Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 16
After returning to the post station, Gongsun Xu thought about what happened today. For now, he is proceeding according to the plan. He has achieved his goal with Lu Zhi’s approval, and the emperor is also very concerned about himself. Satisfied, although I had a bad face when I left today, I shouldn't have messed up things by mistake.

But unintentionally, I should have offended the queen. Judging by the look on her face when she beat her up, it seems that I should deal less with this woman in the future, otherwise I might be killed and be undefeated in the palace's intrigue People with status are quite difficult.

This queen is cruel and merciless, I am afraid that what she really cares about is her own son.After thinking for half an hour, Gongsun Xu made a decision based on the history he knew. It seemed that the relationship with the queen must be improved, and the breakthrough point was Liu Bian.

In the future, if I have nothing to do, I still have to play with Liu Bian more and make him happy. Besides, Liu Bian has an uncle. Although he has not yet become a general, but according to the development of history, he will sooner or later. There is no need for me to annoy these people. people.

Now that I have become Lu Zhi's closed disciple, I have a backer in the court, and it will be much more convenient to do things back and forth in the future, but I must try my best not to offend in all aspects, including Zhang Rang's group of eunuchs.

"The intrigue is really frustrating. It seems that I need to find a group of good counselors. I have to find a group of hardworking people to work for me. When there are enough places of interest, I will go to find some talents in the name of traveling around the world." Gongsun continued rubbing rubbed his temples and said.

In the evening, Gongsun Xu brought Zhao Yun and the others to discuss for more than two hours. Since he wanted to learn art from a teacher here, there was no need for the troops outside the city to stay in the capital. Gongsun Xu asked Zhao Yun to lead the troops back and give himself do something.

Now that his father is the governor of Youzhou, he must find talents to support him in the internal affairs. Gongsun continued to make a lot of lists and asked Zhao Yun to hand them over to Zhen Yi, and let his father find a way to get them to Youzhou.

Of course, many people would not be recruited casually, so they had to do it themselves, so they had to investigate the information of this group of people beforehand. Gongsun Xu's consistent style was not to fight unprepared battles.

The next morning, Gongsun Xu prepared the presents.Appreciating a teacher is a big deal, not to mention that the other party is a famous Confucianist all over the world.This apprentice ceremony must not be sloppy.Moreover, in ancient times, the master-student relationship was second only to the father-son relationship, which is the so-called "parents who gave birth to me, and masters who taught me" and "becoming a teacher is like reincarnation".

This is also the origin of the saying that one day is a teacher and a lifetime is a father.The process is also quite complicated, and Lu Zhi has been waiting at home. For this disciple, Lu Zhi is also looking forward to it, "Maybe he can inherit all my mantle." Lu Zhi thought to himself.

All day long, Gongsun Xu was so busy that he was dizzy. He gave six gifts and lectures, and then he had to follow Lu Zhi to pay his respects to relatives and friends who came forward to congratulate him. Of course, Lu Zhi also wanted to Take advantage of this opportunity to let Gongsun Xu know more people. Those who can come here today are all top figures in the world.

Gongsun Xu was too young to be described as poor and white. Lu Zhi wanted his apprentice to establish his own network of contacts, at least to socialize with young people who were about his age.

Gongsun Xu understood Lu Zhi's painstaking efforts, so this is not what he wanted to do.Gongsun Xu felt that Lu Zhi treated him really well, just like Gongsun Zan treated him.This is sincere love, which moved Gongsun Xu very much.After the end of the day, Gongsun Xu will not be able to leave Luoyang for the time being. He plans to stay in Luoyang for a while, depending on the situation.Zhao Yun led the army back to Youzhou.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were left with a hundred cavalry. In fact, no one noticed that the number of troops Zhao Yun led back was much smaller than when he came. Nearly 400 people were not in the returning team. These people were carefully selected by Gongsun Xu. Elected, they have quite important tasks.

