Li Jiazhuang, Shang Wu returned excitedly, his clothes were very dirty, because he personally took the shovel to dig under the tunnel, he didn't know how many coal mines were underneath and how long he could dig, but what he knew was that the reserves of coal could definitely meet the current demand, iron smelting, and a series of production could be carried out.

Shangwu found other things in these coals, for example, the quality of some coal is not too good, probably because of the relationship between shallow coal, the sulfur content is relatively large, in general, this kind of coal is generally not too good first choice, but for Shangwu, this situation is very good, because he can refine these things through a series of more complex equipment, so that sulfuric acid can be produced, so that their ** quality may be further improved.

"The coal should be transported as soon as possible, and with these things, it will not be a dream to smelt steel in the future." Shang Wu said to Little Douzi. For Xiaodouzi, he doesn't know what the coal is used for, but what he does know is that if those villages can't build tunnels in time, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of the villagers. That's what worries him.

"Sir, should we move them here or somewhere else, so that we can ensure their safety to the greatest extent, after all, in such a situation, many things cannot be solved in time. Xiaodouzi said worriedly.

"Well, it makes sense, with a situation like this, we can indeed solve a lot of things." Shang Wu said.

"Let them transport the coal, and we build tunnels in other areas of the neighborhood to keep them hidden. You let Kuroko do it. Shang Wu said.

"That's right. You go and collect some lime. At the same time, tell the iron factory to let them use the coal as fuel, and also let each family cook on the fire, so they can try to use it. "Shang Wu encouraged. The promotion of coal can greatly save firewood. The fuel of this era was still wood-based. This requires cutting down a lot of timber, which is ecologically good. It's a big disruption.

"Report sir." When Sangmu was about to pick up soap and wash his face, a lieutenant came in and reported.

"What's the matter?" Shangwu asked.

"Sir, we caught a scholar and asked him for a long time without speaking, and then we interrogated the other captives and learned that the old man turned out to be Lu Zhi." The lieutenant reported.

"Yo he. has the ability to catch Lu Zhi. Shang Wu said with a smile. For Lu Zhi, Shang Wu doesn't know much, after all, he studied military history, and he didn't know much about many literati things, so it was obviously extremely difficult for him to remember Lu Zhi at once.

"Hehe, sir, we're just a fluke. We thought we'd caught a big fish. Who knows, caught a stubborn old man. The lieutenant said.

"Okay, let's go take a look." Shang Wu said. After washing his face, Shangwu left here to see Lu Zhi, soap has been put into production, but there is no soap, most of it is a large yellow piece, which is provided in toilets, bathhouses, factories, canteens and other places, because there is a large flow of people, centralized disinfection is necessary, and the input of soap has been very popular all of a sudden. Many people who have taken a shower say that they have never been so clean in their lives. They even laughed. A man took a bath with soap, and after washing, it was cleaner than the emperor's concubine.

Shang Wu soon came to the place where Lu Zhi was detained, a small dark room, and the soldiers in custody seemed to be very annoyed with this stubborn old man, and neither water nor toilet was provided, and it seemed that he had the intention of suffocating the other party.

"What's your name?" Shangwu asked. Lu Zhi just closed his eyes and knelt on the mat, in fact, it was a kind of sitting. Shang Wu thought it was kneeling.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, beds in the modern sense had not yet been invented. For the time being, Shang Wu understood that they were sleeping on the floor or on a mat.

Lu Zhi didn't speak, but Shang Wu looked at each other.

"We can let you go. But you're going to have to be a teacher for us. Shang Wu said. But the other party still did not speak.

"In this way, our officers and men will be able to learn some knowledge." Shang Wu said. It seems that regardless of whether the other party agrees to come down or not, Shangwu plans to do so.

"The army of thieves. Don't think about it. "Lu Zhi seems to have a lot of backbone. Just when Shang Wu made up his mind, Lu Zhi said.

"Hmph. You stubborn old man, you insulted our chief. Behold that I slaughtered you. The lieutenant said that he was about to draw his sword and kill people.

"Wait." Shang Wu pressed the lieutenant's hand.

"You go out first, I'll say a few words." Shang Wu said. Then he motioned for the lieutenant to hurry away, and the lieutenant seemed very dissatisfied, but it was his commander's order. He must also obey, and they are eager to kill each other alive who insult their superiors.

