A big battle is over, Zhang Chu with the team back to the valley of Chaoyangtun, the victory of this war has improved the morale and prestige of the security team, hurt the government, how to deal with the relationship with the government has become an important issue, and now the government's attitude towards the rebel army is not uniform, some demand severe extermination, and some advocate appeasement. Perhaps this can be used to buy more time for the security team to develop. This requires the establishment of a relationship with Mazi Prefecture, the supreme governor of Yanchang County.

The summary meeting of the battle was held at the team headquarters, Zhang Chu listened quietly on the first seat, and Zhu Xiucai recorded it on the side. At first, everyone's enthusiasm was high, boasting to each other about their exploits in battle. But seeing that Zhang Chu didn't speak for a while, everyone's voices slowly quieted down.

Seeing this, Zhang Chu said: "The good place can be said that is the magic weapon for us to win in the future, and it is more important to summarize the shortcomings, so as to avoid failure and not let our efforts go to waste." ”

When they heard that it was not enough, everyone was silent.

Under Zhang Chu's repeated encouragement, it was Li Yi who spoke first, "I think our troops are not complete, we don't have long-range weapons, and we lack archers. After speaking, he looked at Zhang Chu uneasily.

Zhang Chu motioned for him to continue.

"In this battle, if it were not for the movement of our two ends, so that the enemy's archers could not concentrate in one direction, our losses would have been greater, not every battle has such an opportunity, and there is also the problem of muskets, although our short muskets can break through the armor, but the range is too close, if it is not for surprise, there will be no results this time. There is also the problem of the ignition of the musket, although the captain has improved the ignition pool, and added a fire pool cover linked to the trigger, the ignition powder will not be blown away by the wind, but the ignition is still inconvenient. Zhu Xiucai hurriedly wrote down Li Yi's words.

"During the battle, the scene was chaotic, and the soldiers and Ben couldn't hear the commander's orders." Hokin continued.

"It's easy to do, and the next training session will add a dedicated drum and bugle player to the queue to convey orders." Zhang Chu said.

At the beginning, everyone expressed their opinions from their own perspectives, and put forward the opinions that the current clothes of the team members are not conducive to combat, and the logo of the officer is not obvious.

"Everyone said very well, go back and think about what is a good way to improve according to the questions raised, the three stinkers have competed Zhuge Liang, and the summary after the war will become a system in the future, and the team will summarize and report to the team, and the summary of the team will be brought over and we will all find a way. In addition, all these captives are to be left behind and integrated into our ranks, and their families have to find a way to get them out of the city. Zhang Chu finally said.

After the meeting, Zhang Chu specially left Yang Blacksmith, Wu Carpenter and Deng Qingnian to inquire about the production of the workshop. The condition of the workshop was not good, mainly due to the lack of raw materials, especially iron and sulfur saltpeter, all of which were made into weapons, armor could only be made into cotton armor, and there was not much gunpowder made of sulfur saltpeter.

Later, they also mentioned by the way that the mining of coal is not smooth, they found some coal that is exposed to the ground, but it is very difficult to dig down, there is water gushing out of the ground a little deeper, it is very difficult to drain water, it takes time to make a waterwheel, in their opinion, there are many trees in the surrounding mountains, forests and trees, and they will not worry about fuel, and coal excavation is not very necessary.

There are many problems that can only be solved one by one, and Zhang Chu can't help but recall the happy life of doing nothing in the past. But although the otaku is not moving, the director still has perseverance and will not give up easily.

"On the issue of raw materials, I will order people to strengthen the purchase of iron ore, Deng Qingnian selected people among the blacksmiths who have knowledge of iron ore, and searched everywhere under the escort of the team members, and now we have defeated the official army, and the scope of activities has expanded. If you find an iron mine, send someone to grab the place. "The iron ore enterprises in Yanchang County, the mine should not be far away, but the specific location needs to be found. So Zhang Chu is still confident in finding iron ore.

Zhang Chu knows the importance of coal to modern industry, and future development will still rely on coal. "All the officers and prisoners captured this time were taken to dig coal, and they were ordered to supervise the distribution of food and drink according to the workload, and pay attention to safety so as not to cause a landslide accident. I'll tell you about the problem of stagnant water, you make some water presses for drainage. Zhang Chu said and painted, and explained the production method of the water press to Deng Qingnian and others, so that they could cast a straight cylinder with iron and then use animal skins to make pistons in two iron sheets, and make a trap with iron below, and connect the iron or ceramic pipes to fill the water pressure handle to pump water. After Zhang Chu finished speaking, he saw that everyone still didn't understand, so he simply asked someone to bring a piece of mud, and Zhang Chu made a shape out of the mud. This kind of water press is common in rural areas, so Zhang Chu still pinched it well. When everyone saw it, they immediately understood. Zhang Chu told everyone that the pipeline must be sealed and not leaking, and if it doesn't work, it will be wound with asphalt and cloth strips left over from refining gasoline.

If there is too much coal, you have to find a market for him. So another series of Zhang Chu's clay sculptures was born. The stove strips and lids of the later coal-burning stoves of the later generations of mud kneading appeared, and Zhang Chuming craftsmen cast some stove strips and lids with iron. I fired some chimneys made of pottery, and built a coal-burning stove in the yard by myself, and lit a fire to test the fire, and the effect was good. Looking at these things, Zhang Chu decided that he wanted to enter Yanchang City once.

