Three Kingdoms King of the North

Seeing that Guo Jia made the matter so serious, Xun You frowned and thought for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, since Feng Xiao said so, Brother Wei immediately ordered the family to pack their bags overnight, and when the morning dawns, we will go back and pack up our bags." Set off to leave Jizhou."

Chapter 0055 Wheelbarrow

It only took Xun Yu four or five days to manage Sheguo County in an orderly manner. Even Hua Hu, who had been spying on the post of county lieutenant and wanted to see his jokes, had no choice but to bow down, thinking that he was the county lieutenant's best friend. Good candidate.

Xun Yu's performance had long been expected by Han Zhan. He knew in his heart that when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting for the world, the reason why they won the final victory despite repeated defeats was because of Xiao He, and there was a steady stream of He replenished his soldiers and supplies in a timely manner, so he could recover his vitality in the shortest time every time.The reason why Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao was not only the service of the soldiers in the front, but also the fact that there was a talent like Xun Yu who was proficient in internal affairs in the rear.

As long as he thinks that Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, etc., who are the most powerful under Cao Cao, have been poached by himself, Han Zhan feels happy in his heart.

Xun Yu, who was discussing with Han Zhan, saw Han Zhan suddenly grinning stupidly, couldn't help frowning, and coughed heavily.After Han Zhan refocused his attention on himself, he continued, "Zhan'er, did you hear what I just said?"

Han Zhan hurriedly sat upright, pretending to be serious and said: "I heard it, I heard it. Uncle said that in order to speed up the repair of the city wall, we must find a way to improve the current transportation conditions."

After Xun Yu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he sighed and said, "That's right, Sheguo County is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on the other side. , can only be transported out of the mountains by people carrying them on their shoulders, the efficiency is too low.”

The problem of transportation has troubled Han Zhan for a long time. He thought that Xun Yu could find a suitable solution, but for Xun Yu, this matter was still an unsolvable problem.The two stared at each other for a long time, and Xun Yu said with a frown, "Even if we send people to Beidi to buy horses now, it will take about a month to go back and forth, and it will still delay the process of repairing the city wall."

"Uncle," Han Zhan asked with luck, "Is there really no other way?"

"What else can you do?" Xun Yu said with a wry smile, "Unless you can turn beans into soldiers and turn out hundreds of wooden horses that don't eat grass."

Trojan horse? !Hearing the word Xun Yu inadvertently said, Han Zhan suddenly felt his eyes light up. He quickly picked up a charcoal pencil on the table and drew something that he suddenly thought of on the blank paper.And Xun Yu tilted his head, staring at the strange objects that appeared in Han Zhan's pen.

After Han Zhan put down his pen, Xun Yu asked curiously, "Zhan'er, what are you drawing?"

"Look, Uncle, this is a small one-wheeled cart that Zhan'er just came up with." Han Zhan explained to Xun Yu: "The frame is installed on both sides of the single-wheel, and one person pushes it by holding two handlebars. It can be pushed forward and backward, and can carry people and goods. Don’t look at this kind of car as small and compact, I guess it should be no problem with a load of four to five hundred catties.”

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Xun Yu hurriedly asked, "Can you drive on the mountain road?"

Han Zhan nodded, and continued: "Because this kind of small car is on the ground with one wheel, it can be unimpeded no matter whether it is a plain official road or a mountain trail. "

Xun Yu took the sketch drawn by Han Zhan and looked at it over and over for a long time. His lips were trembling with excitement. He asked nervously, "Zhan'er, where have you seen this kind of wheelbarrow?"

Han Zhanxin said that this kind of wheelbarrow is said to be Zhuge Liang's "wooden ox and flowing horse", and it hasn't appeared yet. He quickly shook his head and shamelessly took Zhuge Liang's invention as his own: "Uncle, Zhan'er figured it out by himself. Haven’t had time to practice yet.”

Before he finished speaking, Xun Yu grabbed his hand, pulled him and walked out of the lobby, saying: "Okay, Zhan'er, don't say any more, let's find someone to make a prototype car and come out. Try this wheelbarrow to see if it works."

Han Zhan and Xun Yu came to the site where the city wall was being repaired. Hua Hu, the supervisor of the construction site, saw the two coming hand in hand. Is there something important?"

"Is there a carpenter on the construction site?" Xun Yu grabbed Hua Hu's arm and asked impatiently, "I want a carpenter with excellent craftsmanship. The county magistrate wants him to make something."

