One Piece of Song Dynasty

After speaking, Wu Jie returned to the camp. Zhai Jin and others were responsible for paying wages. Liu Fa asked, "How is the situation?"

Wu Jie said, "The morale has been mobilized."

Liu Fa nodded and said, "Very good. Fighting depends on morale. The reason why we have been defeated again and again in the past few years is not only that the army's combat power is not as good as that of the Jin people, but more importantly, we were frightened by the Jin people. The Jin people are also human beings. He will die even if he carries one head on two shoulders, afraid of what he will do."

Wu Jie wanted to say something but held back. Liu Fa saw that Wu Jie was hesitant to speak and asked, "Just say what you want to say. I know you must have questions in your heart."

Wu Jie frowned and said, "Liu Shuai, can we really fight back?"

Liu Fa asked, "Why, you, the deputy governor, don't have confidence either?"

Wu Jie replied, "I have confidence in defending the general, but I will be defeated by the attacking general. To be honest, the tenacious combat style of the Jin Army during the Battle of Fuping left a deep impression on the general."

Liu Fa said, "The Jin army is strong, so we must be stronger. Otherwise, how can we realize the rejuvenation of the Han people? Remember how the Tang Dynasty slaughtered all directions hundreds of years ago? Why, it has only been a few hundred years, and we Han people are gone." The previous arrogance was gone." After saying this, Liu Fa asked someone to unfold a map.

Liu Fa pointed at the map and said, "This is the future territory of the empire in the prince's heart. This is the prince's ambition. The prince wants to recreate the Tang Dynasty and let the world know that the Han people have risen again. This is why the prince can convince me." "

After reading this, Wu Jie immediately knelt down and said, "I feel ashamed, but I am willing to dedicate my life to the revival of the Han people."

Liu Fa said, "Okay, let's go, I will take you to see such a sharp weapon."

Liu Fa took Wu Jie to an open space. Two people had prepared the Tiger Crouching Cannon in advance. Liu Fa pointed at the Tiger Crouching Cannon and said, "This thing is called the Tiger Crouching Cannon. It is a unique weapon in the prince's army. It is a weapon." The firearm has a range of up to one mile and is so light that one person can carry it."

Then Liu Fa signaled for someone to fire a cannon. After the sound of the cannon, Liu Fa said, "Wu Jie, you can go and see how powerful it is."

Wu Jie ran to watch it for a while and then came back and hugged the Crouching Tiger Cannon. He actually felt the weight of the Crouching Tiger Cannon and said excitedly, "Okay, this thing has a wide range of damage, its power is not bad, and it is also light. It is really an infantry mountain warfare." Sharp weapons, Liu Shuai has brought many squatting cannons with him this time."

Liu Fa replied, "One hundred doors, but when I left Lin'an, I asked the prince for four hundred doors. The prince said that the remaining three hundred doors would be sent to him as soon as the workshop made them. When I came, the prince We also gave it to certain ammunition craftsmen so that we can make our own special ammunition for this cannon. This cannon requires two people per cannon. You need to select two hundred crossbowmen to form an artillery team and quickly become familiar with these cannons."

Wu Jie cupped his fists and said, "I'll do it now, General Mo."

In the following days, Wu Jie ordered Wu Li to guard Monk Shangyuan at Dashanguan. Wu Jie took Liu Fa to inspect the garrison in various places, giving speeches and paying salaries wherever he went.

At this time, Li Xin was meeting Zhao Fei in Lin'an. Li Xin handed Zhao Fei a cup of tea and said, "You have worked hard all the way. Let's have a cup of tea first."

Zhao Fei took the tea and said, "It's not hard to work for the prince."

Li Xin said, "I came to you this time for three things. The first one is that I want to publish the method of making soap. You find the right merchants. We will provide the technology, they will provide the people, and they will be responsible for the sales." , % of their monthly sales profits belong to us, let’s find more merchants, eight in total.”

Zhao Fei asked, "Soap is one of our sources of money. Why does the prince want to announce its manufacturing method?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "We have to give others some sweetness. We can't turn everyone into our enemies. Besides, if the glass is not in our hands, the entire Song Dynasty is also in our hands, so what are we afraid of?"

Zhao Fei nodded and said, "I understand."

Li Xin took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Zhao Feidao, "Here is a method for making military rations and a method for making perfume. You can find a place to build a military ration factory in Fujian to specialize in large-scale production of this kind of military rations. In addition, you can do it in Lin'an." Choose a place to build seven factories: a paper factory, a textile factory, a printing factory, a flour mill, a fruit wine factory, an ammunition factory, and a perfume factory. When our products start to be produced, you go to Gao Ping and ask him to expand the scale of Lin'an's shops. Build it into a large store, and then put out all the products that can be found near Lin'an, and there are detailed instructions on how to do it."

The military rations that Li Xin asked Zhao Fei to produce were actually the fried noodles eaten by the volunteers during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, but Li Xin added eggs and other ingredients to make the fried noodles more nutritious; as for the large stores, they were actually the large supermarkets of later generations.

Zhao Fei took the paper and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin finally said, "One last thing, you need to expand the cement workshop in Fujian into a cement factory. Tell Old Man Zheng to hand over the work of building roads on Xinghan Island to his men, and let him take some people to build roads in Fujian." , I will build the roads in Fujian first, and then in Guangdong and Guangxi. Building roads is regarded as work for the imperial court. I will ask the imperial court to allocate part of the special funds for road construction. Although the entire Song Dynasty belongs to us, the work is still limited. You can't work for nothing, you need money, but you must pay the court's taxes, and you must abide by the court's laws. Although we are considered a royal family now, we can't do whatever we want. You have to make it clear to the people below who will be If you violate the laws of the imperial court, I will punish you even more severely than the imperial court."

Zhao Fei felt a chill in his heart and said, "Yes, my subordinates have remembered it."

Li Xin continued, "Let's talk about road construction. Both Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi are very big areas. Our own road construction team alone can't finish it even if we work for several years. So you can announce the method of road construction. Let other road construction teams come to us to buy cement. Of course, the cement cannot be sold at a high price. We have to let others make money."

Zhao Fei asked, "Can the method of making cement be published like soap to find other businesses to cooperate with?"

Li Xin shook his head and said, "Not for now. We will announce it in a few years. Moreover, cement can only be sold to Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi."

Zhao Fei cupped his fists and said, "I understand."

After Zhao Fei left, Li Xin wrote to Jiang Shan who was far away on Xinghan Island, asking him to lead people to start exploring mineral deposits in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Importing the ore alone may not be enough, and some of it must be mined domestically. I also sent a letter to Li Jing, asking her to come to Lin'an as soon as possible after finishing the work. Li Xin wanted to hear her report on scientific research results in person.

The next day, Li Xin called Li Shifu, of course because of the matter between him and his sister Li Jing. In fact, Li Xin was very happy to see this kind of thing. After all, Li Shifu would also become a famous general in the future. Li Xin wanted to train a few For people like Huo Qubing, Li Shifu and Yue Yun are both in Li Xin's training plan. It would be great if they could become in-laws with them.