The so-called engine is actually a steam engine. This is something that Zhao Shuo has been waiting for. With the steam engine, the ironclad ships built in the port of Dengzhou had power. This is unimaginable for Zhao Shuo's strength to increase.

"Yes, it's really time, it's just right to make it at this time." Zhao Shuo muttered to himself, secretly excited.

Zhang Chujiu, who was frightened enough by Zhao Shuo, didn't dare to breathe, he turned around and looked at Ling Yun with a distress look.

After all, he was also for Ling Yun in this matter, and believed that Ling Yun would inform Zhao Shuo of this matter, but who would have thought that the ending would be like this.

Also, for such a big matter, Ling Yun came to Zhao Shuo to confess his guilt without saying hello to him, which was completely cheating him.

For such a big matter, Ling Yun only let Zhao Shuo know when he confessed that he, the person in charge of the intelligence department, was greatly derelict in his duties.

Looking at Zhang Chujiu's depressed face, Ling Yun thought about it for a while, and felt that he was really a little sorry for Zhang Chujiu.

"Your Majesty, now that the engine has been built successfully and the submachine gun has been raised, this is a celebration for the whole country." Ling Yun threw out the sycophant cannonball first.

"Happiness should be happy, but it is not the celebration of the whole country, these two things are for the next layout, only when the layout is completed and the soldiers achieve the ultimate goal, then the whole country will celebrate." Zhao Shuo was not carried away by the appearance of the steam engine and the improvement of the submachine gun, he knew very well that without the destruction of Mongolia, there would be no peace on his side.

"Your Majesty, we now have a strong army, a large land, and although Mongolia is powerful, it is not worth mentioning compared to us......"

Ling Yun was interrupted by Zhao Shuo in the middle of his words.

"Lingyun, you are too underestimating the enemy, Mongolia is not as simple as you think."

After being interrupted by Zhao Shuo, Ling Yun suddenly didn't know what to say. said such a scene in order to make Zhao Shuo happy, and then he had a good chance to intercede for Zhang Chujiu. But unexpectedly, what he said not only did not make Zhao Shuo happy, but made himself depressed.

"Your Majesty, the villain is guilty, I hope the prince can let me lead the troops to fight in Mongolia, and I have washed away my sins." Ling Zhen spoke at this time.

The cause of the incident was him, and he felt that this was the time for him to stand up. Of course, the most important point is that if he doesn't stand up, his son Ling Yun may have to take the blame for him.

"Ling Zhen, there's nothing wrong with you. At the beginning, each was his own master, and now you can help Ling Yun improve the musket into a submachine gun, I should thank you, you have no sin, to say, you are still a meritorious person. After Zhao Shuo answered Ling Zhen's words. His face turned cold and he looked at Ling Yun. "Ling Yun, your father is not guilty, but you are different, this matter, you should say hello to me, but you have dragged on for several months, although it is indeed exhausting to research weapons, but you must also ......be punished."

"Your Majesty, if you want to punish the villain, everything is done by the villain let the dog, he wants to report to His Majesty, but the villain is afraid, so he stopped him, everything is the villain's fault, Your Majesty!" Worried that Ling Yun would be punished, Ling Zhen stood up again.

"Isn't it even more frightening that my dignified head of the Gunpowder Bureau has not been able to make a single white ding?" Zhao Shuo looked at Ling Zhen and laughed.

At this time, Ling Zhen realized that what Zhao Shuo said just now might be scaring them.

"Your Majesty!" Ling Zhen wanted to speak and stopped.

"Lingyun, you have delayed for half a year, and you will be fined for half a year, you don't have any opinions." Zhao Shuo looked at Ling Yun thoughtfully.

"The minister is willing to accept the punishment." was only fined for half a year, which was simply light for Ling Yun.

After all, an official like him is no longer a minister who relies on money to eat. participated in Zhao Shuo's so many store investments, and it was enough to eat dividends for several lifetimes.

After Lingyun's punishment was finished, Zhao Shuo looked at Zhang Chujiu again. "Chu Jiu, you are the leader of the intelligence department, I told you last time, no matter how big or small, as long as you find it, you have to report it, do you take my words as a deaf ear."

"Your Majesty, the minister's words to Your Majesty have always been in mind, this matter, firstly, because Ling Zhen is Ling Yun's father, and he has a lot of intersections with His Majesty, and for us, he is not an enemy, and secondly, let's ...... "I wanted to say, 'I thought Lingyun would report', but when the words came to his mouth, Zhang Chujiu was stunned and pressed down." Second, His Majesty is far away at sea, and the minister does not want to bother His Majesty because of these inconsequential things. ”

"You mouth!" Zhao Shuo shook his head. "You are even more serious than Ling Yun, and you will be fined for a year, do you have any opinions?"

