Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 135 I Met Emperor Taizu Gao in My Dream
Liu Xie left Xuanshi and came to Qingli Palace.

He will go to the front line tomorrow, and he has some things to explain to Zhen Mi.

It was about whether Lu Bu could quickly build up his army and strength, and also about whether Zhen could increase her support for him.

Zhen Mi was exhausted from the long journey and had already fallen asleep. Liu Xie dismissed the palace maids and came to Zhen Mi's bed.

Zhen Mi, who is sleeping, is still a sleeping beauty.

She has long eyelashes, rosy cheeks, and even her nose looks cute.

Even though she was covered with a quilt, her exquisite figure could still be seen.

"My beloved, my beloved, wake up."

Liu Xie gently pinched Zhen Mi's fair cheek.

"Well……"

Zhen Mi was a light sleeper and was woken up by Liu Xie's touch.

He opened his eyes dazedly: "Your Majesty?"

At this moment, she looked sleepy, with a kind of lazy and weak beauty.

Liu Xie was no longer in the mood to admire Zhen Mi's beauty, and said bluntly: "I just received a message from Yuan Shao that I will set out for Youzhou tomorrow to personally supervise the battle on the battlefield."

"What?" Zhen Mi was shocked when she heard this, and then she came to her senses, with a look of disbelief on her face, "Your Majesty is the emperor, how dare Yuan Shao let Your Majesty go to the battlefield in person!"

Zhen Mi was somewhat suspicious whether she had not woken up yet.

The Son of Heaven, the ruler of the nine states, the supreme ruler!

Yuan Shao, a mere minister, actually dared to let the emperor go to the front line. This is simply treason!
Liu Xie sighed dejectedly: "The war in Youzhou is at a stalemate. Yuan Shao listened to Ju Su's advice and asked me to go to the front line in person. This would boost morale and make Gongsun Zan be cautious."

"I am the Son of Heaven, but I am ordered around like this by him. It is a great shame and humiliation!"

As Liu Xie spoke, he angrily swung his fist and hit the couch hard.

Zhen Mi looked at this with both heartache and worry. For an emperor, there was nothing more humiliating than being ordered around by his subjects, or even used as a tool to win.

"The battlefield is changing rapidly and is too dangerous. Your Majesty must not go there!"

Zhen Mi's face was full of fear. In her eyes, the battlefield was hell on earth. If Liu Xie went there, he would be in great danger!

Liu Xie said with a complicated expression: "I am now controlled by Yuan Shao. He asked me to come over, how could I refuse? I only regret that I cannot hold the power, otherwise I will definitely avenge myself with Yuan Shao's blood!"

Zhen Mi couldn't hold back her tears and said with red eyes: "It is my incompetence that I cannot share your majesty's worries..."

"Don't cry, my beloved concubine!" Liu Xie held Zhen Mi in his arms to comfort her. "This is Yuan Shao's fault. What does it have to do with my beloved concubine? My beloved concubine persuaded Zhen to help me support the Han Dynasty. She has helped me a lot."

Crystal tears hung on Zhen Mi's long eyelashes, making her look pitiful.

"I don't want to see Your Majesty being wronged, and I want to help Your Majesty more."

Seeing this, Liu Xie knew that the time was right.

"My beloved concubine, if you are willing to share my burden, there is something I need you to do."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Mi immediately stopped crying, looked at Liu Xie with hope, and asked eagerly, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

Liu Xie said: "Since Zhen has decided to support me, the cost of supporting Lu Bu in the future will be huge. I don't want to see my beloved concubine's family suffer a huge loss, so I thought of some ways to make money and some ways to smelt iron."

The Zhen family was indeed rich, but supporting the army was a bottomless pit of money.

It’s fine that Lu Bu doesn’t have many soldiers now, but once he has more soldiers in the future and needs to support an army of hundreds of thousands or even millions, how will the Zhen family be able to hold on?
In addition, if one wants to build an elite army, sophisticated weapons and armor are essential, which is an even more despairing number.

Therefore, during this period of time, Liu Xie thought about it and thought of some ways to make some money in this era and the iron smelting technology for Zhen to try. If successful, everyone would be happy, and if it failed, there would be no loss.

"A way to make money?"

Zhen Mi looked at Liu Xie with some confusion.

The Zhen family was well versed in business, with businesses spread across all states, and they even traded with foreign tribes outside the Great Wall.

Does Liu Xie have any other way to help Zhen make money?
"That's right." Liu Xie nodded and said, "Just a few days ago, I met Emperor Taizu Gao in my dream. Emperor Taizu Gao taught me "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", which records many ingenious techniques."

"For example, the manufacturing method of colored glaze is far superior to today's iron smelting technology, how to use poisonous salt mines to extract edible fine salt... and some brand new types of weapons."

What is the most profitable thing in this era?

Salt, iron, silk, and porcelain.

And weapons!

The way of making money that Liu Xie wanted to teach Zhen was related to salt, iron, military equipment, and porcelain.

