Huang Jing originally planned for Pang Tong, and according to his usual obedience to his words, it was expected that he would definitely accept his opinion this time, after all, if it was himself, he would never give up such an opportunity to improve his political performance.

But he didn't expect Pang Tong to say without any hesitation: "How can this official be such a person who wants to make political achievements?" Now the development of our army is in a critical period, the west must guard against Yizhou Liu Zhang, the south to guard the Yujiaozhou Zhangjin, but also Changsha soldiers are many generals, the city is built deep, it may be difficult to capture for a while, if you add 10,000 new troops, it will naturally be like a tiger with wings, not only can easily pull out Changsha, but also can attack Jiaozhou, coerce Yangzhou, this officer encounters such a good opportunity to strengthen the strength of our army, how can you miss it lightly? Don't hesitate, go and inform the county lieutenant Niu Li, and ask him to immediately recruit the people to mine and the blacksmith to cast the sword. ”

Huang Jing was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't dare to disobey Pang Tong's order, so he had to agree, and before bidding farewell to Pang Tong, he built Pang Tong again, and first reported the matter and the results to Taishou Sima Zhi.

Although Pang Tong felt that this matter was unnecessary, it was not good to dismiss Huang Jing's kindness, so he reported the matter to Guiyang Taishou Sima Zhi.

Sima Zhi was also excited after seeing Pang Tong's report, in fact, from an administrative point of view, these iron ores are naturally best used to cast ploughs and hoes, but as Pang Tong said in the report, Liu Qi's army is now in a tight situation, Changsha has not yet been captured, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to cast ordnance.

Sima Zhi was overjoyed, and immediately decided to go to the military camp outside the city with Pang Tong's report and congratulate the general Liu Qi.

However, he said that Sima Zhi rode a horse to the camp outside the city and asked the camp guards to help inform him.

Those guards naturally knew this former famous Junzheng Lord, and immediately bowed and saluted, and then quickly went to the Chinese army to report to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was talking about Pang Tong with Xu Shu and Wang Cang in the tent at the time, and suddenly heard that Sima Zhi asked to see him, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled: "I don't know what Zihua is looking for?" Could it be that Shi Yuan caused something trouble in Leiyang County? But shouldn't it be? After all, Shiyuan is a generous person, and he should hate the hearts of the people. ”

Xu Shu also shook his head, unable to guess the reason why Sima Zhi came here.

Liu Qi simply stopped guessing, and personally went out to see Sima Zhi, let him into the camp, and then couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know what Zihua is doing when he comes to find Ben General?" Could it be because of Shiyuan? ”

Sima Zhi smiled and said: "The lower official is here for Pang Shiyuan, but the lower official is here to congratulate the general." ”

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? Liu Qi smiled lightly, and then asked suspiciously.

But he heard Sima Zhi say slowly: "Hehe, Shi Yuan found iron ore in Leiyang, and it is a large amount of iron ore, these iron ores are enough for the general to equip 10,000 troops, and it is still a preliminary estimate, and it is expected that there may be more." Shi Yuan has ordered that these iron ores be used to forge swords, and it is believed that it will not be long before the general will be able to add another 10,000 fresh troops, and he will be a little more sure of pacifying Zhang Xian's traitors. ”

"What? Shi Yuan actually discovered iron ore! It's a real joy. Liu Qi laughed when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded in admiration.

In fact, this can't blame Liu Qi for being so out of shape, because in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the warlords fought for many years, so that the iron-smelting industry was also severely destroyed, and the iron was very scarce, so that there was a situation of cutting coffins and nails, and replacing iron torture tools with wooden torture tools "foot tongs".

These phenomena led to the development of the iron smelting industry in the late Han Dynasty, and it was difficult to find even a large ore vein at that time, let alone the development of a large-scale iron smelting industry.

Now that a large iron ore mine has finally been discovered, it means that the development of the iron smelting industry will resume in Jingnan.