"No, no!" Zhang Chujiu was relieved. Like Ling Yun, he is also an official who eats dividends. "If Your Majesty likes it, you can do it for nothing for Your Majesty in this life."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Chujiu laughed stupidly.

"Nothing?" Zhao Shuo glanced at Zhang Chujiu. "Forget it, don't let other officials say that I can't afford your salary."

Zhao Shuo's words made Ling Yun and Ling Zhen laugh too.

This matter is logically quite serious, but at this moment, Ling Zhen has already abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, plus, this is indeed a talent, if Zhao Shuo is in front of him, he will severely punish Ling Yun and Zhang Chujiu, which is really a bit of a refutation of Ling Zhen's face.

Ling Zhen is known as the thunderbolt, and for firearms, it is a door clear, such a person is very useful to Zhao Shuo.

Ling Zhen didn't come by himself, he still wanted Zhao Ziyan and Zhao Yan to hand it over, but now Ling Zhen himself came, and he had already come, which saved him a lot of things.

To really talk about it, Ling Yun and Zhang Chujiu are both meritorious. But there are some things that he must strictly grasp the rules.

Although both of them were meritorious in the result, in the process, there was no return, which was definitely a big mistake.

It's okay now, if Ling Zhen is here to inquire about intelligence like before, for more than half a year, I don't know how many core things have been taken away by him.

If this kind of thing happened, it would be difficult to make up for the losses of killing Zhang Chujiu and Ling Yun.

The punishment can not only be accepted by Ling Yun and Zhang Chujiu, but also can be regarded as giving Ling Zhen face, and it can be regarded as a success.

After dealing with this matter, Zhao Shuo first asked Zhang Chujiu to find Yue Fei, and then continued to chat with Ling Yun and Ling Zhen.

"Two, the research and development of submachine guns, you go more attentively, strive to be faster, in addition to using this thing on the road, I also plan to equip them on warships, you should think about this and see if there is any good way." Zhao Shuo said.

"Equipped on a warship? Lord Wang, you are ......" Ling Yun frowned.

"It's very simple, now the whole world is fighting, Lin Feng has already logged in Sardinia and Sicily. There, he built ports, he was building ships, and I was going to let him block the Strait of Gibraltar and completely isolate Africa, so that the battlefield would be reduced to Europe. Zhao Cheng has already led a fleet to the Americas, where there should be two countries, with Zhao Cheng's strength, it is no problem to take it, so that the world's battlefield will be left in Europe for a period of ......"

When he said this, Yue Fei walked in, and when he saw Zhao Shuo talking about Ling Yun and Ling Zhen, he took two steps back, and was ready to come back later.

"Wait, come just in time, do it!" Zhao Shuo beckoned and stopped Yue Fei, who was leaving.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yue Fei saluted, and then sat down on the other side.

"Come on! It's also convenient for everyone to get closer, and it is convenient to talk. Zhao Shuo beckoned, signaling Ling Yun, Ling Zhen and Yue Fei to be closer to him.

In ancient times, in order to ensure the safety of the emperor, ministers had to have a certain distance from the emperor. Now that Zhao Shuo is so close to the people, it is a great trust and gift to Yue Fei, Ling Zhen, and Ling Yun.

The three of them thanked Dade for saluting, and then moved a chair to Zhao Shuo's side.

Seeing this, the guard Ge Shan did not speak, but his eyes were not looking at Yue Fei, Ling Zhen, and Ling Yun, his fingers had already caught the hilt of the sword on his waist, once the three of them had any misdeeds, he would take action as soon as possible to protect Zhao Shuo.

Zhao Shuo didn't think so much, and asked the three of them to get closer, all because the three of them were too far away, and he had to pull his throat when he spoke, which made him quite uncomfortable.

"Qi Hou, Lin Feng is building seaports in Sardinia and Sicily, preparing to blockade Africa with a fleet, and Zhao Cheng is now going to the Americas to help me retrieve sweet potatoes and corn, which can be regarded as a compression war." After the three of them came around, Zhao Shuo recounted what he had just said to Yue Fei, who had just arrived, although there were many differences, but the general idea was the same.

