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Chapter 1248: It is safe to use it at home [ask for monthly ticket]

  What should you do if you encounter a hard bone and can’t pry open its mouth?

It’s okay, Shen Tang also has a plan B.

"Liao Shaomei has been quite busy these past two years..." Qin Li flipped through a scroll of books that was almost half a person's height. Every scroll he opened was a warship design. As an outsider, he could only watch the excitement, but from the complex structure, he knew it was not simple.

There are so many secrets, and I wonder how long it took Liao Jia to collect them.

Shen Tang smiled: "Shao Mei has complained to me about this many times. The workload on business trips is more than that in the Shangshu Province. Every day she is either on the road or on the way to work. She wants me to increase her salary."

It is not an easy job for one person to shoulder the heavy responsibility of sowing discord among the forces of the entire southwest continent. He also has to figure out the genealogy of each family, so as not to make a mistake and end up losing more than he gains.

Not only is the body tired, the brain is also tired.

But his master was used to assigning him additional tasks at short notice, and he would take advantage of him whenever he saw fit. Although there were many disadvantages, he still endured it, considering that he didn't have to fight with his colleagues when he was on a business trip, and the salary was enough.

Qin Li continued to chat and laugh.

"Shao Mei is a great contributor, this salary should be increased."

Professional matters should naturally be left to professionals. Qin Li was not good at creating things, so all these drawings and letters were given to the Mohist Mohist in charge of the Ministry of Works. Shen Tang immediately summoned Bei Jiu to come over to discuss the matter.

As soon as Bei Jiu arrived, several people learned the whole story from Shen Tang. In their eyes, this pile of things inexplicably gave rise to a bewitching charm that caught their attention and could not be torn away.

"Thank you for the reward, Lord!"

Bei Ju didn't care about anything and thanked him directly, fearing that the Ministry of Works would grab the project if he was late. Among the three provinces and six ministries, only the Ministry of Works was headed by two assistant ministers, who were in charge of engineering matters within Kangguo, and their business overlapped with that of the General Supervisor of Works. Some of the work that belonged exclusively to the Ministry of Works was also handled by the General Supervisor of Works in recent years. The relationship between the General Supervisor of Works and the Ministry of Works was delicate.

Bei Ju, as a chief craftsman who came from the Mohist school, was ambitious and devoted to the development of the Mohist school. People eat grains, and the Mohist school wants to grow stronger, and the welfare benefits must also be attractive. Over the years, he has competed with the Ministry of Works for the number of staff and talent benefits.

She also had a vague feeling that the two departments had overlapping responsibilities, and that they would have to be merged and streamlined in the future to clarify the division of labor and reduce the problem of redundant staff. The question was, who would be laid off? Who would be swallowed up? Beijiu would never let the Mohist base camp be swallowed up by the Ministry of Industry.

  If you want to keep everything you have now, or make further progress in the future, the Director of Works must win over the Ministry of Industry! How can you realize this idea?

Make meritorious service!

What can the Ministry of Industry use to compete with her?

Shen Tang was unaware of the burning fighting spirit in Bei Jiu's mind. She warned him carefully, "The situation is urgent. You don't have much time left. You need to solve it as soon as possible and then teach the soldiers how to control the warships."

The Mohists, led by Bei Jiu, completely analyzed and cracked these warships, made models of warships, and then asked the military scribes to record them, and finally used the words to turn them into real warships. Each warship must be equipped with soldiers, and after the soldiers learn to control them, they can be used after a last-minute run-in. According to the normal process, it takes at least one or two years to train a navy, and at most three to five years, but Shen Tang has the help of the Mohists, and the warships that take the longest time and cost the most are actually the simplest links.

Once the warship problem can be solved, it will be much easier for the soldiers to get started.

Shen Tang couldn't guarantee anything else, but the discipline and learning ability of these soldiers were basically the best of their time. She was particularly persistent in educating soldiers about literacy. In addition to training soldiers and practicing martial arts, there were also monthly and semi-annual exams of various sizes. She even gave KPIs to every captain of the Zhechoufu!

Soldiers with different years of service have different literacy rates.

If literacy standards are not met, the person in charge will be held accountable.

Literacy projects accounted for a large proportion of military expenditures. The civil and military officials of the court did not understand why the soldiers should learn to fight. Why invest unnecessary energy? With this money, more things can be purchased and more soldiers can be recruited. What is the use of literacy? Soldiers who join the army are too old to be enlightened. No matter how much literacy they learn, it cannot change the outcome. At most, it can turn an illiterate and arrogant warrior into a literate warrior, but it cannot enhance combat effectiveness.

Even some elderly people expressed doubts.

Rich and poor families also said that this was a waste.

Shen Tang still went his own way: [Reading and learning to read can make people sensible, understand propriety, righteousness, and shame, know the moral principles of human relations, and learn to love the country and cherish the people. How can you say it is useless? Besides, they can't read, so it's a waste of effort to explain more to them. ]

If you want to brainwash someone, you must first make sure that they can understand you.

What’s the point of just fighting and killing?

