As the sun sets, night falls, the heavens and the earth are shrouded in a haze, the breeze is blowing, the insects chirping in the field are endless, and the sergeants on the guard are holding guns and knives, patrolling back and forth, and the sound of fighting occasionally sounds.

In the barracks, there is a room, the lights are like beans, and Ma Kuo, who is sitting at the table, stares at the swaying lights on the table, as if he is fascinated.

Ten years ago, in the eighth year of Zhenghe (1118), the imperial court was admitted to martial arts, and Ma Kuan was skilled in bowing and horses, and he was promoted by martial arts, and he was sent to the Jurchens by Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, forming a "maritime alliance", and the Liao State was destroyed.

When he went to the Jin Dynasty, because he was good at riding and shooting, Jin Taizu gave seven pieces such as mink fur, brocade robe, and rhino belt after Yan Ah Gu, and he was also called: also Li Ma Li, which means a person who is good at shooting.

Later, Zhao Liangsi and himself on behalf of the Song Dynasty and the Jurchens completed the delivery of Yanjing, and after the completion of the delivery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, he was also added to the rank of martial arts doctor and Hezhou defense envoy, which was the intermediate military attache position of Wupin. This kind of promotion was quite rare among the military ministers of the Song Dynasty, but it made him walk on thin ice.

This is also the most beautiful time in his life, full of ambition, ambitious, bearing the fate of the country, doing his best, he is close to the age of confusion, if he can start and finish well, he will be able to become famous in history.

The huge shadow that has always existed in his heart that has always existed is the Jurchens who can fight well and are tyrannical and murderous.

Jun Tian's ministers are frolic, how can the twilight of the Great Song Dynasty court withstand the thunderous blow of the newcomers with the power of a hundred victories.

In the last years of Xuanhe, the Jurchens finally waved their troops south, the government and the opposition lost their ground, the mountains and rivers fell, and the Great Song Empire, which was strong and powerful in the middle, collapsed, and the country was broken only in an instant.

After that, his bad luck came, and he was first falsely accused by his colleagues of being a Jurchen man, and he was imprisoned. The Jurchens went south, escaped in the chaos, and continued to fight against Jin in the Monk Cave in Xishan. Soon the Jurchens attacked, and he was defeated and captured, and was placed under house arrest by the Jurchens.

In the second year of Jingkang, he finally escaped again, went to Wuma Mountain Cottage, and together with his friend Zhao Bangjie, gathered the righteous army to continue to resist Jin.

It was thought that the Jurchen armies from the east and west would go south, and the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger and would never recover. Who knew that Wang Song was born out of thin air, turning the tide and falling, and Wanyan Zongwang, one of the culprits of the invasion of the Song Dynasty, was also injured and died, and he couldn't help but feel depressed.

Thinking that he has gone all the way, the alliance on the sea, the handover of Yanshan, the exhaustion, trembling, all of which are based on the imperial court. Who knew that it made the Jurchens go south in a big way, and the Great Song Dynasty was in danger of destroying the country.

If it weren't for Wang Song, his previous efforts and sacrifices in every way not only turned into flowing water, but he became an accomplice of the Jurchens to destroy the Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, Wang Song turned the tide and retreated to the city of Tokyo, and he also had a moment of peace today.

Ma Kuo couldn't help but secretly rejoice and be secretly shocked. This Wang Song is simply the lucky star of the Great Song Dynasty, but he is also a natural killing star. Otherwise, who could be so ferocious and kill the tyrannical, "invincible" Jurchens on such a large scale!

This man must have been a gift from heaven!

Otherwise, why is it that hundreds of thousands of border troops of the Great Song Dynasty are about to collapse at the touch of a button, even the most powerful Western Army is not spared, how can Wang Song He De turn the tide and fall?

It must be the will of God to send Wang Song down to save the Great Song Dynasty!

Fortunately, Ma Kuo was worried about Wang Song again.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were either overjoyed and fortunate to be happy, and their every move was purely for their own utilitarian interests, or they were as timid as a mouse, public and private, afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and afraid of the Jurchens to the bones.

