That night, Li Zhao secretly mobilized two thousand elites to Xianyang and secretly set up defenses.
After a period of manufacturing, the machine gun can be fired by each person, and the bullets are quite sufficient.
A few days later, the emperor sent news from Shang Xin that hundreds of unknown people had been eliminated and unknown objects had been seized, but they had all been destroyed and could no longer be used.
To his regret, there was no news of Jia Xiong being captured.
Li Zhao felt regretful for a while.
Is it Jia Xiong who is cunning or His Majesty has concerns? How can we let Jia Xiong go at this moment? He is a dangerous person.
Also, these people are really cautious! Such good things were destroyed, probably because they were afraid that Ying Zheng would get them and use them against them.
However, he is not persistent. In fact, with the system and the secret forging base that has been built, it is possible to produce cannons. However, he is afraid that Ying Zheng is too suspicious and it is difficult to manufacture them. Even if it is the same as machine guns, he does not dare to manufacture them on a large scale.
but.
It's different now. Since the target of the unknown person is eyeing Xianyang, there must be some intention.
Using cannons, he tried to say that it was impossible to be small. He vaguely felt that a big storm was coming, and he had to be prepared.
If Jia Xiong really has contact with the thieves and gangsters, they must cooperate with each other inside and outside. This is passive for Da Qin. Li Zhao is not worried about this. He is worried about the safety of Chang'an Township.
Judging from Jia Xiong's killing of himself, they must feel that they are a scourge. When they have plans for Xianyang, they will definitely get rid of themselves first, and Chang'an Township is the most dangerous place.
If you want to keep Chang'an Township, you can't rely on His Majesty. After all, Xianyang is too busy to take care of now, so you can only rely on yourself.
Chang'an Township only has more than 300 guards, plus 600 slaves and farmers. They still have no combat experience. It is difficult to deal with them. Therefore, he must get some more lethal weapons. .
As for whether His Majesty would be suspicious of these things, he couldn't care less. Protecting Chang'an Township was more important.
He locked himself in his house for a day and no one knew what he was doing.
Only Ah Chao knew that the young master was drawing drawings. One was a round thing with convex layers, and the other was a strange-looking shelf. There was a cylinder on the shelf and something similar to a bullet next to it, but this The thing was much bigger than a bullet, and there was another one that was weird, with a handle and a lead.
However, Ah Chao, who was in charge of machine gun manufacturing, was not surprised to see the content in the drawings. After all, he had been exposed to machine guns a lot and had become immune to these things.
Soon, Li Zhao finished the drawing, handed it to Ah Chao, and ordered: "Immediately make these things according to the method of these three drawings. It must be done quickly. Try to complete it within ten days. The more you can make, more."
The contents of these three drawings were purchased from the system.
Seeing Li Zhao's solemnity, Ah Chao also became solemn, and his eyes fell on the drawings. The first one said 'Landmine', the second one 'Anti-aircraft Gun', and the third one 'Grenade'.
He had never heard of any of the names.
"At the same time, six hundred machine guns will be sent secretly from the forge, and there must be enough bullets."
Hearing this, Ah Chao hesitated. He didn't ask if the young master wanted to make the things in the three drawings, because he knew they would be used by the court, but it would be bad if he sent the machine gun. His Majesty was suspicious, and he really wanted to send it. Isn't this trying to touch His Majesty's tiger's beard?
"Master, don't you need to think about this? You said that unless there are special circumstances, you cannot take the machine gun out of the base without permission, otherwise it will cause death."
Li Zhao's face became more solemn, and without explaining too much, he solemnly said: "I can't care about that much anymore."
There is another sentence he did not say, that is, Chang'an Township is the only way to Xianyang City.
Ah Chao didn't ask any more questions. He quickly disappeared with the drawings in hand.
The forging equipment in the secret base is already quite complete, and more than a hundred craftsmen have been recruited. If the speed is accelerated, thousands of them can still be made within ten days, but he doesn't understand why the young master is so anxious, as if It seems like a disaster is coming.
One day later, Ah Chao ordered people to secretly bring back six hundred machine guns and dozens of boxes of bullets. Li Zhao immediately asked the housekeeper to stop all workshops, gather everyone together, and announced that secret training would begin from now on. Wu Quan organized the training mission.
He also taught Wu Quan the training methods of Two Thousand Elites.
At the same time, he was told how to lay mines, throw grenades and use machine guns, and even spent a lot of gold to buy 600 sets of bulletproof suits from the system.
Everyone didn't know why the young master made such a decision, but seeing the seriousness of the young master, they all followed it.
