After Liu Bei left the wild animals to his men to deal with, he received the male and female double-pronged swords from Liu An when he came back.

The bodies of the two swords were black, dark in color but exuding a deep sense of chill. He took an ordinary sword to test the edge of the two swords. When he saw the ordinary sword breaking with a sound, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy on his face.

Then he took out the sword from his waist, held the sword in one hand, and the sword in the other, and slashed at each other.

Clang - sparks burst out from the intersection of the swords, the two weapons were at loggerheads, and neither could do anything to the other.

Then Liu Bei carefully looked at the place where the swords intersected, and found that there were slight scratches on both the sword and the sword, but neither was damaged in any way.

This sword was a gift from Liu An. Liu Bei knew how powerful it was and even personally participated in the auction of the sword in Luoyang. The same sword was sold at a high price of 1.1 million in Luoyang!

Even so, it was because Yuan Shu of the Yuan family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes used his influence to lower the price, otherwise it would only be higher.

The weapon made of the sacred stone in the water was as good as this sword, which really surprised Liu Bei.

The length of both swords is nearly four feet, and Liu Bei's arms are much longer than ordinary people. With this pair of male and female double-stranded swords, Liu Bei's ability to fight against enemies will definitely increase.

Putting the two swords into their scabbards and tying them around his waist, Liu Bei held the sword hilts with high spirits and heroic spirit in his heart.

As for the sword presented by Liu An, Liu Bei put it away. Although the sword was of high quality, it was shorter than his double sword.

On the battlefield, an inch long and an inch strong, and an inch short can be fatal.

Moreover, this sword was a gift from his uncle Liu An. To Liu Bei, its existence value was greater than its practical value.

After Liu An handed the double sword to Liu Bei, he returned to the county government office.

I took a shower as soon as I got back and put on clean and fresh clothes.

He had only spent less than half a day in the smelting factory today, and his clothes were still soaked with sweat. He really couldn't imagine how the blacksmiths spent all day in front of the blazing ovens making weapons.

Not only that, farmers who spend most of the year facing the loess and back to the sky are also working hard.

But they worked so hard without complaining, but they lived a life without enough to eat.

However, the children of aristocratic families who just sit around and read books and talk about the world are able to live in fine clothes and food every day. This world is really unfair.

Liu An has long known that there is no fairness in the world, no matter ancient or modern times, but this cannot stop him from complaining for the common people.

After taking a bath, Liu An arranged for people to go and give orders to the powerful people in various places. From today on, all land leases will be reduced to 30% of the harvest of that year. Anyone who receives more than the harvest will have all the land under their name confiscated.

In addition, the powerful landowners were ordered to return the overpaid tenants last year to farmers without disobedience.

However, accordingly, Liu An also compensated the powerful landlords.

At the same time as the above order, there was another order: for every ten stones of grain returned, a receipt with the specific information of the grain recipient and the amount of grain collected could be exchanged for one pound of fine salt at the Jiuyuan County Yamen.

At that time, Liu An will arrange for people to compare the receipts and go to the countryside to check and ask whether the food has indeed been received.

Liu An cannot change the fate of all poor people at once, he can only do his best to improve their lives step by step - at least starting from ensuring that they do not starve to death.

Early the next morning, Liu An went to the granary, took out 120 kilograms of fine salt, placed it in an empty warehouse, and arranged for the warehouse manager to be responsible for exchanging receipts for fine salt.

120 kilograms is 480 kilograms, which can be exchanged for 4800 stone grains, which is enough for a period of time.

Later, Liu An came to the military camp outside the city and gave Gao Shun a key to the military resources warehouse, asking him to train the soldiers' comprehensive abilities. If he needed anything, he could go to the military resources warehouse and get it himself.

Liu An has only one request. Within a month, he wants all his soldiers to become capable warriors.

Later, Liu An went to see Zhang Fei's progress in training his soldiers in equestrian skills.

He gave Zhang Fei 1,400 soldiers, including 700 cavalry to be assigned to Lu Bu.

Because Lu Bu was away on business now, but the equestrian training of his soldiers could not be delayed, he entrusted Zhang Fei to train them together.

At this time, all of the 1,400 soldiers were able to ride horses without harnesses, but they were still far from being able to fight on horseback, and their accuracy in shooting crossbows on horseback was even worse.

Now the time has come to mid-August, and in about half a month, it will be the autumn harvest time.

After the autumn harvest, Xianbei will inevitably invade in large numbers.

Time was running out, so Liu An warned Zhang Fei seriously: "Yide, there will probably be a war after the autumn harvest. Time is running out. We must not slack off during this period. Before the autumn harvest, we must make them capable of superb equestrian skills."

, you can accurately shoot the enemy’s cavalry from your horse!”

When Zhang Fei heard that there was finally going to be a fight, his beard trembled with excitement, and he stared at the big copper bell and responded loudly: "I will definitely live up to your trust!"

Looking at the excited Zhang Fei, Liu An said lightly: "Remember not to whip the soldiers. If you violate this, you will not be allowed to go to the battlefield."

Zhang Fei: "..."

The smile on Zhang Fei's face froze instantly. He opened his mouth to retort, but nothing came out. Sweat broke out on his face in such a hurry.

Liu An turned around, raised the corners of his mouth, and tried to suppress a smile, thinking that the best way to deal with Zhang Fei was to threaten him with a fight.

