Even though there is war this year, the expansion of Luoyang's outer city has not stopped. However, there are indeed few people on the construction site at present, and they are mainly in the preparation stage.
The Shaofu Zhenguan Office burned bricks and tiles day and night, and the corps officials kept sending the dried timber. The gardeners had been sifting fine soil before, but recently they stopped and turned to various farmlands under the Shaofu name, preparing to harvest wheat.
The prepared building materials will be used next month.
Hanzhong sent two countries to surrender their troops in one breath, and they would not give up until the outer city of Luoyang was completely completed. This is the main reason why the costs of various projects were super low in the early days of the founding of the country, and the labor force was used.
This is the scene that Kaxu, who arrived in the east of Luoyang City in the morning of the eighth day of the fifth month, saw.
In the midst of noise, he lived in a newly built house in Luocheng.
The owner of the house is Shao Yong, who is the seventh son of Shao Xun, born to Pei Guipin, with a small character bullfighting, and is sixteen years old this year.
Last year, he was crowned as Duke of Wu (King).
He and Ka Xu are serious cousins, but their status is very different.
Shao Yong seemed very busy. When he was entertaining Ka Xu, people kept coming in to report.
Liu Xu was solemn at first, thinking that Mr. Wu might have sent a mission and was very valued, and he might be renamed King of Wu in the future. However, after hearing the conversation between Shao Yong and his subordinates of the Duke's Mansion, he was disappointed and felt that this cousin was just busy.
"What kind of clams?" Shao Yong asked, "Is it a thing in the river, lake or sea?"
"Your Highness misunderstood. This thing grows on a tree, and it is a bulge, and there are insects in the belly. After removing this insect, the shell can be used for skin, which is very effective."
"Is it better than tree bark?" Shao Yong asked.
"better."
"Then collect more of this thing. If it really doesn't work, just look for more deserted mountains." Shao Yong said.
"yes."
"What else?"
"There are horses in Pingyang, and there are hundreds of them, which is a bit expensive."
"Let them send it." Shao Yong said without hesitation: "The war has been going on for years, and there are so many good things like Ma Kuoge who are short of them, so they are delivered straight away."
"yes."
"That's it, I have a distinguished guest." Shao Yong waved his hand and said, "Get back."
The subordinates retreated respectfully.
"Yan Feng." Shao Yong stood up from the desk and said, "I am busy with civil affairs and neglected."
"It's okay." Bian Xu said with a smile.
He really wants to laugh.
The sixteen-year-old boy pretended to be like an adult in his family. When he spoke old-fashioned words with a childish face, he was particularly funny.
"Your Highness likes business?" Bian Xu said.
He originally wanted to say that Prince Jin Huai once set up a stall in the palace to sell meat, holding a pound of weight, and it was not bad at all. But if you think about it, it would be easy to cause misunderstandings.
Shao Yong sighed and said, "I am Duke Wu."
Ka Xu couldn't understand the meaning at first, but later he understood and immediately smiled bitterly.
Emperor Liang is a real wolf. Before Jiangdong was captured, he first signed a Duke Wu. Moreover, it seems that the fief of Jiangdong is in Jiangdong, and he can't receive a penny or a bucket of rice. This is really difficult. I guess he can only rely on the Shaofu to make up for some time to make up for his life. But that is enough for the daily expenses of the Duke's government. If you want to live a comfortable life, you have to find a way by yourself.
Sure enough, Shao Yong quickly briefly introduced: "I sent someone to Pingyang to collect the skins. After transporting them back, I distributed them to the people's homes. I sent someone to collect them several months later."
"People?" Bian Xu was puzzled.
"Yan Feng, don't underestimate them." Shao Yong smiled and said, "The people near Luoyang are not simple. Most of them have fought wars. There are many people who are good at it. Some of them can make arrow bags and horse harnesses. A while ago, I made five hundred saddle pads and divided them into each village. There were dozens to hundreds of them in a village. After a few months, they were all ready. Usually, they were done by old men or women during the slack farming period, so they could make some money to supplement their household income."
"What should I do if I take it back-----" Ka Xu asked.
"Take it back and make it into a saddle, and then put it in the Xishi residence for sale." Shao Yong looked at Bian Xu strangely and said, "Everyone in Luoyang knows that buying saddles in the West Market is known. Last year, Shu was pacified. Before the war, many people went to Xishi to buy saddles. Even the Hu people went there to buy it, which was good and cheap."
Bian Xu is really eye-opening.
When the Jianye army went to war, the imperial court usually issued various equipment and the soldiers could just take it out.
The Liang State military system seemed to be a little different from that of the Pu State. Their military soldiers needed to bring their own equipment, so it was reasonable to buy saddles before the war.
In addition, this method of producing equipment is also quite interesting.
Instead of raising craftsmen, I regularly send materials to familiar villages, so that the fielders who know the relevant craftsman make them during the slack farming period and collect them on an agreed date, so I should give some wages.
In this way, one piece of equipment is ready.
Of course, it is limited to simple things, such as saddles, leather horses, heads, horse whips, ropes, etc. It is estimated that a village specializes in saddle pads, a village specializes in rope rubbing, and other things. Over time, the craftsmanship becomes more and more exquisite and the quality becomes better and better. Farmers can also do odd jobs and earn income when they are not so busy.
