The short truce is still very beneficial to Lin Xiao, he currently has a large amount of iron ore, but if he wants to make these iron ores into armor, it will take a lot of time to digest the dividends of the war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He currently has few people, and he can only rely on his equipment to crush him, otherwise it is impossible to defeat the soldiers of Midland who are far outnumbered by his own.

Lin Xiaoke didn't fully believe in the agreement of these nobles, he dared to say that as long as his strength was weaker, he guaranteed that there would be an army to crusade against him.

After all, an agreement can only be effective when the two sides are equal in power, and if either side is weaker, the stronger side can completely tear up the agreement.

Lin Xiao is currently on the weak side, don't look at him to win a battle, if the nobles of Huangsha City are determined to be ****, it will be difficult for him to stop him.

In order to raise the chips, he also had to face it toughly, so that he was strong, but in fact, he was strong from the outside.

I have to say that this method is still very effective, and without knowing the enemy, these feudal nobles do not dare to act rashly.

Huangsha Town has temporarily stabilized, but the residents of the town are still panicked, and many civilians want to flee.

Lin Xiao naturally would not let such a thing happen, and sent troops to guard every intersection, strictly prohibiting the phenomenon of population flight.

In order to appease these civilians, he also deliberately asked one missionary to rush over and educate these ignorant civilians.

The effect was not very obvious, but the civilians of Huangsha Town at least stabilized, after all, these outsiders did not do too much to them.

Moreover, these outsiders are extraordinarily generous, as long as they work for them, they can also receive enough pay, and the more work they do, the higher the pay.

Those aristocrats don't care about this, no matter how hard the hired workers are, the remuneration is only a little, and if they are less, they will have to deduct money.

The motivation of the hired workers has increased greatly, and of course Lin Xiao's expenses are more, but it is worth it for him.

The town, which originally had a population of less than 1,000, was forcibly raised to the level of nearly 2,000 by him, and coal and iron ore were also frantically exploited.

The captives under his hands are also a group of laborers, and Lin Xiao doesn't want them to eat and drink for nothing, at least he has to recover their food expenses.

Of course, the efficiency of the captives is not very high, even if Lin Xiao threatens not to give them food, the efficiency will only increase on the spot.

Lin Xiao didn't care about this, and studied the fire gun he captured, which looked like a pistol, and the principle was very simple, similar to fireworks.

But knowing that he wanted to make these is still very troublesome, first of all, gunpowder.

Lin Xiao had heard of black powder, but he didn't usually pay attention to these things, the ghost knew the formula, and the proportion was also a problem.

Not only that, but the barrel is also a problem, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to make a barrel at present.

Even if the above two things are solved, there is still one last problem.

Clones are very poor at learning, and ordinary people may be able to learn to use it in a few months, but they may not learn it for a few years or even forever.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's delusion of wanting to arm a firearms army was instantly shattered, but this could not hinder his idea of wanting to control firearms.

Taking advantage of the fact that the feudal nobles did not understand his strength, he vigorously forged armor and various horse armor during this buffer period, and tried to expand the advantage of cavalry.

The cavalry was also raised by him to 200 cavalry, and he would not be able to afford any more.

Resources are limited, after Lin Xiao poured resources into the cavalry, after comparison, he will find that the infantry is relatively poor.

It is not unreasonable for Lin Xiao to do this, the cavalry can still run if they can't beat it, and the infantry can only wait for death.

Although he said that he had withdrawn from Huangsha Town, it did not mean that he could not reoccupy it, and the mobility of the cavalry was also very good.

Unless these feudal nobles are prepared to hoard heavy troops in Huangsha Town, logistics is a problem, and military spending is also a big expense.

Of course, this is also Lin Xiao's last resort, he is not prepared to do this unless he has to.

A few more days passed, and the nobles sent people to renegotiate, and after a few days of mobilization, they realized how difficult Lin Xiao's request was.

It would take them at least a year to complete, and of course, with a huge amount of silver, the time could be reduced tenfold.

No nobleman was willing to contribute such a large sum of money, but they were still able to scrape together more than 2,000 seeds.

But Lin Xiao resolutely disagreed, so they had to give in and demand that half of the captives be released first, including Viscount Ella and several noble generals.

Lin Xiao is not stupid, the value is a few of them, and the rest of the soldiers are incidental, it is almost impossible to expect these feudal nobles to pay for their soldiers alone!

As a result, the two sides did not negotiate, Lin Xiao still had the same requirements as last time, and made a slight concession, only 4,000 kinds, but he needed to pay him enough iron.

In the past few days, it was not the envoy of Huangsha City who asked to see Lin Xiao this time, but the seed merchant Gray Stone who had made a deal with him before.

Because of the war, Lin Xiao almost forgot about this person, he didn't expect him to dare to come, and sure enough, the huge profits would make the capitalists take risks and trample on the law!

At this time, Gray Shi was also a little nervous, the other party was a big man with heavy soldiers, if he was unhappy, he would probably die here.

But he wanted that rich reward, but he wanted to give up all his efforts, and his legs came here involuntarily......

When he saw that it was a little girl, Greystone relaxed.

Lin Xue walked over lightly and said, "My brother is not here, you can tell me anything." ”

"That's it...... In the matter of seeds, according to Boss Lin's request, I have purchased the seeds of more than 1,000 plants. Greystone replied with some trepidation.

"And where?" Lin Xue continued to ask with a calm face.

"East of Huangsha Town...... Other...... Don't kill me! ”

Before Gray Shi finished speaking, he saw the two guards beside Lin Xue pull out their knives and put them on his neck.

Being so intimidated, Greystone confessed everything he knew.

As soon as he returned to Huangsha City, he was approached by the nobles, and then after interrogation, he confessed his deal with Lin Xiao.

These nobles then gave him a chance to make amends, deceived Lin Xiao into the ambush location, and captured him.

Even if Lin Xiao is not captured, it is not bad to capture the people around him, and it can be used as a bargaining chip.

It's a pity that the seed vendor Gray Stone is not a good actor, and Lin Xiao doesn't want to pay attention to the other party.

However, some useful information was also derived from this guy's body, and in order to confuse the truth from the fake, the nobles of Huangsha City really transported the seeds to their destination.

In order to hide, there are not many soldiers in ambush, no more than 500 people, this is an opportunity for Lin Xiao!