Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

You know, even if Yu Jin guarded Zhuo County for two hours, he couldn't hold it, so they didn't want to do anything.

Now that Cao Cao is in a fit of anger, it can be predicted that if anyone loses the battle at this time, the appointment will not be good.

At that time, I am afraid that dismissal from office will be invited, and anyone who is not good will have to lose his head.In this way, how can anyone be willing to fight a battle that they know they are going to lose.

At this time, where there are still a group of civil and military ministers above the court, this is simply a group of ostriches.All of them lowered their heads, and none of them even spoke.

It's not that these ministers didn't persuade Cao Cao, everything that should be persuaded has already been persuaded, who can be blamed for Cao Cao's disobedience.

When Cao Cao was about to tear up the agreement with Daqin, a group of civil and military ministers persuaded Cao Cao.When Cao Cao forcibly detained the Daqin miners, all the civil and military ministers also persuaded Cao Cao.

However, Cao Cao insisted on going his own way. Cao Cao didn't listen to a word of what they said, and he just took their words as fart.

At this time, there is no one who is willing to speak out.Cao Cao wouldn't listen even if he tried to persuade him. If he insisted too hard, he might have to be punished.

"Feng Xiao, you have to come here quickly!"

"Feng Xiao, I can only rely on you now!" Xun Yu murmured in his heart.

Cao Cao glanced at the ministers of His Majesty, the more no one spoke, the more tense the atmosphere in Cao Cao's heart.

Cao Cao thought to himself, with the salaries allotted from the national treasury every year, is it raising such a group of wine bags and rice bags?

At this time, Cao Cao said angrily: "Since there is no one to fight, this king decides to fight in person!"

After Cao Cao said this, all the civil servants and generals in the hall raised their heads together and looked at Cao Cao's beard.

Why look at the beard?

When Cao Cao fought Ma Chao in Tongguan, he was forced by Ma Chao to cut off his beard and abandon his robe, and escaped with his life.

You know, in terms of strength, even ten Ma Chaos are not Li Chen's opponent.Those who have said it, Li Chen's subordinates are like clouds of civil servants, and fierce generals like rain.

The force value is comparable to that of Ma Chao, not to mention more, there is definitely a skill in one palm.

The generals of Cao Wei thought to themselves, let's see, you, King Wei, don't want to conquer in person, you just want to cut your beard and discard your robe once!This beard has grown for two or three years, and it is indeed time to cut it again.

Of course, these civil servants and military generals of Cao Wei just thought about it in their hearts, saying that it was designated and no one would dare to say it.

Cao Cao is the most face-saving person, and if he exposes his shortcomings at this time, he will have to lose his head.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"No, the King of Wei must never send troops against Qin again!

"Cough cough!"

At this time, only the sound of a violent cough was heard, and Guo Jia's slightly thin figure appeared in the hall.

Since Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao and unified the north, Guo Jia's illness became more and more serious.He has been recuperating in the mansion and has never participated in state affairs.

Since Guo Jia's condition is not good, no one bothers Guo Jia with state affairs.

Today, Xun Yu really had no other choice, so he sent someone to find Guo Jia.

Seeing Guo Jia coming, Manchao Wenwu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Cao Cao can't listen to anyone's words, but he can only listen to Guo Jia's words.

"Feng Xiao, you are not recuperating in the mansion, why are you here?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia concerned.

Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously: "If the minister doesn't come, I'm afraid that our country of Wei will be destroyed!"

"King Wei, I've heard everything!"

"You are right to tear up the covenant with Daqin. I can predict that the output of Qin's new grain is definitely beyond our expectations. These years, although we have not lost money by exchanging grain for iron, Daqin is obviously more profitable."

"Although this kind of exchange can make our country Wei rich, it can also make Qin country even richer. Under the circumstances of the ups and downs, our country Wei will never be the opponent of Qin country."

"So, it's right to tear up the covenant with Qin!" Guo Jia said here, his strength was a little weak, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Cao Cao heard this, he glanced at the officials with great satisfaction.That seems to be saying, how about it, the king is right, right?

