The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 70 Coal and Iron

After lunch, Xun You came to the county government office again, and this time he brought two people, one over sixty years old, and the other just a teenager.These two are officially the best among the applicants for this recruitment order.

"My lord, people have been brought here." Xun You bowed first after entering the lobby.

"The grass people have seen the adults" saw Huo Yu sitting in the formation, and the two followed Xun You to worship, but Huo Yu found that only one person was speaking.

"You don't need to be too polite, just take your seat!" Huo Yu looked at the two people in front of him and said casually.

"This, the grassroots dare not." The old man over sixty years old opened his mouth and said.

"You don't have to be restrained, my lord has always treated others like this."

"Grassman. Follow orders."

After a few words, Huo Yu found that the boy still didn't speak, and was immediately curious.Xun You saw Huo Yu's thoughts, so he spoke first: "My lord, Mr. Mo is good at making weapons. During the Yellow Turban uprising, he was coerced by his family members to make weapons for him. After the Changshe War, he was bought by the Mi family as a slave. They were selected by the Mi family and sent to Liaodong."

Without waiting for Huo Yu to write, Xun You continued: "This little brother's surname is Ma, his name is Jun, and his surname is Deheng. He is from Fufeng. When he searched for relatives and came to Xuzhou, he was critically ill and was rescued by Mi Zhu. He was also selected by Mi's family and sent to Liaodong."

When Huo Yu heard the word Ma Jun, he stood up abruptly, and Xun You was even more surprised. Needless to say, the lord is a human being, so could it be that Ma Jun is also capable and different.

"Deheng has a stutter, is good at ingenious thinking, and likes to invent?" Huo Yu asked after Xun You finished talking.

"Ah..." Xun You subconsciously let out a sound. Since seeing Ma Jun, he hadn't seen him open his mouth. Xun You also wondered why everyone would choose Ma Jun and always thought he was dumb.

Ma Jun was taken aback for a moment. He was not good at speaking since he was a child, and he also had a stuttering problem. Everyone looked down on him and didn't take his hobbies seriously. To Ma Jun, it was a bit ironic.

"Your Excellency...are you looking down on my skills?"

Huo Yu could understand Ma Jun's thoughts.Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen have only slightly better status than merchants.Unlike in later generations, few people look down on those with technology.

"Deheng cares too much, Yu doesn't look down on craftsmen, on the contrary, he appreciates Deheng's skills."

Ma Jun was a little surprised, carefully looked at Huo Yu's expression, and saw that he was not fake, but sincere, so he felt relieved.

"Deheng, I have a few blueprints here that you will be very interested in, and we will talk about them in detail later."

"promise"

"Old Mo, is there anyone who will look for mines?"

"Both the old man and the disciples know it. I don't know what your lord means?"

"Hahaha, it's so good! Yu knows that there is a mine near Xiangping City, and people need to go to check it. I wonder if Mr. Mo is willing to go?"

"A grown-up's life should be obeyed!"

"Okay, wait for Yu to arrange people tomorrow, and bring the map drawn by Yu, please ask Mrs. Mo to find it. If you find iron ore, you will be rewarded."

"promise"

"Gongda sent Mo Lao off for me, and Deheng followed me to the study."

After Huo Yu finished speaking, he got up and walked out, Ma Jun got up and bowed to Xun You and Mo Lao, then hurriedly followed.In the study, Huo Yu has drawn countless sketches with the memory of later generations, and Ma Jun is shocked by the things in each chapter of the sketches!But right now Huo Yu is stumped by Qu Yuanli, thinking about it, you have repeated the painting several times but it still doesn't take shape.

Since he couldn't draw it, he simply asked Ma Jun to make the most needed bellows first, so that making ironware would be more effective with half the effort.The two of them chatted more and more in the study room, like confidants they haven't seen for many years, and they always have endless words to say.In the end, Ma Jun just took away the sketch of the bellows. Ma Jun knew that once the thing in this picture was made, it would be a technological innovation, so he cherished it very much, and repeatedly assured Huo Yu that he could make this thing.

In the following days, everyone was very busy, but Huo Yu shut himself in the study all day, and did not take half a step for three consecutive days.Without him, Huo Yu was buried in recalling Quyuanli's structure.

Quyuan plow, in addition to the handrail of the plow head, has more plow walls, plow arrows, plow blades, etc. It is composed of eleven parts made of wood and metal, which can control and adjust the depth of plowing, up to 2.3 feet. It is so huge that it needs two oxen to pull it.Compared with the Zhiyuan plow of the current Han Dynasty, the Quyuan plow has an added plow rating, which can adapt to the different needs of deep and shallow plowing; the plow wall has been improved, and it is round, which can push the upturned soil aside and reduce the forward movement. resistance, and can overturn the clods to cut off the growth of weeds.

With the Quyuan plow and the method of irrigation with dung water, next year's grain production will definitely increase a lot.The hard work paid off, after three days of writing and drawing, a detailed picture of Qu Yuanli's results appeared on the brocade.But for now, it is most important to find coal mines and iron mines first, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Mo Lao has been away for several days, and he doesn't know if he can find iron ore, and there is still no information about the search for black stones, so Huo Yu has always been a little depressed these days.If you can't quickly find and mine coal mines, this year's winter will be difficult!
"My lord, there must be a way for the car to go to the front of the mountain." Seeing Huo Yu in a daze while eating, Zhang Ning persuaded.From Chen County to Liaodong, the relationship between Huo Yu and his children has been warming up day by day. Since the Wu family forced Huo Yu to express his opinion that day, Zhang Ning has changed his name to Huo Yu as a son.Moreover, during this journey, Huo Yu told the two daughters a lot of allusions and classic jokes of later generations. The relationship between the three of them is only the last thin layer of window paper.

Huo Yu, who was awakened, smiled self-deprecatingly when he found Yu'er and Zhang Ning looking at him with concern.It seemed that he was worrying unnecessarily, so he said to Zhang Ning: "Ning'er is right, I have understood the truth."

After this meal, Huo Yu felt a lot more relaxed, and he hadn't seen Xun You and Xi Zhicai for another two days, so why not take the initiative to visit them today, in case the two get tired and get sick again, it will not be worth the loss.The same goes for Guo Jia, ever since Huo Yumo wrote the 36 Strategies, I have not been able to come out in the barracks, and I just turned a deaf ear to internal affairs, but then again, there is not much record in history that this guy is good at internal affairs, so let him do it Bar.

As soon as Huo Yu stepped out of the mansion, he pretended to be Xi Zhicai who came in a hurry, and saw that his eyes were bloodshot and said, "Zhicai, no matter how much work you have to do, you should also pay attention to rest and take medicine on time, so you are so tired." Own".

"Thank you, my lord!" Xi Zhicai came trotting all the way, panting tiredly, Huo Yu felt remorse when he saw it, he actually forgot to equip Xun You and Xi Zhicai with a carriage, this lord is not qualified !

"Look at my brain, I forgot to equip a carriage. I immediately ordered Liu Ji to do it."

"My lord, it's important. The black stone has been found."

(End of this chapter)