[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

The students at the top of the queue registered their names on the roster, and after checking with their household registrations, the clerks printed their fingerprints, and then they told the clerks the books they wanted, and the clerks took out the books After handing over the book to the student to check that it is not damaged or dirty, it is considered as a round of handover. After that, the book is put aside for safekeeping. The student goes to the side of the hall to clean his hands until he is sure that his palm is clean, and then he can read it from another official. Take the book from your hand.

The students at the front were obviously proficient, so the team soon arrived at Sima Hui. He also took out his household registration and said the books he wanted. The little official who registered for him saw that it was him and knew that he was a newcomer , then reminded, "Mr., there are meals available at noon. If you want to eat, please trouble me to return the books here first, and leave the prints before going. Wait until the meals are finished and then pick them up immediately." Can."

"I know, Mr. Lao Lang is here."

"You're welcome, sir," the clerk returned the household registration to him, instructed him to leave his fingerprints on the register, and pointed out where to clean his hands.

Sima Hui walked slowly to the place where he washed his hands. He could understand this move. This move was to protect the books in the library from being soiled. He appreciated it in his heart.

After walking a few steps, I saw a very simple stone jar, but a crossed tube was made of green bamboo on the top. What, what is this?Just when he was confused, he looked up and saw the note on the wall.

According to the paper, he twisted the shorter section of bamboo with his right hand, and as soon as he twisted it, water flowed out of it.

This is very interesting!

The old gentleman washed his hands clean with this water, and then twisted back the short piece of bamboo original road with his left hand, and the water stopped flowing.

He rubbed his chin, wanting to study how this thing works, but he saw that there was a sentence under the note, which said how to use it and walk ten steps west.

This is because he is afraid that people will stop here to study. Mr. Shui Jing's heart is like a bright mirror. He walked ten steps with a smile, and he really saw a section of two-noded bamboo that is exactly the same as before, and the explanation posted on the wall.

It turned out that a small hole was dug in the section of bamboo inserted horizontally in the middle, and the water came from above. When the bamboo tube was twisted, the section with the hole would be twisted out, so that the water could flow out. If it is next to it, naturally there will be no water.

Very simple design, but full of elegance.

He walked back to the lobby slowly, and along the way, he could see several letters pasted on the left and right walls from the washing place to the hall, the most eye-catching one was a recruitment order.

Cao Mengde's words are extremely sincere, and his words and sentences can show his sincerity, but at this moment, this order is completely a big bait to Sima Hui.

He certainly won't take the bait.

Mr. Sima took the book he wanted to read and went to the reading room. He found a well-lit corner and read it carefully.

He would never understand that the daily roster would be sent to Xun You for him to have a look at immediately after the quotas were distributed. It can be said that Xun You knew exactly what big fish came to the library every day.

Sure enough, as soon as Sima Hui's name appeared, Xun You immediately went to look for Xun Yu. The two of them made up their minds, and when Sima Hui was satisfied that Su De left the library that afternoon, he saw the little official posted a letter on the wall. Zhang Xin's notice, he leaned over to look at it, his eyes widened immediately.

It turned out that this was a notice of newly arrived books, and there were several books on it that he had been looking for for a long time.

The little official next to him was still explaining to him in detail that new books will be released every few days in our library, and if the old man wants to borrow tomorrow, he must hurry up early.

But at this time, Sima Hui couldn't hear these words at all. For some reason, he seemed to see that the bait in front of him had become extremely attractive.

The sentence "If you are recruited as a talented person, you can borrow all the books in the library" on the recruitment order just now seems to be shining like a golden light.

Yes, you can borrow it! !

Wouldn't it be beautiful if one could sit in the house, burn a spiritual incense, draw a bright moon, and then read this manifesto on the couch?

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Just when Sima Hui was struggling in various ways.

Xia Anran and his group have already arrived in Yingchuan, and joined the young apprentice leading the team.

The reason why Zhuge Liang was able to lead the team at such a young age was not because he was Xia Anran's apprentice, but because he and Xia Anran planned and produced this ground drilling machine. No one knew better than the two of them. Machine problem.

Xia Anran followed the scene a few times when he was in Yanzhou before, and made improvements to the fuselage. Zhuge Liang followed him to Yingchuan this time, and he wanted to record the machine’s reaction to various terrains. Also responsible for maintenance and improvement.

The craftsmen who followed him all knew his abilities, so of course they would not underestimate him.

As soon as Xia Anran arrived here, he was taken to see the first piece of iron ore that was successfully dug out. He himself did not understand mining, but among the more than 20 craftsmen who arrived in Yingchuan, there was one expert who knew ore.

