These days, Yuan Yun would record some design ideas about the cannon in his mind when he had nothing to do, and at this moment, he naturally drew his thoughts into drawings and handed them over to Pu Yuan.

After Pu Yuan got the drawings, he immediately put them into a sheepskin bucket like a treasure, and then carefully hung them in his heart, the drawings that Yuan Yun gave him, he regarded them as treasures, so the sheepskin bucket on his chest was specially used to store them, and I heard that he didn't leave his body when he slept.

In a short time, the group reached the open space behind the blacksmith's workshop, which was very open, and was built as a shooting range for cannon experiments, the size of two or three football fields.

Standing behind a concrete wall, looking through the triangular stone window, I saw a new cannon in front of the shooting range, the whole body was dark, and the barrel was indeed much longer than the one that had been brought to settle before.

Yuan Yun looked at the cannon, and then asked Pu Yuan, "Have you considered the kind of rifling I said before?" ”

Pu Yuan nodded and said: "If it weren't for the addition of those rifling wires on the inner wall of the barrel, our manufacturing speed would be faster, but with these rifling, the shooting accuracy of the cannon has really been greatly improved, and now the deviation of one mile will not exceed ten steps, which is quite accurate." ”

Yuan Yun's face twitched, and he dared to say that he was accurate when he was ten steps apart, but when he thought of the technical level of this era, he could only admit it, because it was indeed very powerful.

After a while, I saw a few craftsmen pushing a small cart to the front of the cannon, and then quickly completed the loading work, and then stood together, turning their eyes to Yuan Yun's side.

Yuan Yun nodded at Pu Yuan and signaled that he could start.

With Yuan Yun's order issued, Shi Shen and Xiao Liu blocked their ears respectively, and then focused their eyes on the shooting range, and instantly saw that the cannon retreated sharply, and a large amount of flames erupted from the muzzle, and a huge sound resounded throughout the shooting range, even if it was useless to cover the ears.

Yuan Yun stared at the dirt slope opposite the shooting range, on which a huge bullseye was drawn, and although his ears were still buzzing, he didn't pay much attention to it until the shell exploded on the target mountain, and he showed a satisfied smile.

Now the cannon is finally a little bit like this, and the hit rate will not be as stable at least as stable, and only one can occasionally hit after four or five shots.

When the sound of the explosion gradually quieted down, Yuan Yuncai said to Pu Yuan: "Intensify efforts to invest in the development of artillery, and there must be at least three before September." ”

Pu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and was embarrassed: "Lord, if you invest so much, I'm afraid you won't be able to arrange time for other things, such as giving farm tools produced in those territories." ”

Yuan Yun frowned slightly, of course he knew that once the steelmaking and blacksmith workshops all started casting cannons, other production would immediately stop, which had already been explained when Cao Ang came.

It's just that if there is no cannon, it is likely that he will not be able to take Yecheng, and Yuan Yun must give his side more and more bargaining chips for victory.

As for other production stagnation, it can only be like this for now, to meet everyone, it is not what Luoyang can do now, now take the north and get more food is the urgent need, and the rest can only give way.

Frowning and walking back and forth twice, Yuan Yun nodded resolutely and said: "The workshop is fully engaged in making cannons, all irrelevant things are moved back, and all the orders of those merchants are also shelved, and the workshop in Luoyang starts now, meeting military needs is the first priority, notify the manager of the construction site, reduce the supply of steel on all the construction sites, let them distribute it reasonably, and let Ma Jun start to transform the frame of the transportation cannon according to the experience summarized by Stability." ”

Pu Yuan sighed, and then ordered the following men to prepare, and he came to Yuan Yun's side and said in a low voice: "Lord, do you want to stop the steel for Miss Diao Chan's shipbuilding?" ”

Yuan Yun sighed secretly, nodded and said: "Stop first, I will go to her to discuss, we must build a few more cannons before September, otherwise it may not be easy to win, Pu Yuan, you need to work harder here, I will set off to return to Xudu tomorrow." ”

Pu Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, since the steelmaking workshop and the blacksmith workshop have let go of manufacturing, the small one will definitely not let you down." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and then communicated with the old craftsmen in several workshops respectively, and finally re-boarded the frame and returned to his mansion, although he had always said that he wanted to return to Xudu, but it had been delayed until now, and he had to be notified today.

