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In Xiongzhou, Wu Ji is handling military affairs. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this moment, I heard a rush of footsteps, and Wu Ji raised his head violently: "Wang Shumi, you are back!" ”

"Haha!" Wang Shaoshuanglang's laughter rang out, and he walked in quickly: "Brother Wu, how did you know that I was back?" I didn't ask them to send you a message. ”

"That's because your footsteps betrayed you!" Wu Ji stood up, walked up quickly and said, "Who dares to be the same as the footsteps of Wang Shumi?" I knew you were here as soon as I heard it! ”

"Huh!" Wang Shaochang laughed constantly, walked over quickly, and gave Wu Ji a bear hug: "Brother Wu, I'm not here these days, do you miss me?" ”

"I miss you every day, you should have come back a long time ago, but you didn't come back until now." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and asked, "The official family agreed, right?" ”

"What do you say?" Wang Shao did not answer directly, but asked a rhetorical question, staring at Wu Ji.

"Look at your mood, you know, the official agreed." Wu Ji looked at Wang Shu for a while, and saw that Wang Shao was full of joy, and knew that this trip to Bianjing was very fruitful.

"The official family is wise, how can he not allow it?" Wang Shao couldn't help nodding, put his arm on Wu Ji's shoulder, and the two went in together, Wang Shao closed the door with his backhand, and chose to tell the situation as he walked.

"The official family is really bold enough to make such an oath!" Speaking of Song Shenzong's swear on the table, Wang Shao was amazed, and his face was excited.

As an emperor, his words are his will, and the emperor swears, throughout the ages, not nothing, it is rare. Song Shenzong split the table and swore an oath, this kind of bearing made people's hearts break.

"Yes!" Wu Ji also didn't expect Song Shenzong to have such a feat. According to Wu Ji's thoughts, as long as it can be allowed, it is not bad, it is even better than he imagined.

"The historical Song Shenzong failed to implement reforms, which is regrettable, but it is not lacking in courage! Now, can he succeed in reforming the old and the new? Wu Ji referred to history and had doubts.

Wang Shao drank tea and said, "Brother Wu, the reason why I came back late is because I have to bring something by the way." I've brought everything you want. ”

After a slight pause, he said, "The official family gave you twice as much as you wanted." Now, you don't have to worry, just let go of your hands and feet. ”

The key to this plan is whether Zhuozhou can be won in one fell swoop. If Zhuozhou cannot be taken in one fell swoop, the Song army will be attacked by the enemy and will fail. If you want to take Zhuozhou in one fell swoop, you need a lot of saltpeter and sulfur.

Hearing this, Wu Ji was really overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" I'll take a look. ”

"Take you!" Wang Shao stood up and led Wu Ji out of the house.

Under the leadership of Wang Shao, when he came to the warehouse, he saw a team of elites guarding like iron buckets, and no one within a hundred zhang was allowed to approach. The big carts and small cars are full, and there are really a lot.

When he came to a car, Wu Ji asked someone to open it, and at a glance, it was saltpeter. Moreover, these saltpeters are boiled, and their purity is still far from Wu Ji's requirements, but they are much better than saltpeter that has not been boiled. It only needs to be purified again to meet Wu Ji's needs.

"Brother Wu, these are the stocks of the Ordnance Supervisor." Wang Shao pointed to the saltpeter and said, "Brother Wu, you know, the Great Song Dynasty is making thunderbolts, and there are a lot of these things. This time, in order to defeat Zhuozhou, the official family gave you all the saltpeter and sulfur from the ordnance superintendent, is it enough? The official said that if it is not enough, you can find another way! ”

Song Shenzong also made a bloody investment this time, and tried every means to meet Wu Ji's requirements.

If Zhuozhou can be captured, the benefits to the Song Dynasty are obvious, although it may not be able to enter Youzhou, and it may not be able to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. However, it can make the prestige of the Song Dynasty great, and the opposition in the DPRK and China will shut up. In order to achieve this goal, Song Shenzong was open-minded, and Wu Ji gave whatever he wanted.

"Enough! That's enough! Wu Ji made a rough calculation and said: "So much saltpeter and sulfur is enough to make tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder." With this gunpowder, Zhuozhou will not be able to escape. ”

"Yes!" Wang Shao nodded in agreement and said, "It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty hasn't built the thunderbolt cannon yet. Otherwise, the battle would have been easier. Hehe, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that gunpowder could still be used like this. No matter how strong the city is, when it encounters Brother Wu, it is also vulnerable! ”

Gunpowder can be used in many ways, and it doesn't have to be through artillery. Of course, if you make a cannon, it will be much more convenient and powerful.

If he could make artillery, Wu Ji would certainly be happy. It's just that time is running out, and they don't have much time, so they have to think of another way.

After looking at it for a while, Wu Ji was very satisfied.

"Brother Wu, you don't know that these things were brought up by the official family in person to the ordnance superintendent." Wang Shao shook his head and said, "If the official family doesn't go in person, or I go, those guys in the ordnance prison will also hide it, and it would be good if we could have half of them." ”

Song Shenzong actually asked in person, and Wu Ji was really a little surprised.

