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His voice sounded a little trilled.

"What are you taking me back to Jinling City for? ... You don't want to send me to the mining area!"

Hearing the words, the pottery merchant rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"I want to take you to see Jinling City..."

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Gan Ning followed the potters to Jinling City.

The moment Gan Ning walked into the territory of Jinling City, Gan Ning couldn't believe his eyes.

It has been about a few months since the potter took over the position of Danyang County Sheriff. Although the time is not very long, the whole city has taken on a new look.

The paddy fields in the four fields outside the city are extremely strong and regular. The golden paddy fields and the villagers who are running around planting and reclaiming them, the happy smiles on their faces are Gan Ning’s other A place I've never seen before.

Gan Ning followed the potters for a long time, and asked in surprise, "There is a harvest at this time of year, and it may not be the case in all the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, but I have never seen rice fields so mature. ,How is this going?"

The pottery merchant smiled slightly, and said, "This is thanks to Zhang Zibu, who removed the dross from the "Nong Shu" and "Qi Min Yao Shu" and kept the essence, and promoted and used them flexibly."

When Gan Ning heard the words, he was quite confused.

The potter continued to explain to him: "With the air of 48 festivals, the climate has the degree of winning and shrinking. The ancients must have three years of food for one year of farming, and nine years of food for three years of farming. With 30 years of farming, there must be food for nine years. Tong, although there are droughts and floods, the people have nothing to eat, and there are good ones."

Gan Ning stared at the potter in a daze. Although he couldn't understand what the boy was talking about, he had to admit that he looked really good.

Not only the grand occasion of the rice fields, along the way, the irrigation facilities of the keel waterwheels that have been widely deployed in the countryside also amazed Gan Ning. With a whole new understanding.

A group of people entered Jinling City. At this time, Jinling City was undergoing city expansion work. Qingshi occupied the road, and houses were regularly built on both sides of the well-shaped streets. A thriving and prosperous scene, it is completely impossible to see that this is a city in troubled times.

While walking towards the Governor's Mansion, the pottery merchant introduced Gan Ning: "In the past month, there have been many refugees from Kuaiji and Jiujiang Counties living here. Danyang County is constantly accepting immigrants. Last month The governor of Yangzhou, Chen Wen, once wrote a letter to Tao, and seriously mentioned this matter to me. However, people in troubled times only want a stable and pleasant living environment. The loss of population in other counties is not what Tao can do. It is indeed the trend of the times...Brother Gan, are you right?"

Gan Ning nodded, but did not speak.

His current attention is all attracted by the environment of Jinling City, and no one knows how much he can hear the overtones in Tao Shang's words.

When we were young, a group of people came to the government-owned Iron and Steel Department in Jinling City, and the pottery merchant invited Gan Ning to visit.

However, in the entire smelting yard, there was an endless stream of shirtless men making iron weapons. Everyone was in full swing, and bundles of smelted weapons and farm tools were being loaded and transported out in batches.

Gan Ning took out one of the smelted weapons, put it in front of his eyes, looked at it carefully, and nodded in praise while looking at it: "Good iron! So good!"

The pottery merchant laughed when he heard this: "Brother Gan, would you like to call this thing a shu? Tao would rather call it a mace."

Gan Ning turned his head, looked at the pottery merchant suspiciously, and said, "In today's world, anyone who uses shunts well must be a tall, mighty man with great strength. There are really not many such characters. Wouldn't it be a waste of iron to spend so much time? It's unwise."

The potter raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "Others may feel that it is a burden to be able to use it to produce iron smelting materials, but it is not the case here at all. Now I have Jinling Iron Mine as the foundation under my rule. To put it bluntly, Tao can afford to supply the amount of ironware currently used by the Han Dynasty, not to mention making all kinds of weapons, even if I make one and throw one away, it will be no problem at all."

Seeing Gan Ning's expression of disbelief, the pottery merchant smiled and explained to Gan Ning: "Brother Gan, if you don't believe me, you can follow me to the arsenal in Jinling to find out."

Gan Ning was puzzled, he didn't answer, but he followed the potter closely.

After entering the arsenal in Jinling City, Gan Ning froze on the spot.

Large pieces of finely smelted ironware were displayed in the arsenal, almost blinding Gan Ning's dog's eyes.

Not only the most common knives, halberds, daggers, and lances on the battlefield today, but also many other types of auxiliary weapons, including whips, clubs, hammers, hooks, hand knives, and 镋.Meteor Hammer etc.

From this point of view, Gan Ning already understood in his heart that the potter was indeed not bragging, and the iron ore in his hands really existed.

If it were any other county guard, who would dare to use so much iron as a cold weapon like him.

Wealth is incomparable to the country, and it may be someone like him.

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Gan Ning was deeply shocked by the fullness of Jinling's arsenal.

That kind of shock cannot be expressed in words.

"Brother Gan, would you like to join our camp?" Tao Shang asked Gan Ning with a smile.

Gan Ning was also a little emotional at this moment, he completely understood why the pottery merchant wanted to take him back to Jinling City.

This kid is just trying to pretend to be a fool with himself!Naked stinky show off.

But he pretended well, so that Gan Ning could see the potter's extraordinary strength and great potential at a glance, and Gan Ning was full of infinite expectations for him, and began to have some new ideas about the future. idea.

People are not afraid of suffering, but they are afraid of not seeing hope at a glance.

But what the potters showed Gan Ning was infinite possibilities and infinite hopes.

Everyone wants to find a good financial backer, and Gan Ning is the same. This is the same as a girl marrying a man. What impresses her most is her development potential. Everyone is human, and no one is more noble than the other.

Gan Ning took a deep breath and finally made up his mind.

He cupped his hands at the potter, and said sincerely: "Since Tao Taishou is so fond of Lao Tzu, I have nothing to say. I am willing to lead my brothers to follow Tao Taishou to fight in the south of the Yangtze River and do our best for the great cause of Taishou." A little bit of strength."

The potter heard this and laughed.

See, this water thief leader can actually say a few beautiful words, it depends on whether he is willing to say it.

The pottery merchant here took out the token of Zhechong Captain from his waist, and handed it to Gan Ning, motioning for him to continue, but Gan Ning shook his head heavily.

"Prefect Tao, I'm sorry I can't accept this token yet."

Tao Shang blinked, and looked at Gan Ning suspiciously: "Brother Gan, didn't you all agree to me just now?"

Gan Ning thought for a while, and then slowly said: "The prefect of Danyang County is impeccable in terms of military, government, food, money, etc., but it is a pity that there is no decent navy."

The pottery merchant nodded and sighed: "That's right, that's why I want to ask brother Gan to be the captain of Zhechong, recruit soldiers for me, and train a navy capable of sailing across the Yangtze River."

Gan Ning smiled, shook his head and said, "Training a team of sailors who are good at fighting is not something that can be built with money. One must have soldiers who are proficient in water skills. They must not only be good at ship warfare, but also have potential The second is that they need to float on the river all year round, and to be honest, I can’t practice anything after five years.”

The potter sighed resentfully.

Five years...how could Yuan Shu wait for him for five years?

It is estimated that as soon as spring next year, this bastard will immediately lead his troops to attack.

Time waits for no one, against Yuan Shu, pottery merchants have to accumulate all their strength in order to be able to fight against him, but the navy is the key point.

Yuan Shu has many generals, but some people have some misunderstandings about him.

Yuan Shu's current strength is not considered the most prosperous period, but it has already occupied Runan County and Nanyang County. Nanyang County has a population of more than 240 million, ranking first in the world, and Runan County has a population of 210 million, which is also among the best!