"But." Qin Wang's words changed, "If you dare to expose half a word to the outside of what you are doing here, I guarantee that you have the life to make money, and you have no life to spend!" Qin Forget said with a murderous awe.

The two of them had a sudden heart, they had been in Chicheng for almost a year, and Qin Wang's murderous reputation had long been like thunder, and they remembered that the young lord in front of them, who seemed to be gentle and generous, was a ruthless person, and they didn't even dare to say it at the moment, and Shen Shen also became restrained.

Seeing the nervousness of the two, Qin Forget smiled slightly, "Don't worry, as long as you do things honestly, I guarantee that no one can hurt you, and I will make you a fortune here." Ten years, if you want to go home in ten years, I will let you go home. Qin Forget assured.

Going home, what a luxurious desire for the two of them, Qin Forget made a ten-year appointment with them, at least let them have a hope, both of them were very happy, and couldn't stop thanking them.

"By the way, how did you build that hydraulic forging press?" With the blast furnace, Qin Forget did not forget that hydraulic forging press that could produce three hundred sets of plate armor in one day.

"I just know a rough idea now." Jin Xu's face was full of bitterness, "It's really difficult to do that kind of delicate instrument without drawings, we discussed it for more than a month before we knew the general situation." I'm going to make the blast furnace better first, and then I'm going to work on the hydraulic forging press. ”

"Well, that's fine." Qin Forget pondered, "Can you give me an approximate time, because this involves my Akagi's future external strategy." ”

Jin Xu walked up to Vasily and the two, and after a heated discussion, he walked to Qin Wang's side again, "Half a year, that is, the early summer of next year, it should be okay." ”

"Half a year?" Qin Forget was a little disappointed, feeling that it was too long, but he also knew the truth that he couldn't become a fat man by eating one bite, "Okay, then half a year." You get the blast furnace done first, it's okay if the hydraulic forging press is a little delayed, but the progress must be reported to me at any time. ”

"Yes!" Jin Xu and the three of them said in unison.

"Build as many blast furnaces as you can now, and the more the better. Our Akagi is now short of iron, and the shortage is too serious. Thinking that he still owed the Khitans 30,000 scimitars and 450,000 feather arrows, Qin Forget was a little worried.

There is also a serious shortage of armor in the Akagi army, and the infantry is good to say, there are 9,000 sets of armor of various types that are barely enough. But the cavalry armor was practically not equipped. The new horizontal knives and spears could equip the whole army, but the heavy guns and large iron shields used against the cavalry had to be rebuilt, which was also a huge gap.

"This time I go back, you send a few people to me, I will take it to Chen County, the iron ore over there is easy to mine, plus these blast furnaces, it can produce a lot in a short time. It's just that there are very few iron ore reserves over there, and it won't take long to mine them. How is the road of iron ore, when can we use this treasure? Thinking about the fact that he couldn't use such a large iron mine, the more Qin Forget thought about it, the more aggrieved he became.

"More than ten miles have been completed, and we have 70,000 or 80,000 people on more than 100 miles of mountain roads, and hundreds of places have started construction at the same time, which is much faster. And the drilling machine I said last time found the right steel, which is very easy to use. Jin Xu thought about it and said embarrassedly.

"Okay, it's not slow

。 But it will take ten years to get through, I can't wait so long, I'll put some burden on you this time, five years, five years must be opened for me! Qin Forget stretched out his palm to Jin Xu.

Looking at Qin Wang's appearance, Jin Xu knew that he was also in a hurry to give such a deadline, "I must do it, otherwise the general will behead me." He gritted his teeth and said firmly.

More than a year of intrigue and bloody fighting came to an end, and the Akagi area finally quieted down in the last two months of the three years of Chunhua.

The most prosperous and noisy tea horse market finally closed when the first heavy snow came. All the merchants were evacuated, and the warehouses, warehouses, and docks were all idle. The cornucopia of the tea horse market has finally reached the off-season.

Jin Yan also took advantage of this opportunity to recruit 100,000 small Dingkou in Chicheng at the high price of allocating five acres of land for each Dingkou, and Chicheng and Yexian, which had desperately recruited people everywhere, had a large-scale return for the first time.

Since September, as the weather gets colder, the plague in New South has finally disappeared, but the local population of New South has lost seventy or eighty percent. He was even more ruthless, directly offering the price of ten acres of land per person, and also pulling away 1120,000 people. The two cities of Chicheng and Yexian, which were once overcrowded with more than 400,000 people, suddenly lost half of their population, and they seemed to be much more depressed.

"General, that Gu Feng and Jin Yan are really too much, they have taken away 200,000 people, and now the manpower of several major construction sites will soon be insufficient." Yin Xian, Wang Wen and Wang Ming found Qin and couldn't forget their grievances.

