There is a public carriage in the Supervision Yuan, Su Qingzhe took the four village chiefs to the Jiedu Mansion in a car, and when he passed the Engineer Academy, his heart moved, he lifted the curtain and glanced out of the door, and hurriedly said: "Stop." ”

"Is this lord already here?" The village chief wondered.

"There are Lu Houye's personal soldiers outside the Engineer Academy, I guess Lu Hou Ye may be in the Engineer Academy." Su Qingzhe said.

"Engineer Academy?"

"It's right outside the car, you can get out of the car with me."

The four of them got out of the carriage, and a huge mansion appeared in front of them, and the village chief looked at the lintel, only to see three big characters written on it, and he only knew the word "soldier" in the middle of the three words, and he wanted to come here to be the Engineer Academy.

There were eight tower-like guards standing outside the door, which made people feel intimidating, and the village chief followed behind Su Qingzhe, and when he saw what he said to those soldiers, those soldiers stepped aside and let them in.

Passing through the gate, the village chief's heart jumped a few times, this is too big, not to mention compared with their village, even the Supervision Yuan just now is far from comparable, this time it is really a long insight.

In the sapper courtyard, Lu Yuan was holding a long knife in his hand and was carefully observing.

On his side, Li Muyi explained: "Master Hou, Lao Qi and I recently discovered that the weapons used in the army need to be improved, and this is our improved Ring Hand Straight Knife. ”

During this period of time, he and Qi Guangzi have not made any achievements, which makes him very worried.

It's okay to be ridiculed by the others in the Engineer Academy, but if Lu Houye also thinks that they are useless and disbands the Iron Smelting Department, it will be all over.

When he was in the rivers and lakes before, he felt that life must be very difficult to do things for the government, and he had to take refuge in Lu Weiyi as a last resort.

But during this period of time, he stayed in the Iron Smelting Department all day to do research, and after leaving the office, he could accompany his family and disciples to wander around the city, and his bosses Lu Yun'er and Wang Gui only knew how to bury their heads in their own business, and rarely cared about them.

This kind of life away from the rivers and lakes is what he dreamed of in the past, which makes him cherish his current life very much.

He knew that Qi Guangzi should feel similar to himself, and if he wanted to keep this life, he had to reflect his own value.

And what they are best at is crafting blades, so they are first using the best materials in their hands to build a pair of swords, and when they are finished, they are ready to dedicate them to Lu Hou Ye and General Qin.

At the same time, they managed to get acquainted with a military officer, through whom they learned that the most commonly used type of knife in the army was a ring-headed straight knife.

The two managed to get their hands on a straight knife and began researching it, where they made rapid progress and soon copied a better ring-headed straight knife.

"Is this better than the one used in the military?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Master Hou will know it at a glance."

Li Muyi and Qi Guangzi each took a straight knife from their subordinates.

One of them is the same as the one in Lu Yuan's hand, it should be improved, and the other blade is duller and shorter in length, so it is thought to be used in the army.

With a "bump", the two knives struck together, and the military straight knife broke off in response.

"It's really good." Lu Yuan bowed slightly.

He began to think in his mind, it was very difficult for Qi Guangzi and them to develop a cannon barrel in a short time, and he was a little ambitious before, focusing only on hot weapons, ignoring the improvement of cold weapons.

If all the troops can be equipped with this kind of better cold weapon, their combat effectiveness will inevitably be enhanced.

However, considering that his real opponent in the future will be the cavalry of the Liao State, Lu Yuan opened his mouth and said: "The two gentlemen of the Mo knife currently used by the Hui'an Army can find ways to improve it. ”

Mo knife is the Han Dynasty horse chopping knife, the Tang Dynasty changed its name to Mo knife, to the Song Dynasty name changed back to the horse chopping knife, is the most effective weapon against cavalry.

Li Muyi groaned: "Although the two of us have never seen a Mo knife in the army, according to the craftsmanship of this straight knife, it should be able to be improved." ”

"Okay." Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, I came to the Engineer Academy this time to discuss with the envoy of the Lu Academy and the envoy of the Royal Academy about the next direction of production of the Engineer Academy. ”

Lu Yun'er, who had been silent next to him, spoke: "Master Hou, do you mean that you will no longer build cloud crossbows and sea falcon ships?" ”

"No, ships and crossbows can continue to be built, but the Engineer Academy has to make other things, our previous ordnance was obtained from other places, and in the future we will produce it ourselves, and swords, bows and armor must be made in the Engineer Academy."

