Lady forced to seek prince

Huaiguang Fengchennu and his people rushed to the mountains west of Taozhou. He actually understood why the prince was cautious. When people are concerned, they will be fettered.

This is a good thing.

In the past, Mother Chen always said worriedly in his ear: "There is no one around the young master."

Huaiguang didn't understand at that time that the armed guards were all around the young master, so why did he say there was no one? The person that Mother Chen was talking about was different. She could reach out her hand and hold the young master at any time.

Zhao Luoyang looked at Huaiguang with a smile on his face: "You came just in time."

Huaiguang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Have you found iron ore?"

Zhao Luoyang nodded. She exchanged books and maps from the system and tried to search for minerals in the vassal territory. She had already found iron ore and silver mines in Lanzhou and Xining, so she tried to search in Taozhou, but her efforts were not in vain. Although the iron ore reserves are not comparable to those in Xining, the ore mined is quite good.

In recent years, the vassal land has been smelting iron and making ordnance. Even if it is a small iron mine, it is very close to Taozhou and is easy to mine. It is enough for the workshop to make exquisite weapons.

A kiln is being built not far from the small iron mine. The porcelain produced by this kiln is not to be sold to the common people to make utensils, but to make firearms for my uncle. When the firearm explodes, it will explode the porcelain outside. Broken porcelain can achieve the purpose of injuring people. The advantage of such a firearm is that it can be thrown by people after igniting the fire, and it does not use much gunpowder.

The more types of firearms there are, the more likely they are to confuse opponents. Zhao Luoyang was the first to obtain information about firearms from the system. His fourth uncle and the others were the first to acquire them. Now they have become a major weapon for the armed guards. On this basis, Zhao Luoyang wants to make this weapon To maximize their advantage, a firearms workshop was set up specifically for this purpose. With the full cooperation of the workshop, Fourth Uncle and his friends improved and tested their new firearms much faster.

The fire-breathing firearm now looks a bit like the firecracker in the system data.

The two people were talking. Zhao Xueyi and Niu Daochang happened to come from the porcelain kiln. The two were walking and talking. Niu Daochang was smiling. When he saw Huaiguang, he immediately stepped forward and told them about their recent progress.

"The method the princess said worked really well," Niu Daochang said. "We changed it to copper, and as expected it didn't explode as much. The mold has been made in the workshop. Next we will use the casting method to make some. Look, if it can be done, it can be done in large quantities.”

Casting is less troublesome than forging, and the result is the same, so it will be much easier to use later.

Huaiguang said: "Once the firearms are ready, soldiers can be trained to use them."

Now Niu Daochang only needs to think about what he has made, which can beat the enemy into hiding during the war, and he will be indescribably happy.

Moreover, he also wanted to secretly engrave his name on the firearms he created. Of course, he didn't have to engrave all of them. It would always work to engrave the word "cow" on one of them, right?

After saying a few words, Zhao Xueyi and Niu Daochang rode back to the city. There were still many things going on in the workshop. Everyone is very busy at the moment. Xiao Yu is busy dealing with the official affairs of the vassal and discussing the war with the generals.

Zhao Jingyun has been promoted to the magistrate of the state, and he is required to take charge of all the counties under the state's jurisdiction.

The same goes for the champion of the Song Dynasty. He led several students to run on the field ridges every day. Even in winter, they had to carefully measure the land to prepare for next spring plowing.

The land in each domain is different, and the crops grown on the land are naturally different. Maojiu has very high requirements for the land for planting cotton, and it is almost impossible. After all, cotton seeds are hard to come by. Although they have saved a lot this year, it is still not enough to spread to the entire domain. Because these Mao Jiu conflicts with others, in Zhao Luoyang's opinion, Mao Jiu's obsession is a good thing, at least leaving the cotton matter to him makes her feel more at ease.

It turned out that she was in charge of several villages in Taozhou. After Xiao Yu became the vassal king, he handed over the accounts of several states to her. The situation in each state was different. Some were suitable for pastoral areas, some were suitable for growing cotton and medicinal materials, and some were suitable for growing cotton and medicinal materials. He has planted a lot of tea trees, and Zhao Luoyang really couldn't do it without finding a few helpers to make all the arrangements.

"Let's go," Zhao Luoyang told Huaiguang, "go see what's going on over there at the brick kiln."

Xiao Yu had already told Zhao Luoyang about the situation of the Prime Minister. Zhao Luoyang already knew what arrangements Xiao Yu would make today. It should be said that before winter, they had already made some arrangements and prepared the clay needed for the winter. , ensuring that the brick kiln will not stop throughout the winter.

The burned green bricks were used to strengthen the city walls and build fortifications. In short, two fortresses were built before the Prime Minister's army arrived.

The brick kiln is a little far away from here, because it is close to the official road, which makes transportation more convenient.

Zhao Luoyang and Huaiguang dismounted in front of the brick kiln and immediately saw a familiar figure. That was Zhang Yao, the third master of the Zhang family.

Zhang Yao's injuries were mostly healed after being nursed back to health. He was a restless person, and because he was worried about Xiao Yu, he went out early to walk around Taozhou.

Zhang Yao was born in a famous family. He liked to read when he was young and knew a lot about everything. Even when he was talking to the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty, he could talk eloquently. If the Zhang family did not suffer hardship, he could also seek a good official position based on his own ability.

After recovering from the shock, Zhang Yao told in detail what he remembered about the Prime Minister. Less than half of the evidence Xiao Yu submitted to the court was thanks to Zhang Yao.

The manpower that Zhang Yao secretly cultivated did not fall completely into the hands of the Prime Minister, and could just help Xiao Yu to find out various information. In short, Zhang Yao helped a lot after coming to Taozhou.

What surprised Zhao Luoyang even more was that after Zhang Yao's appearance recovered, Xiao Yu stood next to him, and his nephew and uncle's faces were somewhat similar.

Zhang Yao smiled and said to Zhao Luoyang: "The bricks fired in this brick kiln are very good. They are different from the ordinary ones and are harder. It seems that many things here are like this, always different from the ones outside. I heard from the guys that it’s very simple to bake. If this method spreads outside... it would be worth a thousand pieces of gold. I heard that this is the method that the princess came up with? Just like what the eldest princess said, Brother Yu can marry He is lucky to have such a good wife.”

Zhao Luoyang smiled and said: "My uncle praised me. The difference is only in the clay used to bake the bricks. We happen to have suitable soil in our domain. I also made a mistake."

Zhang Yao stroked his neat beard: "After the Prime Minister arrives, if he sees the heightened city wall, he will be so angry that he will burn with anger. Thinking about it, I will..."

Zhang Yao was so happy that he lost his breath and couldn't help coughing.

Zhao Luoyang and Zhang Yao went to talk in the thatched hut next to the brick kiln. Huaiguang gave them water and stood by.

There was no one else in the room, so Zhang Yao said to Zhao Luoyang with peace of mind, "I was going to look for you originally, but news came back to me from outside that there was indeed something fishy about Concubine Ying's death."