Da Wei Chun

Chapter 251 Accident
A fluorite mine with a radius of [-] square kilometers, even if it is shattered by the wind, will still leave many traces on the surface.

Just after noon, Li Feng sent someone to report, saying that he had found a lot of colorful gravel as Mr. Lang said.

Li Chengzhi was overjoyed and immediately ordered the whole battalion to dispatch.

One battalion guards the village, the fourth battalion mines...there are as many people at the foot of Heli Mountain as ants...

Seeing more and more fluorite piled up in front of his eyes, the [-] pores on Li Chengzhi's body were all smiling.

Just to say, for thousands of years, no one knew that there was such a good thing here, how could it not be cheap for yourself?

It's gone... it's really gone...

Not to mention the night pearl as big as an apricot fruit, the biggest one is as big as a basketball, and it is enough to carve out a jasper watermelon that can glow at night.

Li Chengzhi tried his best to suppress the excitement, and whispered to Li Song: "Tomorrow, I will take a step first, and you will find a way to send someone later to transport this thing, as long as it can be transported across the Yellow River..."

With Li Song's ability, no matter if he is pretending to be a barbarian or a caravan, he can only be transported to Longdong, otherwise nine out of ten he may be exposed.

But as long as he can go to Longdong, it means he has entered his own territory. Li Chengzhi will find a way to transport it to Guanzhong, and then find a jade craftsman to carve and grind it, and how to sell it, who to sell it to, etc., are not difficult. matter.

He also explained to Li Song some details about how to dig, how to lose, and how to prevent damage.

By the time we had a rough idea, it was almost dark.

Thousands of soldiers guarded the two carriages and returned to the camp unhurriedly.

In these two cars, there are all fluorite crystals that are larger than a fist, and they can be of any color.There is half a car full of green fluorite alone.

But they are all primitive ores, and they have to be screened and picked, so it is impossible to carve so many night pearls.

But as long as he can carve out a third of the half car, Li Chengzhi can wake up from his dream with a smile...

……

The sun is setting and the moon is on the branches.

There is a breeze blowing at the foot of the mountain, and the Populus euphratica tree is swaying with the wind. The shadow of the tree is big and small, long and short, like a monster with teeth and claws.

The lights in the large tent of the Chinese army were brightly lit, as bright as day.

This yurt was just snatched by Li Song from a Lushuihu tribe in the past few days, so it smells a bit heavy.

But it's huge, covering hundreds of square feet.

The cypress branches have just been burned inside, exuding a faint fragrance.

It's not that Li Chengzhi is delicate and can't even stand the smell of mutton, but it's used to repel mosquitoes.

The more lush the water and grass, the more these things.

If you don't burn some smoke, not to mention what kind of people will be stung, the candle flames will explode like setting off a firecracker. With a little effort, a pile can fall under the candlestick.

In addition to mosquitoes, there are horseflies.

Good fellow, have you ever seen a Gadfly with a big thumb?

It's bigger than a bee, and if you sting it, your face will swell into a pig's head in less than half an hour, so you can't even recognize your mother when she comes.

Being bitten is only second, this thing can also transmit parasitic diseases.

Li Chengzhi gave Wan instructions, and let Li Song remember that no matter whether they are soldiers in the camp or refugees who will be transported in two months, they are not allowed to drink raw water or eat raw food.

And unless it is absolutely necessary, such as when there is a food shortage, we must not eat sick and dead livestock.

Are you kidding me?
In this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, a common dysentery may wipe out a family.

There are also marmots. They are everywhere around the camp. There are so many of them... they are not very afraid of people.

This kind of guy is not ordinary fat, and it tastes delicious...

Li Chengzhi knew that he might not be able to help it, but he still wanted to say: Unless he starved to death, he must not eat it.

The Baijia camp is not like the herdsmen, only one family dies. If you really want to catch the plague, just wait for the camp to be extinct...

After explaining some trivial matters, Li Chengzhi began to give secret instructions one by one.

The four-foot-long plan is filled with paper, with pictures and words.

Sitting across from him was Li Song, with eyes wide open and ears pricked up, wishing to engrave every word Li Chengzhi said in his mind, with a serious and serious expression.

Li Chengzhi held a pencil slightly thicker than his index finger, explained to Li Song, drew pictures, and recorded some key points.

Don't be surprised, although graphite is not common, it is not very difficult to get, and it is much easier to make a few pencils than to make steel and wrought iron.

That is to say, there is no time, otherwise Li Chengzhi will definitely look at Li Song and others, memorize all these blueprints and these points by heart, and after burning the blueprints, he will leave with peace of mind.

But it's a pity that he has to leave tomorrow morning at the latest.

In desperation, Li Chengzhi could only take it apart: first write it out and give it to them, and then destroy it after these people memorize it well.

