can you use it so far... Eight hundred steps, eight hundred steps..."Shiwu said with a smile, "If Mr. Liu wants to change, then the next batch of changes will be good, these twenty eight-bull crossbows, my eldest brother is... But I want to wear it! ”

Shi Hui also chimed in: "Yes, don't say how many days, it's just a few hours... I'm afraid my father can't wait. ”

This...

Liu Ye scratched his head slightly, he was a person who strives for excellence, but he didn't expect...

In the eyes of Jiaozhou Shijia, 800 steps is far enough, far exceeding psychological expectations, which makes Liu Ye inevitably a little embarrassed.

"Haha..."Huang Chengyan smiled: "There are still eighty pieces in the back, besides, the cloud flag still needs a lot in Jiangxia, Ziyang, there is a chance, there is a chance." ”

Huang Chengyan spoke softly to Liu Ye, and he was completely cultivated as the "successor" of the Mojia technique.

Then again, the girl is not around...

Don't you have to find a "reliable" successor, this Liu Ye, who was newly persuaded by Yunqi, is quite in line with Huang Chengyan's appetite.

"Okay... Then I'll go to the back mountain and give it a try. Liu Ye said goodbye...

Looking at his back, Shiwu blinked his eyes and said with emotion: "If this eight-bull crossbow can really shoot 1,200 steps away, then... When you start a battle, are you brave, is you good at commanding troops? ”

Hey...

Shiwu's casual question attracted Huang Chengyan's sideways.

Oh, yes...

In Huang Chengyan's view, a Guan Lin's drawing, a Liu Ye's refinement and improvement, these two boys are perfectly combined, and the result is...

Thinking of this, there was a "coo-dong", and Huang Chengyan couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

He muttered to himself:

- "If you continue to build like this, on the battlefield in the future, it will have nothing to do with bravery and commanders!" ”

- "This is what Yunqi called 'learning martial arts can't save the big man', right?" ”

…

In this compartment, twenty eight-bull crossbows are being handed over.

Over there, on the outskirts of Jiangling West, Diao Chan originally came to this farmhouse to buy herbs, but suddenly... At the river, I met a woman.

The woman is about thirty-five years old, and she is clean and ethereal, and she is the kind of beauty that people can't forget at a glance...

Even Diao Chan couldn't help but be surprised.

I muttered in my heart, this was put fifteen years ago, when it came to posture... I'm afraid that she may not be able to defeat this woman, right?

This woman is none other than Da Qiao, who came to Gangneung.

Having said that, just yesterday, Sun Shao sent his mother Da Qiao to Jiangling.

He had heard that there was a famous mountain villa on the outskirts of the western city.

And because of the water villa, the western suburbs are both lively and safe, so... Sun Shao settled his mother, Da Qiao, in a farm on the outskirts of the western city of Jiangling.

Originally, Sun Shao planned to buy a few handmaidens for his mother, but Da Qiao was afraid that his identity would be revealed... Insist on not allowing it.

Sun Shao couldn't resist him, and after settling down, he could only leave.

It wasn't meant to be.

Da Qiao is in his thirties, and he has lived in Jiaozhou for many years, so he has no problem living alone.

But when you first arrive, you inevitably want to go out and get acquainted with the surrounding environment.

But I never thought that when I walked to the river, I suddenly had a sharp pain in my stomach... At this moment, she was half-kneeling by the river, holding her stomach, looking extremely uncomfortable.

Because there are no people by the river here, so... And no one came to her aid.

Seeing her pain, Diao Chan hurriedly put down the medicine basket and ran quickly to Da Qiao's side.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I... I... I don't know..."Da Qiao replied Ai Ai, especially holding her stomach.

"Blood?" As Zhang Zhongjing's righteous daughter, Diao Chan's medical skills are outstanding among women, and her observation is also extremely keen, and she immediately noticed the blood left on Da Qiao's leg.

She hurriedly said: "It's 'moon water comes from abdominal pain', don't worry, it's no big deal..."

Yueshui comes from abdominal pain, which is the name of a pathology that only women have in the Han Dynasty, and it is called "dysmenorrhea" after the Qing Dynasty...

As a woman, Diao Chan understands this pain best, and she asks with concern: "You... Can you still stand up? I'll help you back..."

"Can... Yes..."

More than ten years of tempering in Jiaozhou have made Da Qiao become resolute, she gritted her teeth and slowly got up with the support of Diao Chan, she pointed hard... The mud house that I just bought is not shabby, nor is it luxurious.

"Thanks... Thank you ma'am. ”

"It's okay." Diao Chan hugged Da Qiao, "Let's go slowly, I'll check it for you when we get to the house..."

yes, this disease...

I can only check it in the house.

"Oh..."Diao Chan suddenly remembered something, "I forgot, you put this on first..."

