The Strongest Lu Bu: Sweeping the World

The next day, when the sun was high, Lu Bu came out of Mi Zhen's room.

It had been a long time since he had such indulgence, and Lu Bu also felt a slight soreness in his waist.

"Marquis Wen." After meeting Lu Bu again along the way, they stepped forward to say hello.

"Prepare the horse and go to the craftsman's workshop," Lu Bu said.

Xu Chu cupped his fists and said hello.

The reason why he went to the craftsman's workshop so urgently was because the news from the craftsman's workshop said that there had been a big breakthrough in the production of gunpowder, which also made Lu Bu overjoyed. Yuan Shu captured Jiyin County and Chenliu County.

Although Yuan Shu has suffered failures on the battlefield in Xuzhou, his own strength cannot be underestimated. If he wants to take more advantage from Yuan Shu, he needs to have sufficient means, and Jingzhou has the intention to mobilize troops , Lu Bu need not worry even more.

It would be best for Yuan Shu to start a war with Liu Biao. In this case, it would be easier to capture Jiyin and Chenliu counties.

Strong strength is sometimes not enough. If there are more means as a foil, it will be easier to succeed in some things.

Gunpowder is a sharp weapon that Lu Bu secretly ordered the craftsmen in the craftsman workshop to make. Once such a sharp weapon is successfully developed, it will play a huge role in attacking the city or fighting between the two armies.

This is not a weapon of this era.

Affected by the war in Xuzhou, the craftsman's workshop is far from being as busy as it used to be, but after Xuzhou regains its former stability, the craftsman's workshop is gradually becoming lively.

The occurrence of the Xuzhou war, the craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop had a certain understanding, which also made the craftsmen have a lot of worries about the situation in Xuzhou. They were afraid that Yuan Shu would lead the army to break the craftsman's workshop. If so, wouldn't they all To be a prisoner.

In the eyes of the princes, Lu Bu is rebellious, but in the eyes of the craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop, Lu Bu treated them well and gave them the best conditions, allowing them to play freely in the craftsman's workshop. Can get a lot of rewards.

This kind of life was unimaginable for some craftsmen before. The world is chaotic and the lives of the people are so miserable, but they have found a pure land in Xuzhou.

It was Lu Bu who gathered them in the craftsman's workshop, and let these craftsmen see the hope of life. Although their lives are very different from ordinary people, they cannot freely enter and leave the craftsman's workshop, and they can live a stable life. Suffice it to say.

Only after experiencing the pain caused by troubled times can we truly understand how important a stable life is.

Chapter 347 Gunpowder

This also gave Lu Bu absolute prestige among the craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop, and it was a kind of luck for them to follow Lu Bu closely.

The war did not fundamentally affect the craftsman's workshop. Even when the enemy army entered Xuzhou in large numbers, the craftsman's workshop did not experience war. This made the craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop feel Lu Bu's determination.

Lu Bu's arrival did not disturb the craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop. After the war, the craftsman's workshop entered into a crazy working mode again, with a steady stream of supplies coming in. The craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop must forge more excellent ones in the shortest possible time. The weapon comes out.

And in Xuzhou, there is also a large amount of immortal jade hoarded, these are important means for Lu Bu to obtain benefits from merchants.

"I've seen Marquis Wen." Li Fu's clothes looked cleaner than before.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions. After the successful development of gunpowder, Li Fu can be said to be relieved a lot. When he first accepted this task, Li Fu didn't have the slightest idea.

The reason why craftsmen were able to achieve success was in exchange for their lives. Many craftsmen died while developing gunpowder. Without their sacrifices, it would be impossible to develop gunpowder.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Has the gunpowder been developed?"

Li Fu nodded in agreement.

"Take me to take a look." Lu Bu's voice seemed a little anxious. Gunpowder is definitely a weapon of this era. After controlling gunpowder, it will be more convenient when attacking enemy cities, and even the army The soldiers in the army don't need to pay too much.

"Here." Li Fu cupped his hands.

