At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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"Father, I am going to be emperor."

Chapter 759 Eight Guo Peng's Secret Workshop

Guo Peng's words were a bit sudden.

Guo Dan obviously didn't immediately realize what this meant.

"Well, yes, being the emperor is a good thing, good..."

Guo Dan was stunned.

What has not been said will never be said again.

Then, he turned his head in astonishment, looked at Guo Peng, and looked at his proud son.

"Father, I'm going to be the emperor. The Han Dynasty has lasted for 400 years. It's over here. The world is bustling. The Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty are the orthodoxy. It's a foregone conclusion and irreversible. And I am the Emperor of Wei."

Guo Peng's mood was very stable, so he finished speaking like this, and then looked at Guo Dan quietly.

Looking at Guo Dan's frozen body, and the slightly trembling hand holding the pen.

After a while, Guo Dan's hands stopped shaking.

He let out a long sigh.

"When the rumors spread outside, I felt something was wrong for my father, Zifeng, have you made up your mind?"

"It's decided. The first day of the first month of next year will be the day of Wei Daihan and my enthronement."

Guo Peng nodded quietly.

"Is that so..."

Guo Dan put down the pen in his hand and nodded silently.

"I'm afraid that even the ancestors would never have imagined that the Guo family could actually produce an emperor."

"Is father worried?"

Guo Peng saw that Guo Dan's face was not happy, but full of worry.

"Seeing the emperor of Han today, how can I not worry about my emperor's tomorrow? Zifeng, this emperor is really hard to do."

Guo Dan took Guo Peng's hand.

"But I have no choice, father, just like we got married with the Cao family back then, we have no choice."

Guo Peng took Guo Dan's hand in turn: "At this point, there is only one way to go. If we don't take it, we really have no way to go. The current situation doesn't allow us to think about it. If we don’t move forward, there is only the road of crushing our bodies and bones waiting for us.”

Guo Dan's lips were trembling.

"Zifeng, what will future generations say about my Guo family? Are they saying that my Guo family is a family that steals the country? Betrayed the Han Dynasty to stand on its own, and then, then..."

Guo Peng shook his head.

"Father, no one would say that. With Wei on behalf of the Han and abdicated by the Emperor Han, Wei is orthodox! I was abdicated by the Emperor Han. No one can question my orthodoxy. Father, don't worry, and if I Emperor, you are too emperor."

Guo Peng threw out the big hat of the Supreme Emperor, and Guo Dan was stunned at that time.

"Too...too emperor?"

"Yes, the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor is also the emperor, father, our father and son are both emperors, isn't it beautiful?"

"Too... too emperor? I... am I also the emperor?"

"A son is an emperor just like his father. The Guo family will also become a royal family. Everything will be different from what it is now. Father, I will protect the Guo family."

Under Guo Peng's persuasive temptation, Guo Dan was silent, probably already thinking about how to be a qualified emperor.

Except for Cao Lan and Guo Dan, for other family members, Guo Peng didn't think it was necessary for him to explain this matter to them.

They just need to know the result. As for the process, they don't need to be involved, whether it is the stepmother Yang, the younger brother Guo Yang and his wife, Guo Peng's own concubines, and his sons and daughters. .

Well, I almost forgot, there is another person who must be involved in this matter.

Guo Jin.

When Sun Quan was escorted to Yecheng, Guo Peng wrote to ask Guo Jin to rush back to Yecheng from Luoyang, telling him that he had many things to tell him, and asked him to return to Yecheng immediately and hurry up.

After the prisoner-offering ceremony, led by Sun Quan and the captives of Wu, Guo Peng announced that he would behead all the men of the Sun clan, including Sun Quan and Sun Jing, and sell all the women into slavery.

Because Sun Quan was a rebel, this was determined by Emperor Han. Under the name of Emperor Han, no matter what Sun Quan did, he was a rebel.

Not only was he rebellious, but he also rejected Master Wang's persuasion to surrender, insisted on resisting to the end, and caused certain casualties to Master Wang, so his crime is unforgivable. If he surrendered directly, he might still be treated politely, but he did not do so. Instead, choose resistance.

Now that he is captured, if he is given courtesy, how should he explain to the soldiers who fought bloody battles?

