Li Duoshou came out of Fu Yanlin's house, took a carriage north to the front street of Dongjiaolou, turned right to the entrance of Wazi Street after Pan Lou, there is a single leather store here, the front hall looks empty, only a young and strong man wearing coarse cloth clothes, sitting behind the counter boredly, tilting his head to look at the street, as if in a daze. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Huh? Why did Secretary Li return to Beijing? The guy obviously knew Li Duoshou, and when he saw him enter the door, he immediately got up to greet him, his movements were quick and crisp, and he didn't look like an ordinary guy at all.

"Ahem...... Zhu Erlang! Hasn't your shopkeeper taught you anything? Li Duoshou stood at the door, looking back left and right, with a look of displeasure on his face.

"Hey...... It's not an outsider, it's a small one! Zhu Eryuan was a gang leader of the Changyi Army, led Li Duoshou into the door, and said: "Li Duzhi just came over, just go in!" ”

Li Duoshou nodded, passed the front hall and entered the backyard, and saw two forbidden soldiers standing under the attic on the left side of the back hall, and couldn't help but smile, stepped over and nodded to the two soldiers, walked up the stairs quickly to the second floor, and entered a small room in the flower hall, and saw Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan, and Chen Jia were already sitting, and Shan Baozhong was accompanying him with tea.

Seeing Li Duoshou come in and close the door, several people smiled at each other and arched their hands, but they didn't make a sound. Shan Baozhong pointed to a couch next to him, led Li Duoshou to sit down, and said: "Through this period of time of investigation and secret visits, I really heard some interesting things, this Zhao Ding had a close relationship with Zhao Hongyin a few years ago, and the relationship was extraordinary. ”

"It's nothing, but the hateful thing is that as soon as this person came, he suppressed the officer who had been promoted by the lord and replaced it with his own people. At the beginning of the year in Huainan, our second to fifth armies did not even have the opportunity to fight, but sent us to do miscellaneous labor, and the ants attached to attack Shouzhou City, resulting in Liu Xinghuai being killed in battle, and Hou Congyi was also seriously injured. Later, Zhang Congzhao was asked to escort the grain and grass, and did not deliberately make things difficult for the carriages and horses, so that the delay was almost beheaded and punished. Chen Jia said indignantly.

"Humph! You don't have to worry, Liu Xinghuai will not die in vain, I have already asked Yang Wan to keep an eye on this Zhao Ding, and sooner or later he will pay for his brothers' lives. Li Duoshou snorted coldly, the Huainan war is beyond the reach of the whip, it is indeed a little difficult to do, so he said: "Brother Zhengyuan also thinks of his own way, you have already conquered Huainan twice, the previous meritorious service was manipulated by Li Chongjin, this time there is no chance, if you go out again, you have to find an opportunity to get rid of Zhao Ding to fight alone." ”

"This is not easy, you must know that last year's several states, at the end of the year, the Baijia Army rose up, Li Jingda of the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to lead troops to help, and most of them recovered, and then built a village along the Purple Mountain, defeated Li Jixun and Wu Xingde, and reinforced Shouzhou Liu Renzhen, and then besieged Shouzhou City until March this year, the food in the city ran out, and the official family requisitioned Huainan, Liu Renzhen had to surrender. So we went out in February and came back in April, and we didn't go to war at all. Li Chuyun said.

"I heard the lord say that according to this situation, even if Shouzhou is recovered, the battle still has to be fought. Because many generals of the forbidden army are in trouble, and people's hearts are not attached, it is normal to gain and lose. Li Duoshou shook his head, it was hard to understand that the war in Huainan had dragged on for so long.

"Wouldn't it? Now that the nearby states of Luzhou, Haozhou, and Chuzhou have not been taken, the rest of the states in Jiangbei have been conquered, and the Southern Tang Dynasty lords are preparing to negotiate peace? Li Chuyun was confused, he really couldn't see that Nantang still had any chance to turn around.

