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Chapter 28 Ship Boss

The presence of stirrups in the Qingzhou Group has always been a secret, including the first appearance of the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry in Qingzhou when they were pacifying the Yellow Turbans and clan thieves from all over the world.

But that was on the Qingzhou battlefield, and information was underdeveloped in ancient times. It might take a long time for an advanced invention to spread.

For example, woodblock printing was invented in the early Tang Dynasty and did not become popular until the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Later, the stirrup appeared in front of the world during the palace change.

But at that time, He Jin entered the palace in the afternoon, and Yuan Shao and the others went to the palace in the evening to look for someone. When they found out that He Jin was dead, they sent troops over, and it was already dark.

So at night, with the firelight burning everywhere in the palace, many people looked at one of the stirrups of Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry and thought it was the well-known cloth tread, which is a single-sided stirrup. No one put this thing on the double-sided iron stirrup.

Lenovo.

In addition, when we were rescuing the troops by the Yellow River, there was a chaos of war. Except for Lu Zhi who noticed that Liu Bei's army had double stirrups, everyone else's attention was on Liu Bian and Liu Xie, and no one paid attention at all.

As for Xu Rong, Xu Rong had been gathering dust behind Chen Mu. The two of them had not met each other for the past few days. During the final decisive battle, they also attacked the valley in the early morning before dawn.

Not to mention the heavy fog at that time, but the rising sky and the narrow terrain, it was impossible to see the situation clearly.

Unless Xu Rong not only has no night blindness, but also has clairvoyance to see through the fog, no matter who noticed the two stirrups on the black armor heavy horse, he would have thought they were single-sided stirrups for mounting.

Again, the main reason is that the Han Dynasty itself had single-sided stirrups, so when double stirrups appeared, they did not appear abrupt and were easily ignored.

Moreover, after beating Xu Rong away, Chen Mu took away the bodies of his brothers who died in the battle, leaving no trophies for Xu Rong.

This is similar to how during World War II, U.S. military pilots fought with the Zero every day, but until you captured a complete Zero that had made an emergency landing, you could not understand its performance or find its weaknesses.

Therefore, firstly, it cannot be seen clearly, and secondly, there is no complete stirrup for the enemy to take and study. As a result, Dong Zhuo has not carried out stirrup reform until now.

certainly.

Today, Lu Bu has experienced the power of stirrups and witnessed the role of this thing on the battlefield. After returning home, he will definitely report to Dong Zhuo. Maybe the day when the Xiliang army will be equipped with double stirrups is not far away.

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Liu, Guan, Zhang and Chen rushed away.

In the depth of winter, Luoyang, which is located in the basin, is already very wet and cold. It was bright just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye it has become overcast and it is about to rain.

The four of them ran straight for dozens of miles, bypassed Mang Mountain from the northeast of Luoyang, escaped from their pursuers through the dense mountain forests, and arrived at Xiaopingjin Ferry.

At the ferry, Wang Jun had been waiting by a large boat for a long time. When he saw them coming, he kept waving to them to hurry up.

The shipbuilding industry was already very developed in the Han Dynasty, and built-up ships existed in the Qin Dynasty, and by the Han Dynasty the scale was already very large.

During Ma Yuan's southern expedition, he once led more than 2,000 large and small flat ships. During Cao Cao's southern expedition, he also had a large number of flat boats as naval forces, and then they were completely burned in Chibi.

Every time Chen Mu goes back to Qingzhou, he takes a big boat. After all, the Yellow River is vast, and it is not a small river or lake. If you take a small boat, you are waiting for the boat to be destroyed and people will die. Naturally, only a big boat can withstand the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Such strong winds and waves.

"It turns out to be Liu Qingzhou and Chen Shangshu."

The ship owner's surname was Jiang, and he was an old acquaintance with them. When he saw them coming, he smiled and said: "A few days ago, I heard that the imperial court recruited Qingzhou to return to the central government to serve as the ninth minister. Why do you want to return to Qingzhou today?"

