Chapter 407

The dirty business of exchanging women for weapons and grain did not come to an end until August.

The three sent more than 30000 literate women. Because the conditions were low, they could count as long as they knew dozens or hundreds of words at random.

These women, all under the age of 14, were arranged to continue their study in the palace of the king of Zhou.

Ladies and daughters in law over the age of 14 are transferred to various ladies' colleges. Their wives and concubines go to various departments of the Xiangyang interior government to adapt before making arrangements.

Of course, both externally and internally, King Qin claimed that he could not bear to see these women continue to be devastated, so he did not hesitate to take out a lot of money and food to save them. For this reason, he talked a lot. Finally, under coercion and inducement, he forced the three giant bandits to compromise.

Believe it or not, he believes it.

Although the three sent almost all the literate women they could find, the transaction was not over, but it was changed to silver this time.

The reason why Qin Huan didn't want money at the beginning was not that Qin Huan really didn't want money, but that they wanted money at the beginning. The three people certainly couldn't give up those women.

Now I've got all the women, and I also want silver. Otherwise, just using the grain and weapons exchanged by women can only solve the urgent needs of the three people.

Liu Zongmin and Luo Rucai are OK, but Niu Er's strategic position in Xuzhou is very important. As long as Niu Er is stuck in Xuzhou one day, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng will always be unable to make a move. The North-South connection of Daming will also be abruptly cut off, which is also very beneficial to his next strategic deployment.

Therefore, the two sides reached a three-year non aggression treaty. Qin Huan even planned to station an army in runing house for a long time to contain Lu Xiangsheng.

In order to reassure Niu Er, Qin Huan almost told song xiance his strategic plan for the next three years.

That is, the strategy of the great Qin state is to first attack the South and then the north. The Chinese army will attack the whole Huguang first, then plot to attack the south of the Yangtze River, then Sichuan, and finally go north.

Compared with the illusory covenant, song xiance believed in Qin Huan's strategy of starting from the south to the north, because he would also suggest Niu Er to do so, which means that there will be no conflict between the Wu army and the Chinese army in at least three or four years.

However, if Wu Jun wanted to continue to go south, he might not be able to compete with the Chinese army. In order to avoid his edge, song xiance had to change his original strategy of suggesting Niu Er to plot to become emperor in the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, he went north to attack Shandong first, then attack Huanglong and overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Finally, he took Shandong, beizhili and Shanxi as the foundation to compete with the Chinese army.

This is the difference between having a counselor and not having a counselor. Compared with Liu Zongmin and Luo Rucai, they are still like wandering bandits. They run around like headless flies in beizhili. King Hua, King Chuang and King Wu have their own clear goals.

Even the eight kings, huddled south of Dongting Lake, planned to send Li Dingguo to attack Sichuan as a retreat.

Obviously, the eighth king also knows that the Chinese army will go south to attack the three houses in Changsha. He is worried that he will not be able to defend it.

After obtaining a large number of weapons from Qin Huan, Niu Er's strength increased greatly. He began to fortify along the North Bank of the Huai River and prepared to go north to Shandong.

Hong Chengchou had to transfer his troops back to Shandong, which gave Luo Rucai and Liu Zongmin a chance to breathe. With the food obtained from Qin Huan, they also began to recruit troops and build weapons.

Driven by Qin Huan, or after several great victories of the Chinese army, the situation in the world is developing in a favorable direction for the Chinese army.

Niu Er began to contact Luo Rucai and Liu Zongmin to clean up Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou contacted Lu Xiangsheng and attacked him from north to south. Niu Er was first cleaned up. Chuang Wang and the eight kings were plotting Sichuan. Zuo Liangyu was a mercenary in Nanchang. He didn't dare to be a disorderly subject and thief. He was struggling.

Looking at the world, there are forces that have the strength to compete for the world. Only the Chinese army is developing rapidly, recruiting and training troops, sitting and watching all parties fight and kill. Only king Qin still has the mind to play with strange sexual skills.

In the south of Kaifeng City, a rather strange carriage is running. Its speed is so fast that the craftsmen around are stunned.

The red warbler and Mrs. Li on the bus were even more surprised. Even Qin Huan was excited.

"My husband, I didn't expect that just a few pieces of wood could make the carriage no slower than the war horse. It's incredible. I don't know how long your head is?"

The red warbler lay down by the window and danced for a while, then looked back at Qin Huan.

Mrs. Li also sighed on one side: "yes, such a long carriage can be pulled by only four horses, and it is so stable. If it has been so fast, I'm afraid it can reach Xiangyang from Kaifeng in only one day, and it can be free from bumps."

"I'm afraid it's impossible to stay so fast. It's a hundred miles at most, or the horse will be abandoned." The red warbler shook her head.

"Why is it difficult? Set up a post station every hundred miles to change horses, and you can travel day and night. At this speed, it is estimated that it will take only one day and night from Kaifeng to Wuchang. "

Qin Huan waved his hand and smiled. He estimated that the speed was at least thirty or forty kilometers per hour.

"Yes!"

Both women had bright eyes and couldn't help looking forward to it. At this time, the carriage slowed down and finally stopped. It was obvious that there was no way ahead.

"This... This is Xiangfu? The Kung Fu of a cup of tea! " The red warbler looked at the Xiangfu county at the end and exclaimed again.

The neighborhood has long been surrounded by people. If soldiers were not responsible for maintaining order, I'm afraid they would have rushed up long ago.

"Hey, it's too short. It's just gone after a little addiction." Qin Huan sighed and got out of the carriage.

I saw that the carriage was a foot wide, three feet long and high enough for one person to stand. On both sides of the carriage, there were two war horses, one in front and one behind.

The carriage has five wheels on each side, a total of ten wheels. At the bottom of the carriage is an I-shaped wooden track, which extends northward to Kaifeng City for more than 30 miles.

The wooden track and carriage were made by the craftsmen led by Qin Huan over the past month.

The wooden track is completely made according to the train track of the previous life. It is made of high-quality solid wood. A layer of small stones and fine sand are also laid below. It is slightly half a meter higher than the road surface. More than 100000 people completed it in only half a month, and the women who organized these people to work are the ones who rescued them.

The wooden track is very simple. As long as the ruler is fine, the craftsmanship accuracy of carpenters in this era will not vary too much. However, even if it is solid dry wood, it will take up to one year in the sun and rain.

The complicated thing is the carriage wheels and bearings. The wheels are also made of wood temporarily, which is smaller than the ordinary carriage wheels. The ball in the bearing is polished with wood and coated with lard for anti-skid. Although the effect is good, Qin Huan knew that if the carriage wanted to load, it must use iron wheels, and the bearings should also be made of pure steel.

However, he believes that with Nanyang's current technology, it is not difficult to make it. The difficulty is mass production, so he plans to lay the wooden track and let the Tiangong Institute study this kind of wooden wagon.

This 10 meter long one is good for people. As for goods, it must be at least 20 meters long and pulled by eight horses. In order to avoid collision, two wooden tracks have to be laid, one at a time.

The reason why I took so much effort and time to lay such a 30 mile long wooden track is to make a template.

Millions of people in Henan have nothing to do now. They can recruit to lay the foundation and lay wooden tracks. With the cement produced by Nanyang, it is not a problem to build bridges on some rivers and ditches. As for the wooden tracks, Nanyang can make them uniformly.