Li Yan and Li Mu entered the conference hall, and Li Yan asked, "How is the matter of the war horse?" ”

"If you want a war horse, you have to go to Shanxi people to buy it." Li Mou said: "They traded with the Mongols and the Qing State, and the war horses of the border army were also obtained from them. ”

Li Yan frowned and asked, "Our horses are not good?" "The main thing is that Shanxi is far away, and he doesn't have so much money, there is not enough food to eat, how can he have money to buy war horses.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "I still have to practice, and I don't know if I can practice it." A few of them are old horses, and it won't take more than two years to practice. ”

Li Yan said helplessly: "Then let's practice first, you can't hedge with the enemy, you can chase the enemy and slash and kill." ”

"You don't think you're going to be all right with those cannons, do you?" Li Mu reminded: "Don't believe too much in the role of cannons, when Ma Chaodong and them come back and get out the gunpowder, you will know." Those cannons, it's good if they don't hurt their own people. In the past, it was rumored that the imperial court sent people to inspect the artillery, but no one dared to cast it. In the end, there was still a kind of general, who went up and fired two @ cannons, and the cannons flew up after turning over. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "I know, I'll be careful." Have you seen that firebolt and three-eyed gun, can you still use it? ”

"The Three-Eyed Gun should be okay, but the Fire Gun doesn't know. When you have gunpowder, you will find out when you try it. This kind of firearm is not used on the three sides. Li Mu said.

Li Yan was also speechless, these border soldiers didn't look down on anything except firearms. In their eyes, artillery is something that can be used, and the defense of the city is okay, but they are not optimistic about field battles. However, the firearms were indeed unsatisfactory, they could not be used when it was windy and rainy, and the quality of the work was extremely poor, and they were not inspected, and they were directly issued to the soldiers. The soldiers were also not trained in more detail, and the explosion caused by improper operation also made them have no good impression of firearms.

The matter of firearms and war horses is unreliable for the time being, although Blacksmith Zhou has measured all kinds of data of the Frankie cannon, but he does not know the metal ratio of the bronze cannon. If iron were used completely, the pig iron would be too brittle, the wrought iron would be too soft, and his iron-making furnace would not have such a large capacity that it would not be able to smelt a thousand catties at a time.

Li Yan had no choice but to start another topic and asked, "Have you chosen another place to build a village?" ”

Li Mu asked, "Wouldn't it be better for us to go directly to those Zhuangzi in the east of the city?" The fields and houses were ready-made, and wheat was still planted in the fields, and the thieves did not destroy the fields. ”

"Yang Shoubei and that Huang Zhushi still have families in the city, if we go to get it, there will be a lot of trouble in the future." Li Yan explained: "However, you can send someone to take a look, and when the grain is ripe, we can collect some grain." We don't want him, but we can bring the grain. ”

"Fourth brother, you are so bad." Li Mu said with a smile.

Li Yan was a little strange when he heard this. So he continued to ask, "Have you found the place?" Let's check it out in the afternoon. ”

"Zhao Hugang, it's good there, their village is big enough, and there are many fields around. There are still about a dozen remaining farmers there, and I asked them, and they are all willing to join our team and follow our rules. Li Mu said.

Li Yan thought about it for a while, and the geographical situation of Zhao Hugang came to mind. Zhao Hugang is on the opposite side of the river, and the grange of the Zhou Wangfu is separated by a water, and the surrounding fields are no less than 3,000 acres. The villagers built a large stockade on the hill, but it was not attacked by bandits, but was crushed by taxes. As long as the village is tidied up, Zhaohugang is indeed a good place.

Li Yan nodded and said, "That place is good, close to the river, there is a lot of land, and the location of the village is also good." I have been to Zhao Hugang before, so I don't need to go to see it, let Zhang Yi and them register and make a register, and enclose the land so that other people can be arranged. ”

"Okay, let them do it this afternoon. So much land, but you can't cheapen other people. Li Mu said immediately.

Li Yan didn't pay attention to who this 'other person' was talking about, so he continued: "You have to step up your training here, and you can't slack off. Now that our place is bigger, we need more soldiers. Otherwise, they will not be able to defend these fields, and even if they grow crops, they may be cheaper for the thieves. ”

"That's a problem," Li Mou also agreed, "Shall we build a few piers?" Good news to spread the news. ”

Li Yan immediately vetoed: "Forget it, it's just a waste of money." Just send a few sentinels in the distance, prepare firewood in the stockade, set up a platform, set up a cigarette during the day, and raise a fire at night, which should solve the problem. ”

By the time they were done, it was almost noon. The two brothers walked out of the council chamber and prepared to go to dinner with the soldiers. But as soon as I went out, I saw Qiu Niang waiting outside the door.

"Childe," Qiu Niang saw Li Yan coming out, and hurriedly said, "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" I prepared lunch for you, hand-rolled noodles, rape egg whistle. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you can eat hand-rolled noodles, and I'll go eat multigrain steamed buns with my brothers." ”

Li Yan hurriedly said to Qiu Niang: "No, no, you go back and eat, I'll just go and eat with the brothers." ”

"But, Childe, I brought you all the noodles. I've already eaten it, so you can eat some. Qiu Niang said, and brought out a bowl of steaming noodles from the basket covered with cotton cloth beside her. She was afraid that the noodles would be cold, so she put a blanket in the basket.

"Fourth brother, I'll go first." Li Mu said with a smile and left alone.

And Li Yan, at this time, was blocked by Qiu Niang holding noodles in front and blocked the way. He had no choice but to say, "Okay, let's go, let's go to the house to eat." ”

"Okay, Childe, please." Qiu Niang said happily.

Li Yan was going to take the bowl, hold it himself, and said, "I'll come by myself." ”

"No, there is a slave to serve, son, please." Qiu Niang insisted.

Li Yan had no choice but to walk into the conference hall first.

Behind a corner of the house in the distance, Shi Jincai held a silver hairpin in his hand and watched Qiu Niang and Li Yan enter the conference hall, and then Qiu Niang personally closed the door of the conference hall.

He reluctantly put the hairpin in his hand back into his arms, it has been almost three months, and he still has no chance to give this hairpin to Qiu Niang.

Zhaohugang, a wasteland.

"It's good here!" A middle-aged fat man smiled and said: "There is land and water, take a good look at it, it is the best water to water the ground." ”

"What the manager said is," said one of the attendants, "there are not many people here, and the manager has been looking forward to it for so long, and he can finally eat all the land." ”

Manager Gu waved his hand and said, "This is not right. We are all the prince's family, and eating in the land is also the property of the palace, how can I say that I eat it? ”

The attendant immediately slapped himself in the mouth and said: "The villain said the wrong thing, Manager Gu is the most loyal, where would he forget to do things for the prince." The villain should be beaten, and he should be beaten. ”

"Hahaha, that's still true." Manager Gu said with a laugh.