Chapter 52: Murder and Silence
The underwind of the tiger's head pierced a thick ram two feet long, which was made of three pieces of wood with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl. The tip of the iron spear at the tip glistened coldly in the rising sun, and there was no doubt about the lethality of this guy. None of the so-called warships on Dongting Lake can be a combination of them.
The four protruding claws were equipped with four sets of rotatable levers, and the canopy boats that were about a foot old would be slapped in two at once. Yun Xiao has no doubt that this will be a peerless weapon for fighting on the water in this era. There is nothing on this planet that can compete with it.
did not pursue Master Geng's tampering with the turtle head with a tiger head, it was all the same thing that the beast used. What's more, the tiger head is indeed more majestic.
"Boy, why don't you load this ship with more mechanical crossbow arrows like the ones you designed. You know, this is a unique weapon in water warfare. It can wipe out enemy ships at a distance of a thousand paces, and such warships will be unrivaled across the river. â
Master Geng was very dissatisfied with Yun Xiao not giving him more bowstrings to make more three-bow bed crossbows, and he thought that the turtle ship should be densely packed with at least ten or twenty crossbows to be considered majestic.
Lao Tzu just wanted to get a few ships for emergency, and he didn't want to get the battleships of the Han Dynasty.
"It's impossible for this turtle boat to follow Yun Xiao back to Chang'an, the old gentleman understands."
Yun Xiao still broke the heavens in one sentence, Lao Tzu's patent is not for people to enjoy in vain. It's good to have the three-bow bed crossbow yourself. Don't have bad intentions one day, and it will be difficult for you to come over to collect it yourself.
"Oh, that's a pity."
Master Geng is also a human spirit, so he naturally heard the meaning of Yun Xiao's words. He sighed and stopped talking.
"Mr. Geng, Yun Xiao has a reluctant request. I don't know if Mr. is willing to go back to Yunjia Zhuangzi with Yun Xiao. Yun Xiao plans to set up a school for craftsmen. Specializing in teaching craftsmen to create various facilities for our masters. â
There were 20,000 more people in Zhuangzi at once, and Yun Xiao felt that the agricultural life was no longer able to feed them. I want to settle these people down quickly. It has to be industrialized. To build a factory, you first need all kinds of craftsmen, and Yun Xiao plans to establish such a school again.
Tsinghua University was where the aristocracy studied. It is impossible for a child from a civilian family to go to school. Wei Qing is a special case within a special case, and there can only be one Wei Qing in the big Han. And Yun Xiao thinks it is necessary to establish a civilian university if he wants the children of ordinary families to be educated. Do you name this school Peking University? Yun Xiao was still struggling.
"Lintong Hou plans to build such a school?"
Master Geng's eyes lit up, and he has always promoted the craftsmanship of craftsmen, so that the treasures left by his ancestors will not be lost. Unfortunately, the status of craftsmen in this era is too low, and the children of ordinary people disdain to learn such crafts. Except for a small number of people who study and become officials, what they value most is the farm work of digging in the soil.
If you use Yunxiao's status and financial resources to run such a school. Then the role played is not small, and Master Geng's lifelong dream can be easily realized.
"It's true. The sages of the hundred schools of thought have left us with many thoughts. These thoughts can arm our brains, so what is it that arms our hands? The biggest difference between humans and animals is that they use tools and make tools. One day, we won't even be able to use tools and make them. How else do we survive zĂ i in this world? â
Yun Xiao didn't plan to give the theory of evolution to Master Geng, that was a bit too appalling. However, modern thinking can say something to him, and these simple truths are best used against people with an IQ of more than 200. Their active minds can close the holes in your words and turn them into a complete theory.
This is the word flickering, and that's how Yun Xiao understands it.
Master Geng swung excitedly, and his bearded hand inadvertently pulled off a few without noticing.
"Lintong Hou northbound. The old man must be attached behind the wings. â
This is considered to be done, Yun Xiao successfully fooled a chief engineer to go home. Either way, today's trip was a success.