"Yes, yes." Hua Hu nodded repeatedly and said, "There are many places where carpenters are needed on the construction site, so they are naturally indispensable. I will immediately lead the two of you to the carpenter."

Hua Hu led the two of them to a workshop, and said loudly to the carpenters who were busy: "Everyone, please stop for a moment, so that you have something to say to everyone."

The carpenters stopped their work and surrounded them one after another.Han Zhan saw that there were about [-] carpenters here, so he raised the sketch in his hand and asked loudly, "Who can make this kind of wheelbarrow, and I will reward you very much!"

Hearing that there was a big reward, the carpenters gathered around one after another, and after seeing clearly what was on the blueprint, they all shook their heads and walked away.Seeing the carpenters scattered, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel cold, thinking that this kind of wheelbarrow is very simple, can no one know how to make it?

Just when he was disappointed, a lame carpenter with dark skin and beards limped up to him, looked at the drawings carefully for a long time, and asked, "Your envoy is planning to Make this kind of car?"

"That's right." Seeing that someone was finally interested in this kind of car, Han Zhan nodded quickly and said, "Can you make it?"

The lame carpenter nodded, and said firmly, "As long as you tell me the detailed dimensions, I can make the car in an hour at most."

"Great, this is really great." Hearing that the crippled carpenter could make a wheelbarrow, Han Zhan immediately expressed his opinion to him: "As long as you build the cart within an hour, I will reward you with ten coins."

He thought the carpenter would be very happy when he heard this, but the other party shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Caomin eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. Why do you need so much money? You might as well give Caomin a few jars of good wine. "

"No problem." Han Zhan nodded and said solemnly: "As long as you can build this kind of car, I dare not reward you with ten coins, and I will give you five altars of fine wine."

Hearing that Han Zhan was going to give him fine wine, the carpenter immediately burst into laughter from ear to ear.He flatteringly said to Han Zhan, "Master, please tell Caomin the size of this wheelbarrow, and Caomin will make it for you immediately."

When Han Zhan was a child, he saw this kind of wheelbarrow known as a "chicken bus" in the countryside, but he didn't know the size very well, so he could only show some approximate sizes to the lame carpenter.The lame carpenter may be the one with the highest level of carpentry here. Although Han Zhan didn't specify the dimensions in detail, he still began to make this strange car with his years of experience.

In less than half an hour, the first wheelbarrow took shape.Immediately a curious young carpenter came running and wheeled it around the yard.Han Zhan asked the man loudly, "How do you feel?"

"Responding to the envoy's words," the young carpenter replied, "It doesn't look like a wooden wheel, but it's quite easy to push."

Seeing that the young carpenter was having a great time playing, Huahu hurriedly urged: "Okay, you guys quickly carry a few bags up there and test whether the car is strong."

As soon as the young carpenter stopped, someone next to him put two bags of grain on it and urged the young carpenter to push it two more times.The young carpenter pushed the wheelbarrow with two sacks of grain around the yard twice, and even said: "This is great. This wheelbarrow pushes the grain without any effort." It is heard that the young carpenter pushed Feeling relaxed, Han Zhan asked someone to put a few more bags of grain on it, and continued to test the load-bearing capacity of this vehicle.

Xun Yu stood by the side without saying a word, just watched Han Zhan order someone to put food on the wheelbarrow silently.The wheelbarrow, piled with ten bales of grain, ran less than half a circle in the yard, and then fell apart when it was rubbed, which frightened the young carpenter, who stood there in a daze.

The crippled carpenter who was drinking water got up and walked up to Han Zhan, and said to him, "Your Majesty, Cao Min has carefully considered that this kind of car must be made of hardwood to be durable. It can carry five or six hundred catties. It won't fall apart even after running hundreds of miles."

"Just one person can push a small cart with a load of [-] catties and walk like flying." Xun Yu looked at Han Zhan and said with satisfaction: "It seems that the one-wheeled cart that Zhan'er came up with is really not bad. .If we use this small car to transport supplies in the future when marching and fighting, the consumption along the way can be greatly reduced.”

"My lord, my subordinates have an idea." Hua Hu hurriedly walked up to Han Zhan while the carpenters were re-making a new wheelbarrow, and put forward his suggestion to him: "If you install a wheelbarrow with a bottom belt on the car, The grooved wooden box can transport soil on the construction site, which can greatly increase the speed of repairing the city wall."

