After speaking, he took out a scroll of drawings, spread them out on the table, and said: "The topographic map of this Misty Mountain is based on the county records of several decades ago, and then according to the situation of the black market, the cottages of the bandits are marked separately. ”

Everyone immediately gathered around, Fang Ling looked at it seriously, the Tianzhai was almost in the middle of the Misty Mountain, the mountain was also the largest, the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, in addition, there were more than a dozen cottages scattered sporadically, some large and some small.

At this time, Chen Mou took out another stack of papers and said: "This is the detailed situation of each cottage I inquired about, and the number of people, configuration, and scope of activities are listed. ”

Fang Ling couldn't help but praise: "Lord Chen's work is really reassuring, in this way, the situation of the bandits is well understood." ”

Chen Mou said modestly: "Everything is the work of His Royal Highness's strategy, and the minister is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." ”

Fang Ling smiled faintly, he was not arrogant, Chen Mou did have the style of being the prime minister, he read it carefully, the thieves in the Misty Mountain were the largest in the Tianzhai Village, with more than 300 people, and there were only 30 or 40 people in the small number of cottages, however, the cottage locations chosen by these thieves were all steep places, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they would pay a lot of price if they wanted to break through one by one.

He thought for a moment, and when his eyes fell on Moshui Village, his heart moved, so he put down the matter and said to Huang Jian: "Uncle Huang, how is the current situation of the smelter?"

Huang Jian replied: "Every day, nearly 200 people dig the mine, and more than 100 people process it. ”

Fang Ling glanced at Meng Zhiyuan, and Meng Zhiyuan immediately replied: "Gukou County is now lively, and the county orders are now called brothers and sisters to me, in addition to a large number of merchants settled here, our business of selling iron tools is getting better and better, the number of fixed wholesalers has reached dozens, and the sale of iron tools has reached as far as the mainland." ”

Fang Ling nodded with satisfaction, and said to Dong Canghai: "Master, please go and prepare three hundred combat knives, three hundred pieces of soldiers' clothes, and various equipment for soldiers, if the inventory is not enough, think of a way to get it as soon as possible." ”

Dong Canghai said: "This number is available in the warehouse, but if there are several other groups of people to come, it may be a little insufficient." ”

Huang Jian immediately said: "In terms of weapons, I will step up the production." ”

Fang Ling thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, Uncle Huang, you have to forge a thousand iron-tired bows, and the soldiers of the Xi Kingdom are better at using bows and arrows." ”

Huang Jian patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, everything is on the minister." ”

Chen Mou asked cautiously at this time: "Your Highness, can we fully believe these people?"

Fang Ling knew his concerns, and said with a light smile: "Lord Chen can be completely assured of this, treat them as our compatriots, if you want to quell the rebellion in the fiefdom, their strength is indispensable!"

When Chen Mou saw him say this, he nodded, and at the same time secretly admired, just sending the little princess back to Xiguo does not mean that he will be able to borrow troops successfully, even if he succeeds in borrowing troops, it does not mean that he can be 100% relieved of these, but Fang Ling is full of confidence in this, which shows that he has already regained the hearts of the people in Xiguo.