A fluorite mine with a radius of thirty square kilometers will still leave many traces on the surface even if it is blown to pieces by the wind.
Just after noon, Li Feng sent someone to report that he had found a lot of colorful gravel as Lang Jun said.
Li Chengzhi was overjoyed and immediately ordered the entire battalion to dispatch.
One battalion defends the stronghold, and four battalions dig... There are so many people under Heli Mountain that they are like ants...
Seeing more and more fluorescent stones piled up in front of his eyes, Li Chengzhi's 36,000 pores all over his body were laughing.
Let’s just say, for thousands of years, no one knew there was such a good thing here, so how could it not be cheap for you?
Sent it...really did it...
Not to mention the luminous pearls as big as apricots, the largest one is as big as a basketball, enough to carve a jasper watermelon that glows at night.
Li Chengzhi tried his best to suppress his excitement and told Li Song in a low voice: "I will take the first step tomorrow, and you will find a way to send people to transport this thing over, as long as it can be transported across the Yellow River..."
With Li Song's ability, whether he is pretending to be a barbarian or a caravan, he can only transport it to Longdong, otherwise the secret will most likely be exposed.
But as long as he can reach Longdong, it is equivalent to entering his own territory. Li Chengzhi will find a way to transport it into Guanzhong, and then find jade craftsmen to carve and polish it, as well as how to sell it, who to sell it to, etc., it is not difficult.
Things.
He also explained to Li Song some details on how to dig, how to transport, and how to prevent damage.
After giving an overview, it was almost dark.
Thousands of soldiers protected the two carriages and returned to the camp slowly.
The two carts are all filled with fluorite crystals that are larger than the size of a fist, and come in all colors. The greenish fluorite alone is enough to fill half a cart.
But they are all raw ores, and they have to be sorted and sorted, so it is impossible to carve so many luminous pearls.
But as long as he can carve out one-third of a half-car, Li Chengzhi can wake up from his dream with a smile...
……
The sun sets in the west and the moon rises above the branches.
There was a breeze blowing at the foot of the mountain, and the poplar trees swayed with the wind. The shadows of the trees were suddenly big and small, long and short, like a monster with teeth and claws.
The lights in the Chinese army's tent were brightly lit, as bright as day.
This felt tent was snatched by Li Song from a Lushuihu tribe just a few days ago, so it smells a bit strong.
But it's very big, covering hundreds of square meters.
The cypress branches have just been burned inside, exuding a faint fragrance.
It’s not that Li Chengzhi is so delicate that he can’t bear the smell of mutton, but it’s used to prevent mosquitoes.
The more luxuriant aquatic plants are, the more these things are.
If you don't light some cigarettes, and you don't know how people will be stung, the candle flames will explode like a firecracker. It doesn't take much effort, and a pile of them will fall under the candlestick.
In addition to mosquitoes, there are also flies.
Good guy, have you ever seen a gadfly as big as a thumb?
It's bigger than a bee, and if you bite it, your face will swell into a pig's head in less than a moment, making it impossible for your mother to recognize her when she comes.
Being bitten is only second, this thing can also transmit parasitic diseases.
Li Chengzhi asked Li Song to remember that no matter whether they were soldiers in the camp or the refugees who would be transported in two months, they were not allowed to drink raw water or eat raw food.
And unless absolutely necessary, such as when there is a food shortage, we must not eat livestock that have died of illness.
Are you kidding?
In this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, a common case of dysentery may wipe out a family.
There are also marmots, which are everywhere around the camp. There are so many of them... and they are not very afraid of people.
This guy is not ordinary fat, he tastes delicious...
Li Chengzhi knew that he might not be able to help it, but he still said: Unless you starve to death, you must not eat.
The Baijia camp is not like the herdsmen, where only one family dies. If you really want to contract the plague, just wait until the end of the camp...
After explaining some trivial matters, Li Chengzhi began to give secret instructions one by one.
The four-foot-long plan is covered with paper, with pictures and text.
Sitting across from him was Li Song, eyes wide open and ears pricked, wishing to engrav every word Li Chengzhi said in his mind. His expression should be as serious as possible, as serious as possible.
Li Chengzhi grabbed a pencil that was slightly thicker than his index finger, and while explaining to Li Song, he drew pictures and recorded some key points.
Don't be surprised, although graphite is uncommon, it is not very hard to find, and it is much easier to make a few pencils than to make steel and forge iron.
That is to say, there is no time, otherwise Li Chengzhi would definitely look at Li Song and others, memorize all these drawings and key points, and then burn the drawings before he can leave with peace of mind.
But it is a pity that he will have to leave tomorrow morning at the latest.
In desperation, Li Chengzhi had no choice but to do something: write it down and give it to them, and then destroy it after they have memorized it.
