On this day, Zhao Dezhao received a lot of letters from the north from Changchun Hall, but in Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture, everything was very calm, and the body of Liu Jun, the lord of Han, was also much better, and Liu Jiyuan, Yin of Taiyuan Mansion, was also respectful as usual, showing the appearance of a qualified prince in everything, Guo Wuwei They were also secretly preparing on the surface All this seems to be calm, but in fact, Zhao Dezhao also knows the situation in Jinyang City in his heart.

On the other side, Zhao Dezhao also received a letter from Yang Zan, the black-clothed and black-armored cavalry had arrived near Youzhou and Jizhou, and Yang Zan and they were also on the way north.

As for the area around the Flying Fox, it is both offensive and defensive, and the Liao army is also ready for long-term operations, and the defensive situation between Song and Liao makes Zhao Dezhao a little headache.

Since ancient times, the north has plundered the border passes, it has been a thousand years, and now Zhao Dezhao is planning to end this situation, now the war in Hebei, and it is the spring ploughing season, although the Liao people do not have the strength to go south and go deeper, but this kind of painless harassment makes people a little anxious.

In the afternoon, in the Changchun Palace, Zhao Dezhao stayed in Tokyo and summoned all the important ministers and officials of the court to the Changchun Palace, and discussed the matter of escorting the army to the north, supporting the forbidden army to fight for a long time, and attacking the Liao army.

The courtiers, such as Zhao Kuangyin, Xue Juzheng, Lü Yuqing and other courtiers, also supported the emperor in the war.

The important ministers discussed for a while, and also agreed to Zhao Kuangyin's will, and the imperial court also began to requisition grain, grass and other things through various divisions.

On the cement gallop road in Kaifeng, a lot of four-wheeled carriages were galloped, which were loaded with grain, grass, soldiers, etc. from various states and places in the Great Song Dynasty, and the soldiers who accompanied the army lined up in a long line

At night, in the Kaifeng market, the lights of thousands of homes are lit up in turn, and the whole Tokyo city begins to show another kind of prosperity, Zhao Dezhao went to the Guangwei restaurant in the south of the city according to the agreement, the restaurant is full of guests at the door, and there are many guests in and out, if you do not book the location of the restaurant in advance, it is estimated that you will have to wait for a few days.

The night was a rare day of relaxation, Zhao Dezhao went to the Tianzi room, and Wu Lingqing and Shang Haobin were waiting for him to come.

"Yo, isn't this King Wei Chitose, why was it blown by a gust of wind." The person who ridiculed was Wu Lingqing.

Shang Haobin on the side had just picked up a butter cake and was about to nibble on it, when he squirted out the cake crumbs in one go.

"Yo, is that funny?"

Shang Haobin picked up a bowl of tea and drank it, "It's okay, you continue." I'll drink saliva first. ”

The three of them ate and drank happily in the box for a long time.

Zhao Dezhao doesn't like to grow meat on his body, this period of time because he is busy and sitting there like working all day, he obviously feels that the muscles on his stomach are a little relaxed, but he has grown some soft and fluffy meat, which really makes him very depressed, he is only nineteen years old, and he feels that he has gained a lot of weight, and he always feels that doing things is not as easy and flexible as before, at this moment he joked: "It is easy to gain weight if you eat a lot of meat, if you eat a lot of fish and meat every day, you will be blessed all day long, just imagine, If a person lives a privileged life all day long, it is inevitable to grow fat, and at present, the war in the north has not been settled, and the world has not yet been unified, so it is still important to focus on the overall situation. So today, in addition to eating, the more important thing is national affairs. ”

Wu Lingqing and Shang Haobin naturally understood the meaning of Zhao Dezhao's words, the things they are doing now are unprecedented and unprecedented, they are like pioneers and practitioners in this era, they must do a good job if they want to do it, otherwise the strong historical inertia will still wash away their efforts.

