Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 266
At this time, Yuan Xi took Guo Jia, Tian Yu and others, and returned to the city after patrolling the outside of the city. Yuan Xi told Tian Yu about Xian Yufu.

Tian Yu said in a low voice: "As soon as I arrived in the city last night, Xian Yufu sent someone over, saying that he wanted to meet me."

"After I learned about it, I sent some people to protect his residence. According to the soldiers who came back, he reacted very calmly."

After Yuan Xi heard this, he smiled and said, "I'm afraid he's going to bear a grudge against you."

Guo Jia said: "Xian Yufu is a smart person, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a thing when the young master entered the city, otherwise he should wait for the young master to leave and send someone to deliver the letter to Guorang."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi laughed and said, "It's true that I missed the point. In fact, what he is looking forward to the most is for me to meet him in person, right?"

Tian Yu listened and said with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean, but the young master condescends."

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, if I don't have this bit of sincerity, it will only make him look down on me."

A few people stood on the city wall and looked at the land outside the city. Several intricate rivers flowed by. The craftsmen were cutting wood beside the river, and then peeled off the bark and sawed it with a saw to make the spokes of the waterwheel.

Guo Jia said: "When I was in Beixincheng, my son proposed the idea of ​​building a new type of waterwheel. Now it has been realized, and it has achieved considerable results, saving a lot of manpower."

"There are many rivers near Quanzhou, and it is inconvenient to carry water manually. A few days ago, after trying the waterwheel, the response was quite good, so we began to manufacture it on a large scale."

Yuan Xi saw the waterwheel spinning rapidly under the washing of the river, and said, "You said that this thing is only used to transport water, isn't it a bit of a waste?"

"If it is connected to a grinding disc and used for grinding noodles, can it save more manpower and animal power?"

Guo Jia was a little surprised when he heard this, and said: "I am conceited that I have some wisdom. Although I feel that I am better than the young master in terms of maneuvering and man-made schemes, but the young master is a craftsman, but his ideas are unconstrained and unique."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that the idea of ​​the waterwheel mill was not his own. It first appeared in the Tang Dynasty in later generations, and it began to be popularized on a large scale in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

This is accompanied by the emergence of waterwheel-related technologies, which have gradually developed and improved. The reason why it has lagged so much is because the invention of tools has not been taken seriously in the middle hundreds of years. Invention breakthrough.

Now Yuan Xi wanted to fundamentally change this problem. There was a clear distinction between scholars, farmers, and businessmen. He began to purposefully increase the status and remuneration of craftsmen, and rewarded craftsmen who made inventions.

Only in this way can the enthusiasm of these people be mobilized to invent, let the horses run, and let the horses not eat grass. In the end, it can only lead to this group changing careers, resulting in the loss of technology, and the technology will not advance but retreat.

Only by solving the problem of enthusiasm can we face a more fundamental aspect: the imperfect construction of the knowledge system.

During Yuan Xi's time in Beixincheng, he met many craftsmen. Many people had good ideas and ideas, but many ideas were limited by the craftsmen's own cultural level and cognition, and could not form a perfect prototype. Relying on craftsmen to slowly explore and accumulate experience in the long labor, and finally a flash of inspiration made a breakthrough by chance.

And those who can do this are only outstanding and talented craftsmen.

The most regrettable thing is that the knowledge of mathematics and geometry that craftsmen need most is not in the hands of craftsmen, but in the homes of a very small number of gentry.

After the gentry mastered this knowledge, most of them did not use it for inventions, but devoted themselves to stargazing, divination, rituals and other activities.

It is so difficult to obtain knowledge, so there is a saying that the way should not be passed on lightly, and the law should not be sold cheaply. Not only the gentry strictly guarded against this knowledge, but also the craftsmen were extremely strict in accepting apprentices, which virtually hindered the dissemination and improvement of technology.

What Yuan Xi is doing now is trying to change this situation, so that the common people and artisans who are engaged in labor can get the most basic knowledge inheritance.

Yuan Xi said: "It's a pity that my knowledge is too limited. I intend to let the artisan's study into the free school, but now those who understand the artisan are not literate, and those who can read do not understand the artisan. It is quite difficult to start."

"Moreover, there is a big problem with the current way of teaching inheritance. I heard that before the gentry learned numerology from a young age, they had to learn the symbols of oracle bone inscriptions and inscriptions, and then learn the use of various observation tools, then astronomy and geography, alchemy and medicine, and finally Can you teach mathematics?"

Guo Jia said: "That's true, because among all kinds of crafts, these belong to alchemy."

"The gentry learned these things not for harvesting more food and forging more iron, but almost all for alchemy."

"Since Emperor Qin sought the art of longevity, from the emperor to the gentry, it is not the ultimate goal."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that this is the root of the problem. Alchemy consumes manpower and material resources in vain, and even wastes precious opportunities to pass on knowledge. It seems that in the future, he has to find a way to stop this unhealthy trend and transfer most of his manpower and material resources to more useful ones. The place.

He said: "Now I want to seek talents who are dedicated to improving craftsmanship. Unfortunately, in the past two years, most of the craftsmen are illiterate. It is okay to let them make tools, but as officials, it is a bit reluctant to handle affairs."

"Cai Zhaoji knows a little bit about everything, but unfortunately, as a woman, she is inconvenient to do many things."

"I want people who can be both literate and skilled, so that they can pass on knowledge as soon as possible, and they can also make inventions and improve tools."

Guo Jia thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "It's not like there are such people as the young master said."

