The small sugar cane is very wide-ranging.

Although Guo Bin reached a consensus with Shi Xie, Zhu Fu and others on a major matter, the follow-up involved not only the work of sugarcane harvesting, but also a series of related matters such as storage and transportation. More importantly, Guo Bin had to send people to Panyu to select the address for the construction of the wharf, to buy land, and to build a series of facilities on the wharf. In his plan, the wharf outside Panyu City should be built into a "modern" wharf similar to the Changshe outside the city that integrates storage, transportation and other functions. In addition, this manor will also recruit shipbuilders and sailors, and it will be a large shipbuilding factory in the future, and it will become a base for training sailors for Guo Bin Group.

The manufacture of ships here can start with transport ships, and then with the maturity of technology and the continuous enrichment of experience, the manufacture of warships will also be carried out. Of course, Guo Bin is well aware of the role of iron warships in water warfare, and also knows the superiority of steam engine ships, but now not only is the steam engine technology still invisible, but even the output of steel is not enough to support the installation of warships made of steel.

Guo Bin talked to Sima Hui, Ma Jun, and others about the working principle of the steam engine before going south, and also put forward the idea of providing a steady stream of power to the machine through piston motion, so the rest is a matter of design and testing. For the research and development of the steam engine, Guo Bin set a very high reward, not only the patent fee generated by his subsequent production expansion and the high bounty taken out by the Yingchuan official, but also the possibility of being promoted and then becoming an official. With Guo Bin's current status and identity, it is as easy as eating and drinking to promote someone to an official.

However, it is now more urgent for others to feel the importance of increasing steel production. Guo Bin wanted to arm his standing 2,000 officers and soldiers, but it was an out-and-out joke for the meagre steel production in Yingchuan County.

Of the 2,000 officers and men under his command, 700 were the core and the most combat-effective troops. These people were the first to follow Guo Bin, and they were the henchmen who followed him into the mountains to hunt in Fulong Villa. Later, at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, when Qianman besieged Yangzhai County, they were once incorporated into Zhao Yun's command and became the core combat force of Yangzhai's defense war. Later, Guo Bin captured Qianman, and the siege of Yangzhai was lifted, and these people followed Guo Bin to participate in the Battle of Changshe. After that, Guo Bin fought in the south and north in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, leveling Guangzong, beheading the Qiang envoys, blocking Xianbei Dashan Yu Helian, and his hands were always these 700 elites as the main force.

In addition, Guo Bin also had a Yue cavalry battalion of more than 1,000 people he recruited and personally trained outside Luoyang City when the Yellow Turban Rebellion first started. Although these people were temporarily recruited, they all participated in the defense of Yangzhai, and after the war, they were put into Yangzhai by Guo Bin and handed over to Chen to be trained strictly. They have been on the battlefield, but they are not particularly experienced, and after the war, they have been subjected to extremely rigorous military training from Chen Zhi, and they are the most numerous troops under Guo Bin. Although these people could ride horses, their riding skills were really worrisome, so they could not become cavalry, so they could only ride into the battlefield and then dismount to fight.

In addition to these more than 1,700 people, Guo Bin also has a special force of about 300 people, which was formed by the people from the rivers and lakes who besieged Guo's Mansion in Beijing at the beginning. These people were originally led by Guan Yu, and they conducted secret training in the northern mountains of Yangzhai City. Later, Guo Bin went north to Beijing, and they were all handed over to Zhao Yun to be in charge of command. This unit once made great achievements in the defense of Yangzhai, and was the most elite and mysterious unit in Guo Bin's hands.

However, it was only at this time that Guo Bin really understood the embarrassment of insufficient steel production. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, but now there are only less than 2,000 horse infantry troops, and Guo Bin can't support it. To feed this army, in addition to food, the biggest expense is probably equipment.

The 1,000-person Yue cavalry battalion is a regular army in the imperial court, in order to arm them, Guo Bin really tried his best from He Jin at the beginning, and only then did he equip everyone with spears, as for the ring head knife, although He Jin also gave some, but it was far from the extent of matching. However, Guo Bin had to admire the manufacturing technology of the imperial court's ring head knife, although this knife could not reach the sharpness of blowing hair and breaking hair, and it was far from the sharpness of the Zhongxing sword, but if it was used to cut against the ordinary iron sword, the iron sword would be a gap when it landed.

It's not that Guo Bin is worried about money and doesn't want to equip his subordinates with well-equipped equipment, but he still has many concerns at the beginning. Not to mention the making of iron armor and sluggers, it is also the making of ring swords, which is very thought-provoking.

At this time, although the imperial court did not explicitly prohibit the people from carrying military blades, the control of iron tools was extremely strict, especially the circulation and export of iron tools. In the Han Dynasty, all iron-producing counties had iron officials, and even counties that did not produce iron had to set up small iron officials at the county level. The smelting of iron, the production and sale of iron products, are all under the jurisdiction of the Iron Official.

Therefore, in the past, although Guo Bin had the intention to equip his soldiers with a large number of iron products, after equipping hundreds of people, he found that the little iron tools in the county's inventory were not enough. In the battle of Yangzhai, most of what the soldiers held in their hands was nothing more than spears with iron heads.