The next day, Li Jinong came back and happily said that he was very lucky. Someone actually sold a large amount of land. There was a large area in Shanglin Garden, which was close to the newly built palace. He bought them all.
Li Zhao smiled when he heard this, and the secret that had been hidden for eighteen years and only he knew came to mind.
Eighteen years ago, when he was born, what came to his mind was the land of Shanglin Garden, the Epang Palace, and the endless thunder and terracotta warriors and horses.
When the allotted time came, Li Zhao asked his housekeeper and his uncle to release 500,000 stone rice for sale in Xianyang according to the instructions given a few days ago. This news was known to everyone. Naturally, there was a sea of people in the market that day, and the streets were crowded. But a wealthy businessman appeared out of thin air and spent huge sums of money to buy all the rice, causing the nobles who had been waiting all day to curse for an hour.
I scold the people in Chang'an Township for being greedy for money, and scold the wealthy businessmen for being unkind and unjust, but what can I do? If you have money, you can do whatever you want.
Li Jinong recognized this wealthy businessman, whose surname was Jiang. The housekeeper thanked the man profusely and gave him the gift he had prepared.
The next day, Li Zhao was preparing to sell another 500,000 stone rice to kill the wealthy businessman in one fell swoop. However, Shang Xin came to him and told him some news and told him not to sell large amounts of rice anymore and to take his time.
The words "take your time" are a bit intriguing. Being able to bring down the wealthy businessman in one fell swoop is what the emperor wants to see, but why should he give the wealthy businessman a chance to breathe?
Shang Xin couldn't explain it either. He only vaguely revealed a piece of information: Jia Xiong rebelled and took away 50,000 soldiers from the foreign military camp.
This is not a good sign.
But with Jia Xiong's rebellion, Chang'an Township is even more dangerous. Jia Xiong has murderous intentions towards him, and Chang'an Township is not within Xianyang City, and there is no army to protect it. Jia Xiong can cause disaster to Chang'an Township by sending just a few soldiers.
Slowly, he figured out His Majesty's intention. Slowly selling the grain must have been to prevent the wealthy businessman from collapsing. He probably wanted to delay something. It was very likely that Your Majesty already knew something before making such a decision.
"Hopefully there's still enough time."
Li Zhao was anxious.
He could also imagine that the collapse of a wealthy businessman would probably be the beginning of a storm.
But he cannot put Chang'an Township in danger. He wants to seek help from His Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty will send troops to guard Chang'an Township.
When I entered the palace to see His Majesty, I received a very bad news. Tu'an was marching eastward to attack, and had already occupied Langya, Donghai, Jibei and other places. No county soldiers could stop him wherever he passed, and he was now attacking Hanoi.
Li Zhao hadn't seen Ying Zheng yet, but he frowned alone. Hanoi County was close to Xianyang, and there was only one breakthrough. Xianyang was in danger.
Da Qin claimed to have an army of one million, most of which were stationed in the north and south. Only 200,000 were left to guard Xianyang. Jia Xiong took 50,000 to rebel, leaving only 150,000 in Xianyang. At this moment, Xianyang was about to be in trouble, and the outside world was coming again. Trying to secure the country is a critical situation.
Li Zhao had a bad feeling. Why did the two appear at the same time? Did they negotiate this?
If his guess is correct, His Majesty will definitely send troops to Hanoi with such news, but Xianyang only has 150,000 troops. If he sends troops, Xianyang will be in danger. If he doesn't send troops, Tu'an will be in danger if he breaks Hanoi.
It was already too late to ask for reinforcements. The distant water in the north and south could not save the nearby fire. I am afraid that they could not help and Xianyang would be destroyed.
As recorded in history, when the world was in chaos, only Zhang Han resisted the rebel army, and he led Lishan prisoners, which shows the lack of military strength in Xianyang.
It seemed that his trip was in vain. Xianyang had too much time to take care of itself, so how could he give him troops to protect Chang'an Township.
At this time, Shang Xin came over and brought him a very bad news. His Majesty sent 100,000 troops to reinforce Hanoi, while only 50,000 troops were left in Xianyang, and asked him to take over as the general immediately.
At the same time, there is also terrible news. After Jia Xiong's rebellion, he has united with a hundred thousand bandits and may attack Xianyang at any time.
Li Zhao was shocked when he heard that his previous guess came true. Xiang Gong indeed had evil intentions. He not only instigated Jia Xiong's rebellion, but also recruited so many people. His purpose was obvious.
An army of one hundred thousand is already quite a large lineup, and if their firecrackers are added to it, it will be even more dangerous.
"Thankfully we disarmed their cannons, otherwise Xianyang wouldn't have lasted a single round."
