On the third day of September, Guangling City.

Guangling Taishou Mansion was full of people early in the morning, and there were many visitors. The front yard was filled with makeshift awnings, and servants came and went to provide water and food to entertain them, so that the waiting guests would not be embarrassed.

There was an endless stream of guests from three religions and nine streams, all of whom were waiting for Liu Bei to be summoned in person.

Liu Bei did not spare any effort, since Yuan Cao started the war and a large number of people from Lianghuai poured into Guangling, he has been meeting guests for many days, from morning to evening every day.

All those who had served as officials when they were under Yuan Shu, or who had a slight reputation and knowledge in the local area, as long as they came to Guangling, Liu Bei insisted on meeting them in person to confirm their talents.

Winning people's hearts, identifying talents, and recruiting talents are what Liu Bei is best at.

He is only a county now, and there are not many other things, and the daily civil affairs are left to Zhuge Liang and Chen Qun to worry about, and of course they have to do it themselves.

After the negotiation, if it is found that the other party is actually incompetent, Liu Bei will at least give some settling-in expenses, and ask the servants in the house to arrange a good meal of wine and food, at least a whole tail of fresh sea bass and mandarin fish, and leave news of the residence. If there is no place to live, the government will also help arrange accommodation.

If you meet an available talent, you will naturally be given more generous treatment, and Liu Bei will personally accompany the guests to eat and send the house to the field, needless to mention.

In the past half a month, he has indeed discovered a few people of insight from Huainan County, all of whom are very young scholars, and a few of them have not even reached the crown, but they are just the most basic officials, who were discovered by Liu Bei himself.

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When Liu Bei saw the wire, he was also shocked, because the Han Dynasty originally did not have such a thin and soft wire, at most there were only iron nails, which still had to be made one by one.

Zhuge Jin's original fixed drift gillnet mainly caught migratory fish in the deep rivers and seas. But for pure marine fish or pure freshwater fish, as long as there is no migration, there is no way.

"You keep the officials on today's list for a while, and then go and invite Mr. Kong Ming to dine together. Then find Cang Ci and Xu Yi who were recruited a few days ago, and among the newly recruited people just now, a few of them are their fellow countrymen, so it's good to get acquainted with them together. ”

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang answered his confusion in time: "Don't worry, general, although these are fishing boats, I also used keels to reduce the roll - in addition, these small boats are all upturned head and tail, didn't the general see that they have the thickest timber running through the head and tail on the central axis, which is the main keel."

pS: Because the plot was temporarily adjusted, it was written very slowly, and there may be some places that don't go well, and it's even later, forgive me. The transition chapters are long and miscellaneous.

Especially Jiang Ji and Hu Qian, who were born as two officials, were directly handed over to Zhuge Liang for arrangement, and he could stay by his side as a bookkeeper or a bookkeeper, or go to Wuhu to call his brother separately.

"It's a pity that Yuanlong is not here, Yuanlong loves fish, but it's a pity that last year I remember Ziyu reminded him once, saying that river fish have insects, not for fish, even if you have to eat it, you should also eat sea fish and fish. Nowadays, this new net, as long as you go to the sea and drag it, it is full of deep-water sea fish, isn't it beautiful? ”

However, after becoming soft, there is a little problem with the installation of barbs, and bamboo thorns can no longer be used, because they are not durable, and it is very troublesome to re-repair the joints after breaking, so Zhuge Liang is currently using iron wires that are easy to bend and entangle.

And Liu Bei didn't care about the variety, he cared more about the huge output of the gillnet.

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Sitting on the boat and waiting for the voyage, Zhuge Liang took out the fishing net and showed it to Liu Bei.

Jiang Ji and Hu Zhen will of course have words in the future, but they really haven't yet. He is too young and belongs to a young tax statistician who has just entered the industry.

Liu Bei swept it roughly, and found that this net was at least a few stones of catch! It is estimated that it is close to ten stones.

Speaking of conscience, even if these people let Zhuge Jin, a traveler who knows the answer to history, personally come to Guangling County to preside over the personnel work, they may not be able to think of and excavate.

This improvement has made up for these shortcomings.

Liu Bei also hurriedly introduced it together, lest he snub the other party. said that this person is from Xuzhou, named Xu Yi, but he is half of the Zhuge brothers, a native of Langya Dongguan, and also went south to Yangzhou to avoid trouble because of the war in Xuzhou two years ago.

