Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 371 The Convoy Arrives
Meng Xiaowan has no news yet, Zhang Zhe has already started to take the lead in eating only one meal a day, and the only ones who maintain sufficient supply are the troops in training and on duty, and the one located at a stream thirty miles east of Lijun City, which is relatively downstream of the Yunhe River. Valley Workshop.

Of course, Zhang Zhe won't be hungry, after all, he can go to the restaurant just by rubbing his cheeks.He tried not to eat greasy food so that people would not smell it.

Not only that, but for the first time ever, he even stayed with his subordinates and common people all day long. Even when he slept, he chose to go to work sheds and barracks.

Zhang Zhe only ate one meal in the barracks.

Seven days later, the story of the prefect leading by example spread throughout the county.Even people with the darkest psychology can't find anything to speculate about.Just because the prefect is in the sight of many people every second, there is no chance to eat secretly.

Such an official has never been encountered before.

Now when people see Zhang Zhe walking on the street, they don't feel that their eyes will become warm. When they hear his question, they will unconsciously moisten their eye sockets.

Even the captured Hu slaves who used to curse secretly when they saw Zhang Zhe, now when they saw Zhang Zhe, there was more respect in their eyes.

On April [-]th, Zhang Zhe took the lead in eating a single meal for a month, but Meng Xiaowan still had no news.On the contrary, Xu Jidao, who had been in charge of the construction of the blast furnace in the workshop, rushed back and rushed to Zhang Zhe together with Chen Jiong.

At the moment, Zhang Zhe is assessing a self-recommended official, and he has just used his seal on the employment certificate.

"Emissary!" The eyes of the two were slightly red, and they solemnly bowed to Zhang Zhe, "Two meals, please!"

Zhang Zhe was also slightly taken aback by what they called him "Emissary".

If he remembered correctly, the appellation "Envoy" only existed in the ancient Han Dynasty in the history of this time and space.

And there is a very interesting relationship between the prefect and his subordinates in the Han Dynasty: ministers!When the word "jun" develops later, it is often the lord.

Zhang Zhe saw that Geng Liang and the others were timidly hiding outside the door, so he knew that most of the management had probably come.It's just that the generals are all their own servants and dare not offend.Chen Jiong and Xu Jidao were pushed out.

What's so funny about that?

Just returned to modern times, and only gave the takeaway guy a five-star praise, and turned around to face such a sensational situation. No matter how thick-skinned Ren Zhang Xinzhi is, he feels slightly hot-skinned at this moment.

"Orders come out and the law is followed! There is no changing the order from day to day, and it varies from person to person!"

Zhang Zhe first pulled his face, then smiled.

Let the two people and everyone outside the door enter, and let the little official who has successfully taken up his post leave.

After the little official left, he turned around and spread the prefect's words throughout the county.

The prefect is so exemplary, and everyone is more in awe and recognition of the laws and regulations promulgated by the prefect.

Before everyone could speak, Zhang Zhe took the lead in grabbing the conversation.

"Ziyan (Chen Jiong), the support for the old and weak children in the collar is better than our supply. Also, don't rush to repair the walls of the county city for the time being, otherwise Merdike Khan may not be able to sleep. Of course. It’s not that we don’t want to repair it, I mean push it back, if we want to repair it, we will double the size of the entire county to repair it.”

Chen Jiong and Xu Jidao looked at each other helplessly, knowing that the eunuch was trying to change the topic on purpose, they might not be able to persuade them anymore.Chen Jiong had no choice but to start reporting political affairs.

Finally, after Chen Jiong finished talking about political affairs with Zhang Zhe, he suddenly remembered another thing.

"This subordinate just thought of something again, and I want to ask the envoy for advice."

"Zi Yan, it's okay to ask."

"Since this spring, after the Yunhe River resumed its flow, a strange kind of alfalfa has appeared around the county. The flowers and leaves are blue and red. Jiong has never seen it before, and even the horse herdsman Ma Kua has never seen it before, but horses and livestock are flocking to it. , the horse herders obstructing them all day, will only be too busy to die."

"This kind of blue alfalfa grows too fast, and now the grassland outside the county has been covered by nearly [-]%, and all kinds of weeds have died, and they have spread to the farmland a few days ago. Fortunately, the corn plants are fine, but the main thing is He said that he had seen the envoy feed the horse with this thing, so he came here to ask for advice."

Ma Kua is the official name of the old Ma Kuazi today.

Blue clover?
When Zhang Zhe slapped his head, he really remembered something.

Zhang Zhe and his party obtained [-] war horses for the first time since they ambushed Tamer in the highlands.But these war horses are somewhat resistant to changing their owners temporarily, especially the big black horse that Zhang Zhe rides belongs to Tamer.

Before entering the sand sea, Zhang Zhe tried his best to do this.Fortunately, those horses finally succumbed to the delicious alfalfa that Zhang Zhe got from the agricultural station.

But what happened to this blue clover?

