"The Book of War of the Great Qin State in the Western Regions......"

In the festival hall of the Lianghuai Pacification Division, Jia Rudao took his hand and repeated the words he had just heard.

And it was not someone else who told him the news, it was Lu Shihu, the artillery military management office. This rough-looking civil official was waiting by his side at this moment, and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, the lower official feels that what Chen Dexing said is true, and most of his skills come from this military book of the Great Qin State...... Now I'm afraid that Beiyu will also get the same military book and create an ordinary stone machine, and my great Song Ke will be in danger! ”

Jia Rudao was just silent, and finally smiled bitterly: "Let my Great Song get this foreign military book first...... It's also a blessing for the official family, and this time I can always get through the difficulties......"

Lu Shihu's expression was extremely solemn, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the stone machine built by Chen Dexing will not be enough for the artillery army he has trained...... This stone machine comes from the Western Regions, and the countries of the Western Regions should also have this thing, but the Mongolian iron cavalry is not still destroying all the way? It can be seen that this thing may not be easy to use on the battlefield, at least in land warfare! Xiang Gong must not rely on Chen Dexing's artillery army to defeat the enemy's hopes......"

Jia Rudao sneered and waved his hand, "I have my own opinions, Mu Ban, you go to tell Sù Lu to appease, within three months I will be able to destroy the enemy of the two Huai, next spring when the warm water rises, I will personally lead the boat division west to aid Jinghu and Sichuan Shu." Moreover, I also got the stone machine offered by Chen Dexing, with iron cannons, when it can cross the Sichuan River, our army will report a great victory in this battle! ”

Three months to drive the Mongols out of Lianghuai? Lu Shihu looked puzzled and didn't speak, Jia Yidao had already turned around and patted him on the shoulder, "Mu Ban, don't think about it so much...... It's better to hurry up and learn Chen Dexing's ability to build a stone machine and practice the artillery army. In the future, Sichuan and Jinghu will also build artillery armies, and if you are willing to transfer military resources to control all of them, if you still want to be a civil official, I will transfer you to the military weapons in front of the palace. ”

Of course, it is not Lu Shihu's ideal to control the capital, but it is a good fat difference to raise the weapons of the armies in front of the palace, and he is also a civilian official. Lu Shihu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, and just wanted to say a few words of gratitude, when he saw Liao Yingzhong hurriedly coming in from outside.

"Moban, that's the end of the day, you step down." With a wave of his hand, Jia Rudao asked Lu Shihu to retreat, and then repulsed left and right, leaving only him and Liao Yingzhong.

Liao Yingzhong only took a few steps to come up, and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, that person is going to enter the city in person......

"Personally into the city?" Jia seemed to be surprised, "The news is exact?" ”

"It's true! People have already arrived outside the city," Liao Yingzhong showed joy, "It seems that something big is coming!" ”

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Crunch crunch ......

When Lu Shihu came to the courtyard where Chen Dexing lived in the artillery barracks, it was already the afternoon of the same day, and the drills and mathematics classes in the army had already ended. Standing outside the courtyard, I heard the sound of sawing wood, and the sound of tinkling and knocking came from the courtyard, as if someone was making furniture.

"Lu Guanren, you wait, the little one will go and report to you." At the door, an elderly artillery sergeant crossed his hands and saluted the visiting Lu Shihu.

"No need, I'll go in by myself." Lu Shihu waved his hand, raised his leg and walked towards the courtyard. He and Chen Dexing are world friends, so their interactions are naturally casual.

Sure enough, carpentry was being done in the yard, and three or five carpenters were busy, sawing, chiseling, and beating, and were very busy. The spacious yard was turned into a workshop, littered with whole pieces of wood or semi-finished products that had been processed, as well as piles of wood chips. The head of the family, Chen Dexing, who was already sent by the artillery army, was also in the courtyard, not wearing official uniforms, but wearing coarse cloth shorts like the carpenters, wearing a footless head, completely dressed as a craftsman, and with sawdust on his body, he seemed to have participated in the labor himself - he knew a little carpenter work in his previous life, otherwise how could he make a model aircraft by himself. At this time, he was holding a very small wooden boat in his hand, and he was talking to an old carpenter.

