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Chapter 32 Blacksmith Zhang San
About four miles west from Xujia Village is the junction of Luming South Mountain and Luming North Mountain. Because of the winding mountains, a special Hulu Valley is formed here.

Its eastern entrance is only 30 meters wide, and its western entrance is only 60 meters wide. It is more than [-] meters long from north to south and more than [-] meters long from east to west. Just lurk here, rush out at the critical moment, and deal a fatal blow to the black-toothed barbarians.

Revisiting the old place, Li Si was quite emotional. After thinking about it, he said to Zhao Shan:

"All the trees in this valley must be cut down, and temporary wooden houses will be built at the foot of the North Mountain, and a city wall will be built at the eastern entrance."

"Gu Wang intends to build a pass city here, called Zhulu Pass."

"When the craftsman Cheng Daniu arrives with Qing Zhuang, you will let him take charge of this matter."

"Your Highness, are we not going to Lucheng?" Zhao Shan hesitated.

"What are you going to do in Lucheng? Do you want to be a bird in a cage?" Li Si chuckled. According to the information he has so far, as long as he doesn't stand out and behave in a low-key manner, the Taoist sect may not be able to notice him.

He was too rampant in the last level. Relying on the two generals Huang Zhongdian and Wei, he won four battles and four victories, and accumulated nearly ten thousand refugees in just a few days. This kind of performance is enough to arouse the vigilance of Taoists. National fortune is the most important weapon for suppressing the 'Holy Beast of Taoism'.

So he made up his mind this time, neither to provoke the Taoist sect nor to provoke the powerful.

And as long as Lu Zixin is killed, the Lu family in Lucheng will not know that he escaped here.

Taking advantage of the Black Tooth army besieging Jincheng, the Black Tooth King will die violently in eleven days, so he needs to grow up.

The first step in this development is to have a territory that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The next step is to call, hire craftsmen, make god-arm crossbows, and then transform the ranger captain into god-arm crossbowmen. Li Si hopes to gather two hundred god-arm crossbowmen within half a month.

Then there is the crafting of small and medium catapults.

Small catapults can be carried lightly, and medium-sized catapults are deployed at Zhulu Pass.

A large part of why Li Si values ​​this place is that the two peaks of Luming Nanshan and Luming Beishan rely on the height of at least 300 meters, and arrange medium-sized catapults on them. , then you can send the enemy one pistachio after another.

Even the so-called holy beasts of the Daoist sect will never benefit from the fire of dozens of catapults.

In this way, with the catapult + crossbow with divine arm + Zhuluguan + the antidote for the epidemic given by the medicine king Sun Simiao, Li Si dared to challenge the Taoist for ten rounds.

Well, as for after ten rounds, he doesn't know either.

Because the background of Taoism is bottomless, Li Si has not forgotten the previous stage. The three weird old Taoist priests who appeared at the end, and the ice cone storm released 50 meters away, have already cultivated a bit of seriousness. The appearance of fairyland.

Without two hundred ranger captains, they might not be able to kill them.

"So, long-range firepower is very important!"

Li Si sighed in his heart, he had mastered a way to deal with Taoism.

Next, he randomly recruited 10 craftsmen at the cost of 20 gold and 50 popular points per person, including nine junior carpenters, twelve junior masons, five junior blacksmiths, five junior cobblers, and five junior craftsmen. Tailors, four junior cooks, and ten junior bricklayers.

These craftsmen can basically solve the technical jobs required for the construction of Zhulu Pass.

So far, Li Si talked with Zheng Shizhen, the third-level medical officer, Zhang Da, the second-level cook, Xu Mao, the second-level coachman, Sun Jin, the eunuch, and Zhou Yue, the palace eunuch, and arranged jobs for them to stabilize their morale. Then he changed into ordinary clothes, took Zhao Xiaoer and ten ranger captains, and went straight to Xishan Town. He was going to find Cheng Daniu's brother-in-law, second-level blacksmith Zhang San.

Of course, without the external influence of black cavalry barbarians burning, killing and looting, it would be difficult for him to hire a second-level blacksmith.

On the next level, Li Si paid a lot of money, but he could only buy some tools for forging and smelting iron from Zhang San's blacksmith shop, as well as some iron materials. Zhang San himself said nothing to follow.