It's not that iron can't be bought, in this era when as long as you have money, you can even buy official positions, and the various systems have actually been relaxed a lot. But after all, although Guo Bin is quite bold, he is extremely cautious, especially when he doesn't want to give people a handle on these things when his foothold is unstable. Therefore, after having a batch of ring-headed knives from He Jin when the Yue Cavalry Battalion was formed as a supplement, Guo Bin did not compete in this steel.

It's just that the situation is different now, and now Guo Bin, as the county guard of Yingchuan, leads the Xianbei Zhonglang general, and has the power to open accounts and establish a government, and has completely gained a firm foothold. Today, he is undoubtedly an important minister of the court, a minister who guards one side for the court, and a pillar of the country. In addition, he, the general of the Broken Xianbei Zhonglang, can also have up to 2,000 guards, which is specially written on the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, and it is also a special reward for Guo Bin's merits. However, in order to reduce financial expenditures, what was not stated in the holy decree was that the 2,000-strong guards needed to be recruited by Guo Bin himself, and all the expenses for raising troops on weekdays had to be borne by Guo Bin.

This made a very cheap deal in the heart of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, but gave Guo Bin the privilege of forming an army freely. The so-called whom's salary is given to whom, and the guards that have been formed only listen to Guo Bin alone. Not only that, because it was necessary to equip this guard, Yingchuan County, to be precise, Guo Bin's shogunate, had the power to make its own military equipment. Some people say that it is only the weight of 2,000 people at most, so what is the big deal? However, what is written on paper only exists on paper, but there are many changes in actual implementation.

Yingchuan County is not a large iron-producing county, only there are small iron officials in each county, try to ask these petty officials who are humble and light, and have almost become officials, who dares to care about Guo Bin's affairs? Moreover, even if more armor or blades are made, a sentence can be used to replace them, and the past can be prevaricated, and this reason is also dignified and justifiable.

However, despite the power, Guo Bin had to be constrained by the lack of steel production. In the past, there were many concerns, but now that the name is justified, it is time to start thinking about the expansion of steel production. It's just that he suddenly got the news of Dong Feng, so he hurriedly packed his bags and went south to find someone. From the time he was named the Yingchuan County Guard and returned to Yangzhai to the south of Jiaozhou, there was only a month in between. During this period, he was still familiar with the situation in various places, but where did he have time to deal with the steel problem?

Of course, if we look at the trend of the situation in history, the whole world will not be unstable until the death of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and the central government will not be unstable when the power is handed over, and then such things as Dong Zhuo's abolition will happen, and the world of the entire Han Dynasty will really begin to be completely turbulent. Now calculated, there are still a few years before this time, and I don't know if the situation in the world will change after adding the influence of Guo Bin's butterfly wings.

Guo Bin discussed with Shi Xie, Zhu Fu and others only a general intention, whether it is to purchase sugarcane, choose a suitable location to build a sugarcane plantation, or find a place to build a wharf and manor on the beach outside Panyu City, it is not something that these people can complete by drinking and chatting at the banquet. This series of work requires strict research and careful investigation, and not all the specific things here do not understand, so after the general direction is set, the following things will be handed over to the people under them to do. Guo Bin had already sent the news back to Yangzhai through the pigeon station set up at one station, and he thought that it would not be too long before the people sent by Xi Zhicai would rush to Jiaozhou.

At that time, there will be Zhu Fu in the official face, the support of the people and the scholars, and a set of methods for cooperation with local wealthy families that have been formed since the establishment of Fulong Villa, I think this matter will soon be on the right track. However, whether it is the site selection for the construction of sugarcane plantations, the construction of wharves and shipyards, these can be postponed, and the key is how to transport sugarcane safely and quickly to Yingchuan and put everything into operation. As long as things are on the right track, no matter what happens next, you just need to adjust it on the fly.

Therefore, Guo Bin stayed here and did not leave, the purpose was also to organize the transportation work that was about to be launched. Collecting ships, recruiting sailors, and arranging sailings, there are too many things to count, and there must be someone who can take charge of it himself. However, the people who can take on the heavy responsibilities under his command are all far away in Yingchuan, and they have their own division of labor, and there is no one to transfer between the emergencies, so Guo Bin has to temporarily act as a coolie.

Of course, the affairs of Jiaozhou are very important, and it is not appropriate if there is no intimate person who sits in Panyu for a long time and controls the overall situation. Therefore, Guo Bin decided that Guo Jia would take the lead and let the former Yellow Turban general He Man lead an army of 300 to accompany him. Guo Jia is now exactly fifteen years old, with his reputation in history, and followed the drama Zhicai for nearly two years, and followed Guo Bin directly participated in several wars, whether it is the understanding of Guo Bin's policies and strategic vision, or the ability to deal with government affairs, it can be regarded as top-notch.

Besides, he is now fifteen years old, and it is time to release him to experience the experience. Although the matter in Jiaozhou is serious, Guo Bin has already laid a good foundation for him, thinking that with Zhu Fu and Shi Xie to take care of him, and Wang Yue is close at hand, and He Man leads the army to support, with Guo Jia's ability, it can be done. After he has been trained for four or five years, he will send someone to replace him and transfer him back to Yingchuan, which can be of great use.