The old man pinched the ore carefully, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then took a bunch of tools and beat various parts of the ore, and after listening to the echo for a while, he told him with certainty that it was a good piece of ore. .

Xia Anran nodded with a smile, and then he heard Zhuge Liang talk about the mining process. This piece of iron ore was discovered on the fourth day of drilling, and the depth at that time was about 100 steps, because it was from When they scooped up the soil, they deflected the magnet they were carrying, which attracted their attention.

As judged by the old craftsman, the iron content of this piece of soil may be very high. At that time, the impurities were not cleaned, and when the soil was engulfed, it could be deflected by the magnet hanging at the entrance of the cave when it was lifted. Later, Zhuge Liang Hanging the magnet into the gap, he also felt the obvious traction, so he decided that there must be iron ore here, and there are definitely not just a few pieces of ore.

There is still a magnet that tore off the hemp rope and remains underneath.

Xia Anran accepted his judgment, and he immediately took his bodyguards to look for the magistrate of Wuyang County.

To say that the county magistrate of Wuyang County is also extremely complicated at the moment.

Originally, the county magistrate thought they were here to dig a well. Although he didn't think it was necessary, because Wuyang County has many rivers and there is no shortage of water resources, there is nothing wrong with having an extra well for nothing.

Unexpectedly, the well has not come out yet, and iron ore has been dug out in his own territory.

For each county, the minerals discovered in its own territory are good and bad. The advantage is naturally that the counties occupied by minerals will consider that mining will occupy their arable fields and local strong labor, so taxation time will decrease.And for secret mining and to reduce costs, mining workers are generally recruited locally, which can also solve part of the employment problem.

But at the same time, the troublesome point is that once there is iron ore, especially if it is rich in iron ore, they will now become the target of public criticism, especially since Wuyang County is at the junction of Yuzhou and Jingzhou.This is not a good thing for a county magistrate, not to mention that mining is a kind of behavior with a certain degree of danger, because no one knows what is in the ground, and someone has dug out the extremely smelly gas. The last few people pouted, and it was said that their brains were not good after waking up.

Originally mining iron ore was not difficult, because most of the iron ore is exposed on the ground. Mining iron ore on the surface of the earth is often a sideline of farmers. Farmers often go to the mining area to dig here and there when they are free. Dig, and the ore obtained will be sold to the miners, and they can also earn a drink.

The county magistrate was naturally happy when he learned that iron ore was found in his county, but later he discovered that the iron ore was buried in a location no less than a coal mine.

But according to the current situation, it seems that this is not a good thing. The resources buried in the ground are often stacked by human life. Miners need to dig holes and mine in them. There are frequent earthquakes when they come in. The last earthquake At that time, I heard that a mine collapsed just like that, and none of the people inside escaped.

But the county magistrate also knew in his heart that Cao Mengde could not let this piece of iron mine go.

Not only Cao Mengde, no matter who knows the iron here, he will not let it go.He could only hope in his heart that this land had better be a poor mine, or just a few pieces of iron ore.

Only in this way can the peace of the place not be disturbed.

Due to various emotional entanglements, the county magistrate did not show too much enthusiasm when he saw Xia Anran, but his attitude made Xia Anran more natural.

Strictly speaking, Xia Anran is not the top of the county magistrate, because one of them belongs to Yanzhou and the other belongs to Yuzhou.

But Xia Anran brought Cao Cao's order.This means that he is no longer Yanzhou's governor Xia Anran, but a subordinate sent by Yuzhou governor Cao Cao.

The two positions are completely different.

Seeing the county magistrate with a serious expression and frowning, Xia Anran naturally guessed what he was thinking. In fact, when he found out that the iron ore was really dug out, it was nearly 200 meters underground. An Ran's heart was also very heavy.

Even in modern mines, the safety factor has been relatively high in recent years. When he was young, he could read news about coal mine accidents in the newspapers almost every few days. The person in charge and the members of the leading team have to take turns to lead the class on site, and the same as the same, so the situation is much better.

...The so-called much better means that there are no large-scale casualties, but the small-scale has never stopped.

Why was it like this before? Because coal mining is huge profits. Many coal bosses are rich. He heard that coal diggers earn money by working hard when they were young. They earn a lot when they are alive. I can get 50 million.This is the price of the 90s.

And if it is scientifically mined, the cost required is far higher than the price paid for a few people who died.If you are "lucky" and encounter a few workers' family members who are late in the news, you can simply avoid the compensation. At that time, it was not popular to sign contracts, and there was no evidence from the sky. If the construction site did not admit it, the family members would not be able to produce any evidence. .

