Poor family mother and son

Chapter 74 Victory in the First Battle
During dinner, one of Hong Liang's personal soldiers came to visit.The reason is simple: "Master Hong asked if you still have bean cakes? If so, we will take them away now."

Bai Hua's secret protection reached the emperor's case at an extremely fast speed through the special channel of the secret investigation department.Emperor Qingde also very decisively issued an order: to increase the number of troops on the border by 20, and to give Hong Liang the right to make decisions on the fly.

Chu Qing packed all the existing bean cakes into the cart sent by Hong Liang.At the same time, the word was passed on, and the sales team was asked to go to surrounding villages and counties to continue purchasing soybeans.

Different from the criminal frontiers in the past, this is a sign that the imperial court is going to formally launch a national war.In fact, from Chu Qing's point of view, if he were the emperor, he might have already ordered the war against Dong Lun to destroy the country.Instead of wasting military and financial resources on guarding the border, it would be better to wipe out Donglun in one fell swoop.It's a tiny place, why bother to worry about it!

Jizhou Prefecture Government.

"I'm afraid it will be these few months," Hong Liang said, "I'm already getting impatient with such exhaustion! It's too late!"

"If it was before, the emperor might not be able to make up his mind. After all, the country has been fighting for years and the national strength is weak." Song Tingshan said, "It is very different now. We have resources to replenish our military equipment. After a few more days of preparation, the imperial court should go to war." book."

"I heard that Chu Qing has started to provide pig iron?" Hong Liang asked.

"Well, the Ministry of Industry sent her a letter of entrustment, entrusting her to be responsible for part of the iron ore smelting. If you ask me, she can cooperate with the Armament Workshop. It's just that she won't agree, and the court can't appoint it."

"Yes, she is quite cautious."

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Chu Qing accepted the assignment from the Ministry of Industry.So she built another [-] blast furnaces, and at the same time, bought nearly a thousand acres of sloping land through Song Tingshan.There is a river in this area, which is good for diverting water to build ponds for coal washing.

The output of the twenty blast furnaces is not large enough to make the imperial court pay attention.But for the armory workshop on the mining area, it is indeed a strong support.

The existence of the converter was reported by Huang Zhong when he returned to Beijing years ago, but it has not been popularized.

At Huang Zhong's request, the Ministry of Industry also conducted several experiments, but most of them ended in failure.

They cannot master the technology of bottom blowing, and cannot accurately handle the position setting of the air hole, the wind force control of the bellows, the volume of the converter, etc.

I also succeeded several times during the period, but the converter was not disabled, and the fryer caused a lot of damage several times.

In addition, officials also have their own little thoughts.Huang Zhong is already very old, and many people are coveting his position, and they want to take advantage of these accidents to let Huang Zhong tell his old age.

Another reason is that the transformation of the shaft furnace into a blast furnace has made the quality of the iron produced meet the current requirements, and the time for melting iron in the blast furnace has also been shortened a lot.

This has already brought considerable career benefits.Therefore, for converters that are difficult to control and prone to accidents, I don’t want to waste time on research.

The movement of Hong Liang's troops made Chu Qing fall into anxiety again.After coming to this inexplicable place, Chu Qing discovered that survival is not just a difficulty of making money, but the greater difficulty lies in the wars that are faced at any time.

War means that ordinary people may die from war, from hunger, from cold, or even from fear... What is more terrible than having no money is not having a life.

The original world was not peaceful, but Chuqing's country was the place where the people felt most at ease.And now in this world... Chu Qing has never felt so insecure in her life.

Walking in the courtyard at a loss, it seems that the bustling labor scene can give Chu Qing a little warmth and a ray of stability in her heart.Yes, in full swing.People are needed, and arms are needed.

Looking at the carts of iron ore coming in, and at the stacks of iron ingots ready to be transported away, Chu Qing made up his mind not only to arm the action team, but also to arm everyone.

Chu Qing spent all his time in the blacksmithing workshop.Because molten steel can produce steel products in batches, the current blacksmithing workshop has become a semi-finished product processing workshop.Chu Qing spends here every day, following his subordinates to assemble the new combined eight-sided spear.

The last time Chu Yuan used this gun, he gave Chu Qing enough confidence.The main weapons of Daxuan's fighters are knives, shields, spears, bows and arrows.Basically these veterans will use it.If this long spear is slightly improved, the court will not pursue it.

Chu Qing shortened the head of the combined long spear and turned it into a dagger. The dagger is usually placed separately in the boot shaft.In this way, when the 200 people went out, the guards seen by outsiders were just carrying long sticks or two short sticks, so no one would be held accountable.It is also more dexterous in combat, so that the length and length can be matched.

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Hong Liang had the "arbitrary right to make decisions on the fly" given by the emperor, so he let go of his hands and feet.The emperor's original intention was that although the information was not yet clear, since Dong Lun had the move to gather troops to the north, the plan must be not small.When the situation was still unclear, Hong Liang made arbitrary decisions on all military changes.

But Hong Liang doesn't like to be passive.Do I have to wait for you to move your shoulder before I judge whether you are going left or right?That won't work!Hong Liang took the initiative to attack, he wanted to lead Dong Lun by the nose.

