After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 48 The Biggest Secret of Handi
Yin Hu is a good choice.

"Is it credible that this person betrayed his elder brother to the position?" Meng Di hesitated.

"Yin Hu is in charge of the family as a concubine, and there are many dissatisfied people in the family. If you give a little support, you can return to your heart." However, profit is the most important thing in everything, "My lord can choose a competent subordinate to marry with him."

Another marriage, Meng Di smiled, Ji Ran is a good matchmaker.

Xiao Wu was the first to follow him, and he contributed a lot to Yin Hu's matter, so he was a suitable candidate.But it's not a problem to be called Xiao Wu Xiao Wu all the time. Ji Ran suggested that since he is the confidant of the lord, it is better to give the surname Meng and the name Meng Wu.

Good idea, simply give Xiao Liu the name Meng Lu.

The rest of the people who followed Meng Di to Han were also appointed, such as Father Jing, Gan Ying, Ji and others. Only the generals were not interested. For him, having a sword to forge was the best reward.

Since then, the forces in the Han area have been divided into three parts, the largest being Meng Di's relatives, the Han family, followed by Meng Di's confidantes headed by Meng Wu.Zhao, Mao, Nangong and other three clans were indecisive and did not show their loyalty in time. Although they were not suppressed, they gradually separated from the core, so they had to hold each other together and faintly became a force.

Ji Ran was very satisfied with this arrangement, as for the lower-level officials, they were appointed by Han Qu, the magistrate, so he didn't need to worry about it.

In addition to Hancheng and Gumi, there is actually another fort in Handi, which was built near the iron-smelting valley. It was heavily guarded and few people knew about it.

Ji Ran didn't know anything about it until Meng Di brought him over to visit.

"There are such sharp weapons!" Looking at the gleaming iron sword and arrowheads, Ji Ran took a breath and pleaded guilty to Meng Di: "I said earlier that my lord doesn't know how to refine it, but I made a mistake."

"Hehe, this is the biggest secret and the most important reliance in the Han land. It would be strange if you knew about it, sir."

This castle is called Iron Fort, and there are a thousand craftsmen and coolies stationed there.Both of them are only responsible to Meng Di, and no one should intervene.

People in the fort are not allowed to go out easily, and there is a large amount of grain stored in the fort.

In addition to casting weapons, Iron Castle also has a task of supplying a batch of agricultural tools to Seoul every month and receiving black stones from Seoul.

"Bronze still needs to be smelted. It will be very useful to go to the Central Plains. Besides, the Han army will distribute part of it to cover up people's eyes and ears." After being shocked, Ji Ran made a suggestion.

This is easy to handle. With Blackstone, regardless of copper or iron, the efficiency is greatly improved, and it can be provided in a short time.

Gan Jiang no longer forges ordinary weapons, he mutters in front of the furnace and doesn't know what to think about, Meng Di doesn't want to disturb, so he asks Gan Ying to take everyone to another place.

The defense here is even tighter, Meng Lu personally sits in the town, except for Ji Ran, all his followers are not allowed to enter.

Walking through the long corridor, it is an open field.

"What is this?" The thing in front of him looks a bit like a bow, but it is thicker and shorter than a bow, and there is a wooden stick in the middle, even though Ji Ran is profound, he can't recognize it.

"This thing is called a crossbow." Meng Di handed it to Ji Ran after winding it up.

Meng Lu directed Ji Ran to aim at the trees in the distance, and then pulled the "hanging knife", and the arrow "collapsed" and shot straight through the tree trunk.

"This is made by the craftsmen ordered by the Lord. Ordinary soldiers only need to get acquainted with it a little, and they can be like sharpshooters." Meng Lu said.

The crossbow was something Mengdi had wanted to equip for a long time. Most of the craftsmen brought by Ji Dynasty were sent to the castle to make crossbows.To keep it a secret, everyone makes different parts and finally assembles it here.

"Unbelievable! With this thing, even women and children can kill armored men!" Ji Ran's eyes flickered.

"Of course it's not that easy." Meng Di laughed, "It's not easy to make, and it's not as fast as a bow and arrow. It requires the cooperation of the battle formation."

Crossbows certainly have shortcomings, which were solved by Meng Di in his previous life.During the expedition to the Western Regions, the Han army defeated the Xiongnu cavalry with infantry, all thanks to the strength of the crossbow.

