Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 579 Thriving 1
After working for a long time, Gongsun Xu found an iron mine and a copper mine, and also found a few scattered small gold mines. I have to say that this Black Forest is indeed rich in products. Gongsun Xu and the others did not waste much effort. Just found what they were looking for.

Perhaps it is because of the horror of the Black Forest that outsiders dare not come in to explore, even the people of the antelope tribe who live nearby dare not go too deep. The beasts in the Black Forest act as the patron saint of the forest, making The mines here have never been mined.

"This is closer to the valley." Gongsun Xu pointed to the front and said, "We can mine ore here, and then open a road from this cliff. The ore we mined can be put down here, which will save a lot of money." manpower.

Set up a smelter in the valley, and then the rest of the weapons-making work will be completed in the valley together, which can not only play a role in keeping secrets, but also facilitate transportation.

However, there are indeed many dangers around here. For the sake of safety, it is best to cut down the trees around the mine. Fortunately, the cliff is not too high. It is estimated that the trees on the cliff can be cut down in a day or two.

Time waits for no one, we will do it tomorrow, everyone should familiarize themselves with the terrain first, so don't get lost then, this Black Forest is too big, although it is rich in products, it is more dangerous.

Tomorrow, it is best to organize people to search within ten miles of the iron mine. It is necessary to ensure the safety of everyone and drive away all the wild animals in the vicinity. "

"What you said is very true." Dian Wei nodded and said: "That's fine, let's make a mark and go back now. In the afternoon, Mr. will take us to see the fuel you mentioned."

"Let's go, these iron ores are enough for us." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "What we need to do now is to seize the time to forge weapons. Anyway, it's snowing so hard that we can't go hunting. This time can't be wasted."

Everyone didn't forget to check on the way back. There were too many prey in the black forest. This time they came together with so many people. If they didn't hunt something and go back, they would be sorry for themselves.

In less than an hour, everyone returned with a full load. Dian Wei captured a tiger and a bear, Gongsun Xu shot and killed three leopards, and the rest of them also hunted wild wolves, elk, and wild boars. The prey, if not for the lack of time, Gongsun Xu would really like to continue hunting.

Three days later, the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong sounded in the valley. Gongsun Xu's weapons shop in the valley was on the right track. Now, Gongsun Xu had solved the problem of weapons. Don't worry about not having enough weapons to arm the subordinates you have recruited.

Since the herdsmen in the nearby tribes were all idle at home, Gongsun Xu made use of all the idle labor. Anyway, he had so many yellow sheep in his hands, and Dian Wei also had tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses in his hands. I can't finish the food that comes here, so it doesn't matter if I share it with others now.

Among the more than 3000 people recruited, [-] went to mine on the mountain, and the rest went to dig coal.As for the smelting of steel and the forging of weapons in the valley, the internal officers and men of the Huben Army are all responsible.

It's not that Gongsun Xu is unwilling to teach other herdsmen the smelting technology. The key is that this valley is related to whether Gongsun Xu can successfully fight back to Hetao, and he must do a good job of keeping it secret.

The originally deserted winter has become lively now. Although the Black Forest is terrifying, thousands of people can't bear to cut and mine it. The wild beasts in the periphery are either black hunting or fleeing to the depths of the Black Forest.

Anyway, Gongsun Xu's activities were limited to the outskirts of the Black Forest, and there was no need to go deep into it. Therefore, the herdsmen who mined iron ore would not be in danger at all.

More and more tribes migrated to the Black Forest. In the past, if other tribes migrated, no matter how powerful they were, they had to go to say hello to the Antelope Tribe, and more or less had to say hello to the leader of the Antelope Tribe. Just give some presents.

But now, the first thing these tribes do after migrating here is to visit Dian Wei in the valley first, and then to visit Gongsun Xu with gifts. As for the Antelope tribe, they are now directly ignored by others.

The leader of the antelope tribe was not angry either. With such a big tribe in the valley, there was no chance for him to speak. Now Dianwei didn’t ask him anything. He also gave priority to recruiting people from his tribe to work. Calculated in this way, these people who go to work can not only earn rations every day, but also bring food to their families. This winter, the adoptive tribe will not starve to death.

Ten days later, the first batch of products were produced in the valley. Accompanied by Dian Wei, Gongsun Xu went to inspect the achievements in the weapons workshop. The quality of these weapons was related to the lives and deaths of soldiers, and Gongsun Xu had to personally check them.

"Master, these are the newly produced weapons." Dian Wei pointed to the thousands of scimitars and spears in front of him and said, "Brothers are all experts, and the things they forged are not bad, but compared with our weapons, It’s really far from it.”

