"Sir, were the spears and arrows pulled by the ox carts in front of the manufacturing bureau really made by the villagers in the nearby villages?"
After hearing Yu Qing's question, Yan Liqiang raised his eyes from the official report in his hand, and looked outside through the slightly opened glazed glass on the carriage. He found that the carriage had already driven onto the official road, and then smiled, "Yes, now the weapons such as spears and arrows of the Manufacturing Bureau have been made by the villagers outside!"
The court report was just delivered from the County Magistrate's Office in Pingxi County last night. When leaving Yuntao County last night, Yan Liqiang casually mentioned it, and Wang Jianbei had someone deliver the court report. In the future, after receiving the court report from the County Magistrate's Office, a copy will be sent to the Manufacturing Bureau so that Yan Liqiang can learn about the latest situation of the court.
"Sir, aren't you afraid that the villagers outside won't be able to make good products?" Yu Qing's eyes flickered, full of curiosity.
"Of course not!" Yan Liqiang shook his head. "The craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau are human beings, and the villagers in the villages outside are also human beings. In fact, as long as we give those villagers opportunities and guidance, teach them how to make things, and the manufacturing bureau can control the product acceptance, we can let those villagers make money with good things. What those villagers can do may far exceed our imagination. They are actually amazing!"
What are spears and arrows? In Yan Liqiang's previous life, Chinese farmers had created too many miracles. Sometimes, in a village or a town, as long as there was someone taking the lead and the conditions were right, in a short time, those farmers who had only worked in the fields before could turn something into a pillar industry, or even the best in the world, with amazing speed and creativity. Gears, lighters, belt buckles, speakers, and even military weapons were no problem. There were also villagers who put down their hoes and picked up paintbrushes to become painters because they could make money by selling paintings. As for negative examples, there are also people who make a living by fraud and robbery. The key lies in what kind of soil and opportunities you give them. Sometimes, the primary productive force is not science and technology, but poverty. Because of poverty, those people will seize every opportunity they can, burst out with unparalleled learning ability and spirit of research, and do one thing to the extreme.
"Except you, no one can make them do this. Therefore, the real great one is you, young master!" Yu Qing looked at Yan Liqiang with admiration. Before, this girl didn't know what Yan Liqiang had done in Huanglong County and Yuntao County. This time, Yan Liqiang took her out for a walk and had a look. The way this girl looked at Yan Liqiang was so bright that stars were in her eyes.
"Sometimes, when poverty and craftsmanship are combined, they can create miracles at the lowest cost and sweep away everything!" Yan Liqiang sighed.
"I don't understand some of what you said, but I think you must be right!" Yu Qing smiled sweetly at Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang scratched the little girl's nose with his finger, and then concentrated on reading the official newspaper in his hand.
—On November 16, the 13th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, Gong Zicheng, the former Minister of Rites of the Han Empire, died of illness in Kuizhou. His Majesty bestowed the posthumous title of "Wu Xin" on him...
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—On November 18, the 13th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, an earthquake struck Suyang County in Xuzhou. The northern city tower of Suyang City collapsed in the earthquake. 100,000 people in Suyang County were affected and more than 3,000 houses collapsed. The court allocated 100,000 taels of silver for disaster relief.
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—On the night of November 26, the 13th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, a comet passed through the sky in Qinshui County, Haizhou. Fragments of the comet fell to the southeast of Qinshui County, forming a pit. The sound was deafening for ten miles and caused a forest fire, which was extinguished by snow three days later.
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Yan Liqiang already knew the contents of the official gazette before November. Those things that were supposed to happen were still happening without any change. But when he saw the contents of December in the official gazette, Yan Liqiang was shocked because he finally saw the news about Sun Bingchen.
In December last year and January this year, Sun Bingchen defeated the White Lotus Sect and captured nearly a thousand bandit leaders and backbone members of the White Lotus Sect in various southern states in one fell swoop, which shocked the government and the public. Even the court ordered a commendation. The Emperor was very pleased and promoted Sun Bingchen to the position of Prince's Guardian, and rewarded him with ten thousand taels of gold, a thousand pieces of brocade, ten buckets of pearls, and an imperial sword. For a time, Sun Bingchen was in the limelight.
