As soon as spring began in March, the warm and cold weather gradually melted the winter snow, and then the large-scale construction in the winter, the people of Shanglinyuan put themselves into preparing for spring ploughing.

On the banks of the Tang River all winter, trucks after trucks loaded with newly built farm tools were transported to the various towns of Shanglinyuan.

Lin Yuyan does not have a mansion in Shanglin Yuan, although the garrison barracks of the Yulin Army have been built, and Lin Yuyan has also left a separate courtyard, but far east of the water, Lin Yuyan wants to stay in the foundry, so he lives in the foundry.

Ma Jun is a rare master, this person's understanding of the institution, so that Lin Yuyan is also surprised, often Lin Yuyan said a general appearance, Ma Jun is able to immediately understand the meaning of Lin Yuyan, so as to create.

[Divine Arm Crossbow] has been improved by Ma Jun, has been weight, stable, and has made different progress in range, and now the Divine Arm Crossbow is only more than 20 catties of weight, with a range of more than 440 steps, and within 300 steps, it can penetrate the bronze armor, causing casualties, and now it has entered the stage of mass production.

However, due to the fact that the [Divine Arm Crossbow] has too many fine parts that need to be crafted by hand, this output is not high.

In addition, Ma Jun's [Twelve Forging] skills have made Lin Yuyan decide to start slowing down the construction of Shanglin Yuan's agricultural tools and start to invest in the construction of Yulin Army's armament.

As early as the end of the first month, Lin Yuyan rushed to the canyon in Fangcheng Mountain where oil was found, and brought flint copper basins and other materials, just to experiment with the oil-like substances found in the upstream tributaries of the water, which are not flammable.

Facts have proved that Lin Yuyan has come to the right place, and the Lingnan land where Daqin is located is a land rich in oil.

Lin Yuyan found grease in the depths of the Fangcheng Mountain Gorge, but because there are not many grease floating objects on the river, the purity of the oil here is not very high, although it is flammable, but the flame is fleeting.

It's better than nothing, although it can't be used immediately, but such a discovery has brought a surprise to Lin Yuyan after all.

Immediately, Lin Yuyan ordered the tributaries upstream of this water to find the oil outlet.

At the beginning of March, Qi Sen, the master of the 100 workshops, has successfully developed a "thin as a minute" [copper plate decoration technique] according to Lin Yuyan's needs.

Lin Yuyan took the small bronze ornament in his hand and looked at it carefully.

That's right, this Qi Sen's bronze skills are indeed admirable, and they have already achieved Lin Yuyan's expected effect.

"Can this thing be molded?" Lin Yuyan looked at Qi Sen and asked.

Qi Sen nodded and said, "Yes, but you still have to forge and hammer to leave the word mark and ornamentation on the copper plate." ”

"Be sure to be more refined and make it from pure bronze." Lin Yuyan instructed.

"Your Highness, this kind of [copper plate decoration technique] is very complicated, and it is okay to do less, but according to His Highness's orders, tens of thousands of pieces must be recorded, I am afraid that the cost is not small......"

Lin Yuyan waved his hand and said, "Don't dwell on this, what you want is very complicated and expensive." ”

Immediately, Lin Yuyan picked up the drawings that were placed on the table, handed them to Qi Sen and said: "This is the copper plate pattern to be cast, the outer picture is inside, the front is written [Great Qin Prosperity], and the back is carved with the pattern of mountains and rice ears, is it difficult?" ”

Qi Sen took the drawing, looked at it for a while, and said, "Yes, but the problem shouldn't be too big." ”

"Hmm...... That's good. Lin Yuyan nodded.

Not long after Qi Sen walked out, another person entered Lin Yuyan's inner room, looking at his denomination, there was a red mark on it, which was the current head of the Shuishui Pavilion.

Shanglin Yuan just pushed the southern boundary to the vicinity of the former Shuyang Wharf, which happened to be incorporated by the Gangyang Wharf and changed to the current Shushui Pavilion.

"Hongtou, you're here......"

Hong Tou knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Hong Tou has seen His Highness!" ”

Lin Yuyan stretched out his hand to get him up and sit down, and asked casually, "Now that the family has been properly settled?" ”

Hong Tou nodded and said, "A few days ago, Thorn Yang ...... The border of Shanglinyuan extends south to the Shuyang wharf not far away, and the villain is to let the brothers on the wharf move into the household registration of Shanglinyuan, and now the wharf is very peaceful, and there is no fight to kill and kill, and Shanglinyuan gives the field, so the brothers did not resist, and entered the household registration of Shanglinyuan, taking advantage of the efforts of closing the river in winter, and the place where they settled was also built. ”

"Hmm...... That's not bad. Lin Yuyan nodded.

