That's right, Luo Lan is fighting a financial war.

The first step is to use the military competition to drag down the agriculture of the southern state, and the second step is to use the skill of managing the importance of the central state to cause civil strife in the southern state.

The so-called art of light and heavy is actually very simple, agriculture is the heavy, sulfonite stone is light, if the light and heavy are reversed, then the southern state will be in chaos.

In the castle, Luo Lan and Charles looked at each other and smiled, looking a little embarrassed.

In fact, Charles was a little worried at first, he was concerned about the Southern Pradesh, and if he messed up the Southern Pradesh, he felt guilty.

But Luo Lan said that if the southern state is in chaos, the northern state will help their poor relatives, and the peasants will be fine, but the people who are in trouble are the people of Gargo.

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By the beginning of spring, nearly 20,000 people had gathered at the southern end of Nakajima State. The 20,000 peasants were basically peasants living along the river, and they were transported by boat. They received militarized training from Luo Lan, and they were paid one copper coin a day.

And the so-called training is nothing more than carrying farm tools, standing still or waving flags and shouting, at most poking and poking straw men.

The peasants had nothing to do in the slack time, and there was a serious surplus of labor, so when the prince said that one copper coin a day would recruit the peasants to practice, almost all the adult men came, and one or two women were left in the house to take care of the agriculture.

Now, 20,000 peasants are practicing at the foot of the mountain, and the shouts are being heard here and there, and the shouts are going to be heard on the other side of the mountain.

Luo Lan and Charles rode their horses to patrol, so many people couldn't see the end at a glance.

The two climbed a high mountain and looked down on the peasant army on the steppe below.

"Your Highness, there seem to be a lot of spies from the southern states in the mountains, and they should look down on our peasant army." Charles glanced at the mountains behind him and whispered.

"Well, they will indeed look down on us, but they will be afraid that we will develop, we have 200,000 people, and a state will enroll 10,000 or 20,000 people, and Gargo will not be able to sleep well."

In the era of cold weapons, population is almost the key to determining the strength of the country, as long as the weapons are in place, it is basically which side has more people and which side wins, unless there is a genius commander or occupies the right time, place and people.

Gargo is obviously not a genius, he finally has more than a thousand elite soldiers, and he will be scrapped in one battle, and his endurance is far inferior to Luo Lan.

"It looks like we'll have to send spies to see what's going on in Southern Pradesh as well. Your Highness, go back to Phuket City, spring has arrived, I don't know if there is a situation in the special industrial zone, they need you more. ”

Charles proposes that he is good enough for the "military race" to slowly drag Gargo to death.

Luo Lan nodded: "It's time for me to go back." Charles, I'll leave Barrett to you, you remember, we're just acting, and if Gargo jumps over the wall, we're going to retreat immediately. ”

"Understood, I'm waiting for His Highness's explosive bombs and rockets!"

The next day, Luo Lan went north.

He took only a dozen guards with him, and the rest was left to Charles.

All the way north, Luo Lan was not in a hurry, he inspected many places along the way.

Since the beginning of spring, the farmers are more active, and they are basically just planting wheat and corn, so they are not busy.

When they are not busy, they are willing to move around, or go hunting, or go fishing, and also, go to the town.

Merchants from the north settled in the agricultural markets of the south, bringing with them clothes, dried meat, fish oil lamps, jewelry, and of course, bee coal.

Now that the coal is no longer available for free, farmers have started to buy it for fire, and some farmers with good skills have even built earthen kilns and started to burn things like earthen bowls and mud bricks.

In short, with the arrival of spring, the agricultural market is finally alive. However, there is a shortage of goods, and there is still a long way to go.

Luo Lan did not return to Phuket City until ten days later, and as soon as he returned to the city, he was immediately warmly welcomed.

Many people even asked him how the peasants in the south were doing, whether they had survived the winter.

Luo Lan responded one by one, and then went to pray for some newly opened shops, so that the people couldn't keep their mouths shut.