Especially Yin Xian and Wang Ming, a small part of the population of the two counties in Chicheng was brought back by the two of them through hard work and abduction, how do they know that Gu Feng and Jin Yan easily took away 200,000 people, can the two of them be happy?

Qin forgot where he didn't know what they were thinking, in fact, the population of Chicheng and Yexian County was just right now, and there was no shortage of manpower for several major projects, and there were not too many idlers, these people were worried that when the tea and horse market opened again next year, there would be not enough manpower. There is also the fact that the people who were finally brought in were pulled back by Gu Feng and Jin Yan, and they were also a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

"Well, don't be emotional. If they don't take people away, you will keep the 200,000 people? One winter, they had nothing to do, so they had to do something. Last time I talked to Jin Yanchang once, and what he said was very reasonable, we can't always rely on the tea and horse market, so it is inevitable that it will be single. You see, now that the tea horse market is closed, our Akagi's income has been cut by ninety percent all at once. Xinshu and Akagi are not far from the tea horse market, and their agriculture is developed there, which is also a good thing for Akagi. With so many people eating, drinking, and Lazar, we can't all rely on buying from outside, and we really lack a stable grain production base. Qin Forget explained to a few people.

Hearing Qin Forget say this, the few people had nothing else to say, but they all looked unconvinced.

"Okay several, don't talk about that. Everything in the world must follow a law, let's say the tea and horse market, it is open, countless people come to beg for a living, it is closed, they have to go home to do farm work, no one can stop this, whoever stops it, who will be guilty of public anger. Qin Forget added again, "

Wang Ming, how about the fortress built by Ivan. ”

"I've discussed this with that rakshasa ghost, our previous foundation is square, and it's very different from that fortress foundation, and it needs to be rebuilt before it can be used, and it should be able to be handled this winter. And General, are you sure you want to build that fortress? Wang Ming said.

"Why do you ask? Any questions? Qin Forget looked at Wang Ming suspiciously.

"It's fine, it's just too expensive." Wang Ming smiled bitterly, "That fortress is good, but unlike our Han people's square city wall, it is twisted and twisted, and it is half the length of the square city wall in white, and the cost alone is half more." Ivan also planned to build forty arrow towers on the city wall, and his subordinates calculated that the cost of one arrow tower was one thousand taels of silver, which was another forty thousand taels. Moreover, it is necessary to open countless shooting holes in the city wall, and the corridors and hidden soldiers holes inside are the same as the labyrinth, and they are almost half of the cost. Building one fortress is equivalent to building two and a half Han city walls, which is too expensive. ”

After listening to Wang Ming's words, Qin Wangdu gasped, the climate in the north is harsh, the cost of a city is already high, the original cost of the new city wall of Chicheng is three million taels, which is already terrifying, but the fortress costs almost seven million taels of silver, which is indeed a sky-high price, Qin Wangdu hesitated a little.

"I'll just ask you one thing, what the hell is going on with this fortress." After hesitating, Qin Forget asked.

"Solid." Wang Ming said with certainty, "Such a fortress is an all-round defense, giving the enemy a blow from above, on both sides, and even below without dead ends." I can assure you that as long as there are enough supplies, it will be almost impossible for anyone to break this fortress. ”

"Okay, then build it for me!" Hearing Wang Ming say this, Qin Forget gritted his teeth, "Our Chicheng is a place of four wars, there is no danger to defend, and we have offended the powerful Khitan North Courtyard, without a strong city, we will die ugly." Did you know? I've long thought that Akagi wasn't a place to stay for long, but having this fortress would keep us safe for years, and it would be worth the money. We have also earned five million taels of silver in various aspects in the past few months, and we have invested it in, and we will not be able to do it. ”

Wang Ming and the others originally wanted to persuade again, but seeing that Qin Wu was so determined, it was not good to do anything more, so they agreed with a bitter face.

"Don't do that either." Looking at the bitter gourd faces of the three of them, Qin Forget laughed, "Our Chicheng family background is not thick, but there are ways to make money." Jiang Dongchen's private salt business has opened channels, and more than 300,000 taels of silver have been received every month. Chenxian iron ore has been able to be used on a large scale, which is another huge input. There are also more than 30,000 war horses that we have accumulated, and we will definitely not be able to use them all, and we can sell 10,000 outside. The business of Boss Jin and Boss Chen also has 50,000 taels of silver every month, although it is a little less, but no matter how small the flies are, they are still meat. ”

Hearing Qin Forget say this, the three of them were a little relieved.

"In short, development cannot be stopped, and the most important thing for us now is not money, but time. We must get a firm grasp of the Akagi area and Shinshu as soon as possible. Without a stable rear, without strategic depth, everything is empty talk. ”

All three nodded in agreement.