Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

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"My lord, don't tell me. I really want to discuss something with you this time. I hope you can agree."

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A little embarrassed, Ma Jun opened his mouth to Zhang Yan, and after seeing the other party put on a posture of "I'm listening", he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"My lord, I have been following you during this period of time. I have been busy working on gunpowder and developing artillery. I haven't seen my parents for a while, and I don't know how their health is now. Are there any problems in life?" What an inconvenience."

"Look, I haven't been able to go back to the Moon Festival a few days ago, so I want to discuss with you to see if I can take advantage of this period of time when the development of the artillery can come to an end, and let me go home and have a little gathering with my parents .”

"Of course, I also know that you are currently short of people, so I won't take too long. With the help of a horse, I will be able to return from my hometown within ten days at most."

Stretching out his hand and scratching his cheek, he didn't know whether Ma Jun felt that this was a little hard to say or what. When he mentioned to Zhang Yan that he wanted to go home and visit his parents, his cheeks were a little red, for fear that the other party would think that He's too childish.

But Zhang Yan smiled and nodded. After hearing Ma Jun's words, not only did he not feel unhappy, but he readily agreed.

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"Well, are you going to go home and have a look?"

"I was too negligent, I even forgot that you came out without telling the family..."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yan told Ma Jun:

"The fate of parents, the relationship between heaven, earth and human beings, this is human nature. You have nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Deheng, since you plan to go back this time, then I have complied with your request. Just go back this time, but don't come back in a hurry, and spend more time with your parents at home. Let's limit it to half a month. Wait until this year. Before winter, you can rush back to Lujiang."

"During this time, the production of both artillery and fertilizers has entered a state of flux. You can't help here. Why don't you go home and visit your parents and do your best to be filial."

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Shen Sheng asked Ma Jun a few words. To be honest, the first time he heard that the other party was planning to go home, Zhang Yan was influenced by the work style of later generations, and thought that the other party was planning to say goodbye to him, or that he was running away with a bucket. plan.

Just thinking about it, the Huaxia area is full of suspicion and employment. Since he has chosen Ma Jun as his right-hand man, at this time, he should give the other party enough trust.

Besides, they have helped him solve the two biggest problems in Lujiang at present: food and military, so if Zhang Yan rejected the other party's request this time, it would be unreasonable.

Waved his hand to indicate that the other party could leave here, Zhang Yan picked up the water glass and toasted Ma Jun to say goodbye, and asked the other party to go back to pack his luggage, while he silently calculated that this time the artillery will be installed in the army, which will give Lujiang a great future in the future. What kind of changes have been brought about in terms of diplomatic posture and so on.

Just lying on the floor, he didn't rest for a moment, as if thinking of something, he turned over and got up from the ground.

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"Oh, yes, damn it, why did you forget about this!"

Somewhat annoyed, Zhang Yan hammered his palm. Zhang Yan had already ordered the production of those cannons to the Secretary of Industry just now, and then he remembered that the biggest problem in the production of this cannon was that he hadn't figured out the source of a large amount of bronze.

Before Ma Jun left just now, he told him clearly that the main cost of casting this bronze cannon is a large amount of bronze, and if you want to cast a cannon at a cost of about 18, you must solve the consumption of bronze. source problem.

Although this problem is not too difficult for the current Lujiang, it is not very simple.

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"Hey, copper smelting, I didn't expect to get stuck on this step in the end."

Shaking his head a little funny, Zhang Yan knew that if he wanted to increase the copper production in Lujiang, he would start with the two aspects of copper mining and smelting, and try to find ways to increase the current productivity of Lujiang.

As for the smelting of copper mines, there is no need to talk about the excellent copper smelting experience in the Huaxia region since ancient times. What really needs to worry Zhang Yan is how to mine the large amount of copper mines in Lujiang.

As I said before, whether it is copper or iron ore reserves, there is actually no shortage in China.Take Lujiang as an example, there are several excellent copper mine veins, large and small, in the territory, and a large amount of ore can be mined.

It's just different from the mountainous terrain in Fusang and other areas. Located in the inland Lujiang area, various minerals do not exist in the form of open-pit mines. Instead, they exist in the form of mines on the Huaxia ridge like hills and hills. .

It is not so easy to mine these ores out of the mountain with an iron pickaxe.

Chapter 29 I want to come and eat with you

In the end, Zhang Yan chose to grit his teeth and give the order to let the personnel of the Industry Division start preparing for the casting of the artillery.

