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Hearing Zhao Lei's inquiry, Zeng Gongliang, who was calm and calm, groaned and said in a deep voice: "Returning to my lord!" The recent situation of the ordnance office is similar to that of the case, the number of craftsmen has increased a lot, and the production of various siege and defense weapons has greatly increased, but the lower officials are already controlling the production of these weapons. ”

"Oh! Why control the production of these weapons? Zhao Lei asked Zeng Gongliang indifferently.

"The Rocket Car Ordnance Institute of the Great Adult Ming is grasping the production, and now it has produced two hundred and seven, and the output of grenades and mines is also nearly three thousand, with the increase of skilled craftsmen, the daily output continues to rise, and the new artillery that the Lord has asked the ordnance to study, it is estimated that it will soon be put into production, once these things are put into use, whether it is an old artillery (catapult) or a ballista, it is not comparable to the power of new weapons, and it is already destined to be eliminated. That's why the production of these things is controlled! Zeng Gongliang said to Zhao Lei.

Zeng Gongliang is the official who has the most secrets in the logistics yamen of the new army, and Zhao Lei's various ideas from later generations have been tested by him, whether it is an old-fashioned assault rifle designed by Zhao Lei, or a backward cannon weighing hundreds of pounds, the design drawings and principles of these things Zhao Lei have been handed over to Zeng Gongliang, and Zeng Gongliang has organized craftsmen to test.

However, the results of the test were very disappointing to Zhao Lei, because the purity of the black powder just now was not enough. The power of the assault spear is not as powerful as the bow and arrow, although it has been made, it is sealed in the warehouse, and the armory has been improving its ability, but it lacks enough precipitation knowledge, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough for a while.

And artillery is different. The black powder of insufficient purity can be replaced by quantity in artillery, although the flowering bullet armament can not be made for a while, but the power of the solid iron cannonball is much stronger than the stone bullet of the catapult before the Great Song Dynasty, but the artillery is too consuming of iron ore, and only four are made for the time being, and they are all military cannons weighing thousands of catties, except for defense, can not be applied to field battles. A lot of improvement is still needed.

"Lord Zeng has worked hard, and the affairs of the armory will be done according to Lord Zeng's ideas in the future, there is no need to worry too much, remember, there is no official decree for all the things in the armory. No one can touch it except the new army! Zhao Lei once again told the importance of the secrecy of the new weapons of the Ordnance Institute.

Zeng Gongliang nodded seriously, Zhao Lei smiled with satisfaction, and asked Xue Xiang, who was a stranger in officialdom and liked the way of economy: "Lord Xue." How's the Iron Case doing? ”

"Everything is normal, the production of gold, silver, copper and iron has risen steadily, and now the shortage of money in the imperial court has been alleviated. The large mines pointed out by the adults contain a variety of mineral resources are very rich, has been able to meet the requirements of the household, the ordnance and the case, in addition to the profits of the peats continue to rise, last month the various states and counties sent over the silver reached 2.8 million taels, now the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty have known the convenience of coal, that is, the Western Xia and Liao countries and other countries have also begun to use charcoal, the lower officials expect that in two months the profit of the charcoal can reach three million taels, and in winter it can definitely be doubled, reaching six million taels. Xue Xiang heard Zhao Lei's words. He happily replied that he was not very reluctant to return to Bianjing from Chengdu, but soon after taking over the iron case, he liked this job, dealing with merchants from all over the Great Song Dynasty, and millions of taels of silver every month, which is exactly the job that Xue Xiang yearns for!

"This official looks at the accounts of the iron case, it seems that the supply of coal has decreased in several places in the past few months, is there someone mining coal privately?" Zhao Lei picked up an account from the table next to him and asked Xue Xiang carefully.

"Returning to my lord, Xia Guan has received news that there are people secretly mining coal in several states and counties, but Xia Guan has reported these things to the Imperial Envoy, and the Imperial Envoy has sent an imperial envoy to investigate this matter, and there will be news soon." Xue Xiang said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"Not bad! The problem of coal is related to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty, and we must pay attention to it, no matter who mines coal privately, we must severely crack down, and this wind must not rise, otherwise the interests of the Great Song Dynasty will be taken away by those who have nothing to do, and the official will definitely show the official family and severely punish these people who knowingly commit crimes. Zhao Lei slapped his hand heavily on the table next to him, and said to Xue Xiang in a deep voice.

After taking stock of the three yamen affairs of the logistics of the New Army, Zhao Lei happily sorted out the training of the New Army when he asked Han Qi, Yang Zun, Gao Zunping and Shi Yuanchun.

Zhao Lei's new army, after a few months of training, has begun to take on an elite appearance, although it is not as good as the hundred battles of the northern border, but compared to the southern Lu to find a picker of those garbage army, it is more than enough, plus the new soldiers are recruited from the north to have a very good physical quality of the aggressive and brave people, so the combat effectiveness of the new army has been improved, if equipped with those new weapons of the military institute, it can already be said that the first army of the Great Song Dynasty, at least Zhao Lei knows, equipped with new weapons of the new army, It can definitely eat any elite vanguarded army of any Great Song Dynasty.

