Lin Yuan decided to go to Xiangyang City in person.

After handing over all the military and political affairs of Suizhou to Zhuge Liang, Lin Yuan took Yuwen Chengdu and went straight to Xiangyang City.

This time, he still brought enough 300 cavalry.

There is no way, and the heart of defense is indispensable.

He unified Suizhou and offended many lords, in case some of them bought murder in Xiangyang City and let him die in Xiangyang, then the country he had laid down would fall apart.

After arriving in Xiangyang City, Lin Yuan would meet the Fan family that night.

Upstairs in Yunjiang, the person who came to meet was a white-faced Confucian student.

"Fan Yang, I've seen Lin Zhizhou!"

"Fan Yang? What is the relationship between you and Little Saint Fan Li? Lin Yuan asked curiously.

"I am his second uncle, and I am in charge of the business of the Southern Song Dynasty." Fan Yang's Qi cultivation kung fu is very good, and he is polite to Lin Yuan, but he is neither humble nor arrogant.

Lin Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard this, "Your Fan family, business all over the world, have such a business mind, but you are a descendant of Tao Zhugong Fan Li?" ”

"That's right." Fan Yang nodded.

"Disrespectful, disrespectful." Even though Lin Yuan was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback.

People like this who have the blood of their ancestors are often elites from all walks of life.

Cao Shaoqing, who is under his command, has Cao Cao's blood, commands battles, and is more and more handy.

Lin Yuan estimated that he might meet more such people in the later period.

However, this is more interesting.

After talking with Fan Yang for a long time, Lin Yuan also learned a lot about the business layout of the Fan family.

For example, Fan Yang in front of him is the general person in charge of the Fan family's business in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Jin State and the Western Xia are also other people.

It's 'Little Saint Fan Li', but he likes to go to the Middle East very much.

Therefore, the Fan family regarded 'Little Saint Fan Li' as the pioneer of the Western Regions and let him roam.

The cotton seeds and 200,000 units of cotton that Lin Yuan needed were obtained by 'Little Shengfan Li' in Xinjiang.

It is also very simple for the Fan family to travel through various countries to transport goods, and only the local Fan family caravan needs to come forward to escort them, so as to avoid a large number of inspections.

For example, the transportation of goods from Western Xia was escorted to the border by the Fan family caravan of Western Xia, and then handed over to the Fan family caravan of the Song Dynasty, which could effectively avoid the censorship of the imperial court.

I have to say that a family like this also has its own way.

After handing over the bill of lading to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan also paid in full, and added 20% to the original price, which made Fan Yang very happy.

"There is another matter that requires the assistance of your Fan family."

"Lord Lin, please speak, if my Fan family can help, I will definitely help."

"That's right, I need a lot of high-grade refined iron, the more the better, can you get it?" Lin Yuan asked directly.

Although there are many iron ores in his Suizhou, they are all small tertiary iron ores, which only produce low-grade iron ore, and cannot smelt good refined iron.

Weapons and equipment forging requirements, low-grade fine iron, only suitable for building bronze-level equipment.

Medium-grade fine iron, only suitable for building silver-level equipment.

Only high-grade fine iron can create gold-level equipment.

As for the purple gold level equipment, it must be made of the finest fine iron, which can only be forged by the hands of high-level blacksmiths.

The best refined iron is very rare, only from the ninth grade iron ore, and the output is very small.

The ten pieces of purple gold equipment that Lin Yuan had built before had also consumed all the best iron reserves in Suizhou's arsenal, and if he wanted to build the second batch, it was already difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

The best fine iron, can not be found.

However, the reserves of high-grade refined iron in China are still very rich.

For example, Shandong and other places, Guangxi and other places contain a large amount of ninth-grade iron ore.

Lin Yuan took the line of the Fan family, and he also wanted to buy a batch of high-grade fine iron through them to create a batch of gold-level equipment for the army.

