Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Chai He was a little anxious: "Everyone knows that it can be used, but is it really useful?"

General Beizheng strode back while wiping his hands and nodded, "It's easy to use!"

Xiao Xuan asked: "How can you tell me specifically?"

General Beizheng pointed to the ground and said, "Save effort, it's deep enough."

Xiao Yan on the side was almost pissed off by him: "Is it a waste of effort for you to say two more words?"

General Beizheng said with some embarrassment: "These two points are enough. Some places with poor soil quality may need two trips, and this one trip is enough."

After hearing this, everyone understood that this directly saved half of the farmer's energy. Since this is the case, there will naturally be more land that can be planted. That's why the arable land in Taoyuan City is expanding so fast, and no one dislikes their own land.

And in fact, there are not many fertile soils. Let’s take the south as an example. Speaking of it, the climate is humid and suitable for the growth of various crops, but because the water resources are too abundant, there is a risk of floods from time to time, and there are mountains. There are too many terraced fields, and there is no water on the mountain, and it is not easy to carry water from the bottom to the top.

So the climate is suitable, and there is not much arable land. Up to now, the real granary of the world is still the Central Plains.

Apart from the mountains, not all plains are suitable for farming. Soil quality is a big problem. It is difficult to change nature, so we can only use farm tools.

Quyuanli is able to smoothly cultivate areas with not so good geology.

That alone is enough to make people happy.

Xiao Xuan felt that since he came to Taoyuan City, there were two more wrinkles around his eyes—smile.

He personally walked over and patted Qu Yuanli and said, "Good stuff."

Xiao Zirong took the opportunity to say: "Qu Yuanli's drawings are ready, and the drawings are more detailed. Uncle will find a craftsman to make them directly."

As for how to promote it, he doesn't have to worry about it. Others speak lightly, and he is afraid that the bigwigs in the court and China will not listen to him.

Chaihe also walked around Quyuanli several times. They also have farms in their homes. Using Quyuanli is equivalent to reducing manpower labor, which also reduces the number of people needed in disguise. They no longer need so many slaves to do things. , and correspondingly save a lot of money.

Of course, whether to save more money by reducing slaves or continue to use slaves to save more money still needs to be explored a little bit.

The general pointed to the keel waterwheel and said, "We saw Quyuanli, how do we use this thing?"

This time there was no need for General Beizheng to cover up, Xiao Zirong directly asked the two young ladies to go over and put the keel waterwheel in the pool, put a wooden basin to catch the water outside, and then began to step on the pedals next to it.

With stepping on, the keel waterwheel gradually brings water from the low-lying pool to the wooden basin on the shore.

You can see the benefits of this thing without explaining it.

Xiao Zirong took the opportunity to say: "If you use this keel waterwheel to irrigate the terraced fields, you don't have to worry too much about it."

Xiao Xuan walked to the side of the pool and looked carefully at the keel waterwheel for a while, then turned to look at Xiao Zirong, and said with a curious expression: "What is in your little head? You can think of it all."

Xiao Zirong pursed his lips and said: "This is the inspiration from when I built the water wheel before. This is equivalent to making the water wheel oval and then turning it into a human-powered drive. In fact, there is no difference, right? wrong?"

It has nothing to do with me, I made it on the shoulders of the working people!

He was really afraid that these people would ask him how he made it. He couldn't explain it. If he had a flash of inspiration... probably few people believed that a flash of inspiration is more suitable for a single field, and this person used to Just delving into this aspect.

But the scope of his flash of inspiration is too wide, and whatever the entire Taoyuan City takes out is the most advanced at the moment.

There are indeed geniuses, and there are also geniuses who can achieve multiple achievements across fields, but if you look closely, you will find that even if those geniuses span several fields, in fact, those fields also have their own similarities.

In addition, they also received a very complete education before that.

As for Xiao Zirong... as we all know, even Xiao Xuexing taught him to write after he came back.

Xiao Xuan nodded and didn't say anything. He looked very happy, even happier than his prosthetic limbs being able to walk normally.

There is nothing that makes him more happy and fulfilled than being able to foresee that the country can become stronger step by step.

After the demonstration of these two things, everyone was a little bit tired.

I ran around outside that day, and encountered such a big event as Emperor Wei's personal conquest. When I came back, I pretended that nothing happened. Even if I was not physically tired, I was mentally tired.

Xiao Xuan resolutely left the scene, and after everyone had left, a look of worry appeared on his face: "Ru'er, you said Shishilang..."

Xiao Zirong said very firmly: "Brother will be fine, and Emperor Wei is no match for him when he comes!"

Xiao Ji on the side smiled and said: "You have confidence in him."

Xiao Zirong did have confidence in Xiao Xuexing. After all, from the time he knew Xiao Xuexing to the present, except for his illness, this person always seemed to be omnipotent no matter where he was.

And looking at Xiao Xuexing's past achievements, he is also very good.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Xiao Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "Eleventh Lang...the pressure should also be great, the people sent by the Wei State before can't compare with Wei Di, and the opponents he has met are not Wei Di Comparable."

Xiao Zirong was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but see some information about the current Emperor Wei Yuanke appearing in his mind.

