Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 759 Allies
On his way south, Yang Yuan also took time to visit the Puzhou papermaking workshop and printing house.

Sichuan's papermaking and printing industries were second to none in the Song Dynasty.

After Yang Yuan promoted culture and education, the demand for paper and books increased greatly, and related industries developed even more vigorously.

The new paper is resistant to insects and rats and will not rot for a long time. Its quality is not much inferior to the banknote paper produced in Bashu and used specifically for printing Jiaozi.

In addition, crude and cheap paper was produced in large quantities for use in primary schools and schools.

When passing through Tongchuan Prefecture, Yang Yuan also went to Mount Santai.

This place has become Yang Yuan’s secret research and development base.

There are already military equipment manufacturing factories and workshops that produce copper and iron, weapons, gunpowder, artillery, rockets, etc.

The refined iron was refined from the Wu family’s mines in Pengzhou and transported here, and the gunpowder was transported from Jianzhou.

Based on the needs for different steel qualities, the Wu family has now developed various furnaces such as blast furnaces, row furnaces, low-temperature steel-frying furnaces, and wrought iron furnaces, producing thousands of kilograms of iron per day.

The quality of the steel was greatly improved after going through various smelting and casting processes including ore dressing, coke making, batching, furnace, smelting, iron tapping, casting, and quenching, and the pouring steel method was used.

Its output also began to stabilize after a sudden increase.

It will only be possible to reach a higher peak after further breakthroughs in production and smelting technology.

After the news that the Wu family was offering a large sum of money to recruit talents in this field spread, famous craftsmen from all over the country came to apply with their apprentices.

Among them there are even people from Xixia and Dali.

The iron art of Xixia and Dali both have their own unique features. The arrival of these craftsmen perfectly made up for the shortcomings of the original blacksmithing skills.

Of course, these technicians are also the key protection and surveillance targets of the "Tongzhou Club".

On Mount Santai, Yang Yuan also saw cannons that were under trial production and development.

Close combat cannons, long-range cannons, siege cannons, field cannons...

Yang Yuan selected a small cannon that was lightweight and had excellent close-combat killing effect.

It is light and flexible, easy to carry, and is especially suitable for areas with dense jungles and dense water networks.

With one shot, it can fire hundreds of small shells over a large area, effectively killing enemies that attack in dense melee combat.

It is not only suitable for mountain warfare and is maneuverable and flexible, but can also be launched at high elevation angles.

Therefore, Yang Yuan named this small cannon that could crouch like a tiger "Tiger Crouching", and asked Xiao Qianyue to produce more.

Looking back, he wanted to place enough tiger squat cannons in the fortifications he built on the Gold Mountain.

He was not afraid that the cannon would be captured by the enemy.

Without a unique secret recipe for iron smelting, especially the formula for gunpowder, the power and effect of other products would be vastly different when copied.

Yang Yuan traveled very slowly on his trip south, inspecting the local areas all the way.

In fact, he did this in order to wait for the Firearms Corps and the Scum Corps to become more intense in Xuzhou.

He was also waiting, waiting for the Seven Barbarians of Wumeng to lose their patience and ask him for help.

He was still waiting for news from the court.

On the day when the Liangshan local soldiers entered the Wumeng area to attack and plunder the seven barbarians of Wumeng, Yang Yuan's companions on the boat and on horseback had already rushed to Jianzhou along the highway to report the news.

At that time, the seven barbarians of Wumeng did not know that the local soldiers of Liangshan had already launched an attack on them.

As soon as Yang Yuan received the news, he reported the matter to the court.

This time was different from the last time he reported the three barbarians in Xuzhou besieging the government office. This time Yang Yuan did not add any hints or inducements.

He doesn't need it anymore.

To the north of Liangshan Prefecture is the fully autonomous Wumeng, and further north of Wumeng is the semi-autonomous Xuzhou.

The three barbarians in Xuzhou are rebelling and besieging the city.

The seven Wuman tribes were being invaded, and the Liangshan native soldiers were attacking cities and seizing land.

