Dragon Fighting Hoshino

Chapter 41 Digging Deep, Accumulating Grain

In the Battle of 'Red Rock' City, the troops under Commander Yang Tian beheaded more than 40 enemy troops in total, while less than 13 of the 3 troops he led remained, and the remaining 4000 of the guards Several sons and brothers vomited, had nightmares, and babbled for more than half a month.

Qiong Daotian didn't talk nonsense, and recorded a great military achievement for Yang Tian. All the generals under his subordinates were promoted by two ranks immediately, and then he mobilized elite soldiers to make up for him with 20 subordinates. General Long of the 'Tiger Wolf Army' did not hesitate to allocate 15 elite subordinates to Yang Tian, ​​and Qiong's private army was also the strongest with 5.When talking with other generals in private, Qiong Daotian commented on Yang Tian and said: "This kid, I thought he was at most a not very bad young master at most, but who knows, his performance this time is really beyond my surprise."

In the next two days, Yang Tian suddenly displayed a strength that was inconsistent with his previous performance on the battlefield, and this incident gradually reached Qiong Daotian's ears.Qiong Daotian smiled, said without saying anything, and said to Qiong's own generals: "I can understand General Yang's actions... If it were me, I would do the same. After all, if the performance is too good, He won't be able to live here." The implication is that he is very dissatisfied with some people in Shengjing, only mediocre people can survive, and good talents must be obstinately obliterated, and he, Young Master Qiong, can't stand it anymore.

After a full seven days of recuperation, when the soldiers regained their energy after the long battle, Qiong Daotian convened for the first time a military meeting of all the 20-member captains and above of the First Route Army.He solemnly said to his subordinate generals: "Although we have defeated the enemy this time, we have also lost more than 100 brothers. You should have heard from the brothers in 'Red Rock' City that the blood-red The strength of the cavalry, but they were forced away by us before they had a chance to attack. This is not because of their strength, but because of their commander's poor strategy. As for the soldiers who were killed by us by more than [-] million, although they Elite soldiers, but they are all on the battlefield for the first time, and they cannot be compared with the mighty army of the Black Cloud Empire."

The generals did not say a word. After all, more than a thousand prisoners were captured and asked for confessions. They all explained the situation they knew. Among the more than 300 million enemy troops, there were no regular troops in the Black Cloud Empire who supervised the battle and assisted in the battle. Take the shot, and all escaped with Feng. The record of Tianchao this time is very brilliant in terms of numbers, but in terms of connotation, it is a bit watery.

Qiong Daotian nodded and said: "According to the plan in advance, the second army will arrive in four months at the earliest. If there is any problem on the road, it will probably take more than half a year. During this time, We must do all the defenses well, and save enough food and grass for the second army, and no one knows when the Black Cloud Empire will launch a second attack. Now I will announce the tasks of each general."

"Commander Long of the 'Tiger Wolf Army' will lead a part of the 'Tiger Wolf Army' to carry out daily patrols to strictly guard against the opponent's harassing attacks." General Long took the promise and strode away.

"Qiong Feiyun, recruit local civilians, and focus on deepening the walls and moats of several cities." A middle-aged general with a gloomy face nodded and went out.

"Qiong Daobing, take someone to find those little nobles in the local area, and have a good talk with them. After all, we are also here to liberate them. They want to be kind, donate some more military pay to me, and the wages of civil service are also It's their responsibility." A young general with a kind face but a fierce look in his eyes laughed and went out.

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Yang Tian was in a hurry, and rushed towards Qiong Daotian's military order case with a flattering smile, and said with a smile: "Big brother, as for me, you have to do something for me? Huh? Don't see me getting hurt, you feel sorry for it, hehe ...Hey Hey"

Qiong Daotian also laughed "hehe, hehe" a few times, looked up and down at Yang Tian and said, "Why am I feeling sorry? Your brother doesn't seem to have any wounds... Well, find a good job for you, nearby Villages and villages, you take people out to inspect every day, we collect all their surplus grain, and give them a little compensation according to the market price... Well, at the same time, order them to replant more grain and grass while the season is still early, so that they can earn more Just charge more. What’s more, you capture all the local iron, wood, lacquer, and gold craftsmen to Paradise City, and the army requisitions them.”

