Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 70 Hidden danger
Brother Zhong and the prince laughed: "Mother is thinking too far? Isn't law much better than God's order?" It turned out that before the Dahua Reform, the Yamato Kingdom implemented the Bumin system, that is, the royal family and the big and small clans. Nobles (i.e. Biechen, Lian, Banzao, Guozao, and village head) have their own tribesmen, and the tribesmen pay various rents, tributes and labor services to the clan nobles in the form of village communities, and the nobles shelter these tribesmen. , the state has no right to intervene in it.

It is not difficult to see that under the tribumin system, each clan noble is a small king, and the emperor is not so much a political leader as a religious leader. For example, Emperor Qiming succeeded in defeating other competitions by praying for rain for the first time. who become kings.The actual ruler of the country is the strongest, that is, the clan nobles with the most tribes, not necessarily the emperor himself, such as the Otomo clan and the Soga clan. These powerful clan leaders are also a direct threat to the emperor's family.

However, there are no written rules for the operation of high-level power in Yamato, which is full of blood and conspiracy. Even the emperor himself, who is known as the "god of the present", is often killed.

Therefore, the Dahua reform carried out by Prince Zhong Daixiu borrowed from the systems of Joseon and Sui, and abolished the Bumin system. The emperor himself and many clan nobles no longer directly owned land and people, but instead conferred official positions of different ranks.The power of an aristocrat is no longer determined by the number of people and land it owns, but by the level of its official position.

The power of the emperor as the head of state has been greatly improved, completely overwhelming other clan nobles, but from another aspect, the emperor has also lost his original status as a "god of the world" from a certain perspective, and has become a part of the emperor's country, which must be governed by laws and regulations. The economic source of the family was actually weakened due to the loss of many farms and population directly occupied. As a politician with rich experience, Emperor Qiming felt this keenly.

"Yes!" Emperor Qiming sighed: "I am a dying person, so I really shouldn't think so much!"

The eldest brother, the prince, heard his mother's desolate words, and was about to persuade him, but Emperor Qiming sighed: "It's windy outside, please help me in to rest!"

"Yes!" The eldest brother, the prince, answered, and carefully helped Emperor Qi Ming into the room, and waited for her to lie down. After she fell asleep, he left the room and called an attendant. Let the countries speed up the transfer of military rations to Zhuzi, and cross the sea to attack Silla in the coming year!"

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Sibi City.

Liu Renyuan stood side by side with Liu Rengui on the city wall, and the wind blew the banner above their heads, making a rattling sound.

"Everything is ready!" Wang Wenzuo bowed to Liu Renyuan, and he was still wary of the stranger next to him—although the other person was always smiling, he could feel the flame hidden under his smile, If you are not careful, you will burn others.

"Brother Zhengzheng?" Liu Renyuan asked his colleagues for advice, then nodded to Wang Wenzuo: "Where is the target?"

"Over there, at the corner of the city wall, there are several wooden barrels, have you seen them?"

Liu Renyuan narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of Wang Wenzuo's finger. He asked in an uncertain tone, "How many? About two hundred steps away?"

"Almost!" Wang Wenzuo glanced at Liu Rengui, he was silent all the time, just staring at the targets seriously: "Can we start?"

"Let's start!" Liu Renyuan nodded majestically, and then he smiled at Liu Rengui: "It's a kid's thing, let's see what tricks we can play!"

"This trick can kill people!" Liu Rengui smiled, and turned his gaze to the scorpion ballista not far away. He saw a few soldiers turning and aiming skillfully, and then they began to turn the handle. The machine made a crisp metal collision sound, and then the trigger was slapped, only a muffled sound was heard; then the handle continued to be turned, and the trigger was slapped again, and the cycle continued.A moment later, someone raised a red flag at the corner of the city wall and shook it vigorously.

"Stop shooting!" Wang Wenzuo stopped the soldiers, ran to Liu Renyuan and Liu Rengui, bowed and said, "Guardian, envoy, it's finished, please go over and check!"

"These were all shot by that powerful crossbow?" Liu Rengui bent his knees and pulled out a throwing spear from the ground. The wooden handle of the throwing spear had been broken, and its head was submerged in the soil. There was a wooden barrel beside it that was half missing.

"Exactly!" Wang Wenzuo laughed and said, "I shot thirteen shots in total just now, and there are seven wooden barrels!"

Liu Rengui didn't speak. He picked up the broken wooden barrel just now and weighed it twice. The wooden barrel is used to carry wine on sea ships. It can withstand wind and waves and is very strong. But now it seems to be thrown from a city wall more than ten meters high. into pieces.He raised his head: "One more time!"

"Ah?" Wang Wenzuo didn't hear clearly.

"One more time!" Liu Rengui repeated.

"Yes, yes!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly shouted to the soldiers on the side: "You bring some more barrels!"

A few minutes later, the three stood before the broken barrels again. This time the gunners were more accurate, and they smashed six barrels with only nine spears.

"Hehehehe!" Liu Renyuan's laughter was as loud as ever: "Brother Zhengzheng, it seems that the eradication of the traitors' strongholds around Sibi City is just around the corner!"

"What the guard said is true!" Liu Rengui nodded, then turned to Wang Wenzuo and asked, "Lieutenant Wang, I just saw that your crossbowman just kept turning the handle, but didn't wind the string to load the crossbow. What's the reason for that?" ?”

"Reporting to the envoy, this powerful crossbow of humble rank has an internal mechanism. When the handle is turned, it can be automatically wound up. There is also a crossbow box. Every time an arrow is fired, an arrow will fall from the box. There is no need to reload it!"

"Well, it turned out to be Liannu!" Liu Renyuan smiled and said, "How many are there?"

"Twenty!"

"Then if it is rushed? How many can be produced in a month?"

Wang Wenzuo had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, so he quickly put on a look of embarrassment: "Reporting to the Governor, if you want to make this crossbow, you must first have copper, lead, tin, tendon, wood, etc. material—”

"This is natural!" Liu Renyuan smiled and said, "Since you are going to make it, then you don't need to worry about the materials!"

"Wait a minute!" Liu Rengui was much calmer: "This is a military weapon. If the manufacturing method is leaked, it may cause serious harm. We must choose a secluded and secret place, and use sophisticated and reliable talents. Captain!"

　Weber saw that some people in the discussion forum questioned the length of the ancient step. The ancient step refers to the length of one step with both feet.There is also the problem of the height of the Japanese. The reason for the short height of the ancient Japanese is due to genetics, but the bigger reason is the eating habits. After the introduction of Buddhism, the upper layer is basically vegetarian, so naturally it will not be too tall. For example, the average height of Japan is not high now. Not short anymore.At that time, the upper class in Japan did not have the eating habits that later, so naturally their height would not be so short.

　　
　
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