After a busy month, the bumper harvest exceeded Zhou's budget, and the Chenliu grain depot was full, but grain from all over Yanzhou was still being shipped one after another.

Zhou Lian also urged Qingzhuang to build a new granary.

"Chen Liutuntian collected 1.15 million stones, Dongjun collected 930,000 stones, and Lu County collected 560,000 stones. Zhou Lian's face was covered with sweat, although he was tired, he was very excited.

The sum of the three places is about 2.64 million stones, which is not counting the land taxes handed over by other counties.

It is expected to be about 3.5 million.

Chang Wei said: "In the past, Deng Ai ruled Huai, Huaibei Tun 20,000 people, Huainan 30,000 people, 12 minutes off, often 40,000 people, and the field and guard. The wind and rain are smooth, and five million stones can be used as military funds for six or seven years, and 30 million Hu will be accumulated in Huaishang! ”

That is, 40,000 people on both sides of the Huai River in Tuntian, and more than 5 million stone of grain can be harvested a year!

Compared with Deng Aituntian, Yanzhou is much worse.

Moreover, Yanzhou is a traditional grain-producing area, and the irrigation system can be used after repairing, and 3.5 million stone of grain can be harvested a year, so there is obviously huge potential to be tapped.

Zhou said: "Next month, the beans are ripe, and it is expected to be able to harvest 1.3 million, the expansion is too fast, and the subordinates are a little in a hurry, and the barren fields from Lu County to Xingyang will be restored next year, and the grain can at least double!" ”

Nowadays, if there is land and people, as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, food will definitely increase.

After receiving so much food, Li Yue's waist hardened, but looking at Zhou Lian's emaciated figure, he was a little worried, "Now that we have a firm foothold, the road ahead is long, it will not be done overnight, you must pay attention to your body, and leave the trivial matters to the people below to do, and in two days I will ask Yueji to boil two pots of warm medicine." ”

"Thank you, Governor." has been together for so long, Zhou Lian is still so humble.

There are Liu Qi and Zhou Lian in state affairs, and a new Chang Wei has been added, so that Li Yue can take a little break from cumbersome government affairs and spend his mind on military affairs.

Now the Black Cloud Army has expanded to 30,000, but another problem is also more tricky.

Poorly equipped and not well-equipped enough.

There are all kinds of equipment in the army, some are supplied by the Zheng family in Xingyang, some are captured by Chen Liu, and some are taken from the corpses of major battlefields, most of which are old.

Don't look at Liang Li, Li Nong, Shi Min, and Shi Impulse's army of more than 100,000 people, in fact, the only ones who can really fight are the 30,000 or 40,000 elites, and the others are either second-rate soldiers or young men who are recruited.

Better tools make good work.

The Black Cloud Army has a variety of equipment, which also affects the appearance of the army.

The newly recruited sergeant didn't even have a decent set of clothes, let alone armor.

There are two iron mills near Chenliu, one is in Xingyang, which is controlled by the Zheng family, after Shi Zun seized the throne, Zheng Cherry became the queen mother, and the Zheng family followed the rising tide and was not as close to Heiyun Mountain as before.

Li Yue didn't want to provoke them for the time being.

The Zheng family will also send two or three hundred pieces of weapons and iron armor every month, but this little thing is far from meeting the needs of the Black Cloud Army.

The other is in Sanyo-gun, south of Onozawa.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Peng Yue unveiled the rod from here, cast Liu Bang to hit Xiang Yu, and later became the king of Liang here.

In the rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Han Dynasty, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, resisted the Wu-Chu coalition army, and Zhou Yafu held on to the wall here, breaking the Wu-Chu coalition army.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the Marquis of Feiting, served as the pastor of Yanzhou.

From the Warring States period to the Wei and Jin dynasties, this area was an important transportation artery, a smelting center, and a military town.

Generally, the smelting place is a place with convenient transportation and transportation.

