Chapter 10: The Bandits

That night, Zhao Min led the crowd to try to use the distillation method to make wine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 After many tests, 300 catties of rice wine were consumed overnight, and the concentrated and lost ones were removed in the process, and finally the purified liquor was about 100 catties, which was converted to an exchange ratio of about 3:1. Zhao Min tasted it, and the wine he got was about forty degrees, and the rest of the people were amazed by Zhao Min after seeing the magical wine, and immediately continued to process the remaining light wine with great enthusiasm. At this rate, the rest will be purified before departure the day after tomorrow without any problems. Everyone was busy until late at night, and then dragged their tired bodies back to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Min, who had slept for less than three hours, was woken up by Shao Qi because the things he wanted had been delivered. Zhao Min suddenly fell asleep when he heard this, and rushed out of the house after a little freshening.

What Zhao Min wants is actually a few crystals, but the crystals he needs are of high purity, and they have been carefully polished and are thin sheets. Some of these crystals are thick in the middle and thin on the sides, while others are just the opposite. Zhao Min picked up one of them, looked at the sunlight carefully for a long time, and sighed with some disappointment. Immediately afterwards, he took out two bamboo tubes prepared in advance. Zhao Min embed a piece of convex crystal into a thicker one, and took a piece of concave crystal into the thin end, and then put the two bamboo tubes together, put their eyes together, and adjust the depth of the bamboo tubes nested with each other while observing. When he felt that it was almost over, he took a few people to climb to the courtyard wall, handed the bamboo tube to Shao Qi beside him, and then raised his hand and pointed into the distance: "Look at it!" ”

Shao Qi took the bamboo tube with a suspicious face and looked in the direction Zhao Min was pointing. Just by looking at it, he showed a strange expression on his face, removed the bamboo tube, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then picked up the bamboo tube and looked at it; But in an instant, he put it down and raised it again, and only after three times did he have a mixed expression of shock and admiration on his face, and turned his head to Zhao Min and said, "The fourth master is really a god!" ”

Zhao Min was actually very proud at this time, but he wanted to make a light look, waved his hand, and said: "This is called 'clairvoyance', which is a gadget I learned from the envoy of a small country in the Western Regions in my early years, and it is not worth mentioning. In order to avoid everyone doubting the origin of this earthen telescope, Zhao Min had already thought of an excuse.

In the end, a total of three pairs of 'clairvoyance' were assembled, and Zhao Min asked people to take one pair and send it to Zhao Yun. In fact, the effect of this earthen telescope is not good, due to the influence of the grinding process and the transmittance of the crystal itself, the magnification is between 3 and 4 times. However, in this era, it is enough to make people feel that it is a creation of immortals, although in Zhao Min's opinion, it is not enough.

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In the midst of the hustle and bustle, two days passed in a flash. When it was time to leave, Zhao Min finished freshening up early, packed his bags, and left the city and went straight to the Beihai camp surrounded by everyone.

At the gate of the camp, Zhao Yun, who was in military uniform, put down a war horse with pure white fur and a tall divine horse, and the soldiers behind him had already lined up and were waiting to leave. Zhao Yun's white horse was specially arranged by Zhao Min for Shao Qi to find the Northern Navy Battalion to change, and it took 3 good horses to exchange it back, but Zhao Min didn't feel a loss at all. White Horse Silver Gun Zhao Zilong, how can you be called White Horse Silver Gun without White Horse? Therefore, not to mention only 3 war horses, even 30 are not spared! Zhao Yun also showed a rare look of excitement when he got this horse, and the person who entrusted the horse brought a letter to Zhao Min to express his gratitude to the King of Beihai.

In the past few days, Zhao Yun has made some adjustments to the troops, dividing the team as a whole into three parts: one is the front army, led by Wei Ying, with 150 people as the forward, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water; One is the rear army, headed by Niu Yu, who also leads 150 people and is responsible for the task of breaking the rear; He led the Chinese army, guarded the main general, escorted the baggage, and commanded the whole army.