However, after thinking for a while, Liu Qi said to Sima Zhi: "Zihua, please ask Shiyuan to repair another book, and say that it is the intention of the general, and persuade him to use the Leiyang iron ore as a casting plow hoe, but at present, it is only to recruit people for mining, but there is no need to cast the plow hoe first for the time being, because there will be follow-up arrangements." ”

Sima Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Why did the general give up such a rare opportunity to expand the army?" Now that we have discovered iron ore, it is because God wants the general to succeed, so why did he order someone to cast a plow and hoe? ”、

Liu Qi smiled: "Does Zihua know the story of Zheng Guoqu?" ”

Sima Zhi couldn't help but nodded, and then said with admiration: "The general is far-sighted, and the official is not as good as him." ”

It turned out that in the late Warring States period, King Qin won the government at the beginning of the reign of the great unification, and brought a million tigers and wolves to look down on the world, and Han Huan Hui King Han Ran sent the water engineer Zheng Guo to the Qin State to be a spy in the Qin State, and persuaded the King of Qin to build the Zheng State Canal to implement the "tired Qin plan." ”

As a result, when the project was halfway through, Zheng Guo's identity was exposed, and Qin Wangzheng wanted to kill Zheng Guo, but he saw Zheng Guo calmly saying: "Repairing this canal is just for Han Yan's life for a few years, and for Qin to build a merit for eternity." ”

The king of Qin thought that this was reasonable, so he ordered Zheng Guo to continue to build the canal, and after the canal was completed, the Guanzhong region became a fertile field for thousands of miles, not only did not tire Qin, but made the Qin State further strengthened, sweeping the six eastern countries with absolute strength and unifying the world.

Now Liu Qi took out this allusion to persuade Sima Zhi, just to tell him that he wanted to build the four counties of Jingnan into his strongest base, so as to serve as a solid foundation for himself to establish the hegemony of the world in the future.

Although this will reduce the number of troops of 10,000 troops, which may delay the pace of capturing Changsha, it has won the hearts of the people and developed Jingnan, which is really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

After Sima Zhi praised a few words, he said in embarrassment: "It's just that Changsha is governed by the high pond of Xiangcheng, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, and Zhang Xian, a thief, is very popular with the people, so it may not be easy to capture it." ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "As for the matter of soldiers and ordnance, there is no need to worry, when necessary, the general can ask his father to transfer, but the development of Jingnan is the foundation of the world, and there can be no delay at all, Zihua immediately repaired the book in Shiyuan, and the general is also going to return to the camp, hehe, this time the general wants to succeed, and there is one person who is indispensable, and he will be transferred to Leiyang, and then teach him in person." ”

Liu Qi smiled mysteriously, said goodbye to Sima Zhi, and returned to the barracks.

As soon as he returned to the barracks, Liu Qi wrote to Huo Jun, who was stationed in Youxian, requesting that Huang Shuo, the commander of the Ordnance Department who assisted him in defending the city, and all the members of the entire Ordnance Department be transferred to Leiyang, and ordered people to send the requisition order to Youxian County quickly, and entrusted the military affairs to Xu Shu to take charge, so he immediately went to Leiyang under the command of Liu Shi and hundreds of personal soldiers.

Pang Tong had already heard the news of Liu Qi's imminent arrival, and personally waited at the city gate to greet him, and the two exchanged a few words, and Pang Tong let Liu Qi go to the county office.

"The former general received a reply from Lord Taishou, saying that the general was asked to cast a hoe and a plow, but not a sword, and the general was very puzzled, I don't know why the general is like this?"

When Pang Tong saw Liu Qi, he still used the title of the military and called himself the last general.

Liu Qi didn't care, he smiled and explained his words with Sima Zhi to Pang Tong again, Pang Tong couldn't help but praise Liu Qi's long-term vision, and he was even more sure that Liu Qi would become the overlord of the world, and at the same time, he secretly determined that he would redouble his efforts in the future to make himself grow into a military advisor like Xu Shu faster.

