On the undulating grassland, Lu Fei rode on a sturdy black horse, and a large group of cavalry followed and galloped as hard as they could, and the heavy horses' hooves roared. The sun in the west is still half a circle hanging on the top of the mountain.

Lu Fei looked at it, and the Xixia City in front of him was already in sight. He shouted loudly: "Go back to the city for dinner!" ”

"...... ride," shouted the riders.

Lu Fei went out early in the morning with a team of generals and cavalry, and when he returned, the sun had already set. He ran all day on a fast horse, but he still couldn't finish the land he had just conquered, and could only see a corner with his own eyes.

When they came to the city gate, the time had come, but the city gate was reserved for them. One of the generals shouted: "The emperor is back!" The soldiers on the city tower also shouted "Long live" and looked at Lu Fei's side. The emperor is still alive and energetic, and his energetic atmosphere will also affect the whole army.

The road in Xixia City is not as good as Bianjing, and the heavy horses are rushing through, and it is dusty.

When it came to the camp of the Chinese army, Lu Fei did not continue to be with the soldiers, and went straight back to the temporary palace.

He walked into the signing room, took off his helmet and threw it to the eunuch Wang Fang. At this time, seeing the room full of drawings and files, Lu Fei suddenly felt very tired, and his eyes also faintly showed a look of exhaustion.

Lu Fei sat on the public seat for a while, slapped his palm on a pile of files, and said in his heart: These things should be let go of the generals and the people of the Privy Council. He just had to listen to the reply.

However, before leaving, he has to arrange the key people and the situation...... Lu Fei's gaze swept over the map, and his eyes immediately saw the Hexi Corridor. The Pingxia region was not only to get rid of a threat, but also to be a logistical source for the Western Expedition.

In the signing room, some officials who wrote the holy decree and delivered the news silently paid attention to the landing fly. Wherever the emperor's eyes looked, they paid special attention.

At this time, perhaps the people around him think that Lu Fei is an energetic and ambitious hero.

But at least now, Lu Fei is indeed a little tired...... It's just that he can't stop.

Power and responsibility are in his body, whether he is a faint monarch, a tyrant, or a bright monarch, he must continue, and he doesn't want to be as sad as Xiao Yanyan, nor does he want to look at people like Hou Jin.

Then people will be profitable. Lu Fei once again confirmed at this time that people will never be satisfied, and there will be no end. With the heavenly power of life and death in his hands, with artillery and firearms, elite soldiers, and population, how can he waste it to get more?

……

The forbidden army returned east along the Wuding River, and it was early summer when they entered the Central Plains.

As I came and went, the heavens and the earth changed color. The plain white world at the time of the expedition, at this time, the grass and trees in Bianjing are luxuriant, red and green, and they are extremely beautiful. The civil and military officials who stayed behind greeted them, and the royal street was very lively. Lu Fei looked at his capital from the corner of the curtain of the car, and saw the pavilions and pavilions, which were antique and elegant. Although the imperial court created some new things, they were mainly used in the military, and the scenery on the market did not seem to have changed much over the years.

It was more prosperous and lively than it was in troubled times.

Hundreds of officials and guards crowded around the car and drove from the main gate of Xuande Gate to enter, and the bells and drums on the city tower rang in unison, announcing that the whole of Bianjing and the king returned triumphantly.

In front of the tall Banzai Hall, in the spacious and monotonous square, the car stopped. Lu Fei said first on the carriage: "Spread the decree to all the civil and military, go to the palace at noon tomorrow to celebrate the banquet, and today they are all dispersed." ”

A civil official said, "Obey." ”

Lu Fei summoned the eunuch Wang Fang to come to him again, and asked quietly: "Long live the palace of Queen Zhou now?" ”

Wang Fang followed the chariot and had just entered the palace, but he replied fluently, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Niangniang is in the Baoci Palace." ”

Lu Fei paused slightly, although Zhou Wei was named the queen, but the reason was "Heavenly Dao", she didn't seem to be willing to show affection in front of people. Lu Fei groaned, and then said, "I'm a little tired, so I won't go to the Long Live Palace." ”

He rode into the Xuanyou Gate, and inside the door was the harem, and only the eunuchs and palace maids were left with him.

