[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

After Tai Shici returned to Danyang, he reported the matter to Liu Yao in detail.

Liu Yao was very angry at first, and then he felt that as long as he voluntarily surrendered, the king of Changsha should not embarrass himself, and it would be no problem to get rich and honor for life.

As a result, it was never expected that the people sent out for reconnaissance could cause trouble.

It's fine if you can really capture the King of Changsha, but the problem is that you didn't capture him, but you offended the other party greatly. Isn't this just asking for trouble for me?

If it weren't for the sake of fellow countrymen, and the other party is a rare talent.

As early as the first time, Liu Yao ordered Tai Shici to be dragged out and beheaded!

But wait for him to hear the back.

Tai Shi said kindly: "If the king of Changsha hadn't ordered it in time, even if the last general survived, he would have been seriously injured by Zhao Zilong."

Liu Yao suddenly realized: the king of Changsha has developed a heart of love for Taishi!

Also, Tai Shici is the person with the highest martial arts that I have seen in my life.

Even if he can't compare to that Changshan Zhao Zilong, he is definitely the best in the world.

Since the king of Changsha wants to restore the Han Dynasty, he must compete in the Central Plains and defeat many princes.

A good general is indispensable.

"It's not your fault. So, Ziyi."

Liu Yao stepped forward to help Tai Shici up, and said kindly, "I have a letter from here later, I would like to trouble you to send it to Jiujiang."

Taishi Ci was startled, sending a letter to Jiujiang?

The county sheriff was still furious just now, but now he suddenly changed his face.

He thought about it and asked, "Does your lord want to ask for peace?"

"good."

Liu Yao felt that please and these two were used very well, stroked his beard and smiled: "The king of Changsha has done so many great things at such a young age, presumably he must be the previous emperor of the Han Dynasty, protecting him in the dark. Since Your Highness has the destiny of the Han family, and as a Han official, I should be loyal to Your Highness."

Taishi Ci: "..."

Liu Yao didn't take it seriously, looked at him with a smile and said, "Would Ziyi send a letter for me?"

Tai Shici bowed his head and cupped his fists and said, "Your Excellency has an order, and Ci should obey it."

"okay."

Liu Yao nodded slowly, and added: "If King Changsha agrees, you can stay with His Highness from now on."

The next day, Jiujiang County.

Before officially starting the big steel smelting, Ling Han needs to build a blast furnace first.

This requires a lot of materials, because it is impossible to build only one small blast furnace.

At the same time, he planned to build some simple houses nearby so that soldiers and workers could stay there permanently.

There is a large amount of grain, grass and other materials, and it may be difficult to make up the sufficient amount in Jiujiang County alone.

Ling Han then sent Zhou Yu back to Lujiang, and the two counties shared the cost of the construction.

"Your Highness."

At noon, when Ling Han was sitting by the desk and counting supplies, Yang Zhen went inside and reported: "Tai Shici is asking to see you outside the mansion."

"Tai Shici?"

Ling Han raised his head and thoughtfully said: "Let him in."

"Yes."

Thinking of the ability this person had shown earlier, Yang Zhen immediately ordered a servant to call over Zhao Yun, who was practicing martial arts in Dongyuan.

At the same time, he searched Tai Shici thoroughly to make sure that the other party did not hide any weapons before bringing Tai Shici in.

After entering the study.

At a glance, Tai Shici saw the young general in white robes, Changshan Zhao Zilong beside the King of Changsha.

As soon as he changed his previous attitude, he only glanced at Ling Han, bowed respectfully and said: "See Your Highness."

"Get up."

Ling Han didn't mention what happened the day before yesterday, and asked directly: "Did Liu Yao send you here?"

"If you go back to Your Highness, it's the Sheriff."

Tai Shici handed the letter forward with both hands: "This is the letter ordered by the governor to bring me."

Yang Zhen took the letter and presented it to Ling Han.

Ling Han quickly finished reading.

Liu Yao really sent Tai Shici to surrender to him.

But for the same surrender, Liu Yao's surrender is not sincere enough compared to others.

Early yesterday morning, Ling Han received a letter from Kuaiji County.

In the letter, Wang Lang, the governor of Kuaiji County, stated that he would set off immediately and would come to Jiujiang to meet His Highness in person, and at the same time report the situation of Kuaiji County.

Coincidentally, Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wujun, also sent the same letter.

Now, only Yuzhang's Zulang is left without any expression.

Yuzhang County, in terms of area, is second only to Kuaiji within Yangzhou.

However, Yuzhang is a mountainous terrain, and most of the territory in the county is an environment that is difficult for people to live in.

It is precisely because of this that the leader of a Shanyue faction, Zu Lang, controls Yuzhang right now.

"This king already understands Liu Yao's intentions."

Ling Han said indifferently: "Go back and tell him that this king will soon send someone to Danyang to take over his position. As for the conditions he asked, this king has agreed."

"Your Highness."

Tai Shici did not obey the order, but said: "The Lord Magistrate means that Ming Mo will follow His Highness from now on."

At the end, he added: "Your Highness can send another soldier to Danyang to inform Governor Liu."

Um?Did Tai Shici take the initiative to send it over?

In this way, I don't have to bother to win over the other party.

Ling Han nodded.

From this point of view, Liu Yao's sincerity is enough.

But...it can be.

He frowned slightly, why did he always feel weird?

In ancient times, there has always been a saying of cede land to seek peace. Of course, there is also a method of sending beauties to seek peace.

Fortunately, Liu Yao sent a five-star general to sue for peace.

Of course, Liu Yao's summation is very different from the traditional summation.

