Lu Xu said, "So, the higher authorities have sent us so many craftsmen."
"And have you forgotten? I just said that the mountains have been the territory of bandits since ancient times. Who knows how many bandits are hidden here?"
"If we can conquer them? Isn't this equivalent to an extra army out of thin air? And this army does not require military expenses from above."
Niu Er said incredibly: "What do you think above really?"
Lu Xu nodded solemnly: "Since I came to Wei'anbao, I have made two tests to the superiors, and once I killed Li Hu and punished Wen Zi'an."
"Although my behavior is indeed the rules, I am actually offending the following. However, not only did the above not punish me, but also rewarded me greatly. This shows that the above only values the result, and the result they want requires a ability
Very outstanding people helped them achieve it, so they supported me and Vienborg.”
"The second time, this time I killed Jiang Zhengcheng and increased the production scale of my Wei'anbao. This behavior is reasonable on the surface, but it is not in line with the rules."
"This kind of military officers who monopolize their power in one place cannot be allowed in our dynasty, let alone the current production scale of weapons and equipment in Wei'anbao far exceeds the demand of our fifty people."
"But not only did not punish me, but instead sent an adopted daughter here. What does this mean? It means that the result they wanted to achieve would require far more than fifty people, and even the more than two thousand people in Wei'an Fort
Help it achieve it.”
Niu Er's eyes lit up: "Sir, this is to promote you!"
Lu Xu sneered: "Don't rush to call adults, how can this matter be so simple? The above is very smart, and the above clearly expressed their demands through my two tests, but they did not pay much.
Whether it is the craftsmen or the women, it is not worth mentioning compared to the military expenditure of raising the army."
"Once it is successful, they only need to send us a position of training. After the war is over, they can disband our armed forces on the spot. After all, there are only fifty officials in our hands, and we will still be a group of empty soldiers by then.
There are thieves who have the reputation of training in the regiment."
"If we fail, we will all die, and they will not have to worry about the follow-up matters. Do you think this is a good deal?"
Niu Er said angrily: "This is too bullying! Isn't this trying to keep the horse from running and not letting the horse eat grass?"
Lu Xu smiled bitterly: "Do you think this is over?"
Niu Er said in surprise: "This is not over yet?"
Lu Xu said: "Of course it's not over!"
"The Wen girl who is about to marry is named Wen Yuanzhong's niece. She has such a status. She still wants to go wherever she wants to go in our Wei'anbao? What do you want to do?"
"Does our Viaberg have any secrets in their eyes?"
Niu Er was shocked: "You mean, is that woman here to monitor us?"
Lu Xu said with a serious face: "I'm afraid that's it! We have proved our abilities and value before, but now we are afraid that we will test our loyalty!"
Niu Er shouted angrily: "It's so damning!"
This loud shout attracted the attention of many people, and everyone looked over with inquiry. Lu Xu quickly signaled Niu Er to whisper, and then said, "Don't be anxious, the devil is one foot taller, the road is one foot taller, how can it be above
I don’t care. I have a way to deal with the upper and the woman, but no matter what, I have to move out first.”
Hearing Lu Xu say that he had a way to deal with it, Niu Er finally let go of his heart a little. But it was impossible to feel completely relieved. He could only execute Lu Xu's orders with a slightly nervous mood.
And what about Lu Xu?
No matter what the hell did he want him to do? One thing Lu Xu is certain is that he must find a way to stick to these mountains.
The official army blocked Qin Feng Road not only blocked the bandits' escape, but also made him unable to find a way to open a road of life on Qin Feng Road.
If Lu Xu chose to build a strong regular army, Lu Xu would probably die very ugly. With his current forces, he would not be able to confront the Beiting army. If he wanted to protect himself under the Beiting people, he would need to
Conquer the bandits in the mountains as much as possible.
But with the regular army, they can only clear the bandits but cannot conquer them. If they want to conquer them, they can only be more "bandits" than them. Of course, this is just a way of thinking. No matter what, from now on, you can strengthen your strength as much as possible.
Anyway, it's true.
Afterwards, Lu Xu spent five days to build two small machines, one was a hand-crank lathe composed of a variety of Sugang blades, and the roughly structure was equivalent to a super drilling pencil sharpener.
Another one is the wire drawing machine recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu. The specific process is to first dig a small hole on a copper ruler to make the iron into thinner wire, and then burn the wire red and soften it.
Pull through the hole into thinner wire.
In order to pull the wire as thin as possible, Lu Xu also added a waterwheel to the small machine to ensure that it had enough power.
It has to be said that because Lu Xu handled the Jiang family, no one in Wei'an Castle knew that Lu Xu was the leader of Wei'an Castle. So what did Lu Xu have to ask this time? The craftsmen in Wei'an Castle will be
No one dared to be perfunctory, which made Lu Xu's project progress so smoothly.
During the construction of these small machinery, Lu Xu also asked the craftsmen to build an all-steel pulley set. What was very unexpected was that the first wire produced by the wire drawing machine created by Lu Xu was Lu Xu'an.
On the pulley set.
Everyone was looking at the fog, and only an old blacksmith like Han Laoliu seemed to see a clue: "Road Team Officer, are you trying to build a crossbow?"
Lu Xu looked at Han Laoliu with approval: "It's worthy of being an old blacksmith, and his eyesight is good. Although the thing I want to build is not a crossbow, it's almost done!"
Although Lu Xu still seemed to be vague, this was an official answer at least. Han Laoliu soon spread the news.
Now the military families in Wei'anbao have recognized Lu Xu's ability, especially in building equipment.
I heard that Lu Xu was suspected of creating a new crossbow, and everyone was very happy. Because in everyone's opinion, this means that the strength of Wei'anbao will be further enhanced, and everyone's safety will be more.
point.
Of course, some people believe that no matter how capable Lu Xu is, it is impossible to block the attack of a large number of bandits who have been entrenched here for many years with their strength alone.
They felt that the safety of Vianburg could only be expected to send people to reinforce, or the news that the bandits who had received before might come back to attack were fake news.