It's not Mrs. Wang, or Mrs. Li, or Li Ji, or maybe the emperor. It could also be the empress, or it could be some woman that the emperor had slept with, or a woman that the emperor had never slept with and had never seen.

Rumors can be talked about tons, but after all, they are still rumors about tons.

Zhang Quandan whispered: "Li Ji gave birth to a little prince, and the queen protected it as soon as possible, especially when this rumor spreads, in case someone attacks the little prince and then plants it on the prince's head." The queen had to be guarded. ”

Xue Qing faintly sensed a little taste. After a while, he said, "Let's wait and see." ”

It's better to be still than to be still, and what should be jumped out will always jump out, and you can't manage anything that has no head or brain. Bathroom, so Xueqing and Huo Quzhi stayed in Peach Blossom Land for a few days and lived a secluded life.

Every day, Huo Quzhi took Huo Guang to play with all kinds of gunpowder and bombs by the stream, and Xue Qing sat on the ground by the stream not far away, discussing the improvement of weapons with Ruhua and a few warlocks.

Some of the children who bought it were sent in one after another, and there were already more than 200 people. Under the leadership of the guards, they are building wooden houses, many of which are crooked.

Some of the children were doing laundry, some were helping out in the kitchen, and some were helping to organize the laundry. Every day, they also have to organize themselves to read and write, and learn martial arts. At first, the clumsy posture really made people laugh.

Xue Qing told Zhang Quandan that in the future, the main force here will use these children, including making explosives, and they will be handed over to them, and they will cultivate it slowly, and they are not in a hurry.

I think that at the beginning, the old lady's team had just opened, seven or eight people, and more than a dozen guns. Having money and food is different. The entire valley is being built at a breakneck pace, and even has the feel of a red alert base. The townhouses were repaired even more. Several new warehouses have been built. A steady stream of supplies arrives every day. It was mainly grain, livestock, and a small amount of weapons, and a large number of raw materials for making gunpowder. Pig iron, table salt, cloth. The guards and children were busy carrying them.

Although the changes are changing with each passing day, this is still a little slower, mainly because there are too few people. The transportation capacity of the cave is not strong. It's hard to build a well-functioning base in the short term.

The child is easy to find, but the child is not of much use at the moment. But a young soldier swordsman, it's hard to find. I don't know if I can put it if I look for it. The people brought are all selected from the government and are reliable. Xue Qing had a hunch that she wouldn't stay here for long, and it was indeed very difficult to solve this problem.

On this day, when Huo Qubing was eating, he heard Zhang Quandan and Xue Qing discussing the problem of manpower, and seeing that the two of them were a little worried, Huo Quzhi asked: "Xue, you want manpower, what are your requirements?" ”

Xue Qing shrugged: "What else can you ask for, be obedient, keep it secret, just be quick with your hands and feet." ”

Huo Quzhi asked again: "How much?" ”

Xue Qing and Zhang Quandan glanced at each other, and Zhang Quandan said: "To build a house, ensure the flow of materials, and produce gunpowder, at least more than 500 people." The key is where to find so many reliable people. ”

Huo Quzhi smiled and said: "What else do you need to be reliable, do you think I can't see that Yuan Zhouzi's heart is not here, I have long wanted to run, but did he run, as soon as the entrance of the cave is guarded, who will run." ”

Damn, I've always thought that this matter should be kept confidential and can't be known to others, so you must find an obedient person, in fact, if you think about it backwards, you can't get out of it if you listen to it or not, it's not the same.

Zhang Quandan hesitated: "That's right, but if that's the case, the guards at the entrance of the cave must be strengthened, the people who operate the materials outside must be reliable, and even the inside, the strength of the guards must be increased." ...... like this"

Huo Quzhi waved his chopsticks and said: "Even so, there will always be fewer people needed than the original, you think about it this way, these bought slaves are more reliable, there is food and drink, and they are not stronger than which one they are, so they don't need many people in terms of strength, they only need to protect some key positions, such as warlocks, such as warehouses." I don't think it's that complicated. ”

Xue Qing said: "Even if it's not complicated, where do you go to find someone, it's not like a war, your long sword is pointed, it's the direction of a thousand people." Where to find it, under what name, these sensible questions, you can't open an army to come over. ”

Zhang Quandan said: "It's not the imperial court to recruit conscription, who wants to go with us, you can't tie it up." ”

Huo Quzhi slapped his thigh: "Whatever, knock him out casually, tie his hands and feet, blindfold, and just pull him in." It's really ...... to think so much."

Xue Qing felt that she had become the black-hearted proprietress of the black coal kiln. I shudder to think about it. This thing obviously doesn't work.

Huo Quzhi said again: "Then use the prisoners, there are so many Hun prisoners, I don't know what to do with them." ”

Xue Qing looked sideways and asked: "Captive? Do you think that the Han army either beheaded the Huns for military merits, or incorporated them into the cavalry of the Han army, and there were also prisoners? ”

Zhang Quandan said: "Why not, one day the Huns don't come to my border city to plunder tens of thousands of people to go back to be slaves, we also catch some Huns from time to time to come back, the heads captured must be Hun soldiers, how can you use the heads of old people, children and women for military merits, I'm afraid I won't be laughed to death." The situation of the Xiongnu captives was the worst, very rough, and they could not speak Chinese, few people spent money to buy them, Sima Fu was very worried, sometimes some dirty and tired conscripts could let them do it, and others could be raised, wasting food. ”

Damn, it's a spectacle of war, anyway, you don't expect the Huns to spend money to ransom people, and other prisoners of war are bargaining chips in political negotiations, or meat tickets that can be turned into cash. But what did the Huns have? Sheepskins for captives? It's not worth it, it's really tangled to keep it and waste food.

Huo Quzhi said: "That's right, they don't need to speak Chinese, won't they leak secrets if they don't say it?" At least it is safer than the Han people, do you need to talk, carry things, stir gunpowder, grind, and cut wood. That's right. ”

Xue Qing hesitated: "Transported from Chang'an, such a long distance, in case there is any trouble in the middle......

Zhang Quandan patted his chest: "Your Highness, rest assured, you can arrange it with a humble position, just be careful." Even if there are two people running on the road, do they know where we are going, as long as it is hidden, don't be discovered by people with ulterior motives, in fact, the humble position is also thinking about it these days, whether to find a small road and avoid the official road in Wuling County, which is safer. Fortunately, he leaned on Ruan Jiang. You can also figure out how to do it on board. (To be continued.) )