Gongsun Yue returned to the Chamber of Commerce, feeling very upset.
"I'm afraid he has been favored by the empress and princess. From now on, he will be either the consort or the emperor. It will be difficult to get him to go to Bashu willingly. It will be as difficult as ascending to heaven!"
Jian Canglang said helplessly: "Is there nothing you can do?"
Gongsun Yue hummed: "I will never lose to any woman! Any!"
Jian Canglang breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Don't be impatient. Be prepared to work hard for two or three years. Just make sure that Xue Mei returns to the Sword Clan before she reaches adulthood."
"Two or three years?" Gongsun Yue's delicate body trembled, and then her eyes were firm, "Even if I work hard for ten years, I will take my little sister back!"
Hearing this, Jian Canglang had a strange look in his eyes and glanced at Gongsun Yue.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion.
While sipping tea, Liang Xiao looked at the design drawings on the table and was amazed.
This is the "Profit and Loss Repeating Crossbow" developed by Zhuge Hui and his wife!
I was actually lucky enough to see another Liannu developed by Prime Minister Zhuge in this world...
Moreover, the structure of this repeating crossbow is different from the modern restored repeating crossbow, and it looks even more exquisite.
In fact, most of the modern restored Liannu are Liannu from the Ming Dynasty, and have nothing to do with Zhuge Liang's profit and loss Liannu.
The repeating crossbow provided by Zhuge Hui can also fire ten arrows in succession, which convinced Liang Xiao that the Zhuge repeating crossbow that can be used by a single person is indeed not capable of firing ten crossbow arrows at once.
Ma Jun, an inventor from the Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period, was amazed by the Zhuge Liannu after seeing it. He also improved it so that it could shoot fifty crossbow bolts at a time. However, due to the complexity of production, the crossbow arrows had to be specially made, which was quite troublesome. Later, Lost. From this point, it can be seen that Zhuge's serial crossbows are more likely to fire in succession rather than in volley.
Because if a salvo of ten rounds is changed to a salvo of fifty rounds, the burden on the crossbow string will increase at least five times, or the kinetic energy of each crossbow arrow will be only one-fifth of the original at most, which is very unrealistic.
Prime Minister Zhuge only began to conceive of this kind of repeating crossbow when he was over seventy years old, and his ability seems to be inferior to that of his hometown man.
But Liang Xiao quickly figured it out.
Perhaps, the Zhou Dynasty under Zhuge Hui's management was vast and far larger than the Shu Han, so he did not have so much time to study these ingenious things.
"Do you think this is feasible?" Zhuge Hui asked.
Liang Xiao exclaimed: "As expected of the Prime Minister, but it seems that the structure can be improved a little, maybe it can increase the power..."
Zhuge Hui smiled and said: "After you improve it, try the two designs together. Whichever is more practical, use whichever one is more practical. Keep improving. I know that if you can come up with something like white sugar, you must know some ingenuity. I'm looking for you. If you refer to it, you will definitely gain something.”
Liang Xiao nodded repeatedly, feeling moved in his heart.
Zhuge Hui allowed him to refer to such an important thing, which was undoubtedly a sign of trust.
Zhuge Hui stared at the young man in front of him and suddenly asked: "Have you been to the Ancestral Temple today?"
Seeing Liang Xiao nodding, Zhuge Hui sighed: "Your grandfather Lanlinghou and his clan brother King Wu are both qualified to enjoy the Ancestral Temple. Recently, His Majesty is discussing this matter with the Ministry of Rites. But the Minister of Rites is Duanmu Cao, you know. No matter what, a meritorious official is a meritorious official, and his achievements cannot be denied, so that year, the Great Zhou Wu Sheng was posthumously named King Wu."
Liang Xiao was stunned for a moment, thoughtful.
Zhuge Hui must have met Shizu and the old man. It's impossible not to see the clues, so he suddenly mentioned this matter...
Zhuge Hui seemed to be talking to himself.
"Gaozu once said that King Wu conquered most of the world for him, so he has always been grateful for King Wu's achievements. Unfortunately, King Wu failed to leave any heirs to inherit the title."
