In early February, all the cities belonging to China recovered from the plague. At the same time, more than 50 prescriptions of Hua Tuo were put into production and opened a Hua Xia Pharmacy in the eight major cities. As for the treatment of difficult and complicated diseases, the number of twenty per day was full every day. Guan Xiaofeng and others worked hard to absorb medical skills about Hua Tuo. At the same time, Hua Tuo's disciples also rushed to Hua Xia City and were valued. Their different idea from Hua Tuo was that they would work hard to climb up for the career of the government, and the value of such people was the highest.

At the same time, in the meeting hall, hundreds of civil and military personnel were all in the area, and today is the day to report.

First of all, Wu Chaojing was released. He reported all the internal affairs, and there were some news coming from outside. He praised: "Commander, I have something to report here. In terms of foreign affairs, the reforms of the two cities of Yanmen and Dai County have begun to show results. Minister Wu You established two trade centers. It has been put into use. The construction of their weapons has also been effective. The building has been upgraded. I believe that the defense of the two cities will not be much weaker than that of our Huaxia City."

"He did a good job. All the main personnel in Yanmen and Dai County will be rewarded. You will do this. Minister Wu."

"Yes, I will follow the standards I set before."

Wu Chaojing copied Qing Cang's opinions.

Then he continued: "In terms of internal affairs, the carriage lines have been upgraded to two, and major institutions have been put into use again. As for some inventions, such as the steam train case, the startup stage has been in progress. At present, it has been very smooth.

After the last plague incident, Huaxia City hosted more than 30,000 people, and more than half of them were willing to stay in Huaxia City. At this time, the population of our Huaxia City was close to full, and the new urban plan had been implemented, but it would take some time to accommodate more people, so I sent them to Xiaquyang to add more people."

He mentioned the steam car project that Bai Ye was responsible for, and later changed it to a steam train by Qingcang. Because steam car requires some things like tires, it seems that it cannot be provided for now. Other things like iron pipes and copper pipes can be easily made.

There is also the impact of the plague incident, that is, the number of immigrants increases, which is a small part. He occupied eight cities in the Han Dynasty, and the tax revenue was equivalent to eight less. In such a war, money was needed the most, so his guess was that more people would join China within half a year.

He said: "It's very good. When necessary, go to the recruitment hall to recruit more capable people. As for population issues, you are fully responsible."

"yes!"

Wu Chaojing said something more, which was not very important. As for some daily reports, they were handed over to Qing Cang in paper form and waited for him to read when he had time.

After listening to Wu Chaojing's report, he asked: "What about the Intelligence Department? Is there any latest news?"

The girl who returned from Yecheng has not yet gone there, because it is just a dead city now, and it is not necessary to go back. Therefore, she is responsible for the work in the intelligence department first. During this period, several telegraph machines were added to achieve the full-day and multiple periods of receiving intelligence. As time goes by, the intelligence will only increase.

He asked this because during the meeting, he saw an intelligence officer handing over the information to her.

The girl said: "Yes, there are information collected by intelligence personnel from Chen Cang and other places."

When she said the name Chen Cang, everyone's first reaction was Qianghu, because they occupied the Chen Cang place. And they felt that there must be nothing good about this.

"What did you say?"

The girl said: "From the first message I received, after summarizing the entire intelligence, I analyzed it as follows: The Qiang and Hu people built 100 catapults and 100 city-storming vehicles, and the number is still rising. And we received the news that they seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the Black Mountain Army and did not fight again. The leaders of both sides will meet in the middle of the month. As for the meeting location, the intelligence personnel did not say it, which shows that they are very cautious about this matter."

"There are fifteen days left, and they will not affect us for the time being. Pay close attention to everything about them and report it immediately if there is any situation."

"yes!"

He thought to himself that the catapults were made by them, all caused by accidents. With the catapults and the city-storm, they would definitely make a comeback one day, and the advantage they had at that time would no longer exist.

He murmured: "Maybe it's time to turn on the use of gunpowder."

Gunpowder is widely used, especially in wars with the highest frequency.

This time, the things you are studying must not be leaked, otherwise you will be shooting yourself in the foot.

"Minister Wang."

"exist!"

"You have to start the gunpowder research process mentioned last time. I hope to develop weapons that can be attacked within half a year."

Long before, Qing Cang delivered it to Wang Zongwei to study the characteristics of gunpowder. He also told him that the formula was not enabled due to various things, and now it seems that research must be started.

"yes!"

What he wanted to build was not only simple cannons from ancient times. He had greater ambitions and wanted to make a major improvement in power, accuracy, launch frequency, and simplicity of operation. Of course, this had to be consistent with the technological level and manufacturing capabilities at that time.

At the same time, a guard came in, and he spoke in a low voice to Wu Chaojing. His face changed. After Qing Cang finished arranging the matter, he said, "Commander, I have something to say."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"The Han Dynasty has increased the price of salt by ten times, and it is even hard to find any salt. The stock of our eight cities is also decreasing. Due to them, we are unable to resist."

Some time ago, Qing Cang was talking about the importance of salt, but now he has been sanctioned by Emperor Ling of Han. He raised the price of salt, which was ten times the original price, and he could make a lot of money.

From the perspective of salt, Huaxia City really has no choice but to let the salt be in their hands!

Salt is a thing for people's livelihood. Without it, things can be tasteless.

Qing Cang snorted coldly: "Hmph, he did this and really underestimated our China. Then we will collect his salt-producing land, and the salt is controlled by my China. Let's see how they raise the price!"

His decision attracted everyone's cheers, and if there was a disagreement, he would occupy your salt-producing land and turn your things into mine.

"Captain Zhao, Commander Zhang, you two, with your subordinate troops, took Pingyuan County with me! This time, we need to solve the problem quickly!"

The two armies had a total of 150,000 people, and he left nearly 150,000 people to Huaxia City.

"yes!"

Zhou Cang and Yu Jin left the list at this time and said, "Commander, take us with you, too?"

"Then let's take your brigade and you will play the striker and head towards Pingyuan County tomorrow morning!"

A friend’s martial arts book "Nine Nether Luo Tu"
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