They thought they could save it, so they burned it with firewood. "
What Ming Yu is talking about is coal, because the research of the smithy is inseparable from various experiments, and there are also forging and the like, so a furnace is needed. Ming Yu transformed the calcination furnace of the craftsman workshop into a blast furnace, which is very convenient to use, but the forging of many things requires high temperature, and the temperature of the firewood is still not up to the requirement.
So Ming Yu ordered the people sent out to search for various mineral deposits early on, to let them pay attention to this kind of black stone, which is black coal.
Fortunately, although the land in Liangzhou is barren, it is rich in minerals. They surveyed the whole mirror of Liangzhou and found several iron mines. Coal mines are rarely found because they are buried deep in the ground. Fortunately, they still found a place where there was such a black stone on the exposed surface.
Even so, due to the relatively long distance, collection is not very easy, and many of them are buried underground. Everyone in the craftsman knows it's not easy, so they generally don't use this thing unless it's really critical.
Now that the prince mentions this, everyone has a little understanding. Could it be that the failure of the cement development is due to the heat? It's not impossible, the heat is very important for forging, like metallurgy and iron smelting, as well as the so-called steelmaking that the prince said, all need high temperature. It seems that their initial focus was wrong, which led to no results.
After figuring this out, everyone jumped up for joy, wanting to try it out.
Huang Lao couldn't wait, and was the first to stand up, "My lord, I will go back and prepare for another experiment."
After his words fell, the others also stood up and said goodbye one after another. Some even trotted out the door before they could say goodbye.
Seeing people go to the empty meeting room for a moment, Ming Yu raised his forehead. This group of people are really workaholics, and they don't want to waste a minute or a second. If it weren't for a bottleneck, they might not be able to gather in this conference room, and they are still working hard in the laboratory at this time.
But Ming Yu is very pleased, it is because of the inventions and creations of this group of people with the spirit of research, that Ming Yu has the confidence to truly fight against the barbarians, and has the confidence to build the future Liangzhou as beautiful as he imagined.
Time flies, after half a year of not touching the ground, and working like a spinning top, Ming Yu finally let go of the heart that he has been carrying all along.
The defense measures of the Xiqi Corridor went smoothly. With the input of high-strength cement, the pass, city defense and roads were built quickly and smoothly. And its sturdiness is unmatched.
The manpower and material resources of the entire Liangzhou revolve around the Xiqi Corridor, which has made a qualitative leap in the progress of the construction of the Xiqi Corridor. As long as the defensive measures are built, Ming Yu will not have any worries anymore.
At first, Ming Yu was afraid that the Suixi Kingdom would come to make trouble, as long as the Yi people sent a large army to the Xiqi Corridor, their losses would be immeasurable. It is even more impossible to build a defensive pass smoothly.
Xie Yixiu's team harassment plan was also very successful. A cavalry army of more than a thousand people ran amok on the Suixi grassland. They only brought a little dry food when they set off, and each of them was equipped with a lot of combat preparations, the indispensable crossbow, clairvoyance, armor steel knife, thunderbolt and an improved version of the gun.
It was this kind of equipment that gave Suixi Wang Ting a headache. It's not that they didn't have the idea of destroying this team, and they also sent a large force to kill them.
But this team of people, for some reason, can always predict the enemy's opportunity first and be one step ahead of others. Whenever they got their whereabouts and went to chase and intercept them, they seemed to be able to see through the deployment of their own troops, and the traps that took time to set up never succeeded.
But when a small group of people met them, they did not hide or evade, and faced them head-on. These people were well-equipped and had strange combat weapons in their hands. When my men and horses met, they all returned in disastrous defeat.
This left them powerless and powerless. Thinking back to when their small team invaded the border of Dayan, they burned, killed, looted and showed off their power, so they were very unhappy. It's all right now, the Dayan Red Robe Army will deal with their own body in their own way. When a group of people invaded and encountered a gathering place of herdsmen, they would still have revenge and retaliation. Those cattle, sheep and horses that could be slaughtered were slaughtered, and those that could be taken away were taken away.
The herdsmen who got the news had no choice, they didn't dare to take risks, if they encountered this group of evil gods, they would not even be able to survive the winter without their livestock. Wherever they dared to stay, they all migrated to the royal court deep in the grassland. They could only count on the royal court to protect them.
Helian's teeth were itching with anger, and the officials in the Wang court were all battered. It was unthinkable to meet such a team. A large army was sent out, and there was not even a shadow of that team. But they chose to attack the weaker ones, and they could still harass them from time to time, which really made them feel like a thorn in their throats, and they couldn't get up and down very uncomfortable.