"Dutong, Lu Guanren has arrived." Zhu Sijiu, who had just served as the general of Chen Dexing's personal army, shouted.

Chen Dexing just looked up, and saw Lu Shihu walking in with a frown, as if he had something on his mind, I don't know if it was because the current battle situation was unfavorable or something else.

"I don't know that my brother has arrived, I have missed the distance, forgive my sins, forgive my sins." Chen Dexing hurriedly handed over the ship model in his hand to the old carpenter, then took a few steps forward and bowed.

Lu Shihu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Qing Zhixian's nephew is so good at Yaxing, he actually fiddled with wood art at home." ”

"Even wood art, it's all a little bit of a small way, if it weren't for the sake of building a stone machine, the little nephew wouldn't have this idle effort."

Chen Dexing waved his hand, showing a somewhat helpless smile. Now is wartime, and the establishment of the artillery army is even more confidential in the army, so naturally it cannot be done in a big way, and Chen Dexing has just offended the generals of the army in Yangzhou City, and it is time to keep a low profile and a low profile. Therefore, all the ceremonies for the establishment of the artillery army were not held, but a meal of wine was set up at noon today, and the soldiers and generals of the whole army were rewarded with less than 1,000. After eating wine and meat, Chen Dexing found a few carpenters with good craftsmanship to his residence, and began to instruct them to build a model of a three-story paddle battleship and a stone generator.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Dexing was just a model aircraft enthusiast in his previous life, and he didn't really know how to build ships and machinery, so he could only cross the river by feeling the stones. Start with the model, zoom in little by little, and finally create the finished product. And Chen Dexing is not standing on the side to command, but also hands-on, working together, and communicating with the craftsmen from time to time, there is no official frame of control.

Lu Shihu's gaze slowly swept over a pile of finished and semi-finished products, and finally landed on a wooden stone machine that was more than two feet long and more than a foot wide.

At the bottom of the machine was a square wooden frame with two parallel triangular wooden frames, and on top of the two triangular wooden frames was a thick wooden stick, which was wrapped in a thick layer of linen. At the front of the square wooden frame, two bowstrings—not two, but two strands of an unknown number of bowstrings—pass through a hole in the frame of the frame and hold them in place with stubby sticks. The two bowstrings are twisted together, and a round wooden stick is inserted in the middle, and a small iron pot is also attached to the end of the wooden stick. The stick containing the pot was also tied with a thick rope attached to another stick that crossed the end of the wooden frame, which passed through the wooden frame on either side of the end of the wooden frame, and a turntable was installed at both ends. In addition, many critical parts of this stone machine are reinforced with iron devices, and some parts are tied with ropes, and I don't know what they are used for.

Although this stone machine is a little smaller, it can be used, and Chen Dexing has already tried it.

"Stone Machine...... Already done? Have you tried it? Lu Shihu stepped forward in a few steps, and turned around this pocket stone machine a few times before looking at Chen Dexing and asked. It's just a little smaller, but is this thing really usable? ”

"I've tried it, and a stone machine that is two feet five inches long and one foot six inches wide can throw a three-pound stone bullet fifty paces away. If the size is doubled, it should be possible to carry three six-pound iron cannons to 200 paces away. ”

Chen Dexing paused and looked at Lu Shihu, "Brother Lu Shi, this style of stone machine is only installed on the ship, because there are no wheels installed, so it is not easy to move...... There will also be a field stone generator, and I will also design a special artillery cart to mount the stone generator for easy movement. It's just that the weight of this stone machine and cannon truck is not small, and it can't be pulled by manpower, so can you ask the Fu Si to allocate some mules and horses and livestock? If you don't have horses, it's good to give a hundred or dozens of cows. ”