And because of Sun Bingchen, the White Lotus Sect, which should have been in full swing in the south at this time, suddenly wilted. It no longer had the scale that Yan Liqiang had known before in the Tiandao Divine Realm. It was only mentioned twice in the subsequent court reports, and the scale was limited to a few counties and towns. The so-called situation of attacking cities, breaking counties, and destroying several counties has not appeared, at least not yet.
After seeing the news in the court bulletin, Yan Liqiang knew that the letter he had sent to Sun Bingchen had finally worked. What was supposed to happen had quietly changed. The destruction caused by the White Lotus Rebellion at the end of last year to the southern states of the Han Empire was suddenly confined to a very small area. Countless people no longer had to be held hostage by the White Lotus Rebellion to be cannon fodder.
After Sun Bingchen, Yan Liqiang saw news about Zheng Huaian, the admiral of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire, in the court bulletin.
In January of the 14th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, Zheng Huaian, the admiral of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire, went out to sea to suppress bandits, but was "unfortunately" injured by a crossbow on a pirate ship and "seriously injured and unconscious"...
Just one week after Zheng Huaian's "accident", Zeng Jiu Ming, deputy admiral of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire, and Li Zhaofeng, the magistrate of the Southeast Navy Admiral's Office, encountered pirates while out to sea and "died bravely" together. Zeng Jiu Ming and Li Zhaofeng also became the highest-ranking naval generals killed by pirates in the Han Empire in nearly a hundred years.
However, this record of Zeng Jiu Ming and Li Zhao Feng only lasted for less than a month. In February of the 14th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, a group of ferocious pirates came out of nowhere and landed on the shore. They ambushed Ruan Yuanzhou, the governor of Haizhou of the Han Empire, and his entourage who were patrolling the coastal defense. Ruan Yuanzhou and several county governors and generals who accompanied him were all killed.
At the beginning of the 14th year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, the words "White Lotus" and "pirates" became the most frequently appearing words in the court bulletins.
An even more shocking event happened in April. According to the court bulletin, many generals of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire and Zheng Huaian, who was originally "seriously injured and recuperating at home", disappeared overnight. Along with them, the entire fleet of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire and the families of Zheng Huaian and those navy generals disappeared. The court still doesn't know where Zheng Huaian and the Southeast Navy fleet are now, at least there is no news in the latest bulletin...
When others read these news about Zheng Huaian in the official newspaper, they might be shocked and wonder what was going on, but Yan Liqiang knew what was going on at a glance. He knew that Zheng Huaian, who was unwilling to see his family die in prison, finally made his own choice and decision, because whether it was Zeng Jiu Ming and Li Zhao Feng of the Southeast Navy, or Ruan Yuanzhou, the governor of Haizhou, they were all Lin Qingtian's men. After wiping out these minions of Lin Qingtian and leaving Lin Qingtian with nothing, Zheng Huaian decided to go all out and took the entire Southeast Navy of the Han Empire out to sea.
At this moment, Zheng Huaian and the Southeast Navy might have already established their own kingdom on an island in the vast ocean east of the Han Empire. Zheng Huaian is indeed a ruthless character...
Compared to Zheng Huaian, there is no news from the Fengyun Army in the northeast for the time being. Longfei City is as low-key as ever and rarely appears in the court bulletins.
Yan Liqiang was already very satisfied with this. As long as he could destroy Lin Qingtian's plan, it would be a success for him.
While Yan Liqiang was concentrating on reading the imperial court report in his hand, Yu Qing had already obediently lit a stick of sandalwood in the carriage. Amid the lingering fragrance, Yan Liqiang's carriage had already entered Pingxi City and arrived at the gate of Pingxi County National Martial Arts Museum...
Let Hu Haihe and Yu Qing find a place to rest. Yan Liqiang opened the door, got off the carriage, looked up, and looked at this place that he was very familiar with. After looking at it for a while, Yan Liqiang smiled slightly and then walked into the gate of the National Martial Arts Museum...
(End of this chapter)