Under the command of each village commander, the brave men quickly cleaned the battlefield, found the money and food hidden by the black-faced ghost, and began to slowly evacuate.

This battle lasted for a very short time. From the time Li Yi and the others started taking action to the time the bandits knelt down and surrendered, it only took more than half an hour. It can be said that it was extremely fast.

Of course, the main reason was that the outpost Yong Ding killed all the overt and covert outposts, and killed the black-faced ghost together with Li Yi, leaving the bandits leaderless and fearful. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to force nearly a hundred bandits to surrender so easily.

This black-faced ghost has been a gangster for several years and has accumulated a lot of wealth, which can load three carriages. But since Yongying obtained 60,000 taels of silver in one fell swoop last time, he was not too excited about thousands of silver. Everyone

It's all very easy.

Only a few brave men were injured in this battle, and there were no casualties. They also received a batch of money, food, and labor. It can be said that the harvest was quite fruitful. The brave men asked when they would fight again.

Because every time he goes into battle, Yongying can keep 30% of the loot as a reward.

That night, the surrounding thieves soon discovered that a raging fire was burning in the lair of the ruthless gangster Black Face Ghost. When they sent people to check, they were horrified to find that Black Face Ghost's head was hanging on the tree, and the wooden village behind had already

It burned into a ball of fire.

You must know that the Black Masked Ghost has hundreds of thieves who have been committing crimes for several years. No one expected that someone would kill them overnight, and what made everyone panic was that no one was aware of the thieves nearby.

The thieves present shuddered at the thought that they might be like a black-faced ghost at some point and be killed overnight.

In Baiyangdian, the only people with the strength to do such a thing are Chen Tielong and his family.

The Baiyangdian thieves were frightened, and some of them began to join forces. Some of the weaker ones began to walk together in private and hugged each other. Those of medium strength also joined forces in pairs, and they were all closely monitoring Chen Tielong's movements.

Overnight, the bandits who had originally responded to join Chen Tielong all gathered together and were wary of him. This made the coalition composed of Chen Tielong and Eagle Head become the target of public criticism. They did not dare to act rashly and overly stimulate the sensitivity of other bandits.

of nerves.

Baiyangdian's move toward integration failed because of Li Yi's action.

But the instigator of all this is peacefully preparing to build a blast furnace in the industrial zone of New Town.

Blast furnace ironmaking is the main method of ironmaking in later generations and an important link in steel production. The advantages are simple process, large production volume, high labor productivity, and low energy consumption.

As long as iron ore, coke, and limestone are loaded from the top of the furnace during production, and preheated air is blown in from the tuyere located at the bottom of the furnace along the furnace circumference, the oxygen in the iron ore can be removed, thereby reducing the iron.

After the molten iron is processed, the non-reducible impurities and solvents such as limestone condense to form slag, which will be discharged from the slag port.

However, the process of building a blast furnace is very difficult nowadays, because it requires using steel plates as the furnace shell and refractory brick lining inside the shell. A series of process requirements are not mature in this era.

Li Yi originally thought about relying on local methods to make iron, but when he thought about the danger of explosions from weapons near the Ming Dynasty, he gave up the idea.

Now Anxin has plenty of money and food, and there are no external threats. At this time, we have the conditions to patiently repair the blast furnace, and we can prepare well.

Li Yi simply marked out all the frames and materials, wrote a description and function of each part, and handed it over to the craftsmen headed by Wan Lao, asking them to think about it and see if they could come up with it.

Effective plan.

But what surprised him was that Wan Lao came over that night. Accompanying him were famous craftsmen from Anxin. They surrounded Li Yi, asked all the drawings and instructions clearly, and then gathered together to discuss

, and finally came to the conclusion that they can try to build it, but whether it can be successful remains to be seen.

Li Yi's face was full of surprise when he heard Wan Lao said that it could be built. He thought that even if it could be built, it would take a long time to decide, but he didn't expect to get a reply in just one day.