Then he looked at Li Muyi and Qi Guangzi and said, "The weapons and armor are handed over to Li and Qi, and the bows, crossbows, and warships are still in charge of the envoys of the Lu Yuan and the royal court." ”

"Yes." The four of them responded in unison.

Li Muyi was most happy in his heart, this aspect was what he was good at, and he was sure that he could do it well, so that his position in the arsenal would be stable.

"Jie Shuai, will you continue to study firearms and gunpowder in the future?" Lu Yun'er asked.

"Yes, Master Hou, do you still need to develop iron pipes?" Qi Guangzi also asked.

"Of course, we have to develop, although in the short term our direction is to produce a batch of weapons and armor and equip them to the whole army, but the development of firearms and iron pipes is the long-term direction, this is the top priority, understand?" Lu Yuan said solemnly.

"Understood." The four of them said in unison.

Li Muyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Hou, if we want to produce weapons and armor in large quantities, we are afraid that our current manpower will ......."

"You don't have to worry about this, I will transfer some people from the army to the Iron Smelting Department and the Engineer Academy." Lu Yuan said.

He planned to transfer all the soldiers who had been disabled in the war, and these people had contributed to the Hui'an Mansion, so he naturally wanted to ensure their future lives.

Li Mu nodded yes, but he felt a little regretful in his heart, if only he could let him recruit people by himself.

At this moment, Bai Yan came quickly and said something in Lu Yuan's ear, Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Let them come over." ”

After a while, Bai Yan led Su Qingzhe and the four people from Xiaohe Village over.

"Master Hou, today the Supervision Yuan received a lawsuit, this matter involves the Jianwu Army, so how to deal with it, please also ask the marshal to show me." Su Qingzhe bowed and said.

"What lawsuit?" Lu Yuan frowned.

With a "poof", Cui Niang knelt on the ground and exclaimed sadly: "Lord Lu, the son of the people's woman was killed by a passing soldier, and I asked Lord Lu to be the master of the people's wife." ”

Lu Yuan was startled, and quickly stepped forward to help her up: "This eldest sister, you say slowly, what is the specific situation?" ”

So the woman told the soldiers about destroying the orange grove and killing her son, and Lu Yuan was furious when he heard it, and ordered loudly: "Captain Bai! ”

"The end will be."

"You immediately go to the Military Mansion to give an order, let Meng Xiao lead 5,000 cavalry to Qimen City, meet the defenders of Qimen, immediately intercept the Jianwu army, and let them hand over the soldiers who killed people in the orange grove."

Cui Niang reminded on the side: "Master Luhou, there are six of them!" ”

Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Six people, no one is missing." ”

"Yes!" Bai Yan took the order and left.

Lu Yuan pulled Cui Niang and said, "Let's go, you go to Jiedu Mansion with me, and we'll wait for news there." ”

Watching Lu Houye and his party leave, Lu Yun'er's face turned red, thinking that those Jianwu troops were really hateful, and they could do such a thing that was inferior to beasts, so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot.

Suddenly, Li Muyi's voice sounded in his ears: "Two court envoys, then we will retire." ”

"Huh? Okay, go ahead. Lu Yun'er said.

"Yun'er, let's go back and continue to discuss the deck width of the new ship." Wang Gui said.

"Grandpa, go ahead, I'll be here for a while." Lu Yun'er said in a low voice.

"Okay, then you can come quickly."

After Wang returned and left, Lu Yun'er was the only one left in the same place, she was very concerned about what happened just now, and was thinking about what reason to go to Jiedu Mansion to take a look.

At this moment, her adjutant Fan Zhe came over and reported: "Your Excellency, the envoy of the Supervision Yuan, Inspector Zhang, asks to see you." ”

"What is he doing here?" Lu Yun'er said strangely.

"He said he came to find Lu Houye."

Lu Yun'er's heart moved, and said, "Let him come in." ”

Soon, Fan Zhe led Zhang Shouliang in, he was sweating profusely, panting, and when he saw Lu Yun'er, he hurriedly said: "Envoy Lu, Master Lu...... Is Hou Ye Lu here? ”

"He just left and returned to Jiedu Mansion." Lu Yun'er replied.

Zhang Shouliang was stunned for a moment, didn't say a word, turned around and ran, Lu Yun'er hurriedly trotted up and shouted, "Hey, I'll take you over." ”

Zhang Shouliang didn't reply: "The lower officials know the road, thank you for the kindness of the envoy of the Lu Academy." ”

By the time Lu Yun'er chased him to the door, he had already disappeared, she stomped her foot hard, and had no choice but to turn around and return to the Engineer Academy.

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