"Lord Totong shook the city this morning! I don't know how many boudoir girls can't sleep all night! ”

Zhao Xun's face turned red and said with a smile: "Uncle Su! You and I are not outsiders, if it weren't for your help, there would be no Huolin Army today, let alone today's Zhao Xun. If Uncle Su looks at the little nephew, just call me Xun'er. ”

Su Yun was relieved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Now you are all earned by your own hard work, what I provide is just a shortcut, even if there is no me, you will still achieve extraordinary achievements." Since you have said so, I am not ambiguous, in the future, I will be your Uncle Su, and I can use my place, just command. ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Well, Uncle Su has been an official in Yanzhou Mansion for many years, and he knows the situation in Yanzhou Mansion and even the surrounding areas very well. Therefore, I would like to make Uncle Su the Deputy Director of the Supervision Department and the Director of the Liaison Department. ”

Su Yun said: "That's okay, since Xun'er can afford my old bones, then I am not ambiguous." As for the Oversight Division, I understand, but the Liaison Division, what does that do? ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "The Liaison Department is actually the Foreign Affairs Department, which handles foreign relations. Now, although our Huolin army has defeated the Yan army and recovered the lost territory, neither the imperial court nor Youzhou has expressed it. The little nephew was also puzzled by this, which required Uncle Su to find a way to ask. ”

Although he got rid of the previous idleness and was appointed by Zhao Xun, Su Yun did not get carried away because of the excitement of the moment. Cheng Shen pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I went to the Yamen of the Xuanfu Envoy in Youzhou a few years ago to inquire, and I am afraid that we don't even know what to do in Youzhou." However, as the chief inspector of a state, the Xuanfu envoy of Youzhou should be responsible for this matter, and he will inquire about it when the time comes. ”

"Then it's troublesome Uncle Su, as for the required expenses, just report to the finance department, and just take as much as you want. As for success or failure, it does not matter whether there is a clear answer or not. If it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to attract the attention of the imperial court, I really didn't want to deal with them. The Tatar army invaded, and none of the civil and military officials stood up, and there was not a single good thing. ”

After talking with Su Yun, he was ready to get up and say goodbye, and before leaving, he took out one or three gift boxes from the guards behind him, and said with a smile: "The generals of Yingzhou Mansion sent a lot of loot yesterday, and these are all mink cloaks that the generals of the Yan Army don't know from which clan, I took a look, and it looks warm and beautiful on my body, so I specially gave it to Uncle Su, Aunt Su and Su Ran's sister." ”

Su Yun smiled and said: "Xun'er bothered, when you didn't return, he followed a few girls in your house for a long time, and he didn't look like a girl at all." ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "Why do you have to do this? As long as they're comfortable, wouldn't it be good? Besides, there are few people in my house, so it's better for the sister of the Su family to go and see more, let them talk more. ”

Seeing that Zhao Xun was not dissatisfied with his daughter, Su Yun was overjoyed, speaking of which, the good son who can be seen in his eyes now is not as good as Zhao Xun.

After leaving Su Mansion, Zhao Xun let out a sigh of relief, as for Su Yun's problem, it was finally solved, and it could be regarded as letting go of a trace of fetters in his heart.

"Brother Zhao! How did you end up here? As soon as he left the mansion, he saw Su Ran coming back from outside with two maids and more than a dozen guards.

The day before yesterday, because he was in a hurry, he was extremely tired, and he didn't take a closer look, but now under the sun, Zhao Xun suddenly found that he hadn't seen him for a month, Su Ran was getting more and more beautiful, although he was two years younger than Zhao Xun, but he was obviously more and more powerful.

Su Ran felt that Zhao Xun's gaze was a little hot, and he couldn't hold back the strange feeling in his heart, and said with a red face: "What are you looking at?" Talking to you. ”

Zhao Xun was stunned for a moment, and said: "Oh, I came today to sue Uncle Su, he is going to take up the two positions of my capital and the government, and he will be in office soon, so that Uncle Su can be mentally prepared." I haven't seen each other for a month, and our little girl has grown up and become more and more moving. After that, Zhao Xun immediately knew that he was wrong, and this was not the time to joke casually.

