Watching the blind man walk out of the Hou Mansion, Li Yao stared at the map and muttered, "This mountain range, how much gunpowder does it take to explode!" ”

Even if you want to blow up, you will blow it up from Qi to Yiguo, anyway, there is a lot of gunpowder here, and it can be wasted. At that time, I will not have much gunpowder left except for the attack on the county seat!

It seems that the craftsman king is going to prepare for the mountain bombing movement, once he hits the three counties of Yiguo, let the craftsman start to blow up the mountain, and he will also be familiar with the differences between the two countries in the past this time, and do a good job of prevention in advance!

Early the next morning, Li Yao took the blind man and Shen Hezhi to set off, and the blind man's brigade was dressed as civilians, and they did not wear weapons, because for them, the work behind enemy lines was the most important thing! It would be troublesome to bring weapons, and all three thousand people were scattered in squads and assembled in Kangshan County five days later! So this time Li Yao and the others walked very easily, and there were only a hundred servants plus them!

Walking on the road, Li Yao was worried about money for the first time, the Hou Mansion originally had 1.2 million taels of silver, gave 500,000 taels to the blind man, and Shen Hezhi 200,000 taels, but now there are only 500,000 taels of silver left in the mansion, fortunately, you can make some money by selling agents next month, otherwise, you really can't afford to support these troops!

An army of 100,000 people, three meals a day, meat to eat every three or five days, maintenance of weapons and equipment, consumption of shells and grenades, these are all money!

Li Yao, an army of 100,000, was ready to use all cold weapons.

As for the firearm of the Suifa pistol, it is not something that the current Firearms Bureau can make, even if it is barely made, the use effect will not be too good, not to mention that Li Yao has no way to popularize it on a large scale, because there is no money at all, only by occupying Yiguo and having the backing of a country's economy, can he make this kind of firearm!

Money! Money! Money is really a good thing, I heard that Yiguo even has a gambling house that is state-run, and I don't know how much money there will be in Yiwang's Palace!

In the past five days, Li Yao and the others were not in a hurry at all, and walked slowly, because they all had horses, and they could complete a hundred-mile journey by riding horses every day! This time I went out, and I just watched the scenery! I don't know if Yiguo has hot pot, eat hot pot on a hot day, but it really has a general taste, in a cup of cold beer, it's really cool, don't want it!

At the mention of hot pot, Li Yao smiled, now there is not even spicy, even if there is hot pot, it is not eaten by people!

As for beer, you can tinker with it, hops are called hops at this time, and they are a medicinal herb! It's just that when it comes to hops, it's better to go to the Western Regions, where there are a lot of wild hops, and you can discuss with the Uighur merchants in the future, and go to the nine surnamed Wuhu and Khotan and other countries to buy some hops! You can exchange Hou Ye wine for them!

The thought of being able to drink a glass of cold beer on a hot day makes me feel refreshed!

Hou Ye's wine is good, but you can't drink it casually, it's more than 50 degrees, and it can't be used to quench your thirst!

On such a hot day, Li Yao chose to rest in the woods or in the countryside for an hour at noon, it was too hot at noon, and there was really no way to march!

It's already Mayday, and the sun at noon is not the most poisonous, I really can't imagine what the weather will be like when I declare war on Yiguo two months later, July day, when the dog days are three, high-intensity marching will kill people!

After taking a lunch break, he took out beef jerky and ate two bites, Li Yao and the others started on the road, Li Yao has implemented a three-meal system at home and in the army, and must eat at noon, and beef jerky is Li Yao's snack, because of the dry food at noon, Li Yao really can't eat it, and the dead dough flatbread that has not been fermented, Li Yao wants to vomit when he looks at it.

Oh, that's not right! Li Yao suddenly thought: "Even if the dough has not been fermented, in such a hot weather, even if it is put in a cage for two days, the noodles will be automatically launched!" Why are you still eating dead noodle steamed buns? ”

If you eat too much dead noodles steamed buns, it is not good for the stomach, if in the army, soldiers have stomach problems because of eating dead noodles steamed buns, this will definitely affect the combat effectiveness.

Calling the cook, Li Yao asked, "Why are the cakes we eat all unleavened noodles?" ”

The cook asked in a low voice, "Master Hou, what is fermented noodles!" ”

Li Yao described: "It's just waiting for the noodles to swell and making cakes, wouldn't that be delicious!" ”

The cook admired: "Master Hou has a wide range of knowledge, and knows that noodles can swell up after a long time, but the swollen noodles are chewy and chewy, but they are too sour, and this kind of noodles must be able to swell up in the hot weather, which is too troublesome, so we eat ordinary cakes." Does Hou Ye want to eat bloated noodles? The villain can go and prepare, and you can eat it in two days! ”

After listening to the cook's explanation, Li Yao understood, and said goodbye: "I won't eat, you go down first!" ”

"Yes, the villain is retired!" The cook retreats to the line.

The face is sour, that's because after fermentation, the acidity inside is too great, and it can be neutralized with alkali, and the most important thing in the Gobi Desert is alkali in your fiefdom for thousands of miles, as for the bad one, that's because you don't leave the leaven, leave some leaven, and the dough will rise quickly!

It seems that I have to make steamed buns when I go back this time, otherwise this rice is really impossible to eat, as for the military food, you can make some green onion cakes or something, this thing is casual for three or five days, if it is too hard, directly boil water and throw a few into it, boil it into a paste, and there are vegetables, rice, salt and flavor, absolutely delicious and convenient!

I believe that if the green onion cake can be used as military food, those soldiers will definitely be grateful to themselves, because compared to the dead dough cake, the green onion cake is definitely a heaven-like existence!

After a few days of hurrying, everyone came to Kangshan County, which is a big county, after all, it is an important trade place between the two countries, and the flow of people is absolutely large!

When they came to Kangshan County, Li Yao and the three of them separated, Shen Hezhi went to choose the location of the warehouse, and the blind man gathered the team, and then went to Yiguo in batches!

In order to facilitate his actions, Li Yao was ready to buy a property in Kangshan County, where the road was smooth, and found the local county order, and the county order heard that Ning Hou was coming, and was ready to buy a house in this county, so he packed the ticket and let Li Yao choose at will in the county, and he took which house to take, Li Yao chose for a long time, and valued a house that was dilapidated, but the traffic was really good, and after the handover of the county government, Li Yao still symbolically gave some money, although the county order insisted on refusing to accept it, But Li Yao still threw a hundred miles of silver to the county order on the grounds of inviting his brothers to drink some wine!

The county order did something for himself, and there was no way to refuse their willingness to invite him to drink, so the county order chartered a famous local restaurant, called a cadre of officials, and went to eat and drink.

At the wine table, the county magistrate asked, "Why did Master Hou come to Kangshan County?" ”

Li Yao said: "It's not interesting to be in the fiefdom, just come out and go around, play for a few days and go back!" ”

Seeing that the Hou Ye didn't look like something was going on, the county magistrate happily ate and drank, but the county magistrate must have taken some precautions, after all, a few months ago, this Hou Ye won the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, and the county Cheng in Dingbian County, and the matter of the three people was in a uproar in Qi Country!

After entertaining Li Yao to eat and drink, Li Yao refused the next activities, and made it clear that he was just here to have fun, so that the county order should not be nervous, and when the county order heard it, he was relieved. So he respectfully sent Hou Ye back to the post station, and said that the newly bought house can be cleaned tomorrow and wait for Hou Ye to move in!

Li Yao said with a smile: "Then thank you for the county's good intentions!" ”