Xu Chu, who followed Lu Bu, was curious about the gunpowder in Lu Bu's mouth, and the craftsman's workshop was quite mysterious to Xu Chu.

However, Xu Chu knew that the craftsman's workshop was an important place in Xuzhou, and that Lu Bu was able to bring him to the craftsman's workshop, which already showed that Lu Bu accepted him deep down in his heart, which was of great significance to a general.

Following Lu Bu on the battlefield, Xu Chu admired Lu Bu's five bodies. Now he just wants to follow Lu Bu on the battlefield and make contributions. Everyone has dreams, and generals are no exception. When they fight on the battlefield, they naturally want to get More credit.

And it will be easier to follow behind a powerful monarch, get credit, and become famous.

As for Cao Cao, Xu Chu hid it deep in his heart. Although Cao Cao also valued him very much and had a kindness to him, but now he is a general under Lu Bu's command, and he is also the commander of Lu Bu's personal guard. He is doing some things. At this time, we must consider the problem from Lu Bu's perspective.

Xu Chu really wanted to ask what gunpowder was, but he held back.

Compared with Li Fu's clothes, the gunpowder craftsmen looked a little dirty, and many craftsmen had dark complexions.

"Marquis Wen, this is the developed gunpowder." Li Fu's tone was a little excited.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Let the craftsman test the power of gunpowder."

"Here." Li Fu got the order and hurried down to prepare.

Before the method of gunpowder was studied thoroughly, many craftsmen died, and some of them died in an explosion during the process of developing gunpowder.

But Li Fu calmed down the mood of the craftsmen very well, and the houses where the craftsmen developed gunpowder were also far away from each other, which can guarantee to a large extent that the explosion would not affect more craftsmen. Sometimes, craftsmen are naturally terrified. Basically, every once in a while, some craftsmen will die in the process of development, which is also a great torture to their minds.

Fortunately, with the gradual progress of the development process, the performance of the gunpowder has also stabilized, and there are very few explosions. Even if the craftsman steps on the top of the gunpowder in normal times, it will not explode.

Lu Bu saw the two craftsmen skillfully picking up the gunpowder and heading towards the distance, showing approval. Only these craftsmen can play a huge role with gunpowder on the battlefield, but these craftsmen are precious in Lu Bu's hands. With the wealth, they will provide more gunpowder for the Xuzhou army.

With gunpowder in hand, Lu Bu has greater confidence in the future battles.

"My lord, who are these two?" Xu Chu asked.

In Xu Chu's opinion, the gunpowder that Lu Bu and Li Fu were talking about should be a sharp weapon used by the lieutenant soldiers, but such strangely packaged things still made Xu Chu a little confused.

"Zhongkang will know after waiting for a while." Lu Bu said with a smile.

Li Fu knew that Lu Bu must have seen gunpowder before he developed gunpowder in the craftsman's workshop. He even had a certain understanding of how gunpowder exploded. Otherwise, why would Lu Bu be able to come up with the method of making gunpowder.

The lack of conditions has cost the craftsmen of the craftsman workshop a lot of lives. Now everything is worth it after the success, and the families of the dead craftsmen will receive a generous pension, which is not in vain. It is precisely because of this that these craftsmen are willing to stay in the craftsman workshop.

Otherwise, just one explosion after another would be enough to destroy the minds of many craftsmen.

Death is not scary sometimes, but the scary thing is that you don't know when death will approach, which is what makes people most wary.

"Marquis Wen can enter the room to watch." Li Fu persuaded.

Lu Bu nodded. He didn't know what kind of power the gunpowder developed by the craftsman's workshop had. It would be safer to enter the room to watch.

Xu Chu said indifferently: "It's just gunpowder, and it's at least [-] steps away from us, so why go into the room."

"Let Zhongkang stay outside," Lu Bu said.

Now that the words had been uttered, Xu Chu naturally couldn't say anything more, and secretly raised his vigilance. Lu Bu's martial arts are so strong that he even had such precautions when facing gunpowder.

But if you are outside the room, you can better see what kind of power the gunpowder has.