This time to calm down the water battle in Jiangdong, Guo Peng learned that Wei Jun's navy was indeed inferior in skills, and they took the initiative to attack every time, but they were defeated every time.

As a result, seven battles and seven defeats resulted in the largest and longest defeat since the founding of the Wei Army, and 730 soldiers died along the Yangtze River.

The bodies of most of the soldiers who died in battle could not be found.

Although there is only one such inland water battle and there will be no next time, it also makes him very unhappy.

So he decided to behead all the men of the Sun clan, and sell the women into slavery, in order to avenge the soldiers who died in battle and vent their anger on their families.

Then, Guo Peng severely dealt with the family members of the Wu generals and officials who were captured along with him. All the men who resisted with Sun Quan were beheaded and all the women were sold into slavery.

Only a very small number of official families were forgiven, but they were abolished as common people, moved to Luoyang to live, and became Tuntian people.

This is the fate of going against Guo Zifeng.

Don't want to be forgiven, don't want to get a good end!

All are going to die.

This treatment must have severely stimulated Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.

Not necessarily Liu Biao, the old guy is very young, and after he ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely not surrender. However, the gentry of Jingzhou will not follow him.

Liu Zhang is also hard to say, although he is cowardly and incompetent, but he has the Dongzhou Bing group as the basic board, the basic board has not been destroyed, and he has a deadly feud with the Guo Wei regime, it is hard to say.

But this is all for later, and the two major forces are no longer strategic opponents, but tactical opponents, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated by the Guo Wei regime.

For such a tactical opponent, Guo has never cared.

He single-mindedly manages his imperial business.

When Guo Jin arrived in Yecheng from Luoyang, Guo Peng had just secretly discussed with Cheng Yu about the next thing, and was about to reject the emperor's abdication edict for the third time.

Guo Jin already knew it clearly in her heart. After accepting the influence of Guo Peng's Junxue, Guo Jin had a deep understanding of many things Guo Peng did, and a deep understanding of what a solid foundation her father left for her. .

This time in Yecheng, there must be important things to talk about.

Indeed, this is a very important thing.

Guo Peng told Guo Jin that he was going to be the emperor, and Guo Jin had to be prepared to be the real prince of an empire.

Guo Jin didn't come back to his senses for a while.

When Guo Jin came back to his senses, Guo Peng took Guo Jin to visit the paper-making factory and printing factory that he secretly set up in the Taihang Mountains.

"At the beginning, after Weifu pacified Heishan Yellow Turban and Southern Huns, the millions of fugitives hidden in the mountains were moved back to Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou in batches by Weifu, and then Weifu took a fancy to the location in this mountain Therefore, the paper-making workshop and printing workshop have been arranged here, and it has been more than five years since then."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin to watch while walking.

Guo Jin, on the other hand, watched in astonishment as the countless manual workers in the paper factory were making sheets of white paper one after another.

I also watched the printing workers make papers with words one by one, and then someone specially combined these papers into a book, and then other workers connected these papers together with needles and threads to form a thread-bound book. Book.

"This is paper... this... this is a book made of paper? There are... so many? Father, these are all..."

Guo Jin was very shocked and picked up a thread-bound "Chunqiu Zuo's Biography", flipped through it, and was stunned.

Chapter 760

Seeing Guo Jin's surprised look, Guo Peng was not surprised.

It's really strange that he wasn't surprised.

Because of this kind of thread-bound book, Guo Peng himself has never seen it a few times, and he has never brought it to Yecheng. He has always stored it here and kept it secret.

Over the years, for these books and these secret workshops, Guo Peng invested a lot of money through the channel of Linziying, built a complete set of production lines, and trained many skilled workers.

With the existence of these skilled workers, it will be very easy to expand production in the future.

"This is what my father needs to use, and it will be reserved for you to use later. This is the secret weapon to protect my Guo Wei Jiangshan."

The corners of Guo Peng's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "The number of migrant workers here has exceeded 2. They are strictly guarded by Linzi Camp, a secret army under the command of my father. All migrant workers live here with their families. No entry allowed, just live here.

