The autumn wind was blowing, and there was already a chill in Gusu City.
There was no warm winter at that time, and snow was common in the south in winter, so in autumn, although the four seasons were not as distinct as in the north, the chill was also clearly felt, and people who traveled wore more clothes.
Qingji's royal guard of honor traveled north from the city's avenue to the north and headed towards Qimen.
Qingji often goes out of the palace to parade, and now it has become a common thing in Gusu City, and the sergeants and people in Gusu City are accustomed to it, and the order is not chaotic.
It's just that the honor guard is everywhere, and the people are less noisy.
There are two city gates in the north of Gusu City, one is Qi Gate, one is Ping Gate, the two city gates are connected together to be "Ping Qi", Qi is the first big country in the East, Lu Fu ascended the throne, built a big city, and specially took this name for the two gates in the north, its ambition is clearly revealed, but now Gusu Xiongcheng is still there, the owner of this city has changed others.
Qingji said to Shake the Light and Xiaoman, "Shake the light, Xiaoman, now the autumn is deep, the further you go north, the colder the weather, once you cross the river, the climate in the north and south will be very different, you remember to add more clothes, so as not to catch the wind chill on the road." ” Outside the Qi Gate, the willow branches are shaking, and the lake under the tree is clear and blue, reflecting the white clouds of the day and the swaying figures of the three people.
The men's bodybuilding and women's grace are completely integrated with the beauty of the world.
Qingji's words aroused the sorrow of her uncle and grandson, her eyes were red, her lips moved a few times, and she was already dizzy.
Ji Sun Xiaoman rolled his playful eyes at Qingji, and said impatiently: "I said the king, it seems that Sister Shaoguang and I are northerners, whether the north side of the river is cold or hot, we know better than you, this kind of thing still needs you to talk about." ” "Stinky girl, let me show that you will die if you are affectionate" Qingji gave her a burst of laughter.
Ji Sun Xiaoman sighed, covered his head and said, "I won't die, but listening to you as a big man is so rambling, I will feel very cold."
Sister Shake Light, do you want to add a piece of clothing now?"
Uncle Sun Shaoguang was amused and laughed, and his mood was much better: "King, the concubine and Xiaoman are on the road, and we will wait for the king's news in Lu Kingdom." ” "Don't worry, I will arrange everything properly", Qingji tightened the buckle of her cloak for her, and said softly: "This time to go to Lu State, first pass through Dongyi, Dongyi and my Wu State have already had a secret agreement, and when I see the flag of Wu State on the car, it will not be difficult for you."
When you arrive in Lu, there will be people who will keep in touch with you from time to time. ” Qingji said with a smile: "The business network of the family is very large, a little rectification, you can establish an extremely excellent team of secret agents, I am preparing to use this as a basis to create an all-encompassing news network for Wu Guo, and now I have the news with you, but it is just a small test, and it will definitely be done." ” The uncle glanced at him faintly, and complained softly: "You know that what people say is not what they mean.
Unfortunately, her voice was so small that only she could hear it.
"Dong" a fat fish jumped out of the water, the body was bent like a hook, jumped out of the water and plunged into the water, and a ripple rippled on the water surface.
"The fish is looking forward to the clear water, and the concubine is looking forward to the letter coming early.
King, the concubine is on the road", Uncle Sun Shaoguang glanced at him affectionately, took Ji Sun Xiaoman's hand, and slowly retreated to the vehicle on the road that was waiting for them to leave.
"Take care all the way" Qingji arched his hands slightly, watching them board the car and leave.
More than two hundred heavily armed knights escorted the two wagons on the road north, and Qingji stood under the trees until their carriage disappeared into the shade.
Qing Ji didn't look back, his eyes were still looking into the distance, and he suddenly shouted: "Chengxiu" "Ah Weichen is here" Cheng Xiu was called by him coldly, subconsciously agreed, lifted his robe, and ran out of the crowd in a hurry.