Now, silver-level equipment can no longer satisfy Lin Yuan.

If the combat effectiveness of the army wants to keep up, the equipment must be updated faster than others.

"Lord Lin rest assured, there is no problem in this matter, Jingjiang Mansion is rich in refined iron, there are three ninth-grade iron mines, and the production quantity of high-grade refined iron is not a few, I will reach a deal as soon as possible on this matter."

"Good!"

With Fan Yang's words, Lin Yuan felt a lot more at ease.

The next day, Lin Yuan came to the meritorious store again.

Compared to the last time, this time, he came with a huge amount of money.

After defeating Yang Qi's 50,000 army before, Zhuge Liang captured Xuyang City from Zhong Xiang's rebels, making his merit value reach a terrifying 140,000 points at once.

Entering the meritorious store, Lin Yuan was familiar with the road.

His current merit value can be directly exchanged for one royal recruitment token, or 7 royal recruitment tokens.

Lin Yuan was also hesitating whether to directly exchange the recruitment order.

After all, Suizhou has just been reunified, and it is the time to employ people.

However, after serious consideration, he decisively gave up.

Because under his command, there is no shortage of talents who are in charge of themselves.

Zhuge Liang's talent, governing a county, there is no problem, and with the assistance of Li Bing and Gongsun He, there will be no chaos at all.

In terms of military affairs, Yuwen Chengdu is a general who is in charge alone, as well as Yu Ban, Wen Ping, Zao Wouji, etc., all of whom are good generals who can lead the army.

What Lin Yuan has to consider now is that he is truly different from other lords and has a unique territorial characteristic.

He decided to use the wheel of luck.

Last time, he had little merit value, so he could only use the purple plate to draw a lottery.

But this time, his merits are as high as 140,000, Lin Yuan is like a gambler, he wants to fight big, he wants to use the red plate.

Luck red plate, each draw consumes 100,000 merit points.

There are very few items on the red plate, however, each one is a national treasure.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, put his hand in the center of the red plate, and slowly pressed the button.

The huge red disc turned, and the hands in the middle jumped through the small grids.

When the red disc stops, the pointer is also fixed in one of the small squares.

"Ding! System Prompt: Congratulations on obtaining the Fire Cloud Sanctuary (Broken), please pay attention to check. ”

Immediately after, a token of colorful light appeared in his hand.

The token says that if you crush the token, you can summon the Fire Cloud Temple.

[Huoyun Temple] (incomplete): The only place dedicated to the statue of the Three Emperors of the Human Race, currently there is only the statue of the Yellow Emperor

[Statue of the Yellow Emperor]: An ancient emperor with the power to kill the demon god, the physical fitness of all residents in the territory +10;Enshrined in the territory, all the people in the world return to their hearts, the talent attraction rate is +20%, and the refresh rate of the homeless people is +300%; +20 popularity, +20 security, +20% prosperity; Natural disasters such as droughts and floods, plagues, and locust plagues will be reduced by 50%.

Lin Yuan looked at the bonus attribute of the Yellow Emperor Statue and exclaimed with fascination.

It is not a loss to be the ancestor of China, and the additional attribute is comprehensive and powerful.

The Huoyun Temple is still incomplete, if you can collect the statue of Fuxi and the statue of Shennong, just imagine, how terrifying the bonus attribute will be.

And this is exactly what Lin Yuan wants, an advantage that distinguishes him from other lords.

Zhuge Liang and Yuwen Chengdu are not his advantages.

In the short term, Zhuge Liang and Yuwen Chengdu seem to be invincible, but in the long run, in the 5,000-year history of China, there are several people who can compare with Zhuge Liang, and even surpass them, such as Guan Zhong Leyi, Han Xinbaiqi, etc., as for Yuwen Chengdu, there are more, not to mention anything else, a single Li Yuanba, he can't turn over.

Only when the territory as a whole is strong can it be considered strong.