Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 71 Promotion
"The last general is here!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly bowed.

"You are skilled in military affairs, familiar with the method of attack and war, and good at managing military weapons. Now you are Cao Canjun, a soldier of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, who is full-time in charge of making this crossbow." At this point, he turned his head and smiled at Liu Renyuan: "Guardian , what do you think?"

It is said that Liu Rengui was guilty of joining the army when he left the Tang Dynasty, but there was an official position of inspector and governor of Fangzhou (inspection means temporary, probationary). The "inspection school" was removed, but after all, the road was far away, and the imperial court's decree had not yet come down, and his official position was still under Liu Ren's wish.It's a bit rude to appoint and remove the generals in the presence of a superior. Although Liu Renyuan felt a little unhappy, he still didn't show it: "Liu Fujun's words are very suitable for me, so let's do it!"

"My subordinate obeys orders, thank you two superiors for your cultivation!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly knelt down to thank him, he was very happy, the so-called Bingcao Canjun refers to the officials in charge of military affairs.In the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was not far from the ancient times, and the prefectures and counties were also regarded as the kings of a place, with the authority to open the government. There were six departments, Gongcao, Cangcao, Hucao, Bingcao, Facao, and Shicao, to assist the state and county officials. , Just like the six officials under the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and the six departments of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.Although the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion currently only has Sibi City as one place, if it can heal Baekje in the future, it will at least belong to the Central Governor's Mansion. Wang Wenzuo's original official position can be said to be a leap forward.

Although Liu Renyuan was a little displeased with Liu Rengui's arbitrariness, he did not anger Wang Wenzuo. After all, this person was a talent he had long been optimistic about, and he had nothing to do with Liu Rengui before.He signaled Wang Wenzuo to stand up: "You have heard what the governor said just now. This is a weapon of the military and the country. It must not be leaked. What are your plans? Tell me!"

"The lower official didn't think carefully before. If the governor hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid I would have made a big mistake!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly patted Liu Rengui's flattery first, and then said with a smile: "If possible, the lower official is going to be in the river. Let’s build a shipyard first!”

"The shipbuilding place?" Liu Renyuan was taken aback: "What does this have to do with shipbuilding? Isn't it to build this Liannu?"

"Guardian!" Wang Wenzuo walked to the crossbow and patted it lightly: "Look at this crossbow, it is made of hardwood, tendon, hemp rope, copper, iron and other materials. Parts, forging, casting, grinding, there are many processes. It requires a lot of labor, and the city of Sibi is full of Baekje people. If you want to keep the news from leaking, I am afraid it will be more difficult than going to heaven!"

"Then what do you mean—?"

"It's very simple. If this part is disassembled, divided into dozens of parts, and made by different craftsmen, as long as you don't tell them what it is, they won't know, will they?"

"Wang Canjun's plan is very clever!" Liu Rengui on the side has already reacted: "Liu Duhu, Captain Wang is lying! He is building ships on the surface, but in fact he let those craftsmen make the parts of the crossbow Anyway, there are blacksmiths, rope makers and other various craftsmen in the cabin, as long as you don’t tell them, who knows what they are doing? Others think they are shipbuilders, and who knows that they are making Liannu?”

"That's right, it's really a good plan!" Liu Renyuan also woke up like a dream: "Tomorrow, you will look for a suitable place for shipbuilding on the bank of the Xiongjin River! Craftsmen and labor will also be allocated by you, and you will report it afterwards!"

Sibi City, wine shop.

The clear wine flowed from the mouth of the pot and fell into the cup, splashing a little aroma. Cui Hongdu took a sip intoxicated, and sighed: "It's been a while since I've had the best Lanling wine!"

"Cui Shishilang behaves like this when he sees the wine, come here!" He Bayong, who was pouring the wine, pushed the full wine glass towards Cui Hongdu: "Pinpin, how old is this?"

"It's really fragrant." Cui Hongdu took a big gulp.This person never drinks lightly: "15 years, at least 15 years, if one year is missing, my head will be cut off!"

"And this bacon!" He Bayong put down the jug, pulled out his dagger and cut up the bacon for everyone. The thin slices of bacon slid down on the wooden plate docilely. The bright red muscles and fat intertwined, forming a beautiful pattern. The pattern makes people salivate: "I found these in the cellar of the Baekje people. They are all front legs. There are [-] roots in total. Come, join the army, please try it!"

"They are all brothers from my own family, so don't be so polite!" Wang Wenzuo was a little embarrassed by the subtle change in the attitude of his companions. He returned the plate to Liu An who had been silent all this time: "Let Wulang taste it first!"

"Sanlang is still the same!" Liu An smiled bitterly, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of bacon and chewed it carefully in his mouth: "Well, this bacon is really good!"

Liu An started, and everyone stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the meat.Wang Wenzuo could feel the weirdness of the atmosphere, as if the distance between himself and other people had become farther, and he only noticed that Liu An was sitting opposite him at this moment. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a strict hierarchy of seating at banquets, and sitting facing east The first is the chief, the next is to sit facing south, the third is to sit facing north, and the lowest position is to sit facing west.After I entered the door, I habitually chose to sit facing the south, but I didn't expect that everyone sat down in order, intentionally or unintentionally, leaving the most honored east-facing seat vacant.

"Brother Liu!" Wang Wenzuo coughed, "Why don't you take the Dongxiang seat today?"

Liu An was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Sanlang moved to the right (promoted) as a soldier Cao joined the army, and the Dongxiang position should belong to Sanlang."

"Brother Liu, why did you say that? When we get together to drink, we should be in order of age. How can we judge the superiority by official position?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Besides, the soldiers who joined the army are only seventh-rank, and Brother Liu is from Zhechong's mansion. Captain Guo Yi, but he is from the sixth rank, even in terms of official position, he is above me!"

"Yes, what San Lang said is, Brother Liu, please take the Dongxiang seat!" Seeing this, He Bayong hurriedly agreed, and the others also persuaded Liu An to sit in the first seat.Liu An cast a grateful glance at Wang Wenzuo. Of course he knew that although his official rank was still higher than Wang Wenzuo's, Wang Wenzuo, a soldier Cao Canjun, belonged to the Protectorate of Xiongjin, while his Captain Guoyi was Qingzhou Zhechong. At the moment, what can be managed is the hundreds of thousands of big soldiers on hand, and Wang Wenzuo is in charge of the military officer election, military equipment, and door camp keys within the entire Xiongjin Duhufu (that is, the entire Baekje) , Feng Hou's interpretation and other things (although there is only one Sibi city now).

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, the official position of Ma Su in the Shu Kingdom was Cao Canjun, but he was a soldier Cao Canjun in Zhuge Liang's prime minister's mansion. His actual power and future were far beyond Liu'an's reach.

(End of this chapter)