After another month, the range of Chaoge calmed down, the spring ploughing is over, the farming is idle, now only need to take care of the fields, and the farmers will generally take some time to repair their houses at this time, the current houses are generally earthen houses or thatched houses, for this Sun Ming has no way to improve for the time being, he really has no experience in building houses, just see if the craftsmen can burn bricks.

Sun Ming doesn't understand the kiln, he can only give an appearance, only how to burn him doesn't understand, he can only say that you can burn it casually, as for what can be burned Sun Ming is not clear, but he reminded the craftsman, but how to get it, you have to record the recipe, what is burned at a time, how much is burned let them decide for themselves, but they must record it, and then show him what is burned.

However, so far he has not received a report on this, and he is not in a hurry, so if he can't do it, he will try it with the way of refining, but this doesn't seem to have much to do with refining, or the six ears can speed up the experiment, but Sun Ming wants the craftsmen to think for themselves.

Sun Ming basically mastered the melting point of gold, silver, copper and iron, but he didn't know how many degrees, so Sun Ming ordered again to let the craftsmen collect fuel, and he was to experience the temperature of these fuels, and this experience needs to be carried out in a sealed furnace, after all, the combustion temperature of the fuel alone will not be high.

Gold, silver and copper had a low melting point relative to iron, so it was easy to smelt with coal, so Sun Ming directly ordered the craftsmen to start using coal for smelting, refining the purer three metals, and these three metals were prepared for the unification of money.

Later, Sun Ming prepared to experiment with iron smelting, and at the same time let people study the blower, which was not difficult, but a major event interrupted Sun Ming's experiment.

On this day, Sun Ming was taking the craftsmen to conduct experiments in the craftsman department, and Uncle Wang rushed in in a hurry, "King, something is wrong, some princes have rebelled." ”

"Huh?" Sun Ming looked up, and then said, "Don't worry, Uncle Wang said slowly." ”

"Yes, the princes of Beihai Qi Twelve Road raised troops against Shang, the information was transmitted by the caravan, and the specific battle report should arrive later, there are more than 100 princes in the north, and now the seventy-two princes are in rebellion, and the northern princes are panicking. After Uncle Wang finished speaking, he looked at Sun Ming.

Sun Ming was a little confused, he remembered that the rebellion of the princes of the Seventy-two Roads should have been more than ten years before the gods, and Wen Zhongping had not completed the rebellion for more than ten years, which he was indeed a little speechless. But what's the deal with the sudden early rebellion now?

"Why did they rebel?" asked Sun Ming.

"The fiefs of the princes of the seventy-two roads are already barren......" Before Bigan could finish speaking, Sun Ming directly waved his hand and interrupted him.

"Uncle Wang, is there a barren place in the desolate land, except for the miasma near the Beihai because of the Xuan Turtle being beheaded, basically the north is still rich, and there is no problem with farming, are they exploiting too much?"

"The king is wise, it is true, they could have continued to hold on, so that there was no need to rebel. However, because of our decree, a large number of landless peasant families moved to the vicinity of Chaoge, so the population of the territory of the princes of the Seventy-two Roads began to decline sharply, so they ......"

"Haha, I see, okay, I didn't expect a decree to increase our population, it was indeed something I didn't expect at the beginning, it's really rare!" Sun Ming actually laughed.

"King, shall we send troops now?"

"Send troops? Why send troops? Now is not the time for us to do it, the combat power of the army has not yet improved, and now sending troops is just to weaken the strength of Chaoge, and to summon the ministers to discuss the political palace. ”

The bronze bell was ringed, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were concentrated in the palace, and Sun Minggao sat on the throne, "The princes of the seventy-second road of Beihai rebelled, and the caravan came with news, Taishi, is there any news from the military?"

"King Qiyu, not yet, the border is calm now. Wen Zhong said directly.

"Well, it seems that they haven't fought yet, so it gives us time, Prime Minister, pass on the will of Gu, and order the Northern Bohou Chonghou Hu, the Xibohou Jichang, and the Eastern Bohou Jiang Huanchu to send troops to the north in three ways to quell the rebellion. "Sun Ming didn't mean to send troops at all, why did so many princes send troops themselves?

"My lord, the rebellion of the princes has always been quelled by Chaoge's troops, and this time ......," Taishi asked.

"Chaoge should not move lightly now, the new decree has just been implemented, in order to prevent a rebound, let the three princes send troops this time, but the border should focus on defense, and the rebels must not be allowed to enter the range of Chaoge. ”

"Yes. ”

The three princes received the royal order of Chaoge, although they did not really want to send troops in their hearts, but the royal order was the king's order, and it was okay not to send troops, so they could directly follow the rebellion. Beibohou Chonghou Hu sent troops directly, because this was a rebellion by others, although the princes were not in the same relationship, but basically they were all headed by the four princes, which was equivalent to slapping him in the face.

Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu is now in-law with the royal family, so naturally he will not object to anything, and when his daughter enters the palace, his status will also rise. This is the reason why Sun Ming asked the two of them to send troops, they naturally will not slack off, and Xibo Hou Jichang can't make excuses, after all, the two princes have sent troops, does he dare not move?

