Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 38 Artisan Village

"I'll go to your house tomorrow to have a look. If your father doesn't want to, then find someone else to have a look. As long as there are some fields, those who want to farm the land will let the soldiers do it."

Yuan Xi pointed to the bamboo basket beside him, "There are only so many sweet potatoes. It will take a year or two to plant them on a large scale. It will take a long time."

Zhen Mi hesitated: "Does your husband plan to only give this food to the army?"

"Soldiers can't eat this stuff all the time. If you eat too much of this stuff, you will suffer from indigestion and abdominal distension."

Yuan Xi divided the sweet potato in half and handed the remaining half to Lu Qiling.

"But he was able to save the lives of ordinary people."

Zhen Mi nodded slightly, and asked curiously, "How?"

Planting sweet potatoes is quite simple, Yuan Xi just said it briefly, and Zhen Mi understood.

"If it is planted in this way, if it can be planted on a large scale in the future, I am afraid it will flow out, but it is not exclusive to the husband."

Zhen Mi covered her lips and smiled lightly.

"It doesn't matter, it's not all about fighting."

Yuan Xi didn't intend to keep it forever, and he couldn't keep it.

Large-scale planting of sweet potatoes is just an auxiliary means, the most important thing is to have a strong army.

Moreover, the Yuan family is now ruling the world, and Yuan Xi will only face Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang in the future.

The method of planting sweet potatoes spreads as it spreads.

After eating the sweet potato in her hand, Zhen Mi took out a towel and wiped her dirty fingers, and suddenly said, "Husband, can I help you grow this sweet potato?"

"you?"

The corners of Yuan Xi's eyes twitched slightly, and he looked at her suspiciously.

Zhen Mi bit her lips and said, "I don't want to stay in the inner house all day, I want to help my husband."

Yuan Xi smiled, "Your husband, I can't use up my strength. Do you really want to help your husband?"

Zhen Mi's face was on fire, and she turned her head to one side.

Picking up the Seven Star Sword, Yuan Xi handed it to Lu Qiling.

Then he looked at Zhen Mi and said, "Cultivate well, if you break it, there will be nothing left."

Zhen Mi was overjoyed, she hurriedly got up, looked at the background of Yuan Xi's departure, and asked, "Is that all?"

"In the whole world, there is only one point."

Zhen Mi looked down at the basket of sweet potatoes, thought of the sweet potatoes she ate just now, stomped her little feet, and said angrily, "How can my husband waste such a rare thing!"

Lu Qiling looked down at the sweet potato peel in her hand, threw it away with an unnatural expression, wiped the black ash from her palm on the withered grass, touched the Seven Star Sword, and quickly put it on the ground carefully.

Embarrassed, he held the soil with his hands to fill up the ashes of the plants and trees just now.

Zhen Mi suddenly smiled and said, "Qi Ling."

"what?"

Lu Lingqi got up quickly.

Zhen Mi said softly, "From now on, you can grow sweet potatoes with me."

"okay."

Zhen Mi looked at Sweet Potato with tender eyes.

If it is as Yuan Xi said, then this basket of sweet potatoes is probably worth more than a thousand gold
The reorganization of soldiers and horses in Youzhou is proceeding in an orderly manner.

On the basis of the original cavalry, Xu Chu quickly recruited five hundred strong horsemen.

At the same time, Yuan Xi recruited blacksmiths and carpenters.

Start building the Takahashi saddle and stirrup.

With the efforts of many craftsmen, in just three days, a fine-bred Xianbei war horse covered in iron armor was born.

"General, this is an armor made according to your imagination."

A strong and strong blacksmith carefully walked to Yuan Xi holding the iron armor.

When Yuan Xi took it, he felt his arm sink, and estimated that the armor weighed thirty to forty catties.

"Is the armor too heavy?"

Yuan Xi looked at the blacksmith.

The blacksmith said cautiously: "Return to the general, this armor is heavy, so its defense is high."

"Is there any armor that is lighter and more defensive?"

The blacksmith wondered: "This, I'm afraid not."

Yuan Xi handed the iron armor to Cheng Yu who was beside him.

Cheng Yu touched the iron armor and said with a smile: "With such heavy armor, if you kill the enemy head-on, no one will be able to stop you."

Yuan Xiqi asked: "Aren't the soldiers too heavy?"

Cheng Yu threw the armor on the ground, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Those who are strong and strong, they don't feel heavy wearing them. The key is to save their lives. Everyone should be willing to wear them."

Yuan Xi nodded secretly.

With the addition of people and the armor of the war horse, the general war horse probably has to get down.

Looking at the dozens of blacksmiths who were staring at him eagerly, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Everyone, work hard and try to create a lightweight and highly defensive battle armor. If it is realized, or there is a qualitative improvement, those who make meritorious deeds will be exempted from lifelong battle armor." tax."

All the blacksmiths were in an uproar.

A blacksmith excitedly said: "General, if it is a battle armor with high defensiveness and lightness, but it has shortcomings, is it feasible?"

Cheng Yu became interested and interjected, "What shortcoming?"

The blacksmith whispered: "I am invulnerable to swords and guns. I am not afraid of water, but I am afraid of fire."

"There are such artifacts?" Cheng Yu grabbed the blacksmith's shoulder, "Quickly tell me, what exactly is it?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It can't be rattan armor, can it?"

Tiejia exclaimed: "General Shengming, it is the rattan armor."

Cheng Yu wondered, "Vine armor? My lord, have you heard of it?"

"I read it in a book." Yuan Xi looked at the blacksmith, "Do you have a way to make this rattan armor?"

The blacksmith shook his head and said with an apologetic smile: "I can't do it, but I have friends who can, but they need special materials. It will take a lot of time to manufacture rattan armor on a large scale."

Cheng Yu said solemnly: "It takes time to make it. If we have this rattan armor, our cavalry's combat power will increase a bit."

The blacksmith reminded: "I'm afraid of fire."

Cheng Yu smiled faintly, "This can be said to be a special unit, and it needs to fight in a special period. You can use it according to the situation."

Yuan Xi immediately made a decision and asked the blacksmith to find someone.

At that time, if the rattan armor can be successfully made, the blacksmith and his friend will be tax-free for life and will be rewarded heavily.

The blacksmith knelt on the ground excitedly and kept beckoning.

"Okay, everyone stop first." Yuan Xi waved his hand, and all the blacksmiths stopped discussing immediately, and looked at Yuan Xi gratefully.

Yuan Xidao: "Everyone often deals with weapons. In the future, if everyone can invent some powerful weapons, they will also be exempted from tax. Those who make meritorious deeds repeatedly will be given official positions."

"Thank you, General."

All the blacksmiths were excited and looked revered.

They are all low class and are not looked down upon.

No one has ever valued them so much, and today they only feel that a better day is coming.

And all of this was given by Yuan Xi.

After the blacksmith left, Yuan Xi recruited all the eager carpenters.

Repeat what you just said.

After finishing speaking, Yuan Xi said solemnly: "The ugly words are up front. This saddle and stirrup are my secret weapons. From now on, you all keep them secret. If they leak out, don't blame me for being rude."

After letting these carpenters leave, Yuan Xi said with a smile: "I plan to build a craftsman's village for these people to live in. Who do you think is better for this?"

Ordinarily, there should be someone responsible for this matter, but Cheng Yu was no stranger to Yuan Xi's behavior.

He murmured: "Don't tell me Han Heng is a loyal person. If my lord is not worried about others, he can reuse him."

(End of this chapter)