Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 103 Huang Laoxie, who is he?Where is it sacred?

Ten vans are placed in the courtyard of the inn.

There is also a strange "wooden cow and Trojan horse"...

This restaurant named "Changxin" was taken over by a team of merchants from Jiaozhi County in "Jiaozhou".

Originally, this was just an ordinary thing.

But because today, the "first test of skills" under the Desheng Bridge...

All of a sudden, this team of merchants suddenly became famous, and many people wanted to live in this "Changxin" restaurant, with various purposes, to have a cordial chat with this merchant team.

only…

The Changxin restaurant has long been taken down, so there is no room for people to live there.

Some visiting people... did not see these merchants, shook their heads, and went home with a disappointed look.

Some people are guarding around this "Changxin" restaurant, looking into it from time to time, as if they have deep meaning.

The waiter in the shop also brought two jars of wine to please him, and took them to "You Tanzhi"'s room with big strides.

The shopkeeper looked like a literati, and specially asked the waiter in the shop to learn a few lines of poetry, and chanted while delivering wine.

——"Set the wine in the high hall, relatives and friends follow me! The Chinese kitchen serves rich meals, cooks sheep and slaughters fat cattle!"

——"Guest officer, my shopkeeper asked you to come downstairs, saying that the mutton is ready, and it will be eaten by the guest officer."

—— "And this fine wine, should I bring it up for the guest officer, or come down to drink it?"

Hearing the fine wine, You Tanzhi walked out of the room, picked up the jug and smelled it, showing an intoxicated expression.

Can't help feeling, "It's so fragrant, mellow and sweet, like wine from the north!"

"Guest officer has good eyesight..." Erdui, the shop clerk, echoed with a smile.

At this moment, You Tanzhi found something under the lid of the jug, it was a small note, he thought it was specially left for him by the waiter, and he unfolded it immediately...

Because the speed was too fast, the shop clerk didn't notice it, but seeing the words on it, You Tanzhi couldn't help being startled, and hastily put away the note.

The waiter's voice continued.

"My shopkeeper admires merchants like Keguan who go all over the world, can Keguan show you face..."

Not waiting for the waiter to finish speaking, "No reward", You Tanzhi blurted out the words, this is completely contrary to his usual smiling image during the day.

He ignored the waiter in the shop and walked out quickly, heading for the backyard.

When he came to the courtyard, You Tanzhi searched around, with a vigilant expression on his face.

But here, apart from those ordnance, there is nothing else.

About to turn around and leave.

Suddenly, there was a "creak", and the wooden cow and horse seemed to be touched by something, and made a crisp sound.

You Tanzhi turned around quickly, a woman came out from behind the wooden cow and horse.

She was wearing a hood and a cloak, staring at this merchant from "Jiaozhou".

You Tanzhi's cautious and suspicious gaze met the woman's sharp and expectant gaze.

You TanZhi couldn't help but took a step back, but the woman took a step forward.

"How many of these are there, please make a price!"

Accompanied by this clear voice.

The woman gently took off the hood, it was Lu Xun's wife - Sun Ru.

Her gaze was like electricity... and she still held a pen in her hand.

It seems that she wrote the note under the lid of the jug just now.

The above text is extremely sharp - "Your Excellency is so high-profile, the picture is nothing more than money, I have money? Why don't you tell me in the backyard?"

As the daughter of Sun Ce;
As a master who is good at assassination and shadow arrows.

It is not difficult to lurk here and find a way to place the note in front of You Tanzhi.

The hard part is to lure You Tanzhi out...

The hard part is to convince You Tanzhi to sell this van, this crossbow, and this wooden ox and horse to them!

"Unfortunately, I invited Mr. You to meet in such an abrupt way, but... the little girl desperately needs these ordnance, Mr. You, please make a price!"

She repeated her purpose for coming here...

And as her voice fell, You Tanzhi seemed to relax a lot.

He just asked lightly:
——"I don't know, but which road is your friend?"

