Yunze had built several iron-making furnaces out of clay some time ago, and also taught a blacksmith in the village how to make iron. At the same time, some manpower was also allocated to the other party.
It is still impossible to refine steel into steel, but it is still possible to refine iron that is close to steel. If it is just used to make the barrel of a mountain cannon, the possibility of the barrel exploding is not high.
"Part of it has been refined, but there may not be enough manpower. There are too many things going on in the village. According to what you said, the current focus is on the construction of the breeding farm and the houses where everyone lives."
"Most of the manpower is used to dig coal, burn kilns and burn cement!" Han Long said, his face full of helplessness.
There are only more than 800 people in the entire village, half of whom are old, weak, women and children. There are only about 400 young people who actually work, but the young people still need daily training.
Hearing this, Yunze was thinking in his mind whether some people from the fief could be transferred here, especially talents like blacksmiths.
However, this matter can only be settled after Cheng Ying's side is resolved. If possible, he is prepared to immigrate some of the people there.
But this can only be done secretly, immigrating people to the village. If the government finds out, he may not be able to live without food!
"I will find a solution for this matter. How is the breeding farm going now?" Yunze nodded to Han Long.
"Rabbit and pig farms have been built, and chicken and duck farms are still under construction. However, it should be completed in less than half a month! We have kept a lot of rabbit breeds, and as for breeding pigs And chickens and ducks, not yet!”
"In terms of personnel training, I have taught some women. They studied very seriously. Now they are waiting for you to put it into practice!"
Han Long reported the situation in the village, and Yunze nodded and said, "I will solve this matter as soon as possible! I'll go to the iron-making workshop first!"
The group of people came to the iron-making workshop. The newly built workshop was made of bricks and tiles. When everyone came in, Han Long and others had a look of envy in their eyes.
Compared with where they live, this ironmaking workshop is many times better. They are also looking forward to one day living in such a brick house.
However, at present, according to Yunze's requirements, the workshop will be the main focus first, and then everyone's residence. Seeing that the entire village is getting better day by day, everyone is very motivated.
Yunze looked at the pile of iron blocks piled up in the ironmaking workshop, and stepped forward to check it out. Because it was refined from coal, the quality of the iron was many times better than the iron seen outside.
It is impossible to produce high-quality steel with the current technology, but after countless calcinations and removing the acrobatics, the molten iron can still have a strength and toughness close to that of steel.
Yunze told the blacksmith his request and asked him to cast a batch of gun barrels. He even drew a blueprint for the blacksmith. And how to make molds, how to cast them, etc.
After discussing with the blacksmith for nearly an hour and a half, Yunze went to see the newly built rabbit houses and pig houses. Eight rabbit houses with an area of about 100 square meters were built, and eight pig houses with an area of 100 square meters were built. .
The remaining chicken and duck houses have not yet been built, because although the bricks and tiles are fired in ten kilns together, and coal is used, there are only so many people. There is only so much productivity.
Yunze is quite satisfied with the current changes. At least, the entire Longtou Village has been developing steadily. His current net worth is not like before, when Fa Dian would worry about money. After he took over 80% of the Huang family's property, it was more than enough to support the development of a leading village.
As long as the initial investment can allow development to proceed smoothly, then in the later stages, you can just sit back and collect the money.
After visiting various construction sites, Yunze and Su Qianmo left Longtou Village. Cheng Yingxin was defeated. He would never dare to attack again until he found a way to deal with Longtou Han's new weapons.
With the current strength of Longtou Village, even if he sends all the remaining 2,000 Wu Jing troops, he will only end up with the entire army annihilated.
In fact, Wu Jing's army was brave and invincible when fighting in the plains. With well-trained elite troops, it was absolutely a crushing massacre against the poorly trained village soldiers.
However, attacking the stronghold is not possible, not to mention that the stronghold gate is steep and cannot be deployed regardless of the type of troops. Longtou Village has advanced weapons, so attacking it is a one-sided massacre.
Here Yunze returned to Danyang City, and then went to the fiefdom. Seeing that the development of all aspects of the fiefdom was progressing steadily, he nodded with satisfaction.
The fiefdom has enough manpower. In just ten days, a number of workshops can be built. At that time, as long as those businessmen work hard, his business will become bigger and bigger.