This made Liu Bei feel a sense of accomplishment, and he worked tirelessly every day, and the more he worked, the more motivated he became.

The world's earliest chain mail technology, according to research, was only available in the 5th to 6th centuries AD, and the early Eastern civilization did not use chain mail very much, so of course the Han Dynasty did not have chain mail.

"Although the foolish brother has no other ability, I can still see whether a person is talented and faithful. Big material is used, small material is used, these scholars have their own strengths, and it is a big help to use them well. ”

However, even if only the existing new varieties are counted, it is already very surprising to Liu Bei.

It can only be said that in the era when no one will catch the deep fish of the rivers and seas, the ecological resources are too rich.

Zhuge Liang noticed that there were one or two newly recruited talents, who did not seem to be "fellow Huainan villagers", so he asked Liu Bei in a low voice.

Kong Ming, in the future, can let him assist Chen Changwen to manage the reclamation of the newly displaced people in the surrounding areas of Sheyangze. After all, there are more and more displaced people now, and Changwen is gradually too busy alone, so in the future, Changwen will be in charge of water conservancy and irrigation, and Xiaoren will help him manage reclamation and polders. ”

Among them, there are one or two huge golden pomfret fish, but unfortunately it is very rare, because the golden pomfret is a very flat fish, at first glance it is a deep-water sea fish, Zhuge Liang's net is still not deep enough, only a few unlucky swim to the relatively shallow water are caught.

Liu Bei ate and drank with these newly recruited talents, and said a lot of words of concern and encouragement, and then sent them to their respective errands and familiarize themselves with their new jobs.

Zhuge Liang: "I have some ideas, but I may have to wait a few days, maybe I can invite my brother to discuss it together." ”

In later generations, the Yangtze River saury, which was sold for thousands of yuan a piece, is now as common as the hairtail fish in later generations. The golden yellow croaker can also be seen because this place is not far from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In fact, with me, even if I lose my dignity, if I can exchange Lu Bu for retreating, Cao Cao shouldn't care, what Cao Cao is afraid of should be stealing chickens and rice, even if he loses face, Lu Bu can't give him a letter.

After Zhuge Liang explained all the raw materials of the new drift gillnet innovation, the boat quickly sailed to the center of the river, Zhuge Liang asked the fisherman to start casting the net directly, and then he explained the principle to Liu Bei next to him.

Liu Bei introduced everyone one by one, and said with a smile that Cangci, Jiang Ji, and Hu Zhen are all fellow villagers, and they will have a good relationship in the future, and they are also old acquaintances in other places.

"Kong Ming's ideas are sometimes really elusive, whether it is a keel ship, or the ability to pull out iron wires without spending any labor, these ingenious techniques, no matter how you look at them, seem to be used to build ordnance. But Kong Ming can always find a use in civilian use first, and then earn back the capital while trying, and even alleviate the hunger of the people......"

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's startled appearance, but he couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Don't worry, this is not forged one by one, but after the soft wrought iron is beaten, he directly uses an iron plate with rows of rows of sizes to shrink the holes one by one, clamps one end of the iron and drags it to the other."

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Bei had been shocked once by the fixed sinking type of gillnet, he was afraid that he would be so shocked this time.

But he was worried that Cao Cao would no longer trust him, and I was also worried that it would not be risky for Yuan Long to go to Xudu again, so I thought about whether we should also send an envoy to Xudu to mediate, just to help Cao Cao and Lu Bu be peacemakers?

So Liu Bei immediately exclaimed: "This fishing net actually uses such an expensive barb? Can't you use bamboo thorns anymore? Although this bit of iron is not large and not worth much, it is definitely a lot of labor to make the iron so fine, right? How many roots are still to be built? Isn't it as expensive as a shipwright making nails? ”

Once a larger number of displaced people under Yuan Shu's rule go to Guangling next year, Liu Bei will also be quite sure that he will rely on the three tricks of reclamation and land reclamation to expand Sheyangze polder, control of saline-alkali land, and large-scale fishing of sea fish, so as to catch the new population and prevent a large area of people from starving to death.

