Nanyang, Shuyang Pass.

The iron-smelting base here has been in operation for nearly half a year, and Lu Yi inspects coal mines and iron mining.

Open-air hillsides often have landslides and collapses caused by rain, revealing black powdered fine cinders, which is not unsightly.

It's just that excavation and mining are not easy, and it is not conducive to steel smelting.

Stable coal digging tunnels are usually at the foot of the mountain and in the col, where lump coal is mined, transported to the river by man-made baskets, wheelbarrows, or animal power carts, and then transported to the iron-smelting base.

Lu Yi is naturally aware of the importance of coal mining to smelting, as coal can provide higher heat and smelting efficiency is higher than charcoal.

Charcoal smelting can improve the quality of steel and is widely used in weapons and armor forging; But Danyang Workshop does not produce armor, and uses this luxury way to produce agricultural tools.

The Danyang Workshop was like a thorn in the heart of the Nanyang Iron Smelting Workshop, which made the Iron Smelting Workshop in an embarrassing situation, and also made Lu Yi feel uncomfortable.

In all fairness, the Danyang workshop, which already has the ability to forge excellent armor, has always produced agricultural tools, which plays a vital role in the recovery and development of the people's power in Jingxiang and Hunan Prefectures.

But it also made the ironsmith of the imperial court lose this part of the profit, and naturally the blacksmith shop of Haoqiang Manor was also unprofitable.

The most worrying thing is the manufacturing potential of the Danyang Workshop, which is an iron-smelting base with a scale of 1,000 people that can manufacture fine weapons and armor at any time. Among them, the Beifu is in charge, and the imperial court has no way to supervise it, and there is no way to know whether the armor has been forged here, and it is impossible to judge whether there is a hidden arsenal of the Beifu in the Wudang mountains.

Tian Xin had already forged a new divine weapon in the Danyang Workshop, as well as the red lacquered mirror armor that could be called invulnerable.

No one can close the Danyang Workshop, which does not produce armor and weapons, nor accepts the task of minting coins, so there is no valid reason to close it at all.

It can only be suppressed, and the only way to suppress it is to increase the output of the Nanyang iron smelting base, squeeze the market with more and cheaper agricultural tools, and not give Danyang workshops room to operate.

The most consumed by Danyang workshops is charcoal, which requires tools to trade; If the surrounding people used the agricultural tools cast in Nanyang, they would naturally not produce charcoal; Without cheap and abundant charcoal, Danyang Workshops would lose their vitality for expansion.

However, when Lu Yi was inspecting, he saw that many naturalized Jingmen lived around the coal mountain, and the men labored to collect the crushed cinders with baskets, while their wives and children mixed them with charcoal powder mixed with yellow cement and kneaded them into fist briquettes to dry.

"Why is that?"

"Coal making."

One of the accompanying military officials came out of the column to answer, and bowed half-bowed: "Beifu buys coal regiments with grain stamps, and the collected coal regiments are stationed in Guancheng nearby, and they will wait for the water to rise after the autumn, and the water will be transported to Wancheng and Dengcheng for reserves." ”

"What's the use of this?"

Lu Yi was puzzled and asked, laughed at himself, and said to his subordinates: "Nanyang has been barren for a long time, trees have grown into forests, fields and grasses are flooded, and there is no shortage of firewood and grass in winter. If you want to say that for smelting, pulverized coal is unusable, and what is the use of labor to collect it today? ”

Several military officials in charge of the Nanyang Iron Mill were also unaware of Beifu's orders, and after thinking about it, they didn't know what these coal regiments were for, as Lu Yi said.

When Lu Yi went around the coal yard and returned to the ironworks, he happened to meet Lu Ding, the middle school officer of Beifu.

The two clan brothers who had come out of the five suits first saluted each other, and Lu Yi saw that the clan brother had a gloomy face, smiled secretly in his heart, and asked: "There is no war in Beifu this year, why do you need to add equipment?" ”

"Although there was no war, the officers were always sharpened, and the training was harsh and naturally wore out the equipment. Hugh said that a few days ago, when the armies were rehearsing in large formations, some recruits panicked and misplaced and killed for the spear formation. ”

Lu Ding's tone was slightly annoyed: "People die in the school field, and their sharp qi is lost in vain. The death of one person, involving nearly 10 military officials, is really an abomination. ”

Training casualties are considered a normal thing, and deaths on the spot are rare, and more are disability and discharge.

The world is undecided, and the daily drills in Beifu, as well as large-scale tests and formation drills, are all live military drills.