However, Gongsunxu is the only one who knows about this matter. Although Zhao Yun feels strange, he will not take the initiative to ask. There is no need to ask about some things that he should not ask. This is the awareness that a courtier should have.

A month passed quickly. During this month, Gongsun Xu studied at Lu Zhi's mansion every day, and Lu Zhi also taught him with all his heart. Lu Zhi originally wanted to teach Gongsun Xu everything he knew, but Gongsun Xu It seems that he is more interested in his art of war and martial arts.

In fact, Lu Zhi's martial arts skills are not high, what really makes Gongsun Xu care about is Lu Zhi's martial arts theory and his vision.

In fact, Lu Zhi's talent is not bad, but he didn't spend a lot of time on martial arts. When he was young, his ideal was to command thousands of troops and be a commander, not a reckless man, so it is accurate to say that Lu Zhi is a Confucian general.

However, Lu Zhi's rich experience and sophisticated vision have benefited Gongsun Xu a lot. During this month, Gongsun Xu has almost learned Lu Zhi's art of war and martial arts, and Lu Zhi has also solved many of Gongsun Xu's doubts. .

Based on Gongsun Xu's characteristics, combined with his own experience over the years, he finally pointed out that Gongsun Xu should position his weapon as a long spear, not a spear like Gongsun Zan's. Generally speaking, Gongsun Zan's spear is still not flexible enough, and it uses rigidity. fierce way.

Although Gongsun Xu is very talented, he is not the ultimate one. At least in terms of physical fitness, he is much worse than Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu, but he is a bit like Zhao Yun, so Lu Zhi pointed out that Gongsun Xu should practice martial arts. Economical and integrated.

In this way, Gongsun Xu's martial arts can be regarded as a small success.During this month, Gongsun Xu continued to put the theory into practice. After all, there were two peerless warriors around him as targets for his moves. In the constant fights with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, Gongsun Xu's martial arts were greatly improved.

Although I can't defeat Zhang Fei now, I can fight Zhang Fei for [-] moves without losing by using the trick I just realized. Hit, Gongsun Xu just kept dragging.

Now Zhang Fei's martial arts is still in the stage of improvement, which is still not close to that of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.After all, Guan Yu Zhao Yun's age is there.Coupled with the fact that other people's talents are one-in-a-million, Zhang Fei still needs to improve.

During this period, Gongsun Xu also entered the palace a few times, mainly to play with Liu Bian. Liu Bian had no real playmates since he was a child. , her son likes it, so the queen doesn't have that much opinion on Gongsun Xu.Moreover, if Liu Bian ascends to the throne in the future, he will also need someone around the same age to assist him, so Empress He feels that there is no need to argue with Gongsun Xu now.

After another half a month, a word came from Kilometer that day that the emperor wanted to see Gongsun Xu, and Gongsun Xu hurriedly followed the eunuch who sent the message.After entering the palace, the little eunuch led Gongsun Xu into the emperor's study. Liu Hong sat there stroking the flute, while Zhang Rang waited on him. The moment Gongsun Xu came in, Zhang Ran gave him a wink , Conveying the meaning that the emperor summoned you is a good thing, Gongsun Xu felt relieved.

Seeing Gongsun Xu coming in, Liu Hong said: "I'm so happy that you brought this flute back to me. Now I haven't really rewarded you anything, you say, what do you want? Just ask."

Gongsun Xu knelt down and said: "I don't dare, all this is my duty. If I had known that the emperor cared about this Xiao Weichen, I would have gone to Qiu Liju's lair to find it for His Majesty alone. Now I have returned it." The original owner, I dare not claim the credit."

Hong kept staring at Gongsun Xu, because few people could tell the truth in front of him until Gongsun Xu finished speaking.He was also very happy that Liu Hong didn't notice any strange look on Gongsun Xu's face. He knew that Gongsun Xu was telling the truth, so he winked at Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang picked up a box from the desk and handed it to Gongsun Xu with both hands, only to hear Liu Hong say: "You are very good, I will not treat you badly, and the box is also a jade flute, which is a treasure in the palace. Since you are good at playing flute Qu must have a good flute, you can accept it, if you have other requirements, you can also ask, don't be polite to me."

