Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1611 A Multiple Choice Question

   "One more thing..." Fei Qian was silent for a while, then let his men go down to the back hall to fetch the heavy lacquer box sent from Pingyang.

   Not long after, his subordinates brought over the lacquer box, and Fei Qian motioned Pang Tong to see it for himself.

Pang Tong opened the lacquer box, and saw a pile of black, gray and gray **** objects inside. He weighed it with his hands, and it was quite heavy, but it was very loose. It could be seen that there were many holes on the surface, not regular crystals, and Just holding it like this, my hands were also contaminated with a lot of black dust.

"this is…"

  Although Pang Tong guessed something in his mind, he couldn't make a conclusion right away. After all, Zao is only in charge of agricultural and mulberry affairs, and Pang Tong handles daily affairs in the industry, so he can generally guess some.

"This is the big ruo iron..." Fei Qian sighed, and said rather depressed, "Pingyang tried it several times... Maybe the method is wrong, or the steps are wrong, or the temperature is wrong, it's all possible... It's not the same as our previous ore..."

Iron is something that is born cheap, even air and water like to hook up, not to mention other minerals, so there are many iron ores associated with it, and most of the iron ores in China are lean iron ores , and the Australian kind...

  Well, if you go all the way south, organize the aborigines in the southeast, use those Malay islands as your base, and go all the way south until you reach Australia...

Forget it, nautical skills are really not very good now, mainly because China has basically never left the land from the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, and it cannot be compared with Rome in the Mediterranean. Can't import some western seamanship?

   Fei Qian's thinking began to jump up again, and he fell silent.

  Pang Tong thought that Fei Qian was worried, so he quickly comforted him: "Maybe the craftsman didn't find a way, so try again?"

   Feiqian shook his head and said: "If you want to try it, you can't try it in Pingyang... In order to smelt our Dazao iron ore before, two furnaces burned out, but fortunately no one was hurt..."

  Is the iron ore in Dazuo and the iron ore in Panzhihua in later generations so troublesome?

   "Yuyang, Nanyang..." Fei Qian knocked on the table and said, "So Yuan Benchu ​​and Cao Mengde, wanting to fight for the world, took these two places first..."

   "So big, this..." Pang Tong pointed to the lacquer box.

Fei Qian rolled his eyes, and said: "When the time comes, we really won the big ruo, and let the craftsmen from Sichuan and Shu go directly to build the furnace locally to see if there is any way, and we will support some materials and equipment... But Dazuo also has some other minerals, such as copper ore, and there may be some iron ore that is not of this type... But it is still too troublesome, let the people in Sichuan and Shu find it..."

  Pang Tong frowned, pondered for a moment and said: "If it is completely handed over to the people of Sichuan and Shu, once the iron ore can be smelted, we will intervene... It will be a bit difficult. How about this, we must arrange some of our personnel..."

  Fei Qian thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay, that's it... Also, has the bamboo paper workshop in Chuanshu arrived? How is the construction going?"

"People were arranged to enter Sichuan before the end of last year, now..." Pang Tong took out a wooden tablet from his sleeve, glanced at it, and said, "The workshop in Chengdu received a ready-made one, and it should have started to make it." Yes, the workshop in Langzhong is under construction, and it may take three months to start making paper. Guanghan also took one, but it was too small and is now being expanded. The one in Mianzhu was originally an official workshop, which was later destroyed by fire, but the foundation It's still there, and it can be used after cleaning and repairing... It is estimated that some bamboo paper will be produced in Chuanzhong this autumn, and there will be a relatively sufficient amount by the middle of next year..."

"It's mainly used by Qinglong Temple, so let's urge it again..." Fei Qian nodded, indicating that the progress is still relatively satisfactory, but it still needs to be faster, mainly to provide a batch of enough paper before the Qinglong Temple meeting, and Use this to promote, after all, at this time, paper is also a big business.

Pausing for a while, Fei Qian suddenly remembered something again, and said, "There are also copper mines in southern Sichuan...the ones in the north of Jianning and near the middle of Sichuan, you don't have to eat too hard, but send more people to Jianning Look in the south... There should be other copper mines that haven't been discovered yet. If we find them, they will be ours. We can build a big mint in central Sichuan, which will be much more convenient..." Copper and iron have As for the ore belt, Fei Qian remembers that Yunnan in later generations is still rich in copper. Presumably not much has been developed yet, so it is worth investigating.

