Xiang Zhuang became king and had a three-day banquet. Not only the generals and generals of the three armies cheered, but also the people in Jiangdong were excited. Moreover, after Xiang Zhuang returned to Jiangdong, he successively issued various laws to reduce taxes and promote local officials.

He attached great importance to farming, built county towns in several open areas, immigrated people, and so on. The people benefited from various benefits, and they all praised Xiang Zhuang for his wisdom.

With the formal establishment of the Eastern Chu State, the Eastern Chu Army also changed its national flag from the original red flag to dark purple, symbolizing a more glorious future for the Chu State.

The cloth armor of the Chu army also corresponded to the color of the national flag. After that, the Chu army began to plan the military system and reform internally. Each army was divided into three military regions, one was the Huben camp, which was still led by Gui Yinghao, and the other was the Tiger camp.

Ma Tianhong is responsible for the command, and the other is the Black Eagle Army, led by General Ding Gu. The three military regions are stationed in Poyang, Jiangcheng and Wuxian respectively, and are the main combat forces of the Eastern Chu Army.

Afterwards, the original weapons of the generals of the three armies were collectively recovered, and Li Ji was personally responsible for building the weapons in Zhu County over the years, and distributed them to the three armies. The Huben camp mostly used cavalry, equipped with short compound bows, and the Tiger camp mostly used long spears.

Coupled with shield soldiers and archers to complete the formation, the Black Eagle Army is the main force of Xiangzhuang, with a number of 30,000, mostly dominated by Wu Rui's Poyang Army. This army is diverse and has various

All types of troops are trained, but the main formation is compound bow formation, forming a unique battle group of the Jiangdong Army.

All of this caused the Jiangdong Army to rapidly expand in power in a short period of time. When Xu Tu, who was in charge of logistics, forged weapons, he added a special mineral. This mineral was boiled with salt water and then mixed with special materials to make it.

When making a weapon, put it in the furnace. The weapon made is extremely tough, but there is a disadvantage. Once the weapon breaks, it cannot be repaired or returned to the furnace. At least, in this era, it cannot be melted and discarded again.

Weapon capabilities.

But this technology far surpassed the weapons cast by blacksmiths from various countries, and was enough to put Xiangzhuang ahead of other countries in this era. It was precisely because Xiutu developed new iron-smelting technology that Xiangzhuang ordered Huayu to go north again,

Pass on the art of iron casting to all countries so that they can all learn to use iron to forge weapons. With the strong promotion of the iron smelting industry in various countries, Xiang Zhuang believes that the war storm between countries will become more violent.

Time passed, and it was less than three days before Xiang Zhuang's wedding. Xiang Zhuang, who should have been busy in the East Chu Palace, hurried westward with his personal guards ten days ago.

Stopping for a while in Yi County, Xiang Zhuang rode his horse through the mountains and headed straight for Poyang. But when he was about to arrive at Poyang, Xiang Zhuang changed his route and led his team to speed south, passing through the wide galloping road.

Next to an inconspicuous fork in the road, Xiang Zhuang and others led into an unknown and remote path.

There are more than a thousand people in the team, and there is an endless stream of people. Beside Xiangzhuang, Ding Gu, Gui Yinghao, Ying Liang, Letian and Ying Xueyue are just following. This time, Ying Xueyue and Xiangzhuang are specially brought.

Yes, I hope she can accept the reality that she is about to get married.

After walking on the winding road for two hours, the team began to turn north again. In front of a tall and majestic mountain peak, there was faint smoke, and among the peaks, the dark purple Dongchu national flag could be faintly seen, and in this place,

No one has been here before.

The team marched for another three hours. Finally, before dark, they entered the mountain. A secret whistle had already appeared in the forest. After the secret whistle saw the Chu flag of Xiang Zhuang and others, they did not let them pass easily, but

The long stumbling rope was pulled up, and a cavalry team of more than a hundred people rushed out of the forest. A school captain came up on horseback and shouted: "Who is this!"

"Blind your dog eyes, this is the King of Dong Chu!" Letian stepped forward, wanting to scold the captain, but at this moment, thousands of soldiers suddenly appeared in the jungle, each holding a compound bow high in their hands, aiming.

When Xiang Zhuang and others saw this situation, Lotte quickly drew out his sword and shouted: "Protect me!"

But Xiang Zhuang stopped Lotte by shouting at him. He took out a pure gold token from his arms. The unicorn on the token was lifelike. Xiang Zhuang threw the token towards the captain and shouted: "I am Xiang Zhuang."

, why don’t you retreat quickly!”

The captain took the token and looked at it in his hand. He suddenly dismounted his horse in a hurry, knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said: "General Ma Ying, I didn't know that the king is here, please forgive me!"

"Haha, you did a good job. I have already ordered that anyone who does not have a token will be killed without mercy. You have done your duty faithfully, and I will reward you well." Xiang Zhuang laughed heartily, and he turned around to look at the face.

The stunned crowd said again: "Haha, I know you want to know where this is, so just follow me in."

Xiang Zhuang looked at Ying Xueyue, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go in with this king."

Ying Xueyue looked at Xiang Zhuang on the side. At first, she felt that Xiang Zhuang's identity was different and she had to keep a distance from him. But when she saw Xiang Zhuang's determined eyes, her heart softened again and she hesitated.