  There is a saying among the people that "bandits are like combs, while soldiers are like rakes". The common people hate soldiers more than bandits. Isn't it because when warlords fight, the soldiers under them are unrestrained and do more brutal things than bandits? If we want to change this impression and restrain the soldiers, we can't just use fists, we also need to learn to educate them with ideas!

There are few things that Shen Tang cannot accomplish once he insists on doing them.

After all these years, we can finally see the results.

With strict discipline, quick actions, strong learning ability, and close unity, the Wuzu soldiers can change their formations with extremely high efficiency whenever a war breaks out. Even if they encounter a tough battle, their combat thinking and willpower can support them to hold on longer, and they will not flee at the first sign of collapse or failure, resulting in the army being completely disintegrated.

Naturally, they crammed and learned how to steer warships and coordinate commands in battle, and they were able to do a good job in the short term.

Everything is ready, we just need to wait for Beijiu to make a breakthrough.

In order to speed up the progress, Yun Ce was also transferred over.

Non-staff members can also help out.

Bei Ju was so busy that she didn't even have a sip of tea. When she looked up, she saw Yun Ce's bitter smile. The pressure made her a little angry. The resentment of the social animals who rushed to work overtime was heavier than that of evil spirits. "Help me, are you wronging General Yun?"

Her anger only made Yun Ce feel enjoyable.

He enthusiastically handed the other person a piece of cake.

"Yun's ability is incompetent, and he is afraid of delaying the Peking University craftsman."

"Poor ability?"

She didn't know what was going on when she slapped half of the cake back. Yun Ce opened his mouth and caught it with his tiger teeth. The young man in tight clothes followed her and commented: "Too much sugar, it's a bit too sweet."

  "Be a decent person, when did you become so mean?" Bei Ju thought that before Xian Yujian was transferred to another army, he had to take time to knead dough and make cakes to serve his senior brother, so he felt that Yun Ce was also a bad person. Who did he learn bad things from?

"How can I be mean to him?" Yun Ce condensed proportionally reduced warship parts according to Bei Jiu's data while chatting with her, trying to relax her tense nerves. "You don't know why Zi Gu chose to learn this cooking skill."

Beichu really didn't know, so he looked up at him and waited for an answer.

Yun Ce said, "Didn't you have a poor appetite for a while near the end of last year? When Zi Gu came down from the camp to take a shift, he saw you retching and thought you were pregnant. You told me in private not to worry and he would take care of the child. You are just imitating Gong Xichou."

Xian Yujian’s logic is very simple.

Bei Jue would definitely not be able to let go of the General's Office, so he would not have the time to take care of the children. Yun Ce was enlightened by Yun Da, and he would strive to become a 20th-rank Che Hou in the future, so he would not have the energy to raise his offspring. Both of them were orphans without parents, and there was no elder around to help share the burden. After much thought, he was the only fellow apprentice who could be of use.

Who else but him can handle this matter?

In addition, Gong Xichou had been taking care of his niece for the past two years, so Xian Yujian took the initiative to act as an uncle. It was more convenient and reliable to have a foster uncle take care of a child. During that period, Xian Yujian and Gong Xichou were very close, so close that Yun Ce became suspicious.

I didn't think much about it at the time.

Xian Yu Jian was rescued by Gong Xichou back then, so it is normal for the two to have contact with each other. Yun Ce, as a fellow disciple, will not interfere.

Beichu: “…”

Yun Ce was helpless: "He doesn't even think about it. His senior brother and Xun Yongan, you and Gongxi Lady, are different after all."

Gong Xilai is an ordinary woman, who has been in her thirties for so long that she doesn't know how long she can stay with Xun Ding in her mortal body. It is understandable that she is anxious to have a child. Bei Jiu can practice cultivation and has no worries about her life span. She is obsessed with the development of Mohism and studying "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature". Both marriage and childbirth take up too much energy and time.

This can be seen from the fact that Yun Ce has been a non-staff member of the General's Office for many years, and now he is still nameless and without any position. Bei Ju is not in a hurry, and Yun Ce is not in a hurry either. Cultivation makes him addicted. Bei Ju is an accident outside of martial arts. After all, he has more luck than his ancestors and mentor. The world is vast and the future is long.

Bei Jiu said: "Zi Gu, keep it for now."

It may not be useful now, but it may come in handy someday.

Yun Ce agreed: "I think so too."

Bei Jiu saw that he could agree to it shamelessly and laughed: "You are just like this to be someone's senior brother? You are so dishonest!"

Yun Ce said, "When we were young at the mountain gate, Zi Gu was the closest to me. How many times did he wet the bed and I, his senior brother, got up in the middle of the night to help him clean up the mess? I was not much older at the time... Zi Gu was sometimes confused when he was asleep, and he was afraid of being punished by the master, so he lied and said that I wet the bed. How many times did I bear the injustice for him?"