   "The iron of Daruo, the copper of Jianning..." Pang Tong nodded, suddenly froze for a moment, then laughed, and said, "My lord, this strategy is very clever! Very clever!"

   "Huh?" Fei Qian was also taken aback for a moment.

  Pang Tong winked, "My lord's intention, I already know...don't worry, my lord, I'll arrange it right away..." Immediately he stood up, bowed his hands, took two steps back, and walked outside.

  Fei Qian moved his fingers, hesitated for a while, and finally gave up...

I'm just talking about the south of Jianning, that is, there is copper in Yunnan, and because Huaxia is already relatively proficient in mining copper mines, and copper metal is relatively stable, not as cheap as iron atoms, So if a copper mine is found, mining and smelting will definitely be much less difficult than iron ore like Da Ruo, which is temporarily unknown, but what kind of strategy is this?

   Feiqian blinked his eyes twice, looked at Pang Tong's back leaving excitedly, resisted the urge to call Pang Tong back, but was still a little embarrassed, laughed dryly, and stroked the beard on his chin.

   What strategy did I really use? What did I say? Forget it, next time I ask this kid Pang Tong what he did, and I should be able to know what strategy I used...

  …………………

   "Has the policy of hussars always been like this?" Xun You sat opposite Xun Chen, and after drinking a bowl of tea, he couldn't help but sighed.

  Xun Chen still lowered his eyebrows, drank the tea in silence, then put down the tea bowl, and said flatly: "Hussars have always been like this."

   "Hussars are really strange people..." Xun You said, and couldn't help sighing again, "I thought that three thousand soldiers and horses were just... I never thought that these three thousand soldiers and horses... plus the Great Qin envoy... This, this is really..."

Whether it's from Liu Xie's point of view or from Cao Cao's side, they all hope to get some benefits from Fei Qian's side, whether it's soldiers, equipment, or horses, it's better, so three thousand soldiers Both Liu Xie and Cao Cao would be willing to exchange horses for a servant of the Huangmen. I'm afraid most of them would say that there are still a dozen servants of the Huangmen here.

Therefore, Fu Dian's acquiescence, and his eagerness to take the troops back without saying a word, was also within Xun You's expectation, but what Xun You did not expect was that Hussar General Fei Qian sent these three thousand soldiers Ma still has follow-up matters, playing so many tricks...

   After thinking about this matter, Xun You was surprised to find that no one is at a loss!

Naturally, Liu Xie achieved his goal. As for the loss of Xun You, it was nothing more than the loss of a middleman who passed on the message. In addition, Liu Xie now felt that he could not fully trust the Yingchuan people, so Liu Xie naturally felt that he had made a profit, and naturally felt that not bad...

  Cao Cao is not at a loss. Cao Cao is in a state of desperation at the moment, and naturally he will breathe a sigh of relief after gaining three thousand freshmen. If it is used to exchange Xun Yu, Cao Cao is probably not willing, but even if Cao Cao cares about someone like Xun You who belongs to the side branch of the Xun family It was shown to other people, maybe I will communicate with Fei Qian, saying that there are Xia Houen, Xiahou Qingxiahouli and so on here, can we also change some soldiers and horses...

   Xun Yu and the Xun family seem to be doing well. After all, in this era, it is very common for the children of aristocratic families to serve as different princes. It is even common for children of aristocratic families to change jobs. It is not worth criticizing for this. restore relationship...

  Then the Hussar General, who seemed to be at a loss, was actually not at a loss. It's not that Xun You thinks how capable he is, worth more than 3,000 soldiers, which in itself is not easy to compare, but because after the hussars have operated in this way, they will inevitably have the effect of a thousand gold horse bones, which spread to the land of Shandong From then on, there were five senior officials in ancient times, and now there is Xun Gongda in Yingchuan, and the reputation of good cavalry has been established...

Then Xun You himself didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage after such a toss. After all, he was a relatively marginal figure on Liu Xie and Cao Cao's side. Originally, he wanted to use Cao Cao's fight with Yuan Shao this time to express some ideas in a letter. And strategy, to improve one's status or something, now it is also avoided. According to General Hussars, he will take over part of Xun Chen's business affairs in the future, and will become General Hussars Fei's potential business director in Chang'an. Both the authority and the treatment are much better than before...

