The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 67 Destiny and Choice

"Brother, should we send troops to Taishan County to wipe out the puppet Han Liu Tai?" Gou Chun asked Gou Xi as he watched Xu Gong leave.

To Gou Chun, Liu Tai was just a newbie who came out of nowhere. He was a noob to his brother anyway!
This is not because Gou Chun underestimated Liu Tai, but because Gou Xi helped Sima Yue fight from the Rebellion of the Eight Kings to the championship.

"No rush!" Gou Xi replied calmly and said,
"Mount Tai has been lost and Langya cannot be saved. It will really threaten the East China Sea Kingdom. Let's see if Sima Yue is anxious or not.

Sima Yue wants us to fight Liu Tai, and first hand over the governor of Yanzhou.

Otherwise, why would I, an ordinary Qingzhou governor, be in charge of Taishan County?The name is not right and the words are wrong! "

Gou Chun knew that his brother was very dissatisfied with Sima Yue for following Pan Tao's advice and not making him the governor of Yanzhou, but instead making him the governor of Qingzhou. Now that he had the opportunity to legitimately make him the governor of Yanzhou, his brother would never miss it.

"Brother, if this happens, will Liu Tai become more powerful in Taishan County?" Gou Chun said worriedly.

"It's okay, it's good to be big. If not, where will the governor of Yanzhou come from?" Gou Xi didn't care.

Because in the face of the shrinking circle of the "Eight Kings Rebellion", Gou Xi relied on her own talent and strength to lead Sima Yue to victory.

Gou Xi has developed his own invincible momentum, which is probably the level of leading troops to win twenty games in a row without losing.

So although Gou Xi was arrogant, he was full of confidence.

Not only him, but even the soldiers under his command believed that Gou Xi would not be defeated, and as long as this layer of undefeated golden body was not broken, not to mention that Gou Xi himself rarely made mistakes. Even if Gou Xi made mistakes, the soldiers would They will also carry him to victory.

As for his failure in the first war in history, it cannot be regarded as his fault.

Because just when he was arranging his troops to fight with Cao Yi's army, a gust of wind blew over, making the soldiers unable to open their eyes and unable to move into formation. Cao Yi seized the opportunity and defeated him.

As long as something like the Invincible Golden Body is broken once, all commanders who follow the invincible style will naturally collapse.

Whoever you encounter later will have to rely on his own level to fight. But when the soldiers know that you are not an invincible commander, they will not fight with the belief that they are invincible.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Tai seems to have done a lot of meritorious service when he was in the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, but in the final analysis, it is Liu Tai who has done so many meritorious deeds that he is qualified to appear in front of Gou Xi and be noticed by him.

"Should we send soldiers to station at the border of Mount Tai to guard against Liu Tai's troops coming to Qingzhou to cause riots!" Gou Chun couldn't help but ask after hearing Gou Xi's words.

"No need to do this!" Gou Xi waved his hands and said, "Just defend normally.

It would be bad if too many soldiers were dispatched, putting pressure on Liu Tai and not daring to send troops.

However, I can write to the people in Langya Kingdom. If they are willing to go north to Qingzhou, I am still willing to protect them! "

"What do you mean, brother?" Gou Chun couldn't help but think after hearing Gou Xi's words.

"It's impossible for me to tell Sima Yue personally that I want to be the governor of Yanzhou!" Gou Xi looked at Gou Chun and said.

When Gou Chun heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I understand, brother!"

Obviously, Gou Xi wanted to use people in Langya Kingdom or even Xihai Kingdom to remind Sima Yue.

After all, Qingzhou has its own existence, but if you want to take action yourself, the price cannot be lowered.

Gou Xi is willing to give Liu Tai some time so that he can wait for the price and sell it.

As for Liu Tai, because his level is not high enough and his understanding of Gou Xi is not deep enough, he does not know what Gou Xi is thinking.

But Liu Tai still regarded the defense of Gou Xi as his first important task in a short period of time.

Because Liu Tai knew that as long as the first wave of food was cultivated, he would no longer sit on the mountain and become a tiger on the ground.

So naturally, at Liu Tai's request, Jie Fei became very busy at this time, studying various agricultural tools.

Because spring plowing is around the corner, the first thing you need to ask for is a plow, such as a straight-hook plow.