Next, Li Yi huddled with Wan Lao and others, discussing a series of details of the drawings.

Wan Lao pointed to the drawings and told Li Yi that the blast furnace to be built cannot be too big, because no matter how big it is, it is useless without a suitable blower. And it is best to build a small one first. First, it takes less time to build.

The effect can be tested quickly. Secondly, if it cannot be used after the construction is complete, it will not consume too much resources.

The professional ones are different and consider every aspect very carefully. Li Yi agreed to all their requests and just asked them to build it as soon as possible and told them that this matter was very important to Anxin.

Mr. Wang is not stupid. He can tell at a glance that this blast furnace is used for making iron. In addition to making tools, iron making is also a good thing for forging weapons. Li Yi is so eager to make iron. He must be trying to make weapons and improve his skills.

The fighting power of Yongying.

But as he got older and talked less, he didn't say anything. He led his craftsmen to study day and night and began to make models.

Li Yi entrusted the blast furnace to these master craftsmen, and asked the craftsmen to build a series of industrial facilities such as coke ovens according to the original plan. Fortunately, the end of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to entering modern times, and industrial technology had initially matured. China

The wisdom of the ancient people was infinite, but they all had ideas.

It is a good thing to have ideas. This shows that the technology has been born, but it has not yet been put into practice. You must know that the Ming Dynasty was not only culturally prosperous, with three of the four major masterpieces, but also extremely prosperous in all walks of life.

Listed down, they include "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Treatise on Plague" in terms of medicine, "Encyclopedia of Agricultural Affairs" in terms of agriculture, "Tiangong Kaiwu" in terms of industrial and agricultural technology, and "Little Knowledge of Physics" in terms of physics.

In mathematics, there is "Algorithm Tongzong", in geography, there is "Xu Xiake's Travels", in astronomy, there is "Chongzhen Almanac", not to mention the results of the ideological reforms of Wang Shouren, Huang Zongxi and others... Prosperous creations have emerged in various fields.

, fully equipped with modern technological changes.

Unfortunately, there were powerful enemies outside and rogue bandits at home. Under the siege from all sides, the emergence of so many technologies could not be popularized at all, and there was no way to implement them on a large scale. In the end, this empire with strong creativity was dragged down by alien races and rogue bandits, leaving

Countless historians were surprised.

In despair, the end of the Ming Dynasty, which Li Yi had yet to die, was inevitable. Since he came to this world, what he has seen and heard is simply unbelievable.

The refugees are worse off than dead, the people are struggling to survive, the officials are greedy and power-hungry, and the gentry are selfish. The whole society is like a piece of rotten meat, and the smell of rot can be smelled everywhere. Think of the little emperor who worked hard in the palace,

Li Yi couldn't help but mourn for him.

It was getting late, and except for a few important construction sites, the villagers began to call it a day and go home.

Walking under the dim firelight, Li Yi originally wanted to go home directly. At this time, he was in the most pain because Wang had to test his homework.

It wouldn't matter if he just endorsed it. Li Yi's memory is now inhumanly good. As long as he reads any ancient text twice, he can remember it clearly and speak it. But what he fears most is practicing calligraphy. Wang's every day

At night, he would be asked to write three hundred characters in a row. If he wrote even slightly sloppily, he would be beaten, and he, a young Anxin tiger, would turn into a kitten.

It doesn't matter if he was knocked down. Li Yi considers himself to be good at resisting beatings, but every time he hears Xiaoyu covering her face and laughing softly, her old face turns red, which is really embarrassing.

Thinking about this, the sound of a loud reading suddenly reached his ears. Li Yi looked around and followed the sound until he arrived at the academy.

The lights were still on in the academy. Li Yi walked into the window and saw more than fifty people crowded in a classroom, bored and watching an old boy lecture on the podium.

The boy looked to be in his thirties, with a flowing beard. He was shaking his head and reading the Three Character Sutra aloud.

