[Second update, ask for red tickets, collect]

In Qinzhou in mid-April, there were already some signs of scorching heat. It's fine at home, but when you go outside, especially around noon, the sun is scorching, and your skin hurts.

At noon, out of the city under the scorching sun, Wang Shao originally had a swarthy face, tanned and red by the sun. Han Gang was also too hot to stand it, if he hadn't taken care of his image, he would have changed into a short suit instead of wearing a wide robe with big sleeves and a heavy official uniform.

On the street leading to the West Gate, Han Gang and Wang Hou followed Wang Shao closely, and Zhao Long and Yang Ying were guarded by Zhao Long and Yang Ying with their guards. Instead of riding horses, they walked as chariots. Although even Han Gang didn't know which string Wang Shao had taken wrong, since Wang Shao had this interest, he and juniors like Wang Hou could only accompany him to the end.

Wang Shao walked leisurely, looking left and right at the shops on both sides of the street, and from time to time he walked into the shops to ask the price, which seemed very interested.

"Is it for the sake of the market to check the price of goods?" Han Gang asked in a low voice in Wang Hou's ear, Wang Shao is not a person who likes to go shopping, not to mention that shopping on a hot day is a stupid thing that can only be done when his head is broken.

"Who knows." Wang Hou also shook his head, what his son was thinking, and he was sometimes not clear as a son.

Han Gang looked at Wang Shao, who was in a silk shop, asking about the price of a blue yarn, and his heart became more and more puzzled. If he really did an investigation for Shiyi, he should have called that Yuan Qian together, and he was the person in charge of Shiyi's affairs determined by Wang Shao.

Coming out of the silk shop, Wang Shao turned into an arms shop. In the northwest, in order to defend against the party's western thieves, the government does not prohibit ordinary people from carrying weapons, as long as they are not hard crossbows and spears, such as longbows and waist knives, which are not taboo. Unlike the interior of the Central Plains, civilians are only allowed to carry a simple knife when they go out to travel far away.

Such a policy has made it possible for armory shops to operate openly on the streets. That is, civilians must register their bows and knives in a book, just as they must be registered when they sell arsenic and other poisons in pharmacies.

The weapon shop that Wang Shao walked into was relatively large in Qinzhou City. In the façade of the three-bay room, there are many long bowed waist knives hanging high and low on the wall. Wang Shao spun around inside and fell in love with a bow. beckoned the shopkeeper to take the bow down, and said to Han Gang and Wang Hou: "Yukun, second brother, come and see." ”

"Is it the bow of Xingzhou?" Han Gang glanced at it and asked.

"The officials have good eyesight, and they are indeed made in Xingzhou." The shopkeeper of the armory shop nodded and smiled: "Three officials, this is the treasure of the small shop, it is enough to have the strength of two stones and one bucket, and the strength of the smaller one cannot be pulled away at all." ”

Although the Great Song Dynasty is based on the bow and crossbow. Long-range attacks have always been valued in the military. When they went into battle, whether they were carrying spears or swords and shields, they inevitably brought a bow or a crossbow.

But on the party side, they have always attached importance to bows and crossbows. Crossbows are used in the army, and the party members cannot make hard crossbows with outstanding strength due to technical reasons. However, the longbow's craftsmanship is famously excellent, and it can make high-quality bows and arrows. In particular, the official construction of Xingqing Mansion is even higher than the production of the Tokyo Castle Bow and Crossbow Temple.

In the northwest, a good Xingzhou bow can often be sold for more than ten times. The one that Han Gang often used, the one-stone-three-bucket war bow given to him by his deceased second brother, was also from Xingzhou.

"Yukun, since you recognize it, let's try it." Wang Shao said, and handed the longbow to Han Gang.

Han Gang took the longbow handed over by Wang Shao and pulled it hard, wrapping the bowstring of horsehair and human hair so that his fingers hurt. Sure enough, it was a hard bow that could kill people, not a toy for wall decoration.

"Is there a wrench?" Han Gang asked.

"Yes! Yes! The shopkeeper immediately pulled out a black wrench made of horns from the corner of the shop.

Han Gang took it and put it on the thumb of his right hand. Hook the bowstring with your wrench and stand in a lunge back and forth. Pulling back with his right hand, pushing his left hand outward, and exerting force on both arms, I saw him exhale and speak: "Open!" ”

I heard the bow rattle twice, and the hard bow was pulled into a full moon in Han Gang's hand.

"Yukun is so powerful." Wang Hou clapped his hands and smiled.

The shopkeeper of the armory shop was also saying good things: "The official is really amazing." ”

Han Gang let go of his hand, and the bowstring returned to its original state with a hum. He put down his longbow and shook his head: "How can there be two stones and one, it would be good to have one stone and seven or eight." ”

was pierced by Han Gang, and the shopkeeper still had a smile on his face, "It's normal to do business." If you don't blow a few words, the cost will already be depleted. What's more, if there is a two-stone bow, it is not something that ordinary people can pull apart. A person like an official with thousands of pounds of strength on both arms, Qinzhou City...... No, there are not many in Qin Feng Road. ”

Han Gang handed the longbow back, and said, "If the shopkeeper you get a hard bow with two stones, two or three, I want one, if it's just this stone, seven or eight, then forget it." ”

Wang Hou listened to his words: "Only Yukun can use a hard bow with two stones and two buckets well."

