After the Chinese army and the conquest army from Gu Zanglai converged in one place, Zhang Mao met with the civil and military forces of Guangwu County and praised them one by one. Subsequently www.biquge.info accompanied by Zhang Jun, the entire Eastern Patrol team drove to the main road and walked on the asphalt road to the county seat.

"Jun'er, this road is as colorful as ink, is it paved with black ink?" Zhang Mao pointed to the road with a horsewhip and asked. The other Wen Wu of Gu Zang's entourage also looked at it curiously, obviously very curious about this kind of smooth road.

"Definitely!" Zhang Jun and his uncle walked side by side, looked around and explained: "This road is called the oil road, which is made by mixing the residue of fertilizer water after treatment and rolling waste stones. ”

"Good!" Zhang Mao nodded and praised: "It seems that Jun'er has a lot of experience in governing the place, with this way, from now on, the connection between Guzang and the eastern border will be closer, and Peng Yuangong should not have any more trouble." ”

"Father praised it." Zhang Jun smiled shyly and said, "Without Father's full support and the assistance of his subordinates, Jun would not have been able to succeed." ”

Zhang Mao waved his hand, pointed to the green fields and busy farmers on the roadside, and said with relief: "Out of Guzang all the way to the east, there are many barbaric and dilapidated everywhere, but after entering Guangwu County, the fields are all over the field, and the people live in peace, which is even more peaceful than Guzang." ”

Zhang Jun said: "Agriculture is the foundation of a strong army, and only by feeding the people can we continuously replenish the soldiers." If the place is not quiet, the population will be lost to other places in large numbers, wealth will not be gathered, and a strong army will only be the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror. ”

"Well said!" Zhang Mao nodded and said with emotion: "Nowadays, all countries are capable of using soldiers and generals, but they don't know the truth of taking it from the people and using it for the people. The brutal means are nothing more than fishing for the sake of exhaustion, and it is impossible to last at all. Or is your strategy better. ”

The group talked as they walked, and the uncle and nephew seemed to have endless words. When he went to the side of Fuguo Temple, Zhang Mao said: "I have heard that the incense of this temple is extremely prosperous, how can it be so dilapidated?" ”

Zhang Jun didn't hide it, and immediately told the news that the Heavenly Master Dao was in turmoil and that Cheng Hanguo might be in the way. Zhang Mao frowned and asked, "Why didn't you report it early?" ”

Zhang Jun smiled bitterly: "Without real evidence, Jun doesn't dare to bother his uncle." However, Hosaku has been secretly observing for a long time, and it is expected that there will be definite news back. ”

Zhang Mao nodded, agreeing with Zhang Jun's statement, but still strictly ordered: "In the future, all matters involving other countries, no matter how big or small, must be reported in time, and you can't make decisions without authorization!" ”

"No!" Zhang Jun hugged his fists to receive his life, but he was actually apprehensive. Because he was worried about Zhang Mao's health, he did not report the distress of his sister Niannu. Now Zhang Mao asked, although he didn't know it yet, it also scared Zhang Jun out of a cold sweat.

"Fuguo Temple has been abandoned, so where do good men and women go to incense?"

Zhang Jun settled down and said: "After the Fuguo Temple collaborating with the enemy, the county has carried out strict control over the monks and Taoists, who are more mobile, and all those who do not have a degree and the temple does not meet the requirements will be replaced. At present, there are still 12 temples and Taoist temples in the county, which are enough to meet the needs of the people. ”

"Too little!" Zhang Mao said: "The people's affairs are no trivial matter, Liangzhou Buddhism is prevalent, and most of the people believe in it. If the Buddha is banned, the people will inevitably be dissatisfied. ”

Zhang Jun explained: "Temples and Taoist temples are not in production, not to mention occupying a large amount of land, casting Buddha statues in copper, wasting a lot of money. In addition, many fugitives and displaced people were pursued by the government and hid in to seek shelter, making temples and Taoist temples become places to hide dirt and dirt. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Mao frowned slightly, and said, "It is indeed necessary to strictly investigate the degree." Then he instructed: "But there are gods three feet above the head, and Jun'er must not do anything to destroy the Buddha and destroy the Tao." ”

"Nephew knows." Zhang Jun said obediently.

It wasn't until noon that he finally came to Lingju County and stopped. Zhang Jun originally intended to let his uncle rest for half a day before visiting the prison, after all, he was old and had just recuperated his body, so he should not be too tired. But who knew that Zhang Mao was in good spirits, and insisted that Zhang Jun quickly take him to the prison for a look.

