Iron Dynasty

The chirping of birds kept coming from the woods outside the plantation.

In an hour, Xiao Ming explained the matter of raising seedlings to Kui Si and others.

Kui Si, I understand what Your Highness said. This breeding matter can be left to you. If something goes wrong, you can only ask. Pang Yukun reminded Kui Si.

In his view, this breeding matter is very important, which is related to the belly of the people in the future.

Chang... Chang... Shi, Kui... Si remembered. Kui Si stammered, and he stuttered when he was nervous.

Xiao Ming said to Pang Yukun: You can't just scare him. If you fail, you will be punished. If you succeed, you will be rewarded. Well, Kui Si, if this seedling base is completed, this king will not only give you back your freedom, but also give it back to you. You marry a daughter-in-law.

Kui Si immediately became happy. He had never touched a woman since his age, and he stammered: Thank... Your Highness, Kui... Kui Si has kowtowed to you.

Xiao Ming stopped Kui Si, who was about to kneel, This big gift is unnecessary. In the future, you should use it with your daughter-in-law.

Kui Si smirked immediately, and Pang Yukun shook his head with a wry smile.

After ordering this seedling cultivation, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun returned to Qingzhou.

Potatoes mean food, food means population, and population means national strength. Pang Yukun has been very interested in agriculture until he can see through this.

His Royal Highness, this disaster in Jizhou would otherwise lead to many refugees. The official wanted to send someone to secretly guide them into Qingzhou, because he was afraid that there would be insufficient food. According to His Royal Highness, potatoes can be planted in autumn, and it only takes two months to mature, no Know if you can feed the victims at that time. Pang Yukun said.

There is no need for secret guidance, we can guide the refugees to enter Qingzhou openly and openly. This king is taking in the victims and resolving the danger in Jizhou, so why should we be sneaky.

Pang Yukun nodded, His Royal Highness is a good move, and since this is the case, the lower official will send someone to Jizhou to guide the victims into Qingzhou, and at the same time, the court will ask for credit for His Royal Highness.

It's almost the same. Xiao Ming felt that he was getting more and more cunning.

There is no way, the environment creates people, and living in such an era requires a lot more attention to farming.

The two of them talked all the way, all the way to the government office. Just after they arrived at the entrance of the government office, a person came out, it was Wang Xuan.

His Royal Highness, Pang Changshi, Xiaguan is looking for you, Xiaguan has received news from the grassland, Bei Shan has already learned about the civil unrest in Jizhou, and is organizing an army on the grassland at this time, and seems to be ready to wait for an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos in Jizhou. On the occasion of attacking Jizhou.

So fast! Pang Yukun was taken aback. He and Xiao Ming both expected that the barbarians would not give up this opportunity easily, but they didn't expect Bei Shan to react so quickly.

This Bei Shan is indeed a difficult character.

Bei Shan is good at fighting, so naturally he won't miss such a good opportunity. Now it's troublesome. We still have natural dangers to rely on Bei Shan's attack on Cangzhou. Now that we attack Jizhou, coupled with the benefits of artillery, I am afraid that Jizhou will be difficult to defend. Xiao Ming locked it tightly. brow.

After hesitating for a while, he said to Wang Xuan: You continue to keep an eye on the movements of the barbarians. The civil unrest in Jizhou is not too big at present. If it continues to expand and makes King Yong overwhelmed, then I am afraid that it will be when the barbarians are heading south. Pang Yukun, it's not right. Late, you immediately send someone to Jizhou to guide the refugees and prevent these refugees from joining the rioters, and this matter will be brought to the court.

Pang Yukun nodded, entered the palace and started writing the memorial.

Wang Xuan said: His Royal Highness, the Secret Guard has entered Jizhou and is gathering information at this time. This time the civil chaos in Jizhou is different from the past. This time, it is not the ordinary people who lead the chaos, but a scholar. Now the people of Jizhou call it Qinglong. Wang, this Qinglong King was originally an unwilling scholar named Qi Zhengyuan. During the drought in Jizhou, his whole family starved to death. In a moment of anger, he first took the villagers to attack the government and opened the granary, and then the servants gathered. , his subordinates quickly gathered hundreds of thousands of people, which is quite unstoppable.

He is a courageous person. Xiao Ming said.

He doesn't sympathize with King Yong, he brought it all on his own, and in fact he doesn't like this Fourth Emperor either.

In his memory, the Fourth Emperor's Uncle always had the image of a reckless man, but it was said that the Fourth Emperor's Uncle was very good at fighting. He was Xiao Wenxuan's thug who quelled the rebellion in Jizhou.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Wenxuan gave Jizhou to King Yong later. First, although Jizhou was pacified at that time, it was still a little unstable, and secondly, it was also to defend against barbarians.

Wang Xuan was a little stunned. If he was in front of other vassal kings, this Qi Zhengyuan would have been called a thief long ago, and Xiao Ming's attitude was completely opposite to theirs.

Continue to stare at him and report to me at any time. Xiao Ming said.

Wang Xuan nodded and quickly disappeared on the street outside the mansion.

Xiao Ming hesitated for a moment. He was thinking that it was time to deal with this uncle of the Fourth Emperor. After all, the pig teammates are also teammates. If the disaster relief is effective at this time, and forgive the guilt of the Qinglong King, it may be possible to save the overall situation.

Therefore, he returned to the palace, sent a letter to King Yong to persuade him, and tested King Yong's thoughts at this time.

After sending the letter to Jizhou, Xiao Ming began to write the Soldier Training Manual, which is a training manual for the entire army, from the cold weapon army to the flintlock army.

In the soldier training manual, Xiao Ming clarified the methods of soldier training, including physical training, loyalty training, combat training, bayonet training, etc. Modern army soldiers must master the skills.

Although he had mentioned these trainings in the academy, there were still some basic generals who had no chance to contact them, so he compiled a manual and distributed it, one for each general.

Allow the generals to take a scientific approach to training the musketeers.

When he was busy, Luluo came in, hesitated for a while, and handed a cover to Xiao Ming.

His Royal Highness, is the cowhide sleeve cut out by the textile workshop okay?

Xiao Ming stopped writing. There was a cylindrical cowhide cover on the table, and holes were reserved in some parts of the cowhide cover.

This is the waterproof leather cover for the flintlock gun that he sewed by Luluo, which is used to cover the movement position, so that when the flintlock gun encounters rainy days, the flintlock gun can maintain its combat effectiveness in rainy days.

However, this kind of cowhide cover can only control the light rain and the rain, and there is no way to deal with the heavy rain and heavy rain.

Well, yes, it's very delicate, let the textile workshop produce and deliver it to the Qingzhou Army according to this style. Xiao Ming said and continued to write the manual.

Luluo didn't leave, she continued with a smile: His Royal Highness, there is an interesting incident today. A student who claimed to be Bowen College ran to the textile workshop and said that we asked the textile workshop to sew a big cloth bag for him, and he was going to fly to the sky. , the guards of the textile mill drove him away, and after that, he shouted that he was looking for His Highness.

Big cloth bag? Fly to the sky, what is this person's name?

Lin Wentao.