Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176
Liu He seemed to have a plan in mind, but in fact his mind was blank, just to let Lu Zhi and others handle the affairs of the academy with peace of mind.

One million shi of grain requires at least [-] million yuan. Even if the Zhen family and Zhang Shiping are willing to help, it will be difficult to get it all together at the moment. Considering the stocks in various treasuries in Youzhou, it would be good to get half of it.

He walked out of the compound in a daze, and as he was walking out, Gao Cheng stopped him on the road and said mysteriously: "My lord, I have something here. You will definitely like it after seeing it."

Liu He's mind was full of raising money, so he asked, "Did you send money here?"

Gao Cheng was startled, then laughed and said: "My lord is joking. I have been in the army all my life, but the pension is not enough to give my son a wife. How can I have money to give to my lord?"

"What it is?"

"This thing is hard to describe, but it is very useful. Master, let me take a look and you will know!"

Liu He nodded, followed Gao Cheng out of the academy, and came to a compound on Beixincheng East Street. This is Liu He's second residence. He will often search for talents here in the future. It is convenient to have a residence. reception.

The front hall is still being painted and decorated. In the yard is a walnut tree with two people hugging each other. The shadow of the tree is dancing. Under the tree, sitting in front of the stone table, is a young man in light gray cloth.

Seeing Liu He and the others come in, the man stood up and stood beside him a little awkwardly. This man was a little thin, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his complexion was slightly darkened by the sun all year round. He looked simple and honest.

"Lord, please look at this!" Gao Cheng went to the stone table and lifted a wooden plow.

Liu He glanced at it, frowned and said, "Is this... Qu Yuuli?"

"Exactly, my lord, this transformation is extraordinary!" Gao Cheng looked excited, and called the man to carry the Qu Yuanli to the open space, pointing to the front end of the Qu Yuan and introduced: "My lord has never been on the ground, no Knowing the benefits of this, changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also makes it easier to turn around and turn, and the people and cattle who plow the land will be much more relaxed and labor-saving."

Liu He looked at Gao Cheng and asked, "So now they all use straight-shaft plows?"

"That's right!" Gao Cheng patiently explained: "We have used the Zhiyuan plow for hundreds of years. If it is transformed in this way, it only takes half a day to plow the land in the past."

He didn't despise Liu He's ignorance. It was precisely because he knew that although Liu He advocated the division of land and farmland, he was always busy with the military, but rarely went to the field for inspection, so he specially brought him to see it in person.

Liu He stared at Qu Yuanli in a daze for a long while before he realized how useful this transformation was. The few times he went to the field, it was wasteland that had not yet been reclaimed. , and did not notice that the straight shaft plow was still used in the Han Dynasty.

He didn't know exactly when Quyuan Li appeared, but judging from Gao Cheng's expression, he knew that this thing was extraordinary.

Although he had not intuitively experienced the benefits of Quyuuli, Liu He realized at this moment that the talents who transformed the Quyuuli were the most valuable, and hurriedly asked: "Who made this Quyuuli?"

Gao Cheng pointed to the young man beside him: "That's the person."

"Oh?" Liu He was taken aback. Gao Cheng didn't introduce this person when he first came in. He thought that the newly recruited servant was the one who reformed Qu Yuanli.

The man cupped his fists and said, "I am Mo Xuan, a native of Bohai Nanpi."

Liu He was secretly delighted and asked, "Are you a carpenter?"

Mo Xuan replied: "To be honest, the ancestor of the villain was actually a descendant of the Mohist family. Because he changed his surname to avoid chaos, he migrated to Gaotang, Hebei, and lived in seclusion with his tribe in the mountains. He has been farming for generations. It has been several years since he transformed this Quyuanli .”

"It turns out he is a descendant of the Mo family, great!" Liu He Daxi pulled Mo Xuan to sit down, "How did you get to Fan Yang?"

He was worried that the engineering college had no principal and lacked a craftsman who could actively develop tools. Mo Xuan came at the right time. Yenching Academy now has a liberal arts college to attract talents, a medical college to treat patients and wounded soldiers, and an engineering college to research weapons. The initial layout has basically been perfected.

After Mo Xuan explained it, Liu He knew that he was the son of the head of the Mo family. The people of the family avoided chaos and lived in seclusion. Gao Wang met him because Gao Wang went to their village several times with the caravan. He wanted to move elsewhere.

Through Gaowang's caravan, I heard that Zhuo County recruited refugees and distributed them with fields, and provided food and housing for scholars and skilled craftsmen, and paid wages, so they moved their family to Zhuo County, passing through Fanyang. When the Yanjing Academy was opened, he asked to see Liu He through Gao Wang.

Gao Cheng knew that he didn't have that much face and didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he first let Liu He see the tools Mo Xuan modified and let Liu He make his own decision.

After listening to Mo Xuan's experience, Liu He said with a smile: "Thanks to everyone who thinks highly of me, since all of you are here to vote, I will make proper arrangements. Now the school is about to open, and the engineering school is still short of principals. You choose ten first." Skilled craftsmen will settle in the academy together with other craftsmen, and we will make arrangements for the rest."

Mo Xuan didn't expect Liu He to be so happy. He was stunned for a moment before he quickly got up and knelt down on the ground: "Thank you for taking me in, my lord. The Mo family will repay the great kindness with all their heart and soul."

"Please get up quickly!" Liu He quickly helped Mo Xuan up, and sighed: "Actually, compared to those craftsmen, what I really need are you Mohists."

Everyone in the world knows that carpenters are descendants of Luban, but Luban's school mainly focuses on construction and tools, and it is actually the descendants of Mohism who actually develop weapons.

Although Mozi advocated "non-offensive" and was called a man of the common people, he invented many powerful weapons of war. He was even better at making city defense tools than Lu Ban at that time. The Mo Dou was Mozi's invention.

If the talents of these two companies are brought together, if conditions permit, Ma Jun and others will be recruited in the future, and scientific and technological research and development will accomplish a lot.

After some conversation, Liu He found that Mo Xuan looked dull, probably because he had little contact with the outside world, but his thinking was very quick. He could tell some things whether it was about waterwheels, ironmaking, etc., as long as he mentioned it. He is indeed a rare talent with unique insights.

After chatting for a while, Mo Xuan suddenly mentioned that he had borrowed a lot of money in order to allow the clansmen to migrate, and he couldn't pay it back for a while. He would pay it quarterly, and the interest would be increased every quarter. He hoped that Liu He could help repay the debt. Work with the tribe to pay back.

"Your arrears will be used as a reward for improving the Quyuan Li. Please ask Gao Wang to handle this matter!" Liu He was reminded by Mo Xuan. He suddenly became enlightened and hurriedly got up and left. Before leaving, he also ordered: "Take care first." He looked at the tables and chairs to see if there was any room for improvement, preferably to increase efficiency and save wood."

Mo Xuan's head was full of confusion, and he asked doubtfully, "My lord...won't he ask how much it is?"

Gao Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The money you owe is just a drop in the bucket compared to the money my lord needs. It is no longer relevant."

At this time, Mo Xuan didn't know that Liu He was burdened with huge debts, so he urged Gao Chengdao: "Please take me to see the furniture quickly."

(End of this chapter)