As soon as I arrived at the base of the main entrance of the Baoci Temple, I saw a large group of people waiting there. Lu Fei got out of the carriage and saw a group of women bending down together to make a blessing, "Welcome the emperor to return to the dynasty victoriously!" ”

"Get up." Lu Fei walked over and stretched out his hands to make a gesture of support. Lu Fei's gaze swept over their faces, and when he looked through the crowd, he found that Tuoba Agarwood was also standing behind the two queens.

He had just returned from outside, still wearing an armor suit and a sword at his waist. At that moment, take off the weapons and helmets and hand them to the king, and then enter the Baoci Hall with everyone.

Zhou Wei restrained her emotions, "The emperor is personally outside, we are all worried and worried, and when we hear that the army of the Great Sage Dynasty has won in Wudinghe, people's hearts will be at ease." ”

Du Shi lowered his head and whispered: "Empress Zhou has to pray for the emperor every day. ”

Lu Fei said: "It's really difficult for you, but I don't dare to be careless about the affairs of the military state." ”

He talked to Zhou Wei again, but he said something that sounded decent in front of people. There is a large group of people here, although they are all harem women, but Lu Fei knows that none of them are troublesome...... Don't look at them at this time, they are very deferential with their eyebrows lowered and their eyes lowered, but there are a lot of ideas.

Lu Fei rode a horse and ran thousands of miles, and he didn't have much energy at this time, but since he encountered such an occasion, he could only deal with it.

He turned his head to look at Tuoba Agarwood again, "I have been away from Beijing for a few months, is Concubine Jin okay?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood was startled, and took a sip and said, "It's good to go back to the emperor." ”

Lu Fei suddenly sighed, "It's already a family, and I don't want to do this." Now that the soldiers have subsided, if your brother returns to the court, I will not care about the feelings of my relatives and relatives. ”

Tuoba Agarwood looked gloomy when he heard this.

Zhou Wei said: "The emperor is tired from the journey, so let's change my clothes and rest first." The second sister takes good care of the emperor. ”

"Okay, okay." Lu Fei said with a smile. At this time, he looked at a group of concubines, if he had to choose by himself, he would not go to Zhou Wei, and he would be a good girl......

…… In early summer, the crops on both sides of the river are lush and everything comes to life. The artificial river dug out of Bianshui was also full of water, and Lu Fei came here surrounded by the official guards, and he heard the "whooshing" sound of the water washing away from a long distance, as well as the heavy sound of the hammer clattering.

Lu Fei looked up and saw that the sky in the armor building workshop was black and smoky, and there was a lot of noise. If you don't look at the classical walls and buildings, this battle is like entering the factory area.

The place enclosed by the city wall is called the armor workshop, and in fact, it also forges weapons, firearms and other ordnance; It was originally built to forge armor that it has been named ever since.

If you want to ask why the great Great Sage Dynasty is so short of money, except for the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops who eat imperial grain, the craftsmen and strong men in the entire city in front of them are all supported by the state treasury, and in addition to the craftsmen and officials in the city, they are their families; Not to mention the cost of raw materials transported here every day.

Accompanied by Dai Xiong, the commander of the Tianhe Naval Division, Hu Yanzan and others, Hu Yanzan wanted to see the bronze cannons specially made for the battleship, the naval guns are not the same, the main parts are different, such as in order to use iron chains to cushion the recoil of the guns on the ship, recast the cannon lugs, etc.

And Lu Fei went to inspect the armament. The emperor came from time to time, which could play some role, not only to understand the production of equipment for the army, but also to put pressure on the armor workshop, so that they did not dare to be shoddy and corrupt.

Lu Fei knew very well in his heart that there was greed for ink from top to bottom, and the last time Yang Yanzhao mentioned that the county officials were just taking money. Lu Fei didn't have any good way, people died for money, birds died for food, and it was difficult for the government-run yamen not to be greedy. Besides, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, he just hopes that these people will not be too ugly, not too excessive, and just do good things if they are greedy for money.

"The emperor has no borders!" A crowd of people bowed down outside the gates. Lu Fei was silent in the carriage, and after a while, the eunuch Zhou Jiuzhi said, "The emperor let you be even." ”

When a group of people entered the city gate, Lu Fei lifted the curtain, and saw that the sky was full of dust and smoke, which was completely different from the scene in Bianjing City. Then they entered a city gate, which contained an important area of the workshop and the yamen.

