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"He won't leave anything behind?" Xu Ziwen is still a little skeptical, no matter what, Xu Zixian has shown more than enough ability in the past few months.

"The back hand is the capable person who disdains to stay, and the incapable person is powerless." Li Gu said with a gentle smile: "The sixth prince must remember this, when he has the ability, he will fight the enemy with a lion, and he will not leave a backhand." I don't have the ability, and I can't keep my hands behind. Only if the strength is insufficient, will they hope to win by cunning, and if the stronger side also uses tricks, the weak side will be quite embarrassed and can only be contained and used, and there is no chance to counter the ......"

"I see." Xu Ziwen said in a terrified manner: "Up to now, the Pu family has been making rumors, taking advantage of the situation, and making plans, all of which are using various means to weaken the will and determination of those in Nan'an and disperse their strength. ”

"Yes." Li Gu said: "The people of the Pu family are businessmen, and they always hope to take down the enemy at the lowest cost. This time, if it weren't for the group training donation of Nan'an Hou Mansion that forced them to be anxious, these people would not have made a move easily. ”

Xu Ziwei didn't say anything, and after talking to his father in detail, he didn't attach much importance to the power of the Pu family.

Compared with the financial resources of the imperial court, what is the Pu family?

Compared with the imperial court, what is the Pu family?

It is nothing more than that King Zhao still wants to use the Pu family, otherwise a secret letter will be submitted to the Beijing Division, and the Pu family will be uprooted in Fuzhou three days later.

For such an alien merchant family, the nobles of the Great Wei have always despised from the bottom of their hearts.

Of course, Xu Ziwei never imagined at this time that a few years later, the one who opened the Fuzhou Mansion and assisted the Donghu people in killing the Great Wei clan was the Pu family, whom he had always looked down on......

"It's activated." Li Gu suddenly perked up, pointed to the other side and said, "Qishan has moved." ”

The Qishan bandits were the first force in the Pu family's entire plan, of course, it was just a bluff, and the Qishan bandits were strictly restrained and forbidden to cause a big war on Fujian Road, so as not to implicate the overall situation.

Xu Ziwei glanced at it, and there was the sound of artillery on the shore, and the flames were soaring in a short period of time.

But if you look closely, there are only a few dozen small boats on the river, and there are not many boats, and the Qishan pirates dispatched a few hundred people at most, and most of them did not go ashore, only bluffed on the shore, fired those useless artillery, and set fire to the river.

"It's a lot of noise." Xu Ziwei was very calm, and said in the style of a general: "Chen Yutai doesn't know what's going on, Mingda killed his brother, and he really endured it." ”

"Don't ask the third prince about this matter." Li Gu said: "It is likely to be related to the overall situation of the Beijing Division. ”

Xu Ziwei was shocked when he heard this, knowing that he was about to go to Jingshi, Li Gu revealed a little bit of news to himself, which can also prove that Jingshi is really a tiger's den in Longtan, and even his own identity must be more careful.

"Among the five thieves, Wang Zhi, the king of the East China Sea, has been active in the sea from Tianjin to Denglai recently, and is stationed on the islands of Liaodong." Li Gu's sources and intelligence level are definitely much higher than Xu Ziwei's, and he said at the moment: "Wang Zhi is more loyal, he has always wanted to recruit An, and among the five thieves, his strength is also the stronger one." If it weren't for this person, Pu Xingfeng and other foreign pirates would not know how ruthless they would be to trouble the people of our Great Wei. ”

"The little nephew knows." Xu Ziwei said respectfully.

Li Gu nodded, and ordered the boat to go upstream, at this time it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, although it was dark early in winter, but the river was still quite bright, and the people there might not see the ship, it was too much of an eyesore, and if it was verified afterwards, there would be quite a lot of trouble.

The boats gradually moved upstream, and the fire on the side of Houguan County burned more and more fiercely, and under the sky-high light, hundreds of people on the riverside ran and shouted, and the cry was deafening.

Xu Ziwen felt a little unbearable, in order to make such a big move against Xu Zixian alone, his father, pacifying the envoy, and making the system, these big people just ignore the suffering of the people?

But just thinking of this, thinking of Xu Zixian's disgust, and Chen Wenjun's meaning is quite obvious, Xu Ziwen's heart is like being bitten by a poisonous snake, and at this time, it seems hypocritical and boring to say anything, and he will only be laughed at by Xu Ziwei, and if his father knows afterwards, he will inevitably be disappointed, Xu Ziwen bit his lip, and finally suppressed the words in his heart, and looked out of the window through the window as if nothing happened.

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Like arrows from the string, small boats suddenly rushed out from the depths of the reeds by the Minqing River.

There were also some large boats, small in number, which were carried out by small boats.

A large number of ships covered the entire river bank at once like a swarm of locusts.

The fishermen and duck herders along the river all rowed their boats to escape urgently, but this time it was not the same as before, with small boats harassing and tempting.

All the ships were almost full of people, and the black crowds stood on the boats, and the weapons in their hands were so dense that they looked like shrubs of steel that had grown out of them, which was shocking.