"Kong Ming, I suddenly remembered something, and I didn't have time to talk about it just now. Yuan Long wrote again yesterday, saying that between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, there was still a delay in negotiating on the matter of replacing the official with the army, and it seemed that Cao Cao had scruples and was afraid of losing the dignity of the imperial court.

But eight people can produce enough food for hundreds of people in a day.

Liu Bei took a look, this thing is similar to the original kind of drift gillnet made of bamboo strips, but the material has been changed to hemp fiber bundles.

According to this method of trawling nets for four fishermen and eight people in two boats, even if it is only two or three times a day, it is at least more than 10 stone of harvest. It's just that at the beginning, the investment in building nets and shipbuilding supporting equipment was relatively large.

After reading everyone's feedback in the morning, everyone is still willing to watch the diplomatic drama, but I feel that the protagonist has a high status and is easy to be targeted, so change someone.

And Liu Bei didn't have to choose, he could only be of any use, regardless of whether your family was still reckless, there were so many people in total.

After all, if you want to cast a net to fish in the river, you will definitely not be able to use the kind of hard material that cannot be deformed, and you still have to change it back to soft.

One of the first steps is to use a drawing plate with many holes to draw the wrought iron into iron wire, and then roll it into small wire loops, which are buckled together to form chain mail.

Anyway, under the rule of Yuan Shu, the military and civilians, this year has begun to appear "river mussel dependence rate skyrocketed", and if this is not the case, the production will be rampant, and the people who stay in the local area next year, the river mussel dependence rate will only get higher and higher. When you go to Guangling, it is definitely much better to eat fish with coarse grains and bran with cheap leafy vegetables than to eat shellfish.

As for the reason why Zhuge Jin knows about this technology, it is obviously because there are too many games in his previous life, and there is a special campaign documentary in it, which is to introduce how chain mail was made in the castle era.

After arranging everything, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang out of the city and went to the wharf by the Yangtze River to inspect the effect of the new fishing net made by Zhuge Liang. Jiang Jihu also served as a small attendant, and each rode a docile pony to follow.

In the past two months, I have been in charge of shipbuilding and building a navy, and I want to try the 'keel boat' that my eldest brother and I analyzed, but the time is still short, and I dare not rashly experiment with large ships and warships, so I first use small fishing boats to practice. Although this ship is long and narrow, it is also more resistant to wind and waves than the old boats. After I explore a few more ship types, I can turn the sea ship into a keel ship. ”

And this is just the harvest of the two boats to pull the network on the Internet, even if you count the time to travel to the center of the river and the return voyage, it will only take more than three hours, and it will obviously not pull a net to go back, and it will definitely be pulled back with a full load.

Of course, Liu Bei has no objection to this, he can't wait for Zhuge Jin to meet him again, Zhuge Jin has pacified Yuzhang since he left Layue last year, and also occupied half of Danyang, making his uncle's territory prosperous, but Liu Bei hasn't seen him for ten months.

The original casting of nets by the Han Dynasty was to catch shallow-water fish at a maximum depth of two or three meters below the water surface. If you are more than five meters above the water, you can only rely on fishing, which is a native resource that has never been cultivated.

First, we will send people to go, so that Cao Cao will not be resented, and secondly, this is also to take advantage of the situation to fight for more interests and official positions for us. After all, the relationship between Lu Bu and the princes of the world is not good, and they are all capricious, only we are kind to Lu Bu, Lu Bu stole my three counties, and I still repay my grievances with virtue! can rely on this kindness to help Cao Cao open this mouth. ”

But recently he was conscripted by Sun Ce, and he didn't want to serve a brutal person like Sun Ce, so he escaped Jiang and wanted to return to his hometown. As a result, Liu Bei worked tirelessly in Guangling to personally interview and recruit wise men. Although Liu Bei's original intention was to target the corporal Yuan Shuzhi who had recently flowed in, he also covered these returning locals.

Zhuge Jin never expected that when the second brother chatted with him at the beginning, he asked about the cheap method of making iron wire, and in the end it was actually to make iron thorns on the spike net.

But Liu Bei himself came to preside over this work, coupled with Liu Bei's insight, affinity and observation, coupled with his extremely diligent thirst for talent, he found a lot of talented people who came from humble backgrounds or started as small officials.

So this technology was inspired by Zhuge Liang from his eldest brother when he was learning from his eldest brother a few months ago.

