Zhang Ziqiang wanted to think about Zhu En, but it was inconvenient. He couldn't help but not reward him. After thinking about it, he went to see Xiaolan unconsciously. He remembered that this was all the trouble she caused. He suddenly became tyrannical and wanted to vent his anger on her, but unexpectedly, Xiaolan not only did not resist, but also made him feel very compatible, which made the resentment in his heart go back.

When he came back, he saw the innocent child who named himself "Little Bastard", the resentment in his heart was suppressed by the childish voice, and he personally named Zhang Zhong, and said to Zhu En: "You made great contributions this time and should have rewarded him heavily, but now I not only don't reward you, but instead want you to be a servant for your whole life, just Zhang Zhong's servant, are you willing?"

"Little willing!"

"Okay, you'll go to the steaming wine shop. When Zhang Zhong grows up, I will hand over the family's winemaking and selling wine industry to him. You can help him then."

After sending Zhu En away, Xiao Zhangzhong seemed a little scared, and wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry. Zhang Ziqiang sighed and said, "Ananda, choose a secluded house, choose two female slaves to take care of Zhang Zhong's life, and bring it in every month for Xiaolan to see it."

Ananda couldn't help but persuade, "Master, since she wants to recognize this child, why not..." She looked at the timid little Zhang Zhong, but did not continue, but made a fierce gesture of slashing.

Zhang Ziqiang stared at Ananda fiercely and said angrily: "It's a big deal!"

He has been in the top position for a long time, and his power has increased significantly recently. Ananda saw that he glared at his eyes and shivered. He never dared to persuade him anymore. He was still wondering whether he was too proud recently? How could he interrupt the owner’s family affairs? It would be better not to speak randomly in the future!

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When I have something to do, life always passes fast. Three months have passed in a blink of an eye. All 100,000 formation guns have been completed a few days ago. Not only that, even the formation guns needed by the Yanhuang family army have been equipped, and the 100,000 guns are handed over to Carus and the equipment in the army is installed.

The formation gun is simple to operate and powerful, and the army can go to the battlefield with a little training, but the original plan to have 50,000 formation guns to fight the Kingdom of Berwick was not implemented.

First, although the formation gun was available, the speed of bullet manufacturing was not as fast as expected. The main reason was that Carus asked the talisman makers to use handmade products. As soon as these talisman makers started, the copper balls were simple and numerous, so they didn't pay much attention to the size. As a result, the bullets produced were much larger than the barrel and a lot of waste products were produced. Later, Zhang Ziqiang offered some standard measurement tools to solve this problem.

Second, the tactics of Marshal Baru were flexible, and the tactics of clearing the walls and harassing logistics were implemented, which made the Berwick invaders complain. Because Berwick's army was not suitable for mountain combat, the bare hills had no plants, and the stones and soil on the hills were close to sand. Fortunately, the world was not strong, otherwise sandstorms would definitely be rolled up. Walking on such a land that was close to sandstorms, it was difficult for Berwick's soldiers to struggle.

That's not all. The straight-line distance between the teleportation array and the teleportation array is 200 kilometers. The army cannot walk in a straight line when moving forward. However, walking along such mountain roads sometimes leads to six or seven hundred kilometers. The soldiers of the Berwick Kingdom are in the foundation-building stage, and they still have the strength to rush and can bring their own food, but it is difficult to solve the problem. There is no water on these mountains at all.

Marshal Baru grasped this point and was blocking this mountain road along the way. He did not seek to kill the enemy, but only wanted to delay the speed of your marching. He personally led the elite troops to specifically pick up the water trucks of the Kingdom of Berwick. This move made Berwick's army difficult to move forward.

After being blocked several times, Berwick's army also learned its lessons and sent many pectin pots in China. The soldiers carried water and transported them by trucks, but the water was much heavier than the food. The soldiers carried large kettles to fight the Kingdom of Al. Although their average cultivation level was higher, the strength gap was narrowed by the kettle.

In addition, Al's soldiers had already received orders to hit the pectin kettle, and the Burwick soldiers had to pay attention to protecting the kettle. It was easier to destroy than to protect. Although the Ayer soldiers had a lower cultivation level, they lived in such places for a long time and had a much stronger ability to resist hunger than the Burwick soldiers. In addition, the terrain was familiar, this tactic also caused a headache for the Burwick army.

Fortunately, the individual soldier is much better than the water truck operating, at least forcing Baru to fight head-on. The damage ratio between the two sides is similar in this head-on battle. In terms of the soldiers' cultivation, Marshal Baru has taken advantage of it.

But don't forget that Burwick's soldiers are much more than Al. The one-for-one battle loss ratio is not good for Al, so Baru can't force him too much. He fights and retreats while fighting and retreating based on the principle of getting cheaper and running without cheaper. It was not until the Berwick army merged with the Stanlow family that it restrained. After three months, Burwick reached the Kingsoft City.

How the battle on the front line was not closely related to Zhang Ziqiang. His family not only completed the production of 100,000 formation guns in the past three months, but also expanded the army. The private army did not move, and also recruited 42,000 city guards in Rosiding County.

These more than 40,000 people did not adopt the conscription system of the kingdom, but adopted the recruitment system. The service period was twenty years, and they were prepared to dispatch 6,000 people in each county, with a total force of 48,000.