Yang Tian suddenly lost his energy. He had just been promoted, and Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui, who accompanied him in, also paused, and said weakly: "What kind of job is this? It's boring. It's just the mud legs of the Ministry of Industry. pole."

Qiong Daotian said calmly: "In addition, you are responsible for investigating how many household registrations there are in the area under our control, who are capable people, and whether they may be used by us. Furthermore, it is also the most important item... "Qiong Daotian lowered his voice and said slowly: "You lead a hundred thousand craftsmen to conduct on-the-spot exploration for minerals such as gold, silver, iron, diamonds, coal, lime, etc. Before, I allowed you to act cheaply, mine vigorously, and subsidize military use."

Yang Tian shot up at once, and Zeng Guoxuan's eyes immediately became extremely bright. He basically snatched the mining document from Qiong Daotian's hand, and the three of them ran out like flying.Qiong Daotian slapped his forehead fiercely, and scolded angrily: "Remember, no matter how much you have embezzled, you are not allowed to blackmail them all."

Now all the rest in the big tent are some confidants and generals of the Qiong family. An old man asked in puzzlement: "Young master, if you ask these people to mine minerals, I am afraid they will hand over one or two catties of gold at most. Can you still work?"

Qiong Daotian smiled: "Even if they only hand in one or two ten catties of gold, I would be happy, some is better than nothing... Besides..." Qiong Daotian looked a little hesitant: "Those big guards The young master suffered heavy casualties this time, and any of their grandparents could blow some wind to His Majesty at the court. Huh? Don't always follow the military law rigidly. After all, many things in the world still have to pay attention to human feelings. As long as this group of elders and young masters are happy, the casualties of their companions will be reduced. , trivial matters..."

After a pause, Qiong Daotian laughed and said: "You have also seen the report of the battlefield survey, and more than half of those young and old masters forced out their saber energy at the last moment. Although they are weak, they should not be underestimated. In the future, they will still be a very powerful combat force. It is better to form a relationship with them now than to wait for them to emerge in the court. Not bad, if you don’t please them now, when will you please?”

Everyone in the Qiong family suddenly realized, and said one after another: "The young master is wise, wise." Qiong Daotian smiled bitterly in his heart: "I am wise? As long as you deal more with those adults in the court, you will become like this sooner or later... Hey, it’s okay There are Master Zeng and Master Jiang. As long as their sons are happy, they can’t protect our Qiong’s family. It seems that there will be no consequences for this incident... However, do you want to send this report immediately? How about going to Shengjing?"

After calculating for a long time, Qiong Daotian silently made a decision: "Forget it, wait until the final decision, the army along the way can't stand the anger of those officers who have lost their beloved... Everything will be discussed after Marshal Wen comes over." .”

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Yang Tian and the other three excitedly rushed to the place where his group of sons and brothers were recuperating, casually greeted the subordinate generals Yue, Bai, Li, Zhang, Leng, Feng, etc. The food and grass, and urging the people to replant the food and grass were all handed over to them, and they quickly rushed into the camp.

Before the generals could gather their troops, those young masters who had been exhausted two days ago, had nightmares and couldn't wield knives, rushed out grabbing their weapons and armor, and put on the armor while running.When the troops mobilized by several generals arrived, these young masters were already neatly dressed and lined up in a square formation, and even a few seriously injured guys followed behind with grinning teeth. .

Yang Tian laughed out loud, and sent someone to greet the old ghost Heitian, and then he brought [-] elite cavalry from the 'Tiger Wolf Army', [-] strong archers from Qiong's family, and more than a hundred masters of mine exploration and vein searching. The supplies for a month's life in the wild rushed out.Several generals were shocked and shouted at the subordinate soldiers: "Look, look, look at his speed, you are still elite, and usually look down on those young masters, but his performance is much better than yours, you don't feel ashamed What? The gathering speed in the future must be faster than them."

I really don't know what will these generals think if they finally understand the reason why these sons are so energetic.But now, these sons and brothers are constantly flying in their minds with gold mountains and silver seas. Hey, I really don’t know how they plan to transport them back to Shengjing.

Under the friendly or unfriendly invitation of the soldiers, some local residents have slowly gathered in the square in the center of the city. Facing the offer from the Chinese military, the remuneration is twice as high as the general local market. These people accepted the activity of helping the Chinese army to repair and expand the city wall.In addition, a besieged city must be built, which must be able to station a large number of troops.

