The craftsman workshop is still tightly surrounded, Liu Yuxi arrived earlier than Lin Nan, already sitting there, he doesn't know much about the craft, just teaching some middle-aged craftsmen to read and write, most of these craftsmen's craftsmanship is passed down by word and deed, many are not recorded, once the heirs have an accident, the craft is lost, but once it is recorded, it will inevitably spread, and the unique craft is no longer so advantageous, Lin Nan feels that he should consider how to make a patent law to protect their interests. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Now the number of apprentices in the workshop has also reached four or five hundred, because Lin Nan is a professional training, many of them have a science level equivalent to the junior high school of the modern plane, originally Lin Nan also planned to let them develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and labor in an all-round way, but a beautiful work of art made Lin Nan change his mind.

The old craftsman who made this national treasure was very proud to say to Lin Nan, this is his lifelong experience, no Jiazi's kung fu is impossible to do, Lin Nan secretly sighed that many handicrafts can not be done in the modern plane, people's life is too short, and there are too many things to learn, can be sixty years as a day in a technology can have a few people in this era can live to more than seventy is not much, so time is even more precious.

In the end, Lin Nan asked those children to learn only the basic knowledge of the arts and sciences, and after the age of twelve or thirteen, they directly participated in the research of a small project or even a smaller branch, which could make them useful talents as soon as possible.

Lin Nan and Liu Yuxi said hello to the apprentices, and saw Mar again, he was used to it in our country in the past two days, and then called the apprentices to continue the class, and then called some old craftsmen in for a meeting.

Lin Nan took the lead in speaking: "Everyone, I have just returned to the capital not long ago, I don't know what happened this month, my brother-in-law has any news?" "Actually, asking for news is just a formality, understand it, Lin Nan will not hinder his father's affairs.

"Your Royal Highness, the matter of Uncle Guo was only reported yesterday, yesterday Wuji Zhenren received the news and immediately wrote a letter to send it to the palace, we also found out in the morning, but I heard Lord Liu Yuxi say that the Criminal Department has sent someone to the Eastern Capital, saying that it is to search the mountain, the emperor has made a will, if you can't find your uncle back to China, you will withdraw the waiter of the Criminal Department, Your Highness, please don't worry first, we all think that Uncle Guo was not killed."

Next, he analyzed the reason for Lin Nan, which was similar to Lin Nan's words of comforting his mother yesterday, but they thought that the thieves were not very likely, most of them were committed by the enemy, but they couldn't imagine that anyone was so bold as to dare to attack Uncle Guo and the guards in the palace, it seemed that they were from the rivers and lakes.

Then let this matter go for a while, wait for the news of the Criminal Department, and then Lin Nan looked at the captains of the several pro-team called by Liu Yuxi, Lin Nan looked at them and asked, "What about the front-line war?" ”

"Your Highness, we have been in the capital for a few days, and we have heard that the Eastern Turks have come to commit a crime." The old rule, or the captain of a team of the first to speak: "The current Turkic Khan is called Jieli, is the eldest son of the old Khan, known for his bravery, ten years ago after the defeat of His Majesty has been in his heart, at the beginning of this year he obtained the name of Khan, three months to unify the surrounding large and small tribes, I heard that this time gathered 100,000 horses from all sides of the grassland to invade Guanzhong, at the same time the west Tuyuhun country also began to accumulate troops and food on the border, it seems that there is also a plan, it is said that there are 100,000 troops. ”

"Jieli?" Lin Nan suddenly wanted to laugh when he heard this, this guy turned out to be called Jieli, and then hurriedly asked, "Then how is the situation now?" ”

"When the emperor got the news, he sent the eldest prince and the second prince to lead 50,000 troops to Longyou Road to resist the Turks, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince took 80,000 horses to Jiannan Road, one to confront Tuyuhun, and the other to suppress a riot in Jiannan." Then he added: "These are all news from the Ministry of War, which is very reliable." "After they became Lin Nan's personal guards, they also knew Lin Nan's power, Lin Nan called the Demon Emperor to talk about it, this is to let them work more effectively for Lin Nan in the palace.

"What about those generals, why did they let the princes lead the troops to battle," Lin Nan was a little puzzled, could it be the old woman's decision

The captain of the first team glanced at Lin Nan, and said: "It is the order of the queen mother, the princes are called leaders, in fact, they are supervising the army, and each large-scale army battle must be led by a prince, one can supervise the generals, so as not to support the army and self-respect, and the other can stabilize the morale of the army, so as to show that the royal family and the soldiers advance and retreat together, this is the previous dynasty set, the queen mother used this plan, I heard that the previous dynasty has been so far, there have been several princes who have died on the battlefield." Lin Nan has seen this in the history books, but it is the rule of the previous dynasty, I didn't expect the old woman to be so rigid, the eldest prince is his favorite prince, and he is sent to the front line, but this is fine, if the eldest prince is separated, it will save trouble.

