Northern Dynasties

In any case, after leaving Huazhou for more than half a year, it was finally remembered and the foot ban was revoked. This is also a very happy thing.

Although even if Yu Wentai didn't order the foot restraint, Li Tai was so busy in the past six months that he didn't have time to wander elsewhere.But people are so strange, whether I can leave the earth is my business, but if you want to order to prohibit leaving, that is power and shackles, so I can't feel the slightest freedom!
Although he was still a little upset, after reading the letter, Li Tai ordered his staff to pack his luggage, and put together the cattle and horses collected in Beizhou and prepared to be escorted to the south in the near future, and sent them back along the way.

The first stop on the southbound route is Chengchengfang. Unlike the two northward fortresses that handle all affairs, the affairs of Chengchengfang are the most simple.Chengcheng County was responsible for the construction of Fangcheng. Before it was completed and handed over, more than a thousand famous township tribes in Shangyuan Township had already been recruited.

Chengcheng County belongs to Huazhou. Last year, when Li Tai suppressed the bandits, the bandits in the territory did not completely disappear, but they were also greatly restrained.Li Yantou led his troops to garrison here, and the most important task every day was to train his men and horses.

Therefore, Chengcheng defense troops are more outstanding than the other two defenses. Leaving aside individual force, the basic military qualities of prohibition, orderly formation, and orderly advance and retreat are already fully possessed.

Moreover, most of the defense soldiers in Chengcheng were Shang Yuan's younger brothers. With Li Tai's status and prestige in Shang Yuan, even if he resigned one day, other troops might not continue to follow him, but these Shang Yuan soldiers would definitely move with him.

Li Tai was not in a hurry, so he simply stayed in Chengcheng for two days, pulled his troops out of Fangcheng, and practiced with the [-] fine cavalry under his command to attack each other with Fangcheng's troops. It can be seen that the people on the other side can see and see back and forth, which shows that it is not bad.

So Li Tai decided to conduct a defensive adjustment in the second half of the year, deploying the three defenses and horses, and have a relaxed preparation training.

After the exercise, he crossed the nearby river and came to Baishui territory.

Today's Baishuizhuang is Li Tai's military base camp, and the smelting and forging craftsmen gathered here and there. From Luoshui to Baishui, several districts are working day and night, and the smelting furnaces set up along the river are full of smoke. Contributed to the environmental pollution in the West and the accelerated end of the Little Ice Age.

The workshop covers an area of ​​more than ten hectares, and there are nearly [-] craftsmen and Zhujiajuan, and nearly [-] craftsmen who actually do the work.In addition to the ones Li Tai recruited by various means, Liu Min also presented a hundred blacksmiths and blacksmiths after returning home.

After the establishment of the workshop, the basic consumables such as front loss can basically be self-sufficient, and the output of bows, knives, guns and armor is also steadily increasing.

In the past half a year alone, the workshop has produced more than [-] knives, more than [-] spears and spears, more than [-] bows, and more than [-] standard armors. The saber is nearly three hundred.

Although the quantity is not low, the yield rate is a bit worrying. The yield rate is less than [-]%, and the material loss rate is high. For some ordnance that is more difficult to forge, such as the saber, Li Tai rations a hundred handles, and it is scrapped after two months of use. Half, and it is still in the process of hunting and training such non-high-intensity combat, it can be seen that it is still flashy, and its actual combat performance is worrying. …

Li Tai was also a little helpless about this. In his previous life, he was only a general history UP, and he was not an eighth-level blacksmith. He knew a little bit of personnel allusions and historical context, but it was difficult for him to find out about heavy industry.

Kansai has been in chaos for many years, and the current level of craftsmanship is a level lower than that of Hebei. It may not be more than that. It is not easy for Dugu Xin to make a Sutie Baodao.

Even if one or two skilled craftsmen are lucky enough to find a set of smelting and forging procedures, followed by standardized promotion and widespread equipment, it is far from a short-term achievement.

Not to mention that Li Tai and other craftsmen are mainly temple slaves who switched from smelting and casting Buddha statues. Although they all play with metals, the process and use of casting and forging are quite different, and technological progress also requires a process and time.

Right now, the consumption of soldiers and workshops has become the bulk of Li Tai's expenses.

The former still has other plans and various means to supplement, but the latter is simply a gold mine. The iron materials Li Tai obtained from suppressing bandits and robbing Buddhist temples last year have already been consumed, and what he is using now are all newly smelted metals. of materials.

More than half of the stolen goods from Hongfa Temple that he privately hid last year have not been digested and realized. If Liu Min, Ji Yu's family, had not entrusted him with the money, he might not be able to maintain it.

The cost of cultivating craftsmen by himself is too high. Li Tai is also thinking about where he can get a large number of skilled forging craftsmen, either near the Jinyang Bafu of his elder brother He Liuhun on the other side, or the ones that have risen in Mobei Jinshan. Turkic tribe.

Although the goal is quite clear, he can't afford to mess with either of them.Therefore, this high-input and low-return workshop still has to continue to be maintained. Even if the cost of ordnance is higher than that of external procurement, in order to avoid being choked by others, it still cannot be abandoned halfway.