"Shake the light and the little barbarian girl returned to Lu this time, along the way" "The king can rest assured that Weichen has sent someone to contact Dongyi, and they will not embarrass the two girls.
In the territory of Dongyi, now not all under the jurisdiction of the Queen of Dongyi, there are many bandits in the territory, for the sake of safety, once the two girls enter, the Queen of Dongyi will also send a guard of hundreds of people to escort them along the way, these people are all Dongyi archers, they will escort the two girls until they arrive safely in the territory of Lu. ” "Well, in the territory of Nalu" "There is no problem in the territory of Lu State, the minister has sent someone to set off before the two girls, and informed the Ji family and the Shu family of the itinerary of the two girls, Lord Yanghu will personally arrange for people to respond, and will not give Zhan Zhi, Gongshan Bufu and others a chance to take advantage of."
"Lu Junji Song has always liked Xiaoman, and the widow is worried that he will do something out of it because of jealousy and hatred, so when the two girls arrive in Lu Country, it doesn't mean that the trouble will end.
If there is any movement on the Lu side, you must let the widow know in time, so as not to miss the big event. ” "Yes, yes, don't worry, the king.
Ji Sun, Uncle and grandson, there are Weichen's eyeliner, Lu Jun Palace, is currently a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, a lot of money to buy the palace steward for my use, on the other hand, arrange for our people to enter the palace to do miscellaneous labor, but there is any wind and grass over there, it must not be hidden from the king's ears. ” Qingji Huo turned around and stared at Cheng Xiu with blazing eyes, Cheng Xiu couldn't help but take a step back, and asked worriedly: "What is the king and the king dissatisfied with?"
Qingji smiled slightly, and said: "No, in a short period of time, you can arrange these things in an orderly manner, and the widow is very happy."
By the way, how about selling the jewels in exchange for food and transporting them back to China?"
Cheng Xiu swallowed his saliva and said: "Weichen is preparing, selling jewelry, you need to find a suitable buyer in the countries first, at the same time, now that the war is tense, food is in short supply in all countries, the grain stored by the family must be transported to Wu through layers of customs and defense, dotting, dredging, arranging, all kinds of joints, must be foolproof, not a mistake, is not too hasty."
Moreover, it is necessary to be cautious to use part of the money from the sale of jewelry to buy rice and grain on the spot.
The king entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and Cheng Xiu did not dare to slack off, these days he ran around the palace to collect jewelry, plan to sell, transport grain and other matters, and he couldn't take care of anything else.
Now that the news has just been sent, I believe that in a few days, we will be able to receive news from the shopkeepers in various places. ” "Oh, I'm too busy to take care of anything" Qingji's eyes flashed, and Gu Li smiled strangely: "Cheng Qing forgot to sleep and eat, and finally said that he was busy selling treasures and transporting grain, and his loyalty was commendable."
When the grain is shipped back to China one after another, you will make a great contribution to my Wu Guoguo, and the widow will have his own reward. ” Cheng Xiu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly saluted: "King Xie, this is a matter within the minister's duty."
The king appreciated it so much, and the ministers tried their best to be willing to serve the dogs and horses. ” "Then your sister's whereabouts have been found?"
"Sister" Cheng Xiu was stunned, as if she had just remembered, and said: "Not yet" "No" Qingji was furious: "Look at your spitting appearance, but you have never looked for a diligent state affair, although it is important, but the fate of your sister is unknown, you are so calm, so cold-blooded, and cold-hearted" "No, I'm the king of Weichen" Qing Ji said sharply: "Stop, those who are virtuous and talented are the pillars of the country, those who are virtuous and untalented can be called virtuous, those who are not talented and virtuous are just mediocre people, and those who are talented and unvirtuous are the great harm of the country."
If you are in love with stacks and power, your sister can also be left behind, so cold-blooded, how dare you be used Cheng Xiu, you have heard clearly to the widow, you must not be late in the matter of Lu Guo, and the matter of purchasing grain is related to the livelihood of Wu Guomin, and you must not make any mistakes.
