After entering the main hall, several figures from the Wei family had already stood up to worship tremblingly.
"No gift."
The dining table in the hall, as Xu Mu expected, was indeed filled with meat delicacies.
"Brother Mu, is the river fish sweet and sour? I won't eat it. I know etiquette. I'll wait for Brother Mu to finish talking about the matter."
"Eat it, you are not an outsider." Xu Mu said with a smile.
As soon as the voice fell, Si Hu had already sat down impatiently. Several people from the Wei family nearby also relaxed and wiped away a few sweats after hearing this sentence.
"I'll give you a toast to General Xu."
"Drink together."
…
"A warship that can carry five hundred people?" After drinking for three rounds, Wei Cheng, as the head of the Wei family, only listened to Xu Mu's words and his expression became hesitant.
"General Xu... In normal times, this would be no problem, but with the ten-day construction period, this, this is really impossible to meet. Just cutting a keel will take less than half a month."
Putting down the wine cup, Xu Mu spoke calmly.
"I've thought about it. I don't want you to wait for a new one. You can renovate it into a merchant ship. Moreover, we will only build three ships. I will ask people to send these materials such as wood and ship nails."
Wei Cheng still hesitated. Judging from his experience, this seemed to be an impossible task.
"General Xu, do you have the drawings?"
"Of course there is." Xu Mu responded, but did not take it out immediately.
Wei Cheng understood immediately and raised his hand to disperse several tribesmen who were drinking with him.
"Si Hu, put the fish into the bowl."
Si Hu pinched it a few times, then simply grabbed it with his hands and walked aside holding the bowl.
Pushing away the piled vegetable basins, Xu Mu placed the pictures on the dining table.
"General Xu, what kind of ship is this? I have never seen it before."
"Shield ship."
"Look at it, how can you kill the enemy without even opening the arrow cabin? Moreover, since it is the main ship, it should not be equipped with a plow."
A ship plow is an iron plow installed on the bow of a river ship such as a fighting ship, which is used to ram enemy ships.
"You don't need to worry about these things for now, I have my own use for them."
Wei Cheng smiled bitterly, "General Xu, I have been a shipbuilder for thirty or forty years, and I have never seen a warship like this. Also, the sails of this ship must be covered with iron sheets. I just feel that there are some
waste."
"Not only is it covered with iron sheets, but there are also holes on both sides of the hull to accommodate oil tanks and heavy crossbows."
Xu Mu lowered his voice and waited for Wei Cheng to speak. All this was the knowledge he could use in the current situation.
As for Huobengshi, he has another role.
Wei Cheng looked uncertain, thinking about the pros and cons.
"Master Wei, I heard that he also built many boats for the Jiang bandits. Why, you can help the Jiang bandits build them, but I can't?"
"If this matter is completed, I will have a list of thousands of warships in the future, which I will give to you, and you will be paid upon delivery."
Wei Cheng gritted his teeth, his expression changed several times, and finally he nodded heavily as if he was risking his life.
"I believe in the ability of the Wei family. However, please do not let other people know about the shipbuilding. In the past half month, if you can trouble the Wei family, I will stay at the shipyard for a while."
"Don't worry, General Xu."
"This is the deposit." Xu Mu took a bag of gold cakes from his arms and put it on the dining table. "I know the thoughts of the Wei family master. He is just afraid that I, Xu Mu, will be beaten to death on the river one day. What will I do?"
A useless effort."
"But I believe that the head of the Wei family is a smart man. What the Wei family lacks is not wealth, but an opportunity to take off."
"Now is the Wei family's opportunity."
Wei Cheng looked up in shock, only to find that Xu Mu had already stood up, held up the oil-paper umbrella again, and left the Wei family compound with the fat-mouthed silly man.
…
"General Xu."
As soon as he returned to the governor's house, Yu Wen rode back in a hurry.
"General Xu, the strategist has won the battle! As soon as we went to rush for reinforcements, Fan Lu sent someone to report that the strategist ambushed the 20,000-strong army in the canyon, leaving most of them dead and injured."
Listening, Xu Mu smiled. He was indeed his military advisor. Thinking back to the misfortune of that day, he really found a treasure.
"Nearly three hundred people were killed in the battle, all killed by return fire." Yu Wen sighed.
When fighting, people will die.
"Yu Wen, within the next ten days, you will travel back and forth between Fufeng City and Bailu County to try to recruit new troops."
After all, we entered Sichuan for too short a time and lacked manpower.
However, in this short period of time, for Fufeng City and Bailu County, if they can recruit 5,000 people, it is considered very good.
"Don't worry, General Xu." Yu Wen firmly clasped his fists.
"By the way, General Xu, there is one more thing."
"What."
"I heard that the helmsman of Thirty States has captured a water fort and captured nearly a hundred warships."
"So fast?" Xu Mu was startled. He originally thought that even if Li Zhiqiu had 20,000 to 30,000 troops, it would still take at least a few days.
Unexpectedly, the Jiang bandit's water stronghold was captured the same day.
"Those Xiaer soldiers are not afraid of death. I heard that during the attack on the stronghold, many people took the fire boat directly to burn the door to their death."
Xu Mu was silent for a moment.
In this dark world, just as the young Marquis said, no matter whether it is black or white, as long as the person who saves the world does not deserve to die, he can be regarded as a hero.
"General Xu, the forest road is slippery, so I will go back to Fufeng City first."
"Let's go." Xu Mu said goodbye with fists clasped.
I originally thought of letting the villagers from Fufeng City migrate here together, but the war is about to begin, and Bailu County will bear the brunt, so it is useless to come here.
He wanted to enter Shu and have a place to live. Then, he had to join forces with Li Zhiqiu to pin Chen Changqing, a bitch, to death on the river.
…
Standing on the balcony, Chen Changqing kept staring at Jiang Shi in front of him. The vision with one eye was very bad. After just looking for a while, he felt a headache.
"If it weren't for this rain, I would definitely kill Shuzhou." Chen Changqing said in a hateful tone.
"Of course, Lord Marquis has a strong army. Once he leaves, he will defeat the Xu thieves."
"Chen Lu, your mouth has become sweeter and sweeter recently. Could it be that you have a guilty conscience and have done something that you can't forgive me for?"
"Master Hou, how dare I. If it weren't for Master Hou, I would have died in Changyang."
"Just remember, your life is left to me." Chen Changqing sneered.
Chen Lu bowed hastily.
"How is Yuan An now?"
"Your Majesty has obeyed the wishes of the Marquis and is preparing to issue an imperial edict to recruit the Jiang bandits in Muyunzhou and Cangzhou to defeat their troops. In addition, Old Man Mo from Cangzhou also agreed to send troops after receiving the imperial edict."
"Great joy." Chen Changqing's face was ferocious, "Chen Lu, let me ask you: when the young marquis died, why did he choose the white clothed man of the young master's family instead of me, the general who followed us in the north and south?"
"The young Marquis is blind. He can't see that there is clearly the aura of a golden dragon lingering on the Marquis' body."
Chen Changqing was startled, and suddenly he raised his head and laughed.
"Go and inform all the ministries that as soon as the rainy season stops, I, Mu Yun Prefecture's more than 200,000 troops and thousands of warships, will march across Jiangxi. Not only will I kill my little boss, but I will also occupy Shu Prefecture!"
"Chen Lu, what you said is very good. I, Chen Changqing, am indeed a man surrounded by golden dragons!"