When Zhuo discovered that anthracite could be used to smelt iron weapons with higher hardness and toughness, comparable to or even better than bronze, all this was irreversible.

It is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to hand over to private individuals such a heavy weapon of the state that is enough to shake the foundation of the imperial court.

The result of imposing it is to be wiped out.

If it was said that before this, Zhuo Pei was still lucky, after seeing the emperor's eldest grandson, he completely stopped this thought. This emperor's eldest grandson is an extremely tough person, and he is also a person with an extremely firm goal, and it is impossible to leave any room for a person like the Zhuo family who has no foundation to waver.

After the Zhuo family mastered the technology of smelting iron with anthracite, even if they wanted to completely withdraw from this industry, they might not be able to quit completely.

Zhuogong's efficiency is really high.

The next day, the news came out from the Zhuo family ancestral hall.

The four clan elders in charge of mine management and smelting management, who became ill from hard work and returned to their hometowns to recuperate, the younger brother of the patriarch Zhuo Gong, who was responsible for the sales channels of the Zhuo family, was not strictly supervised, took the initiative to resign, and did not go out.

All the errands he had on hand were handed over to his deputy Zhuo Wu.

The head of the family, Zhuo Gong, was ill and passed on to his eldest son, Zhuo Pei.

Overnight, the Zhuo family changed world.

Zhuo Pei's ascension is within everyone's expectations, after all, his ability has long been recognized by the family, and he also has a group of elite generals, but the ascension is too sudden, but Zhuo Pei has his own means of Zhuo Pei, and after taking the position, he immediately launched a vigorous and resolute action.

On the day he took office, he replaced himself in all important links.

It's all a young and strong faction.

The situation was quickly taken under control.

After the dust settled on the great changes in the family, Zhuo Pei came up with an exciting result the next day.

Zhuo's obtained the exclusive right to use anthracite!

Open supply, the price is only two-thirds of the original price.

Everyone knows what this means, and from then on, the Zhuo family's iron weapons will be unbeatable, completely establishing the Zhuo family's supremacy in the iron smelting industry, and it is indisputable.

At this point, whether it is the Cheng family, the Kong family, or the Bing family, they will all become a thing of the past and become second-rate.

Because, the iron forged from anthracite is far from being comparable to ordinary coal.

Tougher, sharper, cheaper!

It will replace everything.

Zhao Ying was not surprised by the Zhuo family's reaction, if Zhuo Pei and the Zhuo family behind him couldn't even do this, then they were not qualified to act as their agents.

Zhuojia is certainly the best choice, but it is not the only one.

During this period, like Zhuo's family, Cheng Zheng, who was engaged in mining and smelting iron, had migrated to Linqiong, Sichuan, and saw the rich local iron ore resources and mineral resources such as well salt.

Different from history, the Cheng Zheng family, who migrated from Shandong to Sichuan, did not have competition from their peers Zhuo this time, and the Linqiong family was dominant, and its scale was even larger than in history.

In terms of its strength, it is already above the Zhuo family.

There is already a tendency to catch up with the richest widow in Bashu.

In addition, the strength of the Kong family and the Bing family is not far behind. Originally, it was all within the scope of Zhao Ying's investigation, and the reason why Zhao Ying made up his mind to choose Zhuo's family was Zhuo Pei.

Talent is rare.

With the foundation of the Zhuo family and the shelf that has been laid, Zhao Ying's plan is on the right track.

Linzi Zhang Rang, who has been very effective recently, was directly transferred to Hedong by him to assist Zhuo Pei in managing iron smelting.

And Zhai Rong of Nanjun, as well as Zhao Gao, the former commander of the CRRC Prefecture, were assigned by him to Linqiong, Sichuan.

Assist Zhuo's to gain a foothold in Linqiong.

As a traverser, if you want to develop iron smelting and salt, you naturally can't let go of Linqiong, a good place.

On this trip, Zhao Gao was the main and Zhai Rong was the auxiliary.

Zhao Gao's ability goes without saying, Zhai Rong's ability is also very prominent, especially his cautious temperament, careful work, knowing advance and retreat, knowing gains and losses, and following Zhao Gao's side, it can be regarded as his own pair of eyes.

In all fairness, Zhao Gao is really a talent.

Moreover, even if it is placed in the entire Great Qin, it can be regarded as the most top-notch batch.

Otherwise, the First Emperor would not have known that this thing was a hermit, and he was exceptionally promoted, entrusted with important tasks, and kept him with him all the time. If you really kill it simply and rudely, or simply stay by your side and be a horseman who raises horses and chariots, it will be a bit violent after all.

