Destiny Only Han

Chapter 159

Hanzhong County, Nanzheng.

There are no clouds in the sky, and the early winter sun exudes some warmth, dispelling the coldness filled with water vapor.

Holding a roll of bamboo slips in her hands, Liu Ying lay on the spotless ground, twirling a piece of dried fruit Zhang Buyi brought back from Pengcheng from time to time.

Beside him, chirp chirp chirp chirp again, Lu pheasant is the household weaving.

It's just that today, I don't hear the sound of the locomotive, only the sigh of my mother...

"Men always like young and beautiful ones. Besides, didn't father stay with mother when he came home? It can be seen that in his heart, mother is still the first..."

Liu Ying turned over and looked at Lu Zhi who was moaning with piercing eyes.

Lu Pheasant looked serious, persuasively persuading his little Douding, with a bit of a smile on his face: "You are a little devil! Your father will sleep wherever you fall in love, mother will not care! I hesitate, It's something else..."

Liu Ying moved forward twice, climbed to Lu Zhi's feet, and raised her head: "Let's talk about it, one person counts the short and the other counts the long. Maybe I can share my mother's worries!"

Lu Zhi patted his head: "When your father was young, he used to be a ranger for several years..."

Don't be young, when he is old, he is still a ranger... Liu Ying nodded slightly, listening to Lu Zhi's words.

"He ate and drank for free at the home of a celebrity in Waihuang, no, when he was a guest, he once promised him that he would be a son and daughter with him..."

"It's just that the famous man's son had already wandered all over the place at that time, and even your elder brother Liu Fei hadn't been born yet..."

Empty glove white wolf, the highest level of mixed eating and drinking... Liu Ying complained in her heart, and vaguely guessed what was bothering Lu Zhi, but it was inconvenient for him to explain clearly before Lu Zhi said it clearly.

Lu Zhi's face was full of sadness: "Nowadays, people are coming to your door, asking your father to fulfill his promise, and wanting your sister to be his daughter-in-law..."

"Although your father said that he has a good family education, he is a famous scholar all over the world, and his son is also good-looking, no less than the ancient Xu Gong, um, Xu Gong, do you know who it is?"

Seeing Liu Ying nodding, Lu Fei continued: "According to what your father said, that kid is not only good-looking, but also capable of writing and martial arts. When King Chen established Zhang Chu, he led tens of thousands of soldiers... "

"If it's true, then it's a good match... It's just that that person is married and already has a son and daughter..."

I didn't run away, just Zhang Er... Liu Ying scratched her head, her face full of doubts: "Mother, the person you mentioned is not a little bit older than my sister!"

Lu Zhi shook his head: "A man's age is not important, what matters is his own ability! For example, when your father married me, he was also many years older than my mother..."

Well, I forgot about this... After Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, she pretended to suddenly realize: "By the way, mother, when I was in Guanzhong, my father had a friend named Xiang, and he still owed my son a daughter-in-law!"

Arranged marriage, cool!

Lu Pheasant stretched out his finger in a fit of laughter, and poked his head bitterly: "Your father told mother! You're a brat, your hair hasn't even grown yet, yet you're thinking about finding a woman... Bah !"

Liu Ying wiped her face and called Zhuang Tianqu: "It's all my uncle's fault, it has nothing to do with the child..."

Lu Shizhi, you bastard... Lu Zhi scolded in his heart, but he still missed him deeply.

Before Liu Bang became the king of Han, although she was married, she lived very close to her family, and she could see each other every now and then, and they could get along day and night on the way to find Liu Bang.

It's been almost a year now, she is in Hanzhong, but her parents are in Wan County, which really makes her very worried.

When Lu Zhi was silent, Liu Ying's heart turned suddenly, and she looked up at Lu Zhi: "Mother, you won't agree to marry your sister to that man, will you?"

Lu Zhi gently shook his head: "It's about your sister's life, how can mother be so rash! Mother is going to wait and see if that person is as good-looking as your father said..."

Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Liu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

If Lu Zhi also agrees to marry Xiao Luoli to Zhang Ao, then he will not be able to use many methods, and there is only one choice left.

Tender him to death!
Don't talk about morality and immorality, reputation is not reputation.

Liu Ying only knows that there are so many talented people in the world, there is no need to marry her own lolita to Zhang Ao's uncle who is 20 years apart in age!

That was his sister, the first person he saw in this world!

It was his sister who stayed by his side all night even though he was sleepy and struggled to stay awake when he was sick!
Arranged marriages are the most annoying ones!
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Hanzhong County, Chenggu County, Dahan Coal and Iron Trading Company.

Liu Bang stepped down from the carriage, looked at the blast furnace spewing thick smoke, and felt the heat wave blowing against his face, feeling a little unbelievable for a moment.

"These are all made by my little brat?"

