wild trail

Chapter 324 Full Expansion
Similar to the Three Villages of Guiyu, in dozens of villages in more than a dozen cities in the Xia Kingdom, all new officials arrived at the place where they took office years ago. These energetic young officials started their journey with their own ideals and aspirations in mind. Xintiandi.

With the improvement of the civil service system, the powers of military generals have been weakened a lot, and civil affairs are completely under the control of local officials. For military generals, their only duty now is to expand the territory for the Xia Kingdom.

With the liberation of military officers at the bottom from government affairs, the number of troops that Wang Lang could mobilize suddenly increased a lot. Except for some major cities in the east where about 100 troops were stationed, most of the cities had only one team of troops stationed in the city. Locally, prepare for unexpected situations.

After receiving the message from the dragoons, troops from all over the country hurried towards Yancheng after the Chinese New Year.

Not long after the new year, and the festive atmosphere hadn't faded away, Wang Lang summoned Lin Huo, Minister of the Ministry of War, Commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and Lin Shupi, Chief Soldier, to the palace.

In the main hall, Wang Lang hung up a huge map, pointed at the grassland west of Yancheng with a stick, and said, "I originally planned to send only 1000 people to conquer this area, but this progress is still too difficult. I plan to mobilize an army of 3000 people and [-] civilians to conquer this area from six directions after the troops from all over the country are gathered, and strive to include this area in my Great Xia territory within half a year.

After capturing the population, find a suitable location every fifty miles to the east of Dingyuan City and build it. The size of each city is kept below 2000 people. The name of the new city is named after the names of the generals of the ministries. Is there anything to add? "

Lin Shupi looked at the map and said, "Your Majesty, who will command the army this time to conquer the barbarians, and how will the personnel be deployed in a six-way attack? Many of them are not my subordinates."

Wang Lang said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. I have appointed Marshal Zhengxi. Jianya's soldiers will directly follow your orders in the process of conquering the barbarians. If there are disobedient ones, I will send a military judge to accompany the army." West Expedition."

With Wang Lang's guarantee, Lin Shupi patted his chest and said: "My lord, this time I will definitely let those barbarians learn about my Great Xia's prestige, educate them, and expand my land for thousands of miles, but Your Majesty, this army There is no need for a judge."

Wang Lang smiled gently and said: "A military judge still needs to be appointed. Your mission is to conquer the West. Just leave these trivial matters to the military judge. Don't worry, this military judge will not participate in any military operations other than enforcing military laws." .”

Lin Shupi nodded and said, "I will follow His Majesty's arrangement."

At this time, Lin Huo said: "Your Majesty, the scale of this Western Expedition is so large that we have never encountered such a long time. I am not worried about weapons, but in terms of logistics, I am worried that we will not be able to supply them. The food that 3000 people need every day is not a small number!"

Wang Lang nodded and said: "You are right. This is what I am most worried about. The west is a very strange environment for us. There is no road. It is a big challenge for transportation. This time, your military department must coordinate Be good to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, use all available vehicles, use all idle giant deer, and ensure that the soldiers in front have enough food as much as possible."

After accepting such a difficult task, Lin Huo frowned. This matter was not only a severe test for their Ministry of War, but also for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Sir! Follow orders!" Lin Huo said bravely.

As the saying goes, once the cannon fires, the gold is ten thousand taels. Although the chance of using weapons is not great this time, the supplies consumed by so many people every day is an astronomical figure. They were scattered in various cities before and did not feel the pressure.

But as long as the army moved, the pressure would immediately become apparent.

"This time it's hard work for you, and I don't want to be in such a hurry, but I'm worried that those dinosaurs won't give us too much time! We can only compete with them and gather humans together as soon as possible." Wang Lang said slowly .

When the two of them heard the words, their hearts trembled, and Lin Huo quickly said: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, we should be able to defend the mainland of China!"

Wang Lang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know either. We can only do our best now. Even if we lose to those monsters in the end, we still have to show them the courage of human beings. When we go to the gods, I believe that the gods will not blame us."

