The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 225 It's time to deal with Liu Bei's group

Is there any saltpeter mine in Jingzhou?
Yes, there are quite a few.According to exploration in later generations, Glauber's salt mines are distributed in Zaoyang, Yunmeng, Hubei, Lixian, Hengyang, Hunan and other places.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Jingzhou included all of Hubei and Hunan and parts of Sichuan and Jiangxi.

In addition, there are natural large nitrate holes in the Wuling area of ​​Jingzhou, where soil can be dug and nitrate boiled.

There are also a large number of saltpeter mines in the Hanzhong area adjacent to Jingzhou.

Most of the people living in the mountains of Wuling County are Wulingman. Among the Wulingman, those living in the Wuxi area in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui River are also called "Wuximan". The current leader is Sha Moke, who is a good friend with Ma Liang.

Zhang Wu then sent Ma Liang to appease the Wuxi Man with gifts, and asked them to help collect saltpeter. The collected saltpeter could be exchanged for food, salt and other daily necessities with the Wuling prefect's mansion.

At the same time, Zhang Wu also sent people to Hanzhong to buy a large amount of saltpeter. It doesn't matter whether it is useful or not, let's store it first, anyway, it is not short of money.

In this way, the material problem is basically solved, and the rest is mass production.

Black powder is a very dangerous item, especially in a large gunpowder workshop, if something happens, it will be terrible.So Zhang Wu set aside a large piece of land in a remote place in Xiangyang City as a gunpowder preparation workshop.The surrounding people all moved away. Of course, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion paid the demolition fee, and the earliest demolition households were born in the Three Kingdoms.

All the workers in this gunpowder workshop are locals from Xiangyang, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion bought out their working hours for two years at one time. These people are not allowed to come out during these two years, either working in the work area or staying in the dormitory area rest.

These ordinary workers just make various materials according to the requirements, and a special person is responsible for configuring them into gunpowder in proportion.Whether it is in the production process or in storage, relevant safety regulations must be strictly followed, and fire is strictly prohibited in the workshop.

There are soldiers guarding the outside, and only those with a warrant issued by Zhang Wu himself can enter or leave.

With the hoarding of kerosene and gunpowder, Zhang Wu became more and more confident.

On this day, Chen Sun suddenly came to the Governor's Mansion to look for Zhang Wu.

"Second brother is here, what's the matter?"

"Brother, my spies told me that Liu Bei sent someone to Yizhou to inquire about the news. I don't know what he wants to do?"

"Oh? There's such a thing?" Zhang Wu thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll remember this. Let's go after eating here."

"Okay, just to see my eldest nephew!"

Zhang Wu knew that Liu Bei wanted to leave again, and it was probably Zhuge Liang who fooled him.Zhuge Liang knew that there was no hope for Liu Bei to stay in Jingzhou, so he wanted to find another place to stand.Looking at the world today, Liu Bei can only have a chance if he goes to Yizhou.

But this chance is also very small. Now it is different from when Liu Bei took Yizhou in the original book. Now Liu Bei has no roots and no evidence. He has only [-] soldiers under him, and there is no internal support in Yizhou.

It is good to say that a narrow escape is good. In Zhang Wu's view, Liu Bei has no chance at all if he wants to occupy Yizhou.Although Liu Zhang is a little cowardly, he is not a fool. It is impossible to give up his position for nothing, right?
And Liu Zhang is not bloodless, he dared to kill Zhang Lu's mother back then.

Since he was unwilling to abdicate, Zhuge Liang had to kill Liu Zhang if he wanted to help Liu Bei obtain Yizhou.

But, do you think that the civil and military officials in Yizhou are all little sheep?Although the Dongchuan faction and Xichuan faction in Yizhou were beaten badly, it doesn't mean that Liu Zhang will unanimously support Liu Bei to be the shepherd of Yizhou after his death. Maybe he will take refuge in Cao Cao.

Zhang Wu now has an army of 10,000+, and a lot of counselors and generals. He is not sure that he can take Yizhou. The main reason is that the place is full of mountains. You are not familiar with the terrain, and there is no one to respond. Maybe you can’t get out if you go in. .

It seems that Zhuge Liang is really in a hurry, Kong has a skill but has no place to display it, just like a person who has learned the art of slaying a dragon, but finds that there is no dragon for him to slay.

Zhuge Liang used to brag on Lumen Mountain that he was comparable to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and pointed to his classmates and said that you will not be as good as me in the future.Now Pang Tong and Xu Shu are well-known military advisers in the world, and the other students who are willing to become officials are also doing well, only Zhuge Liang has remained unknown.

The point is that until now, Zhuge Liang still has no hope, so who is not in a hurry?
It's time to solve Liu Bei's problem left over from history. Zhang Wu feels that he has done what he should do in the past few years, and he has done his best to Liu Bei and his group, but I can't support you all my life, can I?
It's time to speak up, whether to leave or stay, depends on how Liu Bei chooses.If they were willing to rely on him, Zhang Wu would definitely not treat them badly, after all, the abilities of this group of people are top-notch in the entire world.If they still insist on leaving, they can only be buried in the vast mountains of Yizhou.

On this day, the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, and the wind was breezy. Zhang Wu summoned the three major military divisions and generals to the barracks of Huang Zhong's army outside Xiangyang City to organize soldiers to conduct exercises. At the same time, he invited Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to come. watch.

Huang Zhong commanded the soldiers to carry out military drills such as attacking and defending in arrays, changing formations, and cooperating with each other, as well as firing all arrows in the phalanx of archers.

"Mr. Xuande has fought for many years, and he is a man who knows soldiers. I wonder if these soldiers can still be seen?" Zhang Wu asked with a smile.

"Dudu Zhang is polite. Jingzhou's soldiers are brave and good at fighting. General Huang is also the leader of the three armies. From my point of view, this should be the strongest army in the world. Otherwise, how can we defeat Cao Cao and Sun Quan!" Liu Bei said.

Zhang Wu said again: "Mr. Xuande has won the award. Mr. Xuande is a hero in the world, and Yunchang, Yide, Zilong and others are also brave and invincible. Yunchang once beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou. I admire you very much, why don't we take advantage of today's opportunity and let's compete. I wonder if Yun Chang would like to enlighten me?"

Although I don't understand why Zhang Wu proposed to compete with Guan Yu in martial arts on this occasion, how can Guan Yu shirk it with his self-confidence and arrogance?Since Lu Bu's death, Guan Yu has regarded himself as invincible in the world, and everyone he sees is a man.

Later, I heard that Zhang Wu singled out the six generals of the Cao army, and Cao Cao said that he had the courage of Lu Bu. Now almost the whole world is rumored that Zhang Wu, the governor of Jingzhou, is invincible. Guan Yu didn't believe it. He hadn't seen it with his own eyes!
But Zhang Wu is the governor of Jingzhou, with more than [-] troops in his hand. Although Guan Yu is famous, he can't directly challenge him.

Now Zhang Wu took the initiative to propose a competition, which was exactly what Guan Yu wanted, so he said about it: "Since Dudu Zhang is interested in this, Guan has no choice but to accompany him!"

"Alright, General Guan, please!"

"Director Zhang, please!"

Everyone present was very excited when they heard that the governor was going to compete with the world-famous Guan Yunchang. This is a rare battle!
Although Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun have fought with Zhang Wu, they don't know what level Zhang Wu is, and they don't know whether it is true or not that he singled out the six generals, but they are very clear about Guan Yu's strength. , so I am looking forward to the results of this competition.

(End of this chapter)