Zhang Xian looked at Shi Liang's smile, and then looked at Wang Fu, who was slightly surprised on his face, and knew in his heart that Wang Fu was actually wary of Shi Liang, after all, Shi Liang's previous pirate identity was not honorable, for a snow-blooded general like Wang Fu, it was difficult to accept Shi Liang from his heart at once, and he handed over the extremely secret weapon to Shi Liang, Wang Fu was worried that after Shi Liang's wings hardened, he would not be able to deal with it.

Regarding Wang Fu's worries, Zhang Xian shook his head slightly, nodded again, and Wang Fu instantly understood that Zhang Xian definitely had a back hand, and Wang Fu's face relaxed, and said:

"Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the day after tomorrow is the auspicious day of the zodiac to go to sea, let's all practice it together for Zhang Fan and Shi Liang! Whether our Wurui army can open the gap in the Western Ocean and get the war horses and fine iron that we urgently need through sea trade depends on you. ”

Zhang Xian thought about it, according to historical records, Zheng He went to the West Ocean and had reached as far as the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea coast, although he only asked the fleet to pass through the South China Sea and reach the Persian area, which was much closer, but Zhang Xian was still a little worried in his heart, so he asked Shi Liang:

"Brother Shi Xian, we are going to Persia to do sea trade, there has never been a record in history that any fleet has arrived, I don't know if Brother Shi Liang has confidence in this sea trade?"

Shi Liang heard Zhang Xian ask about his specialty, and suddenly came to his senses, put down the teacup, quickly stood up and said:

In fact, the interaction between the Persians and my Han people, the earliest historical records were in the Han Dynasty, and then the last Persian prince of the Tang Dynasty, Su Liang, because the country was occupied by foreign races, the whole family came to the Tang Dynasty by sea, and was given an official position by the Tang Emperor. After that, there were many Persian caravans to trade in China by sea, these are historically traceable, except for a very small number of people who passed through the Western Regions to Persia by land, the vast majority of them were taken by sea and land, in comparison, the sea route time was six or seven percent faster than the land route, but there was no record of their specific sea voyage route to the Tang Dynasty in history. ”

"Oh, then, to get to Persia do we have to rediscover the navigation route? I don't know how many powerful pirates there are on the sea route, can Brother Shi Xian be sure to defeat them? ”

Zhang Xian asked suspiciously.

"My lord, there is no need to explore a new sea route, and there are more than a dozen Persians among his subordinates, and they know how to take this sea route, but there is no detailed written record. We also know that there are about a dozen pirates on this part of the sea that has reached Persia, and there are four or five powerful ones, and they have the strength to fight us, but we have the magic fire weapon of gasoline prepared by the adults, and our subordinates are absolutely sure to defeat them, as for the other pirates, their strength is too small to rob a huge caravan like ours. ”

As he spoke, Shi Liang's eyes lit up, as if he had been crisscrossed by the vast sea of thousands of miles, and all the enemies were subjugated to the fleet he led. Seeing Shi Liang's expression, Zhang Xian gently patted Shi Liang's shoulder and said:

"Brother Shi Xian, give my brother a great merit that will leave a name in history, I don't know if Brother Shi Xian wants it?"

Shi Liang was stunned by Zhang Xian's words, and sent himself a great merit to leave a name in history? Without the military exploits in the annals of history and the merits of strategizing, if you are a pirate, where can you leave a name in history? Shi Liang asked suspiciously:

"If there is a great opportunity to leave a name in history, of course my subordinates can't ask for it, I don't know what the adults are talking about?"

"The thing is actually very simple, that is, Brother Shi Xian will go to the Western Ocean, you let people draw it all, and mark the names, sizes, and customs of all the coastal countries, presumably Tang Xuanzang's "Tang Dynasty Western Regions", Shi Xiandi is no stranger, you say that if you do such a thing, can you leave a name in history? I'm afraid that the chart you left behind will be called "Shi Liang Western Sea Chart" in later generations, and when the time comes, the official will help you present it to the imperial court, presumably the emperor will still reward him, what does Brother Shi Xian think? ”

Shi Liang heard Zhang Xian say this, his whole face turned red with excitement, this hugging the grass and beating rabbits, by the way, can indeed be famous in history, there is indeed no detailed record of going to the West in history, Shi Liang was excited, with this merit, why worry that his pirate stigma can't be washed away? So Shi Liang stammered and said:

"Subordinates, junior brothers, subordinates, thank you for your advice......"