How do they deal with this? Everyone discussed for several days but failed to come up with a clue. When have they been so frustrated? Think about it, ever since He Lianbo became the general king of the upper left, he was useless, and he couldn't even deal with such a small number of people. When King Hunle was on the left side before, where did such a scene happen
Everyone thought of Tuoba Ren's success, although they dared not question He Lianbo in front of Helianbo, but they couldn't help complaining in private. When it reached Helianbo's ears, he was so angry that he wished he could kill these wastes with his hands. What else would these people do besides chewing their tongues? Just worms who only know how to enjoy themselves.
Tuoba Ren frowned, it's not that he has never heard of these things, it's just that he isn't in his position and doesn't seek his own affairs. He lives in seclusion, seems to be living a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and his purpose is only to numb He Lianbo.
Song Lian had contacted the Great General Wang Rongsang several times before, and although he had made some progress, how could it be easy for Rongsang to sit on the position of the Great General King? She just hung him tepidly, neither refusing nor agreeing.
This made Tuoba Ren a little impatient, and he also knew that the old fox was trying to get the best benefit, so he had no choice but to follow suit. It's just that if it continues like this, he is afraid that the Xiqi Corridor will be completed day by day, and the best opportunity will be missed. In the future, if you want to attack the Xiqi Corridor, you will have to spend a lot of effort and lose your troops.
He also mentioned this matter to his eldest brother Tuoba Hongze. Obviously, this matter did not attract too much attention in the royal court. It was discussed in the imperial court, but in most people's minds, the area of Xiqi Mountain was a place they abandoned. Even if Dayan occupied that place, what use would it be
If you have the energy, you might as well think about how to wipe out the team on the territory of Suixi Kingdom. The people of Suixi complained a lot, and it was the right thing to appease them first.
Tuoba Ren hated these short-sighted people, who only focused on the present, but did not know that the real threat in the future was the Xiqi Corridor occupied by Dayan.
However, since he is single and weak, and he is an idle prince, his opinions will not be heeded at all. We can only hope that the construction speed of the Dayan border area will slow down, and it will not be possible to form a large scale within a year or so.
"Is Rongsang still unwilling to let go?" Tuoba Ren turned his head and asked Song Lian.
He handed over this matter to Song Lian to explain it to him. Today, when Song Lian came over, Tuoba Ren asked.
Song Lian cupped his hands, "All the conditions have been given, but he also has a condition..."
"What conditions." Tuoba Ren asked.
Song Lian pondered for a while, then said cautiously: "First, cultivate and teach Chachaqi and the children of the clan carefully. Second, obey his orders and give him the position of commander-in-chief, otherwise we won't talk about it."
"It's unreasonable!" Tuoba Ren clenched his fingers and fists tightly, and he couldn't help coughing a few times under his anger.
Think of him as a majestic King Hunle of Suixi, the former general king of the left, who commanded an army, when did he suffer such ridicule? A commander of a thousand can only lead a thousand soldiers, so what is the use of his plans? It is understandable to teach and train the children of other clans. It is precisely because of the decline of talents that the right army will be suppressed and unable to hold its head up.
But for a commander-in-chief, wouldn't you slap him in the face? Sending beggars is more than that, right
"My lord, the conditions are a bit harsh. No matter how much you fight for him, it is impossible to hand over all the power. After all, he still has to fight for the interests of the family, and he has to retain the military power to control the lord." Song Lian said very objectively.
This is also a matter of no choice, who said that the prince is begging others now? Without military power, he is nothing. Since Rongsang can propose conditions, it shows that he still values Tuoba Ren's ability.
Tuoba Ren also thought of this, and finally calmed down, closed his eyes and said: "Forget it, go and tell him that there must be at least five thousand troops. If there are meritorious deeds in the future, all credits will be attributed to the right army." .”
"My lord, this is too unfair to you." Song Lian couldn't help but feel sorry for it. In this way, wouldn't it be all for others to make wedding clothes
"There is nothing fair or unfair in this world." Tuoba Ren sneered, "If he agrees, even this king, with five thousand troops, can compete with He Lianbo. If you want to drive out the troops, this king can."
Song Lian's heart trembled, "What does the lord mean, that you want to take the invading team with you?" Seeing Tuoba Ren nodding, he pondered, "I heard that there are quite a lot of weird things about this team, not only can we guess The movement of our soldiers and horses, they still have the kind of thunderous things we encountered last time in their hands."
"That's why I want to meet them. There is a saying in our grassland that we must find it wherever we suffer. Last time they caught us by surprise and left us unprepared."