When Guan Yu retreated, Yuan Yun stayed in Longzhong for a few more days, and he only did three things in these few days. Reading at zero .

The first thing was to inform Zhuge Liang to return to Luoyang, coordinate the gunpowder army returning from the north from there, and prepare to make a move against Ma Teng in Xiliang, at this point, Pang Tong gave an opposing opinion, he thought that the gunpowder army had just returned from the northern crusade against Yuan Xi, and it must be a tired soldier and needed time to recuperate, and Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang knew very well what was going on.

Today's gunpowder army are all professional soldiers, their survival knows that they continue to get war exploits, and then improve their lives and their families, although the world is constantly in turmoil, but Luoyang's gunpowder army has not been dispatched a few times, so there are not many opportunities to get war merits, looking at those craftsmen in the workshop, constantly improving the quality of life, these professional soldiers naturally can't sit still, they will only feel that there are few wars, as for returning from the north and preparing to go to the west to start a war, it must be everyone brave.

When the first batch of sword soldiers were transported to Xiliang Han Sui, his attitude towards Ma Teng changed greatly, from the previous repeated concessions, to a rivalry, and now in the Xiliang area, the two sides of Ma and Han have been substantially opposed.

At this time, if he didn't know how to mobilize the gunpowder army, then Yuan Yun would feel that he was a fool, and presumably Cao Ang would not think so.

After explaining Zhuge Liang's future itinerary, Yuan Yun moved his gaze to Hanzhong again, and then talked about the second thing.

The cottage built by Yang Aruo in Hanzhong has still become a behemoth, with 30,000 cavalry and 26,000 infantry, basically equipped with good ordnance, and these things were only smuggled by Yuan Yun on a small scale at the beginning, and then Cao Ang heard about it, and with a direct wave of his hand, Luoyang began to supply it to that side, which has today's scale.

The news sent back by Zhao Yun was that he had officially challenged Yang Aruo, and before that, he still needed to defeat many warriors, and he was full of enthusiasm for this, but Yuan Yun had a headache, originally thought that Zhao Yun would use some brains, but he didn't expect his method to be tough and fight all the way.

Pang Tong decided to go to Hanzhong with Yuan Yun this time, so even if Yuan Yun had arranged for him to be an official position in Luoyang East County, he immediately postponed the time to take office, as for his stubborn character, Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang just looked at each other and smiled, but they also agreed, after all, they didn't really want Pang Tong to be a county official.

As for how to go to Yang Aruo's cottage, Yuan Yun was very indifferent, he had invested a lot in that cottage for so many years, and now it was time to harvest, and this time Yang Aruo had no ability to resist, which Yuan Yun was very confident in.

The last thing, that is, Yuan Yun asked Zhuge Liang to repair a book, and directly sent someone to Xiangyang, which was naturally to be handed over to Cai Mao, but Yuan Yun took a detour, only saying that when he defeated Guan Yu, the other party told him that Cai Mao had leaked the news.

In this way, Cai Mao will probably hate Liu Bei even more, you Cai Mao can borrow a knife to kill people, and I, Yuan Yun, will naturally not lag behind, everyone is each other, one person and one move, it depends on who suffers in the end.

And Yuan Yun is very confident, with Cai Mao's temperament, as long as he catches Liu Bei's bad one, he will make a big fuss, at this moment Liu Bei said that he Cai Mao is not, then the two parties are probably going to have a good time.

"I'm looking forward to it, I really want to stay a few more days, so that I can slowly appreciate the battle between Cai Mao and Liu Bei, but it's a pity." Yuan Yun muttered, and closed the window in an instant, Pang Tong had prepared a topographic map of Hanzhong at this moment, and spread it on the floor of the carriage.

Yuan Yun carefully looked at the topographic map drawn by silk, and couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, the measuring tools of the ancients were not complete, and he didn't want the topographic map in front of him to be almost the same as what he recorded in his mind.

Pang Tong seemed to have some understanding of Hanzhong, so he pointed to the map and said: "To go to the border of Hanzhong, we can choose the waterway, as long as we go west along the Hanshui, we can reach it, and Yang Aruo's cottage is in the Weixing area according to the information of the lord, so we can arrive in three or four days at most." ”

Yuan Yun has always been able to sit and never stand, and he can lie down and never sit, so the waterway is also his earliest choice, and at this moment, looking at the waterway crossed by Pang Tong's fingers, he feels very satisfied.

Pang Tong was a little embarrassed at the moment, so he said: "The waterway is indeed convenient, but it is difficult to get a big ship, and now all the ships in Jingzhou are under the management of Cai Mao, and if we want to get a big ship, we must pass through him." ”

Yuan Yun shook the folding fan leisurely, and then said with a smile: "I wrote to Cai Mao before, Ben Hou has made it very clear, let him provide a big ship that can accommodate hundreds of people, and now he is ashamed of Ben Hou in his heart, naturally he will not refuse, according to the day, this big ship should have stopped in the Hanshui port not far away, Kong Ming is a smart one, this dock is just right, and it is very convenient to transport Longzhong's products out." ”

When Yuan Yun spoke, Xiao Liu happened to enter the door and heard the discussion between the two in the grass house, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, the big ship sent by Cai Mao has arrived at the port, and according to the requirements, only the big ship is left, and all the sailors have returned." ”

Yuan Yun smiled, put away the folding fan with a sigh, and then patted Pang Tong's shoulder, and said, "Let's go, let's go and see how the big ship in Jingzhou is built, can it compare with the Sun family?" ”

Pang Tong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, the marquis in front of him almost didn't have any shelf, sometimes he was more like a child, he always liked new things, and the big ship in Jingzhou was just like that, and it was no better, in short, it was no worse than the Sun family.

