"Bang. Bang. From time to time, the nervous Dong Zhuojun firearms soldiers would fire in the direction of the corpses of the soldiers. They always think that those people will move, but the good thing is that in many cases this is not the case, and their situation will become much more favorable.

The remains of the fallen are still hung on the barbed wire. It was the body of a soldier who had been hit.

In front of the barbed wire, there were many corpses of soldiers lying on the ground, and they were in various postures. But Dong Zhuojun just didn't go out of the trenches, and there was a slight movement, and many people had to pick up weapons to shoot.

By the end of the battle, nothing could be seen clearly, because the speed of the fire was too fast, too much, and ** smoke was enveloped for a long time. It was only after a ceasefire that they heard the cries of wounded soldiers. **Sound. They simply could not withstand such a long period of torment. But Dong Zhuo's military will not attack, they are worried about losing their positions again. They would rather hide in the trenches and shoot, and they would not go out.

The third line of defense was held. And Dong Zhuojun didn't have only a few casualties. Those were caused by the explosion of their firearms due to the speed of operation. The battlefield was in shambles.

and inside the state barracks.

"Bang." Lu Bu threw his halberd on the ground. His halberd was bent by the direct impact of the flying cannonballs. The spear in front was also knocked off by bullets. Obviously, the weapon is also useless.

The iron shield was beaten with potholes. It was covered with all sorts of bullets. They were all firearms. Lu Bu knew exactly what that meant. If he didn't have a shield, his life would be lost.

"Help, help me." The wounded and sick dragged back from the battlefield in the distance cried out loudly. But the doctors couldn't do anything, the wound couldn't be treated, and some people's intestines were leaking out. But the doctor had no choice but to watch.

"Brother, brother, give me a moment, give me a good time. Give me a good time. It hurts so much. It hurts to death. The wounded soldier kept crying. But no one did it. Most people bowed their heads.

At the time of the attack, there were still many of them, but now, most of the people around them are gone.

"Woooooooo Whining. Some of the soldiers who survived wept in low voices, the battle was too tragic. Before he got close to the opponent's positional line, he was beaten and couldn't raise his head. A lot of people simply couldn't go on the offensive. Even if there is a shield, there is no way, and the large iron balls that fly are actually cannonballs, which can pierce several people at once. The time of death was particularly tragic. A lot of people were scared silly. The good brother who was still on the side just now, but the big iron ball turned into a pile of rotten meat. Behind is a bloody road. That kind of despair, helplessness, is simply not a situation that they can accept.

"Ugh." Lu Bu kicked the shield away in annoyance. For them, the bullets can withstand it, the density is much greater than before, but they can still impact. Annoyed by the barbed wire, stained. Can't get rid of it, cut it constantly. It's too soft. The more they struggle, the more annoying and immobile they become, and many people are beaten into a sieve alive when they struggle.

Lu Bu carefully touched his tiger's mouth. This is caused by shells. He used his halberd to try to knock the big iron balls back. It's a pity that he completely underestimated the iron balls, it seems that their speed is not fast, but the power generated is so great that his weapon is beaten like that. And the tiger's mouth was also opened. Especially the enormous power that comes with those iron balls. Lethality. It's not humanly something that can be stopped at all.

Lu Bu saw with his own eyes two soldiers holding the same shield as himself who tried to block the iron ball, and then, he felt that the two soldiers were extremely miserable and killed. And the shields are flying everywhere, which is definitely not a situation they can endure. Such a situation is definitely not something they can bear.

It's bad, it's terrible. It's so bad that they themselves feel that they can't stand it at all. It's definitely something they can't stand anymore. Lu Bu thought so.

The screaming stopped. Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward and made a move, and came towards the other party's neck. The reason for this is because of the fear in their hearts, a sense of fear that a great power to face, a situation that cannot be handled. Lu Bu considered himself very brave. He should be afraid of nothing, especially on the battlefield. But I don't know when. Lu Bu suddenly felt very scared. He didn't even know why.

Such a sense of fear is caused by an unprecedented force. This fear is unbearable for even themselves. It's just that they don't admit it on the surface.

Chang'an, since the Eastern Han Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, Chang'an has become much more withered. The palace lacks repair and has a dilapidated feel. There are many people in Chang'an, but compared with Luoyang, there are still many less.

