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The three countries that the Great Song Dynasty was preparing to unite, the Liao State, which was closest to Bianjing, was also 8,000 kilometers away, with thousands of guards and rugged roads, the Great Song envoys did not have two months to arrive, plus two months of negotiations, two months to return, and when Song Liao reached a preliminary agreement, half a year had passed.

In July and August of the third year of Qingli, as Song Liao reached an agreement to sanction Western Xia, the Hui and Hui also joined the alliance of countries that sanctioned Western Xia.

In September of the third year of Qingli, the Song, Liao, Ngaoluo, and Uighur bordering the territory of Western Xia began to close the official road to Western Xia at the same time, and jointly declared that they would refuse Western Xia merchants to enter the territory of the Four Kingdoms, and at the same time prohibit their own merchants from trading in Xia, coupled with the national credit destroyed by the battle between Yuan Hao and Liao, causing all merchants to question the credit of Western Xia.

After the start of the sanctions of the Four-Power Alliance, in a period of up to seven years, the Western Xia paid a heavy price for the shattering of the country's credit, and in the seven years when there was no commodity circulation, many tribes in the Western Xia fled to the outside world, and the domestic people were not able to make a living, although there was the fertile land of the Hetao Plain, it still could not support the survival needs of the people in other parts of the Western Xia, and in just seven years, the population of the Western Xia decreased by three percent, and the national strength of the Western Xia also fell to the lowest point in history.

Seven years later, Zhao Lei has little to do with it, and throughout the three years of Qingli, Zhao Lei has devoted himself to the great road repair project.

In March of the third year of Qingli, after eight months of hard work, the first high cement highway in the Great Song Dynasty was finally completed. This from Bianjing to Luoyang high cement highway total length of 330 miles, after the opening of the Bianluo cement official road, not only greatly improve the transportation capacity between Bianluo, and the transportation time is also shortened a lot, this convenience makes the Bianjing court to Xijing control increased a lot, when the Bianluo cement official road was completed, the imperial court has begun to propose to build the next cement road.

The second cement official road in the Great Song Dynasty is from Luoyang, Xijing, all the way to the west, and the end point of the cement official road is in Jingzhaofu, the seat of Jingnan Road.

The official road from Luoyang to Jingzhao Mansion is about 780 miles long. It was more than twice as long as the Bianluo Cement Official Road, and it was originally expected to be completed in ten months, but the Imperial Court increased the investment of manpower and material resources, and the Bianluo Cement Official Road trained many skilled road repair workers, so the project started in early March and was completed at the end of September.

On September 29, the third year of Qingli, in the Bianjing Emperor's Palace, Zhao Zhen, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, sat on the dragon chair with a smile on his face. He also stood below with a smile on his face.

In the past two years, the changes in the Great Song Dynasty have given the Great Song monarchs and ministers a reason to be happy, first of all, the two powerful threats around the Great Song Dynasty, Western Xia and Liao, went to war. Because the princess of Liao and her son died of illness in Western Xia inexplicably, the ambition of the Liao State to control Western Xia was shattered, which made Liao and Western Xia have irreconcilable contradictions.

The Great Song Dynasty did not have a strong threat to the outside world, so in the past two years, it has focused on internal adjustments, first of all, Fan Zhong's new policy has removed a lot of tumors for the Great Song Dynasty and injected a lot of fresh blood. After the failure of the New Deal, Zhao Lei's cement road quickly diverted the contradictions after the failure of the New Deal, allowing the Song Dynasty to focus on building cement roads, and now thousands of miles of cement roads from Bianjing to Jingzhaofu are connected. It greatly strengthened the control of the Bianjing Imperial Court over Jingxi Road, and at the same time, because of the convenient and fast road, the local prosperous economy was driven, and the traffic on 6 was convenient. The income of the three tax yamen has greatly increased, and the public and private profits brought by the construction of roads have also been divided up by the court officials.

The official Zhao Zhen is thirty-three years old, he has been the emperor for twenty-one years since he was twelve years old, and it has been eleven years since he controlled the imperial court, it is still Zhao Lei's face is big enough.