Mrs.
Chengbi, you have to look for it with all your might, and the widow will give you another month, if there is still no news of Chengbi by then, hum" Qingji brushed his sleeves away, and Cheng Xiu was scolded by him for splitting his head and covering his face, and he didn't react yet.
Qingji went straight to the carriage and drove away.
The carriages and horses started, smoke and dust kicked up, and many armored warriors followed.
Cheng Xiu waited for him to drive far away, then slowly straightened his waist, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and muttered: "Fang was still drizzling, and suddenly there was a storm and thunder, what my sister said is really good, and the companion is like a tiger."
After Qingji sent away Shaoguang and Xiaoman, he convened the ministers to discuss matters in the inner court, and discussed civil affairs with officials of various departments such as Situ, Sikong, and Sikou in the morning, and in the afternoon, it was mainly the military attachés of Sima, Shaofu, Arsenal, and Bingwei to discuss military affairs.
King Qingji wanted to get rid of the old government, and even the ordinary people in Gusu City heard about the news of the new law.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the old system collapsed, all countries were exploring new ways of governing the country, all kinds of novel ideas sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and people's open-mindedness was also unprecedentedly high.
Many countries have tried to change the law, and many have failed either because the new policies were out of date or because of opposition from existing holders.
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And Qingji does not have such difficulties.
First of all, he has the memory and knowledge of Xi Bin, although Xi Bin is not a politician or thinker, but after all, he has more than 2,000 years of knowledge and understands the development process of history, so he will not choose too whimsical and anachronistic ideas of governance, nor will he make many changes beyond the conditions of the times like Wang Mang of the Han Dynasty.
Qingji, who came to the Spring and Autumn Era with a time traveler, always thought of Wang Mang's various actions in his life, combined with his own experience, and very suspected that that guy was actually a time traveler.
Wang Mang, as a relative of the Han family who had never been bullied by foreigners, instinctively hated the Xiongnu and the stick, and he had repeatedly crusaded against the Xiongnu regardless of national strength, and he was the most active since the Han Dynasty.
As a great sage who was highly respected by Confucianism at that time, he was also very easy to accept new things, and did not regard scientific experiments and inventions as miraculous skills, which made the development of ancient science and technology in China during the Wang Mang period very rapid.
When he heard that someone had made a flying machine that could carry people for hundreds of steps, he personally summoned him as the emperor and gave money to support the man to continue the experiment.
Qingji invented the stone mill waterwheel and sail, while Wang Mang invented a vernier caliper, intending to unify the country's measurements, from the principle, surname energy, and use, this vernier caliper is very similar to the modern vernier caliper, more than 1700 years earlier than the West.
Moreover, Wang Mang was extremely hostile to slavery, extremely concerned about the people's livelihood, attached importance to education, carried out land reform, nationalized land, engaged in political axe lending, and reformed financial policies.
In Qingji's view, many of Wang Mang's changes are not unreasonable, but too advanced, completely ignoring the productivity and social conditions at the time, Wang Mang's various behaviors, so that Qingji, who has the same experience, has to suspect that Wang Mang is actually a traverser.
However, thinking that Wang Mang once mischievously renamed "Xiongnu Shan Yu" to "Surrender to Slaves" and degraded "Goguryeo" to "Xia Guli", this kind of fun, even if Wang Mang is a traverser, he is at most a high school student who lacks social practice, is too idealistic and childlike.
With his experience in the past, Qingji certainly will not carry out some Great Leap Forward-like reforms like him, and many of Qingji's specific and subtle changes are adapted to the political situation in the world in the late Spring and Autumn Period, but because of his insight, he has taken many detours less than the groping and moving forward of other countries.
Therefore, it was also very acceptable to the courtiers.
In addition, Qingji did not ascend to the throne smoothly through the normal way, but relied on his own to fight back the country, so that his personal prestige and power made most of the old ministers dare not oppose even if they are not satisfied with the new policy.
