"Will he keep any backup?" Xu Ziwen was still a little suspicious. No matter what, Xu Zixian has shown more than that in the past few months.

"The backhand is something that people with ability do not want to keep, and those who are not capable are powerless." Li Gu said with a gentle smile: "The Sixth Master must remember this. When you have ability, you must fight against the enemy with a lion and fight with a rabbit without leaving a backhand. If you have the ability, you want to keep a backhand but not. Only when you are not strong enough will you hope to win by cunning. If the strong side also uses a plan, the weak side will be quite embarrassed and can only be restrained and used without any chance to counter..."

"I understand." Xu Ziwen said horrifiedly: "So far, the Pu family has created wind and leveraged the momentum and used various means to weaken the will and determination of those in Nan'an and disperse their strength."

"Yes." Li Gu said: "The Pu family is a businessman and always hopes to take down the enemy at the lowest price. This time, if the group training donation from the Nan'an Marquis Mansion had forced them into a hurry, these people would not have taken action easily."

Xu Ziwei did not speak out. After talking to his father in detail, he did not attach much importance to the power of the Pu family.

Compared with the imperial court, what is the Pu family?

Comparing troops with the imperial court, what is the Pu family?

It was nothing more than that King Zhao had to use the Pu family, otherwise a secret message would be submitted to the capital, and the Pu family would be removed in Fuzhou in three days.

Such an alien family of sex merchants and nobles of the Great Wei have always despised them from the bottom of their hearts.

Of course, Xu Ziwei never expected that a few years later, the one who opened Fuzhou Prefecture City and helped the Donghu people kill all the Wei royal family was the Pu family he had always looked down upon...

"It's activated." Li Gu suddenly felt energetic and pointed to the other side and said, "Qishan has stolen."

The Qishan Thieves were the first force in the Pu family's entire plan. Of course, they were just bluffing. The Qishan Thieves were severely restricted and prohibited from triggering a war on Fujian Road to avoid hindering the overall situation.

Xu Ziwei took a look and the sound of cannons came from the shore, and the flames soared into the sky in a short time.

But when you look closely, there are only dozens of small boats on the river, and there are not many ships. The Qishan thieves dispatched at most hundreds of people, and most of them did not go ashore. They only bluffed on the shore, fired those useless artillery, and set fire on the riverside.

"It's very noisy." Xu Ziwei was very calm and said with a strong general: "Chen Yutai didn't know what happened. Mingda killed his brother, and he could really hold it back."

"Don't ask about this matter for the third son." Li Gu said: "It is likely to be related to the overall situation of the capital."

Xu Ziwei was shocked when he heard this and knew that he was about to go to the capital. Only then did Li Gu reveal a little bit of the news to himself, which could also prove that the capital was really a dragon's nest, and even his identity should be more careful.

"Wang Zhi, the King of Donghai, has recently been active in Tianjin and Denglai offshore, and is often stationed on the islands in Liaodong." Li Gu's source and intelligence level must be much higher than Xu Ziwei. He said now: "Wang Zhi is more loyal and righteous and has always wanted to recruit peace. Among the five major thieves, his strength is also stronger. If it weren't for this person, pirates from outside the territory such as Pu Xingfeng, I would not know how cruel the people of the Great Wei people would be."

"I understand, my nephew." Xu Ziwei said respectfully.

Li Gu nodded and ordered the ship to swim upwards. It was around 4 pm. Although it was dark early in winter, the river was still quite bright. People from Hou Guan’s place might not have seen this ship. It was too annoying. If it was verified later, there would be a lot of trouble.

The ship gradually moved upstream, and the fires in Houguan County were burning more and more violently. Under the sky-sky light, countless people on the river were running and shouting, and their crying was deafening.

Xu Ziwen felt a little unbearable. In order to target Xu Zixian alone, he made such a big noise. His father, the appeaser, and the commander, would these big men leave the sufferings of the people alone?

But just a moment of thought, thinking of Xu Zixian's annoyingness and Chen Wenjun's intention was quite obvious, Xu Ziwen's heart was painful as if he was bitten by a poisonous snake. At this time, anything he said seemed hypocritical and boring, and he would only be laughed at by Xu Ziwei. If his father knew about it later, he would inevitably be disappointed. Xu Ziwen bit his lip and finally suppressed the words in his heart. He also looked out the window as if nothing had happened.

...

Small boats suddenly rushed out from the depths of the reeds by the Minqing River like arrows.

There are also some large ships, which are not large in number, and are swept out by small boats.

A large number of ships were like swarms of locusts, covering the entire river bank at once.

The fishermen and duck-releasing people along the river all rowed the boats and fled urgently. This time, it was not like this before. The boats in groups of three or three were harassed and tempted.

All the ships were almost full of people, and they stood in groups of black standing on the ship. The weapons in their hands were too dense, like steel shrubs growing, which was shocking.