Li Zhao thought to himself and immediately went to take over the army.
The takeover ceremony was simple and without much hindrance, thanks to the prestige he had built during his eastern tour.
After setting everything up, he handed it all over to Zhang Han.
The weapons of the 50,000 soldiers were too backward, and using them against the thieves' muskets would be a dead end. He had to seize the time to let the secret base produce more machine guns or other weapons.
Before he arrived at the base, Ah Chao hurriedly came to tell him that the master and the housekeeper were obsessed with money and threw all the rice out of the market.
"What? You two bastards, why don't you do what I say? Aren't you going to get yourself burned?" Li Zhao became anxious after hearing this.
This is a recipe for disaster. Putting more than one million stone rice from Chang'an Township into the market will definitely collapse the wealthy businessmen. The wealthy businessmen are not fools either. They will definitely sell off the grain in their hands. When the supply of grain is sufficient, the price of grain will definitely rise. If the price falls sharply, the plans of the wealthy businessman will be ruined.
The consequence of this is that Xiang Guild, who is eyeing the situation, makes a desperate move to attack Xianyang in advance, and the storm will come early.
"Quickly, transport all the mines that have been manufactured to Chang'an Township, and let Wuquan place them on the road leading to Chang'an Township."
"Bring all the anti-aircraft guns and grenades back together, and let everyone in the Wu Fist organization stand ready."
"At the same time, let the craftsmen work overtime and try to make as many weapons as possible."
There was no time to check the base, so he hurried back to Chang'an Township and asked the accompanying guards to notify Zhang Han immediately to prepare for battle.
After returning to Chang'an Township, Li Zhao immediately asked everyone to transfer important industries.
One day later, Ah Chao ordered his men to learn about mines, anti-aircraft guns and grenades.
When Li Zhao saw this, the tension in his heart relaxed slightly.
It has to be said that these craftsmen worked hard. In less than ten days, they produced thousands of landmines, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, thousands of hand grenades, and thousands of anti-aircraft shells.
It's so fast.
But from the most pessimistic perspective, this is not enough.
The bandit bandit Jia Xiong has 150,000 troops, and Chang'an Township is the only way to Xianyang. Based on his "contribution" during the eastward patrol, Xiang Gong will definitely take advantage of Chang'an Township.
With these weapons, it is difficult to defeat an army of 150,000.
Chang'an Township was his foundation, and he couldn't just watch it be flattened. He wanted to fight for it to see if he could stop the enemy from outside Chang'an Township. Even if he couldn't stop them, he would still let them take a detour.
Wu Quan arranged for all 600 people to take action. One hundred people laid mines, one hundred people looked for attack points for anti-aircraft guns, and others were busy building fortifications. Various preparations were in progress, but Li Zhao felt that it was not enough.
He has to prepare a lot, but what should he prepare for?
Pacing, pacing again, his figure was everywhere outside the manor.
"Is there any flammable black liquid around here?" Li Zhao asked Wu Quan.
Since Wu Quan is a soldier in Xianyang, he should understand the situation in Xianyang.
The thing he was talking about was oil, and he thought of oil when he was at his wits' end. Oil is the best thing to fight with. If it is available, it will be much easier to prevent bandits from entering Chang'an Township.
Wu Quan thought for a while and shook his head: "I have never seen anything like what the young master said."
This was expected by Li Zhao. If it really existed, he should have known about it in his previous life. The next moment he asked, "Is there a place that smokes all year round?"
What he wanted to ask about was coal. As far as he knew in his previous life, there were coal mines not far from Xianyang, but they were buried deep underground.
He is now asking with a sense of luck to see if there is a shallower coal mine. If there is, obtaining coal is also a good way to defend against enemies.
When unprocessed coal burns, it will emit thick smoke, which is poisonous and can also stop thieves.
But the next moment Wu Quan shook his head again.
Li Zhao was even more disappointed.
If there are neither of these two conceivable defenses, it will be difficult.
He couldn't just sit back and wait for death. He had to come up with effective defense strategies as much as possible in the limited time. Otherwise, he could only lead the people of Chang'an Township to leave, and his foundation would be destroyed.
This is the final plan.
"System, browse all the items in the department store for me and see if there is anything I can buy."
Li Zhao's mind sank and he called the system.
Immediately, products that only he could see appeared in front of Li Zhao. It was really a dazzling array of products. There were all kinds of products, mostly daily necessities. He didn't see anything that could be used for fighting.
Soon, he saw something, sulfuric acid.
Sulfuric acid is very corrosive, but it is of little use in combat. After all, it cannot attack and has no blasting ability.
But, the next moment, his eyes lit up.
(End of chapter)
