Today's Xia Kingdom starts from the Youyan Mountain Snow Field in the north, reaches the sea in the east, reaches the 72 countries in the Western Regions in the west, and borders the Yue Kingdom in the south, which is the most difficult to border with the tropical forests.

The six armies that had followed the emperor to the east and west, Youyan, Qingzhou, Xiliang, Bingzhou, Yizhou, and Tang Army, a group of old soldiers in the past three years, the older ones have left, and their children have filled the vacancies, and the blood of blood is infused with blood, and they are still full of strong will to fight.

Su Chen rode on horseback, looking at the avenue of the craftsman's workshop, he is twenty-six years old this year, since the Yue country is attached, after he moved his focus back to the north, there is no slack in the control of the army, and the craftsman workshop in front of him has continuously provided weapons and armor for the army under his command, with a large number of copper and iron blood transfusions in Yuezhou, and a large number of livestock supply in the Xirong grassland, there is never a shortage of leather armor and bows and crossbows in the army.

Even at the foot of Youyan Mountain, there are large forest farms, where a large number of fast-growing poplars are planted, which are used in soldiers' spears, bows, chariots, warships, and other places where they can be used.

Not counting the independent cavalry of Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Huo Quzhi and others, almost all the soldiers of the six armies have a leather armor and leather boots, and almost everyone has iron armor and iron helmets to protect them, not to mention the generals, their former armor has been replaced, all according to the armor of the Tang Dynasty, and in winter, the cotton armor of the Ming Dynasty can be used to keep warm, and the defense is not low.

It can be said that Su Chen is using the power of the six states to support these six armies.

The early spring of the sixth year of Yuanxing.

Just after noon, the sound of striking iron in the craftsman's workshop never stopped.

Walking through the straight road, the workshops on both sides could see the ground full of iron and swords, the bellows were agitating, and the blacksmiths and apprentices were blowing the furnaces bare-chested, forging in full swing, and the muscles on the arms were shaking.

"Weapons, armor, I don't worry anymore...... It's Liu Sheng, and they don't know how many iron cannons can be placed on Huya, Qinglong and other warships. ”

Footsteps stopped, Su Chen looked at the busy picture in the workshop, because of the practice of "Martial God Gangqi", his figure is not inferior to the generals behind him, in the past few years of the conquest, he has also grown a beard, even if he stands there still, just a glance, there is a momentum that is not angry but mighty.

Xiang Yu behind him, from the middle-aged appearance that came out, has returned to the prime of his early thirties, these three years are probably the most heartfelt time for him, everywhere he goes, the spring breeze is blowing, and the smile is constant.

A few days ago, Su Chen also heard that Yu Ji was happy, and specially asked the eunuchs in the palace to prepare some things that the baby needed and sent them over.

Today, when he went out of the palace to inspect the craftsman workshop in the northern suburbs, the overlord of Western Chu took the initiative to follow, there are some things that need not be said explicitly, everyone knows it, this is an expression of Xiang Yu's gratitude, after all, it is still very difficult for him to say the word 'thanks' to Su Chen in person.

So express it directly in action.

"Your Majesty is still worried about the sea ships, there are not enough of them to target the Japanese people cruising on the sea."

Guan Yu opened his eyes slightly, and interjected at the right time, "Guan has been in Wuzhou for two years and knows the situation very well, and these widows are very cunning...... However, just now His Majesty said that the other party may go ashore, Guan Mou also faintly noticed that in the spring of this year, it can be seen from the news sent by my son that the frequent dispatch of the Japanese people after the beginning of spring is the sum of half a year in previous years. ”

"It's not just a matter of patience right now." For naval battles, a cavalry general like Lu Bu could only stare dryly, "When Zheng He's treasure ship is built, and the number of warships such as Huya and Qinglong increases, then they will directly attack the island of the East China Sea, anyway, the location has basically been found out, and they will definitely not be able to run." ”

Su Chen listened to the discussion of the generals, and smiled on his face, everyone is their own people, almost all the news is shared, whether it is Xiang Yu, or Lu Bu, or Guan Yu, what they say is also the truth, in the past three years, in addition to the beacon tower on Yan'an, Su Chen has tried his best to send Wuzhou's sailors to protect the coastal waters from being harassed by the Japanese; At the same time, on the one hand, he also made every effort to build a new type of sea ship, after all, Gu Chongwen had sold the sea ship of Soochow to the Japanese people, if the warship was the same, there was no distinction between advantages and inferiority, and it would not be advantageous in naval warfare.