This is true in modern times, let alone ancient times.

But he still reassured, "Magistrate Jia, don't worry, Inspector Cao is not someone who will do things like exhausting water."

Naturally, the county magistrate couldn't say: he was deeply skeptical about this, but he just showed a relaxed look on his face and expressed his trust in Cao Cao.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he has no right to choose. He just hopes that Cao Cao is really a benevolent person as he has said in the rumors outside.

Xia Anran declined the invitation to leave a meal. His purpose of coming here was to ask him to call some small officials to guard the safety of the coal mine. The mine is very deep and there is no light at night, so that some unsuspecting villagers would fall into it. A small official is needed to be on duty at night.

Secondly, he also came to change some rice noodles. In order to ensure the speed of travel, he did not bring more grains, but only the part that was eaten on the road.

Zhuge Liang and the others had brought enough food, but Xia Anran couldn't leave in a short time, and there were more than 20 people in their team, and there was no way out after a long time, so they had to come to Nanyang County to discuss the city's food. Regarding this, Nanyang The county magistrate was very straightforward, and immediately exchanged some with Cao Cao at the price promulgated by Cao Cao, and very politely said that he would let the little official take the rest of the grain with him.

It can also save Xia Anran and others from moving.

Being so thoughtful, Xia Anran took a few more glances at him and made a silent note in his heart. He seemed to be a good official. He was going to inquire about the county magistrate Jia when he went back. The position of the magistrate of Wuyang County is very important.

Before coming here, he also took the task of investigating the county magistrate here.

Since the development of history, there has been a set of effective methods on how to mine underground ores.

Now that the place where the iron ore is buried can be basically determined, there is no need to dig the foundation any more.

According to the craftsmen, in theory, the iron ore should not be buried so deep underground, they prefer that the depth of more than 100 steps is the deepest point, or relatively deepest point, so they still plan to go up While sweeping down layer by layer, trying not to let a piece of iron ore go.

But Xia Anran still thought about it. In his understanding, it is normal for iron ore to be three to 400 meters underground, not to mention that it is about 200 meters now, but he is indeed not a professional in this field, let alone the Eastern Han Dynasty. The depth of the ore burial is low, so he made a suggestion, since the ground drilling machine is here, if it is not used, just leave it, it is better to let the ground drilling machine wash away the surrounding soil layer, so that it can be easily excavated.

Otherwise, in the era without shovels, how long would it take to dig the ground with farm tools!

So the craftsmen urgently changed the original fixed ground drilling machine into a more mobile one.

During this period, Xia Anran went to other places.In fact, the reason why he ran here was not just for iron ore.

Wuyang County is located at the junction of Nanyang County in Yuzhou and Jingzhou.News of the discovery of iron ore here will spread quickly.

Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, although he has a good reputation, is also one of the contemporary Baji and Bagu.

Ji here refers to the one who can guide people to follow the clan, and Gu refers to the one who can guide people with virtue.

This can be said to be a very high evaluation of a person, which means that he has noble morals and is good at leading.He is indeed the kind of leader who does less tricks and abductions among the princes, but Xia Anran will not let down his vigilance against him.

This place in Nanyang is also a battleground for military strategists. The prefects here are all famous people. The last one was Sun Jian, and the last one was Yuan Shu. Now Liu Biao has driven Yuan Shu away. The new Nanyang prefect has not taken office yet, and the place is in chaos. , Liu Biao can completely evade saying that something happened to the rioters.

In times of war, as long as there is a plausible reason, how can anyone uphold justice and speak out for the weak?

In this way, we have to guard against it.

Liu Biao already owned more than one iron mining area, and the output was quite large.

At the first moment when the little emperor was held hostage, Liu Biao, like Cao Cao, dealt with the salt officials and iron officials on the pretext. Although he still paid taxes normally, how much he would pay without the salt officials and iron officials is not up to him?

Theoretically speaking, he should look down on this iron ore whose output is unknown, but no one dares to guarantee that he will not come here.

So Xia Anran, after confirming the local situation, left behind the craftsmen who came with him, and took a few guards to look for the prefect of Yingchuan County. It was Cao Chun's elder brother Cao Ren who was sent by Cao Cao to garrison Yingchuan County.

Cough, that's Xia Anran's uncle (shh)

Xia Anran was familiar with him, and they didn't exchange much greetings when they met, and got straight to the point. At this time, Yingchuan County was Cao Cao's talent base. In order to protect the hometown of his beloved counselors, and also to prevent the neighbors next door, there was already a garrison here. Three thousand, and one thousand officials (reserve army) and many civilian husbands.