Everyone stammered when they heard Shi Liang's happy words, and immediately burst into laughter, even Wang Fu grinned slightly, no wonder Zhang Xian handed over the gasoline and the Persian Io just made the return cannon to Shi Liang without scruples, although the Persian return cannon could not satisfy Zhang Xian, and it was still seventy steps away from the four hundred steps set by Zhang Xian, but in terms of facts, this is already the farthest range return cannon in the world, but Zhang Xian changed the name of the return cannon to the stone throwing machine used by the Han people.

Wang Fu waited for everyone to laugh enough, and then stood up and said:

"My lord, now our Wurui Army has just become an army, although our family has experienced many battle formations, and even has a vicious and bloody battle to exterminate Kuang Shihu, but we are not cavalry after all, and we don't have so many war horses for the brothers to practice, I don't know what your lordship plans to do?"

"This matter has also been thought about by the official, through these wars, in addition to the two hundred war horses left to us by the county government before, more than 500 horses have been captured one after another, and these 500 horses will all be handed over to the brothers of the Wurui Army for training, Wang Jiaotou still needs to worry more, we hire people with superb riding and archery skills as teachers at a high price, whether it is the Hu people, the Han people or even the Tartars, as long as the riding and archery skills are superb, those who can defeat the Tartar army can do it, we must face our shortcomings truthfully, and use the skills of the army to control the enemy!"

Zhang Xian said earnestly, after all, the cavalry can be said to be the sore foot of the entire Great Song army, and Zhang Xian is ready to spend a lot of money on this cavalry team.

Everyone recalled Zhang Xian's words "master Yi skills to control Yi", all nodded yes, including Wang Fu, all know the strength of the Tartar cavalry, to put it bluntly, if you want to suppress the Tartar on the advantage of the Tartar, the difficulty is tantamount to ascending to the sky, but first find a way to learn the strengths of others, and then improve yourself, this has to be said to be an effective shortcut.

At this time, Luo Tiantian saw that no one spoke, so he stood up and said:

"My lord, there is one thing that needs to be decided, one is that our compressed grain and grass are now close to the limit of production, the idle grain in Yangzhou City, we have purchased almost, if we want to expand production, we must continue to expand the scale of production, and second, we must go to places outside Yangzhou to purchase grain."

After Luo Tiantian finished speaking, he paused, and continued:

"The second thing is that the heavy return cannon made by those Persian craftsmen can already throw 250 paces away, and the light return cannon has also reached 330 steps away, they say that this is dozens of steps farther than the original return artillery, and has reached the limit of the return artillery, and they seem to be in a mood and refuse to continue to improve this return artillery."

Wang Fu listened to what Luo Santian said, and couldn't help but give Luo San Angel a look, Zhang Xian is now calling back the cannon as a trebuchet, there must be a reason, but this Luo Santian is still a return cannon, Zhang Xian listened to Luo Sansan's words, saw Wang Fu is eye action, smiled slightly, where is he so rigid in riding and shooting, and said to everyone:

"This compression of grain and grass will be of great use in the future, and now we can't make the scale too big for the time being, so as not to be taken advantage of by profiteers to raise the price of grain, and then the people will suffer, this official means, we first expand the production equipment, prepare the manpower, and then expand production when necessary;