Since Wei Shou and the others had persuaded him, Yun Ce had become more talkative in front of Bei Jiu, and he would occasionally mention his childhood in the mountains, and use ice to carve out his childhood appearance. Yun Ce grew up to be handsome and charming, and was also cute as ice when he was young, so naturally, Bei Jiu would love and care for him.

"It's only right that he helps me share the burden in the future."

  How many urine-soaked sheets and quilts has the senior brother washed for his junior brother?

It is normal for the junior brother to wash diapers for the senior brother's children in the future.

Bei Jiubai said to him: "...You have no shame."

The young man said righteously: "It's clear that they are brothers who are friendly and respectful to each other."

I don't know what kind of feng shui Kangguo has. Most of the elders are single and widowed, and the younger generation is obsessed with cultivation. When Yun Ce first heard Xian Yujian say that he wanted to raise his future offspring, he was dumbfounded.

With that much energy, why not support yourself?

It’s time for Xian Yujian to get married.

Over the years, there have been women from aristocratic families who have taken a liking to his junior brother, and some of them even have good character and cultivation, but his junior brother has never been interested in them. Xian Yujian thought seriously: [I have never thought about it... I am not interested... Isn't the master still single at such an old age? ]

The chief priest of the Gongxi clan followed diligently, but the master never gave him any look beyond the relationship between the monarch and his subjects. Every time he ordered him to do something, his attitude would be particularly enthusiastic.

It can also be seen from Beichu——

When it comes to his career, a man's appearance is vulnerable.

Even if he is as handsome and beautiful as my senior brother, doesn't he still have no name or status?

Yun Ce: [The Lord still has grand plans and ambitions to accomplish. ]

Xian Yujian argued: [That won’t delay it. ]

Yun Ce: […You are still young.]

Xian Yujian refused his senior brother's urging to get married and have children, and said that he still prefers to take advantage of what is ready. When the world is settled and his senior brother's wife is willing to have children, he can take care of the children for them, which will be a perfect life.

Yun Ce: [……]

The two chatted casually, but their actions coordinated very well, and soon a miniature ice crystal warship floated in the water.

  If it could be enlarged proportionally, a warship could accommodate thousands of people!

Of course, this warship is not the largest.

"This one was abandoned?"

“The structure is not easy to withstand strong winds and is prone to sinking.”

Among the many blueprints, there was a ship that could accommodate 3,000 people. Beijiu originally wanted to focus on this ship, but after a simple data analysis, he threw it aside. It could barely be used for transportation, but if it was used for fighting, it would be difficult to cross the river.

Yun Ce watched the little people on the ice crystal warship simulate turning and moving forward in an orderly manner and asked: "Will a thousand people be too few?"

"Yes, there are too many. Generally, 500 people can control it. After calculation, the morale is enough to drive the warship, but in order to form combat effectiveness, auxiliary ships are still needed to assist and support it to ensure its agility. Otherwise, it will just be a clumsy moving target on the water..."

Yun Ce pointed to another long and narrow boat.

"What's the use?"

"This is Mengchong, used to clear the way for surprise attacks."

"A surprise attack to clear the way?"

"To put it simply, it's using ships to ram." Bei Jiu was able to get a glimpse of the whole picture from these drawings, and figured out some of the characteristics of naval warfare in the southwestern countries. "Look at these ships, they are also Mengchao. The bow and stern are very special. The crossbow windows and spear holes are where the soldiers use to fight. Use these to penetrate the enemy ship and make it sink."

"Where are these?"

Yun Ce also saw that some ships were wider in shape.

Obviously, it does not have the ability to withstand collisions, but from a structural point of view, the hull is very stable and is not easily overturned or sunk by wind and waves.

"This type is used to carry military equipment, such as ladders, chariots, and catapults, to assist in protecting the main ship and supporting the Mengchao charge."

From the drawings, the various functions are clear.

Given the quality of Kangguo’s soldiers, it is not difficult to get started.

"Naval warfare is similar to land warfare, except that the battlefield is moved from land to water. The greatest difficulty in training the navy is how to use the warships as if they were your own arms. The ships move by rowing, and it takes years of tacit understanding to unify the direction and speed."

And these happen to be what Kangguo is good at.

Commanding warships is more convenient.

No one is more suitable for water battles than Master Qin.

He could control the overall situation and command the soldiers to row the oars, such as how to turn the warships, how far to turn, how to keep the distance between the warships, and how to coordinate with each other. As long as the battlefield was under control, the division of labor among the other soldiers was no different from that on land.

Land warfare is Kangguo’s strong point.

Although Kang Guoxue has an advantage in naval warfare, the operation should be as simple as possible. The general supervisor used the shortest time to shrink all the warships in the blueprints and test them, and then selected the best lineup. Chong Yunce waved his hand: "Your handwriting is beautiful, help me copy it."

Make a copy of the operating instructions.

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Mercury retrograde continues in September.

The phone was found in the gap between the headboard and the wall, but the child had a high fever of 39 degrees at night without any signs. I was so exhausted that I couldn’t feed the antipyretic medicine to him even with coaxing and tricking... He could still run around with a high fever. I really doubt if I gave him a phone, he could walk all day...