Chapter 31: This Is Our Time

On the eastern horizon, the bustling Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo has begun to prosper in this era.

In Zhao Dezhao's study in the Wei Palace, when Zhao Dezhao saw the little nobleman in such a hurry, he immediately turned around and said eagerly: "What happened to the little nobleman, why are you so flustered?" ”

Xiao Guizi bowed slightly, and then eagerly pulled out a letter from his cuff and announced: "Your Highness, the Black Stone Ridge Military Newspaper, please read it quickly." ”

"It turned out to be a secret report from Blackstone Ridge!" Zhao Dezhao was very concerned about the report from the north, and even the slightest bit made him nervous, because at the moment Xiao Siwen was stationed in Heishiling, forming a multi-angular situation with Yelu Huge, Yelu Xianzhen and the rest of the Liao army in Ulzhou, while the Song army just occupied Jinpo Pass when the Liao army retreated westward, which was just a corner near Taihang Mountain.

Zhao Dezhao is worried that the Song army and the Liao army are arguing in the Taihang Mountain, not to mention, Zhao Dezhao's cousin He Lingtu is now mixed into the Liao army, which is dangerous for He Lingtu, and he may lose his life at any time, so Zhao Dezhao is still a little worried.

At the moment, although this letter was not written by He Lingtu himself, it was also a report from another martial arts special forces lurking in the mountains, but the rest of the report made Zhao Dezhao feel at ease, in the reckless Taihang Mountain, these martial arts students hid their traces and were investigating every move of the Liao army.

Xiao Guizi has been standing aside, looking at his Royal Highness frowned, he has been standing silent, he knows that his Royal Highness has been in the past few days, the business and trivial matters add up, so much that he can't be busy all of a sudden, since his master became the king of Wei, he has entrusted the entire Guangwei Group to Bai Gucheng, he just listened to the suggestions, now the Guangwei Group has opened all over the Jiangnan, the literati and dignitaries in Jiangnan have also tasted different dishes, and their own masters are opening restaurants at the same time, The restaurant not only gave Wei Wangfu a steady stream of financial resources, but also filled the treasury at the same time.

After his own master became the master of Changchun Hall, his voice in Changchun Hall became more and more powerful, and Yang Meng retreated behind the scenes, and also helped coordinate in the center in terms of personnel. The burden on the master of his own family is getting heavier and heavier, as for the matter of Changchun Hall, his own master let Wu Lingqing, Shang Haobin and Duan Xiaolou share a part, Changchun Hall is the number one force in the whole world, and most of what is done is intelligence exploration.

Most of the duties of the finch are to assassinate some important officials of the enemy country, and these people in power are also sharp weapons in the hands of their own masters, so they cannot afford to lose.

On the other side, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, suddenly raised his head and looked at the little nobleman in front of him, and he said slowly: "Little nobleman, you run your legs and go to the Xishan outside the city." ”

Xiao Guizi's thoughts suddenly returned to reality, he understood what His Royal Highness meant, and immediately bowed down and retreated.

After noon, the sun was a little violent. Wu Lingqing and Shang Haobin came in the right color, in the corner of the backyard of the Wei Palace, the plum flower has bloomed at the moment, the flower color is pure white, and the center of the stamen has bloomed a little, attracting the surrounding bees and butterflies to begin to fly around the courtyard wall, this plum flower comes from the south, but now it has added a touch of vitality to the Wei Palace.

The breeze blew, and a faint fragrance of plum flowers wafted over, making Wu Lingqing and Shang Haobin a little intoxicated.

"What a lively plum flower, blooming so lively, Ah sneeze-" Wu Lingqing raised his head, and the petals on the top of his head suddenly fell on his neck, like a goddess scattering flowers, and he sneezed.

Shang Haobin immediately quipped: "Martial madman, it looks like you're going to have peach blossom luck this year!" I don't know which little lady has already fallen in love with you. When Shang Haobin said this, his whole face smiled like a wrinkled chrysanthemum, after all, among the four, Wu Lingqing and Duan Xiaolou were still single.

Wu Lingqing sneezed again, and then said in a rough voice: "Phew, Lao Tzu is still planning to be single this year, the family does not have to worry about food and clothing, and there are fragrant cars and BMWs, how can you be as precocious as you?" ”

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Zhao Dezhao heard the two people outside the house joking, he immediately trotted out of the room, and immediately teased: "If the martial madman has no object, the female relatives of those high-ranking officials and nobles can't wait." ”

"Even you make fun of me." Wu Lingqing opened his arms, like a peacock, and pounced towards Zhao Dezhao.

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The three chatted for a while, and Zhao Dezhao and the three of them entered the house to discuss business.

Outside, the smell of plum flowers entered the house in the wind, and the three of them began to calm down.

