"My lord, you need to understand that Shuzhou is not a good land, but a dragon's pond and a tiger's den." Jia Zhou sighed slightly.
"But compared to other places, only Shuzhou is a blessed place for my lord to develop his ambitions."
Xu Mu stood up and held his hands.
He has always respected Jia Zhou. If it weren't for chance, he would have had no chance to conquer this big boss.
"My lord, please go to Lao Dao. He seems to have something to tell you. Let me think deeply about the rest of the matter."
"Thank you Wenlong."
Looking up at the sky, Xu Mu walked forward seriously, along the moss-covered stone road. Not long after, he saw three little old men sitting cross-legged on a wooden balcony, drinking happily. Huh.
"My son Li Poshan! But he has won another battle and is going to the palace to receive the reward?"
"Of course, I'll pick out a few big sacks later and ask the emperor for money." Xu Mu smiled and walked up the stairs in a few steps.
Zhuge Fan looked disgusted, but Chen Datie next to him was very considerate and placed an extra wine bowl.
"If you can't defeat Beidi Royal Court, you still have the nerve to come back." Zhuge Fan kept chattering.
Xu Mu originally thought that the old man should do some analysis, but unexpectedly, when he spoke again, he was full of bullshit.
"If it were my time, I would have fought without a single blow. I guess those Beidi princesses would have been vying for me to be their consort——"
Xu Mu turned his head directly, not bothering to listen anymore, and looked at Chen Datie next to him. Fortunately, there is a normal person after all.
Chen Datie, who was in front of him, drank half a bowl of wine, clicked his tongue twice, and spoke in a calm tone.
"I carefully looked at all the iron-making methods you gave me and tried some of them."
"how."
"It's interesting. Replace the furnace with this high--"
"Blast furnace." Xu Mu answered. He does not have a complete understanding of these things, and only has a preliminary understanding of one principle.
More often, the old blacksmith is needed to operate.
Xu Mu has always been obsessed with his long-cherished wish to build a uniformed cavalry.
"In this way, a lot of refractory bricks and stones are needed to build the furnace." Chen Datie frowned, "Also, you said that using water to blow the wind is not feasible. In the creek outside Fufeng City, even the leaves are Can’t sink.”
Xu Mu understood that what Chen Datie meant was not that the leaves were sinking, but that the water in the stream was calm and could not be borrowed.
"Boy, if you have anything else, don't hide it."
"Senior, wait until I think about it more deeply and then discuss it with you."
"I really don't know where all the random thoughts in your mind come from." Chen Datie looked strange, "I've been tinkering with iron furnaces for most of my life, but I can't figure it out."
Xu Mu laughed twice, then his face suddenly turned frightened.
Behind him, the lame man picked out a big-nosed cow and stuck it towards Chen Dati's back. At the end, he rubbed his fingers quietly twice.
"Boy, what's wrong with you?"
"nothing……"
"I have already made a few of the iron riding equipment you mentioned earlier, and they are in the warehouse of the Sheriff's Mansion."
Listening, Xu Mu's face was ecstatic. He didn't expect Chen Datie to move so fast.
"I asked Zhou Zun to lead people to slowly mine the ocher vein."
Xu Mu raised his head and found that the old lame man was gently rubbing his fingers on the collar of Chen Dati's robe.
He turned his head silently.
"You think of some way to build a big city near Xiangjiang River. The next smelting, whether it is equipment or iron crossbows, will be more effective. In addition, you can find hundreds of good craftsmen to come over."
"What the seniors said is absolutely true."
Xu Mu breathed out, feeling inexplicably relaxed. No matter what, the old blacksmith was really willing to help.
"Boy, come and hug daddy." The old lame stretched out his hand.
Xu Mu gritted his teeth and hurriedly walked down the stairs.
…
"Master, these are the things. I tried to put them on, but they were a bit heavy." Wei Feng led the way and took Xu Mu to the warehouse of the Sheriff's Mansion.