At the same time, in order to ensure the copper ore output during the artillery casting period, he also ordered to select a copper ore vein with relatively large reserves from the northern wasteland of Lujiang River, and began to arrange manpower. By using explosives and other methods, Large-scale mining of ore veins began.

Seeing that a lot of ore was continuously extracted from the mine, but could not be transported to Wancheng city for smelting in time. As a last resort, a spacious road was finally built between Wancheng city and the mining area.

To be honest, weapons are important, and so are copper mines.

In order to ensure the future development of Lujiang, whether it is the casting of artillery or the development of copper production in Lujiang, Zhang Yan must take care of things.

Just like this, it is inevitable that Lujiang's manpower will be even more scarce.

Reclaiming wasteland and reclaiming land requires manpower, building houses and roads requires manpower, and mining mineral veins also requires manpower.

Although there are a large number of Shanyue prisoners of war who have undertaken the most arduous construction of the spectacle in Lujiang, the demand for manpower in other aspects is obviously more urgent than in previous years, and many projects under Zhang Yan are on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, after Zhang Yan worked hard for more than a month, in mid-November of 188 AD, the big Han finally started to suffer from famine.

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Of course, it may be a bit harsh to say this from the standpoint of a big man, but no matter what, when the big man finally started to famine, the manpower that was still in short supply in Lujiang was greatly satisfied.

At the same time, some unimportant things, such as the construction of the prefect's mansion, and the construction of the semi-permanent barracks in the Qianshan area, finally began to kick off.

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"Hehe, General Li, General Hu, it's really an honor for me, Zhang, to meet you two today."

"Since you are willing to believe in me and continue to play a role on the battlefield, then I will definitely not let you down."

"Come, come, you have indeed suffered a lot along the way. It just so happens that my mansion has just been built during this period, so why not rest in this mansion for a while, and then go to the barracks when your spirit recovers. .”

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In November of 188 A.D., Zhang Yanzheng set up a banquet for two tall and mighty male generals in the newly built Marquis Mansion of the Kingdom of Wan in Lujiang.

In addition to Zhang Yan and these two people present, there were Yang Feng, Xu Huang and other generals of the original Baibo Yellow Turban lineage.

And looking at the appearance of the two generals who are somewhat familiar with the crowd, it is obvious that they have known these people, especially Yang Feng and others for a long time.

Combined with the other party's somewhat tattered clothes and the yellow turban wrapped around his head, it is obvious that these two people are the remaining two of the four great generals under the command of Guo Tai, the leader of the Baibo Yellow Turban, who were named after Yang Feng Hanxian. ——Li Le and Hu Cai.

Speaking of these two people, in fact, when they were in Taiyuan, they fought against Zhang Yan many times under the leadership of Mrs. Guo. Later, when Zhang Yan led troops to block the main force of the Yellow Turbans, he almost took Zhang Yan directly.

I still remember that day, before Zhang Yan was rescued by the responding soldiers, the two of them took a deep look at Zhang Yan, as if they wanted to engrave his appearance in their minds.

Unexpectedly, time has passed, and now more than half a year has passed, these two people actually brought their remnants all the way south from the Central Plains, and finally fled to Lujiang under Zhang Yan's rule.

All this can only be said to be a coincidence of fate.

Let's say that after the two separated from Zhang Yan that day, they have been under the command of Guo Tai, the leader of the Baibo Yellow Turban bandit, and fought several battles with the Xiyuan Forbidden Army that was suppressed by the Han court.

Although she suffered a tragic defeat in the first battle due to the strength of the troops, relying on the bravery of the two, Mrs. Guo managed to win and lose with the main force of the big man in the subsequent battles, and finally brought Bai Bo The main force of the Yellow Turbans successfully retreated to the Baibo Valley where they were sworn brothers for a rest.

The two brothers, Li Le and Hu Cai, also returned to Baibo Valley together with Mrs. Guo.

Strictly speaking, Baibo Valley is said to be a valley, but as early as the beginning of this year when they revolted, they built Baibo Fortress in Baibo Valley.

But heaven failed to fulfill people's wishes. Although Guo Tai was full of thinking about taking everyone to rest and recuperate in order to pursue a great cause in the future, many remnants of Baibo Valley didn't think so.

