When the Xuehua Road was opened, Wuyan, the king of Wuhuan in Youbeiping, a large amount of fur came with the ship. Liu Bei had reached a deal with the Tian family in Liaodong. The freight for the trafficking of horse fur was converted into bedding together with salted wood. The Liaodong sea ship dealers went to the north and south of the Yangtze River.

I saw a lot of fur, but Wu Lian was not happy. I asked, it was found that last year, the snow was heavy and the cattle and sheep were frozen to death. I took the fur away and sold it to Lou San, but as the weather was warmer, the beef and mutton that had no time to eat would rot. In addition to burning, I could only bury it deep. Otherwise, a major epidemic would occur.

Regarding Wulian, my mother also spoke. One of the eight concubines in the marquis's house is the beautiful maids in the family, and the people in the clan are attached to the people. All the people in our houses should be treated with courtesy.

Wulian’s family affairs are also something that Liu Bei needs to care about.

After thinking about it, he said: "You can come to Lou Sang."

Wu Lian was happy first, and then shook her head: Zhuo County is not as good as the northern border. Spring is warm and flowers bloom. If cattle and sheep are transported, it will most likely be rotten.

Liu Bei then thought of sea salt. Salt-stained wood can be anticorrosive. What if beef and mutton are soaked in sea water? I asked the people of Yizhongtian clan and said that cold sea water is an excellent "preservative". He also said that a sea boat capsized before, and the sailors died in the cabin were salvaged for more than a year before they came ashore. The body was vivid because the sea water could be anticorrosive.

Liu Bei then went to write to Cheng Pu, the clan of Pingbo Water Fort and the owner of the Water Fort. He asked him to choose a nearby mudflat and build a drying yard to soak cattle and sheep.

As for the drying of sea salt, I will talk about it later.

He also asked Wu Lian to write to Wang Brother Wu Yan, who opened the frozen cattle and sheep and broke the stomach, removed the internal organs, and quickly whipped it to the Pingbo drying yard. After soaking in the sea water for several days, dry it and load it on the ship, and transported it to Lousang.

Then what?

Liu Bei thought of meat sauce sausage.

For tools, you can use a stone mortar with pounded rice and mash the meat into a sauce.

I wonder if there is any machine for pounding rice?

He hurriedly asked Su Boxiang. Su Bo said, how could it be without it? He then drew a picture called "Pedaling Pestle".

Liu Bei was overjoyed. Just as he wanted the craftsmen to imitate the picture, he presented another picture to Liu Chong, a great scholar who was about to be a master craftsman, when he heard the news.

Water mill!

Water pestle, also known as machine pestle, water pounder, overturning pestle, bucket pestle or drum pestle, is a tool for pounding rice by using water power. It is the result of mechanization of the foot pestle. The power source of the water pestle is a large vertical water wheel. The wheel is equipped with several plates and the shaft is equipped with some staggered plates, and the dial plates are used to move the pestle rod. Each pestle rod is equipped with a column to set up a wooden pole, and one end of the pole is equipped with a conical stone. The rice prepared for processing is placed in the stone mortar below. The running water hits the water wheel to rotate. The pestle rod on the shaft pulls the tip of the pestle rod, so that the pestle head falls to the ground to pound the rice. Using a water pestle, you can process grain day and night. Any water pestle can be set up on the banks of streams and rivers, and multiple water pestles can be set according to the size of the water potential. More than two are called connected pestles. The most commonly used is to set up four pestles, and at most eight pestles can be used.

The earliest mention of water mortar was the work of Huan Tan of the Western Han Dynasty. "Taiping Yulan" quoted Huan Tan's "New Theory: Li Car No. 11" and said: "The benefits of making pestles and mortars in Fuyi are to benefit the people. As the skill of later generations, the power is to rely on the body to pestle and mortars to pestle and mortars are to be used to pestle and mortars, which is to make ten times more profitable. The machine is also set up to use donkeys and mules, ox and horses, and pounds and pounds, which is a hundred times more profitable." The "poured into water and pounds" mentioned here is water mortars.

How could Lou Sang not use such a magical artifact?

This made Wu Lian get another letter, and let Wu Yan, the king of Wuhuan of Youbeiping, take all the sheep intestines and send them to the drying yard. Wash and marinate for great use.

Therefore, the water drain used for blowing, the water pressure of the composite flake, the steed cart used for water storage, and the keel used for irrigation were overturned, and the water pestle used for pounding rice and pounding sauce was freshly baked on both sides of the Qingxi River.

Fish sauce and sausage have become Lou Sang's new specialty.