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In Jiangling City, there is a luxurious mansion in the east of the city.

The courtyard with seven entrances and seven exits shows that the people living in it must be either rich or noble.

At this moment, the door of the mansion is wide open.

According to the routine of this kind of big family, unless it is to welcome someone of high status, the middle door is generally not opened and the main hall is not entered.

There are distinguished guests coming to this mansion today.

Since the "hustle" at Desheng Bridge at noon, many people began to pour into the mansion and went straight to the main hall.

now…

Although there was still afterglow outside, the main hall was already burning brightly under the lights.

An old man in his sixties was pacing while closing his eyes and meditating.

"Step... step!"

The sound of crisp footsteps resounded on the mirror-smooth bluestone floor, and the long beard under his jaw was automatic without wind!

In front of him, there are some younger and more impulsive men, it is not necessarily true that they are young, all of them seem to have passed their age.

One of them is cursing...

"Such a good opportunity, such a good ordnance? Can others buy it? Our scholars? Why can't we buy it?"

This person's name is Huo Shizhi, and he is one of the many sons of the governor of the seven counties of Jiaozhou.

Beside him, there are Shi Hui and Shi Gan, these are his younger brothers.

And the old man in his sixties is today's honored guest, his uncle, the prefect of Jiuzhen County, Shi (wei).

This time, when Shi came to Jiangling, he was passing by to take a rest for a day. His ultimate goal was "Puban County", and he wanted to conduct a secret arms deal with Fu Shiren.

— Buy ​​some ordnance!
Jiaozhou is located in the border area, and there is an extremely lack of both iron and forging skills.

Therefore, similar to arms and ordnance, scholars naturally have to purchase from other places.

Rather…

Even three years ago, when the patriarch of the Shi family turned to Sun Quan, Jiaozhou became a vassal of Soochow, but the vassals of Soochow often ended badly.

Sun Quan was always on guard against them.

Let alone weapons, there are strict restrictions on soldiers and horses.

That is to say, Shi Bian himself is peaceful and doesn't like war, otherwise...he still has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, how could he be bullied by Sun Quan?

But at this time...

Shi Zhi's words sparked widespread discussion.

His younger brothers Shi Hui and Shi Gan said respectively: "Yes, Sun Quan's son is only in his thirties, and his father is in his 70s. He still needs to bow his head to him and pay tribute every year... Isn't he just relying on the army of Soochow? Are there enough supplies, weapons, and armor? If our family is well-equipped... how can we allow him to ride on his neck and do his best?"

"In my opinion, today's continuous crossbow is very good. One crossbow with ten shots can kill a cow in no time. Once it is fully equipped, I may not be able to make progress in Jiaozhou, but it is more than enough to defend the city. In this way, we will wait for it." Don't be afraid of that little Sun Quan boy, let's see if he dares to... mention that rude request!"

The so-called unreasonable demands...

It means that Dai Shibian paid tribute to Sun Quan every year with a large number of "pearls, big shells, colored glaze, emeralds, tortoise shells, rhinoceros horns, and ivory", a large number of rare and exotic fruits, and even many good horses.

Can…

Even under such a major premise.

Sun Quan still forced Shi Bian to agree.

The northern part of Jiaozhou (that is, Guangdong) was assigned to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan sent Bu Zhi to manage it.

The southern part of Jiaozhou (now the northern part of Vietnam) is still returning to Shichang...

Belonging to the vassal, have autonomy.

To know.

At the beginning... this incident caused great disturbance in Jiaozhou.

Many Jiaozhou people think that Sun Quan is "greedy enough to swallow elephants"... Shi Bian's sons even threatened to never give in.

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very backbone...

There are soldiers in Jiaozhou, but there are no weapons, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice...

How can resist Sun Quan's army?

No, Shi Bian was forced to give up the northern part of Jiaozhou due to deterrence.

In this way, his title of governor of the seven counties survived in name only.

Over the years, as he got older, Shi Bian gradually lost his ambition to reclaim the lost land, so he went down willingly.