Zhao Dezhao said: "Martial madman, now you may have to requisition some martial arts four-wheeled carriages to transport goods to the north." ”

Wu Lingqing said: "This matter is wrapped up in me, which ones are you going to transport this time?" It's just that this time I sent a batch over? ”

"Bows, crossbows and other weapons will be sent to Yizhou within seven days, and a batch has already been sent, and the batch you want to send is not an ordinary weapon, most of them are thermal weapons. If the north is uneasy, the people are also uneasy, and at present, Hedong and Hebei are the key, and my Great Song Dynasty wants to recover the lost territory in the north in advance. ”

Shang Haobin knocked on the table, his wine strength came up a little, and his face was as red as pig's liver, he roared, "Also, the location of the sixteen states is very important, most of them are in the hands of the Liao people at the moment, and the Liao people in history are also relying on the control of the Yanshan Mountain Range and the Taihang Mountain Range, and invade the Great Song Dynasty in the south, and the Great Song Dynasty is only the enemy, the alliance of the Yuan Yuan is just to ensure the peace of the Great Song Dynasty for a period of time, but the later Jin State can still easily go south, why is this, isn't it the result of giving up the back to others?" At the end of the Song Dynasty, the number of troops was the largest in any dynasty, but there were more defeats than victories. ”

Fortunately, the sound insulation effect of the box is not bad, and there are also Xiao Guizi and others guarding the box, so that others will not know about this opportunity.

Wu Lingqing looked at the drunken Shang Haobin and said with a smile: "If you don't recover, but station troops on the border of Song and Liao, how many Great Song soldiers will have to go north to defend it, if my Great Song Dynasty recovers the north, the disaster will lead to the west, and then break all the balance of this world."

The night is already very deep, after the three people came out of the restaurant, they walked along the bank of the Bianshui River, the spring breeze blew, making people comfortable, and now although the war in the north is tight, but Kaifeng seems to have nothing happened, the people of Kaifeng think that the Song Emperor will return triumphantly.

The three of them walked along the Bianhe River for a while, and then went back to their homes

Early in the morning of the second day, the early morning mist has dissipated, Zhao Dezhao came out of the Wei Palace, and rushed to the Bianhe River outside the city in a four-wheeled carriage, on the bank of the Bianshui River, a building complex is very close under the thick wall, this building complex is the workshop area of Kaifeng, the workshop at this moment, has formed a small city, here are surrounded by tall walls, and the common people are not allowed to approach.

In this place, there are guards on all sides of the forbidden army, and there is a stone tablet written by the emperor himself at the door, which reads: The Great Song Dynasty is a heavy land, and idlers are not allowed to enter.

The Ordnance Prison, the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard, the Armor Workshop, the General Supervisor, etc. are all located here, and there are separate workshop areas, garrison areas, artisan residential areas, military academies, martial arts fields, paddy fields, and experimental sites, and the industrial core of the entire Great Song Empire is here, and everything here is the blood of the Great Song Dynasty.

Before he got inside, Zhao Dezhao heard a rumbling sound, which shook the walls and the ground, and his ears also felt a deafening feeling, and the horse also felt uncomfortable, neighed, and almost broke off.

"This is the Dragon Howling Cannon." Zhao Dezhao gave him a name, in fact, the name doesn't matter, the key is that this thing was originally a cannon, according to the strength of this sound, that is, the improved artillery, it is more powerful than the previous one.

Zhao Dezhao looked at the tall wall, this airtight city is a test base, and above the sky, there is a sphere floating in the sky, this thing is a military hot air balloon, and now it is also hovering in the air, like a harrier eagle in the air to monitor the ground, this is also to better protect a heavy land.

Zhao Dezhao got down from the carriage, at this time a group of forbidden soldiers hurriedly ran out from inside, rushed out, and was running along the bank of the Bianshui River, seeing Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, getting down from the carriage, this group of forbidden soldiers immediately stopped, and then a soldier led by Zhao Dezhao made a military salute.

Zhao Dezhao also immediately returned a military salute, and the tiger-headed soldier immediately led a group of soldiers to trot away, at this time of the day, they all had to run along this small city, and it probably took an hour to run around like this.

The paces of the soldiers of the forbidden army were neat and consistent, beating the ground like cramped raindrops, Zhao Dezhao looked at the soldiers in the distance, and a sense of accomplishment arose.

Zhao Dezhao walked to the door, there were a few soldiers guarding the door, they didn't have any expression when they saw Zhao Dezhao, they belonged to the emperor alone, even if the prince came, they didn't appreciate it, Zhao Dezhao took off a guide sign from his waist, and then showed it to those soldiers, and those soldiers let Zhao Dezhao in.

