He believed that it was Qiu Liju who threatened Liu Xiang with his army, so Liu Xiang had to take out the plague-repelling pill to eliminate the disaster, and he was an accomplice played by Qiu Liju.
This is an insult to him.
"Qiu Liju, I will kill you!"
Yan Rou roared loudly while riding on the horse.
Liu Xiang didn't know that Yan Rou was going crazy with anger, so he took Bai Xi to bathe and brush her fur. If they had a good relationship, he could ride Bai Xi everywhere in the future.
As for riding such a beautiful white horse, will it be too conspicuous and become a key target for the enemy?
Liu Xiang was not worried at all. During a battle, nothing could be more conspicuous than the general's tooth flag.
When charging into battle?
Anyway, Liu Xiang charged into battle twice and didn't encounter any enemies.
Humming a little tune, holding a white horse, and still needing a servant and two pets, you can go and get the scriptures.
Liu Xiang has received a lot of good news recently. New technologies are gradually taking effect, and some of the decrees he issued are on the expected track, so he decided to relax a bit.
He is a strength-oriented person who always believes that all difficulties and obstacles are just because your strength is not enough. When the strength is achieved, these so-called difficulties and dangers will be easily solved.
The situation outside is turbulent, but Liu Xiang is working hard to cultivate his internal strength and consolidate his foundation.
After bathing and brushing the white horse, I soaked its hooves for a while and then sent it back to the stable.
The relaxation time is over and it’s time to get down to business.
With the replanting completed, the General's Mansion hired a large number of civilians, and with the addition of cement, various construction projects progressed rapidly. Liu Xiang added a brick kiln for burning red bricks, mainly for burning stone bullets, and occasionally burning bricks.
The workshop for manufacturing Wugang vehicles has been expanded. In the future, Liu Xiang's troops will be equipped with a large number of Wugang vehicles for transportation and auxiliary operations.
The city wall of Yuyang was strengthened, turrets and arrow towers were built on the wall, enemy towers and enemy towers were built outside the city wall, and urns were built outside the city gate.
In order to stabilize the defense of Yuyang City and accumulate experience in building city gates, Xiangxi, Lulong, and Linyu all need to build cities and build gates, so they practice their skills in Yuyang City first.
They also organized manpower to build roads, dig wells, and dig irrigation canals. Everyone was busy everywhere.
The people didn't have much food in hand, so Liu Xiang organized people to provide relief through work. He just took the opportunity to repair the infrastructure, and also allowed the people to earn more money and food to survive the severe cold in winter.
Thinking of the severe cold, Liu Xiang drew a simplified diagram of the ground.
The underground cellar is to dig a rectangular pit three or four feet deep in the ground. In the pit, a few rows of pillars are erected high in the middle and short on both sides. Sandalwood rafters are added to the pillars, and the outer ends of the rafters are placed on the ground or inserted into the pit.
In the soil of the wall, tie the roof bar and straw handles on the top, and then cover it with more than half a foot of thick soil. Leave the door and window in the south or southeast corner, and seal the rest of the part between the roof and the ground with an earth wall.
This kind of house is about half underground and half above ground, and has a good thermal insulation effect. Until the Republic of China, this kind of house still existed in the north, used to survive the severe cold in winter.
Liu Xiang taught several groups of peasants and asked them to build model houses in various rural pavilions. He was also responsible for teaching the people the skills of building houses, so that the people who did not have winter houses had houses that could avoid the cold.
This kind of underground cellar is not difficult to build, and the materials are not valuable, as long as you are willing to put in the effort. The common people lack everything but strength. As long as they are given space to live, they can grow wildly.
There were busy people everywhere, like a group of worker ants. There were more than 300,000 people in six counties in the North, which made Liu Xiang very tired.
It's better to be busy than to wait numbly for death. Liu Xiang didn't feel any guilt at all.
He is now very happy that the trial of the single-nitrifier cannon was successful. Twelve craftsmen turned his rough drawings into a weapon of war installed on the Wugang vehicle in one day.
Pulled to an open area, the soldiers tried to fire stones. Ten soldiers pulled the cannon rope, and the stone bullets weighing five kilograms were thrown into the air. After a short glide, they finally hit the ground seventy steps away.
After several rounds of firing, Liu Xiang was a little dissatisfied.