"Now, the battlefield is mainly in Europe, there are many European countries, but the territory is relatively small, but their army has a certain combat effectiveness, originally, I wanted to occupy it directly, and then divide it with Mongolia, but because we have not been ready, so, we gave up this plan and chose the latest strategy of winning over European countries and jointly resisting Mongolia."

"Ling Yun has always told me that he wants to go out and fight, but I have never agreed, and I also said a precondition that I thought would never be possible." Saying this, Zhao Shuo looked at Ling Yun.

"Unless my father can come to His Majesty's side to be loyal to His Majesty and replace me as the head of the Gunpowder Bureau, I will always stay in the Gunpowder Bureau to study weapons." Ling Yun replied with a smile.

Zhao Shuo nodded. "I didn't expect Ling Zhen to really come. He came, and there was something I had to ask. ”

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Shuo said. "Lingyun, do you want to lead the army to gallop across the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, or do you want to stay in the Chang'an Gunpowder Bureau and continue to use firearms with your father, you choose this yourself."

After Ling Yun pondered for a while, he looked at Ling Zhen, Ling Zhen nodded slightly, and then Ling Yun looked at Zhao Shuo again and arched his hand. "Your Majesty, it has always been my dream to lead troops to war, since Your Majesty has given me this opportunity, I decided to give it a try, if I really don't fit, it's a big deal......"

Zhao Shuo hurriedly raised his hand to stop Ling Yun. "Don't don't, don't say some things well."

Then, Zhao Shuo looked at Yue Fei. "Qi Hou, you have been writing to me that you are going to send troops to fight, and my eyes are calloused. Today, I will fulfill you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yue Fei looked happy and hurriedly saluted.

"Don't be in a hurry to salute, let you send troops this time, but there are a lot of things to do, don't drop the chain for me." Zhao Shuo took a defensive shot first.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, if you can't do it, look up and see you." Yue Fei said with a resolute face.

"This time you sent troops, not the army, but the navy, and you have been leading the army to fight on the road, this is the first challenge." Zhao Shuo looked at Yue Fei.

"Your Majesty, during these days, I have been training soldiers for water warfare, and the last general thinks that he has some experience and can go out to fight." Yue Fei said with an oath.

"This time you are asked to send troops to the southernmost point of the sea, where there is a large continent, called Oceania, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, I plan to build it into a place of exile, so you need to go and investigate first, it should not be a big problem to take it, the problem is, after you take it, you have to build a large harbor, and also build some observation points on some surrounding islands, so as to prevent prisoners from escaping from here in the future. Of course, there, you have to build a big yamen and be responsible for the management, you can see the selection of this yamen, but ......" Zhao Shuo pointed at Ling Yun. "He can't, you can't choose him."

Ling Yun was stunned, and Yue Fei was also stunned. Ling Yun only knew at this time that he was going to follow Yue Fei when he led his troops to fight, and Yue Fei also knew that he was going to take Ling Yun with him this time.

"Lord Wang, is he ......" Yue Fei pointed at Ling Yun.

Zhao Shuo laughed. "He is of great use, I am going to form a unit dominated by artillery, he is the head of this unit, this unit needs a convoy with submachine guns in addition to artillery and soldiers, because these people are my treasures, and there is no room for error."

The troops dominated by artillery, Yue Fei had never heard of it, he looked at Zhao Shuo in astonishment, and he didn't know how to express his current mood.

"I can't say this, when you get to Oceania, find this continent, and conduct joint experiments there a few times, of course, although the land is vast and sparsely populated, there are still people, don't hurt me innocently, otherwise I will not be spared." Zhao Shuo said.

"Don't worry, we will never hurt the innocent." Yue Fei and Ling Yun gave guarantees at the same time.

"Your Majesty, we went out to open up the continent and build a prison, but you promised me to go out to fight, this, isn't it ......" Yue Fei looked at Zhao Shuo, very aggrieved.

"Don't worry, some fights. You think that I have been giving you an artillery unit all the time, and I want you to build a prison, but that is not a beautiful death for you. Smiling, Zhao Shuo continued. After taking this continent, you can leave some troops, what about you, return to Africa, enter from the south, surrender all the way, and if you don't accept it, you will be deterred, and if you are not satisfied with deterrence, you will fight until he helps, or that sentence, hand over military and diplomatic rights, and retain autonomy. After you reach the Strait of Gibraltar, Lin Feng should have taken where, you join forces and wait for my next instructions. ”

Zhao Shuo finished explaining, this is his latest layout, and after Yue Fei, Ling Yun and Lin Feng converge, he believes that a new situation has emerged in Europe, and when the time comes, it will depend on the outcome of Europe and Mongolia.