It's not that the money given is small, but that every second-level blacksmith is registered with the government.

As for the blacksmith Zhang San, the town was destroyed by black cavalry barbarians. He fled to Luming Mountain alone, and was finally brought back by Li Si's people.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Si and his group entered Xishan Town. It was the hottest time of the day, and the autumn tiger was showing its power, which was not weaker than the scorching heat in summer, so there were many fewer pedestrians on the street.

However, under the shade of some big trees, there were a few white-haired old men shaking cattail fans, drowsy. Unfortunately, this tranquility would be broken by iron hoofs in a few days.

Li Si and the others were sweating profusely. They poured a few pots of herbal tea at the roadside tea stand, and asked Zhao Xiaoer to buy some watermelons and two baskets of cooking cakes to barely fill their stomachs. Then they went straight to Zhang San's blacksmith shop. .

Zhang San's shop is located in the northeast corner of Xishan Town, next to a small river with a large amount of water, covered by more than a dozen big trees, and the rhythmic sound of iron hammering can be vaguely heard.

Now that the autumn harvest is just around the corner, Zhang San's blacksmith shop is doing very well. He, his three master blacksmiths, and a dozen or so apprentices are very busy.

But Li Si has his own way to deal with Zhang San.

"What does the guest officer want to order? Let me state in advance that this is a shop registered with the government, and contraband must not be ordered."

A middle-aged man who was a little short but extremely strong, who looked like a half of a black iron tower, came over, glanced at the attire of Li Si and the others, and opened his mouth to speak.

"Cheng Daniu introduced us."

Li Si stretched out his hand, and in his palm was a money bag.

Zhang San reached out to take it without showing any trace, looked around, and led Li Si and others into the inner courtyard. In the furnace, a dozen people are busy.

"Introduced by my brother-in-law? He is an honest person, and he is actually very reliable in his work. If he really wants to introduce business to me, he will definitely come along with him. The guest officer is a big shot at first glance. Let's open the window and speak brightly. "

Zhang San's eyes narrowed, very shrewd.

Li Si smiled, "I just hired Cheng Daniu this morning, as well as fifty young men from Xujia Village. I want to build a courtyard on the side of Luming Nanshan, and a wharf by the way. Of course, your brother-in-law also said, I can't hire you, I don't believe it, so I'll come here in person."

"So, Master Zhang, why don't you make an offer?"

Hearing what Li Si said, Zhang San laughed out loud, obviously suspicious, "Guest officer Mingjian, my brother-in-law knows me well, I have registered with the government, if I leave Xishan Town, our Xishan Town But there is a town hall, I am afraid that I will be caught in Lucheng and put in prison, so the employment is out of the question."

"However, if the autumn harvest is over, I can even give you two master blacksmiths. You can talk to them about the price."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, but apart from this, there is one more thing. I came here for your craftsmanship, Master Zhang. I asked your brother-in-law, and he said that the four towns in the north of the mountain can make this thing. You are none other than Master Zhang, don’t rush to refuse, let me make an offer first, for a fine steel component, I will give you ten gold.”

While talking, Li Si took out the three views, plan and section that he took the time to draw before.

Although this thing may not exist in this world, but as a second-level blacksmith, Zhang San is actually very easy to understand.

Therefore, after only a few seconds, his breathing was a little short, because even if this thing is made of the best fine steel, the price of making it will not exceed three gold, and one will give ten gold.

This deal is worth it!

As for what this component is, what does it matter to him?

"How much?"

"There are three kinds in total, twenty of each kind, can they be delivered before noon the day after tomorrow?"

"can!"

"This is a deposit!"

Li Si left twenty gold directly, smiled slightly, turned around and left.

A god arm crossbow needs three fine steel components, so after this transaction is completed, he will have twenty god arm crossbows. As for why he didn't place more orders, it is because, at noon the day after tomorrow, there will be a thousand-man crossbow The Black Tooth Legion went south, even if Li Si didn't provoke them, they would still sweep the villages and towns on both sides of the official road like locusts, and although Xishan Town was not on the official road, it might be affected.

At that time, Li Si only needs to take Zhang San, his family and apprentices away.

As for the thousand-strong black-toothed barbarians, he did not intend to intervene.

(End of this chapter)