It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen smiled and said, "Who made you so capable?"

"Those who are capable should do more work."

"Don't worry, I've already warned her. I'll only give her one chance. If she can't bear this hardship, I'll send her back to Xing County."

"Just like you treated Zhou Yuru, you should be strict when necessary and don't show mercy."

Master Guo agreed reluctantly.

When Lu Xingchen returned to his residence to take a shower, the system arrived as expected.

She found that the system liked to appear when she was bathing.

She even suspected that the system was trying to do something bad to her.

Fortunately, the system is just an emotionless electronic voice.

'Congratulations to the host for taking over Jizhou City and becoming the governor and prefect of Jizhou.'

'Life value extended by one year.'

Lu Xingchen was in a good mood as he finally had a new breakthrough.

When we took over Teng County, we gave her half a year of life.

Taking down a state capital has a life value of one year.

Then the space slowly unfolded.

After a burst of smoke and golden light, the treasure box slowly opened.

This time it was upgraded.

The system gave her a short video.

This is how to make a musket.

Lu Xingchen knew that fire guns appeared in real history at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.

When Qi Jiguang was fighting against the Japanese pirates, he had already brought the combat effectiveness of the fire gun to its extreme.

While these things were lingering in her mind, another short video appeared in the treasure box.

This is a video of the Qi Family Army’s combat coordination drills.

The manufacturing process of the musket is very complicated, which is definitely an advanced invention in that era.

In this era, the technology of steelmaking was far from reaching the temperature at which gunpowder exploded.

So it doesn’t mean that you can easily make a musket just because you have the production method.

This requires a lot of basic technical support.

At this moment, Lu Xingchen realized that the system was just being lazy by giving her the short video.

Because she couldn't show the short videos in the system to others, she had to understand them herself and then draw them into drawings.

So she stayed up all night again and used drawings to show how to make the musket.

Fortunately, there is a weapons manufacturing department in Jizhou Prefecture.

In the past, weapons were made for the officers and soldiers of Jizhou Prefecture.

There are several skilled craftsmen in the supervision office, so Lu Xingchen can only take the drawings to ask them another day if they can make it.

Even if the muskets of this era were produced, it would be impossible for them to achieve an overwhelming advantage.

Because the musket must first be filled with gunpowder and compacted, and then the bullet is stuffed into the barrel before it can be fired.

The whole process is very complicated and lengthy.

Therefore, even if the musket could be produced, it would be impossible to equip the army on a large scale.

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After the government office team was formed, Lu Xingchen no longer participated in the management of internal affairs.

Lu Yunfeng had never thought that he could become a prefect, so he was very motivated and wished there were twenty-four hours in a day.

Both Master Guo and Mr. Liao are capable people, so Lu Xingchen doesn't have to worry about internal affairs.

So in the following days, Lu Xingchen spent every day in the military camp.

Lu Feng, Wei Hu and Zhang Fan were divided into three teams and conducted training separately.

Lu Xingchen was impartial. He was not particularly nice to anyone, nor did he ignore anyone. He inspected and guided everyone.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days have passed and it is time for the final assessment and verification.

It is now the end of August.

The weather is clear and cool in autumn, and it is very comfortable to sit in the stands.

Lu Yunfeng, Lu Kui, Lu Xingzhu and others came to watch the game.

Lu Xingchen stood in the center of the stands in military uniform.

"Uncle, Sister Xingchen is simply too dazzling." Lu Xingzhu couldn't help but sigh to Lu Yunfeng.

"That's right, she is the governor of our Jizhou." Lu Yunfeng also echoed.

Lu Kui's attention was indeed on the troops.

It’s only been a short time, seven months at most.

Before, Xing County had no more than 800 combat-capable soldiers and horses.

At this time, the training ground was filled with flags flying, and the atmosphere was majestic and powerful.

Lu Xingchen did not shout, but only used flag signals to convey what he wanted to say to the army below.

Soon the troops began to line up, changing formations, and flags fluttering.

Lu Feng, Wei Hu and Zhang Fan each led a team. They had different colors tied on their arms, and the teams they led also had corresponding colors tied on them.

The contents of the examination include ranks, battle formations, and coordination between various arms.

They used real swords and guns, but the blades were tightly wrapped with thick linen to avoid causing damage.

Even so, some soldiers were extremely strong, and using a knife wrapped in sackcloth to chop the enemy soldiers' bodies would cause certain damage to them.

Fortunately, everyone just stopped at the right time.

If the dagger-and-shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, and throwers can cooperate well with each other, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The entire training ground was filled with shouts of killing.

Because we were divided into teams, one reason was for honor, and the other was for rewards.

Every general officer has exerted his ability to the utmost, and every soldier has tried his best.

It was the first time that Lu Xingzhu saw such a scene and he was completely shocked.

She watched the competition on the field intently.

Although she was a layman, sometimes she felt that the classroom was chaotic and sometimes she felt that it was in order.

The formation is constantly changing, sometimes it is like a long snake, sometimes it is like a spider web.

This comparison lasted from morning till afternoon.

In the end, Wei Hu's team won first place, Lu Feng ranked second, and Zhang Fan ranked third.

Zhang Fan was so angry that he smashed his sword heavily to the ground.

Wei Hu and his partner kept cheering because of their victory.

Lu Xingchen was also very satisfied with this competition.

“Every team that performs well will be rewarded.”

“But because it’s a competition, we still have to sort out the 123rd place.”

"The share of the reward will naturally be different depending on the ranking."

"But the winners should not be proud, and the losers should not be discouraged, because this is just a competition, and we will hold many more competitions in the future."

"The real competition is on the battlefield."

"Look at the knife marks on your chests. If it were a real knife or a real gun, you would have been dead long ago."

“Remember the lesson of today.”

"You can return to the battlefield now, but there is no chance to return to the real battlefield again."

Lu Xingchen's speech brought the atmosphere of the competition to its climax.

In the evening, they slaughtered pigs and sheep, and Lu Xingchen had a big meal with the soldiers.

During the meal, Lu Xingchen called Lu Feng, Zhang Fan, Wei Hu, Ling Xiao and Lu Yun together.

"No matter who wins or loses today, it was just a duel and it's all over."

"The next competition will be in three days." Lu Xingchen said.

Wei Hu and Lu Feng both showed expressions of disbelief.

"too fast."

"What's the hurry?" Zhang Fan said, "I can't wait for the competition to start tomorrow."

"It's just a competition. Why are you so determined to win?" Wei Hu said to Zhang Fan.

"Of course you can say such things if you win. If you lose today, can you not be anxious?" Zhang Fan snorted.

"The next competition will be a real fight." Lu Xingchen said in a firm voice.