The box opened, and the things inside appeared in front of Gao Yu, it was the hand crossbow that Zhou Yi had used before, after Guo Sheng's complaint about the name of this thing last time, Zhou Yi specially engraved the words self-propelled crossbow arrow on the body, which is its official name.

Bows and arrows have been used as tools in primitive societies as early as thousands of years, and have been used on the battlefield for thousands of years, as the only long-range shooting weapon before the invention of trebuchets, widely used in all kinds of warfare. Although the Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, it was impossible not to even have such conventional weapons.

But it was the first time Gao Yu had seen such a strangely designed bow and arrow, he praised a few words, took the crossbow arrow out of the box, and carefully studied it in his hand.

"You did this?" After playing for a while, Gao Yu asked.

Zhou Yi said: "Indeed, I designed and built it myself, unlike other bows and arrows, the arrows of this crossbow are slender, faster, more difficult to dodge, and can be automatically reloaded, which speeds up the frequency of shooting." ”

"Then what do you mean by bringing it to the official?" Gao Yu suppressed the shock in his heart and pretended to be careless. In fact, his heart had already been shocked, as a military attaché, he knew too well how much of a role Zhou Yi said about these characteristics would be on the battlefield.

Zhou Yi said: "I said before that I want to join the army, so it's good to take it as my vote, what do you think?" ”

"Vote? Haha, it seems that you are very determined to join the army, but you are so young, and the army is full of rough men, you are planning to let them take care of you. Or do you care about them? Even if you are allowed to manage it, can you manage it? "I thought of what might happen when Zhou Yi went to the barracks. Gao Yu wanted to laugh, since ancient times, the barracks have been the most difficult people to deal with. It is also the place where the concept of hierarchy is the weakest, forcing them to take on the burden and work with their bosses at any time.

Zhou Yi took out a few drawings from the box again, these were all pictures of Guo Sheng training with people.

"My lord, I wonder if I can shock them with this?"

After reading the drawings, the shock on Gao Yu's face did not dissipate for a long time, and then, he stared at Zhou Yi very seriously, as if he had never seen it before.

Zhou Yi couldn't help touching his face and asked, "What are you doing, adult?" ”

"It's nothing, you're going to the barracks, aren't you? Yes, the official can promise you now, and as for what position you will be given, you will have to report to the official family before you can decide. Gao Yu said.

Hearing Gao Yu's relief, Zhou Yi knew that this matter was basically a sure thing, and he was immediately very happy and said excitedly: "I will definitely not live up to the high expectations of adults." ”

Looking at his face, which was flushed with excitement, Gao Yu thought helplessly in his heart, no matter how smart he was. He's just a kid who hasn't grown up.

"You better not be too happy, don't be disarmed by those soldiers by that time, and then come back crying."

Of course, Zhou Yi swore an oath, although it was only a teenage body. But after living for fifty years in two lifetimes, and having to manage a few soldiers, Zhou Yi thinks he still has the ability.

"No, it won't. Since there is an aspiration to develop in the barracks, then no matter what happens. I won't back down, I'm confident. I also feel that I have the ability to build a strong army! ”

Gao Yu didn't seem to agree with his statement, he sighed and said:

"Alas, you're old, you're old, you don't know what's going on in your head, wait a while, you can go directly to the Hanlin Academy, how comfortable, you want to join the army, find your own guilt. You are a champion, and you have this ability, are you afraid that you will not be promoted in the future?

Don't say anything about enriching the country and strengthening the army, it's good to have this ideal, but don't say it, the official likes to listen to it, and the official family likes to listen to it. Young people, it's important to learn to hide from you. Have ten points of ability, five points of performance, just enough, and leave a way for others to live. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yi's expression also became very solemn, he stood up and saluted respectfully, and said, "Thank you Lord Taiwei for your teachings, I will keep it in my heart." ”

Gao Yu nodded slightly and said, "If you can listen to it, then it can be regarded as a teachable child, I hope you don't disappoint me." ”

He picked up the teacup, and Zhou Yi knew it was time to leave.

Out of the Taiwei Mansion, half of the afternoon had passed, and Wang Er and the others were still waiting outside. Zhou Yi took them to the restaurant for a good meal, and then gave up.

Besides, he played with the crossbow sent by Zhou Yi, buckled the magazine, he aimed at the candle on the candlestick not far away, and then pulled the trigger, with a soft sound, a small round hole appeared in the middle of the candle, and the arrow shot it directly, and then nailed it to the wooden pillar.