Zhao Dezhao followed the sound of artillery fire, and had already arrived here, this is the ordnance supervisor, and the craftsmen inside are cleaning up the mess left by the explosion of the artillery.

The copper pipe didn't know what was going on, it was blown up by the explosives, and the metal was like a flower, and a hole was also blown up in the ground, surrounded by some black substances, Zhao Dezhao didn't know if it was the power of the gunpowder or the quality of the copper pipe, his eyes scanned everything on the scene, and then asked a craftsman who was cleaning the mess on the side, "Uncle Fang, is anyone injured?" ”

The craftsman is called Fang Xingwu, he is wearing the work clothes designed by Zhao Dezhao, and he is now the weapons supervisor, at this moment I saw the Wei Wang Chitose next to him is asking him, he was born in a craftsman for generations, not long ago because of his outstanding talent and the research of weapons and equipment, he was promoted to the weapons supervisor, although it is a positive seventh product, but for Fang Xingwu, who has no one in the Fang family who has been an official, he is still flattered, at this moment he replied: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness, Your Highness, and there was no craftsman injured, the pipe was blown up, and the scene was really scared to death." Fang Xingwu was in danger, but Fang Cai's aftermath still left an indelible impression on his mind.

"It's good that there are no casualties." Zhao Dezhao is still very glad for the safety of these craftsmen, after an accident in the weapons supervisor last time, a craftsman was missing an arm, two thighs but Zhao Kuangyin thought that the craftsmen worked hard, and specially rewarded a manor in the western suburbs of the capital, a few beautiful maids, and the craftsman was also grateful to Dade, and now his two concubines gave birth to two big fat boys, and finally passed on the ancestry to comfort the souls of the ancestors under the nine springs.

Zhao Dezhao cared more than this, he said, "That's right, Fang Cheng." How's the matter with your recent repairs to your arsenal, armor and crossbows? ”

The party said slowly, because the King of Wei Chitose was approachable, he did not feel a kind of dignity and humility, and the King of Wei in front of him was as kind and kind as a nephew in the family, he said one by one: "Tell the King of Wei Chitose, since the imperial court mobilized the bow and crossbow and a batch of bow and crossbow ordnance to transport the arsenal, now there are more than 3,500 arm bows left in the treasury of our ordnance supervisor, more than 1,000 horn bows and crossbows, 300 wooden carts, 7,000 ballistas and Chitose's new divine machine crossbows are rushing to work. None of the puppets are my Song people's opponents. ”

Zhao Dezhao nodded when he heard this, what he was most concerned about recently was the batch of divine machine crossbows and the fire that was still under development. As for the barrel, the part of the gun is the most difficult to break through in technology at present, because of the limitations and the forging and smelting technologies of this era, the process of developing muskets is quite slow, and it is Zhao Dezhao who first finds a replacement to improve the power of other weapons.

Today's wind is blowing very pleasantly, Zhao Dezhao entered the ordnance prison under the leadership of Fang Xingwu, and those craftsmen are splicing some parts, a small hand. Crossbows, i.e., Divine Crossbows, are being installed, and each of them is perfect, at least in the eyes of the craftsman, and the new type of Lookout (scope) gives it a new meaning.

Fang Xingwu picked up a divine machine crossbow, after he got on the bow and arrow, he began to adjust the range of this divine machine crossbow, in order to distinguish it, he tried it and came to a conclusion: To sum up, the divine machine crossbow is perfect, no matter from the quality of the bow and crossbow, the range, the accuracy, etc. Crossbow.

However, Zhao Dezhao was not satisfied, his eyes were still very picky, this was an artifact in Fang Xingwu's eyes, but it was still an experimental product in Zhao Dezhao's eyes.

He said: "Although this thing is good, it does not reach the range of the bow and arrow, and this shot is not much, and the upper and lower bows and arrows are still a little more laborious, if it is improved, it will be good." ”

"A little improvement is good," Zhao Dezhao muttered to himself, he felt as if he had reached a bottleneck, all inspiration was framed by empiricism, and there have always been many appropriationists, and he stole the inspiration of later generations, but he did not improve it.

Everything is caused by piracy, and Zhao Dezhao thinks so

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