He looked drunk, but the faces of the uncles below were full of pain. Several of them stared at a piece of paper full of words and read along.

Some of them had already begun to doze off, swaying as if they were about to fall asleep in the next second.

But fortunately, they all respect the school very much, and there are no people whispering or gossiping.

Seeing this, Li Yi couldn't help but knock on the door and walked in.

The boy was so intoxicated with his righteous thoughts that he was suddenly interrupted. He couldn't help but look angry and said, "Who is so rude? How dare you break into the school without permission."

When he saw clearly who was coming, he frowned again.

"It turns out to be my little benefactor, what's the matter with you coming here?"

Li Yi smiled slightly and said: "It's really disturbing. I just watched you teach everyone how to read outside the window, but I only saw you reading aloud here alone, but you didn't teach them how to write and other knowledge, so I wanted to come in and ask what's going on.

thing."

"What's going on?" The boy looked unhappy and said rudely: "How to write is already on the paper, isn't it? They just need to practice more according to the above, that's all."

He said the last two words and glanced at Li Yi, as if he was demonstrating.

Li Yi was at a loss as to why this boy treated him so badly. You must know that he was just asking nicely and did not do anything excessive.

But this night school was initiated by him, and now it has turned out like this. How could he let it go?

He immediately said: "I think there is something wrong with your teaching method. Many of these guardians have never read a book. You read aloud by yourself, but you don't care whether they can keep up or whether there are any problems. How can you do this?"

Woolen cloth?"

"Oh, do you think there is a better way for the little benefactor?" Tong Sheng glanced at Li Yi and said in a disdainful tone.

"Sir!" A security guard couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and said: "My dear benefactor came here just to help us learn how to read. He has no other meaning. Besides, my dear benefactor has contributed to my peace of mind. You can't do this."

rude."

"That's right, you can't be rude to your little benefactor." Other guardians spoke one after another.

The scene was chaotic for a while, and the boy's face was ugly. He originally insisted that he was a boy and a scholar, so how could he get along with these idiots? But in order to earn merit, he had no choice but to come to teach, but he couldn't cope with it.

That's it. Now that I see so many security guards contradicting me, I can't help but feel secretly resentful.

"Presumptuous..." With an angry shout, Tong Sheng said loudly: "I have studied the books of sages for decades and studied with famous teachers. Don't I know how to teach you? Now you are my students, and you are so disrespectful.

, being arrogant and disrespectful, is it not good for you to deceive me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the security guards in the audience lost their momentum.

In this era, there is a distinction between superiority and inferiority. Once the superiority and inferiority between elder and young are determined, they must strictly abide by the rules and not exceed them. Although some of them are older than this boy, if they follow him to study, they must serve him as a teacher, otherwise they are disobedient.

, is the one who is criticized.

Li Yi stood aside, suppressing his anger.

Everyone says that once a teacher is always a father, but such a teacher is arrogant and selfish, and does whatever he wants based on his own likes and dislikes. How can he be qualified to be a teacher, and what qualifications does he have for others to accept him as a teacher?

Thinking of this, he stood up and said: "Teacher, preach and learn from others. They will follow you to study. If you teach them sincerely and make them improve, you are indeed a teacher. They should not only respect you, but also treat you as a teacher."

Serve as your relatives. But you are here only for personal gain, to get this dignified and comfortable job. If that's the only reason, I can serve you as a teacher, because there are many such teachers. But you should never be self-righteous and treat you as such.

Students are humble, drive them away, beat them, and let them be manipulated. In this way, you are just a beast who was lucky enough to become a teacher, and you are more hateful than a murderer."

Li Yi's eyes were cold, which made the young boy's heart feel cold.

But he still refused to be outdone and shouted: "I am just a child who has studied hard for decades. Li Yi, you are just a mud-legged person. You just learned to write a few days ago. How can you teach me? If you are wise, hurry up."

Leave, or I will go to the hometown to sue you for interfering with the school and being disrespectful to the scholars."
To be continued...