In the Han Dynasty, there were already straight-shaft plows, which were divided into double-shaft and single-shaft plows. They were basically carried by two oxen and were suitable for use in plain areas.

This can ensure that the fields are plowed straight, which is easier to control and more efficient. After hundreds of years of improvement, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the straight-shaft plow was not only simpler and more complete in structure, but also more widely used.

At least any craftsman said that he could very skillfully build a straight-shaft plow with a few wooden sticks and an iron plow.

To be honest, Liu Tai also knew about the curved shaft plow. After all, the curved shaft plow had superior performance to the straight shaft plow and could definitely replace the straight shaft plow.

But it is undeniable that after hundreds of years of development, the straight-shaft plow has been quite perfected. From production to use, officials and common people can all understand it clearly, and some common people can even make it themselves.

Therefore, Liu Tai knew very well that he was not inventing a curved-column plow at this time, but first ensured the supply of straight-column plows.

That is to go directly to the assembly line.

To be honest, it is not easy for people in this era to get on the assembly line.

Although the entire country has unified weights and measures, if you want the people below to implement the assembly line, it is basically a craftsman with one standard.

If you ask them what standards are, they will answer with just two words.

After all, the craftsmen Liu Tai hired were not for making utensils for the emperors, so even if they were even a tiny bit worse, the whole family would lose their heads.

Working under Liu Tai, if you say you have this consciousness, you will look down on them too much.

Liu Tai could only ask Jie Fei to dismantle the straight-column plow project first, hand each step to an engineer, and let a group of them build two straight-column plows together, and then let them dismantle them. The parts inside were disrupted and reassembled into two straight-shaft plows.

Then dismantle a straight-shaft plow, and each person takes a piece back and asks the apprentices who follow them to make corresponding accessories based on the part. As supervisors, they will assess the quality and specifications of each piece.

It has to be said that straight-shaft plows were the most common tools popularized by the lower class people in ancient times, so it was not very difficult for apprentices to polish these parts.

After they delivered their respective accessories one by one, Liu Tai soon sent the straight-shaft plows built one after another to various collective farms.

As for the people at the lower level, if they want it, they have to rent it from the government, but in this case, both livestock and iron tools are quite tight.

Therefore, after a slight burst of this kind of assembly line and enough utensils were produced, the entire agency team went back to researching utensils instead of producing utensils.

Regarding this scene, Liu Tai also felt helpless, but he was also helpless. If he wanted to improve productivity, he really couldn't just explode the assembly line.

After all, assembly line production is just a production method. Sometimes, even if the production method is improved and the productivity level cannot keep up, the production relationship will be brought back.Like now, even though the whole society is relatively familiar with the straight-shaft plow, Liu Tai wanted to speed up the production efficiency a little. As a result, the entire industrial line did not have enough steel to make plowshares, and the cattle could not keep up with the straight-shaft plow. efficiency.

Seeing Jie Fei's joy at producing a large number of straight-shaft plows due to the arrangement of the assembly line, Liu Tai pressed his head, but he understood that the increase in productivity did not happen overnight.

Especially if the production efficiency of the most basic industrial raw materials is not improved, it is probably not a dream to improve productivity!

Wanting to develop these things from scratch in ancient times, Liu Tai couldn't help but press his head.

Any basic industry requires a lot of funds and a long construction period, especially in the early stages, which requires a huge amount of human resources.

You must occupy at least one state, preferably a coal and iron mine site, and there must be abundant water sources around it.

In this era of underdeveloped transportation, if you want to develop basic industries, this is a necessary requirement.

Liu Tai pressed his temples. It was better not to think about such things that made his head hurt. He opened his mouth and said to Jie Fei:
"Jie Fei, come and help me study the shaft plow and stone mill!"

"General Liu, what are your requirements for this?" Jie Fei asked with some doubts.

"The straight shaft plow is not enough. I want to add something to it that can adapt to the different needs of deep and shallow plowing. It can plant crops in any corner, push the turned up soil aside, and turn over the soil. Blocks to stop weed growth and more!”

"As for the stone mill, the main reason is that winter wheat is too unpalatable. I know that stone mills already exist. Is there anything that can be done on the basis of stone mills to speed up the grinding speed or reduce grinding costs? .

