Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Although the three of them are half-brothers and sisters, but with this IQ, Wu Jue is two blocks behind the two of them.

Hearing what Wu Jue said, the two sons and brothers of theirs really became more active.

But at this moment, their father walked in with a bluff.

"There is a war going on in Youzhou, and the old county king has passed away. Everyone is attending the funeral."

"Don't go over and make trouble for Li Qiu."

Hearing what the warrior Xun said, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, like a mouse seeing a cat, gritted their teeth and backed away quietly.

As for the warrior Xun, he stroked his daughter's head lovingly and asked with a smile.

"Why, miss Li Qiu?"

Wu Jue nodded obediently, but his eyes were a little sleepy.

The samurai Xun said with a smile at this moment: "When this year's festival comes, I will marry you anyway."

"The scenery in Jingzhou is very good. I will play more in my spare time. I am afraid that I will not have this opportunity when I am far away from home."

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In Youzhou, after the old prince's funeral is over, life for Li Qiu and everyone here must continue.

Luo Kexin will continue to be responsible for the daily maintenance of Youzhou City.

Deputy General Luo Liang pulled the Youzhou cavalry to the north of Youzhou city, set up camp and continued training.

And now that the city wall of Youzhou has collapsed, according to Li Qiu's intention, all the existing city walls should be pushed down.

According to six times the area of ​​the existing urban area, Youzhou City will be expanded.

Anyway, among the skilled craftsmen brought this time, there are really some who are good at designing and planning and building cities.

After hearing his thoughts, Luo Kexin frowned to persuade him.

Speaking of such a big city, the pressure will be much greater when defending the city in the future.

We don't have that many troops, and there is no matching population in the city.

Is it meaningless to do so, and the gain outweighs the loss?

But Li Qiu firmly told her that within five years, Youzhou will make your eyes shine.

On the other side, Li Qiu pulled all the extra horses in the city at this time, as well as the thousands of horses captured from Xue Yantuo's tribe, to Jizhou in the east of Youzhou.

There are lofty mountains in the north and fertile grasslands in the south.

The water source is abundant, the pastures are fertile, and the population is sparse.

It is an excellent natural horse farm.

Here, Li Qiu left behind [-] soldiers and several animal husbandry craftsmen brought from Chang'an, and handed them over to his most trusted apprentice Xue Rengui to take care of them.

In this battle with Xue Yantuo's tribe, Li Qiu was quite satisfied with Xue Rengui's fighting power and courage.

Today is another test of his management ability.

Before leaving, Li Qiu left Chitu Ma here, and let him experience the refreshing feeling of three thousand beauties in the harem.

At the same time, Li Qiu also used the system points to exchange for six mares with excellent genes.

Let them be the wife of Chituma.

These six mares, one for one hundred points, all seem to be in excellent shape, with soft and shiny coats, and they are very good.

As for the red rabbit horse and the six mares, Li Qiu repeatedly told them to take good care of them so that no accidents would happen to them.

Before leaving, Li Qiu looked back at Chituma, and couldn't help laughing and cursing in his heart: You bastard is happier than I am.

After explaining the racecourse, Li Qiu followed Zhang Yungu to Pingzhou.

The last time Zhang Yungu asked someone to explore, the place where there are coal deposits is here.

Pingzhou is located in the east of Jizhou.

The coal that Zhang Yungu and the others found here is probably the area where the Kailuan Coal Mine is located in later generations.

After finding this large area of ​​mineral deposits, it is relatively easy to find some shallow coal mines and surface coal mines.

Afterwards, Li Qiu stationed himself here.

He also ordered Zhang Yungu to coordinate with the states to recruit labor, and initially recruited about 1000 people.

At the same time, Li Qiu also specially issued a decree.

The 1000 people this time are not called corvees, but labor recruitment.

Each person can receive a salary of [-] Wen per month.

Nowadays, due to the famine in the Tang Dynasty, the price of food has risen, and it is about [-]-[-] yuan per bucket.

A bucket of polished rice is equivalent to [-] catties of future generations. If you buy brown rice such as yellow rice, you will have more purchasing power.

Therefore, Li Qiu's wages were already quite impressive compared to the low-efficiency productivity at that time.

Just like Shang Yang's reform, in order to show his credit and credibility.

This is the first recruitment, first give money, and then work.

As a result, these 1000 people did not go to Youzhou, and they were fully recruited in Pingzhou and Jizhou.

The people of these two prefectures also expressed that they would follow the decrees issued by General Li Qiu and Lord Li Qiu even if they didn't take money.

What's more, there is so much money to take?

At night, in the tent where Li Qiu was, he was lying here quietly by himself.

Browsing the system points mall in his mind, thinking about how to redeem it more cost-effectively.

Currently, after using two energy crystals and exchanging six mares, he still has three energy crystals and [-] system points left.