With a military minister like Wang Song, can those purple-robed and fish-bag Huanghuang scholars and doctors tolerate such an outlier as him?

They can't even tolerate a fifth-grade military general like themselves, let alone a second-grade military general like Wang Song!

The years are drifting away, and I am no longer confused, and those ambitious and desperate roads have passed one by one. Although he is Wang Song's nominal staff, it is still unknown what he will do to him.

Now the plan can only take one step at a time!

However, if he wants to grovel and flatter, he will never be able to bear it. It's a big deal to brush your sleeves away, live in seclusion in the mountains and rivers, and end up in the spring forest.

Ma Kuo drank a glass of wine, and his mouth was full of bitterness.

Guzhen relies on the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain to the west, and is adjacent to the county seat of Wu'an County in the east; It is connected to Cishan Mountain in the south, and there are Drum Mountain and Tianjingzhai Mountain; It is bordered by the river in the west and Shexian in the east, Qingyang Mountain, Wanshou Mountain and Qingya Village; It is bounded by Motianling and Huangmu Mountain in the north, and in the south by the water, it is difficult for the army to deploy, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Unlike the small iron mills in Hedong, the iron mills in Hebei are much larger, and the furnaces are all newly built and huge.

The Jurchens conquered the city in Hebei, and the people of Hebei fled south in large numbers, and many iron mills and iron mines on the side of Taihang Mountain have fallen into the hands of the loyal and righteous army.

The heavy gate, made of high walls made of concrete, is more than 10 meters long, and the guards patrolling back and forth above are watching, vigilantly watching everything around them.

This is the first iron mill that Wang Song bought. Today, not far from the iron mill, there are two larger and more productive iron mills, which are in production. Like the first ironhouse, the other two are also high-walled and unusually majestic.

The finished characters of the three iron mills are arranged in a zigzag, relying on each other, and it is difficult for others to attack.

All the roads in the ironworks have been changed to concrete pavement. There are people coming and going in the iron workshop, and I don't know how much more lively than before.

Iron ore and charcoal ore were piled up, and the sky above the iron mill was shrouded in billowing smoke. The furnace was full of flames, and even if it was far away, it made people feel a burst of heat. The craftsmen went back and forth, shouting loudly, completely oblivious to the heat in the room.

The Jurchens are like wolves and tigers, and if they don't have good armor and weapons, I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with them.

Now the loyal army is barely competing with the Jurchens with the earth-shaking thunder. If not, the casualties would be so heavy that it would not be the same.

The reddish molten iron flows out of the iron furnace and enters the molds one by one, or forms iron ingots, and then uses them to make knives, guns, armor, civil iron, etc.

"Xianggong, how much does it cost to produce such a large amount of ironware?"

Inside the warehouse, seeing so many weapons and armor, Ma Kuo couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Iron ore and charcoal ore are officially requisitioned in the name of the imperial court, and no one will make irresponsible remarks."

Wang Song nodded slightly and said: "Hebei is rotten, most of the rich people have fled south, and this mine has become a borderless land, so we just use it." The only headache is that the salary of these workers is tens of thousands of yuan per month, which is really overwhelming!"

In these iron mills, craftsmen, hired laborers, miners, etc., all of them are a family behind them, and if they are given food alone, it is possible to live a group of people. Wang Song also recruited as many people as possible, so that these people could have a bite to eat.

"When I was in the city of Tokyo, I contacted some wealthy merchants, and once the ironware from Hebei was made, they would sell it. This had already begun, and by and large it was possible to move in and out smoothly, and did not earn any money, but it fed a large number of people. This official is also quite pleased!"

Ma Kuo nodded. Nowadays, the price of these iron tools, such as pots and pans, kitchen knives, farming tools, etc., must be good, and it can be regarded as a way to make money.

It's just that he wondered in his heart whether this iron workshop belonged to the imperial court or Wang Song himself.