Zhao Min galloped to stand in front of Zhao Yun, and smiled and pointed at the tiger soldiers behind Zhao Yun who were leaping and high morale: "It seems that Zilong has been bothering a lot these days!" ”

Zhao Yun still looked not arrogant or impatient, and bowed slightly on the horse: "Thanks to the concerted efforts of all the soldiers, Yun is just doing his best." After speaking, he looked around, "Please give the order for the King of the North Sea to set off." ”

Zhao Min looked at the team with fluttering flags and swords and guns, and felt infinite emotion in his heart! A few days ago, he was still intriguing for money; Just a few days later, I want to experience the grandeur of a golden iron horse in the era of cold weapons! It's a real feeling of being out of this world. That being the case, let me strive to move forward in this great era and compose a hymn of my own! Thinking of this, Zhao Min suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart!

Zhao Min took a deep breath, put his distracting thoughts behind, and raised his whip and pointed falsely: "Go!" ”

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On the other side of the Beihai camp, Zhao Min's team merged with the county soldiers in Beihai, and the two armies were combined into one, with the tiger in front and the county soldiers behind, and Zhao Min brought his own personal entourage as the Chinese army. The captain of the Beihai Soldiers is Zhang Qi, the county lieutenant of Xixian County - this is a very embarrassing position. It is said that the county lieutenant is in charge of the county soldiers, and the commander is in charge of the county soldiers, but because the county is the seat of Beihai, and the Beihai Taishou is here, the county soldiers of the county and the county soldiers of Beihai are actually one, and this county lieutenant is also a dispensable role. Since Zhao Yun is currently in charge of military affairs, Zhao Yun went to negotiate the march between the two sides, and Zhao Min did not meet with this county lieutenant Zhang. It's just that from a distance, I saw that it was a bearded, ring-eyed and sloppy martial artist. The soldiers of Beihai County looked sluggish and discolored. In the middle, there are both old men with vicissitudes of life, and ignorant teenagers with immature faces, which can be described as old and weak soldiers.

Zhao Min didn't expect Lu Xu to hand over his elite division, but when he saw the appearance of these county soldiers, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, this old guy is just pulling 500 people to make up the number for himself! If you knew this was the case, why did you agree so simply? Since the two teams marched together, Zhao Min didn't want people to know too much of his secrets, so he didn't show his high alcohol and clairvoyance. Also in order to take care of the marching speed of the county soldiers, the prepared leggings, that is, strips of coarse cloth, were not even issued.

At the time of Shen, the troops marched to the territory of Pingshou, and Zhao Yun ordered to set up camp and come to ask for directions. There are two roads from Xixian to Jimo, from Pingshou Branch, one is to go to Duchang, through Xiami, Jiaodong to Jimo; The other is to go to the camp mausoleum, through Chunyu, Yi'an to Jimo. The distance between the two routes is similar, the only difference is that the camp will pass through Fuyong Mountain, which is currently occupied by a gang of bandits. Zhao Yun pointed to the marching map and explained to Zhao Min, Zhao Min looked at the sheepskin map in front of him and was a little absent-minded: this map is really simple enough, there is no scale, no distance marking, and not even the boundary range! It is marked with a few simple place names, as well as some very impressionistic symbols representing mountains and rivers. "It seems that in the future, it would be better to draw a map of the places I pass by, in case I need them."

According to the earlier plan, the team was supposed to take the Duchang route, because the route was smooth and suitable for marching. However, Zhao Min's regular mission has a task of suppressing thieves, and from this point of view, taking the Yingling line is naturally the best choice.

"And...... Maybe we can solve another task together? Zhao Min, who came back to his senses, turned to Zhao Yun and asked, "Zilong, ask the Beihai County Lieutenant, are there any locals who are familiar with the terrain of Fuyong Mountain?" ”

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At the same time, an uninvited guest was ushered in on the Fuyong Mountain, which was only forty miles away from this place.