Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 589 Yellow River Shuibo
After Black Bear completed the spring plowing of the 10,000 acres of land under his jurisdiction, he started his tour to the east.

Officials from all counties and hundred-household offices along the way all participated in the spring ploughing, while all government offices, big and small, closed their doors and ignored government affairs.

At this time, unless there is a warning from the beacon fire, there will be a state of anarchy everywhere.

The steam tank stopped and started frequently, and did not need to deal with any official documents during its journey. It was mainly responsible for recording the demands of the military and civilians at the grassroots level.

It took half a month to reach Huayin, Hongnong. By then, the spring ploughing in Hongnong had been basically completed. Gan Ning went out of the city thirty miles to greet them outside Tongguan.

Gan Ning was originally feeling resentful, but after getting on the novel steam locomotive, all his resentment was dispelled by the noise of the steam.

He watched up close the destructive power of the high-pressure hot air gushing out of the steam vents. The lamb hanging near the vents was steamed at a speed he could hardly imagine.

Horror filled his body and mind: "Sir, if we had a few chariots like this, it would be easy to defeat an army of 100,000!"

"So General Xingba must learn the art of governance. Human strength and courage will eventually run out, but wisdom is limitless."

The steamed lamb was placed on a plate in front of him. Black Bear grabbed some fine salt powder and rubbed it on the lamb. He then handed half a white onion to Gan Ning and tore off a piece of lamb and put it in his mouth to chew.

The quickly cooked lamb has a tender texture and a good chewy texture. Black Bear stuffed himself with small pieces of white onion and continued to tear the meat, this time with some freshly ground cumin powder.

Gan Ning also rolled up his sleeves to taste the mutton, and said worriedly: "I am afraid that the traitors will imitate it, which will be detrimental to our army's conquest."

"I hope they can copy it successfully."

Black Bear grabbed the cut orange, squeezed it in his hand and poured the juice on the lamb leg to relieve the greasiness. He said nonchalantly: "This requires good iron and excellent processing skills. If there is a slight mistake, it will explode. I in Guanzhong attach great importance to the cultivation and promotion of all kinds of craftsmen. How can they compare with me? Even if they train good craftsmen, when I make flying instruments, they can only be beaten, and all the instruments they have worked hard to make will become my trophies."

Gan Ning liked to drink to relieve his greasy feeling, so he tore off a front leg and placed it in front of him to enjoy, and then asked: "How many years will it take to complete the flying device?"

"My expectation is that it will be a winter test flight."

Black Bear also tore off a leg of lamb and said to Gao Jun, "Take the rest away and eat them while they're hot."

"Here."

Gao Jun was young and used to seeing blood and flesh flying on the battlefield. At this moment, he was somewhat resistant to the mutton cooked by high-pressure steam.

He could already imagine that the mutton being boiled now would be the fate of the enemy infantry who were unable to dodge in time on the battlefield in the future.

He led a few personal soldiers to carry the large bamboo tray down, and Fa Zheng and Yang Xiu also came forward to take it.

In the battle of Youzhou, they all participated in the battle at close range.

Especially during the series of stalemates and confrontations near Zhuolu, their mentality was well tempered.

Gan Ning frowned: "Flying device?"

He had no desire to cultivate immortality or fly into the sky to find immortals, because the immortals of the time were eating mutton right in front of him.

He just couldn't adapt to such drastic changes. The mere appearance of the steam chariot made him realize that the situation on the battlefield would change drastically in the future, not to mention the flying equipment.

As far as he knew, mastering the flying device would greatly weaken the enemy's morale even if he did not participate in the battle, not to mention the terrifying advantage in vision.

After the battle of Youzhou dealt a heavy blow to Yuan Shang, the most outstanding competitor of Sima's age was defeated, and the unification of the world was no longer a foregone conclusion for the officials in Guanzhong.

Therefore, at this moment, developing steam engines and flying vehicles would be a bit superfluous, as this may eventually cause a severe ideological shock among all parties and lead to unpredictable changes.

After thinking for a while, Gan Ning asked, "Your Majesty, if you want to develop steam chariots and flying vehicles, will you open the Yellow River for shipping?"

During his time in Hongnong, he mainly focused on three things: one was to confront Xiahou Dun of Heluo, another was to persuade farmers to resume production, and the third was to investigate and draw maps of the area near Dizhu and the hydrological changes in four seasons.

"Well, if we want to build the pillar, it will be slow if we only rely on Taishi Wengong and others."

Black Bear took out his dagger and cut the sheep's leg tendons: "The steam engine installed on the ship can provide the punching force to break the rocks."

This is not important. The most important thing is that after the hot air balloon is launched into the air, he can accurately drop heavy iron cones and use gravity to crush the rocks.

When standing on the ground and throwing props into the sky, there is no static coordinate for reference, and there will be errors every time the summoning props fall.

The dry season is limited every year, and he can't spend too much time here in Dizhu.

