When Shang Kexi and the others learned of the name "Di Qing", they were only slightly surprised and did not associate him with the famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty who defeated the Western Xia and pacified Zhi Zhigao. They did not even think that they were the same person.
Of course, not to mention Shang Kexi and the others, even if the world heard this name, they would not think that they were the same person. Who would believe that a person who had died for hundreds of years would suddenly resurrect, and it was an enemy of the Qing Dynasty.
Although You Yun Long knew the name of the opponent who had tricked him, he did not know why he felt an indescribable strangeness when he heard this person call out the name of an ancient person. He said to Shang Ke Xi,"Wangye, a siege usually takes a month or a few months or even longer, so why don't you tell this general about this and return to Guangzhou to rest?”
According to Shang Kexi's identity, he could do as Yun Long had said and just send a general to lead the army back to the Prince's mansion to enjoy his life. However, Shang Kexi shook his head and said,"Xinhui is the southern gate of Guangzhou. This king has to personally oversee the fate of Guangzhou.”
" But His Highness's body…" Shang Kexi waved his hand to stop Yun Long from continuing.
Shang Kexi said," Although this king is old, my body is still strong. Moreover, these decades of fighting have made this king's body almost fuse with the military camp. I'm not used to suddenly enjoying a luxurious life these few years."”
Shang Kexi then turned to Geng Jimao."King Jing Nan, do you want to stay?”
Geng Jimao did not want to stay here for a long time, but he knew that Shang Kexi would not let him go so easily. After all, the new guild was still an extremely difficult bone to chew. Shang Kexi would not go alone and let him watch from behind.
Seeing Geng Jimao stand up, Shang Kexi sneered in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face,""The elites in this new guild are definitely not inferior to Li Dingguo. Although this king is still not clear where this elite came from, if we annihilate them this time, we will have a great contribution to the emperor.”
How could Geng Jimao not understand Shang Kexi's hint? If you go back and rest, then if the new guild is taken down, all the credit will belong to King Pingnan's Mansion. It has nothing to do with King Jingnan's Mansion.
Geng Jimao, who understood what he meant, was furious. He cursed Shang Kexi in his heart. He was a cunning old fox who was sure to take him down. After all, he had lost nearly a thousand elite soldiers in vain this time. If he did not get any credit, wouldn't it be a bloody loss?
After he had accepted the title of King Jingnan, the power of the Prince's mansion was not as good as the Prince Pingnan's mansion. Now that he had lost so many elites, if he did not make any contributions in exchange for the rewards of the Emperor, how could he replenish his strength?
After weighing the pros and cons, Geng Jimao said with a fake smile,"I'm young and inexperienced in battle, so I'm willing to stay and humbly ask for advice. I hope uncle won't teach me anything else.”
Seeing that Geng Jimao was speaking to him as a junior, Shang Kexi laughed and patted his shoulder."That's easy to say. Your father Geng Zhongming and this king are brothers. Although he went, this king can't ignore his son, right? Therefore, this king will teach you everything he has learned in his life. As for how many levels you can learn, it will depend on yourself.”
Geng Jimao's eyes lit up after hearing this. He nodded repeatedly in thanks, but his heart was filled with disdain.
At this time, Xiao Ting was in the city, handing over all the matters to his subordinates as usual. He was bored with nothing to do, so he would occasionally go to the dress to chat with the emperors about life and ideals. Then, he would look at the emperors who would fight from time to time and could not help but feel a burst of joy.
Of course, apart from chatting with the emperors, he was also observing a few things. These were the situation of grain, armaments, and salt.
Ever since he had the warehouse function of the Empire Era, Xiao Ting was not afraid of being run out of food, nor was he afraid of running out of armaments. As long as he could collect them from other places, he could continuously supply them to the front line.
It could be said that unless all the other warehouses were destroyed by the enemy and only one warehouse was left in the city, Xiao Ting would never run out of ammunition and food.
Looking at the storage in the warehouse, Xiao Ting realized that the arrows and salt that he had consumed previously had been replenished, but there was no increase in food. Xiao Ting knew that Chang Yuchun must have obtained salt and diced salt after taking down Fragrant Mountain and the surrounding villages. He would only increase the amount of salt by storing all the salt he had obtained in the warehouse.
As for the arrows and weapons, other than Chang Yuchun's, most of them were made by Xiao Ting.
After all, the nearly ten thousand craftsmen in his hands naturally could not do nothing after building the barbican, so forging weapons and armor became their daily task.
It had to be said that these craftsmen's production speed was extremely fast. It should be known that a piece of fine armor would take at least a month or even a few months to be produced, but these craftsmen often only needed a few hours or a few days to produce it. Moreover, the quality of the armor was not inferior to those that took a few months to produce.
Even though Xiao Ting had already witnessed the ability of these craftsmen to repair the city wall, he could not help but secretly click his tongue at this speed.
It could be said that with these craftsmen, Xiao Ting's army would not lack equipment, not even cannons, because the speed at which these craftsmen made cannons could be said to be extremely fast.
It had to be known that it took three to four months or even longer to make a cannon, especially a Red Cannon. Moreover, there was a possibility that it would be scrapped due to quality problems.
It could be said that it would be very impressive if half of the 100 Red Cannons passed. If the passing rate reached 60 to 70%, it would definitely make the ruler smile from ear to ear.
As a transmigrator, Xiao Ting naturally wouldn't use the old method of making cannons with clay films. Instead, he changed the clay films into more advanced iron models. This way, the cannons made were faster than clay models, and there were fewer failures.
Of course, this was for ordinary craftsmen. For the craftsmen of the Empire Era under Xiao Ting, there were no failures. The only difference between clay and iron models was that one was a few days slower, and the other was a few days faster.
In other words, the cannons and gunpowder stored in Xiao Ting's warehouse could completely flatten Guangzhou City.
Of course, after obtaining the cannons, Xiao Ting's biggest headache was the cannoneer. This cannoneer was not easy to train. It required a large amount of time and gunpowder. However, he had to pretend to be weak now, so he could not train in the city. Otherwise, if the Qing army outside knew about it, his strength would be exposed.
Therefore, Xiao Ting could only teach Shang Kexi a lesson before talking about the training of cannoneers.
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