The large crowd of thieves gathered, and they began to let out terrifying screams.

There were also the voices of people talking and shouting, laughing, and scolding.

In their opinion, as long as they rush ashore and kill the military camp where the soldiers are located, those who have never been on the battlefield for half a year will definitely not be able to withstand the strength, as long as they kill the soldiers, in addition to the huge reward given by the Pu family, the Pu family also has something to say first, as long as they can burn and loot in Nan'an Town, it is best to raze the entire town to the ground.

Of course, these bandits are most willing to do such things, and they are now full of blood, and they can't help themselves.

"Hmph." Xu Ziwei glanced at the boat and saw those thieves waving the weapons in their hands indiscriminately, and couldn't help but say, "It's also a group of rabble." ”

"The martial artist and swordsman secretly raised by the Pu family are still good." Li Gu pointed to the other side, there were about more than two hundred large and small ships, the number was extremely large, in the middle position, the swordsmen and martial artists on it were relatively quiet, although they were holding spears and holding various weapons in their hands, but compared to the chaos and disorder of the rogues on the ships before, the order on this side of the ship was much better.

"It's up to them." Xu Ziwei said very expertly: "But I also doubt that Nan'an regimental training can form a formation and fight?" ”

"See how they react." Li Gu said: "If you want the town not to be damaged, you have to form a formation by the river, and you can't hit it halfway, and you can't ask people to go ashore and calmly set up a formation." For the sake of safety, most of them are to retreat in the courtyard and barracks of the Hou Mansion in the town, and use the wall to appease the morale of the army, so as not to collapse as soon as the battle is engaged. ”

"What does Mr. Li think Qin Dongyang will do?"

"It's hard to judge." Li Gu shook his head and said: "Now the soldiers are divided into two ways, the real is virtual, and the virtual is real, to be honest, I can't be sure if Xu Zixian really got on the boat and went to the valley, even if he rushed back from the valley, it is not impossible." The art of war is ever-changing, and it is best for us to watch it calmly. ”

Of course, this old fox will not say too much, everything will fall into place in half an hour, and when the time comes, it will not be right, of course, it will affect Li Gu's own authority, Xu Ziwei was impressed on the surface, but he was a little disdainful in his heart.

Xu Ziwei said categorically: "I don't think Qin Dongyang should be stupid enough to line up by the river, what does the people in the town have to do with him?" As long as more than seventy percent of the regimental training is maintained, the big camp will not be ended, and no one in Fuzhou will be able to say what is not coming. Of course, whether it can be held or not, I think it is also very hanging. ”

Xu Ziwen and Li Gu did not make a sound, Xu Ziwei was conceited, had outstanding art of war, and was excellent in martial arts, and sometimes he really didn't leave a way out for himself when he spoke.

"There will be results soon." As the mastermind of the palace, Li Gu didn't need to save face for Xu Ziwei, so he smiled at the moment and said, "Let's wait and see." ”

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Going upstream, the boat was not fast, but Xu Zixian and the others quickly approached the direction of Taniguchi Town.

Large clouds of black smoke enveloped the town not far away, where there were many blast furnaces and iron yards for smelting pig iron.

Large quantities of fine and pig iron were transported from the Minjiang and Lianjiang rivers to Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and of course, Quanzhou. In the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty, Fujian iron is sold all over the world, and the Fujian iron transported from the port to the north is at least 50 million catties a year, originally only Tingzhou has an iron field, and now Jianzhou, Shao Wujun and Xinghua Army have iron ore mining, and there are a large number of blast furnaces and iron fields.

In the records of the literati at that time, there were many blast furnaces, puffing fireworks and spewing thin smoke, which was quite a spectacular scene.

There are only two markers of early industrialization, including in late-industrialized countries like Japan, one is the number of spindles, and the other is the output of steel.

The rest of the industries would gradually emerge in the form of subordination, which would determine the number of steel and spindles that would determine the industrial state.

Now the pig iron output of Dawei should be more than 100 million catties, which sounds huge, but in fact, it is only 50,000 tons, and even the threshold of industrialized countries has not yet entered.

Coupled with the huge population of the Great Wei, the amount of pig iron is seriously insufficient, not to mention the output of fine iron and crude steel.

Xu Zixian estimated that crude steel production is less than 1,000 tons, a figure that is far from that of a truly industrialized country.

In the eighteenth century, Britain produced more than 10,000 tons of crude steel, in the nineteenth century the United States produced more than 3 million tons of crude steel, and Japan produced 300,000 tons of steel less than ten years after the Meiji Restoration.

Of course, Xu Zi first analyzed from a lot of intelligence, in this time and space, the current European countries have just come out of the Middle Ages, and the Age of Discovery has just begun.

The Celestial Kingdom still has a strong strength, and the Mongols still have a number of nomadic states in Central and West Asia, which are large in area, but the economy and culture are very backward.

This is an era of forging ahead and making great achievements, but at this time, the Great Wei is deeply mired in the threat of foreign enemies and internal strife, which is really a paradoxical time node, which can be described as a blessing for China.

^Remember.