Steel Dynasty - Chapter 143

[Chapter 143 Failed Strategy]

After the Qingming Festival, it rained continuously, and the streets and alleys of Qingzhou were muddy everywhere.

Xiao Ming has been running around in the past few days, but he really has had enough of the days when everything he touches is mud. He thinks that if he can defend Cangzhou, he will build a few cement avenues through Qingzhou, and in addition, Qingzhou’s Drainage should also be improved.

After all, this infrastructure is also one of the necessary projects for fiefdom construction, and creating a favorable living environment can also attract merchants from Dayu to settle in Qingzhou.

If you sell the land at that time, hehe, the legendary land finance will come.

But it was always boring when it rained. The Equipment Department forged Luo Xin’s plate armor again, so he sent someone to ask Luo Xin to come over and ask Luo Xin some questions by the way.

“Your Highness, is the plate armor ready so soon?”

This plate armor is naturally to appease Luo Xin.

He asked the Iron and Steel Factory to customize a set of generals’ plate armor for Luo Xin. Different from the plate armor worn by ordinary soldiers, generals’ plate armor was not only beautiful, but also thicker.

Not to mention Lu Fei’s strength, Luo Xin was also strong enough to wear this set of thickened plate armor.

“Try it on?” Xiao Ming leaned on the chair and said.

Two of the four former bad friends died, and now the remaining Qin Mu and Wei Qing were too frightened to speak in front of him.

For a moment, Xiao Ming suddenly felt like he was alone.

However, since Luo Xin came from Chang’an, he would not appear too restrained in front of him like others. After all, the relationship between the ministers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom was still very harmonious.

It has been more than ten days since the last incident with the Qingzhou Army. Although the relationship between Luo Xin and Lu Fei is not as harmonious as before, it has also become relatively relaxed.

One of his poems also made Luo Xin change his attitude towards him, and he visited him in the palace from time to time.

After all, Luo Xin arrived in Qingzhou alone without any friends, so Xiao Ming finally knew him.

These days, Luo Xin was very envious of the plate armor Lu Fei wore in the army, especially the quality of the plate armor. He was very surprised, because in his opinion, the level of sword forging in Qingzhou was even much higher than that of the Equipment Department of Chang’an.

He had never eaten pork, and he had seen pigs run away. In the army, he had naturally seen how soldiers wore plate armor, and he put on the plate armor with style.

Suddenly, a man in full steel armor stood in front of Xiao Ming.

“Not bad.” Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. This armor is indeed custom-made.

In fact, almost every soldier’s plate armor is custom-made, otherwise it will not fit, and this is also a drawback of plate armor production.

“Thank you, Your Highness!” Luo Xin happily looked at the plate armor on his body. This was the happiest time since he arrived in Qingzhou.

Putting on the plate armor, Luo Xin turned around and left.

Xiao Ming immediately stopped Luo Xin, “Where are you going?”

“Let’s compete with Lu Fei again. Humph, this time the newspaper has been spread to Chang’an. I, Luo Xin, have never been so embarrassed. I must deal with it.” Him.” Luo Xin was very angry when he thought about it.

Xiao Ming was helpless for a while. He never thought that because of a poem, this newspaper would cause trouble in Chang’an. In the next seven days, he not only received a letter from Concubine Zhen, but also received the order to send the guilty general Niu Ben to Qingzhou. , and Fiji reported to the court that the court also gave Qingzhou two million stones of grain, five thousand bolts of silk cloth, and two hundred thousand taels of silver.

This actually surprised him. This ancient marching war caused serious damage to production.

Not to mention that soldiers cannot produce food, the conscription of civilians to transport food also prevents them from producing food. Xiao Wenxuan giving him so much food can also slightly alleviate Qingzhou’s food problem.

After all, Qingzhou is still in a food crisis. It is most difficult when there is a shortage of food. It will probably be better when this season’s food is harvested.

“Fight again? Aren’t you afraid that this newspaper will spread to Chang’an again? If you lose, you will still be embarrassed. If you win, you will also be embarrassed by General Luo Quan.”

“How can you still be embarrassed if you win?” Luo Xin’s head was in armor. Here, the speech is also a bit blurry.

Xiao Ming sneered and said: “General Luo has always been strict in managing the army. As a captain, not only do you not set an example for the soldiers, but you also take the lead in fighting. What is it like?”

Luo Xin thought about it and it seemed to make sense, but Lu Fei said He was always angry about what Dun Wangbaquan had done. He couldn’t help but smashed the table, “You can’t do this, you can’t do that. Your Highness, you are partial.”

“How can I be partial? Now there are I have just received the decree that General Niu Ben will be sent to Qingzhou for hard labor. I will leave this matter to you.”

“General Niu Ben?” Luo Xin couldn’t believe his ears.

This is a man who is comparable to his father, and he is proficient in the art of war. In this regard, even his father is not as good as him.

“It is General Niu Ben. Since he has arrived in Qingzhou, let him serve hard labor in the Qingzhou Army.” Xiao Ming said lightly.

This Niu Ben was punished for bumping into Xiao Wenxuan. Now Xiao Wenxuan sent him to Qingzhou to make it clear that Xiao Ming should find a way to make this Niu Ben be used by the Qingzhou army.

It’s just that this Niuben dared to collide with Xiao Wenxuan. How could Xiao Ming easily subdue such a person.

However, if this can really allow Niu Ben to be used for himself, the Qingzhou Army will really have an additional commander-level figure, which will be very beneficial to the development of the Qingzhou Army.

After all, Lu Fei is a thorn in the side, with many advantages and disadvantages. Luo Xin may not be able to stay in Qingzhou and is a temporary employee.

Luo Xin naturally understood this matter immediately. Xiao Wenxuan was giving away someone to Xiao Ming.

It is impossible for this general of the main war faction to remain indifferent while seeing Cangzhou City being destroyed.

“Yes, Your Highness, I will take good care of General Niu.” Luo Xin said with cupped hands.

Xiao Ming nodded, told Luo Xin when to leave to pick up General Niu, and asked him to go back.

Xiao Ming accepted Xiao Wenxuan’s kindness, but what he wanted was the artillery to crush the barbarians, and the generals Qingzhou needed in the future were also generals who could command firearms troops in combat.

But thinking that it would take some time to transition from cold weapons to hot weapons, he gave up.

Just as Luo Xin walked away, Zhan Xingchang walked in behind.

He said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, except for King Yong who is willing to provide 100,000 shi of food, all the other vassal kings are evading the embarrassment of their fiefdoms and are unable to provide support.”

When he said this, Zhan Xingchang was very ashamed. Originally, he was full of confidence. , but obviously the shamelessness of these vassal kings with different surnames exceeded his expectations.

“It’s okay if you don’t give it.” Xiao Ming said: “I originally just wanted to test the attitude of these people. From this point of view, these people really have bad intentions. That’s all, it’s better not to give it. It will save you from fighting against me in the future. We have to remember the favor they had back then.”

Xiao Ming pretended to be profound, and he had already cursed the eighteen generations of ancestors such as King Zhao and others. These bastards were too disrespectful to him.

(End of chapter)