The next day, Tang Zheng slept until the afternoon and woke up, waking up with a splitting headache, as if someone was knocking on his head with a hammer.

Tang Zheng didn't know when it ended last night, he only remembered that he drank a lot of wine, and he knew how to control it at first, but then he seemed to be infected by the emotions of the soldiers and became arrogant, and finally seemed to chant some kind of poem, I can't remember clearly, and I drank a broken piece.

Today, the entire military camp was quiet, except for the soldiers on duty, none of the other Tang Zheng saw it.

But it's easy to understand, today is the first day of the new year, and I had a night of carnival last night, so maybe I have a day off today.

Tang Zheng came to the canteen of the barracks, drank two bowls of porridge and went out. When he went out, he happened to meet Grandpa Cheng, his old man looked at Tang Zheng's eyes and seemed to be very kind today, as if it was different from usual, and Tang Zheng was terrified.

"Grandpa Cheng, isn't there anything on the kid's face that hasn't been washed today, why do you think of this kid like this?" Tang Zheng asked.

Grandpa Cheng looked at it for a while before he spoke: "Boy, I know you want to do something for the people of the world, but everything has to be done slowly, don't be in a hurry, you are still young." Grandpa knew from the first time he saw you that you were not an ordinary child, you used to always use your head to hurt and forget a lot of things to prevaricate, grandpa did not pursue it, only remembered that you are a person from our mountain village, no matter who asks grandpa in the future will say so, if anyone dares to say a word outside, see that I don't break his leg. In the future, if there is anything that needs to be done by Demo, arrange for him to do it, after all, you are brothers, and the fewer people who know many things, the better. Tang Zheng was confused when he heard this, and looked at Grandpa Cheng suspiciously, unable to understand what was going on.

"Chisel through the chaos to get Ujin, and store the deepest meaning of yang and harmony. The bonfire burns to rejuvenate the vast spring, and the furnace shines through the night. Ding Yi Yuan relies on generating power, and the iron and stone still exist after death. I hope that the people will be full of warmth and work hard to get out of the mountains and forests. Good poetry, I always thought that you kid only knew some kitsch lewd skills, but I didn't expect you kid to be able to export chapters. I used to underestimate you kid, coal is the fuel that was mined after you came, but you used it as a metaphor for him, good boy, I have to say that he is very talented. I only know your intention to recruit so many soldiers now, and I'm afraid that the whole of Rinyama Castle now knows your intentions. The county has long been uneasy about us recruiting so many soldiers, and has asked Demou about that kid many times, but Demou said that Rinshan Castle is a border fortress, and recruiting more soldiers is just to prepare for regaining the land lost by the Han Dynasty in the future. The county order still didn't believe it, and the matter had been reported to the Ji County Thorn History Mansion by the county order. Although there are many ills in the Han Dynasty now, and there are constant party disputes, the righteousness of the world is still on the side of the court, and the kid must think twice before acting. Tang Zheng was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, he underestimated the people of the world, Grandpa Cheng turned out to be just a lieutenant chief in the village, but he could hear such a meaning from a poem he sang casually after drinking, although Tang Zheng may not have this meaning.

But if the emperor thinks that you have that uneasiness, everything is difficult to say.

"Grandpa filtered, that's just a nonsense after the kid is drunk, it's not true, the kid doesn't have that much ability, he can solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the world. His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have that ability, how can the kid He De dare to compare with His Majesty the Emperor. Tang Zheng opened his mouth and said, with that poem in front of him, no matter how he explained it, it seemed that he had become weak, and people seemed to have always believed in the sentence 'drunk and spit out the truth', this sentence has not changed for thousands of years, and people are deeply convinced.

"Boy, don't worry too much, who in Rinshan City doesn't know who brought the good days now, don't believe it, ask them to see where there is such a place in Rinkan City, to put it mildly, the current Rinshan City doesn't say the order of a county order, even if it is the order of the Ji County Thorn Mansion and the Holy Lord, it will not work in Rinkan City. Now Rinyama Castle is a little useful in addition to what we said in our hometown, and what you said is the most useful. The villagers are grateful and know that you brought them all this, so they also believe in you and obey your arrangement unconditionally. Grandpa Cheng comforted,

"But this is not a long-term solution, you are just a small county lieutenant, but you command a battleable army of 10,000 people, this is not justified after all. You must know that there is not a single soldier and horse in Rinshan Castle in the entire Right Beiping now. ”

"Grandpa, these boys know that the kid plans to go to Luoyang at the end of this year, and I heard that the saint is selling the official mantle today, and the kid plans to prepare a big gift to ask the saint for a suitable official position, but this big gift still needs to be prepared." Tang Zheng said to Grandpa Cheng, the gift he said was the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion uprising was huge, but it also failed quickly, he remembered that it only lasted about half a year, although there were scattered Yellow Turban thieves in the follow-up, but those could not become a big climate.

"Since you kid already has an arrangement, I won't worry about it, but you have to remember that there are important things to be handed over to Demou and Huzi Cheng Mo and the three of them to do, although you and Demou are not brothers, but they are closer than brothers, Huzi and Cheng Mo are also their own family, let them rest assured." Grandpa Cheng said to Tang Zheng that he was still not very at ease with people outside, and felt that only his own family could reassure people.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I know what to arrange for them to do, and now the county still needs the eldest brother to stabilize the county order, and I also want the eldest brother to send someone to make friends with the Assassin Mansion and the Taishou Mansion. Before the gift is ready, we can't offend these two big Buddhas in Youzhou. Tang Zheng said: "Grandpa, our top priority now is to hoard as much grain as we can, if the money is not enough, we can sell some cement, and even the armor we produce can be sold in small quantities." ”

"Well, I know this, the matter of stockpiling grain has also been going on, and we still have a surplus of silver money, that is, we went to Guanwai to buy beef tendon a year ago, and the cowhide thing was used to cost almost 12,000 taels."

