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Jia Fang was also surprised.He saw that the twenty small workers given to him by Baigongfang were using the copper rails in the Grand View Garden to bring in cart after cart of goods.

He casually took the torch for lighting from a small worker, held it in his hand, and looked at the car in front of him, only to see that it was covered with a thick linoleum cloth, and when the linoleum was uncovered, the car was full of arrows. , tied into bundles with tendon and stacked neatly.Such a car is thousands of arrows.

Jia Fang let out an "ah" and held up the torch to look at another car, only to see that the car was full of crates and crates, all of which were long knives and short blades with shiny and shining blades.

He flipped over, and then turned to the back of a cart full of soft leather armor; wait, another cart of shields was brought in from outside the garden gate, behind the shields, there were arrows——

Shui Xian wanted to fully arm his Taoyuan village by himself.

Jia thought at ease: How should I thank you for this?

Shui Xian is now standing behind Jia Fang, three feet away from him, wondering if he still dislikes his smell.But Shui Xian whispered behind Jia Fang's back: "Don't do this again in the future. If you don't show up for a long time, even if I want to help you, I won't be able to help you. I'm so anxious in Beijing. This feeling..."

Jia Fang imagined it out of thin air and compared his heart with his heart. He finally understood Shui Xian's earlier mood.

"Earlier when I heard about bandits in the south, I knew they must be targeting you... For the matter of an acre of land, an acre of land has been produced for many years, and it will cost thousands of dollars if you add food and taxes--cutting people's wealth is like killing people Parents, the more impressive you are, the more you will be hated, and you will never stop until you are kicked out of the ten southern states."

"I know that you regard Taoyuan Village as your foundation, and you will never give up easily. Knowing that bandits are coming, you will definitely stay there. That's why I'm so... so worried!"

I don't know if it was provoked by Jia Fang earlier, but now Shui Xian's words are ten times more than usual, and they are also ten times more straightforward.

"The Pingnan camp cannot be said to be unreliable, but after all, they want to defend the border. If you lose an inch of land, you don't have to talk about your future in the south. Your fiefdom in the south is meaningless."

"Once the Pingnan Camp can't distribute troops to you, you must think, at least you can gather local braves to defend. Isn't the opponent a bandit? But the facts will prove that the opponent is not a bandit, but a well-equipped private soldier. And You can't get effective support from the Pingnan camp at all... When the two sides meet and confront each other, your people can only retreat steadily, and you can only watch helplessly. Let the vulgar gangsters who don't know anything destroy them one by one..."

Jia Fang had to admit that when he saw the black smoke rising from the sky above the "Jinhua" and learned that the water-powered loom they worked so hard to design and build was burned, that was how he felt:

The progress of science and technology is fragile, and this small progress is almost vulnerable to savage violence.

"It's just that I didn't expect that you...you actually made three, three 'stink bombs'." Shui Xian had already heard Jia Fang describe his "feat" of ordering people to blow up three biogas digesters.Although he is not sensitive to the smell of this "stinky bomb", Shui Xian still highly appreciates Jia Fang's "wisdom in a hurry".

"This time you have tried your best to deter the other party. If the other party is just a bandit, they should never dare to come to your territory again in this life." Shui Xian continued to analyze.

"But the problem is that the other party will never be just bandits. The head-on attack you give them will only make them retreat temporarily. It won't take long before the opponent will make a comeback, and the next time, I'm afraid it won't be the temptation of a small group of forces , but will press on aggressively. How many troops do you think the opponent has in total?"

Jia Fang: "Seven thousand or eight thousand..."

Hearing this, Shui Xian frowned tightly: "This number has already exceeded the level that ordinary eunuchs can raise."

"Leaving these things aside, this time you have won some rest time. Wait for a while to resist, and when the troops from other places in the Pingnan Camp arrive, your people can breathe a sigh of relief."

Shui Xian finally said: "It's just about military supplies, why didn't you tell me earlier."

In fact, Jia Fang was also wondering: Shui Xian was in business, and it is said that he avoided the "sensitive" industries such as salt and iron—where did he get so many military supplies? Could it be that he...

"What you sent today is enough for my people to support me for a while, and it really relieved my urgent need." Jia Fang thanked Shui Xian first, "But this is Beijing after all..."

This is equivalent to the exchange of weapons reserves between Beijing Palace and Rongguo Palace.Fortunately, it is late at night, and Jia Fang's father and uncle are in charge of Ning Rong's back street, so that no news will be leaked.But if someone breaks through, no one can afford the crime of raising private soldiers and smuggling weapons in Beijing.

So Jia Fang sincerely said to Shui Xian: "You don't need to take such risks in the future, you believe me, I will definitely find a way."

Shui Xian was startled, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."

That night, Jia Fang sent all the military supplies sent by Shui Xian to the small courtyard of Daoxiang Village, and then discussed the military situation in the south with Shui Xian and Rong Ning.Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua agreed with Shui Xian's judgment, but what should happen after that? Even a veteran like Jia Daishan, who has been in the field for a long time, can hardly come up with any brilliant suggestions.Everyone thinks that we can only take one step at a time, and respond immediately.