Zhang Zhe thought to himself: Could it be that when the Yunhe flowed again, the soldiers often walked their horses in the wild, and they would bring some alfalfa with them.These entropy-tainted alfalfa pollen were crossed with local alfalfa to produce mutations?Transformed into an extremely fast-growing invasive grass species, blue clover!

"The alfalfa I feed the horses is alfalfa. This kind of blue alfalfa is probably a descendant of alfalfa. You can ask the old horse to try it with a few horses. If there is nothing wrong, then it is a good thing."

Chen Jiong accepted the order, and Xu Jidao began to report the results of his work these days.

"In order to let the envoy know that the refractory bricks have been made according to the design given by the envoy by taking the good soil from the Nanshan Mountain, but the bricks are much weaker than the envoy's records. This brick built a blast furnace, although it is only half the height of the picture, but the firepower is really staggering."

"Oh?" Zhang Zhe was immediately pleasantly surprised. He had a cultural person from a porcelain-making family, but he was different. He was an expert in everything from soil selection to brick making to furnace construction.

"Have you ever smelted iron?"

"According to the secret method provided by the envoy, ten catties of iron have been produced. No, I forgot a few times, it wasn't iron produced, but ten catties of refined steel directly produced!"

Hundreds of refined steel! ?
Everyone showed a look of shock.This thing may not come out a few times in the life of the craftsman, but this time it came out ten catties!The so-called "Hundred Smelting" means that the blacksmith repeatedly beats molten iron to melt it and then beats it again to remove impurities in the iron. When the iron has certain unique patterns, the "Hundred Smelting Steel" is formed.

The craftsmanship that Zhang Zhe handed over to Xu Jidao is actually a combination of ancient Utz steel craftsmanship and modern indigenous methods. The fine steel produced should be much higher in hardness and flexibility than the ancient Bailian steelmaking.

Sure enough, Xu Jidao immediately added something.

"Some craftsmen said that our refined steel is tougher and lighter than ordinary refined steel. These craftsmen have skills and rumors passed down from their ancestors, and have never heard of this kind of fine steel. Why don't you ask the king to give you a name?"

"Since it's from Yunshang County, why not call it Yungang."

Geng Liang couldn't help but tugged on Xu Jidao's sleeve.

"Mr. Xu, may I ask how this steel was produced? How many weapons were produced?"

"According to the envoy's regulations, ten blast furnaces and twenty waterwheels will be built in a certain place. Using the envoy's secret method and craft regulations, plus hydraulic forging, there will be as many as you want in the future. Unfortunately, there are only two in my place now. 300 people, at most can serve two blast furnaces and a production line. There are only a hundred captives who can mine coal, and even fewer people who carry iron ore. Therefore, there are really not many cloud steel utensils. Nowadays, daily One hundred catties of steel is already the limit."

After hearing this, Xie Lun and the others looked at Zhang Zhe eagerly, and almost wanted to suggest that a team of one thousand people be sent to help.

"The workshop is an important place, even everyone can't enter it at will! The problem of manpower will be discussed later." Zhang Zhe knew that Xu Jidao had no shortage of craftsmen, but what was lacking was manpower for mining and coal mining, as well as for A craftsman's second hand.

But the biggest problem now is not the shortage of manpower, but the running out of food reserves.

As the stock of grain decreased day by day, and the warehouse was almost at the bottom, Zhang Zhe even began to cast his eyes on the friendly contract signed with the Taha Department.

Fortunately, Taha's "savior" finally appeared in time.

Meng Xiaowan and her party actually left Qinguan as early as April 2000th and came to the ancient road. The convoy of [-] people stretched for more than ten miles, attracting the attention of countless people and the coveting of some people.

The commercial roads outside the Qin Pass usually go through the ancient road after leaving the pass, go straight to the edge of the sand sea, then turn to the north, pass through the four parts of the wasteland, and enter the interior of the grassland.

Since Tamer "disappeared", Xingkong Khan strangely did not track down, but directly closed the barn and withdrew the remaining Beibei cavalry.

As soon as the Beibei people left, the four parts of the wilderness became rampant again on the ancient road.

Although they did not dare to openly violate Xingkong Khan's order and kill, but collecting high tolls and protection fees from merchants has become their main business.Of course, sometimes, occasionally, a few lucrative caravans would disappear on the ancient road.

According to the rules on the prairie, merchants are all guests, but only those who have entered their territory.And the ancient road is Dazheng's territory, so everyone understands it.

Meng Xiaowan's huge convoy was spotted by the Fourth Department before they left the customs.

Due to the tacit understanding between Dazheng and Xingkong Khan, Qin Guan also lenients the nobles from the four tribes to enter the pass for entertainment.It is only stipulated that there should be no more than two followers, and no knives, swords, bows and crossbows are allowed.

Madu, the little prince of Agmir's department, often went to Qinguan to get drunk, and Meng Xiaowan's motorcade naturally surprised him.And when Meng Xiaowan got out of the car with the child in her arms, the curtain was inadvertently blown by the east wind, revealing her peerless beauty for a moment, which made Ma Du completely dumbfounded for a long time.