He did not teach everyone all the knowledge. He divided the three processes of ore refining, steel making, and armor forging into three parts, and each person only taught one third.
For example, Li Song and Li Chengzhi only taught him how to make coke, how to prepare ore, and how to use catalysts and fluxes in steelmaking.
The second one is Li Liang: how to burn refractory bricks, how to make crucibles, how to smelt ore into lumps with pig iron properties, or how to make iron by frying it to the bottom, and then use a crucible to combine the two.
Neutralize into steel.
The remaining processes with relatively low technical content, such as furnace starting, smelting, hammer forging, cutting, etc., were all taught to the old blacksmith.
There are many disadvantages to this, and it will definitely lead to low efficiency. Moreover, as long as one of Li Song and Li Liang is absent, the steel cannot be smelted.
There is only one benefit: to prevent the secret from being leaked, or the scene he least wants to see happen: betrayal!
The human heart cannot withstand temptation. After thinking about it, Li Chengzhi still felt that it was better to nip it in the bud.
It's better than having him clean up his house in tears one day...
In addition to steelmaking, there is also saltpeter making.
Li Chengzhi thought about it over and over again, but in the end he didn't dare to let Li Song, Li Liang and others make artificial gunpowder without him personally watching.
Even if it was just the method of making saltpeter, he gritted his teeth and persuaded himself a hundred times in his mind before he made up his mind to teach Li Liang.
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This is the real Pandora's Box, a killer weapon that can completely overthrow this era. Li Chengzhi does not want to make this world a hell because of his greed or indulgence...
In addition, there are some technologies such as benefiting the people and cultivating fields. Naturally, the more people can learn this kind of knowledge, the better. Li Chengzhi simply summoned more than a hundred officers and held a public class. p>
What he said was a bit messy, and Li Chengzhi basically talked about whatever came to his mind, but it was extremely useful.
For example, Quyuan plow.
In fact, it is not exactly as later generations said, the short shaft plow was only invented in the Tang Dynasty, but it existed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
However, it is still a straight shaft, and its name is "Wu Ren Wei Li". It should have been passed down from the Jiangnan area during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is similar to the origin of Qu Yuan Li in the Tang Dynasty.
After changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft, Li Chengzhi made some improvements: for example, adding a wheel to the end of the plow, which saved more than half the effort of oxen and horses when plowing.
Another example is designing the plow blade and plow frame to be separate, so that the plowing depth can be adjusted at any time.
It doesn’t matter how knowledgeable or versatile he is, Li Chengzhi feels that as long as he is a rural child, as long as he has graduated from junior high school, he will know how to change this thing at a glance.
Of course, the premise is that you have qualified steel...
But just these few slight changes have completely subverted the perception of people in this era.
As soon as the drawings were finished, the group of tribesmen below could not help but want to kneel down and kowtow to Li Chengzhi.
This kind of plow can not only plow deep if you want, and plow shallow if you want, but even when there are no livestock, you can change it to a thinner plow and shovel, and a single person can plow the land...
Li Chengzhi had to lament how correct the saying "knowledge can liberate productivity" is...
This lecture lasted until midnight. If he hadn't been worried about setting off at dawn and having to travel nearly two thousand miles in a hurry, Li Chengzhi would have definitely been able to talk until dawn.
When they learned that Lang Jun was leaving, no matter how reluctant they were to leave, more than a hundred generals had no choice but to bid farewell silently with tears in their eyes...
Li Chengzhi strictly ordered that no one, including Li Song, should see him off.
……
The stars are shining and the moon is sinking in the west.
The east has begun to shine, and there seems to be a golden thread connecting the sky and the earth, getting thicker and brighter.
It's like there's a fire dragon hidden in it, about to rise into the sky.
There was a gentle breeze, making the leaves rustle, and occasionally there were a few insects chirping.
The air is filled with thick water vapor, mixed with a few hints of grass and the faint fragrance of wild flowers, fresh and cool.
What a wonderful place, just like the peach garden outside the festival.
There is a long way to go...
Li Chengzhi looked at the quiet camp quietly, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.
He raised his fists and slightly arched his fist towards Li Song inside the village gate: "I've sent you a thousand miles away, but you'll have to say goodbye eventually. Go back..."
Li Song had a look of resentment on his face.
Thousands of miles?
How about you let the servants not even leave the village gate?
The next time I see you husband, it will be at least two or three months later...
Sighing in his heart, Li Song watched the two hundred and fifty armored cavalry closely guarding Li Chengzhi, walking farther and farther until they disappeared...
When he learned that Li Chengzhi came with only fifty guards, Li Song was so frightened that he almost flew out of his mind.
It is precisely because there are few Han people in Hexi that there are many bandits and horse bandits. Most of the Zahu tribes are half herders and half bandits. If they encounter a small Sogdian caravan, they will definitely rob them.