While Yunze was busy, Cheng Ying fled to Wu Jingjun's camp at the foot of Weihu Mountain. At this time, he was in a very embarrassed state, with lingering fears on his face.
He never thought that attacking the weakest Longtou Village would make him so disgraced. Now he is too embarrassed to even go back to Danyang City. Afraid of being laughed at.
"General, what should we do now! Should we assemble the army and attack Longtou Village!? Or..." Cheng Yi, feeling the gloomy and cold aura on Cheng Ying's body, asked cautiously.
Cheng Ying heard this and turned to look at him coldly. At this moment, he was like a wild beast about to explode. Cheng Yi was so frightened that he couldn't speak.
"Go down and give me the order to attack the Weihu Mountain. On the other side of the Tianlang Mountain, give me the order to attack the stronghold..." He snorted coldly, his face full of evil spirits.
If Longtou Mountain cannot be conquered, how can he still be unable to conquer the remaining Weihu Mountain and Tianlang Mountain? If that were the case, then he, the leader, wouldn't have to do anything.
After hearing his words, Cheng Yi quickly went down to deliver the order.
At the same time, people were also sent to Tianlang Mountain to deliver orders. Although it was unwise to attack the stronghold at this time, they suffered a new defeat and really needed a victory to boost their morale.
With the strength of Wu Jing's army, it was unexpected that Longtou Village could not be captured, but if Weihu Mountain and Tianlang Mountain could not be captured, then there would be no need to carry out this battle against bandits.
Just when Wu Jing's army on Weihu Mountain and Tianlang Mountain was reorganizing for battle, the village owners of the two villages received news that Wu Jing's army had been annihilated on Longtou Village.
After the two village owners heard the news, they were stunned on the spot and did not recover for a long time. They thought that even if Longtou Village had new weapons, they would never be able to stop Wu Jing's army.
But they never expected that Wu Jing's army not only failed to capture Longtou Village, but also was completely wiped out. When they came back to their senses, facing the formation of Wu Jing's army attacking the mountain, they felt an inexplicable surge of pride in their hearts.
Since Longtou Village can block Wu Jingjun, why can't they still stop it?
The two village leaders even passed the news that thousands of Wu Jing's troops were destroyed in Longtou Village to the entire village. After hearing the news, the morale of the bandits from the two villages, which were originally low, actually increased!
In the ensuing battle to attack the stronghold, Wu Jing's army suffered unprecedented heavy losses. Although they almost attacked the two strongholds several times, they were still repelled in the end.
Both sides of Wu Jing's army suffered heavy losses. Each side lost nearly 300 soldiers out of a thousand soldiers. As for the two villages, they probably lost about the same number of people.
Looking at the tragic battlefield in front of the village, the village owners of the two villages suddenly doubted their lives. Longtoushan only had 400 fighting soldiers, but they actually wiped out thousands of Wu Jing's troops.
But there were more than a thousand people in each of their villages. In the end, not only did they fail to destroy the entire Wu Jing army in front of them, their own losses were almost one to one with Wu Jing's army.
They had personally experienced the bravery of Wu Jingjun, but they couldn't figure out how Longtou Village defeated Wu Jingjun.
While they were doubting life, Cheng Ying was also doubting life. His elite men couldn't even attack two strongholds.
It's okay to suffer losses in Longtou Village, but facing Weihu Village and Tianlang Village that don't have new weapons, they can't even attack them. This made him more and more angry.
Of the 3,000 soldiers brought this time, there are now less than 1,500 left. The battle damage rate accounted for half. How can we fight this battle! ?
Finally, in desperation, he could only report to the court and prepare to withdraw. In this way, ten days later, Cheng Ying received the order from the court to withdraw his troops.
But he was also recalled to the capital. It is estimated that Cheng Ying would either be dismissed from office or arrested and brought to justice.
As for the annihilation of Longtou Village, Weihu Village and Tianlang Village, the court decided to send more people. But Cheng Yingdu lost the battle. There was no one in the court who was willing to come over and take over this mess.
The suppression of bandits in three villages will probably take some time. As for how long it will take, I don't know. With the efforts of those from Kang and Ming, this matter will probably be delayed again and again. Maybe even let it go.
Sanzhai is considered safe for the time being.
