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Lu'an Mansion, the back hall of the prefect's yamen.

After Xu Dingchen read a secret decree in his hand several times, he carefully folded it, put it in his arms, and then frowned and thought carefully.

Before long, he suddenly shouted outside the door, "Let Zhang Zai and Zhang Daojun come here."

"Yes."

Someone outside the door walked away quickly.

Not long after, a middle-aged Confucian scholar and a young military general came in from outside the door, and they bowed their hands to Xu Dingchen, and said in unison: "I've seen Lord Futai." ”。

"Excuse me, sit down."

Xu Dingchen was a little absent-minded and waved his hand to sit down.

These two people are his subordinates, Zhang Zai and Zhang Daojun.

After the two of them sat down, Xu Dingchen took out the secret decree just now from his arms, handed it to the two, and said, "You two should take a look first." ”

Zhang Zai took the secret decree and took a closer look at it with Zhang Daojun.

After only a few glances, the faces of the two changed in unison.

"That's right, Your Majesty asked Ben Fu to trap and kill Qin Chuan."

Xu Dingchen picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said: "Lord Zhang, the governor of Xuanda, brought seven thousand soldiers and horses from two towns to suppress bandits in the Taihang Mountain area, and it was at a time when the border wall was tense, and the soldiers and horses left behind in the two towns of Xuanda should not move around. ”

"Your Majesty originally wanted Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to lead the army into Jin, from Fangshan Fort in Yongning Prefecture to Luliang Mountain, and then transfer Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, to lead the army from Xingxian County to Luliang, and attack Lou Fu from both sides to eliminate Qinchuan, but not long ago, Zarhan was from the border pass of Kouluo in the area of Ganning, and Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu could not be separated, so they ......"

Speaking of this, Xu Dingchen took another sip of tea, and said: "Your Majesty ordered Benfu to trap and kill Qin Chuan, and make a decision, do you have a clever plan to lure Qin Chuan out of Luliang Mountain?" ”

Hearing this, Jang Jae and Jang Dojun frowned and fell into thought.

Not long after, Zhang Zai took the lead and said: "Lord Futai can pass on the order to Qin Chuan, just say that he will set up a celebration banquet in Taiyuan, invite him to the banquet, and award him in public, add officials to the knighthood, and wait for him to go to the banquet and then raise knives and axes, and besiege him with knives and knives to death!" ”

Xu Dingchen shook his head without thinking: "I'm afraid this plan is not appropriate, the last time Qin Chuan arrived outside Lu'an City, Ben Fu said that he had set up a banquet for him in the city, but he refused, obviously because he was on guard, I am afraid he will not enter Taiyuan City to attend the banquet." ”

Zhang Daojun on the side took over and said: "Lord Futai, although Qin Chuan is unruly and unruly, this person listens to both tunes and listens to Xuan, last time he asked him to go south to suppress bandits, he came, let him go to Pingdingzhou, and he also went." ”

"It's better to send an order from Lord Futai to him, saying that there are bandits in the area of Yicheng in Pingyang Prefecture, and he is ordered to lead his troops to Pingping bandits, and he only brings 1,500 soldiers and horses every time he goes out on an expedition.

Hearing this, Xu Dingchen stroked his beard and nodded: "This plan is feasible, but it is not the best policy, do you have any other clever plans?" ”

Zhang Zai said again: "My lord, my subordinates heard that Lou Fu produces good iron, Qinchuan smugglers of iron and iron are quite large, there are big businessmen from Dezhou, Shandong, Xi'an, Shaanxi and Xi'an, and there are also many merchants in Fenyang, Yongning Prefecture and other merchants who have entered Lou Fu to buy iron, and adults can order three hundred dead soldiers to pretend to be businessmen, and they will lie about buying iron when they see Qinchuan, and then rise up and kill them, and this thief will be removed." ”

"Huh?"

Xu Dingchen's eyes lit up, and then he slapped his thigh: "Wonderful, this plan is very wonderful." ”

Zhang Zai was proud, and then said: "Lord Futai, Xue Dongting, the commander of Xiwei in Lanzhou Town, and Xu Yijie, the commander of Zhenwuwei, both have a life-and-death enmity with Qin Chuan, as well as the prince of Ninghua, Lord Futai can inform these families of the secret decree, let them dispatch the dead soldiers, and let them be dispatched by the adults, so that they can destroy Qin Chuan without the pacesetters under the adult's account, why not?" ”

When Xu Dingchen heard this, he slapped his thigh again: "Seconds, very wonderful." ”

……

When the second layer of the city wall of Montenegro Fort had just been poured, Luo Da Niu sent a fast horse to bring back a piece of news: the locust plague in Shaanxi, covering the sky and the sun, was heading south along the Yellow River, passing through Linxian County in Shanxi Province and Yongning Prefecture adjacent to the Yellow River, heading to Henan.

Hearing the news, Qin Chuan immediately put down his work and summoned Wang Jizong, Wen Cheng and others to discuss the matter.

It didn't take long for dozens of Imperial Cavalry troops to leave Lou Fu and head west.

These Guan Emperor troops want to go to the Linxian area to observe the movement of locusts, if there is a turn in the direction of Luliang Mountain, they will rush back to Lou Fu day and night to warn, and when the time comes, Qinchuan will mobilize tens of thousands of people to go up the mountain to catch locusts.

In addition, these Guan Emperor troops also had to pass on Qin Chuan's order to Luo Daniu, asking him to exchange one pound of grain for three catties of locusts with the local people over there, and quickly bring back Lou Fu.

Qin Chuan wants to use locusts to make fertilizer, or feed chickens and ducks.

In fact, he didn't know whether this exchange was a profit or a loss.

