"Preface to the Ancient Fire Well Stele of the Han Dynasty": "Prime Minister Zhuge came to inspect and improved the techniques. He cut bamboos to guide the air, introduced the fire in the well to boil salt, installed dozens of pots and stoves, and made more than tens of thousands of profits."
"Huayang Guozhi": "There is a fire well in Linqiong, five feet wide from (vertical) and two to three feet deep. The well is a hundred miles south of the county. In the past, people used bamboo and wood to make fire. After Prime Minister Zhuge looked over , turn the fire to full heat. Put the basin cover on the well and boil the salt to get the salt."
Zhuge Liang's use of natural gas pipelines is the earliest example of active utilization of underground energy in human history.
The reason why the Prime Minister is great is because many of his actions have even transcended the constraints of the times.
The two commodities of Shu brocade and Shu salt are also a miracle that Shu Han was able to fight against nine states in one state during the Prime Minister's political period!
——(not a gorgeous dividing line)
Everyone thought that Liu Bei would take advantage of the victory to pursue Liangzhou.
Cao Cao and Sun Quan were happy to see Liu Bei expand blindly.
Only after Cao Cao captured Liangzhou did he realize the suffering of this land.
It is true that they have powerful cavalry, but the Qiang and Di tribes next to them can be said to be the victims of the Central Plains regime.
Already being devastated by the peasant uprising in the Central Plains, how could Cao Cao still have time to manage the Qiang and Hu rebellions?
Pain for the people of Liangzhou!
Xun You offered advice and retreated the troops from Liangzhou, allowing Liu Bei to see the hope of seizing Liangzhou.
As long as Liangzhou is captured, Liu Bei's power will be expanded, but over time, it will definitely be burdened by the Qiang and Hu.
The Cao Cao family has a great cause, and it only takes a year to recuperate and gather enough troops to fight again.
But for the Liu Bei Group, Yizhou has a good economic foundation, and it has to return the people to Hanzhong, plus stabilize Liangzhou, and it will definitely be exhausted.
The Qiang and Di in Liangzhou were consuming Liu Bei in disguise.
Cao Cao acted according to his plan and decisively withdrew his troops from Liangzhou, exposing a flaw to Liu Bei.
As a result, Liu Bei did not indulge in taking Liangzhou, but instead strengthened the Hanzhong defense line and began to stabilize his own territory.
Liu Bei did not attract, but welcomed the Xiqiang and Di tribe.
The two Hu tribes burned, killed and looted in Liangzhou. Cao Cao's soldiers were not around, so the various county guards had to resist on their own.
Among them, there is no shortage of Jiang Wei’s hometown - Tianshui County!
County official Zhao Ang and his wife Wang Yi gradually rose to prominence.
They have understood that Cao Cao's court will never control Liangzhou again!
Liangzhou people can only survive through their own efforts.
Sun Quan was also distressed by Shan Yue.
Cheng Wu is different from Fei Zhan and Pan Lin. After joining Feiyu, Cheng Wu can be said to have studied various tactics seriously.
It gave full play to the characteristics of Shanyue, hiding the mountains and guerrilla Soochow.
Even if He Qi, the master of Shanyue's suffering, came, Cheng Wu could retreat safely without paying a high price.
Today, Cheng Wu has become a hidden danger within Soochow.
A year flies by.
Liu Mang married Lu Qiling, and now Sun Shangxiang is the head wife, while Lu Qiling and Bu Lianshi are both ordinary wives.
Finally able to recuperate, Liu Mang asked the doctors to examine the health of the generals who participated in the Hanzhong War one by one.
Especially Huang Zhong and Yan Yan, two old treasures.
As a major agricultural state, Jiaozhou has had bumper harvests for two consecutive years under the leadership of Deng Ai, a master of farming.
It has reached a point where every household has a surplus of food.
This also made Deng Ai famous, and he was called the God of Agriculture by the people of Jiaozhou.
As for Huangshan who was assisting him, he was given the name - Slave of the God of Agriculture, or serf for short.