"I heard about Fufeng Ma's family, many of their children are studying alchemy."

"The Ma family in Fufeng is a wealthy local family, and it is not a problem for their children to be able to read and write since they were young. Moreover, Jia heard that some of them are outstanding. They invented and improved the keel waterwheel, and they are good at the runner waterwheel with your son."

Yuan Xi was surprised when he heard this, "There is such a person, what is his name?"

Guo Jia thought for a while, "What kind of name is Ma Jun?"

Yuan Xi couldn't help standing up after hearing this, "Ma Jun? Which Ma Jun?"

Guo Jia said: "Ma Jun and Ma Deheng, I heard that his family was poor and made a living by making tools for others in the countryside. His reputation gradually spread, but it was only limited to Fufeng area."

After Yuan Xi heard this, he suddenly came to his senses. Isn't this an extremely famous inventor who has made great achievements in both civil and military inventions!
He said excitedly: "Send someone to look for this person, and try our best to bring him back!"

Guo Jia immediately complied, and Yuan Xi couldn't help praising: "I didn't expect that Mister not only focused on the general trend of the world's strategy, but also noticed things like Fufeng. It really is a person sitting in the house, but he is planning a strategy for the world."

Guo Jia blushed a little, "Sun Li's mother is a member of the Fufeng Ma family. I was interested in her that day, so I learned about some things about his family, but it was useless later on."

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded: "You want to attack Sun Li's mother?"

Seeing Tian Yu's face showing contempt, Guo Jia coughed quickly, "I never force anyone!"

"Moreover, Mrs. Ma has no interest in me, and in the end this matter will be settled."

Yuan Xi started to gossip, and said with a smile: "Mr. Feng Xiao is also considered romantic and suave, I am afraid that Sun Li's mother is very strict in keeping festivals, so she hit a wall."

Guo Jia said angrily: "Don't mention it, she scolded me at the time, saying that she is not a chaste and strong woman, but she just doesn't like a frail scholar like me."

"She said that the people of the Ma clan are all mighty and brave. They can be considered real men when they get on their horses and carry their guns, and when they get off their horses they hold their knives."

"She doesn't even look at someone like me who has no power to restrain the chicken, which really pissed me off."

Yuan Xi and Tian Yu couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

Guo Jia was furious, and thought that Mrs. Ma really didn't lie to him, but flirted with that Qu Yi, really sad!
At this time, Yuan Xi was thinking of another matter.

In the Han Dynasty, the imperial court divided and managed three areas close to the capital, thus forming the Sanfu area, namely Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, Youfufeng was changed to Fufeng County.

Since the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sanfu area has always had a wide range of folk customs. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty Wang Yunzhuan" contains: "At the beginning, Song Yi of the same county was allowed to be the left Fengyi, and Wang Hong was the right Fufeng. At that time, the Sanfu people were prosperous and the soldiers Gu Fushi."

However, it is a pity that the current Sanfu area has been dilapidated after the brutal rule of Li Jue and Guo Si.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty Dong Zhuo Biography" records: "At the beginning, when the emperor entered the pass, the household registration of the three assistants was still hundreds of thousands. Since Jue Si attacked each other, after the emperor returned to the east, the city of Chang'an was empty for more than forty days. The strong scattered and the weak Food. After two or three years of leisure, there is no trace of people in Guanzhong."

The gentry in Fufeng were therefore forced to flee to various places, and some of them were quite famous in later generations.

Ma Chao, Sheyuan, Fazheng, Meng Da and others are all from Fufeng.

Yuan Xi thought it was a pity, if Youzhou was adjacent to Sanfu, he would definitely find a way to recruit talents, but now there is Bingzhou in the middle.

The two forces in Bingzhou, the Southern Xiongnu and the Montenegro Army have always been a serious problem. If they are not resolved, they will not be able to expand to the Sanfu area.

Now that the situation in Xuzhou is stable, it is estimated that there will be no major changes in the next few years. Focusing on the surroundings of Youzhou, it is time to find a way to pull out these two nails in Bingzhou.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi became a little irritable. He always felt that the time left for him was not enough. Every time he wanted to plan something, he realized that the power in his hands was still too weak, so that he always had to take risks to save himself. Small and big.

Soldiers, strange ones use the weak to defeat the strong, and the kingly way uses the strong to bully the weak. Everyone knows that the kingly way is the way to win with integrity, but the key is that Yuan Xi does not have this strength now.

Therefore, he can only secretly recruit helpers to strike a balance between several parties in order to deal with the common enemy.

In planning to merge the prefectures, Yuan Xi does not count on Yuan Shang of Jizhou, and if Yuan Shang is allowed to intervene, Yuan Xi may not be left with a piece of the pie.

Not only was Yuan Tan from Qingzhou far away, but he also had to deal with the Taishan bandits, so he couldn't escape for the time being.

So Yuan Xi wanted to find a helper this time.

The first thing he was looking for was people like Yan Rou and Xian Yufu.

The second thing to look for, which is also the most crucial and the most difficult to predict, is Lu Bu who is now in Hanoi.

Lu Bu's power is more critical than Yan Rou and Xian Yufu.

Because even if the Black Mountain Army is defeated, Youzhou cannot be separated from the Sanfu area by Hanoi County.

Hanoi County is an extremely critical place. In Yuan Xi's vision, the situation in Hanoi County will determine the direction of the whole world in the next three years!
　The number of chapters in today's two chapters is wrong, and it is the same as the day before yesterday, but the lock cannot be changed, sorry
　　
　
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