The matter of mining gold ore is imminent, and there is no room for delay, the soldiers of the Longwu Army took out all the bones in the mine with face towels, and arranged them neatly in the big pit that had been dug in order to do so, and then it was to cover the soil and set up a monument, and engrave the deeds of Tong Tie and others on the tombstone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tong Sanpang knelt in front of the cemetery, remembering his ancestors with tears in his eyes, and from time to time expressed his ambition to inherit the legacy of his ancestors and serve Datang, but, in Ang Lee's view, Tong Sanpang, who was full of greedy thoughts for money, was afraid that he would not really think so.

Of course, now is the time to employ people, as long as Tong Sanpang can complete the mining task well, it is still very necessary to give him a little benefit.

After a brief preparation, Tong Sanpang immediately took most of the miners who mined copper ore to Hulu Valley, and gold mining was the focus of his current work, although it could only be divided into 30%, but it was much more cost-effective than mining copper ore.

In just three days, the inside and outside of the mine were completely renewed, with all kinds of mining facilities and smelting facilities in the mine, and several rows of houses had already been built outside the mine for the miners to live in.

Tong Sanpang, as the leader, has a separate house, and the preparatory work is very cumbersome, for this reason, he lives here all day and night, and the wine shop and copperware shop are completely handed over to trusted people to take care of, and the copper mine is temporarily closed, bringing all the miners under his command into the Hulu Valley.

As long as the gold mine can continue to produce gold, Ang Lee will have inexhaustible wealth, and the problem of insufficient military pay will naturally be completely solved.

To this end, Li An appropriately reduced the burden of the Pingnan Army, hired a group of craftsmen, and put them in charge of large-scale construction of various war materials, and was responsible for improving weapons according to the drawings given by Li An.

Zhuge crossbow, an important weapon, must be built, and to build more, the corresponding eight-inch crossbow arrow is in great demand, the more the better, iron, wood, bamboo must be made.

Bed crossbows, divine arm crossbows and other powerful weapons, Li An had some impressions in his mind, and drew drawings for the craftsmen to be responsible for developing.

In addition, Li Ang still had many models of siege equipment in his mind, all of which were drawn on paper and handed over to craftsmen to be responsible for development.

Although the purpose of his trip was to quell the rebellion, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty was empty, and there was not much financial resources to provide more material support for the Pingnan Army.

"General, the child mine owner is here."

Li An was writing a recital, and stopped writing when he heard the words: "Let him in." ”

"Grass Folk Boy Three Fat ......"

Li An hurriedly waved his hand: "Stop, Tong Sanfat, everyone is already very familiar, there is no need to be so polite in the future, if there is anything, just say it!" ”

Tong Sanpang smiled all over his face: "General, the first batch of gold has been smelted, and it has just taken shape, take a look." ”

Li An stretched out his hand and touched it: "Yo, it's still hot?" Yes, it's glittering, it's beautiful, let the miners work harder, produce more, oh yes, how long can the gold mine be mined, can you estimate it? ”

"General, at the current rate of mining, it will not be able to be mined in a few hundred years."

"Well, it's good to be able to mine for a few hundred years, it's enough."

Tong Sanpang scratched his head and whispered, "General, discuss something!" ”

"What's the matter? Go ahead! ”

Tong Sanpang smiled all over his face, and said softly: "General, there are many goldsmiths in the hands of the grass people, who used to specialize in making bronze ware, but now, if they are allowed to make these gold into jewelry, the price will definitely increase several times." ”

Li An nodded again and again: "Well, this is a good thing!" Just do as you say, and the proportion of the share remains the same. ”

"Yes, General, the grass people are retiring."

Tong Sanpang left with a smile on his face.

"Gold jewelry, this is the rhythm of making money!"

Li An smiled happily with satisfaction.

As long as the economic problems are solved, all the remaining problems will be easy to solve, and the funds for building weapons and developing new weapons will be available.

After the gold mine was on track, Li An began to focus his work on the military training of the Pingnan Army, and the baggage regiment and combat regiment had all been inspected.

Next, he will go to the special regiment to inspect the results of the training of the special regiment.

