I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 94 Black Dragon City

'Boom' with a loud bang.

In the snowy night, more than three hundred paces away, a ball of dazzling white light flashed, and several shadowy figures nearby, after a short roar, fell to the ground, motionless.

On the observation deck of the camp, Cao Wenzhao witnessed this scene with his own eyes through a long-sighted mirror, and his face became a little weird.

'Song Yingxing and his gang are simply monsters! '

'The hollow grenade produced is not only extremely light, and can be fired with a composite crossbow with tendons and horns, but also its power is astonishing, ten times that of the pilizi grenade! '

Even, maybe more than that.

There was an enemy attack on a snowy night, and the camp did not dare to send people out to prevent any accidental casualties.

After all, everyone is new here, and they don't know much about the surrounding environment and the various forces. Even if they want to completely wipe out the Japanese bandits, they can only do it slowly.

After more than an hour of turmoil, Cao Wenzhao ordered the students to rest first, leaving only a part of the musketeers to defend.

When it was dawn, Cao Wenzhao walked out of the camp, went to the place where the fire was exchanged last night and inspected it carefully, and once again lamented that 'Song Yingxing is really a monster'.

Last night, the musketeers killed four people.

That hollow grenade warhead killed three Japanese bandits all at once.

Moreover, judging from its tattered and extremely miserable death, this hollow grenade is not only filled with improved high-strength gunpowder, but also other things should be filled.

As for the specific formula, it is beyond what Cao Wenzhao can think of.

"Judging from the traces left on the snow, there are at least 80 to [-] of them here," said a musketeer squad leader who followed closely behind Cao Wenzhao, carefully checking for clues of the enemy's arrival last night.

"It should be more than seventy or eighty." Cao Wenzhao walked slowly up a hillside and looked around the fields. "We are in the light, and they are in the dark. It seems that there will be a hunting battle recently..."

……

The construction of the camp is orderly and progressing smoothly.

Three days later, the construction of Black Dragon City, the castle with the camp as its core, finally broke ground.

The student construction team of Daming Academy made Cao Wenzhao understand what 'science and technology is the primary productive force'.

All kinds of novel and practical engineering equipment have been continuously designed and manufactured. At the southern tip of Kuwu Island, where the cold wind is howling and the ice and snow are in the sky, a castle has risen from the ground.

The city uses giant wood and rocks as the main building materials, and has a radius of seventeen or eight miles. The roads in the city are criss-cross and extend in all directions, including military management areas, living areas, and trading places.

The whole Black Dragon City is surrounded by mountains and sea, and it is in a 'convex' shape.

The earliest camp was built as the "Hou Ye Mansion" of Liaodong Marquis Cao Wenzhao. It is located on the top of the protruding position, overlooking the whole city. It can also be used as the highest lookout post in the city to observe the whole Heilonggang at any time.

Sitting on a rough and sturdy pine chair, drinking hot broth, looking through the glass window at the bustling Black Dragon City, Cao Wenzhao finally understood what the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian said about the "global world". Lord', what the hell do you mean...

Isn't this what it means to expand the territory?

In a remote place, first find a way to gain a firm foothold and build an impregnable castle before considering the next step of development.

Farming, farming, mining, storming, conquest, trading...

Tsk tsk, I don't know what's going on, but it's quite exciting to think about it!
Through the contact with those students in the past few days, Cao Wenzhao began to change himself slowly, whether it was thoughts, concepts, or behavioral style, great changes had taken place.

He is now the Marquis of Liaodong, sent by the emperor Zhu Youjian to manage the entire land of Liaodong, not a warrior who only knows how to fight and charge.

In just one and a half months, Black Dragon City has begun to take shape.

During this period, those Japanese thieves hid in the dark, poking their heads and spying here, but they never dared to make any changes.

This group of people from the Ming Empire are too fierce.

In the severe cold weather of minus 34 degrees, an extremely strong castle was quickly built, which seemed to them like a miracle!
What frightened them in particular was the firearms of the Ming Empire...

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"Master Hou, those Japanese people have been active recently, do you want to hunt around?"

On this day, Cao Wenzhao was discussing the next step with Mao Pijiang, when the Musketeer Captain opened the door and came in.

"How many people are there? What equipment?" Cao Wenzhao asked casually.

"Brothers who have been sent out have reported that there are not many Japanese bandits within a hundred miles, only about two hundred, and their equipment is also very poor. Bow and arrow."

Cao Wenzhao nodded slightly when he heard the words, and suddenly asked: "How do they eat? How do they get food for the winter? Do they rob the islanders, or do they solve it by themselves by hunting?"

The musketeer captain was slightly taken aback, and smiled awkwardly, "This...subordinates haven't found out yet."

"Then why are you investigating!" Cao Wenzhao scolded with a smile: "The Japanese have been operating on this island for many years, so they should be very familiar with the environment on the island. Even those bandits who rob houses should have many temporary accommodations. point."

"We're new here, and we're going to kill them rashly. We can only scare the snakes and make them feel defensive, but it's not easy to catch them all at once."

The musketeer captain nodded after hearing this.

"Young Master Mao, what do you think we should do next?" Cao Wenzhao turned his head and asked.

Mao Bijiang pondered a few times, and said seriously: "We might as well open up Black Dragon City and try to do business with those Japanese first, maybe it will be a different result."

"Didn't Long Live Lord often say that governing the country is not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of the world!"

Cao Wenzhao thought over and over again, and nodded in agreement: "I will leave this matter to you."

"My son, you have to remember that if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."

"When doing business with those Japanese, we must absolutely ensure the safety of our own people, otherwise, I, Cao Wenzhao, will not be able to explain to the emperor, nor can I explain to your teacher Song Yingxing!"

Mao Pijiang bowed to promise, chatted a few more words, and then left slowly.

Looking at Mao Pijiang's tall and straight back, Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and began to issue a series of orders.

"Send an order to Captain Chen Yin to seal off the nearby waters, and don't let the Japanese pirates take advantage of it."

"Order the Musketeers to number all the Japanese people detected, and keep track of their whereabouts at any time!"

"Control the highlands of the whole city, aim at all the Japanese people who may enter the city to do business, and if there is any change, you don't need to ask for instructions, just kill them!"

"In addition, I request Captain Chen Yin to send fifty soldiers with martial arts skills, pretending to be merchants, and bring some food, spirits, porcelain, tea, etc., to the Black Dragon City!"

Long Live Lord said that governing the country is not about fighting and killing, but about treating guests to dinner. The problem is, when it is time to act, he will never be soft.

A man who dared to kill his father-in-law, how stubborn he must be!
The one in the Forbidden City is simply not human.

(End of this chapter)