The horseshoe trampled on the concrete road, making a loud and crisp sound, if it was just one or two war horses, the sound would be ordinary, but when the number of war horses reached thousands, the sound became deafening. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Fei likes to run wild on the road with cavalry the most, and he can be seen almost every day.

The cavalry in the Songhai City military camp reached 11,000 cavalry at the most, and the 5,000 cavalry of the Liangjie Pass finally left last month under the training of Zhao Yun, and now there are only 6,000 cavalry belonging to Shaoyang. Considering the disparity in strength with the other legions, the cavalry was split into two legions.

Zhao Yun's 3,000 archers of the White Dragon Legion are worthy of being middle-level troops in the system, and after several months of training, all of them have second-level strength.

The remaining 3,000 cavalry belonged to Zhang Fei's Black Dragon Legion, and the original 800 rangers were all included in it, and the rest were all ordinary light cavalry.

The horseshoe and saddle stirrup were also proposed by Shaoyang, and then let Ma Hun lead people to develop and mass-produce and equip them into the two legions, so that the strength of the cavalry could be further improved, and these two cavalry legions were the most powerful combat power in Songhai City.

The efficiency of the construction of the cement road was much slower than expected, and only a thirty-mile-long road leading to the direction of Wilderness City was built, but the effect was self-evident.

Once the road was completely completed, the cavalry under Shaoyang's command would be able to support the connected cities in two or three hours.

Today, Zhang Fei appeared on the road again with a team of cavalry, but they did not gallop on horseback, and Shaoyang was among them, and there were several caravan members in front of the team to lead the way.

Just when the development of Songhai City was going very well, but there were still troubles, there was a problem with the source of materials for building the ballista, and the city lord of Ironwood City refused to provide Songhai City with another twenty-year-old ironwood.

After the negotiation of the people of the Xu family caravan was fruitless, Shaoyang could only go out in person, and naturally it was impossible to lose the battle, in addition to Zhou Cang Guo Jia, he also took Zhang Fei and the eight hundred rangers of the Black Dragon Legion.

To Tiemu City, you must pass through Zhang Fei's hometown Black Stone Fort, the people of the three families have moved to Songhai City one after another, there are not many people left in the fort, Xu Shu Guo Jia and others guessed that this may be one of the reasons why Tiemu City is embarrassed by Songhai City.

After coming to the Black Stone Fort, it was not early, and Shaoyang was not in a hurry to rush to Tiemu City, so he stayed in the fort for one night, and set off for Tiemu City early the next morning with only Guo Jia, Zhou Cang, and a few guards and caravan members.

A team of more than a dozen horsemen, which inevitably attracted attention outside the gate of Tiemu City, was stopped by the guards for interrogation.

Shaoyang did not show his true identity, but only entered the city in the name of the Xu family's caravan, and those guards still had the eyesight to make things difficult for Shaoyang and the others, but they were released after understanding the situation.

Tiemu City is much larger than Songhai City, with a population of 1780,000, and the city is much more prosperous than the original Songhai City, not the shadow of the caravan.

"Your Highness, this ironwood city is very prosperous because of the specialty of ironwood. Seeing that Shaoyang looked at the surrounding environment from time to time, the steward of the Xu family's caravan was especially interested in the caravan, and explained to him.

Because of its hard texture and light weight, ironwood has a wide range of applications, and the ironwood of the small age can be used to make shields, carriages and other items, and the ironwood of the old age is used in large quantities to build warships.

The rivers in the Northern Wilderness are shallow and narrow, and at most small ships can be navigated, and they can't use and can't accommodate warships, and Shaoyang didn't know much about it before.

Outside the Ironwood City City Lord's Mansion, after receiving Shaoyang's signal, the caravan steward stepped forward to negotiate with the guards.

"I bother a few military masters to report that we are from the Xu family's caravan, and we have something to ask to see the city lord. ”

Originally, for such a thing as buying ironwood, you only need to find the family that owns the ironwood forest in Ironwood City, and you don't need to come to the city lord, but after the family that originally provided ironwood interrupted the transaction, the people of the Xu family negotiated many times to no avail, and paid a lot of money only to learn that it was an order from the city lord Greg to prohibit the transaction.

The Tiemu Cheng family, who had a good relationship with the Xu family, informed the caravan steward that only if Greg withdrew the order could he buy Ironwood again.

Since it is necessary to communicate with the city lord, it is not enough to rely on the caravan steward, so Shaoyang came to Tiemu City and his party.

"Just because you also want to see the city lord, go away and don't get in the way. "The guards saw that the person who came was just an ordinary caravan member, and they didn't give face at all, pushing and driving him away, if it was the Xu family's descendants who asked to see him, the guards would definitely not dare to slack off.

"Master Jun, it's a little meaning, buy a few drinks for a few people, and I'm tired of doing a favor and reporting it. Shaoyang didn't want to reveal his identity too early, so the caravan steward could only find a way by himself, took out a handful of silver coins and stuffed them into the guards' hands.

Generally, the monthly salary of the guards is no more than one silver coin, and the caravan steward has more than a dozen silver coins, and if the four guards divide it equally, one person can also share three or five silver coins, which is three or five months' salary.

"I'll just let you know, and as for the city lord whether he sees you, I can't guarantee it. The guard weighed the silver coins in his hand, weighed the pros and cons of helping to report, glanced at his companions, and saw that everyone was looking at the silver coins, and then decided to help.

Greg was drinking with a few of his staff, when he received a notification from the guards to wait outside, and then waved off the attendants who were serving around him.

"My lord, this caravan is for the sake of not allowing the families to sell more than twenty years of iron and wood to them?" one of the staff members asked after seeing that Greg was deep in thought.

Greg said: "It's not that what else can you be happy about, I thought they wouldn't be able to buy Ironwood and would die, but I didn't expect to be able to find me here, it seems that I got the news that I ordered it to be banned." ”

"The Xu family has a wide range of friends, and in recent years, the scale of the Xu family's caravan trade has grown day by day, and the few families in the city have more or less friendship with them, and it is normal for people to penetrate the orders of adults. ”

Not to mention anything else, even if there are some transactions between several of the staff members here and the Xu family's caravan, they naturally will not grasp this matter tightly, and Greg also knows what is involved and ignores this matter.

"They still want to come and ask to see you, my lord, it seems that there is a big need for ironwood. Another staff member spoke up.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that they needed the ironwood, where would I have issued a special order to prohibit the families from selling ironwood to them. Greg snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with the Xu family's caravan, or the Songhai City behind them.

The thieves of Ironwood City are nowhere to be found, and the losses caused by the werewolves to plunder in previous years are not large, and the greatest credit is due to the existence of Blackstone Castle. Although Greg is dissatisfied with those who do not obey the discipline, it does not mean that he can accept Blackstone Castle into the arms of others.

Not to mention that Blackstone Fort no longer paid taxes to Ironwood City, but handed them over to Songhai City, which directly harmed Greg's interests.