In fact, throwing this goods to Sichuan, helping himself to create a foundation, and opening up the situation of the iron smelting industry in Linqiong is only one of the purposes, and the most important thing is that this move can also take the opportunity to support Zhao Gao.

Now, it has entered mid-to-late September, less than half a month before the last tour of the first emperor, at this time Zhao Gao was sent to Linqiong, but also to avoid the first emperor's whim, to bring Zhao Gao, the former CRRC government order to his side again, causing some unnecessary trouble.

Zhao Gao didn't know these concerns of Zhao Ying, and after receiving this task, he deliberately ran to Zhao Ying, knelt down respectfully on the ground, and made a five-body bow.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust, the villain will do his best when he goes, and he will be ...... after death."

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"Good! Do things well, loneliness will not treat you badly......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying's tone paused.

"I remember that you have a brother, some time ago, it seems that he resigned from his errand due to illness, and he is still at home, you inform him, let him prepare, and when the New Year is over, he will continue to go back to work......"

When Zhao Gao heard this, he burst into tears and kowtowed to the ground again.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!"

Zhao Ying nodded casually.

"Alright, there you go......"

Zhao Gao got up from the ground and walked backwards more than a dozen steps away, then turned around and strode away, and didn't even return home that afternoon, so he packed up his things and urged Zhai Rong to go on the road.

It wasn't until the subordinates returned that Zhao Gao and Zhai Rong's carriage had already left Xianyang, and Zhao Ying couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, although Hu Hai barely saved his life, his grace is no longer there, and he is still thinking behind closed doors in the Eighteen Princes' Mansion, and Zhao Gao was also sent to Linqiong by himself, and completely lost the opportunity to follow the first emperor to tour the world.

Without these two unstable factors, would Daqin still follow the old path?

Zhao Ying felt that today, he had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief!

On the third day after Zhao Gao and Zhai Rong left Xianyang, that is, on September 21, the 36th year of the Great Qin First Emperor, Han Xin's good news came again.

On September 16, the army of Yuyang County, under the leadership of Han Xin, the county lieutenant, launched a decisive battle with the retreating Donghu King at the confluence of the Xilamulun River and the Laoha River, that is, near Daxing in later generations, and annihilated the main army of Donghu with 79,000 people and captured more than 100,000 people.

King Donghu was only spared, and fled in embarrassment with hundreds of personal guards.

Han Xin personally led the army in pursuit until the south bank of the Wuli Jimuren River, where he captured the desperate King of Donghu.

At this point, the Donghu Kingdom, which had existed in the northeast for hundreds of years and had also infested the Yanzhao border for hundreds of years, was officially destroyed!

After this battle, the territory of Great Qin was greatly expanded again, completely crossing the Great Wall, including the Luohe River in the west, the Wuli Jimuren River in the north, including the Eastern Mongolia area in later generations, and the vast area of Jilin.

In addition, a few months ago, the Hexi Corridor taken by the emperor's eldest grandson, as well as the areas including Junpu, Jimo, Dang Khotan and Tuge, now form a siege of the area where the Xiongnu are located.

The offensive and defensive momentum is completely transferred.

Han Xin, the commander of Yuyang County, was personally escorting the king of Donghu and the powerful people of Donghu to Xianyang to offer prisoners.

Before the people arrived, the good news had been transmitted to Xianyang, and suddenly, the government and the opposition shook, and the entire Xianyang, after the emperor's eldest grandson broke the four kingdoms in one day, fell into a sea of jubilation again.

Right Prime Minister Feng Quji, these days he has been so happy that he can't close his mouth, his face is full of red light, he is so old, and he walks with wind under his feet.

The First Emperor was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to canonize Han Xin, the head of Yuyang County, as the Marquis of Jingbian!

In the past, under the city of Huaiyin, the prodigal son who was ridiculed and wanted a meal but could not get it, became the youngest marquis of the Great Qin Empire, and became an upstart in the DPRK that no one could ignore.

It can be said that the future is already bright.

Almost at the same time, Xiang Yu's army also began to sweep through the grasslands, gaining momentum and gaining momentum, during this time, although Mao Dunshan Yu reached an armistice agreement with Donghu, trying to concentrate his efforts on exterminating the remnants of the slaughter who dared to cause trouble behind him.

However, he soon discovered that it was not that he only cared about fighting with Donghu and neglected the rear, which led to the enemy's strength, but that even if he concentrated all his strength, he was powerless in the face of this Tuyu tribe that was crippled by the emperor's eldest grandson!

The leader of Tu Yu named Yu is extremely brave, he must take the lead in every battle, invincible, and the huge Huns can't choose a warrior who can resist him!

