"Sir, sir." After Xiaodouzi handed over the person to one of his subordinates, he quickly found Shangwu. He came to report on the work.

"How?" Sangwu is processing soap and has reached the final stage. As long as the saponification is complete, Shangwu can basically cut it into pieces.

"Sir, things are selling pretty well, but other things aren't too good." Xiaodouzi said embarrassedly.

"Let's talk about it first. Let's see how much we can concentrate on production. Shang Wu said.

"Well, sir, they are mainly interested in the blended fabrics we produce, as well as military coats, although the number of orders is small, only twenty pieces, but they are willing to exchange with us. Tian Qi just needs fabrics, and they will make the clothes themselves. Little Beans said. Shang Wu nodded.

"Anything else?" Shangwu asked.

"There are also the biscuits we produce, they just try to buy some, and the sales of the others are not very large. For example, those iron horseshoe, that Hu Fei asked for the most, stirrups, only a few pays. Little Beans reported.

"It seems that our products are still not very attractive." Shang Wu said after listening to this. In this way, they will be in a state of imbalance in terms of trade, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the entire Red Turban Army.

"So, let them wash their hands and use this." Shang Wu thought about it, and he thought it was better to open the gap with something else. Maybe soap is one of them.

"What is this? Smells like it's very different? Little Beanzi asked.

"This is soap, which has a strong ability to remove stains, and I will use this in the future when I take a shower and wash my clothes. Maybe they'll like it. Shang Wu said and let Xiaodouzi try it himself. In this case, it will be more convincing, but it does not seem to be a good way to open the gap with civilian goods alone, and the largest orders are usually for the military. Shang Wu felt that he should work on this, and he felt that he should imitate the morale of ancient Rome, a ballista made of torque. That might open up the situation.

Because this kind of ballista is relatively simple to make, first of all, the principle is simple, secondly, the material requirements are not high, and finally it is easy to operate. If you can't sell it, you can still use it, and if you use the ** bag, the power will become greater.

The key component of the ballista is the torsion spring. If you follow the persistence of the ancient Greeks and the Romans, it may be difficult to accomplish. Because it requires some complex special materials to complete, but Shang Wu can replace it with something else, such as iron wire, which is tougher than animal tendons. And the metal part he needs can be made by the craftsmen at his disposal. It's definitely an offensive weapon.

Shang Wu quickly found the information, sketched out the sketches, and then made some preliminary calculations, as well as the criteria for shooting. This requires the completion of preliminary ballistic calculations. Although the martial army was equipped with a certain number of wooden cannons, the wooden cannons were still not powerful enough to deal with large-scale operations. I thought he was very unsturdy and more dangerous.

The Romans also improved the ballista, for example, by installing two sets of torsion springs in enclosed iron pillars, so that they could be well assured that they could make different weapons and equipment according to different levels, which could take some time to manufacture. However, the export of such weapons is given priority, and the purpose of this is to ensure as much as possible the replenishment of its own weapons funds.

On the other side, Zhang Li's troops ran into problems in the guerrilla zone. According to the division of the guerrilla zone, they were assigned to the territory of Yangshi County in the north. They arrived at a nearby village, where they had not yet unfolded. The whole village, led by the landlord, showed a refusal attitude.

"Fuck, what's going on?" Zhang Li pinched his waist and asked his scouts, they are also a regiment anyway. Although there are only more than four hundred people. But it's also a big military force.

"Sir, we've inquired. This is called Xiaoganhe Village, and in their village, there is a big landlord, and the people are also very good. As an official in the county, he seems to be a scholar, and he is very good to the nearby villagers, and when they saw us coming, they thought we were the Yellow Turban Bandits, so they refused us to enter. A sergeant reported. His armband was only to show that he was a sergeant, but his overall outfit did not look like a regular army, it seemed, a bandit. It's no wonder that Shangwu couldn't get a complete set of military uniforms for his army.

"Fuck." Zhang Li was a little annoyed, he really wanted his troops to rush in at once.

"Sir, are we going to take a detour, the chief said. To deal with such a village, we can't use force. Otherwise, there will be big problems. A lieutenant colonel staff officer said. Most of the staff officers' positions are only temporary, but their functions are relatively complete, that is, to find ways to solve problems.

"Forget it. Go to the next village, Lao Tzu can't do it, the landlords here are so benevolent and righteous. Tell them and we're leaving. Zhang Li reluctantly left this village and went to another village.

