Even in the morning, the sun was very brilliant, illuminating the whole villa, shining into the glass with bright and clean windows, this kind of glass has been purified countless times, and now it is as clear as a drop of water, and the light directly penetrates the glass, shining on the rice paper on the tables, the rice paper is so white, and the diffuse light on it almost blinds the eyes of Zhao Dezhao and the others.

In the villa, the three of them stared at the "hybrid" work together, at this moment a firearm suitable for the moment has been born on the white rice paper, although the appearance is extremely ugly, but it still took Zhao Dezhao a lot of effort, it combines the excellence of firearms in various eras, and also refers to the actual situation of the current Great Song Dynasty casting, smelting, and forging is that although it cannot be compared with the 21st world-famous firearms, it is the most elite weapon of this era.

The three of them took a long breath, stared at the results on the rice paper on the desktop for a long time, and then exhaled the turbidity in their stomachs, Zhao Dezhao suddenly said: "Tonight, Guangwei Restaurant will not be dispersed, celebrate this great moment together, and toast to our future Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Nature." Shang Haobin and Wu Lingqing soothed their fatigue, then waved their hands and gave a "guest eviction order" and said, "The two of us are really tired, let's go sleep first, and then hand it over to you, the King of Wei, Chitose, you go and put this thing into practice." ”

"Okay, I'll go back to the palace first, and the restaurant will be seen at night." After Zhao Dezhao came out of the villa, he went to the palace to ask Zhao Kuangyin to order him to be supervised by the weapons to develop it.

As Zhao Dezhao expected, Zhao Kuangyin in the Funing Hall nodded in agreement, he had already seen the power released by the improvement of gunpowder, which had been vividly demonstrated in this Jiangnan operation.

Still as usual, Zhao Kuangyin assured and boldly taught the production of such weapons to the weapons supervisor for development, as for the person who supervised the production, he still handed it over to his son Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, Zhao Dezhao's trip to the south of the Yangtze River made Zhao Kuangyin, a father, quite satisfied, and also impressed Zhao Kuangyin.

What makes Zhao Kuangyin sigh is that now that his son is larger than himself, the marriage event can almost be raised. On this trip to Jiangnan, to Zhao Kuangyin's surprise, Zhao Dezhao found himself a daughter-in-law, and she was a beauty, and the important thing was a talented girl.

"Zhao'er, now that you have grown up, you are happy for your father, you have made a lot of contributions to Jiangnan this time, and your father should have made you the prince now, I don't know what you think?"

Zhao Dezhao replied wisely: "This, Daddy, establishing a prince is the foundation of the country." This Zhao'er didn't dare to argue. ”

"Zhao'er! You. Zhao Kuangyin was angry and funny when he heard it, but in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, Zhao Dezhao is already a perfect person, there is no difference between him and not outside the prince, and he has been regarded as the heir of the Great Song Dynasty in the hearts of the people's officials, and his other son Zhao Defang, who is now seven years old, is now studying the Four Books and Five Classics, etc., and sometimes learning Taijiquan, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Dezhao for a long time, and suddenly thought of one thing in his heart, he remembered that when Zhao Dezhao was seven years old, he had already done a lot of things, and then he said: " Zhao'er, Brother Fang will hand it over to you when he is free, and all matters such as studies will also be handed over to you. ”

Zhao Dezhao saw Zhao Kuangyin say this, he understood what he meant, and said with a packed ticket: "Daddy, since I returned to Beijing, I may not have seen Brother Fang for a long time, and please rest assured that Brother Fang'er's affairs are all on Zhao'er." ”

The corners of Zhao Kuangyin's mouth hooked up a smile, and said with a smile: "Zhao'er, next time, pick a day and let Nuying enter the palace, so that your grandfather and grandmother can also take a look." ”

Half of Zhao Dezhao's face was already flushed, and when he heard Zhao Kuangyin say this, he replied: "Yes, Daddy." ”

After that, Zhao Dezhao went to Wei Pi, the ordnance supervisor, and it was already after noon when he went.

At the door of the ordnance superintendent, the three big characters of the ordnance superintendent written by Zhao Kuangyin stood on a stone tablet at the door, which also symbolized the importance of the imperial court to the place of the ordnance superintendent.

In the ordnance prison, the craftsmen were in full swing as usual, and they were busy making all kinds of engineering equipment and other military weapons everywhere, and they affectionately called all this for the better development of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since Wei Pi became the chief official of their ordnance superintendent, and Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, became the superintendent, the craftsmen felt that their lives were also good, at least they did not have to run around as much as before and make very little money.

Now they serve the Great Song Dynasty wholeheartedly, and they also have their own place in the Ordnance Prison, and if they have an opinion on these weapons, such as proposing armor modifications, they can also get some additional rewards. Although the reward is small, it is also a recognition and encouragement for their work.

As soon as Zhao Dezhao entered the Ordnance Prison, he saw the energetic appearance of the craftsmen, and saw them wearing his improved Hanfu overalls, a blue narrow-sleeved round-necked robe.

This set of blue narrow-sleeved round-necked robe work clothes was improved at the suggestion of Wu Mourning Huaxia, because it was necessary to adapt to labor, referring to Hanfu, so the cuffs, neckline, etc. were improved, and it was much closer than before.

When Zhao Dezhao arrived at the workshop, several craftsmen talked a long story about some of the things that had happened recently: for example, the story about the special craftsman Mao Asan.

