The third day of September, Guangling City.
The Guangling Prefect's Mansion was bustling with people early in the morning and was packed with visitors. The front yard was covered with temporary awnings, and servants came and went to provide food and water, so that the guests waiting in the yard would not be embarrassed.
There was an endless stream of guests from all walks of life and all kinds of clothes, all waiting to be summoned by Liu Bei in person.
Liu Bei worked tirelessly. Ever since Yuan Cao started the war and a large number of people from Huaihe and Huaihe flooded into Guangling, he had been meeting guests from morning to night for many days in a row.
As long as anyone who had served as an official under Yuan Shu, or had some reputation or knowledge in the local area came to Guangling, Liu Bei would insist on meeting him personally to confirm their talents.
Winning people's hearts, identifying talents, and recruiting talents are what Liu Bei is best at.
He only has one county, and he doesn't have much other things to do. The day-to-day civil affairs are left to Zhuge Liang and Chen Qun to worry about. Of course, he has to personally handle personnel and talent recruitment.
After negotiation, if it is found that the other party is actually incompetent, Liu Bei will at least give him a small settlement fee, ask his servants to arrange a good meal of wine and food, at least a whole tail of fresh sea bass and mandarin fish, and leave a place to live. information. If there is no place to live, the government will help arrange accommodation.
If he encounters useful talents, he will naturally be given more generous treatment, and Liu Bei will personally accompany the guest to a meal, and provide him with a house and farmland, needless to say.
In the past half month, he did discover a few knowledgeable people from Huainan County. They were all very young scholars. Some of them had not even reached the top level and were just junior officials at the lowest level. Liu Bei himself had a dazzling eye. unearthed.
…
When Liu Bei saw the iron wire, he was also shocked, because the Han Dynasty did not have such thin iron wire, at most it only had iron nails, which had to be made one by one.
Zhuge Jin's original fixed gill net mainly captured deep-seated migratory fish in rivers and seas. But for pure marine fish or pure freshwater fish, as long as they do not have migratory characteristics, there is nothing they can do.
"You can keep the officials on today's list and invite Mr. Kong Ming to have a meal with you. Then invite Cang Ci and Xu Yi who were recruited a few days ago. Among the newly recruited people, , several of them are fellow villagers, it would be nice to get acquainted with them together."
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang answered his confusion in time: "General, don't worry, although these are fishing boats, I also used bilge keels to reduce the rolling. In addition, these small boats all have their heads and sterns turned up. Didn't the general notice that they On the central axis, there is always the thickest piece of wood running from the head to the tail. This is the main keel.
pS: Because the plot was temporarily adjusted, I wrote it very slowly, and some parts may not be smooth. Sorry for the delay. The transition chapters are relatively long and complex.
Especially Jiang Ji and Hu Zhi, who were born as planners, were directly handed over to Zhuge Liang for arrangements. He could stay by his side as a bookkeeper or assistant, or one of them could go to Wuhu to work for his brother.
"It's a pity that Yuanlong is not here. Yuanlong loves fish meat. It's a pity that last year I remember Ziyu reminded him once, saying that river fish have worms and should not be regarded as fish meat. Even if they must be eaten, they should eat sea fish and fish meat. Now this new kind of Just drag the net into the sea and it will be filled with deep-water fish, wouldn’t it be beautiful?”
However, after it softens, there is a slight problem with the installation of the barbs, and bamboo thorns can no longer be used because they are not durable and it is troublesome to repair the seams after breaking, so Zhuge Liang currently uses iron wire that is easy to bend and twist.
Moreover, Liu Bei didn't care about the variety. What he cared about more was the huge output of the gill net.
——
While sitting on the boat waiting for sailing, Zhuge Liang took out the actual fishing net and showed it to Liu Bei.
Of course people like Jiang Ji and Hu Zhi will have words in the future, but they really don’t have them yet. He is too young and is a young tax statistician who has just entered the industry.
Liu Bei took a cursory glance and found that this net was at least worth a few stones! It’s probably close to ten stones.
To be honest, even if Zhuge Jin, a time traveler who knows the answers to history, comes to Guangling County to handle affairs in person, these people may not be able to think of and discover them.
This time's improvement has made up for all these shortcomings.
