The seventeenth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (AD 239), December 3rd.
Chang'an.
Chang'an in winter is covered with snow everywhere. If you look down from the sky, Chang'an seems to be wearing a snow-white gauze garment.
The children on the street chased each other happily, their little faces flushed.
After these years of development of Dahan,
Even though it had just experienced a smallpox epidemic not long ago, Chang'an soon regained its vitality.
Weiyang Palace, front hall.
Emperor Liu Chan is in a very good mood.
"Mr. Zimo——" Liu Chan said with a smile: "Mr., I will say hello to your lord when he returns to Wu this time. I am very happy to be able to renew our alliance with Soochow."
Gu Tan, the envoy of Soochow, saluted and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Gu Tan is the grandson of Gu Yong, the prime minister of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.
I came to Chang'an a few days ago with gifts,
On behalf of Sun Quan, he came to renew the alliance with the Han Dynasty.
Han-Wu Alliance.
Just listen to it. In fact, the day before Gu Tan came to Chang'an,
Liu Chan received the news that Zhuge Ke, the eldest son of Zhuge Jin, had just left Luoyang, and Soochow had reached an alliance with Cao Wei.
Wei and Wu formed an alliance, which did not surprise Liu Chan.
This is normal.
After all, the Han Dynasty is too strong now, and Wei and Wu can only join forces to curb the continuous rise of the Han Dynasty.
To his surprise, Gu Tan arrived in Chang'an the next day.
'Sun Shiwan, Sun Shiwan...' Liu Chan secretly complained: 'The older you get, the more cunning you become. On the one hand, you form an alliance with Cao Wei, and at the same time, you come to form an alliance with me.'
‘Haha!’
However, although Gu Tan is only in his twenties, his conversational skills are extraordinary and he deserves to be Gu Yong's grandson.
Of course, Liu Chan doesn't care about Sun Quan now.
Therefore, Gu Tan has been in Chang'an these days, and the Han Dynasty has treated him with great courtesy. After the meeting today,
He will return to Wuchang,
Liu Chan naturally had to be polite.
"By the way, Mr. Zimo!" After Gu Tan thanked him, Liu Chan raised his hand, and several eunuchs carried out two large wooden boxes. Liu Chan said, "It's such a small thing, please don't dislike it, Mr. Zimo."<
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When Liu Chan was talking, the eunuchs had already opened two wooden boxes. One of the two wooden boxes contained more than ten pieces of Shu brocade, and the other wooden box contained the newly developed Shu paper of Dahan.
Shu brocade and Shu paper are all hard currency, especially the box of smooth Shu paper. Gu Tan was very happy. The Han Dynasty made the paper a few years ago, although it can be bought all over the Three Kingdoms now.
However, this box of Shu paper is different from the world at first glance.
The paper sold in the world is yellowish in color.
The paper quality is also relatively rough,
But this box is different. The color is off-white, and the paper is smooth. When you touch it lightly, it is as silky as touching a freshly shelled egg.
Gu Tan was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty!"
"As long as you like it, sir!" Liu Chan said with a smile.
Naturally, Gu Tan liked it, and this time he went to Chang'an as an envoy and successfully completed the alliance. The Han Dynasty was also friendly to him. Before leaving, Liu Chan presented him with Shu brocade and this kind of precious Shu paper.
After some polite greetings, Gu Tan happily left Chang'an and headed for Wuchang with the Shu brocade and Shu paper presented by Liu Chan.
On Liu Chan's side, when the dynasty dispersed, Liu Chan specially kept Zhuge Qiao here.
Xuanshi Palace——
Liu Chan and Zhuge Qiao were seated separately. Liu Chan had not seen Zhuge Qiao for a while. In the past few years, he had been responsible for the development of weapons and equipment, mainly the three-bow crossbow.
"Bosong!" Liu Chan said, "I have summoned you here today because I have an important matter that I want to leave to Bosong to take charge of."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Qiao immediately stood up and responded: "I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses."