Originally, 4000 people were enough to guard the city. What's more, the east and south of Yingchuan are their own territory, and the back is the Sili of the free war zone. The only enemy is the Jingzhou soldiers from the west.

Now that Jingzhou is short of soldiers and horses, and Cao Ren, who is good at defending the city, these 4000 people are enough.

But now with iron ore the situation is different.

They had no choice but to take advantage of the relatively safe time when the iron ore had not yet been mined, and seize the time to move the center of gravity of the city to the south, and began to build defensive measures so that Yingchuan's soldiers could quickly rush to Wuyang in case of an emergency.

Ten days after Xia Anran arrived in Yingchuan, Sun Ce led an army of [-] infantry and two catapults to Wuyang. He took Cao Cao's letter and said that his main purpose was to help the local county magistrates to clear up the mountain bandits.

Liar!To clear up bandits and bring two thousand soldiers?

County magistrate Jia pretended to believe it, and turned into an enthusiastic crowd to point out several places where bandits might be hiding. These bandits are very good at hiding. After all, the county magistrate has limited soldiers, so it is not easy to carry out large-scale campaigns, but if Sun Ce treats people like Sun Ce, none of the bandits will be able to escape!

County magistrate Jia had already heard that it was in Yanzhou, because Cao Jun always sent troops to encircle and suppress, and the hills there were clean, without a single den of thieves.

Now it's finally my turn, I'm so happy!

Sun Ce told Xia Anran in private that he always felt that magistrate Jia's eyes were weird, and Xia Anran and Zhou Yu could only comfort General Sun, who had been overwhelmed, and comfort him that it was an illusion.

The effect of the siege was remarkable. It didn't take long for the "enthusiasts" who wandered around the Wuyang Iron Mine site to ask if they wanted to help were much less. It can be seen that not only outsiders but also many of our own people were eyeing the iron mine. .

With the ground drill machine to loosen the soil surface, the speed of manual excavation of the soil layer is much faster, especially when encountering huge rocks, there are basically no rocks that can withstand the ground drill machine twice.

Although it takes a certain amount of time to move the ground digging machine, it still has a lot of strength compared to the craftsmen knocking and smashing the broken stones. However, under such progress, it took them nearly a month to dig out the first piece of iron .

During this month, Sun Ce not only wiped out the bandits in Wuyang, he also went down to Pingdingshan area with Cao Ren's authorization, and now Pingdingshan is not called Pingdingshan, so Xia Anran didn't even know that it was Pingdingshan.

One day when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were chatting, he said that the mountain had a strange growth, and there was no flat front, so he suddenly realized what the mountain was.

This is also entirely due to historical factors. The place name Pingdingshan was completely named after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, so even if Xia Anran knew that Pingdingshan was the place where the country’s iron ore resources were produced, it was not the same as the place called Jinche Township and Father’s in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After all, the current Pingdingshan City is just a suburb living under the affiliation of others, and it doesn't have its own name yet!

This is probably the feeling of getting rich overnight.

Xia Anran, whose happiness was bubbling, tossed and turned in a daze and did not fall asleep. On the second day, his eyes were black and his expression was extremely excited. He woke up before dawn, and after washing, he sat in the hall and waited. Let everyone get up.

He managed to scare the first artisan out of bed.

Candles were extremely expensive at this time, because the raw materials of candles were basically imported. Nowadays, lighting depends entirely on lamps. The lamps use soybean oil. What I saw was a completely dark room at first glance, a small light floating in the air, and two green eyes,

Mom! !Scared the old man to death! !

The old man took several steps back in shock, and he looked intently, where are the green eyes!Isn't this Master Xia?I thought some kind of beast ran in.

Be good, what is Master Xia doing?

Of course Master Xia’s eyes don’t glow green, even human eyes can’t click, Master Xia, Master Xia is just so excited that he’s about to fly!

On the same day, he ordered people to install the ground drilling machine and headed to Pingding Mountain. After that, the ground drilling machine showed its power again and again, and it was almost possible to find something by drilling a hole in Yuzhou, and it was extremely efficient in mining resources. It is with its help that mining minerals can be described as easy, and both civilian husbands and yamen servants have given a great praise.

Within a month, Xia Anran successively opened coal mines and a brine well. Not only he, but also Cao Cao, the governor of Yuzhou, was alarmed when he received the goods in this way. After the mine, he finally couldn't bear to hand over the affairs of Yanzhou to his beloved military advisers, and he quickly marched to Yuzhou with the elite troops of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion.

They arrived so suddenly that the local officials were not notified. Cao Ren, the prefect of Yingchuan, was also watching the excavation site at the moment.