Liu Bei also quickly introduced him together, fearing that he would be left out in the cold. It is said that this person is from Xuzhou, and his name is Xu Yi. In fact, he is half a fellow villager of the Zhuge brothers, a native of Dongguan, Langya. He also went south to Yangzhou to avoid trouble due to the war in Xuzhou two years ago.
This gave Liu Bei a great sense of accomplishment. He worked tirelessly every day and became more motivated the more he worked.
According to research, the earliest chain armor technology in the world only existed in the 5th or 6th century AD. Moreover, chain armor was not commonly used in the early stages of Eastern civilization, so of course there was no chain armor in the Han Dynasty.
"Brother Yu, although he has no other abilities, I can still tell whether a person has talent and integrity. A big talent can be used for great purposes, and a small talent can be used for small things. These scholars all have their own strengths, and if they are used well, they will be great. Help.”
However, even if only counting the existing new varieties, it has already surprised Liu Bei.
It can only be said that in an era when no one would catch fish deep in rivers and seas, ecological resources were too abundant.
Zhuge Liang noticed that there were one or two newly recruited talents who did not seem to be "people from Huainan", so he asked Liu Bei in a low voice.
Kong Ming, in the future, he can be asked to assist Chen Changwen in managing the new refugees' land reclamation around Sheyangze. After all, there are more and more refugees now, and Changwen is gradually becoming too busy for himself. From now on, Changwen will be responsible for water conservancy and irrigation, while Xiaoren will help him manage reclamation and polders. "
There are also one or two huge golden pomfrets, but unfortunately they are very rare, because golden pomfrets are very flat fish and look like deep-water fish at first glance. Zhuge Liang's net is not deep enough, and only a few are unlucky enough to swim to the opposite side. Only those in shallow water were caught.
Liu Bei had a meal and a meal with these newly recruited talents, and said a lot of words of concern and encouragement, before sending them off to do their own errands and get familiar with their new jobs.
Zhuge Liang: "I have some ideas, but it may take a few days. Maybe I can invite my brother over and discuss it together."
The several-foot-long Yangtze saury that sold for thousands of dollars each in later generations is now almost as common as the hairtail fish in later generations. The golden yellow croaker can also be seen because this place is not far from the mouth of the Yangtze River.
In fact, from my point of view, even if he loses his face, if he can get Lu Bu to retreat, Cao Cao probably won't care. What Cao Cao is afraid of is probably losing the rice by stealing the chicken. Even if he loses his face, Lu Bu can't give him a sure word. .
After Zhuge Liang explained all the raw material innovations of the new gill net, the boat quickly sailed to the center of the river. Zhuge Liang asked the fishermen to start casting the net directly, and then he explained the principles to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei introduced them to everyone one by one, and said with a smile that Cang Ci, Jiang Ji, and Hu Zhi were all from the same hometown, and they would have a good relationship in the future. It was also a case of meeting old friends in a foreign land.
"Kong Ming's ideas are sometimes really elusive. Whether it's a keel boat or the ability to pull out iron wire without spending much labor, these craftsmanship skills seem to be used to build ordnance. But Kong Ming always It can be used for civilian purposes first, and then it can be tested while still earning back the capital, and even alleviate the hunger of the people..."
Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's surprised look, but couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Don't worry, this is not forged one by one, it is made of soft wrought iron, and then directly used a piece with rows of sizes to gradually reduce the holes. The iron plate, clamp one end of the iron and pull it towards the other end.
If Liu Bei hadn't been shocked by the fixed sinking gill net once before, he would have been shocked from ear to ear this time.
But he was worried that Cao Cao would no longer trust him, and I was also worried about whether Yuan Long would be in danger if he went to Xudu again, so I thought about whether we should also send envoys to Xudu to mediate, just as a peacemaker for Cao Cao and Lu Bu. ?
So Liu Bei immediately exclaimed: "This fishing net actually uses such expensive barbs? Can't we use bamboo thorns? Although this iron material is not large and not worth much, but to make the iron so fine, the labor cost is absolutely not high." A few, right? Do you have to make so many nails? Isn’t it as wasteful as a shipwright making nails?”
Once an even larger number of refugees flood into Guangling under Yuan Shu's rule next year, Liu Bei is quite confident that he will rely on the three strategies of reclamation and land reclamation to expand the Sheyang Zepolder, control of saline-alkali land, and large-scale fishing of marine fish to catch the new arrivals and prevent them from disappearing. A situation where people starved to death on a large scale.