Xu Chu took a shield from the soldier's hand and looked ahead carefully.

Seeing this scene, Lu Bu smiled slightly and was noncommittal. Just now he saw that the gunpowder that the two craftsmen took to test was amazing only in terms of size. If it exploded, it would definitely be quite powerful.

"Marquis Wen, gunpowder is very powerful, and this general is outside?" Li Fu said slightly worried.

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Since Zhongkang doesn't believe in the power of gunpowder, let him suffer some hardships outside."

Seeing what Lu Bu said, Li Fu looked at Xu Chu with pity. Even if he was in the room watching the explosion of gunpowder, there was a certain risk, let alone Xu Chu who was outside the room, but looking at Xu Chu's vigilant appearance, Li Fu was relieved a lot.

Chapter 348 Unexpectedly So Ferocious

In order to demonstrate the power of gunpowder to Lu Bu, Li Fu increased the amount of gunpowder. Once it explodes, the power will definitely be even fiercer.

In the past, craftsmen would also experiment with gunpowder, but these craftsmen were all experienced and accustomed to the explosion of gunpowder, and they also knew how to protect themselves.

Not far away, white smoke rose up, and the rising white smoke made Xu Chu feel quite strange, mainly because the smoke was produced too fast.

The two craftsmen ran back as fast as they could and hid in a house.

The sound of "rumbling" sounded in the ears of Xu Chu, who was like thunder and thunder. What Xu Chu saw was the bursting flames, coupled with such momentum, even though Xu Chu had experienced a lot of things, he still felt a little bit Shock.

Several pieces of gravel came towards Xu Chu.

Fortunately, Xu Chu reacted quickly from such momentum, and hurriedly raised the shield in his hand.

Even so, there was still a piece of gravel passing by Xu Chu's face.

The ground trembled violently, and even the houses around him trembled a few times, and sawdust, stones, and clods of soil kept falling from the houses.

Xu Chu was stunned, and the other guards who followed Lu Bu were also shocked by such momentum. It was hard for them to imagine what kind of sharp weapon could have such fierce power.

Inside the house, Lu Bu nodded slightly when he saw the momentum of the gunpowder explosion. Overall, the power of the gunpowder explosion was still very powerful. Even the walls of the house where he was located had cracks. If such things were used in war, it would definitely be scary.

Originally, Lu Bu planned to use gunpowder in the battle against Yuan Shu. In this way, the price to be paid for defeating Yuan Shu would be smaller. However, the craftsman workshop had not developed gunpowder before, and gunpowder was not so powerful. It is impossible to get involved in the battle due to its stability.

However, now that gunpowder has been developed, it is of great significance to him. To capture more cities under Yuan Shu's rule, if it is a face-to-face battle, it will definitely pay a heavy price. Huge changes have taken place, and the enemy's city gate is broken with gunpowder. Then it is time for the two armies to compete head-on.

Lu Bu believed that with the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, it would not be difficult to gain more advantages in the battle.

The appearance of gunpowder was just at the right time, and the next thing to do was to make Yuan Shu's heart ache.

As long as Jingzhou dispatched a large army to attack Yuan Shu, Lu Bu would not hesitate to take Chenliu County, Jiyin County and even Runan County if possible.

At that time, Yuan Shu will drop from a powerful vassal to an ordinary vassal, and will not pose a greater threat to Lu Bu.

The Yuan family has a great reputation, which gives Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao a great advantage in the early stage of the melee between the princes. Whether it is Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao, in Lu Bu's view, they are not ordinary people, and Yuan Shu is not incompetent. If not, why did Yuan Shao be forced into such a situation.

Lu Bu already felt that because of his arrival, the history of the end of Han Dynasty had undergone tremendous changes, and this time Yuan Shu was likely to be silenced.

"Congratulations, my lord. With such a sharp weapon and the help of such a sharp weapon, why worry about not being able to defeat more enemies." Seeing Lu Bu walk out of the room, Xu Chu rushed forward to congratulate him.