Gongsun Xu held the box and respectfully said to Liu Hong: "I am very happy to be rewarded by Your Majesty, and I really dare not make any more demands. However, if Your Majesty allows, I hope that I can use the weapon shop in the palace. I don't even have a suitable weapon yet. My mentor has designed a good weapon for me some time ago, but there is no craftsman who can forge it yet.

I heard that the weapons shop in the palace has the best craftsmen in the world, so I dared to ask the emperor for permission. "Liu Hong didn't expect Gongsun Xu's request to be so simple, but he was relieved after thinking about it carefully. It is the dream of every general to have a peerless magic weapon, and it seems that Gongsun Xu is no exception.

"Okay, I've approved it. Feel free to get any materials you want. You can also control the craftsmen in the palace. They know how to forge the weapons you want." Liu Hong said with a smile.

"I thank Your Majesty Long En." Gongsun Xu knelt down again and said.

Back at the post station, Gongsun Xu approached Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to explain the matter of forging weapons. This made the two of them very happy. The main reason is that although the weapons in the army are excellent, they have not yet met the ideal requirements of these fierce generals. The two of them also dreamed of having a good weapon. Now that Gongsun Xu had the opportunity to forge weapons, he would lose his share.

The three of them made a careful calculation, and took the meteorite they found on the grassland to the forge.

Due to the emperor's order, everyone cooperated very well. After more than ten days of hard work, the craftsmen in the forge finally forged the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and the Zhangba Snake Spear designed by Gongsun Xu for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei respectively. , weighing 82 jin and 63 jin respectively.

Moreover, the back of Guan Yu's knife is like a sawtooth, so it is also called "cold saw". It is made of iron and meteorite together.But for Gongsun Xu's weapon.

These craftsmen are also very troublesome. If Gongsun Xu's weapons are of the same type as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's, it would be easy to handle. The problem is that Gongsun Xu and their martial arts are not in the same routine. Zhangba Snake Spear and Qinglong Yanyue Knife are relatively speaking Very hard and heavy, suitable for fierce martial arts routines.

But Gongsun Xu required that his long lance must maintain a certain degree of flexibility on a hard foundation, so that he could make up for his lack of strength.

In the end, Gongsun Xu felt that he would definitely be able to find a suitable lance in the palace. After many efforts, he finally found a few lances that met the requirements. The forging of long lances is more difficult than other weapons because of this lance, especially for horses. There are a lot of specialties in the lance.

The lance pole is not like the wooden pole used by the lance at all, but is made of the trunk of high-quality tough wood, stripped into uniform thickness, and glued together.As for the tough wood, the best one is Tuo wood for bows, followed by mulberry, oak, rattan, and the worst is bamboo.Soak the noodles in oil repeatedly.

The bubble is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and the first step has just been completed.And this process took nearly a year. After one year, the strips were taken out and dried in the shade for several months.Then use high-quality glue to glue it into a thick and eight-foot-long (note, Han ruler), and then wrap the outer layer with hemp rope.After the hemp rope is completely dry, it is coated with raw lacquer and wrapped with Gebu.Dry one layer and wrap it with another layer until it is cut with a knife, and the lance makes a metallic sound, but it does not break, so it is considered qualified.

Then remove its head and tail, and shorten it to about Zhang Liu.In the imperial palace, there is a lance made of high-quality Tuomu, and the craftsmen used high-quality iron and meteorite iron to forge the lance head and lance. After constant adjustments, they finally made a qualified horse lance. On the day of completion, Gongsun Xu and the three of them have been guarding beside the craftsmen, and they are also looking forward to this weapon that will accompany them.

