"Have you finished making the blueprint of the printing technique module that This King gave you?”Liu Chen looked at the person-in-charge of the Smithing Department and asked.
The Blacksmith's Department did not only include weapon smithing, but also many skilled craftsmen. They had contributed a lot to the establishment of the medical school and the school.
The official in charge said excitedly,"Your Highness, it's done! This technique was truly ingenious, and it could greatly reduce the effort of copying!”
Ever since Cai Lun improved the production of paper, the writing materials were much lighter and more economical compared to the previous oracle bones, bamboo slips, golden stones, silk books, and so on.
However, copying books was still very laborious.
The art of printing began with the engraving printing art of the Tang Dynasty. The movable type printing art that Liu Chen had them create needed to be developed and perfected in the Song Dynasty.
It could be said that Liu Chen had brought forward movable type printing by hundreds of years. Like sweet potatoes and potatoes, it appeared again at the end of Han Dynasty!
With movable type printing, the scholars and the common people in the world would no longer have no books to read!
If one was not enough, Liu Chen would print thousands of copies!
However, the source of the books was a problem.
"First, I'll start printing from the library of this prince's mansion. Then, I'll borrow and print books from the great clans of Chang Shan. This prince wants to build the largest library in the world.”
Liu Chen said heroically.
As he spoke, Liu Chen was suddenly pleasantly surprised.
If there was the world's largest library, allowing people to read freely, then all the scholars in the world would gather in Chang Mountain.
When outstanding talents appeared, he could naturally recruit them.
"No wonder there is no news from the Internal Affairs Department. Back then, I posted a recruitment notice. It was because of the incident that the military camp was upgraded.
"If there's no reason, even if those strategists want to come, they won't be able to bring themselves to come. They have to give them a way out and a reason.”
The more Liu Chen thought about it, the more he felt this was the case.
"The 500,000 points spent on movable type printing is worth it!”
Liu Chen's thoughts were like lightning. The person-in-charge of the forging academy nodded and said,"This subordinate will immediately get to work."
After saying that, he immediately left.
At this moment, Zhao Yun stepped forward and cupped her hands.
"My lord, you instructed me to patrol the city defenses of all the counties in Changshan. I've already completed my patrol. The reinforcement of the city walls, the construction of the sentry towers, and the corner towers are all proceeding in an orderly manner.”
After saying that, Zhao Yun looked around. Now that Chang Shan Medical College and the school had opened their doors to recruit students, there were many people around. He approached Liu Chen and whispered in his ear,
" My lord, I've already sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to supervise the army personally. I've asked the soldiers to plant the sprouted sweet potatoes and potatoes, but they didn't occupy the fertile land. Instead, they plowed the fields and wasteland…"
After a discussion, Sweet Potato and Potato decided to keep this secret for the time being. The soldiers in the army naturally didn't worry, and Hua Tuo and the other doctors also kept their mouths shut.
In fact, in order to avoid the possibility of a traitor among them, these famous doctors were also under the surveillance of the soldiers.
"We must intensify our training during this period of time. We must not slack off." Liu Chen nodded in satisfaction. After some time, Zilong could lead the army to continue attacking the Black Mountain Army.”
This time, Liu Chen didn't need to go out personally and just stayed in the base camp. If Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou went out on their own, it would definitely be a success!
He couldn't let go of such a place to grind points and level up, as well as for actual combat training!
Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said,"
"My lord, the last time we attacked the Black Mountain Army and the Yellow Turban Army, we spent nearly 500,000 arrows and destroyed tens of thousands of weapons. Now that the Forging Institute is in short supply of ironware and it is difficult to forge arrowheads, I think it may be difficult to go out in the short term!”
Liu Chen sighed. It was the lack of ironware again! Why was the iron mine still missing?! Chang Mountain was indeed quite big, but it had been nearly a week.
"My lord, there's no need to be anxious.”
