From the beginning of summer to Qiongzhou, and then to the late autumn, only five months have passed, because Qian Heng recruited a large number of Litong people to help reclaim the land, so that there are thousands of acres of sorghum land and rice fields.

When the grain is in the warehouse, in addition to the food and drink of many people on the island, the newly built winery can also be operated again.

At the same time, the progress of the Litong people's reclamation of wasteland has not stopped, and the newly reclaimed land that has not been planted with crops has added up to nearly 10,000 acres.

And the reason why the people of Li Dong are so hot is that Qian Heng is full of food, and he can also drink wine and eat meat.

More Li Tong people began to send their children to study in the academy on the Jiuzhou Ridge.

Many people's choice is not to study poetry and books to gain fame, but to choose the kind of discipline that teaches planting and breeding methods, and some of them are active, and they begin to study some crafts of engineering, and work hard to be craftsmen in the future.

Whether it is being a craftsman or farming and breeding, it is the basis for ensuring that the Li Dong people are fed and clothed, so the incident that Liang Shicheng expected to see the Li Dong people against Qian Heng could not happen at all.

However, there are also some Li Dong people who have a strong interest in fighting by nature.

In the military department behind the mountain, most of the newly recruited students are from the Li Dong tribe.

Not only that, but Zhen Kecun, Han Shizhong and Liu Zhengyan will also go to the military department of Jiuzhou Ridge to visit the military training under the control of Qian Heng.

Even, these three people even arranged for their own pro-soldiers and subordinates to listen to lectures on military strategy. Of course, for the purpose of making the best use of his talents, Qian Heng also directly regarded these three as practical teachers who might come over to serve as professors at any time, and explained some cases in actual combat to these military students.

Qian Heng was chatting with Huang Sheng on the top of the mountain, when he heard a loud noise, and the ground under his feet felt a little trembling.

Huang Shang's body was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Hengyuan, what kind of voice is this!" ”

The moment the voice sounded, Qian Heng's eyes fell on the field at the foot of the mountain behind the Jiuzhou Ridge.

There, is where Yu Yunwen and his father Yu Qi live.

When they first came to Qiongzhou, Yu Yunwen and Yu Qi brought more than a dozen subordinates who were interested in artillery gathered from Dengzhou to continue to study gunpowder and artillery in the site specially opened up by Qian Heng.

Looking at the smoke rising at the foot of the mountain, Qian Heng had a smile on his face, "Teacher, it seems that Binfu has already made what I want him to study, are you willing to go with the students to find out?" ”

Huang Shang nodded happily.

At the foot of the mountain, Yu Yunwen looked excited, looking at the big pit that exploded with a radius of three zhang, and smirked vigorously.

"It seems that our artillery shells have been successfully developed, and it will depend on how the cannon chamber is obtained when the time comes!"

In fact, when he was in Dengzhou, Yu Yunwen had already developed the most initial level of artillery shells, but the safety of that kind of shells was too weak, the shells were thin and thick, and various conditions appeared.

According to Qian Heng, this kind of shell, the most suitable reflex tool, is the battery.

Yu Yunwen glanced at the giant stone thrower that fired cannonballs behind him, and how to transform the launch device would become the focus of Yu Yunwen's attention in the later period.

"Binfu, this shell test firing was successful, not bad, not bad!"

Yu Yunwen heard Qian Heng's voice and hurriedly turned around, "I've seen the owner, I've seen Mr. Yanshan!" ”

Qian Heng smiled, "What I gave you, do you remember?" ”

Yu Yunwen nodded, "The arrangement of the owner, Yunwen remembers it, with the prototype of this cannonball and the data of the cannonball device, it will be easy to make other types of cannonballs!" ”

Qian Heng smiled and nodded, "That's very good, but Binfu I want to remind you that what you are doing now must not be leaked to the outside world, even if it is the people of the imperial court, they can't let them know!" ”

Yu Yunwen responded, "Don't worry, my people are never allowed to leave this courtyard, unless you come in person, otherwise, once these people leave, they will be directly killed by the guards outside us!" ”

Qian Heng nodded, "Very good, Binfu, you have to remember that the power of this kind of thing is too powerful, once it leaks out and becomes a weapon for others to attack us, we will face extinction, remember!" ”

"Don't worry, the subordinates must remember the owner's entrustment!"

Qian Heng went to visit the workshop of the armory workshop again, and when he saw the gun carriage that had begun to take shape, and the butt of the spear, Qian Heng nodded again and again, very satisfied.

In Qian Heng's heart, there was a thought that could not be abandoned, no matter what Zhao Ji ended up at, but Qian Heng would never allow the iron horsemen of the Jin people to destroy the land of the Central Plains.

It's just that the situation of Da Song at this time is not as good as Qian Heng imagined.

Qian Heng is not proficient in history, so he doesn't know that at this time in the northern Xinjiang of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yanshan Mansion, which had just been included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, took in a Liao general named Zhang Jue who had rebelled against the Great Song Dynasty.

And this Zhang Jue was the fuse that later triggered the Jin soldiers to invade the Great Song Dynasty.

Qian Heng, who was satisfied with visiting the weapons workshop, accompanied Huang Sheng to leave.

As soon as he left the workshop, Huang Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Hengyuan, what do you want to do?" Did the loud noise we heard just now, and the huge crater, come from a shell? ”

Qian Heng also felt the uneasiness in Huang Shang's heart, and supported Huang Sheng with his hand, "Teacher, you are too worried, the reason why I asked Binfu to study these things is to deal with the Jin people who are about to invade my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"You're saying that this cannonball can repel the golden soldiers?"

Qian Heng had discussed with Huang Sheng more than once earlier about the possibility of the Jin soldiers invading the Great Song Dynasty, and Huang Shang also had a deep understanding of the ambitions of the Jin people, so when he heard that Qian Heng was going to use this thing against the Jin soldiers, he still felt very satisfied.

Qian Heng nodded, "Of course, there is no doubt that the Jin soldiers are strong, so we must have a strong enough counterattack to defeat the Jin soldiers!" ”

Huang Shang thought thoughtfully, "Could it be that Hengyuan wants to send this firearm to the imperial court and equip it in the Western Army or the Forbidden Army?" ”

Hearing Huang Sheng say this, Qian Heng shook his head for a while, "How is it possible?" Teacher, have you forgotten that if it weren't for those mediocre people who compiled the weapon manufacturing methods of the Great Song Dynasty into a book, how could the Liao people at the beginning be able to defeat the soldiers and horses of my Great Song Dynasty? ”

Qian Heng's words made Huang Sheng couldn't help but sigh, "Corrupt Confucianism misleads the country!" ”

For this kind of behavior, Huang Sheng also felt that it was unforgivable, the original bow and crossbow, if it were not for those manufacturing processes that fell into the hands of the Liao people, how could the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty be defeated in the hands of the Liao people?

However, thinking of the weapon that Qian Heng was researching, which was extremely powerful, Huang Sheng couldn't help but remind, "If Hengyuan doesn't plan to hand it over to the imperial court, it is necessary to keep this matter very secret, once it is known by those rotten Confucians in the court, I am afraid that this thing will not be able to be saved!" ”12910