Xu Mu was not surprised. In this era, there was no concept of heavy cavalry. Even the Beidi people's Eagle Guards were only covered in thin armor, and their charge was much less powerful.
He wants to build a heavy ride, and this is not just a joke. Even though it is expensive, as long as there are three thousand people in the army, it is a weapon on the battlefield.
Of course, without iron and coal, he can't do anything. The blast furnace has not yet been built. If you use a tube weapon, the holes left by impurities and bubbles may directly explode the chamber.
"Wei Feng, you will be in charge of the six thousand cavalry barracks in Fu Feng City from now on. When you have time, let the brothers get familiar with these heavy armors."
"Don't worry, boss."
Xu Mu nodded. Although it has not yet become a standard, there is finally hope.
"Wei Feng, how far is Fufeng City from Xiangjiang River?"
"Over Xiangjiang, we are almost close to Shuzhong, at least four hundred miles away. Why are you going to Xiangjiang?"
"Nothing, just asking."
Being close to the Xiangjiang River is not only a problem of smelting and blasting, but also an additional waterway. Although there will be water thieves, no matter whether it is shipping goods or sending troops, it will no longer be passive.
The only two major rivers in the Epoch, one south and one north, are of extraordinary importance.
…
For three days in a row, Xu Mu was observing the situation in Fufeng City. The city gates are old and there is no moat. There are only four square walls surrounding a few large dilapidated tile houses, which makes it a city.
There are nearly 40,000 people in the city, but less than 10,000 households. There are two wine shops and an old cloth shop, and they haven't even cleaned up the shop... Let's go into the house to talk about pile driving.
There are no aristocratic families, no big merchants, and only a few craftsmen. Most of them are hunters who go into the mountains, or cultivate a few acres of barren fields.
The nearby mountain roads are difficult to travel, and it is impossible to make larger profits if the private liquor is only transported by horse caravans. If the army of more than 10,000 people continues like this, I am afraid that it will come to nothing.
Of course, Xu Mu also understood that Jia Zhou, with just a thousand men, captured Fufeng City, which was defended by thousands of defeated troops, which was already an extraordinary thing.
"Where's the military advisor?"
"General Xu, the military advisor locked himself in the room."
In the past few days, Jia Zhou has been staying behind closed doors. Xu Mu understood that Jia Zhou was just making decisions.
Determine the future and way out for these people.
There was Fan Li and Zhang Liang in ancient times, but his Jia Wenlong was not even half as good.
…
"My little boss has entered Shu." Chen Changqing stood by the river, his brows furrowed for a moment.
His eyes had been looking at the little master, and now he came back to his senses. There was actually some kind of military strategist who conquered a small town so that the little master could have a place to live when he entered Shu.
"What does Marquis Dingnan mean?"
Even though he was an emperor, even though he was wearing a dragon robe, standing by the river, Yuan An could not help but tremble slightly, as if his whole body was cold.
"The people in the world only know one grade of commoner, but they don't know about Your Majesty. I would like to ask, what does Your Majesty mean?"
Yuan An was silent and lowered his head.
Since moving the capital, Chen Changqing has been like a mountain, weighing him down, like a puppet being held tightly in someone's hands.
"Your Majesty, please write a statement before today. You will say that the guilty minister Xu Mu is an accomplice of the rebel Chang Xiaotang. Everyone in the world will find him and punish him."
"Marquis Dingnan, this is useless."
"Your Majesty, it's useful." Chen Changqing turned his head and said, "Maybe one day I get bored and go up the Xiangjiang River and fight into Shu."
"The teacher is famous. Maybe, not only the little master, but also the thirteen counties in Shu will one day be merged into His Majesty's direct territory."
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that I, Chen Changqing, am the ancestor of water fighting. Now there are 70,000 Muyun Camp, 40,000 water troops, and 5,000 boats on the Yangtze River. I am probably a water emperor."
This sentence made Yuan An's face turn pale.