The people in the court are not fools. When these two things are put together, they can tell the importance of them.

If the Dali soldiers captured Wumeng, and if the three barbarians of Xuzhou captured the provincial capital, the Liangshan local soldiers and the three barbarians of Xuzhou would join forces.

In that case, the worst case scenario would be that the Song Dynasty would lose Xuzhou and Wumeng successively.

If the rebels who have occupied two states are still not satisfied, Sichuan and Guangxi will be in turmoil.

Once southern and central Sichuan are engulfed in war, the reorganization and control of the three commanders of the Western Army in the north will be completely destroyed.

The plan to invade Western Xia and resolve this serious threat before the Jin Dynasty recovers will also be stillborn.

At this time, it was no longer a matter of face for the young emperor who had just ascended the throne, but a serious consequence that no one in the entire Song Dynasty could bear.

Therefore, the imperial court had no choice but to launch a strong attack in the Sichuan-Xiamen region and resolve the chaos in southern Xinjiang quickly and decisively.

So, Yang Yuan, who was still walking slowly that day, suddenly received a gold medal in his hand.

Yang Yuan walked out of the large and comfortable carriage, leaving behind two blushing, shy and charming little women.

This was an urgent imperial edict from the young emperor, urging him to immediately send troops south to quell the rebellion, quickly put down the rebellion of the three barbarians in Xuzhou, and resolve the invasion of the Wumeng area by the local soldiers from Liangshan.

When Yang Yuan returned to the carriage, Youyao had regained her dignity and Feifei had combed her hair.

When the two girls saw him come in, they both gave him a look of reproach and embarrassment.

Yang Yuan ordered the army to stop and rest. He had just finished writing the reply, sealed it with wax and asked someone to pass it out when the second gold medal arrived.

It seemed that the little emperor was really anxious, and the court was also really anxious.

They must have not thought it through yet, but they rushed to send out the first gold medal.

It was obvious that the court was afraid that Yang Yuan would delay military affairs because of waiting for the court's order.

The second golden order was obviously issued by the imperial court while they were discussing military affairs. After another decision was made, they immediately issued the second order. This order told Yang Yuan that he should not only solve the rebellion in Xuzhou and Wumeng, but also fight back.

In order to make the vassal state of Dali pay the price for their offense, it is imperative that Dali formally apologize to the suzerain state and make an explanation.

This time, before Yang Yuan could finish writing his reply, the third gold medal came.

This decree was to add to Yang Yuan's message that the imperial court would order the two governors of Kuizhou Road and Chengdu Road to send troops at the same time to cooperate with Yang Yuan in suppressing the rebellion.

The imperial edict said that Yang Yuan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three armies of Chengdu, Tongchuan and Kuizhou, and Liu Qi and Qiao Zhen were appointed as deputy commanders-in-chief.

The position of marshal is not a permanent official, but a military commander temporarily granted according to the needs of war.

This position will be automatically abolished when the war ends.

However, during this war, Yang Yuan had the ability to take charge of the overall situation and could directly control the Chengdufu Road and Kuizhou Road for his own use.

After reading it, Yang Yuan knew that the court must have an order, so he gave him Kuizhou Road and Chengdu Prefecture Road at the same time.

So Yang Yuan immediately took out two letters that had been written in advance, with only the name and signature left unfilled.

He filled in the title as "Qiao (Liu), Deputy Marshal of the Troops of Chengdu Prefecture Road (Kuizhou Road)" and signed it as "Yang, Grand Marshal of the Troops of Tong, Kui and Cheng".

I just filled in my name and signature and asked Gold Medal Express to send it out quickly.

He told General Liu Qi that what they were going to face were just a bunch of useless people.

He asked the old commander not to worry and to remain in Gongzhou Prefecture to intimidate the three generals of the Western Commander.

As for the young emperor's request for the three armies to advance in parallel, he only made one request to Liu Qi, and sent Yang Xuan of Bozhou to lead his troops south.