From the perspective of those people, the reason why they revolted in Baibo Valley was not because they could no longer survive in this society, and they wanted to obtain some living resources through the uprising, or like the bandit leader Zhang Jiao, Doing the dream of being able to redistribute the means of production of the big man.

But when they failed, the huge setback made these remnant soldiers no longer have the desire to fight against the big man.

Even those relatively brave soldiers found that a large number of fellow countrymen died in battle. After a large number of unowned land appeared in the Central Plains, they began to think that if they stopped resisting, they would pick up those unowned land for cultivation. , whether the pressure of life can be lighter than before.

This is the tragedy of the peasantry in ancient times.

They didn't understand why they were poor. After a large number of farmers died in battle and the land demand problem was alleviated to a certain extent, they gradually lost their will to fight. Even if Mrs. Guo tried to persuade them, there was no longer any soldier Willing to take up arms and continue to fight with the opponent.

After Mrs. Guo left disheartened, and those ownerless lands were annexed by the landlord class, a large number of farmers who had no land to plant and no food to eat wanted to find someone like Mrs. Guo to lead them to fight At that time, it was discovered that Guo Taizao was no longer there.

And the second Mrs. Guo did not appear among them like a hero.

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"Hey, Mr. Zhang, that's the way it is."

"Later, when Guo Shuai left, we lost all intention of continuing to fight. We each took our fellow villagers back to our villages, wanting to pick up our hoes again and dig a bite out of the soil."

"only……"

"It's just... hehe, the situation in the Central Plains is not good this year, we brothers really can't survive, and I heard that Yang Shuai and Han Shuai are under your command, so I wondered if I could bring my brothers If you take refuge here, you can more or less earn a living."

Somewhat embarrassed, he bowed his hands to Zhang Yan, and Li Le said so.

Chapter 30 The only way from the Central Plains to Yangzhou in the south

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"Hey, what a pity. The Baibo Yellow Turban, which was originally so powerful, had hoped to inherit Zhang Jiao's last wish and fight the big man for a life-and-death Baibo Yellow Turban. It didn't lose in the confrontation with the Han army, but lost to the Han army. here."

"From this point of view, Baibo Yellow Turban, the last remaining vein of Yellow Turban, has become a thing of the past."

"As for the leader of Black Mountain Zhang Yan...that's just a group of Black Mountain thieves."

After Zhang Yan listened to the description of Li Le and others, he couldn't help but feel a touch in his heart, and he sighed secretly.

This Mrs. Guo is also unlucky, and she encountered such a thing in her peak period. If there is anything that can make a leader feel disheartened, then it must be regarded as the loss of the original goal of the people led by him. one.

It's just that no matter what the outcome of Baibo Huangjin is, Zhang Yan still welcomes Li Le and Hu Cai in his heart.

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"My lord, Li Le and Hu Cai are as brave as me on the battlefield, and they are very good at horse fighting. If they can serve the lord, they will definitely play a big role. I can guarantee this."

On the side, Yang Feng saw that Zhang Yan hadn't spoken for a long time, and thought that the other party had little regard for the abilities of these two people, so he couldn't hold back and whispered something beside the other party.

He, Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai were originally named in Baibo, but because he came from a higher background and was a few years older, he was regarded as the elder brother by the other three. treat.

When it comes to dexterity, there is not much difference between the four of them.

When Zhang Yan heard the words, he seemed to come back to his senses, and quickly waved his hands to Li Le and the others, explaining aloud:

"Ah, don't think too much, you two generals. A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. Although I can't be called a good master, I can guarantee that as long as I still have a bite to eat, then you guys will follow me." My people will definitely not be hungry."

"I was just remembering the bravery and heroism of the two generals, so I accidentally got a little lost."

Smiling and waving at the two of them, Zhang Yan stopped thinking about what was there and what was not, but opened his mouth to exaggerate the atmosphere, and started chatting eagerly with a few people.

After all, generals who lead troops are just like civil servants who rule the world. They are talents that cannot be found. Zhang Yan naturally thinks that the more the better.

When preparing for the army before, the reason why Zhang Yan did not make up his mind to form a third full-scale army in Lujiang was, on the one hand, because the manpower in Lujiang was not enough at the time; The limit on the number of generals makes it difficult to form too many legions.

Judging from the three basic job requirements of a Bingma Division, the Commander, Deputy Commander, and Bingma Division Governor, even if all the existing generals under Zhang Yan's command are on duty, it is only a matter of gathering two positions. The number of soldiers and horses.