For this reason, Huangshan wrote a letter to Liu Mang to complain.
He said that Deng Ai had recovered from his stutter and had forgotten about his brothers.
Why do you become a god and I become a slave?
Liu Mang also couldn't laugh or cry, which at least proved that the two of them had achieved great results.
If Jiaozhou can develop stably, Liu Mang plans to transfer Deng Ai and Huangshan back to his side.
After all, it would be a waste for such a talented person to stay in Jiaozhou to farm.
Things were calm in Jingzhou. Pang Tong wanted to send troops to Xiangyang several times, but Zhao Yun suppressed him.
According to Zhao Yun's thinking, Jingzhou's real enemy is Sun Quan in the east.
If the Jingzhou Army once uses troops, Sun Quan will definitely find the right time to attack.
Pang Tong had no choice but to be patient.
Zhao Yun wrote many times to greet his lord Liu Bei. While his brothers were separated, he also urged Liu Mang to practice his marksmanship diligently and not to slack off just because of his absence.
Liu Mang was full of emotions. When Zhao Yun was by his side, he always wanted to be lazy.
Now that Zhao Yun is not here, he can only feel that Fourth Uncle Zhao is beside him when he is practicing shooting.
"When Yizhou is pacified, I must return to Jingzhou and fight alongside Fourth Uncle Zhao."
Liu Mang put the letters away, and the year passed by in a hurry.
Due to the efforts of Liu Mang, Zhuge Liang, and Liu Ba, within one year, the Han Dynasty directly dumped goods against Wei and Wu.
Zhibaician has become the common currency for merchants. Even if Cao Cao and Sun Quan tried their best, they were banned repeatedly.
After all, it's not like five baht which is no longer valuable. With Liu Bei's personal credit as the endorsement, hundreds of dollars can be exchanged for goods.
In addition, Shu Brocade is really good at fighting!
As a high-ranking official, you would be embarrassed to go out without a piece of Shu brocade on you.
As for Shu salt, it swept the Central Plains and Soochow.
Cao Cao thought of a way to set an example by banning the consumption of Shu salt.
It turned out to be a good thing. After tasting the salt produced in his own salt pond, Cao Cao almost spit out a mouthful of old blood!
bitter! It’s so painful!
The traitor thought about it and decided that salt was the basic living needs of the people and he couldn't stop eating it!
Even he himself was already familiar with the exquisite Shu salt and turned his nose up at his own salt.
Not to mention everyone else!
However, Sichuan brocade is just a luxury product, and it doesn't matter whether you wear it or not.
So the traitor Cao Cao decided to attack Shu brocade. He announced that court officials must dress plainly, and took the lead in issuing the "Internal Precepts", strictly prohibiting himself and his family members from wearing brocade.
"Boycott Shu brocade starts with you and me!"
Cao Cao took the lead in dressing frugally, and in order to establish his authority, he targeted Cao Zhi's concubines.
Because the concubine was dressed in gorgeous Shu brocade, she was directly sentenced to death by Cao Cao. Only then did all the civil and military officials understand that King Wei was serious about it!
Cao Cao also practiced simplicity and carried forward his simple style.
Even when he married his daughter, he covered his face with a black veil, and those who didn't know thought he was visiting a grave.
So the court officials also felt it (ko
g) Call (he), and compete with each other to see who wears the best clothes.
This was actually a matter of discussion at the Prince of Wei's palace, and all the officials were dressed in rags.
Those who didn’t know better thought it was a meeting of the Beggar Clan.
There is no way, in order to resist "Shu Han capitalism", Cao Cao is really serious.
This also caused many officials in the imperial court to cry out.
Everyone has money, but they have to dress like beggars. It is a sin!
Cao Pi's wife Zhen Mi was also deeply troubled by this, but she was as beautiful as a flower, even in plain clothes, she was still bright and charming.
Recently, Cao Pi took a new concubine - Queen Guo.
PS: "Pei Song's Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms": After planting embroidery on his wife's clothes, Taizu came to the stage to see it. He violated the order and returned home to die.
