In the next few days, Old Liu led Lou Ban, Jian Yong, Zhen Yan, and Yuwen Kang to prepare 4.5 million catties of grain and 150,000 cotton coats for the Wuhuan people. In addition, some necessities that Yuwen Kang mentioned were already loaded into carriages today and were ready to be transported to the territory of the Wuhuan people in western Liaoning.
Yuwen Kang was very touched to see that Liu was really helping them. He had personally checked the food and cotton clothes. After these few days of interaction, he felt that Liu was indeed different from other Han people. He had never treated them as foreigners. Instead, he had always emphasized that everyone was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. They should not hate each other and should live in peace. Yuwen Kang also knew Liu's purpose, but he felt that it was worth it to work for Liu because he could bring stability and peace to the Wuhuan people.
When they broke up, Old Liu told him to go back and tell his adopted brother, Tadun, that his wedding would be held on the tenth day of the first lunar month. It was now the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there was still half a month left. If he had time, he would definitely invite him to attend.
"Don't worry, young master. I will definitely pass on your words. In addition, I believe that young master is truly good to the Wuhuan people. I will report this to the king when I return. Also, I will persuade my king to listen to you in the future. However, this will require a certain amount of time, and I need young master to prove that you have the ability.”
"Alright, I will definitely not let you down.”
To be able to obtain the support of the number one sage of the Wuhuan, Old Liu was naturally more than happy to do so.
"Then this old man will take his leave. When you have time in the future, I hope that young master can come to our tribe to take a look. At that time, I will definitely prepare wine and wait for you.”
"Military Advisor Yuwen, you are too polite. I hope you can come to Wuji often when you have time.”
Yuwen Kang gave a few more instructions to Lou Ban, telling him to learn from Old Liu so that he could help his father when he returned in the future.
After sending them out of the city, Old Liu didn't return to the Zhen family's courtyard. Instead, he went to the manor outside the city.
Through this actual battle, Old Liu discovered a few areas where his personal guards were lacking. Today, he was looking for Tian Feng, Jian Yong, and the others to discuss how to solve these problems.
When he arrived at the manor, he went to his room and sent someone to call Tian Feng, Yan Liang, and Jian Yong over.
Soon, the three of them arrived at Old Liu's room. They bowed to Old Liu and sat down on a chair.
Old Liu said," When I brought the troops out this time, I discovered a few problems. First, we don't have a professional cook. Second, there are no doctors in the troops. It's fine if it's a minor injury. We can treat it ourselves. If it's a serious injury, I'm afraid we won't have time to treat it. Third, the hooves of our warhorses wear out very quickly. After a long journey, the damage will be even greater. How do you think we can solve these problems?”
They did not expect Old Liu to be thinking for everyone. Yes, the soldiers took turns to cook, and the rations were also escorted by people at the back. But sometimes, if the rations at the back could not keep up, or were robbed or burned by the enemy, the troops at the front would starve. There was no doctor to treat the wounded, and it was common for the wounded to die. As for the last problem, they probably did not know how to solve it. It was better to let the lord think of a solution.
The few of them discussed for a while before Tian Feng said to Old Liu,"My lord, when it comes to cooking in the army, if it's a small army, there's naturally no need to assign a cook.
If it was a large army of thousands or even tens of thousands of people, of course, there would be specialized cooks to cook.”
So that was what happened. It seemed that he had misunderstood. Old Liu said,"In the future, we will train a special troop called the Cooking Squad. There will be six people, and each squadron of 200 people will be assigned a Cooking Squad. The Cooking Squad will be responsible for carrying cooking stoves, food, and firewood for the fire. These six people can also participate in training when they are free.”
The few of them thought about it and felt that this method was better. They unanimously agreed with Old Liu's method.
" Alright, Yuan Hao, you go down and arrange for this matter. Pick a few healthy servants and guards to form the personal guard's cooking squad. First, let them learn how to stir-fry and cook, as well as how to make dried meat and jerky. After they have learned all these, they will learn how to ride a horse and let the personal guard teach them some simple self-defense skills. Then, in the name of the personal guard's cooking squad, they will live with the personal guard and cook for them. In the future, when the personal guard takes action, they will also be brought along. It would allow everyone to eat delicious food every time and have the strength to fight.”
