The Emperor is Above

Chapter 233 I wonder what Lord Xing will say to me when he sees me? (140+ additional chapters)

"Shuashuashua——"

Snowflakes kept falling, and it had been snowing heavily for three days in a row.

Qing Yi sat cross-legged on a warm animal skin mat, drawing something on a bone plate in his hand.

It was snowing heavily outside and water was freezing, but he was only wearing casual clothes and didn't feel cold at all.

This small heated room was exceptionally warm. Not only was there a hot kang under Qing Yi, but there was also a large stove burning brightly.

The red charcoal in the furnace emitted scorching air, roasting the bottom of a large earthenware jar on the stove slightly red. In the jar were stewing the bones and meat of a large antelope hunted by Gongsun Wu.

"Gudu - Gudu -"

The deliberately cracked eland leg bones and small pieces of lamb chops were stewed for a long time in the earthenware jar. The rich aroma of the bone soup filled the air, and just smelling it would make people drool.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, drinking a bowl of hot mutton soup on such a cold snowy day is so delicious and warming. Brother, you really don't want to have a bowl?"

Tuan Shigu sat happily around the stove, put the ceramic bowl with the broth aside, patted his chubby belly, and continued to roast his fat hands that looked like little carrots with a happy face.

Seeing that Qing Yi was still busy drawing something on the bone plate and didn't have time to answer him, the fat guy continued to mutter to himself: "Brother, you asked Daniu to call me over early in the morning, but you are busy over there again. What's going on?"

"Haha, the drawing is finally finished!"

Qing Yi heaved a sigh of relief, jumped off the kang, handed the bone plate in his hand to him, and said with an excited smile: "Brother Shi Gu, take a look. Do you know what this is?"

"My goodness, brother, aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me?"

Tu Shigu took the bone plate, held it in his hands, turned it over and over, and looked at it carefully. His eyes were full of confusion. He said, "I recognize the rune symbols carved on it individually, but I can't understand them when they are combined together. You have been busy these days just to draw this bone plate?"

"Hey, Brother Shigu, the runes drawn on this bone plate are not ordinary runes, but a new rune formation that I have been studying hard for some time."

Qing Yi boasted complacently, and seeing Tu Shigu's suspicious look, he couldn't help but laugh at himself and said, "Well, actually this rune formation is not entirely my own creation, the idea came from Doctor Yuan Mu Shang.

Last winter, when Doctor Yuan Mushang came to Huaiqiu to ask me to imitate a sled, in order to facilitate the transportation of sleds weighing 50,000 or even 100,000 kilograms, a rune formation was embedded under each sled.

Brother Shi Gu, you should still remember what happened that day, right? These days I have been recalling the runes he engraved, but I found that with my current strength, I can't copy that formation at all.

Apart from the fact that his strength was indeed inferior to that of Doctor Yuanmu Shang, he also lacked precious refining materials such as red copper, black iron, and jade talismans, making it difficult to achieve the effect of making the sled semi-suspended.

During this period of time, I have been conducting various experiments, trying to see if I can use only the bones of exotic animals and crystals to form the simplest formation, even if the effect is only half as weak. The rune formation on this bone plate can be regarded as a simplified version of the formation of Doctor Yuan Mu Shang. "

After hearing Qing Yi's explanation, the suspicion on Master Gu Pang's face disappeared, but he said with great concern: "Brother, is it okay for you to do this? Although the group of Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures gave you a lot of crystals, they can't stand being wasted like this.

Anyway, you will be going to the capital to meet the king at the end of November, so why not take the opportunity to ask Doctor Yuanmu for advice in person, so as to avoid wasting so many good things by trying so many times."

"Brother Shi Gu, I'm afraid it will be too late by the end of November!" Qing Yi chuckled and shook his head, "After the Autumn Harvest War, the Duke of Xing did not immediately issue rewards. He must be waiting for the soldiers from the Left Division, Right Division and other northern border cities to return before calculating the military merits together.

