Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Fan Zhi opened the wooden window of Zhengshitang's study room, the wind became louder, snowflakes danced outside piles of documents, and a plum blossom was budding in the wind and snow. A scribe in the back was busy laying out his things, and several officials stood behind.

He turned around and sighed: "The old man was humiliated by that eunuch surnamed Cao."

The officials said: "He is just an eunuch, how can he show the heart of a gentleman? Fan Gong doesn't need to have the same knowledge as him."

Fan Zhi said sadly, "I owe my life to the late Emperor."

Several people were silent, when Guo Shao proclaimed the emperor, he had seized the throne by force, they did not die for the former emperor, but just lived on, now they are very reluctant to bring up the old matter.

After hearing this, Fan Zhi said: "Today, the great achievements have been made in the world, and the general trend cannot be violated. The first emperor Taizu (Guo Wei) was kind to his ministers, and the ministers live in the temple. I only hope that the present can treat the predecessors kindly."

The official next to him said: "There are many people in the middle of the court who have been favored by the Taizu and the first emperor. All the princes have this heart."

... The emperor's tolerance encouraged Li Xin and made him see hope. The first to write the letter is not dead, the name must have been remembered by the emperor, and the official career will not stop.

At the end of the third year of Xuanren, Li Xin hurried back to Tokyo from Jiangning Mansion, wanting to contribute the chart.

Guo Shao personally summoned Li Xin in Yangde Hall.

Li Xin was taken by the eunuch to Guo Shao's resting place after working, seeing that Guo Shao was the only one, he was summoned alone, and he was extremely excited.

Guo Shao didn't do anything, there were only chessboards and chess pieces on the few cases in front of him, and the memorials were not brought in. He directly asked Li Xin to take a look at the picture. Li Xin hurriedly took out a large stack of files from the cloth bag he brought in.

"Sit down, sit down first." Guo Shao said casually, pointing to the soft couch opposite.

Guo Shao flipped through the pictures and text on the paper, which contained a lot of content.

After a long time, Li Xin said: "Jiangning Shipbuilding Workshop is already trying to build this kind of sea-going ship. The structure of the big food ship is completely different from that of the Central Plains ship. Its shape is different from that of our ship, which is wide and flat, but the hull is long and narrow, and the bottom of the ship is pointed; the mast and sail are also quite different. The sail of the big food ship is a longitudinal sail, and the full sail is like a triangle, like a bird's wing.

According to the officials of Jiangning Shipyard, this kind of ship is more suitable for sea navigation, and the emphasis is on sailing. "

Guo Shao took a general look, and casually expressed his temporary feelings and opinions, "I have a lot of rivers, and boats are often used in inland rivers, so flat bottoms are not easy to run aground, and wide bodies reduce draft. Moreover, inland rivers vary in width and wind direction. The boats cannot flexibly use the wind, so they mainly use horizontal sails, supplemented by oars, water wheels, and trackers."

Li Daoxin: "Your Majesty has done a lot of research. The officials in the shipyard agree with His Majesty's words. It is not good for a large food ship to be used on rivers, but it is beneficial to the sea. Its sails are flexible and adaptable to all kinds of wind directions. It is said that it is also very fast when sailing in a zigzag against the wind."

Going in a zigzag against the wind, the Zhou Jun Navy can also do it, but it is really a bit cumbersome, and it is only useful in places where the water surface in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is wide.

Guo Shao looked at the file and thought about it... He had a feeling: whether something is advanced or not depends on whether it is in line with the situation of the times, and it is not good to be too far ahead.

Like this ship power. There is a kind of ship in the Central Plains, which uses water wheels to drive ships. The direction of development seems to be very advanced, because Guo Shao knew that there will be ships in the future... But in an era dominated by manpower and natural wind, the development direction of ships seems to be in the wrong direction; the direction of the development of the big food ship that emphasizes the development of sails may be right.

Li Dao said: "The ship in Jiangning Port has some changes in the structure of the food ship. We use our shipbuilding technology to change the structure of the food ship. Our ship raises and lowers the sail and does not need sailors to climb the mast. This kind of construction is fast and trouble-free. Therefore, we still use the mast and sail structure of our ship, and just changed the shape.

There is also the structure of the cabin, the front and back of the big food ship are connected, and I don't see any benefit. Once the hull is damaged and flooded, it is very easy to sink.

And according to my construction towards the front and back, there is a water leak, and the cabin is closed in time, so it will not sink easily and is easy to repair. "

Guo Shao patted the scroll and said: "I will read it for a while, and then send it to Han Tong, so that he can read it too."

Guo Shao was born as a martial artist, and he always thought of how to use any technology in the military. As soon as he got this ship, he thought about equipping the navy without exception.

At this moment, he couldn't help but glanced at Li Xin's still bulging bag. Because Li Xin came to face the saint, it was impossible to bring some irrelevant things in. He asked again, "What else do you have in your bag?"

Li Xin hurriedly took out another stack of papers: "The minister seized the big cannibal's ship, and when he was collecting things, he got two books. At first, he thought it was the record of the big cannibal's voyage, so he asked Lu Yongzhen to translate some, but he found it was a classic written by the big cannibal. I don't know if it is useful."

Guo Shao flipped through it, saw that the author was called "Aristotle", he was stunned for a moment, and thought: Aristotle?

He read another chapter carefully, and found that it was some original Greek philosophical expositions, but he was confused, and the sentence expressions were very weird... It must be a problem of translation into Chinese, so Lu Yongzhen may not be very good at Dashi characters.

"This is not a book written by a big cannibal." Guo Shao concluded.

Dashi and Greece are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, and they are not on the same continent.

Li Xin bowed and said: "The humble minister is stupid. I found it on the boat of the big cannibal. It was written in the language of the big cannibal. I thought it was a book from the big cannibal kingdom."

"It may be a translated book." Guo Shao guessed.

The big cannibals of this era are really very enlightened, and they also got things from Greece. In Guo Shao's impression, they seem to have learned the four great inventions of China and then spread them... The big cannibals not only learned Western philosophy, but also Eastern laws and regulations. It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, they sent people to Chang'an to learn the system of the Chinese emperor governing the country.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, then said casually: "The land of China has always been the leader since ancient times. But each ethnic group has its strengths and weaknesses. We don't need to underestimate ourselves, and we don't need to be complacent and arrogant. If there are strengths elsewhere, we can learn from them. Learning from their strengths and guarding against their weaknesses will benefit the country."

Li Xin listened carefully, because it was the emperor's words, he had to pay attention to what he said no matter whether it was reasonable or not, and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Guo Shao glanced at him: "These books may be written by a country further west. The Great Food Kingdom is located between the far west and the East, and the places of communication are far away. We keep in touch with them, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Li Shijun, as a guest and provincial envoy, must keep the Great Cannibals and don't drive them away."

Li Xin hurriedly said: "I am determined to obey His Majesty's will. However, I went to the Southern Han Dynasty to arrest their people and seize their boat. The cannibal seems very angry."

Guo Shaodao: "Let go, give them some benefits, and then exempt them from all business taxes for three years, to appease them. It is profitable, and the big cannibals should focus on profits." He patted the translation manuscript in his hand, "This thing is useless. The Hakka Province enlisted some scholars from the Southern Han Dynasty who had contacts with the big cannibals to study the big cannibal characters and re-translate the manuscripts. If the court has officials who are proficient in the language and characters of the big cannibals, it will be convenient for them to communicate in the future."

Guo Shao didn't quite know what was going on with Dashi at this time, but he always felt that there might be something interesting on Dashiren's side. \u003c