Let the craftsmen try to lengthen the length of the leather nest. They tried again and again, and finally the leather nest was increased to eight feet long. A five-pound stone bullet can shoot a hundred steps, and a three-pound stone bullet can shoot a hundred and twenty steps.
The firing range could no longer be improved, and the single-nitrile cannon was finalized.
The cannon is two feet long, eight feet long, and has ten gun ropes. It is installed on a Wugang vehicle that is two feet long and one foot three wide. It is equipped with ten people. This is a basic combat unit of the light vehicle battalion.
The bed crossbow was not tried out. The crossbow craftsmen were too busy and Liu Xiang was too embarrassed to disturb him.
These twelve craftsmen who made single-tank cannons were the same craftsmen who were originally stationed on the Great Wall and were sent to them by Yan Rou.
Liu Xiang used these twelve craftsmen as the main ones and recruited 60 people to build a gun carriage workshop. With sufficient supply of raw materials and Wugang carriages, he could build three gun carriages a day.
The light vehicle battalion had to take the artillery vehicle route first, and the ballistae had to wait.
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The time came on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, and the mutual market with Wuhuan opened in Huanxi.
Except for grain, iron materials and war horses, Liu Xiang did not restrict other commodities, nor did he prohibit private merchants from trading in the past.
Instead, he summoned the families of his soldiers and helped them form caravans. The caravans formed by these military families could obtain supplies from Liu Xiang and transport them to various places for sale.
If you have no capital, you can also take the goods first and then pay for them after selling them.
Liu Xiang also issued a military order that the families of sergeants who train hard and have excellent evaluations can give priority to purchase some in-demand supplies and commodities, such as salt, wine, herbal medicines, exquisite lacquerware, pottery, and porcelain.
The fire kiln in the north of Yuyang City was already capable of firing porcelain. Liu Xiang mobilized several craftsmen from the iron smelting workshops to teach the pottery craftsmen the preheating and blasting technology of the iron smelting blast furnace, and modified the pottery firing kiln. Increased furnace temperature.
Nowadays, relatively coarse celadon can be fired. As for how to improve the carcass and glaze, craftsmen need to study it themselves. Liu Xiang doesn't know how to do it anyway.
He offered a reward: craftsmen who optimized their techniques would be rewarded with tens of thousands of dollars, and those who made greater contributions would be rewarded with military titles.
Liu Xiang also rented some of the shops he had confiscated to military dependents who lacked men and could not engage in business, and made them businessmen. It was agreed that they would not charge rent and would only take 50% of the profits. Every month, the General's Office would send someone to do an accounting.
The merchant groups formed by these military relatives will bring a lot of money to Liu Xiang and will also greatly improve the morale of the army.
As for whether the tail will be too big to fall off in the future? Now is the Han Dynasty with low productivity. It is a typical seller's market. Will manufacturers be afraid of distributors?
The sergeants in the army felt that the general had been extremely benevolent and righteous to them. If he did not die for the general, he would be an ungrateful person, and everyone would despise him.
It also ushered in a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army. The four armies at the front, left and right were fully formed, and the sixth battalion of the Chinese army expanded to 7,000 people, including Xiaoqi, Yueqi, and middle base, with a total of 2,500 cavalry, escorts, archers, and light vehicles. A total of 4,500 infantry.
The Hu cavalry under the command of Yan Rou was expanded to 2,000 cavalry, and a thousand new beacon soldiers were recruited.
He also tricked Qiu Liju into buying 100 yuan of soap for the price of two high-quality war horses.
When Liu Xiang received the news, he wrote a special letter to Qiu Liju, promising to sell the Anti-Plague Pill to only him, and encouraging Qiu Liju to make money from Xianbei and the Huns.
Therefore, Lord Wuhuan bought another thousand war horses.
Liu Xiang was very happy. A piece of soap cost less than 10 yuan, and the paint box cost more than 20 yuan. He used 20,000 yuan to buy 1,200 high-quality war horses, a profit of several thousand times.
He's going crazy with joy.
Qiu Liju was also very happy. This was a miraculous treasure that had to be punished by heaven. He originally wanted to give some gifts and then threaten to extort some salt, iron and grain. He didn't want to get this rare treasure. It was really good luck.
He really never thought about attacking Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang had access to all the equipment of the Han border army. Those equipment were so sharp. The Wuhuan people tried them with their lives, and they were really powerful.