Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 405 As for Yeting
The first year of Xiping, early June
Only then did Ma Jun contribute the improved drawing of the overturned car.

The emperor looked at the blueprint in his hand happily. Ma Jun wrote it very carefully, and there were detailed records in every place. Although the emperor couldn't understand it, it didn't prevent him from nodding thoughtfully. Also explained:
"For this thing, the body is made of three boards to form a long trough, and a sprocket is placed at each end of the trough, and the keel blade is used as a chain to pass through the long trough. The sprocket on the shore is the main wheel, the shaft of the main wheel is long, and there are four crutches at each end."

"A person leans on the frame, steps on the crutches, drives the upper sprocket, the blades scrape up along the trough, discharge the water at the end of the trough, and then return to the water along the top of the long trough. In this way, the water is continuously sent to the shore. It is a ten-year-old boy who can use it and guide the water downstream."

Ma Jun explained it very clearly, but the emperor only understood one sentence: water can be diverted, and it is very convenient, and the construction will not cost too much money. This made the emperor very happy. He grinned, smiled, and said: " Goodness, great kindness, this thing is an important weapon for the people, and it is an important thing for agriculture and mulberry. Mr. Ma has done a great job, and you should be rewarded! You should be rewarded!!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Ma Jun shook his head instead, and said: "This thing, I just improved it a little bit, it was not made by me."

"Oh?"

The emperor's eyes became a little hot, and he asked quickly, "Then who is the maker?"

Ma Jun sighed, and said, "It was what Bi Lan and Song Dian ordered from Ye Ting to do."

"Um????"

"What did you say??"

The little fat man's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, how could those two eunuchs make something so beneficial to the country and the people?

Ma Jun said helplessly: "Your Majesty does not know that Emperor Xiaokang is diligent and thrifty and loves the people, and he does not want to build a lake with the palace, but the roads in the palace are messy and dirty, and there is no lake water to take. It will damage the face of the Tian family, so Bi Lan and Song Dian will do it together. I got out of this overturned car and used it to fetch water from the river to clean the road." Ma Jun slowly explained, "I have seen this thing before, and now I just want to improve it."

The little fat man was silent for a long time, frowning, without saying a word, he turned his head and looked at Han Men beside him, his eyes seemed a little annoyed, Han Men immediately lowered his head, his face a little ashamed.

"It's a pity." The little fat man shook his head and said three regrettable words, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Give this thing to Yuan Feng, and let him promote it throughout the world. Before next year, the use of this thing must be known to all places, so as to flourish agriculture and mulberry." The fat man said, Ma Jun nodded, and asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know what to name this thing? I hope His Majesty will give you a name."

The emperor grinned and said:
"It's called Xiping Overturned Car"

"According to the order!"

The emperor encouraged Ma Jun a few more words, and then let Ma Jun leave. Ma Jun has been busy improving the silk weaving machine recently, but he has no good ideas. The emperor also hopes that he can create more such sharp weapons, and can To enhance the national power of the Han Dynasty, after Yuan Feng got the blueprint, he was dubious about Ma Jun's words. After watching the first overturned car and its function with Ma Jun, Yuan Feng was overjoyed.

He could immediately see how useful this thing was for farming.

This object can not only irrigate crops and mulberries, but most importantly, it can also be used as a sharp weapon against waterlogging. Of course, such an item must be promoted as soon as possible. Yuan Feng did not hesitate, and immediately submitted the blueprint to the governors of various places, asking them to use it. Craftsmen, making overturned carts, all officials have always disliked these strange things, even the local governor is average.

However, Yuan Feng repeatedly stated in his letter that this object is of great benefit to farming and mulberry, and can resist flood disasters. After the Dahan built Chidao, it is obviously much faster to send orders to various places, and the Dahan's postmen are also close to 20.

Except for the more remote frontiers, the rest of the areas have begun to use the Xiping overturned cart made by Ma Jun, and the real builder, the officials, don't bother to say it. After all, how can eunuchs make such a useful sharp weapon? ?After really seeing the effect of the overturned car, these officials came up one after another to participate in the credit of Ma Jun.

The emperor also called him and wanted to give him a reward in front of all the officials, but Ma Jun refused. He thought that he was just an improvement. If the emperor wanted to reward him, he could reward the real creators, Bi Lan and Song Dian. Although Song Dian died, Bi Lan is still in his hometown. However, the emperor did not agree, and all the officials pretended not to hear about it.