This is also the best way to make money he can think of considering the current era.

First of all, there is colored glaze. The natural colored glaze in ancient times is priceless and more precious than jade.

The "colored glaze" mentioned by Liu Xie is actually glass.

Liu Xie had seen the glass manufacturing process and found it to be very simple.

The only problem is that the temperature requirement is very high, and I don’t know if Zhen’s can solve it.

If we can really make glass, why worry about not making money?
Those wealthy and powerful families are willing to pay for luxury goods.

The second is salt.

Fine salt and refined salt have always been scarce resources in ancient times and were controlled by the imperial court.

In this turbulent era, it is an industry with extremely high profits.

Nowadays, most salt mines are mined by powerful families, and ordinary people cannot get involved at all.

But no one cares about the so-called poisonous salt mines by the ancients.

What Liu Xie provided to Zhen was the method of refining the poisonous salt mines into edible fine salt and refined salt!
Whether it is the manufacturing process of glass, or the extraction technology of toxic salt mines or sea salt, it is simple.

Liu Xie only needs to explain the basic principles once, and Zhen should try more. Even if they can't succeed in a short period of time, they will definitely be able to meet the requirements in two or three months.

With glass in her left hand and salt in her right hand, Zhen was not afraid of not making money, and her determination to join Liu Xie would be even stronger.

If he was worried about being discovered by Yuan Shao at that time, he could have secretly moved his family to Xuzhou and been protected by Lu Bu.

In addition to these two ways to make money, there are new types of military equipment and iron smelting technology.

Single stirrups were already available in this era, but double stirrups were not.

As for horseshoes, they had not yet appeared in this era.

Double stirrups can help cavalry make up for many gaps in equestrian skills and are a powerful equipment for improving cavalry combat effectiveness.

Horseshoes can reduce the loss of war horses.

With these two things, the cost of building a cavalry will definitely drop significantly.

The more advanced iron smelting technology is actually a more innovative iron forging technology for this era.

With the Zhen family's background, they can create sharper weapons and harder armor, thus crushing the enemy in terms of equipment on the battlefield.

Once Lu Bu's army is equipped with such equipment on a large scale, it will definitely be a very terrible thing.

Such an army is not unrivaled in the world, but at least it is invincible.

Liu Xie had already planned all of the above ideas in his mind.

But he was trapped in the palace and couldn't do many things. Now with the secret support of the Zhen family, these ideas are very likely to work.

Afterwards, Zhen's loyalty was further strengthened.

"The Emperor Taizu taught your majesty the creation of nature!"

"The manufacturing method of colored glaze, the new iron smelting technique, and the technology for extracting poisonous salt ore..."

Zhen Mi didn't know what stirrups and horseshoes were, but whether it was the method of making glass or the method of extracting fine salt from poisonous salt mines, they were both huge profits.

Liu Xie said: "Emperor Taizu Gao saw the decline of the Han Dynasty and taught it to me in a dream. I don't remember the detailed method very clearly, only some superficial ideas."

This explanation sounded ridiculous, but Zhen Mi did not doubt it at all. Instead, she said excitedly, "This is exactly the revelation given to your majesty by Emperor Taizu Gao. It shows that your majesty has been chosen by heaven."

It had not been many years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but there were still people who believed in the Heaven and the Earth, and the belief in immortals and gods was even more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

It was perfectly normal for Emperor Taizu Gao to give revelations to the emperor.

Liu Xie then began to tell Zhen Mi about the manufacturing technology of glass, horseshoes and stirrups, as well as iron smelting techniques such as the pouring steel method and double liquid quenching method, and the refining technology of poisonous salt mines.

It's a pity that he hasn't read the required manual for time travelers.

Therefore, except for glass, the other technologies mentioned above are only roughly understood from reading history books and watching short videos in my previous life, and I can’t remember the detailed process and specific steps.

Fortunately, apart from iron smelting technology, the other things are not difficult.

Liu Xie believed that as long as the concept was put forward, with the wisdom of ancient craftsmen, it would not be a problem to find the correct method through continuous trial and error.

Sometimes it’s not that you’re not technically capable, it’s just that you lack some ideas.

"…That's about it. Did you write it down?"

Liu Xie talked about all these techniques in one breath before pausing.

Zhen Mi stopped writing and handed the wet silk paper to Liu Xie, "Your Majesty, please take a look. Is there anything missing?"

Liu Xie took a quick look and found it was exactly as he said. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, that's it. You hand these technologies over to the Zhen family and ask them to find craftsmen to conduct experiments."

"Remember, these technologies must be kept confidential and must not be leaked!"

Things like horseshoes and stirrups must be kept secret before they are released to the public.

Otherwise, once it is discovered, it can be imitated immediately.

Other things like glass manufacturing technology, several advanced iron smelting methods and salt refining methods must not be disclosed.

This is the treasure pot that he asked Zhen to prepare for him!