But recently Chang'an is starting to show some vibrancy. And all this is from Hedong merchants,

"It's time to eat. It's time to eat. A woman shouted loudly in her own voice, and many female workers stopped what they were doing and gathered, and then took out their own dishes and chopsticks to eat.

Ordinary people don't have such a thing as lunch. But the female workers near Chang'an came for this meal.

They work in a craft yard. Make uniforms, bags or something. If you do it quickly and more, you will have a bonus of two dollars. That's a lot of money. You know, you may not have such a good harvest when you farm the land. And most importantly, if they can keep working for a full month. In the second month, they would be given 20 to 35 pounds of corn each. With such a bag of grain, it is possible to feed two more people. This is very important to ordinary people.

"Sisters, hurry up and eat, it's good to work after eating. In today's meal, there is also meat. This is a reward for the results of our recent work. An eldest sister stood up and said.

Many people nodded and quickly ate the meat. Of course. There are also some people who will have some leftovers from their meals.

The handicraft yard is full, and if one person eats enough, they can take some home, which is another meal. So, the female workers won't eat it all, they will take home a bowl. In order to let his men or children have a bite to eat.

And the merchants of Hedong do not account for these. Because they know very well that the more this is the case, the more capable these female workers are, and the fifteen of them are equivalent to the workload of a whole day of mechanical work. In contrast, the cost of a machine is as high as 1,500 yuan. The cost is still relatively large. In Hedong, food is not valuable, and they can only spend seven or eight hundred yuan at most to keep them fed. You can also take away the balance. On top of that, they also have meat, and putting some canned food in it will make them happy for a while, and most importantly, they can do it for a long, long time. The profits from manufacturing are also very large.

In addition to the workshops here, there are both inside and outside Chang'an City. There are many large and small that no one has calculated, in short, many people come here to work, and after working for a year, they work more than they work on the land for a year, which is too cost-effective for many people.

There is too much cheap labor here in Guanzhong. The logistical needs of Dong Zhuo's army directly gave rise to a lot of military orders, and many Hedong people directly set up handicraft workshops here, and gathered some people to gather here to work, so that they could produce on a large scale. It's for them. That's a high profit.

In addition to military uniforms, there are also military shoes. Boots, military uniforms in winter. Of course. There are also dangerous ammunition workshops. It's a little more dangerous there, but it's more profitable. In short, the arrival of these factories is a great progress and brings a lot of jobs.

But this is only a manual workshop, not a factory yet. Because of the relative simplicity of management, the factory is still the same kind of barbaric development. But the employment relationship has been settled, which is a good way out for farmers who are out of agricultural production.

This is kind of a bud. And such a sprout was brought by Hedong merchants.

The reason why they are Hedong merchants instead of Guanzhong is mainly because the merchants in Hedong are from the Republican Army, and Dong Zhuo adopts a low tax or even tax-free policy for Hedong merchants in order to curry favor with the Republican Army. And the local merchants, they take high taxes. Because the local merchants brought financial revenue, while the Hedong merchants brought what they needed.

This kind of differential treatment made the local businessmen very dissatisfied, but they could only express their dissatisfaction, but they could not oppose Dong Zhuo, after all, they still had a certain profit.

At the time of the establishment of the artisanal workshop, another industry was also developing, that is, the transportation industry. Many Guanzhong men used wheelbarrows to transport ammunition and logistical supplies to Dong Zhuojun, and the hired people were Hedong merchants, and their ability was too great.

Some people will specialize in buying second-hand trolleys, and the wheelbarrows that have been eliminated in the territory of the Republican Army have become the biggest help.

Dong Zhuojun relied on these second-hand wheelbarrows to complete his logistics supply, of course, these were contracted by Hedong businessmen, and they were still very satisfied with this way of packaging and contracting.

It can be said that Dong Zhuo's army, which was faced by the state soldiers, was a contracted Republican army logistics system that was jointly confronted by Dong Zhuo. In the face of such an opponent, they had to lose.

However, the merchants of Hedong did not use their brains to copy all of them, because they used to be used in Hedong, Hexi, and Bingzhou. Now that they are used in Guanzhong, as long as they keep copying, a lot of money will come to them, which is very easy.