The large number of thieves gathered together and they began to make horrifying screams.

There are also many people talking, laughing, and scolding.

These bandits may have known the movements of Nan'an and did not take the leftover military trainees who had just been trained. In their opinion, as long as they rushed ashore and killed the military camp where the Wushu was, those novices who had never been on the battlefield who had eaten soldiers and food for less than half a year would definitely not be able to withstand the moment. As long as they killed the Sanwushu, in addition to the huge rewards promised by the Pu family, the Pu family had something to say first, and they could burn, kill, loot and loot in Nan'an Town, and it would be best to razed the entire town to the ground.

Of course, these bandits are most willing to do such things. They are now full of blood and can't help themselves.

"Hmph." Xu Ziwei glanced at the boat and saw the thieves waving the weapons in their hands, and couldn't help but say, "It's also a group of mobs."

"The martial artists and swordsmen secretly raised by the Pu family are still good." Li Gu pointed to the other side. There were about 200 ships of all sizes, with a large number and in the middle. The swordsmen and martial artists on it were relatively quiet. Although they held spears and held various weapons in their hands, compared with the chaos and disorder of the rogues on the ship before, the order on the ship here was much better.

"It's up to them." Xu Ziwei said very well: "But I also doubt whether the Nan'an team training can form a formation to fight?"

"It depends on their reaction." Li Gu said: "If you want the town to be unharmed, you have to form a formation by the river, you cannot hit the crossing, or you cannot ask people to set up ashore and calmly set up the formation. If you are on the safe side, you will probably be huddled in the town's Marquis' villa and barracks, and use the walls to calm the morale of the army, so as not to collapse as soon as you fight."

"What does Mr. Li think Qin Dongyang will do?"

"It's not easy to make arbitrary judgments." Li Gu shook his head and said, "Now the troops are divided into two groups. If the real one is weak, it's weak. To be honest, I can't be sure whether Xu Zi really got on the boat and went to the entrance of the valley first. Even if he rushed back from the entrance of the valley, it's not impossible. The way of military strategy is changing so it's better for us to watch calmly."

Of course, this old fox would not say too much. Everything will be revealed within half an hour. If what is wrong at that time is certainly affected Li Gu's own authority. Xu Ziwei was amazed on the surface, but he felt a little disdainful in his heart.

Xu Ziwei said decisively: "I think Qin Dongyang shouldn't be stupid enough to line up by the river. What does the people in the town have to do with him? As long as the regiment training is more than 70% and the camp will not be taken over, no one in Fuzhou Prefecture City can say anything wrong. Of course, I think it's very unlucky if it can be kept."

Neither Xu Ziwen nor Li Gu made a statement. Xu Ziwei was arrogant and had outstanding military skills and outstanding martial arts. Sometimes he really did not leave a way out for himself when speaking.

"There will be a result soon." Li Gu, as the prince's master, did not need to save face for Xu Ziwei. He smiled and said, "Let's wait and see."

...

The boat was not moving fast when it was going upstream, but Xu Zixian and others quickly approached the direction of Gukou Town.

Large areas of black smoke cover the town not far away. There are many blast furnaces here and there are also many iron fields for melting pig iron.

A large amount of refined iron and pig iron was continuously transported from the Minjiang River and Lianjiang River to Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and of course Quanzhou. In the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty, Fujian iron was sold all over the world. The Fujian iron transported from the port to the north was at least 50 million kilograms a year. Originally, only Tingzhou had an iron farm. Now Jianzhou, Shaowu Army and Xinghua Army have iron mines, and there are a large number of blast furnaces and iron farms.

In the records of literati at that time, there were many blast furnaces, fireworks, and thick smoke. This was a very spectacular scene.

There are only two standards for early industrialization, including Japan's late-industrial industrialized countries, one is the number of spindles and the other is the production of steel.

The remaining industries will gradually appear in the form of attachments, and the cornerstone that determines the industrial country is the quantity of steel and spindles.

The current production of pig iron in Dawei should be more than 100 million jin. This number sounds very large, but in fact it is only 50,000 tons, and it has not even entered the threshold for industrialized countries.

In addition to the huge population of Dawei, the number of pig iron is seriously insufficient, let alone the output of fine iron and crude steel.

Xu Zixian estimated that the crude steel output was less than 1,000 tons, which is far from that of a truly industrialized country.

In the 18th century, the output of crude steel in Britain was more than 10,000 tons, the output of crude steel in the United States in the 19th century was more than 3 million tons, and less than ten years after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the steel production was 300,000 tons.

Of course, Xu Zi first analyzed from a lot of information. In this time and space, the current European countries have just emerged from the Middle Ages, and the Age of Discovery has just begun.

The Kingdom of Tianfang still has strong strength. In addition, the Mongolians still have several nomadic countries in Central Asia and West Asia, with a huge area, but their economy and culture are very backward.
Chapter completed!