The Yanhuang family also completely accepted the six counties of Kuras, but he did not make any other moves for the time being. On the one hand, the people in the mansion were too busy, and he had not yet thought about how to develop those counties as the main reason.

The Sendland family opened up the sales of cinnabar-free elixirs to the public, which attracted enthusiastic pursuit by the nobles and wealthy businessmen of the kingdom. Liss asked the Danfangs of each county to collect these orders and handed them over to the Yanhuang family.

The Yanhuang family asked the Hudal family to supply the spiritual medicines purchased from the north to the three major families to consume them. After receiving these orders from Lis, they only symbolically purchased some spiritual medicines from the Kingdom of Al, and recruited some water-attribute monks from slaves, and recruited several wood-attribute alchemists to dispense medicines, which met the market demand. Lis' move opened up a new source of wealth for the Yanhuang family.

Zhang Ziqiang's vague way of dealing with Xiaolan and his son made Amilia a little worried. Although she didn't say anything, Karin returned to Yanhuang Mansion recently and Karin's marriage Amilia also urged her to be a little anxious, but none of these attracted his attention.

He has been in this world for nearly ten years, and his cultivation has improved rapidly. Recently, he feels that he is about to break through again!

His current cultivation level is at the seventh level of the foundation building stage. As long as he reaches the eighth level, his divine consciousness can leave his body, which means that he can make talismans by himself. However, in the family, there are many masters who make talismans and refine weapons, so he doesn't need to make talismans by himself.

Others often reach the seventh to eighth levels of the foundation-building stage. Because their dantian is larger than others, they consume more divine thoughts than others every time they use true energy. The intensity of divine thoughts is a little larger than that of ordinary people. Before they reach the eighth level of the foundation-building stage, divine thoughts can occasionally leave the body. He knows that his cultivation level is about to break through and is very happy.

In the past, there was a breakthrough in the Qi Refining Stage and the early stage of foundation building. He didn't think that was anything, but since he reached the middle stage of foundation building, the speed of breakthrough has become slower and slower. He has been staying at the seventh level of the Foundation Building Stage for two years and has not upgraded his mind for a long time, so he pays special attention to it.

Cultivation is the foundation of Zhang Ziqiang. Breakthrough to the Golden Elixir Stage is the meaning of his life. Now his cultivation is about to make a breakthrough, so no matter how much he pays attention to it, he cannot overestimate it.

In this troublesome time, even if he put the newly acquired six counties aside, he wanted to wait for the breakthrough to reach the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment Period before thinking about it carefully.

Zhang Ziqiang didn't want to find something, but he would come to him! Just this day, he completed his daily routine practice and went downstairs, and then he heard someone come to report that it was Baru's little wife Emma who was visiting.

In the past, Baru took care of Amilia. Although Amilia went to the Marshal's Mansion to ask for services and looked for Baru's wife, she was the best talk with Emma. Even though Amilia was a civilian at that time and was helpless, Emma also had an equal relationship and never put on airs in front of Amilia. When Zhang Ziqiang got married, Emma was also congratulated on behalf of the Marshal's Mansion. Therefore, after Zhang Ziqiang was granted the title of Duke, Amilia and Emma had a relationship at that time.

However, today Emma came to Yanhuang Mansion, but not to look for Amilia, but to visit Zhang Ziqiang by name. I wonder what was wrong?

"Hurry up and invite you." Zhang Ziqiang ordered his servants to invite Emma into the mansion, and said to Ananda: "Go and call Amilia and follow me to meet guests."

When Zhang Ziqiang and Amilia came to the living room of the front hall of Yanhuang Mansion, Emma was already waiting there. When he saw Zhang Ziqiang and his wife, Emma immediately bowed down and said crying, "Please help my master!"

Zhang Ziqiang was so panicked that he asked Amilia to help Emma up and persuaded him: "Madam Marshal, please come up quickly, and say something slowly. Marshal Baru has kindness to me and can use the place where our family can be used. Please ask the lady to speak, why should you give this great gift?"

Emma then stood up and sat down, sobbing and said, "My master is in trouble on the front line. His Majesty Carus is preparing to give up my master for the sake of the overall situation. Please ask your master to talk to him, help my master beg for mercy and save my master!"

It turned out that after the Berwick army merged with the Stanlow family, the speed of advancing was greatly increased and he rushed straight to the Kingsoft Mansion. Baru received the order from Carus to defend the Kingsoft Mansion to the death. After 100,000 soldiers equipped with formation guns formed, he went to the Kingsoft Mansion to attack the defenders inside and outside of the Kingsoft Mansion, and defeated the Berwick Army in one fell swoop.

However, the two groups of Berwick's army had a total of 500,000, and Marshal Baru had only 150,000 people. The order he received was to defend the city of Kingsoft for ten days. Baru had been through the battlefield for a long time and fought with the Berwick's army. He was very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Berwick's army.

I want to use the 150,000 soldiers in his hands to resist the 500,000 Berwick army, not to mention ten days, I can't even stop it for five days! The walls of Kingsoft City are not as tall and thick as those of Kuras City, and they are not even arranged in many formations outside the city. How can I hold up so many troops?
Chapter completed!