"This ...... I don't know much about what my lord said. In addition, the lord has defeated Hehuang, and he may have to lead the generals back to Beijing to receive a reward, and Mr. Feng will help you then. Senior generals of the forbidden army, have there been any recent changes? ”

"Positions are frequently transferred, and I heard that the Privy Council is preparing for a new round of marshal moves, but the details are not very clear." After all, Li Chuyun's status is still a little lower, and of course it is difficult to get a full picture of high-level affairs.

"I'll leave for Jingzhou tomorrow, if you have a letter, you can bring it over." Li Duoshou reminded him, and Li Chuyun really took out a small bamboo tube with a red rope hanging and handed it over. This is very important news from the Military Intelligence Department, but it is not urgent, and Li Duoshou is not easy to dismantle, so he took it into his arms, turned around and said goodbye and left first.

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In the early afternoon, on the field in the southern suburbs of the military city of Guangxiang Township, Quwushan, Huizhou, two four-horse carts were running wildly on the newly built official road. The car in front was running fast, and the royal hand driving was Zhang Yue, who kept waving his horsewhip and drove forward, sometimes looking back with a smug look on his face.

The car behind is Bian Ji, he is an empty car, and there are thousands of catties of grain on the car in front of Zhang Yue, but his car is running with the axle creaking, and the distance from the back of the city is getting farther and farther, but he can't catch up.

Soon, Zhang Yue drove up a gentle slope, and when going downhill, the carriage had a foot brake, which was really much better, but the brake pads made of raw cowhide and cork were still not ideal, and the wheels could not be controlled a little, and they had to be replaced after a few uses.

Rushed downhill and waited for a long time, Bian Ji did not keep up behind, it is estimated that he stopped on the side of the gentle slope, his car was not equipped with new bearings, not only is it difficult to turn, it is easy to sink down when encountering soft roads, and the uphill slope also needs to be pushed, and the downhill slope has to be pulled.

Zhang Yue drove the horse to turn around, accelerated and went uphill easily, and sure enough, when he saw Bian Ji's carriage parked over there, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Look! The difference is huge, don't underestimate the power of the bearing, with that marblering gadget is different. ”

Zhang Yue's new carriage not only has bearings, but also the steel wheels are much wider, the spokes are also lighter, the chassis is more stable, and the corresponding load capacity of the flat road reaches two or three thousand catties. Moreover, the part of the front frame of the wheel on the horse's back has also been improved into a cow belt, which is not fixed with a wooden wheel like the original, and the horse has a larger space for movement, and the turning is much easier.

"It's a lot faster! Needless to say, it is easy to transport military rations in this kind of carriage, and if it is on the plain, it can directly deliver troops, and the carriage will be lengthened and widened, and it will not be a problem to squeeze a cart of 20 people. Bian Ji pondered.

"Hey! Pretty smart! The wonderful use of the car is endless, we can study more styles, to create a field troop carrier, a baggage car, a dining car, a medical car, and recently the development and improvement of the Fuyuan crossbow, bed crossbow, have you seen? What happens if I put it in the car? "Recently, there has been a breakthrough in the technology of Guangxiang Military Industrial City, Zhang Yue came to Huining from Lanzhou to inspect, and he raced with Bian Ji.

"You're going to build a crossbow? It's a good idea, but if it's a mountain road, it's not good, you're spending money indiscriminately! Bian Ji said noncommittally.

"It's okay, let's just smack it out with money! Changed to a trolley, one-wheeled or two-wheeled can go to the battlefield, the key is how we keep it secret, these things can only be a model, trial production of a few cars to explore the application, to a large number of installations will take a few years! There are no outsiders in these four fields, and Zhang Yue has nothing to scruple about when he speaks, so he talks about his thoughts.

"I heard that gunpowder is very powerful and can crack mountains and stones, but is it true?" This time when he returned to Huining, Bian Ji only heard about it, but he had never seen it.

"Of course! But this is highly confidential, and the people currently used for mining are all special personnel, and you will see it in the future. Zhang Yue laughed quite smugly, and drove the carriage back to the city with Bian Ji. (To be continued.) )