【Ding!May I ask the host, do you want to remove the energy crystal and exchange it for [-] system points? 】

"Sure!"

【Ding!The dismantling of the energy crystals is complete. Currently, the host has [-] energy crystals, and the system points are [-] points. 】

After that, Li Qiu used system points to exchange for system props.

【Ding!The host successfully exchanged the fired brick technology, consuming [-] system points. 】

【Ding!The host has successfully exchanged iron smelting technology (half set), consuming [-] system points. 】

Now that the coal mine resources have been found by themselves, the bottleneck that restricts the development of technology in the early Tang Dynasty has also been overcome.

The burning temperature of firewood is between [-]-[-] degrees.

The temperature required for iron smelting is [-]°C, and the firing temperature for firing bricks is also above [-]°C.

But coal, it has reached [-]-[-].

It is believed that as long as the coal is provided, with the wisdom of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, within [-] years, the technology of iron smelting and sintering bricks can be developed to a certain level.

However, Li Qiu couldn't wait that long, so he directly exchanged these two technologies in advance.

Chapter 254

After the exchange of these two technologies was completed, for a whole month, Li Qiu took all the craftsmen, guards, and a few capable officials to soak in the coal mines, iron smelting workshops and brick-burning workshops in Pingzhou. Inside.

Since the technology is only owned by Li Qiu, he has to be both a master and a supervisor.

Do the best in every link and every process.

Only in this way can we ensure that the quality of the product will be excellent in the future mass production.

Within this month, the mining of coal mines has progressed the fastest and the fastest.

Right now, in the coal mining area of ​​Pingzhou, the coal mined is already as high as two hills.

At the same time, the forest farms in the north of Jizhou are also continuously transporting timber to Pingzhou.

One after another, lengthened, widened and improved carriages were produced.

There are two horses and four horses pulling these carriages together.

In short, according to the different models of carriages, they have all maximized the transportation efficiency.

At this moment, Luo Kexin, with a resentful expression on his face, rushed here with a dozen or so entourages.

But when she saw Li Qiuhou, who was disheveled and disheveled, most of the resentment in her heart dissipated.

"Husband, why are you in such a mess?"

"Is there no servant here to serve you?!"

At this time, Li Qiu suddenly saw his wife whom he hadn't seen for a month, and he was quite happy in his heart.

Holding Luo Kexin's hand, he said, "You saw it when you came here, how is the security here?"

"Miscellaneous people, etc., don't have a special token, even if he holds the imperial decree, he can't enter this place."

"This Pingzhou is bordered by Jizhou in the west, mountains in the north, and the sea in the southeast. There is only one path leading to it."

"Easy to defend but difficult to attack, extremely convenient to guard."

"There are coal mines, iron mines, manpower and timber."

"From now on, it will be the most important industrial production base of our family."

Luo Kexin turned her head slightly angrily and coquettishly, and snorted at him.

"Hmph, if I hadn't seen you like this at this moment, I would have thought you despised her and found other women outside!"

"For a whole month, after you left the house, you never came back."

"There's not even a message..."

"Grandpa is gone now, if you abandon me cruelly..."

As she spoke, Luo Kexin, who had just lost her only relative in the world, could not help but burst into tears.

Li Qiu hurriedly comforted her emotions at this time, "Be good, don't cry, don't cry."

"In this world, except for my wife and girl Wu Jue, I will never touch other women in my life."

"You know, your husband is the easiest person to be satisfied."

"Oh, it's actually my fault."

"Grandpa just passed away, so I came here alone, and I didn't care about you in time."

"But isn't this also a race against time, in order to build and protect our base as soon as possible?!"

"Wait a while, let me show you a few things, and you will never blame me again!"

With that said, Li Qiu mysteriously pulled Luo Kexin towards the secret base behind him.

The first thing they went to see was the warehouse where the coal was stored.

Looking at the pile of black stones in front of him, Luo Kexin couldn't help frowning.

Seeing her appearance at this time, Li Qiu explained to her with a smile: "Madam, this is called charcoal, also called coal."

"Don't underestimate it."

"It's at the heart and foundation of almost all of our future technologies."

With that said, Li Qiu led Luo Kexin to the blacksmith's shop not far away.

At this time, the blacksmiths here are sweating profusely forging weapons with their shirts off.

When she was in Youzhou before, she also saw a blacksmith shop.

But this time, before she could enter the house, she suddenly felt a heat wave.

And when she entered the house later, she felt that the scorching heat inside made her face scorched.

"How can there be such a high temperature here?"

At this moment, Li Qiu smiled and pointed to the glowing red coals burning in the stove and explained to her, "Did you see it?"

"What is burning inside is the coal we saw just now."

"Like the firewood we used before, the highest temperature is, for example, a foot high."