"Lord Commander! What the lower official said, every sentence is true, ask the chief soldier to be the master of the lower officer! Then Li Xiao despised and insulted the subordinate officials so much, and the subordinate officials endured it. www.biquge.info It's just that this guy still said that it was a very contemptible thing for the chief soldier to send his subordinates to explore his fort, and such anti-rebellious words were clearly contempt and humiliation of you! ”

In the Jinan General Army's Mansion, Cui Zengfu knelt on the ground and complained to Liu Zeqing.

"Bang!"

A delicate teacup was slammed into the ground by Liu Zeqing and shattered.

Cui Zeng, who was kneeling on the ground, was startled, and saw Liu Zeqing jumping up, but he was overjoyed.

Liu Zeqing was about to scold, but Li Huajing next to him glanced at him again and again, signaling him not to lose his temper.

"Cui Patrol, you go back first." Li Huajing said lightly.

Cui Zeng's face was slightly lost, but he rolled his eyes and pressed the words he still wanted to say in his throat. Then he saluted the two and bowed out of the room.

"This Li Xiao is so hateful, rebellious and rebellious, he is really angry with me! This person is so reckless, he can't stay, and the official will immediately order 10,000 soldiers to sweep this guy away! ”

Liu Zeqing was like an angry lion, pacing around the room with his hands behind his back.

"Lord Commander, put your anger to rest for the time being. This Li Xiao is so rebellious, it really needs to be removed, but there is no need to be so eager. Li Huajing persuaded in a low voice.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, when! I don't want to wait any longer! Liu Zeqing's eyes were full of fierce light, and he roared loudly: "Li Junshi, you have to persuade again, this official is going to send troops now, and he must cut off Li Xiao's dog's head, destroy his army, and seize his wealth, so as to relieve my hatred!" ”

"Alas, my lord, if you send troops in such a hurry, it is really a good strategy." Li Huajing said with a long sigh.

"Hmph, why do you say that!"

"Lord Liu, if it is not for me to grow that Li Xiaozhi and extinguish my own prestige, you also know that the two-year-long Denglai Rebellion has been decided since the chaos in April last year, and my Shandong soldiers and horses have suffered a big setback, although there are 30,000 soldiers and horses directly under my lord, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is really mediocre. Even if you select the elite among them and make up 10,000 soldiers and horses, if you attack Li Xiao's Chifeng Fort, you will only be afraid of it。。。。。。 Li Ta Whale said this, his face was already solemn.

"The meaning of the military advisor is that the 10,000 elite soldiers and horses of our army, nearly ten times the number of people, can't wipe out the more than 1,000 people and horses of Li Xiao's gang!" Liu Zeqing interrupted him, his tone extremely dissatisfied.

"My lord, our army has 10,000 elite soldiers, if it is a strong attack, it should be able to win, but I am afraid that the losses will be quite heavy, but the gains outweigh the losses." Li Huajing frowned and said. "My lord, I have investigated in the next place, and when Li Xiao was in Jinzhou that day, he had won consecutive victories against Tartars, which shows that his army is elite. Now that this person's Chifeng Fort has been nearly completed, and there are more than 20 cannons to help defend the city, it is possible to rely on the fortress to hold on, and wait for work. In this way, our army stormed its fort, even if it won, I am afraid that it will lose thousands of men and horses, with such a tragic victory, to obtain a ruined Chifeng Fort, is this kind of result what you want? ”

Liu Zeqing, who kept pacing, listened to Li Huajing's analysis, and stood still, his face was blue, but he couldn't speak.

"My lord, if under the strong attack of our army, then Li Xiao sees that there is no hope of defending the fort and destroys all the money, money and goods, then our army is desperately attacking each other, isn't it empty of people and money?" Li Huajing's voice was very low.

Liu Zeqing turned his back to him, did not move for a long time, and finally sighed with hatred.

"What then? Can you just let Li Xiao go? ”

"My lord, from the point of view, Li Xiao's army is not without loopholes to attack." Li Huajing sneered.

"Tell me more."

"Lord Liu, there is a saying that since ancient times, the strongest fortresses have been breached from within. Thinking about it, although Li Xiaojun is an elite, after all, it is still a short time of creation, and the people's hearts have not yet stabilized. Wouldn't it be a good thing if we used the time to bribe the important generals within him, urge him to fight among themselves, and let Li Xiao die at the hands of his own generals? ”

Listening to Li Huajing's words, Liu Zeqing's eyes lit up.

That's right, if you can buy off Li Xiaojun's internal generals, let them fight each other, and finally clean up the mess by themselves, in this way, it will be much easier to eliminate Li Xiao.

