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

At the very least, the soldiers who have practiced for so long before will never be idle like before.

Zhang Yan is still very sure about the character of Lu Su, a famous minister with strong "aggressiveness".

Chapter 28 Stupid

"Hehe, since you've said that, I, Lu Su, naturally want to go with you to Lujiang to learn more, otherwise I'm afraid I'm a little ignorant."

"In addition, what you just said is true, but you want me to be in charge of the overall military deployment in Lujiang? Don't you really say that I may be worse than others in governing the world, but when it comes to deploying troops , I am really interested in this aspect!"

Lu Su glanced at Zhang Yan with a light smile, and Lu Su's eyes had a faint light, and then he said to him:

"Sir, don't look at me as a warrior, but in the literati circle in Xuzhou, I, Lu Su, are quite famous."

"If this Lujiang River is really as good as you said, let alone me, even if I bring you some good friends to work together!"

……

"That's natural."

Opposite him, Zhang Yan just nodded slightly, looking at Lu Su with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

"Zijing, when you come to Lujiang Wancheng, you will naturally know whether I have lied to you today."

"But then again, although the position of military adviser to the cabinet has been reserved for you, you may not be able to sit firmly and how long you can sit, it still depends on your personal ability."

"Don't say that I'm scaring you. If you want the entire Lujiang army to act according to your deployment, I'm afraid you have to go through some small tests."

Patting the other party's shoulder, Zhang Yan smiled and gave Lu Su instructions, but stopped at a critical point, and did not reveal what the so-called test was.

It wasn't that he was playing tricks on purpose, but Zhang Rang and He Jin would break up completely in about half a year at most.

By that time, no matter who wins or loses between the two, the remaining force may find it difficult to suppress the Xiliang Legion that took advantage of the vacancy, and Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang is almost a certainty. .

As one of the most important historical events in the early period of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, there must be no problem with the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Princes' allied forces discussing Dong's "entry examination" as a military adviser.

It's just that even though that's what he said, Zhang Yan couldn't tell Lu Su in advance that he was a prophet. He knew that such a big battle was about to break out, right?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yan finally chose to remind the other party a little bit, and then passed the topic and led it to other places.

……

"Okay, let's do this first. You will follow us for the next two days. Let's go to the state first, and then you will return to Lujiang Wancheng with us to take office."

"Your hometown is near Xiapi, not far from Zhoulai, so you can be a tour guide for me and take me to understand the local situation in Zhoulai."

"These few days are just empty, so you should just think about how to get along with those generals who are actually leading troops. They are the first level for you to enter the job. Whether you can command these people or not depends on your personal level. .”

Turning around and looking outside the door, Zhang Yan realized that it was getting late and the sun had already risen, so he didn't talk to Lu Suduo again, but tidied himself up roughly, and planned to go back to the room to pay back. Ye'er, who was resting, woke up.

And Lu Su wasn't idle either, since the two parties had made an agreement, he had to take advantage of the time before departure to tidy up his luggage, otherwise he would just follow Zhang Yan in such a dusty look. Not to mention what Zhang Yan would think, even he himself was not very comfortable.

But when Zhang Yan had already moved out, Lu Su seemed to suddenly remember something, and stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Yan.

"Hey, wait a minute, sir, there's one more thing I forgot to ask you..."

Looking up at Zhang Yan, Lu Su had a look of curiosity on his face.

"Just now I just listened to what you said, but I forgot to ask, what do you do when you go to the state?"

"I'm familiar with that place in the state. Except for a few old battlements, there are some small and large villages and farmland, and there are some abandoned mines..."

"Could it be that you went to the state this time for the graphite charcoal over there?"

……

"Graphite charcoal?"

"Oh, it's coal! It's true, I didn't expect you to know that there is a lot of coal production over there?"

After being interrupted by Nalu Su, Zhang Yan was still a little puzzled.But then, after hearing the other party mention the minerals in the state, he immediately became interested, and told the other party the general purpose of his trip.

Since Lu Su must be in charge of all military affairs after arriving in Lujiang, the existence of some confidential military uniforms such as artillery must not be hidden from him.

Suspicious people don't need to use people, and Zhang Yan doesn't bother to hide these things from his subordinates, so he simply busy himself these days to upgrade the metal smelting industry in Lujiang, and by the way, he wants to repair the metal smelting industry in Lujiang. Lu's matter was explained to the other party in one brain.

……

"This way..."

"..."

"That's like that..."

"..."

"...So, this time I went to the state to investigate and investigate, to see if the place is really rich in coal as rumored."

"If the rumors are true, I will build a road from Wancheng to Zhoulai, and transport the coal mines from Zhoulai back to Wancheng in a steady stream, so that I can smelt copper and iron on a large scale and produce Armaments and some metal objects commonly used in the home."

He clearly explained his intention and purpose to Lu Su, Zhang Yan didn't rush to leave now, and just stood here leisurely, as if he wanted to hear if the other party had anything to say about this matter. Unique opinion or point of view.

And Lu Su was not idle either. After listening to Zhang Yan's explanation, he reached out and stroked his chin, thinking quietly.

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"Um……"

……

Zhang Yan muttered in a voice that even a warrior could barely hear, and soon, Lu Su sorted out the ins and outs of these things, and looked up at the man in front of him.

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"Well, sir, we have external threats in Lujiang, so we need to recruit troops, right?"

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"Ah."

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"Because we need to recruit soldiers and buy horses, we need to smelt a large amount of weapons and equipment needed by the army, especially soldiers' armor and something called... artillery, but what does this mean?"

