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Chapter 480
February of the fourth year of Taiping was undoubtedly a nightmare month for Liu Biao.

Liu Ba was ambushed in Huannan, and his entire army was wiped out; Li Yan's tens of thousands of troops were ambushed again in Ji Valley, and his entire army was also wiped out.Liu Pan in Linhuan also failed to escape.Zhang Ren pretended to be Liu Ba's men and horses, and made a surprise attack on Yu Linhuan's flank.Zhou Xin sent troops to attack, Liu Pan's army was defeated and returned.Originally Liu Pan wanted to retreat to Zuo Tang, but learned that Gan Ning's Jinfan Battalion was storming Cai Mao's navy camp.

Therefore, Liu Pan led the defeated soldiers to retreat in the direction of Lingyang, and encountered Samoko's army on the way.

Liu Pan died tragically, and the tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops who entered Wuling also abandoned their weapons and surrendered.At the same time, Hu Zhao led Sha Moke's eldest son Sha Qiu (chou) as the main general. After Li Yan entered Weishan, he led an army to surprise Danyangju.At this time, Han Song had already rushed to Nanjun to defend against the surprise attack of Ganning's Jinfan camp, so that Yidao and Danyang's troops were weak.Almost without too much trouble, Sha Qiu seized Danyangju and occupied Yi Dao.

Nayi Road, adjacent to Yiling, is the gateway from Xichuan to Jingbei.

Now under the control of Samoco, Nanjun trembled, Xiangyang trembled, and the entire Jingzhou was shrouded in a gloomy cloud of gloom.

But the bad luck is not over yet...

In late February, Lu Bu led the Flying Bear Army to raid Luyang from Runan, beheading Luyang's defender Li Gui, galloping across Nanyang, breaking through three cities every day.

The vicious tiger of the past showed its power again, which made Liu Biao panic.

Han Ji, who was going to Xuzhou, has not yet replied. Did Cao Cao act first?In panic, Liu Biao fell ill and was bedridden.Kuai Yue and Cai Mao jointly presided over all Jingzhou affairs. Although on the surface, everything is calm, there are undercurrents turbulent inside.

In the first ten days of March, Huo Jun led [-] troops without difficulty, with Zhang Song as his military adviser and Wang Wei as his deputy, and arrived in Wuling from central Sichuan.

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Chang'an in March, the hustle and bustle remains the same.

After more than two years of recuperation, Guanzhong gradually recovered its vitality.The loss caused by the Luoyang War has disappeared with the cessation of the war.Not only Guanzhong, but also the Jingzhao area as far away as Luoyang, has gradually regained its vitality, and its population is increasing day by day.

There is an endless stream of merchants coming and going on the official road.

Since Dong Bi issued the order to open the horse market and iron market in the second year of Taiping, the business of Chang'an Inn has become extremely prosperous.

Dong Bi set up horse supervisors and iron supervisors in Hedong, Xihe and Luoyang, mainly in Xingyang and Zhongshan, and conducted trade exchanges with the princes of the Guandong.Since ancient times, officials have not competed with the people for profit. Dong Bi set up three prisons (including Hedong Yanjian), which caused many people to curse.But what if you scold me?After scolding, you still have to come to the transaction obediently, because the form cannot be controlled.

From the Western Regions, a steady stream of horses were transported to Guanzhong.

Most of these horses used for trading come from the Juyan Ranch in the Western Regions.To be precise, it is a poor horse who has been eliminated by the military government.

But these poor horses are still in short supply.

Warhorses from the Central Plains are short and impure in breed.It should be said that in those years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also set up a military horse farm in the Central Plains, and used Xiji horses to breed with Central Plains horses in an attempt to cultivate better breeds.But a good horse has a kind of arrogance, or a kind of fierceness.

It's not easy to convince people!

Moreover, in riding battles, horses would be frightened, and at that time most of them were unilateral stirrups, and knights often fell off their horses.Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty encountered such a thing... I don't know that it was the wicked grandson who came up with the idea to castrate the general.The horse is honest and docile, and the knight is safe, but the continuation of the horse has to be given up because of this.

Everything has pros and cons...

The military horse farm established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was closed because of this.

The shortage of horses in the Central Plains is still very serious.If you get a good horse by chance, you will cherish it as much as your life, from the king to the pawn.

But castration will continue!
None of the poor horses in the Western Regions had been castrated.