Tian Feng continued," We don't have any doctors in the army. I think we can recruit a few doctors. How about we become military doctors?"”
" No, can the doctors run around with us every day? They still need to treat patients. I think we should find a few smart ones from the Zhen family's guards to learn medical skills from the doctors. What they need to learn is mainly how to treat the wounded on the battlefield. After they learn, they will also learn how to ride horses. In the future, each squadron will still have a medical team of about four or five people. This way, our wounded can be treated in time.”
Tian Feng said," Then let's do as the lord wishes. I'll handle this matter. It's just that we really don't have any ideas about the third matter. Let's listen to the lord's opinion."”
Old Liu took out a piece of paper. On it were the style and size of the horseshoe, the shape and size of the horseshoe nail, and something that looked like a sickle. On another piece of paper, there was a drawing of a frame for fixing horses. It looked like the parallel bars used for practice on the playground, but there were several supports on each of the four pillars. Old Liu showed them to everyone.
"I knew that the lord already had an idea, but will this thing really work?"”
"No problem. Gongji, take this drawing to the blacksmith shop and find Ou Peng. Give this paper to Lu Qi and ask them to make it according to the drawing as soon as possible. The size are all on it. As for Lu Qi's thing, fix it on the side of the stable when it's done. When they're done, come find me. I'll tell them how to nail horseshoes on horses.”
"Also, Yuan Hao, inform our business in Luoyang and ask them to buy a large house in the city. I might go to Luoyang in February next year.”
"Yes, Feng."
"The last thing is to trouble Xianhe. This is the invitation to my wedding. Please send it to Lord Liu Yan, the governor of Youzhou Province. He once promised me that he would officiate my wedding.”
"Alright, I'll go and prepare it now. We'll leave in the afternoon, and it'll probably be delivered to Lord Liu in two days.”
After arranging everything, Old Liu Du…
When they arrived at the garage that had already been built, there were servants standing guard at the door. Seeing Old Liu coming over, they hurriedly saluted him.
Old Liu asked them to open the garage door and walked in. He then asked them to close the door. No one was allowed to enter without his permission.
The Jetta had been wiped clean, but it was missing two rearview mirrors, which looked a little awkward.
He opened the car door with the key and looked at the things inside. They were still there, but the half bag of sweet potatoes and half a bag of potatoes had dried up. He wondered if they could still be used as seeds next year. He had already ground the corn off the last time, so it should be no problem for him to use it as a seed.
The temperature in the garage was about the same as that outside. As for the two bags, Old Liu dug a pit more than half a meter deep in the ground. The soil below was not frozen yet. Then, he buried them underground and planted them next spring to see if they could grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.
He opened the hood and looked at the battery. It was still green. It seemed that there was still electricity. After connecting the wires, Old Liu sat in the driver's seat and inserted the key into the car. He started the engine. Fortunately, the Jetta started normally.
The two servants were shocked when they heard the sudden noise from the garage, but they didn't dare to go in without Old Liu's order. They shouted from outside,""Young Master, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Stand at your posts.”
"Yes, sir! Young Master." They were relieved that Old Liu was fine.
Looking at the trunk, there were two large cardboard boxes of crystal and glass products. These were all problematic. He had to take them to the wholesaler to get the goods. He did not expect them to become priceless treasures now. He found the crystal globe that he had promised to show Tian Feng. Fortunately, because it was mainly sold to foreigners, the place names were in English. Tian Feng could not understand it, so it was easier to explain it to him.
After idling the engine for about half an hour and listening to Teresa Teng's song for a while, Liu turned off the engine and took the globe out of the garage. He let the servant lock the door and returned to his room.
Ask someone to call the craftsman's steward, Ma Jun. I wonder what he's been doing recently? Old Liu thought that it was time for him to come up with some invention suggestions and let him implement them.
Soon, Ma Jun came to Old Liu's room. Old Liu took out a blueprint of a catapult. Ma Jun was very interested when he saw it. Old Liu explained it to him in detail and asked him to think about it first and make a smaller prototype to try.
