Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3272 Do you understand or don’t you understand?

 Outside Pingyang City.

Fei Qian took Xu Chu and stood on the high hill.

 Xu Chu stood silently behind Fei Qian.

 At this point in time, Xu Chu disapproved of Fei Qian leaving the city.

 In the city, the security force will undoubtedly be stronger and more comprehensive.

It's not that there will be danger outside the city, but after all, the decisive battle is imminent. If you can reduce the risk by one point, you will reduce the risk by one point. If Fei Qian encounters an accident, how can the battle be fought? Fei Qian is now a symbol, a symbol, a flag representing the new forces in Guanzhong, and there must be no room for error.

Ke Feiqian insisted on going out for a walk, and Xu Chu had no choice but to accompany him.

Fei Qian looked at Pingyang silently.

 Being in Pingyang, but not seeing Pingyang.

 Only when you step out can you see Pingyang.

 There is a city wall in Pingyang, and there is more than one circle.

Chang'an has no city walls, or it can be said that Chang'an did not build a new city wall after Fei sneaked into the main pass. The original Chang'an city wall can be said to be the palace wall at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty. The people living in the city were the emperor's close ministers and servants serving the emperor, while the various tombs in Chang'an were filled with civil and military officials and ordinary civilian residences.

So from a certain perspective, today's Chang'an is more similar to the city system of later generations, which is divided into core administrative areas, living areas, and leisure areas, while Pingyang is no different from the traditional Han Dynasty city layout. The first ring is the core, the second ring is business and administration, and the third ring is ordinary people and other facilities.

 There are three rings in Pingyang.

 Originally Xun Chen wanted to build the Fourth Ring Road, but was stopped by Fei Qian.

 This is not necessary.

 Especially after the emergence of artillery, the defensive capabilities of the city were virtually reduced to a very low level.

Fei Qian doesn’t know whether artillery will promote China’s desire to expand outward, but it will undoubtedly break the construction of the original manor system.

 This is his fiefdom and his starting point.

 What can one person do among the Three Kingdoms?

This problem has troubled Fei Qian for a long time, and even made him feel a little confused for a time.

At the beginning, Fei Qian felt that since we were in the Three Kingdoms, how could we still call it the Three Kingdoms if we didn’t collect stamps? Just like what he did when he played the Three Kingdoms games, if he couldn't match the three elite teams of Wei, Shu, and Wu, and couldn't gather the eight beauties, it would be a waste snack...

This mentality caused Fei Qian to be in a state of dissociation in the early days. Others were on earth, but his mind was in heaven. Floating and looking down, I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with my attitude towards the people and things around me.

Fortunately, Fei Qian still had the status of a Langguan at that time, and could be regarded as a scholar of the Han Dynasty. Most of the scholars of the Han Dynasty, especially the young students, looked like this, so it did not show how talented Fei Qian was. High-minded but low-handed. It’s not about how well Fei Qian did at that time, but that there were too many teammates from aristocratic families...

So when will Fei Qian really start to stand on the land of the Three Kingdoms and stop floating?

 Probably it started when Fei Qian came into contact with the "real" under Lushan Mountain. It's not that everything Fei Qian has learned before is fake, but the books he got from Pang Degong in Lushan are all "original" and "original"!

You must know that many of the history books of later generations that Fei Qian read were heavily "edited".

For example, the Braid Dynasty specialized in "compiling" the history of the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years. What's interesting is that the person who helped "compile" it was Ji Xiaolan, who is known as a strong-willed man. This is just like the loyal people and adults...

Therefore, when Fei Qian saw for the first time those books that had not been "edited and screened" or "compiled" by Confucius's disciples and disciples, something was touched in his heart.

 Knowledge and truth should not be held hostage by a few people and then used to deceive the majority of ordinary people.

 The Han Dynasty is an important source of this historical river.

  Why not start from this source to have a serious interpretation and face history squarely?

Don’t block it, don’t delete it, leave everything to the descendants of China, so that they can have more wisdom and a broader vision, instead of being blinded and sunk by those falsehoods.

　　　Zhongkang. Fei Qian called.