Zhang Jun had no choice but to agree. However, there are strict restrictions on the number of people accompanying them. After all, it is a military-industrial system that is ahead of its time, and any leakage will cause irreparable damage. Therefore, in addition to Zhang Mao, Zhang Jun, Suo Sanjie and the main generals of the conquest army, only the cavalry general Ha Chenghei, Ma Qi, and Changshi Fanyi were able to accompany the Chinese army.

Under the leadership of Suo Sanjie, the group first rode horses, and then walked through the layers of checkpoints, and finally entered the scope of the construction site that would be supervised.

As soon as I entered the factory, I heard the shouts of the master craftsman inside: "Hurry up and let the donkey stop, it's stuck!" ”

Zhang Jun looked up at the cast iron lump that was used as a forging hammer hanging in the air and couldn't fall, the chain was pulled to a "Titicaca" sound, and there seemed to be 10,000 *** roaring in his heart. When something goes wrong, my uncle broke down as soon as he entered the door, and his depression can be imagined.

After a while, the donkey in the next cellar was driven to reverse, and finally the hammer was slowly lowered, but fortunately there was no damage······

Ha Chengsi muttered quietly in the back, thinking that Zhang Jun couldn't hear it, "Cultivating such a thing, it spreads like a god, and it doesn't seem to be very good!" ”

Suo Sanjie confessed, hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, frowned again, and then came back to report to Zhang Junyu: "It's just that the gear is stuck, the wooden gear is not resistant to wear, and it often trips······"

"What about the iron gears?" Zhang Jun asked.

Another master replied: "The durability of iron gears is too high to be worthwhile." ”

Zhang Jun turned around and explained the working principle to Zhang Mao, and pleaded: "My nephew was not well prepared, so my uncle saw the joke." ”

Zhang Mao didn't think about it, and said: "In a short period of time, the captive army can have high-grade weapons and armor, which already shows that this thing is extraordinary." As for small accidents, it's inevitable, and Jun'er doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

The crowd continued to walk forward and came to the caster with iron gears, only to see a piece of felt on the anvil below, and the two big wheels next door turned "Titicaca" and made a loud noise.

Zhang Jun shouted: "Prepare some tung oil, it won't be so loud when you apply oil everywhere!" ”

Seven or eight donkeys, near the center of the axis, pulled the big wheels and turned, and did not go very fast; But the other small wheel is several times smaller and turns faster. So the chain on this side moves up and down faster.

Zhang Mao asked: "It is said that it is rotated by water power, why do you use a donkey?" ”

Suo Sanjie replied: "General, it hasn't rained for a month, and now the water level is too low, and the water flow is too slow to bring machinery." It can only be temporarily replaced by animal power. ”

"Wow!" At this moment, a loud bang grabbed everyone's attention. I saw that the forging hammer weighing more than 1,000 catties was violently pulled to the height of the beam, like a large sluice being violently opened. A wooden stick next to the forging hammer struck a copper bell with a "clanging" sound as it rose.

When the craftsman standing next to him heard the sound of the brass bell, he pulled the rope hard, and the iron hook of the greased pendant was very thick, in a relatively flat "V" shape, and the two sides were tilted; The chain is deflected sideways with the tugging of the craftsman. The pendant immediately unhooked, and the heavy forging hammer "whew······ Boom" to fall.

There was a loud bang, and although the anvil was padded with felt, the forging hammer weighing more than 1,000 catties still made a deafening sound when it smashed on it.

It is said that it is too late and that it is fast, and the head of the chain that is driven moves down very fast, and the head of the chain also hangs an iron lump weighing dozens of pounds, which pulls the "unloaded" chain straight. Due to the gravitational pressure of the iron bump, the V-shaped iron hook directly pressed the inclined plane of the iron hook into the "door" shaped hanger of the forging hammer.

The reconnected hammer was immediately pulled up by the iron chain, and the two sounds of "jingling" and "dingdong" were the sounds of the forging hammer rising and falling through the copper bell. "Bang!" smashed on the anvil again, and so on.

"It's so exquisite!" Zhang Mao couldn't help but exclaim, and when the rest of the people saw this, they also sighed, and even Ha Chenghe, who didn't care about it at first, opened his mouth wide and looked stunned.

Then the craftsman swept away the broken felt grass, put a piece of red-hot wrought iron on the anvil with tongs, and hurriedly pulled another square shield with a hole to protect the front. With a "bang", the red square iron block was directly flattened at once. Behind the shield, the craftsman carefully adjusted the position of the wrought iron with tongs, leaned less, and was smashed again.

After forging five or six times, he clamped out the wrought iron, which was already flat; Another craftsman went up with another piece of red-hot iron.

The previous flat piece of iron was stuck in a crack in the stone, bent with a hammer, and replaced with folding and forging.