He voluntarily handed over all political power in Danyang County, hoping that he could guarantee a prosperous life for his family in the future.

Ling Han then wrote the letter on the spot and summoned a soldier to send him to Danyang.

In order to repay the other party's sincerity, he stated in the letter that as long as Liu Yao can cooperate with his political actions in the future, he can continue to lead Danyang.

After that, Ling Han took a good rest for a few days.

When the supplies from Lujiang arrived, he was about to officially start smelting steel.

As for going to Yuzhou to attack Yuan Shu.

Ling Han didn't have such thoughts.If he wants to start a war, then his first choice must also be Zulang from Yuzhang County.

First unify the entire territory of Yangzhou, and then spend at least half a year to stabilize the power, and at the same time vigorously develop Yangzhou's politics, economy, and military.

At least until these things are done, he will not consider continuing to expand his power outward.

It has to be said that Yuan Shu's act of asking for help was a bit unfounded.

Two days later, a reply letter from Lujiang arrived.

The Zhou family is a big family in Lujiang, so Zhou Yu is responsible for allocating materials and manpower in Lujiang.

Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang County, personally escorted the troops to Jiujiang.

After Ling Han saw the letter, he couldn't speak for a while.

Although he ordered Zhou Yu to go to Lujiang, he told Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, of his plan, and asked him to contribute money and efforts.

But he didn't expect Lu Kang to do this at all, and he personally escorted the supplies and manpower over.

This move eliminates the possibility of some officials wanting to profit from it, and secondly, it shows that he attaches great importance to it. Lujiang will definitely cooperate fully and no one will dare to find any excuses.

In the [-]th century, the whole people smelted steel, and the final result was characterized as an absolute mistake.

But if you look at the iron-making movement in the two counties of Yangzhou this time, the scale is even more exaggerated than that at that time.

Ling Han couldn't help but sweat for himself.

Indigenous steelmaking technology is not complicated.

Use clay and bricks to build a small blast furnace at the foot of the mountain, and burn the felled wood into charcoal.

Put the mined iron ore into the furnace, burn it with charcoal to roughly molten iron, pour it into the mold made in advance, and wait for cooling.

In order for the charcoal to burn fully, an additional bellows must be built with wood.

Each smelting process takes about fifteen hours, and three shifts of people are required to operate the bellows in turn, with ten soldiers in each shift, so that the furnace can be stopped without stopping.

There are many problems in this.

First of all, the manpower-operated bellows, the charcoal combustion under the addition, generally reaches a maximum of 1300 degrees Celsius, which does not meet the temperature required for tempering high-quality steel.

Of course, Ling Han's main purpose is to make iron farm tools, so don't worry about this at all.Even the iron armor and iron arrows required by ordinary soldiers are enough.

Secondly, manual operation of the bellows still requires manpower in shifts, and it is inevitable that the temperature in the blast furnace will be uneven due to the difference in strength.

For this reason, before starting, Ling Han selected two groups from his own army, each group consisted of three squads, a total of 60 soldiers, to conduct a special training.The only purpose of the training is to make them operate the bellows with as stable and similar force as possible.

Soon, all preparations were completed, and Jiujiang County started the first batch of local ironmaking.

Others can rest, but Ling Han can't.

Although he is also a half-baked guy, he is the only one among them who understands the principle of blast furnace ironmaking.

Not to mention sleeping, even eating, Ling Han took care of it next to the small blast furnace.

Nothing could be seen on the surface, but he was actually under a lot of pressure in his heart.

Whether it was the previous search for iron ore, or the later gathering of the two counties of Yangzhou to mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources.

In fact, no one knew exactly what he was trying to do.

Even if a large iron mine is found, considering the efficiency of ironmaking in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it is not worth mobilizing so many people at all.

And building houses, building blast furnaces, making bellows here... It is only by relying on the prestige accumulated in the past that the subordinates can work hard regardless of the reason.

Ling Han knew that even if he failed this time, there would be no actual consequences.

But whether it is the officials of Yangzhou or the soldiers, there will definitely be something strange in their hearts.

The next time something like this happens, it's hard to say whether they will try their best.

From day to night, five hours passed.

Ling Han approached a few minutes, and he could feel the blazing heat in the blast furnace from a distance.

The second squad of soldiers came to the bellows to change shifts.

Ling Han stared carefully, judging the situation in the furnace based on the smoke blowing out, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

He found that he had missed a little bit, and hurriedly said to the soldiers who came to change shifts: "Be stronger!"

Ten soldiers heard the sound and hurriedly followed suit.

After a while, Ling Han said again: "Okay, let's use the original training strength."

The dark red smoke gradually leveled off.

Ling Han heaved a sigh of relief, and told Yang Zhen next to him that he should notify the soldiers of the next squad ahead of time, and that he should use more force when he first took over.

Yang Zhen got the order and immediately went to the camp to announce the order.

Soon, Yang Zhen returned to the blast furnace.

He looked up at the sky and advised, "His Royal Highness, you should also go back to the camp to rest for a while. The subordinates have read through all the things that need to be explained in the five hours just now, and the subordinates will come down for the next five hours." For you."

Ling Han shook his head: "Stop talking."

Now, if the refinement fails, even if you can start over, it will be very bad.

Not to mention what the soldier thinks, his mood will definitely be greatly affected.

The sun gradually rises from the east and then gradually reaches the center of the top of the head.

The firing of the first furnace is finally over.The firing this time is relatively easy, the shovel head of the shovel.

At this moment, Ling Han felt as if he had returned to the time when he checked his grades in the college entrance examination.