"Good stuff, good stuff indeed, I just don't know how far it can be. As long as it can reach half the distance of a normal bow and arrow, it has the value of equipment! Gao Yu said to himself, you don't need to take a bow and pull arrows, how much time can you buy on the battlefield, and how many lives can you save?

Then he picked up the booklet named Military Training, which was the specifications and key points of the exercise subjects set by Zhou Yi.

"It's more direct and effective than football." In the end, Gao Yu commented.

Then, he put things aside and began to draft the documents to be sent to Zhao Ji, he felt that he should seek a position for Zhou Yi, although he still had some doubts about Zhou Yi's actual ability to act, but at least the person who could come up with football and military training must have some ability, maybe it would be a good choice for him to go out and experience the experience.

Sprinkled thousands of words, Gao Yu didn't care that it was already evening, so he got into the carriage with his things and went in the direction of the palace.

Besides, Zhou Yi, although Gao Yu promised him to seek a position in the army, but he did not stop there, for the sake of insurance, he also sent generous gifts to the homes of some senior officials in Beijing. Especially that Zhu Mian, he had a relationship with Zhou Yi before, and he was also very optimistic about this young man, but now that Zhou Yi came to the door, his attitude was more enthusiastic than others, and he promised to fight for him as much as possible.

So Zhou Yi was very relieved, although the cost was quite large, but he didn't care about the amount of money now, only he had the right to it, money was a symbol for him, and he could earn it as much as he wanted. His ultimate goal is to pull Zhao Ji into the water, let Zhao Ji know how to make money, and then train a strong army without anyone intervening. Needless to say, there are many problems in the current imperial court institutions, but Zhou Yi has never thought about things like changing the law, thinking about Shang Ying, thinking about Fan Zhongyan, thinking about Wang Anshi, it seems that those who are determined to change the law will not end well in the end.

So Zhou Yi didn't want to take this road, but he had to change something, if he came to the Great Song Dynasty with the opportunity to change history, but he waved his hand and didn't take away a cloud, I am afraid that God would also send a thunder to split him down the eighteenth layer of hell, and he would be angry with Lao Tzu.

So he thought of making money, making enough money to solve the problem of redundancy, and thinking of training troops, turning the number of officers and soldiers into a numerical advantage. This can be regarded as a curve to save the country.

This road is difficult to walk, but Zhou Yi feels that even if it is difficult to walk, he has to take a walk, maybe he will have a different experience after the group.

Officials must not only report the political, economic and cultural events of the year to Zhao Ji, but also follow Zhao Ji's latest instructions and carry out the work of the coming year with the highest guiding ideology.

Since the emergence of classes, this system seems to have gradually begun to take shape, and the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods may be the marked period for the establishment of this system, and when Qin Shi Huang established the Great Qin Empire, this system was finally established and resolutely implemented, so that it has been the case every year for more than a thousand years.

On the seventh day of the twelfth month, the day before the Laba Festival, the court meeting began, and many people were already busy on the sixth night of the first month, waiting for this moment to come, so that before dawn, a large number of officials had gathered outside the palace gate. Of course, the so-called "redundant officials" of the Great Song Dynasty were not blown, and these five grades or more, regardless of their actual or false positions, all came to participate in the court meeting, and hundreds of people were blackened. If you add the grassroots officials below, I'm afraid that this piece of land at the entrance of the palace will not be able to stand.

As the bell rang, the preparations for the court began, a forbidden army came to maintain order, and then the soldiers in the doorway were responsible for opening the door, and the officials each reported their names, and they rushed into the inner hall. If you join Zhou Yi here, you will find that Wang Guowei, the governor of Meizhou that he is familiar with, is also among them.

Enter the palace and ring the bell, close the door and beat the drum, the so-called morning bell and dusk drum are also.

In fact, it takes a lot of time for hundreds of people to enter the door, and these officials are not allowed to ride horses or sedan chairs when entering the palace, except for those who are allowed by the official family to open the golden mouth. Therefore, after these officials went in, there were still many coachmen and retinues outside, and they had to wait here until their masters came out of the palace.

When the time came, the officials according to their ranks, the civil officials were on the right and the military attache was on the left, and they walked in a long row until they reached the stairs outside the main hall, which was already far away from the inner court of the official family.

And it is precisely because of this that when the court was in power, the role of the eunuchs became very important, and they became the role of a microphone, shouting outside all the time to announce to the officials what was being discussed in the court at the moment.

With a sharp voice of "go up", Zhao Ji wore a dragon robe and a golden crown, and walked towards the dragon chair. (To be continued......)