"Yep."

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"Hehe, I really didn't expect it. Although I don't know what this artillery is, there are a total of [-] armored soldiers..."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Shaking his head lightly, Lu Su's eyes were not only excited but also emotional. He just glanced at Zhang Yan like this, and then whispered to him:

"Because a large amount of smelting equipment is required, it is necessary to integrate the ores in Lujiang, mainly iron ore, copper ore and coal mines, and then concentrate smelting and manufacturing to improve efficiency, right?"

"You came here this time to see the mines here, and then decide whether to build a road from the mines to Wancheng, the prefecture of Lujiang?"

"I probably understand everything..."

"It's... so stupid."

Looking at Zhang Yan with complicated eyes, Lu Su hesitated for a long time before finally choking out such a sentence.

Chapter 29 Rise and Fall

"Master, you said that since our purpose is to vigorously smelt iron and copper in Lujiang, then where do you smelt? Why do you have to transport all these minerals back to Wancheng for smelting in Wancheng? "

"Just pull the iron ore to our state, smelt it on the spot, and then bring the finished copper and iron back to Wancheng?"

Lu Su's mouth trembled slightly, and he looked at Zhang Yan with hesitation at first, and then turned into a trace of helplessness.

……

"You have to know, this is an order from the prefect of Lujiang... Naturally, the whole of Lujiang should be used as the base."

"Every flower, every tree, every land and every stone in Lujiang should be used rationally. Why do you always feel a little timid, like a guinea pig for the winter, yearning to move any good things to your hometown in Wancheng?"

"As we all know, this state is close to the Huaihe River, and it is also a natural coal producing area... so as long as the iron ore from all over the Lujiang River is transported to the state for local smelting, at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of stones of coal can be saved every year. For transportation work, you don't have to spend a lot of time building roads between Zhoulai and Wancheng."

"Maybe the current small road is not suitable for mass transportation, but there is no problem in transporting smelted minerals!"

"Even the area around the state is slowly developing, and the population is also increasing. Wouldn't it be great if you just build a city in the state, forge the minerals into finished products on the spot, and then transport them to the places where they are needed?"

Shaking his head slightly, Lu Su looked at Zhang Yan in front of him with some regret. He couldn't tell whether the other party understood or didn't understand these things about production and life.

Say he understands, as long as he understands a little more, he won't be doing such a stupid thing of laboriously concentrating all the products in his hometown and then doing centralized processing as he is doing now.

But if you want to say that he doesn't understand anything... He just knows about centralized production and knows that he needs to conduct field inspections before ordering.

From Lu Su's perspective, Zhang Yan seemed to be restricted by some inherent thinking. There was no flaw in the understanding of the general direction, but he seemed extremely rigid in the details of the implementation of the matter.

But for this situation...he can't say that he was completely unexpected.

He had already guessed Zhang Yan's identity from the mouth of the old man before, but after contacting him today, he was even more sure that the person in front of him was not an official from Lujiang at all, he was probably the prefect The person Zhang Yan is very close to may even be Zhang Yan himself.

There are tens of thousands of lords in this world, and every lord is more or less good at something or not good at it.

Maybe Zhang Yan is the kind of person who is good at grasping the direction of the overall situation. Before there is no suitable manpower under his hands, forcing him to entangle in some specific implementation matters will only make him unable to turn his head.

"Officers……"

Gently reaching out and grabbing Zhang Yan's sleeve, Lu Su couldn't help becoming a little excited when he thought that these behaviors of the other party might mean that he didn't have enough brachii under his hands.

You know, the more Zhang Yan needs help from others, the greater the role he can play under the opponent's hands. Correspondingly, Zhang Yan will rely more on his help, and at the same time give him more authority and freedom.

All these things made Lu Su feel a little eager to try, and even his spirit, which was a little tired from staying up late, became excited again.

Regardless of whether he violated the etiquette of a monarch or minister by doing this, he saw Lu Su carelessly grabbing Zhang Yan's hand, and his originally dark and red cheeks became as hot as his eyes.

"Master, looking at you like this, it seems that you don't know much about smelting and forging, right?"

"It doesn't matter. When I was traveling around Xuzhou, I trained soldiers and supervised the manufacture of equipment for the masters of those local counties. I am very familiar with these things!"

"It's just that you didn't say it. After I arrived in Lujiang with you, I will help the prefect deal with military affairs. Naturally, armament smelting is also a part of military affairs..."

"You can just leave this matter to me. Coal mines are everywhere in Zhoulai, and there are several small copper-iron mines near Zhongli, which add up to a lot. Let me tell you, it is just between these two places. It’s so close, we can simply set aside an area between Zhongli and Zhoulai for smelting and forging, and even the entire Lujiang River and metal smelting production-related industries can be moved here.”

"Do you know why Guzhou Laiguo and Guzhongliguo were abandoned? Apart from the war, it's not because there are no special specialties and it's a land of Huaiyi. The people who stay here are also farmers. One or two are eager to live with their neighbors. The farther away from them the better, so as not to affect their staking.”

"When this production area develops, industrial production is different from agriculture, and it will be clustered together."

"Maybe it won't be long before a city will re-emerge here, and maybe the glory of Guzhou Laiguo and Guzhongliguo will be restored in the past!"

Said to Zhang Yan with some joy, the more Lu Su talked, the more excited he became, and his hands lost their weight for a moment, his face turned purple from Zhang Yan's pinching.