On the Chengdu Prefecture Road, Yang Yuan also put forward general requirements, which required Qiao Zhen to transfer troops from Meizhou and Jiading Prefecture into the western part of Wumeng to cooperate in the battle.

But when it came to money, food and supplies, he cried poor and finally asked big brother Qiao Zhen to take on more responsibilities, because Chengdu was the richest place in the city.

What's more, Yang Yuan is really poor now. Jinshan is not his yet, and he has set up such a big business. He is really heavily in debt.

To be honest, the dowry given when a daughter gets married is supposed to be a household supplement that only the daughter can control.

Yang Yuan shamelessly wrote IOUs and borrowed money from Mei Zhen, Dao Feifei and even Li Shishi and other women.

If he can't pay it back, he won't be able to pay it back even if he sells himself.

……

Yang Yuan came south with only one woman, Dao Feifei, who rode in the same carriage with him and slept on the same bed with him.

Of course, there is also a Wu Youyao in secret who holds the demon-subduing pestle during the day and at night, but few people notice her existence.

At Yang Yuan's level, even if he wanted to make his marriage the simplest and purest union between a man and a woman, it would be impossible.

It must become some kind of bond that unites the forces.

Just like the combination of Dao Feifei and Yang Yuan.

This time, Yang Yuan led his troops south, with a firearms corps and a scum corps in front, and he also brought a construction corps that would be stationed in Liangshan Prefecture in the future.

But in fact, although Dao Feifei is only one person, doesn't she also play the role of a special corps?

With the complicated relationship among the various tribes in Dali, Yang Yuan's soldiers are the sticks and Dao Feifei is his carrot, which can play a huge role.

Dao Feifei is a passionate Baiyi woman who doesn't care about the twists and turns involved.

She was naturally happy to have the opportunity to be with her lover day and night.

Although her lover is too strong, fortunately there is a young master Fanqing who can subdue him, so Dao Feifei has only sweetness along the way and does not feel any hardship.

With the frequent watering of rain and dew, the once sweet girl has become even more beautiful.

……

Feng Niang and Tae Hee, who were riding on their horses, looked a little tired.

Even though they wore veils on their heads, the paths were well paved and they could ride horses, but dust was inevitable.

When he heard that his sister would wait until General Yang Fu returned triumphantly before going back to Goryeo, Prince Wang was very happy. He went to Chengdu Prefecture happily under the pretext of doing business.

He heard there were more beautiful women there.

Tae Hee quickly became good friends with Lee Bong Niang who came to visit, and went with Lee Bong Niang to "travel and enjoy the scenery".

Li Fengniang went to Yang's house happily, but found nothing. It was impossible to say that she had no resentment in her heart.

However, she is a very strong-willed and proud person and would never admit it verbally.

At this time, Tae Hee found her.

Tae Hee, speaking slightly stiff Chinese, proposed that they cover each other, but in fact they were going to go south together to chase Yang Yuan.

Tae Hee feels that without her sister interfering and secretly breaking up the couple, she will have a chance to regain the happiness that belongs to her.

When Li Fengniang heard her explain her purpose, her charming and generous face, like a graceful peony, revealed a hint of sneer: "If I want to chase him, why should I bring you with me?
You have your sister to look after you here, but I don't. I can come and go as I please. Why should I cooperate with you?"

Tai Xi's eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were full of autumn water, and her expression was solemn: "Because, I am the daughter of Jin from Gyeongju, Goryeo, and I am married to General Yang Yuan.

I think I need a trustworthy sister in the Song Dynasty. You also need such an ally, right? "

Li Fengniang thought about it and recalled the first time she went to Yang's house. She was almost kicked out because of her arrogance and arrogance.

How can Yang Yuan of today be compared with the top scholar of that year?

Therefore, it is time for her to control her temper. Marshal Yang does not need a willful and capricious woman.

But she, Li Fengniang, a favored daughter of heaven, needs a strong man who is worthy of her.

So, Li Fengniang readily agreed: "That's fine. But let me make it clear first, no matter who asks, I am escorting you out of kindness, and that's the only reason."

(End of this chapter)