At this moment, Cao Ren felt the fun similar to betting on stones. Of course, there is no such thing as betting on stones at this time. He waved the brush and felt that he was waving a weapon for digging out treasures. It's like looking at a big baby, wanting to poke it everywhere, just to see what else can be dug out this time.

Different from his relaxed state of mind, Xia Anran was much more entangled. He couldn't help but think that the rich minerals here can still be preserved in future generations. It should be because the minerals here have not been discovered before. After all, he remembers the Pingdingshan area. The mineral resources in the country were completely discovered after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Oh, I have dug them out now, what should I do in the future? ...Didn't everyone say they want to leave a way out for future generations?

No...Thinking about it carefully, when I got the ground digging machine out, I actually didn't leave a way for future generations...

But thinking about it again, it shouldn’t be a problem. The ground digging machine is only about one kilometer underground. Maybe when the technology of the Song Dynasty developed, the person who invented the ground digging machine could make a two-kilometer underground on this basis. Get an engine or something... After all, the wheel of science and technology can only roll forward and never retreat!

Oh, if I think about it this way, will I be named an inventor in the future?I'm really ashamed, actually, I didn't come up with any inventions, and I just copied them for later generations.

So when Cao Cao came, what he saw was the excavation site in full swing, the family members who said "I want to reprimand Fang Qiu", the little counselors with a dull expression, and many people from Yingchuan who were watching.

What's going on here?

He couldn't help raising one eyebrow.

He didn't care about these two people. Instead, he walked to the side and looked at the ground drilling machine that was still working. Because the main job of the current ground drilling machine was changed to loosening the soil to facilitate excavation, so its height was adjusted to only Half of it, but it's still several feet high. At a glance, the tall iron cone was pulled to the highest point amidst the shouts of the peasants, and then it was released, and it rushed to the ground with a mighty momentum.

After hearing a huge impact sound, the iron cone pierced deeply into the ground. In front of the hole created by this iron cone, there are many similar holes. , This is completely different from the mine scene that Cao Cao usually sees, and it can be said that the emotions are high.

Some civilians signaled with whistles, and some civilians shouted when they dug a huge rock that could not be broken. After a while, a small colored flag would be planted there, and the civilians in this area immediately retreated and went elsewhere. help.

Cao Cao can see that there are many similar small flags on the ground, but the colors are different. What is this for?

He waved his hand and attracted Xia Anran, who had finally returned to his soul, and the latter leaned close to him. Seeing the little counselor, every hair on his body was trembling, and he almost said, "My lord, hurry up!" Come and praise me!"

Cao Mengde glanced at the clan brother Cao Chun who walked over silently, and at the unconscious clan brother Cao Ren, and immediately felt a little bad.

As for the small flag, Xia Anran explained that because there is only one ground digging machine (Xia Anran couldn't help but glance at Cao Cao when she said this), and the ground digging machine was difficult to carry, so the craftsmen would use small flags to stick on the ground It indicates which places need to apply force, and uses different colors to mark the situation of the land here. According to the situation of the land, there will be special craftsmen to arrange the order and height of the ground drilling machines.

Only in this way can the ground drilling machine be used more efficiently. Cao Cao glanced at him silently, ignoring the suggestion of the little counselor, he asked carefully about the discoveries here, and the approximate output, and suddenly felt that he became rich overnight.

Cao Cao took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, patted the little counselor on the shoulder, expressed his praise, and then he couldn't wait to see a small batch of ores that were excavated, especially iron ore. Heavy.

After touching a few shiny black iron ores, he silently arranged the next task plan in his mind. First, he had to change the equipment of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, and then he had to forge a few sets of armor. The horseshoe experiment results are good, and I have to cast a batch of horseshoes... I have tried the bronze ones before and it doesn't work...

Hey, such a calculation of iron is not enough!

He raised his head when he thought of this, and happened to see Cao Chunzheng pinching Xia Anran's earlobe, lowering his eyebrows and saying "dark" in a soft tone.

The little counselor hadn't reacted yet, his younger brother Cao Ren leaned forward and patted Xia Anran's little shoulders hard a few times to show off to his younger brother that Master Xia's skills have improved a lot recently, and he can squat for an hour every day. .

Cao Cao: ...So bad, so bad.

Just when Cao Ying fell into jubilation, a group of people were in despair.

This group of people is the most honorable group of people in the big man.

The author has something to say: Cao Cao: Shake the fishhook, shake it... oh my god, there are big whales there! ! ! (slapped and dropped the fishing rod)

Sima Hui:? ? ? ? ? ? ?