However, Wang Jizong said that the dung pill soaked out of three catties of locusts with feces and other raw materials can be fertilized for half of the land after being mixed with water, and if the half of the land is not fertilized, it can probably produce five catties of grain, and if it is fertilized, it can produce seven or eight catties.

So, Qin Chuan decided to change.

Many farmlands in Jinglelan County have no fertilizer to apply because the raw materials for manure are scarce, and even human and animal manure is not enough, and the effect of manure is far less than that of Xu Guangqiming's dung pill.

It just so happened that after Luo Da Niu sold those iron materials and iron pots in Mokoudu, he had 5,000 stone of grain, and he could take out a few hundred stones in exchange for tens of thousands of catties of locusts to come back and make fertilizer.

After dealing with the locusts, Qin Chuan continued to be busy building the city wall, while Wang Jizong was busy leading people everywhere to dig reservoirs and reclaim farmland.

When the third layer of the city wall began to be poured, Yang Yexing of Texas came.

Just last month, Yang Yexing had just come once, bought a large amount of iron materials and iron pots, and just thirty or forty days later, he came again.

It is enough to show that Yang Yexing's business is doing very well, and Lou Futie and iron pot are very popular.

This time, he came with 4,000 stone of grain, and he wanted to buy 100,000 stone of raw and wrought iron, and 6,000 large and small iron pots.

Qin Chuan didn't let him bother him, only placed him in a newly built courtyard outside the town, and then sent someone to Montenegro to prepare to transport the iron materials and iron pots to him.

However, Qin Chuan was very curious about his iron sales, so he deliberately took the time to meet him.

Before he approached the courtyard, Qin Chuan saw a person lying on the roof of the courtyard, as if it was Yang Yexing, who was desperately looking in the direction of the city wall of Black Mountain Fort.

Seeing Qin Chuan coming, Yang Yexing panicked, and made a series of compilations on the tiles on the roof: "Adults forgive sins, adults forgive sins, the little people saw that the city wall was extremely peculiar, and they couldn't resist the curiosity in their hearts, so they did such a disrespectful thing, and I hope that the adults will forgive their sins." ”

Qin Chuan smiled indifferently: "Boss Yang doesn't need to be nervous, that city wall is not a secret thing, just look at it, it's just that this roof tile is steep, Boss Yang has to be careful." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Yang Yexing breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly climbed down from the other side of the roof, not knowing whether there was a ladder or something behind him.

When Qin Chuan went around to the gate of the courtyard, Yang Yexing had already come out of it, bowed his waist and said apologetically: "I didn't know that the adults arrived, Yang was rude." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Qin Chuan waved his hand unmindfully: "Boss Yang is very curious about that city wall?" ”

"Hmm...... Indeed, the method of building a city wall like an adult, Yang has never heard of it, and he has never seen it, so he can't help but be curious. ”

Qin Chuan didn't hide it, but smiled generously: "Those mud Qin called cement, it can be condensed into a block after a few days of pouring, the hardness is better than ordinary stone, it only takes about forty days to pour this three-hundred-step city wall with this method, of course, Qin has invested more than thousands of laborers into it, and the labor is sufficient to be so fast, if there are few people, it is possible to do it in three or five months or even one or two years." ”

Hearing this, Yang Yexing's eyes widened and his face was incredulous.

The 300-step long wall, even with 5,000 laborers, would take at least three or four months to complete, and it would take a lot of time just to dig and tamp the earth.

Now Qin Chuan said that thousands of laborers can be built, which makes Yang Yexing hard to believe.

Moreover, when the mud dried, it was harder than the rock, and he didn't believe it anyway.

However, how did the wall, which was more than three feet high, stand up?

Yang Yexing couldn't figure it out.

Qin Chuan didn't plan to tell him too much about this, and suddenly changed the topic and said: "I remember, the last time Boss Yang came, it was less than two months ago, and the iron material was sold so well, but what was the big sale?" ”

Yang Yexing's face was a little hesitant, and he said with a haha: "Yang did find a few commercial banks in Shandong and Beizhili to cooperate, and the iron materials and iron pots that were shipped back last time were all divided with those people." ”

Qin Chuan smiled: "Boss Yang, don't worry, I'm a man of my word, and I said that those places will give you exclusive supplies, and they will only be for you." ”

"However, I also said that these iron materials can't be sold to Jin merchants, I'm just curious about where Boss Yang sells them."

A layer of fine sweat broke out on Yang Yexing's forehead, and he hurriedly arched his hand: "Xiaomin doesn't dare to hide anything from adults, a considerable part of the iron materials that Xiaomin transported back from Lou Fu are supplied to another trading house, and their fleet is shipped to Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other places. ”

"Oh?"

Qin Chuan suddenly became interested: "Does Boss Yang have his own fleet?" ”

"The small people only take the inland and the Cao Yun trade routes, and there are only Cao Yun cargo ships, and there are no sea ships that can go to sea."

"Hmm...... Then why didn't Boss Yang buy a batch of ships by himself and form a fleet to go to sea to do business in those places? ”

"Xiaomin is not familiar with sea routes, and it costs a lot of money to buy a sea boat, and Xiaomin has been in contact with that business house for many years, and he does not want to turn against his old friends."

"Hmm."

Qin Chuan nodded, then frowned slightly and thought.

Yang Yexing thought that he was unhappy, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he only lowered his head and didn't dare to come out.

This lord is a murderer who never blinks.

Qin Chuan thought for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "Boss Yang, why don't you merge with your old friend, and then I will invest in the shares, provide iron materials and iron pots, and make the transaction bigger?" ”

"Huh?"

Yang Ye was rejoicing.

"Hey, hey, how about we spend ten or eight years to build an invincible fleet across the seas and do business to every corner of the sea?"

"Huh?"

Yang Yexing was stunned.