Xu Chu responded, "I am here." 』

Fei Qian was silent for a while and said, "Zhong Kang, it's time to go into battle." Are you ready? 』

Xu Chu said proudly, "I am ready!" 』

Fei Qian nodded, and after a moment he suddenly asked, "So... Zhong Kang, what is true and false?" 』

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What is true is the best principle in the world; what is false is the same as the world's lies." The true is like the brightness of the sun and moon, which cannot be concealed; the false is like the shadow of floating clouds, which is difficult to rely on. What is true is as strong as gold and stone and cannot be destroyed; what is false is like the color of dew, which can be destroyed in an instant. 』

Fei Qian nodded and said, "This is an appearance." 』

 　　Appearance? ” Xu Chu was stunned for a moment.

Fei Qian did not answer, but turned around and mounted his horse, "Let's go to the artillery camp and have a look." 』

 In the west of Pingyang City, there is a specially designated area where earth and stone walls have been built and sentries stand, which is heavily guarded.

This is where artillery and related equipment are temporarily stored.

Fei Qian quickly entered the camp.

 The artillery was displayed under a shed in the camp and covered with linoleum.

 Half of these artillery pieces were brought back from Jinyang.

Fei Qian stepped forward, lifted the felt blanket covering the cannon, and touched the body of the cannon, feeling the heat hidden under the coldness...

Um?

　　Why does it feel weird?

do not care.

 ‘This is the truth…’ Fei Qian said to Xu Chu.

Xu Chu frowned and thought.

When the great craftsman Huang Dou heard the news, he came in a hurry.

　　　　How many of these... can be used? Fei Qian asked.

Huang Dou pointed out, "Only these doors are still usable... These, like this one, are somewhat damaged..."

 There are still some problems with metallurgical technology. After the attack on Jinyang, nearly half of the artillery suffered varying degrees of damage and was withdrawn from the battle sequence.

　　　The material is still somewhat uneven. ” Huang Dou, the great craftsman, held out his round belly and took out his portable testing tool to measure the muzzle of the cannon for Fei Qian to see. Then he patted the cannon body with his thick fleshy hand and said, “Look here, it’s a little slight. It's a little bent... It should be because it wasn't poured properly... What a pity, what a pity. 』

 The lifespan of artillery at this stage is very short, as if these artillery have exchanged their own lifespan for that moment of glory.

Fei Qian nodded and said, "This may be related to the quality of the ore. 』

Huang Dou thought for a while and agreed, "There may still be residues left during the second refining. We need to find a way to deal with this." 』

  Today's Beiqu can be said to be a huge metallurgical factory. Roughly smelted copper and iron ingots from various places are transported to Beiqu, and the coal mines in Luliang Mountain produce billowing black smoke almost every day.

 Huang Dou is now mainly responsible for the production of artillery, so of course Huang Dou will conduct all-round inspection of the artillery shipped back from Jinyang this time. If it can still be used, continue to use it. If it cannot be used, it should be pulled back to Beiqu, melted and cast into coins.

 Perhaps coins can be listed as a separate category in the future?

 Artillery coins?

These artillery pieces that have been tempered on the battlefield cannot be re-melted and cast into new artillery pieces.

 Metallurgical technology still needs to be developed...

 Fei Qian was helpless at this point.

But the creation of artillery from scratch is already a huge progress, the only thing left is to let everyone see it and think it is good. People automatically push these guys to get better step by step.

"You should also pay attention to rough training from the mines," Fei Qian reminded Huang Doudao, "You need to find some craftsmen. Based on these conditions, start from the ore of the artillery to the final use results of the artillery, and work out an ideal optimal state. Details will come, and then they will be compared with each other based on the actual situation to see which ones can be improved and which ones need to be strengthened... By the way, I heard that someone smelted copper into silver some time ago? 』

Fei Qian didn’t understand metals, but he understood that it was impossible to refine copper into silver, it was just white copper similar to silver.

 But this is a good thing.

This is not to say that Fei Qian wanted to use white copper to pass it off as silver, because the weights of white copper and silver are not consistent. If you really want to do this, it would be as idiotic as trying to use other metals of the same white color to pass off as silver.    Either you are an idiot yourself, or you treat other people as idiots.

Even if you are not a professional craftsman, you are just an ordinary businessman, you can know the authenticity of the coins as soon as you get started. What's more, metals are not only different in weight, but also in their own luster, hardness, flexibility and other characteristics. If they really want to be fake and real, then the price cannot be said to be more expensive than the original.