However, Wu Baihu, who was arrested before this, had to be reformed. In the past few days, Wu Baihu was locked in a room with a dead window, the whole person was tied to a heavy chair, everything fell into darkness after the guard closed the door, and then no one paid attention to him anymore, I didn't know the time in the dark, Wu Baihu began to feel that time became slow, and hunger gradually attacked, there was no light and no sound, this is an experience that Wu Baihu had never had, and suddenly Wu Baihu remembered Zhang Chu's words and used him to sacrifice the flag when attacking the city, maybe this was his last time in this world, Wu Baihu wanted to let time pass a little slower again. When the sky full of immortal Buddhas had begun to fly above Wu Baihu's head, the door was over. Wu Baihu was brought out.

Seeing Zhang Chu again, Wu Baihu tried his last bit of strength to beg for mercy. "You're still useful." Zhang Chu's voice sounded like a heavenly sound.

If there is still a use, you will not die, Wu Baihu's mind turned quickly, and he immediately said: "But with the king's dispatch, the sword mountain and the sea of fire dare to go." ”

"You don't need to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, you can not only continue to be your hundred households, but also make a fortune." After Zhang Chu finished speaking, he raised the short musket in his hand and pointed it at a wooden board behind Wu Baihu, and with a bang, a big hole appeared in the board. Then he continued: "The world has changed, what would happen if one day you left the house with a bang. ”

Zhang Chu raised his gun and shot Wu Baihu directly. I also said earlier that I could be an official and make a fortune, and then I slammed it all of a sudden, this thief is really moody. However, Wu Baihu has seen the power of this thing, and his own soldiers wearing heavy armor were killed seven or eight at once, and martial arts or anything is useless in front of this. After stabilizing his mind, Wu Baihu still saw hope, maybe what the king said was really possible, otherwise there would be no need to scare him. Wu Baihu was proud that his brain could turn so fast, and immediately turned to Zhang Chu and said, "If the king has any orders, the little ones will definitely do it, and they will never disobey the yang and the yin." ”

"Did you defeat this battle?" Zhang Chu asked.

"Defeated, defeated, defeated." Wu Baihu replied.

"If you are defeated, you will not be far from death, it is not good to be out of school, and you will lose the entire hundred households, and what awaits you will be the loss of officials and the killing of your head." Zhang Chu said unhurriedly.

Wu Baihu's sweat came down all of a sudden, "What can I do about this?" ”

"You were not defeated, you led the soldiers of the hundred households to kill the enemy bravely, more than half of the dead and wounded, and finally beat the enemy and fled into the mountains, and the enemy was frightened, and left a book for Ma Zhixian, to beg for mercy from the county, saying that he was a poor people, forced by life, and now he is willing to obey the dispatch of the county magistrate and serve the adult, as long as the adult is willing to accept, the security team will fight the bandits and bandits for the adult, and manage the homeless."

"Are you telling the truth?" Wu Baihu didn't believe his ears a little.

"Of course it's true, we have long been loyal to the court, but I didn't expect you to come to the door indiscriminately, so there was this fight." Zhang Chu Zhengse said.

Wu Baihu secretly complained to himself and made trouble for a long time, and this defeat was found by himself. But after thinking about it, there was something wrong, so he said carefully, "But my soldiers are gone, and I won't believe it when I go back to the county." ”

"This is easy to do, I will return your soldiers to you, the number of dead and wounded is not enough to make up for it with our people first, in order to show our sincerity, the military salaries of these soldiers will be paid by me first, and the two months' military salaries you will receive when you go back will belong to you. However, in order to prevent the thieves from attacking the city, the team was first stationed in a dangerous place five miles away from the city. ”

Wu Baihu felt that the king cared deeply for him, not only did he not have to take the responsibility of the defeat himself, but he could also get two months' military salary for nothing, which really kept his official position and made a fortune, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart. I can't care so much now, let's run back and live. So he hurriedly said: "Everything is arranged by the king." ”

Zhang Chu took out two letters and said: "This is a letter I wrote to Lord Zhixian, expressing my deep respect for Lord Zhixian and my heart of obedience. The other is a letter you wrote to me, expressing your deep respect for my lordship, and your heart of obedience, you are determined to take the risk of sneaking back to the city, and you should kill the magistrate and take the county seat, and you will copy this letter and hand it to Zhu Xiucai. Zhang Chu handed over the letter.

Wu Baihu couldn't help but tremble all over, and finally gritted his teeth and took the letter, copied the second letter under the supervision of Zhu Xiucai, said goodbye to Zhang Chu, and took the soldiers of Baihu Institute that Zhang Chu had reorganized for him to drive to a dangerous place five miles away from the city to station, Wu Baihu only took one personal soldier to Yanchang County.

In the valley, Zhang Chu selected ten team members to be guards, and took them to do special training in the skills of fighting in the city, deduce possible situations, and formulate emergency plans. A few days later, the inquiry learned that the city gate of Yanchang County had been opened. Deng Qingnian and others produced what they needed. Zhang Chu decided to take the guards and things to enter Yanchang City once.