After Xie Yushu and several managers arrived at the conference room, they did not continue the topic of the incident at the resort, but instead announced the resort's next steps for development.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were bloodshot from staying up so long, Xie Yushu didn't waste any time and spoke up.
"Although Chen Da's incident served as a reminder to us, regardless of whether this incident occurred or not, it is time for the villa to strengthen its defenses."
As the saying goes, "He who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present." Here, it's no exaggeration to say that we're making a fortune every day, but who knows how many eyes are secretly watching us.
It used to be small and inconspicuous, but now it has probably become a gold mine in the eyes of many people. If a certain group turns into bandits or simply forms a team to rob people openly, then the people near the manor will be in danger. Therefore, we have to be on guard.
I plan to have Han Zhongyu send a batch of soldiers here in the name of Tai'an Prefecture. After all, the prefecture government has a 30% share of the profits here, so it's perfectly legitimate for him to send people. Too many won't do, but two hundred should be about right. Qu Xiaodie, you can personally select these two hundred people and hand them over to Zhao Hu. We'll train them ourselves.
The second thing is these few sheets of paper in my hand. They contain several weapons that I have seen in ancient books: the eighteen-foot spear, the halberd, and the horse-slaying sword. The last sheet is about the method of steel quenching.
The saying goes, "Steel is forged through repeated tempering." Although I don't understand it, I think you, Master Zheng, can grasp it. Put everything else aside for now, and I'll have someone collect some high-quality ironware. Try tempering it and quickly forge a batch of weapons that are suitable for combat.
It's said that the longer a weapon is, the stronger it is; the shorter it is, the more dangerous it is. The weapons I've drawn, you should make them to the longest possible size that's convenient for Zhao Hu and his men to use."
Zheng Dacheng took the blueprints and understood immediately. He solemnly promised Xie Yushu...
"Princess, rest assured, I will do my best to meet your requirements."
Xie Yushu nodded and then said to Zhou Shuo and Master Sun...
"Besides those, I have something new here that I need you to study. It's a lighting system. Take a look at the blueprints."
Xie Yushu handed the blueprints for the light bulb and the windmill to Master Sun and Zhou Shuodao.
"This fan-shaped windmill is used to generate electricity. This small round thing will light up when it has electricity, much brighter than the kerosene lamps and candles we use."
The fine filaments inside this round object are black iron, which is not very common. Although we don't have any now, there should be black iron or dark brown, very hard iron products that can be obtained by chance in the market of Daqi. I have Xuanyuan Che send people out to collect them. You guys take a look and make the other things first.
If this thing is made, our mountain village will be as bright as day at night, which will not only make our lives much more convenient, but also leave no place for those sneaky things to hide.
Zhou Shuo and Master Sun had never seen this before and didn't dare to agree immediately, but they had a picture, so it should be about right.
Xie Yushu had no doubt about the wisdom of the ancients.
Even though electric lights and steam engines were invented by foreign countries first, China's Four Great Inventions were hundreds or even thousands of years ahead of them!
There are also intricate mechanisms and architectural methods such as the Luban Lock and the Zhaozhou Bridge.
There are also many cultural treasures that foreigners envy.
Our ancestors could create things even without anything, let alone something with blueprints and a general method of making it!
After all, our learning ability is top-notch. We all have human brains, so who is worse than whom? When we excel, it can be quite frightening for them!
After giving her instructions, Xie Yushu told them to go back and rest for a while before studying what they had in their hands.
After the meeting, Xie Yushu went to find Xuan Yuanche and asked him to help her find Wutie.
Upon seeing that Xie Yushu was willing to use him, Xuan Yuanche immediately instructed Qingfeng to send a message to the deputy commander of the Divine Eagle Guard, ordering everyone to search for black iron within their respective territories and send any that resembled it to Yuquan Manor.
In gratitude, Xie Yushu promised to provide his Divine Eagle Guards with a batch of hidden arrows as well.
After the factory outside the manor was built, the original workshop inside was not abandoned. Instead, it was moved into the mountains and put into use again, becoming the manor's own small arsenal. It has been producing hidden arrows, repeating crossbows, and bows and arrows. In the future, it will also make things like horse-slaying swords. Although the place is small, the manor's equipment depends entirely on it.
Although manufacturing weapons privately is illegal, Xie Yushu's little broken furnace can be considered as indirectly informing Emperor Qingyuan, since when she presented the repeating crossbow, she said that she had someone make it.
Emperor Qingyuan didn't say anything. As long as it wasn't mass-produced, it was fine for him to make some for his own use.
Although Xie Yushu experienced some setbacks, she quickly stabilized the situation, and everything began to run smoothly again. Han Zhongyu, on the other hand, was overwhelmed by the few people she suddenly threw over.
On one hand, they need to check if there have been any recent missing persons, and on the other hand, they need to investigate the origins of the group of people that Chen Da brought over.
Since the three Chen brothers came from the capital, and Xie Yushu asked Qiu Shuang to investigate, but she couldn't find out the details.
Left with no other choice, he could only investigate the case while simultaneously submitting a memorial to Emperor Qingyuan, stating that spies had infiltrated the manor, suspected to be after the repeating crossbows, and describing the characteristics of the group, suspecting they were grassland people, but unsure which tribe they belonged to.
However, it is also possible that it was someone from Northern Yan in disguise, since, apart from the grassland people, most of the people from Northern Yan were also very strong.
At the same time, Xie Yushu was granted two hundred men to guard the manor. These two hundred men were ostensibly the city defense soldiers of Tai'an Prefecture, but in reality, they were under Xie Yushu's direct command.
According to regulations, a prefecture like Tai'an Prefecture should be equipped with 500 to 800 city defense soldiers. However, the previous city defense soldiers were recruited by Zhang Zhidao and joined him in oppressing the people.
When Han Zhongyu came, they wiped them all out. They're probably all digging in some mine now, which is why the city defense department hasn't been established yet.
Just as Xie Yushu brought it up, Han Zhongyu thought of recruiting the city defense troops of Tai'an Prefecture as well.
Now that Tai'an Prefecture has money in its accounts, in the first half of the year alone, 20,000 taels of silver were transferred to Yuquan Manor when it was just starting out, and 5,000 taels were also deposited into Han Zhongyu's private treasury. The Han family has always been honest and incorruptible, and 5,000 taels is the largest sum of money Han Zhongyu has ever received in his life. He has become more confident and directly built up the city defense department.
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When Emperor Qingyuan saw Han Zhongyu's memorial, his good mood, which had lasted for more than half a year, vanished instantly.
He also wanted to take advantage of the power of the repeating crossbow and seize a few of their cities to expand his territory!
Before he could even make a move, these little bastards had already set their sights on him, which infuriated him!
Enraged, Emperor Qingyuan issued two imperial edicts. One was sent to the border, ordering all regions to strengthen their defenses. The other was sent to the reserve army and the Tiger Might Army in the suburbs of the capital, ordering them to send three armies to the border between the Great Qi and the Tatars, Rouran and Xiongnu to plug the gaps.
Although there are troops stationed along all three borders, the borders between the Great Qi and these three tribes are too long, covering almost the western and northern sides of the Great Qi.
Among them, Hangu Pass, Yixiantian, and Changbozi Ridge have the weakest troop strength and are the easiest for the enemy to take advantage of.
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