Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 577
At first, Liu Mastiff wasn't too sure whether this was Ma Jun, but seeing the respect people around him had for him, and he didn't rush to salute like other craftsmen, he already understood in his heart that this person It was Ma Jun, and Liu Mastiff bowed to him, which was an elder's salute, Liu Mastiff said: "Greetings, Uncle Ma!", Ma Jun didn't dare to accept, and hurriedly returned the salute, saying: "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

The two got up, and Liu Mastiff walked to Ma Jun's side. Ma Jun had a faint pungent smell, and Liu Mastiff felt that he had never smelled it. He held Ma Jun's hand affectionately and said, "I heard about it before. My father told me about my uncle, and I heard that my uncle is a skilled craftsman and a great talent in the country, so I thought about when I could meet my uncle, today, at least I have a chance," Liu Mastiff said with a smile.

"Your Highness is very famous. When Your Highness was young, I saw His Highness. I didn't expect it. Now, he has become a handsome young man. I dare not recognize him!" Ma Jun said, and took Liu Mastiff to the study , The changes in Jiangzuo's mansion are very huge. Ma Jun demolished a large number of houses, leaving only one, which can barely allow officials to work, while the rest of the place was vacated, or other buildings were built. Liu Mastiff I don't know why.

After entering the study room, the study room is not big and can only accommodate Hua Xiong, Ma Jun, and Liu Mastiff. Cao Pi was waiting at the door, Hua Xiong entered the room, and said with some displeasure: "This place is just like Zhang Song. The study is almost the same, Ma Jun, you have to be more careful." Liu Mastiff already understood in his heart that these two people must have some festivals. Sure enough, Ma Jun looked at Hua Xiong in front of him, and said somewhat blankly: "Your Majesty, look A little familiar, but who is it?"

"Why don't you recognize me?? I still have the shoes on your feet" Hua Xiong was about to say, when he lowered his head, he saw that Ma Jun was still wearing the damaged shoes, which had been mended again. Hua Xiong's eyes widened, but he didn't say anything after that, Ma Jun smiled and said, "Oh, so it's Hua Jun. If you don't open your mouth, I thought it was the prince's groom!!"

Liu Mastiff quickly dissuaded the dispute between the two, looked at Hua Xiong, he coughed, Hua Xiong naturally understood the meaning of the prince, and they came here for something, but Hua Xiong was still a little angry The three of them sat down, and Liu Mastiff exchanged pleasantries with Ma Jun for a while, and after chatting for a while, they talked about the continuous shooting of crossbows. As they talked, Liu Mastiff asked, "Does Ma Gong have such a sharp weapon here?"

"Of course there are." Ma Jun knew that the prince wanted to take a look, so he asked the craftsman to bring a repeating crossbow and handed it to Liu Mastiff. Liu Mastiff looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. The continuous crossbow was very delicately made. Liu Mastiff also understood the important use of this object for the country. He played with it in his hand, looking like an emperor. Ma Jun was also sizing up the prince all the time, and he always had his own worries in his heart.

Today, artisans can gather together and turn the work into a gathering point where artisans can create freely. This is all related to today's world. It is because today's world pays attention to these things that it has achieved today's results. But if it is in the future, After a hundred years between myself and the emperor, will these disappear with the times?Ma Jun has always been worried about this, and all officials in the court are disgusted and hostile to craftsmen.

And this prince, it is said that he has a very close relationship with these sages, so what will be his attitude towards these novel affairs in the future?
It wasn't until he saw the prince happily playing with the crossbow in his hand that he was extremely happy, and the worries in his heart were relieved. It seemed that this prince was a little different from the rumors, and he was also interested in these things. He can realize how important these things will be to the country. In addition, he also found that this prince, who has been dubbed all kinds of benevolence, nobleness, gentleness, and love for the people, seems to be very interested in this military weapon
The expression on his face was very much like Liu Bian, the emperor who was keen to expand the territory and conquer everything.

Since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the Han basically had no foreign enemies. They annexed Goguryeo, Wa, and Fuyu, all of which became affiliated to the Han. They were sent directly to govern the country. This has already taken away their king’s power. They are countries in name. In fact, it is the prefectures and counties of the Han Dynasty, as well as Zhenla in the southwest, Funan is the same, and it advances into Xizhou, cutting Guishuang directly from the north to the south, and all the areas that can be bordered by the Han Dynasty are swallowed by this violent emperor one by one. .

Even the farther regions, such as Sushen and Dingling, pay tribute to the great Han and are also subordinate to the great Han. Although they are different from Japan, Fuyu and other countries, they are nominally under the possession of the Great Han. This is a bit scary. Looking around, most of the people that the big man can contact, the emperor has already conquered.

He originally thought that this prince who was loved by all the officials must be different and gentler, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Seeing that Liu Mastiff liked it so much, Ma Jun smiled and said: "Since Your Highness likes it, then take it." Hearing Ma Jun's words, Liu Mastiff was overjoyed, thought for a moment, and said: "What should I do? I dare not accept sharp weapons, let alone deceive Ma Gong, Captain Hua wants one." Hearing Liu Mastiff's words, Hua Xiong thought it was over, would this guy give this thing to himself? ?

