Qiao, who was in a hurry for time, was sent to the Privy Council as soon as possible in Cao Di's recital and physical objects, at this time, Han Qi was reporting on his work in the Privy Council, and even at this moment, he was in the Privy Council.

It has been more than a month since Han Qi left Baozhou, and it stands to reason that Han Qi should have completed his debriefing and gone to Shaanxi.

However, Han Qi still stayed, as a privy deputy envoy, responsible for suppressing the rebellion in Baozhou, and went for almost half a year, and there were people in his own job who took on the job, but there were some things that he had to deal with.

Even if his goal is set, the head of the fourth road in Shaanxi, but the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council must be concurrent, otherwise, he will not be able to suppress the arrogant generals below, so what are the transfer envoys in Longxi.

Although he is in the capital, some preparations have begun, because of the relocation, Miaojiazhuang's cement production is stopped, but he still asked that all the cement be loaded onto the ship and transported to the northwest, which will take a lot of time to turn to land by water.

The remaining cement in Miaojiazhuang is enough to build 10 fortresses, which will form a barrier on the border between Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty.

From the beginning of the struggle between the agrarian peoples and the nomads, the general direction of the struggle was restriction and counter-restriction.

The best way for nomads is to avoid heavily guarded areas, and make a wide detour to attack them unprepared, from the Xiongnu, to the Khitan, to the Mongols, and later to the Manchus.

The practice of the agrarian nation is to increase the attack power, limit the opponent's large-scale detours, and on the premise of most of them, the iron wall tactics of building fortresses and layers of protection have become an inevitable choice.

Even if the agrarian people were more productive than the nomads, the construction of large-scale castles was still somewhat exceeded.

The contrast between the two sides is not equal, you limit this side, the horse is long-legged, unless you can be like the Great Wall, the entire north is guarded, but even so, it is in disrepair or a change of dynasty, it will also cause problems, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs several times in the late Ming Dynasty, not all of them were near Mongolia, bypassing the frontal defense, and coming in in a roundabout.

The fortress is different, the single is strong, unlike the Great Wall must be fortified everywhere, as long as he forms a relatively dense network, he can limit the large-scale invasion of the enemy, under the premise of being prepared, the protective power of the fortress is much higher than the Great Wall, to put it bluntly, 300 people resist 30,000 people, it is not a fool's dream.

If he could, Han Qi even wanted to build thousands of fortresses in the northwest, according to about 1,000 fortresses, 1,000 would only be 1 million, the total amount seemed to be a lot, but as long as there were 300,000 troops and 1 million upfront expenses, as long as the military expenses of 300,000 yuan were supported in the later stage, and if Xixia wanted to be Koubian, it would inevitably hit his head and bleed.

It's a pity that if he didn't follow up, it was impossible for him to carry 1 million to go, but as a privy deputy envoy, as a high-ranking official in the court, he still had his channels, and it was certain that he would bring money, Ye Qingchen allocated him 200,000 yuan in the small allocation, which was in addition to the normal expenditure of military spending, and let him bring it.

This money is very good, of which 50,000 guan will be used to build 10 fortresses and provide all the expenses of the fortress, and the remaining 150,000 kan will go all out to transform the longbow.

The longbow is very simple, Han Qi also brought some craftsmen back, as long as he is a qualified carpenter, as long as he understands the process a little, he can produce it, and the price is also extremely low.

In Miaojiazhuang in Baozhou, Zhao Xin took care of the craftsmen and gave the craftsmen the highest standards, but in the military, in the Privy Council, and in the Ministry of Industry, the craftsmen arranged tasks, and they had to work, and it was the simplest of these, that is, when training the bow, adding a little technical content, and finally assessing that the price of a bow was not even 70 Wen.

150,000 guan, if all of them are replaced with longbows, more than 20 million can be made, which is also the fundamental reason why Han Qi is tempted.

He also wanted the Northern Song Dynasty to popularize the longbow, but he encountered a problem, that is, recognition, inertia is a terrible thing, the longbow and the fortress were taken back, although the fortress has not been successfully built, the longbow is in front of him, in several experiments, it has played a considerable effect, and the short bow is far superior in all aspects, but the center is still hesitating, this is a precedent, this is a new thing, what if something goes wrong?

Han Qi was also very helpless, and ran for many days, but in the forbidden army, 4 armies and 10,000 people were transferred to form an experimental team, which was more or less a bit of a chicken rib.

The 4 armies were all taken away by Han Qi, and the Privy Council also held the idea of looking at the situation, the Northern Song Dynasty was not old-fashioned and immutable, if this longbow team performed brilliantly in the war, it would definitely expand its scale.

Stability is the root of a country, the Northern Song Dynasty is like this, too huge, too complicated, and the problems encountered are also numerous.