Seeing the wound on Xu Chu's face, Lu Bu smiled and said, "The wound on Zhongkang's face should be dealt with as soon as possible."

The accompanying guards also burst into bursts of laughter. Just now, Xu Chu was very arrogant and wanted to stay outside. He didn't expect the power of gunpowder to be so powerful. Even these accompanying guards felt the shock .

This kind of sharp weapon is absolutely beyond imagination. Who would have thought that such an inconspicuous thing could make such a sound.

"It's just a little injury, it's not a problem." Xu Chu said indifferently.

"Follow Benhou to take a look," Lu Bu said.

The craftsmen responsible for the development of gunpowder are easy to say, they are often exposed to gunpowder, even if the explosion of gunpowder is astonishing, the impact on them is not too great, Lu Bu can clearly feel the fear of the guards.

Such a situation, even if it is placed on the soldiers of the trapped camp, I am afraid it will be the same, mainly because the gunpowder is too unexpected.

Once such a sharp weapon appears on the battlefield, it will definitely make the enemy fearful. Just the momentum after the explosion is enough to make the enemy fearful.

After walking into the place where the explosion was, Xu Chu's eyes widened. The two craftsmen just randomly put gunpowder on a boulder, but they saw that the boulder was already torn apart, and the ground nearby was also cracked.

Xu Chu secretly thought that if such a thing exploded beside him, it would be difficult to stop it even with his martial arts.

"It's so fierce." Xu Chu couldn't help but praised.

Lu Bu nodded and said: "The power is not bad. If it is used to attack the enemy's city gate, it may be able to directly blow up the enemy's city gate, but only this power is not enough. What I need is to be able to directly blow up the enemy's city gate." The gunpowder of the military city."

"This subordinate understands." Li Fu cupped his hands.

"Rewards for meritorious deeds and punishment for delinquents is what I have always followed. You can lead the craftsmen to successfully develop gunpowder, which is a great contribution to Xuzhou. From now on, you will enjoy the treatment of the county magistrate." Lu Bu said.

"Thank you, Marquis Wen." Li Fu saluted excitedly. He was just an ordinary craftsman. Because of his clever performance, he was promoted by Lu Bu to be in charge of the research and development of gunpowder. He never thought that one day, he would be able to enjoy the benefits of the county magistrate. treatment.

Li Fu knew about some systems in the craftsman's workshop. Those who made great contributions to the craftsman's workshop would be rewarded accordingly.

"The rest of the craftsmen are also meritorious officials. There will be rewards at that time. As long as you work hard, I will not treat you badly." Lu Bu said.

"Here." The craftsmen around Li Fu were also inexplicably excited. When they were developing gunpowder, they enjoyed a good life and had money to spend. In fact, such a life is already pretty good for a craftsman. Especially those who escaped from other places and came to Xuzhou cherished a stable life even more.

Of course, the development of gunpowder is too dangerous. While enjoying a good life, craftsmen also have to worry about their own lives.

Now that the development of gunpowder has been successful, they only need to continue working on this basis, and the risk will be greatly reduced. Needless to say, their living standards will definitely not change, which also makes the craftsmen inexplicably excited.

Chapter 349 Lu Zhi Comes

The effort has been rewarded, but what these craftsmen get now is based on the death of many craftsmen.

Rewards, used properly, can play a great role.

"The developed gunpowder must be stored separately and cannot be gathered together. Be careful when storing it," Lu Bu urged.

Li Fu nodded and said yes, the development of gunpowder is an exciting thing in itself, and with the reward from Lu Bu, Li Fu's fighting spirit was high, and he secretly told himself that he must do his best in this work. The development of gunpowder is Li Fubo's prize A chance for a good birth.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen are also the lowest-level figures in society. They will not be respected by others, but with Lu Bu's order, craftsmen will have their day.

Even some personal guards were a little envious after learning about the rewards Li Fu had received. Becoming a county magistrate was what many people dreamed of. event.

"The matter of gunpowder is Xuzhou's secret, and there must be no leakage. If anyone leaks this matter, the military law will handle it." Lu Bu said in a deep voice.