I am not one of those ignorant boys, nor am I a fool who cries with joy when I have an arquebus, all I need is to develop gunpowder weapons that are truly worthy of their power, such as grenades, mines, flintlock pistols, and guns that are waiting for the right barrel material.

When these gunpowder weapons appeared, I believe that I have advanced this method of hot weapon warfare by at least 700 years.

"Someone come, immediately summon Jiaozhi, tell them to speed up the exploration of the Nanyang Islands, and by the end of next year at the latest, I need to know whether there is copper on the Nanyang Islands they have discovered." Ben Gongzi is already starting to be a little anxious.

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will go and inform them." Du Ruhui nodded solemnly. Since a large amount of high-quality iron ore and steel from Jiaozhi was transferred to Chang'an, many officials and businessmen who originally did not care about Jiaozhi have become obsessed.

Nowadays, many businessmen even bring their men to Cochin, wanting to see if there are any opportunities that suit them.

Why are you so scrambling to find copper? In the final analysis, it is because the steel cannon can not be completed in a day, according to the current progress, it seems that every day is one step closer to success, but in fact, it will take at least three or four years to really cast steel on a large scale before it can be truly poured on a large scale.

However, it took three or four years to be able to produce on a large scale, and at that time, it was too late, so I could only put the brass cannon on the agenda first, and in the future, after the success of the cast steel cannon, I would return these brass to the furnace.

"In addition, tell Yang Gongdao to speed up the road to Dianchi Lake, at the latest by the end of next summer, to build this cement straight road, the mining of Dongchuan copper must be increased, at least at the beginning of next year, to ensure the output of 800,000 catties per month." There is copper in the land of China, which I know, the name of Yunnan copper, but it has been spread since ancient times.

The production of Dongchuan copper mine, according to available data, began in the Eastern Han Dynasty at the latest. In the 4th century A.D., Dongchuan was able to produce white copper, and at the same time, the level of craftsmanship in the manufacture of bronze ware had reached a considerable level. During the Song Dynasty, the annual output of Dongchuan copper has reached as much as 6 million catties, and in the Qing Dynasty, the copper output has reached more than 8,000 tons, that is, the level of more than 16 million catties.

And now, Ben Gongzi came, he has long coveted the copper mines there, and after occupying Bashu, the first thing Yu did was to let Huangfuyi send troops to Dongchuan to occupy the huge copper mining area.

At the time of the Sui Dynasty, the output of Dongchuan copper had reached more than 380,000 catties, and in the years when Yang Guangfa was crazy, this copper mine was occupied by the barbarians in southern Yunnan.

Dongchuan is located in the north of Dianchi Lake, and since the Han Dynasty, there has been a road to the Dongchuan area, and has experienced several dynasties to now, this road has been repaired, so the construction of the road from the land of Bashu to Dianchi Lake, although it is not easy, but on the original road, rebuild and repair, the side seems to be much easier, of course, all over the mountain and bypass, all continue to play the hole strategy. There are not many brothers, there is a lot of gunpowder, and there are even more road builders.

Well, everything has disadvantages and advantages, if it were not for the Central Plains wars and smoke, how could there be so many displaced people fleeing to Guanzhong, if there were no these displaced people, the construction of Guanzhong, Bashu and other places would not have developed so rapidly.

In other words, other people's wars have achieved the progress and development of our Chinese Empire. In addition to Dongchuan copper, Ben Gongzi also drooled in the north, that is, on the territory of those Turks, the land that was carved up from Huaxia in later generations, has extremely rich mineral deposits, but unfortunately, now Ben Gongzi has no way to reach out there.

Zong Luosui really did not disappoint me, only twenty-three days have passed, even breaking through the tens of thousands of troops of the Liang State, attacking the city and pulling out the village, as if destroying the whole county of Badong County, and finally, forcing the 50,000 Liang soldiers who rushed to the rescue to retreat to the outside of Badong County.

Xiao Miao's envoy came quickly, and on the twelfth day of Zong Luosui's troops, this guy had already jumped from the land of Jingxiang into Chang'an, bringing gifts, and even Xiao Miao's apologies, and explaining to me the reason why he formed an alliance with Li Zitong.

But the question is, would I mind? In other words, as the lord of the Chinese Empire, could it be said that he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb while watching you join forces with my hostile forces? The gift is left, and Xiao Miao's apology can also be accepted, but it is impossible to fool the past like this.

The envoy could only return in disgrace, and of course he also brought my warning to Xiao Miao, that the entire territory of Badong County must be controlled by the Huaxia Empire, as a punishment for the alliance between the Liang State and Li Zitong, the hostile force of our Huaxia Empire. In addition, Xiao Mo must draw a clear line with Li Zitong, and when our Chinese Imperial army attacks Li Zitong, there must be no help, otherwise, Liang Guo and Li Zitong will definitely be regarded as one. When the time comes, the iron hooves of our Huaxia Revival Army will definitely make Xiao Mo regret today's move.