"The military advisor has a good plan! But I don't know, how long will it take to see results? An expectant smile appeared on Liu Zeqing's face.

"My lord, according to the following estimates, it will not take long, at most two months, when someone presents Li Xiao's head to us." Li Huajing said lightly, and in a pair of triangular eyes, two ruthless lights swept by.

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During this time, Li Xiao felt a little strange.

He originally thought that Cui Zeng was gone, and the people behind him would immediately mobilize the people to come to ask for the guilt, but he didn't expect that it was now the end of February, and two weeks had passed, but no one had come to Li Xiao's trouble.

It's as if nothing happened that day.

This strange calm made Li Xiao hesitate a lot. But I don't know what kind of medicine the person hiding in the shadows is selling in the gourd.

Li Xiao didn't want to think about things he didn't understand. After all, it's nothing, it's more important than expanding your own strength.

On February 26, Wu Liang rushed back to report the good news, and he told Li Xiao that after two weeks of material preparation and plant construction, Li Xiao's quarry, brick factory and lime factory in Squa Dog Mountain had begun trial production.

When Li Xiao heard this, he was very pleased, so he was led by Wu Liang to Squatting Dog Mountain to inspect it in person.

Li Xiao and others first came to the quarry and lime factory in the north of the mountain, which were not far apart, and it happened for Li Xiao to inspect them together.

When Li Xiao arrived between the two factories, he saw that both places were dusty, choking people almost unable to breathe, the rumble of the eight-pound hammer smashing the bluestone, the thud of the iron hammer hitting the limestone, the rolling sound of the large lump crushing the lime block, all kinds of sounds mixed together, so that the people who were close at hand could not hear clearly.

A large number of captive laborers who only wore calf nose shorts, **** upper body, and wrapped their mouth and nose with a cloth, in these two venues, they were busy shuttling and did not dare to stop. Now at the end of February, the spring is cold and the cold wind is howling, but every captive laborer who works hard is covered with sand and dust, and large beads of sweat are dripping, which shows how heavy the labor intensity is.

Among the laborers, there were several overseers, who also wrapped their mouths and noses in cloths, and whipped their leather whips at the slow laborers, and from time to time they screamed.

"My lord, according to your arrangement, the students arranged 200 captive laborers in the quarry and 113 captive laborers in the lime factory, and just took these 313 bandits prisoners and all of them settled." Wu Liang was on the side and whispered to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Wu Liang: "Let them stop for a while, and wait for the official to say a few words to these captives." ”

Wu Liang received the order and immediately went down to make arrangements, and soon, the work of the two factories was suspended, and the captive laborers in the two places came to Li Xiao, who stood tall, under the leadership of Gu Fa, the chief head of the quarry, and Zhu Dasheng, the head of the lime factory.

Gu Fa and Zhu shouted, with a few craftsmen selected that day, and wanted to kneel down to pay respects, but were stopped by Li Xiao.

Li Xiao lifted them up, and then praised them separately.

After receiving Li Xiao's praise, all the craftsmen were happy, and their hearts were even more excited.

Then, Li Xiao, who was standing on a protruding rock, looked at the group of captive laborers who were staring at each other and standing silently, and he was very emotional.

He could see that these vicious bandits, who had killed people and set fires without blinking, were now under the deterrence of the squad of spearmen and the whips of the overseers, and they did not have the slightest ferocity of the day, and they all cowered and cowered, but more like a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

What Li Xiao wants is this effect.

Even a group of tigers, once they are in prison and lose their courage, they are no different from sheep. And these disarmed bandits, since the surrender of the day, have been scolded and beaten every day, living under tremendous mental pressure, and to this day, they may be more cowardly than ordinary people.

Li Xiao looked around at these captives, and then said loudly: "Everyone, the factory is open today, and this official has come to visit you. This officer knows that you are all prisoners of the squatting dog mountain bandits who surrendered to our army not long ago, and among you, there are many shameless murderers who killed good people with blood on their hands! Hmph, you bastards, even if you kill them, I'm afraid it will be hard for the people to be angry. But now, for the sake of you all having surrendered, I am willing to give you a way out. The official tells you that the past is not to blame, but from now on, you will definitely change your mind and be a new person. As long as you work hard here and reform well, maybe for a year, or two years, depending on your labor reform, our army can officially accept you as a member of the Chifeng Fortress, and you can settle down in our Chifeng Fort in the future, and you can get a monthly labor salary like other laborers in our fort. If there are more outstanding performers, they can also become soldiers of our army, so as to contribute to our army's conquest, gain fame and reward in the future, and be able to glorify their ancestors and glorify their descendants! ”

After Li Xiao finished saying this long sentence, there was a commotion among the captive laborers below who were originally numb.

