Da Wei Chun

Chapter 693 Replenish Your Strength ([-])

"You haven't said yet, why didn't you take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack and put on a big effort, instead you had to rest for three months. The soldiers' fighting spirit has already worn down most of them, but they want to revive their swords again?"

Li Shixian looked a bit like breaking the casserole and asking the end, vowing not to give up.Looking at his staring eyes with anger in his eyes, it is clear that everyone knows, but Li Chengzhi is the only one who is hiding it from him.

Even if the old man is incompetent, at least he is your own father, can he still harm you?
How could Li Sixian not complain?
"Widemore is going to make a mistake!"

Cui Guang gave a low reprimand, and Li Sixian shrank his head and suppressed his anger.

Looking aside, Li Shiliang was also eager to try, as if he was going to teach his second brother a lesson, Li Chengzhi couldn't help laughing.

It's really indigo dyed white cloth, one thing drops one thing.

"It's not that my son deliberately deceived it, but that this is a top secret in the West Sea, and only two or three people know about it."

Li Chengzhi replied, then looked at Cui Guang, Zhang Jingzhi, and Wei Zijian, and said with a gentle smile, "Even Shang Shu and the two uncles, I have never revealed a word. The reason why the three know it is because they acted as agents." Military affairs and people's life have been around for a long time, and clues can be glimpsed in the traces of pearls and horses, so that the source can be determined by tracing the traces.

Father just came back not long ago, and it has only been two months since he took over Minsheng, so it is reasonable not to guess the clue..."

Hearing that even Cui Guangjing didn't know, Li Shixian felt a lot better.

Li Chengzhi acts as if he recognizes reason and does not recognize his relatives. As a father-in-law, he has long understood it.Since he didn't know, it was reasonable for Zhang Jingzhi and Wei Zijian not to know either.

And Cui Guang, who is in charge of the Western Navy's political and political affairs, and who has started to build a ministerial province, doesn't even know it, which means it's a secret among secrets.

Thinking about it this way, his tone softened a lot, and Li Shixian smiled with a hint of apology, "What's the reason?"

"There is no gunpowder, and the artillery has become a decoration. How can we fight? Naturally, we can only start a war."

Li Chengzhi replied with a smile, "Now I dare to stand up again because I have accumulated some accumulation. Although I can't stand the repeated battles in April and May, there is absolutely no problem in a small battle. Also The imperial court of the province thinks that I am a poor donkey in the West Sea and have nothing to do..."

Distressed people, God does not give up.

When the war broke out, Li Chengzhi suddenly realized that the gunpowder in Xihai might not last long.

Sure enough, Huangfu lost [-]% of Xihai's five-year reserve during the battle at Nanmen Pass and Shanshan Town.

Li Chengzhi was in a hurry.

But the great war has started, the commercial road has been broken, even the trafficking to Yuan Wei, Tuyuhun, and Nanliang is no longer urgent.

Fortunately, I did this in my previous life. I know that there are several large natural sulfur mines in the Qilian Mountains bordering Jiuquan and Tuyuhun.Therefore, Li Chengxian was ordered to set up a mining department immediately, and more than ten thousand people were summoned to enter the mountain.

Although it is only a general impression, the range is roughly within a hundred miles, so it is not difficult to find, and sulfur will seep back.There are large mines at the foot of the mountain, and there must be exposed ore spots on the top of the mountain and the shallow surface of the hillside.So it only took half a month, and finally found two small mines.But because it is a half-life mine of pyrite, it is extremely difficult to mine it, and it only costs more than a thousand catties a month.

Li Chengzhi didn't give up, and asked Li Chengxian to search carefully. It was God's eye opening, and he finally found the big mine four months ago.And it is lenticular, layered pure natural sulfur.

According to common sense, tens of thousands of people can harvest tens of thousands of catties a day, but this stuff is poisonous.

Moreover, what Xihai lacks most is people. To be on the safe side, Li Chengzhi can only trade progress for safety, expand the mine opening as much as possible to ensure ventilation, and dare not dig deep, and only mine two feet after the well is opened.

Therefore, it is only five or six thousand catties per month, and only more than [-] catties have been harvested in four months.Half of them have been made into gunpowder, flower bombs, mines, etc., and sent to Longxi and Bogulu.Now Li Liang is still working day and night, working overtime. Under the premise of ensuring safety, one hundred thousand catties of gunpowder is more than enough for one month.

In this way, as long as the year is over, the reserves before the war can be reached.That's why Li Chengzhi dared to start a war.

Of course, it's best not to fight if you can.The so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, which means that the imperial court is declining, and the sun is declining, and it is by no means comparable to the West Sea, which only has three towns and five states.

Strictly speaking, whether it is compared to the land, Dingkou, or output, the West Sea is less than one of the top ten in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties.

So in this battle, Li Chengzhi just showed his fangs and put pressure on the court...

