Colonel Qin returned, and with him came the musket battalion that he had trained single-handedly, and there was only one company left in Xingnan Province to defend Shenlong Island.

When the ship docked at Xingyao Bay, the slanting sun had already dyed half of the sky red, and dazzling lights suddenly lit up on both sides of Bay Avenue.

In the interplay of light and shadow, there are boiling people's voices, which are not inferior to the busy scene in the early morning, and the night market in the Bay Area has begun.

Although Colonel Qin had heard that electric lights had been created locally to illuminate the night sky, it was just a concept after all.

Now after witnessing the miraculous light that turns night into day, the whole person is wooden.

"Auspicious, really auspicious. ”

sighed to himself, took the musket battalion to the river transport ship, and rushed to Xiangyuan overnight to resume his life.

After Wang Xuan walked around the garden with Qing'er in his arms, he came back and saw the tall figure of the somewhat haggard little school.

"I haven't eaten breakfast yet, come, try the pickles of the concubine, this is a must, I'll take this bite." ”

Wang Xuan smiled and pulled the little school into a seat, which alleviated a lot of his embarrassment, and the meal was also enjoyed by the guests and hosts.

After dinner, the two went to the study.

"My Majesty has brought back 500 people who have been trained by his own hands, all by His Majesty's dispatch. Qin Xiaoxiao had a heroic face, although his face was haggard, but his speech was still full of energy.

"A battalion is a little less, but it's enough. Wang Xuan habitually leaned on the back of the sofa and lifted Erlang's legs.

Qin Xiaoxiao was next to the sofa with half of his buttocks, his hands on his knees, and he was stuck on the sofa like a pine.

"The two musket regiments of the military headquarters have gone north, and there is no one to train the recruits at the moment, so except for one company that went north to New Taipei, the remaining two companies were changed to teaching companies to be responsible for training recruits. ”

Wang Xuan's words are not small in information.

The musketeers of the two regiments went to Hu Yue, and if the command was proper and the intelligence was in place, the storm would be great.

Moreover, only one company is stationed in New Taipei, who is it guarded against?

There is only one goal, and that is Great Xia.

In Xiao Xiaoxiao's opinion, His Majesty has begun to worry about the master of Daxia who does not play cards according to common sense.

This also shows from the side that Jixiang already has a lot of ideas about Hu Yue, and began to put it into action, and now pursues a passive defense strategy against Daxia to avoid two-front battles.

The last one is crucial.

Two musket companies were changed to teaching companies, and even if each soldier only brought one squad, it would be 5,000 recruits.

According to the speed of forming an army in three months, and then selecting some good seedlings as instructor training, I am afraid that there will be 10,000 musketeers available in the middle of the year.

10,000 people, who else does Jixiang need to worry about at that time?

I'm afraid the only thing to worry about is whether there are so many muskets to equip the troops.

Wang Xuan is really worried about this problem.

Despite all the means taken and a lot of favors, it is always difficult to improve the quality of auspicious steel production.

This not only retarded the development of industry and agriculture, but also restricted Wang Xuan's follow-up plans.

As auspicious industrialization slowly progressed, the importance of steel became more and more prominent.

"Don't worry about the musket, I'll figure it out, I can't let you all train with a burning stick. Wang Xuan himself smiled as he spoke.

Colonel Qin felt a little relieved when he heard this, and went to the military headquarters to report on his work with enthusiasm.

Wang Xuan sent Colonel Qin away, but he was worried, how could he get more steel?

Thinking about it, there are only two ways, one self-produced and the other bought.

Self-production is not to think about it, whether it is Jixiang or Xingnan Road, there is a lack of high-quality iron ore, even if some of the cost of mining is too high, and the cost performance is not high.

The only way left is to buy.

There are three high-quality iron mines in Xishan, two of which are already in the hands of Jixiang, and the remaining one can only barely maintain the needs of the Sun family, Wang Xuan really can't bear to start.

In addition to the territory with the best relationship between Great Xia and Jixiang, from the perspective of transportation costs, there are also several territories along the coast of Xingyao Lake to choose from.

There is a small iron mine in the Half Moon Territory, but it is close to the mountains and deep inland, and the cost of building only the road scares Wang Xuan.

The watchful territory east of the river has a special status and is excluded.

Donghe and the Chen Clan's territory are already under Zhao Shengrui's control, so there is no need to think about it.