The two Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua were very surprised by Shui Xian's night visit, but Shui Xian had expressed enough goodwill when Jia Zheng was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, and now he is urgently helping Jia Fang. It's hard for the public to say anything.

Only when Shui Xian left, Jia Daishan seemed to see a clue, staring at Jia Fang for a long time, hesitant to speak.

After Shui Xian left, Jia Fang finally found some time to rest.He had been spinning around for several days, and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes—but he had troubles in his heart, so it was difficult to sleep soundly. Not long after, Jia Fang woke up suddenly from the nightmare: he dreamed that the bandits suddenly changed He became a cavalry soldier, roaming around in his Taoyuan stronghold, trampling at will and wantonly.

So where could Jia Fang rest his head? After all, he rushed back to Taoyuanzhai before the sky turned bright.

All the military supplies sent by Shui Xian have been "transported" and piled up in the Xianliang Temple.Jia Fang pushed the door of Xianliang Temple open a small crack, and listened carefully to the movement outside.

There were only footsteps coming, and a rough voice asked: "Have the spies confirmed that the bandits have all withdrawn?"

Jia Fang was overjoyed, that rough voice was none other than Zhao Wuguang, one of the captains of his inspection team.

"Confirmed!" The person who answered was Wang Erlang, "The village where they were originally stationed has been evacuated. It seems that they have been evacuated for real this time."

"That's good!" Zhao Wuguang stretched his waist carelessly, and said, "Brothers haven't closed their eyes all night, after cleaning up the stockade later, let everyone go back and have a good rest—"

But Wang Erlang said: "You must first find the trace of Mr. Jia. The last person to see someone yesterday should be Teacher Gui."

However, Zhao Wuguang was inexplicably full of confidence in Jia Fang: "Jia Sanye is an auspicious person with his own appearance. If you ask me, he must be asking for the blessing of the gods and giving us more good things in Taoyuan Village. Don't be like this time." Yes, those Orion brothers shot all the arrows in the end, not a single one was left—”

Before Zhao Wuguang finished speaking, Jia Fang opened the gate of Xianliang Temple, and said to the two inspector captains: "Go and call someone, and say that the gods have given the military supplies, and move them out quickly and put them in a proper place."

The timing of his answering was so coincidental that Zhao Wuguang and Wang Erlang stood dumbfounded for a moment before realizing that they were scrambling to call for someone.

After a while, the villagers of Taoyuan Village gathered in front of the Xianliang Temple.They looked at the various military supplies carried out from the Xianliang Temple, and they were all dumbfounded.

"God!" A hunter screamed when he saw the bundles of feathered arrows, but he didn't dare to touch them. "This is much better than the arrows we made ourselves!"

These feathered arrows have a straight body, sharp arrow clusters, and straight tail feathers. When you stroke them lightly with your fingers, the tail feathers can make a rustling sound.

There were dozens of hard bows that came with Feather Arrow. Someone tried to draw them, and hurriedly called out to his companions: "Look at this bow, it can shoot 150 steps when fully drawn?"

Someone nearby weighed it and said with a smile: "Who said that, I think it is at least two hundred steps away."

These hard bows and feathered arrows are much better than the hunters' own tools, plus their accuracy—that is simply invincible!

At the moment, Zhao Wuguang was holding a pair of soft armor in his left hand and a shield in his right hand, with an intoxicated look on his face, and said, "As expected of what God gave us, it turned out like this!"

It can't be blamed that these mountain men and ordinary villagers have shallow eyesight.Earlier, the people in Taoyuan Village picked up the weapons and equipment left by the bandits, and they already felt that it was too good.Now seeing the high-quality goods sent by Jingli, how could they not be overjoyed.

At that time, Wang Erlang sighed: "It would be great if it could be delivered one day earlier!"

Jia Fang heard it from the side, and felt emotional: If it had been delivered one day earlier, he might not have needed to move the three biogas digesters—as a result, the three largest public toilets in the village had to be suspended from use, and it seemed that they would leave them everywhere. It has that haunting smell.

Jia Fang could only explain: "It must be that God has seen you show your determination and will to fight bandits together, and that's why he bestowed so many equipment. The withdrawal of bandits this time is probably just a tactic to slow down the troops. If you don't keep them together, they will come back again in the future. When they come to Taoyuan Village again, let them taste the power of these weapons!"

When he got to this point, Wang Erlang, Zhao Wuguang and others nodded together: "Isn't that right, the gods in the sky must see that we are brave and decisive, and have no fear in the face of bandits, so they can give us such good things That!"

But Wang Erlang still felt a little regretful: "If it had been delivered one day earlier, our loss would not have been so great!"

Jia Dang turned pale with shock: "Such a huge loss? What kind of loss did we suffer, and how many casualties did we have?"

The first encounter with bandits yesterday, since the moment the bandits breached the Qingfang Bridge, he has been standing near the Xianliang Temple, watching the battle condescendingly.

