Great Military Division

Chapter 279 Innovating fuel, coking with coal!Xinye Liu Bei, the thunderous slaughter!
Nanyang.

In the north of Pheasant County, there is a casting workshop.

Squeak and twist—!
Carriages came here with goods.

Han Ji greeted: "Master Qin!"

Qin Fen hurried up to greet him: "Yes."

"Quickly unload the coal, and use this as fuel in the future, don't use charcoal anymore."

"Carbon?"

Qin Fen was taken aback for a moment, and hurried forward to lift the curtain.

really.

Black lacquered charcoal filled the car.

However, Qin Fen didn't show any surprise on his face, but was a little stunned: "Han Yezhe, don't you know that it is easy to fry a furnace with coal as fuel?"

"Ha ha!"

Han Ji smiled, and said with absolute certainty: "Master Qin, don't worry, this charcoal has been specially treated, and it will never cause the fryer, so you can use it with confidence."

Although the iron smelting and casting soldiers began to use coal as fuel on a large scale after the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, in fact, coal has been used since the Western Han Dynasty, and only a few large furnace explosions occurred, and it was rarely used. .

In addition, coal contains a large amount of sulfur, which is an extremely harmful element for iron smelting and casting soldiers. It can promote the combination of iron and carbon, making iron hard and brittle.

What can really be used as fuel is not ordinary coal, but coke.

Fang Yizhi's "Little Knowledge of Physics" records the method of coking: "Coal is produced everywhere, and the smelly ones are melted and closed into stones, and then chiseled into the furnace and called reefs. The fire can be burned for five days, and the ore is boiled. , which saves effort.”

Reef, that is, coke.

It means that in a closed state, burning smelly coal at high temperature can produce rock-like reefs. The firepower is durable and strong, and it can be used to smelt iron, which is very labor-saving.

Yingchuan is located in today's Henan area, surrounded by Luyang and Jiaxian, which is the current Pingdingshan area. There are rich coal resources here, and it is only about 300 meters underground.

In the middle and late Warring States Period, the ancients used simple tools to initially solve the problems of underground ventilation, lighting, drainage, lifting, support, etc. by combining vertical shafts, inclined merges, inclined alleys, and flat alleys.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the mine excavation technology was more perfect, and it could reach the level of more than 100 meters, especially for mining copper ore and iron ore, and it was more experienced.

On this basis, the military division alliance made corresponding improvements, and sent an engineering team to Yingchuan to dig coal secretly, and set up a coking plant nearby to send the processed coke to Nanyang.

"really?"

Qin Fen still couldn't believe it.

After all, how can the words passed down by the ancestors be false?
This is already a well-known rule in the smelting and casting industry.

But now
Han Ji actually said that charcoal would not fry the furnace.

Such remarks have completely overturned Qin Fen's cognition.

"of course."

Han Ji was sure and affirmative: "If Fangzhu Qin is worried, he can send some people to use it first. If he doesn't know how to fry the furnace, it will not be too late to fully use it."

"but."

Han Ji shook the bamboo slips in his hand, and said softly: "Our mission has changed. Nanyang farming is progressing very fast. The previous plan may not be able to meet the production requirements."

"Your Majesty has an order to adjust the schedule of forging farm tools. From now on, we will work harder. His Majesty ordered me to provide the wooden bellows and coal, just to speed up our forging speed."

Qin Fen looked in disbelief: "Ah? Your Majesty. This is provided by His Majesty?"

Han Ji nodded: "That's right! And His Majesty has already asked someone to try it. As long as the slag is cleaned up in time, the furnace will never be blown up. Don't worry, there will be new things after this time passes."

call-

Qin Fen breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded with difficulty: "Since it was provided by His Majesty, let's give it a try. If it really doesn't hurt people, it must be widely promoted. This thing has high heat, and with the wooden bellows, the casting efficiency will be great." increase in magnitude."

"it is good!"

Han Ji replied with a smile on his face: "Since that's the case, I'll leave this thing to you. Put it in the warehouse quickly. I'll go to Ji Kai. There's something he needs to do."

Qin Fen nodded: "Since that's the case, please do as you please."

Han Ji gave a grunt, and immediately went straight to the smelting workshop.

At this moment, what he was holding in his hand was the schematic drawing of the bearings on the high-drum turntable.

This thing has very high requirements for smelting and casting. I am afraid that only Ji Kai can complete the entire workshop.