In the third year of Emperor Cheng Yongshi of the Western Han Dynasty, 228 people including Su Ling, the iron official apprentice of Shanyang County, could not bear the pressure of the government, rebelled, attacked and killed the chief officials, stole the treasury soldiers, proclaimed himself a general, experienced the nineteen counties and the country, and killed the Taishou of the Eastern County and the Captain of Runan.

Li Yue took a thousand guards to the iron mill in Changyi County, Shanyang County.

The iron mill was built on the side of Surabaya, slightly dilapidated, and two or three hundred people in it were beating and beating, looking listless.

Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, these craftsmen have been like slaves, either by the government or by the nobles ruthlessly oppressed, doing heavy physical work every day, but only enough to make a living.

What is typed has nothing to do with them.

After a long time, the enthusiasm is gone.

Striking iron relies on a pair of hands, which is heavy physical work, which is more tiring than farming.

Later generations often say that the Wei and Jin dynasties are romantic, if you are born in the scholar family, it is naturally wonderful, but if you are born at the bottom, it is really a sea of bitterness, military slaves, serfs, herdsmen, iron slaves, house slaves, etc., there is always one suitable for you......

Shanyang Taishou Cao Ning guessed Li Yue's intention, "The governor wants to build weapons?" ”

Li Yue raised his eyebrows, "This group of people are iron officials and apprentices?" ”

Cao Ning said: "Back to the capital, these people are all criminals who have broken the law, and they are striking iron here. ”

And some of the servants took the whips and went and beat them.

Li Yue picked up a freshly beaten hoe, and with a little force in his hand, it was broken into two, "Let these people all disperse, and the law they have violated will be sent back to the criminal Cao for retrial, and you will summon the blacksmith again." ”

"Obey." Cao Ning hurriedly instructed the servants around him to do it.

Taking advantage of this effort, Li Yue took a turn in the iron workshop.

The scale of the iron mill is quite large, there should be everything, and the water row was also built, Li Yueda was interested, there was a horizontal wheel at the upper and lower ends of the water row, and the lower horizontal wheel was equipped with a leaf plate, which was placed in the water, and the rotation with the turbulent squeak and squeak, drove the wheel axle, and the wheel axle was connected to the row of rows, and constantly sent gas to the blast furnace.

No manual operation is required.

The blast furnace is an elliptical with a diameter of three zhang and two zhang in diameter, and there are four tuyeres on the furnace, and each tuyere has a row of air to send air to the inside.

Li Yue was amazed.

The salt and iron monopoly of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty was criticized a lot, but it also promoted the rapid development of smelting technology.

In addition to its own bravery, another major reason for the strength of the Han army is the strong armor and blade.

Huo Qubing rode 800 light horses deep into Mobei, beheaded and captured 2,280 people, Li Ling 5,000 Jing Chu foot soldiers, and 80,000 Hun cavalry who could kill chickens and dogs.

After watching it for a while, Li Yue almost knew it in his heart.

Although it is broken, it can still come in handy if you clean it up and mend it.

After a short time, the blacksmith came, twenty or thirty men, gray-haired, and dressed in tattered clothes, no different from beggars.

"How long will it take to resume smelting?" Li Yue asked.

"Return, return to the envoy, at least one year, at most four or five years."

"It's been too long, within a month, the ironworks must be up and running!" Li Yue glanced at everyone.

Twenty or thirty people pounced and knelt in front of them, "Envoy ...... If you want the villain's life, you can take it directly, so why bother me with it......"

"What do I want your life to do? The ironworks had to be put into operation, and people were asked to give money to people, and in addition, blacksmiths from Chenliu and Dongjun were sent over. ”

Vigorously produced a miracle, and the resources of the entire Yanzhou were concentrated, and they couldn't afford to build an iron mill.

The blacksmiths stood up with embarrassed expressions.

Cao Ning said: "The good day you are waiting for is coming, don't you thank the governor?" ”

The group of people was about to kneel down again, and Li Yue waved his hand, "It's important to get down to business." ”

(End of chapter)