Due to the constraints of communication technology, the news of the defeat of the Wei army only reached Zhi and Xian for a while, and coupled with the blockade and westward advance of the Xian army, other princes such as Liang and Changsun were not aware of the changes in Qian Kun.

Entering November, the weather turned sunny and the temperature plummeted, and the Third Group Army led by Baili Yan led out of Dekang all the way through the wind and waves, rushing forward to take the Central Plains, and the main force of Lu Gao's Second Group Army followed closely behind.

By 18 November, the Third Army had entered Nada County and was confronted with more than 80,000 local reinforcements and civilians. This army was a temporary conscription from the Patriotic Nation in August, and it was seriously undertrained and lacked weapons and armor, and it was intended to hold out on the Eastern Front for a year and a half, during which time it would be supplemented with ordnance drills.

But the result did not hold up for half a month, the Eastern Front collapsed, and the encounter with the Third Army was undoubtedly a catastrophe, under the bombardment of the Xian army's air artillery, 100,000 cavalry swung around, gold, silver and jewels were put in front of them, and this guard army quickly collapsed and surrendered

After that, it captured the nearby garrison Moliang Dacang, repaired for two days and handed over the prisoners to the front army of the Second Army, and the Third Army continued to advance westward, entering Kangjun on November 30.

Since Kangjun, the situation has become special. The battle of the black turban attack of the four counties of Mingtian County, Qiujun, Yuanshan and Dekang to the east of Kang County was occupied by the Xian army, and then most of the population was moved away by Bailiyan, and after the Wei army occupied it, the old people of Sun Guo were moved, and then the population of the Wei Kingdom was supplemented, so the population of these four counties was sparse.

Then, starting from the east of Mingtian County, the Weiguo moved half of the old people of the Sun Kingdom, and added part of the Weiguo population, so the population was larger. However, due to the long-term oppressive policy, there are countless people who have fled for their lives to escape the oppression of migration and patriotism, and there are also mountain bandit forces formed after the remnants of the Black Turban rebels were forced to flee into the mountains and forests by the cruel means of the guards and were not exterminated.

Before the war, Bailiyan had received news from Yuke and Yuncang faction, so he entrusted Yuke to lobby on his behalf to recruit these people.

The army marched westward, and the number of defectors increased day by day, and at first it was only a few hundred or thousands of mountain bandits with their families. By the time they left Kang County, there were more than 60,000 defectors, and when they entered Jingyuan County, the former and current nest of the Black Turban Army, the number of defectors increased sharply.

As soon as the Xian army arrived in various places, the anti-defense forces were instigated and instigated by plainclothes royal guests to attack the guards in the city, and under the combined effect of internal and external pressure, Jingyuan County quickly fell into the hands of the Xian army.

At the same time, the news of the defeat of the Wei army spread all the way to the source city of Liang Guobo. That's right, it is Boyuan City, the fiefdom of Boyuan Jun Jifeng, and the reason why the news reached here is not unrelated to the spreading smallpox epidemic. Due to the spread of smallpox in the capital city of Jinye, the Son of Heaven had no choice but to leave the capital to avoid disaster, so he took refuge in the relatively distant but rich Boyuan City.

A new batch of equipment delivered by Xianguo is being installed and debugged in an orderly manner, and the new factory building that rises from the ground makes the eyes of the Son of Heaven shine, this is the first time that the Son of Heaven has seen a building of the same height as the Son of Heaven, and it is also a building made of bricks and stones. The Son of Heaven then asked his uncle Ji Kang:

"Third uncle, this brick house is so high, comparable to the city wall, and the wall is so thin, it won't collapse."

Ji Feng smiled when he heard the news, and he said:

"This brick house is supervised by the Gong Gong faction, digging more than seven feet of ground, and there are good steel bones in the wall and the beams, which is stronger than the Yongxing City brick house, and the Son of Heaven can rest assured."

"Oh...... That's fine. Let's go, go in and have a look. ”

"Son of Heaven, please."