"Kong Ming, I suddenly remembered something that I had no time to talk about just now. Yuan Long wrote another letter yesterday, saying that Cao Cao and Lu Bu have not been able to start negotiations on the matter of appointing officials in exchange for withdrawing troops. It seems that Cao Cao has some scruples. Afraid of losing the dignity of the court.
But eight people can produce enough food to feed hundreds of people for a day.
Liu Bei took a look and saw that this thing was similar in principle and shape to the original gill net made of bamboo strips, but the material had been changed to hemp fiber bundles.
According to this operation method, where four fishermen per boat and eight people in two boats can trawl the net, even if they only drag two or three large ones a day, they can harvest at least ten dan or more. It’s just that the investment in net-building, ship-building and supporting equipment was relatively large at the beginning.
After reading everyone’s feedback this morning, everyone is still willing to watch the diplomatic drama, but they feel that the protagonist’s status is high and he is easily targeted, so let’s change him.
And Liu Bei didn't have to choose. He could only choose what was useful, no matter whether you were from a noble family or a reckless person, there were only a few people in total.
After all, if you want to cast a net in the river to catch fish, you will definitely not be able to use a hard material that cannot deform. You still have to change it to a soft one.
The first step is to use a drawing plate with many holes to draw wrought iron into wire, and then roll it into small wire rings, which are fastened together to form chain mail.
Anyway, under Yuan Shu's rule, the military and civilians have already begun to see a "skyrocketing dependence on river mussels" phenomenon this year. If we continue to ignore production and impose excessive taxes and regulations, next year the people who stay in the local area will only become more and more dependent on river mussels. When you get to Guangling here, eating fish with whole grains, bran and cheap leafy vegetables is definitely much better than eating shellfish.
As for the reason why Zhuge Jin knows this technology, it is obviously because he played too many games in his previous life. There is a special battle documentary in it, which introduces how the chain armor in the castle era was made.
After arranging everything, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang out of the city and went to the dock on the Yangtze River to inspect the effect of the new fishing net built by Zhuge Liang. Jiang Ji and Hu Zhi also acted as small followers, each riding a docile pony to follow.
I have been responsible for building ships and building a naval force for the past two months, and I wanted to try the 'keel boat' that my elder brother and I had analyzed. However, time was still short and I did not dare to experiment with large ships or warships rashly, so I first practiced with small fishing boats. Although this boat is narrow and long, it is more resistant to wind and waves than the old boat. After I explore a few more ship types, I can turn the sea-going ship into a keel ship. "
And this is just the harvest of two boats connecting to the river for one trip. Even including the time to travel to the center of the river and return, it only takes more than three hours. Moreover, it is obviously not possible to pull a boat out once and then go back. It will definitely pull it back. Returned with a full load.
Of course Liu Bei had no objection to this. He was eager for Zhuge Jin to come and meet with him again. Since Zhuge Jin left in the twelfth month of last year, he had conquered Yuzhang and occupied half of Danyang, making his uncle's territory prosperous. But Liu Bei hadn't seen him for ten months.
The people of the Han Dynasty originally cast their nets to catch shallow-water fish at most two or three meters below the water surface. If you are more than five meters away from the water, you can only rely on fishing. It is a native resource that has never been cultivated.
Firstly, if we send people there, we will not be resented by Cao Cao. Secondly, this will also help us gain more benefits and official positions. After all, Lu Bu has a bad relationship with all the princes in the world, and they all hate him for his capriciousness. We are the only ones who are kind to Lu Bu. Lu Bu stole three of my counties, and I repay kindness with kindness! You can rely on this kindness to help Cao Cao open this mouth. "
But he was conquered by Sun Ce recently. He didn't want to serve a cruel person like Sun Ce, so he fled across the river and wanted to return to his hometown. As a result, Liu Bei happened to be in Guangling and worked tirelessly to interview and recruit wise men in person. Although Liu Bei's original intention was to target the recent influx of Yuan Shu's corporal scholars, he also included these locals who returned to their hometowns.
Zhuge Jin never expected that when his second brother was chatting with him, he asked about the cheap way to make iron wire, and in the end it was to make the iron thorns on the razor net. If Zhuge Jin knew about it, he would probably sigh at the pearl of the moment. Secret projection.