"The crossbow has three parts: arm, bow and machine." Meng Di introduced casually.

The "arm" is made of wood, that is, the wooden bar Ji Ran saw, like a human arm, it must be strong and not deformable.

The "bow" runs across the front of the arm, similar to a common bow.

The "machine" is installed at the back of the arm, which is the most important part of the crossbow. Only a very reliable craftsman is allowed to make it. The crossbow machine is made of copper and is installed in the "Guo" of the crossbow. The front is used for hanging strings "Tooth", "Wangshan" is attached to the "tooth", and there is a "hanging knife" under the Tongguo, which is used to shoot arrows.

When the crossbow is fired, first stretch the string, hold it on the "teeth" of the crossbow machine, install the arrow in the arrow slot on the "arm", aim through "Wangshan", and pull the "hanging knife" to make it The "teeth" shrink down, the string is unhooked, and the arrow is shot out.

"With the strength of the Han land, only a few crossbows can be made every month." Meng Di regretted.

"Such an artifact should be granted by the heavens. My lord, please don't ask for too much." Ji Ran nodded, thinking that this is reasonable. If tens of millions of them can be easily produced, and with a single hand, they can almost push down all the princes, so what is there for me? thing?

"However, craftsmen are trying another kind of large crossbow. It takes several people to open it, and the arrow can reach hundreds of feet." Meng Di pointed to a huge crossbow in the distance and said: "Although this crossbow costs more to make, it is more Can't be aimed, but still very useful on the battlefield."

Looking at the arrow as thick as a child's arm, Ji Ran shuddered.

Even for him who is not well versed in military affairs, hundreds of feet is still an unbelievable distance. If it is done, wouldn't it be possible to easily defeat a general among thousands of troops?

"My lord, this place is so important, who will be in charge after going north?"

This is exactly the headache for Meng Di. After getting along with Ji Ran for the past few days, he has understood the way of imperial power, which is nothing more than separation of powers and checks and balances. However, the relationship between Iron Castle is too important to be trusted by any party.

"This place must be controlled by someone whom the lord absolutely trusts, how about Madam Qiu'er?"

"Qiu'er? Is it reliable?"

"Mrs. Qiu'er represents the lord, this alone is enough."

After thinking about it, Mengdi has no better way, and it can only be like this for the time being.

In a blink of an eye, the autumn wind was picking up again, and everything was arranged properly. Meng Di left a thousand soldiers under the charge of Meng Wu, and gave Han Qu the responsibility of temporarily recruiting troops to deal with emergencies.

The Han area had sufficient food and a large number of soldiers. Mengdi ordered Hanqu to keep a thousand recruits for training and defense at all times. Once there was a war, they could be quickly recruited and handed over to Mengwu for command.

On the other hand, I and Ji Ran took two thousand elites from the mountain path to the country of Lu, and besides Su'er accompanied me, I also specially brought Jing Hee, who is agile and good at running, maybe there will be some Useful.

The State of Lu was just north of the State of Xu. At this time, the State of Xu no longer existed, but the State of Wu still seemed unable to control a large area, and there were many water thieves in the swamps.

A few thieves came up to ask questions, but were taken down by Jing Tie. These water thieves were actually remnants of the Xu state, and had nowhere to go, so they had to make a living by robbing.

There was nothing wrong with Meng Di, so he came to ask about it, and only after asking did he find out that something shocking had happened in the state of Wu.

He Lu died.

After Wu Jun returned to the division, he went straight to Gusu City and surrounded the city.

Fu Gai was also a bachelor, he cared about enjoying himself day and night, with an attitude of dying after he had finished his addiction, and did not resist, and was finally tied up by various families in the city and sent out of the city gate.It was He Lu who thought of brotherhood, and finally expelled Husband Gai.

After tidying up the mess left by Fugai and digesting the gains from the attack on Chu, after half a year of tossing, Helu reorganized his army and prepared to settle the score with Yue.In the first battle between Li and Li, the Wu army was defeated by the younger brother Yue Guo who had always looked down on him. He Lu was cut on his toe. After returning, his injuries became more and more serious, and he died.

That's the way it is, no wonder I didn't see half of Wu Jun all the way here.

(End of this chapter)