   Turning around, Xun You found that everyone seemed to be happy about this incident? No one suffers? But Xun You felt that something was wrong...

   Just like the Great Qin envoy.

  The envoys of the Great Qin came all the way to congratulate him, knowing that it was a bit weird, but the question is who dares to say it? Liu Xie must be happy, and Cao Cao will probably take this opportunity to win over a wave of people in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. It seems that everyone is happy again...

   Actually?

It is not to say that the three thousand soldiers and the envoys of the Great Qin are so vicious and hypocritical. On the contrary, the three thousand soldiers are also soldiers who have been in battle. The arrival of Daqin cannot be regarded as a complete fabrication, but the problem is that when these things are put together, Xun You feels that what seems to be a happy event is actually full of pits buried by hussars.

  The 3,000 soldiers, General Hussars said, were for His Majesty to protect His Majesty's safety, but after arriving in Xu County, Cao Cao would definitely take them away without even going to Xu County. Even if he arrived in Xu County, His Majesty would not be able to afford military rations and salaries, nor would he be able to support him, but the problem is, according to Xun You's judgment, His Majesty would definitely not think so, nor would he want Cao Sikong to do this...

The Great Qin envoy seemed to indicate that General Hussars paid more attention to the Western Regions, and wanted to send people as far away as Gan Ying to complete the feat that Ban Dingyuan could not accomplish in the past. It's a good thing, but it actually shows the intention of General Hussars to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight...

  These problems are foreseeable, but still unavoidable.

   Hussar General Fei Qian seemed to have put all his actions on the table, but it was still helpless. This is simply a multiple-choice question that looks like there are many choices, but in fact there is only one.

Xun You can even imagine that when Xun Yu learned about these things, he could only sigh, and then tried his best to reconcile the relationship between Liu Xie and Cao Cao, and the people in Shandong scolded General Fei Qian of Hussars for being uneasy and kind, While continuing to fight life and death...

"My lord, Su likes to use the strategy of the sun..." Xun Chen steeped the tea for the third time, then poured out the tea, and said lightly, looking like someone who had come here, "Since the merger with the North, both inside and outside, everyone so..."

   "Inside and outside?" Xun You asked, "What does Uncle mean?"

Xun Chen still had a flat expression, and said, "The dispute between Yuan and Cao is not about Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde and Cao Mengde, but the land of Hebei and Henan, where the grievances have been accumulated for a long time... and we, Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Sichuan, and Longyou, Between Liang and Yong, where is it not like this? Only when the great righteousness is spread, can you move around, go in and out of the room, and you can't do it without the master's greatness! This is one of them..."

   "Secondly..." Xun Chen glanced at Xun You.

  Xun You thought for a moment, then said, "Check and balance?"

Xun Chen nodded and said: "In the past, when the lord was still Zhonglang, he returned to Pingyang and found a peach mountain in the west of Pingyang to build a school palace. There is Qumen at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain path is called Youdao. Do you understand?"

   "This..." Xun You gasped, "Could it be that the hussars..."

Xun Chen was silent for a while, and said: "... I don't know... But, my lord's concerns have always been far-reaching, beyond what you and I can guess... After two days, I will return to Pingyang, and Gongda can live here. When you go to bed, you need to do your best to fulfill your responsibilities, and you must not indulge in extravagance when you are resting..."

   "Remember, nephew!" Xun You hurriedly bowed his hands.

  Xun Chen nodded, then got up and said: "My lord once said that the long-term scenery should be measured... This sentence is wonderful... Gongda also needs to keep it in mind at all times..."

   "Nephew understands, thank you uncle for your advice!" Xun You answered with a solemn face, clasping his hands.

Xun Chen didn't reply anymore. The reason why he said a few more words to Xun You was that he was a little worried that Xun You would have some unnecessary emotions and thoughts in the process of "replacement", which would cause problems in the follow-up. See Xun You agreed, and then nodded, then slowly turned his head, looked into the distance, accompanied by the breeze, along with the white clouds, his mood was also high-spirited. Looking at it for a few years, how wonderful it should be...

  (end of this chapter)