He didn't teach everyone all the knowledge. He divided the three processes of ore smelting, steel smelting, and armor forging into three parts, and each person only taught one third.

For example, Li Song, Li Chengzhi only taught him how to make coke, how to prepare ore, catalysis and flux in steelmaking, etc.

The second one is Li Liang: how to fire refractory bricks, how to make crucibles, how to smelt ore into lumps with the properties of pig iron to make iron, or use the method of frying steel to make mature iron, and then use the crucible to combine the two. Neutralized into steel.

The remaining processes with relatively low technical content, such as furnace starting, smelting, forging hammer, cutting, etc., were all taught to the old blacksmith.

There are many disadvantages in doing so, and it is certain that it will lead to low efficiency. Moreover, as long as one of Li Song and Li Liang is absent, the steel cannot be smelted.

There is only one advantage: to prevent leaks, or the scene he least wants to see: betrayal!

People's hearts are the most vulnerable to temptation. Li Chengzhi thought about it, and he still felt that it is better to prevent problems before they happen.

It's better than letting him clean up the house in tears one day...

In addition to steelmaking, it is the production of nitrate.

Li Chengzhi thought about it and thought about it. In the end, he still didn't dare to let Li Song, Li Liang and others make gunpowder without him personally watching.

Even if it was just the method of making nitrate, he gritted his teeth and persuaded himself a hundred times before he made up his mind to teach Li Liang.

This is the real Pandora's Box, which can completely overthrow the big killer of this era, and Li Chengzhi doesn't want to turn the world into a hell because of his greed or indulgence...

In addition, there are some technologies such as benefiting the people and cultivating the fields. Naturally, the more people who learn such knowledge, the better. Li Chengzhi simply called together more than a hundred military officers and started an open class.

The speech was a bit messy, basically Li Chengzhi said whatever he thought of, but it was extremely useful.

For example, Qu Yuanli.

In fact, it is not exactly as later generations said that the short shaft plow was invented only in the Tang Dynasty, but it existed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

But it is still Zhiyuan, whose name is "Wuren Weili". It should have been passed down from the Jiangnan area during the Three Kingdoms period, which is similar to the origin of Quyuanli in the Tang Dynasty.

After changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft, Li Chengzhi made some improvements: for example, adding a wheel to the tail of the plow saves more than half the effort of oxen and horses plowing the land.

Another example is that the plow shovel and the plow frame are designed to be separated, so that the depth of the plow can be adjusted at any time.

It's not how knowledgeable or versatile he is. Li Chengzhi thinks that as long as he is a rural child, as long as he graduated from junior high school, he will know how to change this thing at a glance.

Of course, the premise is that you have qualified steel...

But these few slight changes have completely subverted the cognition of people in this era.

As soon as the drawing was finished, the group of people below couldn't help but want to kneel down and kowtow to Li Chengzhi.

This kind of plow, in addition to being able to plow deeply if you want to plow deeply, and plow shallowly if you want to plow shallowly, even when there are no livestock, you can change to a thinner plow and shovel, and a single person can pull the plow...

Li Chengzhi had to sigh with emotion, how correct is the saying "knowledge can liberate productivity"...

This lecture continued until midnight.If he hadn't worried about leaving at dawn and traveling nearly two thousand miles in a hurry, Li Chengzhi would definitely be able to talk until dawn.

Knowing that Mr. Lang is leaving, more than 100 generals, no matter how reluctant they were, had to bid farewell silently with tears in their eyes...

Li Chengzhi strictly ordered that no one should see him off, including Li Song.

……

The stars are shining, and the moon is sinking in the west.

The east has begun to shine, and there seems to be a golden thread connecting the sky and the earth, getting thicker and brighter.

It also seems to be hiding a fire dragon, which is about to rise into the sky.

The breeze was blowing, blowing the leaves and rustling, and occasionally there were a few insects chirping.

The air is filled with thick water vapor, mixed with the smell of grass and wild flowers, fresh and cool.

What a wonderful place, just like the peach garden outside the festival.

There is a long way to go...

Li Chengzhi looked at the quiet camp quietly, took a deep breath, and let it out slowly.

He cupped his fists and gave a slight arch to Li Song inside the gate of the village: "Send you a thousand miles, there will be a farewell, let's go back..."

Li Song had a resentful look on his face.

Thousands of miles?

You let the servants not even come out of the gate, okay?

The next time I see you again, Mr. Lang, it will be at least two or three months later...

Sighing in his heart, Li Song watched the 250 armored riders guarding Li Chengzhi tightly, walking farther and farther until they disappeared...

Knowing that Li Chengzhi only brought fifty guards with him when he came, Li Song was so frightened that his soul was about to fly out.

It is precisely because there are few Han people in Hexi that there are many Hu thieves and horse bandits.Most of the Zahu tribes are half-herders and half-bandits. If you encounter a small Sogdian caravan, you must grab it.