In fact, ship owners like them are not in the passenger ship business, but in the business of transporting goods using the waterways running from south to north.

For example, Boss Chiang used the Yellow River to run through the fields of Yongliang and Jiqing states, sell the leather produced in Yongliang to Jizhou, and then sell the grain, wine, and weapons from Jizhou to Yongliang, earning a lot of money.

the price difference.

After all, how much money can you make just by picking up and dropping off guests?

But this does not prevent them from traveling north and south to meet these court officials. Firstly, they can make connections, and secondly, these people are generous and earn no less than reselling goods. They are profitable, so they are naturally willing to do anything.

What's more, it is the dry season of the Yellow River in the dead of winter, and the New Year is approaching soon. The business received this time is just to send Liu Bei, Chen Mu and others to Juan County, which is two to three hundred miles away. If he goes further east, he will

I can't go home in time for the New Year, so taking this business won't delay anything.

Liu Bei stood up and dismounted, led the horse to the side of the boat, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Boss Jiang doesn't know anything. That Dong thief burned the palace, framed Zhongliang, robbed the tomb of the late emperor, massacred the people of Yangcheng, and deposed the emperor twice. I can't bear it anymore."

, I am going back to Qingzhou to raise righteous soldiers to attack him!"

Boss Jiang's face changed slightly and he looked nervous.

Dong Zhuo's notoriety is unknown to everyone around Luoyang.

The problem is that Boss Jiang's family business is all in Pingxian County at Xiaopingjin Ferry. He started his business by building and shipping merchants. It is less than ten miles away from Luoyang and just across the Mang Mountain.

If Liu Bei went back to go against Dong Zhuo, then if he carried Liu Bei on a boat to escape, wouldn't he also be going against Dong Zhuo?

When the time comes, Dong Zhuo sends troops to massacre his clan, which will be easy.

So after hearing this sentence, Boss Jiang was sweating like rain and didn't know what to do for a while.

Chen Mu, who was standing next to him, knew something was wrong when he saw his expression. He thought to himself that his big brother was too honest, how could he talk nonsense like this.

Don't think that everyone in the world has the same sense of justice as you do. Everyone is a small citizen, and no one thinks about his family, country, and the world. If you say this, it will easily make people afraid.

"Is it possible that Boss Jiang doesn't intend to take us away? Or has he surrendered to that thief Dong and plans to make the world an enemy?"

Chen Mu put on his hat when he came up and looked at him with a fierce look.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also noticed something was wrong. He held the weapon still stained with Lu Bu's blood tightly in his hand and took a step forward to press towards Boss Jiang.

Boss Jiang was so frightened that he trembled and said hurriedly: "Don't you dare, please get on the boat quickly, we will set off right now."

At that moment, everyone got on the boat.

Chen Mu went up and hugged Boss Jiang and smiled slightly: "Boss, please come with me."

Originally, Boss Jiang just planned to let his boatmen go. After all, his family has a big business and has more than ten large boats. If it were not to welcome dignitaries, there would be no need for him to go out.

Now that I suddenly encounter this situation, I feel like crying without tears. It is such an unreasonable disaster.

"Boss Jiang, it's me who has caused trouble for you."

Liu Bei realized it later, and now he realized what Boss Jiang was thinking.

Chen Mu smiled slightly and said: "Boss Jiang, Qingzhou is a good place, and you are welcome to come. Why don't you send someone back now, tell your family, sell your property immediately, and go to Qingzhou. This boat trip is just

Don’t stop in Juan County, go directly to the plains.”

Boss Jiang was on the verge of crying but felt like he was on a pirate ship.

Chen Mu felt happy in his heart.

We happen to be short of shipping merchants, why don't we send one to our door?

Anyway, there are not too many talents. In the future, sailing eastward to island countries will not have to rely on ship owners like them who have a lot of shipping experience. It is also a good thing to prepare them early.


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