By the end of November, the soldiers from various tribes in the northern border should return. In other words, the purpose of summoning me by Lord Xing this time is to award rewards for military merits. Once I am promoted to the rank of senior official, I will have to prepare to move to my new fiefdom after the New Year.

So I asked you to come here, Brother Shi Gu, because I want you to make as many sleds as possible for me to use for the migration before the New Year, and I will prepare the corresponding rune formations. It will be difficult to prepare these after returning from the capital."

"Alas, brother, it's a good thing that you've been promoted to a nobleman, but when I think about you moving to a remote place, it will be hard for us two brothers to meet again in the future, and I can't help but feel sad!
I am grateful for your support over the past year. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to be promoted to a commoner with my own ability, let alone a sergeant. "

Tu Shigu's fat face was full of sadness at the moment. He was reluctant to part with Qing Yi, his good partner, but he soon cheered up and said,
"Look at me, I never say nice things. It's obviously a good thing, but I accidentally said something discouraging. Congratulations to my brother on his upcoming promotion to the family of a nobleman.

My brother has figured it out now. I only know a little bit of military skills in this life, and I won't have much of a future. Even if you leave Gyeonggi and get a new title, my son Ke Jin will stay with you and learn from you.

As for the sleds you need, I will make you 300 large sleds before you leave the Solitary Hill. They are enough to carry a thousand people and any amount of cargo."

"Haha, Brother Shi Gu, three hundred sleds are not enough for me. Please prepare five hundred sleds for me. I will need them when the time comes.

These sleds are all made in the form of side carriages, so people can sleep peacefully inside. It is not possible to migrate thousands of miles from Guqiu Fengtu in the wind and snow. With side carriages, the elderly, the weak, women and children can suffer less along the way. "

"My goodness, brother, a sled with a load capacity of 50,000 kilograms is enough to transport hundreds of people. Seven or eight sleds are enough for all the people in Guqiu Fengtu. How many people and goods are you planning to transport?" Tu Shigu's eyes were full of confusion.

Qing Yi laughed and took out two animal skin scrolls: "Brother Shi Gu, you see, this migration of thousands of miles will take at least a month, so we have to make separate small rooms in the car, so that it will be more comfortable to live in.

Here, this is the internal structure diagram I drew. You have to make it sturdy for me. After migrating to the new burial ground, I still hope that these sleds can serve as housing for several months. "

"My goodness, brother, you are using the sled as a mobile house!" Tu Shigu said with a look of admiration, "Other nobles and ministers who were granted new lands in the past often had to endure a lot of hardships during the migration process, but you are just treating it like a game.

But brother, you can rest assured and leave it to me. I will make sure that 500 sleds are made with guaranteed quality before the migration. I will use ironwood as the raw material for the shafts and frames, so there is no need to worry about damage even if the migration is thousands of miles away."

The weather remained cold in the following winter. Tun Shigu was busy leading dozens of craftsmen to make sleds, while Qing Yi was concentrating on engraving his own simplified rune formation.

Experiments have proven that this simplified version of the formation is indeed far inferior to the "seeking the sword through a tree" version, but it is simple and convenient to make.

The sled that weighs 50,000 pounds including the sled, people and cargo, weighs only more than 10,000 pounds after being inlaid with a weight-reducing floating formation. The green rhinoceros beast of Daniu can tow ten sleds to form a team and move forward.

Even if they were ordinary northern wilderness buffaloes raised on a solitary hill, three or four of them could pull five carts together, greatly saving manpower and animal power.

Time passed quickly without noticing, and in the blink of an eye it was November 20th. Qing Yi finished making all the rune formations and continued to prepare to go to the capital.

Looking at Gongsun Wu, Daniu, Chai Yong and other private soldiers, busy organizing the team, Qing Yi couldn't help but think: "I wonder what King Xinghou wants to say to me when he sees me?"

One more chapter is added today. Dear readers, please don’t mind. I have tried my best. The story will then return to the capital for a while. I hope you all like it.

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