But in fact, his sons, as well as his younger brother, are not content with the status quo.

In fact, Sun Quan was not content with the status quo.

Sun Quan tried in vain to take action after his death and take the entire Jiaozhou into his pocket.

In fact it is true...

In the future, Shi Bian lived to be 90 years old before passing away.

And Sun Quan immediately took some extraordinary measures and successfully forced Shi Bian's sons to rebel. Afterwards... these sons, as expected, were premeditated and bloody suppressed by Sun Quan.

Of course, these are all things to follow.

At this moment, the brothers Shi Zhi, Shi Hui, and Shi Gan looked at their uncle Shi eagerly, as if waiting for him to make up his mind.

The ordnance encountered in Jiangling City "accidentally" this time.

There are not only partial vans for fighting against cavalry, but also crossbows for shooting enemies at medium distances, and wooden cattle and horses for transporting food and grass...

Is this... not enough?
Isn't it worth the shot?
Fu Shiren's weapons... are nothing more than some inferior weapons and armor.

The price is not cheap...

But can those...can be compared with the artifacts seen today?
"Cough cough..."

Finally, under the expectant eyes of a group of nephews, Shi opened his mouth, "I'm just worried, your father...he doesn't want to be involved in this raging war all his life..."

Before he finishes speaking...

Shi Zhi opened his mouth and said: "Father is a vassal of Sun Quan, and Tai Shici is also a vassal of Sun Quan. Isn't Tai Shici's lesson from the past not enough? The ambition of this young son of Sun Quan is clearly revealed...He just wants to kill my father and annex the entire Jiaozhou Humph... Uncle, Dad is not young, but uncle is still here, and we are still here, so is our family just to be slaughtered?"

As Shi Zhi said, in the chaotic era of the end of Han Dynasty, vassals were very dangerous, and few vassals could be safe with one side!
Regarding Jiaozhou, Sun Quan naturally had such an idea.

However, as mentioned earlier, he did not choose to resort to force, but used another method.

You know, Shi Bian was born in 137. He is older than Cao Cao, 24 years older than Liu Bei, and 45 years older than Sun Quan.

When he became Sun Quan's vassal, Sun Quan was 28 years old and he was 73 years old.

As far as Sun Quan is concerned, this old man is 73 years old. Is it still necessary to punish him?

Didn't he die in a few years?
At that time, won't it be logical to win the southern part of Jiaozhou?
As a result, the longer Sun Quan waited, the more disappointed he became.

In history, Sun Quan demarcated the Xiangshui River and took it to the three counties of Changsha. The old man was 79 that year and he was still healthy;
In another four years, Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and took the entire Jingzhou. The old man was still alive.

After the battle of Yiling, Liu Bei Baidi Tuo Gu, Liu Bei is dead, this old man 87 is still alive!
Sun Quan was stupefied at this moment. No one in the world could be a vassal for 30 years. I guess Sun Quan felt that he was superficial.

Shi Bian didn't die until he was 90 years old, and Sun Quan also began to bloodbath Shi Bian's family.

Of course, for such a long time, the family members of the Shi family will not be unfeeling, nor will they be unresponsive...

However, as the old saying goes, Jiaozhou lacks iron and forging skills, and the only neighbors are Jingzhou and Yangzhou. They are clever women who cannot cook without rice.

Long time pondering...

Finally, after a thousand nephews repeatedly turned to express their feelings.

As soon as the doctor clenched his fist, he seemed to have finally made a decision.

—— "Hmph, forbearance! I can't bear it for a few more lifetimes!"

——"Today, I will make this decision on behalf of my elder brother. No matter what the price is for this batch of ordnance, our family wants it!"

——"I have nothing else to pay to the state scholar's family, and the poor only have money!"

That's right, the scholar family has avoided disasters in Jiaozhou since the Wang Mang Rebellion. After six generations, its reputation and financial resources are second to none in Jiaozhou.

In this wave of battle for "arms", their scholars will either not make a move, or if they do, they will surely win!