Dong Bi is a man who loves horses like his life.The death of the Spotted Beast made him feel guilty all the time.For him, castrating a horse was tantamount to taking away its dignity.If you are not good at riding, then find an ordinary horse to practice first, and don't dream of owning a good horse.

It is also for this reason that even the poor horses that have been eliminated are peerless horses as far as the Central Plains is concerned.

Moreover, Dong Bi doesn't want gold, silver, and silk to trade. For him, that thing is of little use.Dong Bi exchanged grain and grass, and the first person to trade with Dong Bi was Cao Cao.At the price of the grain stored in Shanyang County of Yanzhou Mountain and Beihai State of Qingzhou, he exchanged [-] high-quality horses, all of which were filled with tiger and leopard riders, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness, and was defeated in Pingyuan County. Yuan Shaojun.

Think about it, [-] heavy cavalry with armored riding equipment charging on the plain, what a scale it is...

At the end of last year, Yuan Shao, who had suffered a great loss, disregarded Tian Feng's obstruction, and exchanged more than [-] high-quality poor horses with Dong Pi for grain and grass from the three countries of Hejian, Zhongshan, and Changshan, and formed a euphorbia warrior. The leader of the people, vowed to meet Cao Cao again.

Although Xuzhou Liu Bei has grievances with Dong Bi, he also understands the importance of cavalry.

He ordered Mizhu to try to buy off the officials of the Luoyang Iron Supervision and Horse Supervision, and at the cost of one year's money and food from Xuzhou, he got [-] war horses and countless armaments.

Produced in Guanzhong must be a high-quality product.

For the ordnance produced under Dong Bi's command, not only Liu Bei was jealous, but also Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not let it go.

Even Jiangdong Sun Ce, who had a feud with Dong Bi for killing his father.He also had to tighten his belt, and bought ten thousand Yuanrong crossbows, equipped with pawns.Among the several princes, that is, Cao Cao has less demand for Dong Bi's arms.But what Cao Cao wanted included keel rollovers, giant hydraulic windmills, etc., which were used for people's livelihood.And the cost of these utensils is also extraordinarily astonishing.

It stands to reason that Dong Bi and the princes are enemies, how can they provide these to each other?Doesn't that make the opponent stronger?
On this point, Chen Gong, Gu Yong and others strongly advised Dong Bian, even threatening to resign from office, asking Dong Biao to close the third prison market.

In this regard, Dong Bi held a banquet in the mansion.

The excuse was very straightforward: a well-known scholar from Jingxiang, Pang Degong, and his family came to Chang'an, so they wanted to set up a banquet to welcome Pang Gong's family.

Maybe someone will ask: "Why is Mr. Pang De here?"

Hehe, can Mr. Pound not come?The two boys in the family have taken refuge in Dong Pi.Pang Tong and Pang Lin are now a pivotal figure in King Liang's shogunate.Therefore, the Pang family is inevitably branded with the Dong family's brand. Can he do it if he doesn't come?

In addition to the earlier Xu Shu and Shi Tao, Zhuge Jin also studied under him.

Duke Pang De had clearly felt the hostility from the Jingxiang family while he was in Jingxiang.If you don't leave, big things will happen if you don't keep them together.

Although Pang Degong came together, there was also Zhuge Jin's younger brother, Zhuge Jun's family.

In addition, another old friend of Dong Pi came to Chang'an with Duke Pang De.This person is the former Yangzhou Biejia, Kuai Liang.

Guanzhong's development momentum is too fierce!
Suddenly, the aristocratic families from all over the world had to let go of their prejudices and look at Dong Pi with a perspective that they had never seen before.

Just like Lu Xun in Lujiang, Xun Shi in Yingchuan, Xiahouba in Qiaoxian County... In addition to Lu Xun, Xun Shi and Xiahouba can be said to have a very distinct brand of the Cao family.But even so, the two families had to let them observe.

Of course, they can only remain anonymous.

In addition to the above three people, there is another student in Chang'an County High School who is exactly 16 years old this year.This person's name is very strange, called Hou Da.He is famous in the school records of the county school. This person came to Chang'an with Hou Ba in the first year of Taiping.A native of Chenliuqiao County, he is Hou Ba's school boy.But the talent is extremely intelligent, and the academic policy of Chang'an County School is: regardless of family background, anyone can study as long as they are qualified.

This Hou Da was admitted to the county school with even better grades than Hou Ba, and is now a third-year student in the county school.

At first, Dong Ji didn't notice Hou Da's strangeness.After this person entered school, he was not ostentatious, and his grades were quite satisfactory.

