"How could Yuan Twelve, who is usually silent, dare to set fire to the capital?"

"What if it burns? It's a pleasure to breathe, but how much is that track worth, listening to Yu Liuzhang say, it only took one hundred and fifty yuan to repair, a dime...... If you burn it today, you can build it tomorrow, and you can use it in the blink of an eye. Haven't you seen it these days, isn't Carpenter Li here? I invited you to build a track, and now on the Bianhe River and Wuzhang River, how many commercial banks are ready to use the track. But what about Yuan Twelve? What happened to them! ”

"I heard that Han Sheren helped them intercede in front of the Son of Heaven, except for Yuan Twelve, who must be assassinated, the others were released after being scolded in Kaifeng Mansion. But who will dare to hire them to do things in the future? ”

"That's right! If you can't expel someone after you hire someone, who will dare to hire someone to work in the future? ”

"You can't drive more than a dozen people out of the city at once, the whole family wants to eat! A few days ago, those soldiers from the water mill outside the city went to Hanshe's house, didn't they want to beg for food!? Wu Shumi also has a point, things are good things, but it is not a good thing for the imperial court to spoil people's livelihoods. ”

"If you have the strength to do it, where can't you mix a bite of food!? Not to mention those donkey goods that are grinding, if you don't do things, you have to pay for it, the money that you Chen Erhammer has worked hard for a day, people don't take it seriously, you have a bird's kindness! ”

"It's not a good job to sell coolies. Tired of five tuberculosis and seven injuries, he is old, not to mention anti-bag, even walking is one step and three breathing, and everything is wrong. It's better to learn a craft while you're young. Why bother setting a fire to this and putting yourself in prison? Why bother? ”

It's none of my business, and some words are lightweight. A few idlers sat in a small restaurant, eating and drinking, while discussing the recent news in the capital, which was so ordinary that it could not be more ordinary.

"I didn't expect that a few words spoken by the palace would be spread outside."

In the private room of the hotel, the sound of outside discussion came through the not thick board wall. Listening to Han Gang's own ears, he smiled.

"Who let Yukun you have been standing on the cusp of the wind and waves now, Mu Xiu Yu Lin!" Wang Hou sighed and used an adjective that sounded very serious, "Tracks and railroad carriages are unavailable in the world, Yukun, you are gifted with wisdom and can be built." But the businessmen of all districts took advantage of this to make a profit, causing chaos in the capital, and the responsibility will be spread on your head after the worst! ”

"They have heard the principle and general design of the rail car, and they have people build it themselves, which is actually very different from what is being built in the Ordnance Prison." Han Gang welcomed the practices of those silk merchants, if he relied on everything to steal from the weapons supervisor and did not use his own brains, then there would be no point in the spread of skills, "Just this similarity will not punish those merchants at all." It's also because the things I make out are all simple in structure, and it's not difficult to think about it, but it's not difficult to learn. The track of the Ordnance Prison is for a smoother transfer of goods to the prison, and sooner or later it will have to be laid out, and as long as you take a look at it, you will definitely be able to steal a rough idea. It makes no difference if you are one step earlier or one step later. ”

The small restaurant is not one of the 72 main shops, but it is a little closer to the state bridge, in an alley separated from the royal street. It's very secluded, but it's easy to get to the palace.

Wang Hou was ordered to go to Beijing this time, and he had just entered Beijing before nightfall yesterday, and today he only reported in front of Xuande Gate, and immediately ordered him to enter the palace in the afternoon to meet the Son of Heaven. Time is in a hurry, and he and Han Gang can only be outside the Xuande Gate. There was not even wine on the table for two, only a few plates of delicate side dishes. But there are a few companions outside, with wine and meat, and they are full of food.

"But the blame falls into the hands of man, and sooner or later it will be used." Wang Hou shook his head, the day before yesterday he heard from Wang Shao that Han Gang had a bad relationship with many famous rulers, and his heart almost stopped, "Yukun, there are inevitably too many people you have offended, and being cautious in words and deeds is the way to self-fulfillment!" ”

"It's just a small thing, and it can't do anything to me." Han Gang saluted Wang Hou with tea instead of wine, and said with a smile: "It's you, how did you become so cautious?" ”

After two years of not seeing each other, Wang Hou has become more and more like Wang Shao, both in appearance and temperament, it is six or seven points similar to when Hangang Wang Shao first met. Wang Hou has been in charge of the west in the past two years, holding the army, and has accumulated some credits to some extent. After this time, it is very likely that he will be transferred from Xihe Road and transferred to another position.

"Yukun...... This is no small matter! Can you imagine the situation when the Divine Arm Bow was passed into the hands of the Khitans or the Dangxiang people? ”

"It doesn't matter if it's leaked, wouldn't the Khitan and Western Xia make bows and crossbows, why are they still far inferior to the Great Song Dynasty in these two weapons? Only three or five divine weapons are meaningless to the army, and only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of weapons can boost a country's military strength. Whether the divine arm bow is leaked, or the hydraulic forging hammer is leaked, if you want to create tens of millions of armor in one go, neither the Khitan nor the party can do it, they don't have that strength. ”

No one can guarantee that the technique will not leak out, and it is not the kind of sophisticated instrument that has developed to later generations, so it is not difficult to learn it secretly. The only thing that can give the Great Song Dynasty an overwhelming advantage is scale. And what really determines the victory or defeat of a country is precisely the contest of national strength.