When the craftsmen carried the horse lance to Gongsun Xu, Gongsun Xu and the three of them were almost stunned. The horse lance was dark and exuded a faint light, and it was a horse lance that was eight feet long, so it was obviously not suitable for it. Gongsun Xu is using it now, and he has to wait for him to grow up and gradually adapt to this peerless magic weapon. The craftsman used a hemp rope to hang it two feet away from the end of the lance, and the entire zhangbama lance can be lifted in mid-air like a scale. The end does not fall or fall.

In this way, Gongsun Xu can keep the tip of the spear forward without any effort while riding on the horse.Really peerless magic weapon ah.Now Gongsun Xu knows why such a good weapon has withdrawn from the stage of history. It is not for other reasons. The cost may not even be paid by the aristocratic family.

I heard from the craftsman that it would take at least three years to actually make a horse lance, and the chance of success is not great. Generally, only four floors can be made, and there is no guarantee that it will be a high-quality product. Gongsun Xu has taken advantage of it.

Compared with the weapons of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, Gongsun Xu's horse lance is too expensive. It is definitely more popular and enviable than those who hang out with long guns.

This is like the difference between driving QQ and the world's top sports car in later generations. In ancient times, as long as you took out a horse, you were definitely a member of a family, and it was not an ordinary family.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are jealous of such a good weapon, even if they don't need it, it's okay to keep it at home.However, this peerless divine weapon has had an owner since the day it was created.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could only hold their beloved weapons and sigh: "It's great to have money and power. If you buy a peerless horse in the future, it will take a lot of money before you make a move." Gongsun Xu sighed in his heart.

After the three weapons were finished, Gongsun Xu discussed with the craftsmen for a night, and then used meteorite iron to remake a military stab and a 1.2-meter-long sword. The blade was curved, imitating what Gongsun Xu knew in his previous life. Made of Japanese katana swords.Now there are long, medium and short weapons, the only difference is long-range attacks.

However, Gongsun Xu hadn't thought about bows and arrows yet. After thinking about it for three nights, he drew a lot of drawings, and finally drew the pulley bow with a cool pulley system that he had come into contact with in the army.

"If this kind of jungle killer can really be made, I won't be afraid of anyone in the future. If I can't beat it, I will fight with you to see who can do nothing." Gongsun Xu thought to himself.

However, Gongsun Xu also knew that the only ancient bows were English longbows and recurve bows, which could not meet his requirements in terms of shooting speed and range, and generally no matter how powerful a military general shot ten arrows in a row, he might have to rest.

This is also the reason why Gongsun Xu has struggled so many nights to draw a pulley bow. In order to improve his chances of winning, he has to make good use of his knowledge.The next day Gongsun Xu went to discuss with the craftsmen again.

The craftsmen have never seen this kind of bow before. The eyes of the two master craftsmen who have been making bows for 40 years lit up when they saw the drawing, and they also sighed in their hearts that this young general is really not an ordinary person. He can even think of this kind of thing. come out.

However, I find it difficult to actually do it.Gongsun Xu did not give up, he demanded that it must be done.The craftsmen all discussed together, and asked Gongsun if they didn't understand anything.

Ten days passed, and the progress was not very great. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also wondered why Gongsun Xu still ran there after the weapon was made. Maybe there is something good.

On the No.12 day, the two couldn't help but ran over to have a look. On this day, after many attempts, although they failed many times, they finally overcame all the difficulties with the efforts of these craftsmen and created a Gongsun Xu tried a pulley bow that was not bad, and after putting forward suggestions for improvement, the craftsmen continued to work hard. Three days later, Gongsun Xu's long-awaited pulley bow was finally made.

It is almost exactly the same as what I asked for, and the performance is also in line with my own requirements.It's not heavy, less than twenty catties, and it can be folded. Although there is no suitable bowstring now, it is already quite good.The craftsmen felt a sense of accomplishment when they looked at the strangely shaped pulley bow.

When Gongsun Xu used his greatest strength to shoot the arrow nearly 300 meters away, Gongsun Xu laughed in the astonishment of everyone: "Now I have all the weapons, hahahahahaha."

(End of this chapter)