*****
Nanyang, Xinye.

Zhao Biao's mansion.

squeak—

Zhao Biao pushed open the study door and came in.

suddenly.

A dagger was pressed against his waist, and a cold voice sounded immediately: "Don't move, or I will kill you."

Zhao Biao was taken aback for a moment, and gasped in fright: "Man, if you have something to say, say it, did Zhao offend you?"

"Do you want to avenge your son?"

"what?"

"I ask you, do you want to avenge your son?"

"I want to! Of course I want to! I think about it day and night!"

"very good!"

The voice behind seemed very satisfied: "I can help you, and after it's done, I can also help you escape from Xinye, escape into the mountains and become bandits, would you like it?"

Gollum—

Zhao Biao swallowed, and nodded affirmatively: "As long as I can avenge my dog, let alone turning grass into a bandit, even if it costs my life, I, Zhao Biao, will never frown."

"Sure enough, he is a good father."

Immediately.

A figure turned to Zhao Biao and said in a cold voice: "I have been observing you for ten days. Since your son died, you seem to have lost your soul, and you have completely lost the meaning of life."

"I think!"

The man took a deep breath and said solemnly: "You are the one who can take risks for your son."

Zhao Biao frowned and nodded affirmatively: "I can! But you have to tell me first, who are you?"

The man was not ambiguous: "I am Wang Fang, from Chang'an Hanting."

Zhao Biao was stunned: "Are you from Dong Zhuo?"

"Yes."

Wang Fang said with great certainty: "This general is the prime minister's man, why, are you afraid?"

Zhao Biao snorted coldly: "I'm not even afraid of death, would I be afraid of Dong Zhuo?"

Wang Fang smiled lightly: "Although King Hongnong founded the Han Court in Nanyang, how can he compete with the Chang'an Han Court? He will lose sooner or later. If you join the prime minister now, your future will be limitless."

"I at least"

Wang Fang took a deep breath, and said with absolute certainty: "It is guaranteed that you will become a magistrate of a county. If you can perform a little better, it is not impossible for you to become a magistrate of a county."

call-

Zhao Biao didn't care about the official position at all: "I don't care about those things, I just want to know, how are you going to help me?"

Wang Fang was very satisfied with Zhao Biao's reaction. This is an avenger in the pure sense: "Now there are more than [-] of me in Xinye, all of whom are elites in the army and can help you."

"More than thirty people?"

Zhao Biao said coldly: "I'm afraid these troops can't even enter Liu Bei's body? I've heard that this man started his army in the Yellow Turban era, fought hundreds of battles, and his swordsmanship is extremely superb."

"And the two brothers under his command are even more unstoppable. When they went west to seek Dong, they were the ones who raided Zhang Miao's camp and forced Zhang Miao to abandon Yanling."

"You only have more than thirty people"

"Humph!"

Zhao Biao snorted disdainfully: "You still want to kill Xin Yeling? What joke!"

Wang Fang stared at each other with burning eyes: "Do you think I don't know? There are nearly 200 people in your family. You have been in contact with the Li family, Wang family, and Lu family these days. Presumably you want to assassinate Xin Yeling?"

"The decree issued by the imperial court did not harm the interests of the Deng family and the Yin family, but you and other wealthy families have been unable to hire tenants. How can they swallow this bad breath?"

Zhao Biao took a deep breath: "You know, there are quite a few."

Wang Fang said softly: "I have already said that these days, I have been secretly observing you."

"But."

Zhao Biao changed the subject and said in a cold voice: "You only know one thing, not the other. No one in this group of people is willing to help me. They are like me and cannot be the head of the family."

Wang Fang said awe-inspiringly: "I don't need them to act, I just need them to help me bring people in from outside the city. You have two hundred pieces, and I'll add another 100 people, enough to kill Liu Bei."

"Oh?"

Zhao Biao was stunned for a moment: "Do you still have someone?"

Wang Fang proudly said, "Of course."

"it is good!"

Zhao Biao nodded: "I promise you, I will contact those brothers tomorrow and ask them to help and bring some people into the city. What to do at that time is up to you, and I will listen to you."

Wang Fang smiled lightly: "It's a deal."

Zhao Biao: "It's a deal."

Noon the next day.

County government.

Liu Bei was dealing with government affairs.

suddenly.

A call sounded from outside the hall:
"Brother—!"

"Brother—!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

It's Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei judged it all at once.

He looked up.

really.