Neither the Liao State nor the Western Xia Dynasty could compete with the Great Song Dynasty in terms of overall national strength. The same hydraulic forging hammer is by no means an order of magnitude higher than the military strength of the three countries. As long as the economic advantage of the Great Song Dynasty can be transformed into a military advantage, and the strength of the whole country can overwhelm the two captives in the northwest, it is actually not a problem.

"And you don't necessarily learn authentically. I've had people look at the tracks that are being built on the docks outside. There are many differences between the car and the track underneath. It's like the difference between the waist crossbow and the divine arm bow, the essence is the same, but in fact it's still far from the same. In Beijing, the tracks that were passed were different from the original case, and they were transmitted to Xingqing Mansion or Xijin Mansion [now Beijing, Nanjing, Liaoguo], and maybe I didn't know it. ”

"The key is Yukun, your reputation is different now. After the spaceship came out, many people were listening to the movements in the ordnance prison with their ears pricked up. Foolish brother passed through Hengqu Town, and your senior brothers and junior brothers all entrusted me to ask, what treasures did you still have not taken out. Wang Hou sighed with emotion, "If you take out the sled car now, maybe it can be transmitted to Liaoyang Mansion in Khitan Tokyo, where will it be used in Longxi for two or three years, and no one in the capital has heard of it?" ”

"That's authority!" Han Gang said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Don't look at the few rulers in the court now, they all look at themselves unpleasantly, they were recruited into the palace for questioning two days ago, and Zhao Ji also deliberately let Han Gang play the right game alone, saving him from quarreling with Feng Jing and Wu Chong in the Chongzheng Palace. But as long as there are mechanical things, Han Gang said that it was good, no one dared to say that it was bad. Before the plate armor and the spaceship came out, some people dared to say that the iron ship was a useless thing, but now who dares to say so.

For example, if you can go out of the capital today, you can go out of Gyeonggi tomorrow, and after a while, all blacksmiths in the world can be used. It is not necessary to imitate the style of the ordnance superintendent, the hydraulic forging hammer of other structures can be built by someone, as long as I heard that the Hanshe people who built the spaceship said that the hydraulic forging hammer is good, then the blacksmiths of the world will flock to it. Another example is the steam engine and artillery, as long as Han Gang lays out the principle and says that these two things are useful, the Son of Heaven will not doubt it. The court will give him full support, and a large number of inventors will also emerge from the people to study and explore in the direction indicated by Han Gang.

"It's not just a word, they just see the money. Such authority is better than nothing! Wang Hou took Han Gang's words as a joke.

"There are pros and cons in everything, so act on the basis of weighing the pros and cons. In the way, there are some things that I am sure of. Han Gang said, "Okay, let's not talk about these things. These days, I explain and explain to people every day, and there is no leisure. ”

"You brought it on yourself." Wang Hou was not polite at all, and with his friendship with Han Gang, he didn't need to shy away too much. If he hadn't entered the palace in the afternoon, the meal would have been eaten directly at his own house or Han's house. The two families are good families, and it is too much to invite guests to the door.

Han Gang laughed dryly, and then asked, "How is the situation on Xihe Road?" ”

"It's just training troops, there has not been a big battle of more than 1,000 people in the past two years, and the Fan army is still doing more, and there are often some movements compared to the four roads on the edge, but the business has become bigger. The officials exchanged tea and wine for horses, which last year was 15,000, and this year it will be autumn, and maybe it will be 20,000. Wang Hou pursed his lips, "But I have been getting closer to Lanzhou recently, and Yu Zang Huama is also a little excited." If it weren't for the fact that Liao Guo really married the princess to Bingchang, the two families were in-laws. This time in Beijing, I want to propose to send troops to force Yu Zanghua Mahjong Lanzhou to let out, and then I can go all the way to Yumen Pass. ”

"It's impossible to do it within two years, and all the Northern Forbidden Army has to change their plate armor, and the plan for booking is three years. But there is no need to change the armies that originally had iron armor, in fact, they can all be completed in two years. Han Gang paused, "As long as the output of pig iron can keep up!" ”

"Two more years to wait? If there is no war, the army will rot. Just like your family, I heard that more than 100 troops came, and they were overturned by a few cripples. Wang Hou pouted and said very dissatisfied, "Now there is still some blood in the Keju League." ”

"Sheren, all prisoners, it's almost time." Han Gang's companion knocked on the door at this time and reminded him outside.

Wang Hou hurriedly responded, picked up the chopsticks and ate most of the dishes on the plate in two bites, he originally acted with the same steadiness as the children of the eunuchs, but he had become as vulgar as a martial artist, and said while eating: "The food in Beijing, the chef in Longxi is not even qualified to lift shoes." ”

Putting down the chopsticks, he stood up with a solemn expression: "Yukun, don't blame the foolish brother for talking too much, Lu Huiqing took your matter to go to prison, it is definitely not kind!" My father also told Brother Yu last night that he didn't take care of your recent situation. ”

Han Gang smiled back: "Don't worry, I can still see Lu Jifu's thoughts." No matter what he thinks, I still have a trick up my sleeve, it's almost time, and I'll be using it in a few days......"