The other side.

After Zhuge Liang left Su Mo's mansion, he returned to the military factory.

He is directly responsible for supervising these specific scientific research technologies.

He had just returned to the munitions factory when he was called to his room by the craftsman.

"Strategist, Strategist!"

"The rubber that the General let us refine earlier got out!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was stunned at first, and then asked suspiciously: "Rubber? What is it? ”

The craftsman took out a black mass of objects and placed them on the table, and then began to explain to Zhuge Liang.

This is what the general said about rubber, which can be used to protect axles and make carriage tires!

"It is said that by wrapping this rubber on top of the current wheels, it is easier and faster to drive on the main road!"

After saying that, he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I don't know about the rest, this is your question general!"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

The corresponding reward documents were approved, and according to the rules set by Su Mo, 20,000 taels of silver could be obtained for smelting rubber.

For a craftsman, he will not have to worry about eating and drinking for a lifetime.

The person who came to report excitedly left with the reward document, and after a while, several craftsmen rushed in.

"Military Division, Military Division, there is new progress in the research and development of the firecracker!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly got up and rushed to the factory with the craftsman.

When he saw the newly developed firecracker, he was stunned.

Not only was the shape of the original firebolt unsightly, but it was also extremely troublesome to handle.

During this time, the craftsmen not only improved the shape of the firebolt, but also made further improvements to the excitation device.

Because of the smelting of alloys, they have now made a double-barreled firearm that fires two bullets at a time.

Look at the wildly busy craftsmen not far away.

Zhuge Liang seems to have seen a group of talents who are risking their lives in order to develop science and technology.

Everyone is working hard for the goal in their hearts and working together.

One by one, the technology continues to break through, and every day is a flying progress.

And how did Su Mo, who caused all this, do it?

He couldn't think of it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

In a poor place like the border, not only has people's livelihood been improved, but also science and technology have been improved.

The difficulty of this is tantamount to beyond his understanding.

These novel terms and advanced thinking concepts all indicate the greatness of Su Mo.

For Zhuge Liang, it is his lifelong pursuit to be able to do his best for such a monarch.

It was also at this moment that Zhuge Liang became Su Mo's diehard loyalist, beyond the loyalty under the fetters of the system!

On the other side, Su Mo was lying in the yard, enjoying the rare sunshine in winter.

He still doesn't know how much Zhuge Liang worships him now.

On the side, according to his instructions, Kong An made a thorough summary of the troops and weapons and equipment in various parts of the city, and is now reporting.

"At present, our border army has a total of 860,000 combatable soldiers!"

"Among them, there are 360,000 cavalry and 500,000 infantry!"

"Among the border cavalry, the 30,000 bloody iron cavalry is the strongest, followed by the 50,000 Mengjia iron cavalry, followed by the 100,000 border cavalry, and the weakest is the 180,000 Great Zhou cavalry!"

After listening to his report, Su Mo was not surprised.

It is natural that the 180,000 Great Zhou cavalry is the weakest.

On the one hand, these cavalry were all captured prisoners before, and they were only trained simply in the hinterland of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they rarely experienced the experience of war, and it was normal for their combat effectiveness to be inferior to that of the cavalry of the border army.

As for the Bloody Iron Rider, it makes sense.

Under Bai Qi's training, 30,000 bloody iron cavalry were enough to compete with more than 100,000 border cavalry.

Both the formation and the combat power have doubled.

As for the Mengjia Iron Cavalry, it is because the coach Meng Tian has not yet arrived, and now the formation and combat power are a little worse.

When Meng Tian can be summoned, it is estimated that the combat power will also be able to reach a higher level.

On the side, Kong An saw that Su Mo did not refute, and then continued.

"At present, there are a total of 16 cities in the border gates, of which the population of Tai'an City has approached one million, and the rest of the cities are rising steadily!"

"The number of displaced people and refugees at the border is also increasing day by day, and housing in the city is gradually becoming insufficient!"

Su Mo spoke indifferently.

"Let the county guards in all parts of the city demolish some unnecessary military buildings in the city according to the previous plan, and move the training ground and school field to the outside of the city!"

"The construction of residential housing in the city starts with three floors and caps with seven floors!"

Kong An nodded, and after writing down what Su Mo said, he spoke again.

"At present, the border grain, grass, armaments, etc. have been prepared sufficiently, and they can supply 800,000 troops to attack for more than three months!"

"If the first batch of rice seeds is sown smoothly, it will be able to support an army of 800,000 in about half a year!"

Hearing this, Su Mo stopped Kong An and asked, "What is the situation of the business of the various dynasties?" ”

Kong An was slightly stunned, and then said indifferently.

"It has no effect, the Great Zhou Dynasty has cut off all trade routes and does not allow any materials to circulate!"

"The Dawu Dynasty and the Liyang Dynasty are not affected!"

After listening, Su Mo nodded.

Not much different from what he expected.

If the news of the emperor is walked out, the trade routes of the Great Zhou Dynasty will inevitably be cut off.

As a result, the annual income will be lost by 20 to 30 million.

For the rest of the dynasties, it is not affected, and those people are probably still watching from the sidelines.

Waiting for him to tear his face with the Great Zhou Dynasty and break with it completely.

Nowadays, for Su Mo, the most important thing is the cultivation of Tianlong rice seeds.

Food is the life of the people, whether it is the conquest of countries or the development of science and technology, food is indispensable.

Once the major dynasties hold his lifeblood, everything is empty talk for the border army.

The 800,000 border troops and nearly 3 million people need an astronomical amount of food every day.

If the rice planting fails in three months, the border army will face the greatest crisis.

Su Mo told Kong An to send someone to keep an eye on the progress of the cultivation of rice seeds, and let him return to the barracks after the progress of the factory.

Lying alone in the yard and basking in the sun.

On the other hand, within the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was a sensation among hundreds of officials.

The reason is extremely simple, the ancestor of the Xiao family, who has not shown up for hundreds of years, appeared.

Above the court, all the officials were excited.

Everyone had heard the rumors of the ancestor of the Xiao family, but they had never seen him in person.

Now it is rare for the ancestor to go out of the customs, and he personally presides over the government, which makes everyone look forward to it.

Above the court, the ancestor of the Xiao family sat on the dragon chair.

He was wearing a custom-made dragon robe that the Ministry of Industry rushed out overnight.

Embroidered on nine days, carved five oceans, carved dragon and phoenix, far away is dazzling.

Xiao Xuan on the side looked at the ancestor with a somewhat strange face.

The teaching a few days ago really opened his eyes, and he never expected that the concubine would have such a charming and moving side.

These few days of teaching also opened a new door for him.

As for the ancestor of the Xiao family, he is now full of spring breeze, and he has not lived for hundreds of years.

He looked at the hundred officials, and said in a flat voice: "Wait until the end of the deep winter, and at the spring equinox of the next year, we will go west to conquer Su Mo!" ”

"I personally command the troops, and the six departments are all fully preparing materials, and we must ensure that the army will go out at the spring equinox!"

Everyone on the side bowed their heads and responded in unison.

"Obey the Ancestor's decree!"

Looking at the long-lost meeting of hundreds of officials, the ancestor of the Xiao family laughed loudly.

Then he flattened out.