The arrival of Pang Tong made Yuan Xi like a tiger with wings, adding a mastermind, and the military department finally had a real commander, although the fifth brother Yuan Ping did a good job, but he liked to lead the troops, did not like literary affairs, and the heart of the general, after all, was not as delicate as the minister, Yuan Xi gave an order, let Yuan Ping come back from the county to hand over to Pang Tong.

In the Assassin's Mansion, after the Yukun murder case, a group of old ministers left, the Shaozhuang faction began to take important positions, and some new policies began to be implemented rapidly, without the original obstacles, the atmosphere in the mansion was peaceful and stable, and a group of officials with serious corruption in the local area were directly pulled off the horse and replaced with promising young people, the policies were in place, the officials were honest, and the economy of the districts immediately recovered rapidly, and the treasury was gradually filled.

The Iron Guards, Angry Waves, Blood Tigers, and Wind Cavalry under Yuan Xi's command are also silently recruiting manpower and cultivating them carefully, and the number is mostly day by day, among which the number of Iron Guards is as high as more than 20,000 people, which is about to compare with the total number of people in the four armies, but this is also the largest number that can be supported at present.

Of course, to talk about, the biggest action is Pang Tong's military division, after Yuan Ping came to Suxian County to hand over, Pang Tong immediately began to make drastic moves, he has a strong memory, keen recognition, rigorous logic, innovative thinking, the number of military divisions is simply doubled, and the rapid spread to every army under Yuan Xi's command, causing a lot of turmoil, but because of Yuan Xi's strong support, they were all suppressed, Pang Tong's management of the military division is stricter than Yuan Ping, two of which are once violated, they will be directly dealt with, One of them was disloyal to Yuan Xi, the other was directly involved in military deployment, and as long as he became a third-level division, he had to go to Suxian County for training for a period of time to test his loyalty, the scale and system of the military division were gradually improved, and Yuan Xi's prestige in the army became more and more high.

About a month later, the Tiangong Academy, which was coveted by Yuan Xi, finally gained something, and the cupola cannon developed by Ma Jun was finally made, and after countless tests, it could finally be taken to Yuan Xi's face.

Not far from a low mountain outside the city of Suzhou, hundreds of guards have surrounded this place, Yuan Xi, Yuan Ping, Li Ru, Pang Tong, Han Yan, Fu Hu, Jiao Touch and other high-level civil and military officials have appeared in front of them, Ma Jun, who is wearing official uniforms, is leading a group of personnel from the Tiangong Institute, is pushing a huge object covered with a black cloth slowly walked over, under him, there are four wooden wheels constantly moving.

"Dean Ma, what is this?" After coming to the front, Han Yan asked with some curiosity.

Ma Jun smiled slightly, gently lifted the black cloth, and suddenly a two-meter-high, rectangular body, with a bracket on it, and a long rod-like thing across the bracket appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"Childe, my lords, this is the cupola cannon that took more than a month, and the academicians in the Tiangong Academy, worked together to develop the cupola, the strike distance can reach four hundred steps, the height of the flight is eight zhang, the weight of the stone can be fifty catties, the operation is simple, the power is huge, in order to facilitate the army to walk, we also deliberately made four wooden wheels, it will definitely become a weapon for our army to attack the city in the future" When Ma Jun introduced his invention, he talked loudly, without stammering at all, with a trace of fanaticism in his eyes.

"It's a stone thrower! Tong had seen it in an ancient book, but the stone weighed only twenty catties at most, and the distance seemed to be only two hundred steps" Pang Tong was a little surprised after seeing it clearly.

"Zhizhong is really well-informed, this is really a stone thrower, originally the load bearing is not high, but they have deliberately strengthened the lever, increased his load-bearing, launch power, now a fast stone down, can definitely kill a piece" Ma Jun said a little proudly.

"Haha, I'm just waiting for this thing to come out!" After Yuan Xi touched it, he nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to look at the other ministers who were still confused, and said with a smile: "Deheng, let everyone see, remember what I told you?" Practice is the only criterion for testing results."

"Yes, Childe" Ma Jun turned around and looked at the person controlling the cupola cannon and shouted, "Go to the stone!" ”

"No!"

I saw a few strong men immediately carrying a huge stone, at least more than forty catties, coming from not far away, and placed it heavily on the scale of the cupola, and the scale was immediately pressed down.

"Lock the target, the hill ahead, pull the lock for me" Ma Jun shouted, he had already waited for three strong men in front of the cupola, quickly adjusted the direction, and then one of them pulled up a rope, and after a heavy force, the scale rod bounced to the ground, and the huge stone flew out in an instant under the terrible reaction force, at least six or seven zhang high, which has exceeded the height of the wall of an ordinary city, and the speed is also quite fast, like a meteor, in the surprised eyes of the ministers, leaped a distance of four hundred steps, It smashed the low mountain in the distance, and suddenly only heard a boom, making a huge sound, and after the dust and fog in front of it, a big pit appeared.

"Okay, good" Yuan Xi, who saw this scene, couldn't help but applaud, although compared with the aircraft and cannons in the previous life, it is a bit worthless, but in this era, it is definitely a divine weapon.

The other civil and military forces were even more stunned, Pang Tong, who had learned about this aspect, was the first to sober up, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "God bless the son, get the talent of Ma Jun!" Our army was originally close to the grassland, there were countless horses, and the cavalry could be invincible, the only thing to worry about was the obstruction of the city, and now with this sharp weapon, the son will be invincible! ”

"What Shi Yuan said is extremely true, but his top secrecy must be guaranteed, Childe, the defense of the Tiangong Academy needs to be greatly enhanced, and the way of production must not be leaked" Li Ru was surprised, and immediately reminded solemnly.

"Strategist, don't worry" Yuan Xi nodded with a smile, looked at Han Yan and Fu Hu, the two big butlers, and said with a smile: "The cupola cannon is indeed very good, but due to the load-bearing problem, the size of the stone is also regulated, and special preparations must be made, and it is estimated that it will cost some money in this regard, and the pressure on the baggage and logistics will be greater."

Han Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Childe, don't worry, for the great cause of Childe, my inner mansion is empty, and I will not give up."

"Yes, if you don't have a strong military strength, how can you protect the territory and the people, Gongzi doesn't have to worry, the inner government still has money," Frustrated Hu also supported.

"Okay" Yuan Xi laughed loudly, looked at Ma Jun and said: "Since the two big stewards have agreed, the cupola cannon has officially entered the category of military quartermaster, you give me a vigorous production, and after ten days, first make me twenty cupola cannons."

"No!" Ma Jun immediately responded that as long as the money was in place, production would be much simpler.

"In addition, we must continue to work hard to develop it, increase its range and planting, at present, this batch is okay for ordinary cities, but it is more difficult for those indestructible fortified cities, don't be complacent, research and development is endless, except for the cupola, any other project, can also be directly launched, you can't be busy alone, just divide into several groups, understand?" Yuan Xi instructed.

"Ming, understand, please, please, Gong, Gong, Gongzi rest assured, I, we have decided to divide it into ordnance, agriculture, and water conservancy, a small piece" Ma Jun began to stutter again.

"Okay, that's good," Yuan Xi smiled.

"Childe, Dean Ma should also be greatly rewarded for making such a siege weapon," Li Ru reminded with a smile.