Then, at this time, Guo Jia continued to change his style of painting and said: "But, King Wei, you should never have detained the miners of Daqin. Didn't you detain the miners of Daqin? Didn't you give them a reason to go to war?"

"For those who are present, let me ask the king of Wei, why did you detain these miners?"

Cao Cao didn't seem to understand Guo Jia's meaning, and replied without thinking: "Mining!"

"I am asking the king of Wei, what do you want so much iron ore for? The reason why Qin State wants so much iron ore is because their smelting technology is far superior to that of Wei State. No matter how much iron ore arrives in Qin State, They can all be turned into weapons, into armor!"

"However, with the smelting technology of our country Wei, the iron ore produced by the open-pit mine is completely enough for the country's use?"

"The king of Wei detains these miners, even if they can dig out high-quality mines, is it nothing more than hoarding?"

"Therefore, I thought it was enough to tear up the agreement and not use iron ore as an enemy. There is absolutely no need to detain the Daqin miners and cause war." Guo Jia talked eloquently.

Guo Jia's words can be said to awaken the dreamer.

That's right, when the iron ore is dug out, you have to smelt it into refined iron and then make it into a weapon. This is an industrial chain, and not just miners can solve the problem.

Even if the miners can dig out [-] shi of iron ore in a month, the craftsmen in charge of smelting can only smelt [-] shi. Isn't this a waste of effort in the end?

After a bit of dialing from Guo Jia, Cao Cao realized that the war triggered by the detention of the Daqin miners was meaningless.

"What do you think of Fengxiao?" Cao Cao asked.

"You can send Chen Qun as an envoy to the State of Qin, and after an agreement with the State of Qin, release the detained miners and make peace as soon as possible!" Guo Jia said weakly.

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao nodded again and again, and immediately ordered: "Chen Qun, I have sent you as an envoy to Qin State immediately."

After Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao, he quickly said: "Wei Wang, this battle is not for nothing. At least we have seen the strength of the Qin army."

"I'm afraid that the Qin army already has the power to dominate the world. The reason why the king of Qin didn't move is because the national power can't support the army. Once the national power of the Great Qin becomes strong, it will inevitably unify the whole country."

"Now, when you quickly send people to form an alliance with Shu, the two countries can work together to resist Qin!"

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Chapter 524 Great Qin is Developing

Sure enough, Cao Cao couldn't listen to other people's words, but Cao Cao could still listen to Guo Jia's words.

After following Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao first sent people to make peace with the Qin army, and then secretly sent people into Shu to find an alliance with Liu Bei.

For such a major event as the start of the war between Qin and Wei, Liu Bei naturally got the news early in the morning.

The original war between Qin and Wei, in Liu Bei's view, was a very good thing for him.

However, it was not good news for Liu Bei after he learned that the Qin army had broken through Zhuo County in less than two hours.

Qin and Wei are evenly matched, which is good news for Shu, but if the disparity in strength between Qin and Wei is too large, it will be bad news for Shu.

Just like it is now, if the Qin army was able to attack Zhuo County in less than two hours, then the city in the Shu Kingdom can be said to be able to last for two hours.

In this battle, Da Qin exposed his military power, so he became a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of Wei and Shu.

At this time, Cao Cao sent people into Shu to raise the alliance, which was exactly what Liu Bei wanted.Now the two countries of Shu and Wei can only unite to resist the flourishing Great Qin.

Of course, the alliance between Shu and Wei was nothing to Li Chen.The destruction of these two countries is a matter of time, and whether they unite or not will not affect the overall situation.

For Li Chen, the most critical point of being able to unify the world lies in the national strength of the Great Qin, not whether the two countries of Shu and Wei are united.

After conquering Zhuojun within two hours, Cao Cao had already broken his courage. Cao Cao obediently released the imprisoned Daqin miners.

Cao Cao tore up the agreement, which is a big hidden danger for Li Mu's plan.Although for now, the iron ore reserves in Daqin are still sufficient, but the mining industry in Daqin has to start again.

Moreover, most of Qin land is now in the south, which is not conducive to the development of the mining industry.

Of course, it’s not that there are no iron mines in the south, but because the land in the south contains too much water, and it won’t take long to dig down for water.