Hundreds of thousands of troops galloped freely within the range of their control, investigating everything they were interested in.The distribution of mountains, rivers and rivers, the distribution of people's settlements, the situation of special products, and all the conditions are recorded on the map.In the first half month, the biggest discovery was a huge river that could go deep into the hinterland of this continent. According to the surveyed water depth and flow rate, the most advanced iron-clad gunship in China can easily make long-distance raids.

As for Yang Tian, ​​Longfeng, Feng Ling'er, Heitian Old Ghost, Genu and other five people with more than 4 people, they have been running for ten days in the wilderness with more than a hundred pulse-seeking masters.They didn't know why, they walked all the way to the deep mountain, and the farther and farther they went, gradually, the old ghost Heitian was also a little surprised, his eyes were flickering green, and he said in surprise: "Huh? These boys still have some skills , Damn, I see that the gold essence in this area is very strong in the north, there must be a lot of metal mines below, but I don't know what kind of minerals, how did they see it?"

The leaders of those pulse-seekers respectfully replied: "Lafayette, we judge based on the color of the rocks on the ground, the population of special plants, and the terrain of the mountain. But experience lets us know where there may be. If we can If we can see the mineral gas exactly like Lafayette, we will be much more efficient."

The old ghost Heitian laughed wildly and said, "I have practiced the ghost eye for 50 years, and I can teach you, haha, as long as you have half of my skill."

These pulse seekers immediately fell silent, half of the old ghost Heitian's skill?They have to practice for at least 1 years.

Jiang Chunshui couldn't wait to ask: "What kind of minerals are here? Gold? Silver? Diamonds?"

The leader said with a smile: "This should be a huge azurite mine, where the highest grade azurite is mined..." Zeng Guoxuan had already interrupted him: "Hey, what's the use of that kind of thing? Damn it, Bai I'm happy. Didn't Lafayette say that the aura of gold essence is very strong here?"

The leader quickly explained: "My lord doesn't know. The azurite mine must have appeared along with the silver mine. There must be silver mines below here, but I don't know the exact content."

The sons and brothers got excited, jumped off the horse one by one, and showed courteousness to those pulse-seekers, urging them: "Hurry up, hurry up, where, where?" A few impatient ones have already started dispatching soldiers Go back to the city to inform the chief craftsmen in the city, and ask them to send people here to mine as soon as possible.

After wandering around here for another three or two days, the location of this silver mine was finally determined. Heitian Old Ghost and Longfeng worked together to forcibly uncover a rock formation with a radius of [-] feet, revealing the grayish white shimmering silver underneath. Speckled ore.The old ghost Heitian was agitated, he let go of his whole body's mana and threw himself on it, shouting wildly. Longfeng was careless, and he did not use much force to work together with the old ghost Heitian to lift the huge rock formation in the air. Now Heitian old ghost The ghost suddenly withdrew his strength, he was under a lot of pressure, and the rock formation immediately pressed down as it was, and smashed the money-obsessed old ghost Heitian down heavily.

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly rushed up to dig the broken rock, a black shadow had already scratched through the rock formation, soared into the sky, and laughed wildly in the air: "Damn it, I'm rich now, I'm rich...Mom Yes, this mine is more than all the offerings made by the people of the Celestial Dynasty in ten years, more..."

The son and his brothers cheered, desperately digging out the raw silver ore with their swords.Especially when Old Ghost Heitian and Longfeng melted a piece of ore weighing more than [-] catties with magic fire to produce a piece of silver ingot, this kind of fanaticism reached its peak.

Yang Tian issued an order: "Brothers, don't look around, those craftsmen will not come here for a few days, we will help them mine a lot of ore now, and when they come, we can start mining immediately. Come on , Immediately go to the nearby villages to summon workers and ask them to bring tools to mine...fuck, these idiots, don’t they think it’s a waste to put so much money in the ground?”

Cheers resounded through the valley, the soldiers were happy that the military salary was greatly guaranteed, and they would definitely be able to win several battles fiercely; the guards, let alone, must be happy that their wealth can be desperately enriched once.

Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui pulled Yang Tian aside and began to discuss in a low voice: "Boss, we have to solve this problem first. How can we account for the money we refine?"

