Chapter two hundred and fortieth day craftsman book
After bidding farewell to the third prince, Shen Yang and Zheng Hui, Han Qian returned to Yandangji Manor with the secret decree.
Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng were about to enter the village on horseback a little earlier. When they saw Han Qian coming by boat, they led their horses to the pier to greet them and asked:
"Your Excellency summoned us to the manor at this time. Do you have anything to give us?"
"Come with me." Han Qian looked at the faces of Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng who were barely cheering up. He didn't say anything at this time and walked straight towards the official residence, motioning for the three of them to follow.
Ninety new houses have just been built in Jitou to the south of the village. They are divided into two medium-sized courtyards, located on both sides of the river port pier. In the middle is a pier that can berth four thousand-stone sailing ships at the same time and a pier that can store up to ten ships. A warehouse of ten thousand stones of grain or equivalent supplies.
After spending so much effort to expand Yandangji to this level within four months, and he couldn't stop the construction speed here in the next month, he would abandon it all and leave temporarily. Han Qian thought about it. It hurts so much.
Walking back to the official residence, Han Qian asked Zhao Ting'er to take out the secret Qingming new tea and brew it for everyone to taste.
The total number of slaves, tribes and dependents of the Han family in the manor is less than 300. Including the bunks provided for the fleet to be stationed, the manor is already overcrowded with 1,000 people. This time, 5,000 or 6,000 people were temporarily suspended. People can only set up tents in every possible way inside and outside the village.
Now five to six thousand people have boarded the ship and left, but they have left behind a mess all over the ground, and it will take several days to clean it up before it looks cleaner.
At present, Han Qian's residence in the courtyard has not been affected at all. The high and thick courtyard walls keep out the cold wind. The iron stove is placed in the courtyard and filled with coal cakes. Han Qian walks in and puts out the iron kettle. The water inside has just boiled and is spewing out foggy white vapor.
"The cold current is blowing from the north and the sun is dim in the afternoon. It is the most comfortable time to drink a cup of good tea. Do you think so?" Han Qian asked with a smile as everyone sat around the stove.
"Our realm is still limited to listening to ditties, and we haven't been able to keep up with the adults yet?" Gao Shao added in the conversation.
Seeing that there was some reluctance hidden under Gao Shao's bright smile, and seeing that Tian Cheng and Lin Haizheng were the same, Han Qian smiled slightly in his heart. He had never been able to get through anything before. I believe they have endured great hardships in the past half month. torment.
Designing to defraud the Feng family's private property and then confiscating it, and immediately leaving Jinling with the family and defecting to Xuzhou are two completely different things.
The former seems like a serious crime, but in the end the third prince is really going to ascend the throne. Knowing this, can he care about them making a little money to support his family? Even if they were punished for their crime, it would not be a capital crime, let alone the genocide.
The latter is completely different, it's a one-time deal that will make you lose money if you don't succeed.
What's more, most of them have to worry about whether they can take their families with them in time when they abscond - sometimes family members are the ones they can't let go of the most.
Han Qian didn't want to continue to test their loyalty, so he took out the secret decree from his arms, handed it to them to read in turn, and said: "I know you have too much confusion in your hearts these days, but until there is His Majesty's official decree, , I can’t reveal even half of the matter. Yes, I am planning to lead everyone to abscond back to Xuzhou, but this time I am absconding on ‘order’...”
"Sir, you are really worrying Gao Shao to death. If you don't take it out, Lao Tian's hair will turn completely white." Gao Shao clapped his thighs and sighed. They never thought of sleeping or eating for him.
I have been troubled for more than ten days, but it turned out to be such a thing.
"In the Prince's Palace, there are only His Highness, Master Shen, Master Zheng, Jiang Huo, and Yuan Guowei. They know that they will cooperate with our 'escape'. Before Yang Qin leads the fleet to Jinling again, you must tell everything
Get ready." Han Qian waited for the shock on everyone's faces to fade away before he continued to mention what they were going to do next.
Since it is "absconding", in addition to "deceiving" a group of people, it is also necessary to deceive a group of materials and even soldiers to escape with the "cooperation" of Shen Yang and others. These are all implemented by Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng.
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The boat gang had thirty-six ships at this time, divided into fast and slow ships. The slow ship might take a month to reach Xuzhou, but the eight new fast sailing ships would take the first group of people to Xuzhou and disembark and then return to Jinling.
One month's time.
In other words, they will complete all preparations before absconding before the end of November, which will also include deceiving and controlling Zuosi's ordinary scouts and generals.