When the matter spread to the world, the officials said: "To please the emperor, eunuchs overturned carts to wash the land, wasting money from the treasury. Now Mr. Ma improved it and used it for the people. This shows the difference between a virtuous man and an eunuch."

Seeing the results of the overturning, the common people were happy, and Ma Jun's reputation gradually spread. After hearing that he was Wen Rengong's disciple, people all over the world recognized him more deeply. When he talked about Wen Rengong, the emperor was silent. He really needed a great talent like Wen Rengong. Wen Rengong's quick wit was unmatched by all officials.

Whenever there is a need to spend a lot of money, Wen Rengong can always put forward the most perfect proposal. Sometimes, even the prince will be shocked by his proposal and even make friends with him.

It's a pity that I don't have such a great talent under my command.

Later, according to the prince's last words, the temple began to exterminate the locusts in the Sili area. Among the officials, many people opposed it. They believed that the locusts were transformed by fish and shrimps in the river. Water, fish and shrimp turned into locusts. Compared with the locust gods of the ancestors, although they are much better, they are also extremely stupid.

In the court, Cai Yong was the only one who supported the prince's last words. He believed that the locusts were nothing more than insects, and what fish and shrimps were transformed into nonsense. Thinking that locusts are transformed from fish and shrimp, Cai Yong was so angry that he brought Lord Dongyi from Taiwei's mansion, and told the group of ministers what fish and shrimp look like! !
Sure enough, when Mr. Dongyan started talking about their bearded fish and shrimp, these ministers gave in
You are right, you have the final say!
Pull this guy down!

In the past few days, all the officials remembered the fear brought to them by the old Taiwei.

Cai Yong began to get busy in the Sili area, raising a large number of chickens and ducks, and told the people how to drive out locusts with fire. After Cai Yong's hard work, there was no large-scale locust plague in Luoyang in August. There were locusts infested, but they were burned and driven away by a large number of local people, and they were eaten by chickens and ducks. Only then did the ministers shut their mouths and bowed their heads.

In September, the emperor ordered to expand the enrollment of Hongdu school.

On the basis of the Hongdu school set up by Emperor Xiaokang, a "engineering study" was added. The so-called "work" was a capable person like Ma Jun. He invited Ma Jun to the Hongdu school. Letting Cui Shi take good care of him, Ma Jun was originally reluctant to come, but after the emperor told the purpose, he suddenly realized that the school of Hongdu was built in the Jianning period.

Emperor Xiaokang gathered a large number of famous scholars of calligraphy, painting, poetry and Fu in Hongdumen School, studied day and night, and wrote paintings, calligraphy and Fu. Emperor Xiaokang also liked this way, and often came to Hongdumen to learn Fu. , the writing style of the entire Han Dynasty has rapidly developed and prospered. Now, the emperor wants to set up another work, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of these famous scholars. How can Ma Jun, how can craftsmen, be on the same level as us?

However, today's prestige is in full swing, they dare not object, they can only hide their complaints in their hearts.

After the emperor built it, he summoned famous craftsmen from all over the world to work with Ma Jun.

In a very short period of time, a large number of talents were obtained. Most of these talents are official craftsmen in various places, and they are proficient in each place. The Hongdu school suddenly became lively. These vulgar craftsmen often gather together Arguing loudly about how to make it, even Ma Jun couldn't convince all of them. Although they had great respect for him on weekdays, they refused to admit defeat in terms of craftsmanship.

The ministers lamented that the emperor was addicted to small ways, and the country would die.

The emperor ignored their dissatisfaction at all, vigorously supported these craftsmen, and gave a lot of rewards to those who made meritorious deeds. , The emperor once deliberately showed good cattle, all officials imitated, and the world imitated, and the number of farming cattle increased dramatically during the Jianning period.

Now it is the same, under the ethos of the emperor's good work, the world has gradually raised this ethos. The Hu chair, which was despised by everyone before, is used by all officials because of the emperor's favor. Sometimes, all officials are the most steadfast Yes, but at other times, they were always the first group of people who approached the emperor. The emperor was very happy to see such a situation and did not stop it.

Cui Shi and Cui Gong saw this situation, and quickly wrote an article "Tiangong Fu", dedicated it to the emperor, and won a heavy reward again.

The craftsmen have suffered so much, and they have produced various items, but they have not received as many rewards as Cui Shi. This is helpless. Cui Shi has a great reputation in the literary world. What is incomparable is what the emperor cares about.