However, Yunze did not feel relieved because of this. Although Cheng Ying's matter was solved, there might be some troubles over at Weihu Mountain.
Weihushan sent someone to kidnap him last time. The other party would never give up in order to obtain the craftsmanship of new weapons. He had to find a way as soon as possible to solve Weihu Mountain.
As for Tianlang Mountain, the other party probably didn't know about him and posed no threat to him, so Yunze decided to ignore him for the time being.
After Cheng Ying left, Yunze quietly transferred a group of people from Danyang County Prince's fiefdom to Longtoushan, about ten thousand people. Some of them are craftsmen, and the rest are young and strong.
Yunze plans to form an army of about 3,000 men in Longtou Mountain. When he finds a suitable opportunity, he wants to capture Weihu Mountain.
And these ten thousand people were carefully selected by him, not only because they were unwilling to return to their place of origin, but also because these people had no good impression of the government.
During the time when Yunze was building the fiefdom, he often dealt with these people. After everyone knew that Yunze was not from the government, but a businessman, they were not so wary of Yunze.
When Yunze said that the government was wrong, these people were filled with indignation, and most of them even acted violently.
Yunze didn't say where he would take them at first. He just said that he planned to let them move to another place. They would still be paid and have to do the same work.
Most of these people expressed their willingness to follow Yunze, as long as they had food to eat, work to do, and money to earn. Then, Yunze moved them to Longtoushan.
When they first arrived at Longtoushan, some people were a little nervous. But as time went by, these people gradually adapted to it, and even felt more relaxed and comfortable than when they were in the Danyang County King's fiefdom.
Yunze did not move everyone to Longtoushan at once, but also moved several hundred people in several batches, each time several hundred people.
There were originally 60,000 people in the fiefdom, and there were 10,000 fewer people. As long as we didn't do an inventory, we wouldn't be able to tell. Besides, there were no officials in the fiefdom coming to ask questions.
It was all done by Yunze's own people. There were few people, and no one noticed.
On the fief side, as various workshops were built and put into production, the first batch of perfumes, soaps and refined salts could be delivered.
In addition to the first three items, weaving workshops and dyeing workshops are also started here. Because the quality of the six-color cloth is too high, coupled with the power of those merchants, there are more and more orders.
Even the newly built workshops are operating around the clock, but some are unable to meet the demand for orders. Perfumes and soaps have also begun to show an upward trend after sales.
In the fiefdom, rows of brick houses were built. After the disaster victims moved into the brick houses, they became more active in work.
They never imagined that after experiencing life and death and being homeless, they would be able to settle down and not only be able to have enough food and clothing, but also have hope for the future.
Everyone was full of gratitude to Yunze. In the hearts of these people, Yunze is already a god-like existence in their hearts. Those who were allocated houses all had Yunze's longevity tablets in their homes.
Those who have not been allocated a house are waiting every day to be allocated a house. Although they were anxious, they were also full of hope.
Because the construction of the house has never stopped. As long as they work hard, the house will be allocated sooner or later.
Hua Yue, who felt the changes in the fiefdom day by day, still couldn't believe that Yunze actually allowed tens of thousands of disaster victims to live and work here in peace and contentment. Moreover, she could see the sincere joy on the faces of the victims.
Yunze, on the other hand, recruited Hua Yue. He urgently needed such a talent, and Yunze's penicillin manufacturing needed someone like Hua Yue to take charge.
To this end, he also wrote a medical book for Hua Yue. A medical book from past lives that combines Chinese and Western medicine. After seeing the medical book given to her by Yunze, Hua Yue agreed to Yunze's request and became the chief doctor of the fiefdom medical clinic.
In addition to treating people in the fiefdom, she would often go to Yunze to ask for knowledge from medical books, and the two often exchanged knowledge.
In fact, it means that Yun Ze speaks and Hua Yue listens. Hua Yue seemed to understand many advanced theories. However, this does not stop Hua Yue from her desire for new knowledge.
Every time Yunze saw Hua Yue's serious expression, he sighed in his heart. In a few years, Hua Yue will become the first great modern doctor of this era.
While he was busy, Yunze also started another plan, which was to burn glass and make glass products. There were not many other things in Danyang City, but river sand could be seen everywhere.
This is one of the most suitable raw materials for firing glass.
