In any case, more than half a year after leaving Huazhou, I was finally remembered again and the ban on travel was lifted, which is also a very happy thing.
Although even if Yu Wentai did not order a grounding, Li Tai has been so busy for more than half a year that he has no time to wander elsewhere. But people are so strange. Whether I can wander off the earth is my business, but if you want to order a ban on leaving, that is
Power is like a shackle, which makes me feel no freedom at all!
Although he was still a little unhappy, after reading the letter, Li Tai packed his luggage and gathered Beizhou to integrate the cattle, horses and materials that were going to be escorted south in the near future, and escort them back along the way.
The first stop on the southbound trip is Chengcheng Fang. Unlike the two Fangcheng in the north, which are responsible for everything, Chengcheng Fang's affairs are the simplest. Chengcheng County was responsible for the construction of the Fangcheng. Before it was completed and delivered, thousands of people in Shangyuan Township
The tribe of famous local tycoons has already been gathered, and the defense leader Li Yantou directly led his troops and settled in with swords in hand.
Chengcheng County belongs to Huazhou. Last year, Li Tai suppressed the bandits. Not only did the bandits completely disappear, but they were also greatly restrained. Li Yantou led his troops to station here, and the most important task every day was to train the troops.
Therefore, Chengcheng's defense troops are more outstanding than the other two defenses. Putting aside the force of individual soldiers, the basic military qualities of conducting orders and prohibitions, maintaining orderly formations, and orderly advancing and retreating are considered to be fully possessed.
Moreover, most of the Chengcheng defense soldiers were Shang Yuan's brothers. With Li Tai's local influence and prestige in Shang Yuan, even if he resigned one day, other parties may not continue to follow him, but these Shang Yuan soldiers would definitely move with him.
Li Tai was not in a hurry, so he simply stayed in Chengcheng for two days, led the troops out of the city, and practiced attacking each other with the troops and horses of the city.
People and horses can also come and go and see each other, which is quite impressive.
So Li Tai decided to conduct a defense adjustment in the second half of the year, deploying the three defense personnel and preparing for the training in a relaxed manner.
After the drill, he crossed the nearby river and arrived at Baishui.
Today's Baishui Village is Li Tai's military industry base camp. All the smelting and forging craftsmen gathered here. From Luoshui to Baishui, several districts are working day and night. The smoke from the smelting furnaces set up along the river is rising into the sky.
It has made a real contribution to the environmental pollution in the West and the accelerated end of the Little Ice Age.
The workshop covers an area of more than ten hectares, with nearly 5,000 craftsmen and craftsmen, and nearly 2,000 actual craftsmen. In addition to those recruited by Li Tai through various means, Liu Min returned to
The township also presented a hundred blacksmiths and blacksmiths as gifts.
After the workshop was established, basic consumables such as blades were basically self-sufficient, and the output of bows, knives, guns, and armor was also steadily increasing.
In the past six months alone, the workshop has produced more than 5,000 knives, more than 6,000 long spears and short spears, more than 3,000 bows, and more than 700 standard double-handed armors.
There are nearly three hundred sabers.
Although the quantity is not low, the finished product rate is a bit worrying. The finished product rate is less than 70%, and the material breakage rate is high. Some ordnance that is more difficult to forge, such as the horse-cutting sword and Li Tai's distribution department's crank handle, were nearly scrapped after two months of use.
Half, and it is still in the process of hunting and training, which is not a high-intensity combat, so it can be seen that it is still flashy and its practicality is worrying.
Li Tai was also a little helpless about this. In his previous life, he was just a general historian, not an eighth-level blacksmith. He knew a little about personnel allusions and historical context, but it would be difficult for him to understand heavy industry.
Kansai has been in chaos for many years, and the current level of craftsmanship is probably even lower than that of Hebei. It is not easy for Dugu Xin to make a sword of ancient iron.
Even if you are lucky enough to find one or two skilled craftsmen, it will take a long time to establish a set of smelting and forging procedures, then promote them in a standardized manner and widely equip them.
Not to mention that craftsmen like Li Tai were mainly temple slaves who switched careers from smelting Buddha statues. Although they all play with metal, the processes and uses of casting and forging are very different, and technological progress also requires a process and time.
At present, the consumption of raising soldiers and workshops has become the bulk of Li Tai's expenses.
There are other ways to supplement the former, but the latter is simply a gold-selling cave. The iron materials Li Tai obtained from suppressing bandits and robbing Buddhist temples last year have long been consumed, and what he is using now is newly smelted.
materials.
More than half of the stolen goods from Hongfa Temple that he secretly hid last year have not been digested and liquidated. If it were not for the support of Liu Min, the Jianyu family, he feared that he would not be able to sustain it.
The cost of training craftsmen by oneself is too high. Li Tai has recently been thinking about where to get a large number of skilled blacksmiths, either near the Jinyang Bafu of his elder brother He Liuhun on the other side of the river, or from the Jinyang Mountains in Mobei.
Turkic tribe.
Although the goal is quite clear, he can't afford to offend either of them. Therefore, the current high-investment and low-return workshop must continue to maintain, even if the cost of self-made ordnance is higher than external procurement, in order to avoid being
No matter how hard you pinch your neck, you still can't give up halfway.
Money is a bastard, let's be greedy after spending it! This old man has given me another big rocket worth 500,000 pieces of silk. When China and France are officially implemented next year, there will be another flying monkey!