Xiao Miao, the lord of the Great Liang Kingdom, was very sad to put down this bitter fruit, seeing that the natural southwest barrier of Jingxiang Land had almost completely fallen into the hands of the Huaxia Empire, and he could only watch helplessly, not because he didn't want to act, but because he couldn't do it at all, Badong County, he had 70,000 heavy troops to defend it.

But the result? Zong Luosui only led an army of more than 30,000 people, and beat the 70,000 defenders to the bloody head and fled in embarrassment. Such a result directly destroyed Xiao Miao's hope and confidence in wanting to resist. Today, he is like a famous saying that is very popular in later generations. Since you can't resist rape, let's passively enjoy the pleasure.

Not to mention Xiao Miao, who was abused out of pleasure and passively enjoyed, and Qu Tutong's long-distance march was a big deal, and along the way, some counties that were originally blown by the wind opened the city gate and offered their loyalty after seeing the heroic appearance of the Chinese Empire's revival army.

Now, this long-distance march has covered tens of thousands of miles, fortunately, the soldiers and horses he led are only more than 60,000 people in two armies, otherwise, with more people, just supplies will be enough to ⊥ those counties that have just surrendered to mad and even may surrender and rebel.

I have to say that Qu Tutong is very sophisticated, and the most important thing is that the reputation of the great generals of the former dynasty is still quite useful, for those who were just entrusted to Feng Ang before by the Taishou and county orders, after the exchange, most of them agreed with the Huaxia Empire, as for those who disagreed, their names would be marked with a black cross.

Moreover, every time you go to a county, there will be a battalion of troops left, one battalion in one county, it seems that there are not many, only about 500 people, but these 500 people are not 500 old soldiers, let alone those miscellaneous soldiers can compare

Let's put it this way, there was a rebellion in Xin'an County in Lingnan, and 2,000 soldiers launched a rebellion on the grounds that they had not received their salaries for a long time, and occupied Pingxing County, which was hundreds of miles away from the county, and they did not have time to further expand their territory in Xin'an County. Late the next night, 500 county soldiers had already arrived at the county seat, directly launched a fierce attack, a few grenades passed, blew up the city gate, quickly controlled the county four gates, and then began to put down the rebellion.

On the contrary, those who were willing to lay down their arms and surrender at that time could save their lives, while those who resisted, and those who stubbornly resisted and surrendered until the last moment, were all killed. The battle took only one night and the night ended. Moreover, this battalion of the Huaxia Revival Army did not commit any crimes against the common people in the county, and the two thousand rebels killed more than 400 on the spot, and the rest were captured.

After all the captives who participated in the rebellion were taken to the county government, their sentences were read out in front of the common people, and they were all thrown into the labor camp, and the free labor in this county instantly increased by more than 1,000 people, and as for those rebels who had disturbed the people or killed people, their heads naturally fell to the ground.

Moreover, whenever Qu Tutong goes to a place, he will not leave quickly, but first see if there are any disobedient people or gangs in the county. And his march this time is to deal with all kinds of disobedience, if not, then naturally follow the rules.

For the chief officer, there is no need to move for the time being, after all, it is to maintain stability, but the judges and prosecutors play a role in trying local cases and prosecuting illegal matters, so that in a short period of time, a large number of people can be collected.

Want to pack up judges and prosecutors? Apologize, the 500 garrisons are definitely not for fun, and there are 2,000 county soldiers who were cleaned up by the garrison in a clean and neat manner, so the local county soldiers are very honest and accept the reorganization.

Maybe there are dissatisfied, you can, you are allowed to go home, but more people are willing to stay, because being a soldier is paid and guaranteed, not to mention, the Chinese Reconstruction Army's set of not allowing officials to physically punish subordinates, and soldiers or officers who make mistakes must be handed over to the military police to deal with this set is very popular

In particular, some soldiers who squatted in the small black room even felt that if they wanted to escape this kind of psychological punishment that was even more uncomfortable than being beaten up, they had to listen to their superiors honestly, train hard, obey the commands of their superiors, and become excellent soldiers.

It is precisely because of Qu Tutong's snail-like speed that he even replaced some work that should have been done by Huang Fuyi. Although it was quite criticized in the court, when the information from all over the country was gathered, everyone kept their mouths shut, and even Ben Gongzi also understood the reason why the old man did this.

I really can't imagine that Qu Tutong is not only good at governing the army, but also good at governing the people, and the newly occupied land can make such a stable transition, and his slow march strategy has indeed played a great role. And when Huang Fuyi entered again, the situation became much simpler, and it can be said that it saved a lot of effort.