Seeing Zhang Fei leading a person to the hall: "Brother, the node rewards issued by the imperial court have arrived. It's a full [-] yuan. Maybe I can buy some good wine this time? I'm almost suffocating recently!"

"Who is this"

However, Liu Bei ignored Zhang Fei, and turned his eyes to the man next to him.

but see
He has a tall and straight figure, a face like a crown jade, exquisite features, a high crown and a broad belt, and a bookish face. I can't help being curious. The previous node rewards were all escorted by military officers. Why did they change this time?
"Oh."

Before Zhang Fei could take the initiative to introduce him, the man took a step forward and bowed his head: "I am from Yi, Jibo, from Shanyang County, Yanzhou, and I am the third batch of people who passed the examination of the Public Transport Department. I was ordered to come to Xinye to assist Uncle Emperor."

"This is the edict."

After saying that, Yi Ji took out the edict from his rucksack and handed it to Liu Bei: "Please read the imperial uncle."

Liu Bei waved his hand: "No need, Beizheng is busy with government affairs. I didn't expect His Majesty to take it into consideration for Bei. You are welcome in Xinye. It just so happens that the node rewards have come down, and I will clean up the dust for you tonight."

"Wide!"

Liu Bei turned to look at Zhang Fei: "Haven't you not had a drink for a long time? Tonight, you can drink as much as you want, and you must accompany Brother Ji, do you understand?"

Zhang Fei was ecstatic, his eyes lit up, and he patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, big brother, just leave it to me."

"Uncle Royal."

Yiji at the side hurriedly bowed: "I'm afraid it won't work recently."

Liu Bei frowned: "Oh? What do you mean?"

Yi Ji took out the letter from his bosom, and handed it to Liu Bei: "Uncle, this is His Majesty's handwritten letter, you should read it, the school affairs office has found out that a group of people are gathering in Xinye recently, it may be bad for you, Let you be careful in everything."

hiss-!
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, took the letter paper, and opened it to browse: "Ah, this"

Yi Ji said softly: "Uncle Huang, Your Majesty does not want any accidents to happen to you."

Liu Bei nodded slowly: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, I just wronged you, and I can't clean up the dust for you."

Yi Ji smiled lightly: "We will spend a long time together in the future, and sooner or later we can clean up the dust, so why rush for this moment."

"it is good!"

Liu Bei let out a long sigh: "You can think this way, Bei is very pleased. After dealing with the traitors in Xinye City, let's clean up the dust and hold a celebration banquet together."

Yi Ji nodded: "Here."

Liu Bei ordered: "Yide, call Yun Chang back, we have important matters to discuss."

Zhang Fei cupped his hands: "Here."

Soon.

Guan Yu hurried back to the county government office.

Liu Guanzhang, Yi Ji, and Jian Yong gathered together to think about countermeasures.

Although the enemy is in the dark, I am in the open, and it is easy to hide from the open gun, but difficult to defend against the hidden arrow, but Liu Bei also has a certain understanding of Xinye County, and he also has a general understanding of who might attack.

After a long discussion.

Liu Bei finally figured out a way to deploy in advance to prevent accidents.

Three days later.

night.

At the end of the child's time, at the beginning of the ugly time.

Xinye, who was tired all day, fell completely silent.

Just as the common people were asleep, hundreds of fire lights suddenly lit up in Xinye City, illuminating Xinye thoroughly.

Xinye, which was originally quiet, immediately became noisy. The sounds of dogs barking and shouts of killing intertwined, resounding through the whole city, making people tremble with fear!
If you look down from a high altitude, the Xinghuo in Xinye City at this time is swimming towards the county government at high speed from the east and west directions like two giant pythons.

boom!
The gate of the county government was knocked open by more than a dozen strong young men, and hundreds of trilogy holding torches swarmed in, directly crossed the government affairs hall in front, and went straight to the inner courtyard.

"kill-!"

"Kill Liu Bei!"

"Revenge for Mr. Zhao!"

"."

Wang Fang even made a move and rushed into the inner courtyard.

As long as Liu Bei can be killed, it will definitely have a powerful deterrent effect on Nanyang Hanting.

At the same time, he can also get an armed force of 200 people, which is simply killing multiple birds with one stone!

"Brother Zhao, hurry up!"

However, Zhao Biao rushed in with a huge sword in his hand, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Rush in! Let me all rush in! Those who kill Liu Bei will be rewarded with [-] coins!"

"Chop Liu Bei into minced meat!"

