Chapter 52: Ordnance Division
Li Wenyuan frowned when he heard this: "Your Liu Lang will be unjustly killed?" What do you mean by that? ”
The master book said: "Chief, my general has been guarding Wuwei County for several years, and he has never put down his martial arts practice every day, and his body is very bone-boned. A few days ago, he led his troops to inspect the Great Wall, fought a battle with a group of Turkic bandits, and won a victory. No matter how you look at it, it's impossible to die of a violent illness. ”
Li Wenyuan asked: "Then you tell me the details, Liu Su died of a violent illness before and after the matter is explained to me in detail." Then he took the master book to a secluded corner and sat down, letting his guards scatter around to prevent others from eavesdropping.
"Back to the manager, after the victory of my Liu Lang that day, Li Liang, who temporarily stayed to guard Wuwei County, proposed to hold a banquet in the victory wine shop in the city to celebrate, Liu Lang will be able to keep Liangzhou safe for several months after defeating the Turkic bandits, and he is happy to readily promise. In the evening, Li Liang and Liu Lang will sit at one table, and the rest of the officers will sit at the remaining table. During the banquet, Li Liang used various rhetoric to persuade Liu Su to drink, and Liu Su did not doubt him, so he drank it all. Soon he was already drunk, and was supported by his own soldiers to go back to the barracks to rest. I didn't like that kind of occasion, so I got up and took my leave, and went back to the barracks with me. On the way, Liu Su vomited a few times, and went to the toilet because of abdominal pain, and kept shouting that it was very hot and wanted to take off his clothes. After returning to the camp, Liu Su fell asleep on the collapse, and his face was still in pain, which was probably caused by abdominal pain. After settling Liu Su, I came out of the camp, returned to my house, and continued the work I had not finished today, until late at night, when I fell asleep on the table in a sleepy state. The next day, I saw that it was already three poles old, and I had not yet seen Liu Su leave the camp, so I went with my own soldiers to call him up. Unexpectedly, at this time, Liu Su was already out of breath. The master bookkeeper said after sorting out his thoughts a little.
"Did you ask for an autopsy?" Li Wenyuan asked.
"Please, but I said it was a strange disease, and there was no sign of poisoning." The master shook his head.
"Let me guess, is it no longer in the city? Is it dead or gone? Li Wenyuan said with a smile.
"I don't know if I'm alive or dead, and my whereabouts are unknown." The master bookkeeper looked at Li Wenyuan in surprise and said.
"Li Liang does things well, it's too difficult to grasp the handle, I know about this matter, I will check it carefully." Li Wenyuan comforted the master and said.
Unexpectedly, the master bookkeeper knelt down directly and said: "The general manager is righteous, I am deeply favored by Liu Su's promotion, so I didn't die in front of the battle as a small soldier, and now Liu Su has died unjustly. Thank you for listening to me, and in the future, I will know everything I know, and I will say everything. ”
Li Wenyuan hurriedly pulled up the main book and asked, "As the head of one party, I am responsible for the affairs of the party, and this is my responsibility. Speaking of which, there is indeed a matter of searching, do you know that if you say that a large number of craftsmen are hiding to strike iron, there is any place near Wuwei County? ”
The master bookkeeper lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and said: "Wuwei County is bordered by the Great Wall in the north, and there are often large armies and merchants walking around, so there is no hiding from anyone and residence, let alone the kind of blacksmithing place where a large number of craftsmen are located. Crossing the Shiyang River in the west of the city, you can enter the Qilian Mountains, although you can hide people, but it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to transport ore and coal, and it is difficult to hide people's eyes and ears. To the south of the city are the official roads, old roads and small roads leading to the interior, and there is nowhere to hide. Then the Tengger Desert to the east of the city remains. ”
"Desert? What to do with the man's drinking water, wrought iron? Is it necessary to rely on the outside to transport it in? Li Wenyuan frowned and said.
"There are sometimes starmeteorite iron ore in the desert, and I remember that there was a moon lake in the desert recorded in the previous books, and the water of the lake was clear enough to support iron smelting." The master said.
"And where have you been?" Li Wenyuan asked.
"That's not true, how dare you go deep in the sea of sand, and those who don't know the nature of the sand are afraid that there will be no place to go." The master book shook his head like a rattle.
Li Wenyuan nodded and said, "You go, I have my own plans." ”
The chief bookkeeper Shi Li left and reported to Xue Renyue. Li Wenyuan sat on the chair, his eyes slightly closed, and his brain was spinning rapidly. Now is not the next generation, the production of armor is completely hand-made, and the output will not be too high. If Li Liang had the heart to be self-reliant, he would definitely have to prepare early and hoard weapons and armor. The Western Regions can easily draw out 100,000 young and strong people to form an army, and it can not affect the food output of the people. However, the entire Western Regions of the imperial court is seventy or eighty thousand border troops, even if all of them are collected in their own hands, there is still a shortage of 30,000 people of ordnance and materials.
Now that Liu Su is dead, Li Liang has secret talks with the Turks, and all places are collecting money for Li Rail, but there is no evidence in his own hands that can directly cause Li Rail's death. Li Liang did things seriously, and did not leave a little tail. Now that we have no choice but to start from the place where the ordnance was made.
Thinking of this, Li Wenyuan explained some things to Xue Renyue, asked him to do it when he had time, and returned to the camp with the guards and found Zhang Juntai.
"Juntai, everything has been arranged?" Li Wenyuan said.
"General, it's all arranged, today the soldiers stopped training for a day and went to play separately." Zhang Juntai said with a smile.
"Well, I promise them a good rest. These soldiers are really good, thanks to you. Li Wenyuan said.
"When the general told me this last time, he asked me to lead my troops to cooperate with the general in a play. This time it's the same rhetoric, what do you want me to do? Zhang Juntai said with a smile.
"Juntai, you send me all the scouts in our army to the Tengger Desert, find me where there are a large number of convoys driving into the desert, if so, find him for me, follow him, and find a route into the hidden iron-striking place near the Moon Lake." Li Wenyuan saw that Zhang Juntai saw through his thoughts, so he was no longer hypocritical, and said directly.
"The general attaches so much importance to this small place in the middle of nowhere, could it be said that this is Li Liang's ordnance department?" Zhang Juntai frowned and said.
"I'm not sure right now, but nine times out of ten it should be. This is the only place where we can open a breakthrough now, and we must not go wrong. Li Wenyuan nodded in certainty.
"Don't worry, general, this time I will personally lead the team to investigate." Zhang Juntai nodded and said.