Sure enough, Su Ran's face became more and more ruddy, and Qiong's nose twitched, "You...... I won't tell you. After saying that, he turned around and entered the house.

"Alas...... Women in this era can't joke! Zhao Xun sighed helplessly.

Leaving Sufu, Zhao Xun had a longitudinal horse to fly to Yanbei Racecourse, where 3,000 orphans were placed, and for this reason, the guard battalion also specially built a large number of houses and training grounds. Yesterday's words made the Shadow Guard and the Blood Shadow Guard send a hundred people here before the reorganization, and they have already arrived, and together with the guards of the battalion, they have become the instructors of the orphans here.

"Meet Toto-sama!" In addition to the instructors, there are also delicate children's voices. Looking at the neatly arranged three thousand people, Zhao Xun was satisfied for a while.

Three thousand, a thousand between the ages of ten and thirteen, and the rest were under the age of ten. According to the rules, all children over the age of eight must scrub their upper bodies with cold water every morning after waking up and wash their feet with cold water at night. Although the cold weather has made these children suffer enough, Zhao Xun believes that it is very necessary to do so, because it can cultivate the spirit of hardship and hard work, strengthen the muscles and bones, and enhance willpower. Besides, compared to their lonely life, which has no last meal, this place is simply a paradise.

In general, they will endure poverty, strictness, and almost cruelty in their education, and cultivate their children's loyalty and dedication to Zhao Xun and the Huolin Army, so that they will have a high sense of responsibility, indomitable will, and extraordinary ability to endure pain, and will be able to take on great responsibilities at critical moments.

In order to increase their loyalty to Zhao Xun, every morning before they left the washing and collective rooms, all the orphans would stand in the middle of the bunk, and under the leadership of a room of twenty people who took turns to serve as captains, they would loudly swear to the flame unicorn flag hanging on the wall in the middle of the dormitory, and they would be loyal to Zhao Xun and the Huolin army until the end of their lives. Before resting at night, they had to answer repeated inquiries from the guards and soldiers, who saved them? Who made them have clothes to wear, who kept them from being despised, who made them literate and practice martial arts?

Even during the training, every child is asked to recite silently in their hearts: "It was Lord Zhao Xun who saved us, it was Lord Zhao Xun who brought me this beautiful life, we should use our lives to protect adults!" ”

Although this seems inhumane, this is the feudal era, but also in the war era, and it is more real that the people are as cheap as dogs. Tong guò's pyramid scheme-style and brainwashing-like education cultivated their loyalty to Zhao Xun, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice their personal interests and lives for the sake of Zhao Xun and Huolin Army. Speaking of which, this is actually an extremely bad way, once Zhao Xun has an accident, maybe they will have a bad impact on the outside world. Therefore, in addition to martial arts, Xi Wen literacy, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and piety, there are a lot of things, of course, the loyalty here is first loyal to Zhao Xun, then to the Huolin Army, then to the Han people, and finally to the Yan Kingdom. In addition to the principles of life, after they have learned enough knowledge, they will also have to learn the art of war and some combat ideas.

Even the hundred instructors who taught them martial arts, just watched it for a day, and their hearts were furious, and these people, in a few days, began to establish admiration, admiration, love, and loyalty to Zhao Xun. What would happen to them when they grew up?

After staying with these children for a day, the next day he said goodbye to these little ones who were sad to hear that he had left, and came to Gushan Fort.

The current Gushan Fort is not at all what it used to be, it is the flank fortress of Yanzhou City. Now it is basically occupied by the craftsman camp. The place was guarded by a battalion of the Right Army and a battalion of the recruit battalion, but the guards were still very strong. You must know that these officers are all from the pro-guard battalion, and the non-commissioned officers of the pro-guard battalion are also meticulous in completing Zhao Xun's strictness in military discipline.