All the people here were respectful when they saw Wang Song, but obviously they didn't have official clothes on them. If his guess is correct, this should be Wang Song's private property.

"Tong, Tong!" The voice came, and others couldn't hear it clearly, but Wang Song knew that this should be a test of heavenly thunder.

"Xianggong, you're here!"

Seeing Wang Song appear, Lin Tianyou, who was watching the rupture of the bomb body at the bomb throwing field, hurriedly ran over.

From Wang Song leading troops into Beijing to now Xuanfu Lianghe, it has taken more than a year of hard work. Lin Tianyou has been busy in Lianghe, responsible for the production of iron smelting and weapons.

After not seeing him for more than a year, Lin Tianyou has obviously lost a lot of weight, but the beard on his face has also made him much more mature and stable.

"God bless, you have worked hard for more than a year!"

Wang Song patted Lin Tianyou on the shoulder and said sincerely: "What is the situation of the iron mill now, are the brothers okay?"

A simple action of patting the shoulder, but it made his heart ripple. Everyone said that although the Loyal and Righteous Army had strict military discipline, the sergeants were willing to serve to the death. Seeing it today, with such a Shangguan, it is no wonder that there are such brave soldiers.

"There's a lot of concern for the minister!"

Lin Tianyou's eyes turned red, and he quickly controlled his emotions and said with a smile: "The brothers are all fine, but I am just worried about Xianggong and the brothers."

Seeing that Wang Song nodded, Lin Tianyou continued: "Taking advantage of the hot weather, the Jurchens retreated, and the brothers built this wall. The Jurchens attacked several times in winter, but the villains couldn't hold out, and the Jurchens had no choice but to retreat. ”

Wang Song was shocked: "Zhang Heng and Deng Shixiong, didn't they go to Hebei many times last year, why didn't they report this matter?"

"Xianggong, I think Zhang Heng and they don't want to disturb Xianggong!"

Ma Kuo stepped forward and said: "Anyway, there is nothing left and right, and the prime minister is busy with official business, not only to recruit and train soldiers, but also to deal with the scholars and doctors in the court." In my second thought, they are also because of this, and they are not willing to bother with each other. ”

Wang Song secretly rejoiced. Sure enough, one person was short, and everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high. With so many people to help him, he can handle things with such ease and peace of mind.

"Pass! Pass!"

Two more explosions rang out, and pieces of wood cracked with a clang, some of the shrapnel so sharp that they were embedded deep in the trunk of the nearby tree for testing.

Ma Kuo followed Wang Song to watch the sweat on his forehead trickle down, he touched the shrapnel on the trunk of the tree, and said in a trembling voice: "Xianggong, this is the ten thousand enemies you created, and this is the thing that killed Yan Zongwang?"

"Yes, it is with this thing that my loyal brothers can resist the thousands of iron horsemen of the Jurchens."

Wang Song nodded and said with a smile: "Ma Xuanzan, what do you think of this thing?"

"It's terrifying indeed!"

Ma Kuo was stunned for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Xianggong, this is a sharp weapon of the country, and we must strengthen protection so that it will not flow into the hands of the northern captives." Otherwise, it will be a disaster for me and China!"

Wang Song nodded and said, "What Brother Ma said is very true, this official must pay attention to it!"

Ma Kuo saw that Wang Song agreed, but his expression was unusually relaxed, and he was afraid that he would not pay enough attention to it, so he continued:

"Xianggong is still careful, in case those scholars and doctors in the court know about your private iron workshop, especially the production of earth-shaking thunder related to this matter, I am afraid it will be a disaster if it spreads!"

At least in his eyes, the great cause of anti-gold is now all pinned on Wang Song alone, and Ma Kuo doesn't want him to make any mistakes.

If you want to get rid of the northern troubles once and for all, Jingping in Huaxia, looking at the court of the Great Song Dynasty, there is only a heavenly choice like Wang Song to attack the city and pull out the village, and go straight to the Yellow Dragon.

There is no one else.