When the carriage passed by Sima Yi's mansion, Yuan Yun suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then smiled at Shi Shen, who was riding a horse outside the car: "Shi Shen, you go to Sima Yi now, and tell him that Ben Hou is going to return to Xu Capital, and if he still wants to stay in Luoyang, Ben Hou will not guarantee his safety." ”

Shi Shen was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Lord, why do you still want to ensure that guy's safety?" ”

Yuan Yun frowned, and said unhappily: "Fool, you tell Sima Yi what I said, and guarantee that he will roll back to Xu Capital immediately." ”

Watching Shi Shen beat the horse and went to Sima Yi's mansion, Yuan Yuncai's face changed again, Sima Yi's scourge can't be put in a place that he can't see, since he has to go back to Xudu, he naturally can't stay, now that Lao Tzu's words have been released, if this kid doesn't leave, don't blame others for being ruthless.

All the way back to the mansion in the east of the city, Yuan Yun looked at the street full of merchants, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, once the steelmaking workshop stopped supplying steel, the entire Luoyang's handicraft manufacturing would all come to a standstill, and these merchants estimated that they would lose a lot.

However, this is also a way to no way, now Luoyang is not lacking money, but can be supplied with food for a long time, only to solve this problem, Luoyang can truly become, a healthy metropolis of industry and commerce.

At present, these pains can only be carried hard, in addition to this, he Yuan Yun can't think of more ways, after all, Luoyang does not produce grain now, this is a hard injury, the original idea is still a little naïve, did not predict that in the past few years, the surrounding areas of Xudu have suffered continuously, resulting in a poor harvest of grain.

Thinking wildly in his heart, he soon arrived at the mansion, as soon as Yuan Yun entered the courtyard, he found that there were several people sitting in the hospitality lobby in the front yard, and he quickened his pace into the gate, only to find that it was an official from Wancheng.

When several petty officials saw Yuan Yun enter the door, they immediately got up to greet each other, and clenched their fists and said their origins.

Yuan Yun sat down slowly, and his heart immediately became happy, these were all government officials sent by Cao Hong, and it seemed that they were specially escorting grain and grass to Luoyang to exchange for shopping materials.

After a few greetings, Yuan Yuncai asked with concern, "How much grain did you bring from Wancheng?" ”

One of the small officials immediately replied: "Back to Yuan Hou, the little one is General Cao Hong's partial general, and the grain escorted to Wancheng this time is 100,000 stone of millet and millet, 100,000 stone of wheat, and 200,000 stone of rice, in addition, General Cao Hong also specially sent some soybeans seized from Liu Biao, which also has at least 100,000 stones." ”

Yuan Yun was taken aback and said in disbelief: "How can the land of Wancheng be able to produce so much grain?" ”

The general was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he immediately turned to a smile and said: "This is thanks to the credit of the Yuan Hou family, many of the children of your clan have been sent to Wancheng for reclamation, and they also brought a large number of advanced farming techniques when they came, General Cao Hong attaches great importance to this matter, so it is especially spread in Wancheng, and the water conservancy built by Yuan Hou in Wancheng is very developed, and General Cao Hong has also expanded it several times, which has made Wancheng have today's achievements, in general, these are Yuan Hou's achievements." ”

When Yuan Yun heard this, he immediately became stunned, and smiled bitterly in his heart, when the eldest sister Feng Xuan forcibly asked to separate from the Yuan family, many children in the clan were driven to Wancheng, after they passed, they actually brought the farming methods they learned in Xu Du, plus the powerful water conservancy system built before Wancheng, no wonder Wancheng has been harvesting all these years, which really has a feeling of winning the lottery.

These losers of the Yuan family, I didn't expect that after going to Wancheng, they would be able to become people again, and they also made Wancheng's farming prosperous, which was really unexpected.

I think Feng Xuan also knows, but she knows very well that her little brother is unwilling to pay attention to the affairs of the clan, so she has not informed the situation over there, and Liu Yiyi, who is in charge of that side, probably did not pay attention to this matter, so she didn't know anything.

After stabilizing his mood a little, Yuan Yun regained his indifference, and now he has hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in his hand, which instantly reduces the pressure of Luoyang's food shortage, and it seems that the cooperation with Wancheng in the future can be long-lasting, who would have thought that such a small place could produce so much food.