With the emergence of various artifacts that are beneficial to the people, the opposition among the officials gradually decreased. From ancient times to the present, no king has ever been so fond of these artisan artifacts. This is the first time for the Son of Heaven. However, At least the emperor likes these things, which is better than beheading ministers, and the ministers simply don't interfere. However, in Tai Shiling's writings, there have been remarks that are unfavorable to the emperor.

"The emperor was curious about skills and ingenuity, and he discarded the basics and chased the last, and all the officials refused to obey."

In October, Cao Cao arrived in Luoyang, but the emperor was not in a hurry to summon him.

The little fat man sat on the Hu chair and looked at the upper watch in his hand. It was written by Cao Cao about the Sanhan Navy and the Japanese Kingdom. In the above watch, you can see the development of the Sanhan Navy within this year. Nearly a hundred large ships were built, and nearly [-] sailors were drilled. However, even with such a navy, they still could not rashly participate in the internal affairs of the Wa kingdom.

Originally, Emperor Xiaokang wanted to divide the Wa Kingdom into two and integrate them for the convenience of commerce and trade. However, he did not expect that the affairs of the Wa Kingdom would stop after the death of the first emperor. Cao Cao was helpless, but he was by no means incompetent.

He deliberately acted in front of Himiko, saying that the new king had the intention of crusade against the Japanese kingdom.

Himiko was not easily fooled. Although he showed panic, he still didn't plead with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao didn't say much. Not long after, when the military supplies Zhang Wen needed arrived in Sanhan, Zhang Wen personally led the army to Youzhou At that time, Himiko, who was in Sanhan, panicked. She could clearly see that the big man was indeed going to use military force, and tens of thousands of elites had gathered in Sanhan Youzhou.

Only then did she plead with Cao Cao, and hoped to come to Luoyang again to meet the new king.

Zhang Taiwei's conquest of Goguryeo was known only to officials, and only a few people such as the governor of Youzhou knew about it. Naturally, Himiko didn't know about Zhang Wen's movements. She also saw that Cao Cao was trying his best to build a warship, so she was naturally terrified , Cao Cao was going to come to Luoyang to meet the new king, so he brought her here directly. The little fat man squinted his eyes after reading his above list.

It was already late at night, the little fat man stood up, moved his back, and looked at Hanmen beside him.

Hanmen looked at the emperor in a daze.

"Ahem, has the Empress Dowager ever rested?"

Han Men stared wide-eyed, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."

"Bastard, why don't you go inquire about it!" The little fat man said angrily, and the Han family hurried out of the Hall of Houde. After a while, he returned to the Hall of Houde and said, "The Queen Mother has already gone to bed."

"Okay, hurry up, take me to Yeting!!!"

Han Men looked at the impatient little fat man, and wanted to object in his heart, but he was speechless. Although the queen mother gave orders, but in front of him was the king of a country, how dare he refuse?He hurriedly led the Huangmen, took the emperor and rushed to Yeting quietly.

Arriving at Yeting, the Son of Heaven looked around like a thief, and said, "Stay here, don't enter, and don't let anyone in!"

"According to the order!"

The little fat man laughed and walked in hastily.

When he walked into Ye Ting this time, fortunately, there was only Cai Meiren here. She was chatting with the maid, and when she saw someone walking in, she turned her head and saw that the person who came was the emperor. See you on the big day, Zhaoji just glanced at him calmly, but didn't salute. Her glance made the little fat man feel hot.

He waved his hand and said to the maid, "Get out!"

The maid hurriedly ran out with her head down, the little fat man grinned and sat beside Zhao Ji, staring at her seriously, Zhao Ji was extremely beautiful, with big bright eyes, such clear eyes Mou, she saw the appearance of the little fat man, but she just gave him a blank look. The little fat man was dumbfounded by his cute appearance.
"Your Majesty, come late at night, do you have something important to do?"

A crisp voice sounded.

The little fat man was taken aback for a moment, but before he could react, he asked, "Huh?"

"Your Majesty came late at night, is there something important?"

"Hey, you and I are husband and wife, but since you entered the palace, you have never been able to be alone for a while. I miss you very much, so I come here."

"I hope Your Majesty will not be rude." Zhao Ji frowned and said with some displeasure.

When the little fat man saw it, his expression was even more dumbfounded, and he stared at her blankly.

"It's pretty, it's really pretty."

　Thank you to the leader of Guchu Yishanren, thank you for your support, thank you for all the brothers who support Laolang, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)