Qin Chuan talked with Luo Zixi and the others for more than an hour.

After leaving Qinchuan, Luo Zixi and the three of them immediately returned to the Black Mountain Fort Laboratory and began to prepare for the research of chemical fertilizers.

Under Qin Chuan's instructions, Yan Sanqi set up an exploration team to explore all the mineral deposits in the territory, no matter what the mine, were explored one by one, and samples were dug up and sent to the Black Mountain Fort Laboratory.

Qin Chuan will give Luo Zixi enough resources and enough manpower, in addition to one person with three apprentices, he will also give each of them two maids to take care of their daily life, so that they will not be unkempt and sloppy all day long.

After Luo Zixi and the three returned to Black Mountain Fort, Qin Chuan went to the pot factory.

The business route has been completely cut off, even if Qin Chuan goes out to kill and plunder, it turns out that those merchants will no longer dare to do business with Lou Fu, so the iron yard and the pot factory have also accumulated a large amount of inventory.

Yan Sanqi once suggested reducing production or even stopping production, because it could not be sold at all after it was produced.

However, Qin Chuan insisted on continuing to maintain production, and asked Chen Zhan to build several new warehouses in Lou Fu to store iron materials and iron pots.

After another three or four months, after occupying the Hetao area, I was not worried about the sales of iron pots.

The Khalkha Department, the Yarkand Tribe, and the Moxi Weirat Four, these northern nomads are extremely short of iron pots, and it can be said that they can use as many as they want, and they can deplete Qinchuan's inventory at a very fast speed.

And the business road on the side of the Ming Dynasty...... It cannot be restored in a short period of time, the trade route of Yang Yexing in Texas has also been temporarily cut off, the shipyard has been shelved, and the million silver has been shipped back to Lou Fu.

Shaanxi Wang Helun's trade route was also broken, even if Wang Helun had another fleet, but the west bank of the Yellow River was full of Ming troops, and he didn't dare to run up to find death at this moment.

Originally, each of these trade routes could bring 5,000 to 10,000 stone of grain to Qinchuan, as well as various materials such as copper, lead and tin, paper, and silk.

Now it has been suddenly cut off, and the damage caused is not insignificant.

But now is not the time for a full-scale war with the Ming court, so I can only endure it for the time being.

After staying in Montenegro for two days and inspecting several factories and coal kilns in the mine, Qin Chuan returned to Montenegro.

He hadn't been back for nearly two months.

Wen Suxin's stomach was already obviously bulging, Qin Chuan accompanied her for a while, and then hugged Li Yueru into the house, so that this little girl who used to be spicy and rude with a kitchen knife in her hand changed into a bridal dress like a quail.

After a series of battles, he had to rest for a while.

It is time for the Guan Emperor Army to take advantage of this winter to rest and recuperate.

……

For two days in a row, Qin Chuan stayed at home, tossing Li Yueru all day long, talking to Wen Suxin, and discussing how many more concubines.

Because Li Yueru is still a little tender, she can't withstand Qin Chuan's tossing.

On the third day, Qin Chuan yawned and walked out of the inner courtyard rubbing his sore old waist.

He first went to the offices of the various departments, listened to the reports, and encouraged the officials of the departments, and after a few circles, he walked out of the Black Mountain Fort and walked towards the martial arts arena by the Fen River.

The noisiest thing in the whole Lou Fu is the martial arts arena, and the slogans, beatings, and noises almost don't stop every day.

Recently, the noise has been louder than ever, because Lou Fu has 15,000 recruits and more than 14,000 Ming soldiers.

To this end, officials from the Department of Military Affairs not only doubled the size of the training grounds, but also opened two new ones nearby, because the old ones could not accommodate so many people.

Today, there are 5,000 recruits and 5,000 soldiers in the enlarged old martial arts arena, and the instructors are officers drawn from various battalions and students from the martial arts hall.

As soon as Qin Chuan approached, he heard a burst of scolding, which seemed to be mixed with a few screams.

This time it was a soldier who was beaten, tall and thin, with a little hunched back, a ruffian face, looking like a thorn, and when he was kicked by an instructor who had no battalion, he gritted his teeth and looked unconvinced.

So, the instructor beat him even harder, and a whip leg went over and kicked the guy all over the ground.

"Despise Shangguan and punish him for running five miles with a heavy load."

As soon as the tall man got up, the instructor stood in front of him with the training whip and said coldly.

"Why?"

The tall man was still unconvinced, and his hatred was even stronger.

"Just rely on the four words of military orders."

"Humph! Copy a chicken feather as an arrow, and talk endlessly about military orders all day long. ”

"Defy the military order, and then punish you for running five miles with a heavy load."

"You...... You're so fucking deceitful! Lao Tzu won't run, what can you do with Lao Tzu? It's a big deal for Lao Tzu to go back to Jingping Fort, so he is too lazy to bear your bird anger. ”

Speaking of this, the tall man simply turned his face sideways, tore open his throat and shouted: "Brother of Jingping Fort, who wants to go back with Lao Tzu, squeak, let's go back and live a happy life, and only after we are full of food and support can we practice the Nalaoshzi queue here with these fools." ”

Hearing his words, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

After a short moment, someone suddenly answered: "I'll go back with you." ”

"I'll go back with you, too."

