Yuan Yao returned to Moling from Lujiang with 1,200 clones, and he wanted to build a academy here with 1,000 people, in order to complete the "Education System" stipulated by the system, and prepare to activate the mysterious character attributes that were revealed when the lifespan attribute was forcibly activated.

In view of the surprise of the lifespan attribute, Yuan Yao was still looking forward to this hidden character attribute, although he couldn't guess what it was for.

The remaining 200 clones were intended to be used by Yuan Yao to build the Armory, as Mu Ling was close to the famous Ma'anshan Iron Mine.

Ma'anshan Iron Mine is an endogenous iron deposit, which coexists with copper ore, in the area of Moling County and Wuhu County.

It is not known how long this mining area has been mined since the end of the Han Dynasty, and it is still one of the seven major iron ore areas in China after 2,000 years, and the iron ore reserves are all calculated in 100 million tons, so the devil knows how many tons of reserves it has now.

For Yuan Yao's lifespan, Ma'anshan is an iron mountain with unlimited reserves.

The armory workshop is a place for the production of weapons and equipment, and the main resource consumed is iron, so he chose to build here.

As for the reason for the construction of the armory, in addition to improving the combat power of his army, the main reason is to provide assistance for the reform of Danyang.

The "Militia Order" reformed the private soldiers of the family into a militia, which required the government to provide military equipment, of course, not for free, just because legally only the government had the right to cast weapons, and if he wanted to obtain it, he could only buy it from the government, so he had to build enough armaments for these families.

Another reason is that in order to make effective use of the resources he already has, with iron ore and clones as versatile craftsmen, the cost of Yuan Yao's production of iron equipment may be a bit contrary to common sense.

Take the soldier's armor as an example, which is divided into four grades, namely the battle robe; cloth armor; Leather; Armour.

Normally, the higher up these four warframes, the more difficult it is to produce, and the higher the cost. But this may not be the case for Yuan Yao, because with Ma'anshan Iron Mine, the cost of iron resources is naturally relatively low;

With a clone to be a blacksmith, the labor cost and technical cost are just consuming food, so instead of buying cloth or leather goods everywhere to make low-grade cloth armor and leather armor, it is better to go directly to the iron armor.

There are not many blacksmiths who can cast weapons, because they have little opportunity to practice, so the time cost of weapon manufacturing, as well as the cost of labor and technology, are very high, but this is not a problem for Yuan Yao.

As long as he wants to use all the clones to make iron armor, then within a year or two, he can build his army of 50,000 into heavy infantry.

Therefore, standing on the principle of relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water, Yuan Yao decided to make effective use of the resources he had first, and then fight for what he did not have, so building an armory workshop became a good choice.

As for the civil iron, it is better to continue to use civil power, Yuan Yao can't draw so many clones for the time being, and a month later, he will use the clones to go to Qu'a and Dantu in Wu County to find a suitable place to build the port of Shanghai.

Sun Ce had already pocketed Qu A and Dantu, and Yuan Yao finally had the coastline; The total time of 183 days of science and technology "Compass" is still a month to complete!

At that time, the system will start the construction of coastal facilities and the construction of all-sailing sea vessels, achieving a technological breakthrough in long-distance navigation.

Yuan Yao has been looking forward to this for a long time.

For Yuan Yao, everything else is secondary, and the most important thing is to quickly build a sailing ship and sail to the Indochina Peninsula to buy Champong rice seeds, and then welcome the second grain revolution in China, when Jiangdong will be like later generations, and the grain growth cycle will break through from three crops in two years to two crops in one year.

At that time, Jiangdong will be qualified to become the Jiangnan of the land of fish and rice; It is possible that there will be a grand occasion of "Suhu is ripe, and the world is full".

Of course, it is not possible to turn "Jiangdong" into "Jiangnan" with grain seeds alone, and a large amount of manpower is needed to develop the land that is still very barren, but "Zhancheng rice" is absolutely the key factor, and it will be in vain to develop it without it.

What Yuan Yao has to do now is to work diligently and wait patiently, but unfortunately, others don't plan to let him live a small life in peace......

Just a few days after Yuan Yaogang started construction in Moling, Wanling reported that Yuzhang Taishou Zhuge Xuan, who was appointed by Jingzhou, sent an envoy to Wanling to announce three news, which probably means-

1. Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao inherited Liu Xuan's official position and led Yangzhou Mu; General Zhenwu.

2. Cai Mao, the governor of the Jingzhou Naval Army, led the naval army into the territory of Zhenrong and announced the blockade of the Yangtze River to the Eastern Army.

3. Yuan Yao was required to unconditionally release Zhang Yun, the deputy governor of the Jingzhou Naval Army, and all Jingzhou prisoners, and return the Jingzhou warships that had been rudely robbed by Yuan Yao, otherwise the Yangtze River would be blocked indefinitely.

“……”

"Well, if you let me compensate for all the losses and cede a territory or something, it's like a beast like the Eight-Nation Alliance!"

Yuan Yao held the letter written on rice paper, trembling with anger, and was proud that Jingzhou was stopped by him when he was in Lujiang, but he was slapped in the face in a blink of an eye.

But no matter how angry he is, he can't let it go, fortunately, the construction work on Moling's side has been on track in the past few days, the clones are responsible for building, the Moling County Magistrate is responsible for replenishing raw materials to the fixed location, and the new clones are directly put into the work of the armory, everything has been running automatically, and there is no need to change in a short time, so Yuan Yao can leave temporarily, and the Moling Commander will report to him if there is a problem.

Yuan Yao hurried back to Wanling, where Lu Su and Zhang Zhao had been waiting outside the city for a long time.

A greeting; After some politeness, the three of them returned directly to the county guard's mansion, and then Lu Su explained the situation to Yuan Yao.

Because the letter is relatively simple, only the result of the event, but it does not explain what happened, so someone needs to explain it......

Lu Su pointed to a map and said to Yuan Yao: "Zhu Hao, the Taishou of Yuzhang appointed by the imperial court, has been exterminated by Zhenrong and Zhuge Xuan, and now the two sides are in one place, and the garrison is in Pengze and Panyang County, which are close to our Danyang, to guard against our Taishi General in Yixian;

Cai Mao's naval army is stationed in Peng Lijin, which is close to our border, and the voyage can block most of our Yangtze River waters in one day, which means that the 500,000 Hu grain allocated by General Zuo will not be able to reach Danyang safely.

All of this happened in the few days that Xu Shao fled to us, so it is unlikely that it was a temporary decision, and it is very likely that it was premeditated.

His subordinates even thought that Liu Miao's death was related to Jingzhou. ”

Yuan Yao was surprised: "You mean that Zhenrong was bought by Jingzhou, and then murdered Liu Xuan?" ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "With Zhenrong's habits, if Jingzhou agrees to show him as the pastor of Yangzhou and sends troops to support him, I think he will definitely not refuse, and Liu Xuan's identity is relatively not so easy to control." ”

Yuan Yao nodded in agreement with Lu Su's inference, and then asked, "What about the envoy from Jingzhou, who did Zhuge Xuan send?" ”

Lu Su replied: "The envoy is arranged in the post house, and the lord can summon him at any time." This person is an old acquaintance of his subordinates, Zhuge Xuan's son and nephew, his single name is Jin, and his cousin Ziyu is working as a staff member for his uncle......"

"Zhuge Jin......" Yuan Yao was stunned when he heard this, and then said in surprise, "You mean that the messenger sent by Zhuge Xuan is Zhuge Jin?" ”

"Exactly." Although Lu Su was surprised by Yuan Yao's surprise, he still nodded and replied.