"Grandpa, this is a must, beef tendon and cowhide have always been strategic materials, and it is good to receive so much this time. This matter is not afraid of costing a lot, as long as we can acquire it, we will continue. Okay, grandpa, you go back and rest first, and I'll talk to a few masters. ”

"Well, you go get busy first, then I'll go back first." After saying that, Grandpa Cheng left the barracks, and Tang Zheng rarely goes home now, usually living in the barracks.

After Grandpa Cheng left, Tang Zheng also turned around and walked towards the residence of Master Ou Xianheou, the residence of the master craftsmen Tang Zheng was built in the back mountain when he came out of the separate planning office, and ordinary craftsmen lived in the city.

Tang Zheng separated the back mountain from Rinshan City with a relatively low city wall, and the safety of the master craftsman's residence was guarded by the retired soldiers of Wu Yifan's army last time.

Each master craftsman has a separate courtyard, a two-meter-high fence outside, and it is safe to be guarded by retired veterans in the army.

When Tang Zheng came to Ou Xianhe's house, the guards saw Tang Zheng coming from a distance and went in to say goodbye, and after a while, Ou Xianhe took a large family to greet Tang Zheng's arrival at the door.

"Master Ou is too polite, it's really a sin for the kid to take the liberty of coming to disturb." Tang Zheng gave Ou Xianhe a junior salute, and then greeted Ou Xianhe's family members one by one.

"Tang Gongzi has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, there must be something important to come here today, the old man has been used to working hard for most of his life, and he suddenly became a lot more idle when he arrived in Rinshan City, I feel so unaccustomed, this is not just now teaching the two grandsons to strike iron." Ou Xianhe said with a smile, these two children are the sons of Ou Xianhe's second son Ou Yihai, the eldest one is only 6 years old and is called Ou Zhiming, and the younger one is called Ou Zhipeng is only 4 years old.

His eldest son Ou Yishan only gave birth to a daughter, who happened to be the same age as Cheng Ying, only eight years old, and often went to play with Cheng Ying, and Tang Zheng also knew him.

Ou Xianhe took Tang Zheng close to the hall, and then waved his hand to let the woman take the child down, and suddenly only Ou Xianhe's father and son and Tang Zheng were left in the entire hall.

Ou Xianhe opened his mouth and said, "I don't know what is the important matter for Tang Gongzi to come to the cold house?" ”

"It's really the kid's sin to come to the festival to disturb the reunion of Master Ou's family, but the kid does need Master Ou's help for one thing, and this matter is indeed a bit urgent, otherwise the kid will never dare to come to the door to disturb the reunion of Master Ou's family."

"Oh, what's the matter so anxious?"

"Master Ou knows about the shipment of a batch of beef tendon and cowhide a year ago." Tang Zheng asked Ou Xianhe.

"You know, these things are all made of bow and crossbow armor, and the cow tendon is still a little useful for us in Rinyama Castle, but haven't we always used iron armor for armor? Could it be that Childe is planning to start making leather armor? Ou Xianhe asked curiously, you must know that after Tang Zheng's guidance, the iron armor produced by Rinshan City now is not only strong and beautiful, but also has strong defensive power, and the weight is light, only less than 28 catties, which is comparable to the defensive power of the armor that is often sixty or seventy catties at the moment.

Only the heavy armor of the Modao Battalion is only 42 catties, which is already the best in ancient and modern times. He couldn't figure out why he was producing leather armor under his defenses.

"I have two blueprints for weapons and one blueprint for leather armor here, and the master will see if he can make them for mass production. One weapon blueprint is a repeater for cavalry, and the other is a bed crossbow for defending and besieging cities. Saying that, Tang Zheng handed the three drawings to Ou Xianhe, and Ou Xianhe, father and son, watched around the drawings.

The repeater is Tang Zheng's crossbow arm rebuilt from the foundation of Zhuge Lian, and the crossbow arm is made of thin steel with a whole body, from the original ten consecutive shots to three, reducing the range, making it evolve from the original multi-person operation to a single-person operation of the crossbow, and the bed crossbow is also Tang Zheng's evolution from the three-bow bed crossbow, but the ratchet is added, equipped with four detachable wheels, making it easy to move, from the original dozens of hundreds of people to operate it to only a dozen or so people.

The leather armor is also changed, on the basis of the original leather armor, all the lethal parts are replaced with soft steel, and the joint moving parts are still made of cowhide, compared to the first two weapons, the leather armor production process is relatively simple.

"This crossbow and leather armor are made for light cavalry, and the bed crossbow is used to defend and siege cities, and the wheels can be removed when defending the city, and the wheels can be used to run with war horses when the siege is needed. Master see if you can make it. Tang Zheng asked.

"No problem, you can make it, as for mass production, I don't know yet, at least I have to wait until I make the real thing, so I will go to the workshop now to make the real thing."

"The master doesn't need to worry, it's a festival now, and the master has been working hard for Rinyama City for a long time, how dare you let the master work on the festival again." Tang Zheng dissuaded.

"I've worked hard for most of my life, and I'm not used to being idle all of a sudden, so I don't need to persuade you, you go back and wait for me to hear from me, and then ask the craftsman to start work when I make the real thing." Ou Xianhe said insistently.

"That kid thanked the master first, and when the master built it, the kid put the wine to ask for credit for the master." After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he bowed to Ou Xianhe to express his gratitude, Ou Xianhe, father and son, followed Tang Zheng out of the gate, and their father and son went to the workshop, and Tang Zheng also went home by himself.