Jiang Chunshui said viciously: "Damn it, the mines that I found, of course, can't be cheap for them. According to me, a catty of silver ingots, giving them one or two is enough... Later, I found those iron ingots. Ah, matchmaker or something, you can give them nothing at all."

Yang Tian knocked him hard on the head, and scolded him in a low voice: "Idiot, idiot, trash. It's just a little bit of money... Our vision should be long-term, the goal should be far-reaching, the way of'money' is Good, let's not worry about the small profits at the beginning. Can we share half of this silver mine with the above. If we find gold mines in the future, we will give away one or two per catty. Otherwise, we will There are too few sent up. In the future, Kid Qiong will not give us this job. Wouldn’t it be cheaper for others? How did you learn from your father, if you don’t go for small money, you won’t come for big money.”

The two were stunned, nodded again and again, stretched out their thumbs and said to Yang Tian: "Boss, smart, smart."

Yang Tian said proudly: "I still have confidence in this point. You look down on media and iron, you are really idiots. In the future, we can apply for the right to mine and distribute all media and iron on these three continents." Give it to us. According to our power in the imperial court, it is easy to get such a little management right? Although media and iron are not money themselves, they can exchange money. They are the ones who exchanged a lot of gold and silver. Do the common people want it? Use ironware? Do they want to burn media? If we have media and iron in our hands in the whole world, can they give money obediently? At that time, the price can be set as high as you want, and the cost can be lowered as much as you want Low, we can really make a big fortune."

Zeng Guoxuan's eyes showed fascination: "Yes, boss, we can not only specialize in media and iron, but also salt. I don't believe that the people of the Black Cloud Empire don't eat salt?"

Jiang Chunshui added fiercely: "By the way, in the future, taxes will also be collected for building houses. Damn, if they don't pay taxes, they won't let them build houses. Isn't it that they live in caves? They also have to pay taxes for digging caves. A little bit at most...Damn it, didn't it mean that the total population of these three continents is nearly one billion? We earn ten gold coins per person, which is two taels of gold. My God, the three of us can earn 20 gold coins. One hundred million taels of gold...a person is more than 6 million..."

Yang Tian smirked: "So, we need to pay a lot of money now, and build a good relationship with those big bosses above. As long as we do a good job, these transactions will be ours in the future... I still want to Ah, in the future we will definitely set up a Grand Commander's Mansion on these three continents, so we don't want to go back. There are also many beauties here. As long as we have money and power, we are more comfortable than being emperors. You can play with the people here at will, but you dare not in Shengjing?"

Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui made up their minds in an instant. Once they conquered the Heiyun Empire, they would never return to the Celestial Dynasty. The prospects here are simply too good.

Yang Tian looked at the result of his demagogy with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "This kind of good thing, we can't forget our brothers, please talk about it carefully, pull a few brothers, in the future we will definitely be the leader The important ministers of the government, everyone takes care of each other, these three continents are not what we say they are..."

Without saying a word, Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui rushed out quickly and started to win over people.

Long Feng laughed softly behind Yang Tian: "If you are together, you can expand the army indiscriminately, and if you find an excuse in the future, you can raise troops to rebel, right?"

Yang Tian laughed: "What do you think? Is it possible?"

Longfeng nodded and said: "It's a very good idea. The son of the court boss rebelled in the territory of the Celestial Dynasty, and the court will definitely be in chaos. When they straighten out their relationship and send troops to suppress it, they will have no chance. However, you can now You have to start thinking about how to force your brothers to follow you to fight against the Celestial Empire."

Yang Tian murmured: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, there is still a long time to conquer the Black Cloud Empire, I have a lot of time to think about it slowly." I went to the construction site where I was desperately mining silver mines, and I was still tsk-tsk desperately: "What a pity, these knives are used to cut people, but now they are used to dig ore. What a pity... Idiot, Be careful, don't chop with the tip of the knife, this knife is also made of money."

Feng Ling'er suddenly appeared next to Longfeng, and asked puzzledly: "Do you take conspiracy as a fun thing?"

Longfeng smiled and said: "Elder sister, you don't know this. Different races have different traditional cultures. Conspiracy, in our opinion, is a kind of enjoyment... It's a pity that the conspiracy of the Celestial Dynasty The trick is a little bit more tricky, if there is a chance in the future, you and I will go to my motherland, and the intrigue between the country and the country over there will probably scare you to death..."

