After a night, Chen Yuan crawled out of the bed lazily. looked at Huyan Ruizhu, who had woken up, and smiled slightly: "Why did you get up so early?" ”

Huyan Ruizhu said: "I have been on the ship for too long, even after so many days, I still feel as if the bed is shaking every time I sleep, so I am not used to it these days." ”

Chen Yuan put his arms around her smooth waist: "Come to me next night when you shake it again, I like you to shake it on top of me." ”

Huyan Ruizhu was embarrassed, patted him lightly on the chest, and then said: "Seriously, you are going to be a colt now, I really don't know how it will end between us." ”

She said this in a very gentle tone, but with great sadness. Huyan Ruizhu is trying his best to suppress his pain about this matter, as Chen Yuan thought, as long as Hu Yanqing and them are tied, Huyan Ruizhu will not be able to fly.

Because she couldn't fly, this woman who had always been happy to take revenge even lost the right to choose the Buddha's sleeve to go.

Chen Yuan kissed her gently: "Believe me, I must have a way!" It's a big deal, I'll run the ship with you and go to be a pirate together. ”

Huyan Ruizhu squeezed out a smile: "Are you willing to be the princess who is like a flower and jade?" ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "I'm really reluctant, but I'm even more reluctant to leave you." ”

Although he knew that this was a coaxing word, Huyan Ruizhu was still very happy to hear it, and forced himself to put aside his troubles and fell into Chen Yuan's arms to enjoy the current tenderness.

The two of them stayed warm for a while, and Chen Yuan got up from the bed: "I'm leaving, you can stay here for a while, don't go when they go out to play, play with me here." ”

Huyan Ruizhu smiled: "Got it!" Go to work, my lord Oshiji! ”

Renzong's efficiency is sometimes very high, and when Chen Zhusi issued a name post in Xiangguo's Mansion, Zeng Gongliang had already received the news that Chen Shimei was coming, and knew Renzong's intention of letting Chen Yuanlai come.

This is good news for Zeng Gongliang, most of the people who are driven crazy by money are like this, as long as someone sends him money, no matter whose money it is, he dares to ask for it! So when Chen Yuan stepped into the gate of the treasury workshop, Zeng Gongliang actually stood at the door as an official to greet him.

In Zeng Gongliang's view, Chen Yuan is the one who wants to be a concubine, and the emperor sent him to be the chief of charge this time, which is obviously a transition, and letting Chen Yuan sponsor his own ordnance production, success is naturally the best reason for Chen Yuan's promotion.

It doesn't matter to him, as long as you, Chen Yuan, are willing to pay for it, the credit is yours, no problem!

The first time he stepped into the workshop, Chen Yuan suddenly felt a little shocked! The huge size of the weapon workshop of the Great Song Dynasty was really beyond his expectations! The whole workshop covers an area of more than 20 acres, and countless small workshops are arranged very neatly, producing and manufacturing all kinds of armor, knives, guns and other weapons, as well as military curtains, armor bags and other equipment are placed on the ground in an orderly manner; Chen Yuan watched as he walked, and the craftsmen did not let go of the men in their hands, and the blacksmiths picked up their sledgehammers and smashed them on the red-hot iron, gradually showing a little spark.

"Shimei, this is just Xingguofang in the middle of our two big workshops, responsible for the development of weapons and protective gear. In addition, we also have a bow and crossbow workshop, a small workshop with a total of 51 people, a total of 7,600 people, each can make 500 weapons, a full set of 300 protective gear. Zeng Gongliang pointed to the small workshops on both sides of his finger to introduce Chen Yuan. It is said to be a small workshop, but it is much larger than those big blacksmith shops in the people.

Chen Yuan asked, "Lord Zeng, will all these things be transported to the front line after they are produced?" ”

Zeng Gongliang shook his head: "Don't transport it for the time being, wait until when it's time to fight, and then transport it to the troops." ”

This was the Song Dynasty's control over the army. Zhao Kuangyin was afraid that others would follow the same path as him, so not only was a general not allowed to have his own troops, but even those second-line troops often had to wait until there was a combat order before they could lead a full set of weapons.

Usually, these weapons lie in the treasury, waiting to rust! By the time they were in the hands of the soldiers, many of the weapons had lost their edge.

Chen Yuan picked up a freshly shot spear with a sharp tip, as if it could pierce the sky! He couldn't help but sigh slightly: "It's a pity! What a pity! ”

Zeng Gongliang suddenly walked into the spear workshop: "Shimei, wait a minute, I'll show you a gun!" ”

Zeng Gongliang's face was very excited, and he took out a gun from the workshop after a while, only to see that the head of the gun had a long and curved horizontal blade, and the horizontal blade was very thin, but Chen Yuan skimmed it with his hand and found that it was extremely solid!

Zeng Gongliang said with a smile: "This is a new gun I made, I have seen some soldiers in the north in order to deal with the barbarian cavalry, tying the sickle to the handle of the gun, and it has an effect." And according to the shape of the halberd, this gun was made! You see this spear head, much sharper than the ordinary spear head, the horizontal hook on this side is specially hooked to hook the horse's legs, once he hooks, the horse's legs are broken!

Chen Yuan remembered at this time, as if this was the legendary hook and sickle spear, and later the golden spear in the Water Margin used this weapon by Xu Ning, and Yue Fei also used it to break the iron horse of the golden vulture. Later, when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, it seems that he also used it to hook the Dutch warships.