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The sun is setting, and the sunset is burning.

Outside the study room of the Guan family's mansion, the guards of the Guan family army stood imposingly.

The windows and the door had already been closed, and countless lights illuminated the study as if it were daytime.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang sat on the seats.

Guan Xing and Guan Yinping were standing, foaming at the mouth and gesticulating with their hands. The pair of brothers and sisters were talking emotionally and emotionally about the situation of the van and the formation of vehicles under the Desheng Bridge during the day. magic.

"My daughter inspected it carefully. The van was not simple. Although it was made of wood, it was made of many pieces of wood and iron. It was as solid as a rock... Later, my daughter thought about it carefully, but still I can't say exactly what the material of this van is, even... if there is no manufacturing drawing, I am afraid that the wooden boards made of it must not be so strong."

Guan Yinping's implication is... this van looks simple, but if it is really going to be imitated, there are many problems that need to be solved urgently.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the rock-like "sturdyness".

Need to know, how powerful is the impact of cavalry?

Hundreds or thousands of cavalry charged, and the ordinary wooden boards were smashed into slag at once.

The material of the convertible van…

Guan Yinping has a feeling that this is not something that can be broken through by the number of cavalry!
The design of this side van... is exquisite!
"My boy thinks..." Guan Xing added, "The fender of this van is definitely not just made of wood. My boy's full-strength blow with the Qinglong Yanyue Saber, if it was pure wood, would never be without the slightest damage. Hai'er's Qinglong Saber has even broken tiny teeth... Such skill is really ingenious."

Since I plan to buy this van...

Guan Yu and Ma Liang naturally wanted to recruit Guan Xing and Guan Yinping to inquire about the details of the "offensive and defensive" of the chariot formation.

Guan Yu thought naively.

He felt that it would be good if it could be imitated.

Can save a lot of money and food.

But now, listening to what Guan Yinping and Guan Xing said, imitation might be completely impossible.

From here to there, the van is like this, I'm afraid it's the Liannu, and the wooden ox and horse... No wonder the merchant has no fear.

It seems that this money has to be spent!

On the other hand, Ma Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a while, and focused his attention on another part.

"There is often a rule in woodworking, that is, the name of the inventor will be engraved on the finished product...Second son, third miss, have you noticed the name on this van?"

As Ma Liang said...

For example, from the late Spring and Autumn period to the early Warring States period, many wooden crafts made by Luban would be engraved with "Made by Luban".

There are special workshops on Cao Cao's side in the north, and they will generally be engraved with "Made by Liu Ye", "Made by Ma Jun", and "Made by Hao Zhao"! .

This is an unwritten agreement left by the ancestors in the fields of wood art and equipment manufacturing.

Ma Liang wanted to dig out some clues about the "people behind" and "the forces behind" these ordnance manufacturing from this.

really…

After a little thought, Guan Yinping seemed to recall something.

"It really has a name."

She was deeply impressed by the amazing skills of this van.

It's just that this weird name somewhat caused a star-like change to appear on Guan Yinping's cheeks.

"Yes…"

Don't wait for the silver screen to open.

Seemingly seeing the change in his daughter's face, Guan Yu suddenly thought of something, he suddenly raised his voice and interrupted Guan Yinping's words.

——"Could it be that 'Hong Qigong' made it?"

"It's not Hong Qigong." Guan Yinping shook her head immediately, and then she said with great certainty, "The one engraved on it is...'Made by Huang Laoxie'!"

——Huang Laoxie?make?
As soon as the name came out, Guan Yu and Ma Liang looked at each other, and subconsciously there were many intriguing colors in their eyes.

Is this a wave of ups and downs?

The previous birth of Hong Qigong caused an uproar in Jiangling City and triggered changes in the current situation.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the next ten years, Hong Qigong's influence will be far-reaching.

But now...

Huang Laoxie?Turned out to be another Huang Laoxie?

Who is this?
——Where is the sacred?
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(End of this chapter)