But it happened that Liu Bei himself came to take charge of this work. Coupled with Liu Bei's ability to recognize people, his affinity and observation skills, and his extreme diligence in seeking talents, he actually found many people who were from humble backgrounds. Or a talented person who started as a small official.
Therefore, this technique was inspired by Zhuge Liang when he was studying and competing with his elder brother a few months ago.
Liu Bei: "Oh? Then do you have any better ideas?"
However, when he thought of Chen Deng, he remembered that he still had business to discuss with Kong Ming today, which was about Chen Deng and sending envoys to the Xudu court.
They were all young people, and three of them had failed in Yuan Shu's territory. Liu Bei was still relatively young, so he naturally didn't have the bad habits of those long-established celebrities, and he spoke more straightforwardly.
Even after the early appearance of chainmail, people at that time did not immediately develop the technology of drawing iron wire. It took at least another one or two hundred years of evolution. Corresponding to the middle and early Tang Dynasty in the East, the earliest brushed type chainmail appeared in the world. First.
In this regard, Yuan Long suggested that he would like to go to Cao Cao again in the near future to seek an official position for Lu Bu, and by the way, induce Lu Bu to fulfill his promise and turn against Yuan Shu after getting the official position.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, Liu Bei also shook his head: "It's still too wasteful. If we want to promote it to the people in the future, let them raise their own bamboo strips."
Thinking of what he was proud of, Liu Bei couldn't help but think of Chen Denglai who lived a miserable life hiding in Lu Bu's place.
Liu Bei didn't want to waste time, so he ordered the chef to prepare more delicious meals early, and then ordered his attendants:
Because two boats are used, some distance can be left between the boats, several feet or even more than ten feet, and the cross-sectional area of the fishing net to carry fish against the river has also increased by at least an order of magnitude. Before this, the Han Dynasty The fishermen only had a single boat to cast their nets, and they couldn't even drag it, let alone two boats like Zhuge Liang's, pulling apart and sweeping across.
The small holes in the steel plate will make the wire thinner and thinner, and then use a smaller circle of holes to pull it. Pull it several times to create this very long thin wire. When using it, cut it into small pieces. It's a small cut, so the labor cost isn't huge. "
But when it comes to arithmetic, who in the world can compare with Xian Kunzhong? From now on, let the two of you learn while doing it and follow you around, and maybe you can grow better. "
In fact, when Liu Bei first communicated with Xu Yi, he didn't see any particularly obvious specific skills in this person. But he just studied the other party's resume and confirmed that the other party did not lie and that he had refused Sun Ce's conquest and fled back to his hometown, so he decisively decided to use him.
The morning passed in the blink of an eye, and lunch was just around the corner. Liu Bei still vaguely remembered that Zhuge Liang sent someone to tell him last night that he would be invited to the riverside this afternoon after the Guangling tide recedes to inspect a new type of gillnet fishing that can be towed by a fishing boat.
Anyway, Jiang Ji and Hu Zhi were younger than Zhuge Liang, and their original status was very low. They would not feel despised. Instead, they would feel that the lord valued them and asked them to practice their skills with the master of arithmetic. Some young people of this age are still working as bookboys for the children of high-ranking officials.
There is no doubt that Zhuge Liang did not invent this hole-drawing technique for making iron wire. There was no such unparalleled technology in this era.
But don't worry, neither Zhuge brother will go to Xudu, and Zhuge Jin will not go to Yecheng. Zhuge Liang is not well-known yet, and his official position is still low. I will let him be promoted to a suitable position first, and then run around for a while and write a few words. .
The attendant immediately took the order and left. About a quarter of an hour later, Zhuge Liang was found. He happened to be adjusting the new fishing net and hadn't eaten yet, so it didn't take much trouble.
Large ships after the Tang and Song Dynasties generally had keels, so they ushered in a leap in navigation technology. This is a trick that is almost universally known to time travellers. Of course Zhuge Jin also knows that when the conditions are right, he will also find a way Go and drive.
It's just that Cao Cao occupies a position in the imperial court, and there are countless people to pick and choose for him. Even if Cao Cao doesn't use famous people, he can use the poor people who are only talented.
Then Zhuge Liang decisively ordered the net to be closed, and a group of fishermen spent a lot of effort to finally drag the net up.
The new gill net still has a counterweight at the bottom to ensure that the bottom rope is dragged as far into the deep water as possible, while there is still a float at the top to ensure that the net mouth faces the water in a larger area.