This stuff is good! Since Zheng Chenggong could use it at that time, there is nothing wrong with getting some for Hu Yanqing and them now! I don't know how much is produced now, Chen Yuan couldn't help but pick it up and praise: "This gun is good!" Lord Zeng, how much is it produced now? ”

Zeng Gongliang smiled bitterly: "Just take this rod in your hand." ”

Chen Yuan was very stunned, he knew that Zeng Gongliang's research was short of money, but he didn't expect it to be so short. Zeng Gongliang sighed deeply: "Such a rotten Confucian should really be killed!" If you don't give money, it doesn't matter, I can't even get a unit to equip it! I can't complain that Pang Ji is going to kill them this time! ”

Chen Yuan suddenly thought that last time Shen Rui also told himself that Pang Ji was going to rectify Fan Zhongyan, but he didn't know what method to use, so he asked Zeng Gongliang tentatively: "Lord Zeng, Master Pang has been restless again recently?" ”

Zeng Gongliang sighed, and didn't say in detail: "Leave him alone!" It's Lord Fan who is pedantic, and Lord Bao has already explained to him that he is powerful, but he is still obsessed! ”

Chen Yuan was even more curious, he didn't know what trap Lao Pang dug this time, but he actually let Fan Zhongyan know that it was a trap and still jumped in?

But he can't ask too much, Chen Yuan now understands that Zeng Gongliang is already struggling, no money, no army! In this way, even if you have great ability, don't think about developing any military industry!

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Lord Zeng, what weapon are you going to get now?" ”

The two of them had already walked to Zeng Gongliang's "office", and he took out two drawings: "Shimei, look at these two crossbows." ”

Chen Yuan leaned his head over, and Zeng Gongliang explained: "This one is called the 'Double Bow Bed Crossbow' and it takes more than ten people to use it!" Five or seven men work together to winch the winch, open the crossbow string, buckle it to the teeth, and the crossbowman who is in charge of loading the arrows sets up the crossbow arrows and aims at the target. When radiating, the trigger cannot be pulled by the strength of the human hand, and a sledgehammer must be lifted high by a special person to hammer the board machine with all his strength! If you look at these arrows, they're very thick, they're flat-chiseled, and they're about 120 to 135 paces long. Within more than 100 steps, one kills one, and two dies a pair! Even if it is a hundred-year-old tree within 50 steps, you can pass through it in one go! ”

Chen Yuan was surprised when he heard this: "So powerful? "Even the nineteenth-century rifles, which claimed to be very penetrating, would not dare to say such things!

Chen Yuan's expression was the best compliment to Zeng Gongliang, he said it even more excitedly, and took out another drawing: "And this, you see, his name is the three-bow bed crossbow, although the strength is a little worse than the one above, but the distance is more than doubled!" And three long arrows at a time, the lethality is definitely not weak! ”

As he spoke, he took out another drawing: "It's the most powerful!" ”

There was a small quadrupod-like figure drawn on the drawing, and Chen Yuan couldn't understand it: "What is this?" ”

Zeng Gongliang said: "I call it a hand cannon!" Two people can do it, and they can run a few pounds of stones fifty paces away! Shimei, a few pounds of stones flew out fifty steps, enough to smash a healthy horse! But that's not what I wanted, I thought, if you could put gunpowder in the stone and make it explode, it would be even more powerful! ”

Chen Yuan looked at Zeng Gongliang in astonishment, this is really a very talented person!

Don't mention those shells in Europe now, all of them were learned when Genghis Khan beat them. It was nearly two hundred years later than Zeng Gongliang.

"Master Zeng, when did you come up with this method?" For whatever reason, the idea of stuffing gunpowder into a stone is something to be celebrated!

Zeng Gongliang said: "The year before last, when I watched a child set off a cannonball, he put the cannonball in the stone, and after a few blows, the stone was blown open. That's how I came up with it. ”

However, the excitement on his face disappeared in a blink of an eye, replaced by an inexplicable sadness, and his fist smashed on those drawings: "What's the use of being powerful!" Now it's just a piece of paper! There was no money to make, no one to experiment, and this paper was even worse than those straw papers! ”

Chen Yuan said: "My lord, I'll figure out a way about money." I'll figure out a way for the troops. ”

Zeng Gongliang still didn't believe Chen Yuan: "Shimei, I know you have money, but the emperor can't make decisions for me in the affairs of this army, if you can't do it, don't force it." ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, the affairs of the army are on me." Didn't they give it to us, why don't we find someone else's own army? ”

He put his finger out of the water glass, dipped it in the water, and wrote a word: "Yang".

Zeng Gongliang suddenly understood! Slapped his head: "Why didn't I think about it!" ”

The generals of the Song Dynasty could not have an army, but each of them could have a certain number of personal soldiers, which ranged from hundreds to dozens.

These personal soldiers are the most solid support of those generals on the battlefield, relying on them when they break the enemy, and relying on him when they save their lives. Therefore, these generals generally do not hand over their private soldiers to others to do any experiments.

But what if there are too many pro-soldiers in one house? If he wants to have thousands of personal soldiers in his house, it is trivial to give you a few hundred!

The number of personal soldiers was strictly limited, even more so than the private soldiers of the landlords. Therefore, only in the house where there are many generals, there can be more pro-soldiers!

In the entire Great Song Dynasty, the one with the most generals and marshals in one sect is Tianbo Mansion!

(To be continued)