Early the next morning, Song Yang went to Lu Jimin with lac bugs and lac samples.
Lu Jimin was not good at this, so he brought Li Rui over again.
Li Rui knew him.
"Your Majesty, this thing is Purpura purpurea. Although it can be used as medicine, it is not widely used, so not many people know about it. The understanding of it by the lower senses is just a coincidence."
Li Rui looked at it carefully for a while and Lac Gu explained.
"That's good! Haha! I'm having fun this time." Song Yang said with a smile.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what is this used for? Is it some kind of strange medicine?" Lu Jimin asked.
The birth of penicillin made him think that Song Yang had found another miracle drug.
"It's not medicine, it's indeed a good thing, and it has something to do with singing. When I make it, I'll invite everyone to have a dance." Song Yang left with a smile on his face.
Lu Jimin and Li Rui were left confused.
"Lao Yu! Lao Yu!" After returning to the Yamen, Song Yang came to see Yu Ming.
"Recruit the soldiers who found sample No. 37 yesterday. I want to go to the scene to have a look!"
"Oh? Your Majesty, is this useful? Can you make tires?" Yu Ming asked curiously.
Song Yang later told Yu Ming that they wanted to use resin to make tires, which would have a good shock-absorbing effect.
Yu Ming thought he had really found it.
"It's not that kind of resin, it's another kind, but it's also very good. I'll go and see how much there is left," Song Yang explained.
Soon, the spy and team leader from yesterday came.
Today was the first day of their vacation, but they were dragged over without even waking up.
They were so frightened that they thought they had made some big mistake.
"Wang... Wangye. You are looking for us... yes... yes..."
The two of them were in a panic.
"Let's go! Take me to the place where you found Specimen No. 37 yesterday. This Specimen No. 37 is a good thing. You two have done a great job!" Song Yang patted the two of them on the shoulders and said.
When they heard that it was not a mistake, but a great contribution, the two of them immediately stopped panicking.
"Haha! Qian Bing, you are lucky, take the prince to have a look!"
Yu Ming also laughed and said.
The spy who found the lac was named Qian Bing. He was a native of Jiangzhou and worked in the Fuxing Army from Minzhuang.
Because of his excellent training level, he became the best-welfare horse explorer.
"Qian Bing. Well, not bad. Come on, let's set off now." Song Yang nodded to Qian Bing.
Yu Ming immediately prepared a carriage, and Song Yang took Yu Ming, Gongsun Qi, and Qian Bing all the way to De'an.
As for the squad leader, Yu Ming gave him a credit card and went on vacation.
Gongsun Qi was able to follow him because he happened to come to the Yamen just now to talk to Song Yang about something.
Song Yang was anxious to go see Lac, so he simply asked him to follow him and talked while walking on the road.
"My lord, the latest news from Jiangbei is that the Luo Xin bandits seem to be going into action."
Gongsun Qi happened to report what he had discovered to Song Yang and Yu Ming in the car.
There is currently no war in the Water Transport Office, and the main tasks are transportation and exploration of Jiangbei.
Ma Cheng was in charge of transportation, while Gongsun Qi was in charge of exploration.
At dawn today, a clipper came from Jiangbei and brought the latest detection report.
"They are going south? Hum! Your Majesty, I must keep them by the river this time!" Yu Ming clenched his fists and said.
The last battle with Luo Xin Group, although it was loud, still made them run away from the river.
This time Yu Ming wanted to completely eliminate them.
"Your Majesty, Sir Yu. Their target should not be Jiangnan."
"Although the thieves have been building and stationing ships, their few ships cannot go down to the south of the Yangtze River."
The approximate number of ships the Luo Xin Group has is the focus of the spies' investigation.
Ships are not like weapons, which can be put into storage and hidden away.
The built ships can be placed in the dock or on the shore. As long as you look carefully, you can basically find them.
According to the current strength of Luo Xin Group’s navy, crossing the Yangtze River is almost like feeding fish.
"Are they attacking the northwest again?" Song Yang asked with a frown.
Luo Xin has been fighting Song Xi for more than a year. In last year's fight, Song Xi generally had some advantages and drove Luo Xin's forces out of Liangzhou.
"It's hard to say, but if they use troops against the northwest, it won't be easy for them to get benefits."
Gongsun Qi shook his head.
"Yes. According to last year's military report, the thieves have few men and horses, so they should not get into trouble." Yu Ming also said.
The battle situation between them last year has been basically figured out through King Fangzhou.
Luo Xin was at a disadvantage because he had fewer horses.
In one year, it is unlikely that they can raise enough war horses.
"Are we going to use troops against Shannan East Road?" Song Yang and Yu Ming looked at each other.
Gongsun Qi scratched his head and said: "It's probably not the humble job guess."
Shannan East Road is not that easy to attack.
After Qiao Jinglong's management and layout, Fangzhou can be said to be impregnable.
All border cities have been meticulously restored.
The trenches were cleared and the city walls thickened.
Luo Xin is not blind, so he wouldn't come here to give someone away if he wasn't absolutely sure.
Gongsun Qi explained the analysis, and Song Yang closed his eyes slightly and began to look through the maps in the encyclopedia in his mind.
There are currently only four northern forces. Luo Xin has the largest number, followed by the Western Expeditionary Army, then the Border Army, and finally Song Yang's stronghold in Jiangbei.
If Luo Xin didn't take action against himself and the Western Expeditionary Army, then he would be taking action against the border army.
