In October of the first year of Tianhe, Yang Shouliang, the envoy of Shannan Xidao Jiedu, repeatedly recruited Tian Lingzi's adopted son Wang Jian to go to Xingyuan, but Wang Jian was worried about being victimized by him and did not comply.

At the suggestion of Zhou Zhen, the Sicang of Longzhou, Wang Jian recruited 8,000 soldiers, attacked Langzhou along the Jialing River, and defeated Yang Maoshi, the assassin of Langzhou, and proclaimed himself the defense envoy of Langzhou, and recruited troops and horses in Langzhou to expand his strength, and under the persuasion of his generals, he went to the Luoyang court and adhered to the righteous name of respecting the royal family.

And after Zhao Fan received the news, he didn't have too many ideas, although he had some scruples about Wang Jian, but under the persuasion of the ministers of the court, he didn't make much action.

Let's not say that it is difficult to save the fire from afar, even if it is aimed at Wang Jian at this time, the effect is not very great, but it will attract his hatred.

So at the suggestion of Du Rangneng, Zhao Fan canonized Wang Jian as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, while Chen Jingxuan, the former envoy of the Xichuan Festival, refused to obey the edict and strengthened the territorial defense in case of accidents.

Of course, Zhao Fan didn't really want to give Xichuan to Wang Jian, he just wanted to show the people of the world, as long as they were loyal to the Luoyang court, the court would naturally not treat them badly, but secretly, Zhao Fan asked Wei Zhaodu to secretly write a secret letter to Chen Jingxuan, the general content is not I want to give Xichuan to Wang Jian, it is Wang Jian, this kid, asked to be the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, you have to be careful, his godfather was killed by you.

Zhao Fan's commotion not only calmed Wang Jian's heart, but also gave Chen Jingxuan a wake-up call, in order to prevent Wang Jian, a little rabbit cub, from stealing chickens, Chen Jingxuan deployed a large number of troops in Lutouguan and Hanzhou, Sheshan, and Deyang.

This completely changed the fate of Wang Jiancheng as the king of Shu, and now he can only retreat in the Langzhou area, training his big soldiers every day.

And Gu Yanlang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, happened to be in the same army as Wang Jian, and the private relationship was also very good, so he didn't have to worry that Wang Jian would be eaten by Chen Jingxuan, which temporarily formed a delicate balance.

In the east, although Qin Zongquan was defeated and retreated under Zhu Wen's blow, his strength still existed, and the two sides fought back and forth, and they were very happy.

In the north, Li Keyong's son Li Keyu attacked Zhaoyi Jiedu to make Meng Fangli, and defeated the Meng army at Liulipo, captured the generals Ma Shu and Yuan Fengtao, and occupied most of Meng Fangli's territory, and Meng Fangli not only did not want to forge ahead, but instead doubted his generals, and finally the soldiers were separated and no longer obeyed his military orders.

Meng Fangli was desperate, but he chose to commit suicide by drinking, and after his brother Meng Qian took over, he chose to surrender after a little resistance, and since then the entire territory of Zhaoyi has fallen into the hands of Li Keyong.

At this time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty began to gradually become clear, and after a round of mutual annexation, some weak feudal towns left one after another, leaving only a few powerful and strong warlords.

And these big warlords, no one dares to act rashly for the time being, pointing fingers at Zhao Fan in Luoyang, putting aside the name of righteousness, Luoyang's hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops are not muddy.

After Zhao Fan crossed over, the butterfly's wings began to stir slowly, many things happened in advance, and the trajectory had begun to change gradually.

In Luoyang City, after various repairs, the old capital of the past slowly began to have some of the momentum of the imperial capital, majestic and magnificent.

Under the guidance of Liu Menghan, not only rebuilt the outer wall, but also dug a moat four or five meters wide outside Luoyang City, wrapping the entire Luoyang City in it.

And all the building materials are made of new materials invented by Zhao Fan - red bricks.

Speaking of red bricks, Zhao Fan inadvertently talked to the old man in his family in his previous life and learned this earthen kiln method.

Put the clay into a rectangular mold, then press it hard, then put it under the sun to dry, and finally stick the mud bricks together, stuff the coal soil mixed with coal in the middle, build an earthen kiln, leave a ventilated passage in the middle, and finally add wood under the earthen kiln, ignite the coal soil in the earthen kiln, and after a few days of burning, the red bricks will be made.

Compared with the green bricks used in the Tang Dynasty, the advantages of red bricks are extremely obvious, with low energy consumption, large output and low cost, although they are not as durable as green bricks, but they are cheaper.

Not only the construction of Luoyang City used red bricks, but even the houses where the Tuntian army lived also used red bricks in large quantities, after all, compared with the previous thatched houses, the houses built of red bricks and lime are too safe.

For a time, under the rule of Luoyang, there was smoke from the kiln everywhere, but fortunately there was no environmental protection department in this era, otherwise Zhao Fan would have been punished to bankruptcy.

The development of red bricks not only brought great convenience to the people under the rule of Luoyang, but also greatly stimulated the development of the coal industry.

Zhao Fan made a lot of money because of the two things of red bricks and coal, and countless wealth went crazy to Zhao Fan's pocket, and Tangbao Industry also unexpectedly expanded, from the very beginning of the furniture industry, began to involve the real estate construction industry and the energy industry......

And Liu Menghan also admires Zhao Fan, this man's whimsy is about to make her feel like a fool.

He can always come up with something inexplicable, which is not only unheard of and unseen, but also unusually simple and practical.

Under Liu Menghan's call, hundreds of Mo family disciples came to Luoyang City one after another to help Zhao Fan build Luoyang City and develop all kinds of strange things.

The only regret is that the research and development of the barrel has not made any progress so far, and under the cooperation of Liu Menghan and Joey and the guidance of Zhao Fan, although they tried many methods, they still failed to complete the goal in the end.

Either the drill is crooked, or the drill is not deep enough, or it can't be drilled at all... It seems that it is really not so easy to realize the replacement of firearms in the troops.

And what made Zhao Fan feel the most crisis was that under the demonstration of the Mandate of Heaven Army, many feudal towns also began to use gunpowder weapons on a small scale in wars. In Qin Zongquan's army, there were weapons similar to thunderstorms, and Zhu Wen quickly made the same gunpowder weapon after suffering a few small losses, although the power was not as good as those used by the Heavenly Mandate Army, but it was enough to give Zhao Fan a wake-up call.

The wisdom of the ancients is really not to be underestimated.

(End of chapter)