The junction of Donglun and Daxuan near Jizhou is a layered mountain range, and the armies of both sides have deployed only a small number of troops here.The reason is that this mountain range is not high in altitude, mostly rocky, barren land, and there are some villages scattered in the middle of the mountain range.From a military point of view, there is no need for a large-scale garrison here.The only political benefit is that no matter who gets an extra inch of land on both sides, it will be regarded as an expansion of territory.This is also the main reason why these scattered villages keep changing their nationality.

Hong Liang took a fancy to this, and sent [-] troops as the vanguard to raid Dong Lun's garrison checkpoint here, occupying [-] villages in the mountains.These villages once belonged to the Xuan Kingdom.After the occupation, military control was imposed.

The villagers here have no sense of belonging to the two countries, as the so-called "changing king's banner at the top of the city".No matter which country you belong to, this is the poorest place.

After Hong Liang occupied this place, he immediately spread the news of regaining the lost ground.At the same time, 200 troops were quickly mobilized to advance south along the mountains.The northern border of Donglun Kingdom has shrunk by more than 20 miles.The [-] additional troops sent by the imperial court marched towards the central and southern borders in two routes.

Over the years, Dong Lun has been harassing constantly.The reason has something to do with Emperor Xuan's character.When the old emperor was in power, the national treasury was still abundant.Donglun sent envoys to pay tribute every year.There are various names, such as the old emperor's birthday, the queen's birthday, pretending to be a filial son, and claiming to be a subsidiary country.

The old emperor is a face-saving person, Donglun is poor, so he does not fall into the eyes of the old emperor.And the attitude of the king of Donglun bowing his head and proclaiming himself a minister made the old emperor very useful.So even if Dong Lun Kingdom only paid tribute to a few cows, the old emperor would reward them a lot, almost giving Dong Lun whatever he wanted.

In other words, as the common people said, Donglun Kingdom is like a son, as long as you come, you will not be allowed to return empty-handed.Later, the old emperor became seriously ill, and among the seventeen sons, seven sons took the throne, which caused great turmoil in the whole country, so several pilgrimages to Donglun were in vain.

The Donglun Kingdom has not received the support of Daxuan for several years, and the economy has been sluggish for a while.At this time, the country of Worth jumped out and urged the country of East Lun to take advantage of the civil strife to go to war with it, and Worth would provide a lot of military assistance.

The monarch of Donglun is not stupid either.Dong Lun Kingdom is sandwiched between the two big countries as a tiny place, and it is not easy to survive. If it agrees to the proposal of the Worth Country at this time, wouldn't it be an excuse for the Worth Country to destroy the country?However, the King of Donglun still agreed with Worth Kingdom's statement of "taking advantage of his illness and killing him".

So Donglun began to attack the southern border of Daxuan.The south of Daxuan is very rich.Several big families are entrenched in the south.The terrain is gentle, the rivers are rich, and the natural resources are abundant.Dong Lun's plan is that even occupying one or two states will be enough to make the country strong.

Unexpectedly, the old emperor died as soon as he said he would die, and the prince, who is the current Emperor Qingde, quickly quelled the civil strife with thunderous means, and several big families in the south also took action, supporting the big family to a certain extent. Xuan, so that Dong Lun was defeated very quickly.

Although Daxuan lost money to the national treasury due to civil strife and foreign wars, he still maintained the integrity of the territory.On the other hand, Dong Lun not only didn't get any benefits, but also offended Voss.Now Dong Lun is really in a situation where grandma doesn't get close and uncle doesn't love her.

This time, because of the news that there are iron ore veins in the northern border, the East Lun Kingdom is accumulating energy in the north and preparing to take Jizhou in the west of the border.But before he could finish charging, he was disrupted by Hong Liang.

It can be said that Hong Liang's attack was perfect.First of all, Hong Liang "recovered the lost ground" with a small amount of troops, which boosted morale; secondly, the recovery of the lost ground this time will become a record for Hong Liang, and will lay the foundation for future appointments; third, Hong Liang compressed the Eastern Lun Kingdom. The border line made them have to relocate their troops to the south, while in the central and southern parts, there were 20 troops from the imperial court and [-] troops stationed locally.

When Chu Qing saw with satisfaction that he had an armed force under his command, the task of Secret Investigation Division was also issued.

The news of Hong Liang's occupation of the Eastern Lun border reached the secret investigation department first. Before the imperial court's deployment, the secret investigation department's Jizhou directorate asked him to re-establish the information transmission channel between the two countries.

Due to the previous blockade and cleansing, there were very few intelligence bases stationed in East Lun by the secret investigation department, and those who survived had to "hibernate".

This caused the secret investigation division and Dong Lun's information to be interrupted, and those members of the secret investigation division lurking in Dong Lun also lost contact with the organization.Now, the secret investigation department asked Chu Qing to reopen the situation and send intelligence agents there.

Chu Qing dispatched 60 spies who pretended to be the waiters of his dealership, and mixed into the food delivery team to the front line in disguise.At the same time, he sent [-] people from his own sales team to join the food delivery team.

These 60 people are responsible for looking for business opportunities in Donglun for Chuqing.Including inspecting property and purchasing land.Taking advantage of the war, Chu Qing wanted to become a real estate developer.Donglun will be a transit point for Daxuan's trade with Worth Country.Chu Qing occupies some space early and makes venture capital.

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