Liu Bei: "Oh? So what better ideas do you have? ”

However, as soon as he thought of Chen Deng, he remembered that he still had something to do today that he hadn't consulted with Kong Ming, and it was about Chen Deng and sending an envoy to the Xudu Imperial Court.

Everyone is a young man, and three of them were originally unambitious in Yuan Shu's territory, even if Liu Bei was simply pulled out of the micro-end, naturally there was no stinky problem of those prestigious families, and they spoke more straightforwardly.

Even after the appearance of chain mail in the early days, people at that time did not immediately develop the technology of drawing wire to make wire, at least after another one or two hundred years of evolution, corresponding to the middle and early Tang Dynasty in the East, the earliest brushed chain mail appeared in the world.

In this regard, Yuan Long suggested that he wanted to go to Cao Cao's office again in the near future to seek an official for Lu Bu, and by the way, induce Lu Bu to fulfill his promise and turn the spearhead against Yuan Shu after winning the office.

Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's explanation, and also shook his head: "It's still too expensive, if you want to promote it to the people in the future, let them raise their own bamboo strips." ”

Thinking of the proudness, Liu Bei couldn't help but think of Chen Denglai, who lived a lurking and hard life with Lu Bu,

Liu Bei didn't want to waste time, so he instructed the cook to prepare more exquisite meals, and then instructed the attendants around him:

Because of the use of two boats, there can be some distance between the boats, a few zhang or even a dozen zhang, and the cross-sectional area of the fishing net against the river water has skyrocketed by at least an order of magnitude - before that, the fishermen of the Han Dynasty only had a single boat to throw their nets, and they couldn't even drag it, let alone Zhuge Liang, two boats pulled away and swept over.

The small hole on the steel plate will make the wire thinner and thinner, and then use a smaller circle of holes to pull, pull a few times to create this very long thin wire, and then cut it into a small section when used, so the labor cost is not large. ”

But when it comes to arithmetic, how can there be a better one in the world than a virtuous Kunzhong? In the future, let the two of them learn by doing, and follow you to fight, maybe they can grow better. ”

In fact, when Liu Bei communicated with Xu Yi for the first time, he didn't see any particularly obvious specific abilities of this person. But he just figured out the other party's resume and confirmed that the other party was not lying, but fled back to his hometown after rejecting Sun Ce's expedition, so he decisively decided to use him.

In the blink of an eye, the morning has passed, and it seems that lunch is about to be served. Liu Bei still vaguely remembers that last night Zhuge Liang sent someone to tell him that he would be invited to the riverside to inspect the new type of drift gillnet fishing that could be dragged by fishing boats in the afternoon of this day and after the tide of Guangling receded.

Anyway, Jiang Jihu is still younger than Zhuge Liang, and their original status is also very low, so they will not feel despised by them, but will feel that this is because the lord values them and let them practice their skills with the master of arithmetic. Some young people of this age are still working as scholars for the children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

There is no doubt that this technology of making wires with holes was not invented by Zhuge Liang himself, and there is no such anti-heaven process in this era.

But don't worry, the Zhuge brothers won't go to Xudu, Zhuge Jin won't go to Yecheng, Zhuge Liang's reputation is not big, and his official position is still low, I will let him be promoted to a suitable position first, and then run a little and write a little.

The attendant immediately took the order and left, and after about a quarter of an hour, Zhuge Liang was found, he happened to be debugging the new fishing net, and he hadn't eaten yet, so it didn't bother.

After the Tang and Song dynasties, big ships generally had keels, so they ushered in the flight of navigation technology, which was also a small hanging that was almost well-known to traversers, Zhuge Jin of course also knew that when the conditions were right, he would also find a way to drive.

It's just that Cao Cao occupies the position of the imperial court, and there are countless people to pick and choose for him, even if Cao Cao doesn't use celebrities, the only Han Shi is enough for him.

Then Zhuge Liang decisively ordered the net to be collected, and a group of fishermen finally dragged the net up gradually after a lot of effort.

There is still a counterweight at the bottom of the new flow gillnet, to ensure that the rope at the bottom is dragged to the deep water as much as possible, and there is still a pontoon at the top to ensure that the area of the net mouth facing the water is larger.

He really wanted to treat Chen Deng to a four-foot-long September autumn knife, as well as fresh golden yellow croaker.