Of course, Hou Ye's condolences can't be verbal condolences, chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep have brought a lot. The best cooks also brought several. At the riverside, pigs and sheep began to be slaughtered. The unbridled aroma makes the craftsmen work harder. No matter where Yun Xiao goes, someone will put down the work in his hand and salute him.
This is the spontaneous respect of the craftsmen for Hou Ye, and it has nothing to do with Yun Xiao's status.
Later generations of leaders came down to inspect the work. There are usually a large number of people invited to dinner. But he had to bring his own cooking ingredients to eat, and Yun Xiao was full of resentment about this. I was planning to turn my grief and anger into food, and eat two more bowls. You can top it a little longer in the evening. found that Geng Hong refused to follow him, and he didn't talk to him wherever he went.
"Geng Hong. Why follow me? â
Yun Xiao is very strange, every time he comes, he is very busy. Why is it so idle to see him this time?
"Grandpa said let me ask you for your steamed wine, and said that I would drink a little at noon."
Damn, I still have to provide you with drinks.
Helpless, Yun Xiao had no choice but to take off the bear's wine jug and throw it to Geng Hong. This guy Bear always drinks mouth-to-mouth, so let your old guy drink enough. Even drank the bear's saliva together, Yun Xiao secretly slandered in his heart.
The lunch was very rich, and Lao Geng's face was flushed when he drank. One is quite good at the age of the tooth, and grabbing an elbow is a lion shaking his head. Yun Xiao really wanted to ask the old man where to buy the toothpaste, if he could have this tooth at this age in the future, he would definitely be invited to speak for China.
The craftsmen are all from a hard background, and the people are real. I still have to work in the afternoon, so I took two sips of thick wine and ate two bowls of rice and dispersed in a hurry. Only Master Geng was drunk and kept talking to Yun Xiao. As he spoke, he fell headlong. Yun Xiao was startled and hurriedly went to sniff. Fortunately, he was just drunk, and it seemed that Yun Xiao invited him to do the teaching and learning, which really made him very happy.
This is a true craftsman.
Looking at Master Geng, who was still dreaming, Yun Xiao took off his cloak and covered him.
Just three days after the inspection, the first turtle boat was launched. And then the second, and then the third. Eight brand-new warships lined up on the pier in a very majestic manner. People are coming from all directions as if they were rushing to a market.
Dou Yuan, who had not shown up for many days, also came to watch in a car, with the strange shape of the thick mast. What's that long thing underneath the tiger's head. It can also be erected. The polished tip shimmered in the sunlight as if it were some kind of treasure. Even Dou Yuan, who doesn't understand military affairs, thinks. This is certainly a weapon of war.
It seems that the life of the water bandits in Dongting is also going to be difficult, and the news that came from yesterday that Xiang Sanqiu's minions have begun to fight among themselves, and it must not be long before they begin to collapse. Presumably, the day when King Jiangdu will come back is not far away, without the support of a powerful force. These defeated soldiers will take the initiative to sacrifice the king of Jiangdu in order to get some reward.
Dou Yuan hopes that the straw bale prince will not come back, if he has to add a deadline to this hope, Dou Yuan hopes that it will be 10,000 years.
It turns out that it is not only Dou Yuan who does not want the king of Jiangdu to come back, but there is also a person who hopes that this straw bale prince will never return to Jiangdu.
Under the moonlight, Chu Ying stood in the fields of Wanshou Town, looking left and right like a large groundhog. It's been three days since I sneaked back to Wanshou Town. It took all the money given by Hou Ye to find out where the king of Jiangdu was imprisoned, and now he is waiting for the person sent by Hou Ye to appear. King Jiangdu must not be allowed to return to Jiangdu, otherwise he will die a miserable death. Just by virtue of betraying him, Liu Fei will kill his entire family.
"Cousin, here."
