Chapter 1,174 Goodbye Shen Kuo

The winch road in Luokou warehouse now has a braking device, so there is no danger of accidents caused by broken cables. Su You disembarked at the bottom of the slope and rode the winch, clanking all the way to the top of the slope.

We have been friends with Shen Kuo for a long time, and the first thing he said when they met was: "Congratulations to the Duke, thank you very much."

The first sentence is to congratulate Su You on his successful career as a highly respected official, and the second sentence is to thank Su You for fishing him out of the South China Sea.

Su You smiled and said: "Cunzhong, you just can't change your habitual problem? There are many things that you may not be able to catch if you keep chasing them. If you let go, maybe they will come by themselves."

Shen Kuo smiled dryly and said: "The Duke's lesson is correct, but when Shen Kuo was in Nanhai, he heard that the imperial court criticized the Duke and Da Su for being detained in Wutai, and they also said that I was the initiator. This... This is really a huge injustice.

Tian Nan Hai still cannot understand his true feelings."

Su You shook his head and smiled: "But it's not groundless. You did leave annotations in the official collection of Da Su's poems."

Shen Kuo's face turned pale with fright, and Su You continued: "But you did nothing wrong in this matter. It was your duty at that time. The words in Da Su's poems do have the flaws you mentioned. You were just discussing the matter."

"Those people behind you have ulterior motives to make Cunzhong suffer this stigma for no reason. This matter was originally caused by Dasu himself, so I can't blame you."

Shen Kuo then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Thank you so much, Lord, for your generosity."

Su You said: "Let's go, show me."

The Luokou Cang ruins fully meet the standards of important cultural relics. Shen Kuo has already studied this place thoroughly: "When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty moved Luokou to Hanjia, he learned the lessons of the Sui Dynasty. In fact, if we learn from the geographical advantages of the Song Dynasty,

For that reason, the location of Luokou Cang is obviously much better than that of Hanjia Cang."

Luokou Cang, formerly known as Xingluo Cang, was the largest granary in the Sui Dynasty, but it was established on the shore of Luoshui River.

During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Mi's Wagang Army occupied Xingluo Cang and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops at one time, creating a huge momentum.

Later, Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, and Xingluocang was occupied by Wang Shichong.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, in view of the lessons learned from the previous dynasty, moved the granary to Luoyang City and named it Hanjiacang. It became the largest warehouse in the Tang Dynasty and is still in use today. Xingluo Granary gradually fell into obscurity.

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However, the capital of the Song Dynasty was in Bianjing and Xingluocang in Luoshuikou. As a logistics transfer base for the Western Army, it was obviously much better than Luoyang in the lower reaches of Luoshui River. From here, it was possible to directly use canals to transfer the goods through the Yellow River.

The food was sent to Fenglingdu, which saved a lot of travel.

This is self-evident, but there are still people in the DPRK and the Central Government showing their presence, thinking that since there is already Hanjia Cang that can be used, building Luokou Cang is unnecessary and wastes people and money.

It is also said that the Sui Dynasty gathered all the grain and grass from all over the world in Luokou, thinking that it would be the foundation for eternity. However, it was destroyed in an instant, and the grain became the rations of bandits and the trophies of Li Tang. This is a living lesson.

Zhao Xu is not easy to fool now, but the lesson of the collapse of a dynasty makes him a little scared.

Su You found it very funny. Your Majesty, this memorial has no logic at all. This kind of memorial can be regarded as pulling the skin of a tiger, quoting scriptures and telling lies, cheating and trying to gain attention.

Zhao Xu was stunned, what... what is eye-catching?

"Then let me put it another way." Su You smiled and said, "It's just eye-catching."

"Otherwise, your Majesty, please ask him a few questions.

Could it be that gathering all the food and grass from all over the world in Luokou was the reason for the fall of the Sui Dynasty?

Now that the capital of the Song Dynasty is in Bianjing, can the importance of Hanjiacang still be compared with that of the Tang Dynasty?

Is transporting grain to the Luokou warehouse the same thing as the Sui Dynasty gathering grain from all over the world in Luokou? How comparable is it?

The reuse of the ruins of Luokou Cang, did he know how many people had been labored and how much money had been lost?

It is one hundred and fifty miles from Luoyang to Luokou, and three hundred miles round trip. Does he know how much freight and waste will be saved by moving the warehouse from Luoyang to Luokou?

I don’t even need to ask him about the importance of Luokoucang as a strategic material transfer center connecting Bianjing and Linxia front lines. As long as he can answer the questions above, I consider him a capable person."

Zhao Xu then issued an order and asked the censor to explain the above issues. The censor was stunned at that time.

