One Piece of Song Dynasty

So Li Xin now plans to go outside the city to see how Liu and the others are doing with the land distribution. Now two primary schools have been built in the city. Once Liu and the others finish the land distribution, they can start classes with some of their children. net

Li Xin came outside the city and saw that the land near the city had been divided, and farmers were cultivating the land. Li Xin walked several miles before finding Liu Yi who was leading the Confucian scholars to divide the land.

Li Xin looked at Liu Yi who was sweating profusely and asked: "How is the land distribution going? How many families have been allocated land?"

Liu Yi wiped his sweat and replied: "More than a thousand households have been divided. The vacant land will be divided soon. People have been arranged to cut down the trees and burn the forest."

Li Xin continued to ask: "How many families are still undivided? How long will it take to complete the land distribution for most families?"

Liu Yi thought for a while and replied: "In addition to those who have chosen shops and those who have finished allocating the land, there are still more than households whose land has not been allocated. It will take at least a month to complete."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, after the land is distributed to these more than 35 households, you will leave % of the Confucian scholars to continue to distribute the land to the subsequent farmers. Everyone else will come to see someone who has something for you to learn. , they are all very useful knowledge acquired by someone. There are also two primary schools in the city that have been built. When the time comes, while you are learning the knowledge given to you by someone, you will also teach some children first. As for which child will learn first? Determined by drawing lots. xs”

Liu Yi clasped his fists and said, "Okay, I understand."

After asking Liu Yi, Li Xin left. In the following days, Li Xin went back and forth between the steel workshop and the road construction team. The earth and cement road was slowly moving towards Jilong Port, and the development process of Modao and artillery was It is also slowly unfolding.

But it was obvious that the trial production of Mo Dao was faster. Just four or five days later, a seven-foot-long Mo Dao was placed in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin took the Mo Dao in his hand and waved it. It was quite heavy. After all, it was equivalent to the weight of twenty kilograms in later generations. It requires a lot of physical strength to slash for a long time.

Li Xin asked: "Uncle Zhang, I once heard that during the Tang Dynasty, it was very expensive to make a Mo Dao. I wonder how much it would cost to make this knife?"

Old man Zhang replied: "With the steel-making method provided by the master, the output of steel has increased a lot and the raw materials consumed have been less than before. Therefore, the cost of the knife is not that high. It can be made for one hundred guan." A knife like this."

Li Xin nodded and said: "It's really not expensive to make such a good sword with one hundred guan. Uncle Zhang, let's make of them first." Li Xin did some mental calculation and found that it would only cost a few hundred thousand taels to make a few thousand taels of silver. However, there are not that many soldiers on the island now, and the swordsmen need to be specially selected. Five hundred of them are enough to build first.

Old man Zhang cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

After that, Li Xin took Mo Dao and went to find Liu Fa.

Li Xin went outside the city and found Liu Fa who was patrolling the soldiers: "Hey, General Liu and General Zhai are both here."

Liu Fa cupped his fists and said, "I wonder why my lord comes to see us?"

Li Xin handed Mo Dao to Zhai Jin: "Two generals, how about taking a look at this knife first?"

Zhai Jin waved the Mo Dao: "It's a good knife. It's long enough and heavy. It's better for people with strong strength."

Li Xin nodded and said: "General Zhai, how about using this sword to deal with cavalry?"

Zhai Jin thought for a while: "It's hard to say. Although this sword is a long sword, after all, I have never fought against cavalry. I can't say what the outcome will be."

Li Xin laughed and said: "It seems that General Zhai does not recognize this sword. I wonder if General Liu recognizes this sword?"

Liu Fa frowned and thought for a while before replying: "A certain family doesn't know this sword, but depending on my lord's wishes, this sword should have appeared before."

Li Xin nodded and said: "It did appear before, and it equipped the army on a large scale, and it was particularly famous, but it was later lost."

Liu Fa and Zhai Jin thought about it and shook their heads to express their ignorance.

Liu Fa said: "My lord, please don't show off. Please tell me the name of this sword."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Okay, I will tell the two generals the name of this sword. Have the two generals heard of the reputation of the former Tang Mo sword?"

Liu Fa and Zhai Jin's eyes lit up when they heard Li Xin say Modao.

Zhai Jin said excitedly: "Master, are you saying that this sword is the Mo Dao?"

Li Xin replied affirmatively: "Exactly, this sword is the Mo Dao. Someone was lucky enough to know the appearance of the Mo Dao from a Taoist from Youfang, so he copied it."

Zhai Jin took the Mo Dao and looked at it carefully, then touched it and said, "So this is the famous Mo Dao."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Yes, this is the Mo Dao used by Tang Dynasty soldiers to conquer barbarians from all directions. It was a weapon used by infantry against cavalry."

Zhai Jin said: "My lord, can you give this sword to a certain family? A certain family would like to use this sword to open up territory for my Han family in the future."

Li Xin smiled and replied: "Yes, I have given an order to the workshop to make five hundred Mo Dao first. General Liu, I want to follow the example of the former Tang Dynasty and form an army dedicated to using Mo Dao."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Okay, a certain family thinks it's okay. Modao Army is most suitable for formation battles. It can restrain the cavalry very well in outdoor formation battles."

Li Xin said: "Well, the soldiers of the Modao Army must all be strong men. The two generals can first select some of the existing soldiers to train first, and build up the frame of the Modao Army first. Later, the soldiers on the island will If the number increases, we will choose to replenish the Modao Army."

Liu Fa cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord, a certain family has an order."

Li Xin and the two of them discussed the formation of Modao Army and left.

After Li Xin left, Zhai Jin played with the Mo Dao again and said, "I really want to fight the foreign cavalry with the Mo Dao."

Liu Fa said: "General Zhai, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to fight against foreign cavalry in the future."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "That's true. My lord wants to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there will be many opportunities for war."

Liu Fa looked at his legs and said with a lonely expression: "It's a pity that I have such legs, otherwise I would also want to gallop on the battlefield with the Mo Dao."

Zhai Jin saw that Liu Fa was looking wrong and quickly persuaded him: "General, don't be sad. Although a general cannot mount a horse to kill the enemy in front of the battle, he can command thousands of troops and make great achievements. Just like the Lord said, "The decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and the strategy is planned." That is the highest honor for a general."

Liu Fa replied: "A certain family knows this, but seeing you charging forward, a certain family can only wait for the result. This family is not willing to accept it."

Zhai Jin cupped his fists with a smile and said: "General, you don't have to be like this. The general's ability to command the army to recover our Han family's mountains and rivers is already a great achievement that will go down in history. As for the credit of charging into battle, don't take it away from our subordinates and soldiers. The general eats meat." You should always leave some soup for us subordinates to drink. You can’t eat meat and drink soup all by yourself.”

Liu Fa waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, everyone knows this, so I will leave some soup for you."