"I just want to use it to practice my hands, if it is used in the battle, my one stone three is enough. But it doesn't hurt to practice on weekdays and be stronger. Han Gang said with a smile, "However, Xingzhou's two-stone strong bow is less made and even less is flowed out." Maybe you can get it. ”

I don't know which heartstring was touched by Han Gang's words, Wang Hou suddenly sighed: "Now when the northwest talks about the bow, it is the Xingzhou bow, and when it comes to the saddle, it is the Lingzhou saddle." Today's capital courtyard and bow and crossbow courtyard are getting worse and worse. ”

Wang Shao nodded, turned around and walked out, and said as he walked: "Recently, Wang Xianggong intends to change the position of the ordnance supervisor and set up the position of the ordnance superintendent, and the reason is that the bow and crossbow armor in the capital is getting worse and worse. ”

"Our army is based on bows and crossbows, and in order to fight against the Khitan and Dangxiang cavalry, it is also known for its sharp arrow arrays and crossbow formations. But now, the bow and crossbow are not as good as a year after year, and one batch is worse than a batch, and it is difficult to go into battle. Han Gang echoed, as for the bows and crossbows in the army, the quality is indeed getting worse and worse.

"Yukun, you just heard about it, but I saw it with my own eyes. It's really unbearable......" Wang Shao was halfway through his words, and suddenly stopped. Bow your hand diagonally to the opposite side.

Diagonally across the street, in the direction of Wang Shao's salute, an official had just straightened his waist. Han Gang knew him, and he was an official who was the same as Wang Shao, and his surname was Yuwen. Han Gang looked at his appearance, he should have taken the first step to salute Wang Shao.

Just like after Han Gang wiped out Chen Ju, few of the officials in Qinzhou City dared to provoke him again; Since Wang Shao made Xiang Bao so angry that he had a stroke, except for Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing, the low-grade officials in Qinzhou City, there are really few who dare to take it big in front of Wang Shao, and it is also a matter for this Yuwen to salute Wang Shao at the same level first.

Wang Shao and Yuwen Jiyi didn't mean to say hello, and after saluting from afar, Yuwen Jiyi turned around and left. Looking at his back, Wang Shao sighed: "It's all the credit of Xiang Bao......"

"I wonder when Xiang Xuan will be transferred?" Han Gang asked.

Wang Houdao: "Didn't Xiang Bao hear that he was able to leave recently?" Maybe I'll be back from vacation in a few days. ”

"It is impossible for Xiang Bao to stay in Qinzhou any longer." Wang Shao said as he walked: "He will definitely leave." No matter how well Xiang Bao has recovered recently, a stroke is a terminal illness! How many people are staring at his position, and now that he has such a good excuse, which one is willing to let it go? The Son of Heaven may see that he has lost face for the court and let him continue to stay in the army. But Qin Feng is the most important of the military state, and the Son of Heaven will not allow a five-foot stump to take charge of Qin Feng's military. ”

Han Gang nodded, Wang Shao was indeed right, in the hearts of the world, stroke is a terminal illness, and no matter how much it can be recovered. Since Xiang Bao fell ill due to a stroke, no one would believe that he could recover. Even if he really recovers, those in the officialdom who want to top his class will treat it as if they didn't see it.

Probably Zhang Shouyue thought the same way. Han Gang asked, "I wonder if Old Eunuch Zhang can take over the position of Governor?" ”

Zhang Shouyue is also Han Gang's leader, and Han Gang certainly hopes that he can rise and be promoted a few more steps. Don't look at the fact that the capital eunuch and the governor are only one step away from the generals along the way, and the governor is the capital eunuch, but this step is almost a world of difference. It's like the gap between the state officials and the general judge. If Zhang Shouyue can step over, he will have the sea and sky in front of him in the future.

"Zhang Shouyue will return to Beijing this month, and it depends on his performance in front of the Son of Heaven." Wang Shao also hopes that Zhang Shouyue can take a step closer, "If Zhang Shouyue can be under the jurisdiction of Zhang, in Qinzhou City, there will be many people to speak." ”

Han Gang also said: "I hope that Zhang Laodu can explain the matter of ten thousand hectares of barren land in front of the Son of Heaven as an opportune time." ”

"Arada...... Arada! Wang Hou suddenly became angry, "Saying 10,000 hectares into one hectare, and from one hectare to one hectare at all, Dou Shunqing, can't they get tired of it?!" ”

Han Gang smiled: "Aside from the matter of the Wild Field, what else can they use to attack Jiyi?" ”

"In the three hundred miles of Weishui River Valley, Dou Shunqing and Li Ruoyu dared to say that there was not a single acre of land, and the court even sent people to inspect it with eight hundred seriously......"

"No way. Seeing is believing, and hearing is false. The capital and Qinzhou are separated by two thousand miles, and the Son of Heaven can't see it with his own eyes, and it's not just that people can just talk nonsense. Wang Shao sighed leisurely. No one can avoid this kind of thing. The Son of Heaven is not a saint, and it is impossible to really see a thousand miles, and he can only make a judgment through words. When the reports from the two parties from Qinzhou contradicted each other, Zhao Ji could only listen to the words of the ministers he sent to investigate.

"Actually, it's not like there is no solution." Han Gang groaned, and suddenly said, "Let the Son of Heaven take a look at Qin Feng's geography with his own eyes, and naturally he will be able to know who is lying." ”

"What do you think?" Wang Hou asked strangely.

"Looking at the map?" Wang Shao's reaction was fast, he shook his head, Han Gang's method was not realistic, "Impossible." Anyone can draw a map, and even if you look at it, you can't tell where the mountains are and where the fields are. Even if it is presented to the imperial court, it is not as good as a word from the minister in the Son of Heaven. ”

"It's not a map." Han Gang smiled, shook his head again, and emphasized: "It's not a map. ”