"Master Hua," Han Zhan said to Hua Hu with a smile, "Since my envoy asked you to be in charge of the construction site affairs, then the affairs here are up to you, and this envoy will never do it for you."

Seeing that Han Zhan trusted him so much, Huahu said gratefully: "Thank you for your kindness, and Huahu will definitely live up to the entrustment of the envoy and complete the repair of the city wall as soon as possible."

Chapter 0056

With the wheelbarrow on the construction site, the speed of repairing the city wall has been greatly improved.But before the repair work on the city wall was completed, Han Zhan got the news that the Yellow Turban Army was coming.

He came out from behind the table, grabbed the arm of Hua Hu who had come to report the letter, and asked nervously: "Master Hua, do you know, is it really the yellow scarf thief?"

"Responding to Shijun's words, that's right, the Yellow Turban Bandits are coming from the north to the county seat, so it's only less than thirty miles away." Hua Hu replied in a panic, "At most two hours will come to the city. , please ask you to make arrangements early."

Although Hua Hu spoke convincingly, Han Zhan still asked cautiously: "Where is the person who reported the news?"

Hua Hu quickly turned his head and shouted to the door: "Bring the reporter in." Following his shout, two yamen servants walked out of the main hall carrying a stretcher.

Although he was mentally prepared, Han Zhan was still shocked when he saw the person lying on the stretcher clearly.A man covered in blood was lying on a stretcher. Through the torn clothes, one could see wounds all over his chest and abdomen.Seeing that the other party was lying motionless on the stretcher, Han Zhan quickly squatted down beside him, stretched out his hand to check his breath, but found that the other party had already passed away.He turned his head to look at Hua Hu who was standing aside, frowned and asked, "Master Hua, what happened to the wound on his body?"

In response to Han Zhan's question, Hua Hu quickly explained: "Returning to the envoy, this person is a foreman at the maintenance site. He asked me for leave and said he would send the money back home after paying the wages yesterday. Early this morning, he hurried back to the city on a poor horse covered in blood, and told his subordinates that thousands of Yellow Turban thieves had occupied the village where his home was located and were burning, killing and looting. He killed several Yellow Turbans After being a thief, he snatched a horse and fled desperately to warn us. As soon as he finished speaking, he died."

"This is a righteous man. You carry him down and find a good coffin to put him in. We will bury him generously after the yellow scarves are defeated." After Han Zhan asked the yamen servant to carry the stretcher away, he ordered Rob who was standing aside: " Go ask Xunxian Cheng to come here."

Before Rob could leave, Xun Yu, who got the news, hurried into the main hall.He asked Han Zhan expressionlessly: "My lord, are there any yellow scarf thieves coming?"

"That's right, Prime Minister Xun." Because he was above the lobby at the moment, Han Zhan used his official title to address Xun Yu: "According to Master Hua, the yellow scarf thief is only less than [-] miles away from us, at most two In an hour, soldiers will come to the city."

Xun Yu nodded after hearing this, and turned to Hua Hu and asked, "Master Hua, there is something I've been wanting to ask you for a long time, and I wonder if you would give me a clear answer."

Hua Hu didn't know what Xun Yu meant by what he said, so he could only nod his head, and replied in a daze, "Please tell me, the county magistrate, as long as the subordinates know it, they must know everything and say everything."

"The previous county magistrate and county lieutenant led troops out of the city and died in battle with the Yellow Turban bandits." Xun Yu stared into Hua Hu's eyes and asked, "I want to know why the Yellow Turban bandits are killing the county magistrate and county captain?" Afterwards, instead of continuing to attack the city, why did you choose to take the initiative to retreat?"

As soon as Xun Yu's words fell, Huahu knelt down in front of Han Zhan with a thud, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Hua Hu's actions confused Han Zhan, he quickly bent down to support Hua Hu who was kneeling on the ground, and at the same time said: "Master Hua, what are you doing, stand up and talk if you have anything to say."

Huahu stood up, stood aside like a schoolboy who made a mistake, and said tremblingly: "The county magistrate and the county lieutenant died in the battle. The yellow turban bandits originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack the city, but the subordinates sent people out of the city to fight with the yellow turban bandits. Shuai negotiated, as long as they are willing to retreat, the subordinates will immediately give them [-] hu of food."