After a moment, she stretched out her hand, Xiang Zhuang grabbed Ying Xueyue's hand, and they all wanted to go hiking in the mountains together.

It seemed as if the army that had just defended the mountain forest was a ghost army, but when Xiang Zhuang and others set off towards the mountains, the army disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where it was hiding.

After walking for a while, the sky became darker and darker, so everyone had to light torches and continue moving forward. The further they walked, the more they could smell a strange smell, which was very pungent. This kind of smell had never been heard by anyone.

But Xiang Zhuang is very familiar with it. The smell is a bit like gasoline, but it cannot reach the purity of gasoline. The gasoline ingested through floating and sedimentation can still smell the smell of crude oil faintly, and this oil is

Oil produced in the mountains, oil buried on the surface.

Soon, a huge mountain stronghold appeared in the distance, but there was no light here. At this time, the captain turned around and said, "Your Majesty, the use of torches is not allowed here."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, turned around and ordered: "Put out the torches."

Everyone did not dare to disobey and extinguished their torches one after another. At this time, everyone moved forward again. Xiang Zhuang looked at the captain and asked with a smile: "What is your name?"

"The general's name is Ma Ying, who is from Poyang." The captain replied with his hands raised. Xiang Zhuang looked at Ma Ying and nodded with satisfaction: "You can even reject me, let alone others? You have done a good job.

Work hard, and within three years, I will definitely transfer you to the front line for training."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ma Ying cupped her hands and expressed her gratitude. At this time, a dull creaking sound sounded in the distance. This was the gate of Dazhai being pulled up. Soon, a group of cavalry ran out from inside and lined up on both sides.

It is a welcoming ceremony.

Under the guidance of Ma Ying, Xiang Zhuang entered Dazhai, where his troops rested. General generals such as Letian, Ying Liang, Ding Gu and Ying Xueyue accompanied Xiang Zhuang to the kerosene processing plant.

There are pools of different sizes here, and each pool is extremely open-minded. Five hundred steps away from the pool, you can faintly see wooden barrels arranged neatly. Xiang Zhuang unconsciously moved toward the place where the barrels were placed.

Go.

As he approached, the pungent smell was particularly unpleasant. Xiang Zhuang smelled the pungent smell. He knew very well that this was the evaporation of kerosene. If left like this for a long time, it would easily ignite or evaporate under the hot sun.

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang turned around and ordered: "Find two people to carry this barrel of oil to the back mountain. The farther the better, I will be there in a moment."

Lotte nodded and said to the guards on the side: "Take the oil drum away."

Several soldiers walked over and took away the oil barrels. Xiang Zhuang ignored everyone. He continued to walk among the oil barrels until he nodded with satisfaction. Then he looked at Ma Ying and asked: "That warlock who refines oil?"

Woolen cloth?"

"It should be in the main tent. I'll go and invite him." Ma Yinggong handed over his hand, but Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Come with me to the back mountain for a visit first. We'll talk about anything else when you come back."

After saying that, Xiang Zhuang was about to leave, but Ying Xueyue pulled Xiang Zhuang back. She asked in surprise: "What are these?"

"Haha, you will know when you see it. Come on, come with me to have a look." Xiang Zhuang pretended to be mysterious and did not answer. He only held Ying Xueyue's hand and led everyone towards the back mountain.

The sergeant who had been waiting in the back mountain with the barrel for a long time saw Xiang Zhuang and immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what should I do with this barrel?"

"Find an open place and pour out the oil from the oil drum."

The guards agreed, looked at the barrel and began to search for it. Xiang Zhuang then ordered: "Don't fall on the trees, it must be in an open place."

The guards nodded again and walked away.

Soon, the guards shouted in the distance: "Your Majesty, it has been poured out."

Xiang Zhuang smiled and nodded, looked at the crowd and said, "The time has come to witness the miracle."

Xiang Zhuang looked at Letian again and said, "Go and tell them to stay away, then light a torch and pass them over."

Letian nodded and stepped forward to give orders. Everyone looked ahead with curious eyes. They didn't know what was about to happen, but Xiang Zhuang refused to say, and they didn't dare to ask anymore. They could only wait like this. Suddenly

, a burst of exclamation came from the distance, and the frightened screams of several soldiers pierced the night sky, followed by raging fire filling the forest in front.

The fire was like a fire dragon, about to swallow up the entire night sky. Everyone was stunned. They didn't know what was happening ahead.

Only Xiangzhuang looked ahead with confidence. Over the years, he had quietly established a base here without letting anyone know, not even the cronies in the Chu army. He had secretly set up a base in the mountains near Yugan County.

Oil was found and refined.

And that warlock is the person who refines the kerosene. If it weren't for him, Xiang Zhuang would have to wait at least a few years if he wanted to refine the kerosene. After all, no one except himself knows how to refine this thing, and he can refine it.

Yes, only the warlock.

But kerosene is only a war preparation material. It has no effect on the battlefield except for surprise attacks. What really interests Xiang Zhuang is that the warlock knows how to prepare gunpowder.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang was very satisfied with the potency of the kerosene, but obviously they didn't know how to preserve the kerosene. Xiang Zhuang had to go see the sorcerer.

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang looked at the confused people and said with a bright smile: "Follow me to meet someone, and you will know what these things are."

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