Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 237 Weapons Workshop, Construction of Xia Lin

While the accompanying scribe was counting the food, pieces of good news reached Chen Mo's ears.

Xia Lin is a big city comparable to Nanyang, and the "industrial facilities" in the city are much better than those in Pingting and Qingting counties.

There are two weapons workshops, a crossbow courtyard and a crossbow and arrow making courtyard in Xialin City.

These workshops were all built in accordance with the requirements and standards of the imperial court. They were one of the places where weapons were made for the Qingzhou Army. The craftsmen in them were the royal family, and their craftsmanship was beyond words.

Before the Tianshi Army invaded Xia Lin City, the garrison only burned down the Gongnu Yard and the Gongnu and Arrow Making Yard, leaving the two weapons workshops untouched.

After occupying Xialin City, Yang Minggui naturally requisitioned these two weapons workshops.

However, Yang Minggui invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the Tianwang Palace, so that neither of the two weapons workshops developed well.

The brave guards also found a large amount of pig iron in the warehouses of the two weapons workshops.

In addition to these, Yang Minggui's Tianshi army has more than 800 horses, as well as dozens of ox carts, mule carts, and donkey carts for logistics.

What worries Chen Mo the most is the red copper mine in the back hill of Xialin City.

Before that, Chen Mo originally wanted to transport all the supplies in the city to Pingting County.

But now, he has changed his mind.

He wants to develop Xia Lin City and build Xia Lin into an armament city, specially building weapons for his army.

He kept the plan secret in his heart and discussed it with Geng Songfu after returning to Pingting County.

At the same time, Zhang He had dispatched a small group of soldiers from the Divine Warrior Guards to lead the Tianshi Army recruited this time. They were divided into five battalions. Together with the previous eight battalions of the Fallen Guards, they were reorganized into the Thirteenth Battalion of the Fallen Guards. Each battalion had a thousand soldiers. People around.

The five thousand trapped camps he brought before were from the first battalion to the fifth battalion.

The five battalions recruited this time are the 9th to 13th battalions.

Led by Li Yunzhang, Wei Qing, Shao Jinneng and others.

Chen Mo is considering adding Cui Shuang and Zheng Guozhu.

Of course, this will happen in the future, and it is definitely not possible at the moment.

With the addition of 800 new horses, Chen Mo could start planning the heavy cavalry plan in his mind.

That afternoon, the grain in the warehouse was counted, totaling 370,000 shi.

Those dried meats haven’t been taken into account yet.

After the reorganization and inventory, Chen Mo called Zhang He and Li Yunzhang and asked them to take the Shenwu Guards to transport all the catapults, siege vehicles, ballistas and other weapons in the city, as well as 200,000 shi of grain, back to Pingting.

Xia Lin only left 170,000 stones for later construction of Xia Lin City.

While Chen Mo was busy with Xia Lin's affairs, the followers of the Tianshi Sect sent by Luo Guang had already crossed the river and were rushing towards Pingting County.

On March 1, Chen Mo and Li Yunzhang completed the training of the reorganized defenders.

That afternoon, he left the brave guards he brought with him in Xia Lin, and returned to Pingting County with his personal troops, the ninth to thirteenth battalions of trapped guards, as well as Cui Shuang and Zheng Guozhu.

Cui Shuang is a sixth-grade warrior, and Chen Mo is worried about leaving him in Xia Lin.

Before Chen Mo believed in Cui Shuang, he would always take Cui Shuang with him, just like Sun Meng before.

Wait until you feel that Cui Shuang has returned to his heart and can be trusted, then let him go.

…    March 6, Chen Mo arrived in Qingting County and left the trap guards of the 9th, 10th and 13th Battalions, as well as Zheng Guozhu, in Qingting County to continue training. He took his personal troops with him , Cui Shuang, returned to Pingting County that night.

Chen Mo didn't stop for a moment. He found Geng Songfu and Zhao Daoxian in the middle of the night and proposed the construction of Xia Lin.

"There are still two weapons workshops!" Hearing this, Geng Songfu became more energetic and asked hurriedly: "Are the molds still there?"

Chen Mo nodded: "Both these two weapons workshops still maintain complete craftsmanship, but the two workshops of bows and crossbows were burned down."

"That's great, we can use it after we take it." Geng Songfu slapped his left palm and right fist, and immediately said: "Chen Shuai, your idea is right. It would be too troublesome to move the workshop to Pingting County. , since the two weapon workshops are still intact, there are still craftsmen, and the red copper mines are also in Xia Lin, then we can use local materials to cast the Mingguang Armor directly in Xia Lin, and the speed will definitely be faster than now."

"It can also solve the work problems of a large number of people." Zhao Dao first interjected.

Now Pingting and Qingting counties have a large population, and the jobs they can provide have reached saturation. Although many people at the bottom are living better than before, they still cannot solve the problem of food and clothing.

Now, the construction of Xialin can provide a large number of jobs, which will not only make people's lives better, but also help stabilize the order and accelerate the development of the army. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.

Geng Songfu nodded, stroking his beard and said: "We can publish recruitment notices in the two counties, attract them with generous benefits, and promise to work in Xialin. The Yamen will not only provide food and accommodation, but also receive wages, and they can also allocate fields."

"Good." Chen Mo thought Geng Songfu's method was good.

After it was over, Geng Songfu found Chen Mo alone.

"By the way, Chen Shuai, what happened in the Heavenly King's Palace?" Geng Songfu asked curiously.

Chen Mo frowned and said, "What does Geng County Cheng mean by this?"

He blocked the news about what happened in the Heavenly King's Palace and made up excuses to the outside world. Xu Mu poisoned the wine and killed Yang Minggui in an attempt to seize power, but was eventually killed by him.

In this way, Xu Mu is still a sixth-grade warrior on the surface.

Then if he kills him, he will not expose the fact that he is a fourth-grade warrior.

Chen Mo didn't want to be exposed so quickly, especially when a war was imminent. Hiding his strength would give him an advantage.

The only people who knew the details were Li Yunzhang, Su Wen, Cui Shuang, Zheng Guozhu and two eighth-level warriors. The remaining people who knew the details were all killed by him the next day.

"Chen Shuai, the excuse you made up is too poor. It's okay to deceive ordinary people, but anyone with a little knowledge will know that there is something fishy in it at a glance." Geng Songfu said.

Seeing that it was not someone else, Chen Mo frowned and said: "I don't want everyone to believe it. I just want the truth about the Heavenly King's Palace to be kept secret from the outside world for a short period of time and be confused for a while."

He just needs to let the enemy know that he is still at the sixth level before he goes to the battlefield next time.

After all, paper cannot contain fire, and the truth of the matter will one day be known to the world.

Geng Songfu: "..."

"You will understand later. I can only tell you now that Yang Minggui did die in Xu Mu's hands, and Xu Mu was also killed by me." Chen Mo said.

At least in his own opinion, this fabricated reason seemed quite plausible.

After all, Xu Mu was at the sixth level. How could he kill Yang Minggui without using poisonous wine.

And he was only seventeen years old, so he couldn't kill a fourth-grade warrior.

So his reason is quite confusing.

ps: There is one more chapter.

(End of this chapter)