Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty can still guarantee the salaries of these officials, there is no way to ensure that these officials still have a scope of rule that matches their official positions.
Although famous generals such as Lu Teng and Yang Zhong have been ordered to enter Shu again and again before, this can only ensure that the Ba people stay away from the Han towns along the river. The mountains that occupy most of the area in Bashu are still in the hands of the Ba people, and this means that these
The area under the jurisdiction of the local governor was actually just a city and some surrounding villages.
Therefore, neither the generals guarding the city nor the governor himself had any loyalty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Otherwise, it would be easy for Chen Zhishen to conquer the cities, but it would not be so easy to truly control these cities.
Even so, Chen Zhishen still did not dare to take it lightly. He left 500 people to cooperate with Wang Chang's hundreds of naval forces to guard Linjiang County. He returned to the southern county with 100 soldiers and wounded people to welcome Li Xingchen and others who arrived later.
Xiao Shilian and others.
Chen Zhishen still didn't believe that the defenders of Ba County, who might not have received the news, would have the guts to attack directly. Linjiang County originally only had more than 200 defenders, but now there are thousands of soldiers guarding it, which is enough to suppress all dissatisfaction and opposition.
the sound of.
Chen Zhishen explained these arrangements in detail in the battle report he sent. Li Xingchen read it over with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Chen Zhishen is an out-and-out brave general, but it can be seen from his daily training actions that he is definitely not a reckless and brave person. He has his bravery and his delicacy, at least in Linjiang.
In terms of the deployment and arrangement of the troops in the three counties, Chen Zhishen did everything possible and brought out the role of every soldier under his command. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Xingchen to be satisfied with him.
In Chen Zhishen, Li Xingchen saw the shadow of Xiao Mohe, but having said that, if Xiao Mohe didn't have a bad temper, it would be impossible to help Xiao Mohe train his personal guards.
However, Li Xingchen believes that as long as he cultivates himself well, Chen Zhishen can eventually reach a position even higher than Xiao Mohe today.
The sound of conversation was heard on the deck. Li Xingchen put down the battle report with a smile and looked up. More than a dozen people wearing ordinary gray cloth were discussing in a low voice around a bed crossbow on the ship.
Xiao Shilian followed Li Xingchen's gaze and said, "Shizhong, you have recruited all the craftsmen with names in Jiangling City. What do you want to do?"
Li Xingchen just smiled and looked at the people not far away, as if looking at boxes of gold and silver treasures. This was what he valued most among all the people Xiao Shilian brought to him.
As a science student, Li Xingchen felt a sense of familiarity and intimacy from the bottom of his heart when he saw these craftsmen who were wearing short jackets, generally had dark skin, and were completely different from the literati who wore wide robes and long sleeves.
In this era, craftsmen were one of the lowest levels of society, but Li Xingchen decided to change this most basic social view.
He strode out of the flying house and walked to the deck. Xiao Shilian didn't know why Li Xingchen valued these craftsmen so much, but he also knew that most of the crossbows and trebuchets in the army were built under the command of these people, so for these people
He still had basic respect for craftsmen, and after a moment of hesitation, he curiously followed Li Xingchen.
Ouyang Mozheng, the general supervisor from the left school, carefully explained the entire production process of the bed crossbow to several disciples around him. His hand gently stroked the well-maintained crossbow body, as if stroking his own child, while several disciples around him
The other craftsmen also looked at the bed crossbow with keen eyes. Only people at Ouyang Mo's level are qualified to direct the production of bed crossbows. They are not qualified, so looking at the bed crossbow, it would be wrong to say that they are not greedy.
possible.
After all, this is one of the representatives of the most powerful weapons of this era, and it is also the condensed wisdom and sweat of generations of people.
Ouyang Mo was born in the Ouyang family of Pengze, the Ouyang family of poetry and calligraphers, and was a well-known literary family. However, when he came to Ouyang Mo, he was not interested in the poetry and writings passed down from generation to generation. Instead, he was obsessed with machinery manufacturing. Therefore,
Seen as an alternative in the family.
So even though Ouyang Mo has an Ouyang family background, he is only a small general and supervisor Zuo Xiao. In the entire Nanchen official system, he is an out-and-out sesame official, that is, he is a lower level official than those
Bigger.
Among the descendants of the Ouyang family who have served as officials in the past dynasties, it is really rare for someone in their forties to still hold such a low official position.
It is for this reason that when Xiao Mohe recruited craftsmen, the elderly Ouyang Mo did not hesitate to join this carefully selected team. After all, for him, at this time,
If you continue to age like this, you will basically have no future, so you might as well try your luck here in Bashu.
At least this is a brand new world, and Li Xingchen is a maverick Shangguan.
It's better than waiting in Jiangling City until nothing happens.
Ouyang always hopes that one day he can return home in fine clothes, and he just hopes that he can hold his head high in front of his family.
"Mr. Ouyang." Li Xingchen smiled and greeted Ouyang Mo.
Li Xinchen did not call Ouyang Mo "Ouyang Jun" as usual, nor did he call him by his official title. Instead, he called him "Mr.", which on the one hand brought the relationship between the two people closer, and on the other hand, it also avoided Li Xinchen's younger age.
, but in terms of official position, it was Ouyang Mo who was embarrassed, which obviously gave Ouyang Mo enough face.
Ouyang Mo was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he would attract Li Xinchen's attention. Moreover, Li Xinchen gave him face. As a subordinate, he couldn't lose his etiquette. He hurriedly handed over his hand: "I'm here to see the two generals."
Several apprentices and other craftsmen around him also saluted in panic. With their status, it was impossible to meet generals of the level of Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian in normal times, but now Li Xinchen actually came to him on his own initiative.
It made them even more flattered.
Li Xingchen had no intention of chatting with Ouyang Moduo. He pointed at the bed crossbow and said, "Can Mr. Ouyang guide you in making this bed crossbow?"
Before Ouyang Mo could speak, a young disciple next to him said: "General, don't worry, my teacher can not only make a crossbow, but also build a trebuchet."
Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. In the subsequent battle between Bashu and Sichuan, it will definitely be necessary to attack fortresses. Mianzhu Pass, Fushui Pass, and Jiange are all world-famous passes. And Li Xingchen must go all the way to get there.
A little conquest.
Therefore, he has a great demand for attack equipment such as bed crossbows and trebuchets.
"Mr. Ouyang is really a needed person." Li Xingchen smiled slightly.
With Li Xinchen's words, a big stone suddenly fell to the ground in Ouyang Mo's heart. Wasn't it because of these words and his own future that he took the risk to come to Bashu? And now it is obvious that Li Xinchen has given him a clear promise.
"I don't think I'll be worthy because I have little talent and knowledge, but I hope I can serve as a general and do my best to serve as a general." Ouyang Mo replied respectfully.