System: I let you have children, not fight for hegemony

Chapter 80
"Take fifty pounds of red vine and soak it in water for half a month in a stone trough. Take it out and dry it for three days. Then put it back into the trough and add water. Soak it in the sun and dry it. Weave it through according to the pattern, making a total of twenty pairs. The outside is made of tung oil, and the armor is light and strong. It can separate arrows and blades. It is beneficial to water and fire. It can also be used as a hat and a helmet when facing the enemy. If it is dark, it will prepare for rain."

Mao Ying muttered and recited many fish instructions.

The production of red vine armor is not difficult, but the requirements for wild vines are relatively high, and tung oil is required.

In Bashu, tung trees are not rare, but they are wild after all, and there are no forests. Collecting tung tree seeds requires labor.

Although tung oil has been documented in literature for a long time, it has not been widely popularized.

In later generations, tung oil was a precious strategic material. Raw tung oil could be used for external medicine, and cooked tung oil could be used for maintenance of weapons and machinery.

Nowadays, tung oil is mostly used on furniture to prevent insects and make the surface look brighter.It is more common in aristocratic families and less common among people.

Therefore, if you want to produce rattan beetles on a large scale, you need to build a tung oil laboratory.As the consumption of tung oil increases, tung trees have to be planted artificially.

Tung trees are planted in three years and five years, so planting trees has to be put on the agenda now.

Mao Ying and Hu Feizi were busy, going out at sunrise and returning at sunset, working very hard.

The development of various tasks requires manpower and financial resources. Although corvee labor can be levied, the population is only so small, and Li Bing still needs a lot of manpower to control the water.

Many fish were so worried that their cheeks were swollen, and Qin Min wanted to leave them to Li Bing.This is what he wants to do, and nothing can stand in his way.

Without the Qin people, there are only Bashu people hiding in the mountains.

Almost all people from Jianxi are involved in the salt wells, and seven out of ten salt workers are from Jianxi.

The Muji tribe was recruited by Mao Ying to search for the location of the tung trees all over the mountains and fields, and at the same time, they collected vines to weave vines and make vine armor.

Jiulong Mountain...should we take the initiative to attack it?
But Heidu and Wang Jian's soldiers have to guard the salt field and tung oil station, and there are not enough manpower.

Many fish can resist the impatience in their hearts. Now is the time to compete for patience. Samoko will not tolerate divisions in Jiulong Mountain, let alone the growing strength of the western part of Jianxi across the mountain.

Now, it depends on who takes the lead first, and whoever takes the lead first will be at a disadvantage.

"Nvjun, the Muji tribe's supplies have been cut off!" The Qin soldiers stationed at the Muji tribe came to report in a panic.

It happened that many fish were discussing with Hu Feizi how to lure the snake out of the hole, and the snake stuck its head out on its own.

Duoyu and Hu Feizi looked at each other and asked in a deep voice: "Don't panic, tell the story in detail."

Qin Bing gasped, his heart pounding in his chest: "The Lao Wa tribe refused to trade with the Mu Ji tribe. The Mu Ji tribe is extremely short of supplies!"

Laodou means the place where big birds live. There are many towering trees in the place where many birds live.

The Laogou tribe and the Muji tribe are located on two adjacent hills, but the other side of the Muji tribe is a cliff, and the Muji tribe does not like to deal with the Qin people.

Therefore, the Muji tribe and the Laogou tribe often barter.

It was winter, and the food reserves of the Muji tribe were exhausted. According to the usual practice in previous years, the Muji tribe sent people to trade with the Laodig tribe, but they were rarely rejected.

"Samoke!"

Many fish and Hu Feizi said in unison.

Shamoko's temptation was not as straightforward as the Bashu people, but instead had the tact and cunningness of the Central Plains people.

The matter of cutting off supplies may seem trivial, but in fact it is very sinister.

"If we support the Muji tribe, once other tribes in Jiulong Mountain come to seek refuge, our food reserves will be in danger." Hu Feizi could certainly see that this move was not easy to deal with.

Many fish agreed: "If we don't support him, Bibuxi will want to have both sides. When things don't work out, he will inevitably turn to Samoko. Our early efforts to win over will be in vain."