But later Zhou Buyi found out that no matter whether Hou Ba or Xun Shi, they seemed to respect Hou Da very much.

This caught Dong Ji's attention...

This person is not from the Xiahou clan!This is the first result of Dong Ji's investigation, and the second result is even more interesting. He seems to be a member of the Cao clan.

Hou Da...

[Shuowen] Note: The big one, Pi Ye!

After Dong Bi heard the name, he almost choked to death.

Cao Pi?

Hehe, maybe this is the password of the ancients.Even if a fake name is used, it will be implicated with the real name.Just like Lu Xun's pseudonym Gongsun.Land, land also.The five elements are earth, and the five elements guard the middle palace.Correspondingly, the palace belongs to the five tones.Gong, Shang, Jiao (jue) Zheng (zhi) Yu. 'Gong' is in the five tones, corresponding to the soil of the five elements.Therefore, when Lu Xun arrived in Chang'an, he changed his name to Gongsun.

A little trick of the ancients, but also very interesting.

Dong Bi ordered Dong Ji to strengthen the monitoring of Cao Pi and others, and arrest them on the spot if there is any action that is not conducive to Chang'an.If there is resistance, shoot and kill.

Afterwards, he focused on other things.

Kuai Liang's arrival was regarded as a signal from the Jingxiang family to Dong Bi.Naturally, Dong Bi couldn't take it lightly, and the reception specifications were extremely grand.

After the banquet in King Liang's shogunate was over, Chen Gong and Gu Yong remonstrated with Dong Bi again.

Dong Bi asked them to sit down, and then asked with a smile: "My lords, let me ask the last question, what is the use of this ordnance equipment after it is produced?"

Chen Gongdao: "Ordnance is used for military purposes, and equipment is used for civilian use. Why does Qiantui ask such a question?"

Dong Bi nodded, "Then let me ask you, what effect can we produce these equipment and ordnance and store in the treasury besides our own use? Can it bring us money and food? Can it make our military and civilian livelihood better?"

"This one……"

"I gave these equipment and armaments to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, not to mean that I want to help them become stronger. There is a saying that the shore of the land is the land of the king. What I did was just to make the lives of the common people better. That’s all. Our enemies are the princes, not the common people. We are working so hard to make the world more stable and the people peaceful so that they can live a better life.”

Dong Bi can now say a lot of truth!
If we say that when he talked about the world with Cai Yong, he just answered casually and unintentionally.So now, he has learned to duplicity.

"The people are the most important thing, the community is the second, and the king is the least... I don't need to explain this truth to you." Dong Bi took a sip of wine, cleared his throat, and then said: "We have gathered countless people's painstaking efforts. Smart things are hoarded in the warehouse, but the good intentions of the producers and inventors are wasted. Besides, even if Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce get these, we will be afraid? Can't beat them... ...Hehe, I don't think so. The people's hearts are in me, and the righteousness is in me, so why should I be afraid?"

This argument lasted all night.

At the beginning, it was just an argument about the equipment of armaments and horses, but later, it turned into a purely academic argument.Dong Jizhou and the others were just listening in at first.But later, I found that more and more people participated in the debate, and I felt that the situation was a bit bad.

Mr Pound is here!
Pang Shanmin is here...

Kuai Liang is here, and so is Huang Chengyan...

Good guy, there are more than ten people sitting around in the small study.At the beginning, Dong Bi was still involved in the debate, but later, he shut up.

It's courting death to argue with these people!
Dong Ji and Zhou Buyi acted as recorders. Later, Cai Jie also came, and Huang Yueying was also listening. Five or six people recorded together.

This debate ranges from people's livelihood to military affairs, from specific operations to academic heights.

Everything is included. In several books handed down from later generations, such as "Liangshu-Gaozu Benji" and "Taiping Memorabilia", this debate is called "Taiping Questions and Answers".Of course, most of the records in the book are recorded in ancient Chinese, including Dong Bi's original words, which have also been processed.

In this "Tai Ping Questions and Answers", Dong Bi put forward a novel concept for the first time: advanced consciousness.

And the meaning of this competition is not just a simple competition between people, but also competition in production, military, education, invention and other aspects.

If you use Dong Bi's most original words: "I am not afraid that Cao Cao will master my technology, because as my technology continues to be promoted, I will master better technology. As long as I am always ahead of others, then I can maintain Take advantage of me and remain invincible."

And what impact did Dong Bi's words have on later generations?No one can tell...

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