At this time, several generals were also staring at the artillery, and one general had already pointed to the wall of the school field, which was to bombard the wall! Another general seemed to feel that bombarding the wall would not show the power of artillery, and pointed to a building.

"Master Pony, let's see the power of this artillery bombardment building!"

The ordnance supervisor wanted to cry, but when the civil and military forces and the queen left, the ordnance superintendent looked at the ruins around his school yard and was helpless.

What else can I do at this time, clean up the ruins! Then rebuild, fortunately, these things have the Ministry of Works and the general as the supervisor, anyway, building houses, repairing the wall, how is not the scope of the responsibility of the ordnance superintendent.

At this time, the ordnance supervisor has indeed seen the power of artillery, and he has been working in the ordnance superintendent, so he can naturally feel that he will be busy in the future, and he will be very busy.

However, he still remembered the last words when Niangniang left, from today onwards, the ordnance prison belongs to the Tang Workshop.

Originally, as one of the five superintendents of the nine temples, the ordnance superintendent was actually an extremely independent department, and due to the special duties of the ordnance superintendent, in fact, there were not a few people who greeted him, and the benefits on weekdays would not be less.

Moreover, the ordnance supervisor is backed by the twelve people in the capital, although it is only a fourth-grade position, but the life in Chang'an is really good.

It's okay now, it will be under the management of Tang Workshop in the future, and I don't know what will happen in the future.

But there is no way at this time, Niangniang's words, that is the will, dare not disobey. In the past, the ordnance supervisor was here, and he really said that he existed, but I don't know how to do it in the future! I just hope that Master Ma won't be too embarrassed by his little weapons supervisor!

Thinking about it, it was assigned to the Tang Workshop by Niangniang's words, and the civil and military officers continued to congratulate them, and the ordnance supervisor really didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Hey, I will also be a member of the Tang Workshop in the future, at least I will be in charge of the horse master directly in the future.

On the carriage, Wu Meiniang grabbed Chen Fang's hand, and Chen Fang felt that Wu Meiniang's hand was a little cold and trembling.

"Chen Fang, did the Northern Han really master this kind of thing?"

"Indeed, the minister has seen this kind of artillery salvo scene in the Northern Han Dynasty, breaking mountains and stones, invincible, and I have also seen them test with living people, a pool of blood, broken limbs and wreckage, and the Northern Han Dynasty even let the slaves wear Mingguang armor for testing, and Mingguang armor can't resist it at all."

Wu Meiniang's hand grabbed Chen Fang, at this time, no courtiers knew that the artillery tested in the ordnance supervision today had been equipped in the Northern Han Dynasty I don't know how many.

"The main palace of the ordnance supervisor has been assigned to the Tang workshop, and this kind of artillery will be manufactured as soon as possible, at any cost. The scale of the Ziwuling branch has been expanded, and the construction of the Youzhou branch has also been stepped up, and the output of cement has increased in the shortest time. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Prepare for war, at all costs!"

"Yes, the minister will obey the will of the mother."

Wu Meiniang leaned on the wall of the carriage a little dejectedly, today's ordnance supervisor tested the power of artillery, which deeply shocked her, and the force of the Northern Han Dynasty at this time also had a rough positioning in Wu Meiniang's heart.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty could not compete with the Northern Han Dynasty at all, and the only thing that could be done was to step up to catch up with the pace of the Northern Han Dynasty and actively prepare for the war.

Artillery, muskets, and various material reserves, Youzhou will be the most important battlefield for the Northern Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and it will also be the first battlefield to be encountered.

The production capacity of cement will be increased at all costs, and Chen Fang also understands Niangniang's thoughts, she wants to build a cement-based gallop road between Luoyang, Chang'an, and Youzhou, strengthen the material transportation capacity of Youzhou, and also strengthen Datang's ability to control Youzhou and the counties along the way.

At this time, what Wu Meiniang did was the logistics support and material transportation that later generations often said.

No matter what the era, this is the truth, and if the logistics cannot keep up, the battle cannot be fought.

The most famous battle of Guandu in the Three Kingdoms was the turning point when Cao Cao burned Yuan Shao's black nest. And earlier, Da Qin cultivated Qin Straight. It was also for the transportation of materials and troops to the north to counter the fierce Hun nomadic cavalry.

Wu Meiniang was already determined to prepare for war, Chen Fang was actually relieved, Niangniang felt the threat from the Northern Han Dynasty and actively prepared for war, which is a good thing.

really went to the Northern Han Dynasty, and he knew best the comparison of military strength between the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty at this time.

Although he blew up Beigang and destroyed the accumulation of the Northern Han Dynasty for many years, the strength of the Northern Han Dynasty was still not something that the Tang Dynasty could compete with at this time.

The Northern Han is a beast that has just been injured, when it licks the wound and recovers its strength, what does Datang use to stop the footsteps of the Northern Han? Preparing for war, only by preparing for war at all costs can the Tang Dynasty survive under the strong ships and cannons of the Northern Han Dynasty.

In the twilight, Wu Meiniang sat on the edge of the lotus pond today, Chen Fang sat beside her, Wu Meiniang got up and walked on the boat prepared on the lotus pond, Chen Fang hurriedly followed, rowing a wooden oar, and the boat entered the lotus pond.

The moonlight is like water, falling on the lotus leaves, glowing with a cold luster, and the lotus leaves are very dense, covering a large area of moonlight.

The boat walks through the lotus leaves, through the moonlight, and the wooden oars paddle the water surface of the lotus pond, swinging patches of green duckweed.

"Chen Fang, are we still in time?"

When the boat reached the middle of the water, Chen Fang put the wooden oar on the boat and listened to Wu Meiniang spit out a sentence leisurely.

"It's man-made, today I have instructed the Ordnance Superintendent to step up preparations, the temporary plan is to expand the Ordnance Superintendent, mainly to step up the construction of blast furnaces, increase the output of steel, and the sub-superintendents in various places will also step up construction, only when the output of steel increases, can we cast more artillery."

"I also sent people to instruct the Meridian Ridge side, and now my plan is for the imperial court to send more criminals to the Meridian Ridge to expand the scale of the Meridian Ridge, and then the Meridian Ridge Branch will send people to Luoyang and Youzhou to investigate and find a suitable place to build a branch workshop and make cement. When the time comes, the three places will start to make cement and build roads. ”

"Well, the Criminal Department will cooperate, I will issue an order tomorrow, and Li Shilang will arrange Xing apprentices to meet the labor needs of the Tang Workshop."

"Mei Niang, in fact, Lao Shangshu of the Criminal Department has not asked about the Criminal Department for a long time."

Chen Fang intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that Li Shilang's promotion to the secretary of the Criminal Department is also beneficial to Chen Fang, and the relationship between Tang Gongfang and the Criminal Department can also be closer.

"Wait for Hong'er's body to recover and the new monarch succeed to the throne, and then arrange it."

Wu Meiniang's meaning is already obvious, and Li Hong's will to promote Li Shilang to the secretary of the Criminal Department will be issued by Li Hong.

This is to make Li Hong wink people's hearts! At this time, Datang implemented a system of three provinces and six ministries, the three provinces were Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province, and the six departments were the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.

The prefects of the three provinces and six ministries accepted their fate, which was not trivial, and the six departments were still the highest official positions of the six ministries. Li Shilang promoted Li Shangshu, Wu Meiniang deliberately left her eldest son to accept her fate, and Wu Meiniang worked hard to cultivate Li Hong, and spared no effort.