Then he returned to the county government office, vacated the backyard, took out forty medium-sized dump trucks, and asked his men to transport them all to the north wall of Jiuyuan City.

There was no one else in the backyard except Liu An's dead men, so there was no need to worry about the secret being leaked.

Liu An currently has a total of 130 medium-sized throwing carts in his inventory, and the north is the direction from Xianbei. Liu An has placed forty medium-sized throwing carts on it. On the other three city walls, Liu An is preparing to place thirty more.

Medium dump truck.

He could not guarantee that when Xianbei invaded, they would definitely choose the north gate as the breakthrough point. He could only say that the north gate was the most likely, and there were also carts on the other three walls, just in case.

After taking out the medium-sized dump truck, Liu An studied it and found that the operation was not difficult.

This dump truck is a medium-sized counterweight dump truck with a metal weight on one end and a pulley and rocker on it.

Before loading stone bullets, use the rocker to shake down the bullet frame, tie the live buckle with a rope, add enough stone bullets to the bullet frame, adjust the launch direction, and pull the live buckle, and the ammunition will shoot out.

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Twenty kilograms of stone bullets can be added to the bullet frame, and the range is up to 120 meters.

Although it is not difficult, before it is actually used, Liu An still needs to arrange soldiers to go to the top of the city for practical operations. At least he must select talents who can accurately locate the position, so as to avoid being in a hurry when Xianbei invades and sending out stone bullets to kill people.

None of them hit.

After transporting all one hundred and thirty carts to the four city walls, it was already evening.

Taking advantage of the gap between transporting and dumping carts, Liu An asked his men to recruit 800 village warriors and 100 women, and gave them high wages.

Among them, each of the Xiang Yongs received 20 coins per day, and the women received 10 coins, both of which were responsible for food and accommodation.

The reason why Xiang Yong was paid such a high salary was because Liu An planned to send these people to the northern mountains to replace Liu Bei's soldiers.

In the northern mountainous areas, all the work is heavy and tiring, or it is high-temperature work or security work, which is extremely hard.

Liu An felt that it was appropriate to pay more wages. As for the women, Liu An planned to let them cook and wash the young men among them.

Time is already very tight, he must seize the time to train his troops.

You can't let your soldiers spend all their time mining.

At the same time, Liu An also sent people to the northern mountainous area to deliver the news to Liu Bei. The blacksmiths there were paid thirty qian per person per day.

Although those people are all Liu An's dead soldiers, they will still work for Liu An even if they are not paid.

But Liu An is not an emotionless person, and it is impossible for him to use his dead soldiers as tools. Otherwise, he would not have ordered the strong men to return the farmers' rent and then give them fine salt as compensation.

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Two hundred miles north of Jiuyuan City, outside the Great Wall.

This is no longer the border of the Han Dynasty.

Lu Bu divided his 900 men into eighteen groups, each group of fifty, and followed Liu An's instructions to search the northern mountains separately.

It was already the fourth day since Lu Bu left the smelting factory. After searching for many days without finding anything, he was unwilling to return without success, so he took fifty people deep into the northern border, walked farther and farther, and finally arrived outside the Great Wall.

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There is a large hilly landform here with undulating terrain. The line of sight is affected by the mountains and cannot see very far.

After climbing over a slope again, Lu Bu was surprised to find someone in front of him.

It looks like there are about two hundred people, all riding tall horses. I met a man on a horse here. Who else could he be if he wasn't a Xianbei person?

Lu Bu, who was worried that he had nothing to do, couldn't help but curl up his lips in an exaggerated way: "Hahaha, this is a God-given contribution. If God doesn't take it, you will suffer from it. Sons and gentlemen, follow me to kill!"

The two armies were only one mile apart, and the two hundred Xianbei people apparently discovered Lu Bu and others. Seeing that they only numbered fifty, they began to plan to kill people and seize horses.

The two armies clashed in unison.

With a distance of one mile, the two armies collided with each other in just a moment after the horses started to speed up.

Lu Bu rushed at the front. When he left, Fang Tian had not yet prepared his halberd. At this time, he was holding a spear and rushed towards the enemy first.

When the distance was less than ten steps, Lu Bu raised his spear. His horse was very fast, and he was close to the enemy's formation in an instant. The tip of his spear shook, and with a single stroke, he accurately cut the enemy's neck.

Then, with the help of his horse's momentum, he pierced the other man's chest with a spear, picked up the other man's body with the tip of the spear, spun around in the air and threw it towards the center of the enemy's formation.

A small wave of commotion suddenly broke out in the enemy formation. Those who were hit by the corpses were knocked off their horses, and then trampled to death by the horses of their companions who came over.

When the soldiers behind Lu Bu saw how brave their leader was, they initially fought against the many and the fear they felt when facing the Xianbei people suddenly dissipated a lot, and they all faced off against the enemy.

Seeing Lu Bu's arrogance, the leader of the enemy camp couldn't help but became furious. He shouted at his companions who were blocking the way and faced Lu Bu himself.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in front of Lu Bu, he was taken away by Lu Bu as an ordinary soldier.

As the leader of a team of 200 people in the Xianbei army, his military strength is naturally not low.

However, against Lu Bu, whose force value was as high as 105, he couldn't survive even one round and fell off his horse.
To be continued...