Yuan Ke's posthumous title is Emperor Xuanwu. From this posthumous title, it can be seen that this person has made some achievements in martial arts.

During his reign, he occupied Hanzhong and other places in the South War, attacked Rouran, and absorbed the culture of the Han family, which brought the national strength of the entire Wei state to a higher level.

Such a person is indeed not easy to deal with.

Xiao Zirong originally thought that Xiao Xuexing was very powerful in the first place, and he provided the gunpowder bamboo tube and bursting arrows, not to mention hitting directly, at least it would be no problem to block the opponent's attack.

But let Xiao Xuan say this, he seems a little uncertain.

In fact, even with two very advanced weapons, the battle on the front line was indeed not smooth.

Emperor Wei came too hastily, and there was no sign before, when the new year was just over in the barracks.

Xiao Xuexing did not treat his soldiers badly at first, and Xiao Zirong also cared about them very much, so he sent a lot of things. At Zhengdan, almost every soldier ate dumplings, even though they were only stuffed with meat and oil. But as far as the current treatment of the army is concerned, it is much better.

Everyone was a little slack because of the holiday, but the opponent took advantage of this time to call. It must be said that Emperor Wei may have been preparing for this war for a long time.

After Xiao Xuexing rushed to the barracks on horseback, the news he received was not very optimistic, because everyone could only defend passively because of the hasty fight, but the opponent was aggressive, so the defensive line also retreated partly.

When they reacted and wanted to attack, they found that the opponent's offense was sharp and the defense was not bad.

And most of the more powerful generals in Qi State were on vacation, and they came no earlier than Xiao Xuexing.

When Xiao Xuexing came, she also brought the sand table with her. Although she brought the bursting arrows, it still took time to step on the crossbow.

The bursting arrows are generally thicker than ordinary crossbows, and other crossbows in the army are not used.

The gunpowder bamboo tube can be used, but there are only two situations in which it can be used. The first is to throw it into the enemy camp before the battle, and the second is to ambush in advance and wait until the enemy enters the range before detonating.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at the sand table, made some calculations, and said decisively: "Notify the front line to retreat another three miles, and then send people to ambush."

This number is not a lot, and will not arouse Wei Emperor's suspicion, and it is also in line with the current battle situation. Even if he does not have gunpowder bamboo tubes, he will let the soldiers retreat first to restore morale.

At this time, if you stick to it, you are completely filling your life. Although when there are many people, those casualties are just a cold number, but even looking at this series of numbers, Xiao Xuexing will feel distressed. These are all soldiers brought out by him, why? Possibly pointless consumption here?

So what if you withdraw?As much as he withdraws now, he has the confidence to get back as much, and he even has to fight back against Wei Guo.

After the first batch of gunpowder bamboo tubes arrived, Xiao Xuexing ordered people to set up a simple ambush. The method he used was similar to Xiao Zirong's method of bombing bandits before, and he did not use the fuse of the gunpowder bamboo tubes to ignite them.

In other words, instead of igniting the fuse manually, they threw torches into the enemy's battle formation when the opponent was sure that they had really retreated and attacked.

Xiao Xuexing didn't even throw it away as soon as the opponent stepped into the ambush. The first batch of people who entered the position were vanguards, and there were not many of them.

No matter what, you have to wait for the main force of the opponent's pawns to step in before making a move.

However, this also has a disadvantage that after the opponent's main force comes in, the striker has already left the ambush.

Ling Fu said: "General, the forwards are generally their elite, can we let their elites go?"

Xiao Xuexing nodded and said in ambush: "After the explosion, Wei's entire army formation will be cut off from it. These forwards are equivalent to falling into the trap we set up, and they can be killed when the time comes."

Ling Fu disagreed a little in his heart. If these pawns were so easy to kill, Xueziying would not have lost a lot of manpower in a hurry. These are all elites.

But what's the use of being more elite?

When the gunpowder exploded, even Emperor Wei, who was sitting in the tent and preparing to reap the victory, was alarmed and asked in a panic, "What's the sound? Where did it come from?"

He was frightened by being so far away, let alone those pawns at the scene?

Xiao Xuexing told the soldiers of Xueziying to stay away in advance, and asked them to plug their ears in order to worry that they would be shocked by the sound.

Wei Guo's vanguard battalion was indeed not bombed, but the sound of the explosion still made their ears bleed.

After hearing the voice, Xiao Xuexing turned his head and said, "Order to kill Qianfengying."

After he finished speaking, he said with a smile: "The bamboo tube given by our King Xuancheng is useful, but it is too powerful, so if you don't leave any people for you, what will you use to ask for credit?"

It was only at this time that Ling Fu came to his senses. That’s right, military exploits are all based on the head, but the head is not convenient to carry, so the left ear is usually cut off. Now... those people have been blown to pieces, how can they find the left ear?

To put it this way, they won the battle, but no one can win the battle?Outrageous.

Thinking of this, Ling Fu immediately flattered him and said, "The general really has great foresight!"

Xiao Xuexing shook his head: "It's just a temporary victory, Emperor Wei won't be willing to retreat, he still wants to fight."

Ling Fu said happily: "But we have gunpowder bamboo tubes, why are we afraid of him?"

Soon, however, this advantage was gone.

Because there was a thick fog that night.