Feng Ling'er's head was getting bigger, and she moaned and said, "I can be scared to death now... I can lie to my best brother at will, and conceive a plan to betray the country in the future while shedding blood for the country loyally , using family affection - your so-called most beautiful affection to blackmail others, God... your motherland must be a hellish place."

Long Feng said solemnly: "Wrong, for me, my motherland is heaven... This is something that your race will never understand, so this is also the reason why your powerful race is being wiped out so quickly." Feng Ling'er still looked confused, Longfeng smiled secretly: "I won't teach you these things, otherwise, when your clansmen have physical bodies, we will definitely not be your opponents."

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Twenty thousand local artisans from the Celestial Dynasty, under the protection of an army of one hundred thousand, rushed to this silver mine day and night, and hastily built some sheds that could accommodate their bodies, and began intense mining work.

Yang Tian constantly sent troops to search for cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and other livestock from nearby villages, and entertained these craftsmen with the best food every day.At the same time, he took the initiative to lead the young masters and the soldiers who guarded them, and began to cut down logs, and built sturdy wooden houses, comfortable beds and daily furniture, so that these craftsmen could live and eat well.

The craftsmen were very touched. Yang Tian is a man who holds the title of Duke of the Celestial Dynasty, and is now a high-ranking general in command of an army of 20. How could they have imagined that such a man whose status is so different from theirs would be covered in mud and lead a group of soldiers? A group of noble children from the Celestial Dynasty built houses for these craftsmen, and even cooked food for them?
Longfeng was very satisfied. Yang Tian's performance recently was too good. Although he was not qualified to be a good emperor, at least he was qualified to be an ordinary treacherous minister.These craftsmen are selected with excellent craftsmanship and have no worries in the Chinese mainland. As long as they can buy their hearts, they will develop their own territories in the future and improve weapons and armor. It will be the greatest help.

Those sons and brothers, although they don't have such awareness, but because of the face of those silver ingots that are piled up higher and higher, they are also working hard to serve these craftsmen, and each of them has accumulated a lot of money in their accounts. This is also their biggest motivation.

More than 100 vein seekers have started to search for other minerals in the nearby mountains, and have discovered several small iron veins one after another. It is estimated that there will be a large iron ore vein nearby. They are following the instructions of Heitian Laogui The pointer was busy, and the [-] soldiers were divided into [-] patrol teams to patrol the forest to prevent possible harassment by the Black Cloud Empire.

Gradually, within two months, Yang Tian's current 20 army has been mobilized, and more than 30 craftsmen are busy desperately under Yang Tian's command.Yang Tian, ​​as always, tried his best to leave the perfect impression on these craftsmen from the Celestial Dynasty or from the local area. He respected the corporals, he was not ashamed to ask his subordinates, he asked about his health, and he took the lead. Yang Tian's performance in every way touched these ordinary people.Inadvertently, the 20 soldiers were also deeply infected by Yang Tian's actions. They had completely changed their views on Yang Tian. . .

Another harvest is that those sons and sisters have more or less experienced the sufferings of ordinary people. After passing the test of life and death, they are also slowly changing in such ordinary daily life.

There is a gold mine, a silver mine, three iron mines, two coal mines, and several charcoal-burning factories. These facilities under Yang Tian's direct command are distributed within two hundred miles of mountains.Qiong Daotian was afraid that Yang Tian would not have enough manpower, so he sent another 10 people to Yang Tian.What reassures the Celestial Army is that in those mountains and forests, even if the Black Cloud Empire wants to, there is no way to launch a large-scale attack.

Carloads of strategic resources such as silver ingots, iron nuggets, and charcoal were continuously transported to Paradise City.In contrast, the output of gold ingots has decreased a lot. Well, the senior generals are aware of the reason, but no one has revealed the reason.

Under the guidance of Longfeng, Yang Tian also began to inspect the nearby villages, asking craftsmen from the Celestial Dynasty to guide the local people to develop their own industry and agriculture.In addition, Yang Tian also sent a batch of gold and silver that was not very large but enough to buy ordinary people to the local people. Unknowingly, Yang Tian knew the kind of spring-like enjoyment brought by buying people's hearts. Start to consciously make friends with even the lowest level of local people.

The generals of the Qiong family, who were busy dealing with major global affairs, ignored these matters and lost the opportunity to win the hearts of the people in the occupied territories. . .

(End of this chapter)