Chapter 16 Zhao Ci raised an army to kill Qin Jie and Nan Ye plotted Jiaozhou 6
Emperor Ling ordered Nan Ye to beg for thieves, but he had nothing, and only sent dozens of craftsmen. Perhaps Emperor Ling also felt a little bad for Nan Ye, so the household registration of these craftsmen was also sent, which was regarded as giving these craftsmen who made military weapons to Nan Ye. This made Nan Ye very happy. There is no shortage of blacksmiths in his arsenal, but there is a special lack of high-end technical personnel. These craftsmen just make up for this deficiency.
The craftsmen were worried when they first arrived at the arsenal. Although they had a low status in the palace before, they didn't have to worry about food and clothing. No one dared to say that Master Nanye would treat the craftsmen better than in the palace.
When these craftsmen lived in the arsenal for a day, they no longer want to go back to the palace. Because Master Nanye provided them with not only food and clothing, but also rich wages, which is enough for a family to live three meals a day.
The most important thing is that there are craftsmen everywhere in this arsenal, and the status of these craftsmen is not low, and superb craftsmen can still be respected by everyone. Even Master Nanye was polite to them, which made the new craftsmen feel like they were in heaven. This feeling of being respected is what they have never had before, and naturally they don't want to leave again.
Nan Ye arranged for the craftsman to discuss with Xi Zhicai to transfer Zhang Baiqi back from Jiangxia. Xi Zhicai did not agree with this proposal. Because to seek Jiaozhou, the first thing to do is to collect information from the south. It is best to let the Dart Bureau open up the business road to the south and open the Dart Bureau to Jiaozhou first to prepare for the pursuit of Jiaozhou. That's why Xi Zhi thought that Zhang Baiqi not only couldn't transfer people back, but also sent more people.
Of course, Nan Ye knew that what Xi Zhicai said was reasonable, but he didn't want to lose his faith in Zhang Ning. In the end, the two reached an agreement and ordered Guan Hai to lead a thousand darts to the south to replace Zhang Baiqi and be responsible for the escort of the south road. Shi A is responsible for the North Road Dart, Pei Yuan Shao is responsible for the East Road Dart, Sima Ju is responsible for the West Road Dart, and Wang Yue is in charge of the Luoyang General Bodyguard Bureau. Xu Huang is still responsible for the training and recruitment of the arsenal. Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and Wang Yi are responsible for the construction, production and sales of the city.
After such a distribution, Nanye found that his manpower began to be stretched again. It seems that with the expansion of the darts bureau and the opening of the business road, more and more talents are needed.
Nan Ye is gratified that the disciples he had trained before have now come in handy. Those disciples who do business and work will naturally apply scientific statistics, measurement and calculation methods to practice. Some of them will do business all over the country with the opening of the business road, and some will stay in the arsenal to be responsible for production.
There are also some disciples of rich families who come to practice the Avenue of Science not for production and operation, but purely for curiosity and knowledge. These disciples were all trained by Nan Ye to be educational talents who are good at preaching, following the business road opened by the Dart Bureau to spread scientific knowledge.
Because of the efforts of these disciples, the goods produced in the arsenal can be continuously converted into money, and Li Nanye, the bodyguard of the bodyguard bureau, can have money to raise soldiers and build cities.
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When Zhang Baiqi returned to Luoyang after receiving a message from Nanye, it was already the end of the second year of Zhongping. Each family was preparing for the New Year with lanterns, and Nanye's mansion was no exception.
Due to the great plague at the beginning of the year, Nan Ye spent the first New Year after crossing with medicine on the ring, and Cai Yan almost died because of this. It can be said that there is no celebration. Therefore, Nanye plans to have a good time and experience the atmosphere of the ancient New Year.
Speaking of the customs of the Spring Festival, they have been basically fixed in the Han Dynasty. In modern times, many of our customs for the Spring Festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. Such as the door god and firecrackers have appeared in the Han Dynasty. However, the door god at that time was not the current paper print, but carved with mahogany. Firecrackers are not modern firecrackers, but throw green bamboo into the fire and ignite them, making a crackling sound.
Nanye can't make the gunpowder needed to make firecrackers, but Cai Yong and Cai Yan have already studied the printing techniques in the arsenal together, and are fully capable of printing the statues of the two gods, Shentu and Yu Lei.
