Chapter 185: Catch the Spy

Commander Fa Ke now uses three points to determine the plane of his life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

One point was in the barracks, where the arquebusiers and stone artillery battalions were trained. This is something he must strengthen management, because the Great Song official family likes to be here too much, and as a chief, this is a good thing, and of course it is also very stressful.

He was afraid that the Great Song Dynasty officials would arrange the formation indiscriminately, but fortunately, his formation could be tested by the results of practice.

Sometimes, as long as there is a drill, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty themselves deny themselves, which makes people like it.

The other point is the arsenal, and it is the arsenal that speaks and counts...... He often studied this and that with his craftsmen, and he could fiddle with it as he pleased, and the more he fiddled with it, the more he knew it, and the more useful he found it, and finally he came up with a composite bow and crossbow that was close to a modern style, with less effort to wind and a longer range.

In addition, they also learned the method of continuous cooling method to purify potassium nitrate, which was tried little by little by the exhaustive method without a thermometer, of course, the way proposed by Zhang Guoan in advance played a huge role.

Now the Arquebusier's arsenal can get rid of the dependence on the convection of the Oshima.

At this time, Commander Fa Ke felt that Zhang Guoan Dashang had helped him too much, and he hurriedly kept talking about the benefits of Zhang Guoan Dashang in front of the Great Song Dynasty officials......

His third point is family, the leader of Fa Ke is a phoenix man, he has no friends in Lin'an City, and he doesn't have any hobbies, so he is tired from work and goes home to accompany the little lady.

The two lived in harmony in all aspects.

But on this day, someone took the initiative to visit him, and the business card handed to him was written with the words Zhang Shijie, the governor of Andong Prefecture.

In terms of official rank, Zhang Shijie is higher than Fa Ke.

Zhang Shijie is a Zhijun and a courtier. and in charge of the local army, he is the governor of a place.

However, the identity of the leader of the law can be special, and now the holy family is flourishing, and he will be able to soar in the near future, so. Zhang Shijie came to visit him completely as a peer, not to mention asking for him.

Commander Faco received him in his living room.

The two met very happily, and agreed to come back the next day in the arquebus arsenal in front of the Imperial Front to negotiate.

Before leaving, this Fa Ke Commander didn't invite anyone to a meal or anything...... This guy has never learned to communicate with people, if Zhang Guoan Dashang sees it, he will definitely be able to talk about him again.

Of course, this kid's identity is different now, and it can be said that he is very close to the identity of the Zhao family. Be tactful.

The next day, Zhang Shijie really saw a lot of tools for defending the city in the arsenal, and various types of stone cannons, not only huge ones like Lin'an City.

Some can even be pulled by oxen, and can be disassembled for transportation!

Zhang Shijie knew some writing and ink, and when he took a book written by Commander Fa Ke himself, he was immediately overjoyed.

He saw that on the envelope were written four large and upright words: the principle of leverage.

Commander Fa Ke said modestly: "This book was completely completed under the guidance of the Great Song Dynasty officials and Zhang Guoan, and there are still some places that need to be verified by physical objects. On the day the book is written, the official will write a preface to it. Pingzhang will write a ...... for this"

Zhang Shijie was suddenly in awe, and carefully flipped through this book with pictures and text on the side.

If he didn't understand something, he asked the commander of Fa Ke, because there was a physical demonstration, and Zhang Shijie quickly figured it out.

He let out a long breath and said, "This book must not be printed publicly. The Tatars must not be allowed to steal it...... Watch out for them! ”

As mentioned earlier, the Great Song Dynasty still pays more attention to intelligence work.

When they were envoys to Liao or Jin, they all took painters with them to paint some important places or strategic locations in the form of landscape paintings, although it is a little ridiculous. But it's really the most advanced method in this plane.

Most of the landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty that were handed down in later generations without signatures came from this way and were called spy paintings.

Then, of course, they also tried their best to keep it secret, although they put the stone cannon on the top of the city, but they would not let people come up close, except for their own people, of course.

Zhang Shijie is a Zhijun, an official directly dispatched by the central government, and his credibility is extremely high.

For example, they strictly manage military books such as "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and the responsibility is for every officer who is qualified to have this book, and they also have to check it regularly.

The General Essentials of the Martial Arts is the first military book in China to be edited under the auspices of the government.

At that time, in order to prevent the slackening of military preparedness, Song Renzong rarely knew how to learn ancient and modern wars, and did not know the history of ancient and modern warfare and the art of war, so he ordered Zeng Gongliang to be made in Tianzhang Pavilion and Ding Du, the governor of the Ministry of Works, to compile a military textbook with a wide range of contents.

Zeng Gongliang and others compiled the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics" in five years, and after Emperor Renzong personally approved it, he wrote a preface for it.

At that time, due to the great attention of the Great Song Dynasty officials, the level of ordnance production in the early Northern Song Dynasty was greatly improved, and the annual output of weapons in the ordnance workshop reached more than 30,000 pieces.

It was also on the basis of the highly unified leadership of the army and the centralized management of armament production that an encyclopedic military book was born in the early Song Dynasty, which collected the masterpieces of weapons of the time and ancient times.

Therefore, the "Principle of Leverage" written by Fa Ke will integrate the manufacture of arquebuses, the refining of black fire/medicine, and some whimsical ideas in the future, so it can only be said that he has written a part of it now.

The current official family of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu, highly admires the first emperor Song Renzong, so he also wants to imitate the first emperor and make such a book.

As a result, the armory under the command of Fa Ke was strongly supported by the internal treasury of the Great Song Dynasty official family.

After Zhang Shijie read it, there was a physical verification, he was really emotional, I am mighty in the Song Dynasty, from the official family to the businessman, all have something to gain from the weapon!

He finally got his wish and saw the rumored arquebus formation, and he was even more overjoyed, using this thing to defend the city, which only the heavenly soldiers and generals could break through!

Of course, the answer he got could only wait for the two cities of Xiangfan to be equipped, and then talk about other things.

Zhang Shijie thought about it, and was afraid that it would be a long time before it would be his turn...... The importance of the land of Jiankang and Yangzhou is far greater than that of oneself, so it may be a few years before it is his turn.

In fact, since Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty government has attached great importance to the city defense of the two cities of Xiangfan, otherwise it would not have been able to regain them from the cities that had been destroyed by the Tatar bandit groups into ruins in just a few years after the recovery, and then become the Xiongguan of the Suojiang River.

In real history, from 1267 to 1274, the Southern Song Dynasty sent 8 rescues, mainly 150,000 sailors, but they all failed.

At that time, some of his battlefield tricks were not very easy to use, because the Tatar bandit group had an absolute advantage.

Therefore, it is pure nonsense to say that those people who are like black and righteous people say that he deliberately concealed the military situation on the front line and did not report it to the officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

Now there are also people in the official house of the Black Song Dynasty, saying that he only knows how to play in the army and does not pay attention to the government at all...... This is really a rumor sent by the Tatar bandit group. (To be continued.) )