Zhao Dezhao put on a serious face and said: "These days, you have also seen the secret report from the north in the Changchun Hall, I don't know what you think now?" ”

Wu Lingqing shook his shoulders and said: "Since entering Changchun Hall, there are always busy affairs, there have been continuous wars in the north these days, and we have to send people to spy on the military newspapers, and we have to ensure the smooth flow of information, which has kept us busy, Xiao Zhao, the dispute between Song and Liao cannot be solved overnight, and now they are retreating west to the west of Taihang, just planning to avoid the edge of the Song army, and then take advantage of the Song army's return to the south and then kill it from Taihang Mountain, this enemy's ghost idea is nothing more than these, It is said that a general who died in Jinpo Pass this time is Xiao Siwen's personal entourage, and he is also his relative, you should know what kind of person Xiao Siwen is, and that Gao Xun is not a good stubble, serving as a high-ranking official in the Liao court, these two are always a little relieved together. ”

"Martial madmen can still hit the nail on the head, at the moment the Liao army is in the Taihang Mountain, according to the self-defense, Xiao Siwen's talent is also famous in history, and Yelu Xianzhen and Yelu Hugo are young, and they will also be the fierce enemies of my Great Song Dynasty in the future, if we surrender or assassinate them this time, we may be able to reduce the pressure on the future Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Dezhao clasped his hands on the table, and a plum petal floated into the room, and landed on the table in the room, "Although the enemy is very famous in history, we should not be arrogant, they always have their strengths, but there are some weaknesses, no one is perfect, so we should not look at this era from a historical perspective, we must look at history dialectically." ”

Shang Haobin breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said with a straight face: "Yes, my Great Song Dynasty is no longer the weak Song Kingdom in history, as long as we adopt some advanced systems and some concepts applicable to this era, and use them with the entire era, this era will give us more brilliant than the original era, and we will strive for this era." ”

Wu Lingqing clenched his fists, and said with a straight look: "The war in the north is not a matter of one person, but the affairs of the entire Changchun Hall, the entire Song army and even the entire Song Kingdom, and it is also something we have to fight for, I don't believe that their Liao army can put wings, the devils have invaded China for so many years, and in the end, they have not been driven out of China." ”

"The farming dynasty dealt with nomads like the Liao army, not because of their inferiority, but because of their national strength and population. It is difficult to convert resources into city force, so if the Great Song Dynasty does not follow the old path, it must train elite soldiers and strong generals, strengthen everyone's physique, and let them start training from an early age. ”

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Zhao Dezhao is a crossbow lying in the corner of the room, Zhao Dezhao is a marksman, but he usually does not use a crossbow, but uses a bow For bows and arrows, one of the disadvantages of crossbows is that the manufacturing cost is somewhat high, and skilled craftsmen are required; The second is that it is somewhat heavy, and easy to damage, the crossbow made of animal skin horn is afraid of the tide, if you want to equip an army, it is very expensive, and you also need to keep up with the logistics, so some gains outweigh the losses, the size of the general crossbow is relatively large, and there are very few one-handed operations, after all, it is not very practical.

However, the crossbow in the corner of Zhao Dezhao's house is not the previous crossbow, this is a short crossbow, which has been improved by the Weapons Supervisor, and has added some excellent characteristics of the Divine Arm Bow, although it is not as good as the Divine Arm Bow, but it can shoot enemies at close range within one hundred and fifty steps, and the quality has also been reduced a lot, this time the martial arts students are equipped with some such crossbows.

Wu Lingqing took the crossbow and tried it, and it felt good.

Zhao Dezhao pointed to the small crossbow and said, "That's right, it's only a step down to this point now, and it's okay to use it for the time being." ”

Wu Lingqing weighed it, looked left and right, and said: "This little crossbow is not bad, and there are many defects, but this era is not bad, and it will be improved in the future." ”

Shang Haobin took the small crossbow from Wu Lingqing's hand, and then tried the elasticity of this crossbow, and the elasticity of the deerskin crossbow string on this crossbow was good.

"Yes, if the bracket of this crossbow is lighter, the elasticity of the bowstring is enough, but the elasticity of the bowstring can be solved with springs, so you might as well add some springs next time to try it."

"That's fine."

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Xiao Guizi has been standing outside the house, at this time, a person suddenly came outside the house, it was Zhao Pu who took off his court clothes and changed into civilian clothes, Zhao Pu raised his head and looked at the plum flowers in the corner, some of the petals of the plum flowers fell to the ground under the breeze, and the cobblestone road was very beautiful.

Zhao Pu sometimes took the time to go outside the city to see, this time, spring back to the earth, outside the city in the farmland, the people have begun to cultivate, the new water wheel and water wheel has been running in the farmland, these water wheels are completely driven by water power, but save a lot of labor, in the fields outside the city, the people are reclaiming the land, loosening the soil, the field is also filled with water in turn, they plan to sow the rice of the city in the field, and there are some barren and infertile soil, intended to be used to plant sweet potatoes and other new crops.

The plum blossoms bloomed, spring came, Zhao Pu was stunned, he kept looking at the plum tree.

When Xiao Guizi saw Zhao Pu coming, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Xiao Di has seen Zhao Xianggong." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is here, and Zeping has something important to ask to see."

"Your Highness is in the house, Xiao Di will go in and tell you."