Raising his hand slightly to signal the partial general to sit down, Yuan Yuncai asked with a smile: "I don't know what goods you are planning to exchange for when you bring so much grain?" ”

The general pondered for a moment before replying: "General Cao Hong wants a batch of ordnance, mainly armor and swords, and most importantly, he wants to obtain cement and masonry. ”

After speaking, the general seemed to remember something immediately, so he hurriedly continued: "These things have already been greeted by Cao Sikong, and Cao Sikong only let us negotiate by ourselves." ”

Yuan Yun's mind immediately turned, swords, soldiers, armor, and these things are very much needed by him now, but the other party's biggest request is cement and masonry, and these Luoyang has a lot of inventory.

After thinking about it, Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Well, since you have escorted so much food over, Benhou will not let you go home empty-handed." ”

After explaining, Yuan Yun shouted outside the hall: "Someone is coming, Su Jie has been passed over." ”

After a short time, Su Jie respectfully walked into the lobby and stood next to Yuan Yun's main seat, and then arched his hand and said, "Master of the family, I don't know when to call the little one to come." ”

Yuan Yun pointed to the few people in front of him: "They brought a lot of grain to Luoyang, and they plan to exchange it for some ordnance, as well as get some cement and masonry to go back, and you can discuss it with these people." ”

After Yuan Yun finished explaining to Su Jie, he said to the general: "This is the Marquis of Ben, and he should be fully responsible for the transaction with Wancheng, and you should discuss it with him." ”

When the general heard that it was the marquis's engagement, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and quickly got up and clasped his fists and saluted.

Su Jie was stunned in his heart, and he was overjoyed in an instant, Yuan Yun's kung fu with a word, his identity changed from a lowly account office to a marquis, which is equivalent to a smooth progress, and in the future, if he calls his own marquis, he can also be justifiably called the lord, without the need to call the lord.

But happy to be happy, Su Jie knows very well the importance of this matter, and Yuan Yun has to be cautious when he takes care of such an important matter, if things are messed up, then anything that is on the rise will become a floating cloud.

Carefully and respectfully saluted Yuan Yun, Su Jie said to a few small officials: "Since several officials have come from afar, it is better to take a rest with some meals first, and I will discuss specific matters with you later, please first." ”

Several small officials and the partial general immediately nodded and praised, they had long been yearning for the food and wine of the Yuan Mansion, and now they could not let go of this opportunity, naturally they all smiled happily and happily followed the subordinates to the outside of the hall.

After Su Jie waited for everyone to walk out, he said to Yuan Yun: "Lord, since they ask for cement and masonry, then it proves that General Cao Hong intends to build fortifications in Wancheng, we might as well give them cheaper first, this time exchange food with them, we can exchange more cement masonry and stone, and wait until their fortifications are launched, we are gradually raising the price, so that they can accept it immediately, and second, even if they want to terminate the cooperation later, it is estimated that they will not be able to do it." ”

Yuan Yun laughed, pointed at Su Jie and said: "A businessman is a businessman, Su Jie, you are still the most outstanding businessman, I am relieved to have you Zhang Luo, but don't do a little, try to let Wancheng cooperate with us for a long time, we don't value short-term interests, we have to value Wancheng's long-term food supply, and the relationship with General Cao Hong, this is the point." ”

Su Jie nodded, and immediately asked cautiously: "Lord, those glazed ware in our house, I don't know if some of them may be called?" ”

As soon as Yuan Yun heard Su Jie say this, he immediately came to his senses, and laughed: "You, what a bureaucratic tumor, but I like it, those glazed vessels are at your disposal, and if they are gone, let the craftsmen in the mansion burn them again." ”

Su Jie nodded and replied: "The whereabouts of each glazed vessel will be recorded, and the small one will be recorded, so don't worry." ”

Yuan Yun was very satisfied with Su Jie's way of doing things, so he waved his sleeves and said, "Let's go to Zhang Luo, your Su Jie's future is more than that, you have to cherish this opportunity." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun stood up and prepared to return to the back house, and he had to discuss with the price woman about returning to Xudu, but when he thought of Senior Sister Diao Chan and Cai Wenji, his head began to hurt again.