Chapter 742 Brother, your name is not good (Third update, please vote for me)
Liu Renyuan wondered: "What happened to my name?"
Wei Ying said plausibly: "Isn't your name Liu Shiyuan? During the Three Kingdoms period, there was Pang Shiyuan, who was shot to death..." After saying that, he ran away.
Liu Renyuan was stunned for a moment, then realized that he wanted to catch Wei Ying. This kid had already fled far away, opened the door and disappeared...
Liu Renyuan was so angry that he yelled: "You little bastard, please don't be caught by me, otherwise I will chop it up for you!"
After scolding Wei Ying, Liu Renyuan, who was annoyed with himself, sat at the table and looked at Fang Jun with a sad face: "Master Hou, you are not kind! I think I, Old Liu, am loyal to you, my loyalty moves the world, and my loyalty can be seen in the sun and the moon. , why do you have the nerve to arrange for me in private? ”
Can Wei Ying, that stupid guy, have read "Three Kingdoms"? He can’t even understand it! The little brat not only knew who Pang Tong was, but also knew that Pang Tong's nickname was "Shi Yuan", which was the same as his own. It must have been Fang Jun joking about his name in his spare time, and the boy overheard it...
Fang Jun immediately called out to Tianqu: "I am upright and selfless, pure and pure. How can I be that villain who makes fun of people's names by making fun of them? That guy Wei Ying is not old, but he has a good mind. When he is at home, he will do it every day. They all go to school, and they know a lot of words! Who knows if the teacher in the school happened to talk about the Three Kingdoms, or even read "Three Kingdoms" himself? "
Liu Renyuan was surprised and said: "No way? How can such a kid read "Three Kingdoms"?"
Fang Jun said proudly: "With the pinyin created by this prince, what's so strange about knowing a thousand characters in a year?"
Liu Renyuan was immediately shocked.
Both Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai had learned pinyin in Zhuangzi, so they were not too surprised.
Liu Rengui said seriously: "Not to mention, that guy Wei Ying is really right. Shiyuan, your name is really not good..."
Xi Junmai joked: "Didn't the Marquis say that the old man who came that day could tell fortunes? And he used to tell fortunes for the emperor. How about asking him to tell fortunes for Brother Shiyuan one day and see if... Ouch! Why are you beating someone? Oh, you are my brother, I was wrong, your name is good..."
Liu Renyuan angrily let go of the arm holding Xi Junmai's neck, and said with a look of resentment: "It's strange to say that although our family comes from a martial arts family, my father has also read a lot of books. How can I be punished by a certain person?" It’s really unlucky to use such a word..."
Fang Jun looked at Liu Renyuan with a faint look in his eyes.
You are much stronger than Pang Tong, and you were not shot to death by random arrows. It is a pity that you were not saved in the late festival. You were first exiled to Yaozhou, and then disappeared without a trace, with no trace of life or death...
After chatting and laughing for a long time, Liu Rengui took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Fang Jun, saying: "The letter from Governor Su said that the situation is not optimistic. Now the rumors about the murderous Hou Ye have spread throughout Wu Dynasty, and all the women and children in Jiangdong know that the Hou Ye is Likes to eat human brains..."
Having said this, Liu Rengui gave a wry smile, looked at Fang Junyun's calm expression, and continued: "The people in Suzhou are extremely resistant to the navy. Even ordinary daily necessities are not willing to be sold to the navy. In the future, docks and ports will be built. , Preparing to establish a city shipping company will be a big trouble, at least it will be difficult to recruit workers. What's more, the loss of wood is serious. The local officials and marketmen in Suzhou colluded with each other to smuggle a large amount of wood. However, since the news of our victory came down the river, it shocked the states in the south of the Yangtze River and spread throughout the Jiangdong Wu area. The popularity of wood and iron has died down.”
Liu Renyuan said angrily: "How dare you, Shuzi! Our navy is the master of the imperial court's economic system. Are those barbarians willing to die?"
Liu Rengui shook his head and said: "So what? The local government colluded with the bandits in the city and helped hide the traces and destroy the evidence after the incident. Even if he knew who did it, how could Governor Su still lead his troops to kill him without proof?"
If this is really the case, even if the Jiangnan nobles have taken advantage of him, not only will the navy be unable to move forward in the south of the Yangtze River, but someone in the court will also respond and impeach him. By then, it will be even more difficult for the navy to do anything.
Fang Jun had a headache.