Money is a bastard, let's be greedy after spending it!This old man who is not withered has given another big rocket of [-] bolts of silk, and when China and France are officially implemented next year, it will be another sky-scrambling monkey!

Thinking of this, Li Tai was full of energy again, and made up his mind to deduct half of the gift for those two families. If they really made a big deal, they might think that they were quite rich.As far as Yu Wentai's virtue is concerned, no matter how many gifts you give, you may not be able to see the money back. The key is that he has quite a lot of children.

In mid-July, Li Tai finally returned to Wuxiang County. Thinking that Yu Jin's manor was still north of his Shangyuan Village, he planned to cross the river and go home to change into patched clothes before visiting.

After all, his group consisted of hundreds of people, strong and strong, and escorted hundreds of carts of supplies and herds of cattle and horses, which was really eye-catching.

But when he just arrived at the ferry, there were more than [-] horses riding towards him from the east. The leader, a young man in brocade robes, cupped his hands at Li Tai and said with a smile, "In the name of my uncle, I am here to welcome Governor Li back to his residence." Township, the governor is safe and sound?"

When Li Tai visited Yu Jin's house last year, he met this young man named Yu Kuan, Yu Jin's confidant, only one year younger than himself.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, he could only walk forward slowly, nodding his head and smiling, he said: "I'm used to the old way, so why bother to welcome you. The general is too polite, and Hui'an came to welcome him. It's too much hospitality! It's just that I am surrounded by wind and sand, Can you take a bath after returning to the hall of fear and pollution, and visit again?" …

But Yu Kuan got off his horse and led the bridle straight in front of him. Then he turned his head and said with a smile: "The governor is very handsome. Wherever he walks, the peng households are also glorious. I just follow this glory to greet me. The wind and sand in the area , It’s not enough to disturb. My uncle solemnly told me that I must stop the governor before he enters the mansion, so as to add honor to my family’s future happy event.”

Li Tai was also helpless after hearing this, he had no choice but to get off his horse, and on the way he ordered his subordinates to bring all the materials back to the manor, while he brought dozens of entourages with Yu Kuan and went to Yu Jin's manor.

"The chief governor has not been in the job for a long time, but he has already achieved a strong career. It is really embarrassing for his peers!"

When Yu Kuan saw Li Tai's entourage driving, he immediately said with envy.

His father, Yu Hu, died before he entered the business. He has been living with his uncle Yu Jin, and he is still unemployed. Li Tai, who is only one year older than him, has become a three-defense city master with nearly ten thousand horses. Governor, naturally ashamed and envious.

"Hey, I'm just glamorous on the outside and have a reputation for a while, but I've worked so hard inside!"

Li Tai sighed after hearing the words, and said to Kuan: "Hui'an, you are a scholar with deep inner talent and self-cultivation. When you enter the service, you will be strong inside and help you outside, and it will only take you a moment to jump inside and outside!"

He said that not because he got cheap and acted like a good boy, but because he was really envious of these second generations.

Yu Jin was serving as a general, and last year he was added as Shangshu Zuopushe, and also served as the chief minister of the prime minister's mansion. Except for those Yuan and Wei clansmen who made vacancies to support him, he seemed to be second only to Daxingtai in the imperial court and the hegemony's military and political circles. People from Yuwentai.

With such support from relatives, even if Yu Kuan is only white now, his official career must be unimpeded and skyrocketing.Compared with these real powerful second generations, I just took advantage of being a stupid bird who flew first and didn't miss any opportunity.

Yu Kuan invited Li Taiqiang into his manor, but Yu Jin was not in the manor, but personally organized this extraordinary wedding in his mansion in Huazhou City.

Li Tai bathed and ate in this village for a while, and then went to Huazhou City with Yu Kuan.

After walking outside the city, he found that the layout of Huazhou City was quite different from when he left last year.Several small cities were built around the city, which should be used to garrison the troops directly under the Bafu's expansion, and make the defense around Huazhou City more secure.

The city itself has also extended a part outwards, and the expansion is mainly the Bafu Xingtai. Along the city wall, an entire military city has been expanded outwards. Later Tongzhou Palace weather.

Li Tai couldn't help feeling sour when he saw this, the money you gave me to build the Fangcheng was deducted by you to build a house for yourself!Calculated in this way, the Overlord's Mansion will have half of me. When Yu Wentai can't live anymore, he will have to live in it for a few years!

A group of people entered the city from the west of the city, and when they passed the city gate, the guarding general immediately greeted him with joy, and crossed his hands from a distance, saying, "When did Ah Lang return?"

"At the beginning of the month, he was excellent in martial arts, and he was the governor of the city. Fang Zuo took up his new rotation. He has already informed Uncle Yu Zhusheng, but he hasn't had time to inform Alang yet."

Li Quji raised his face proudly and said, but Li Tai straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "The city defense guard is the most important duty, the alarm bell is ringing in my heart, and I will talk about the miscellaneous love when I go home, and I can't just leave my position! "

After Li Quji heard the words, he hurriedly restrained his smile, bowed his head to Li Tai, and then quickly returned to his post.

Although Li Tai has a stern face, his heart is full of joy. My mother is also considered to be someone in the city defense. Who the hell will stare at me again, be careful when entering and leaving Huazhou, let me see if I can mess with you!