Chapter 684

"Is Beiliao crazy? How dare you say such a thing so unashamedly, what is it when I am the Great Song Dynasty, and when I am the Great Song Dynasty, is it his courtier of Northern Liao, or is it his slave? Zhao Xu looked angry and complained indignantly.

Sitting next to him was Zhao Ji, who had just been newly married, and not far away, Queen Meng was chatting quietly with Zhao Ji's wife, Princess Duan, and glanced at this side for a while.

"The official family is angry, Northern Liao has always been arrogant, they have always been like this, you don't need to be angry for their arrogant words." Zhao Ji, who has just been married, may have been busy with the government affairs of the ordnance supervisor in the past few months.

It's less of the past and a little more calm, but now, on the bridge of his nose, there is a pair of gold-wire glasses, no matter how you look at it, it feels weird.

However, Zhao Ji also had no choice but to do it, who made him too fond of those basic physics, basic mathematics, and basic geometry these days, and even to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.

During the day, he read books and studied on his own, and at night, he worked hard to learn these knowledge that he had never been exposed to before.

This is ancient times, there are no light bulbs, and no one reminds him to pay attention to his eyes, and as a result, in just a few months, his eyes have risen from normal to a place where he needs to wear his eyes to see clearly.

Some time ago, when Zhao Ji wrote to Wang Wu to complain that he needed to get close now to be able to see the handwriting, Wang Yang understood that this guy had become short-sighted, and hurriedly sent him a letter to ask him to pay attention to maintaining his eyesight.

And told Zhao Ji that the glasses should not be taken off when you wear them, so that at least the power of your eyes can be stabilized, otherwise, the power will become heavier and heavier.

This frightened Zhao Ji unclearly, and finally began to be vigilant, except when he slept at night, he usually didn't dare to take off the glasses that allowed him to maintain his eyesight.

"But now, at the junction of my Great Song Dynasty and Northern Liao, the army of Northern Liao has begun to mobilize, and the reports of the border villages are like snowflakes, how can I ignore them for my brother?" Zhao Xu sighed helplessly.

"After all, there has been peace between my Great Song Dynasty and Northern Liao for too long, and as soon as Northern Liao makes a move, it will scare our border army a lot, hum!"

Zhao Ji pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose with a very middle gesture. "According to my brother's opinion, at most, Northern Liao only wants to use the mobilization of soldiers and horses to test the reaction of my Great Song Dynasty, and they are not willing to meet with my Great Song soldiers at all, otherwise, why don't you send troops south when my Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia are at war?"

Although Zhao Ji is not good at being an emperor, he is smart enough, and after studying carefully, he has mastered more and more knowledge, and he has his own opinions when analyzing the situation.

"Hey, Eleven Lang, you think so too?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but show approval on his face and looked at Zhao Jidao.

Zhao Ji smiled a little shyly. "These days, the younger brother has been with Mr. Wushan in the same letter, and the gentleman occasionally talks about his triangular relationship between my Great Song Dynasty, Western Xia, and Northern Liao.

"Wang Wushan also chatted with me, saying that the emperor of Northern Liao is not in charge now, ignoring the people, and playing on safaris, while the courtiers deceive the superiors and subordinates, engage in favoritism, corruption, and make the entire Northern Liao political arena almost a mess."

And now the Northern Liao oppresses many tribes in the north very much, and the rebellions of the tribes rise one after another, and the Northern Liao court is corrupt, and the soldiers and horses have been neglecting the war for a long time, and they have been defeated in successive battles.

In desperation, he can only take the support of a part of the tribe as his drive, lose with armor and sword soldiers, and help Liao to fix the border troubles, in the long run, when the knife is sharpened too sharp, Northern Liao, it is very likely to be injured by this sharp blade. ”

"Such a situation, its realization has now seen the clues, but unfortunately, these important ministers in the court, their vision is too short-sighted, they have not noticed the general trend of these countries at all, but they feel that the Northern Liao soldiers are strong and strong, and it may be difficult for my Great Song Dynasty to be the enemy."

"Even some ministers think that since Northern Liao is menacing, my Great Song Dynasty should settle the matter and avoid raising troops." Zhao Xu's heart was very depressed, there was no way, although he was the emperor, but it was those ministers who did things.

Even if his will is very resolute, but those ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are like a bunch of flies and mosquitoes buzzing all day long, and everyone has to be upset.

Now that he has finally realized the difficulties of being in charge, if he is not a strong-willed person, he will easily be swayed by the will of the courtiers.

Zhao Xu couldn't tell his subordinates a lot of depression, and occasionally he could only spit out a few words to the Empress Dowager, and the real person to confide in was Queen Meng, and the other was the eleventh brother Duan Wang Zhao Ji.

After all, if these words are spread, they will definitely cause shocks in the government and the opposition in the Great Song Dynasty, so they can't be said to the outside world at all.

Only the pillow man and his brother can talk about it and talk about their troubles. The important thing is that Zhao Ji, the eleventh brother, agrees with his own point of view, so as long as he has free time, Zhao Xu will definitely order Zhao Ji to enter the palace to see him, and then the two brothers will brag while drinking, and they will spit out by the way, which is a common topic.

“…… By the way, how are the experiments with the pulley set and the bed crossbow arm going these days? After spitting out, Zhao Xu, who was obviously in a good mood, suddenly thought of the topic that Zhao Ji had been busy with for a while.

That is, how to combine the pulley set with the bed crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty, use the labor-saving of the pulley group, and how to use less animal power and manpower to stretch the bed crossbow and then shoot it in the shortest moment and time.

As for the crossbow arm test of the bed crossbow, it is considering replacing the crossbow arm with a mild steel crossbow arm that is thicker and tougher than the crossbow arm of the god arm crossbow, so that not only can the production time and process of the crossbow arm be reduced, but also the production cycle of the bed crossbow can be shortened and the efficiency can be improved.

Zhao Ji's face couldn't help but feel a little more proud. "Rest assured, the No. 7 prototype has been made, and after testing, its range can reach the exaggerated range of the eight-bull crossbow......"

"And the No. 7 prototype only uses two mild steel crossbow arms, and if three mild steel crossbow arms are used, I believe its range can reach a thousand steps."

"A Thousand Steps...... Wouldn't that be three percent stronger than our Great Song Dynasty's strongest eight-cow bed crossbow today? Zhao Xu couldn't help but gasp, and his face showed surprise.

"Yes, but this is only an estimate, and our No. 5 prototype only uses a mild steel crossbow arm, and its range can reach up to three hundred and seventy steps, and the No. 5 prototype, together with the crossbow frame, has a total weight of only one hundred and eighty catties, and it is not large, easy to disassemble, and it can completely move with the army."