Li Yao has been formulating a strategy in the past few days, according to the latest news from the scouts, the Liang Dynasty army has been stationed on the border 250,000 troops, ready to march as soon as the spring starts, 250,000 troops, this is not a small number, the logistics of the 250,000 army must be guaranteed by at least 250,000 people, and even a high-level soldier is equipped with two people, which means that this time the Liang Dynasty will use at least 500,000 people, it seems that the Liang Dynasty is determined to benefit the country!

The Liang Dynasty folded 100,000 troops in Yiguo last year, and this time it can be regarded as ruthless, but even if the Liang Dynasty can eat Yiguo, it will not be able to launch a large-scale war in recent years, let alone the existence of Li Yao, the Liang Dynasty will definitely encounter unprecedented pressure this time!

It's just that Li Yao, the force behind the southern bandit army, has not yet been figured out, is the southern bandit army really just a group of poor people rebelling?

According to the news from Li Yao's line newspaper, now that the southern bandit army has begun to govern the county seat, and it is still governing the county seat, could it be that a group of peasant uprising troops will still govern the county seat? If it is not supported by the forces behind it, it is that there are capable people behind the command, but now the position of the southern bandit army is slightly awkward, no matter whether the Liang Dynasty army wins or Li Yao wins in the end, the southern bandit army wants to rely on tens of thousands of bandit troops to compete with it, this is unrealistic, the southern bandit army does not have good weapons and equipment, and the armor and knives are all equipped from the county armory that was attacked, and there is not enough logistics, so it will not take long for such an army to be dragged away!

After waiting for several days, Wang Changzhu and the distilled liquor master finally came to Daxian County, Li Yao directly pulled Wang Changzhu and the distilled liquor master down to the side of the Black Oil Lake without saying a word, although it was Yangyun's sphere of influence, but now Yangyun and the Seventh Prince were in trouble, and the local county town did not have the ability to resist the wind wolf troops, so they could only watch the cavalry troops swaggering outside.

When everyone arrived at the edge of the Black Oil Lake, Li Yao took a bucket of black oil in a bucket and said, "Changzhu, this thing can be distilled out of other liquids by distillation, I need you to distill these things by brewing wine, are you sure?" ”

Wang Changzhu looked at the black oil and said, "Master Hou, we will definitely do our best to make what you want, but now we don't have large-scale distillation utensils, so we can't distill on a large scale now!" ”

Li Yao said: "You don't have to worry about this, there are five thousand craftsmen next to Da County, and the king craftsman is also there, what utensils you want will be built for you immediately, I will give you some black oil now, you take it back to test, and when the defense measures here are built, the king craftsman has almost built the distillation utensils, and then you will have to preside over the distillation!" ”

After listening to Li Yao's words, Wang Changzhu replied: "Since Master Hou has already arranged it, then we will take the samples back to do experiments now, and strive to make the black oil extract as soon as possible!" ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "Then let's do it, by the way, this black oil refiner is particularly afraid of fire, it can be said that it is the same as gunpowder is afraid of fire, it will explode when it gets touched by sparks, do you think about whether the distiller has any areas that need to be improved?" That's a lot easier to get on than alcohol! ”

Wang Changzhu thought for a while and said: "According to what Hou Ye said, the distillation appliance really needs to be improved, I will think about it in the evening, and tell you the improved distillation appliance early tomorrow morning!" ”

Li Yao patted Wang Changzhu on the shoulder and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, the method of improvement can be discussed by everyone, if you can't think of it, it's fine!" ”

Wang Changzhu said with a smile: "Master Hou, you can rest assured, in fact, you don't need to think about it, it's a big deal to put the distilled extract in another room, connected by a pipe in the middle, and the sealing of the two rooms is done, even if the extract is afraid of fire, it has no chance to encounter fire!" ”

Li Yao thought for a while, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, since you already have an idea in your heart, then go back tonight and improve it well, and wait for the two of us to go to the craftsman king tomorrow to talk about it together!" ”

Wang Changzhu nodded and said, "Yes, Master Hou?" ”

At this time, Chen Erwa ran to Li Yao with more than a dozen soldiers, although only seven days passed, but Chen Erwa and the dozen or so soldiers under his hands have changed significantly, Li Yao smiled: "How is it, the days of being a soldier are not bitter!" ”

Chen Erwa shook her head and said, "General, we are all children in the mountains, what hardships have we not suffered?" We can bear the hardships of training, although the squad leader is only training our military posture and queue these days, but we can obviously feel that several of us are more united, this training method is really good! ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "Since you are not afraid of hardship, then study hard, only by learning your skills well, can you protect the village!" ”

Chen Erwa saluted: "Yes, General!" ”

"By the way, Erwa, did you come to me for something?" Li Yao asked.

Chen Erwa said: "General, it was you who asked us to investigate the matter of black oil, and a few of us have already explored the surrounding places for fifty miles, and we have already marked the places where there is black oil." ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "You have done a good job, you should hurry up training before the beginning of spring, let the black oil detection go first, after the beginning of spring, our country will be in chaos, you must have some self-protection skills!" ”

When Chen Erwa heard Li Yao's words, she said solemnly: "Don't worry, general, we will train hard and defend our homeland when the time comes!" ”

Well, Li Yao nodded and said, "You have to pay close attention to the surrounding situation, and you must report in time when you encounter special situations!" ”

Chen Erwa saluted: "Yes, General!" ”

Okay, if it's okay, you guys go back to training first, and we're going back too.

Looking at the back of Chen Erwa leaving with the soldiers, Li Yao secretly thought in his heart: "It's still easy for locals to use, it only took seven days to find out the situation within a radius of fifty miles, if you use your own scouts to investigate, you can't finish shopping in ten days and a half months, and even if you finish shopping, you may not be able to find them all!" ”

With a few barrels of black oil samples, everyone also embarked on the journey back to Daxian County!

The next day, Wang Changzhu woke up Li Yao, because Wang Changzhu was Li Yao's housekeeper, so he lived with Li Yao, Li Yao looked at Wang Changzhu and asked, "Changzhu, you got up so early!" ”

Wang Changzhu nodded and said, "Master Hou, thinking that we can still create something comparable to gunpowder, I can't sleep with excitement, so I get up early, and the cook has already prepared the meal, so you can get up and eat too!" ”

Li Yao is not a grinding person, even in winter, he can get up as soon as he turns over, this is also a soldier who has been trained for many years, he definitely doesn't love bed, just talk about it!

After Li Yao washed and ate, he took Wang Changzhu to the Firearms City, and now in order to prepare for the Liang Dynasty army, no one slacked off, even if it was the king of craftsmen, he also ate and lived in the Firearms City, and always supervised the craftsmen to make firearms! (To be continued.) )