Chapter 1080 of the text Utopia

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On the Hetao grassland, several low cities fluttered with broken flags, with the inscription "Lanfang Republic". A goshawk flew in the air, and the howl of a wolf could be heard in the distance. Even during the day, the grasslands are still full of crises for humans. But for the inhabitants of the city, the biggest threat is not the creatures that grow naturally in this world, but the Mongolians outside the city.

The city wall of this height does not provide sufficient protection, and the time is tight, so it is not very strong, and it has been obviously damaged in several places. The warriors who served as guards had to be highly concentrated, for fear that one negligence would be brought in by the Mongols. Each of the guards clutched their weapons and their eyes widened, looking at the endless grassland, ready to tear and kill.

Although many of them were good at tending to the crops, the Hetao had long been used as a pastoral area, and after their defection to the Mongols, they were used as herding slaves. In the emerging Lanfang country, the main mode of production is also nomadic herding, and agriculture only accounts for a small part of the country.

Food shortage has always been the number one problem that plagues them. The frequent nuisances of the Mongols made it difficult to obtain profits from farming, and the trade routes in the Kannai were artificially blocked, making it difficult to obtain food even at high prices. In order to survive, these people had to become like the Mongols, whom they hated most, and learn to make a living by raiding.

These Han people lived on the grassland, and many of them also practiced their horse skills, and they were not simply beaten by the Mongolian cavalry. They also have cities, and even if they are not tall enough, they are still better protected than yurts. As long as the target is locked, you can go over to grab things, and if you can't fight or encounter an advantageous enemy, you can also retreat to the city, which belongs to the state of attacking and retreating.

Of course, because of this tactic and way of life, they became public enemies of the steppe, and were besieged by the Mongols several times. Fortunately, the Mongols didn't have a good way to deal with the city, and they didn't want to die too many people, so they fought a few battles, although the city was destroyed, but after all, the Mongols retreated.

There were some robbers from the grassland who joined them, but some were killed by Zhao Quan because they were not Han Chinese, or had robbed Han Chinese. Some couldn't stand Lan Fangguo's strict discipline and left, and the few who stayed became the bravest warriors in the country. Today's grain requisition, they are the main force.

A horn sounded in the distance, a thick column of smoke soared into the sky, and the soldiers on duty had a smile on their faces. This is a sign of victory!

After some time, at the junction of heaven and earth, scattered horse caravans appeared, knights waved their hands on their horses, and light horsemen shouted and shouted while announcing the news to this side: Great victory, open the city gates quickly.

On the horses, the captured Mongol women, including some who had not grown up, were tied to the horses, and under the horses' necks, bloody human heads, most of them were family members of the captives. Between the caravans, there were a large number of livestock and horses, and on the carts, there were tents, a few iron pots, and the corpses of the dead and the wounded.

Even the dead bodies were pulled back, and it seemed that this was another perfect victory, the tribe that was attacked, was wiped out. The general who led the team, the young woman who was originally born as a bandit and was tied up immediately, was the daughter of the leader of the tribe who was attacked, and today is the day she got married. Being able to catch a bride made him extremely excited, just like he had been on the prairie at the beginning, and his mouth let out an excited shout.

Zhao Quan, who learned the news of the victory, walked out of the workshop, his face full of smoke and fire, and several craftsmen followed him, discussing today's progress. Due to the constraints of science and technology, firearms research, or the so-called technology tree, cannot produce results every day.

But on the whole, these small cities already have the conditions to produce arquebuses, and the quality is not much worse than the arquebuses officially made by the imperial court.

Although many workers died due to various reasons in the process, everyone was very excited to achieve this kind of result, and Zhao Quan encouraged the craftsmen while thinking about when he could develop the kind of gun he was satisfied with. Due to the limitations of materials and the level of workers, firearms cannot be mass-produced now, and things such as the nine-son thunder cannon that I researched cannot be made in the city.

At present, the development of science and technology has reached a bottleneck, and there must be external forces in order to make a breakthrough. But the direction is already there, as long as you get the recruitment of the imperial court, you can hire excellent craftsmen and urgently needed materials from the hinterland area, as long as you have those things, in a few years, it will be different.

Thinking of the beautiful blueprint of the outside, Zhao Quan showed a smile on his face, a young and beautiful woman, wearing a floral jacket of a peasant woman in the northwest, walked over quickly, and wiped the ashes on Zhao Quan's face with a towel. The craftsmen looked at the affectionate appearance of the two and laughed good-naturedly. The woman lowered her head shyly, her hand gently touching her belly, where a new life was being conceived.

Zhao Quan smiled with satisfaction, "What are you shy, our Lanfang country is equal between men and women, you are my lover, help me wipe my face, should you." I heard that Sha Lifei won the battle today, and he did a good job. Although the Tartars have blockaded us, the final victory must be ours. The difficulties are temporary, the future is bright, and when I come back from Guyuan and the government sends a large army, I don't have to be afraid of anything. ”

The woman walked back with him and asked cautiously, "Xianggong, didn't you say that the government has no faith?" Will it be dangerous for you to go to Guyuan? ”

"Rest assured, the people of the government are a group of despicable and short-sighted vampires, rentiers, and exploiting classes. They are destined to be stupid, greedy, and blind. When I give them benefits, they think that I am sincere and will not harm me. By the time we actually raise the flag of uprising, it will be too late for them to regret it. Besides, I didn't go back by myself, I went back with the troops, with the elite troops of our Lan Fangguo, and when I saw my subordinates, those dog officers, I didn't dare to mess around. ”

The woman came from a large family, and although her own family was no longer there, she still had many relatives in the northwest. Even if the past is unbearable, but now that he has found a good man who doesn't mind his past, and his flesh and blood, he should go back and let his relatives see. She said cautiously: "Xianggong, since there is no danger, can the concubine go back with you?" ”

Zhao Quan nodded, "Of course you can, you are the president's wife, of course you can go to Guyuan with me and meet the trilateral system." We all represent the entire Lanfang country, don't be afraid. By the way, inform Sha Lifei not to mess around, enforce the laws of our Lanfang country, and do not force women. Also, he is already married, monogamous, and he is not allowed to take concubines, and that woman, he is not allowed to touch a finger, otherwise military law will be engaged. ”

When the military order was delivered, Sha Lifei had already peeled the Mongolian bride into a white sheep, and was about to pounce on it, but was forcibly stopped by the military order. The Judge Advocate General's Office also gave him twenty lashes as punishment, and the women who were arrested were taken to the women's workshop to join the production army. Since this matter didn't make a big fuss, Zhao Quan didn't take it to heart.

After coaxing his wife to sleep, he began to write letters to Yansui by the faint light of the oil lamp, and began to summarize the lessons and lessons of new inventions. He had an idea in his heart that this trip to Guyuan must promote the Ming Dynasty to send troops, and his own crisis can only be resolved by relying on the official army. And after the official army set out, the empty rear is a piece of fat, and Li Fuda and his people should also do it. For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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