Unexpectedly, Ma Jun smiled and said, "No problem, I'll give you two as a gift."

"Ah, thank you Magong, thank you!!"

"This item costs two thousand. Since it is Your Highness, I will charge one thousand and six hundred. The other one will remain the same, and the total will be three thousand and six hundred!" Ma Jun said with a smile, Liu Mastiff was stunned for a moment, and then After realizing it, he quickly asked Cao Pi to withdraw the money, but Hua Xiong almost jumped up angrily, and said, "It's all right if you take my money, why don't you even take His Highness's money, he is the prince of a big man, he can see It is your honor to get on your Liannu!!!"

"Mr. Hua's words are wrong. I gave the emperor a fight and received two thousand coins. Your Highness only received one thousand and sixteen." Ma Jun said.

"Is this a gift?? Are you stealing money?!"

Hua Xiong pulled up his clothes and was about to argue with him, Liu Mastiff quickly stopped him, looked at Ma Jun and said, "Uncle, I don't bring that much money, how about sending it after I return to the palace?"

"it is good"

Liu Mastiff and Hua Xiong fought each other, and the matter was finished, Liu Mastiff asked his own doubts, he asked: "Uncle, why are there so many old people and children in this future mansion? Is it the craftsman's family?" Ma Jun didn't say anything, stood up, and brought Liu Mastiff to visit the Jiangzuo Mansion, Hua Xiong also followed, everyone had already started to work, in the inner courtyard, the craftsmen were making their own matter.

There is nothing in common, some people are building huge frames, while others are also working with fist-sized stones.

Ma Jun explained: "These craftsmen are all great craftsmen. They learned from Hongdumen before and made all kinds of novelty utensils. They just made what they wanted to do here. Most of them failed. However, occasionally It was successful, His Highness, look at the man on the far right, he has recently increased the continuous shooting crossbow to the point where it can be fired nine times in a row, which can be regarded as a major success in the near future."

After reading this, I came to the outer courtyard again. Here, there are all kinds of silk spinning machines, and even all kinds of items that Liu Mastiff has never seen in his life, and those children are using them. Ma Jun explained: "As for them, they are the first batch to use these tools proficiently, and learn how to make them, and then tell the rest of the craftsmen. Of course, those are official craftsmen, we call them small craftsmen, and they are all doing construction, printing and so on. Of course, after things are produced and ready to use, they can also produce and provide them in large quantities.”

Liu Mastiff nodded and said, "This is indeed very good, but why are they all children or old people? It must be dangerous to use these things for the first time. They should not be allowed to do such things."

Ma Jun was silent for a long time before he said: "Your Highness, I don't know, these are beggars in Luoyang who have no arable land, no settlement, and no means of livelihood. They are all poor families. I brought them here so that they could eat You won't starve to death when you serve the meal." Hearing Ma Jun's words, Hua Xiong was fine, but Liu Mastiff was taken aback. He widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "How can there be such poverty in Luoyang?" people???"

"Your Highness, in the world, the most poor people are poor people. How can there be none?"

"Isn't there a relief house?? What do they eat!!"

"They support the people in the countryside. Those people who have land and have their household registration, they can't be counted"

"There are so many?"

"Many?? No, Your Highness, there are not many of them. Luoyang is at the foot of the emperor. Officials are hardworking and love the people. The number here is the least in the world. Among the big men, I don't know how many people like this are there. Maybe they won't be hungry. Death is not much better, you can only wait for relief from the government all day long, and spend your days with this, before, there were aristocratic families who dared to help the people, but now, they don't dare either." Ma Jun said.

Liu Mastiff pondered for a long time, but didn't say anything.

After Ma Jun finished speaking, he didn't say much, but Hua Xiong said: "Your Highness, you don't have to care, no matter what time it is, there are always poor people, some are getting richer, and some are getting richer. Poverty, this is not something you can think about and change, even the saints in ancient times have no way to change this, they can only say a few words of mercy. This is the natural truth."

"No, this is not a natural reason." Liu Mastiff shook his head, looked at Hua Xiong and Ma Jun in front of him, at this moment, he looked so serious, so solemn, he said: "I swear, in our After ascending the throne, among the big men, no one will suffer from hunger and cold, everyone will have arable land, and everyone will have surplus clothes. What the ancestors couldn't do, I will do it!!"

Ma Jun turned pale with shock. Looking at the confident and serious prince in front of him, he was silent and didn't say much. It's a good thing that the prince can think about the people in the world. At this time, you can't destroy him. This kind of confidence, maybe when he grows up, he will understand how difficult what he just said will be. Everyone has food and clothing. This kind of world seems to be only possible in the ancient Yao and Shun's world. Search through the ages.

Ma Jun was thinking about it, but Hua Xiong who was beside him suddenly laughed. He looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness is heroic!"

"If I can live to that day, I will help His Highness create such a prosperous world!!!"

Ma Jun looked at Hua Xiong at the side in surprise, is this guy crazy? ? ?

(End of this chapter)