Thinking of this, Li Tai became full of energy again, and made up his mind to give half of the gifts to those two families. If he really wanted to be too generous, they might even think that he was quite rich. In the case of Yuwen Tai,
Sex, no matter how many gifts you give, you may not be able to get money back. The key is that he still has a lot of children.
In mid-July, Li Tai finally returned to Wuxiang County. Thinking that Yu Jin's manor was still north of his Shangyuan Village, he planned to cross the river and take a detour, go home and change into patched clothes before visiting.
After all, his team consisted of hundreds of people, and they were strong and powerful, escorting hundreds of carts of supplies and herds of cattle and horses. It was really eye-catching.
But when he just arrived at the ferry, more than 20 horsemen came to greet him on horseback from the east. A young man in a brocade robe at the head smiled at Li Tai from a distance and said: "In my uncle's name, I am here to welcome Governor Li when he returns to the mansion."
Xiang, the governor, are you alright?"
When Li Tai visited Yu Jin's home last year, he met this young man. His name was Yu Kuan, and he was Yu Jin's son. He was only one year younger than himself.
Seeing that he could not avoid it, he could only walk forward slowly, nodded and said with a smile: "We are accustomed to the old way, so why bother to greet us. The general is so polite that Hui'an comes to greet him. The hospitality is unbearable! It's just the wind and sand around me,
I'm afraid of contaminating the hall, can I take a shower after returning and visit again?"
Yu Kuan turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to pull the bridle rope, and then turned around and said with a smile: "The Governor has a distinguished appearance. Wherever he walks, the tented houses also add brilliance. It is with this brilliance that I welcome you, and the wind and sand are everywhere."
, is not enough to disturb me. My uncle solemnly told me to stop him before the governor enters the house, so as to bring honor to my family's future happy events."
After Li Tai heard this, he had no choice but to get off his horse and ordered his subordinates to lead the materials and goods back to the manor. He followed Yu Kuan with dozens of followers to the Yu Jin family manor.
"The governor-general has not been in the job for a long time, but he has already made a strong career. He really embarrasses his peers!"
When Yu Kuan saw Li Tai's entourage driving the car, he immediately said with envy on his face.
His father, Yu Hu, grew up before he entered the civil service and has been living with his uncle Yu Jin. He is still an unofficial official until now. He saw that Li Tai, who was only one year older than him, had become the chief of the Three Defense City with nearly ten thousand troops.
Governor, I am ashamed and envious.
"Alas, I'm just glamorous on the outside, and I only want to show off my reputation, but I have to swallow my hard work on the inside!"
After Li Tai heard this, he sighed and said to Kuan: "Hui'an, you are talented and well-educated. When you reach the age of entry, you will be strong inside and strong on the outside, and you will be able to leap both inside and outside in just a moment!"
When he said this, he didn't mean to be good because he got a cheap deal, but he really envied these second-generation people.
Yu Jin is serving as a general. Last year, he was appointed as Shangshu Zuopushe, and also served as chief minister of the prime minister's office. Except for those relatives of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties who were supported by the Yuan Dynasty and Wei Dynasty, he was already the imperial court. Hegemony in the military and political circles was second only to Daxingtai.
People from Yuwentai.
With such support from his relatives and elders, even if Yu Kuan is just a white man now, his official career will definitely be smooth and skyrocketing. Compared with these truly powerful second generations, he is just a stupid bird who flies first and does not miss any opportunity.
Cheap.
Yu Kuan invited Li Taiqiang into his manor, but Yu Jin was not in the manor. Instead, he personally organized this meaningful wedding at his residence in Huazhou City.
Li Tai took a bath and ate in this village for a while, and then went to Huazhou City with Yu Kuan.
After arriving outside the city, he found that the layout of Huazhou City was very different from when he left last year. Several small cities were built around the city, which should be used to station Bafu's expanded direct army, and
Make the defense around Huazhou City more solid.
The city itself has also been expanded outwards. The main expansion is Bafuxingtai. A whole military city has been expanded outward along the city wall. The combined scale of the front and rear has greatly exceeded the imperial city of Chang'an City. Gradually, there are
It influenced the later weather of Tongzhou Palace.
Li Tai couldn't help but feel sour when he saw this. You withheld all the money you gave me to build the defense city to build a house for my family! After all, Bafu must be half as big as mine. When Yu Wentai can't live anymore,
No matter what, you have to live there for a few years!
A group of people entered the city from the west. When they passed the city gate, the general who defended the city immediately greeted him with a face of joy. He crossed his hands from a distance and said, "When did Alang come back?"
Li Tai looked up and was happy to see that the guard was Li Quji. He knew that the Wuxiang County soldiers led by Zhou Changming had joined the Sixth Army of Bafu, but he did not expect that they had been arranged to garrison the city.
"At the beginning of the month, I performed well in martial arts, and my servants were appointed as city gate supervisors. Fang Zuo took up his new duty. I have informed Uncle Zhu Sheng, but I haven't had time to inform Alang from afar."
Li Quji raised his face proudly and said, but Li Tai raised his face and said solemnly: "The city defense guard has the most important duty. The alarm bell is ringing in my heart. We will talk about the incident when we go home. Don't leave your position now!"
"
After hearing this, Li Quji hurriedly restrained his smile, bowed his head to Li Tai, and then quickly returned to his post.
Although Li Tai had a stern face, he was happy in his heart. Damn, I am considered a man in the city defense. Who the hell keeps staring at me? Be careful when entering and leaving Huazhou. It depends on whether I can mess with you or not!