Although the frontier army is divided into four groups and there are not as many as others, as long as he dares to attack any one group, the other three groups will immediately support him.
The frontier army is also quite powerful, and its power is no less than that of the Western Expeditionary Army.
Luo Xin shouldn't be stupid enough to chew on such a hard bone.
"Your Majesty, we have sent additional scouting horses. It is expected that new information will be sent back in the next few days."
Seeing that Song Yang and Yu Ming could not guess the movements of the traitors, Gongsun Qi spoke.
"Yes. Let's continue to investigate and see where their main force is going. The movement of large groups of troops cannot be hidden from our eyes and ears." Song Yang frowned and nodded.
Not knowing is the most uncomfortable thing.
"Old Yu, when you get back, make preparations to impose martial law in Jiangbei! Inform all Jiangbei strongholds along the Yangtze River to impose martial law. If the enemy invades, a beacon fire will be launched immediately!"
"And Fangzhou, send a letter to Lao Qiao and ask him to be more vigilant."
Song Yang made some arrangements for Ming.
In fact, he does not need to give these orders. Yu Ming is already an experienced general and will naturally do these things well.
Yu Ming agreed with Song Yang, and the three of them discussed defense matters again.
"If they attack the Western Army or the Frontier Army, do we want to help?"
Yu Ming asked the key question.
The reason why Song Yang didn't get involved in the fight between them last year was because the bad affairs between the King of Suzhou and the Liu brothers and sisters of Tanzhou had not been resolved.
There was simply no time left to fight Luo Xin.
This year is different.
Tanzhou was taken back, and the Liu brothers and sisters were driven away.
Jiangning, Suzhou and other places surrendered, and the King of Suzhou was destroyed.
It is the time when the troops and horses are strong.
Song Yang thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Fight! If Luo Xin uses troops against the Western Expeditionary Army or the four border armies, we will send troops north immediately!"
"Try to take this opportunity to directly eliminate the bandits and unify the Central Plains!"
If Luo Xin's troops are restrained, Song Yang can eliminate the Luo Xin Group at a relatively small cost.
If Luo Xin is eliminated, you can directly take control of the Central Plains region.
As for the Western Expedition Army and the Border Army, Song Yang did not expect them to defect to him immediately.
But Song Yang is confident that these two families will still regard him as a Daqian person in name.
If we don't engage in division, there will be only one great cadre in the world.
that's enough.
As for the next step of unification, we can wait until the situation becomes a little more stable.
By then, 1001 artillery guns and 2001 cannons will be equipped in large quantities. Song Yang does not believe that these two families dare to be so deadlocked.
"Okay! I will let you formulate a battle plan tomorrow!" Yu Ming was also excited.
Unexpectedly, what was originally just a small hundred households could now fight a war of unification.
He has retaken the Central Plains, reestablished the Great Qian, and he is also a founding hero. How can we not make people excited?
Along the way, the three of them had in-depth discussions on how to make the Northern Expedition, where to attack, and which places to attack first.
In the end, the strategy of three armies attacking together was basically determined.
The main force of the West Route Army was the Fengzhou and Yuezhou Fuxing Army.
Leave Fangzhou and drive directly to Chang'an to seize Guanzhong.
The Eastern Route Army was mainly composed of the troops originally promised by Jiangnan.
Cross the Yangtze River from Jiangning to the north, regain the northern area of Huainan Road, and advance all the way north.
The Central Route Army is composed of Jiangzhou, Ezhou, and Xuanzhou Fuxing Army as the main force.
After crossing the river, we went straight to Luo Xin's hometown, Xinyang, Henan Province.
After taking Henan Road, look for Luo Xin's main force to fight decisively to avoid future troubles.
In addition to the three main forces, alliance members also need to send troops to respond.
As auxiliary soldiers, they do not need to be the main force, but they must do a good job in logistics, transportation, construction and other work.
The three of them discussed it all the way and finally settled on a preliminary plan.
After returning to Jiangzhou, we have to summon all the generals to discuss it.
Not long after chatting about the battle plan, the carriage got off the highway.
After walking on the rugged path for another half an hour, we arrived at the southernmost edge of Mount Lushan.
At the edge of the woods, Song Yang saw the big green tree where the lac bug was found.
There are not many big green trees in this forest, less than twenty in total.
"Look separately to see if there is any trace of lac bugs."
Song Yang took a glass petri dish and showed it to the three of them. Inside was a red lac insect.
After seeing the appearance of the lac bug, everyone split up.
It soon passed nearby.
Unfortunately, less than twenty lac bugs were found.
There are only twenty-seven or eight pieces of solidified shellac.
"It's just that little! It's far worse." Song Yang was a little disappointed.
"Your Majesty, this kind of resin may become more abundant as you go south. When we explored the north of the mountain, we didn't see any of it."
Qian Bing said as he caught a lac bug in his hand.
"Yeah. That should be the case. This insect likes heat and is afraid of cold. There must be more of them in the south."
"Let's do this. I appoint you as the lac collection captain. When your vacation is over, you will lead a team of 100 people to the south to find this kind of lac for me."
Now that he has found the clue to Lac, Song Yang will certainly not give up.
Qian Bing was immediately assigned a new task.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'll go there tomorrow!"
Qian Bing became the captain of the team, and she was extremely happy.
I can't wait to take up my post right away.
"There's no rush. Let's take a vacation first. People in the province say that I am overly exploiting the labor force of my employees. Haha!"
Song Yang patted Qian Bing on the shoulder and smiled.