Chapter 259 Something Bad Happened

After confirming the style and pattern, Li Wanzi immediately called a tailor to rush to work on the sewing. The warrior's cloak was made of very particular materials. It was not just a piece of red silk and it was called a cloak. The cloak in spring and summer is relatively thin and is a mixture of linen and silk. Woven, linen is used to keep the cloak flat, while silk is used to maintain the texture of the cloak.

Cloaks in autumn and winter are relatively thick. In addition to linen and silk, wool is also added. The purpose of wool is to keep warm. Although it is called a cloak, it is more like a cloak. Cloaks of different grades not only have different colors, but also different materials. This differentiated level shows nobility.

In addition, although the colors of the cloaks of the warriors of the three tribes are the same, there are obvious differences in styles. The six walled cities commanded by Wu Zhongyuan are from the Bear Tribe, the Bird Tribe and the Ox Tribe. Naturally, he cannot choose one of them for what he wears, and must be compatible with both.

The warrior's equipment is not only a cloak, but also a middle coat and lining, which also need to be made quickly. And shoes, the Warriors' shoes are high-waisted, more like boots. The shoes worn by ordinary people are mostly straw sandals or leather straps, which vary greatly.

Clothes are just one of the many details that need to be considered. In addition, Wu Zhongyuan's residence must be determined. Although he does not live here often, he comes here occasionally but he has to live without a place. According to Li Wanzi's intention to build a palace for him, Wu Zhongyuan directly He rejected it. At this time, the problem of food and clothing had not been solved, and he was creating useless ostentation. Finally, he decided to do the same as Osawa, leaving only a room in the front yard of the city lord's mansion for him to stay.

The first thing a leader must solve is the problem of food and clothing for the people. At this time, the proportion of farming, fishing, hunting and gathering can account for almost 40-60%. Farming is not developed. The main reason for this is that the farming cycle is too long, unlike hunting. The collection was so fast, but this was not the main reason why the tribesmen focused on fishing and hunting and neglected farming. The production model at this time was somewhat like the people's communes in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, where they worked together and ate from a big pot together, which led to the tribesmen's lack of subjective initiative.

It is easy to change this situation. Private land ownership is the most effective method, but private land ownership is not in line with the current "national conditions." We cannot rigidly follow dogma, let alone act too hastily. The current top priority is not to let the people live and work in peace and contentment. It is based on the stability of the country. The top priority is to survive rather than develop. We should seek stability first, expand the scale of farming, and increase food production.

People at this time had no concept of fertilizing. They didn’t even know that animal manure could be used as fertilizer, or that plant ash could supplement potassium fertilizer, or that repeated cropping would reduce grain yields.

When Wu Zhongyuan informed Li Wanzi of these basic farming knowledge, Li Wanzi's expression was very strange, with a bit of disgust in the surprise. How could she understand the importance of fertilizer to plants? In her opinion, spreading feces on The grain that grows from the ground is also unclean.

Li Wanzi's reaction made Wu Zhongyuan frown secretly. Even if he had advanced farming technology, it would take some time for people to accept it.

Talking to Li Wanzi alone, she couldn't remember it even if she talked too much, so Wu Zhongyuan wanted to convene a symposium with warriors in the city to share some easier-to-implement ideas with the warriors responsible for related matters.

According to his idea, the symposium would be held immediately, but Li Wanzi disagreed and insisted on waiting for his special clothes to be woven and dressed decently before meeting with others.

Wu Zhongyuan doesn't like this kind of formalism very much. Whether a person is dignified does not depend on what he wears, and it does not necessarily mean he is dignified if his face is drooping all the time. A good leader should be both kind and powerful, with kindness in front of him, and establish his authority. is behind.

But in the end Wu Zhongyuan agreed to Li Wanzi's suggestion,

Because Li Wanzi insisted on summoning all the warriors from the besieged city under the jurisdiction of Jiu Mu Jiulian to hold a serious meeting, this suggestion was still acceptable. The leader could ignore the matter, but the people below had to know the leader. .

The next two people discussed some trivial matters. Although Wu Zhongyuan didn't care much about his own residence, he cared about Dasha very much. He ordered people to build "dung beetle stables" in Jiumu and Jiulian's posthouses for Dasha to rest. The best cow dung should also be selected and prepared. Since we are not going to let people eat enough, we have to let people eat something good no matter what.

Since Wu Zhongyuan does not live here permanently, it involves the transmission of news. According to Li Wanzi's idea, he wants to create a token similar to the Tiger Talisman for later generations. Even if Wu Zhongyuan cannot come to dispatch in person, he can still send someone with the token to convey the order, but she This suggestion was rejected by Wu Zhongyuan. The token is dead. If he is caught, the token will fall into the hands of the enemy. You cannot use tokens, you must use a secret code. The so-called secret code is actually a sentence, as long as the person comes to say it After hearing these words, Li Wanzi knew that the person who came was sent by him.

There is also trade. It is not open to the outside world for the time being. It only trades with the six walled cities it owns. The location is Daze. Daze is located between Gushan and Jiumu. One city from Daze is selected as a commercial city. The six cities are People can go there to buy, sell and exchange what they have.

Li Wanzi supports his idea. Traders can use their excess things to exchange for what they need. The six walled cities previously belonged to three tribes, and each had its own lack of things and its own excess. Trade is beneficial to any walled city.

But at the same time, she is also a little worried, that is, the three tribes have been distinct before, and apart from fighting, there is little intersection. Once there is trade, the people of the three tribes in the six walled cities on our side will inevitably come into contact. As long as there are more contacts, feelings will easily arise. Due to entanglements, it is difficult to ensure the purity of the bloodline.