After all, our army has more than [-] people. If we are forced to eat wheat in the future, let alone them, even I will rebel! "

"I'm going to study it now!" Jie Fei heard Liu Tai's words, but he answered Liu Tai humbly.

"Think more! Think more about mechanical equipment that can help with marching or increase production!" Liu Tai said seriously.

"My subordinates must be thinking too much!" Jie Fei nodded repeatedly after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai nodded to Jie Fei but didn't say anything more.

After all, Liu Tai also knows that it is one thing to invent something until it can be circulated on the market, and it is another thing to be circulated on the market until it is completely mature.

Inventions and creations are naturally good things, and even Liu Tai appreciates them very much.

But Liu Tai knows that good things may not necessarily be promoted, and the cost of resistance during the period is actually not only the thing itself.

If you want to implement a new thing, if there is no suitable opportunity, you can only work slowly. From officials to people, everyone must have a unified understanding, and the government even needs to provide them with supporting assistance to quickly implement it. One thing is promoted.

Of course, even if it is popularized, it is still likely to be instinctively resisted by the old forces.

This is a bit like everyone knowing that it is inevitable that new energy vehicles will replace gasoline vehicles, but this is a gradual process, rather than directly banning gasoline vehicles and making everyone drive electric vehicles.

The same principle applies to the replacement of the straight-column plow by the curved-column plow, not to mention that the curved-column plow has not yet been truly invented.

Even if it is invented, getting the people to accept the curved shaft plow and abandon the straight shaft plow will still have to be a step-by-step process.

Of course, the most important thing is that as Liu Tai said, there are still not enough people who can quickly accept new things!

Liu Tai knocked on his seat, stood up and wanted to find Chu Hui, but after thinking for a while he sat down again, then raised his head and asked the waiter next to him, "Where are the captured young ladies?"

The waiter next to him smiled like our general has finally grown up, and then said:

"The young master and the dancers have been placed on Zhangtai. Do we need to call all the dancers over?"

Liu Tai shook his head when he heard this and said, "Just invite the young ladies here."

Female princes, in the old days, were called the daughters of princes. Nowadays, they are more commonly used to refer to other people's daughters. But for Liu Tai, he wanted to consciously distinguish these literate women from ordinary women, so he took the initiative to call them female princes.

Of course, when they actually become teachers of elementary school, Liu Tai is also willing to call them female teachers.

Soon, these women were led by the guards to Liu Tai's mansion. At this moment, they all lowered their heads fearfully, and no one dared to raise their heads.

After all, these women were literate and were basically children of aristocratic families, but their father and brother were either killed by Liu Tai on the battlefield, or they had fled Taishan County and left them behind.

For them, their original dreams of the future have been shattered in this troubled world, and to some extent, Liu Tai can even be regarded as their biggest enemy.

But Liu Tai doesn't care. Whether they hate him or want to kill him, they just have to do it if they have the ability.

But they are just women. If they want to survive in this world, they can only listen to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai looked at the young lady in front of him. To be honest, there were not many people there, only about thirty.

But for Liu Tai, this group of people was unplanned and literate, and it was really hard to come by.

Liu Tai looked at this group of women and slowly said, "You guys, please raise your heads!"

When these women heard Liu Tai's words, they raised their heads slightly. When they saw Liu Tai, their eyes were more or less surprised. After all, Liu Tai's age, in their opinion, was still somewhat young.

Liu Tai continued, "You are really lucky, you are all educated women, so I will give you two paths.

One way is to be like the women who were captured a few days ago, to be chosen by the heroes in my army, to be slaves or concubines, I don't care, to fend for themselves, I will not interfere! "

Hearing Liu Tai's words, these women couldn't help but feel chills, obviously full of despair about their future lives.

"General, there is another way!" A woman didn't know where she got the courage to speak out.

Liu Tai glanced at her and said, "On the other hand, I will set up a private school to recruit children under the age of ten.

And your task is to take care of these children and teach them simple arithmetic and writing, and of course "Han Shu" is indispensable.

You will become these childish female teachers, and you will have the qualifications to survive in this world without relying on men.

Of course, if I’m not dead! "

Liu Taihuai smiled, but said slowly: "Now, you can choose your own destiny!"

(End of this chapter)