Zhang Mao looked at it for a while, and smiled at everyone: "It is said that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, can lift a thousand catties, but the overlord can't compare to this thing; If we make the wheels bigger and use a few more mules, we can lift two thousand catties or several thousand catties. ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Uncle knows what he knows, and his nephew admires it." ”

Ha Chengsi laughed and said: "The overlord of Western Chu can't carry the work of a blacksmith to the shop to forge iron. ”

"Hahaha······" When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.

Ha Chenghe's personality and Hu Shuo are very compatible, and the two of them stood shoulder to shoulder and climbed behind, and laughter was heard from time to time. It stands to reason that Hu Shuo is a junior in the army, and when he was still playing with mud, Ha Chengsi had already made a name for himself in the army. But Hu Shuosheng has gained a lot of military merits from following Zhang Jun, so he has been promoted quickly, and now he can talk to Ha Chengsi on an equal footing.

Zhang Jun turned his head to look at the craftsman general Commander Suo Sanjie, and said, "Another day, I will let Song Pei continue to requisition land around here, and you will gather the craftsmen who make armor and let them build more workshops according to the size of the forging hammer and gear here; There are three sizes of forging hammers that are doubled in size and twice in size. The size of the conscription army must be expanded, and the other armies must also be taken care of. So you work hard and make a lot of new armor. ”

Suo Sanjie bowed solemnly and said, "The next official receives the order." ”

Zhang Jun said again: "I still say that those who serve wholeheartedly should be rewarded more, and in the future, all craftsmen will receive a monthly salary like a military captain." However, discipline must also be reiterated, all the processes that will be used as prisons must be kept strictly confidential, and if they are leaked to outsiders, they will be immediately beheaded! ”

Zhang Mao watched Zhang Jun arrange things in a measured manner, nodded incessantly, and was very happy in his heart, feeling that his nephew had grown up very quickly and could already take charge of himself.

Zhang Jun continued: "It is better to have a forged helmet with a brim, so as to avoid rain from flowing on your face. ”

Zhang Mao took over a new helmet and armor, and his first feeling was that it was light, and he couldn't help but let out a "huh".

Now the military helmet is not unified, there are two main processes: one is the whole piece casting, and regardless of the strength, the disadvantage is thick and heavy, and the cast iron parts cannot be light and thin; The second is the forging of iron sheets, which are connected by rivets for punching, and the disadvantage is that there are many processes and troublesome.

In fact, the disadvantage of the current use of the cuff armor is not mainly a problem of defensive power, it is also very laborious to build, so the whole body armor rate of the Chinese army raised by the whole country is less than three-quarters; A pair of iron armor is made by connecting hundreds of pieces of iron, and it requires experienced and skilled blacksmiths, and it takes about twenty or thirty people a whole month to create a full body armor. This is the case with its low efficiency and high cost, mainly labor costs.

The thing my nephew is doing now is to use cold forging to stamping it into a large area of plate armor. The combination is still using the technique that was popular at the time, with rivets striking the patchwork. However, design is the most difficult part, and some moving parts will affect people's movement if they are ironclad.

But looking at the equipment of the conscription army, you can know that the doubts in your heart are not a problem at all for your nephew's general, because the conscription army is already all dressed in iron armor, which is not comparable to the Chinese army.

Although he was a little embarrassed to reach out to his nephew to ask for something, Zhang Mao's appearance of wanting to speak still made Zhang Jun look out, and he didn't wait for his uncle to speak, and directly promised to send out a thousand pairs of new steel armor and helmets to equip the Chinese army.

Then, Zhang Jun took Zhang Mao to visit the weapons factory, which attracted several people from Guzang to marvel again and again. In the end, more than 2,000 pieces of weapons were sent, enough to equip an army.

When he came out of the prison, even if Zhang Mao was in good spirits, his physical strength could not keep up, and his eyes revealed a look of exhaustion. Zhang Jun didn't dare to let his uncle's body go wrong, and hurriedly arranged for Zhang Mao to rest in the original governor's mansion.

In the bedroom, Zhang Mao was lying on the couch and said to Zhang Jun, who was sitting on the side: "The Jiang family once came to me specifically to ask about Jiang Wanqing, nephew, what do you think?" ”

Jiang Qiong, the patriarch of the Jiang clan, is not only Zhang Jun's enlightened mentor, but also the patriarch of the Liangzhou clan, and his energy cannot be underestimated. When they asked their uncle, they were obviously dissatisfied with Jiang Wanqing staying by their side. The Hexi Jiang clan was originally a partial house of the Chen Liujiang clan, who came to the west to avoid disasters, took root for a long time, and became the leader of the scholar clan.

I listened to Zhang Mao and said: "Uncle didn't want to interfere too much in the affairs of his children, but Jun'er, you have to understand that the Jiang family has always been a supporter of our Zhang family, and as the master, you must not let the hearts of your subordinates ······."