Iron Dynasty

After the Qingming Festival, the drizzle continued to fall, and the streets and alleys of Qingzhou were muddy everywhere.

Xiao Ming has been running around in the past few days, but he is really fed up with the muddy days. He thinks that if he can hold Cangzhou, he must build a few concrete roads that run through Qingzhou. Also correct the drainage.

After all, this infrastructure is also one of the necessary projects for fief construction, and creating a favorable living environment can also attract businessmen from Dayu to settle in Qingzhou.

At that time, if the land is sold again, hey, the legendary land finance will come.

But when it rains, it is always boring, and the equipment department forged Luo Xin's plate armor again, so he sent someone to let Luo Xin come over, and asked Luo Xin something by the way.

Your Highness, the plate armor is ready so soon?

This plate armor is naturally to appease Luo Xin.

He asked the Iron and Steel Workshop to customize a set of generals' plate armor for Luo Xin. Different from the plate armor worn by ordinary soldiers, the generals' plate armor is not only beautiful, but also thicker.

Not to mention Lu Fei's strength, Luo Xin's strength is also enough to put on this set of thickened plate armor.

Try it on? Xiao Ming leaned on the chair and said.

Two of the four former friends died, and now the remaining Qin Mu and Wei Qing were too frightened to speak in front of him.

For a while, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a sense of being alone.

However, this Luo Xin came from Chang'an, so he wouldn't appear too restrained in front of him like others. After all, the relationship between the officials of the Great Yu Kingdom was still very harmonious.

It has been ten days since the last incident with the Qingzhou Army. Although the relationship between Luo Xin and Lu Fei was not as harmonious as it was at first, it was relatively relaxed.

And one of his poems also changed Luo Xin's attitude towards him, but he visited him from time to time in the palace.

After all, when Luo Xin arrived in Qingzhou alone, he had no relatives, and Xiao Ming finally knew each other.

These days, Luo Xin was very envious of the plate armor that Lu Fei wore in the army, especially the quality of the plate armor, he was very surprised, because in his opinion, the level of forging swords in Qingzhou was even much higher than that of Chang'an's equipment department.

He had never eaten pork, and had seen pigs run away. In the army, he had naturally seen how the soldiers wore plate armor, and he wore the plate armor in a fashionable manner.

Immediately, a man in full-length steel armor stood in front of Xiao Ming.

Not bad. Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, this armor deserves to be customized.

In fact, the plate armor on each soldier is almost tailor-made, otherwise there will be situations where it cannot be worn, and this is also a drawback of plate armor production.

Thank you, Your Highness! Luo Xin happily looked at the plate armor on his body. This was the happiest time he had been to Qingzhou.

Putting on the plate armor, Luo Xin turned around and was about to leave.

Xiao Ming immediately stopped Luo Xin, Where are you going?

Look for Lu Fei to try again. Hmph, this time the newspapers have been spread to Chang'an. I, Luo Xin, have never been so embarrassed. I must clean him up. Luo Xin was very angry when he remembered it.

Xiao Ming felt helpless for a while. He didn't expect that the newspaper would go to Chang'an because of a poem. In the next seven days, he not only received a letter from Concubine Zhen, but also got the will to send Niu Ben to Qingzhou. , and Fiji played on the court, and the court gave Qingzhou 2 million grains of grain, 5,000 pieces of silk cloth, and 200,000 taels of silver.

This surprised him a bit. This ancient march and war had serious damage to production.

Not to mention that soldiers can’t produce food, this survey of civilians to transport food and grass also makes it impossible for them to produce food. Xiao Wenxuan gave him so much food, which can also ease the food problem in Qingzhou.

After all, the current Qingzhou is still in a food crisis. When the green and yellow are not connected, it is the most difficult. When the food is harvested this season, it is estimated that it will be better.

Fight again? You are not afraid that this newspaper will be spread to Chang'an again. If you lose, you will still lose face, and if you win, you will also lose face of General Luo Quan.

How can you still be ashamed if you win? Luo Xin's head was in the armor, and his speech was a little vague.

Xiao Ming sneered: General Luo has always been strict with the army. As a colonel, not only do you not set an example for the soldiers, but you also take the lead in fighting. What does it look like?

When Luo Xin thought about it, it seemed to be the case, but the matter of being cleaned up by Lu Fei's fists made him always full of fire, and he couldn't help slamming the table hard, This can't be, that can't be, Your Highness. , you are eccentric.

How can this king be partial? Now I have something to take advantage of you. I just received the order that the emperor will send General Niuben to Qingzhou for hard labor. I will leave this to you.

General Niuben? Luo Xin couldn't believe his ears.

This is a figure that is comparable to his father, and is proficient in the art of war, in this respect, even his father is not as good.

It is General Niu Ben. Since he has arrived in Qingzhou, let him do hard labor in the Qingzhou army. Xiao Ming said lightly.

This Niu Ben was convicted for colliding with Xiao Wenxuan. Now Xiao Wenxuan made it clear that he was assigned to Qingzhou to let Xiao Ming find a way to make this Niuben available to the Qingzhou Army.

It's just that this Niu Ben dared to collide with Xiao Wenxuan, how could Xiao Ming easily conquer such a person.

However, if this can really make Niu Ben use it for himself, the Qingzhou Army has really gained a commander-level character since then, which is very beneficial to the development of the Qingzhou Army.

After all, Lu Fei is a thorn, with many advantages and disadvantages. Luo Xin may not be able to stay in Qingzhou, he is a temporary staff.

Luo Xin naturally understood this matter as soon as he thought about it, and Xiao Wenxuan was giving away someone to Xiao Ming.

The general of the main battle faction could not see Cangzhou City being destroyed and remain indifferent.

Yes, Your Highness, I will take good care of General Niu. Luo Xin cupped his hands.

Xiao Ming nodded and explained when Luo Xin was going to pick up General Niu, so he let him go back.

For Xiao Wenxuan's kindness, Xiao Ming took it, but what he wanted was the crushing of barbarians by artillery, and the generals Qingzhou needed in the future were also generals who could command firearms to fight.

But thinking that it would take a transition from cold weapons to hot weapons, he just gave up.

As soon as Luo Xin left, Zhan Xingchang walked in.

He said to Xiao Ming: His Royal Highness, except for King Yong who is willing to provide 100,000 shi of grain, all the other vassal kings are embarrassed and unable to support.

Speaking of this, Zhan Xingchang was very ashamed. He was still confident, but obviously the shamelessness of these different surnamed vassal kings exceeded his expectations.

It's right if you don't give it. Xiao Ming said: I originally just wanted to test the attitude of these people, so it seems that these people really have bad intentions. I have to remember their kindness back then.

Xiao Ming pretended to be lofty, and he had already scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of King Zhao and others in his heart, and these bastards were too disrespectful to him.