And mining is to dig underground. In this era, if the drainage of the mine is not done well and water seeps, it will really kill people.

However, now there are no difficulties to overcome, and there are difficulties to overcome.

Because, at present, Daqin has a great demand for iron ore. Whether it is artillery, shells, or the flintlock guns and fixed bullets that are being developed, they all require a large amount of iron ore.

In a blink of an eye, another three years passed.

Today, it has been five years since the official Three Kingdoms.

The whole land of Qin is developing vigorously, and now Qin is far superior to Wei and Shu in terms of economy, agriculture, and population.

In terms of population alone, the population of Qin is more than that of Wei and Shu combined.In recent years, Mr. Li Chen has regained the Shanyue natives in the Jiangdong area. While conquering the Shanyue natives, he is still digging the corners of Cao Wei's population.

Under the ebb and flow, Qin has far surpassed Wei and Shu in terms of population.

In this era, population is the primary productive force, and the larger the population of a country, the stronger that country is.

In the past three years, Li Chen's harem has added sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao as they wished.

Moreover, Lu Lingqi and Zhen Mi also gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, and even Gan Mei is now pregnant.

However, for Li Chen, the most regrettable thing is that after five full years, he still failed to win Huang Yueying, an exotic techie.

Of course, the main reason is that Huang Yueying is a complete house girl, and the secondary reason is that Li Chen gave Huang Yueying too many rare things.

The research and development of flintlock guns and fixed-loaded bullets alone has been going on for five years, and until today, they still haven't started to be deployed in the army.

Firearms, for this era, there are not only technical barriers, but also huge.

In this era, there were no lathes or various mechanized equipment, and everything had to be done by hand.

Jinling.

Qin Wangfu.

"King Qin, the arsenal outside the city has come to report that there has been progress in the matter of the flintlock gun today!" A guard came to report from outside.

"Prepare the horse, I'm going to have a look!" Li Chen hurriedly ordered.

A flintlock gun capable of firing fixed bullets is simply too important to Li Chen.Qin's territory is all in the south, without horses, it is doomed that Li Chen can only develop infantry as much as possible.

If you want to use infantry to crush cavalry, there is only one possibility, and that is the flintlock.

This is a dimensionality reduction blow across the ages. Once your own army is organized and equipped with flintlock guns, no matter how powerful cavalry Cao Cao trains, they will be vulnerable to a single blow.

Under the protection of the guards, Li Chen left the mansion and rushed towards the arsenal outside the city.

Now, it is winter.

The raging snowflakes fluttered and fell like goose feathers.The raging cold wind blew by, making people's ears turn red.

The snow in Jinling City has covered the bare feet. Jinling is regarded as the southern region in this era. It rarely snows in previous years. Even if it snows, it has never seen such a heavy snowfall.

Such heavy snow seems to indicate that the coming year will definitely be another bumper harvest year.

Pedestrians on the street all shrunk their heads and gathered their cuffs involuntarily as they walked on the road.Seeing King Qin's carriage approaching, the pedestrians retreated to both sides of the road.Then he raised his head and looked towards King Qin, still muttering in his heart, it's a snowy day, where is King Qin going.

Jinling, outside the city.

arsenal.

The arsenal is a forbidden area, without Li Chen's order, no one is allowed to enter or leave at will.

In particular, in the north corner of the arsenal, there is a huge factory building where Huang Yueying led people to develop flintlock guns. For the entire arsenal, this is a forbidden area among forbidden areas.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Before approaching this factory building, the sound of gold and iron clanging has already been heard.

Li Chen walked into the workshop and found a huge bellows next to a blacksmithing furnace.

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

A worker is pushing the wind direction with all his strength, buttocks pouted. The wind direction is very strong, so pulling it is naturally very laborious.

There was another worker, holding a pair of iron tongs in one hand and a hammer in the other, hammering the smelted copper and iron blocks fiercely.

Copper-iron alloy.

Of course, the composition of this alloy must not only be copper and iron, and naturally a small amount of other metals are added to it.

However, since his main components are copper and iron, let's call him a copper-iron alloy.

It was Huang Yueying's two years of experimentation that she came up with the best formula for making gun barrels.

Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 525 A Cross-Era Product