The special regiment was deployed in the West Valley of the Hulu Valley and was divided into two reconnaissance teams, two cavalry teams, and two siege teams, totaling three hundred and fifty people.

What Li An is going to inspect today is the reconnaissance team, and all the recruits and soldiers of this unit are carefully selected elite soldiers, and each of them is very strong.

"General, why can't a single soldier see the training ground?"

"Yes! Now is the time for training, where have all the soldiers of the reconnaissance team gone. ”

These generals have not entered the West Valley, and they have been busy with the affairs of the mine for the past few days, so they naturally do not know the situation in the West Valley.

A smile appeared at the corner of Li An's mouth, and he pointed to the surrounding trees and grass: "The recruits and soldiers are here, can't you see them?" ”

The eyes of the generals widened, but they still didn't notice anything around them except a handful of trees and low weeds that had just grown out of the dirt.

Nishigu had just been burned by a fire more than half a month ago, and all the trees and weeds had been reduced to ashes.

It stands to reason that in such an area, soldiers should not be able to hide, but these generals can't see the recruits around them at all.

Li An smiled even more happily and reminded: "The recruits and soldiers are training, and they are right next to you, and the nearest is less than twenty steps. ”

"Less than twenty steps, how is this possible?"

"General, there are only weeds and scattered trees around here, and there are shadows of recruits there, can recruits be invisible?"

"Twenty steps, then it must be hiding in these weeds."

The confidant generals still can't see the shadow of the new soldiers.

Li An didn't sell it anymore, and said loudly: "Soldiers, come out!" ”

Suddenly, in the surrounding grass, behind the trees and stones, more than 100 recruits and soldiers suddenly burst out and walked towards Li An quickly.

At this time, the soldiers saw it very clearly, these recruits and soldiers were hiding around, but they were covered with camouflage and their faces were smeared with various colors of paint, which could not be seen from a little distance, that is, with these disguises, the recruits and soldiers could blend well with the surrounding environment, making it difficult for people to find.

"General, it's really a god, the recruits and soldiers wear these things on their bodies, and they can't even find them so closely, it's amazing."

"This way, the reconnaissance team can get closer to the enemy's large camp without being detected by the enemy's soldiers."

Although the generals had never seen this kind of unusual camouflage technique, they immediately understood the huge effect of this camouflage technique.

Li Ang no longer concealed it, telling everyone the great role that camouflage can play, and said that the reconnaissance team is carrying out the most difficult and dangerous tasks, and the most appropriate camouflage must be carried out, because once discovered, the consequences may be serious.

"Big brother, can the soldiers recognize each other when they paint their faces like this? If it weren't for the ignorance of soldiers, there would be big trouble when commanding. ”

Li An smiled faintly, pointed to the various marks on the chests of the soldiers, and said, "Do you see these signs?" Although they are small, they can still see clearly at close range, each color represents a different meaning, this is called a military rank, as long as they see this, they can naturally judge their superiors and subordinates, so as to know who to listen to. ”

"Military rank? Isn't that a good idea? ”

"The general is so clever to come up with such a good idea."

"Military rank? Military rank? ”

All the confidants and generals praised Ang Lee, but they were still a little uncomfortable.

"General, it's not enough for the reconnaissance team to just practice camouflage, in case it is discovered by the enemy, the camouflage will lose its meaning, they should have more powerful skills."

Li An smiled lightly: "More powerful skills, of course this is there, whether it is fighting or archery, they will not lose to the soldiers of the combat group." ”

"Where is Nan Jiyun?"

"General, you are in a humble position."

Li An nodded and looked at Nan Jiyun: "You show your hands on behalf of the reconnaissance team, so that all the generals can open their eyes." ”

"Yes, General."

Nan Jiyun took the order with a sigh, and first pulled out the crossbow arrow on his back and aimed at the trunk of the tree eighty paces away.

Just listen to the 'whoosh' sound, the crossbow bolt hit the trunk of the tree, and the huge force made the entire trunk tremble.

Immediately afterwards, Nan Jiyun pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist and performed the skills of fighting and fighting in front of everyone, and ushered in a cheer.

