If the various outputs are not sold, there may be a situation in the area around money.

However, the harvest of the Yelang tribe was even better than expected, and the second crop of rice seedlings has been planted.

According to the Dongli Cai and Dongli Kuo father and daughter, the yield of hybrid rice in the second season will be higher than that in the first season. In the future, it will only get better and better.

Therefore. For the time being, Jiang Chao does not have to worry about food problems. It's just that the surrounding county towns are occupied by bandits, which is really not a good thing for Anning County.

Jiang Chao was thinking about whether it was time to deal with the bandit army in the three surrounding counties, so as to open up the road to Zhoufu.

On the thirteenth day, the intelligence officers finally transmitted the information from the Zhou Mansion back.

At this time, Ningzhou Mansion was besieged by nearly 100,000 troops of the Ningzhou Seven Bandits. The 30,000 troops of the Zhoufu army have been trapped in the city for more than ten days. The seven bandits of Ningzhou attacked the city several times and almost broke the city.

It's just that in the end, Murong Palace was beaten down.

Originally, it shouldn't be a problem for Murong Palace to hold on for another month, but the intelligence officers brought back the news that the White Lotus Sect also took the opportunity to rebel and attacked Zhoufu with an army of 100,000.

Moreover, the Ningzhou Seven Bandits Alliance and the White Lotus Sect Alliance seem to have reached some kind of agreement. They were ready to break the city with 200,000 troops.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid Ningzhou Mansion won't be able to hold it. Jiang Chao's heart was slightly anxious.

Not long after the intelligence officers brought back the news, the manager of the Dadong Commercial Bank, who was in charge of the construction of Anning Wharf, also approached Jiang Chao.

He told Jiang Chao that their owner, Ye Qingying, was trapped in Ningzhou Mansion. If Ningzhou Mansion is broken, their owners are afraid that they will suffer.

After all, whether it is the White Lotus Bandit Army or the Anning Seven Bandits, they will arrest Shaodong Ye Qingying of Dadong Commercial Bank as soon as possible.

Once Ye Qingying falls into the hands of the bandits, I am afraid that the end will be very miserable.

After learning the news, Jiang Chao's eyes showed a sense of worry. He was a little annoyed that Ye Qingying was disobedient.

He had already told Ye Qingying that Ningzhou Mansion was afraid that there would be danger, and he didn't know why Ye Qingying didn't leave.

Now, Jiang Chao is faced with two choices, either to retreat to the mountain village, not to ask about the outside world, just to guard the mountain village and the Yelang clan.

However, if Ningzhou Mansion is broken, when the bandit army is free and goes all out to deal with the backer village, in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be impossible for the backer village to hold on.

Even if he had a cannon in hand, he would never be an opponent of those bandits.

He would have liked to have made a gun now, when even if more troops came, it would only be food delivered.

There are rubber strips already in the Yelang clan, and although the sealing performance cannot be compared with modern sealing rubber strips, it is definitely enough.

Now we are waiting for the parts of the steam engine to be built, and then we will be tested.

As long as the steam engine can succeed, the speed and technology of industrial production will certainly take a big step.

Jiang Chao can also build a steam lathe, and everything can be slowly leaned out.

Just when Jiang Chao was worried that he didn't have time to complete the construction of the steam engine, Murong Mingxuan actually rushed to the backing village.

He looked embarrassed, his clothes were in tatters, his mouth was chapped, and his expression was extremely haggard.

It seems that he came all the way to this mountain village, and he is afraid that he has suffered a lot.

On the way between Zhoufu and Gushan Village, I don't know how many bandit troops are there, and Murong Mingxuan is still unfamiliar with the place, so it is already very good that he can find here.

"Master, you should find a way to save my father, it's too late, I'm afraid that Ningzhou Mansion will be broken." At the first glance of Jiang Chao, Murong Mingxuan looked at Jiang Chao with a blank look.

Murong Zhiqing on the side heard this, and her eyes were full of anxiety.

The arrival of her younger brother let her know that her father was afraid that he had the idea of co-living and dying with Ningzhou Mansion. He was afraid that if the city was broken, his son would die with the city.

sent his son out and asked him to join Jiang Chao.

For Murong Palace, Jiang Chao may be the safest here.

After all, Jiang Chao defeated Zhang Tong, the bandit army of Anning, and the news that Zhang Tong was wiped out with only more than 2,000 people had already reached his ears.

"Don't worry, I'll figure it out. You have a good rest first. Plus, I just have something for you to do. Jiang Chao helped Murong Mingxuan up.

Jiang Chao was worried that he couldn't find anyone to supervise the steam engine, Murong Mingxuan was the best candidate, after all, the physics book he wrote was handed over to Murong Mingxuan.

Jiang Chao also taught Murong Mingxuan for a period of time, as long as he handed over the principle of the steam engine and the diagram to Murong Mingxuan, he would definitely be able to complete the construction of the steam engine.

Jiang Chao was looking forward to the appearance of the steam engine, and if he could, he was going to build a steam lathe, and then build a steam molding machine.

The advent of lathes will allow industrial technology to move forward at great strides.

As long as the technology matures slowly, he can even make the industry advance from the age of steam to the age of electrical appliances in a short period of time.

After Murong Mingxuan was arranged, Jiang Chao began to write his knowledge of the principles of the steam engine, as well as the drawings of the steam engine diagram.

Even if he wants Murong Mingxuan to preside over the steam engine, he has to let Murong Mingxuan deal with it simply, and let Murong Mingxuan explore it himself, and he doesn't know when it will be.

He was ready to wait for everything to be arranged, then he got up and went to Ningzhou Mansion to find a way to relieve the siege of Ningzhou Mansion. But in the face of nearly 200,000 bandits, the gap in numbers on his side is too big.

If you want to relieve the siege of Ningzhou Mansion, I'm afraid it is not so easy.

Moreover, once the private army dispatched by his side is checked by the emperor, I am afraid it will be very troublesome!

But no matter what, Jiang Chao didn't want Ningzhou Mansion to fall into the hands of the bandit army and the White Lotus Sect, not only because of Murong Palace, but also because of Ye Qingying, who was still trapped in it.

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Kyoto, Zheng An's Zhenguo Mansion, Zheng An was in the study at this time, and in front of him were his henchmen, and he looked at the henchmen in front of him with a gloomy face.

"You mean, Zhang Tong has been wiped out by the river tide and the whole army has been wiped out?!"

When the henchman heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Yes, Guogong, what should we do now?!" Do you let Lu Ming and them surround the mountain village and kill Jiang Chao, or just surround and not fight! ”

Speaking of this, the henchman looked at Zheng An with a look of apprehension in his eyes.

He could feel that Zheng An was on the verge of an outbreak at this time. If one is not good, he may suffer from the fish in the pond.

The son was calculated by Jiang Chao and let Murong Gong arrest him. I don't know life or death yet.

Although Zheng An knew about this, he endured it for the sake of rebellion. It's as if nothing happened.

And all of this is because of Jiang Chao, Zheng An already hates Jiang Chao so much that he wants to kill Jiang Chao.