However, although Lin Nan has traveled a lot of days in the rivers and lakes, he has never fought since he was born, and the only time Lin Nan has only heard of the domestic strife in the south, and he knows the most about the subordinates who fight the cane, so Lin Nan smiled: "Well, you should pay more attention to this military matter in the future." ”

"Definitely." When several captains heard this, they got up and saluted, and it seemed that they were very grateful to Lin Nan for his kindness.

Lin Nan looked at their loyal faces, and was very happy, and then Lin Nan asked again: "Then according to everyone, how about this victory?" ”

This time it was the captain of the fifth team who spoke: "We have preliminary discussions and believe that our army has the advantage. ”

The captain of the fifth team is very young, only in his early thirties, and he looks particularly young in a group of captains in his thirties and forties.

He paused and continued: "The Turkic 100,000 iron cavalry came to attack, it is said that I was caught off guard by the defense line of the Great Wall, so let it attack, now the eldest prince and the second prince each lead 50,000 horses, together with the Longyou garrison of about 200,000 people, and the enemy confront, I expect our army will take the strategy of clearing the wilderness, although the Turkic iron cavalry is unparalleled in the world, but it is not possible to take advantage of more than twice the troops, and when its food and grass are scarce, and the army is in turmoil, it will be able to win a big victory. I have used this method twice in the past to defeat the enemy, but this time I don't know what new plan the Khan will have. ”

"Aren't the people outside the city miserable?" Lin Nan frowned when he heard this.

"Your Highness, if the Turks are allowed to get forage and grain, more families will be ruined, and they will abandon their pawns and protect their cars, which is really something that cannot be done." The captain of the fifth team also has some conscience, but the war is very cruel.

"Well, what if our artillery is against the Turkic cavalry," Lin Nan thought for a moment and asked.

The captain of the fifth team had obviously considered this problem, and replied without thinking about it: "The artillery is used to defend the city with excellent effect, if there are more numbers on the flat ground, you can also clear a team of cavalry, but according to the number of tests, there are still its limitations, one is that the artillery is heavy, too large is difficult to carry, too small is not powerful enough, the second is that the cannonball is not enough to kill, although the flesh and blood drive is difficult to resist, but a shot only hurts a few people, compared to the 100,000 army, it is still a drop in the bucket, the third is that the powerful gunpowder is extremely difficult to produce, and the cost is also large, if these three problems can be solved, Not to mention the Turkic horse thieves, the whole world will become the territory of my great merchants. "It seems that he is very talented in this area, and Lin Nan really didn't see the wrong people and recruited them to the personal guards.

Lin Nan remembered that Emperor Yuan wanted to find Lin Nan back for this problem that gunpowder was too difficult to make, Lin Nan turned to a few craftsmen and asked, "You have been fortunate in the past few days, but now you are in a hurry, I don't know how the progress of artillery research is now?" ”

A few craftsmen don't understand military affairs, they don't care at all, and after listening to it for a while, most of them are a little drowsy, and they woke up a little when Lin Nan asked like this.

Wuji Daoist has always been in good spirits, and first replied to Lin Nandao: "Back to Your Highness, the Institute of Chemical Matter has begun to develop jacks and artillery vehicles, and we have also studied the cannonballs, and it turned out to be melted into a ball of scrap iron, which is indeed not powerful enough, Lin Nan and several other craftsmen have discussed, and decided to change it to make cannonballs by wrapping thin iron sheets and iron wires together, but I haven't tried to count them, and I don't know how the effect is.

"Very well, I think it will be much more powerful." Lin Nan was overjoyed when he heard this, and continued: "Now that twenty doors have been built, it is enough to reach 10,000 defenders, by the way, you can make dozens of generators, and the copper wire coils should be wound several times more, and a few more iron bars will be built, the more the merrier." "They've got all of this technology in their hands now.

"Yes!" Although I don't know what Lin Nan wants to do, Wuji Zhenren agreed very happily, because every time Lin Nan's request was so unbelievable before, but it always worked unexpectedly, which is also the reason why they were desperately willing to follow Lin Nan, because Lin Nan was a far-sighted person, and it would become a big cause to mix with Lin Nan.