Half a day later, Luo Lan returned to the palace.

Now it's Ellie's turn to toss him.

"Stupid prince, why have you been there for so long, I thought you were captured by the people of the Southern State." Elle breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but her mouth was unforgiving.

Luo Lan squinted and patted her thigh: "Sit up and let Prince Ben hug you." ”

"Dead open! Go to the West Coast, the day before yesterday the cavalry came back and said that Daisy wanted to see you. ”

Luo Lan stood up suddenly, her eyes full of surprise.

Daisy doesn't take the initiative to see herself, she must have made a rocket!

"Great, I'll see how Gargo can dance!"

Luo Lan was excited, if the explosive bomb is a shell used to wash the ground, then the rocket is a "rifle", with a rifle, there is a more complete combat capability, and it can fight with the southern state.

Luo Lan laughed loudly and was about to leave. After taking two steps, he turned back and asked, "By the way, is Bina back?" ”

"Not yet, the holy mountain is a long way away, where can I be sure that she will return in the spring."

Luo Lan didn't ask any more questions, and rushed to the west coast with his soldiers.

The snow has long since melted, and the plains are full of peasants, who come and go between the city of Phuket and the fields, as vibrant as wheat.

Luo Lan galloped all the way and arrived at the west coast in the evening of the same day.

Here again, he received a warm welcome. Luo Lan was in a good mood, he first suppressed his expectations for the rocket and went to inspect the port.

The port has reopened, and thousands of workers are busy, but the progress has slowed down much due to the lack of bombs.

Luo Lan chatted with Gulmis for half an hour and learned that the workers had found a vegetable gum and put it into the mixing drum to make the bee coal more viscous.

Luo Lan didn't know about this, but this was worthy of commendation, and Luo Lan made four more people barons.

And the special industrial zone has also taken on a new look, mainly because there are many more buildings, whether it is taverns or houses, there are a lot more, and some people even got married not long ago, which is planning to live for a long time.

Luo Lan saw it with great joy, and waited until it was dark before rushing to Daisy's industrial base.

Here, clusters of torches are planted in the trees, illuminating the mining area.

Luo Lan didn't see Rick, but she did see Carl and his party.

Carl, as the defense force of the special industrial zone, is usually on the port side, but today he came to Daisy.

Luo Lan went over to ask what happened, and Karl saluted and said excitedly: "Your Highness, Miss Daisy invented an arrow that can breathe fire, she asked us to help her test it, and that thing still didn't stop shooting through the iron armor, and flew a full twenty meters away, and then inserted . More than five centimeters into the trunk of the tree, it's terrible! ”

Carl said, taking off a torch and taking Luo Lan to check the scene of the test.

"Here, you see the armor fixed on this shelf, it's shot through, and then there's ...... Erected tree trunks, so deep holes. Carl was shocked and terrified, he was really scared of the rocket.

Luo Lan can't calm down anymore, this is a rocket, the originator of modern rockets!

"Daisy!" Luo Lan shouted and ran to the mine.

Before entering, Daisy ran out with a surprised look on her face, her fingers clutching a rocket.

Rockets are longer in length than normal arrows, and also have straight shafts, arrowheads, and feathers. But the difference is that there is an extra powder cartridge on the shaft of the arrow.

The upper end of the gunpowder cartridge is closed, the lower end is open, and it is fixed to the upper part of the arrow shaft, and the rocket can be launched by lighting the lead of the gunpowder cartridge when it is fired.

Luo Lan looked at the rocket, his excitement was indescribable, he hugged Daisy tightly, and couldn't help but kiss her hair.

Daisy was stunned, and her little face suddenly turned red.

"Your Highness......"

"Daisy, tell me how you made it? Especially the powder cartridge, which is the hardest part. ”

(The stage of making a fortune in a muffled voice is coming to an end, and the next stage is the sword out of the sheath, ask for some recommendation votes, thank you.) ）