Hearing what he said, everyone knew Li Chengzhi's intention to start the war.But at the same time, I was also thinking in my heart: this time the war started, the imperial court was seeking benevolence and benevolence, and did not dare to try again, let alone play tricks.

I just don't know how many of the three items Li Chengzhi requested will be agreed by the imperial court?

Don't think about ceding land and bestowing the country. Regardless of the fact that Gao Ying even said in the imperial edict "a dilemma, a dilemma", it can be seen that he would not agree to death.

At most, it is sneaky to pay some money and food to the people.

But today's West Sea just lacks this.

Therefore, from the perspective of the imperial court, this move can be described as drinking poison to quench thirst and raising tigers to cause trouble.

But it is really the end of the mountain, and there is nothing to do, so I can only make this bad plan.

Thinking about it this way, Gao Ying can be regarded as pitiful...

As soon as this idea came to him, Cui Guang hurriedly cheered up when he heard Li Chengzhi calling him.

"Shangshu, I don't know if you can ride a horse. If you don't want to ride in my chariot, let me go to Dongcheng to have a look?"

"This old man is getting stronger and stronger, not to mention riding a horse, you can even go to battle, why do you need a car?"

Cui Guang laughed, "It's just a matter of time to ask the Duke to inspect, to see if the old man has been a vegetarian in the past few months, and he is a person who is just pretending to be a cadaver!"

"Shangshu is joking. As an invincible minister, for my little Xihai, it is already a sledgehammer. How dare you talk about it? This trip to Dongcheng is just to look at the military uniforms and quilts, so that my sons and daughters Withstand the harsh winter..."

This is really not Li Chengzhi's perfunctory words.

Now there are more than one million Xihai and 15 generals, but the spy Cao Xizuo directly under Li Chengzhi has nearly tens of thousands of people.

Although most of them are still lurking in Tuyuhun, Liuzhen, Guanzhong, and Luojing, and many are still sent by Huangfu, Li Liang, and Li Song, but they are only placed in the open. The inspection department temporarily led by the personal guard general Li Xiaoxian has More than a thousand people.

In addition to directly driving guards, patrolling and chasing, etc., this part is also responsible for supervising officials and supervising local areas.

The suppression of barbarians, already the capital of the West Sea, is naturally the most important thing. I dare not say that even traces of pearls and horses cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the inspection department, but if there is any trouble, the inspection department must be the first to know.

For example, the secret work sent by the imperial court came to Jiuquan and Zhangye, but was found by the inspection department to Genjiao, not to mention Zhenyi City, even Biaoxian County.

Just like the embroidered clothes guards flocking to Dunhuang, the inspection department also found out the clues.After reporting to Li Chengzhi, Li Chengzhi did nothing but send a battalion to Li Song to completely uproot Yuan Hui's disciples and grandchildren, including Yuan Zhi, who was also beheaded by Li Song in a rage.

Being so powerful already has a bit of the style of Jinyiwei in the early Ming Dynasty, and Li Chengzhi was also unexpected.Of course he knew it was a double-edged sword, but in extraordinary times, he could only do extraordinary things, so he had to use it.

Restrictions and trade-offs are naturally inevitable, so Li Cheng simply dismantled them into several pieces and returned them to the army to be dispatched by the generals.

In this way, there will be more than a thousand people left by his side, and the main task will be to directly drive the guards, so naturally there will be no big troubles.However, it is naturally easy to check whether the directors are competent and whether the projects are completed on schedule.

There is no doubt that Cui Guang is a capable minister and an official.And Xihai is mostly a new thing, no matter how capable Cui Guang is, his eyes will be dimmed for a while, knowing it but not knowing why.

In this way, the attitude of Li Shiliang, who has experienced countless Caos and is no longer familiar with various affairs in the West Sea than Li Song and Li Liang, is particularly important.

So Li Chengzhi almost gave orders by ear, persuading him every day, and talking every night, in case Li Shiliang had a grudge, and even more afraid that he and Li's servants, who had long been the backbone of the West Sea, would ostracize Cui Guang.

Fortunately, Li Chengzhi's majesty is becoming more and more serious, and Li Shiliang is also an open-minded and reasonable person. He knows that if he wants to win the world, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to rely on these three or two hundred members of the Li clan.

He also knows the truth of buying horse bones with thousands of dollars, so he obeys Cui Guangyan's advice, and he always knows everything and says everything.

Therefore, Shang Shusheng really got on the right track without much stumbling.

Roughly speaking: Li Chengzhi is quite satisfied...

Not long after, a group of more than a hundred riders arrived at Hedong.

Roughly two miles west of the barracks, slightly to the south.Slightly close to the military camp, most of them are military supply workshops with low pollution such as depots, military rations, and quilts.Further to the east are factories that need to burn coal, such as ordnance, currency factories, and paper factories.

It is also because there are many winds in the west of the river, and the northwest wind blows for [-] days a year.

But when the wind isn't blowing, it's more interesting: coal ash is floating everywhere, it's the leaves that have turned yellow, and the paint ink that's all been stained.It was not yet noon, and the soldiers standing guard at the gate all had black noses.

