At the end of Great Mandate Year One, it was the coldest time of year in the north. Using an inspection as an excuse, Luo Chong came to Liuyang Commandery. He had originally intended to escape the squabbling of his two younger sons, but unexpectedly found an unexpected bonus here.
Liuyang Commandery could be called the Han Tribe's hometown of carpenters. It had the Han Tribe's largest shipyard, the one established earliest and employing the most craftsmen. It had made enormous contributions to the Han Tribe's Waterway Transport and its campaigns both north and south. Many exceptionally skilled carpenters had also emerged here.
There were craftsmen skilled at making Boat Models, as well as craftsmen who had invented disc bearings and threads. The craftsman who invented threads had even received Luo Chong's commendation for his invention, been promoted in rank and granted land, and become a man above ordinary people.
Precisely because of this, a wave of invention had quietly arisen in this gathering place of carpenters, where the craftsmen racked their brains to develop all kinds of machines and mechanisms, hoping that one day their inventions would win the Chieftain's recognition.
That day, the shipyard workers were on leave, so Luo Chong put on ordinary clothes and went strolling through the city. To avoid being recognized, he did not bring any officials from Liuyang Commandery, taking only two guards who were likewise dressed in plain clothes.
The three of them wandered aimlessly through the city, looking at the street stalls selling goods.
As the Han Tribe's largest land-and-water transportation hub in the north, Liuyang Commandery was filled with goods from every region north and south. The variety was so great it seemed endless.
There were ceramic vessels, Brown Sugar, and Baijiu from Weishan Commandery; soap and candles from Muye