Led the Son of Heaven into the workshop, a strong smell of engine oil hit him, and the Son of Heaven couldn't help but show disgust:

"Third uncle, what does this mean, so weird."

"This is a kind of oil, non-toxic, smeared on gold and iron can be used for rust prevention. These machines are made of iron, and if they are not coated with oil, they will rust and rot sooner or later. However, please be careful, your majesty, these oils are very dirty, once they are contaminated with precious fabrics, they cannot be washed off, and the crown of the Son of Heaven is worth a thousand gold, so be careful. ”

"Well, the widow understands."

The first batch of equipment supplied to Jifeng was not delivered until the second half of last year, and the third batch of goods visited arrived in September and October. Although the equipment is all "newly produced" machine tools and boilers, it has fallen behind after three years.

Nowadays, Yongxing City is popularizing spindle variable speed machine tools, and has reserved the position of motor and electrical box, which provides upgrade space for upgrading and installing motors and arranging lines in the future.

More equipment was still packed in large wooden boxes that had not yet been opened, so it was not seen how the machine tool worked, and Ji Jikang then led the Son of Heaven to the workshop that had been built but had not yet started.

At this time, there were only three masters sent from outside Yongxing City, who were teaching the apprentice craftsmen of Liang Guo three basic types of work: turning, milling, and planing, and each master was surrounded by ten craftsmen who watched the magic skill of "sharpening iron like clay".

At this time, the Son of Heaven arrived, and the apprentices were dispersed to the side, and the Son of Heaven couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the layers of steel rotating rapidly and turning into shiny iron filings:

"Third uncle, is this the rumored cutting of iron like clay?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty said yes. However, it is not the best machine in front of us, the real first-class machinery has not yet been shipped, and when it arrives next year, it can cut hundreds of kilograms of good iron into large iron rods, which is very remarkable. ”

"Yes, if there really is such a machine in the world, the widow will definitely see it at that time."

"When the minister arrives, he will definitely welcome His Majesty."

Ji Kang nodded and was very diligent, although the Son of Heaven was his nephew, he still had to be called "Your Majesty".

The Son of Heaven stopped for more than two moments, and saw that there were only three machine tools open in the huge workshop, so he couldn't help but wonder about it, so he asked Ji Kang:

"Third uncle, why are so many machines empty without anyone starting?"

"Back to Your Majesty, craftsmen are required to start the machine, and the craftsmen are still learning in Yongxing, and what Your Majesty sees are machine debugging craftsmen sent by Xianguo, not craftsmen who start the machine."

The original agreement clearly stipulated that Xianguo would train 70 boiler workers, 60 lathe workers, 40 millers, 30 planers, 50 stamping workers, 200 fitters, sheet metal workers, 30 surveying, drawing, maintenance and other technical jobs for a period of three years.

Although the draft agreement was signed in 646, the formal agreement and money were not completed until 647, and the people were not sent until 648, so it was not until the beginning of 641 that the return date was completed.

Of course, in terms of the current production technology and technology, it does not take three years to learn turning, milling and planing, and even in modern times, it only takes three months to have the qualification of a junior worker who operates independently.

However, this is relative to the requirements of modern people with a cultural foundation, the current world does not have a rich knowledge system and scientific cognition, Liang Guo selected this group of craftsmen, but also from all walks of life to select the best craftsmen, basically literate, with a certain basic addition and subtraction ability, this alone is already very remarkable at the moment.

After these craftsmen arrived in Xianguo, the advanced technician class trained them in basic cartography and recognition, especially the ability to master simple numbers and basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, which took four months.

After that, you can't directly pull to apprenticeship, you have to go to carpentry to adapt to the drawings, and then turn to fitter production practice, understand the basic modern mechanical knowledge and measurement principles, just such a toss is more than half a year, the second year can be fixed-post training, the cycle of half a year.

After a year and a half, as a laborer, the Xianguo technician master arranged to take Yongxingcheng's apprentices, so half a year later, Yongxingcheng had a group of its own technicians.

