Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty can still guarantee the income of these officials, there is no way to guarantee that these officials still have a ruling range that matches their official positions.

Although famous generals such as Lu Teng and Yang Zhong had been ordered to enter Shu repeatedly before, this could only ensure that the Ba people were far away from the Han towns along the river, and the mountains that occupied most of the area of Bashu were still in the hands of the Ba people, which meant that the scope of these places that Taishou could govern was actually just a city and a few surrounding villages.

Therefore, whether it is the generals who defend the city or the Taishou itself, there is basically no loyalty to the Northern Zhou.

Otherwise, it is easy for Chen Zhishen to break through the cities, but it is not so simple to really control these cities.

However, Chen Zhishen still did not dare to take it lightly, leaving 500 people to cooperate with Wang Chang's hundreds of sailors to guard Linjiang County, and returned to Nanfang County with 100 soldiers and wounded to welcome Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian and others who arrived later.

Chen Zhishen still didn't believe that the defenders of Ba County, who had not yet received the news, would have the courage to kill them directly, and there were originally only more than 200 defenders in Linjiang County, but now there were thousands of soldiers guarding them, which was enough to suppress all dissatisfaction and opposition.

Chen Zhishen explained these arrangements in detail in the battle report sent, and Li Xinchen read it once, with a satisfied look on his face.

Chen Zhishen is an out-and-out brave general, but it can be seen from his daily training measures and so on, this is definitely not a reckless and brave person, he has his bravery, but also his delicacy, at least in the deployment and arrangement of troops in the three counties of Linjiang, Chen Zhishen has done a trickle, and has played the role of every soldier under his command, otherwise it is impossible to make Li Xinchen satisfied with him.

In Chen Zhishen's body, Li Xinchen saw Xiao Maha's shadow, but then again, if he didn't have Xiao Maha's temper, it would be impossible to help Xiao Maha's personal guards.

However, Li Xinchen believes that as long as he cultivates well, Chen Zhishen should eventually go to a position that surpasses today's Xiao Maha.

There was a sound of conversation on the deck, Li Xinchen smiled and put down the battle report, and looked up to see that more than a dozen people in ordinary gray cloth clothes were discussing in a low voice around a bed crossbow on the ship.

Xiao Shilian followed Li Xinchen's gaze: "Shizhong, you have collected all the craftsmen whose names can be counted in the entire Jiangling City, what do you want to do?" ”

Li Xinchen just smiled, looking at those people not far away, like looking at boxes of gold and silver treasures. This is what Xiao Shilian values most among all the people he brought him.

As a science student, seeing these craftsmen who wore short shirts, their skin was generally dark, and they were completely different from those literati and artists with wide robes and big sleeves, Li Xinchen had a sense of familiarity and intimacy from the bottom of his heart.

In this era, craftsmen are one of the bottom layers of society, but Li Xinchen decided to change this basic social perception.

He strode out of the flying house and onto the deck. And Xiao Shilian didn't know why Li Xinchen valued these craftsmen so much, but he also knew that most of the bows and crossbows and trebuchets in the army were built by these people, so he still had basic respect for these craftsmen, and after hesitating for a moment, he curiously followed Li Xinchen.

Ouyang Mozheng, the left school of the superintendent, carefully told a few disciples around him about the entire production process of the bed crossbow, his hand gently stroked the well-maintained crossbow body, as if stroking his own child, and several disciples and the rest of the craftsmen around him also looked at the bed crossbow with blazing eyes, and only people at Ouyang Mo's level were qualified to command the production of bed crossbows, and they were not qualified enough, so looking at this bed crossbow, it was impossible to say that they were not greedy.

After all, this is one of the representatives of the strongest weapons of this era, and it is also the condensation of the wisdom and sweat of generation after generation.

Ouyang Mo was born in Pengze Ouyang, Ouyang's poetry and book heirloom, is a famous literati family, but when he came to Ouyang Mo, he was not interested in the poems and books handed down by his ancestors from generation to generation, but was obsessed with mechanical manufacturing, so he was regarded as an alternative among writers.

So much so that although Ouyang Mo has the background of the Ouyang family, he is only a small general as a supervisor and a left school, and he is an out-and-out sesame official in the entire Nanchen official system, that is, he is a little older than those officials at the next level.

For the children of the Ouyang clan who have been prominent in the past dynasties, it is really rare for a person in his forties to hold such a low official position.

It was precisely for this reason that when Xiao Maha recruited craftsmen, Ouyang Mo, who was already old, did not hesitate to join this carefully selected team. After all, for him, if he survives like this at this age, there is basically no way to get ahead, so it is better to come to Bashu to try his luck.

At least this is a new world, and Li Xinchen is a maverick Shangguan.

It's better than waiting in Gangneung City to get nothing out of it.

Ouyang Mo didn't want to be able to return to his hometown one day, he just wanted to be able to hold his head up in front of his family.

"Mr. Ouyang." Li Xinchen smiled and greeted Ouyang Mo.

Li Xinchen did not call Ouyang Mo "Ouyang Jun" according to the convention, nor did he call him an official title, but called him "Mr.", firstly, to narrow the relationship between the two people, and secondly, to avoid the embarrassment that Li Xinchen was young in age, but he was Ouyang Mo's official in his official position, obviously giving Ouyang Mo enough face.

Ouyang Mo was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to attract Li Xinchen's attention, and Li Xinchen gave face, as a subordinate, he couldn't lose his etiquette, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "Subordinates see the two generals,"

Several apprentices and the rest of the craftsmen beside him also saluted in panic. With their status, it is impossible to meet generals of the rank of Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian in normal times, but now Li Xinchen took the initiative to find them, which made them even more flattered.

Li Xinchen didn't mean to greet Ouyang Moduo, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the bed crossbow and said, "Can Mr. Ouyang guide the creation of this bed crossbow?" ”

Before Ouyang Mo could speak, a young disciple next to him said first: "General, don't worry, my teacher can not only use a bed crossbow, but also build a trebuchet." ”

Li Xinchen breathed a sigh of relief, in the subsequent battle of Bashu, it must be indispensable to attack the fortifications, Mianzhu Pass, Fushui Pass, and Sword Pavilion, each of which is a world-famous Xiongguan. And Li Xinchen must go all the way to conquer little by little.

Therefore, he has a great demand for attacking equipment such as bed crossbows and trebuchets.

"Mr. Ouyang is really someone who needs it." Li Xinchen smiled slightly.

With Li Xinchen's words, a big stone in Ouyang Mo's heart suddenly fell to the ground. He ventured to this Bashu, isn't it just this sentence and his own future? And now, apparently, Li Xinchen gave him a clear promise.

"I don't dare to be a shallow learner, but I want to be able to saddle the horse for the general, and do my best." Ouyang Mo replied respectfully.