Li An also nodded with satisfaction, looked at the recruits, and said loudly: "The camouflage training has ended, the next step is physical training, let's start!" ”

When more than 100 recruits heard the order, they immediately ran to a hundred paces away, and in groups of three, they picked up the trunk with a thick waist, carried it on their left shoulder, and then raised it above their heads and carried it on their right shoulder, and so on and so on, practicing for hundreds of rounds.

At the end of the exercise, the three of them carried the trunk of the tree to the pool, held the trunk in their arms horizontally, and did sit-ups in the water, leaving them all covered in mud.

Of course, this was not the end, and immediately afterwards, the recruits and soldiers carried sandbags full of dirt and ran around the edge of the West Valley, and when they returned, they were all tired and paralyzed.

"General, none of the soldiers were left behind, and they all came back."

Nan Jiyun excitedly reported.

Li An nodded with great satisfaction: "Yes, the progress has been very fast in the past few days, Ben will remember that when he started training on the first day, half of the soldiers were tired and lying on the way, and it was only half a month, and they were all able to hold on to the end, yes, very good, it seems that it is time to continue to increase the difficulty." ”

"General, it's no problem for me to run another lap of Nan Jiyun, hehe!"

Nan Jiyun grinned.

"Okay, Nan Jiyun, you run one more lap by yourself, go ahead!"

"General, I'm alone."

Nan Jiyun looked stunned.

"That's right, you're alone, after you finish running, Ben will make you the head of the team, and your military salary will be doubled."

"Yes, General."

Nan Jiyun was overjoyed, carrying a sandbag, and slowly ran along the edge of the West Valley.

After visiting the reconnaissance team of the special regiment, all the generals and colonels were shocked by Ang Lee's trendy training methods, although they felt a little weird, but they were all generals and colonels who had been in the army for many years, and they could see at a glance the cleverness of Ang Lee's training methods, and secretly sighed that their talents were far inferior to Ang Lee.

Of course, these generals are all contemporaries, but Ang Lee is from more than a thousand years later, and many things will happen in these thousand years, and the accumulation of thousands of years of history can not be compared with these ancients.

In some aspects, Li Ang can't be compared with the ancients, such as poetry and songs, and ancient texts that make people dizzy when they read, but the scientific and technological knowledge and advanced training methods of later generations are not the strong points of the ancients.

After the accidental discovery of the gold mine, the Pingnan Army does not have to worry about military salaries, and all kinds of things can be handled handily, and it is easy to do things with money!

Under this premise, Li An raised the food standards for the soldiers, and there was meat to eat every day, and the training of the soldiers was smoother and the progress was very rapid, which made Li An quite pleased.

If this development continues, the combat effectiveness of the Pingnan Army will be even stronger than Li An imagined.

Human hearts are greedy, so to speak, people are greedy animals, in the face of money, how many people can withstand temptation?

Although Hulu Valley is a closed environment and the entry and exit of people are strictly restricted, the news of the gold mines in Hulu Valley was quickly leaked out.

As for the way of leakage, it should be said that there are many kinds, the soldiers who are responsible for transporting supplies, the miners who go out to purchase tools, and the carpenters who go home to visit relatives may leak the fact that there is a gold mine in Hulu Valley, and who leaked it is unknown, anyway, at least the people in the entire Luzhou City know that there is a gold mine in Hulu Valley.

When the local Haoqiang heard the news, he naturally had the idea of getting a piece of the pie at first, but after a careful understanding, the location of the gold mine was completely under the control of the Pingnan Army, and Li An, the commander of the Pingnan Army, was the general of the Tang Emperor Li Longji, and the gold mine was naturally owned by the imperial court.

But the bandits hiding in the mountains would not think about it so much, the temptation of the gold mine was too great for them, and besides, the gourd valley was within their sphere of influence, and they really couldn't tolerate the gold mine under their noses being obtained by others.

Outside the east valley of the gourd valley, more than a dozen bandit leaders sneakily hid behind the grass and trees, their eyes staring closely at the Hulu Valley checkpoint a hundred steps away, trying to find a weak gap.

"Boss, this level is solid, and the soldiers and horses in it are far beyond us, if we fight hard, we are looking for death!" (To be continued.) )