He really wanted to treat Chen Deng to a meal of the four-foot-long September Autumn Sword and the fresh golden yellow croaker.
Zhuge Liang: "That's not a bad idea. Now this time is basically an experiment. If you ask for the best, you will get the middle. If you ask for the middle, you will get the bottom. There is no harm in asking for something higher at the beginning."
Liu Bei slapped his thigh and sighed, wanting to show off in front of Chen Deng right away.
After dragging for a while, he was a little worried about whether the boat would capsize, because after the two boats pulled apart, the weight of the fishing net was concentrated on the inner side of each boat. Several times, the river waves became slightly larger, and the boat began to Shaking sideways, Liu Bei felt a little uneasy.
Some of these guests are even younger than Zhuge Liang. They are estimated to be only about fifteen years old, which is considered early. Zhuge Liang looked at the other person's appearance and felt that he was too young to be reliable, but Liu Bei was relieved and whispered to him:
Liu Bei looked at it very seriously. It turned out that Zhuge Liang's operation this time actually required the use of two fishing boats. They each pulled one end of the rope of the net, then threw it into the river, and used the river water to wash away the net.
Zhuge Liang heard that Xu Yi was half his hometown, so he became a little interested and chatted with him for a while.
After all, who would notice the early experiences of these talents? Zhuge Jin does not have a database in his mind, so it is impossible to predict everything.
From this perspective, Liu Bei's meritocracy is no different from Cao Cao's. Liu Bei also has many people from different religions and backgrounds.
"This is Cang Cicang Xiaoren. He was originally a Huainan County householder, and he knew a lot about encouraging farmers to work in the fields. He was dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's excessive conquests, depleting the lakes for fishing, and plundering excessively. He abandoned his official position and came here five days ago.
"So many? And there are such golden sea fish? And such long river knives?"
Then Liu Bei introduced a few more people, and they all talked happily: "These two are Jiang Ji and Hu Zhi. Although they have not yet been given the title, they have some basic arithmetic foundation. They are planners in Xicai and Hefei respectively. I have inspected them." After that, he was quite fair and careful.
Although there were warships following them, even if the ship capsized, there would be guards with good water skills to rescue them, and Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang could also swim.
While Liu Bei was deep in thought, the fishing net was getting heavier and heavier. Zhuge Liang estimated that the ship's roll had increased slightly - it felt like when a straw boat borrowed arrows, one side of the ship was already weighed down heavily by the arrows. Pretty much the same.
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he said noncommittally: "It is certainly possible to send an envoy to Xudu, but I think it should be supplemented by other strategies. And my brother and I will definitely not go to Xudu again. We will send another envoy to Xudu." Just people.”
Liu Bei didn't know the twists and turns, so he was naturally more surprised after reading it:
Zhuge Liang is now responsible for the construction of the navy and the construction of warships. Of course, Zhuge Jin must share these valuable knowledge with his younger brother in advance to avoid detours.
Liu Bei immediately stood up, pulled Zhuge Liang to sit next to him, and before starting to eat, he helped Zhuge Liang introduce a few people about his age.
Liu Bei was amazed when he saw it. Although he still didn't know what the harvest would be, his domineering attitude made him feel relieved: the harvest would definitely not be small!
As Liu Bei spoke, he stood up and led Zhuge Liang. He stood up and walked around in a circle, drinking with everyone, and introducing each one to Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei's idea is also very simple: Sun Ce is willing to recruit this person, which must be a bit extraordinary. The other party's refusal shows that he is still a man of integrity. In this case, let's keep it as a reserve of talents and slowly observe and discover their strengths. Anyway, it's not like we can't afford this salary.
Cangci was the oldest among the guests today, but he was only in his twenties, probably no more than twenty-five. Seeing that Liu Bei respected Zhuge Liang so much, he quickly offered a toast, and Zhuge Liang nodded in return.
When the time comes, the main character will guard the family and be written as the main line, while the second brother's dual-line operation will be sketched out.
The few people arrived at the pier quickly, and Zhuge Liang also pulled Liu Bei onto a larger new fishing boat, and then ordered all the fishing boats next to it to set sail and sail towards the center of the river.
As for deep-water fish like hairtail, although they will be worthless in later generations, Zhuge Liang cannot catch them now because the depth is also not enough.