This is why it is difficult to imitate Qiusi Qian as long as the formula is not leaked.

The appearance of white copper indicates the emergence of a new branch in copper smelting technology, and is also a manifestation of the innovation of craftsmen.

Fei Qian naturally wants to encourage him.

Hearing Fei Qian's words, Huang Dou was quite surprised. He thought Fei Qian was going to punish that guy. Because there was a guy before who said he could refine silver, but he deceived Fei Qian with wrapped silver, and Fei Qian refined it directly...

　　　This is different. Fei Qian waved his hand and said, "Intentional and unintentional are completely different." If the counterfeit product is developed to pass off as silver, then even if the research results are obtained, the person should be killed. But if you make it unintentionally, you should register it, consider how to reproduce it, and study its specific use...I mean the specific use, the real use, not copying this or counterfeiting that. 』

Fei Qian thought for a while and recalled the few remaining memories, "For example, to prevent rust?" I think I should give it a try. 』

 There are too many craftsmen’s inspirations in Chinese history.

 However, these auras were either lost in the end, or became playthings and enjoyment tools for some dignitaries, without further development.

For example, the "quilt incense burner" that existed in the Han Dynasty is a very typical item. A copper container with charcoal inside is placed under the quilt. No matter how it is tossed, the charcoal will not leak out and it can also keep warm. Because the quilt incense burner is spherical as a whole, there are two or three layers of concentric rings between the spherical shell and the hemispherical furnace body in the center. The furnace body has short axes at both radial ends, which are supported on the inner ring. Within the two radial holes, it can rotate freely. The inner ring is supported on the outer ring, and the outer ring is supported on the inner wall of the spherical shell. The support axes of the furnace body, the inner ring, the outer ring and the inner wall of the shell are perpendicular to each other in turn. Due to the effect of gravity, no matter how the furnace body rolls, the furnace mouth always remains. It is to maintain a vertical and horizontal state.

 This structure is called a gyroscope in modern times...

In the Han Dynasty, there was not only this "incense burner", but also a goose-shaped lamp that could freely rotate the lampshade to block fireworks, a translucent mirror that refracted characters, and a high-quality copper tent structure that was necessary for the nobles of the Han Dynasty to travel and fight at home. There are automatic mile-marking cars, and even refined bronze calipers appeared during Wang Mang's period...

Of course, this bronze caliper was also regarded as a "evidence" that Wang Mang was actually a comrade.

 So much precious wisdom was treated as a plaything of a noble family.

 This is the result of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, ranking first among scholars.

Since Fei Qian wants to make "four peoples equal", he must actually do it instead of just shouting slogans.

After Fei Qian asked Huang Dou to carefully check the artillery, shells, and related artifacts, he left this heavily guarded area with his escort.

"understand? Fei Qian asked Xu Chu.

　　　　Seeking truth and correctness? ” Xu Chu said.

Fei Qian nodded, "Let's go to the military camp and have a look." 』

 In the southern suburbs of Pingyang, there is a military camp that is being further expanded.

  Because the cavalry from Yinshan Mountain, Junbei and other areas need a place to live, so they are always expanding. Fortunately, there was plenty of space originally, and now it would not be embarrassing to expand some temporary residences.

Fei Qian originally brought not many people to Pingyang, but there were many people from the northern part of Yinshan Mountain. Later, he recalled some patrols and reinforcements, plus some soldiers from the southern Huns and Qiang people. Now in this The camp was crowded with more than 10,000 people.

However, obviously not all of these more than 10,000 troops are elites.

These people are now basically tied to Fei Qian. Especially after Fei Qian launched the "Theory of Four People", some middle-level military academies who have read a little bit and understand a little bit of truth understand that their current path is getting worse and worse. The wider it becomes.

Officials are no longer limited to scriptures and can only be held by the sons of the gentry, but can be held by all people!

This alone is enough to make many military academy non-commissioned officers very excited. Therefore, during the process of camp expansion, almost no one stood aside with their hands behind their backs and did not do any work. Everyone worked hard. Because they know in their hearts that they can find better and further roads on Fei Qian's territory in the future. If they are working for Fei Qian now, aren't they also working hard for themselves?