"Sit, sit, sit..." Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders here. Bo Song is still just like in Chengdu. Don't be so polite to me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhuge Qiao responded and sat down again.
Glutinous rice
After Zhuge Qiao sat down, Liu Chan said with a smile: "This time Gu Zimo came to Chang'an to renew our alliance with me on behalf of Sun Quan. What does Bo Song think?"
Zhuge Qiao shook his head: "We think that Sun Quan is definitely not sincere in forming an alliance..." He paused and then said: "Sun Quan just wants to paralyze Your Majesty."
"Yeah!" Liu Chan nodded when he heard this: "What Bo Song said is true, this Sun Shiwan is a two-faced thing."
"Hahaha!"
After a loud laugh, Liu Chan then said: "I have recently developed a new type of weapon, and I have demonstrated it to my father-in-law before."
"Cannonball?" Zhuge Qiao asked with his eyes widened.
During the smallpox period, Liu Chan demonstrated the power of cannonballs to Zhuge Liang. Although Zhuge Qiao was not around, Zhuge Liang talked about it with him after he returned home.
"Yeah!" Liu Chan nodded and said, "Exactly!"
"Bosson...are you willing to develop this cannonball for me?"
"Wei Chen is willing!"
Zhuge Qiao was naturally overjoyed. He had been developing the three-bow crossbow for these years. He originally thought it was the most cutting-edge weapon for the Han Dynasty, but that day he heard from his father that his Majesty had developed another incredibly powerful artillery shell.
"Okay!" Liu Chan was overjoyed, and then handed several drawings he had already drawn to Zhuge Qiao, and then said: "If you want this kind of artillery shell to show its power on the battlefield, this shell is very critical."
Zhuge Qiao looked at the pattern on the drawing. It was broken down into several steps, and the complete one was a round sphere.
"This cartridge case needs to be made of fine iron;" Liu Chan pointed to the drawing and explained: "If Bosong can make these cartridge cases as soon as possible, I can use them to conquer the Central Plains and then dominate the world."
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Hearing Liu Chan's words, Zhuge Qiao was naturally a little excited.
When he first saw a round ball, he didn't think it was anything strange. Originally, he was a little curious when he heard Zhuge Liang talk about it.
But looking at it now, it turns out that they are just iron balls.
But when Liu Chan said that he would use this to conquer the Central Plains and eventually unify the world.
"A humble minister will definitely live up to his mission!"
Zhuge Qiao readily accepted this mission.
Of course Liu Chan was also happy. When Zhuge Qiao was in Chengdu, he was the Prince Consort. Of course, this does not mean that he was the Prince Consort. In fact, he accompanied the emperor to study, and he was responsible for the emperor's safety when he traveled.
When Liu Chan traveled through time, besides Queen Zhang Yuan, the two people he trusted the most were his brother-in-law Zhang Shao and Zhuge Qiao.
So he prefers to let them do some special things.
Zhang Shao is now in charge of the government-run academies in Chengdu. This is related to the changes in the Han Dynasty in the future. As the saying goes, knowledge changes destiny.
The current big men mainly rely on aristocratic families.
Of course Liu Chan wanted to change, because he did not want to repeat the mistakes of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Internally, we will have to rely on scholars in the future, gradually diluting the status of aristocratic families in the court. As for externally, we will have to rely on cutting-edge weapons.
After smallpox this time, he was particularly anxious to unify the world.
Because he doesn’t want to see the world in chaos anymore.
Relying on the three-bow crossbow and the Han cavalry, we may be able to conquer the Central Plains and finally unify the world.
However, in the era of cold weapons, war is too cruel.
He has been to the battlefield, and if he wants to win the war, he has to rely on corpses piled up everywhere.
'I am a time traveler. I have more advanced knowledge than anyone else in this era, as well as top-notch weapons and equipment.'
Liu Chan has made up his mind to use the most advanced weapons to unify the world as soon as possible.
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This chapter has been completed!