As far as he knew, the more serious loss was that the bandits set fire to the Jinhua Textile Factory, and the sugar mill was also affected.In addition, three biogas digesters were ignited, and three public toilets in the village were lost.

If there are still losses that he doesn't know about... Were there any villagers who were injured in the battle, or even died of their injuries?

This is what Jia Fang is most afraid of. He is a young man deeply influenced by the humanities of modern society. If someone in Taoyuan Village dies in this battle, or dies indirectly because of it, he will feel guilty and regret it. Why didn't I act earlier, find a way to raise military supplies, and try my best to save these lives.

Unexpectedly, Wang Erlang shook his head slowly: "It's not this."

"Master Jia, you'll know when you see it!"

The surrounding villagers in Taoyuan Village were not in high spirits. They surrounded Jia Fang and left the Xianliang Temple, came to Taoyuan Village, carefully bypassed the biogas pool that had not been completely cleaned up, and walked towards the "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" station.

Facing the scene in front of him, Jia Fang stood there blankly, for a moment his mouth was clearly open, but he couldn't utter a word.

Followed by anger, he instantly wanted to express his anger in the most vulgar words like the villagers around him, and curse those bandits who harm others but not themselves—they deserve to be bandits for the rest of their lives, waiting anytime. The fate of being wiped out!

Before Jia Fang's eyes, the wooden track leading from Taoyuan to Wuyuan was emitting green smoke all the way.The track made of iron wood has been completely burned into charcoal at this moment, and it is as soft as powder, and it is black ash when you step on it lightly.

Bandits even set fire to their wooden rails!

"This iron wood is not flammable, how... how..." Jia Fang was angry and hated, forcing the question through his teeth.

Next to him, Wang Erlang replied sadly: "When the bandits withdrew last night, they were probably not reconciled. Maybe they also wanted to guide the route for their companions, so they poured tung oil on our wooden rails and lit the fire. Brothers again It was too late when I wanted to save..."

Wang Erlang estimated that the bandits had brought tung oil with them and planned to set fire to the houses in Taoyuan Village after looting.

But these bandits failed to take advantage of Taoyuanzhai yesterday. They lost at least one-third of their manpower after being attacked by "stink bombs", and then they were constantly harassed by guerrilla-like villagers. An effective counterattack was organized, so after nightfall, a small group of bandits prepared to retreat to Taoyuan County.

It's too cumbersome for them to carry tung oil, and after lighting the wooden rails, it happens to be able to guide the direction of the companions who are alone.Therefore, these bandits set this extremely important track between Taoyuan and Wuyuan on fire and burned it into coke.

They didn't understand what the two pieces of wood on the ground were for, and how much convenience they provided to the people in Taoyuan and Wuyuan. They just burned them casually.

Is civilization really so vulnerable when it meets barbarians?

Jia Fang laughed angrily.

"It's burning well, it's burning well!" Jia Fang suddenly raised his head to the sky and shouted!

So much so that Wang Erlang and Zhao Wuguang around him were terrified, thinking that their Master Jia was dumbfounded when he saw the situation in front of him.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, walked back and forth two steps, and suddenly said to the villagers in front of him: "Everyone, don't think this is a bad thing—this gives us a good opportunity to examine ourselves."

Examine Taoyuanzhai, what is not done well, where are the shortcomings and weaknesses.It's time for him and the entire Taoyuan Village to make a good summary.

"This fact tells us that we are far from being strong enough to resist powerful opponents. We spent a lot of money and temporarily drove away a small group of bandits. Let us suffer a huge loss."

"Of course, to be honest, I can't see this wooden rail for a long time. I have long wanted to update it and upgrade it to copper rail or iron rail-it's just my inertia. I think this wooden rail is also very good. -"

The people in Taoyuanzhai listened to it for a while. They didn't know the meaning of "renewal" or "upgrade", but they understood copper rails and railroad tracks. And torches, where else got their tracks?

"The same goes for this village. I knew that there were bandit activities in this area, but I think, anyway, we have emergency caves. This village needs to receive villagers from all over the world, communicate with them, and is busy building various caves. What is the need for such defensive measures?"

"But now I understand that our opponents will never let us go. The bandits will not just let us go because our track is well repaired and our weaving looms are ingeniously designed. They just want to let us go. To burn anything that has been achieved, to destroy it all."

There is no lack of such dark moments in history. Once in the richest and most advanced civilized country, it was also trampled by nomads who advocated force. There is no way.

"So, from today onwards, we must grow rapidly and become stronger, so strong that any opponent can only submit willingly before us, and there is no way to cause any substantial harm to us."

"I, Jia Fang, swear to the heavens. From now on, this Taoyuan village will be the most advanced and powerful city in the entire south, and I will never give others the slightest chance to take advantage of it!"

Just as Jia Fang was talking, Gui Xiaxue and several teachers from the academy rushed over when they heard the news.When Gui Xiaxue heard Jia Fang's bold words, he couldn't help but stop, re-examined and looked at Jia Fang with admiring eyes, the corners of his mouth raised, showing a very happy smile.