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Zhao Lei was very depressed, the new army's combat effectiveness was just beginning, he was about to pull 25,000 troops around to practice, but he drew his sword and looked around, only to find that there was no enemy around, if you want the new army to have combat experience, I am afraid that you can only go to the northern border to provoke a war, but take the initiative to provoke this kind of thing, neither the official family nor the court will agree.

The marshal's account, hanging up the world map depicted by Zhao Lei with his memory, although it is very non-standardized, but the countries around the Great Song Dynasty are at least all depicted on it, and Europe, America, Africa and other big 6 are also depicted on it, it can be said that it is the first time in history that the simple world map appeared, hundreds of years earlier than Magellan's map of the world.

Western Xia, Liao, Tufan, Dali, Goryeo, Japan, Nan'an Li Dynasty, Bo Ni, Ma Yi! Zhao Lei looked at the countries adjacent to the Great Song Dynasty on the world map, and he couldn't find a place where he could send troops, thinking about the foreign policy of the Great Song Dynasty to convince people with virtue, Zhao Lei couldn't help but sigh.

"Lord Han! Can the Great Song Dynasty realm exist by a large number of horse thieves and bandits? "I can't find the actual combat training of the foreign enemy, I can only find the inner ghost training, Zhao Lei will pay attention to the bandits and horse thieves in the Great Song Dynasty, and asked Han Qi beside him in a deep voice.

"After the collapse of the Xiao family in Hebei, there are no large-scale bandits and horse thieves in the Great Song Dynasty, and even if there are, they are only small teams, and there is no training point for the new army at all." Han Qi also knew Zhao Lei's plan to find an opponent to train the new army now, and he pondered for a moment, not thinking that there were large-scale horse thieves and bandits there, so he could only shake his head and say.

It's so difficult to find an opponent, no wonder the armies of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State are corrupted so quickly, and the Western Xia rises so fast, the recruits who have not experienced the war are the opponents of the Western Xia Hundred Battles Heroes, Zhao Lei thought with emotion towards the world map.

"I've seen Lord Zhao, Lord Han!" Ding Du walked into the tent of the new army marshal, saw Zhao Lei and Han Qi, and said in a deep voice.

"Why is Lord Ding here?" Zhao Lei looked at Ding Du suspiciously and asked, Ding Du rarely came to the camp, and spent most of his time in the workshop of the case, so as soon as Zhao Lei saw Ding Du, he knew that something was wrong.

Hearing Zhao Lei's inquiring tone, Ding Du said with a wry smile: "Lord Zhao doesn't have to bother looking for an actual opponent for the new army, the official family has issued an order, Lord Zhao will lead the new army and 25,000 soldiers to repair Baiqu and Zhengguo Canal." ”

"Fix the canal! Why did the new army go? Zhao Lei asked even more suspiciously.

"Returning to Lord Zhao! The forbidden army near Bianjing, except for the six armies, four guards, 250,000 forbidden soldiers and horses, the other armies all went to Hebei to repair the old road of the Yellow River. Han Qi was very concerned about the matter in Bianjing, and when he heard Zhao Lei's words, he immediately replied.

Hearing Han Qi's words, Zhao Lei suddenly realized that the six armies and four guards near Bianjing are the army that specializes in guarding Bianjing and the royal family.

"Zheng Guoqu knows it, but where is Baiqu?" Zhao Lei thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't remember what Baiqu was, so he asked Ding Du beside him suspiciously.

"The white canal is connected to the Zhengguo Canal, in the Qinchuan River of 800 miles in Guanzhong, it is the artificial irrigation canal of the Western Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu built to communicate Jingshui and Weishui, because the second year of Taishi was dug according to the suggestion of Zhaozhong Doctor Bai Gong, so it is called the White Canal, and the Zhengguo Canal of the communication Jingshui and Luoshui built in the last years of the Warring States Period in the north is called the Zhengbai Canal.

The white canal starts from the mouth of the valley, diverts the Jing water to the southeast, passes through Chiyang, Liyang, and east to Xiabang, and flows into Weishui in the south.

The Baiqu and Zhengguo Canal are 500 miles long, irrigating more than 100,000 hectares of grain fields, but after the Eastern Han Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, the Zhengguo Canal and the Baiqu gradually fell into disuse, which reduced the grain yield of the Guanzhong Plain a lot, so the official family ordered to rebuild the Baiqu and Zhengguo Canal to increase the grain production in Guanzhong. Ding Du talked eloquently and told all the things he knew about Baiqu and Zheng Guoqu in his heart.

"Baiqu and Zhengguo Canal irrigated more than 100,000 hectares of fertile land in the Western Han Dynasty, but only more than 20,000 hectares of fields could be irrigated during the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty, and it was weakened in the Great Song Dynasty, and all the benefits of irrigation were destroyed, and only 6,000 hectares of fields could be irrigated, and some time ago, the official family agreed with the opinion of Prime Minister Wang to repair the Yellow River, and another Prime Minister Lu was not willing to be taken by Lord Wang. Han Qi waited for Ding Du to finish speaking, and added to Zhao Lei.

Repair Baiqu and Zheng Guoqu, it seems that the new army can't find an actual opponent, but it has the task of training, repairing the canal can be regarded as a meaningful training! But what effect does it have on the new army! Zhao Lei thought with a sigh in his heart.

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