Pan Gong on the side suddenly rolled his eyes and paused the crutch in his hand: "Be careful when you speak, Nai Gong and your son are mentors and apprentices to each other!"

As soon as he said it, he regretted it deeply.

Liu Bang on the opposite side looked at him narrowly, without saying a word, but it seemed that he had already said a thousand words.

Pan Gong turned his face away: "Let's go, Nai Gong will take you to see a baby..."

Liu Bang and Zhang Liang looked at each other and followed closely.

While they were walking, a furnace of golden-red molten iron flowed out, and was quickly distributed to various places to forge different utensils.

But most of them are big iron pots.

Liu Bang was slightly dazed. From the shape of the iron pot, he could clearly know that this kind of thing was for cooking.

However, is it too wasteful to use such good iron for cooking?
A big iron pot can make at least several good swords!
Shuzi!

Well, write it down first, and when you come back, find a suitable time to settle the new and old accounts with that brat... Liu Bang was furious in his heart as he walked. Let's go!
Pan Gong looked in the direction of his gaze, and said with a smile: "But do you think it's a waste to make a good iron pot?"

Liu Bang nodded without speaking.

Pan Gong explained:
"Although it is branded with the name of a big man, it is a private iron smelting workshop, and it needs to make profits! Your son and Xiao He don't know what kind of agreement they have reached. When buying and selling weapons, it is basically free, but many people who work here Artisans have to eat, so if they don’t make some iron pots and farm tools to sell, I’m afraid everyone will go to drink the northwest wind!”

Well, relying on their mathematical skills, Liu Ying easily changed the profit to a balance. From the book, it is in the position of neither profit nor loss.

In fact, Liu Ying is not desperate for money, he will suffer a lot of times.

For example, build a cement road from the coal and iron trading company to Chenggu County...

The reason why he was involved in the casting of agricultural tools and other civilian ironware was to bankrupt many small workshops passed down from father to son.

After all, the tools produced here are unmatched by small workshops in terms of cost.

After these blacksmiths with mature craftsmanship went bankrupt, they could just be recruited into the coal and iron trading company and used by him.

In the era when there was no automatic assembly line and modular production, the level of craftsmen determined the quality of many products.

In later generations, Liu Ying met many master craftsmen, and the technique of grinding precision parts by hand is no less than that of a computer-controlled lathe!

As for whether the bankrupt blacksmith is willing?
Well, it's fine if the salary is higher than when he was the boss himself!

After walking for a while, listening to the sound of sawing wood, Liu Bang looked at Pan Gong impatiently: "How far is it?"

Pan Gong looked at the hydraulic sawmill over there and said without turning his head, "It's coming soon."

Zhang Liang looked at it with interest. He vaguely remembered that Liu Ying mentioned it to him, saying that after refining a high-quality hacksaw, he could quickly saw the wood with hydraulic power, so as to quickly obtain wood of uniform size and standard. .

They walked along the canal to an open space. Pan Gong looked at a disciple waiting here, nodded slightly, and the latter obeyed with fists in his arms, and ran to a distant work shed.

Liu Bang crossed his arms: "It's so mysterious, I don't know what you're doing?"

Zhang Liang glanced at him, and began to watch his heart.

After a while, dozens of strong men came in a hurry, and most of them carried thick wooden boards on their shoulders.

Under the command of the Mozhe who ran away before, they were assembled in an orderly manner.

Liu Bang looked at it, and felt more and more familiar with the things in front of him.

"This, seems to be a tower on the city wall?"

The city tower he was talking about was a kind of fortification built on the city wall during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It sheltered the soldiers defending the city from wind and rain on weekdays. When it came to wartime, it was equivalent to a multi-storey archery tower.

In this way, after the soldiers guarding the city enter it, they can attack the enemies attached by the ants in multiple directions.

The invention of the trebuchet was specially used to deal with this kind of tower.

But what puzzled Liu Bang was that the city tower built in front of him seemed quite different from what he had imagined!

Pan Gong said with a smile: "This is not a city tower, but a battle shed!"

"As the name suggests, it is temporarily built on top of the city wall during wartime. On the one hand, it can raise the city wall, and on the other hand, it can form a multi-level firepower attack on the enemy!"

"Don't ask me what multi-level and firepower is, go home and ask your son!"

Liu Bang was choked back before he could speak, and could only shake his head helplessly, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Liang walked over slowly, looked carefully and said, "What do the symbols on the board mean?"

Pan Gong explained: "That's the serial number. According to Liu Ying, this is a modular design. Even if a battle shed is damaged, you only need to find materials with the corresponding serial number to quickly repair it! "

Zhang Liang nodded: "Yes, a sharp weapon for defending the city!"

Liu Bang curled his lips in disdain: "Nai Gong has always been on the offensive, and the defensive weapon has nothing to do with me!"

(End of this chapter)