Zhao Xu directly demoted the censor to Xiazhou at the court meeting. After the separation of Tai Jian, I repeatedly issued five orders, saying that Tai Jian should be meaningful and pragmatic.

What's the point of writing an article that's lavishly written? There must be something substantive underneath!

Apart from scaring... people, what purpose does this memorial have?

Let’s go to the local area to hone our skills first and then talk about it...

Today's Neo-Confucianism has become a hodgepodge with more detailed branches.

In terms of factions, they include the Confucian school of Zhang Zai's lineage, the Xiangli school of Shao Yong's lineage, the Wenli school of Su Shi's lineage, the Mathematics school of Chen Zhaoming's lineage, and the Danli school of Tianshifu lineage.

, the Gongli School of Shi Fu’s lineage, the Qili School of Shen Kuo’s lineage, the Tianli School of Zhao Zongyou’s lineage, the Medical Theory School of Qian Yi’s lineage, the Nongli School of Ba Gong’s lineage, and the Geographical School of Li Laoshuan’s lineage

, the artistic school of Zhang Dunli’s lineage...

Now Su You dared to pat his chest and claim that Neo-Confucianism truly allowed a hundred flowers to bloom, and the Song Dynasty truly ushered in a Renaissance-style explosion of scientific theories, which in turn triggered an explosion of productivity.

Various sects intersect with each other, and often one person possesses the expertise of several sects. For example, Su You is a jack-of-all-trades, knowing a little bit about everything but not being good at anything else.

Shen Kuo is now a representative figure of the Qili school. The difference from Shi Fu's school is that Shi Fu focuses more on the use and improvement of machinery, with the purpose of using machinery to increase production capacity and efficiency.

Shen Kuo, on the other hand, focused more on mechanical design and used mathematics to invent more machines.

Su You actually occupies the identity of a founder in each sect. In the Qili sect, Su You's status is determined by a series of power transmission mechanism models.

Shen Kuo's study in Luokoucang was similar to Su You's. It was very big, almost as big as a warehouse.

On the east wall is a bookshelf, and below is a large bookcase by the window. The top is full of science and engineering books, drawings, tools...

There are also bookshelves on the north wall, which are full of books on literature, history and philosophy, paintings, letters, tablet rubbings...

The south wall is also full of shelves, but the tops are filled with bottles and cans. On the tables next to the window below are density meters, weight balances, chemicals, beakers and test tubes...

The large bookcase in the middle contains a series of stationery supplies including pens, inks, paper and inkstones. There is also a large square table in front of the bookcase, with this map spread on it. The map is covered with konjac glue film to protect the map. Along the top there is Luo

From Bianqu to Weizhou, there are red, blue, and black measuring points and route maps, with numbers next to them.

Su You couldn't help but sigh: "Cunzhong, you are acting like a naturalist..."

Shen Kuo was very embarrassed: "It's too messy...it's really an eyesore."

Su You was very interested in this study. He looked at the numbers marked on the map and said, "What are these?"

Shen Kuo said: "I am calculating the consumption of food transportation along the way and the storage in various places in Shaanxi. According to the military aircraft department's grand strategy, once a war breaks out between Song and Xia, our army will have to move forward in at least four directions to separate Xixia and prevent it from concentrating its military strength.

Surround the points for reinforcements and defeat them one by one."

"This must be at least a force of more than 150,000 people. It will be stationed in the future. It is necessary to ensure the rations of the garrison for more than a year."

"According to this plan, my calculation shows that Luokou Warehouse will have to store millions of dans of grain, and then these millions of dans of grain will need to be transported to Xixia. It's terrible."

Su You looked at the map and pondered: "What if the Fourth Route Army is allowed to consolidate the logistics line and the food is transported through the Fourth Route Advance Base?"

Shen Kuo hesitated: "If this is the case, the grain needs to be transported to Langdu, Weizhou, Yanzhou, and Linzhou in advance for storage... It will cost a lot of money on the way. I estimate it will be hundreds of thousands of dan."

"If the war doesn't break out within a few years, will the censor let us go?"

Su You looked at the map: "Let the war break out at our predetermined time, predetermined place, according to the predetermined scale, and in the predetermined mode, or as close as possible to our preset, this is something the Military Aircraft Department considers."

Suddenly understanding Shen Kuo's thoughts, Su You smiled and said: "Cunzhong is not a military strategist after all. If Wang Zichun were here, he would definitely not ask such a question."

"I don't blame you for this. Except for the early days of the founding of the Song Dynasty, after the Gaoliang River, we always rushed to respond to wars and almost forgot about taking the initiative in war."
Chapter completed!