The only one who has the ability to interfere with him is Yanling Jizi, but this Wang Shuzu really has no intention of politics, he returned to Yanling after the first battle of Gusu, and he will no longer show his face, Jizi will not come out, and no one in the entire Wu Kingdom can resist Qingji's will.
Qingji did not work behind closed doors, only discussed in the palace, and when the content of the new policy reform was clear, he led the relevant courtiers to start a thorough investigation of the various basic conditions and infrastructure of the Wu State.
On this day, he wanted to take the relevant officials of Sima, Shaofu, Arsenal, and Soldiers and Horses to inspect the military construction of Wu State, so he came to Renjiabao, the first military construction of Wu State.
The king of Wu visited Ren Jiacheng in person, this is probably the most glorious day since the Ren family started in Wu State, and I believe that this day will be written into the Ren family tree and recorded as a major event that cannot be forgotten.
Ren Ruoxi sisters rushed back to the castle one day before him, preparing to arrange the ceremony to welcome the king, all kinds of details do not need to be detailed, but Qing Ji was in a hurry, and arrived at Renjiabao only for a short rest, and met with the head and face of the Ren family, and immediately got up to inspect the Ren family's military workshop, but it was in vain many arrangements of the Ren family.
Renjiabao is built on the mountain, half the city and half the mountain.
Behind the hill are large foundry workshops.
The soldiers of the Ren family, who have been disarmed and returned to the fields, are busy starting production, and there is a boiling situation everywhere.
Before rushing to the workshop, Ren Ruoxi changed into a deep coat and put on a military uniform, heroic and handsome.
She walked in front, leading Qingji, Sun Wu, Yingtao and other military generals of the DPRK and China, and introduced to them the functions of each workshop.
"King, the weapons produced by the Ren family can be unique, mainly because the smelting and casting process has its own uniqueness, and the gold water is of high quality, so it is not easy to break and shatter, so it is very favored by the warriors of all countries."
Renjia's smelting metal technology is the main reason why Renjia can become the world's famous weapon casting everyone, this is Renjia's exclusive secret, Ren Ruoxi will not easily reveal, after a brief introduction, then resigned: "Renjia's weapon production, mainly divided into close attack, long-range shooting, defense three aspects. ” "The difference between the Ren family and the military construction of other vassal states is that the northerners also have a special chariot manufacturing workshop, while the demand for military vehicles in my Wu country has never been high, so there is no separate workshop built for it.
As for the offensive and defensive equipment of the city, it has always been rough and cumbersome, inconvenient for long-distance transportation, and only needs to be built by ordinary craftsmen using local materials, so the Ren family does not produce them.
The melee weapons produced by the Ren family are mainly swords, ge, spears, and halberds, the long-range weapons are mainly bows, crossbows, and spears, and the guard weapons are mainly armor, armor, shields, etc.
Among them, the crossbow is being transformed according to the king's crossbow taken from the state of Chu, and I believe that after the new casting mold is made, we can produce it in batches, and the lethality is no less than that of the Chu crossbow, and the quality will be especially better than that of the Chu state.
In addition, the new type of stone throwing machine used by the Dawang soldiers when they besieged Gusu has unfortunately also caused craftsmen to imitate one, and they are studying how to make various parts that can be quickly assembled and combined, and once successful, they will start to be manufactured.
Of course, this kind of stone throwing machine made by the Ren family will be much smaller than the one used in the siege, easy to carry, assemble, is a kind of battlefield long-range attack weapon, can throw scattered gravel to the enemy when the battle, I believe that the lethality and killing range of each part is no less than more than 100 crossbows and bows at the same time. ” Sun Wu and Ying Tao glanced at each other, and their eyes showed a look of joy.
Qingji nodded, and as Ren Ruoxi looked at and walked one by one, until all the workshops were looked at one by one, and returned to the living room to sit down, Qingji said: "Ren's workshop is exquisitely crafted, such a huge scale, and the number of weapons produced is also considerable, but the widow thinks that there may be places that can still be improved, and the widow has two opinions, hehe, the widow is a layman after all, and I don't know if what he said is reasonable."