Hong Tou also opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know why His Highness recruited the villain over?" ”

Lin Yuyan raised his head and looked at him and said, "How many people are there at the Shuishui Wharf now?" ”

Hongtou calculated: "Now Shangshu Mansion has set up a new [Shushui Pavilion], with ten pavilion chiefs, each pavilion chief has thirty people, and there are some various jobs on the dock, there are about nearly a thousand people, most of them are begging for work on the dock before. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Tou did not forget to add, "Before the winter snow closed the river, more than 10,000 stone fish and shrimp were salvaged from the Shuyang Wharf on the water, but Lord Shangshu has already issued a [fishing moratorium] for the opening of the river in spring. ”

"Hmm...... You have done a good job," Lin Yuyan then said: "Hong Tou, I recruited you here today to ask you to gather good men who can cut boats!" ”

"Your Highness, is it for the war that is about to break out in the south?" Hong Tou asked.

Lin Yuyan nodded, because of the interception of Xiao Chang'anju, the ordinary people in Wancheng did not know that a war might break out in the south, but to the south of Xiao Chang'anju, it was because of the displaced people who fled from the border, and the news that the Deng Kingdom was about to be destroyed spread all over the southern land.

Like Hongtou, who is begging for work on the dock, how can he not know the news brought by the north and south?

"Your Highness, rest assured, Hongtou will discuss with the people on the dock to collect a large number of ships when he goes back."

"No difficulty? You know, this time the number of ships needed is not small! Lin Yuyan said, it is true that there are not a few ships needed to transport troops and a large amount of baggage to the southern border.

Hong Tou clenched his fist and replied: "Your Highness, this is also thanks to the current division of land in Shanglin Yuan, and now the Shushui Pavilion is full of people from the court, there are Yulu, and every household has a share of the land, so naturally they will not do those ugly things!" In addition, the fishing organized by the Shuishui Pavilion before the year has alleviated the urgent needs of many household registrations, so if the Shuishui Pavilion wants to requisition some fishing boats, these fishermen will definitely remember their kindness and will not refuse. ”

"Well, that's very good." Lin Yuyan nodded, and emphasized again: "Hongtou, this matter is very important, you must not slack off!" ”

"Whoa! Hongtou is bound to requisition a large number of ships before June! Hong Tou replied.

Lin Yuyan nodded, and let Hongtou go back.

The wind and rain in the south are coming, so that Lin Yuyan also feels that the future is a little bleak, a little careless, this time may repeat the disaster of the Jin and Han difficulties, it may be even worse, after all, the last straw that was brought to the Korean army was the rescue of the soldiers and horses in the south, but now it is the enemy on the back.

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Yuyan gritted his teeth and began the development of new combat weapons on the white paper on the table.

A team of 100 elite soldiers has been selected from the Yulin Army to form the [Scout Battalion], the [Scout Battalion] is just following the ancient name, in fact, Lin Yuyan has another name for them in his own consciousness [Special Forces Operations Battalion].

Yes, this elite selected from the Yulin Army has already left the daily training of the Yulin Army, and has turned to Lin Yuyan's mode to start training, and they will be in contact with the [Divine Arm Crossbow] and [Twelve Forging Dagger Blades] developed by the foundry as soon as possible.

At the end of March, the warmed earth was already green, and next to the crops that had been picked up, there were farmers sent by Shanglin Yuan to various villages.

Most of them are experienced cultivators, and the farmer who stood on the field put his hand into the land that had been cultivated in the past year, and felt the warmth of his fingertips.

Only then did he stand up and say to the villagers: "Take out the keel waterwheel, you can divert water from the Jianyang Canal and prepare for sowing!" ”

These anxious peasants, if they had not submitted to the authority of the peasant officials, would have been waiting for the land to be warm and wanted to sow seeds, and it was really uncomfortable to endure the taste of seeing their fertile land but not being able to cultivate!

When he heard the words of exhorting the peasants to open a canal to divert water for sowing, he immediately cheered excitedly.

"Finally ready to sow miles!"

A villager Li Zheng commanded the young men in the township to move out and hide the big guy who had been hiding for a winter-[keel waterwheel], and said loudly: "Folks, go to the ground!" ”

As a result, on the two million acres of land in Shanglinyuan, tens of thousands of Yulin Army Reclamation Army, civilians, and subordinates are either sowing their own fields or sowing the "official fields" of the government.

Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and with the arrival of several spring rains, Shanglin Yuan, which was pale for a winter, has become green.

On the other hand, on the other side of the river, although it is also green, it is weeds and wild artemisia that have emerged in spring, and it looks lifeless compared to the greenery on the side of Shanglinyuan.

As for the farmers in Shanglinyuan, after sowing seeds, they go to the fields every day to watch their crops change every day, as if they can grow a section every day.

Because of the importance that the imperial court attaches to the agricultural persuasion order this year, these agricultural officials do not dare to slack off, because most of them are fellow villagers, so these experienced agricultural officials also go to the fields every day, and the quarrels caused by the distribution of irrigation water in the Jianyang Canal have come and gone.

However, everything is in the orderly rules, a heavy rain in May, it rained for three days and three nights, big and small, but it has not been cut off, and the Jianyang Canal, which caused quarrels in the neighboring towns in the past, no longer quarrels with people for water, but invariably opened the canal to release water.

The peasants looked at this [Thorny Yang Canal] that they had spent a lot of effort digging in the winter, and they also sighed, "It's still the scholars of Shangshu Mansion who can see far away, if there is no Thorny Yang Canal, I'm afraid this heavy rain will soak the crops!" ”

After the heavy rain, it was a few days of high sunshine, and the crops in the fields grew gratifyingly, more than a foot high, and the farmers were persuaded to breathe a sigh of relief, and if this trend continued, there was no need to worry about a good harvest.