"kill-!"

This roar.

Like a spring thunder bursting out of his mouth, a thunderbolt throbbed from the tip of his tongue.

He completely vented the anger hidden in Zhao Biao's heart.

Zhao Biao's hoarse voice is enough to prove the extent of this person's resentment towards Liu Bei. If it weren't for the cover of night, he would definitely be able to see Zhao Biao's extremely distorted face, how terrifying it is!
But unfortunately.
He just chose the wrong opponent.

Just as Zhao Biao trilogy rushed into the inner courtyard.

However, dozens of torches were lit up all around, and dozens of elite soldiers rushed out of the corridors and ear rooms in an instant, with strong bows and crossbows, and a hero suddenly rushed out from the inner room.

It is none other than Liu Bei!
Zhao Biao wanted to kill Liu Bei in his dreams!

Wang Fang was stunned on the spot: "Damn it, we fell for it."

"Ha ha!"

Liu Bei looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, pointing at Zhao Biao angrily: "Zhao Biao, I didn't expect you to collude with foreign thieves to plot rebellion. Since you took the initiative to send it to your door today, then don't blame the county for being rude."

Clang!

Liu Bei drew his sword out of its sheath, and ordered clangingly: "Leave no one, kill all!"

In an instant, a wave of dense and sharp arrows suddenly struck from all directions, and the Zhao family trilogy fell down like cutting wheat, without any strength to fight back.

Although these county soldiers were all cowards before Liu Bei came here, after being trained by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, they have already possessed a certain combat effectiveness.

of course!

Most importantly.

They were all from poor backgrounds, and after getting along with each other in the past few days, they believed that Liu Bei was a good official who could make decisions for the common people, so they were naturally willing to fight to the death for him.

Now, Zhao Biao dared to collude with foreign thieves to rebel, but fell into Liu Bei's ingenious plan. Naturally, they were merciless and spared no effort to kill.

"Brother Zhao, retreat quickly!"

After a wave of arrow rain attacked and killed.

Zhao Biao and Wang Fang showed signs of retreating.

How could Liu Bei let them get what they wanted, and immediately gave an order: "Kill-!"

All the soldiers put away their crossbows, held the Huanshou knife, and rushed over like a tide:
"kill-!"

Although Liu Bei's personal bravery is not as good as Guan Zhang's, he still climbed out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. Facing the mob of Zhao Jiabuqu, he took the lead and plunged directly into it.

puff!puff!puff!
Swords, lights, swords and shadows, blood flowed into rivers.

In the blink of an eye, as many as five or six enemy soldiers died in Liu Bei's hands.

However.
Liu Bei didn't mean to stop at all.

As soon as he raised his hand, a blue light spewed out from his sleeves!
Sen Leng's long sword danced wildly.

All of a sudden, the sword energy was flying horizontally and vertically.

Zhao Biao, who was about to risk his life, was stunned.

Although, he had already expected that Liu Bei was by no means an easy person.

But I couldn't believe it.

Liu Bei's swordsmanship is so superb.

Those sharp sword qi kept harvesting the lives of his family, as if in the blink of an eye, under the cover of his own soldiers, he rushed forward a few feet, just a few feet away from himself.

I don't know what's going on?

The moment Zhao Biao stared at Liu Bei, the timidity in his heart suddenly disappeared, replaced by a burst of anger from the heart, and he subconsciously swung the sword in his palm.

"Big-eared thief, give back my son's life!"

"ah-!"

The blade rises, and the cold light flashes.

Sen Leng's murderous intent seemed to have transcended the limitations of time and space, and he slashed down swiftly and furiously.

However.
Liu Bei looked indifferent, not in a hurry.

He leaned his body slightly, and leaned out the long sword in his palm, and the ruthless and cold sword energy flew across, like a unicorn Qingrui.

In the next second, an extremely shrill howl suddenly sounded.

"what-!"

However, a huge head soared into the sky, and the bright red juice was like a fountain, surging three feet. Zhao Biao's head, which rolled and landed, still retained his last trace of panic and anger.

"idiot!"

"Insufficiency and conspiracy!"

Wang Fang cursed secretly, abandoned Zhao Biao, and rushed out to kill.

However, he just led the troops out of the main gate.

In an instant, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led a team of soldiers and horses, outflanking them from the left and right sides. Although their strength was slightly insufficient, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were enemies of ten thousand people, so why should they be afraid of these hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers? !
Zhang Fei, in particular, charged forward with his horse and danced wildly with snake spears. Accompanied by the roar of a tiger, the already defeated enemy army was frightened and panicked.