Ren Ruoxi said a little unconvinced: "The king, please tell me, the people are willing to hear the details." ” In the final analysis, she is the expert in this industry, although Qingji is the king of Wu and the man she loves, but she doesn't believe that Qingji can find out what is wrong with the production that the Ren family is proud of, and find out what can be improved and optimized the process.
Qingji smiled and said: "First, I see that in every workshop, there are many craftsmen, and each craftsman, and there are many assistants and apprentices to help him complete a weapon together.
For example, the tip of a spear needs to be cast, tempered, and polished.
The spear shaft needs to be selected to be a good topwood, cut into an octagonal body, and then used eight pieces of bamboo strips soaked in water, pasted with these eight edges, tightly wrapped with cowhide layer by layer, and then put the tip of the spear on the head, tighten the spear, and then paint, name, and decorate, this whole set of processes is completed by a craftsman and his deputies and apprentices, is this so?"
"Yes", Ren Ruoxi stared at Qingji with a pair of beautiful eyes, not knowing what shortcomings he saw from them.
"Well, how long does it take for a person to start as an apprentice and eventually become a craftsman, and then be able to bring another group of people and start production alone?"
Ren Ruoxi didn't want to think about it, so he said: "If you want to become a craftsman, you have to work hard for at least seven or eight years, and if you want to be proficient, it will take longer, so those who are craftsmen will get a high salary." ” Qingji nodded and said: "Then, if these craftsmen who are fighting separately are gathered, casting, tempering, and polishing the tip of the spear are each responsible for one of the steps, and the sharpening, pasting, wrapping, painting, hoopping, and name modification of the spear shaft are also responsible for one craftsman, so it seems that eight or nine craftsmen are gathered together to make a spear, but is the speed much faster than these eight or nine craftsmen each starting from the first step and building a spear."
In this way, it is not necessary for each craftsman to have a furnace, a hammer, a grinding stone, and a sharpening knife, and to cut and prepare cowhide, lacquer, and so on.
Ren Ruoxi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at Qingji excitedly.
Qingji continued: "Each craftsman is only responsible for one link, forging forging, polishing and polishing, so the apprentices they bring will only learn this one link, and it will take seven or eight years or even longer to build on their own.
Ren Ruoxi heard this, her excited chest rose and fell, and two blushes were forbidden on her pink cheeks.
The more Qing Ji spoke, the happier he became, and continued: "Also, when each craftsman made it alone, he had his own habits and characteristics, and the weapons produced were more or less different, and the accessories produced by this person were difficult for that person to use.
Nowadays, they need to cooperate with manufacturing, whether it is casting molds or any other link, they can separately stipulate unified and error-free standards, so that the things produced in the previous link can be made by the craftsmen in the next link.
In this way, the size, shape, weight, and other specifications of the same weapon are exactly the same, and if one weapon is damaged, it can be recombined with another weapon that has damaged other parts, without having to be shipped off the battlefield and then have new accessories tailored for it.
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This method is called standardized production and assembly manufacturing, do you think it can still work?"
Before Ren Ruoxi could speak, Sun Wu and Yingtao had blurted out praise: "Wonderful, the king's method is really thinking about what his predecessors have not thought of, and doing what his predecessors have not done."
Ren Ruoxi saw Qingji's eyes blazing and waiting for her to answer, he couldn't help but smile, and said happily: "The two generals are good at transferring troops and sending troops, fighting in battle, and they can still see the ingenuity of the king's method.
She closed her eyes when she said this, and sighed softly: "It's just a different method, if you regret it, you can imagine what kind of earth-shaking changes will happen to the Ren family from now on, why didn't the concubine think of such a method, it's just a little iron into gold."
Speaking of this, she opened her eyes and looked at Qingji in surprise: "Could it be that this is also the method that the king learned from the immortal world."
To be continued: