Several people drove a carriage and pulled the big wild boar back to Yancheng. Zhao Bin thought that the ones who were most surprised would be Myolie and the others, but he didn't expect that the one who had the strongest reaction was Princess Leyang.
Princess Leyang looked excitedly around the wild boar on the carriage to observe carefully, and kept asking: "My lord, how did you catch such a big wild boar? I haven't seen such a big wild boar for a long time." "
"Oh. Have you seen a wild boar?" Zhao Bin asked curiously.
When Princess Leyang heard this, she looked at Zhao Bin with contempt: "I am a princess of the Xianbei tribe. I have never seen any prey."
"But such a big wild boar is really rare. We have wild boars and mountain bears in the Xianbei Mountains, but we rarely see such a big one."
As soon as Princess Leyang said these words, Zhao Bin felt as if his brain suddenly had a short-circuit. He looked at the beautiful woman in Hanfu in front of him, and for a moment he forgot that she was from Xianbei.
The Xianbei people originated from the Xianbei Mountains and relied on hunting and herding. This can be said to be their special skill. Zhao Bin could only laugh awkwardly.
"Hahaha, that was my negligence."
"When there is a chance, Leyang will take Prince Yan to go hunting in our Xianbei Mountains. Xianbei Mountain is the sacred mountain of our Xianbei people. There are inexhaustible treasures in the mountains." Princess Leyang replied with a smile. .
"Okay, I must go and see it if I have the chance."
Zhao Bin said that he had the opportunity to go and take a look, but what he was thinking in his heart at this time was, your Xianbei Mountain, that is the territory of my Han family, and sooner or later it will belong to me.
Myolie stepped forward and checked Zhao Bin's body before and after. She was relieved when she found that there was nothing serious.
Xing'er gently patted the dust off Zhao Bin's body a few times, turned to Zhong Lixue behind her and said, "Xue'er, go prepare a clean set of clothes for the prince to change into."
Zhong Lixue responded and headed towards Zhao Bin's room in the backyard.
"Come into the palace, Your Majesty"
"Well, that Dayong took the wild boar to the dining room and cooked meat and wild boar feast for the brothers in the guard camp tonight."
"Okay, Your Majesty."
In front of the front hall door, Ling'er took out a feather duster from the house and cleaned Zhao Bin's body again before letting Zhao Bin enter the house, pass through the front hall, and come to the backyard of the palace.
Zhong Li Xue was already standing at the door of Zhao Bin's room. Zhao Bin looked at the white-skinned woman in front of him, couldn't help but smile knowingly and walked into the room, with Zhong Li Xue following behind.
In the room, Zhao Bin stood upright in front of the bed, and Zhong Lixue gently unbuttoned Zhao Bin's clothes.
"Why didn't you go to school to teach today?" Zhao Bin asked lightly.
Zhong Lixue smiled lightly and said: "Go back to the prince, I went there in the morning, it's already afternoon now, and the school has ended."
"When you reply in the future, you don't have to always add "Wang Ye" in front of you. You can just speak normally, just like Myolie and others, who have to add a prefix in front of their words. How troublesome." Zhao Bin said with a smile.
Zhao Bin said this, Zhong Lixue was very moved, but she did not forget about it.
"The slaves are different from Sister Xing'er and the others. Sister Xing'er and the others are close to the prince. The slaves are just maids and cannot break the rules!"
Zhao Bin looked at the little girl in front of him, and couldn't help but feel an evil smile on his face. He reached out and gently hugged Zhong Lixue's soft waist, and teased: "Then do you want to be the prince's bodyguard? "
Zhao Bin's movements made Zhong Lixue's body feel as if he was electrocuted. His body trembled involuntarily, and a stream of red clouds extended from his neck to his face.
Zhong Lixue did not dodge, but the numbness in her body made her a little stiff, and the movements of her hands stopped, and she just held the buttons on Zhao Bin's body quietly without moving.
"Are you shy?" Zhao Bin looked at Zhong Lixue and continued to ask.
"Slave...Slave..." Zhong Lixue stammered a few words. The slave could no longer open his mouth. He lowered his head and stared at the ground, never daring to raise his head to look at Zhao Bin again.
Zhao Bin gently put down his hands that were clasping Zhong Lixue's slim waist and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, hurry up and change your clothes."
Zhong Li Xue lowered her head, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes. Zhao Bin didn't notice this disappointment. Zhong Li Xue silently helped Zhao Bin take off his dusty coat and put on a brand new set of clothes.
"Your Majesty, I have taken the clothes to be washed."
"Go ahead and leave it to the servants in another courtyard." Zhao Bin replied calmly.
Back in the front hall, Zhao Bin took Dayong to conduct an in-depth review of the entire process of making gunpowder. He planned to let Dayong take full responsibility for the production of gunpowder.
Gunpowder is too powerful, and it is too dangerous to make it next door to the palace. If something happens, the palace may be destroyed.
After checking the complete map of Yancheng, Zhao Bin decided to move an area the size of a football field from the northwest corner of Yancheng and move all nearby people to other areas.
It should be surrounded by high walls, with a five-meter tower sentinel, and a barbed wire fence. Yes, a barbed wire fence should be pulled up. No one is allowed to get close.
There are no saltpeter mines or sulfur mines around Yancheng. Zhao Bin still has to find ways to solve these two problems. There are currently five main saltpeter producing areas in Daxia.
Among them, the salt and saltpeter of Shanxi and Shaanxi are basically under the control of the Zhang family, followed by the salt and saltpeter of Bashu, which is controlled by the Dai family, then the salt and saltpeter of Xiangchu, which is controlled by the Xue family, and finally the Shandong Dongfang family Soil saltpeter in the home territory.
In fact, in addition to the saltpeter veins controlled by these three families, in the Western Region controlled by the Huns, the grasslands controlled by the Jie people.
Zhao Bin sent a message to Tian Qi and Li Youcai, who were responsible for purchasing grain, asking them to go to Shandong to purchase saltpeter. At the same time, Zhao Bin sent a message to Chunxi, asking them to find a way to order saltpeter from the south.
Finally, Cao Li selected two officials in the government office and asked them to go to the Zhang family area to purchase saltpeter under the protection of five guards.
After arranging the task of purchasing saltpeter, Zhao Bin asked Princess Leyang to find a way to purchase a large amount of sulfur from the Liao people. There is a large amount of natural high-quality sulfur in the Changbai Mountain area.
These areas were controlled by the Liao people, and he planned to exchange fine salt with the Liao people for sulfur. Although Princess Leyang didn't know why Zhao Bin wanted the sulfur, she still readily agreed.
After that, Xiao Chu selected 500 soldiers and two captains from the city defense army. Each captain commanded 250 people, and trained these 500 people in the use of unscrupulous cannons.
There isn't that much gunpowder right now, so we can only conduct operational process training first. In the future, these hundreds of people will be his artillery battalion.
Time flashed to mid-April. Lu Biao had been stationed in Xiguan since he recaptured Xiguan. Although the sand wolf clan closest to Yancheng had been wiped out, Lu Biao never dared to let down his guard.
Lu Biao led people to inspect the terrain of the upper valley. There were twelve outposts built in the upper valley, leading directly to Yehu Ridge. After Yehu Ridge, there was the grassland area, and from then on, they completely entered the territory of the Jie tribe.
The main purpose of the twelve outposts is to detect the movements of the Jie tribe in advance. Once the Jie tribe army is discovered, the outpost will immediately send a message to Xiguan. In addition, Lu Biao also ordered the scout battalion to enter the grassland to investigate the situation.
On April 20th, the scout troops who were conducting reconnaissance on the edge of the grassland finally discovered the movements of the Jie tribe's army. One hundred thousand Jie tribe's cavalry were heading towards the upper valley in a mighty manner. The scouts did not dare to delay and immediately flew back. Run.
Twelve outposts were relayed, and the news was quickly delivered to Lu Biao in Xiguan.