But that's not the end of the story, it's just getting started. What these Liang Guo apprentices learned was only ordinary non-variable speed machine tools, and the gearbox variable speed machine tools were placed in a new workshop, which they couldn't receive at all, and they couldn't teach on weekdays, so what they learned was not the most advanced technology.

But soon Ji Feng will soon find that it is not easy to have machine tools and technicians, and there must be raw materials, orders, and cutting tools.

The steel output of Liangguo is almost zero, but some gadgets can be processed with copper, bronze, pig iron and low-quality iron, but the cost is certainly not cheap, and it is really not possible to import Xianguo steel.

The use of quenched steel for cutting soft iron, pig iron and copper products can still be handled, and it is necessary to cut steel parts, and even heat treatment quenched parts, special steels, high-speed steel, and even cemented carbide. Of course, if there is manganese steel heat treatment, it can barely be used, but Liang Guo can't even make carbon steel, manganese steel is a dream.

As for the order, it depends on the creation of the invention and the needs of society, and in a way, the "order" is an abstract concept that cannot be seen or touched. Because there will only be orders if there is demand. The demand comes from the progress and development of production and life, and the progress and development of production and life need "ideas", to be precise, "brain holes".

Liang Guo did not have any social basic education foundation, and obtained the mechanical processing industry overnight, and its market and future technology were blinded, and there was no way out except for imitating the copycat Xianguo.

And imitation also has to have this capital, not even tools, not to talk about manufacturing, not even the basic scientific concept of technological development, how to talk about social development needs, no demand, how to order.

In the end, it could only be reduced to an OEM base outside Yongxing City, Xianguo placed an order, Liang Guo produced according to the order, and any advanced technology and concepts could not be learned. In the final analysis, without basic education and social reform, any advance development is a castle in the air.

While the uncle and nephew were talking and talking, Xiangguo Jia Zhou hurriedly came with a panicked face, as if the sky had fallen.

"Your Majesty's ......"

"Why is Sangkook panicking, what happened."

The Son of Heaven asked, Jia Zhou knew that he was out of shape, and hurriedly restrained the horror on his face, and said cautiously:

"There are many people here, please take a step to speak."

"Come with the widow."

The two came to a no-man's place outside the workshop, and the Son of Heaven asked again:

"Xiangguo, please speak, what happened, could it be that smallpox also occurred in Boyuan City."

"No, it's Wei Guo, Wei Guo was killed by the Xian army on the side of the Sishui River and defeated, losing 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers, and it is reported that about 400,000 people of the Xian army have passed through Mingtian County and are heading to Kang County."

"What's that...... The Guards were defeated, how could this be! Even if the Wei army is defeated, how can it be possible to lose 200,000 or 300,000 horses in one battle, how can the strength of the Xian army be geometric, how can more than 400,000 people be killed in Mingtian County, and whether the news is wrong. ”

The first reaction of the Son of Heaven was that the news was wrong, and Jia Zhou was busy saying in denial:

"Your Majesty, the news is true, it is reported that the Xian army raised more than 1.5 million troops this time, using a very powerful earth-shaking fire, only two days, across the river to kill the corpses of the guards all over the field without leaving a piece of armor, and then the deputy commander of the Xian army Bai Liyan personally led 50,000 troops across the river, encountered the general of the Eastern Expedition of the Wei Army, Du Ruixun, 140,000 soldiers and horses in the rain assault overnight, as a result, Du Ruixun lost 670,000 soldiers and horses, and the Xian army only suffered more than 10,000 casualties, it is said that the Xian army across the river also used new firearms, which is very powerful."

"Xiangguo's words are true!"

"The minister guarantees that there is no mistake in this news."

"This ...... How can this be done, the population of Xian is only 178 million, how can it have an army of 1.5 million. Jia Xiang, where is the news letter? ”

"His Majesty is still in the middle of his life, and His Majesty will know the truth at a glance."

"Immediately set up the palace."

"No!"