The army moves like a mountain, not to mention a person who falls behind or is out of place, even if he encounters a frightened horse, he will be stabbed to death on the spot.

That's right, the life of a war horse is more expensive than a person, this is a universal value.

One person's life, when tens of thousands of people are rehearsing, cannot tolerate mercy.

When Lu Yi first heard about this, he was about to ask for details, when he saw Lu Ding looking at him with an unkind gaze: "Before this exercise, Yi Lang Zhou was impeached, and this person thought that the armies should no longer wear armor during the drill, so as to save turnover costs. This time, the officials had no armor, but they operated the actual soldiers, so there was this accidental injury. When the public knows, there will be a response. ”

What does this have to do with you?

Lu Yi slandered in his heart, and reacted again: "Could it be that Beifu wants to add armor?" ”

Lu Ding did not give a positive reply: "This is not something I can decide, I came to Shuyang Pass today, with the intention of testing the armor in the warehouse." ”

Who is most lacking in ordnance replenishment in the Jingxiang armies now?

It is the guard army newly established by Zhao Yun, and in the process of training and running-in the guard, there is not only the loss of armor, but also the addition of new equipment and equipment as appropriate.

The other is Guan Ping, Zhang Bao and Ma Chao, the army is about to be deployed, and the more equipment to spare, the better.

On the contrary, the newly formed 10,000 Hunan troops do not need iron armor, this is a light infantry.

Does the Hunan army need armor and weapons?

Few people have thought about this problem, and the Xiang army seems to have a bamboo gun, and Tian Xin can also poke Lu Dai's belly.

This is everyone's default thing, and there is no need to strengthen the equipment of the Hunan army.

Lu Yi first thought of the Danyang Workshop, obviously he had the technology to build ordnance, but he still had to come to rob the equipment of the guards, the front army, the left army, and the right army...... There is an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Maybe he should also go to the table to impeach Beifu and impeach Tian Xin to buy the hearts of the people, in order to solve the stubborn organization of Danyang Craftsman.

Just as the armies on the front line were preparing for war, Lü Yi's impeachment recital was sent to Chengdu.

Liu Bei was not very happy recently, because the six masters who were copied from Taifu Xu Jing died of dysentery due to water and soil problems or dietary problems, and the remaining three were also sent into the mountains.

Shang Shu ordered Huang Quan to accompany him every day, and as in the past few days, Huang Quan accompanied Liu Bei to dance the sword and exercise together.

After the sword dance, Liu Bei reviewed the chapter and chatted with Huang Quan: "I haven't seen Yun Chang and Yide for several months, and I feel quite lonely. The sons are old, and they should not be spoiled and close. Sun Quan's daughter is virtuous on the outside, but perverse on the inside, so she is not suitable for a concubine. I intend to replace, what do you mean? ”

"Your Majesty, Sun Quan has no virtue and is indignant, and he is no different from Ji Xuan, but the crown prince and concubine are marrying, and there is nothing wrong with losing their manners, so they should not be deposed rashly."

Huang Quan paused slightly, and then said an inappropriate reason for deposing: "The prince is the one who marries, Situ Ye." ”

After Situ Mizhu and his party in Xuzhou, his spirit was dispersed, and Liu Bei returned to Yizhou to recuperate, and now he is barely recuperating, and he may not be able to survive this winter.

Liu Bei gave up after a little consideration, Sun Dahu already seemed inappropriate, but he couldn't stimulate Mi Zhu because of this incident.

Pressing this matter, he picked up Lu Yi's impeachment recital, read it at a glance and ten lines, and hummed and laughed: "What a sentence 'scattering wealth and goods to tie the hearts of the people'!" ”

Angry, Liu Bei handed the silk book to Huang Quan.

Huang Quan read carefully, many of Lu Yi's views are naturally not Lu Yi's views alone, this is an echo of public opinion, the undercurrent, to divide Tian Xin's industry.

Some people advocate that tea be included in the franchise, and Lu Yi wants to set up a general in the Danyang Craftsman to make an order, and directly take the Craftsman Workshop under the ownership of the imperial court.

Liu Bei laughed sarcastically: "Tea and iron are really the fur of filial piety." Lu Yi is blind, and he has a good name in vain! ”

Don't you see, papermaking and printing are the real horror things!

Could it be that all of them are blind, and the food stamps printed by Tian Xin can be used as gold and silver!

The former can subvert the world; The latter can save the country from danger!