Of course, the Sogdians are not good birds. If you happen to meet a small tribe of Zahu, it's perfectly normal to snatch them up.

Therefore, whether it is a horse thief or a caravan of Hu merchants in the Western Regions, as long as they dare to appear on the Silk Road, there will be absolutely no one with less than a hundred riders.

It was not at all a question of whether Li Rui and fifty personal guards could defeat hundreds of horse thieves or hundreds of barbarian merchants, but because they were afraid that Li Chengzhi would be injured in the chaotic battle...

There are few clansmen staying in Jingzhou, and it is impossible to bring more guards when they come, and Li Chengzhi has no choice but to do it.

But there is no need to take this risk when you leave, naturally your life is the most important thing.

In addition to fifty guards, Li Chengzhi brought two hundred more cavalry, and asked Li Liang to lead the team. When he was free on the road, he was asked to consolidate his knowledge of soil-alkaline nitrate production and crucible steel production...

The 250 people are all one horse and three riders, and they are all carefully selected and carefully raised Liangzhou horses. It is a bit exaggerated to travel thousands of miles a day, but it is not a big problem to run more than [-] kilometers a day.

This is because Li Chengzhi was afraid of hurting the horse, so he didn't let the horse let go.And running for up to two hours will slow down the horse for a while, and on the premise of feeding a handful of soy feed and light salt water, otherwise it will be faster.

Just stop and go like this, until dusk, I have arrived in Shandan County, Zhangye County.

Doing the math, it has been nearly fifteen hours since we left the camp, and the journey has already passed four hundred miles.

Li Chengzhi decided to camp on the spot.

In order to prevent leaking traces, Li Chengzhi deliberately set up the camp about [-] miles north of the county seat.

In fact, there are not many people in Shandan County, and what Li Chengzhi is guarding against is the Hexi Racecourse [-] miles south of the county seat.

That is, after the new China, the only military horse farm in China: Shandan Military Horse Farm.

The best horse breeding land is definitely ranked among the top three in China: Hetao is recognized as the first place, and Shandan must be recognized as the second place.

The remaining one is in Yili, Xinjiang.

Since Han Wu, this has been the royal horse farm, and later Cao Wei, Western Jin, Yuan Wei, and later Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming, etc., here are the places for the imperial court to raise horses.

That's why there is a proverb that "Liangzhou Dama is the best in the world".

Five or six out of ten of these horses that the personal guards were riding right now were bought by Li Song from the Hexi Racecourse.

This is also the only military organization established by the imperial court in Hexi except Dunhuang Town.

Before Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, and before the Hexi Racecourse was moved to Heyang, the Hexi Racecourse claimed to raise millions of horses, and could provide more than [-] war horses to the imperial court every year.

Even now, there are more than [-] horses raised, and at least [-] war horses can be tamed every year.

According to Li Chengzhi's previous vision, this horse breeding land will be in his pocket sooner or later.

but now?
Just take a look...

Li Chengzhi didn't need to worry about it at all, Li Liang arranged it properly, and more than two hundred personal guards were in order.

You Ge of You Ge, those who set up tents, those who look for water look for water, those who look for firewood look for firewood, those who feed horses feed horses, and those who set up stoves set up stoves.

In less than an hour, Li Chengzhi drank the hot broth.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, boil the mutton and dry it, then grind it into powder, boil some water for a while during the march, and at most boil it again, that's what it is.

Or fry the grain and grind it into fried noodles. If conditions permit, or mix it with some oil, it is the best marching grain.

There is also a lot of salt mixed in, so it is not afraid of spoilage at all.

Naturally, Li Chengzhi copied it back from later generations...

After more than ten hours, Li Chengzhi felt that his bones were about to fall apart, but he still held on to his energy, drinking broth and chewing jerky, while giving lectures to Li Liang.

Li Liang's comprehension is not low, that is, in just a day or two, he even understood the principles and characteristics of raw and wrought iron to a full extent.

It's not memorizing it by rote, but understanding it thoroughly... But the question is, is Li Liang a pure ancient?

Li Chengzhi was a little skeptical when he was surprised. If he had time, let Li Liang stay by his side, at most two or three months, he might have nothing to teach...

After feeling emotional for a while, Li Chengzhi drove Li Liang away and asked him to go back to study by himself, then took a drink from the wine bag and prepared to have a good sleep.

But before the wine sac touched his mouth, a whistle suddenly sounded in the distance.

Enemy attack?

Li Chengzhi was a little confused.

Where is the enemy attacking in this wilderness?

I guarded and defended along the way, being cautious and cautious. Not only did I send more scouts to scout and patrol, but I was able to go around and go around. It is impossible for anyone to find out?

There must be an accident somewhere...

(End of this chapter)