Arrows rained down on the barbarians.

At this time, I only heard a voice from one of the barbarians sound: "Everyone leave me alone, break through the siege, and tell Father Khan that this cooperation is a conspiracy of Great Xia."

Although they speak the barbarian dialect.

But Jiang Hong, who knew the barbarian language, understood.

The person on the other side actually said that it was the father Khan, indicating that there must be a son of the barbarian Khan among them.

Also said that the cooperation in Bactria is a conspiracy?

Who will cooperate with them again?

Thinking of this, he knew he had to keep his mouth alive.

So he immediately ordered: "To prevent them from breaking through, the crossbowmen will hold back, and the pikemen will close in."

Flag speaker, immediately play the flag.

Seeing the Great Xia soldiers and horses changing formations and encircling them.

The barbarian cavalry that rushed was all stabbed off their horses and died with a whimper.

The seven or eight cavalrymen who were lucky enough to survive, protecting their prince, slowly retreated with a vigilant face.

Now you don't have to guess, you can see at once who the prince is.

Jiang Hong ordered again: "The pikemen continue to attack and surround, except for the man in blue in the middle, everyone else is killed."

This time, worried about accidental injury, Jiang Hong did not let the herald use the flag, but rode forward by himself, waving a long lance and shouting loudly.

Jiang Hong's voice is very loud, and after the encirclement, the circle is not large, so everyone can hear it clearly.

This time, because there was no suppression of the crossbowmen, in the process of encirclement.

The guards were stabbed to death, but they lost five more soldiers.

In this extermination of the barbarians, they lost a full hundred and fifty men.

Three thousand against one hundred, and the terrain was dominant, so they still completed the encirclement ahead of schedule.

So that those barbarians can't use their powerful mobility advantage.

But they suffered more casualties than the barbarians.

This also made Jiang Hong feel the gap between infantry and cavalry more intuitively.

Even if they now have pikemen and crossbowmen who can restrain the cavalry, they are still at a disadvantage if they really fight with the same number of people.

"It seems that we will discuss with Lao Li in the future and form a cavalry unit in Lingwu."

Jiang Hong muttered in a low voice, and Ouyang Xiong, who had been protecting him by his side, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so much to take it for granted.

Not to mention the heavy armored cavalry, the light armored cavalry of 1,000 people, with equipment and training, is not something that a small Lingwu County can afford to pay taxes.

Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to sweep the prince's excitement at this time.

He just reminded in a low voice, "Your Highness, why don't you put a gap in the space for this barbarian prince to leave, and then we will disguise ourselves as robbers and kill him halfway?"

"This palace has a lot of questions to ask him, he can't die yet, bring it back to Woniu Mountain, take good care of it."

Jiang Hong looked at the barbarian prince who had been tied up by the five flowers, and thought for a moment and replied.

"It doesn't seem appropriate not to tell Master Li about this, right?"

Ouyang Xiong reminded.

Of course, Ouyang Xiong doesn't really think so.

He felt that this matter was very important, and if this barbarian prince really revealed some amazing secrets, with the son of Xing Guogong present, he could share some more risks.

"Of course, I have to tell him that he needs to pay for the compensation of his brothers who died in battle, and the cavalry to be formed in the palace."

After Jiang Hong finished speaking, he was afraid that Ouyang Xiong would not understand what he meant.

He added: "Bring all these barbarians' war horses back to Woniu Mountain, so that Li Xing can see the strength of the cavalry, so that he can pay willingly."

"The prince is wise, let's do it."

It turned out that this was what the prince meant, so Ouyang Xiong breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to make arrangements.

……

The next day, Cui Tingcheng got up early and went straight to the room where he cooked for the coal miners.

Of course, she didn't go to help cook, but to see the big coal stove for cooking.

Watching the honeycomb coal put in it, the chef started cooking, and he didn't even need to add coal in the middle of the process.

When all the workers' porridge is boiled, the big coal stove is not extinguished, but only put new honeycomb coal and close the vents.

Cui Tingcheng was shocked and asked the cooking master, "Why don't you extinguish it, won't it be wasted?"

Because the chefs here also changed their memories with skill cards, they mastered how to make honeycomb coals and use stoves.

So the head of the lecture for Cui Tingcheng is the Tao.

The more Cui Tingcheng listened, the more surprised he became, in this way, Li Xing really didn't say anything, this coal is really a good thing.

It's so cheap, you don't have to turn off the engine, you can use it whenever you want, it's so convenient.

She believes that as long as it is promoted, this thing will definitely rise quickly across the country.

So when he was having breakfast, he specially found Li Xing and told him what he had seen and heard this morning.

Then he said to Li Xing: "This coal is definitely a good thing, but how to find a new coal mine and how to build it, even if you let my Cui family get it alone, it will be very difficult."

Cui Tingcheng's words are very clear.

That is, I wanted Li Xing to help find and build a new coal mine.

"I can send relevant personnel, but to assist your Cui family, but there is only one request, the price of coal must not rise, and the treatment of mining workers should be the same as ours here."

As soon as Li Xing's words came out, Cui Tingcheng was a little embarrassed.

You must know that throughout Great Xia, all the people had two meals a day.

However, the coal miners here in Li Xing are not only well paid, but also take care of three full meals a day.

Those families, who are used to sucking blood, generally do not accept this kind of condition of excess expenses.

After all, even if they are mining, they will only buy slaves to pick, so not only do they not have to worry about the lives of slaves, but they also have to eat, as long as they don't starve to death.

"This...... I'm afraid that I will have to discuss with the principals of other houses before I can give an answer to Lord Li."

"Yes, you have discussed, we all have to form a contract, if we break it, we will face high liquidated damages."

Li Xing still said ugly things in front.

Because he will never compromise on the treatment of workers.

He didn't want the coal mine that he wanted to gain a good reputation to end up being a tool for these families to exploit and oppress the people at the bottom.

In that case, his reputation will not be enough to deduct it.

"Okay, I'll definitely make these things clear to the family."

When Cui Tingcheng saw Li Xing's cautious appearance, he knew that he was serious.

So there is no perfunctory.

It's just that she didn't forget to ask: "If our Cui family doesn't agree to the conditions of workers' treatment, won't you cooperate with me in the coal mine?"

Li Xing nodded and replied very seriously: "That's right, the original intention of this official to open the coal mine is to benefit the people of the world."

"The little girl understands what the adults mean."

Cui Tingcheng admired Li Xing a little at this time.

It's just that there is a little more worry in her heart, if the miners are treated like this, will the family really agree to cooperate?