Gongsun Xu picked up a scimitar and looked at it for a while, then said, "How is the output now?"

"We have sufficient manpower." Dian Wei said: "We don't need our people to mine ore and coal at all. The brothers only need to be responsible for smelting steel and making weapons.

Yesterday, the lord sent someone to dig out a river in the valley. Now we can use water power to pull up the bellows and hammer, which can save more manpower.

We can expand the scale of the weapon workshop, but the power provided by the river is limited. If the weapon workshop expands, I am afraid that more people will be needed. "

"Don't we have countless mules, horses and oxen?" Gongsun Xu said with a smile: "Use the mules, horses and oxen to drive the machinery, so that the bellows and hammers don't need manpower to pull."

After hearing this, Dian Wei suddenly realized: "How could I have forgotten this, hehe, I have been thinking about our craftsman camp in northern Xinjiang these days, but I didn't care that these livestock can also help us."

"The quality of these things is not good, and must be improved." Gongsun Xu put down his weapons and said, "Although they cannot reach the quality of our current weapons, they must be better than those of the cavalry on the grassland. Keep working hard. We can produce them in a day now." How many weapons."

"According to the current speed, there are only [-] scimitars and [-] spears a day." Dian Wei said: "Our output will increase after the weapons workshop expands. "

"Too few, it won't work if it goes on like this." Gongsun Xu shook his head and said, "It's not difficult to smelt steel and forge weapons, we don't need to hide them.

Now, we can imitate the northern Xinjiang craftsman camp, and carry out all the tasks in accordance with the assembly line production. The rough work of tempering steel and making weapons can be handed over to other people.

Let our own people be responsible for the core technology and checkpoints. However, the recruited people must also be trustworthy. First recruit from our own tribe, understand? "

"My lord, don't worry, I will leave this matter to Ran." Dian Wei nodded and said, "He has recruited almost 500 cavalry now. These are warriors who have lost their tribe, and they will definitely be of use to us." .”

"All these weapons are traded." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "Although we don't like it, other tribes are in short supply. To exchange horses with them, we need a lot of horses." "

"Understood." Dian Wei nodded and replied: "However, my lord, there is something very strange, more and more tribes migrated here, and they all claimed that their tribe was attacked and driven out.

I think this matter is a bit weird. Could it be that there are other tribes looting around on the grassland at this time?We are afraid to step up our guard. "

"I've also heard about this incident." Gongsun Xu said, "Small tribes were exterminated directly, while larger tribes were attacked, and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses were robbed. This is indeed a problem.

Don't mess around until things are clear. Now that so many tribes have migrated, it's a good thing for us. Maybe they can be used by us by then. "

"I will understand at the end."

A few days later, a trading market was opened five miles away from the mouth of the valley. Dian Wei sold all the weapons produced here, and people from the nearby tribes rode their horses to watch the excitement.

Most of these tribes have been attacked, and their equipment is too poor to fight the enemy, so they are defeated when they are attacked and have to choose to flee.

Now, there are people selling weapons on this grassland, of course they can't miss it, anyway, within hundreds of miles around, this is really the only one, there is no other branch.

"Everyone is optimistic. These weapons are clearly priced, and the quantity is limited." Gongsun Ran shouted to everyone on the temporary platform: "You can try the quality of the weapons first, but don't take the wood and wood in your hands. Stone came to compete with my weapon.

Everyone can see clearly, a scimitar is exchanged for a war horse, and a spear is exchanged for a sheep. If you want to register first, someone will be in charge of this matter. First let’s say yes, the number of things is limited, I can only guarantee those The first to register get what they want. "

"Is this scimitar too expensive, and you have to change it for a horse." Someone shouted below: "Can you lower the price, no matter how you say it, we are not rich."

Others followed suit. Although machetes were rare, they were indeed not rich, especially since most of these migrated tribes had been attacked, and there were not many cattle, sheep and horses left in their tribes.

"I can't do anything about it. If it doesn't work, you can also buy the weapons back first, and then go to work with us to earn wages." Gongsun Ran said with a smile: "Besides, how much better are these weapons than those in your hands? You know in your heart that only good things are worth money, and whether you buy them or not depends on your mood.

Your cattle and sheep are robbed not because you are not brave enough, but because the guys in your hands are not as powerful as others. If the weapon you exchanged for a horse can kill an enemy, then you can not only protect your own property, but also protect your own property. The enemy's horses can be captured, this, you must be clear in your heart, I won't say more, you can figure it out. "

(End of this chapter)