After all, the Jiangnan nobles still have ways to counterattack the resistance. If it causes the Jiangnan people to boycott, it will be very bad.
After pondering for a long time, Fang Jun asked Xi Junmai: "Does our family have any business connections in the Jiangnan area?"
Liu Rengui usually only cared about training the generals on the farm and paid no attention to foreign affairs. Liu Renyuan had just joined the team and knew nothing about the Fang family's details. Only Xi Junmai often acted as a courier between Fang Jun and Wu Meiniang, and was slightly involved in the situation at the dock.
Xi Junmai thought for a while and said: "There is a Zhou family in Huzhou who sells pens. They often go to Guanzhong and have a good relationship with the family."
"Huzhou?"
Huzhou was called Wuxing County in ancient times, and together with Wu County and Kuaiji County, it was collectively known as the Three Wu Lands. It has always been a fertile land with plenty of food and fish.
"Take a few people to Huzhou and tell the Zhou family to send someone who can talk. I have a big business to talk to them about."
Fang Jun's eyes were deep, thinking about how to deal with those bastards in Suzhou who were causing trouble for him...
Dare you mess with me, Fang Jun?
Let you walk around without food!
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While waiting for someone from the Zhou family in Huzhou, Fang Jun did not go down the river to Haiyu Town, but stayed in Niuzhuji. This place is not only rich in iron ore, but also in other minerals, especially dolomite. If we don’t build a few porcelain kilns, it will be a waste of resources...
Moreover, water transportation here is convenient, and Fang Jun plans to build it into another industry for the Fang family in addition to Fangjiawan in Guanzhong.
Of course the most important thing is the iron factory...
It can be said that the development progress of the iron plant determines Fang Jun's future strategic layout.
As the largest agricultural country in the world today, Datang wanted to shift its focus and strategic focus from land to sea, so it had to solve the border pressure on land - the threat from nomads.
In the age of cold weapons, the cavalry troops of the nomads roaring in and out were inextricable. Historically, these nomads relied on the powerful mobility of the cavalry to cause countless pain to the Han nation. But even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chased the Huns northward and made the Huns flee in panic, or His Majesty Li Er swept across Mobei and drove the Turks far to the west, they could not completely eradicate the threat of nomads.
When the Central Plains becomes weak, these nomadic peoples with strong survivability will make a comeback...
How to fight against the highly mobile cavalry?
It’s hard to say, but it’s easy to say…
The "invincible" Eight Banners cavalry collapsed at Bali Bridge, representing the complete decline of the cavalry era. The main culprit for this outcome is the large-scale equipment of rifles.
From the invention of gunpowder and its use in warfare to the emergence of firearms and cannons, the power that determines victory or defeat on the battlefield has gradually shifted from the speed of war horses to the range and accuracy of firearms and the lethality of artillery.
Highly destructive weapons can penetrate the thick armor of knights. The ultra-long range of firearms allows most of the cavalry to be killed or injured before they get close. Moreover, the cost and maintenance of firearms are far less than the cost of cavalry troops. Users can put them into use after simple training. On the battlefield, this makes the cavalry's low position even more embarrassing.
As time progressed, firearms were gradually perfected, and people preferred to spend less money to do more efficient things, which was to train a large number of shooting troops to replace the traditional expensive cavalry troops. This also led to the inevitability of the cavalry withdrawing from the stage of history.
For the "two-knife" Fang Jun, of course he couldn't make a big killer like Maxim, but with his physical foundation and his experience beyond the times, breech-loading guns and artillery were not too difficult.
The most important condition for bringing firearms to the battlefield in the Tang Dynasty was the improvement of iron smelting level.
Without high-quality steel to make barrels and gun barrels, would we have to deal with the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty with guns that could explode at any time like they did in the late Ming Dynasty? You must know that the Ming army at that time would rather carry swords and bows and arrows than use firearms!
As the family's craftsmen arrived at the Nanshan Mine, more and more local migrant workers were recruited nearby. Iron-making furnaces were built one after another, which made Fang Jun feel very emotional and depressed at the same time.
I seem to know a little bit about everything, but I am not good at anything...
Whether it was cement or glass in the past, including current ironmaking and future shipbuilding, I only knew the most important principles, but I knew nothing about the details. I could only point out the important directions, and then let the craftsmen experiment and explore on their own. Thinking about it, as for which day it will succeed, only God knows...
More than once, Fang Jun regretted why he could not concentrate more in class, even if he could read more extracurricular books... (End of Chapter)