After checking here, Wu Ji and Wang Shao went to the Wu military industry. Today, the most important factory of Wu's military industry has been transferred from Christianity to Xiongzhou. Because Xiongzhou is big, there are many people, and it is easy to do things. Of course, there were many people who remained in the converts, and there was no way to move the ironworks.

When I came to Wu's military industry, I saw that the craftsmen were busy before and after, and they were busy, creating all kinds of weapons for the new army, such as captive knives, broken bows, Mo knives, and fine armor...... The two came to the innermost workshop of the Wu military industry, and saw Yang Xiuxiu and Wu Qingzheng leading the craftsmen of Wujiazhuang to work. Their courtyard is different from other places, it is heavily guarded, Wu Xing led the Converts army to guard it, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, even flies don't want to mix in.

"You actually mobilized the Converts to guard it, so you are not afraid that someone will join you?" Wang Shao smiled and teased.

"There's no way, the things here are related to the success or failure of our operation, we have to do this!" Wu Ji pointed to the craftsmen of Wujiazhuang and said: "They were born in Wujiazhuang, and they are related to me, and they are the earliest old foundations of Wu's military industry." I left this to them to do it just to keep it a secret. Let's go, let's go in and see! ”

Yang Xiuxiu saw Wu Ji coming, wiped the sweat on her face, and hurriedly greeted her, Wu Ji pulled her and asked, "How are you doing?" ”

"Wu Lang, you can rest assured, no problem. We tried it, soaked in water for half a month, and it still sounded. Yang Xiuxiu looked pleased.

"That's good!" Wu Ji pulled Yang Xiuxiu and Wang Shao into the warehouse, only to see a lot of tofu blocks, neatly and neatly, no more than thousands of catties.

"So much to do?" Wang Shao looked at it slightly, it was a big surprise, but also a relief. Wu Ji made all the preparations in his head, which made him feel at ease.

"Brother Wu, we can still find a way to earn the city, we don't have to storm it!" Wang Shao raised his eyebrows and came up with an idea.

"It's not impossible to earn a city. However, earning the city is not necessarily successful. Therefore, we must prepare with the utmost care. When the time comes, earn the city first, and if you can't succeed, then attack it. Wu Ji had obviously thought about it a long time ago.

"That's right!" Wang Shao has no objection to this.

Wu Ji explained some matters, left with Wang Shao, went to another place, and said: "Wang Shumi, this attack on Zhuozhou will inevitably send a large army, and this secrecy has become the top priority. For this reason, I specially selected a group of people for training, and asked them to be proficient in assassination, blocking, and finding out information. Their task is to enter the Liao realm one step ahead of us, to be on guard on the route of the army, and to eliminate all targets that may leak secrets. ”

Zhuozhou is in Liaojing, more than 1,000 miles away from Songjing. The army was dispatched, and the movement was very large, and it was difficult to keep it secret. If one is not good, it will be leaked. Once exposed, the Liao army will take precautions, which will pose a great threat to the Song army, so secrecy is a top priority.

To this end, Wu Ji selected a group of people and taught them special operations to cooperate with the army.

Wang Shao had no objection to this disposition, and after seeing it, he was in favor of it. Of course, with his expert vision, he still found a lot of faults and had to make improvements.

After Wang Shao came back, Wu Ji's burden was much lighter, and the two worked together, and the plan to attack Zhuozhou was going on step by step.

xxxxxx Henan Mansion, Sima Guang's mansion.

Sima Guang kept pacing around in the study, with an anxious look on his face.

"Dad, what's the matter?" Sima Kang asked worriedly.

"Wang Shao returned to Beijing, met with the official's family, and hurried back to the north." Sima Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "What did he say to the official family, even Lu Gongshu didn't know." This shows how great this is. Judging from all indications, the official family has adopted his and Wu Ji's plan. Although I don't know what this plan is, I can guess that it must be a shocking plan. ”

"Dad, not necessarily!" Sima Kang disagreed.

"Humph! Kang'er, you're still tender! Sima Guang was very angry and said: "The official family has already moved the oath monument out, and it will be a ruin." If this pass cannot be passed, it is a question whether the official family can keep it. For this reason, what is it strange to have an earth-shattering plan and turn the world upside down? ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said: "In the past, no matter how secret the official family's plan was, Lu Gongshu and Lu Huiqing could know about it. Now, neither of them knows about this plan, only the official family, Wang Anshi, Wang Shao and Wu Ji know, you say, what kind of secret will this be? ”

Sima Kang's mouth was open for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

"The more confidential, the more shocking!" Sima Guang stopped violently, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind: "We must not sit back and wait, we must not miss the opportunity!" Anyway, this has to be stopped. If we succeed, we won't have a chance! ”

"Dad, this matter is related to the safety of Huaxia, and it is related to the fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, should you wait?" Sima Kang hesitated for a while, but still mustered up the courage to say it: "No matter how my father opposes the new law, he can't ignore the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty and the fate of China!" ”

"Humph! What Wang Anshi can do, I can do too! That's it! Sima Guang's heart was like iron stone, he raised his eyebrows, and said: "If you want to make the official family stop, there is only one person who can do it, and that is the Queen Mother!" I'll write a letter, and you will send someone to the palace to face the Empress Dowager! ”

(To be continued)