Many soldiers were stabbed to death by Zhang Fei's spear before they had time to react; although some soldiers reacted, they were caught by Zhang Fei's terrifying aura, and their legs trembled with fright, and they couldn't even lift their knives.

Although Guan Yu on the other side was not as fearsome as Zhang Fei, he struck more resolutely. The spear in his palm stabbed one after another like a gust of wind, either in the heart or throat.

Under the leadership of Guan Zhang, the morale of the county soldiers soared one by one. They rushed like wolves and tigers with their knives in hand, fighting frantically, and kept taking the lives of the Zhao family's trilogy.

This group of trilogy were originally people who had never been on the battlefield. They were just tools for these gentry to bully and bully the weak. It is okay to bully the unarmed people. Compared with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they are really weak!
"Damn!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led troops to block the door, while Liu Bei led his elite troops to charge from the inner courtyard.

The front and back attack immediately made Wang Fang panic, and secretly shouted: "If you can't break through, you will die here!"

"kill-!"

At the moment, Wang Fang had no choice but to charge forward with the knife.

puff!puff!puff!
After all, he was the Sima of Dong Zhuo's army.

If you don't make a move, it's all right, and if you make a flashlight, it's light and flint.

Five or six county soldiers died in Wang Fang's hands one after another, which immediately attracted Guan Yu's attention.

"Want to go? It's not that easy!"

Guan Yu's eyes locked on Wang Fang, and the spear in his palm opened and closed, touching people, people died, bumping into horses, horses died, really a bit of a domineering aura of one man guarding the gate, and no one can do anything!
"A good general!"

Watching Guan Yu approaching, Wang Fang was shocked.

Knowing that he was no match for him, he simply gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, raised his eyebrows, and shouted sharply: "Brothers, in ancient times, Xiang Yu broke the boat and finally defeated the Qin army!"

"Today, you and I are thrown into the dead, and we must have Xiang Yu's aura to survive! Brothers, fight with all your strength, make a breakthrough, and spare your life to survive!"

"kill-!"

One command.

More than a hundred elite soldiers from the headquarters charged directly at Guan Yu.

However.
Guan Yu was not afraid at all, he snorted softly, raised his spear, and swept away thousands of troops with one move. Although this group of soldiers and horses were elite, they still had no strength to fight back under Guan Yu's attack.

puff!puff!puff!puff!puff!puff!puff!
A moon-like cold light swept across, seven or eight thieves in front of him, each of them had at least one spear in their body, and died on the spot, splashing blood filled the air, lingering around Guan Yu.

Wang Fang was shocked!

His troops were even more shocked!

Under the night, Guan Yu, who is not a human being, is simply the God of War!
"Humph!"

Guan Yu snorted coldly, held a spear in one hand, and stroked his beard with the other: "You cowardly soldiers, who can't even hold a knife tightly, still want to learn from Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu? You are beyond your limits!"

The phoenix's eyes widened, and the killing intent suddenly arose!
Guan Yu rushed to kill with a spear, mercilessly, stabbing down several thieves who had sneaked into the county government office in an instant, which made Wang Fang's eyes pop red and his heart was full of hatred.

clang-!
A crisp explosion.

Wang Fang received Guan Yu's spear forcefully, and retreated a few steps abruptly before he stabilized his figure.

However, before Wang Fang organized an attack again, Guan Yu suddenly accelerated his speed, and the spear in his hand drew a wonderful curve in the air, and quickly pierced Wang Fang's neck.

puff!
The spear stabbed, and the cold spear tip shot out from the back of Wang Fang's neck, and was pulled away immediately, as graceful and elegant as a dragonfly touching water.

Wang Fang stared and fell down, dying on the spot, with unwillingness and horror in his eyes.

"Yun Chang, Yi De."

At this moment, Liu Bei's voice sounded.

"Big brother!"

Guan Zhang shouted outside.

"Leave it to me here."

Liu Bei rushed to kill with his sword, and ordered sharply: "You and others quickly lead your troops to the Zhao family in Xinye. For the crime of treason, kill the whole family, and there will be no one left!"

Guan and Zhang shouted together: "Here."

Immediately.

The two led the soldiers and horses of their headquarters and went straight to Zhao's house.

Take advantage of the night to act without giving the other party a chance to react, so as not to slip through the net.

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