As soon as spring began in March, the warm and cold weather gradually melted the winter snow, and then the large-scale construction in the winter, the people of Shanglinyuan put themselves into preparing for spring ploughing.

On the banks of the Tang River all winter, trucks after trucks loaded with newly built farm tools were transported to the various towns of Shanglinyuan.

Lin Yuyan does not have a mansion in Shanglin Yuan, although the garrison barracks of the Wuyang Army have been built, and Lin Yuyan has also left a courtyard with a single family, but far away in the east of the water, Lin Yuyan wants to stay in the foundry, so he lives in the foundry.

Foil Xi knew that Ma Jun and Qi Sen were the masters of the Wancheng Soldier Casting Bureau, but he didn't expect that his brother Foil Bell would not hesitate to exile himself and hold the Soldier Casting Bureau in his hand, but he was so cheap to sell a favor to His Royal Highness the Sixth Son, and finally fell under the rule of his own department, thinking about it, I can't help but sigh.

However, everyone has their own ambitions, and they are determined to be in the government, but they are good at the military casting bureau, and they may not be better off than others.

Ma Jun is a rare master, this person's understanding of the institution, so that Lin Yuyan is also surprised, often Lin Yuyan said a general appearance, Ma Jun is able to immediately understand Lin Yuyan's meaning, so as to create it.

[Divine Arm Crossbow] has been improved by Ma Jun, has been weight, stable, and has made different progress in range, and today's Divine Arm Crossbow is only more than 20 catties of weight, with a range of more than 440 steps, and within 300 steps, it can penetrate the bronze armor and cause casualties, and now it has entered the stage of mass production.

However, due to the fact that the [Divine Arm Crossbow] has too many fine parts that need to be crafted by hand, this output is not high.

In addition, Ma Jun's [Twelve Forging] skills that he had already achieved made Lin Yuyan decide to start slowing down the construction of Shanglin Yuan's agricultural tools and began to invest in the construction of Wuyang Army's armaments.

As early as the end of the political month, Lin Yuyan rushed to the canyon where oil was found in Fangcheng Mountain, and brought flint copper basins and other materials to experiment with the oil-like substances found in the upstream tributaries of the water, which are not flammable.

Facts have proved that Lin Yuyan has come to the right place, and the Lingnan land where Wuguo is located is a land rich in oil.

Lin Yuyan found grease in the depths of the Fangcheng Mountain Gorge, but because there are not many grease floating objects on the river, the purity of the oil here is not very high, although it is flammable, but the flame is fleeting.

It's better than nothing, although it can't be used immediately, but such a discovery has brought a surprise to Lin Yuyan after all.

Immediately, Lin Yuyan ordered the tributaries upstream of this water to find the oil outlet.

At the beginning of March, Qi Sen, the former master of the Soldier Casting Bureau, had successfully developed a "thin as a millimeter" [copper plate decoration technique] according to Lin Yuyan's needs.

Lin Yuyan took the small bronze ornament in his hand and looked at it carefully.

That's right, this Qi Sen's bronze skills are indeed admirable, and they have already achieved Lin Yuyan's expected effect.

"Can this thing be molded?" Lin Yuyan looked at Qi Sen and asked.

Qi Sen nodded and said, "Yes, but you still have to forge and hammer to leave the word mark and ornamentation on the copper plate." ”

"Be sure to be more refined and make it from pure bronze." Lin Yuyan instructed.

"Your Highness, this kind of [copper plate decoration technique] is very complicated, and it is okay to do less, but according to His Highness's orders, tens of thousands of pieces must be recorded, I am afraid that the cost is not small......"

Lin Yuyan waved his hand and said, "Don't dwell on this, what you want is very complicated and expensive." ”

Immediately, Lin Yuyan picked up the drawings that were placed on the table, handed them to Qi Sen and said: "This is the copper plate pattern to be cast, the outer picture is inside, the front is written [Dawu Prosperity], and the back is carved with the pattern of rice ears, is it difficult?" ”

Qi Sen took the drawing, looked at it for a while, and said, "Yes, but the problem shouldn't be too big." ”

"Hmm...... That's good. Lin Yuyan nodded.