"Damn, there are so many rules broken for a salary, it doesn't matter if this soldier is not right, Lao Tzu will not do it, whoever likes to do it will do it."

"I'm from Linxian, did my brother go back with me?"

These soldiers are accustomed to the days of loose military discipline, and suddenly accept strict discipline, many people can't adapt to it, and their hearts have almost gone to mining a long time ago, and most of them have been holding their breath in their hearts until now, and many people have already begun to waver, and they may not be able to hold on at any time. sweet potato

The tall man's words were like lighting a powder keg, and there was a sudden uproar on the martial arts field, echoing the sound one after another, and many people wanted to leave.

The instructor didn't say anything to stop them, but looked at them quietly with a sneer on his face.

The hundreds of imperial troops who maintained order around them immediately erected a shield wall, holding javelins and waiting for them, and two hurried whistles suddenly sounded on the wall of the Black Mountain Fort not far away, and soon there were hurried footsteps and the shouts of the officers.

This is the defenders of Fort Montenegro rapidly massing.

On the other side of the martial arts arena, Cao Jue quickly walked through the crowd and strode towards the place where the incident occurred.

Although he was appointed by Qin Chuan as a general, he not only had to study in the lecture hall, but also had to undergo training like other soldiers.

When the commotion first started, he didn't know what was going on, but after hearing the three words Jingpingbao, he knew that something was wrong.

He was originally a garrison of Jingping Fort, and the Ming troops from there were all brought by him.

When Cao Jue ran to the place of the incident, he happened to see several old subordinates waving their fists and shouting impassionedly to return to Jingping Fort.

"Are you fucking dead?"

Cao Jue was so angry that he rushed up and kicked those old subordinates to the ground.

He still has some prestige in Jingping Fort, and he doesn't want other generals to be so lazy in managing the army in peacetime, and the soldiers under him don't dare to make trouble in front of him.

After a few feet, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

"This general, the contemptible Cao Jue, these people are the old contemptible people, what happened to Fang just now?"

Cao Jue politely asked the instructor next to him.

The instructor politely replied: "It turned out to be General Cao, disrespectful, disrespectful, and the last general did not have the general Zhou Dezhi." ”

"General Cao, things started because of this person." The instructor named Zhou Dezhi pointed to the tall man, "This person didn't listen to orders, he didn't change his teachings, and he taught him a lesson, but he despised the superiors and contempt the military law, and then ...... Take the lead in mutiny. ”

Hearing this, Cao Jue's face changed, but he still politely thanked Zhou Dezhi.

Then he strode over and kicked the tall man to the ground.

"You're fucking dead, aren't you?"

"Defy the superiors, despise military law, and take the lead in mutiny! Do you know what sin it is? ”

"Labor, death!"

Cao Jue scolded and kicked at the same time, and kicked a tall man several times in a row.

The man didn't dare to squeak, let alone fight back, so he only curled up on the ground with his head in his hands.

Cao Jue kicked and beat for a while, and after relieving his breath, he bowed his hand to Zhou Dezhi on the side and said: "General Zhou, Jingping Fort surrendered to the army but there are mutiners, please deal with it according to the routine military law." ”

"Cao Shen will be impartial and upright, and the last general will admire."

"Emperor Guan's army is strictly disciplined, and military law is like a mountain, Cao just upholds military law."

Speaking of this, Cao Jue turned to face the old subordinates who were shouting the loudest just now, and said coldly: "Before coming to Lou Fu, I told you that after joining the Guan Emperor Army, you can't be like before, you have to obey the rules when you come here, you have to listen to orders, you say okay." ”

"But what are you doing now?"

"Do you know about the head killing?"

"Yes, the drill is a little harder, and the military discipline is a little stricter, but what is this for?"

"In order to win the battle, in order to save your lives, the Guan Emperor Army, which has won many battles, has been trained in this way."

"I won't say more, if you don't want to do it, just get out, don't waste General Qin's food and salary here."

With that, Cao Jue turned his head and left.

But after walking a few steps, he suddenly found a group of red-armored and red-clothed soldiers standing on the sidelines, as well as the man in the leader wearing a mink coat and looking at him with a smile.

"Mark Cao Jue, I've seen the general."

Cao Jue hurriedly strode forward and knelt down on one knee.

"Get up."

That person was Qin Chuan, smiling and waving his hand at Cao Jue.

"Marked and thanked the general."

After Cao Jue clasped his fists and saluted again, he stood up.

Qin Chuan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then raised his foot and walked away: "Let's go, let's talk while walking." ”

"Yes."

Cao Qi hurriedly followed.

"I don't know what the general commands."

"Let's talk about military training, and then talk about the Xuanda Border Army."