At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 46
Xu Mu hurried into the research institute, and asked some of the old craftsmen who developed the steel filling method, and then looked at a knife handed to them.

It is the first knife produced after the improved iron filling method came out.

It is the Taiping knife that is famous all over the world by the Taiping Army of later generations. It was also placed with good expectations by the Taiping Uprising Army at the beginning, hoping that this knife could bring peace.

Because Wanmin City lacked iron, it happened that the handle of Taiping knife was made of wood, half a meter long, which greatly reduced the demand for steel.

Before finding the iron ore, Xu Mu plans to promote this knife in the whole army.

This knife has a total length of 1.5 meters, which is between a single knife and a long knife. Compared with the famous Mo knife in the Tang Dynasty, it is more reasonable to fight and easy to use.

"My lord, according to my lord's request, this knife has already been sharpened." Several old craftsmen brought more than [-] iron plates to Xu Mu.

Then I personally demonstrated the performance of this knife.

Under full swing, more than 30 pieces of iron, like mud, were directly cut into two halves!
Xu Mu's eyes were shining brightly. With this knife, he was more confident in fooling Kong Xingyue.

"However, at present, the Lord's Mansion is short of steel and cannot mass-produce peace knives."

An old craftsman pointed at the steel in the research institute and frowned.

It took a month for Wanmin City, and they studied in the research institute for a year before they came up with the correct method of pouring steel.

The reason for this slowness is partly because there are too few blacksmiths in the research institute and there are insufficient manpower.

On the other hand, there is not enough steel, and they dare not squander it recklessly.

"You don't need to make peace knives, but first make [-] heavy-duty shovels. This doesn't cost much steel. Let's use all the steel left in the research institute."

Xu Mu pondered for a while, but decided to use good steel for the blade.

Li Mi is sharpening his knife in Luoyang, intending to store in Luokou, where there is a huge amount of grain, Xu Mu must intercept it!

And the method of pouring steel is the core of this cutting-off plan.

The Luokou Warehouse is located in the north of Luoyang City. After a while, Xu Mu plans to enter Luoyang City to investigate where to dig a long tunnel leading directly to the Luokou Warehouse.

Then secretly emptied the warehouses of Chen, and secretly emptied the food... Cough, with the current manpower of Wanmin City, it is impossible to empty the Luokou warehouses.

So he planned to move as much as he could, and all the rest were burned down!
Don't leave anything to Li Mi!
The competition among peers is so cruel, for this reason, Xu Mu has formed a military engineering team.

The officers and soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who were captured from Yangcheng have been accepted for inclusion after Kong Xingyue's hard work these days.

……

school field.

Xu Mu called Kong Xingyue.

He pointed at the peace knife stuck in the ground, with a smile on his lips, like a bad uncle who seduced a three-year-old.

"How? Want it?"

Kong Xingyue's eyes were straightened, he nodded heavily, and at the same time couldn't help making the sound of swallowing saliva.

Just now, Xu Mu personally demonstrated to him what it means to cut iron like mud.

Ordinary iron pieces, in front of this knife, are like paper.

Instant break!
He has been in the army for many years, and he has never seen such a sharp weapon.

A few days ago, on Zhang Xutuo's birthday, he received the God Arm Bow presented by Xu Mu. Kong Xingyue was very envious and pestered Xu Mu for a long time.

Several times through various methods to hint that his birthday is coming soon...

Originally he thought that the lord didn't take it to heart at all, but seeing this knife today, Kong Xingyue couldn't help sobbing and said: "I thought the lord would not take it to heart on the birthday of the late general, but I didn't expect the lord...the lord remembers it so clearly."

Xu Mu: "..." He was dumbfounded, but he still had the on-the-spot reaction ability that a time traveler should have.

"You... said today is your birthday?" Xu Mu tentatively asked.

Kong Xingyue choked with sobs and nodded, wiping away the moved tears from the corners of his eyes: "Yes, the lord gave me such a magical weapon, Xingyue can only repay it by dying..."

Xu Mu was stunned, and quickly said: "It turns out that today is your birthday, so that's right, this knife is tailor-made for you, but before giving it to you, there is another crucial task here you are."

"This matter, the entire Wanmin City, except you, no one can do it!"

Xu Mu's tone suddenly became serious.

Kong Xingyue realized the change in the atmosphere, quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, patted Tiefutu on his chest and said, "Your Majesty, just do what you say!"

Xu Mu glanced at the peace knife stuck in the ground, and smiled, what a good subordinate, he can do whatever he is asked to do.

"The more than one hundred captives in the past few days, my lord wants to build them into a military engineering team, specializing in important matters such as battlefield fortifications, trench digging, and fort construction. I just need a military industrial chief to lead them..."

Listening to Xu Mu's words, Kong Xingyue felt more and more strange, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

"So, I'll leave this matter to you. My lord can't rest assured that other people will do it." Xu Mu patted Kong Xingyue's shoulder and said earnestly.

At the same time, the peace knife was also handed over to him.

"This sword is called Taiping Dao. I hope that in your hands, it can bring peace to the world, sweep away Li Ting, and shake the world!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Mu turned around and left without giving Kong Xingyue time to react or refuse.

My lord's things are not for nothing.

on the school field.

Kong Xingyue looked at Xu Mu's leaving back, a little dazed.