Lu Shijie, the commander of the craftsman battalion, heard that Zhao Xun, the commander of the capital, was coming, and hurriedly went out to greet him. Zhao Xun made a series of adjustments to the Huolin Army, especially the appointment of the post of Fu Yin, who was equivalent to the state capital level, and Lu Shijie rushed to the current Zhao Xun's prestige is better than before, and he does not dare to slack off in the slightest.

"Subordinate Lu Shijie, meet Lord Dutong!"

"Excuse me! Get up! Zhao Xun turned over and got off the jade unicorn and gently stroked the jade unicorn's head a few times. Because of the excellent quality of his war horse, he was afraid that the guards of the battalion would not be able to keep up, and he did not dare to run with all his strength, which made the jade qilin extremely unhappy. However, fortunately, his temper is much better now, and he has completely accepted Zhao Xun, and at this moment, under Zhao Xun's touch, he is rubbing in Zhao Xun's arms to show friendship.

"I'll take a look at your results, how is that hydraulic forging press doing? Can it be used effectively? Zhao Xun asked repeatedly. This hydraulic forging mechanism is based on the rapid manufacture of plate armor, and for the Huolin Army, it is a very fast solution to the problem of soldier equipment. Moreover, it is the key to heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, and plate armor is the strongest armor in defense.

"If you go back to your lordship, this hydraulic forging press has been made and can be used. This reduces the consumption of manpower and livestock, which is indeed a good thing. Lu Shijie couldn't help but admire.

"Really? Got it? Then let's check it out! Zhao Xun couldn't wait to see this simple water conservancy machine.

Lu Shijie said with an embarrassed face: "Lord Dutong, because of the heavy snow for several days, coupled with the cold weather, the river is frozen. So...... So it can't run now. ”

"Uh...... Yes, I was negligent! But it doesn't matter, as long as it can be used, it's already good. In addition, according to various standards, an extra month's salary will be given to everyone, which can be regarded as the New Year's money before the Chinese New Year. Zhao Xun said with a regretful face.

"Lord Xie Dutong!" All the craftsmen around Zhao Xun were smiling.

After understanding, after the emergence of this kind of forging machinery that does not rely on human and animal power, it became possible to manufacture plate armor, and its protective power was better than that of leather armor and armor. The protection of plate armor and the flexibility brought to soldiers under the same weight are unmatched by other iron armor, and because of the emergence of forging presses, it provides more convenient conditions for processing. And whether it is chain mail, scale armor, and armor, because its constituent elements (small iron rings, armor pieces, etc.) are too small, the processing is extremely cumbersome, not only labor-intensive, but also difficult to process and strengthen but the cost is much lower, and most importantly, it can be produced in large quantities.

Moreover, it is possible to increase the thickness and thickness of the dù and the shape of some parts, which can make them plate armor for different classes. Because they only came out, only a few semi-finished products were made, so Zhao Xun couldn't know their speed, but at least it was much better than consuming manpower. In this regard, Zhao Xun is full of hope, of course, Zhao Xun will also increase the mining of coal and iron.

"By the way, Lu Shijie, let the people of the bow and crossbow camp make me a batch of arrows with thumb thickness and all made of fine iron, about a hundred or so. You have the craftsmen of the bow and crossbow camp consult to see how to design it without compromising accuracy. Zhao Xun finally remembered his silver Jiao bow, the silver Jiao bow was full of four deni of strength, which was four hundred and eighty catties, almost five hundred catties of strength. And ordinary arrows have already affected Zhao Xun's performance with this bow.

"Thumb thickness? Iron arrows? Ordinary people can't shoot this kind of arrow far! Lu Shijie was a little confused.

Zhao Xun smiled: "This is not used by others, it is used by Bendu." All you have to do is build it, and if you can, make more! ”

"Yes! Be! Be! Subordinates understand! Hearing Zhao Xun say this, Lu Shijie didn't say much anymore, and secretly scolded himself for being a fool. Since Zhao Xun said that he used it himself, it means that Zhao Xun will definitely be able to ejaculate, and he can just make the finished product, and ask what he is doing with this......