As he spoke, Diao Chan handed a "blood not wet" to Da Qiao.

Big Joe looked at this strange, small winged object, and for a while, it was... I don't know what it is. How can this be used?

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…

Shuzhong, Chengdu.

In the study of General Zuo's mansion, Zhuge Liang had been talking with Liu Bei for a long time.

It's just that... The topics of conversation between the two are nothing more than two things.

First, it was Zhuge Liang's empty city plan that retreated from Cao Cao, and after several investigations, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang sorted out the reasons for this.

It turned out that it was not that Cao Cao was timid, it was not that he wanted to go back to deal with the internal strife and deal with the successor.

- but a great change in Jingzhou!

It was the battlefield of Xiangfan, and Guan Yu fought several beautiful battles one after another, not only killing Wen Ping, Man Chong, Niu Jin, Lu Chang and others, but also completely recovering the north of Jiangxia.

This is equivalent to the fact that now the entire Jiangxia in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is all under Liu Bei, which directly threatens Nanyang County, the economic center of Cao Wei and a major grain producing area.

This is infinitely close to the core and lifeblood of Cao Wei...

If Nanyang and Xiangfan fall, then Cao Wei will inevitably take a sharp turn.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao did not dare to launch an attack, did not dare to fall into the battlefield of Shuzhong, and immediately returned to Jingzhou.

Undoubtedly, this has won the most valuable development time for Shuzhong.

Second, it is this precious time for development, a series of decrees implemented in Shuzhong...

To the surprise of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, the establishment of the Commerce Bureau and the collection of commercial tax have achieved unexpected results.

This is because only businessmen who have joined the Commerce Department can do business.

And because the businessmen of the Commerce Department can get rid of the identity - lowly status!

This caused a large number of merchants to flock to the city, and the collection of commercial taxes was logical.

And because businessmen need to be restrained by the Department of Commerce, the soaring prices and hoarding have been alleviated to the greatest extent.

In Shuzhong, without casting a small amount of money and casting "straight 100 baht", it successfully solved the problem of turmoil in Shuzhong and the overstretched grain depot.

Because of the establishment of the Commerce Department and the elevation of the status of merchants, it is inevitable that some farmers will want to do business.

To a certain extent, this will affect the agricultural output in the Bashu region.

There's a lot of other messy stuff going on!

If it were someone else, it would be a mess...

But who made the person in charge of the Commerce Department Zhuge Liang?

Under his overall planning, there is a threshold for doing business, and the transformation of farmers and businessmen must go through strict inspection, and the Commerce Department is not just a person who can enter if he wants to.

And this requires complex and cumbersome systems and constraints!

But these... For Zhuge Lao, it's not a problem.

Compared with leading troops to fight and arranging troops, Zhuge Liang is stronger in governing the country!

Zhuge Liang dealt with this kind of "burnt-up" problem, just like a "pediatric", which can be described as handy.

Of course...

Whether it is the first empty city plan and the victory of Xiangfan, or the chain positive reaction triggered by the second Department of Commerce, these are inseparable from a person's name from the war report, from the secret letter, and from the urgent mail:

- Guan Lin Guan Yunqi!

Naturally, today's Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, just this name... I've been talking for a long time, and I've been boasting for a long time.

The words of praise that should be said have been said a long time ago.

At this moment, another decree closely related to Guan Yunqi is already - the arrow is on the bow, and it will not be triggered.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's expressions also became unusually solemn.

Zhuge Liang asked meticulously: "Lord, are you ready?" ”

Liu Bei paused, he nodded heavily, and muttered: "Yunqi is only fifteen years old, and he still has the courage to seek the well-being of the people, and I Liu Bei will fight all my life?" How can you be timid at this age? ”

Liu Bei's tone was resolute.

Zhuge Liang asked again: "Lord, if you really take this step, there is no turning back." ”

"Hahaha..."Liu Bei laughed lightly and said lightly, "Haven't I walked on thin ice all my life?" How have I ever turned back? The two sentences in Yunqi's answer sheet, I am the most agreeable and the most thought-provoking, the so-called 'the people are rich and the country is strong', and the so-called 'water can carry the boat, but also can overturn the boat'! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei held Zhuge Liang's hand tightly.

It was as if he had already made the final decision.

He said heavily: "All my Liu Bei's cities and counties will abolish the poll tax and implement the apportionment into the mu, Kong Ming's matter will be handed over to you!" ”

——Solemn, awe-inspiring, upright, virtuous and virtuous.

Making this decision is tantamount to Liu Bei making a choice.

In the enveloping more energetic, faster effective clans!

Or stand firmly among the widest range of people, and fight side by side with thousands of Li Shu in this world!

He firmly chose the latter!

He wants to unite... The thirteen states in the world, the most extensive and the most humble, but contain the most majestic energy - the power of Li Shu!

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(End of chapter)