Because it was impossible to take away all the family members of Zuosi's scouts, Han Qian also couldn't expect ordinary scouts to be as loyal to him as Gao Shao and Tian Cheng.
However, before Emperor Tianyou finally made complete military preparations for Tanzhou, he was still unable to spread the truth to a wider extent. What about the rhetoric and control over ordinary generals (disciples of Zuo Si) during the absconding process and after absconding to Xuzhou?
To ensure enough morale to help him integrate Xuzhou's power, things will be extremely complicated!
And this will be the main burden shouldered by Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng.
However, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng felt relieved at this time. They had a secret plan, and they just followed the order and took ten thousand steps back to bring their wife and family to Xuzhou.
If Han Qian really has something on his mind, they will have a lot less worries.
Zhao Wuji, Xi Fa'er, Guo Nuer, Xi Rong, Zhao Ting'er and others were indifferent. At this time, they even felt a little bit regretful in their hearts.
Han Qian was not rewarded for his great achievements, and the Feng family suffered a big disaster for a small crime. If they really had the opportunity to flee to Xuzhou and ignore the court's orders from then on, at least they would not have to worry that the Han family might become the second Feng family in the future.
No matter what thoughts and worries everyone had hidden, they finally came to an agreement. At dusk, after discussing the next action plan, Han Qian asked Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng to go back to the city first.
Han Qian had just returned to the small courtyard where he lived, and was just about to take a breath and have a really comfortable tea before dinner when Xi Lin walked in and said: "You are really like a sheep now, there are so many people staring at you!
Now there are people everywhere who see flaws, and I doubt whether this matter can really be hidden from Tanzhou!"
"Who came to the door?" Han Qian asked, pondering the tone of Xi Rong's words.
"Besides Miss Yao, who else do you think there is? She just comes here and breaks into the house when she has nothing to do. She might as well marry her as a concubine!" Xi Rong said.
"No, I can't take care of you two anymore. Aren't you too messy enough?" Han Qian cried bitterly.
"..." Xi Rong glared at Han Qian angrily, ignored his words, and stomped toward the back room.
Xi Rong is only nineteen years old this year, but her figure is much more feminine than Zhao Ting'er. Han Qian looked at it blankly for a long time before walking out of the yard and saw Zhao Ting'er talking to Yao Xishui in front of the hanging flower door. He said: "Miss Yao
You visit me frequently, and people who don't know it think you are interested in me."
Following the tradition of the previous dynasty, the defense of men and women was far less stringent than that of later generations. However, Yao Xishui was born as a singer, and as Zhang Ping's adopted daughter, she frequently visited Han Qian's house. In the eyes of outsiders, she was naturally on the same page as Han Qian.
Yao Xishui glanced at Han Qian and saw that at Han Qian's signal, the guards in the front yard had all retreated. He lowered his voice and said, "Your Han family's layout in Xuzhou has been completed. When will you jump out of this vortex and go to Xuzhou?"
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Han Qian would not reveal his secret plan to Wan Honglou. As Wan Honglou knew his layout in Xuzhou and his movements in Jinling best, it was normal to speculate that he might abscond to Xuzhou at any time.
Han Qian stared at Yao Xishui calmly: "It is common sense for the Feng clan to move to Xuzhou with fear and painstaking efforts. Although this matter is beneficial to my father's governance of Xuzhou, Xuzhou is ultimately the court's responsibility.
Zhou, my heart is always with Your Highness, but I don’t know what Mr. Li Hou and his wife are worried about? Is it possible that I have to communicate with Mr. Li and his wife about everything I do now?
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Yao Xishui had never seen such a shameless person as Han Qian in his life. They had seen through everything, and they could still talk nonsense to his face as if nothing was wrong. He continued to question: "The assassin broke into the prince's palace at night and was killed by Master Han's confidant Tian Cheng."
, no one on the left and right saw it. How can Mr. Han say that this was not arranged in advance? And in the past half month, there have been various rumors. At present, only Mr. Han can barely do it - Mr. Han is carefully planning and counting.
A slave from the Qianfeng clan was kidnapped and sent to Xuzhou, how can he still be said to be loyal to His Highness?"
Han Qian stared at Yao Xishui's overly beautiful eyes and asked with a joking smile: "Miss Yao is so eager to understand this matter. Does she want to follow me to Xuzhou?"
Seeing that Han Qian was teasing him, but still wanted to change the topic, Yao Xishui asked calmly: "If your father and son can occupy Xuzhou, you probably won't forget who made it happen, right?"
