1,000 gold coins were delivered on the spot, and there was no way to transport the grain and grain, the iron and wood were outside the city, and the grain was in the granary in the Bush house, so they could only wait for it to be transported later, especially the transportation of grain transportation was very troublesome, but it was not a problem for Shaoyang, just let the Bush family transport it to Fort Blackstone, and then use the system space to collect it directly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Shaoyang and the others left, the second eldest of the Bush family had the opportunity to tell his father and brother what had happened to him.

"Nearly a thousand cavalry? Isn't it just some ironwood, as for dispatching so many people?" Bush Sr. guessed the strength of the other party, but he really didn't expect that they would send so many cavalry for ironwood.

"Father, you can't go back on the food and iron you promised them. The second child was afraid that the family would regret it because they were reluctant to accept the grain and ironwood, and the other party might not be able to do anything to the Bush family at that time, but he would definitely not be able to escape.

Before he came back, he had been forced to write a confession and sign his name to press his handprint, except for this incident, many of the sins committed in the past were listed, and the other party could clean himself up openly, otherwise he would not have been released before he received anything.

"Well, Boss, you prepare as soon as possible, and try to get things to where they say they are tomorrow. Bush Sr. commanded.

If he hadn't sent that cavalry, Bush Sr. was only afraid of the name of the Third Highness of Songhai City, for the sake of the family's interests, he could play some tricks, but the other party even used the cavalry, where did he still have the guts. At this time, he had completely dispelled the previous idea of stealing the glass formula, and only wanted to save the family business as much as possible.

The next day, the Bush family transported the promised grain and ironwood to Fort Blackstone, and Shaoyang and the others stayed for another night before returning to Songhai City.

The elders of the three families of the Black Stone Fort have already moved to Songhai City, and it is a middle-aged clan who is in charge here, and before leaving, Shaoyang specially instructed: "If someone breaks into the Black Stone Fort, you don't have to pay attention to it, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties." ”

10,000 stone grain was transported into the Black Stone Fort, it is impossible for the forces of Tiemu City not to know, now that the grain is loaded into the system space, outsiders do not know, and after they leave, someone will definitely come to investigate. Anyway, the food is not there, and if they want to investigate, let them take a good look.

As Shaoyang expected, all the forces in Ironwood City focused their attention on Blackstone Castle.

"A bunch of rubbish, a troop of cavalry appeared in Blackstone Fort, and you didn't even notice it. Greg angrily smashed things and yelled at his men.

He finally understood that none of the people sent to deal with the Xu family's caravan had returned, except for the second eldest of the Bush family, and in the face of such a cavalry, where could he escape. Even if they wanted to, it was not impossible to capture Ironwood City.

In fact, he was venting his anger on the surface, but he was hiding the fear in his heart, he had never been worried that Songhai City would send an army to Tiemu City before he dared to embarrass the Xu family caravan.

"Lord of the City, although they came with a cavalry, but when they negotiated the purchase of Tiemu, they did not threaten with cavalry, so don't worry about it for the time being, as for that matter, it is the tail of the Bush family, and it has nothing to do with our City Lord's Mansion. ”

"Yes, exactly. "Greg's absolute staff is reasonable, as long as there is no handle, no matter how many troops there are in Songhai City, they can't take the initiative to use his city, even so, he has temporarily dismissed his plan to embarrass the Xu family and the Liu family, and is ready to keep a low profile for a while, as for the matter of hugging the thighs of the Sneike family, he can only wait for later.

After Shaoyang and the others left the Black Stone Fort, the most impatient thing was not the City Lord's Mansion or the Bush family, but the mercenary union, and many mercenaries were active in the city one after another to collect intelligence.

"Elder, according to the news from the Bush family, their second master met bandits and was rescued, and that batch of ironwood and grain was their thank you. ”

Of course, the president of the mercenary union didn't believe this kind of nonsense, he already knew that it must be because of the cavalry that failed the previous mission, but these did not prevent him from the idea of fighting that batch of food, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still felt that he would send someone to Blackstone Fort to investigate.

That batch of ironwood plus grain, worth hundreds of gold coins, is a lot of wealth for the mercenary union, but whether it is the mercenary union or other forces that make up their minds, in the end, there is no gain, even if they sneak into the blackstone castle, they do not find that batch of grain and ironwood.

After returning to Songhai City, Zhang Fei led the cavalry back to the camp, Shaoyang found a time to go to the craftsman's division, the Liu family's batch of ironwood had been transported, and the Bush family's compensation of ironwood was not so much, but it could also build thirty or fifty ballistas.

"Where is Ma Hun?" Shaoyang came to the Craftsman Division and asked the head of the Craftsman Division who came to greet him.

"Your Highness, only after the Xu family caravan brought a large amount of ironwood from the day before yesterday, he led people to hurry up to make crossbow carts, and now he should be in the weapons workshop, do you want someone to call him. ”

"No need to call, just go over alone. "Anyway, there is still a batch of ironwood in the system space, Shaoyang just went over to unload the goods, and the warehouse where the ironwood is stored is in the weapons workshop.

After coming to the weapons workshop, he found that Ma Hun was polishing the body of a ballista, even if he knew that Shaoyang was coming, he did not stop working immediately, but continued to polish for a while, confirmed that there was no problem, and then let his subordinates continue, and he came to Shaoyang's side to ask for guilt.

"The king forgives the sin, stop halfway, and there is a possibility of destroying a ballista, so I ......" Ma Hun was stopped by Shaoyang before he finished speaking.

"What are you guilty of? If you have ruined a ballista because you have come to pay respects, Lone will blame you. Shaoyang comforted Ma Hun while looking at the situation in the workshop, and only saw two ballista carts.

It seems that the efficiency is not high, and the previous estimate may be wrong, after Ma Hun Gancai's explanation, Shaoyang realized that the success rate of making ballista cars is not 100%, and the batch of ironwood of the Liu family may not be able to make a hundred ballista.

"How efficient is it to make a ballista?" Although Shaoyang knew that he couldn't do it fast, he still wanted to know the situation with Ma Hun.

Ma Hun shook his head, obviously dissatisfied with the efficiency.

"At present, I am the only craftsman who can independently manufacture ballistas, and if I really want to make them alone, I can only build one or two in a month, but I follow the assembly line method proposed by the king, and distribute most of the components to other craftsmen, which has improved the efficiency a lot, and I have already tanned a batch of bowstrings before, and now I should be able to make ten ballistas a month, and as the craftsmanship improves, the efficiency will become faster and faster. ”

There are only 10 ballistae a month, and it seems that it will take another year to equip the ballista crew, but with the ballista cars that were made before, you can train the ballista soldiers until you don't have to wait for all the ballistae to be manufactured.

"Thank you for your hard work, in addition to making ballistas, there are still many important jobs, it is better to train more excellent craftsmen, otherwise you will not be able to do it alone. Shaoyang encouraged Ma Hun, and then took out the ironwood in the system space and left.