Chapter 247: Sudden! (Thanks to book friends 2033 and s自由风雨b for the reward!)

Everyone knows that foreigners are the biggest hidden danger restricting Fengzhou's development. If the foreigner problem is so easy to solve, Fengzhou would have been occupied by someone long ago, and naturally it would not be Ye Mingsheng's turn...

In the feudal society of cold weapons, nomadic peoples can be said to be the biggest enemies of agricultural peoples. Many brilliant agricultural civilizations were destroyed by nomadic peoples.

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng from Earth decided to attack from a higher dimension as much as possible, so as to make the nomadic people become hospitable, good at singing and dancing...
Simply put, the solution given by Ye Mingsheng is - firearms!
Firearms were greatly developed in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The army was equipped with a large number of three-barreled guns, bird guns, tiger squat cannons and other types of firearms. These firearms were fully utilized in the war and showed great power.

However, due to the limitations of technological development, current firearms cannot change this era, and the warfare method based mainly on cold weapons can only play an auxiliary role.

The knowledge in Ye Mingsheng's mind will change this situation and lead the trend of the times!

The ingredients of black powder are carbon, saltpeter and sulfur.

Fengzhou produces the first two, and only sulfur needs to be purchased from outside. In addition, Fengzhou has rich iron ore resources. Therefore, from the perspective of raw materials, Fengzhou has the basic conditions for using firearms.

The only thing Ye Mingsheng lacks now is a large number of experienced craftsmen to turn his ideas into reality.
However, Ye Mingsheng has already considered everything. Although he does not have the resources of craftsmen, An Zhirong, who owns such a huge business empire, does!
Now the only thing Ye Mingsheng needs to do is to integrate his own resources and combine his own memories to produce several firearms suitable for his troops...

By then, with the support of these firearms, even if it cannot be said that Ye Mingsheng can kill gods and Buddhas and crush his opponents, it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of Ye Mingsheng's troops and ensure Ye Mingsheng's competitiveness in this era of great contention!

In addition to asking his men to collect the open-pit coal, Ye Mingsheng also ordered his men to carry out a simple excavation of the land. It must be said that Ye Mingsheng was lucky. They only dug about one and a half meters before they hit the coal seam. Judging from the distribution of the coal seam, the reserves of the coal mine are still very huge.

This undoubtedly made Ye Mingsheng very satisfied. Fengzhou's rich coal and iron resources would be an important part of his economic plan!
With these coal and iron resources, Ye Mingsheng can obtain a large amount of steel by combining the "steel speculation method" in his mind, which is adapted to the development of productivity of this era but is decades ahead of the technological level of this era!

The importance of steel in both feudal society and industrial society is self-evident and does not need to be elaborated on...

After inspecting the Shuangdong Township coal mine, Ye Mingsheng stayed in Shiquan County and the neighboring Maolin County for several days, conducting on-site investigations at more than a dozen mineral deposits of varying sizes in the two counties.

Five days later, Ye Mingsheng returned to Fengzhou Prefecture with a satisfied mood. This investigation and research on minerals made Ye Mingsheng more clearly aware of the situation of mineral resources in the land under his jurisdiction, and also made Ye Mingsheng's economic plan more in line with reality.

After returning to Fengzhou, Ye Mingsheng, who had been tired for several days, originally wanted to have a good rest and relax, and study together with Pei Zhixiu and Geunyu to have a more in-depth discussion on life, ideals and other issues.

Regarding Ye Mingsheng's proposal, Jinyu, who was always bold and open-minded, was just a little reserved, and tacitly agreed to Ye Mingsheng's idea with a gentle look in her eyes.

Only Pei Zhixiu was still very resistant to Ye Mingsheng's idea. After Ye Mingsheng's much persuasion, she finally tried it once, and then she refused no matter what Ye Mingsheng said.

Just when Ye Mingsheng was enjoying his short rest time, a thorny matter found him quietly...
In the study room of the general's mansion.

Ye Mingsheng, who was enjoying Jinyu's attentive massage, received the letter sent to him by Lin Huaiwu from Ye Dong.

After opening the letter and reading the contents, Ye Mingsheng, who had been relaxed at first, suddenly became serious. "You go down first!" Ye Mingsheng thought for a moment and whispered to Jinyu:

"Young Master..."

Jinyu finally got the chance to be alone with Ye Mingsheng, so she naturally didn't want to give it up. She immediately hugged Ye Mingsheng's arm and started to moan sweetly.

"Be obedient!" Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly and said:

Although Geun-ok is very good at pleasing herself and making herself happy, she is certainly not as smart as Bae Ji-soo, and it's hard to tell who is smarter.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng's firm attitude, Jinyu pouted her lips. Although she felt a little resentful, she still walked towards the study door reluctantly. Before leaving, she did not forget to instruct:

"Master, I will prepare your favorite hot pot in my room tonight, so you must remember to come..."

"If you don't come, I will wait for you all night!"

"I know!" Ye Mingsheng shook his head helplessly.

After sending Jinyu away, Ye Mingsheng immediately found Ye Dong. Ye Dong, who was familiar with Ye Mingsheng's style of doing things, whispered without Ye Mingsheng asking:
"Master, the person sent by Lord Lin is outside, waiting to be summoned at any time!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded and ordered: "Let him in!"

"As ordered!"

Under Ye Mingsheng's order, a very capable young man came to Ye Mingsheng's study and saluted:

"Second Battalion General Ma Zhongjun greets the commander-in-chief!"

"What is the current situation in Xinfa County?" Ye Mingsheng asked directly:
"The situation is currently stable. The attackers are only a small Khitan force of about a hundred people. Commander Lin has taken control of the situation. He has killed more than thirty people, and the rest have been captured. Commander Lin would like to ask you, what should be done with the captured Khitans?" Ma Zhongjun reported to Ye Mingsheng:

After hearing Ma Zhongjun's answer, Ye Mingsheng's expression eased a lot. He had two main enemies in Fengzhou. The first was Zhen Sanshan who attacked the caravan. The second and most troublesome one was the Khitans who had been restless in recent years.

In order to ensure his own economic source, Ye Mingsheng sent Yuan Song to protect the caravan, and to deal with the threat of the Khitans, Ye Mingsheng sent Lin Huaiwu to Xinfa County to guard the city.

If Fengzhou is the front line of Liaoyang in dealing with the threat of Khitans, then Xinfa County is the front line of Fengzhou, serving as a barrier for Fengzhou!

(End of this chapter)