Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 172 Impeached
Bi Sheng's movable type printing has basically reached practicality, especially the pottery movable type that has just been trial-produced is more durable than wooden movable type, which is Bi Sheng's most proud invention, but Bi Sheng is also very distressed about the shortcomings of pottery movable type.

When the clay is fired, the original engraved characters are easily deformed, so burning more than a dozen characters may not be satisfactory to one, so when engraving characters on the clay, the strokes should not be too thin, so that the pottery movable type cannot print small characters.

Li Buqi asked why iron, copper or lead were not used as movable type. In that case, to make new movable type, one only needed to turn over the mold, and the font could be made smaller.Bi Sheng replied that metal materials do not stick to ink.

Li Buqi suddenly realized.The ink in this era was diluted with water, and the surface tension of water was too high to infiltrate the metal surface, so ink was used for subsequent printing.Li Buqi was engaged in chemistry before time travel, and there are still some ways to reduce surface tension.So he explained to Shao Yong and Bi Sheng, directors of the academy, that they need three sets of movable ceramic type for printing advertisements and posters that require large characters, wooden movable type for printing book leaflets, and lead movable type for experimenting with ink.

Movable type printing is something that will last for thousands of years. Li Buqi asked the academy to give full support. In addition to immediately recruiting some craftsmen, he also recruited a group of scholars to come to the work-study program to set up a printing workshop.

In addition, Li Buqi also contributed a typeface that was once called "Imitation Song Style", and made several suggestions for Bi Sheng's invention of "Zizi Pan".

From Zhe Yinghui, Li Buqi didn't ask any valuable information, so he felt very wrong about Zhe Yinghui's slowness.It's just that Zhe Yinghui's hiding in Tokyo couldn't be made public, so he had no choice but to go back to the city with a lawsuit in his head.

Zhou Qing's deputy sent someone to escort the goods back. He brought some good news and one bad news.

The good news is that they also found ginseng in Korea and bought a batch from the Koreans.Moreover, the Jurchens who traded with them on the coast of Liaodong this time are a large tribe, and their goods are far more abundant than those of the small tribes in the past. Not only the ginseng and fur goods brought back have increased a lot, but also gems and pearls have been added.

Judging from the inquiries, the small Jurchen tribes that originally traded with them had been annexed by the nearby large tribes, and the larger tribes replaced these small tribes to control the transaction.This situation is very understandable. Small tribes that benefited from trade have rapidly increased in wealth but do not have enough strength to protect themselves, so it is no wonder that they are not swallowed.

What happens when the wealth of the big tribe increases?It is definitely necessary to continue to annex the surrounding small tribes to increase their strength.When the power increases to a certain level, it should cause trouble for the Liao Kingdom. Li Buqi sold them a lot of iron.Although those iron arrowheads and steel knives are inferior goods that the Song army despises, in the eyes of the Jurchens who did not have many iron weapons available in the past, they are like big killers. I believe they will definitely give them courage.

From this incident, it can be seen that the trade of a few ships every year will set off a big storm in Liaodong.Li Buqi couldn't help admiring himself from the bottom of his heart.

When they passed by Tsushima Island, the Japanese took out Japanese swords, gold and silver, Japanese iron, sulfur, and iron pear wood in exchange for silk, porcelain, glass, and books, because most of the goods on board were ironware and ironware suitable for Liaodong. Linen, so the Japanese asked to bring more goods they needed for trading next time.Judging from the Japanese people in Tsushima who can produce more and more gold and silver each time, the Japanese voice is still worth making.

The bad news was good, and Li Buqi’s surprise was not the same. The three ships encountered a strong wind and tsunami on their return voyage, and were blown to the north of Tsushima Island. The Koreans came into contact.There was a government office nearby, and the Koreans saw that they were foreigners, so they wanted to detain them. Fortunately, they ran fast and escaped before the arrival of the Korean army.

It is impossible not to get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river.The route is along the coastline of the Korean Peninsula. It is common sense to go to the coast to shelter from the wind when encountering bad weather at sea. This situation has long been expected by Li Buqi.So Li Buqi just replied a letter, asking to strengthen the construction of Tamna Island according to the originally agreed plan.There are already more than 500 households of Song people in Tamna Island, and [-] Mongolian horses have been transported this year for breeding, which should be able to play a role.

This time, because the relatively large Jurchen tribe participated in the transaction, the number of tendons, horns and feathers was nearly double that of the first half of the year.Li Buqi asked to sell these things to the third division, earning a lot of money, and he could also help the case solve the problem of shortage of raw materials.It's just that he didn't expect that this would become one of his crimes in a few days.

Cheng Jun sneaked into Li Buqi's office again to report that everything was arranged, and asked Li Buqi to hand over the documents for applying for the purchase of a lathe, implying that Li Buqi would do this so that they could take advantage of the chaos and avoid future troubles.

Li Buqi was a little surprised by Cheng Jun's efficiency, and confirmed, "Can it really prevent future troubles forever?"

Cheng Jun said confidently: "Don't worry, Judgment Li. This time, let those who intend to frame the officials learn a lesson. They have to calm down for three to five years. Who will bring up old scores again in the future?"

From what it means, Cheng Jun and his gang are determined to use Li Buqi as a shield.Although Li Buqi was disgusted by this, there was nothing he could do about it.If you want to shoot all these little moths to death, then there will be no one to do the work, and it will only make people laugh.Therefore, for the sake of political achievements, they had to be tolerated.

Li Buqi sent someone to ask Liu Shi, deputy envoy of Yantie, who happened to be in the third department, so he took the application and went to Liu Shi in person.Liu Shi's calm but suddenly shining eyes have actually betrayed him.

After the ecstasy, he read the document from front to back again, making sure that he read it correctly, and he couldn't help but scream in his heart: Li Buqi, Li Buqi, Wang, you are so careful and shrewd, how could you give such a big deal to me? In the hands of the old man, this time you will definitely be ruined, and you will never be able to turn over again.

When he looked up, he remembered that Li Buqi was still sitting next to him waiting for a reply. He pretended to put Li Buqi's papers on the case casually: "Pan Li, this matter is expensive, so we need to be careful. Wait for me to ask for instructions." I will reply you after going through the planner and deputy envoy."

Seeing the light in Liu Shi's eyes, Li Buqi didn't dare to be negligent, so he left and went back to the office to take out all the paperwork he had written in the past few days. Although he felt that there was nothing missing, he still racked his brains to polish it. again.

At the same time, the two Xiang armies arranged by Li Buqi to secretly pay attention to Liu Shi's movements continued to send back news.Liu Shi first found several officials who were dismissed by Li Buqi from the Zhou case and closed the door without knowing what to say. After these officials left, after about two meals, Liu Shi hurried to Yushitai .

Sure enough, before evening, news came from Yushitai and Tongjin Yintai Division: Yushi Liu Shi impeached Li Buqi for three major crimes of corruption and several minor crimes.This news immediately ignited the circles in Tokyo, and the censors followed up to impeach Li Buqi. For a small third judge, this is also a great honor.

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