Zhao Yun clearly saw Liu Chen's worry and said,"Other than arrows, armor, weapons, and other equipment reserves, our Chang Mountain has already perfected them.”
"Zilong, it's not just the arrows. I have another plan.”
Liu Chen said helplessly," This king wants to forge a full set of armor for the warhorse. Stirrup, horseshoes, saddles, warhorse armor, and so on. All of these require ironware. Time waits for no one!"”
Liu Chen remembered very clearly that the day He Jin was killed by the eunuchs was the 25th of the 8th month. Dong Zhuo would enter the capital on the 28th of the 8th month. At that time, Luoyang would be in chaos.
It was now the end of May, only three to four months away from that time.
To face Dong Zhuo's 200,000 Western Liang cavalry, Zhao Yun, the Four Court Pillars of Hebei, and 100,000 soldiers were not enough.
If he could create stirrups, horseshoes, and saddles and equip the entire army with them, the overall strength of the cavalry would increase by at least thirty percent!
At that time, even the Western Liang cavalry would have to kneel and beg for mercy!
However, there was still no sign of an iron mine. This made Liu Chen consider whether he should spend a large sum of money to buy ironware from the outside!
"My lord, I do know about saddles, but what are stirrels and horseshoes?”Zhao Yun was dumbfounded. He felt that he had been in the military for many years, but he was still ignorant!
"You'll know when the time comes."
After thinking for a while, Liu Chen made two preparations and said to Zhao Yun,"Help me contact the Zhen family of Wuji. Other than iron, we need to continue buying warhorses.”
"Your Highness, there are more than 20,000 horses in the army now. Do you still need to buy more?”Zhao Yun clicked her tongue.
In the entire Great Han, apart from some warlords of Liangzhou, the cavalry of the King of Chang Shan was definitely one of the best.
The main reason was that there were no stirrups at the end of the Han Dynasty, so the cavalry could not display their abilities. Therefore, the main battle was still based on infantry and a small number of elite cavalry units!
"We need to increase the number of horses to fifty thousand. We need as many ironware as we can get, and we need to exchange them with food.”Liu Chen ordered.
The Zhen family of Wuji was the future Zhen Mi's family. They were a famous family in Zhongshan Country. They controlled the business and politics of the surrounding area and had business dealings with the Xianbei and Wuhuan outside the Great Wall.
Zhen Mi's father died early, and now her mother, Zhang, was the master of the family. Zhang was from Changshan, so Liu Chen often took care of the Zhen family, and all the business was handed over to the Zhen family.
"Yes."
At such an important time, Zhao Yun needed to personally watch over it.
A moment after Zhao Yun left, the official in charge of the Blacksmith's Academy rushed over with a furious expression.
"Your Highness, all the books in the prince's manor have been transferred to the Smithing Yard for printing.
However, the great clans were unwilling to lend out the books. They said that they were family heirlooms and that no one could lend them out.”
Liu Chen was stunned, and then his face turned angry.""Even this king can't borrow it?"
"Yes, yes."
Sensing Liu Chen's anger, the official in charge of the Blacksmith's Department said with a similar hatred,
"Those big clans are too hateful. If it weren't for Your Highness, Changshan would never have been peaceful. They would have been massacred by the Yellow Turban Army and the Black Mountain Army.”
Liu Chen quickly suppressed his anger.
Ever since he had inherited the title, he had been suppressing the great clans. There was already a conflict between the two.
However, Liu Chen was already prepared to find an excuse to deal with them.
Enjoying the peace and prosperity of the country brought about by his rule over Chang Mountain, he actually dared to jump like this. He was simply courting death!
At this moment.
A voice pulled Liu Chen's attention back.
"Please inform the soldiers that I am Guangping Prefecture Master. This is my good friend, Julu Tian Feng. I am here to pay my respects to His Highness the King of Chang Shan!”
He gave it to him! Tian Feng!
Liu Chen instantly looked over, his gaze sharp and surprised!
The strategist he had been waiting for had finally appeared!
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