Silver pine collar and crystal collar do not produce iron ore, excluded.

The most likely remaining is the Talon Plain, which borders New Taipei.

The Dalong Plain, which is composed of more than 20 small collars, is one of the grain producing areas of Great Xia, where there are several rivers flowing down from the East Mountain, irrigating the auspicious land nearly 100 times the size, and the people's life is comparable to that of the West Mountain.

The largest iron mine in the Tarong Plain is in the Yeshan Territory, which is close to Dongshan.

According to the scale of the map, this place is only more than 100 miles away from the New North Defense Line, but it happens to be next to the north-south traffic artery built by the original auspicious initiative, which is the most suitable.

However, when the auspicious envoy discussed cooperation with Yeshan Ling, he was frightened by the other party's lion opening.

Wang Xuan, who got the news, was immediately furious, "The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant, but no matter how big a snake is, it can't swallow the smallest elephant, I think he wants to go to heaven." ”

Seeing that His Majesty was so angry that he couldn't speak, several directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were immediately silent and didn't dare to say a word.

"In addition to the requirements to set up factories and build logistics parks in their territory, what other requirements do they have?"

One of the directors said stubbornly: "They also said that they would be the general agent of the entire Dalong Plain." ”

There was a crisp snap, and the fine celadon teacups had broken into slag and scattered into flowers on the smooth floor.

"It's a bastard, what do the Guiquan Leaders in the north of Yeshan and the Yanyang Leaders in the west say?" Wang Xuan's anger did not subside, but his mood was slightly soothed.

"Back to Your Majesty, Gui Quan and Yan Yang didn't say anything, but the premise could only be the kind of secret cooperation and couldn't see the light. ”

"Then promise him, what does Hui Kangling, who is stuck in the middle of New Taipei and Yeshan, say?"

"Huikang may be due to the relationship with New Taipei, so it did not make any requests, but just hoped that businessmen would invest more in the territory. ”

"That's all?" Wang Xuan, this will be a little overestimating the lord of the Kang Ling.

"That's true. ”

As a result, Yeshan was isolated.

That night, Wang Xuan convened an emergency military meeting.

The lack of steel has always been a thorn in his heart, and he wants to change all this completely and give Jixiang wings to take off.

Just like when Jixiang first started, I was afraid that I would be remembered if I took a big step.

Today, unlike in the past, without enough steel, the development of auspiciousness will seriously lag behind, and even the military strength will shrink a lot, and there will be no confidence to fight against other countries for a long time.

Now it is a dialectical relationship between a vicious circle and a virtuous circle, auspicious, and now has the qualifications to take the virtuous circle!

So Wang Xuan wanted to take a risk, take Yeshan, completely solve the hat of auspicious poor iron, let go of his hands and feet and stride forward.

Now Wang Xuan has realized that steel is where he and Jixiang's confidence lie, and with enough steel, he has the confidence to be the enemy of the whole world.

"My request is very simple, take Yeshan within a week, and prop up the puppet regime to get the mines. As for the other three collars, they should also be closely monitored, and once they find that there are actions that are not conducive to auspiciousness, they must be the first to strike. ”

Wang Xuan seems to have not been so 'presumptuous' for a long time, and his current style of acting is different from the past, which can be defined as three points of gambling, three points of luck, and four points of talent.

Liu Liu thought that maybe the whole auspiciousness was clear to him, and the person in front of him was stimulated by the gambling victory in Sun Moon City last time.

Gambling is addictive, and gambling that goes off the beaten track and surprises is particularly fascinating.

"Your Majesty, once you lose, you will fight without declaring war, and the consequences will ......"

The staff officer did not say any more.

The last time the auspicious artillery shot down the sunset and captured Qin Yuan alive, it was for a reason, and Daxia was the first to lose, so even if he suffered a dumb loss, he finally endured it.

This time, if you attack an inland territory for no reason, you can't say anything, and there is only one way to start a war.

Otherwise, Daxia will collapse in an instant, Zhao Shengrui can't afford to gamble, and the burden on his body is about to crush him crazy.

At present, public opinion is favorable to auspiciousness, and the auspicious army is playing the role of a savior, driving Hu Yue's lustful people into the sea and returning a peaceful star.

If it is rumored at this time that auspicious covets the Yeshan Iron Mine, and uses the three rotten methods of undeclared war to invade other people's mines, what is the difference between it and the original Red Flame?

