Regarding Bintie, under the current situation in the Western Region, Xu Mu just opened his mouth, and the next day, more than ten cars came over.
In addition to what Shen Zong found earlier, if combined with ordinary iron stones and fused and forged, it is estimated that five thousand pairs of armor can be produced. Fusion armor such as this is more advantageous than ordinary iron armor in terms of protection and weight.
Of course, as I said before, the use of Wei Feng's heavy cavalry battalion comes first.
Moreover, cotton in Western Shu has also begun to be planted on a large scale. In two or three years, in addition to various needs, it should be possible to produce thousands of pairs of cotton armor.
Xu Mu took a breath. He spent almost all his energy on this competition between the north and the south.
"Zhao Dun, when you stay in the Western Region, pay attention to the stone mines. When the time comes, I will ask the iron miner to send some people over."
"Lord, don't worry."
Xu Mu nodded. The situation in the Western Region was settled, and he was ready to leave. But before that, there is one more thing to do.
When he entered the Western Regions, he kept recording the oases along the way. When the time comes, when the Silk Road is laid, transit stations will be built along these oases for merchants to rest. Otherwise, it would be a long way and many people would die, which would have a very bad impact.
"Zhao Dun, starting tomorrow, divide the people transferred from the Western Regions into four battalions. Each battalion will start from the Western Regions and patrol to the location of the underground palace. After half a month, they will be replaced by the next battalion. Don't forget, The fighting has just stopped, and there are still some rioters and horse bandits wandering around the area."
"Tomorrow, I will personally lead the troops to defend this section of the road."
Entering the Western Region from the underground palace, as mentioned before, has always been the most dangerous place. Any factors that are not conducive to trade, according to Xu Mu's wishes, want to be resolved.
Just after talking to Zhao Dun, suddenly, a subordinate general came hurriedly on horseback.
"My lord, a secret message from Chengdu."
Xu Mu took it and opened it carefully. Looking at it, his brows furrowed for a moment.
"Lord, what's going on?"
Xu Mu narrowed his eyes, "Huang Zhizhou rebelled."
…
Outside Chengdu, climbing the green mountains, with a burst of forest birds flying, a team of forty or fifty people slowly walked out of the forest.
Click.
At the front of the team, a young man wearing a scribe's robe raised a knife and slashed an herb collector who was leading the way to death in a pool of blood.
"Master Huang, why did you suddenly attack..." A man dressed as a martial artist clearly had a northern accent in his tone.
In front of him, Huang Zhizhou stood coldly, lowering his sword and wiping away the blood with the corner of his robe.
"I took a look earlier and found that there were arrow scars on his back. I am familiar with Western Shu and know that Military Advisor Jia likes to plant all kinds of secrets outside Chengdu."
"What Mr. Huang means...is this man a spy from Western Shu?"
Huang Zhizhou nodded and lifted the back of the miner. As expected, there were two healed arrow scars.
The forty or so people behind them all exhaled.
In order to help Huang Zhizhou enter Shu, almost all the iron torture platforms in Shuzhou gathered in Chengdu. But he never thought that he would be noticed by the military advisor Jia Zhou and send troops to intercept and kill him all the way. Most of the original more than a hundred people were dead. If they weren't hiding in the dense forest, I'm afraid they would have been killed.
"Master Huang, what should we do now?"
Huang Zhizhou returned his sword and frowned, "Commander Jia will not let me go. He will do whatever it takes to prevent me from entering Beiyu. I pretended to be a merchant before going out to Shu, but it was actually a good plan, but it was a pity that it was discovered."
"Young Master Huang is a great talent in the world, but these people from Shu treat him as if they were abandoned."
Huang Zhizhou looked up to the sky and smiled sadly. He laughed for a long time before he sat down unsteadily.
"When I entered Shu as a hostage, the King of Shu was fine, but Military Advisor Jia said that I was an outsider and would not be reused. Over the years, I lived like a dead dog in Chengdu, panicking all day long. Even if I was elected as a general Even the top two candidates in the hall cannot be promoted——"
Huang Zhizhou stopped talking and closed his eyes.
"In that case, you can't blame me."
"Is there anything Mr. Huang can do?"
"Yes." Huang Zhizhou opened his eyes, his eyes full of murderous intent, which made the people on the iron torture platform around him feel trembling.
Raising his hand, Huang Zhizhou pointed to the southeast.
"No one can open the Yu Pass, and the mountains are dead-end roads. We were chased along the way, so naturally we couldn't escape from the north. We could only go from the southeast and go around to the Nanlin Mountains——"
"Young Master Huang, that is also a dead end." The leader of the iron execution platform condensed his expression.
Huang Zhizhou smiled and said, "You still don't know that earlier, the passage outside the Nanlin Mountains and the South China Sea had been opened. At the beginning, in order to attack Dongling, the envoys from Nanhai and Shuzhou came from This is the passage that goes back and forth.”
As soon as Huang Zhizhou's voice stopped, the people on the iron torture platform around him all looked shocked.
"Master Huang, is this true?"
"We'll find out when we get there. Everyone, you've reached this point. If you still have doubts, at worst, I, Huang Zhizhou, won't enter Beiyu. So what's the harm in finding a secluded place to hide from the world."
"That's not what I meant... These people like me are willing to escort Mr. Huang."
Huang Zhizhou nodded silently.
"We have to go around the Nanlin Mountains. If I remember correctly, after climbing through the two mountains in front, there will be a Shu people's charcoal burning place."
Burn charcoal in the forest, and when winter comes, the stored charcoal will be transported to various camps in Shuzhou. These things had been attributed to the military affairs of Western Shu earlier.
"Approximately how many people are there?"
"Less than one whistle. I came here last year and there were about fifty or sixty people."
"What do you mean, Mr. Huang?" The leader of the iron execution platform calmly narrowed his eyes.
"Kill them all without leaving a trace, then change the Shu soldiers' armor and disguise themselves as charcoal-burning soldiers. They will go out of Shuzhou through the passage outside the mountains, and then find a way to return to Beiyu."
"good!"
Behind Huang Zhizhou, dozens of people on the iron torture platform had murderous intent on their faces.
"Now that I have made up my mind, I wear this robe. From today on, my Huang Zhizhou will have nothing to do with Western Shu!"
Clang.
Huang Zhizhou raised his sword and swung it, neatly cutting off a corner of his robe.
"Everyone, check your swords, arrows and pots. This time, everyone and I will kill the Shu people together!"
The sound was probably too loud, and for a moment, the little book boy who was unconscious due to illness suddenly woke up.
The little book boy staggered, with tears still on his cheeks. From the moment his son betrayed Xi Shu, he followed him and persuaded him all the way.
Unfortunately, it has no effect.
"Sir, please go back to Chengdu, please?"
Dozens of people on the iron execution platform frowned calmly.
Huang Zhizhou's figure remained motionless, like a sculpture standing alone in the mountain wind.
"Master——"
The little book boy who had followed Huang Zhizhou for nine years stumbled up behind Huang Zhizhou.
Huang Zhizhou did not turn around, closed his eyes, and slowly lowered one hand to the hilt of the sword.
Clang.
With a flash of sword light, the little book boy clutched his slit throat, coughed up blood, and fell limply behind Huang Zhizhou.
The surrounding iron execution platform suddenly let out an excited shout.
