The southern part of Jiaozhou (now the northern part of Vietnam) is still a returnee...

It belongs to a vassal genus and has autonomy.

To know.

At first...this incident caused a huge stir in Jiaozhou.

Many people in Jiaozhou felt that Sun Quan was "greedy and the snake swallows the elephant"... Shibian's godson even threatened to never give in.

It's just that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very basic...

There are soldiers in Jiaozhou, but they have no weapons. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice...

How can we resist Sun Quan's army?

No, Shibian was forced to give up the northern part of Jiaozhou due to coercion.

As a result, his title of Governor of the Seven Counties exists in name only.

Over the years, as he grew older, Shibian gradually lost his ambition to recover the lost land, and just settled down willingly.

But in fact, his sons and his younger brother are not satisfied with the status quo.

In fact, Sun Quan was not satisfied with the status quo.

Sun Quan planned to take over the entire Jiaozhou after his death.

In fact, this is indeed the case...

In the future, scholars will live to be ninety years old before passing away.

Sun Quan immediately took some extraordinary measures and successfully forced all the sons of Shibian to rebel. After that... these sons were predictably and bloodyly suppressed by Sun Quan.

Of course, this is all for later.

At this moment, the brothers Shi Zhi, Shi Hui, and Shi Qian looked at their uncle Shi? as if they were waiting for him to make up his mind.

The ordnance I encountered "by chance" in Jiangling City this time.

There are sidecars for fighting against cavalry, repeating crossbows for shooting enemies at mid-range, and muliu oxen and horses for transporting grain and grass...

Isn't this... enough?

Isn’t it still worth taking action?

Fu Shiren's weapons...are nothing more than inferior weapons and armors.

The price is not cheap…

But can those... be compared with the artifacts we see today?

"Ahem..."

Finally, under the expectant eyes of his nephews, Shi? opened his mouth, "I'm just worried that your father... he won't want to be involved in this turbulent war in his life..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Shizhi opened his mouth and said: "My father is a vassal of Sun Quan, and Taishi Ci is also a vassal of Sun Quan. Isn't Taishi Ci's lesson learned enough? The ambition of Sun Quan's young son is obvious... He just wants to kill my father, and then annex the entire Jiaozhou. !Hmph...Uncle, dad is quite young, but uncle is still here and we are still here, will our scholar family be allowed to be slaughtered by others?"

As Shi Zhi said, in the chaotic era of the late Han Dynasty, vassals were very dangerous, and few vassals could stay safe from one force!

Sun Quan naturally had such thoughts regarding Jiaozhou.

However, as mentioned before, he did not choose to resort to force, but used another method.

You know, Shibian was born in 137. He was eighteen years older than Cao Cao, twenty-four years older than Liu Bei, and forty-five years older than Sun Quan.

When he became a vassal to Sun Quan, Sun Quan was twenty-eight years old and he was already seventy-three years old.

As far as Sun Quan is concerned, this old man is already seventy-three years old. Do we still need to conquer him?

Didn’t he pass away within a few years?

By then, wouldn’t it be a matter of course to capture the southern part of Jiaozhou?

As a result, the longer he waited for Sun Quan, the more disappointed he became.

Historically, Sun Quan demarcated the Xiang River and obtained the three counties of Changsha. This old man was seventy-nine years old and still healthy;

Four years later, Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and took the entire Jingzhou. The old man was eighty-three and was still alive.

After the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was entrusted by the White Emperor, and Liu Bei died, but this old man, eighty-seven, is still alive!

Sun Quan was confused at this time. How could anyone in the world be able to serve as a vassal for thirty years? I guess Sun Quan thought he was shallow and naive. If he had known that he would have taken action when he was twenty-eight years old, he would have completely taken over Jiaozhou. middle.

It was not until he was ninety years old that Shibian died, and Sun Quan also began the bloodbath against Shibian's family.

Of course, after such a long time, the Shi family members will not be without feelings or reactions...

However, as the old saying goes, Jiaozhou is extremely lacking in iron and forging skills, and the only two neighboring states are Jing and Yang.

Long pondering...

Finally, a group of nephews repeatedly expressed their feelings.

Shi? As soon as he clenched his fist, he seemed to have finally made a decision.

——"Huh, bear it! You can't bear it for a few more lifetimes!"

——"Today I will make this decision for my brother. No matter what the price of this batch of ordnance, our scholar family wants it!"

——"I don't have anything else to pay to the Zhoushi family. The poor ones only have money!"

Yes, the Shi family has been avoiding trouble in Jiaozhou since Wang Mang's rebellion. After six generations, its reputation and financial resources are second to none in Jiaozhou.

In this wave of "arms" competition, their scholars will either not take action, but if they do, they will definitely win!

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The sun has set in the west, and the sunset is shining brightly.

Outside the study room of the Guan Family Mansion, the Guan Family Army guards stood guardedly.

The windows and doors have long been closed, and countless lights illuminate the study room like daylight.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang were sitting on the seats.

Guan Xing and Guan Yinping stood, foaming at the mouth and gesticulating with their hands. The brother and sister were talking passionately about the sidecars and the array of cars under the Shengsheng Bridge during the day. magic.

"My daughter carefully inspected it and found that the sidecar was by no means simple. Although it was made of wooden boards, it was made of many wood and iron fusions and was as solid as a rock... Later, my daughter also thought about it carefully, but she still It’s impossible to accurately tell the material of this sidecar, and even...if there are no manufacturing drawings, I’m afraid the wooden boards it’s made from will not be so strong.”

Guan Yinping's implication is... This sidecar looks simple, but if you really want to imitate it, there are many problems that need to be solved.

The first thing that bears the brunt is the rock-like "solidity".

You need to know how powerful the impact of cavalry is?

Hundreds and thousands of cavalry charged, and ordinary wooden boards were suddenly reduced to slag.

The material of the convertible van...

Guan Yinping has a feeling that this cannot be broken through with just the number of cavalry!

The design of this sidecar is... very particular!

"My child feels..." Guan Xing added, "The fender of this sidecar is definitely not just made of wood. If the child's Qinglong Yanyue Sword struck with all his strength, if it were pure wood, it would not be completely damaged at all, or even damaged. The child's Qinglong knife even broke the tiny openings of the teeth... Such a skill is truly ingenious."

Since I plan to buy this sidecar...

Guan Yu and Ma Liang naturally wanted to summon Guan Xing and Guan Yinping to inquire in detail about the details of the "attack and defense" of this car formation.

Guan Yu was a little naive.

He thought it would be good if it could be imitated.

You can save a lot of money on food.

But now, according to what Guan Yinping and Guan Xing said, the imitation road is probably completely dead.

From here to there, the sidecar is like this, the repeating crossbow is like that, the wooden ox and the horse are like this... No wonder the merchant is so confident.

It seems that this money has to be spent!

Ma Liang, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and focused his attention on another part.

"There is often a rule in wood art manufacturing, that is, the name of the inventor will be engraved on the finished product...Second Young Master, Third Young Lady, have you noticed the name tag on this sidecar?"

As Ma Liang said...

For example, from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period, many woodcrafts made by Luban would be engraved with "Made by Luban".

In the north, Cao Cao has a special workshop, which is usually engraved with "Made by Liu Ye", "Made by Ma Jun", "Made by Hao Zhao"!

This is an unwritten agreement left by our ancestors in the field of woodcraft and instrument manufacturing.

Ma Liang wanted to dig out some clues about the "people behind" and the "forces behind" these ordnance manufacturing.

really…

After thinking for a while, Guan Yinping seemed to recall something.

"It really does have a name."
To be continued...