Wuhuan in Youbeiping was able to marry Liu Bei. It was really a blessing from the gods, and the ancestral tombs were smoked.

Liu Bei made such a big project to understand the disaster of hunger and cold among his tribe members. How could Wulian not know?

If you have this husband, what do you want to do with your concubine?

This made me feel relieved and served me diligently all day long. As my hair grew longer, my skin became fairer, my face was quite beautiful, and my exotic look was very beautiful. Especially the good figure I had learned on the horse's back, I was so shocked.

The trade with Liu Bei allowed the Wuhuan of Youbeiping to stop losing and grow. Money won over the tribes and feed the young and strong. There was also excess money and grain to absorb the children of Donghu from the south. In less than a few years, the troops would be strong.

There are four tribes in the Wuhuan county. Three families are strong, while Youbeiping is weak. It is by no means a good thing. Liu Bei's practice of supporting the weak to stand up for a strong enemy has gained the family traditions of his ancestors.

The mentor and others were very happy.

The water mill workshop was just built, and the cobbler workshop sent someone to report that the dragon gear had been sewn!

The four generals Xu Rong, Tian Gang, Ma Xing and Han Long appeared with their horse armor, exclaimed in surprise.

The people and horses were covered with armor, made of the front, chest and back of the croaker, painted with armor. The lacquer was also mixed with enamel glaze powder, and painted several times. It was extremely strong and difficult to hurt swords.

The name of "Crown Dragon Rider" was spread along.

Compared with the Liaodong cavalry, another famous cavalry under Liu Bei's command was all heavily armored.

The bottom layer is raw cowhide painted armor, and the outer layer is ring lock armor.

The so-called ring lock armor is generally made of iron wire or iron ring buckles to form a garment shape, and each ring is buckled with the other four rings, shaped like a mesh lock.

It was introduced into China from the Western Regions. The earliest record was found in Cao Pi's "Book of Armor Giving to Ministers of the Last Emperor". "Book of Jin·Lu Guang Records" describes that such armor "was like a ring lock, and cannot be shot." It was extremely popular in the Tang Dynasty, and this armor was listed as one of the thirteen armor systems, which were still used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The cowhide painted armor with the same craft as the dragon rider, a full set of ring lock inlay armor, weighs 80 kilograms. The horse armor is also heavy. One riding two horses, war horses and slow horses. War horses are used for riding and fighting. Slow horses are used to carry weapons and equipment.

The slow horse used is not ordinary inferior horses, but heavy farming horses from Xianbei.

The Book of Wei records the ancestors of Xianbei: "We moved south to the Great Lakes, more than a thousand miles away, and the land was dull and dark and dark (wet). We planned to move south, but we collapsed before we left." This place was the Songnen Plain in later generations. The slow horse produced was called the "Northeast Horse".

This horse is straight, with a medium-length neck, with a torticular neck. It has a wide and deep chest, a wide and flat back and waist, good ribs, plump tibia, and solid hooves. The hair color is mainly chestnuts and horses. At this time, it was mostly used to pull tents and high chariots. The horse that had previously pulled the women and women from Shanggu County to Lou Sang was this horse.

Pulling a cart is really a bit useless.

The best choice is to bring weapons and armor to heavy cavalry.

The hundreds of Wuhuan Tuqi were all from the Wulian tribe. They were the donation for the prince's daughter and were also from the Xilin folk. In order to distinguish them from the Yan family's "Xilin Wei", they were named the "Xilin Wu family", so they were called: Xiwu Iron Cavalry.

In March, King Mu of Zhongshan (Liu) Chang died and had no son, and the country was eliminated.

It is said that the Holy Mountain once summoned close ministers and three dukes to inquire about the fate of Zhongshan.

A close minister mentioned Liu Bei. He said that Liu Bei was originally a descendant of the King of Zhongshan. He might as well let him inherit the throne of Zhongshan. He also said that Liu Bei had good governance and wealth could rival the country. The implication was that it would be better to sell Zhongshan to him. In this way, he could not only relieve Zhongshan's worries about not having a heir, but also make a big profit. Isn't it the best of both worlds?

The emperor was quite moved.

However, the three dukes opposed it in unison.

It is said that the Zhongshan royal family of the former Han Dynasty and the Zhongshan royal family of the present Han Dynasty are two branches. How can it be inherited? Besides, isn’t it a big deal to citing one country’s goods and others? Where is the national law placed in? If so, how can you ask Your Majesty’s throne and the world of the Han Dynasty sell?

During the stalemate, a close minister suggested that King Mu of Zhongshan may have a child. The concubine is about to give birth, so it is better to wait until she gives birth before making a mistake.
Chapter completed!