Holding this magical weapon in his hand, he always felt that his life... seemed to have darkened.

He obviously longed for fighting on the battlefield, but why did he suddenly become the chief of the military industry?

The lord talked about so many responsible things, but Kong Xingyue quickly grasped the key points, the lord wanted to dig a tunnel by himself!
Because now outside Yangcheng, they are going to dig a tunnel, hollow out the ground outside Yangcheng, and build a big trench.

The lord has lamented that the efficiency is too slow several times...

Kong Xingyue, holding a peace knife and wearing an iron stupa, soon received Xu Mu's official appointment document from the soldiers.

"Kong Xingyue is hereby reappointed as the chief of the military industry. Starting tomorrow, we will choose a site to build a granary in Wanmin City!"

"Bang!"

The Taiping Knife fell on the concrete floor of the school ground. For some reason, Kong Xingyue's eyes filled with tears again.

Life is just dark.

……

At this time, Xu Mu had already returned to Xiaoyanglou.

In the direction of the research institute, heavy-duty industrial shovels have already started to be manufactured. With ten times the time flow rate, about [-] shovels can be manufactured tomorrow afternoon, and then sent to the military engineering team under Kong Xingyue's command.

Then began to prepare to build a large granary in Wanmin City.

Otherwise, he stole it from the warehouse in Luokou... Ahem, I don't know how to put the crops that I picked up.

You know, the grain in the Luokou warehouse is rumored to be 2000 million shi, but obviously, this is really nonsense.

But there must be 600 million shi, after all, it is the largest granary in the world.

And 100 million shi of grain is enough for [-] soldiers to eat with their stomachs open for seven years!

If it is obtained, Wanmin City will no longer be short of food in a short time.

You can even... make a fortune in war, and exchange food for various necessities from colleagues from all walks of life.

For example, iron ore.

"With a heavy-duty shovel, the digging efficiency should be greatly improved."

So far, the major departments of Wanmin City have been well planned.

In terms of migrant workers, Lai Nuer is the head of the migrant workers, leading the construction workers to carry out construction in Wanmin City.

In terms of military industry, it is now also handed over to Kong Xingyue. Although the number of people is small, it will continue to expand as the number of people in Wanmin City increases in the future.

After returning to Xiaoyanglou, Xu Mu stood on the third floor, looking out of the glass window, and saw the light rain.

Right now, most of the winter has passed, and spring is about to begin. The rain in this season, logically speaking, is not much.

But this light rain made Xu Mu realize that something was wrong.

In his limited memory, at the beginning of Daye's 14th year, many great events happened.

Among them, at the end of the twelfth lunar month and the beginning of spring, the first incident was the heavy rain in Henan and Shandong counties, which caused floods and the number of people died. According to historical records, millions!
It was also this incident that opened the prelude to rebellions across the country.

As if it was God's will, even the heavens felt that Da Sui's vitality was exhausted, and the torrential rain for half a month turned Henan County into a vast ocean.

And this just happened to make Li Mi.

Because the people's farmland was flooded and their houses were washed away, the people completely lost their place to live and began to move around.

And Li Mi will capture the Luokou warehouse in a few months and obtain a large amount of grain.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he opened the Luokou warehouse and told the people of the whole county to let them... take baskets to store grain.

Since then, he has won the hearts of the people in Henan County.

The massive recruitment of soldiers reached its heyday, with a strength of 30 troops!

Afterwards, Li Yuan in Taiyuan, Dou Jiande in Hebei, Fu Gongying in Shandong, and Du Fuwei in Jianghuai came to express their willingness to submit to Li Mi and asked Li Mi to become emperor.

It can be said that this spring flood brought Li Mi to the pinnacle of his life and truly became the world's number one anti-king.

"Not long ago, I told Lao Yang about the rainstorm. I was busy with Yangcheng affairs during this period, and I almost forgot about it. I hope there is still time."

Xu Mu took a deep breath and walked down the third floor to the first floor with a heavy heart.

It was getting dark now, and it was approaching midnight, but Xu Mu couldn't care less, and quickly asked the soldiers to wake Fang Xuanling up.

In the hall on the first floor, under the dim oil lamp, Fang Xuanling rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at Xu Mu inexplicably.

"It's raining." Xu Mu said in a deep voice.

Fang Xuanling: "..."

He looked outside and found that it was indeed raining.

But his family didn't dry clothes outside, so my lord wouldn't get up in the middle of the night and knock on the door to ask him to collect the clothes, right?

Fang Xuanling was holding back the breath of getting up, but because of Xu Mu, he couldn't vent it.

He finished dealing with the matter of dividing the land today, so it's rare that he can come off duty early to accompany his wife and children, and most importantly...

After coming to Wanmin City for so long, this is the first time he sleeps in bed...

In the end, he hadn't slept for long before he was woken up by the lord.

Fang Xuanling looked at Xu Mu with resentment, but Xu Mu had no time to take care of his emotions, and said in a deep voice, "This rain is unusual, and it is very likely that it will develop into a torrential rain that will last for half a month and cause floods."

Speaking of this, Xu Mu paused, and continued: "Wanmin City is located in a deep mountain, with a river ditch in the mountain, and the terrain is not high. Once they gather together, the city will be surrounded by floods, so we must plan early!"

(End of this chapter)