 What else is there to say?

Even ordinary people from the surrounding areas spontaneously joined in.

Let’s not talk about anything else. If you do a day’s work, you’ll get a meal and you’ll get wages. There will be no deductions.

There are also some refugees who originally fled from Hedong, but they brought their children to the army and pestered the military academy to let their children join the army and gain wealth. The non-commissioned officers of the military academy said over and over again that Hussars recruit soldiers through the Recruitment Department, and they recruit them once a year...

 In the school grounds, cheers and cheers can be heard from time to time.

The newly recruited Huns and Qiang people changed into the military robes of the Han family. Groups of them were testing their strength and shooting skills on the high platform of the Central Military Academy. There were wooden stakes in the distance to test their hacking skills. These southern Huns and Qiang people will take off their original leather robes and officially become members of the Hussars. They will also receive the same treatment under the same orders and jurisdiction.

Fei Qian did not go to the school grounds, but took a look at it from a distance, then walked around to the back camp.

 The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.

 In the back camp, in the thatched hut, there are a long row of large pots placed on a long stove, steaming hot, and soup is being cooked.

 The food in the army is generally relatively simple, either rice with pickles, or pancakes with soup.

A group of leading soldiers were busy when suddenly someone saw Fei Qian coming and couldn't help shouting: "General Hussars!" 』

The shout was so sudden that it startled many of the leading soldiers.

"ah! 』

One of the foremans was carrying a wooden basin of cooking cakes. He trembled when he heard the shouts. Two or three cooking cakes fell out of the basin and rolled on the ground.

 One of them rolled right in front of Fei Qian's feet.

　　　『Meet the Hussars General! 』

　　Everyone in the food shed quickly put down what they were doing and stood half-way down.

Fei Qian smiled, bent down and picked up the cooking cake that had rolled in front of him, "Get up, everyone!" 』

Everyone responded in unison, then stood up and stood aside.

Fei Qian patted the cooking cake in his hand, blew it again, broke off a small piece, and put it into his mouth before Xu Chu could react.

　　　…” Xu Chu frowned as he watched.

It’s not that Xu Chu thought the cooking cake was dirty.

Anyone who has experienced military life will know that this bit of dust is nothing.

Xu Chu is just trying his best to prevent all risks, even if the risk is very small.

Fei Qian glanced at Xu Chu's expression, smiled, and did not continue eating. He held the cooking cake in his hand, nodded and said, "The cooking cake is well done..."

Hearing this, the two or three leading soldiers who were standing in awe on the side all fell to the ground and trembled with joy as they spoke, "Thank you...Thank you, Qiao Qiao, praise Qiao Qiao..."

Fei Qian nodded, signaled the guards to help the cooks up, then stepped forward and opened the lid of a soup pot, took out a spoon and fished a few times.

 Very simple soup, mutton bone and cabbage soup.

 There are a lot of oil splashes on the surface of the soup.

The bones had obviously been stewed for a long time, and most of the meat on them had fallen off, leaving only a few scattered tendons still attached.

 Stir the bottom of the soup pot with a spoon, and some minced meat will float up.

Just as Fei Qian was about to take a sip of the soup with a spoon, he saw the look Xu Chu gave him, so he put down the spoon helplessly and said to the soldier on the side: "Be willing to put in salt." We are all hard-working men, and it is impossible to eat without salt. 』

The leader responded repeatedly, patting his chest and promising to reassure Fei Qian.

Fei Qian nodded and left the rear camp. On the way, he gave Xu Chu most of the cake in his hand, "This is also true." 』

Xu Chu subconsciously took the broken piece of cooking cake and looked at the mud stained on the surface of the cooking cake. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said to Fei Qian: "My lord, I understand..."

Fei Qian looked at Xu Chu, "Do you really understand?" 』

Xu Chu took out his handkerchief and wrapped the piece of cooking cake, put it in his arms and patted it, "This battle is not for vain righteousness, but for the sake of real people's livelihood!" The Lord first looked at the craftsmen, then looked at the farmers, and then asked the soldiers. Therefore, these things can be said to be true of the Han Dynasty! 』

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Yes, knowing this, Zhong Kang can lead an army by himself!" 』