"Actually, there is one thing that is so tragic that it has not yet been recorded in the history books. At that time, King Wu, like Gaozu, both had children at an old age. Both children were the only sons of their parents, and they were born in the same year. Unfortunately, That year, an unexpected outbreak of smallpox occurred in the capital, and Gaozu's queen and King Wu's wife both contracted the disease and died. Of the two children, only one survived, and that child was the prince."
Hearing this, Liang Xiao's pupils shrank: "This..."
Liang Xiao's reaction was instantly understood by Zhuge Hui.
Duan Yunxiu mentioned to him that Liang Xiao said that his master was Xianyun Yehe, and he was not allowed to mention his master's name to outsiders casually.
Now, Zhuge Hui finally figured out the whole story.
"Liang Xiao, you must not spread these things I told you to others."
Liang Xiao nodded slightly and said solemnly: "I understand, thank you for your trust, Prime Minister!"
At this moment, the old and the young had a tacit understanding, and no one could tell the difference.
Zhuge Hui said meaningfully: "After all, you will at least be the Prince Consort of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, and you are qualified to know this matter. You must not let down the trust of His Majesty and His Highness in you. I am over seventy years old, and the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be entrusted to you. In Until now, as long as it is something that is beneficial to the king and the people, you can just ask His Majesty for instructions and do it with confidence, I will try my best to deal with it, and you can't let the important officials of the court always make things difficult for you."
Hearing this, Liang Xiao couldn't help feeling sad and looked at the elder in front of him.
The prime minister in his hometown died suddenly before he was sixty years old, leaving behind the tragedy of stars falling in the autumn wind in Wuzhangyuan.
"How is the Prime Minister's diet lately?"
Zhuge Hui smiled and said: "We can barely maintain the normal level. If it weren't for the division of labor and cooperation among everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I wouldn't have to work so hard."
Liang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Dazhou has a vast territory and naturally has more available talents, which actually shares Zhuge Hui's workload.
To be on the safe side, Liang Xiao still asked about Zhuge Hui's diet and daily life, including drinking water, and then said: "Prime Minister, my master's friend has a method of maintaining health. You might as well refer to it?"
"Oh? Please tell me." Zhuge Hui's eyes were a little more curious.
Liang Xiao wrote down some relatively healthy life details based on modern knowledge.
Zhuge Hui looked at them one by one and nodded slightly: "You can try it. At least it seems harmless. For example, only drink boiled water and eat less pickled and baked food."
Liang Xiao thought of something again and said: "The Prime Minister mentioned smallpox just now. This is a serious infectious disease that everyone has heard of. I accidentally discovered that those who raised cattle had never had smallpox in their lives. Where smallpox broke out, Almost no one among the cattle farmers has contracted the disease.”
"Is there any connection between this?" Zhuge Hui became more curious and looked at Liang Xiao with increasingly weird eyes.
This kid is only seventeen years old, how can he know so many things?
Liang Xiao said: "I was curious about this later, and after searching through medical books, I found that these people had all had cowpox. This kind of cowpox is equivalent to cows having smallpox. After it is transmitted to humans, the human body should have produced something that can resist smallpox. It’s the stuff that allowed these cattle farmers to avoid the threat of smallpox.”
If Zhuge Hui realized something, he had a happy smile on his face.
"I understand. What you are saying is that in areas where smallpox is rampant and surrounding areas, finding ways to make people suffer from less virulent cowpox may be able to effectively prevent this disease? I can't believe that you would actually care about such details, respect. The teacher is really good at teaching.”
"You can try to cut people's skin with a burning knife, and then apply cowpox scabs on the wound. You should be able to get cowpox." After Liang Xiao finished speaking, he smiled and felt satisfied.
Talking to smart people saves trouble.
"Okay! I will suggest to Your Majesty that you try cowpox on a small scale. After all, cowpox will not cause death. But if this can effectively prevent smallpox and protect thousands of people, then you will have made a great contribution that will be remembered forever. ."
Zhuge Hui patted Liang Xiao on the shoulder, with a rare look of excitement on his face.
Just asking this kid to be the prince's consort is really wronging him...
The not-so-innocent young man didn't realize that he had been targeted by the old prime minister.