Old Liu then took out a drawing of a curved shaft plow that was still used in modern villages. It was invented in the Tang Dynasty. Since Old Liu had never used it before and had only seen farmers use it, he could only draw a rough outline. However, since there were outlines and a few main components, Ma Jun could use his wisdom to complete the design of the entire curved shaft plow. Don't underestimate this kind of plow. With it, the efficiency of farmers farming would increase by several times.
At noon, Old Liu asked Ma Jun to have lunch with him. The two of them chatted while eating. Old Liu reminded him that the waterwheel used to drive the fan should have other uses, such as watering the land. As expected, Ma Jun fell into deep thought after listening to Old Liu's reminder. However, his eyes quickly lit up. Old Liu knew that he had figured it out. The waterwheel was probably very fast...
It would be created.
In the afternoon, Ou Peng brought a horseshoe, a horseshoe nail, and a horseshoe repairing knife (it looked like a sickle, but the size was much smaller). He came to Old Liu with Yan Liang to ask him how to nail this thing to the horse's hoof.
He brought them to the stable. Lu Qi had already finished what Old Liu had asked him to do. The four pillars were buried half a meter deep in the soil and were very firm.
He asked a servant to pull out a horse and then drive it to the middle of the two horizontal bars. The height of the horse was just right for the horse's body. The four pillars were almost the same as the four legs of the horse. He asked someone to tie the horse up and then lift one of the horse's legs. It was just right to put it on the support and tie it up with a rope.
He took the horseshoe that Ou Peng had made and compared it to the horse's hoof. Seeing that it was a little big, he bent it in the middle so that it could match the horse's hoof. He used the horseshoe knife to cut off a layer of hard bone on the horse's hoof and inlaid the horseshoe. Then, he used a horseshoe nail to fix it. Soon, a horseshoe was installed.
The other three were nailed by the craftsmen, who told them not to cut the hooves too deep and to grasp the angle when nailing the horseshoes, otherwise it would easily hurt the horses. Under the guidance of Old Liu, the other three were quickly nailed.
He untied the horse and sure enough, the horse was fine. He let Yan Liang ride it and try to run a circle. Soon, he came back and said to Old Liu,"Very good, my lord. The next time we fight, I can still let the horse kick the enemy with its iron hooves.”
"Gongji, if this horse can understand you, let him kick it.”
After thinking about it, Yan Liang chuckled and left.
He ordered Ou Peng and the others to make hundreds of horseshoes as soon as possible, and then put them on his hundreds of horses. This way, no matter what kind of road they took, the hooves would not be easily injured.
After he was done with the horseshoe, Tian Feng returned.
"Reporting to my lord, the members of the kitchen and medical team have been selected. The kitchen soldiers are learning how to cook in the kitchen. As for the medical team, I sent them to a medical hall in the city to be apprentices.”
"Alright, I'll show Yuan Hao something later. Let's go back to my room.”
Hearing that his lord wanted to show him something, it must be a treasure. Tian Feng hurriedly followed behind Old Liu and walked towards Old Liu's room.
After entering the room, Old Liu closed the door and took out the globe that he had retrieved from the car today and placed it on the table.
Seeing that it was a crystal ball with pictures drawn in various colors and some words that he didn't recognize, Tian Feng asked,"My lord, is this the Earth we live on?”
Hearing Tian Feng's question, Old Liu replied,"Yes.”Then, he held the top of the globe with one hand and gently turned it. The globe began to rotate on the base.
"My lord, are we really living up here? What about the people behind him? Won't you fall?"
" Yuan Hao, what you see is just a shrunken Earth. The Earth we live on is hundreds of millions of times larger than this one, so we can't feel that it's round on it. As for those people who live behind us, because of the Earth's gravity, everything on it is attracted by it and won't fall down. Moreover, no matter where people are on Earth, they are the same as us, with their heads above and their feet below.”
Then, Old Liu told Tian Feng where the land was, where the sea was, and where they were living now.
Tian Feng realized that the words on it were very similar to the Hanyu Pinyin that Old Liu had taught those spies. However, they seemed to be different. According to Old Liu's teaching, these words could not be spelled out.
Old Liu could only tell him that this was the language of another country on Earth and that he only knew a little. This dispelled Tian Feng's curiosity to continue asking.
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