That's why we have to wait three years.

"These three years have gone by so fast." Su Chen retracted his gaze and turned to leave from the door of the workshop, just as he sighed, the craftsman's workshop went straight ahead, and the sound of hurried horses' hooves suddenly sounded.

Outside, there was a loud roar of Dian Wei and the long-haired war elephant under his seat, and after a while, Xu Chu rode his horse and galloped towards this side, shouting angrily: "Your Majesty, there is news from Feiyungang that General Gan has obtained a new thing overseas." ”

"Oh?" Su Chen's face no longer had the same excited expression as it had at the beginning, but he still beckoned the surrounding generals to come over and have a look.

Two years ago, the fleet was formed to go to sea for the first time, led by Zheng He, a eunuch with rich seafaring experience, and the red-haired barbarian Elsa led the team, plus Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Gan Ning and others, together from north to south, and then west sailed thousands of miles, finding many crops and spices from overseas, Dian Wei's mount was still found from a snowfield further north.

After returning to Feiyungang, seeing such a behemoth, Dian Wei was very happy, and asked Su Chen for the first time.

Can you say no?

After all, Dian Wei has been following him for a long time, loyal and unstoppable, and he promised to find him a suitable mount.

In order to facilitate shipping, Xun Yu in the planning, in the eastern suburbs of the city, set aside a trade area of fifty miles in the eastern suburbs of the city, to facilitate the sea, and the goods from the south to the north are unified here to send and receive, which is to facilitate management, and businessmen can find cooperation faster, and also facilitate the evacuation of various goods.

When Su Chen and his party came here, the Embroidery Division had already come over to set up defenses first, isolating many merchants, so when they came over, there were not many people near the trade area.

"What did General Gan find?"

When I arrived at the exclusive cargo distribution center of the government office, I saw more than 100 boxes, of which more than 10 wooden boxes were carried over by the officials of the government office, and the lid of the boxes was opened, and they respectfully retreated to the periphery of the cordon of the guards of the embroidery department.

Su Chen uncovered the cloth covered in the box, and when he saw the crops placed underneath, his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin.

"Corn ......"

Xiang Yu, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others were a little puzzled, and reached out to take one out of the box and took it to take a closer look, and Lu Bu directly broke off a plump particle from it and put it in his mouth.

"It's a little dry...... But there is also a faint sweetness. ”

"When cooked, it tastes even better."

Su Chen was in a good mood, and immediately asked people to send these things to the big farmer Ling Wang Taiping, "Let the old man study and study it well, and strive to try production in various states next year to see which state has the best planting effect." ”

Wang Taiping in his mouth is the old farmer who discovered the new grain planting, and now the grain planting has been promoted in the six states in the fourth year of Yuanxing, and the annual grain production is abundant, and in the past three years, the six states have almost never heard of a famine.

Su Chen naturally would not forget the contribution of this old farmer, and when the current farmer Ling retired in old age, he directly pushed this old farmer who did not know a few big characters to the official position of the big farmer.

Naturally, there were opposing voices in this matter, but they were all forcefully pressed down by Su Chen, and the words of everyone were blocked with one sentence: "The job of the Great Agricultural Order is not to chant poetry, not to compare literary talents, but to be pragmatic!" If you understand farming, you can let the people eat food! ”

After that, Wang Taiping was pushed to this position, which also proved that Su Chen was not wrong, the Wang family was a simple person, not because of sitting in the position of a big farmer, or because of Su Chen's protection became arrogant, on the contrary, more cautious, in the past two years, the crops from overseas have been grafted and improved by their hands, and gradually adapted to the local climate.

Let the people have a few more dishes on the table, and life is getting better and better.

Su Chen watched these things being loaded and transported away, and then led the generals to leave the trade area in the eastern suburbs, and returned to the palace to deal with some government affairs.

The title of the champion Hou was about to expire, and when the time came, he was arranged to continue to conquer the remaining countries in the northern part of the Western Regions with Su Dingfang.

As for the East China Sea, Su Chen still chose to endure it.

Wait......

He thought.

……

On the sea where Su Chen's thoughts extended, the blue waves were surging, and on the vast sea, several large ships were coming towards the coastline, and soon, more than a dozen small boats were put down, which were full of leather short armor, and under the short armor were dressed in clothes, robes and robes like ordinary people, with a uniform bald hairstyle, and a thin knife with an arc around his waist.

Quickly towards the coastline ahead.

(End of chapter)