When a few people spoke, they had arrived at the Hanshui Wharf two miles away from Longzhong, which was almost a copy of the Guandu Wharf, not only with a large lifting arm, but also with a very convenient double-rail wheeled car, no wonder Zhuge Liang was always short of steel, and these facilities were indeed very material-consuming.

Pang Tong was also the first time to go to the port near Longzhong, which would be a surprise, after all, he had never heard Zhuge Liang say anything about here, and he couldn't help but admire Zhuge Liang's intelligence when he saw it at this moment.

Yuan Yun listened to Pang Tong's constant praise of Zhuge Liang's intelligence, and there was no imbalance in his heart, although these were all plagiarized by Zhuge Liang, but since everyone sold themselves to himself, it made no difference who received this praise.

Cai Mao really felt guilty, and even worried that Yuan Yun would make a big fuss about Liu Bei's attack, so the big ship sent this time was really luxurious, after all, it was fully equipped, and even the supplies were more than twice as good as usual, and the other party even had mutton kept warm with ice cubes in the warehouse, which made Yuan Yun very happy, thinking about waiting for the big ship to go on the road, and then make a barbecue meeting on the deck.

After being busy at the dock for an hour, Shi Shen walked down from the big ship with a few gunpowder army craftsmen, and then immediately wanted Yuan Yun to report back: "Lord, Cai Mao obviously didn't dare to do anything this time, we have checked all the things, it is indeed a good ship, and it should be one of the best in Jingzhou." ”

Yuan Yun pursed his lips, he didn't think much of what Shi Shen said, and the design drawings of the big ship that he sent to Diao Chan were really powerful, but this will still be under construction, and it is estimated that it should be seen at Luoyang Wharf by the end of this year.

At that time, Shi Shen saw the boat that could move without wind power, and he didn't know what the expression was, Ma Jun had upgraded the gas engine several times, and now the transmission was basically solved, so the power has made great progress, and the volume is much smaller, and eight such gas engines on a ship are definitely faster than the wind.

After Shi Shen's report was completed, Yuan Yun directly took a group of people to board the big ship, and finally explained a few words to Zhuge Jun, and the group embarked on a journey to Hanzhong, and the stay of these days was also to wait for the gunpowder army supplies sent by Luoyang, and now it is naturally full of personnel, which is enough to cope with everything.

Pang Tong was on the deck of the big ship, and for the first time he saw something that could shoot bullets, and he was full of curiosity about it, and he tried to shoot a shot, and the first test shot was very accurate, and he shot the wild goats by the river to the ground at once, and the distance between the two sides was six hundred paces, which was equivalent to a mile away.

Looking at the long musket in his hand, Pang Tong sighed deeply, with his knowledge, he immediately understood the value of this thing, and he already knew in his heart that the form of war in the future may undergo a very huge change, and now Luoyang is at the forefront.

"Lord, how many muskets are there in Luoyang?" After Pang Tong asked this sentence, he cherished the musket that had been fired in his hand.

Yuan Yun sighed deeply when he heard Pang Tong ask, and then replied: "This thing is very precious, it is not easy to build, and now several technical difficulties are still being solved, and now the investment in the workshop has been increased, and a thousand-person team is armed at most a year." ”

"A thousand people a year, this is already very good, once you can form a musket team of five thousand people, then when dealing with the enemy, it is simply devastating, if you can still take advantage of the geographical advantage, then these five thousand people are almost invincible."

When Pang Tong spoke, his face was full of smiles, and he only now felt that Zhuge Liang recommended himself to join Yuan Yun, which was really very kind, this future world must be Cao's, and now if the Pang family children go to attach, they will have the merit of the dragon in the future, who doesn't know that Luoyang's city order is Cao Ang, the future heir of the Cao family.

The big ship traveled for more than an hour, and Shi Shen suddenly came to report, saying that there was a cavalry in the stern of the ship, the size of which was about 3,000 people, and the return of several old scouts said that this force was likely to come from the direction of Xinye.

"Hehe, Liu Bei is not dead yet, at this moment he must think that we are on the waterway, once the ship is sunk, our gunpowder will be completely invalid." When Yuan Yun spoke, he casually looked back at the stern of the boat, and then asked Shi Shen again, "Is the gasoline we replenished enough this time?" ”

Shi Shen replied with a smile: "Back to the lord, even if you ignite all the waterways behind you, it is not a big problem. ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, his face suddenly sank, and said: "Tonight they will definitely send water ghosts to destroy the ship, send someone to keep an eye on it, as long as these water ghosts go into the water, they will light gasoline on their heads, I want to see how they can ventilate." ”