Before, when Nanye printed cards, he basically built the prototype of the printing factory. What Cai Yong had to do was to expand the engraving and engrave text printing books. Obviously, engraving can't be done in a day or two, but engraving a statue is very simple.
Nanye planned to print some statues for his own use, but he felt that the carved templates were wasted, so he simply decided to print more to make a profit. As the old saying goes: it is easy to draw ghosts and gods, it is difficult to draw donkeys and horses, and it is not complicated to make the engravings of two door gods. Therefore, it only took a few days for the printing factory to print a batch of door god paper paintings and put them into the Luoyang market. After buying them home, people only need to paste them on the door, which is very convenient.
As soon as this magic sticker was put on the market, it was immediately snapped up by the people of Luoyang, which was really in short supply. Even the spirit emperor and the important ministers of the imperial court came to ask Nanye for three reasons.
First, this divine sticker is good and cheap. Not only is the portrait exquisite and the price is not high. At that time, the door gods of rich families were carved from mahogany, and the moneyless families could only use two mahogany boards with the names of the two door gods "God" and "Yu Lei" hanging on the door, or simply write the names of the two door gods directly on the door. Although the paper door god sticker is not cheap, it is much cheaper than mahogany carving.
The second is that this god has been used to ward off evil spirits since ancient times. Who in Luoyang City doesn't know that Nanye's magic is boundless? Therefore, the people all believe that the gods created by Master Nanye must be more powerful than other gods and have a better effect on exorcising evil spirits.
The third is the brand effect shaped by Nanye. Nowadays, both dignitaries and ordinary people in Luoyang City are proud of using mages's goods. This divine sticker can be consumed by everyone, and naturally the supply exceeds the demand.
For Nanye, the income of the door god sticker is completely an unexpected fortune, which makes Nanye very happy and seems to herald a good start in the new year. Before his happiness passed, Zhang Baiqi gave him an important news.
Zhang Baiqi's stay in Jiangxia has gained a lot. He and his yellow scarf soldiers have found out that there is an undercurrent in Jiangxia, Nanyang and other places, and it seems that some people want to make trouble. But before Zhang Baiqi heard it clearly, he was called back by Nan Ye.
When Nanye heard that Nanyang Taishou was Qin Jie, who had fought against the yellow scarf with him, he immediately understood the origin of the undercurrent that Zhang Baiqi said, and hurriedly came to Xizhi to discuss it.
After listening to Zhang Baiqi and Nan Ye's story, Xi Zhi frowned and said, "Bai Qi just found out some clues. I don't know why the mage asserted that Zhao Ci would rebel and kill Nanyang Taishou?"
Nan Ye fooled: "Qin Jie, the governor of Nanyang, once had a relationship with me. At that time, I saw that he had this difficulty, but I almost forgot it after a few days. If it hadn't been for Bai Qi today, I would not have remembered this person."
Xi Zhicai saw that Nan Ye's chiseled out the name of the traitor and dared not believe it, so he bowed his head and thought about the countermeasures to this matter. And Zhang Baiqi beside him was even more admiring Nan Ye. He himself has been exploring Jiangxia for a long time and only got a little inaccurate information. He didn't expect that the mage could predict Jiang Xia's future. This is the real unknown prophet, many times better than Master Zhang Jiao.
After thinking for a moment, Xi Zhi asked Nan Ye, "Does the mage know who Zhao Ci is? When did it happen?"
Nan Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know. I only know that there will be chaos in the coming year, but I can't figure out when." It turned out that Qin Jie's general star record only wrote: In the third year of Zhongping, Zhao Ci in Jiangxia revolted and killed Qin Jie. Burial in Yicheng. However, he didn't write exactly when Zhao Ci rose up, let alone who Zhao Ci was. Naturally, Nan Ye didn't know.
Xi Zhicai has also read the Book of Changes and knows more or less about the method of divination and calculation. He understands that there is no one in the world that can accurately calculate the future and be accurate to the year like Master Nan Ye. Even for some masters outside the world who are called immortals by the people, the results of divination are often ambiguous. Therefore, Xi Zhicai no longer forced it, but said, "If Jiang Xia changes, it will be an opportunity for the mage. The mage might as well prepare to go south to calm down the chaos. On the one hand, you can gain military achievements, and on the other hand, you can just open the south business road and set up the darts bureau in Jiaozhou to make some preparations for the future.