Of course, the Sogdians are not good birds. If you happen to encounter a small tribe of miscellaneous people, it is completely normal to grab one.
Therefore, whether they are horse thieves or caravans of Hu merchants from the Western Regions, as long as they dare to appear on the Silk Road, there will definitely be no one with less than a hundred riders.
It is not a question of whether Li Rui and his fifty personal guards can defeat hundreds of horse thieves or hundreds of merchants, but rather they are afraid of hurting Li Chengzhi in a chaotic battle...
There were only a few clan members left in Jingzhou, so it was impossible to bring more guards with them when they came, so Li Chengzhi had no choice but to do so.
But there is no need to take this risk when leaving. Of course, your life is at stake.
In addition to the fifty guards, Li Chengzhi also brought two hundred more armored cavalry, and asked Li Liang to lead the team. During his free time on the road, he asked him to consolidate his knowledge of soil-alkali saltpeter production and crucible steel-making...
The two hundred and fifty people are all riding three horses, and they are all carefully selected and carefully maintained Liangzhou horses. It is a bit exaggerated to travel a thousand miles a day, but running more than two hundred kilometers a day is still not a big problem.<
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This was because Li Chengzhi was afraid of hurting the horse and did not let the horse run. Moreover, after running for a maximum of two hours, the horse would be slowed down for a while and fed a handful of soybean feed and light salt water, otherwise it would be faster. Just walking and stopping like this, by dusk, we had arrived in Shandan County, Zhangye County.
Doing the math, it has been nearly fifteen hours since we left the camp, and we have traveled more than four hundred miles.
Li Chengzhi decided to camp on the spot.
In order to prevent the traces from being leaked, Li Chengzhi deliberately set up camp about 20 miles north of the county seat.
In fact, there are not many people in Shandan County. What Li Chengzhi is guarding against is the Hexi Racecourse, which is thirty miles south of the county.
That is, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the only military horse farm in China: Shandan Military Horse Farm.
The best land for horse breeding is definitely among the top three in China: Hetao ranks first, and Shandan must rank second.
The remaining one is in Yili, Xinjiang.
Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, this has been the royal horse farm. Later in the Cao Wei, Western Jin, and now the Yuan and Wei dynasties, as well as in the Sui, Tang, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, this was the place where horses were raised by the imperial court.
That's why there is a proverb "Liangzhou's big horse is the best in the world".
Currently, five or six out of ten of the war horses being ridden by the guards were bought by Li Song from the Hexi Racecourse.
This is also the only military organization established by the imperial court in Hexi besides Dunhuang Town.
Before Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, and before the Hexi Racecourse moved to Heyang, the Hexi Racecourse was said to raise a million horses and could supply more than 100,000 war horses to the court every year.
Even now, there are more than 50,000 horses raised, and at least 5,000 war horses can be trained every year.
According to Li Chengzhi's previous assumptions, sooner or later this horse breeding land will be his.
But now?
Just take a look...
Li Chengzhi didn't have to worry about it at all. Li Liang arranged everything properly, and the more than two hundred personal guards were in good order.
Those who travel are looking for water, those who are looking for firewood are looking for firewood, those who are looking for firewood are looking for firewood, those who are feeding horses are feeding horses, and those who are setting up stoves are setting up stoves.
Within an hour, Li Chengzhi was drinking hot broth.
In fact, it's very simple. Just cook the mutton, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder, boil some water during the march, and boil it again at most. That's it.
Or stir-fry the grain and grind it into fried noodles. If conditions permit, or mix it with some fat, it will be the best military ration.
It also contains a lot of salt, so it’s not afraid of spoilage at all.
Naturally, Li Chengzhi copied it from later generations...
After standing for more than ten hours, Li Chengzhi felt that his bones were about to fall apart, but he still kept his spirits up, drinking broth and chewing dried meat while giving Li Liang a lecture.
Li Liang's understanding is not bad. In just one or two days, he actually understood the principles and characteristics of raw and wrought iron.
It's not about memorizing by rote, but about understanding it thoroughly... But the problem is, is Li Liang a pure ancient?
Li Chengzhi was surprised and had some doubts. If he had time and let Li Liang stay with him for at least two or three months, he might have nothing to teach him...
After sighing for a while, Li Chengzhi drove Li Liang away and asked him to go back and study on his own. Then he took the wine bag and drank two sips, preparing to have a good sleep.
But before the wine bag even touched his mouth, a whistle suddenly sounded in the distance.
Enemy attack?
Li Chengzhi was a little confused.
Where did the enemy attack come from in this wilderness?
I was on guard and guarded and cautious along the way. Not only did I send multiple scouts to explore and patrol, but I also went around and around. Logically speaking, it was impossible for anyone to discover my whereabouts?