"Thief army, let's do it. I'm Lu Zigan. It was also Hanchen who was killed. Lu Zhi said righteously.

"Huh." Shang Wu sneered.

"The aspirations are different, but the ways are not compatible. People like you, I don't dare let you teach us anymore. What is a thief? Hum. Shang Wu is very unconvinced, such people are very backbone, although they are scholars, they may be very paranoid in terms of specific practices. But they, in general, are good. Such people. There's nothing wrong with that. But they're too paranoid. Such a person is still martial and dare not use it.

Sang-woo untied Lu Zhi's rope.

"Let's go. I'll send someone to send you out. Shang Wu said. And then he left. The scholars of this era are very virtuous, but such scholars are not needed by martial arts. He wants pragmatism, not such paranoia, otherwise, it will cause him a lot of trouble.

"Sir, why did you let people go? This, if the commander is unwilling to kill. I'll do it for the sir. The lieutenant said excitedly.

"Come back." Sangwu turned around and stopped the other party.

"These scholars are very paranoid, can you kill them all? And they cherish their reputation very much. If you kill him, you'll get us trouble. Shang Wu looked at the other party and said.

"But, let's." The lieutenant felt that Lu Zhi insulted them as thieves.

"Forget it. There is no need to have much insight with these kind of people, they are not from the same class as us in the first place. We are civilians, some are slaves. How can such a person speak for us? Shang Wu said. Shang Wu initially realized that Shang Wu would rather not use these scholars, but he would not kill, because there are too many harms in killing. But there aren't many benefits. The Confucian system seems to be paranoid, but at the same time, it is not pragmatic at all. This is very unfavorable to Shangwu's current situation, because in many places, he needs pragmatic officers, not those who can only say and do it. There are many disadvantages to Lu Zhi staying.

"But he scolded us for being thieves?" The lieutenant was not convinced.

"The thief army, what's wrong with the thief army?" Shangwu asked.

"Did you know? Scolding our thief army is beneficial, and there is such a set in psychology, which is called inferiority complex. Usually people with low self-esteem do a lot of things and do a lot of successful things, on the contrary, people like Lu Zhi are very paranoid, look at it, like this, they can't achieve any great things. Let's let him go. On the contrary, it seems that we have a bearing and a tolerance for others. Do you understand? Shang Wu asked.

"This." The other looked at his superior.

"Alright. This kind of talent is not what we need, most of our talents come from civilians, even if there are scholars to join, they must be integrated into a team like ours, which will be what we should need the most. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm." The lieutenant said helplessly. Then Shangwu arranged for Xiaodouzi to send Lu Zhili out of the country.

The scholars of this era have too many problems, and many things in Shangwu cannot be carried out, and they are not pragmatic, and Shangwu hates such people very much. And Lu Zhi is such a person. Their ideals are very ambitious, but they are unrealistic, and they can often blame others, such people are not the talents that the Red Turban Army needs most.

After sending Lu Zhi away, Shangwu had more important things to do, coking. Yes, coking, Shangwu requires a lot of iron ore, and at the same time a lot of iron. Coal solves the problem of energy, but it cannot solve the problem of materials, iron, is the most critical thing, only with such materials, the situation of an army can be greatly changed.

Shangwu is currently unable to build more modern equipment to complete coking, but he has seen that coking in earthen kilns, coking by soil method, the advantage of coking is that it is simple and easy to master, but there are many problems, for example, a large number of pollutants will be produced, and the quality of the product is not high, but Shangwu is also very helpless, the reality is like this, unless Shangwu can have sufficient funds, otherwise, there is no way to solve such a problem.

In addition to coking, Shangwu still strictly grasps the quality study of officers, as well as related political and economic education, which is a necessary reserve for the rise, a reserve of talents, without a large number of talents, it will be difficult to promote this kind of political influence.

At the same time, he also called on his officers and soldiers to learn from each other and sum up their experience, so as to accelerate the change of soldiers' tactics, or to make the advanced nature of weapons more advantageous.

Seven regiments, three companies. The fifth class, this is the force temporarily stationed in Lijiazhuang to protect the safety of Lijiazhuang. They were holding a summary meeting, and Shang Wu carefully inspected it. This is a great opportunity.