Pang Tong was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Since the general has decided to cast the plough hoe, why did he order the general to suspend the casting?" ”

But I heard Liu Qi laugh and said: "Shiyuan is not ignorant that ordinary plough hoes can't adapt to my Jingnan paddy field at all, so Ben will study a new iron plow, this iron plough is the most suitable for Jiangnan paddy field, and it will be able to greatly improve the efficiency of people's farming, but the research and development of this new plough still needs to be handed over to the Ordnance Division. ”

"Huang Shuo? I see, no wonder, hehe. A strange smile appeared on Pang Tong's face, and he hurriedly said: "The last general believes that General Tong Guò will be able to develop a new iron plough by combining with her, which will greatly promote the development of agriculture in Jingnan." ”

Liu Qi did not realize the deep meaning contained in Pang Tong's words, but talked about military affairs with Pang Tong again, Pang Tong couldn't help but want to point out Huang Yueying's identity several times, but considering that he had to bear Huang Yueying's anger because of this, it was more likely to make Huang Yueying's position embarrassing, so he forcibly resisted that impulse and communicated with Liu Qi.

In fact, those civil ministers and military generals in Liu Qi's military camp are very willing to talk to Liu Qi about military affairs, because Liu Qi's thinking is very open, and he talks about the Tao, whether it is Confucian classics or Huang Lao thought, whether it is some classic war examples that I don't know where I heard or comments on some figures in this era, they can express their own opinions.

Although in the eyes of Fanqin and Wang Cang, who were well-educated Confucian students, Liu Qi couldn't even memorize the Confucian classics, those unique insights still made them sigh.

Pang Tong, on the other hand, prefers to comment on characters with Liu Qi and discuss military affairs.

"The end of the general came to Leiyang for a month, and I heard a few things one after another, last year Sun Ce captured Danyang, Cao Cao pacified Lu Bu, Hanoi Zhang Yang was killed, the general Zheng Gu grasped the power, attached to Yuan Shao, although Gongsun Zan is based in Youzhou, the strength is declining, and he is also mean and unkind, and he will perish in the future, and Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Shu because of the loss of Lu Bu's alliance, defeat is doomed, and my Jingzhou rebellion will also be pacified, the situation in the world will be clearer in the future, there will be Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, Liu Zhang and my Jingzhou Five Heroes stand side by side, I don't know what the general's plans are in the future? ”

Pang Tong waved at Liu Qi and asked slowly.

"Yuan Shaozhi is big and wise, strong and timid, jealous and less powerful, many soldiers and unclear divisions, arrogant and inconsistent government orders, although the land is vast and the grain is abundant, he will eventually be defeated by Cao Cao; Sun Ce is light and unprepared, although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains. If the assassin rises, the enemy of one person, in my opinion, will die at the hands of the puppet, but his brother Sun Quan stoops down to endure humiliation, and he is still calculating, and he has the wonder of hooking and practice, and the hero of the British will be able to do his own and become a career; Although Liu Zhang embraces Yizhou and guards the door, he will eventually make wedding clothes for others. ”

Liu Qi paused, and continued: "There is still one person you haven't mentioned, Liu Bei, who is now succumbing to Cao Cao, although he was born recklessly, he is persevering, magnificent and magnificent, and he will be surrounded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will be minions, and he will be able to achieve great things in the future." Therefore, a few years later, there will be a situation in the world where Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei will stand together. Therefore, he would have made a decision as soon as possible, taking advantage of the time when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were competing, to seize the land of Bashu, and to compete with the heroes in the world. ”

After listening to it, Pang Tong couldn't help sighing: "The general's evaluation of the characters is really impressive, although the general can also evaluate the characters, but the general is far away, it is really to listen to the king's words, it is better to read ten years of books, sometimes the general feels that it is a pity to not be by the general's side." ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but feel ashamed when he heard this, his evaluation of the characters was completely copied from history, or based on the development of the current situation in the future, he came to the conclusion that the characters could be so professional? In fact, if he compares and evaluates characters with his real skills, he is actually completely inferior to Pang Tong.

Of course, such words can't be said even if they are killed, Liu Qi hurriedly comforted Pang Tong a few words, and encouraged him to study hard, accumulate experience, and definitely surpass himself in the future.

The conversation between the two lasted for most of the day, and when the sun set, they suddenly heard a report that Huang Yueying had led everyone in the Ordnance Department to come to the county office to listen to the instructions.

Liu Qi was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately went out with Pang Tong to greet him.