Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 336 Weapon Factory

In the past two years, Xiao Yiyan watched the emperor's brother constantly looking for the emperor's wife, and also saw the suffering of the emperor's brother, he felt very distressed.He also hopes to get him back as soon as possible.

"Brother Huang, it's been two years and there has been no news of the wife of the emperor. If you can't find the wife of the emperor, are you going to wait like this?"

Xiao Yilin's eyes sparkled, and he shared the good news with his younger brother, "The people I sent out to look for your sister-in-law already have news. Your sister-in-law is likely to be in Yi Country."

Xiao Yiyan was also very pleasantly surprised when he heard the words, "Really? That's great. Find the emperor's wife as soon as possible so you can reunite as a husband and wife. Brother, you have nothing under your knees. When you find the emperor's wife, you have to have a baby as soon as possible. After all, it is related to the royal family. The inheritance and the stability of the court."

Xiao Yilin looked at his younger brother when he heard the words, "Don't just talk about me, you haven't married yet, let alone a child."

Xiao Yiyan blushed when she heard this, "I'm still young, don't worry. I also want to find someone I like."

Now that the emperor brother is the emperor, no one is forcing him to start a family, of course he is not in a hurry.He wants to find someone he likes, otherwise he would rather not get married.

Xiao Yilin asked Gu Yu every day since he had news of his daughter-in-law.

Jing Yi didn't know that Xiao Yilin, who was far away in the country of Jin, had been looking for her. She was very busy now and had no time to think about Xiao Yilin.Only in the dead of night when you see your son will you think of Xiao Yilin.

One more thing that Jingyi did during the month he went out was looking for coal mines.

When Jing Yi decided to build a weapon factory, he thought about the issue of fuel.Whether it is steelmaking or ironmaking, fuel is needed, and burning coal is much better than burning charcoal.The combustion temperature of coal is much higher than that of charcoal, and it is easier to burn coal to produce good rigidity.

The ancient iron-making technology is not bad, but the steel-making technology is much worse.The steel knife that Jing Yi wants to forge is much higher in strength and hardness than the knives of this era.

In the future, the weapons used by her soldiers should be the best.

Jing Yi searched for coal mines with a purpose, and often went into barren hills to investigate on the way.Her abilities helped a lot, and Jing Yi actually discovered a coal mine on a mountain not far from Meizhou City.

People in ancient times didn't realize the role of coal, let alone use it.Even in the mountains, when people see coal, they will only think it is black stone.

The coal mine that Jing Yi discovered is very close to the surface, and coal can be dug without digging too deep.

The arsenal she wanted to build was not large, and the coal used was limited, so she noted down the location.Find someone to dig coal when you go back.

Jing Yi asked Lu Tingjie to find a blacksmith, and within a few days Lu Tingjie found more than a dozen skilled blacksmiths.

But building weapons is a very confidential matter after all, Lu Tingjie still thinks that these people must sign a contract of sale, otherwise he is not at ease.In the end, seven of the dozen or so people were willing to sign the deed of sale.

After the blacksmith found Jing Yi, he took his men to dig coal.No one knew what the eldest lady of the family was doing for digging these black stones on the mountain, and Jing Yi didn't explain, she just dug a few trucks of coal and transported them back.

Everything was ready, Jing Yi and Lu Tingjie took people to the armory in the mountains together, and then Jing Yi personally taught the blacksmith to forge steel knives and other weapons.

Lu Tingjie also knew that Jing Yi brought back several carts of black stones, and now Lu Tingjie was surprised to find that these black stones could actually burn.

He asked in surprise: "Yiyi, how can this stone burn?"

Jing Yi said: "This is not an ordinary stone, it is called coal. Not only can it burn, but it is also more resistant to burning than charcoal, and the burning temperature is not as high as charcoal, so it is more suitable for steelmaking."

Under Jing Yi's guidance, the master blacksmiths forged more sophisticated steel knives.

Jing Yi tried it, and their newly forged steel knives could cut off the knives of the Yi Kingdom army that she had received before.

Lu Tingjie was shocked holding the knife that had been cut in two, "Yiyi, this newly forged knife is so hard. If you hold such a knife on the battlefield, you will have a great advantage invisibly."

Jing Yi said: "On the battlefield, weapons are equal to the lives of soldiers. I want to use the best weapons for my soldiers."

Lu Tingjie took this newly forged steel knife and couldn't put it down, "It's simply too powerful. Our craftsmanship must be kept secret, and it must not be leaked."

Jing Yi said: "This set of crafts is not something ordinary people can learn. The coal and the rare metals added are not available to ordinary people. So don't worry about it for now. First return these weapons to the furnace and rebuild them, and then slowly Replace all the weapons in our barracks."

With Changning County included under Jingyi's banner, Yuanling County and Changning County didn't levy additional taxes, Xue Wanhe and others in Fucheng couldn't sit still.

After Xue Wan and the corrupt officials of the Yi faction were emptied out by Jing Yi, they were all poor and crazy, thinking about finding money everywhere.Yuanling County and Changning County undoubtedly became their main targets.

Yuanling County has rapidly become rich this year, and both agriculture and commerce have developed very well.The common people also have surplus money in their hands.This is undoubtedly the best choice for taxation.

But Xue Wanhe gave several orders and no one paid attention to him, Xue Wanhe was very angry.

One of Xue Wanhe's officials suggested to Xue Wanhe, "My lord, the county magistrates of Yuanling County and Changning County dared to defy your order openly, they must be punished, otherwise you have nothing in the eyes of the officials below Prestige can be said. I think it is necessary to send someone to reprimand them and let them know that you are in control of their evaluation and promotion. If you are not obedient, you will never want to go up for the rest of your life."

Xue Wanhe frowned and said, "We really need to send people to visit Yuanling and Changning counties. One is to find out the real situation there, and the other is to teach those who don't obey the rules. The most important thing The most important thing is to let these two counties raise their taxes as soon as possible.”

His previous home was evacuated and suffered heavy losses, so he had to fill it up as soon as possible.

Everyone discussed and sent a fifth-rank official to Yuanling County and Changning County.

People from Xue Wanhe knew about it as soon as they left Fucheng Jingyi.

Cang Yue reported: "Miss, Xue Wanhe has sent someone to Yuanling County, and it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow."

Jing Yi was already mentally prepared, so she wasn't surprised, "Send people to rob people on the way and lock them up. Let's pretend that Xue Wanhe sent people here. In addition, you let people guard Meizhou The road leading to the outside world, no matter which official sent the letter, it must be blocked, and then it will be sent to me.

And let the people in Fucheng keep an eye on Xue Wan and them, maybe we will directly occupy the entire Meizhou Mansion in a short time.At that time, Xue Wanhe and other officials will not be able to let go.We have to deal with the imperial court in their name. When the situation stabilizes, we will recruit troops throughout the Meizhou Prefecture. It will be no problem to recruit tens of thousands more. Then we will have nothing to fear. "

(End of this chapter)