For a long time in such a sesame official position, Ouyang Mo's humility seems to have been engraved in his bones.

Looking at the hunched waist of this man who was already in his forties, Li Xinchen secretly sighed in his heart, and a sense of sadness rose. In this era, the status of craftsmen is so low, how can they demand real progress in science and technology?

What's more, in this era of frequent wars, feudal thinking and the denigration of kitsch and lewd skills are not so obvious, and the social status of Ouyang Mo and others has already become like this, let alone hundreds of years later?

Stretching out his hand to help Ouyang Mo, Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "Whether it's a bed crossbow or a trebuchet, as long as Mr. Ouyang can produce something, even if he asks for conditions, he will definitely do his best to satisfy you,"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xinchen still spoke: "In addition, there are still some ideas here, when we settle down, we should communicate with Mr. Ouyang." ”

Ouyang Mo didn't have much interest in Li Xinchen's ideas, Li Xinchen was very good at fighting, but it didn't mean that he was also good at mechanical manufacturing, Ouyang Mo still had some confidence in this, but Li Xinchen had already put forward other conditions with him, even if Ouyang Mo was asked to listen to what Li Xinchen said for a day, he was willing.

With a solemn arch of his hand, Ouyang Mo said in a deep voice: "I will not disgrace my life!" ”

And the disciples and craftsmen around him also said in unison: "You will not be dishonored!" ”

Li Xinchen nodded and made a gesture for them to continue. And Ouyang Mo remembered something, raised his head and asked, "General, are we going to set up a workshop?" ”

Turning his head to meet Ouyang Mo's gaze, Li Xinchen nodded solemnly without hesitation.

It stands to reason that the establishment of a workshop or a shipyard should be approved by the imperial court, but in fact, Li Xinchen's dispatch of troops was just a decision made by the East Palace, and he didn't even inform Jiankang, of course, he wouldn't get the holy decree that he could build a workshop, but this Bashu is a place far away from the real Tiangao Emperor, who can really control Li Xinchen?

As long as Xiao Maha and the others in Jiangling turn a blind eye, then the news will not reach Jiankang Mansion at all.

Li Xinchen understood this truth, and Ouyang Mo didn't understand it, so as long as Li Xinchen nodded, they would let it go.

"And where should our workshop be built?" Ouyang Mo's eyes burned with fighting spirit, and he couldn't wait to jump off the boat now and choose a place on the bank of the river.

You must know that the workshop is no different, a workshop capable of producing bed crossbows and trebuchet-level equipment, requires at least hundreds of strong laborers and a quarter of the area of a small city, and even this can only guarantee production, there is no way to ensure production.

After all, the productivity of this era can be imagined.

Therefore, after Ouyang Mo got Li Xinchen's promise, he was most worried about the location of the workshop.

And Li Xinchen subconsciously tilted his head slightly, there was already a noise in front of him, a wharf of considerable scale appeared in front of him, and the ships coming and going hung the red flag of Nan Chen, which was extremely lively.

Just behind the wharf was a large open space rarely seen in the mountains that stretched between the banks, and most of the place was empty except for a small city standing by the river.

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and pointed to this open space: "Here." ”

Ouyang Mo was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked up.

There are mountains, rivers and trees, and the mighty rivers will send the scarce raw materials from the rest of the world.

It seems to be a good place for them.

I didn't know it, Ouyang Mo's hands were already trembling slightly, and the rest of the craftsmen also showed excited expressions, looking at the land that was getting closer and closer.

This will be the place where their new dreams begin.

And Li Xinchen looked at the southern county wharf that was already close at hand, and took a deep breath.

Isn't this the place where his new path begins?

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"See the general!" Chen Zhishen, Cao Zhong and others stood together in the humble government hall of the southern county.

These generals who were still on the front line yesterday obviously did not have enough time to rest, everyone had a more or less tired look on their faces, and even the damaged parts of their clothes and armor had not had time to be repaired, but one person stood here straight, and the murderous aura exuded from them was enough to make people who had not been on the battlefield shiver as soon as they walked into this hall.

Li Xinchen's gaze swept over everyone's bodies, from Xiao Shilian to Cao Zhong, everyone subconsciously puffed up their chests. Except for Wang Chang who led more than 1,000 people to be stationed in Linjiang County, the generals under Li Xinchen's command had already arrived.

Since getting off the boat, Ouyang Mo took the craftsmen and disciples straight to the outside of the city, Chen Zhishen had already received the news in advance and arranged for someone to take them to investigate on the spot. Obviously, Ouyang Mo is more experienced in these things, and Li Xinchen can't help if he wants to.

What's more, compared to setting up a workshop, there are still things that Li Xinchen needs to worry about and be responsible for. For example, how to take Ba County.

"Our scouts have touched the outside of Ba County, and Ba County should have received the news, the city gate is closed, the strong wall is clear, and at the same time, a team of soldiers and horses drove out of the city and set up camp on the line of Lao Ya Mountain and Tongluo Mountain more than 20 miles outside the city, but the specific number of people is not clear." Chen Zhishen was the first to speak, with a look of shame on his face.

In the process of taking the last Linjiang County, because they were too few people, they finally let a group of enemies escape, and it was obviously this group of people who informed the defenders of Ba County, otherwise even if Ba County sensed that something was wrong, it would not have been possible to react so quickly.

Li Xinchen didn't think there was anything, if Bajun was also easily taken down by himself, then it would be his turn to wonder if there was fraud in it.

Stretching out his hand and knocking on the map, Chen Zhishen then said: "Our biggest advantage over the enemy now is that we have a sailor, obviously the enemy is also fully aware of this, this Lao Ya Mountain guards the big river, if you want to go up the river by boat, you must take Lao Ya Mountain, otherwise the calculated enemy does not have the courage to go out of the camp formation, and can also make us impassable through the condescending advantage." ”

Xiao Shilian couldn't help but pout: "The defenders of Ba County only have that little in total, even if they can divide the troops, how much can they be divided, so let's take Lao Ya Mountain!" ”

Chen Zhishen suddenly smiled bitterly and did not speak, while Cao Zhong spoke helplessly on the side: "General Fenwei may not know, the first line of Lao Yao Mountain and Tongluo Mountain is high and steep, with many cliffs, and the mountain road is winding, it is difficult to attack directly······"

His expression became solemn, Xiao Shilian frowned and said, "In this way, the guards of Naba County should be quite measured. ”

can make Chen Zhishen and Cao Zhong, the two generals, show hesitation, Xiao Shilian can of course realize how difficult it is to attack this camp, and he also put away his contempt at the moment.

Although he likes to rush and kill, he does not like to be sent to death.