He immediately flew back to the tribe, persuaded his father Khan, and joined hands with the other three tribes to eat this huge convoy.He only wants the mistress of the caravan!

Meng Xiaowan's convoy had more than [-] guards, all of whom were veterans hired with high salaries along the way.

Ma Du is also a person who has been on the battlefield several times, so he can tell at a glance that these guards are not easy to mess with.If only 700 of Agmir's own troops went into battle, they might not be able to take advantage of these pawns.

Gather four groups of [-] cavalry, and they will surely be able to eat this big fish.Ma Du believes that with the abundance of oil and water in this team, it is enough to make the kings of the four divisions forget everything.

To attack the officials and family members of Dazheng, all living creatures must be killed, and there are no two thousand cavalry who cannot do this.

The withdrawal of the Northern Cavalry was not in Zhang Zhe's plan.

So the convoy speeded up immediately after they left the customs.

On April [-]th, just as the convoy was about to arrive at Shahai.

A total of [-] cavalry from the four divisions of Agmir, Suzhe, Takatalin, and Baruch finally appeared around the convoy, and slowly approached from the north and east.

That is to say, in this position, the fourth department can be completely sure that no one in a team will be let go.

At this moment, to the west of the convoy is a vast desert, and to the south is an insurmountable mountain with broken walls.Even if some fish slipped through the net and got out of the siege, no one could escape the pursuit of the prairie cavalry on the long ancient road of more than a hundred miles.

The convoy started to panic, and the little prince Ma stared eagerly at the most gorgeous mule cart in the middle of the convoy, but the servants around him suddenly cried out in surprise.

"Look, inside the desert!"

The cavalry of the four divisions stopped advancing one after another. Everyone saw that a cavalry of about [-] people from the desert came to guard the convoy in a fan shape.

That is Da Zheng's military flag!
Ma Du's complexion changed a few times, but Meng Xiaowan's face still occupied everything in his heart.

"Father Khan, let me lead the warriors to attack! Zheng's cavalry is no match for our grassland warriors!"

King Agmir Khan rejected his son's request with a solemn expression.

Officials who attacked Dazheng, even if they got wind of it, would be punished by Xingkong Khan at most, and it would be enough to hand over a few scapegoats.But Xingkong Khan would definitely wipe out Sibu from the grassland in a fit of rage if he took the initiative to attack Dazheng's army.

The Zheng people's cavalry advanced very resolutely. They may be slightly inferior to the grassland cavalry in cavalry battles, but they have reasons to fight.

The food on the convoy is the guarantee for the survival of their relatives!

The owner of the convoy is their beloved prefect's wife!
When the cavalry from the four divisions left one after another, Zhang Sanqi's palms were already covered with sweat.He and Ganxiu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and immediately patted their horses and ran towards the most gorgeous mule cart.

But on the way, Meng Xiaowan got off an ordinary mule cart with the child in her arms.

It turned out that she had already changed the car!

Meng Xiaowan and Mi Jieer finally arrived in Yunshang County on the first day of late April.

On that day, all the county residents were fascinated by Meng Xiaowan's demeanor, because Zhang Zhe hugged Meng Xiaowan, who was holding his daughter, in front of the saddle, and they rode together to pass through the cheers of the people and enter the prefect's mansion.

"Miss, if you don't come, your man will go out to rob again! There is only enough food in the warehouse for the last three days. You are the great savior of the Taha tribe!"

Meng Xiaowan smiled without saying a word, but said in a low voice.

"After you've been busy for a while, you can take your concubine to ride a horse on the grassland like today, okay?"

Zhang Zhe nodded heavily.

"And m. m.!"

The unwilling little man stretched out his hand to his father in Meng Xiaowan's arms, the little guy who is more than one year old already knows how to make trouble.

But even if Sister Mi didn't want to, she was still taken away by Chen's mother that night.

Zhang Zhe had asked someone to build a huge bathtub half a month earlier, and I don't know if he wanted to swim indoors or something else.

Who cares, anyway, after the Yun River resumed its flow, there was no shortage of water in Yunshang County, but that night was a little bit of firewood, and a little bit of egret and white warbler.

In the warm water, Zhang Zhe hugged his beautiful and beautiful wife, but the two were talking about topics that had nothing to do with their private houses.

"Your Majesty is seriously ill?"

"Of course, this is the news from my senior sister when I crossed the Shang Bridge. I came all the way, and when I crossed the big river, I asked someone to prepare enough white cloth for the convoy. No. However, it’s too soon to think about it. The senior sister said that the Tai Hospital has already been dismissed, and it won’t be until May.”

Zhang Zhe suddenly lowered his head and stared into Meng Xiaowan's eyes.

"Then it looks like we have to work harder these days!"

Meng Xiaowan looked at her husband inexplicably, a little puzzled.

"You idiot, you can't make children during the national mourning period!"

The next moment, water splashed everywhere.

(End of this chapter)