latelenovela Chapter 172 Xia Xia's Fantastic Ideas
Chapter 172 Xia Xia's Fantastic Ideas
"Xia Xia, you are so cute, but today's incident shows that the Qin family has made sufficient preparations for us. We should also make some changes and deal with it properly."
Thinking of Liang Xueying, Mo Ye felt a little uneasy. He looked at Xia Qin with some worry in his eyes.
"Yeah, I know," Xia Qin nodded, looking relaxed, and then showed a mysterious smile, "I've been preparing for a long time, and I'll take you to see something more interesting today."
After that, the two of them left the state government office together and soon arrived at the southern part of Danyang County, a quiet area specially set up by Xia Qin, where there was a vast building complex.
The building complex is divided into two parts, one is the parade area for training new soldiers, and the other is the factory area for manufacturing military equipment.
At this moment, Lu Cheng was busy in a huge workshop. His face was covered with sweat, but his eyes were full of concentration and enthusiasm.
Outside the workshop, there were piles of black objects as high as hills. Mo Ye walked over curiously, picked up some and rubbed them in his hands.
"What is this?" he asked. "Stone?"
Xia Qin smiled and replied: "Yes, we can also call it coal."
"Oh? I remember this thing burning easily."
"Yes, it burns very easily." Xia Qin nodded, "and it has a high heat content. It is much more efficient than wood in smelting iron. Moreover, as long as the shape and size of the furnace are changed and the wind speed is increased, the ironware cast will be sharper and more flexible."
"Used to make weapons?" Mo Ye didn't quite understand the principle, but he roughly understood the purpose of the coal.
"Mo Ye, sister-in-law, why are you here?" Just as the two were about to go to the workshop to check out Lu Cheng's work results, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.
Mo Ye and Xia Qin looked back and saw that it was Lu Shaoqing. Mo Ye smiled and greeted him, "Brother Shaoqing."
Lu Shaoqing came alone. Xia Qin looked behind him and asked curiously, "Where is Captain Cen Hua? Why didn't she come with Brother Shaoqing?"
Lu Shaoqing scratched his head and replied, "She is training new soldiers." Then he explained, "I was patrolling with my men and saw Ah Gui outside, so I came in to look for you."
Mo Ye smiled and reminded: "Brother Shaoqing, his name has now been changed to Xia Xiao."
Lu Shaoqing smiled heartily and said, "But it's still easier to call Ah Gui! By the way, sister-in-law, since you set a very high military pay, after taking Jingzhou, the number of new recruits here has increased a lot. Now there are more than 20,000 people in training."
Xia Qin was distracted for a moment after hearing this, and then slowly said, "Speaking of military pay, I don't know how Shen Nanfeng is doing outside. In the current situation, except for the salt industry, other industries may not be able to continue operating."
Lu Shaoqing shrugged and comforted Xia Qin, saying, "Don't worry, You Yanruo is here, and Brother Hong and the others are following us, so nothing will happen. Besides, after the last accident, Nanfeng is much more cautious now."
At this time, Lu Cheng walked out of the workshop. After seeing Mu Shijun, Mo Shaoxia and General Lu, he smiled and greeted them: "Mu Shijun, Mo Shaoxia, General Lu."
Xia Qin quickly replied: "We are just here to take a look, Mr. Lu, please go about your business."
Lu Cheng nodded, then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, Mu Shijun, I have already made 200 kites as you asked me to make last time. The kite making process is simple, and we have enough manpower now. Within a month, 2,000 kites can be made."
Hearing this news, Mo Ye could not help but cross his arms in front of him, holding his chin and jokingly said: "Xia Xia, this is not the right time. Although we don't have to wait until March 3rd next year to fly kites together, two thousand is a bit too much."
Lu Shaoqing also joked, "It's not bad. Captain Cen and I can also benefit from it, along with Nanfeng and Yan Ruo, as well as General Mu Jinyu and Military Doctor Bu Xiyue. But sister-in-law, these two thousand are indeed a bit too many."
