Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 100 Attacking the Barbarians
The general direction of development has been set, and Han Chufan's goal is to take over a large piece of land near Yunzhou from the barbarian Dayuan Kingdom.

In recent decades, the barbarians have become a lot more honest due to the suppression of the witch clan.

The number of plunderings of Daxia has decreased a lot, but this is only temporary. Once it regains its strength, it will turn into a hungry wolf and pounce on Daxia and bite it hard.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

The current situation of the barbarian Dayuan Kingdom is very bad. Their young emperor and queen mother have been fighting for power. The court is divided into two major factions, and the internal fighting is very fierce.

In the east, the two main armies were defeated by the Wu clan and were completely on the defensive. They were in a stalemate with the Wu clan by relying on several dangerous passes.

The life of the barbarians is more difficult than that of Daxia. Daxia still has tens of millions of people and countless cities as buffers, and there is still a chance to slowly consume the witch tribe.

But if the barbarians want to make a comeback, they can only rely on God's favor.

Most of the elite troops of the barbarians were stationed in the east and were at loggerheads with the Wu tribe. There were not many troops in the southwest, giving Han Chufan a chance.

As long as he can occupy a large area of ​​land in the southwest of the barbarians, Han Chufan will have a strategic rear area where he can advance, attack, retreat or defend, waiting for the changes in the world.

Everything is going on in full swing.

A month later, a huge chimney was erected on the southeast side of Ping'an Fort.

This is the first ironworks in Pinganbao. With this ironworks, it will be self-sufficient in making weapons and armor in the future.

The billowing black smoke rushed into the sky, and the Ping'anbao Iron Works began to refine the first pot of molten iron.

In addition, Han Chufan also asked Chen Jingwan to spend a lot of money to recruit several masters who knew how to make steel. These masters from the south were proficient in the "steel filling method".

Conventional iron-making methods can only make pig iron. The pig iron is processed twice, that is, forged and decarburized, or wrought iron is put into the furnace and heated and carburized to make steel, which is the "steel filling method".

Steel has a higher carbon content than wrought iron, has stronger hardness, and is tougher and easier to forge than pig iron. It is a good choice for making weapons and armor.

There were not many people who knew [Steel Filling Technique] in Daxia. Han Chufan spent a lot of money to find these few masters who knew [Steel Filling Technique].

With this steel, the weapons and armor of Han Chufan's new army will become sharper.

Watching the billowing black smoke rushing into the sky, people saw the ironworks for the first time, cheering and running.

In the world of farming, the erection of this huge chimney and the thick black smoke made Han Chufan excited. This was the beginning of a new era.

In addition to the steel factory, Han Chufan also started another profitable business - a cigarette factory.

Han Chufan found tobacco, started growing it on a large scale, and produced products similar to cigarettes in his previous life.

The tobacco and alcohol business has been a profitable business since ancient times. As long as you control the monopoly, it is an inexhaustible mountain of gold and silver.

The cigarettes were wrapped in exquisite paper boxes with the words Ping'an Bao Cigarettes printed on them and began to be sold throughout Yunzhou.

"What are you doing?" In Qingxiangzhou City, a businessman asked curiously when he saw his companion lighting up a cigarette and smoking it happily.

"Have you never seen it? This is a new thing produced in Ping'an Castle. It's called cigarette. You'll feel like you're going to be in heaven after taking one puff."

"Real or fake? Are you still ecstatic?" The businessman, who had never seen this thing before, asked curiously.

"Of course it's true. I can still lie to you. Come on, try one."

The curious businessman imitated his companions, put a cigarette in his mouth, and lit it with a flint.

"Ahem." The businessman, who was smoking for the first time, choked and coughed.

"What the hell, it's not good at all."

"Haha, it's like this the first time I smoke it. It will be better if I smoke it a few more times." The companion said with a smile.

Seeing the way his companion was enjoying it, the businessman continued to smoke with hesitation.As I smoked, I started to feel dizzy and my head felt dizzy.The businessman's eyes lit up, "Hey, it's so damn exciting. Brother, is this thing called cigarettes?"

"Yes, Ping An Bao cigarettes."

"Good stuff, good stuff. This cigarette will definitely be popular. It's made in Ping'an Fort, right? I'll go to Ping'an Fort tomorrow to buy some."

"Brother, if you feel depressed, let's have a cigarette to relieve your boredom."

"Ah, my mother-in-law ran away with someone? Smoking a cigarette slowly, I'll chop him to death in a while."

"A cigarette after a meal is better than a living god."

Ping'anbao cigarettes, after a month of fermentation, instantly became popular around them. Every man who smoked them could not do without this cigarette.

A large number of businesses came to Pinganbao and placed orders for cigarettes.

The income from tobacco quickly surpassed that of Shaodaozijiu. After all, only Ping Anbao can produce cigarettes in the whole summer. Shaodaozijiu has other good wines that can be substituted.

The tobacco business is indeed hugely profitable, and Han Chufan's second way of making money has been completely opened.

With Shaodaozi wine and Ping'anbao cigarettes, Han Chufan could easily earn a million taels of silver a year.

The preparations for the Martial Arts Academy are also in progress.

In this martial arts academy, regardless of birth or class, anyone with martial arts talent can join.

After entering the martial arts academy, you will receive guidance from the teacher and some training resources.

The emergence of the Martial Arts Academy has broken the traditional way of inheritance of martial arts from aristocratic families and dignitaries, allowing more talented ordinary people to become warriors.

Han Chufan also gave this martial arts academy a very cool name, the No. [-] Martial Arts Academy in the World, well, the No. [-] Martial Arts Academy for short.

Han Chufan serves as the dean of the First Martial Arts Academy, and Liu Tianfei and Fatty serve as the teachers of the academy.

The first batch of students will be recruited after the autumn harvest. It is expected to recruit 50 people and train [-] warriors.

If the First Martial Arts Academy is successfully established, the peak combat power of Han Chufan's army will be greatly improved.

The training of more than 4000 new troops has also ended and they have been officially incorporated into the queue.

Now Han Chufan's new army has a total of more than 8000 people.

Among them, there are more than 4000 people in the spear battalion, more than 2000 people in the muskete battalion, and more than 2000 people in the cavalry battalion.

Everyone has iron armor, and Han Chufan's new army has become the most elite army in this continent.

After several days of detailed planning, Han Chufan and Liu Tianfei were ready to attack the barbarians.

This time Han Chufan personally led the team and assembled 2000 spear battalions, 2000 musket battalions, and 2000 cavalry battalions, a total of more than 6000 troops, preparing to leave Sanshikou north to attack the barbarians to seize the territory.

The remaining 2000 spear battalions stayed at Ping'an Fort and Qingxiangzhou City.

Han Chufan stood on the high platform of Ping'an Fort's training ground. After expansion, the training ground can accommodate more than 2 people.

Below is a group of new troops wearing red mandarin duck battle coats and iron armor, like a sea of ​​red and white.Dozens of battle flags embroidered with Korean characters were dancing on the ocean.

The core layer of Ping'an Fort looked at this invincible army and felt extremely proud. This was the army they had built by themselves and was about to enter a wider world.

The newly joined He Zidong was extremely shocked when he saw this army. He did not expect that there was such an invincible army in Daxia.

(End of this chapter)