This is also a disadvantage of too fast development: in the past, there were few people, so the factory area naturally did not need to be large.And in order to save road construction, it is natural that they are one by one.

Now that we have to expand production capacity, we can only work overtime around the clock, and pollution is naturally unavoidable.

But only temporarily.

If you want to plan the world and compete in the Central Plains, it is not appropriate to place the center of military affairs in Zhenyi.

One is the land of the Four Wars, there is no danger to defend, and it would be too costly to temporarily build a city.

The second is that it is too far away. If one day we can really occupy Guanzhong, when we march to Luojing, Hedong, or even Jiangnan, wouldn't we have to travel three or four thousand miles?

The best way is to build as you occupy.

If after the war with Xing Luan, the imperial court did not dare to fight back with all its strength, it meant that there would not be a major war in Longxi for the time being, and there was nothing to worry about for at least two to three years.

So Li Chengzhi decided, but when the spring warms up next year, as long as the war stops, all the factories in Xihai will move to Qinzhou.

At that time, it will not be too big, too many, just enough.It will not be too late to start construction after entering Guanzhong.

At that time, Zhenyi will become a military town, defending Tuyuhun in the south, Rouran in the north, and Dunhuang in the west.

Although it will be a few years later, Li Chengzhi already has a rough blueprint in his mind...

After thinking about it, a group of people entered the quilt factory.

As soon as he entered the door, a strong smell of fishy smell and pungent smell came over his face.

The fishy ones are wool and sheepskin, and the pungent ones are various medicine pools used to nitrate fur.

The wool and sheepskin piled up under the corner formed a mountain, and many strong men stood on both sides of the square pool, either throwing in or fishing out.The fur is either thrown into the pool or fished out of the pool.

In the pool is the drying ground. Once the fur is dry, the fur will be transported to the shed, and the sheepskin will be hammered flat by a balancing car and sewn into a coat with the inner fur and outer fur.The fur will be loosened and packed into a sewn hemp cover to make a quilt.

Such a small factory can make five or six hundred fur coats and thousands of wool quilts a day.Moreover, there are five such large quilt factories in the pastoral area north of Jinggong and south of Juyan Lake.

These natural military supplies, once manufactured, will be transported to Dunhuang and Longxi.Thin bones and three places.

The warmth retention effect is not generally good, especially the sheepskin coat, if paired with felt boots, sheepskin hat and leather gloves, it can be warmed by lying in the snow in the wild even in cold weather.

This is the benefit of having more livestock.

Not to mention the nearly 200 million cattle and sheep grazing in the north and south of Juyan Lake and the Shandan Racecourse, but the one million that were seized from Tuyuhun and Rouran in midsummer and finally slaughtered because no one grazed them was enough for 15 in the West Sea. The soldiers are equipped with three sets of leather winter clothes from head to toe, from the inside to the outside.

The only disadvantage is that it is heavy. The soldiers only wear half armor, and then put on such a suit, and then match it with water bags, spare dry fried noodles, bows and knives, etc. The net weight is at least fifty catties.

Fortunately, there are many West Seahorses...

After turning around and counting the inventory again, Li Chengzhi went to the depot next door.

As a traveler, Li Chengzhi naturally knows the benefits of bearings.What's more, in the Western Han Dynasty, China had the technology of softening and annealing low-silicon pig iron to produce ductile iron, so he naturally used it.

However, instead of ball bearings, cylindrical bearings were produced.But it is enough to make a car.

No exception, the car factory also uses streamlined operating procedures, and the progress is naturally not slow.Li Chengzhi did not hesitate to praise, and praised Cui Guang and Li Shiliang beautifully.

Cui Guang is the Shangshu, who is in charge of all the Caos, and Li Shiliang is the chief of the Gongcao. Except for the Jincao (Arsenal), he is in charge of all the factories in the West Sea, regardless of whether they involve the military or the civilians.Now the factories are running smoothly and have exceeded Li Chengzhi's expectations, which is naturally a great achievement.

For example, Zhang Jingzhi and Wei Zijian are also honored. Now the former is the farmer and the head of the criminal Cao, and also the Sima of the three armies. It can be said that he has a high position and weight, and he is not inferior to Cui Guang.The latter is in charge of Min Cao and Xue Cao. Although he has not been involved in military affairs, he is just showing his talents, but with Wei Zijian's knowledge, talent, and experience, he will be able to show his strength and revenge sooner or later.

Only Li Shixian, who is now only the deputy head of Mincao, is still under Wei Zijian.

So he is both envious and sad.

As for jealousy and injustice, of course they don't exist.

Who told him to be an official of the seventh rank, and the leader of the army was no more than a battalion.Randomly pick one out of these people, they are all [-] miles ahead of him.

In desperation, Li Shixian can only stand on his own feet and strive for self-improvement.

No matter how much he looks in awe of Cui Guang and Li Shiliang, the purpose is to learn all the skills of these two people...

(End of this chapter)