"Your Majesty, almost four years have passed since the Dinosaurman's stranded ship appeared by the sea. Could it be that the mainland outside is so far away from us? No other Dinosaurman has arrived for so long." Lin Huo wondered. asked.

Wang Lang said in a deep voice: "No matter what the reason is that they didn't come, we just have to do our own thing well."

After the first month, with reinforcements coming from all over the country, the Western Expedition officially began.

After sufficient preparation, more than 3000 soldiers and more than 2000 civilian husbands were divided into six groups to fight westward.

Fifty dragoons, spread their wings high in the sky in two teams, one step ahead, scouting the situation ahead from the air.

With the addition of air power, every move on the ground can be said to be under Xia Jun's control.

The army advanced very quickly. Starting from Yancheng, they marched for more than [-] miles a day. The army in the middle of the road arrived at the living area of ​​the fifth department of the original grassland ten days later. unreached areas.

From time to time, the dragoons sent news from the front, but they didn't find any trace of the wildlings.

Lin Shupi ordered to set up camp by a small stream. Wang He, who was only nine years old, went out with the army, but for safety's sake, Lin Shupi kept him by his side and learned some knowledge about marching and fighting with him.

This time, in addition to capturing the population to expand the territory, what is more important is to draw a map along the way. Only by fully understanding the territory that you rule can you take advantage of the terrain and deal with the enemy in future wars.

Now most of Xia's army has been sent out. From the northern jungle to the central grassland, the Great Xia army has traveled all over the place. Except for the southern jungle, there are soldiers of Great Xia in most areas of the mainland of China. .

While Xia Guo's army was fully expanding, craftsmen at Yancheng Gunpowder Secret Test Base carefully placed a bamboo tube on a table and fixed it. The dark mouth of the bamboo tube was aimed at the target ahead.

Wang Lang also came to watch this test in person. This gunpowder weapon was completed with his participation. If this test can be successful, it will show that muskets and artillery will no longer be a dream.

The craftsmen filled the bamboo tube with gravel, ignited the fuse, and burned it out with the fuse.

A dull sound erupted from the bamboo tube, and after a puff of white smoke passed, the target more than ten meters ahead had been beaten into a honeycomb, and tiny stones were stuck on the wooden board. Everyone was surprised by such power.

Wang Lang hurriedly went to the bamboo tube to check the situation. The attack just now completely scrapped the bamboo tube. Cracks appeared on the wall of the bamboo tube, and two of the copper pieces wrapped on it even broke, which shows its strong power.

"It seems that this thing still can't replace bronze!" Wang Lang shook his head.

Mu Feng walked up to Wang Lang and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, are you not satisfied with such power?"

Wang Lang said: "You see that things can only be used once, and they cannot be used. Even a wooden board cannot be broken at a distance of ten meters. This can only be used as a sample. In the future, you will try to use bronze to make it according to this principle." Artillery, the artillery I want is to be able to shoot a ten-jin iron ball at least 1000 meters, so that it can be of practical value."

"1000 meters? Your Majesty, how can this be done!" Mu Feng exclaimed.

Wang Lang smiled and said: "I think it should be possible. You can see that such a small thing can push the stone so far, and the airtightness of this thing is very poor. If it is replaced by bronze, it will be bigger and it will solve the problem of air tightness." It is not difficult to hit 1000 meters for the problem of tightness.”

Mu Feng looked at the scrapped bamboo tube, pondered for a while and said: "Then I will try it, if I can really make that kind of powerful cannon, this blow can smash a dinosaur to pieces."

Wang Lang nodded and said: "You should study this matter as soon as possible. If you don't have enough supplies, you can ask the Ministry of Accounts to allocate them. I will do my best to assist you."

Mu Feng heard the words and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I heard that your Ministry of Industry has recently made a good thing, which is very convenient for grinding noodles. Take me to have a look." Wang Lang changed the topic.