This story is the most widely circulated in the Ordnance Prison, and it is also very inspiring.

Craftsman Mao Asan is a clever craftsman, he has been working in the Ordnance Supervisor for ten years, the salary of the past ten years, the total can only buy a hut outside Kaifeng City, now for more than a year, he put forward his own views on the weapons designed in the Ordnance Prison, many of which have also been adopted by the Ordnance Superintendent, is to play the imperial court with the Ordnance Supervisor Wei Pi, and also rewarded a lot of goods and goods for craftsmen like craftsman Mao Asan .

Mao Asan was happily grateful, and since then he has been working more and more energetically, and now his position as a prisoner is second only to Wei Pi.

Mao Asan's efforts, all the craftsmen are in the eyes, this time, but also drove the enthusiasm of other craftsmen, they also see a glimmer of hope, they look forward to the future they will also live a happy life like Mao Asan.

Under the leadership of Mao Asan, the enthusiasm of these craftsmen has also increased a lot, and their lives are much better than before.

Zhao Dezhao just chatted with the craftsmen for a while, Wei Pi hurried over, Wei Pi saw that the King of Wei had arrived here, he was embarrassed to fiddle with his light blue narrow-sleeved round-necked robe (round-necked short brown short-jacket), blue This color he felt was a little too bright, he liked to wear plain clothes, seeing the King of Wei here, Wei Pi put away his embarrassed expression, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Wei Pi has seen His Highness." ”

"Wei Qing, thank you for your courtesy, I have a drawing today, you go and call a few craftsmen to come and take a look at the artwork of the new design." After speaking, Zhao Dezhao took out a white rice paper pattern from his cuff, and then showed it to Wei Pi.

Wei Pi took the rice paper, immediately put it on the table, and then slowly spread it out. He saw a long strip of objects displayed on rice paper, and he had seen the pattern of that object once.

Wei Pi's eyes suddenly widened, but he was not as surprised as usual, since the ordnance supervisor improved a lot of weapons and newly developed some gunpowder, Wei Pi admired His Royal Highness the King of Wei in front of him, and now he heard about firearms, so he asked: "Your Highness is talking about firearms!" ”

Zhao Dezhao nodded, all this made Wei Pi more and more surprised, and then Wei Pi sent a small servant to summon a few craftsmen who had done good craftsmanship here.

After a cup of tea, the craftsmen rushed to the hall, including some craftsmen from Jiangning Mansion, who were also craftsmen from the former Southern Tang Dynasty Weapons Supervisor.

Seeing the ordnance supervisor Wei Pi and the king of Wei, Zhao Dezhao, lying on the table together, the two were discussing a weapon that made them daunting, and the sight of the king of Wei talking to a lowly ordnance supervisor made some of the craftsmen from the south very puzzled.

They arched their hands and said, "I've seen His Highness and Eunuch Wei." ”

Zhao Dezhao said unequivocally to them: "You don't have to be so polite, I called you here today for an impossible task, and this task was also privately developed by the imperial court, so you have to keep your mouth shut and can't leak everything here, otherwise you will be the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty and a rebellion." ”

The seven or eight craftsmen from Jiangning Mansion arched their hands and said, "All of us were given by His Highness, if His Highness hadn't rescued us from Jiangning Mansion, I'm afraid our lives would not have been so comfortable." ”

Zhao Dezhao said: "Since this is the case, then you also know that in my Great Song Dynasty Weapons Prison, those talented craftsmen who are willing to endure hardships and stand hard work are welcome, even if you are just a humble craftsman, but as long as you are self-motivated, you will be able to get the treatment you deserve, and Mao Asan is an example for you to learn." ”

The craftsmen in front of them listened and all nodded yes.

Since Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, had entrusted them with such an important task, they also felt that the burden on their shoulders was very heavy.

The rice paper has been spread out on the table, and Zhao Dezhao also referred to this picture and told the people in front of him about some necessary places, such as some materials used in various places, and some problems to be paid attention to in forging and smelting, which are some details.

When the craftsmen first heard it, they thought that the things drawn on this small piece of rice paper must be very simple and easy to learn, but after the King of Wei explained it again, there were many craftsmen who could not understand his meaning.

Zhao Dezhao raised his head and looked at those craftsmen, the suspicious expressions on their faces just explained the doubts in their hearts, Zhao Dezhao was not surprised, it was natural not to understand, after all, this era would not have produced this advanced musket, he stared for a moment, and said slowly: "I don't blame you for this, it's because I didn't think about it, but if you don't understand it the first time, I will naturally say it a second time, and if I don't understand it again the second time, I will continue to say it...... Until you all understand. ”

Those craftsmen said: "Thank you, Your Highness, we will naturally work hard to learn, and we will definitely live up to Your Highness's trust." ”

Zhao Dezhao arched his hand at those craftsmen and said: "If you have worked, if you succeed, you will be the heroes of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Your Highness has tormented us."

Under Zhao Dezhao's teaching over and over again, the craftsmen used the charcoal pen they were not accustomed to at hand to depict the artwork on Zhao Dezhao's drawings one by one.

It is to be familiar with every detail of the pattern and to imprint it firmly in their minds, so that they can master it skillfully during the production process.

However, this alone will naturally not work, and they will understand this truth when they practice.

After Zhao Dezhao explained this, he went to Guangwei Restaurant in the south of the city.