Although Li Wanzi was worried, she did not voice her worries because she found that it was not that Wu Zhongyuan had not thought of this, but that he had thought of it but did not deliberately avoid it. Failure to prevent or avoid it was tantamount to acquiescence and connivance.

In fact, Li Wanzi's guess was correct. Wu Zhongyuan was indeed acquiescing and conniving. It was not because he was a hybrid of the Bear Clan and the Bird Clan that he had to make others mixed blood, but because the three tribes were all members of his own family, and they were originally from the same race. There is no need to create a situation where there is a fire and water situation. The most important thing is that there are only a few million people in total at this time, and they always marry internally. Over time, it will lead to the degeneration of genes and races.

Since we want to trade, we must have a medium of exchange recognized by everyone, and we must have currency. We cannot use gold and silver, because the conditions for using gold and silver as reserves have not yet been met. Copper goods must be made. At this time, metal is originally the capital of the three tribes. Recognized valuables are extended and strengthened from their inherent foundation, and can be accepted by the world.

As for the shape and size of the currency, it was left to Li Dashou to study. Three conditions must be met. First, the weight of the currency is equal to the value of the metal itself. To put it bluntly, one tael of bronze can be exchanged for two feet of cloth. After that, one tael of bronze can be exchanged for two feet of cloth. The currency created can also be exchanged for two feet of cloth. For the tribesmen, it is just a change in shape, but the "exchange rate" has not changed.

Second, it must be easy to carry, and portability is a prerequisite for circulation.

The third condition is that it requires anti-counterfeiting and cannot be easily counterfeited. At this time, people have no means of identifying authenticity and counterfeiting. They have to set up an identification method that can easily distinguish between true and false. Anti-counterfeiting is the guarantee for the long-term circulation of currency, otherwise When the currency appreciates in the future, some people will create counterfeit currency to "disrupt the financial order."

All the weaver girls in the city started knitting clothes together, and they rushed out the clothes during the shift. As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and his horse relies on his saddle. Putting on new clothes immediately made him feel more energetic, but they were a bit serious and too formal to be casual.

During the day, Li Wanzi had ordered the posthouse to release a letter bird and summoned the Jiu Mu Jiu Company warriors to come here to discuss matters. It was expected that everyone would arrive at dawn tomorrow. In order to allow Wu Zhongyuan to summon everyone in his best image, Li Wanzi asked him to go again. Taking a bath, Wu Zhongyuan was a little tired and didn't want to take a shower, but couldn't bear Li Wanzi's nagging, so he had no choice but to take a shower.

Since I drank too much from Gushan last night, I felt a little sleepy tonight, but before going to bed, Wu Zhongyuan took Dasha to the post house. At this time, many craftsmen in the post house were working overnight to build a shelter for Dasha. .

Although the stables were not built yet, a lot of cow dung was prepared. Wu Zhongyuan ordered Dasha to come forward and eat. This time he ate until he was seventy-four percent full, because he had to work hard at night.

Leaving Dasha to eat by himself, Wu Zhongyuan went back to his residence. Before falling asleep, he gave Dasha an order. There was no direct road between Jiumu and Daze. Although one could circle around the intersection where Zhuque was, it was too far. The most important thing was What is important is that whether it is for war preparation or trade, it is necessary to open direct channels to Jiumu, Daze, and Gushan.

Dasha's task is to knock down the trees along the way. In the future, everyone only needs to make secondary repairs along this route to open a road.

After Dasha set off, Wu Zhongyuan lay down. He was very sleepy at first. After lying down, he relaxed and became less sleepy. He closed his eyes and thought about what he should discuss with everyone in the morning meeting tomorrow.

Before going to bed every night, sort out in your mind what you should do the next day. This is a good habit. It can improve your work efficiency by at least 30%. When you get up tomorrow, you will have a clear order of what to do first and what to do next.

If you think about it carefully, tomorrow's morning meeting will have at least five aspects. The first is to teach farming knowledge and expand the farming area. The second is internal trade, exchanging what is needed. It is said that there are three things a new official needs to do when he takes office. In fact, it is best not to rush to make a fire when a new official takes office, as it will make people feel unstable. It is not advisable to issue too many political orders, lest subordinates become confused.

Except for the above two things, the remaining three things are not political orders. One is to have a strong army. Just having a group of generals and lieutenants is not enough. A real war requires soldiers. Soldiers are not effective at close range. It is best to form a strong army. He is an archer, and he happens to have mastered the exquisite archery skills, and can teach the exquisite archery skills to the soldiers. It is wrong to hide something secret, but you still have to hide something. Three Stars Chasing the Moon and Four Arrows Salvo have to be kept by themselves. .

In addition, you can discuss with the warriors in charge of metallurgy in public and reveal your unique insights into metallurgy. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your weapons. In the future, you must equip your troops with better weapons.

Finally, we held a symposium with everyone to discuss the possibility of people from the Bird Clan learning spells. In addition to the royal family's unique spells, most of the Bear Clan's spells are based on pure Yang and pure Yin blood. In theory, the Bird Clan can also do it. Learn spells and try to form your own wizard corps.

Once you straighten things out one by one, you can sleep peacefully.

At four o'clock, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the house.

Not long after Wu Zhongyuan fell asleep, he heard a knock on the door and hurriedly turned over and sat up, "Huh?"

"Get up quickly, something serious is going to happen." Li Wanzi's urgent voice came from outside the house.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan quickly put it on.

"The mythical beast guarding Nanguan is under fierce attack..."

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