When he arrived at the gate of the yamen of the city, Lu Fei stepped down from the carriage, and a pattern on the wall immediately aroused his interest, because it was a scale.

He went up to look and saw a fine straight line carved into the marble, with a scale on it. Immediately, an official came up and bowed and said: "All workshops in the city use this scale to avoid the different sizes of each workshop and the difficulty of division of labor." ”

Lu Fei turned back to Dai Xiong and said, "This city has been built for several years, and it is still effective. ”

Dai Xiong was praised, his face was happy, and he worshipped: "It's all thanks to the emperor's wisdom!" ”

Lu Fei stood in front of the wall and stayed for a while, and did not go in, only some eunuchs and officials entered...... The people of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Households, who went in to check the accounts.

And the minister and military general followed Lu Fei straight to the workshop to inspect the field.

As soon as I entered the workshop, it was extremely hot and stuffy, and the sound was simply deafening. Lu Fei walked over to the sound of "whoosh" and saw something rough and complexly constructed. On a shelf was a bronze cannon, the body of which was clamped to by a cast-iron object and held in place by a wedge. The rapid rotation of the muzzle of the cannon made Lu Fei very interested.

It was spinning like a big drill. Lu Fei took a closer look and saw that the transmission was a hydraulic transmission wheel like a forging hammer, which was telescopic and telescopic on the large wheel with an iron chain, and then used the twisting force to rotate the drill bit back and forth. A shirtless craftsman wipes sweat from his head and dips oil on a chain.

Dai Xiong said: "Your Majesty, this is grinding the cannon breech." After the bronze cannon was cast, the barrel was rough and uneven, and it had to be polished smooth and flat, and a drill bit made of whetstone was on it. At first, the workshop used manual drilling, but the drill was too heavy and was really slow. Later, they had the craftsmen make it from the water wheel of the hammer. ”

There was a miasma of smoke here, but Lu Fei was a little excited. The thing in front of me is far from being called a machine tool, mainly because the vice that holds the object (barrel) is too crude, and the drill bit is not very useful. But the workshop has gradually learned to make tools to process weapons, which is a great improvement.

Lu Fei pondered for a moment, pointed to the chain drive wheel and said, "This thing is inefficient, you can use gears instead, find a way to try." ”

Dai Xiong was a little dazed.

Lu Fei said: "I'll go back to the yamen later, and I will show you the painting." ”

He pointed to the rack of the gun barrel again: "This one can also be improved, and there is a drill bit, no matter how hard the whetstone is, it is limited, how much can it be used?" No wonder you're so slow to forge cannons. Make some rules to reward those craftsmen who have worked out the results, the positions of the ordnance supervisor and the officials of the Ministry of Works, and also reward the craftsmen who have made great achievements. ”

Dai Xiong clenched his fists and said loudly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

The group went to another workshop, where the craftsmen were making arquebuses, and many were sharpening the barrels with rudimentary but ingenious tools. That kind of tool Lu Fei has seen, it was not invented by him, it was invented by Lu Ban's apprentice, mainly for carpenters, and the principle is probably to use hemp rope to twist force. I saw the craftsmen pushing and pulling the wooden tools up and down, and the awl drill bit in the middle rotated back and forth.

The musket used by the Great Sage Army has limited range and lethality, but it takes a lot of work to make it. There are many people who divide the work into each process.

Lu Fei also asked the craftsman of the workshop to take the list to see the method of managing the division of labor, and proposed some improvement methods on the spot...... Lu Fei has never studied management, but he knows the most basic concepts: assembly lines and standard operations. In fact, this set of things would have been in the Qin Dynasty, but later dynasties forgot the methods of their ancestors.

This armor-making workshop has been in operation for several years, and Lu Fei has made a tour and seen its progress. As long as the basic things are built and there is the soil for development, Lu Fei believes that everything will evolve!

By noon, Lu Fei came out of the workshop and stood in front of the waterfall-like "water engine" (mules and horses are used in the dry season), and his mood was very different.

The loud noise in the workshop seemed to turn into a beautiful symphony in Lu Fei's ears, and it was like the beating sound of the heart of a huge machine. From here, a lot of dreams will become possible.

The sun is shining quietly on the earth in mid-air, and everything will be a new beginning in the sun. Lu Fei is waiting for a huge amount of currency to inject new impetus into his dreams!