Not long after Qi Sen walked out, another person entered Lin Yuyan's inner room, looking at his denomination, there was a red mark on it, which was the red head of the current Shushui Pavilion.

"Redhead, you're here......"

The red head knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "The red head has seen His Highness!" ”

Lin Yuyan stretched out his hand to get him up and sit down, and asked casually, "Now that the family has been properly settled?" ”

The red head nodded and said, "A few days ago, Thorny Yang ...... The border of Shanglinyuan extends south to the Shuyang wharf not far away, and the villain is to let the brothers on the wharf move into the household registration of Shanglinyuan, and now the wharf is very peaceful, and there is no fight to kill and kill, and Shanglinyuan gives the field, so the brothers did not resist, and entered the household registration of Shanglinyuan, taking advantage of the efforts of closing the river in winter, and the place where they settled was also built. ”

"Hmm...... That's not bad. Lin Yuyan nodded.

The red head also opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know why His Highness recruited the villain?" ”

Lin Yuyan raised his head and looked at him and said, "How many people are there at the Shuishui Wharf now?" ”

Hongtou calculated: "Now Shangshu Mansion has set up a new [Shushui Pavilion], with ten pavilion chiefs, each pavilion chief has thirty people, and there are some various jobs on the dock, there are about nearly a thousand people, most of them are retired Shuishui righteous servants. ”

Speaking of this, the red head did not forget to add, "Before the winter snow closed the river, the Shuyang Wharf salvaged more than 10,000 stone fish and shrimp on the water, but Lord Shangshu has already issued a [fishing moratorium] for the opening of the river in spring." ”

"Hmm...... You've done a good job," Lin Yuyan then said, "Red Head, I recruited you here today to ask you to gather a good man who can cut the boat!" ”

"Your Highness, is it for the war that is about to break out in the south?" Redhead asked.

Lin Yuyan nodded, because of the interception of Xiao Chang'anju, the ordinary people in Wancheng did not know that a war might break out in the south, but to the south of Xiao Chang'anju, it was because of the displaced people who fled from the border, and the news that the Deng Kingdom was about to be destroyed spread all over the southern land.

Like a red head who begged for work on the dock, how could he not know the news brought by the north and south?

"Your Highness, rest assured, the red head will discuss with the people on the dock to collect a large number of ships when he goes back."

"No difficulty? You know, this time the number of ships needed is not small! Lin Yuyan said, it is true that there are not a few ships needed to transport troops and a large amount of baggage to the southern border.

The red head clenched his fist and replied: "Your Highness, this is also due to the evil deeds of the original Ma clan water bandits at the dock, and now the water pavilion is full of people from the court, there are fortunes, and every household has a share of the land, so naturally they will not do those ugly things!" In addition, the fishing organized by the Shuishui Pavilion before the year has alleviated the urgent needs of many household registrations, so if the Shuishui Pavilion wants to requisition some fishing boats, these fishermen will definitely remember their kindness and will not refuse. ”

"Well, that's very good." Lin Yuyan nodded, and emphasized again: "Red head, this matter is very important, don't slack off!" ”

"Whoa! The Redheads are bound to requisition a large number of ships by June! The red head replied.

Lin Yuyan nodded, and let the red head go back.

The wind and rain in the south are coming, so that Lin Yuyan also feels that the future is a little bleak, a little careless, this time it may repeat the disaster of the Jin and Han difficulties, and it may be even worse, after all, the last straw that the side put on the Korean army is the soldiers and horses in the south, but now it is the enemy on the back.

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Yuyan gritted his teeth and began the development of new combat weapons on the white paper on the table.

A team of 100 elite soldiers has been selected from the Wuyang Army to form the [Scout Battalion], the [Scout Battalion] is just following the ancient name, in fact, Lin Yuyan has another name for them in his own consciousness [Special Forces Operations Battalion].

Yes, the elites selected from the Wuyang Army have already left the daily training of the Wuyang Army Fang De, and turned to Lin Yuyan's mode to start training, and they will be in contact with the [Divine Arm Crossbow], [Twelve Forged Dagger Blades] and so on developed by the foundry as soon as possible.