These days, Wei Yan is very respectful to Jia Xu, really respects him as an old and wise man, and also helps Jia Xu to massage his muscles and bones, so that Jia Xu's body is more healthy (plus 10 points of force), and at the same time discusses with Jia Xu the method of training soldiers (plus 10 points of defense), and personally cooks for Jia Xu, plus Wei Yan himself is a cunning and wise person who likes to calculate people, and Jia Xu's temper, Jia Xu's favorability towards Wei Yan has increased sharply from 60 to 90. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wei Yan really wanted to keep Jia Xu, but Zhang Xiu obeyed Jia Xu's words and respected his father, and they were all fellow Wuwei villagers, Jia Xu couldn't bear to abandon Zhang Xiu and go, and besides, Zhang Xiu's guy If Jia Xu was not by his side, it was easy to fall for the tricks of other forces, in order to let Zhang Xiu hold on for a while longer to share the pressure from Cao Cao, Liu Biao and other forces, Wei Yan decided to keep his promise and let Jia Xu go back.

But Wei Yan believes that sooner or later, this old guy will bow down to serve himself.

Seeing that Wei Yan stopped him, Jia Xu did not suspect that he wanted to force himself to stay, but stroked his beard and smiled: "What is the difficulty of stopping Wen Chang?" ”

Wei Yan told Kuai Yue's poisonous plan and asked, "Mr. Wenhe, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Jia Xu squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "Wen Chang, do you want to refuse the post of Runan Taishou?" ”

Wei Yan nodded: "I think so, if I accept this official position, it will inevitably cause the dissatisfaction of Cao Cao's Runan Taishou Cai Yang, and cause our conflict, even if I defeat Cai Yang, it will cause Cao Cao and others to attack him, and my current strength is still weak, and it is really not suitable to confront Cao Cao head-on." ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "Wen Chang, you only look at the disadvantages, you don't know the advantages!" ”

"What's in it?" Wei Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Please ask Mr. Wenhe for advice." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Wen Chang, first of all, you don't need to worry too much. Now Cao Cao now has to guard against Lu Bu, but also to drive out Yang Feng, Han Xian and others to meet the Son of Heaven, where is there any extra troops to attack you, now only Cai Yang leads 10,000 troops to defend the north of Runan, even if you take the post of Runan Taishou, as long as you do not enter the hinterland of Runan, Cai Yang will not dare to attack you without permission. Runan County is very large, there are as many as 37 counties, even if you occupy one or two counties, Cao Cao will not send troops to attack you for the time being.

Moreover, now Yuan Shu has also appointed the Runan Taishou to set up troops in the southeast of Runan County, colluding with Na Lu Bu to threaten Cao Cao's hometown of Qian County.

If you receive the post of Taishou in Runan, when the soldiers are strong and strong in the future, it will be justified in attacking Runan, that is, if you do not attack Runan, it is also famous to gather the people of Runan.

Moreover, you have the position of Runan Taishou, as the highest governor of a county, in addition to governing the people, advancing the virtuous, adjudicating lawsuits, and prosecuting adultery, you can also appoint and dismiss your own Peng History, and you as the Governor of the Eastern Nanyang cannot appoint and dismiss your Peng Shi by yourself, the Wen Chang should not underestimate this, the position of Runan Taishou can attract a lot of talents for you. ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Jia Xu.

After Jia Xu left, Wei Yan squinted and sneered, Jia Xu, the old man, instigated himself to accept this position of Taishou, ostensibly for his own considerations, but in fact he also had selfish considerations, he wanted to attract Cao Cao's main firepower and retain some vitality for his lord Zhang Xiu.

However, Wei Yan still decided to accept this position, in addition to the benefits that Jia Xu said, there was also the reward of the seed artifact, and the reward of points according to the population was too rich.

The population of Runan County was 2.1 million at the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now after the ravages of the Yellow Turban Army, there should still be a third left, and there are seven or eight hundred thousand.

There are many other wonderful uses for points, and seeds such as divine soldiers, famous horses, and equipment can also be cultivated and improved.

However, the premise is that if you get the position of Runan Taishou, you can get these points.

But Runan Taishou this position, he must be stamped with Liu Xie, the son of the current day (of course he is not called Emperor Han Xian now, he is not dead now, just a walking seal), and Liu Xie is now out of the control of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and now he has fallen under the control of Yang Feng, Han Xian and others, and is in a difficult situation, and it is not clear when Liu Biao's envoy will be able to get the sealed edict.

Therefore, I will talk about this matter later, and when Liu Biao and the imperial court envoys come over.

Wei Yan was going to arrange something now.

Let Ma Jun select a group from among the craftsmen to assist him in improving the Zhuge crossbow together.

Historically, Wei and Shu often fought, Zhuge Liang in the Northern Expedition, had invented a kind of arrows can be fired out one after another long-range device - crossbow, it can send dozens of arrows each time, the power is very great, the Wei army picked up on the battlefield, quite surprised. After Ma Jun, who was already old at that time, saw the repeating crossbow, he thought that this weapon was very good, and said: "It's a coincidence, but there is still something missing, if it is improved again, the power can be increased by five times." So he improved the repeater, and it was so effective that it could be increased by a factor of five.

Now in 196 years, Zhuge crossbow actually has a prototype, that is, the repeater invented by Huang Yueying, Huang Yueying used it to do experiments when she encountered bandits, and found that the power was still not enough, because she did not [invent] the stunt, and she has not been able to solve the key technical puzzle, before and now in the correspondence with Wei Yan, Wei Yan, who is familiar with mechanical principles, has helped her solve that problem.

Wei Yan now has to take care of Tuntian, and he has to personally grasp the training, he is very busy, and he really has no time to study this, not to mention, he is only theoretical, and he can pull it, but when he really does it, whether it is Huang Yueying or Ma Jun, he can second him, so he handed over this important task to Ma Jun.

Once this repeater (there is no Zhuge Liang at all now, of course it can't be called Zhuge crossbow) is successfully improved, it can shoot dozens of arrows at a time, and its power is comparable to the previous rhubarb crossbow, which is a big killer in this era, and its power is comparable to that of a rotating stone car.

This is the second big killer that Wei Yan mentioned earlier.

Of course, these two weapons of mass destruction are not a top priority, and they can only be used in key battles, and they cannot be used in the early battles.

It was imperative to create a three-piece cavalry suit, a bilateral stirrups, a Takahashi saddle, and a horseshoe.

The five thousand Hun horses sent by Zhang Xiu have been put in place, and now there are five thousand standing soldiers who are practicing riding and archery under the leadership of five hundred elite cavalry seconded from Zhang Xiu.