If he didn't move, he could be sure that Nanbohou E Chongyu would immediately receive an order to attack him, and Xiqi would be in war at that time.

Ji Chang originally wanted to make a divination, but after taking out the hexagram tool, he was restless, and he couldn't calm down, there had never been such a thing, so Ji Chang was very worried, and then gave up divination, gritted his teeth and sent troops directly.

The princes of the Seventy-two Roads rebelled led by Yuan Futong, and Chaoge's caravan was now divided into four directions to trade, taking out the things in the palace and shooting them according to different regions, and the focus of the exchange was gold, silver, copper and iron. Although there are a lot of minerals in the flood famine, the scope of Chaoge is some, and it can only be collected as much as possible in this way, which is part of Sun Ming's plan, and now the price of the four ores is very cheap, and the amount that can be exchanged by the caravan is too large.

The princes are also happy, Chaoge's caravan actually exchanged for these useless ores, they naturally don't care about the quantity, even if some princes think it's inappropriate, but the benefits are in front of them, and they naturally won't let it go.

And the princes of the seventy-second road have just raised troops, after all, it is not a family, naturally it will not be so smooth, the first thing is that it needs to be assembled, and at this time, the caravan directly heard the news, and the princes suddenly gathered troops, what they didn't say, it was a rebellion.

Such news naturally came back quickly, and when they gathered the army, they naturally had to fight again, the time should have been enough, but the caravan's energy to listen to the intelligence was good, and it was dug out directly, and the three princes had already sent troops. Beibohou Chonghou Hu was the closest, and directly carried out a surprise attack head-on, which caught the princes of the Seventy-two Roads by surprise.

Chonghou Hu's younger brother Chonghei Tiger has some spells and magical powers, and there is an iron-beaked eagle, which is so powerful, and after it is released, it rises directly into the sky, and according to Chongheihu's command, he specializes in killing princes. Originally, the strength of the seventy-two princes was good, but Wen Zhong's crusade took more than ten years and was not pacified, and Sun Ming didn't know what the reason was, so it was the best choice to directly let the three princes send troops.

At the same time, Sun Ming once again decreed that all the northern princes must participate in the siege and directly block Yuan Futong and other rebellious princes in their respective fiefs. The three princes moved together, and at the same time, the Northern Bohou Chonghou Tiger defeated the other party at the first stop, although it was a surprise attack, but this battle also had a warning and encouraging effect on the princes of all walks of life.

The princes of the northern roads hurriedly raised troops to encircle them, although their strength was not enough to attack, but defense was not a problem, and directly compressed the roundabout space of the seventy-two princes. And the armies of Xibohou Jichang and Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu also pressed over, one left and one right advanced on the two flanks of Beibohou Chonghou Hu.

Looking at the battle report, Sun Ming also probably understood that if Wen Zhong sent troops, then it would definitely not be so smooth, not that the combat strength of the army was not good, nor that Wen Zhong would not be able to command, but that there was no cooperation from the princes.

The battle report was sent by Wen Zhong, and after reading it, Sun Ming looked at Wen Zhong and asked, "Taishi, if you lead the troops, how long will it take to pacify?"

"It's very simple, and it won't take a year to settle down. Wen Zhong said confidently, but Sun Ming shook his head after hearing this.

"Taishi takes it for granted, if you are purely powerful, you really can't use it for a year, but this time the seventy-two princes are different from the past, and they are not those rebel princes in the past. First of all, the scale is the largest, and then there is the attitude of the princes from all walks of life, if this time Chaoge sends troops to crusade, it will inevitably not go well, and it is estimated that it may not be able to be pacified for more than ten years. ”

"Why did the king say that?"

"If you send troops to Chaoge, then the other princes in the north may not cooperate with you, and they will not be able to encircle it when the time comes, while the other party is familiar with geography, as long as they don't fight you head-on, it will be difficult for you to exterminate it. And the rear grain road is your weakness, and it will be difficult to move forward when the time comes. Relying solely on Chaoge's 100,000 army is definitely not enough, conscription and food are all problems. ”

"Then why did the three princes go so smoothly?" Wen Zhong asked again.

"Hehe, they themselves are the strongest among the princes, and at the same time represent the interests of all the princes, they are usually responsible for coordinating everything, and they each lead the forces of two hundred princes, and now they are sending troops, which of the northern Zhuge dare not give them face. Sun Ming stood up at this time, "The princes are the cancer of my Shang Dynasty, and Chonghou Hu can actually sneak attack head-on, which is something that my Chaoge army can't do, and only these land snakes can." ”

"The king is very true, but I beg the king to be patient for a while, for this year's grain will be more than fivefold, and the increase in population will increase the army again, and sooner or later we will be able to eliminate all the princes. ”

"I'm confident in this, it won't take long, as long as you give five years of solitary time, it's much easier to clean up the princes, by the way, the master pays attention to collecting war horses, knights don't need to train now, but war horses have to form a scale, and I will be of great use when the time comes." ”

"Yes, the old minister understands. ”