Xia Qin rolled her eyes at the two of them and ignored their words. She just continued talking to Lu Cheng seriously. Mo Ye and Lu Shaoqing looked at each other boredly, with a hint of embarrassment in their eyes.
Half an incense stick of time later, Xia Qin and Lu Cheng finished their conversation. Lu Cheng nodded and returned to the workshop.
After Lu Cheng left, Xia Qin looked at Mo Ye and said, "Mo Ye, please let your Night Spirit Organization practice how to fly kites. Although the Night Owl Squad already has 200 people, most of them are in the army, so we can't spare so many people."
Mo Ye found it a little unbelievable: "Ah? Let them all practice flying kites?"
"They carry out dangerous missions every day, their spirits are always tense, and they don't have much time to relax. They are also very tired. Just treat it as a break."
Mo Ye naturally understood that Xia Qin was not trying to let them relax, but was definitely doing something useful, so he nodded and agreed: "I'll have Xia Xiao transport them back later so that they can practice well."
As he spoke, Lu Cheng had already asked people to pull the kites over on several four-wheeled ox carts. Several people looked at the ready-made kites at the same time.
This kite is very simple in color and is made entirely of yellow and white coarse rag. It is about two feet long and has a tough frame. It is much larger than the kites we usually use for entertainment and has a significantly different shape. The strangest thing is that there is no long line to pull it.
"This," Lu Shaoqing said in astonishment, "this kite can't come back once it's released."
Mo Ye picked one up, felt it, and threw it out with force. The kite flew forward and upward with the help of the air flow. When it was about to hit the coal mountain, Mo Ye flew into the air and took it down.
He looked at the kite in his hand and seemed to understand its purpose.
"Brother Shaoqing, Xia Xia and I will go back first. The fighting ahead is intense. When everything settles down, we will have a drink and chat. You and Captain Cen should be careful."
Lu Shaoqing looked at Mo Ye and Xia Qin, put away his smile, and said very seriously: "We are fine here, but you must be more careful, especially Qin Haoran and Zhao Beicheng. They are extremely vicious and have no bottom line."
The temporary peace did not last long. Only half a month after Lie Shu was repelled, Qin Haoran ordered his generals to launch a full-scale attack on Jingzhou.
Almost at the same time, Yizhou in the west and Xuzhou in the north unexpectedly switched from defense to offense and launched fierce attacks on Yangzhou and Jingzhou respectively. Qin Haoran must have wanted to use the advantage of military strength to increase the number of battlefields so that they could not support each other.
This strategy was undoubtedly effective. Mu Jinyu had to lead the Western Expedition Army to resist the attack from Yizhou with all his strength along the nearly 200-mile state border. In the northern part of Jingzhou, Qin Haoran's main force could only be dealt with by Xia Qin and Mo Ye.
What is different from the past is that by integrating the original Jingzhou army, Xia Qin now has an army of 20,000. Although it is still at a disadvantage when facing Qin Haoran's 50,000 troops, at least they can deploy enough soldiers in each important position to avoid the situation of losing sight of one thing while focusing on another.
In order to avoid facing Qin Haoran's cavalry on the plain, Xia Qin decisively took action in advance, transferred the people of several villages in the northernmost part to a safe area, and abandoned the area more than ten miles north of Jingzhou City.
As a result, they took the initiative to move their defense line to Jingzhou City, where the fortifications were the most complete.
In the distance, 50,000 troops were slowly approaching. At first glance, it was a dark mass, which made people feel terrified. Xia Qin and Mo Ye stood on the city wall, looking at the army from afar. Their eyes stayed on the clothes of those soldiers, and their expressions gradually became solemn.
Mo Ye lowered his voice and said to Xia Qin with some worry, "I didn't expect that Qin Haoran would mobilize a lot of border troops here. It seems that he and Yin Ruoshui have reached a tacit understanding."
Xia Qin's eyes flashed coldly, and she responded: "This is good, so that we don't have to travel thousands of miles to conquer these border troops loyal to the Qin family. Let's start from here!"