Hao Meng was a little depressed: "Lord, I won't take me with me in this war, and I will also let me go out for a walk."

"I wanted to take you with you at that time. After all, you are the main force of our Xuzhou army. But if that happens, only Gongtai guards Xuzhou, Cao Cao and Liu Bei may attack at any time. How can I feel at ease? It is because you and Gongtai guard Xuzhou that I can fight so peacefully outside. You and Gongtai have made great contributions to being able to win Danyang County."

"If you think about it carefully, it's true. If there were no large army guarding our Xuzhou, you might be attacked by the Big Ear Thieves. The Big Ear Thieves were defeated and are now recruiting soldiers in Xiaopei."

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring you next time I go to war."

Hao Meng also realized that only by going out to fight can he make achievements and expand his team.

However, the next day, Hao Meng received a notice to go to the recruit camp to accept 3,000 soldiers. These were the soldiers who were surrendered at the time. Originally, 5,000 people, but now they have grown to 8,000 people. Gao Shun of Teng Kingdom also received an order to increase the Iron Horse Army of 3,000 people by 2,000, totaling 5,000 Iron Horse Army.

This is Lu Bu's balance. The original four main players Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Hao Meng and Zang Ba are now one more Ji Ling, which is considered to be the five main players. The main players must maintain balance, and their strength is almost the same.

The banquet dispersed and everyone went back, but only Wang Heng stayed.

"The iron instrument supervisor has now been expanded several times, with 800 blacksmiths and 222 apprentices, totaling 3,000 people, producing 200 sets of iron armor per day. In addition, the new rectangular stirrup and Takahashi saddle have been made. The lord personally test whether it is suitable for use. If it is used together, it can be produced in large quantities."

Lu Bu was very happy: "Thank you for your hard work during this period. The iron instrument monitor, wooden instrument monitor, and leather goods workshop craftsmen have expanded well. The craftsmen have not yet worked well. While improving the output, we must pay attention to the quality. If the quality is not good, no matter how much output is, it will be useless. With the expansion of the territory, there are more and more craftsmen of all kinds, and the production logistics is guaranteed. This is the root of our strength."

It turned out that during this period, whenever Lu Bu took one piece and one place, he would search for some craftsmen in the local area, mainly blacksmiths and carpenters. Gradually, the Xuzhou army's logistics team grew abnormally, and various types of equipment were made faster and faster. Taking the small shields used by infantry as an example, there were no dozens of them a day, but now they can produce as many as five or six hundred a day. The small round shield is a consumable and not particularly strong. The surface is iron sheet, wooden boards in the middle, and a layer of paint inside, and the diameter is only more than two feet. It protects key parts such as the head, face, torso and other parts during combat.

The next morning, Lu Bu transferred 300 cavalry under Cao Ping to the training ground.

The logistics had already brought the new Takahashi saddle. Cao Ping looked at the tall saddles at both ends, a little surprised.

"Brother-in-law, why is the saddle so tall on both sides? It's made of wood, it feels very hard."

"You can use the original soft pads. If you try it, you will understand the benefits of Takahashi saddle."

Cao Ping and the cavalrymen changed into the high bridge saddle and put on soft cushions in the middle.

"It feels much more stable when riding like this. It has support in the front and back in the back, which feels good."

After saying that, Cao Ping led the cavalry to rush out, and pricked the scarecrow on the running horse with a reed leaf spear.

I was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but I gradually adapted to it. Takahashi saddle is more convenient to fight immediately. There is support in front when lying forward, and there is a backrest behind when lying backward, which is more convenient to exert force.

Cao Ping came back after training for a while: "Brother-in-law, this saddle is really useful, but it's too hot and it's not easy to dissipate heat. You can suffer if you use it in summer."

"That's not a war and marching every day. Summer training is about morning and evening training. This is not a big problem. If you use it for a few more days, you can see if there is any problem. If not, it will be promoted on a large scale."

"yes."

Lu Bu also equips Cao Xingzhou Cang and others with some high-bridge saddles. The feedback was that Gao Qiao used the saddle to shoot arrows more accurately, and the riding safety is higher, making it easier to control horses and not easily fall off a horse.

The feedback is good, and the use effect is still there. At the order of Lu Bu, the army promoted the Gaoqiao saddle. As for the horses in the government, there is no need to promote it, and the padded saddle is more comfortable.

After conquering Danyang, the cavalry of the Xuzhou army increased greatly, and the various divisions added up to more than 8,000 cavalry. Among them, Lu Bu was directly under the Xuzhou iron cavalry, Zhang Liao Xiongnu horse and light cavalry, Cao Xing's post explored cavalry for 500, Zang Ba had 500 cavalry. Ji Ling had more than 1,000 cavalry, plus the cavalry of other counties, the number of 8,000 was more than 8,000.

Lu Bu directly sent the physical objects and drawings to Zhang Liao and Ji Ling. They all had a small number of craftsmen using wood to make high-bridge saddles.

Zhang Liao arranged for cavalry to use it and found that there were too many advantages, especially for novices. It is very convenient to control horses and has great advantages for riding and shooting.

In fact, Lu Bu was not interested in this simple invention and improvement, because it was not technically content and was difficult to maintain for a long time. Designs like the Gaoqiao Saddle were not used for a few years. If it weren't for the large number of cavalry development, Lu Bu wouldn't be too lazy to design this thing.

The drought in the north is somewhat severe, and it has not rained heavily for a month. If wheat and potatoes are not effectively irrigated, they will reduce their yields.

There are dozens of water trucks and hundreds of orange crocks that are constantly watering, all of which are effectively irrigated.

But other places are not so lucky, especially in the mountains.

There is a red date mountain nursery thirty miles east of Xuzhou City. This is a mountain nursery where Du Zi Tengzhuo did jujube research. It used to have streams in the mountains to irrigate, but now the streams are dry. There is water in the river, but the water level is very low, about ten meters below the date orchard, and the water truck cannot lift the water up.

If there is electricity or diesel engine, you can easily water it, but unfortunately there is no one. You have to go to the conditions, and you have to go to the conditions without the conditions.

Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Bo Wangmin, and others came here with more than a dozen carts.

The big banner of the Seedlings Corporation was planted on the construction site, and dozens of strong men were using buckets to lift water to water the ground. This little water can only be said to be a drop in the water, and it doesn't matter much.

Du Zi Teng was sweating profusely. Seeing that the hard-fought seedlings were not watered, he was anxious. He almost asked Chen Gong to transfer troops to water the ground.

"Have the poured cement culvert been made?" Lu Bu asked the craftsman.

"It's done, it's done the day before yesterday, and it's completely hardened today."

A slanted canal was dug next to the river ditch, and a square pier that was about one meter was dug with cement inside. There was a culvert with a diameter of 30 centimeters above the pier. From the upper culvert to the lower culvert, water came out. Just dig the entrance of the canal and the water could come in.

Lu Bu started it himself, carrying a huge water pump worth more than 200 kilograms in one hand, put it on the cement pier, added an iron pipe, and fixed it in the culvert.
Chapter completed!