With a hot air balloon, and by using ropes to tow and secure it, he could accurately drop a heavy iron spike from a high altitude to break the pillar.

The banks of the Dizhu and the riverbed are all rocks, which need to be salvaged after being broken to ensure the flatness of the riverbed and reduce eddies.

Looking at Gan Ning, Black Bear calmly said, "This year I will mobilize the military and civilians to cut down trees in the upper reaches of various rivers. If the wood floats and gathers near the pillars, we will salvage and store it."

Timber, coal, lime, food, and various tools all need to be stockpiled, and then the army and navy are mobilized to carry out the initial cleanup work. How much effective work can be done is not important, this is a training, training of technicians, selection of talents, and preparation for large-scale projects.

Gan Ning also gradually realized that compared with the merit of defeating the Southern Army, the merit and legacy of presiding over the work of dredging the Yellow River for water transport were even more immeasurable.

Li Bing and his son were worshipped in Shu, and they were also the first group of Shu gods recognized by the shogunate.

Even if the shogunate conferred new mountain and river gods in Shu in the future, they would be under the jurisdiction of Li Bing and his son.

In other words, if he stayed in Hongnong to be responsible for dredging the Yellow River for water transport, then he would have one foot into the ranks of immortals.

Even if dynasties change in the future, he will still be a local god, enjoy sacrifices, and perhaps have the opportunity to become the Water Lord of the Yellow River.

Faced with the temptation of being very likely to be crowned a great god, Gan Ning, despite his frivolousness, was extremely excited and could hardly conceal it.

Seeing his mood change, Black Bear also breathed a sigh of relief.

Gan Ning also has unique symbolism, and he doesn't want to make Gan Ning unhappy.

It’s not that I’m afraid of Gan Ning, but I hope that Gan Ning can devote himself to his work actively with full enthusiasm.

During the Jingzhou War, when the news came that the Southern Army was infected with the disease, Black Bear was also very worried.

He hated uncontrolled epidemics more than the visible blades of war.

Now that he has the initiative in his hands, he doesn't want to fight any war to destroy the country. It would be safer to eat slowly.

If there is an enemy, there is a fixed pressure relief valve, and many internal things can be easily handled.

Even with the steam engine, he didn't want to cause any uncontrollable variables, so he came up with a more shocking plan to fly into space.

Flying to the sky in search of immortals is the thing that can best stimulate the desires and instincts of officials and scholars.

Confucian scholars resist mechanical improvements, but the pursuit of immortality and longevity is a desire ingrained in their bones.

Stimulated by this desire, people will naturally let go of their resistance and hatred towards the development of crafts and equipment.

If they could become immortals, Confucian scholars could also let down their guard, roll up their sleeves and wield a forging hammer.

The so-called Hundred Schools of Thought in the Pre-Qin Period are actually still merging and influencing each other now, but they have different themes.

Compared with the materialistic Taoists, Mohists, Agriculturalists and the like, Confucianists, who advocate idealism and the idea of ​​the correspondence between heaven and man, have seen many heresies since modern times.

The emergence of Cai School, Lu School and Zheng School, three major schools that could unify the disputes over ancient and modern classics, at the end of the Han Dynasty already indicated that Confucianism had reached a bottleneck.

People who are bound by this bottleneck will naturally want to break through it, and will most likely become heretics of the original Confucianism.

If people like Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and Zheng Xuan were placed in the heated period of the struggle between ancient and modern classics, they would most likely be killed by scholars of radical schools.

If I can't win the argument, I'll kill you. That's very Confucian.

After unifying his thoughts with Gan Ning, Black Bear crossed the river from Fenglingdu, inspected the east side of the river, and prepared to inspect the third shipbuilding base prepared by Xuan Liang.

Previously, there were two shipbuilding bases along the Wei River, one in Chencang and the other near the mouth of the Wei River.

The timber at these two bases has been dried in the shade, so we can start harvesting this year.

However, the timber resources near Taiyuan and Xihe are more superior. These timbers can be used to build large palaces, as well as large warships and transport ships.

Therefore, the third shipbuilding base was chosen in Linfen where the Fen River turns and flows westward.

After inspecting the new ship base, we prepared to visit the Hancheng smelting base, where we would arrange to produce heavy iron cones for breaking the pillars.

A huge object cast from cast iron and weighing fifty or sixty tons fell freely from a height of two or three thousand meters.

Not to mention being a pillar, it can also be used to break mountains and mine minerals in the future.

Of course, when using it, one has to build an altar, hold a ceremony, pray to heaven and earth, offer tributes, describe the hardships of the people, and ask for help from certain gods.

The gods responded according to the ritual, delivered a casual blow, and then broke the mountain... everything made sense.

After establishing that different rituals, offerings, and sacrificial texts can bring in "rewards" of corresponding standards, you can then hide yourself.

Who knows, as the business expands in the future, I might be able to earn some gold from the Southeastern Court, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)