In contrast, Jiangdong is a completely different scene.
Either it was made in the imperial workshop, but it was relatively rare, and most of it was actually produced in the wealthy manors.
The manor produces its own and does everything, including the above gadgets. They generally do not sell them to the public or buy other people's things.
It is really hard to say which method is better, at least six Xu can't tell it.
Just like the saddle mat mentioned by Mr. Wu just now, it was just a mat made of leather on the saddle. After the mat was made, there was still something else missing. It was probably made by another village.
One village specializes in making a gadget. Several villages work together to complete a set of saddles and finally place them in stores in the West City to sell. It seems too complicated.
But it sounds like this method is good, too.
The Bian family has a manor in Jiangdong. Although they have never made saddles, they have always had a few fixed people.
From beginning to end, you complete a whole set of things one by one, and you can produce and sell them yourself. You have to use the good and bad ones. There is no other choice, because any one that can produce them on their own is unlikely to buy them outside.
There is unlikely that there are only one shops selling saddles in the West Market of Luoyang. Those who want to buy can choose and compare the stores.
From this perspective, it seems to be a little better, both the workmanship and quantity should be better.
Throat, Jiangdong's large manor has been completely defeated.
"Yan Feng————" Shao Yong called out softly.
"Your Highness." Ka Xu immediately came to his senses.
"You will live in the orphan mansion in the next few days." Shao Yong said: "It is not convenient to enter the palace, and there are many people and eyes.
Your Majesty and Ah Mother will take the time to leave the palace and come here, so just wait with peace of mind.”
"Okay." Bian Xu was excited and said.
"Will you go back to Jianye?" Shao Yong asked.
Bian Xu was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said vaguely: "Your Highness is doing a big deal, and I long for it, and I want to learn to do it. When the mourning of Uncle Zhongren is over, I will bring my family here-"
Shao Yong chuckled and said, "It's good. Grandpa always said that I have no opinion, I don't know anything, and I don't even say anything to arrange for it. This is how it will be like this in my life. It seems that it is good to do some business and get rich through business. Yan Feng has a reputation as a wise man, and is willing to come with me, but I can't ask for it."
"Your Highness is too modest," said Bian Xu.
Shao Yong smiled again and said, "It's not just that I am arrogant, I'm really just a little bit of my ability. I still remember Grandpa's visit to the west, standing at the Great Zhen Pass, pointing at the passing soldiers and horses under the passerby, and asking how many people we passed by. I really don't know, I'm confused.
Since you are not capable, you will not cause trouble, so as not to be despised and ridiculed, and ruin your grandfather’s reputation for life.”
Hearing this, Ka Xu's evaluation of Shao Yong was immediately higher. It is difficult to know that people are expensive, and it is not easy to admit their lack of abilities.
Shao Yong continued, "Everyone of the Li Cheng royal family led troops. Even a teenager could be a general, leading thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers. It was a joke. I even struggled to count the number of soldiers and horses, so I didn't join in the fun. Alas, I had fantasized about leading troops and fighting and creating a supreme reputation, but later I found that I was not the material, and I didn't even learn any of my father's ability. What's more, my husband said?"
Kaxu didn't know what to say.
What skills do you want? You don’t need to have the ability. You are the child of Emperor Liang and Concubine Pei of Donghai, and this alone is enough.
"Yan Feng, how about Jianyou?" Seeing that Bian Xu didn't speak, Shao Yong guessed that he might not like these topics very much.
So he asked.
Bian Xu was silent for a moment, and only said: "No one wants to fight, but he is drunk and dreams."
Shao Yong laughed again and said, "It should be possible to die for a year or two. The Daliang Navy could not defeat the Jingzhou Navy and would have to rectify it."
The implication is that after the rectification is completed, the navy will go south in a large scale.
"If you attack Jingzhou, you will have at least 30,000 navy troops, and it is best to have 50,000." Bian Xu said.
Shao Yong nodded and said, "It would be great if someone could turn against him at the last minute."
Ka Xu was shocked. The possibility was really great. Then he felt relieved again. Shouldn't he hoped they would turn against each other? What kind of attacks are they?
The cousin in front of him was very polite to him. He was obviously very generous, but he was not arrogant at all and was very easy-going, which made Ka Xu feel that he might as well surrender, and they were all relatives.
Can King Zhao, King Han, and Duke Wu not help him?
Alas, Emperor Liang really likes his aunt, and he actually gave birth to three sons and one daughter.
If Sima Yue had not "subjugated" and "delayed" his aunt's great years, perhaps there would be more children, and the Prince of Liang could not have escaped.
"Fifth brother will go back to Luoyang in a few days. I will take you to visit you at that time." Shao Yong said again: "Mianniang heard that after you come, she will most likely beg her grandmother to bring her over. You have to prepare gifts. Mianniang is very revenge. If you dare not give a gift, you will beg you for a few months."
Bian Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "I brought a gift."
"Oh?" Shao Yong smiled and said, "Don't it tea set again, right?"
Bian Xu gave Shao Yong two sets of celadon tea sets and a hundred kilograms of Yangxian tea, so he asked this question.
"Forget it, there's no need to say more." Shao Yong waved his hand and said, "You can just give her a message. Have you brought it?"
"Bring it." Bian Xu immediately took out his mother's letter from his sleeve.
Chapter completed!