As for the three-day return cannon, it will be called trebuchet in the future, and the return cannon is produced by the previous technology of the Persians, and after we improve it, the technology will be ours, so we have to call the name of the Great Song Dynasty: stone thrower. Io, the Persian, has an opinion, this is easy to do, and we said earlier that we would kill them if we couldn't build a stone thrower that met the requirements, which seems to be a bit counterproductive. In this way, from tomorrow onwards, those who are unwilling to improve the trebuchet will not be given food and water, and those who actively improve the trebuchet and improve it will not only have enough wine and meat, but also introduce Han women to marry, and after they become parents and have children, they will be given money and houses, and they will be freed. ”

After listening to what Zhang Xian said, everyone couldn't stop nodding yes, and even Niu Dameng laughed and said:

"Hahaha, my lord's trick is amazing, reward diligence and punish laziness, for truly talented Persian craftsmen, if they become relatives in the Great Song Dynasty and have children, who would be willing to leave Gentle Township?"

Zhang Xian was said by Niu Dameng, and also took over the conversation and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now our Wurui Army is just starting, the sea trade business is about to begin, the compression of grain and grass has also increased the scale, and you have all become real soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is the Wurui Army given by the emperor, although all the brothers are still only battalion commanders, and this officer is only a military commander. Moreover, it will take at least a year for our Wurui Army to truly be called an army that can compete with the Tartars, but after all, the beginning is still very promising.

At present, Niu Dameng is the commander of the first battalion, Fang Kun is the commander of the second battalion, Jiang Wei is the commander of the third battalion, Li Jinde is the commander of the fourth battalion, Wang Fu is the commander of the fifth battalion, and each of your five battalion commanders is leading 600 people. Wang Fu, because your identity is really special, in order to protect your safety, I still have to wronged you to be a battalion commander for the time being, once you are made a deputy army commander, you are bound to meet with high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China frequently, and your identity will not be preserved, and you can only wait until the day when your name is corrected, and this official can only report to the imperial court to appoint you to your military position, and at that time, this official may also be just your subordinate. ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, Wang Fu's heart was warm, after all, it was not easy to meet a lord who always thought about himself, Wang Fu said"

"Where do you say this, the old man can have today, he is already a great blessing, he can go into battle to kill the enemy, even if he is an ordinary sergeant, what is the difficulty?"

Seeing that Wang Fu didn't care at all, Zhang Xian also put his mind at ease and continued:

"Brothers, this official is ugly and said ahead, my Wurui Army is now 3,000 people, and it is assigned to everyone to command, and the starting point for all of you is the same now, if anyone who has trained his subordinates to fight in the future can't fight, then go home and take the children! Everyone is carrying a head on two shoulders, why can't you do it if others can do it? The most important thing is that in the future, the official's guards will choose one of the most powerful teams among these five teams to serve, I don't know if everyone has no confidence? ”

As soon as Zhang Xian finished speaking, everyone began to talk about it, especially when Zhang Xian said that he wanted to set up a pro-army, it was a direct commander of the guard, it was a supreme honor, and he was eliminated directly if his combat power was not strong, where is he still qualified to be a pro-army? At this time, whoever wants to keep a low profile is a fool!

"The commander reassures your lordship, I will never disappoint your high expectations, this battalion of my cattle is fierce, and the battle will definitely be the best forever! This guard is close, and I have to be fierce! ”

"Old cow, what are you bragging about? Although you used to be our captain, I Li Jinde am grateful for your kindness to my brothers, but when it comes to arranging troops to fight, brother, I let you have 300 people, and you are not an opponent! ”

"What are you bragging, Li Jinde? Don't think that you know some formations, just look above the top, I am a big bull to play! ”

"Hey, hey, my Kun's martial arts, I don't think I'm under you, the guards are pro-army, if the combat strength is not good, the bragging won't blow the enemy away! I think this burden has to be carried by my Kun! ”

"What? Is my Jiang Wei just mud? I'm not going to brag, I'll see you on the battlefield with real knives and guns! ”

Zhang Xian laughed in his heart, this is the character of the army he wants, if it is not a competitive army, it must be a defeated army, Zhang Xian's eyes glanced at Wang Fu, and saw Wang Fu smiling at himself! It seems that his little Jiujiu's mind just can't escape the eyes of this old fox.