A voice came from inside a haystack, it was Fu Aguang's voice. The voice was too familiar to Chu Ying, and he ran to the haystack in three steps and two steps. To my surprise, it turned out to be a well-camouflaged carriage. Several planks were erected around the carriage, and some straw was stuck on it.
Such a simple disguise. It's hard to see in the moonlight.
"Why are you here. Hou Ye sent you? â
Chu Ying believes that Fu Aguang is not suitable for such a situation at all. A fat body will be the biggest obstacle to escape.
"Come in quickly, and don't let anyone see it."
Fu Aguang said eagerly.
Chu Ying got into the carriage and saw that there was another person inside. Chu Ying recognized the person next to Hou Ye, who seemed to be very powerful. What is it called?
"Chu Ying has seen adults."
"Where is King Jiangdu locked up?"
"It's just five miles away in Jinwangzhuang, I've already inquired. Captain Wang there was guarding, and after Xiang Sanqiu died, there was a lot of chaos. They all wanted to snatch the king of Jiangdu into their hands. Then accept the appeasement of the imperial court. Wang Xiaowei was the strongest, so he preemptively controlled the king of Jiangdu. â
"Can you sneak in?"
"No, I can't. There are a lot of guards. Moreover, the original guards of the King of Jiangdu were also guarding closely, and they couldn't find a chance to start. I took a look at it from afar. King Jiangdu seems to be very moisturized. It seems that he has already written a letter to the imperial court, and it is estimated that Dou Yuan will come to pick him up after the negotiation is completed. â
It is impossible for a school captain to have the luxury of obtaining the same official position as Xiang Sanqiu, and Huantian estimates that the king of Jiangdu is likely to write a letter to Dou Yuan. A casual petty official of 800 stones, without the need for an edict from the imperial court, the king of Jiangdu has the right to appoint it. It seems that time is running out, and Phantom Tian has decided to do it tonight after looking at the sky.
The long sword slowly unsheathed, and suddenly slashed through Chu Ying's throat like lightning, and then plunged into Fu Aguang's ribs.
Chu Ying grabbed his neck in vain with both hands, and blood gushed down the wound, making a hissing sound. Fu Aguang's eyes widened, and the muscles on his fat face kept beating, and every time he shook it, the fat on his entire face moved with it, like a wave.
"Kill people and kill people."
Fu Aguang left his last words and lay down in a pool of blood with a grunt.
Phantom drew his sword. A stream of blood shot out from the wound, wiped the blood from the sword on Fu Aguang's body, and flew out of the car, disappearing into the darkness.
The driver took out the sapper shovel from the back of the car, found a hidden place and began digging.
It was only then that Chu Ying stepped on his legs a few times, stopped his convulsions, and completely stopped moving.
Yun Xiao didn't plan to let King Jiangdu come back, so he sent Phantom Heaven. What the king of Jiangdu did in Baoying made Yun Xiao believe that if such a person was to manage the Jiangdu country, the disaster of the Jiangdu fathers and elders would be the general.
A tyrannical character, a low IQ. It was perfect for forcing the peasants to rebel, Yun Xiao didn't want to be sent to Jiangdu to suppress the rebellion of the poor peasants again, he couldn't do that.
With the help of the cover of the night, Phantom Sky dodged the sentry post in three and two. Xiang Sanqiu's death made his subordinates fall apart. The soldiers were thinking about when they would go home, not about staying all night.
The winter night was very cold, and many of the soldiers on duty hid in the haystacks and slept with their blades.
According to the location Chu Ying said, Phantom Tian quickly found the house where King Jiangdu lived.
It is a rectangular yard, and the house is on the north side of the yard. There was a dog in the yard, and Phantom didn't dare to approach it. Going around to the back of the yard, there was a back door unexpectedly. A soldier on night duty hugged his halberd and shrank soundly in the haystack next to the door. This was a good opportunity, and Phantom Sky quietly approached, covering the soldier's mouth with one hand, and the dagger slashed through his neck. (To be continued......)