Zhen Mi smiled slightly and said playfully, "These are all money trees and treasure pots. Even if Your Majesty does not tell me, your mother will never let these things leak out."

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he realized that this was indeed the case.

Unless Zhen is crazy, she would rather die than reveal the secret.

Zhen Mi blew the ink dry, carefully put away the silk paper, threw it into Liu Xie's arms, and said, "I want to go to the front battlefield with your majesty."

"No." Liu Xie flatly refused. There was no room for negotiation on this matter.

Seeing that Zhen Mi looked like she was about to cry, he patiently comforted her.

"Although the battlefield is dangerous, I am the emperor. Yuan Shao would rather his son die than let me be in danger. My beloved concubine, please be at ease."

"Besides, Youzhou is bitterly cold, and you are weak. How can I bear to let you suffer with me?"

Whether out of interests or selfish considerations, Liu Xie would never agree to Zhen Mi's request.

He fell seriously ill after a trip back to his mother's home in Wuji, let alone going to the battlefield in Youzhou?
Don’t let your wife die and Zhen run away too.

"I understand." Zhen Mi's eyes dimmed slightly. Although she was unwilling in her heart, she also knew that Liu Xie would never let her do such a thing.

"Okay, my dear, have a good rest. I will come to accompany you later."

After explaining these things, Liu Xie left.

In fact, he had much more in mind than that, but he had to eat one bite at a time, so it was better to take it slow.

These technologies are enough for the Zhen family to study and digest for a long time.

……

When the sun was about to set, Jia Xu and Guo Jia entered the palace together.

Like Guo Jia before, Jia Xu was also a little panicked at this time.

The battlefield is full of uncontrollable factors. No matter how much he schemes and plots, it is difficult for the emperor to avoid the dangers on the battlefield.

If something happens to the emperor on the battlefield, all plans will be in vain!
Therefore, when he heard the news from Guo Jia, although he had just come out of Xu You's house and was still excited, his face suddenly turned as black as coal.

In my heart, I had already greeted all the ancestors of Ju Su and Yuan Shao.

Jia Xu said to Gao Lan and Zhang He with a serious look: "When we go to Youzhou, the two generals must protect the safety of His Majesty and must not let down their guard in the slightest!"

Zhang He also looked solemn and said in all seriousness: "Don't worry, Guanglu Xun. If the thieves hurt your majesty, I will bring my head to you!"

Gao Lan hammered his chest loudly, "We will protect your majesty till death!"

Jia Xu was still worried, so he gave Zhang He and Gao Lan a few more instructions before letting them leave.

Seeing that Guo Jia and Jia Xu were somewhat distracted, Liu Xie comforted them, "I am only going to the front line to supervise the battle and boost morale, not to take up a knife and fight on the battlefield. Yuan Shao will never let anything happen to me."

That's what he said, and it makes sense, but Jia Xu was still worried and always had a bad premonition.

"Yuan Shao is such a traitor and Ju Su is such a traitor. How could they make such a ridiculous suggestion? Not to mention Youzhou, even Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou combined are not as important as your Majesty's safety!"

Jia Xu was extremely indignant and cursed the two men without any regard for his manners.

Guo Jia sighed, "Yuan Shao is too eager to resolve Gongsun Zan's worries. Only by taking Youzhou can he free his hands and feet to deal with Cao Cao. For this reason, he even risked sending His Majesty to the front line."

Jia Xu's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he said bitterly: "I had originally thought of using the strategy of son killing father, waiting for one of Yuan Xi or Yuan Shang to be sent to Bingzhou before implementing it. Now it seems that Yuan Shao, that bastard, must not be allowed to stay for long!"

"When that fellow returns from the front, I will start making arrangements!"

After listening to Jia Xu's harsh words, Liu Xie said, "Fengxiao, Wenhe, Yuan Shao asked me to supervise the battle to boost morale. If Gongsun Zan is really destroyed in one battle, Yuan Shao will occupy four states! Who in the world can be his opponent? By then, I am afraid that I will be a puppet until he unifies the world."

"A few days ago, you, me and my subjects discussed and could not find any external force to help Gongsun Zan. Now I have a solution."

Jia Xu and Guo Jia were immediately shocked when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, what means do you have to help Gongsun Zan?"

Neither Liu Xie nor Jia Xu and Guo Jia wanted Yuan Shao to occupy Youzhou.

After controlling four states, Yuan Shao used the emperor to command the princes, and no one in the world could stop him.

Of course, Yuan Shao cannot be too weak, otherwise he will not be able to protect the emperor.

Only a half-dead Boss Yuan is a good Boss Yuan.

Originally, Gongsun Zan was eyeing the country covetously in the north, and Cao Cao was a serious threat to the south.

This is a very good situation for Liu Xie, as he can hide in the dark and develop slowly.

But once this balance is broken, it will be a disaster.

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(PS: There is another chapter today. I can’t tell the time, but it will definitely be before 10 o’clock.)
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