After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 150
Because the shape of this sword is obviously different from the iron sword made by Gan Jiang and Mo Xie.

And this sword was brought by Liu Xiatuo, which means that Huai City now has a swordsmith, which makes Mengdi feel excited. Now the infantry is difficult to form because of the iron armor. Weapons are difficult to mass produce.

Unexpectedly, Bai Gui gave him such a surprise now, it can be said that it was a timely rain.

Liu Xiatuo's face was also full of admiration, and he pointed to the iron sword and said.

"This sword is a master named Gongsun Ye that Mr. Bai specially sent someone to invite. Now Mr. Bai is building a sword forging furnace for him in Huai City. This is only the first sword he has forged."

The name Gongsunye sounded very familiar to Meng Di. He frowned and thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of a sword, that is the Chixiao Sword worn by Han Gaozu Liu Bang.

And the person who built this sword and magic weapon was Gongsun Ye, so Meng Di asked curiously.

"How did Mr. Bai invite Master Gongsunye?"

Speaking of this matter, Liu Xiatuo said with a smile.

"Mr. Bai has sent a caravan to trade with nearby tribes. The reputation of Huai City is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many tribes who come to seek refuge, so Mr. Bai organized a large caravan and went to Wu Chu trade."

"And also asked the people in the caravan to search for some strange people in the local area, and then found Master Gongsun Ye. His temper is quite weird. Mr. Bai went there himself before inviting him to Huai City."

"And this Gongsun Ye has set three rules with Mr. Bai. One is to provide him with the resources to forge swords, the second is not to interfere with his actions, and the third is to build the sword-forging furnace according to his method."

"It's because of this that Mr. Bai specially transferred a large amount of money to build a sword casting furnace according to Gongsun Ye's request. Up to now, the furnace has not insisted on it, and it looks very strange."

Hearing this, Meng Di nodded and said with emotion.

"Extraordinary people must do extraordinary things. This Gongsun Ye can forge such an iron sword, which shows that his skills are extraordinary. As long as he can keep such a person, it is worth spending more money."

He is now determined to go to Huai City to see what Liu Xiatuo said those strange stoves look like, but right now is not the time, the war is imminent, and what he cares most about is the strength of the troops, so he asked.

"How many infantry have you trained during this time in Huaicheng?"

Speaking of training soldiers, Liu Xiatuo's face revealed a confident expression.

"Now there are nearly three thousand people. These three are warriors who have been carefully selected. Each of them can run a hundred miles and hit the target with an arrow. According to the request of the lord, they all marched. Wear armor."

Although 3000 people are not many, according to Liu Xiatuo's method of selecting troops, it is conceivable that this infantry must have a very strong combat capability. Meng Di nodded, with a look of approval on his face.

"You did a good job. You need to practice more when you go back. The situation in Lu is not good. I am afraid that Qi will bring troops to Fan in a short time. If the battle is tight, it is very likely that your infantry will come. You have to be mentally prepared to help."

Hearing this, Liu Xiatuo nodded, and then spoke again.

"This time I brought fine wine, more than a hundred altars, all of which have just been brewed. If we bring them over next time, the quantity will be even more. The only downside is that there are too few people and the progress of building Huai City is too slow. .”

"According to the current progress, it may take half a year before Huai City can be built as a peripheral city. What Mr. Bai means is that he wants to unite with the local tribes, conquer those who are ready to move, and then plunder their population to enrich Huai City."

This is different from what Mengdi asked before, the strategy of taking down Yihu in a short time, so Bai Gui asked Liu Xiatuo to come over and ask, after he finished speaking, Mengdi thought about it and agreed.

"Although there were some plans before, the situation in front of us is changing too fast. You can tell Mr. Bai after you go back and let him think about it. We still need to find a way to take down Yihu as soon as possible. Only in this way can we gain a foothold in the local area. .”

This batch of wine came in a timely manner, and more than half of the merchants were dismissed, which made the merchants full of confidence. However, it was at this time that Yang Hu led troops across the Song Kingdom to attack the Zheng Kingdom.

Zheng Guo's army did not directly engage in battle at the border, but set up a battle outside the city of Dan. Return directly to the country of Lu.

This made Wei Guo angry, no matter what, both Wei and Lu were attached to Jin. Although there was some difference in strength, they were equal in status. Yang Hu didn't even say hello in advance.

Then he swaggered back to the State of Lu with his men and horses, which means that he did not take the State of Wei seriously at all, but Wei Linggong only sent envoys to protest to the State of Lu, without any substantive actions, showing a little weakness .

But Meng Di and Ji Ran who were in Mengyi didn't think so, they got together and began to carefully analyze the situation in front of them.

At this moment, Ji Ran's face was full of worry.

"Looking at the current situation, this time Zheng State attacked the Zhou royal family, but Jin State did not send troops, only Lu State responded to Jin State's request, and Yang Hu passed Wei State without warning, this is really unusual. "

At this time, Meng Di also nodded slightly, and said helplessly.

"Now we can roughly judge what Yang Hu is thinking about. It must be Fan Yang's plan to use Lu State to beat Wei State, but doing so may only be counterproductive. No matter what, Jin State will send troops this time. .”

"But they didn't do this. What do the vassal states think? How can Jin state be the overlord at that time, and it has the obligation to protect the emperor of Zhou. If Jin state can't even do this, the next situation may develop uncontrollable."

Of course he knew why Fan Yang did this. Judging from the news he got, after Le Qi was detained, there was an uproar in Jin.

Perhaps Fan Yang felt that the strength of the Jin State was still there, and those vassal states did not dare to make rebellious actions, but recently, the Jin State has repeatedly resorted to tricks.

At this time, Fan Yang didn't want to focus on restoring the prestige of Jin, but through this kind of conspiracy, he could only make these vassal states alienated from their virtues.

(End of this chapter)