As for the attack on the Laodou Department, the Laodou Department has the right time, place and people. Once the war starts, it will only accelerate the integration of the various departments in Jiulong Mountain, and many Yu and others will be completely dragged into the quagmire of war, greatly interrupting the development process.

Black Dolphin: "Why don't we provide temporary support for a day or two and then think of a way to deal with it?"

Hu Feizi strongly objected: "No. The Ba people are poor, it is difficult to survive, and they attach great importance to materials. Today we support a load of chestnuts, and we have to give a load to the west of Jian. Moreover, when rice is exchanged for favor, rice is exchanged for hatred."

There was silence in the study room for a while.

This is really a dilemma, a dilemma.Many fish sketched in their minds the map of the locations of Mujibu and Laodoubu in the west of Jian River, and suddenly an idea flashed...

Samoko, hidden deep in Jiulong Mountain, is quietly waiting for the response of many fish.

Since Li Bing became the governor of Bashu County, the heads of various tribes in Samoko and Jiulong Mountain have focused on Li Bing, and only regarded many fish as ordinary female relatives.

Unexpectedly, this little girl not only took charge of the salt-making business in Bashu, but also took over the government affairs of Bashu from Governor Li.

"Bi Mo, it is said that the girl is a disciple of Wu Anjun Bai Qi. If she really breaks in..." Samoko's men were very panicked.

Bai Qi's reputation was well known, and the story of hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers being killed in the Battle of Changping had spread throughout the world.

And that girl had participated in the Battle of Changping with Bai Qi.

In the name of the high priest, Shamoko took charge of the three major tribes of Jiulong Mountain, and the owners of each tribe remained unchanged.Therefore, people from the three major tribes call him Bimo.

Bimo means high priest and is an honorific title.

Shamoke stood on the top of the mountain, looking towards the direction of Fucheng, with deep eyes: "No, many fish are different from Bai Qi. She could have defeated Jianxi and Mujibu with force like the previous Qin people. But she But I want to seduce him with benefits.”

"Bi Mo, you mean she doesn't like killing?"

Shamoko's voice was so small that it disappeared in the wind: "Who knows? Maybe he has a big intention."

At dawn, a group of Qin people carried iron hoes and walked around the mountain in the wind and snow.

"Juzi ordered that a market be built within three days. The merchants are already preparing goods, we can't delay!"

The leader of the craftsmen is so tall that one step can take three steps of others.

"During this period, Zhuoran and Zheng An were so busy that they hit the back of their heads. Now it's finally our turn."

"Perform well so that Juzi knows that we are more capable and useful than Zheng An."

The place chosen by many fish to build the market is located between the west of Jian and Mujibu.

This place was originally a gentle slope, and with a little leveling, it can be used as a market.

When the craftsmen were leveling the land, many fish not only posted the decree to encourage merchants to go to the market, but also asked Meng Huo to use his merchant connections to spread the word.

"What? Going to do business in the mountains? I won't go, it's too dangerous."

"The queen promises to be tax-free for one year."

The Qin State emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and imposed heavy taxes on merchants.

Tax exemption sounds really tempting.

"Of course, life is precious. I don't want other wild men to spend my money to sleep with my wife and beat my baby."

"General Wang will send soldiers to escort along the way, and troops will also be stationed inside the market."

"But……"

"The female queen will sell salt at a low price in the market, and the price is [-]% lower than elsewhere."

hiss……

There was a sound of breathing.

　Soak fifty kilograms of red vine in water for half a month in a stone trough, take it out and dry it in the sun for three days, then put it back into the trough and add water.Soak it for one year, dry it in the sun, and braid it according to the pattern, making a total of twenty pairs.Its exterior is covered with tung oil, and its armor is light and strong, able to deflect arrows and blades.Good for water and fire.Use this vine to make a hat, a helmet when facing the enemy, and prepare for rain if it is cloudy.

　　From Mao Yuanyi's "Military Bei Zhi·Equipment Four"

　　Lao Di, Yi language.

　　Muji, Qiang language.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)