Li Xiao saw that on the faces of many people, the eyes that were originally like dead ashes began to have a look of hope and expectation beating.

Li Xiao's remarks were carefully considered.

When people live, they always want to have hope and a way out. Only by having hope can we give full play to our maximum potential, Li Xiao believes that no matter whether there are really any of them who can become qualified soldiers, but with this incentive policy, these people's attitude towards things should be improved a lot.

Subsequently, Li Xiao told Gu Fa and Zhu Dasheng a few words, asking them to take the captive laborers to do things well, and at the same time do a good job of supervision, and both of them agreed not to mention it.

After leaving the quarry and lime factory, Wu Liang took Li Xiao and detoured to the south of the mountain and came to the brickyard here.

Li Xiao saw that at this time, the head of the brick factory was leading more than 200 workers to make brick embryos in the division of labor. These workers, both men and women, were the families of soldiers who were able to work, and Li Xiao treated them the same as those who helped build the city wall, giving each of them a monthly salary of one and a half taels.

More than 60 workers were digging into the clay, and the dark brown clay was flying up and down.

More than 80 workers were trampling the clay and water with their feet to make it a uniform thick mud, and Li Xiao noticed that these thick muds were not stepped on at one time, but almost repeated five or six times.

According to expert research, why the quality of ancient green bricks, whether it is color or pressure resistance, is much better than that of modern Chinese green bricks, the biggest factor is that there are more mud refining processes.

In modern society, brick factories want to make quick money, basically do not have the patience to even and mud, at most turn the slurry once into the kiln to fire, and even do not turn the pulp directly into the clay into the brick embryo to fire the factory are many, and in order to save costs, the firing time is also deliberately shortened, resulting in the current green bricks compared with ancient times, both the quality and appearance are much worse.

Li Xiao saw that after the reconciliation of the brick mud, more than 60 workers began to press the brick embryo with a wooden brick mold, they pressed the brick mud into the mold, compacted it vigorously, and scraped off the residual mud with an iron wire bow, and after the brick embryo was pressed into shape, a layer of fine sand was sprinkled on the ground to prevent the brick embryo from sticking to the ground, and then the brick embryo was deducted from the mold and placed on the sand.

Then, someone else came and collected these brick embryos together, put them into a shady shed not far away, stacked them into a rack, and dried them for storage.

At this time, Liao Quanlu, the head of the brick factory, found the arrival of Li Xiao and his party, and he was detaining the mold in the education of laborers, so he hurriedly patted the clay on his hands, and ran towards Li Xiao quickly while smiling.

As soon as he arrived in front of Li Xiao, he wanted to pay homage, but was stopped by Li Xiao.

"Master Liao is hard, these brick embryos should be dried for a few days before they can be fired." Li Xiao was a little curious.

"My lord, it's not so fast, it takes more than a month later, until the brick embryo is completely dry, before it can be fired in the kiln, so that the green bricks obtained are not easy to crack and deform, so they can be used for a long time." Liao Quanlu explained with a smile.

Li Xiao sighed, and unconsciously felt a serious attitude towards the ancients, and sighed again.

Liao Quanlu then introduced to him that when the brick embryo is completely dried after more than a month, it can be put into the kiln for firing, and it is necessary to use pulverized coal as fuel, and after more than ten days of firing, the brick embryo has been basically sintered. To make green bricks, it is necessary to turn rust in the kiln. The method is to pour the brick embryo at high temperature, seal the vent hole on the top of the kiln with soil, isolate the air, and drink water from the iron on the top of the kiln, so that after the bricks inside are cooled, you can get the best green bricks.

Liao Quanlu knew the production process, but he couldn't explain the principle clearly.

In his previous life, when Li Xiao was in middle school, he had already introduced the principle of making green bricks in his textbooks. He knew that sealing the top of the kiln could make the temperature in the kiln turn into a reducing atmosphere, so that the red high-order oxide of the embryo body would be reduced to a blue-gray low-valent oxide, and the watering was to prevent the low-valent iron in the embryo from being re-oxidized, so that the brick embryo in the kiln could maintain a reducing atmosphere during the cooling process, so that the required green bricks could be made until it was completely cooled.

"Mr. Liao, during this time, let the workers make every effort to make bricks, and when our army builds houses in the fort in the future, it happens to use the bricks made by our army, but it is very good." Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Please rest assured, I will do my best to do my best." Liao Quanlu replied with a smile.