Zhuge Liang: "That's okay, now this time it's an experiment, seeking the top and getting the middle, seeking the middle and getting the bottom, it doesn't hurt to ask for a high point at the beginning." ”

Liu Bei patted his thigh and sighed, wanting to pretend to be forced in front of Chen Deng immediately.

After dragging it out for a while, he was a little worried about whether the boat would capsize, because after the two boats were pulled apart, the weight of the fishing nets was concentrated on the inner side of each boat, and several times the river waves became slightly larger, and the boat began to shake horizontally, and Liu Bei felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Among these guests, some are even younger than Zhuge Liang, estimated to be only about fifteen years old, which can be regarded as early. Zhuge Liang looked at the other party's appearance, and felt that he was too young and unreliable, but Liu Bei was very relieved and whispered to him:

Liu Bei looked at it very seriously, it turned out that Zhuge Liang's operation this time actually used two fishing boats, or each pulled one end of the rope of the net, and then threw it into the river, went against the trend, and used the river water to break away the net.

Zhuge Liang heard that Xu Yi was half of his fellow countryman, but he was also a little interested, and chatted with the other party for a while.

After all, who will notice the early experience of these talents, Zhuge Jin does not have a database in his head, and it is impossible to be a prophet of everything.

From this point of view, Liu Bei's meritocracy is no different from Cao Cao, and Liu Bei has many people from three religions and nine streams.

"This is Cangci Cang Xiaoren, who was originally Cao Peng, a household in Huainan County, and knows a lot about persuading farmers to farm the fields. Just because he was not angry with Yuan Shu's rampant levy, exhaustive fishing, and excessive looting, he abandoned his official position five days ago to vote.

"So much? And there is also this golden sea fish? And such a long river knife? ”

Then Liu Bei introduced a few people, all of whom talked very happily: "These two are Jiang Ji and Hu Qian, although they have not yet taken the word from the crown, but they also have a bit of arithmetic foundation, respectively in Xia Cai and Hefei as accountants, I have already investigated, but they are quite fair and careful."

Although there are warships following them, even if the boat capsizes, there are guards with good water properties to rescue them, and Liu Bei Zhuge Liang himself can swim.

While Liu Bei was pondering, the fishing net was already getting heavier and heavier, and Zhuge Liang estimated that the ship's roll had increased slightly—that feeling was like when a straw boat borrowed arrows, and one side of the boat had been pressed down by the arrows.

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he said noncommittally: "It is naturally possible to send an envoy to Xudu, but it is foolish to think that it should be supplemented by other strategies." And my brother and I will definitely not go to Xudu again. Just send someone else. ”

Liu Bei didn't know the twists and turns in this, so he was naturally more and more surprised after reading it:

Now Zhuge Liang is responsible for the construction of the navy and the construction of warships, Zhuge Jin must of course share these valuable knowledge with his younger brother in advance to avoid detours.

Liu Bei immediately got up, pulled Zhuge Liang to sit next to him, and then helped Zhuge Liang introduce a few people who were about his age before eating.

Liu Bei was amazed, although he didn't know how the harvest was, but just this domineering posture made him feel at ease: the harvest will definitely not be less!

Liu Bei said as he got up and led Zhuge Liang, stood up and walked around, drank with everyone, and drank one to introduce Zhuge Liang to one.

Liu Bei's idea is also very simple: Sun Ceken must be a little superior in recruiting this person, and the other party refuses, which shows that he is still a virtuous person. In this case, it is better to put the talent reserve first, and slowly observe and discover its strengths, anyway, it is not that you can't afford to give this money.

Na Cang Ci is the oldest of today's guests, but he is only in his twenties, and he should not be more than twenty-five. Seeing that Liu Bei respected Zhuge Liang so much, he hurriedly took the initiative to toast, and Zhuge Liang also nodded in return.

When the time comes, the protagonist guards the house and writes it as the main line, and the second brother's double-line operation is abbreviated.

Several people soon arrived at the dock, and Zhuge Liang also pulled Liu Bei to get on a relatively large new fishing boat first, and then ordered all the fishing boats next to him to set sail and sail towards the center of the river.

As for the deep-water fish like the hairtail, although it is not valuable in later generations, Zhuge Liang can't catch it now, and the depth is also not enough.