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Chen Ziang plans to rely on the iron ore in the Tongshan Mountains in the east of Yunxi Prefecture to smelt steel and build it into a smelting and manufacturing base.
Copper Mountain is only two days away from Yunxi Mansion, and it is not too far away, and it is surrounded by mountains with many mountains, so it is well concealed.
Chen Ziang waited until an infantry banner battalion and a cavalry team of 1,000 soldiers sent by the Guards Banner Regiment arrived and blocked the roads around Discovery Tongshan before preparing to turn back.
"You must do your best to smelt iron in the shortest time with the greatest manpower and material resources."
Before leaving, Chen Zi'ang also specifically told the Deputy Director of the Military Supplies Department who was left in charge, and asked them to build a smelting plant and put it into operation as soon as possible.
Due to the measures such as the salt and iron monopoly implemented by the Far East Dynasty, there is also an extreme lack of steel in the area controlled by the Qinghe Army.
The weapons of the soldiers of the Qinghe Army have been damaged more in previous battles, and now they can barely support themselves by capturing them, but it is not a long-term solution.
Chen Ziang urgently needs a large amount of steel to forge new weapons and armor to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.
At the same time, all kinds of iron farm tools in the Qinghe Army-controlled area are also extremely scarce, which seriously affects production.
Fortunately, this time the work team stationed in the village discovered the iron ore veins of Tongshan, otherwise, Chen Ziang and his life would be even more difficult.
"Recruit blacksmiths, miners and people who can identify ore here as soon as possible."
In addition to this newly discovered iron ore vein in Copper Mountain, there is also a small copper mine several tens of miles away.
The mine of this copper mine was originally under the jurisdiction of Yunxi Prefecture, but later the miners revolted, causing the court Yunxi Prefecture to lose control of it.
Before leaving, Chen Ziang specially visited this abandoned copper mine, and decided to start mining here again.
Because if the copper mine is mined, Chen Ziang and the others will be able to mint currency by themselves, and will gain a lot of wealth as a result.
Moreover, Chen Zi'ang asked the Military Supplies Department to recruit exploration talents, hoping to find more mineral deposits in the area they occupied to meet their needs.
Chen Ziang and the others urgently need to resume production and strengthen their own strength, so he is also very happy to discover the iron ore this time, because it means that they will obtain a steady stream of excellent weapons and armor in the future.
Although Chen Zi'ang wanted to see more in the Tongshan area, but now he is the supreme commander of the Qinghe Army's second army, and he is very busy with various things.
Therefore, after explaining some things, Chen Ziang and his party left Tongshan and returned to Yunxi Mansion.
On the way back, Chen Ziang deliberately went to several small villages along the way to chat with the people in order to understand their conditions.
Fortunately, after a period of development in Yunxi Mansion, all aspects are changing for the better.
? In particular, Chen Zi'ang's new policy of collecting taxes according to the number of acres of land, which replaced the original poll tax, gave the people hope, and the people were full of energy.
"Let's go, the others go back first, Qin An, Liang Guanlin, follow me to Base No. 1."
Chen Ziang and the others were exhausted all the way, and when they returned to the suburbs of Yunxi Mansion, Chen Ziang did not go back to the city directly, but was going to visit the base in the suburbs.
Chen Ziang's No. 1 base is located in a forest with a radius of more than 30 miles on the outskirts of Yunxi Mansion.
"May I ask who you are?!"
When Chen Ziang and the others were several miles away from the entrance of the base, more than a dozen sturdy cavalrymen stopped their way.
"This is General Hussars."
Facing more than a dozen sturdy cavalry blocking the way, Du Jiance, the captain of the personal guard, stepped forward, handed over his badge, and pointed to Chen Ziang and the others behind him.
These dozen or so cavalrymen had only seen Chen Ziang from a distance before, and their impression was somewhat vague, so after looking up and down at Chen Ziang, they did not move out of the way.
"Please wait here for a moment, everyone, let's go to Tong Bing first."
A general of the cavalry gave a military salute and returned the badge to Du Jian, the captain of the personal guard.
"What's the matter with you, you don't even know the general?!" Du Jian was also angry, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"Du Jian, let them report."
At this time, Chen Ziang spoke, and Du Jian could only retreat angrily.
"General, what is Base No. 1 for?"Seeing that there are forests all around and the security is heavily guarded, Chief Secretary Qin An is also full of doubts.
As the Chief Secretary for Administration, Qin An did not expect that there would be such a mysterious place hidden under his nose.
Chen Ziang shrugged and said, "This is my first time here. As for what to do, you will know later."
After hearing what Chen Ziang said, Qin An became even more puzzled, feeling that this place was too mysterious.
Just over ten minutes later, several people wearing standard leather armor galloped over.
"The last general didn't know the general's arrival, so he was far away to welcome him, so please ask the general to make amends!"
A middle-aged man wearing a badge of a thousand generals rode up to Chen Ziang and the others, got off his horse, and stood up to salute.
"Xiaodao, I'm just here to take a look." Chen Ziang smiled back at the military salute.
The name of this thousand-man general is Zhang Xiaodao, and he is Chen Ziang's old brother from the Ninth Battalion. Because he became lame during the battle, Chen Ziang transferred him from the front-line combat troops to take charge of the No. 1 base.
Under the leadership of a thousand general Zhang Xiaodao, Chen Ziang and the others were able to continue moving forward, and the sentry rangers along the way saw Zhang Xiaodao leading the team, and they all let them go.
Not long after, Chen Ziang and the others reached the depths of the forest, where a large circle of trees had been cut down, and small wooden houses were built.
In the big house on the left side of the cabin, there was a heat wave, and there was the sound of tinkling iron, and hundreds of strong men were taking turns beating the iron.
In a row of houses on the right, many people in coarse clothes are making bows and arrows.
"General, according to your instructions, this is a remodeled arrow cluster."
Zhang Xiaodao took Chen Ziang and the others to visit one by one, picked up an arrow, and introduced it to Chen Ziang.
Compared with traditional arrows, this arrow has grooves dug on the arrow cluster, forming a triangular shape.
When Chen Ziang saw the triangular arrow he made, he nodded in satisfaction, it was exactly what he wanted.
Although the arrows they are using now have decent lethality, in many cases once the opponent wears thick protective armor, they cannot be fatal in one blow.
That's why Chen Ziang secretly ordered Zhang Xiaodao and the others to transform the arrow clusters into triangular arrow clusters.
The triangular arrow cluster doesn't look that sharp, but once it hits someone, the special wound will cause continuous bleeding, which can't be stopped, which greatly increases the lethality.
Chen Ziang predicted that they would face more enemies in the future, so he was also starting to update and improve their weapons and equipment.
"This is the three-edged saber we built."
After putting down the three-edged arrow cluster, Zhang Xiaodao handed Chen Ziang a saber with the same slot.
Chen Ziang danced with the saber in his hand, and was quite satisfied.
"How many sabers like this have been produced now?" Chen Ziang asked.
"Reporting to the general, because the process is complicated and needs to be polished and grooved, it is a bit slow. Now only a dozen or so have been produced. I am going to send it to the city for you to see in a few days."
"What about the crossbow, how are you thinking about it?"
Although Chen Ziang felt that their production efficiency was too slow, he thought they were relieved at the beginning, and immediately asked about the situation of the crossbow.
"My lord, we have already assembled one according to your drawings, please follow me." (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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