"How's gunpowder making going?" After asking the Wuji Daoist, Lin Nan asked another person, this is the president of the Craftsman Society, and the Wuji Daoist is in charge of each place.

"Back to Your Highness, the nitrate is indeed difficult to refine, and only a few hundred catties have been made in the past half a month, and there is a negative expectation below!" Lin Nan really couldn't think of this person's name, so he simply called him Jiajun.

Lin Nan smiled when he heard this: "You don't have to blame yourself, it's not easy to have hundreds of catties." Lin Nan remembered that there was no large-scale reactor that could be produced continuously in this era, and it was indeed difficult to make a large number of chemical reagents.

Lin Nan thought for a while, or used the black powder decided last night, and said to him: "This is too slow, I think it is still the old method to make black powder, but sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal need to be purified and twisted, carefully mixed according to a fixed proportion, the power should be greatly increased, and nitrocellulose can be made, also known as fire wool, the preparation method is simple, only cotton can be dehydrated and nitrified with sulfuric acid and nitric acid, although it can not be used for artillery, but it can be made into gunpowder packs, which can be carried to attack the battalion." Lin Nan felt that he was about to become a pioneer of hot weapons.

"Why can't it be used for artillery, and why?" Hearing that there was something new, this Jiajun's interest came up again

Lin Nan looked at the two captains on the other side who began to look around, and hurriedly pulled back the topic that had been pulled away, "This Lin Nan will talk to you after the meeting, now continue the topic just now, and you continue with the captain of the fifth team." ”

"Listening to what His Highness said just now, there must be a few problems that can be solved, and His Highness is really a great talent." The captain of the fifth team was overjoyed, and then a little regretful: "It's a pity that the distant water is difficult to quench the thirst of the near, this time it may not be used, but it's a pity that the people of the northern states, alas, ......" It seems that he is a person with a temperament, to be honest, Lin Nan can kill people, but Lin Nan is born with a sense of compassion for the people, because Lin Nan in the modern plane used to be an ordinary civilian.

Lin Nan nodded after hearing this, and said, "This, this matter will be discussed later, and I will continue to talk about the situation of this battle first." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, our side has a larger victory in the struggling layer, but it is difficult to retreat from the enemy in the short term, and the Tuyuhun side has mixed victories, which is claimed to be 200,000, although it is exaggerated, but there are 150,000 or 60,000, and I have about 50,000 border defenders, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince has 80,000 under him, which is still slightly less than the enemy, but several generals under His Royal Highness are all fierce generals of the three armies, and there are two major military divisions that can make good decisions, as evidenced by the suppression of the rebellion in a few days." The second prince had been an envoy before, so he was still a bit level in terms of soldiers, but the time he lost so many soldiers in the Black Wind Cliff may have been caused by him being in too much of a hurry.

"I also know that the second prince's mansion has recruited countless capable people and wise men, just like a small court, but now he can't do it, everyone has also seen it in Farrant, and his morale has plummeted. But I still hope he doesn't lose this time. Although he has a bad relationship with him, but now he is going to the front line for our Great Shang Dynasty, so bless him, Lin Nan smiled slightly when he thought of this.

However, as soon as the second prince was mentioned, Lin Nan thought about it again. continued, "Although now I have many capable people, but I want to learn from the second prince, build a mansion outside the palace, specifically recruit talents, and the craftsmen's classmates and fellow villagers can also recommend, as long as they have talent, they can pass the exam, and they will be called into the mansion, mainly Wen and Wu, well, the chief examiner will be handed over to the captain of the third team and Liu Yuxi." "A Wen and a Wu are just a pair.

"Yes." The two hurriedly replied.

Lin Nan saw that things were almost discussed, so he said: "Okay, that's the end of today, the meeting is dismissed, by the way, Liu Yuxi will stay for a while, I still have a few words to tell you, the masters of the craftsman society, wait for me in the courtyard first, and I will talk about gunpowder later." Lin Nan doesn't like to have long meetings, and he dismisses the meeting every time he finishes arranging things.

"Your Highness, please slow down," at this time, a team leader stopped Lin Nan, and then said bluntly: "Your Highness, you also know the current situation, the eldest prince has the queen mother's protection, if His Royal Highness wants to fight for the throne, this artillery technique is fundamental, now the emperor has ordered to send twenty doors to the front line, presumably it will not take many days, other princes can also imitate it, and then it will be unfavorable to us, Your Highness must take an idea, don't let the artillery flow out." ”