The most troublesome thing for Mao Dun was that his rear was still very stable, and he sent people to sneak into the rear of the Tuyu tribe many times, trying to contact the leaders of those tribes at the beginning, but in vain, and he also folded in several envoys.

This made me depressed, and I had to think of another way.

"Perhaps, we can ask the Qin people for help......"

The current Xiongnu Right Sage King Su Brauntuo hesitated again and again, but he couldn't help but mention it.

Mao Dun took a deep breath, looked at the maps laid out on the cases in front of him, and was silent. The huge territory of the Huns has now been swallowed up by the remnants of the slaughter that suddenly appeared.

"Do you know that asking for help from the Qin people is seeking the skin of the tiger? Rather than asking the Qin people for help, I would rather bow my head to that idiot of King Donghu, but I don't know what happened to that fool now—now, is there any news of King Donghu? ”

Speaking of this, Mao Dun raised his head, and the repeated battles were unfavorable, making him exhausted all these days, and his eyes were bloodshot.

But his gaze is still sharp, like that of an eagle falcon.

"The news hasn't come back today—"

After Su Braantuo finished speaking, he lowered his head and carefully examined the newly corrected map on several cases, which not only showed the current control range of the Great Qin and Tu Yu Forces, but also the progress of the current battle between the King of Donghu and the Qin people.

"Now that the king of Donghu is mobilizing the main army to start a war with the Qin people, he is still too busy to take care of himself, I am afraid that he may not be able to spare the strength to support us......"

Mao Dun raised his eyebrows and said in a hoarse voice.

"That's why Donghu has the potential to become our ally—"

Maudun took a deep breath and looked at his most loyal confidant.

"King Donghu is cruel and unkind, greedy, willful, and short-sighted, how can he turn back and form an alliance with us if he is not on the verge of despair? Moreover, now that we have lost one after another, our strength still exists, but their Donghu is already in danger, and the advantage is in me - we still have the option of asking the Qin people for help, and he can only choose us ......"

Speaking of which, Mao Dun nodded to the front that was fighting with Tu Yu's troops.

"Although Donghu has been defeated in successive battles, but that's just that the king of Donghu himself is too stupid, he is now under his command, there are still nearly 100,000 elite troops, and the population is as high as hundreds of thousands, as long as there is a heart, in a short time, we can mobilize at least 200,000 troops, then our pressure is suddenly greatly reduced......"

The leader of the remnants of the slaughter tribe named Yu, no matter how brave he was, couldn't stop hundreds of thousands of troops.

When it comes to the battlefield, in the end, it depends on the strength of the troops.

When Subrantor heard this, his eyes lit up!

Immediately understood his own Shan Yu's thoughts, this is to take advantage of the advantages created by the Qin people to take the opportunity to annex Donghu, and once the annexation of Donghu, the Xiongnu will definitely increase their strength.

To the west, it can withstand the attack of the Tuyu tribe, and to the south, facing Daqin, it is enough to protect itself.

If this could have been done, the situation could have been turned around in an instant.

"The king is wise!"

Subranta couldn't help but marvel.

"The minister is willing to go to Donghu in person, and Chen Ming, the king of Donghu, is very powerful, and promotes this matter......"

The two of them were talking happily when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside.

"Newspaper - Donghu Urgent Report ......"

When Mao Dun and Su Bulantao heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and a smile appeared in their eyes, estimating that the fool of the King of Donghu had been deflated by the Qin people again.

It's a good time to talk about an alliance!

The general who fought with King Donghu over there seems to be Han Xin, right, it's really good, he did a great thing for Ben Danyu!

"Speak—"

Mao Dun was a little excited, and his eyes looked at the Hun warriors who came to report the news like electricity.

"King Qiqi, three days ago, King Donghu gathered the main army, trying to take advantage of the geographical advantage to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army near the confluence of the Xilamulun River and the Laoha River, and was defeated! The tens of thousands of main forces of Donghu were almost wiped out, and more than 100,000 people were captured......"

Subranto: ......

Modon Single: !!!!!

A mouthful of old blood almost spurted out, and I was stunned for a long time before I couldn't help but scold.

"King Donghu, this idiot, misunderstands me, misunderstands me!"

He really couldn't understand how it suddenly became like this, even if it was hundreds of thousands of lambs, throw them there, and let the Qin people cut them, it would take some time.

Why, all of a sudden, you can lose so badly!

It took a long time for him to come to his senses, look at the Hun warriors who came to report the news, try his best to suppress the emotions in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

"What about that idiot of King Donghu......"

If King Donghu is fine, it will be somewhat valuable.

After all, Donghu is powerful, with a population of hundreds of thousands, even if there is no main army, it can make up a large army, even if it is pulled over as cannon fodder, it also has the value of cannon fodder!

(End of chapter)