Within the territory of Lieren County. Kuroko's troops drove here. They first encountered a few villagers who had fled, and they looked like they were fleeing, but the problem was that their area was still far away from the Yellow Turban Bandits, but they didn't know why they fled, and then they forcibly captured each other.

Then proceed to the "Inquiry." Kuroko was annoyed by this question. It turned out that they were villagers from nearby Shangsang Village, and there was a Li bully in the village, and there was no Yellow Turban Army here, so they forcibly distributed food in the name of the government. In various names, the land of the villagers was annexed. The peasants, who lost their land, had to be sold into slavery. But this Li bully is very vicious, and if he is a little lazy, he will be beaten. These people were all helpless and defected to the Yellow Turban Army.

"Hmph. This Li bully, they are brutes. Go brothers, kill this Li bully for me, our Red Turban Army is the army to deal with such bullies. Kuroko said angrily. With that, he led his army to attack this Li bully.

The battle process is extremely easy, because Bully Li's equipment is not as good as that of Kuroko, and Sunspot's army is equipped with a ** bag, this kind of weapon, which is a simple explosion, is enough to bring a huge impact to Bully Li. Not to mention that those Red Turban Army soldiers all had combat experience, coupled with a typical triangular formation, which allowed Kuroko's army to quickly enter Shangsang Village. Bully Lee was then killed.

"I tell you, our commander said. Our army is the army of us, the common people, and we are doing the injustice you have suffered. "After Kuroko eliminated Bully Lee, he immediately abolished all the unequal terms, returned the land that belonged to the peasants, returned it to them, and sold himself into slavery and became free people again. As for Bully Li's family property, it naturally became the trophy of the Red Turban Army. Kuroko was happy for a while.

Then came the development of the working group of the Agricultural Bank, and their number was very small, only two people, and some companies did not have any. But that's enough for them to solve all their problems.

"Everyone, everyone, we are from the Agricultural Bank of China, and you will definitely ask, what is a bank." A young man introduced. He simply wears a red armband, which signifies that he is a member of the Red Turban Army.

"This bank means that you deposit the land in the bank in a centralized manner, and we will give you a stone of grain every year for each acre of land. The more land you deposit, the more food you get, of course. This grain can only guarantee your basic income, if you still want to farm, you can, we support, you can rent it for one and a half stones per acre. The more land you rent, the lower the interest you give, and we will provide seeds, cattle to help you, and you can borrow money to hire people to plow the land. "The staff introduced carefully. It was the first time for many peasants to hear such an idea, and some of them boldly went to take over the leased land. After all, they were all farmers and familiar with the land.

"Don't worry, this tax is calculated according to all your income, five percent, once a year, our chief also said. Only we all have money. The government can borrow, if you don't have any money, who will our Red Turban Army borrow, so such a tax policy is the most beneficial to us. A tax officer actively carried out persuasion.

"Let me tell you, what is the government, this government, is the contract government, you have chosen our Red Turban Army, our Red Turban Army will protect your safety, and then we will find a station in the village, you can rest assured, we will never disturb you, our chief said. He must not attack the civilians, and if he does it to you, he will never spare us. Kuroko pinched his waist and explained. Now, he has the appearance of an officer.

"You yourself have to set up a militia, in such a troubled world, and under the landlords and bullies, it is difficult for you to save yourself, only unity, we all unite to form a fist, all things, can be solved, this is the best solution. And we, the Red Turban Army, are the contract government. The officers and soldiers killed us, and the Yellow Turban Army also killed us, and only by protecting ourselves can we truly develop. Kuroko said.

"Bang bang bang." Many people applauded. The arrival of the Red Turban Army made them feel unprecedented encouragement, or a new understanding, their ideas were what the people needed most, and the land was once again in their hands. And if you deposit the land, you can get food. At this time, it is hard for many civilians to believe that they would encounter such an army, which is a completely new understanding. This made them realize the difference between the Red Turban Army.

Kuroko's work was carried out very smoothly, the militia was quickly formed, and the people's enthusiasm to participate in the Red Turban Army was very high, but in terms of land, there were still relatively few deposits in the Agricultural Bank, after all, the land had just arrived in their hands, and the peasants' feelings for the land were naturally understood by Kuroko. The work of the tunnels is also underway rapidly. This is the first step to keeping them safe.