"Your Majesty, the thing made is called a windmill. I studied the windmill after observing the windmills that children usually play, and researched this thing. It's just that the windmill is useless here in Yancheng, and the effect is not as good as the animal mill." Mu Feng Said slowly.

"Oh, why is that? Could it be that the wind here is not strong enough?" Wang Lang asked.

Mu Feng respectfully said: "Your Majesty, the wind in this inland grassland is very weak, and the windmills turn extremely slowly. I plan to build some windmills in the seaport and the northern city to try. If the effect is good, this thing can make up for us. The shortage of horned dragons."

Wang Lang nodded and said, "You can handle this matter according to your needs, take me to see what the windmill looks like."

"As ordered!"

Mu Feng saluted, and took Wang Lang away from the gunpowder experiment base. After leaving Yancheng and walking south for more than half an hour, Wang Lang saw this huge object with a height of seven or eight meters standing on the empty grassland. Slowly turning under the action of the breeze, the building made of bricks below made creaking sounds from time to time.

"Your Majesty, this is the windmill." Mu Feng pointed to the tall building ahead.

The windmill in front of me is very different from the Dutch windmill in Wang Lang's impression. In my impression, the blades of the Dutch windmill are vertical and turn up and down, but the one in front of me is turning horizontally around the vertical wooden pole in the middle, which looks very is weird.

But since he can use the wind power, Wang Lang doesn't care what it looks like, as long as it can stand the test of practice, it is useful.

Walking to the building below the windmill, I saw only a stone roller in the empty room, driven by the connecting rod, turning slowly on the millstone, the speed was so slow that Wang Lang wanted to go up and push it to turn quickly .

"Your Majesty, you have also seen that this thing turns so slowly, it is useless here." Mu Feng said slowly.

Wang Lang nodded and said: "It's really useless here, but I can see that this thing will be of great use as long as there is wind. With the wind force from the sea and the north, it is not a problem to use this thing to drive the four stone mills to rotate. , this is a good thing!"

Mu Feng smiled complacently when he heard the words: "I think so too, if this thing can really play a role in the north, as long as we build enough, the production of flour will expand many times, and people in the country can also eat it." Get cheap flour."

Looking at the slowly turning stone roller, Wang Lang was quite moved. He never thought that this group of wild aborigines who had little contact with scientific knowledge could develop machinery to this stage. It can be seen that the intelligence level of these people is comparable to that of modern people. Just a lot of knowledge is missing.

"It's too wasteful to just use it for grinding flour." Wang Lang shook his head and said.

Mu Feng was taken aback, and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what can this thing do besides grinding flour?"

Wang Lang pointed to the connecting rod structure and said: "Since the Ministry of Industry can do this, have you ever thought about using the power of water to improve this thing, not only for flour milling, but also for combining with animal power forging hammers, or with The combination of the loom and the principle of this connecting rod allows the power of nature to replace human and animal power."

Mu Feng pinched his beard and thought carefully, his eyes gradually became extremely excited, and he couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

"Your Majesty is indeed extremely intelligent, and I think the second thing is feasible."

Hearing Mu Feng's praise, Wang Lang couldn't help laughing and said, "Since you think it's feasible, go back and write a memorial, and write out your plan in detail. After I read it, if there is no problem, how much manpower and money will you need? Do a statistic."

"I obey the order!" Mu Feng excitedly said.

Looking at Mu Feng whose mind was no longer here, Wang Lang smiled lightly and said, "Let's go back!"

Escorted by the guards, Wang Lang returned to Yancheng together with officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Food is the sky, and many diners gathered together, listening attentively to a soldier's narration.

"What you said is true. That thing is really so miraculous, can one bite make you extremely powerful?" asked a diner.

The soldier laughed and said, "Is it true or not? Let me tell you, as long as I eat that, I can hit you four or five times without a weapon. You say it's terrible. If you don't eat something even more miraculous, You will feel uncomfortable all over, and after taking a bite, the feeling is not to mention how comfortable it is, as if floating, more comfortable than doing that with a woman!"

　I rub it, the anti-theft chapter is blocked!

　　
　
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