Let's not talk about these first, but the momentum that is auspicious and finally created is falling off such a cliff, isn't it picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon?

It is natural to see which is more important and which is more important.

Wang Xuan didn't understand the worries of the staff officers, but he really couldn't bear the fat in front of him.

As long as he eats this piece of meat, Ji Xiang will soon regain his strength and meet the challenges of his opponent with a stronger physique, so as to obtain more meat.

He couldn't wait.

"Fight, Yeshan must be won. As long as I can quickly control Yeshan Ling, even if it costs a lot, I will admit it. ”

Yes, His Majesty the King has said so, and there is no need for everyone to persuade them again, but only to think about where to open the breakthrough.

"The native great white sharks, vipers, and secondary intelligence networks are all at your disposal, and I want to get the Yeshan Iron Mine by February 10th. ”

Liu Liu looked at the somewhat unfamiliar 'brother-in-law' with a complicated expression, and finally had to sigh lightly, and he never persuaded him from beginning to end.

The staff officers of the military headquarters had instructions, and they stayed up all night to fight, accompanied by electric lights.

Since it was a sneak attack, or a decapitation, it was more appropriate, so it could not make a big noise, so the musket was naturally excluded.

In addition to sweeping out the high-level leaders of Yeshan in the shortest possible time, it is also necessary to support the puppet regime as soon as possible and maintain the normal operation of the Yeshan Territory, so that outsiders will not see anything unusual.

On 4 February, the third day after Colonel Qin returned, the General Staff came up with two completely different battle plans, and Wang Xuan chose the most direct and violent attack plan without even thinking about it.

The reason is very simple, the effect is fast.

The person in charge of this mission is Colonel Qin, and now he has been quickly promoted to lieutenant colonel commander, with His Majesty's expectations and his vision for the future, with his musket battalion and nearly 30 special combat team members embarked on a journey of cutting and metallurgy.

Jixiang is now making way for this beheading, and the two companies supporting New Taipei can only wait for the mission to be completed.

Liu Liu's recent melancholy has not escaped Wang Bi's eyes.

When he said the worry about Wang Xuan in his heart, Wang Bi smiled, relieved and angry.

"Why, shouldn't I be worried?" Liu Liu was a little annoyed by his wife's laughter.

Wang Bi didn't answer him, just looked at him silently, and only said with a relaxed face after he was about to explode: "You still don't know him." ”

Liu Liuxin said, the two of us have spent a lot of time together in Xingnan Road, at least we have a basic judgment of him, so I don't say anything about my wife's words.

Wang Bi opened his mouth at this time, "I saw through him before he was fifteen years old, but I couldn't see it clearly since he succeeded to the throne." But after a few years of getting along with each other and understanding his style, I can understand his thoughts. ”

Liu Liu was a little surprised: "What do you think?"

Wang Bi said a rare foul word, "My grandson has been a grandson for a long time, and I want to be a grandfather!"

Liu Liu smiled dumbly.

Wang Bi said again: "In the past, Jixiang had no strength, and he always thought of ways to be a grandson for others, only in this way can he dispel the humiliation imposed on Jixiang by those 'masters'." ”

"What about now?" asked Liu Liu very cooperatively.

Wang Bi glanced at him and said, "Don't talk about population or territory at the moment, what level is auspiciousness?"

Liu Liu was silent.

Jixiang is the most unproductive, and the two most criticized are avoided and discussed, what else is there to say?

"At the beginning, auspiciousness was like the Liuyin River, and it couldn't raise many big fish. Later, it slowly boiled into Xingyao River, and some goods that could be put on the table began to appear. Later, auspiciousness changed from a river to Xingyao Lake, separated from the vast sea by an artificial canal, if you were the growing fish, would you see a river blocking your way to Jackie Chan?"

Liu Liu was stunned.

On the other hand, the daughter-in-law's words accurately analyzed the current auspicious situation, or the mental journey of the auspicious king.

"The carp will eventually come out, and it will turn into a dragon ...... when it jumps into the dragon gate"

Liu Liu finally understood that his experience was still too shallow.

The reason why his brother-in-law is so impatient and even a little paranoid is willing to take such a big risk is that he insists on taking Yeshan Ling.

Auspicious, unconsciously, has reached the point where people look up.