Seeing that Yao Xishui actually knew how to play the emotional card, Han Qian smiled lightly and said: "I have wiped your butts so many times, is it not enough, and I have to keep wiping them? And Wanhonglou has been operating for so long, what is the hidden intention?
, I have never asked endlessly, I said, can you give each other some space?"
Yao Xishui left Han Qian speechless.
Regardless of whether others admit it or not, she knows in her heart that Wan Honglou and the Han family and his son are in a relationship of mutual use. Is it possible that she still thinks that Han Qian has an obligation to be loyal to Wan Honglou?
Since the relationship between them has been completely severed since the Jingxiang War, then jointly supporting the third prince is just a matter of cooperation between the two parties.
Yao Xishui took a deep breath and said: "Whatever Mr. Han wants to do, he can do whatever he wants without telling us anything. But we have poured so much effort into His Highness. We want to know what Mr. Han thinks of His Highness."
What kind of expectations do we have? Is it human nature?"
"Even if you believe that my father and son have the intention to live in a rare place, do you think that I and my son will give up the rare things easily?" Han Qian wanted to distance himself from Wan Honglou, but at this time it was impossible to directly contact Wan Honglou.
They are breaking up, but now they have to say something to stabilize them.
"I hope everything goes as Master Han said." Yao Xishui glanced at Han Qian doubtfully, knowing that Han Qian had never really controlled Wanhonglou, and he didn't know how long their cooperation would last.
"Ting'er, please ask Du Junyi to bring over the "Book of Heavenly Craftsmen" compiled by Du Junyi. Miss Yao comes to your door once, but you can't let her go back empty-handed. Obviously I am ruthless and unjust to her..." Han Qian said to Zhao Ting'er.
After this "absconding", regardless of whether Han Qian is willing or not, with the support of the imperial concubine, the workshop, warehouse, Linjiang money shop and Yongchun Palace manor will basically be brought under the jurisdiction of the inner palace of the county prince's palace. This is not difficult to do.
Can be expected.
This "absconding", in addition to Zuo Si's elite scouts, Zuo Si's disciples, Han Qian will also kidnap a group of craftsmen away, but currently at Wanhong Mansion, even Zhou Yuan, who is the best at craftsmanship, is under his control.
In his eyes, he was still far from qualified. In order to avoid the possibility of the workshop shutting down, he had to teach Yao Xishui and the others the craftsmanship, handicrafts, etc. involved in the workshop in advance.
During the days when Han Qian was living in Jinling, he asked brothers Du Junyi and Du Junming to copy the books in Jinyun Tower. They also asked the two brothers to start compiling the encyclopedia-style "Tian Craftsman" under the guidance of Chen Jitang, Zheng Tong and others.
"Book", which compiles the techniques of construction, farming and handicrafts at that time and those improved by him.
The contemporary writings on construction, farming and handicrafts mainly include "Kao Gong Ji", "Shan Repair Order", and "Qi Min Requirements". The words are very simple, and there are many defects in the illustrations and even
Where there are errors or omissions.
Han Qian ordered Du Junyi and Du Junming brothers to compile the "Book of Craftsmen of Heaven" in as new a style as possible. Of course, the project is also huge. Only now has the craftsmanship and craftsmanship involved in the Qiuhu Mountain Craftsman Workshop been compiled.
After all, this is also the most mature system currently.
Seeing that Han Qian never forgets to tease him, Yao Xishui is naturally unhappy, but when he sees that the wooden box contains hundreds of thick pages and is written with a special ink pen, the content is greater than any previous craftsman's book.
It is rich, several times more detailed, and has precise and meticulous illustrations and explanations. Yao Xishui holds it in his hand and knows its weight.
Qiuhushan Craftsman's Workshop currently employs around a thousand people, and produces more than three million kilograms of coal cakes every month. Adding in other outputs, the cost is over two thousand yuan.
Maybe it's a bit inconspicuous compared to what was obtained from the search of the Feng family, but given the low productivity in this world, it's already quite impressive.
In addition, two months ago, the county prince's palace also merged the armor workshop into the craftsmanship workshop. The water rows and water-powered forging hammers produced by the craftsmanship workshop can save the investment of more than 300 strong laborers.
After thoroughly exploring the construction and craftsmanship techniques involved in this system, not only the southern foot of Baohua Mountain under the jurisdiction of Taowu Jijunfu, but also five or six similar streams and rivers can be utilized, and the Junzhou side and Wanhonglou are secretly controlled
Large-scale farms can also be copied, and the benefits to the internal strength of Wanhong Mansion and the Prince's Mansion will be extremely obvious.