The entry and exit of materials needs to be controlled by special personnel from the Linzi camp. In the deep mountains, the roads are changeable and the supervision is heavy. Anyone can be isolated from contact at any time. Except for the father, none of the officials in Yecheng know that all the money is spent They are all through the secret channel of the Linzi Camp, but the official government of the State of Wei. "

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "You also know about Linzi Camp, but Linzi Camp is not just for father to inquire about intelligence information, Linzi Camp is a perfect organization that you can't imagine, in the future, for father, you will let me know." You gradually know how big the Linzi camp is."

After speaking, Guo Peng led Guo Jin to continue walking.

Along the way, Guo Peng let Guo Jin see how the workers used copper molds to make qualified and usable lead type, and arranged these lead type neatly, brushed with new ink, and printed a full sheet of characters.

"This is lead, a kind of mine. Emperor Shihuang and Emperor Wu used it to make elixir, thinking of immortality, but this thing looks bright, but it is poisonous to eat. If you have nothing to do, you will die if you are not sick. However, lead is good at making movable type.”

Guo Peng pointed to the lead used to make movable type.

Guo Jin nodded in amazement.

"This is ink. It is different from the ink we usually use for writing. It contains flax oil. It is a crop that Zhang Qian brought back from the Western Regions more than a hundred years ago. His father ordered people to plant it extensively and manage it specially. The oil squeezed out of it is used. The ink produced has good viscosity and can be used for printing very well, which is convenient and quick.”

Guo Peng pointed to the ink used for printing.

Guo Jin nodded in amazement.

Then there is the arrangement station and stitching station of the thread-bound book.

"Father, these workers are all women?"

"Yes, women, women are careful, teach them to recognize some characters, and then recognize some special symbols, and they can complete this kind of work very well. This kind of work does not require a lot of strength, as long as they are careful, so women can do it.

Moreover, hiring women requires less wages and food than men doing manual labor, which can save costs and make full use of manpower. Women are also human beings. If women can contribute, it is a good thing. It will be extended to the whole country in the future, and it will give the world no support. Orphaned girls earn a living. "

Guo Peng smiled and continued walking with Guo Jin.

Leaving the printing factory, he came to the paper factory, where Guo Jin saw a huge number of shirtless men sweating profusely, as well as an even larger number of bamboos and dug out pools.

"Father, isn't paper made of things like fishing nets? Bamboo can also make paper?"

Guo Jin was surprised.

"Well, not only bamboo, but also ivy can make paper. The raw materials used by Cai Lun to make paper are not very easy to obtain. It doesn't matter if the quantity is small. If the quantity is large, it will be difficult. Moreover, the quality of the paper produced in that way is very poor and the cost is also high. It is unbearable to write at all, not as good as bamboo slips.

But it’s different with bamboo. Bamboo grows fast and has a huge output. It can be said to be inexhaustible. In this way, the cost is extremely low. Cai Lun’s papermaking technique costs less money and time to make a piece of paper. My father can make dozens of sheets of bamboo paper, and it is very convenient to write on. "

Guo Peng picked up a piece of paper and asked Guo Jin to write on it. After Guo Jin wrote a few words, he became more and more surprised.

In order to keep it strictly confidential, Guo Peng didn't even let his family members know about the existence of the bamboo paper. What the people around him knew was the five little followers who accompanied Guo Peng at the earliest, five people of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

Now, except Huo Mu who has transformed into a general, the other three were put here by Guo Peng to secretly manage the paper factory and printing factory for Guo Peng.

"Father, these are all prepared by father?"

"Of course, Ah Jin, don't underestimate these things. With these two things, it is very necessary for our family to be stable, and it can even be said to be the key."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand, led him outside the factory, sat down in a small pavilion, and asked the guards to pull away the cordon far away. Here, only the father and son had an in-depth conversation.

"You must have a lot of doubts. You don't know why you spent so much effort and effort to build such a workshop for your father."

"Yes, the son has not yet figured out why his father did this. Why is it on such a large scale? Please ask my father to clarify."

Guo Jin asked Guo Peng for advice.

Guo Peng nodded.

"It's not easy to explain this question clearly, because it's not easy to understand, but to put it bluntly, that's what it is."

Guo Peng said slowly: "Ajin, before I say this, I have a question to clarify. I want to ask you for my father. From your point of view, why do today's officials become officials? Please explain it to my father."

Guo Jin frowned.