Let you rebel, you build the Immortal Kingdom of Longevity?

Chapter 48 Relief with Work, Military Industrial Base

The population in the city is only a small number, and the countryside outside the city is where the population gathers.

Regarding the order to count the population inside and outside the city, Xia Hao had issued it a month ago.Just doing approximate statistics, not censuses.

Guo Yin also made preparations, and answered quickly: "My lord, there are twelve townships and one hundred and sixty villages outside the city. Due to the impact of the drought, most of the villages have been emptied, or died, or fled.

However, according to my investigation, there are still more than ten thousand people outside the city, scattered among the countryside and mountains.A few days ago, there was a group of refugees who begged before entering the city. I gave them a day's rations and asked them to leave on their own. "

Xia Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he kept thinking.

In fact, Jincheng County has a large population, but they are all scattered outside. If you want to gather, you can.

But food must be provided to relieve the victims.

Otherwise, we cannot watch them starve to death.

Speaking of which, the rebels led by Xia Wuwei could be considered victims of the disaster. When the government refused to release food and violently drove them away, they immediately rose up and captured the county seat.

"Perhaps we can consider the "relief for work" approach to train a group of industrial workers in advance to lay the foundation for the construction of a military industrial base." Xia Hao thought to himself.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt more and more that this method was feasible.

Those refugees, who live outside for a long time, will not be able to survive for a long time. If they continue, the population will be greatly reduced.

When the drought is over and the rains come, there will be no one to cultivate a large amount of arable land. If the food supply is cut off, development and expansion will be very difficult.

Jincheng County was originally the land of grain production among the nine counties of Liangzhou.

"Guo Yin, send troops and horses, spread the news, and say that Ling Jucheng will open a granary in the near future to relieve the victims, and attract the victims outside the city to gather..." Xia Hao ordered.

"As ordered, this subordinate will make arrangements." Guo Yin replied.

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In the following days, Xia Hao sat in Lingju, coordinating all directions and issuing orders one after another.

Soon, bricklayers, blacksmiths, and carpenters from the seven counties of Jincheng County gathered in Lingju City, and began to build brick kilns, build blast furnaces, dig coal mines, and smelt steel.

As for civilian labor in mining and transportation, under the "relief for work" policy, thousands of people responded.

Under Xia Hao's personal guidance, soon, the first blast furnace for making iron was erected.

When the old blacksmith controlled the blower and used the high temperature of coal to melt the iron ore transported from Haomen County, after a series of procedures, the red molten iron flowed...

"My lord, the molten iron produced in this kind of blast furnace has very few impurities. With a little tempering, it can be used as a material for casting weapons and armor." Li Xing, the logistics manager, said excitedly, holding a piece of iron nail.

With steel, it is natural to create a steady stream of weapons and equipment.

Moreover, in this era of backward technology, ironware is an important hard currency, as important as food, and can be sold no matter where it is.

Xia Hao looked at the blast furnaces and the workshops under construction, feeling extremely satisfied.

Here, in the future, it will serve as his military industrial base, continuously producing weapons to arm the army and attack larger territories.

"General Manager Li, first prepare to make the crossbow, cut down the mountains to collect wood, and temper the tendons and ropes..." Xia Hao ordered.

At present, the Xia army must be in a "defensive" situation. After the results of the battle are digested, the army is integrated, and more high-quality warriors are trained, they can go out and occupy the nine counties of Liangzhou.

When defending a city, the importance of crossbows needs no introduction.From a high position, thousands of arrows were fired, even though thousands of troops could not enter.

It is not easy to make bows and arrows. Xia Hao's main purpose is to make crossbows, which have a longer range and are easier to operate.

With crossbows seized from the Jin army and even Pocheng crossbows, Xia Hao searched for craftsmen in seven counties and used assembly line operations to make them, which was undoubtedly much faster.

When the first crossbow that resembled a divine arm crossbow was successfully produced, Xia Hao immediately conducted field testing.

This kind of bow and crossbow has an extremely long range, and the effective killing distance can reach hundreds of feet. If it is shot, even if you are wearing armor, you will inevitably be seriously injured.

Xia Hao personally tested it. When the chestnut of the crossbow was pulled, the arrow was like an arrow leaving the string, accurately hitting the target thirty feet away.

Xia Hao shot a few more arrows, and they all hit the target accurately, with good accuracy.

"Director Li, does this crossbow have a name?"

Li Xing understood, immediately raised his hand and said with a smile: "I was about to ask my lord to give me a name for this crossbow!"

Xia Hao pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "This crossbow has a long and accurate range, is easy to operate, and is easy to deploy on a large scale, so let's call it the "Xia Crossbow Type I". This is only the first single-arrow crossbow.

I hope that in the future we can develop bows and crossbows with longer range, stronger power and faster rate of fire, and strive for excellence and excellence. "

Li Xing murmured the title of "Xia Nuyi Style" in his heart, his eyes lit up, and he already understood the lord's ambition.

Jin has the Jin sword, Wei has the Wei bow, and Chu has the Chu armor.

If the lord establishes a kingdom, he will naturally have a crossbow with a national brand.

It's called "Xia Nuyi Style", it's perfect, it's simple, but it also represents endless potential.

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Next, Xia Hao took Li Xing, Guo Yin and others to inspect the production of other weapons.

At this time, the production speed of various weapons was still very slow.

Mainly, there are not many mature blacksmiths.

There are no hydraulic presses, forging machines, etc. Even if assembly line operations are adopted, skilled blacksmiths are required.

"Director Li, this military industrial base is related to the development plan and life and death of our army. You must not be careless and take good care of it. For those blacksmiths and apprentices, you need two meals a day, and you can't go hungry." Xia Hao looked at it. Li Xing, he has decided that Li Xing will be in charge of stationing Lingju County, and he will be in charge of Xia Jun's arsenal.

"Follow my lord's orders!" Li Xing replied solemnly.

Having personally directed the construction of this first arsenal, he naturally knew how much potential and importance it contained.

If it continues to develop, the future is limitless and there is no room for failure.

The construction of the military industrial base is in full swing, and it is starting to get on the right track. It will take at least half a year to fully form the scale and produce at full capacity.

Xia Hao began to think about how to speed up the training of talents.

Most of the talents recruited by the "Xiang Xian Order" were in the field of literature and governance, or had special skills.

As for martial arts experts, they are extremely rare. After nearly a month, there are only eight eighth-rank warriors. As for ninth-rank warriors, they are no longer considered talents.

There are nearly 200 ninth-grade "health-nurturing realm" warriors in Xia's army today.

With the cultivation medicine refined by Xia Hao, as long as he works hard, practices hard, and has some martial arts talent, he can complete the "Martial Dao Foundation Building" and condense his inner breath.

"The medicinal materials for refining the great medicine are still available for the time being, but we need to take precautions and reserve as much as possible. I have sent Qian Duoduo to the walking merchant to purchase in Yunzhou. I don't know if it goes well."

Xia Hao looked towards the south, where there was already a horse team carrying some goods, heading towards Yunzhou.

Yunzhou is adjacent to Liangzhou, and there is a large river "Yunhe" flowing in the middle. It has a developed economy, rich products, and is not suffering from drought. It is an important taxation area for the Jin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)