Although Shanglin Yuan is vibrant, the outside world has caused a huge wave.

Jing State [Shouwang Army] besieged Xiangcheng, the capital of Deng State, in mid-May, digging and flooding the city, flooding 60,000 people of Deng State, Xiangcheng was broken, and the Deng royal family was slaughtered!

Not long after this news, news came again, saying that the [Northern King Army] of Jing State had conquered Suiguo, and planned to cross Daze, rendezvous with Shouwang Army, and send troops to the southern border of Daqin!

However, the third news was a little better, but it was not much better, Guan Ning, the general of the Xinye Army, dug up the water and defended it, and attacked half-crossing, thwarting the vanguard of the Shouwang army.

Lin Yuyan got the news that it was a temporary military camp not far from the foundry, which was the camp of the [Scout Camp].

Looking at these scouts who were quietly moving in the bushes and muddy water of the site, Lin Yuyan also signaled to let Chu Luan, the centurion of the scout camp, gather the scouts.

Chu Luan whistled, like a bird in the mountain, and those scouts came to gather in front of Lin Yuyan.

During this time, Lin Yuyan used the training intensity of the Jin Wei clan's martial arts to train them, and even Lin Yuyan's Zongwei also used it as a sparring partner for these scouts to train their fighting style.

These scouts have a good foundation, and in just two months of intensive training, although the progress is limited, they have made great progress in how to hide and snipe the enemy in the jungle, which is also what Lin Yuyan values the most.

"Chu Luan, next is the first mission of your scout battalion!"

Chu Luan clenched his fists and said: "Although Your Highness orders, we will definitely do our best!" ”

Lin Yuyan glanced at the scout camp of the hundred people and said, "Spread the things you have thought about here into the Wuyang Army, and provoke the feelings of the Yulin soldiers to fight!" ”

Chu Luan and his scout battalion responded: "Oh! ”

Lin Yuyan looked at these soldiers and slowly spoke: "Remember, you are not instigating them to die, but to inspire them to fulfill their responsibilities as soldiers, they have to use their own swords to protect Daqin and Shanglin Yuan, because their homes, their parents, their wives and children are all in Shanglin Yuan, they are all in Daqin, if they don't pick up their swords and spears to slash the enemy, their homes will be occupied by the enemy, and their relatives will become slaves of the enemy, are you willing to do this?" Answer me! ”

The scout battalion guards replied, "No! ”

"Before the autumn harvest, I want all the soldiers of Yulin to have the heart to fight to the death, can you do it?!"

"Yes!"

"Okay, now return to the various barracks of your Yulin Army, fulfill your mission, you will be heroes, you will be the sharp blade of the country, insert into the chest of the enemy, and defend the homeland of your relatives!"

"Whoa!"

Lin Yuyan waved his hand and let these scouts return to the barracks of the Yulin Army.

Jing Yi saw that his Royal Highness had been standing in place for a long time, and he also stepped forward to remind: "Your Highness......"

Lin Yuyan heard the sound, opened his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Jing Yi: "Huh? ”

Jing Yi said: "Your Highness has been standing here for a stick of incense......"

Lin Yuyan reacted at this time, he had indeed stood here for a long time, but in an instant, he told Jing Yi the truth: "Jing Yi, when I was still in the palace, I always thought that I could lead the troops to fight against the enemy of Great Qin, and my heart surged when I thought of it, but today has come, and I am a little ...... I can't open my legs. ”

When Jing Yi heard this, he was surprised: "Your Highness wants to go to the southern border in person? ”

Lin Yuyan remembered that he had never said to others that he would personally go to the southern border, so he nodded towards Jing Yi and said, "The national crisis is at hand, and there are very few people available to the imperial court, so I plan to ask for war." ”

Jing Yi reminded: "Your Highness is only seventeen years old this year, and there has never been a commander of the army at such an age in the history of Great Qin!" ”

Lin Yuyan replied: "When the third prince brother guarded the northern frontier, he was only seventeen ...... years old."

"This ......" Jing Yi was speechless.

Jing Yi knew that His Royal Highness had made up his mind, so he also hugged his fists and said: "Jing Yi is willing to serve His Royal Highness in person!" ”

"Good!" Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "Jing Yi, you are the warriors of the Sect for the twelfth year of the Sect to cut the Golden Banner, and Ji Wu and Chun Yuqi are also the Masters of the Silver Banner and the Bronze Banner, and they are the best among the warriors of the Sect, and they should gallop on the battlefield!" ”

"Oh," Jing Yi responded to Lin Yuyan.

Lin Yuyan turned his head and looked in the direction of Wancheng and said: "It's time to go back to Wancheng, the news of Deng Guo's break, presumably relying on a few checkpoints can't be hidden, the matter of Shanglin Yuan has come to an end, with Han Zi and Fang De, there is nothing big about it, the next thing is to go back to Wancheng and wait for the news of the imperial court's army......"