Han Qi has more sharpness than the princes here, while taking away the forbidden army of the 4 armies, he also signs a large number of carpenters, especially archers, from the Ministry of Industry and the like, the longbow only has such a weakness, that is, the consumption is large, if you can't ensure enough logistics, then the longbow is an ornament.

There are a lot of things about this matter, in addition to carpenters and the like, you also need to take away enough arrows, during this time, Han Qi's main time is in the Privy Council, and he wants to take away a batch of more than 500,000 catties of iron from the Privy Council, which doesn't sound like much, but if all of them are made into arrows, this is also a huge pressure on the Ministry of Industry Bureau.

When Cao Di's letter was sent to the Privy Council, Han Qi chatted with the Privy Envoy and a few colleagues.

The carpenter has basically implemented, and the arrow has also been given almost 50,000 catties, which is ten times the difference with his requirements, but it is also the most that the Privy Council can squeeze out, although the Northern Song Dynasty consumes more than 60 million catties of iron a year, but most of them are mastered, and the margin is not much.

Of course, Cao Di's performance could not be suppressed by the official or anything, but after a short pause, it was directly sent to the front of the privy envoy Jia Chaochang, and it happened that most of the heads of their privy council were together, so they were directly sent to the lobby.

Jia Chaochang opened it casually, and after reading it, he sneered and said: "This Cao Di, I really think that I am a privy envoy, and I want to interfere in the matter of iron materials, no!" ”

Iron material, Cao Di, Han Qi's heart moved, he has been thinking of a way for iron material, but the iron material of the entire Privy Council is Jia Chaochang is responsible, Jia Chaochang is not interested in him, and the 50,000 catties squeezed out are also obtained through other aspects, and now there is a new Laiyuan, especially the combination of Cao Di and iron material.

Zhao Xin transformed the smelting in Miaojiazhuang, and finally came out with a magic weapon, which he personally experienced, and when he was separated in Baozhou, he also once mentioned that he wanted to go to the Daimyo Mansion to establish a blacksmith workshop.

At that time, he also thought that if he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he would promote it if he had the opportunity, and a blacksmith workshop, if there was a bonus from the military, would definitely be smoother.

When he asked for iron, he also thought about going to the Daimyo's Mansion to work hard, but although the magic weapon was good, the output of Miaojiazhuang was not very large, even if he went to the Daimyo's Mansion, he didn't know how much he could have, but what he needed was 500,000 catties, so he didn't think about it.

Now it seems that he is a little at odds, the iron production of the Daimyo's Mansion must be big and good, Cao Di is a cautious person He knows that if he is allowed to go to the book and propose such a big thing, then there is only one reason, Zhao Xin's blacksmith workshop impressed him, and the output is not swallowed by the Daimyo's Mansion.

As an important northern town in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the Daimyo's Mansion is considered to be the top in the road level, and the number of forbidden troops and border troops controlled by the Daimyo's Mansion alone is hundreds of thousands......

Thinking of Cao Di and Zhao Xin, Han Qi couldn't help but sigh, he never doubted Zhao Xin's charm, and it can be said unceremoniously that the people he saw, including Renzong, were not as big as Zhao Xin's personal charm alone.

It's a pity, as a witness, he sighed at Zhao Xin's rapid retreat, which was the most favorable plan for the Northern Song Dynasty and the court.

In fact, the same is true for the subsequent development, Zhao Xin was relieved, even if it was an in-depth study of cement and fortresses, it was already the greatest improvement of the Northern Song Dynasty, according to what Zhao Xin said before, this fortress is just the basic form of the fortress, and there will be more fortresses in the future, relying on the terrain and even internal transformation.

In Han Qi's military thinking, the fortress is the most suitable for the Northern Song Dynasty, and its role is even on the longbow, the longbow increases the range of the Northern Song Dynasty at most, and the main forces of the Liao State and Western Xia can only be shown after the battle, but before, the most suitable for dealing with the nomads is always the fortress.

The fortress is already a concentration of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, the essence of the fortress, 300 people against 30,000, a hundred times the difference, it is terrible to think about, it is precisely because of the metamorphosis to such an extent, the fortress has become the first choice, if Zhao Xin studies on the fortress, it is also the blessing of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At that time, Zhao Xin also mentioned the role of iron in the fortress, and the drawings given were castration drawings, the outside was made of steel as the skeleton, and the inside was bamboo, according to Zhao Xin, the performance difference between bamboo and steel was not very big, and it was quite strong, but it was always not as good as the original, and the time it lasted was too little.

Unexpectedly, he was actually more effective, and even Cao Di was moved by him, this opportunity should not be missed.

Thinking of this, Han Qi couldn't help but say: "Can you bring it to me to see, I just came back from the north, I heard about the workshop, it seems to be very good, it just so happens that I go to Shaanxi, and I also need iron, or go from my special funds!" ”