"Zhao Aiqing asked me to come to your ministers, I don't know what is important?" The official Zhao Zhen looked at His Royal Highness with some doubts and asked Zhao Lei, he only knew that Zhao Lei was overjoyed, but he didn't know what it was, but because of his trust in Zhao Lei, he still summoned other important ministers in the court to gather in the Imperial Palace.

The joy in Zhao Lei's heart is not under the kings and ministers in the palace, but the reason for the joy is not because of the battle of Xia Liao or the completion of the cement road, but because the artillery that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute has worked hard for several years has finally appeared with a lack of power.

"Official! Ladies and gentlemen, this is a new type of weapon that has been researched by the SASAC for several years, and it is a gunpowder weapon that appeared after rocket vehicles, grenades, and mines—artillery. Zhao Lei said as he handed over a set of materials to the official Zhao Zhen's inner servant Gan Ling and the other eight important ministers in the palace.

"The artillery that has just been successfully tested weighs 340 pounds, has a maximum firing range of 900 meters, and an accurate firing range of 750 meters......"

As soon as Zhao Lei's words landed, the important ministers of the imperial court, Du Yan and Wang Suwei, had already exclaimed, and Wang Deyong, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, who was familiar with the military, was about to pop out.

The maximum firing range is 900 meters, and the accurate firing range is 700

！ This concept is absolutely shocking for the Great Song Dynasty monarchs, to the front of the farthest range of weapons, is the gunpowder propelled rocket researched by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute, the maximum range of 500 meters, and there is no accuracy, can only cover the blow, ignition is a large amount of silver flew away, although the flesh hurts, but the power makes the Great Song Dynasty Junchen feel very worthwhile, but today Zhao Lei has launched a maximum range of 900 meters, and the accurate range of 750 meters of artillery, if the power is greater, I'm afraid that the rocket car is about to roll out of the ranks of the military equipment of the Great Song Dynasty.

"This kind of artillery is like a bow, and the arrows it shoots are called cannonballs. This kind of artillery not only has a long range, but also has a great power on the ground, its shells are divided into flowering shells and live shells, flowering shells can explode, filled with gunpowder and gravel blocks, can be described as a variant of grenades and mines, can cover the attack range of five to ten meters; The live ammunition is a solid iron ball, which can cause thousands of catties of impact after shooting, and the low but not thick city wall can collapse with only a few shots. Zhao Lei looked at the official Zhao Zhen and carefully explained the power of the new artillery.

Zhao Lei's explanation once again made the monarchs and ministers in the palace exclaim, and the official Zhao Zhen stood up in surprise when he looked at the information of the artillery in his hand.

"With these artillery. Isn't my Great Song invincible in the world? Du Yan looked at Zhao Lei in shock and asked with a happy face.

Prime Minister Du Yan's words made Zhao Lei slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly, and Wang Su, who knew Zhao Lei's character well, suddenly asked: "What are the weaknesses of these artillery?" ”

"These cannons are all made of stainless steel, except for the weight, it can be said to be perfect, but these cannons have a great weakness, that is, they are not easy to make, and the breeches of the guns have high requirements for craftsmanship, and it takes at least three days to make a cannon. Moreover, it requires a lot of skilled craftsmen from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute, and the weakness of artillery ground shells is more obvious. The killing area of solid guns is too small, while flowering shells are dangerous and more cumbersome to make, and the cost of artillery and shells is expensive. Zhao Lei shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"How expensive?" The third envoy, Ye Qingchen, suddenly asked Zhao Lei.

"The refined steel produced by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute has been circulated to the market, and one catty is almost equal to twenty taels of silver, that is to say, three hundred and forty catties of artillery, and the steel alone is already worth six thousand eight hundred taels." Zhao Lei explained to Ye Qingchen.

"Don't talk about the market price, I want to know the cost price?" Ye Qingchen also saw the power and prospects of the artillery, and knew that the three divisions were going to bleed heavily, so he asked Zhao Lei in advance.

"The market price is at least 20,000 taels. The cost price is about 300, and the steel of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute does not cost money, which is basically labor costs, but due to the output problem of the steelmaking plant of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute. In addition, the artillery breech and the difficulty in making flowering shells can only make ten artillery pieces a month, and there are 100 flowering shells and 1,000 solid shells in a month. Zhao Lei calculated the output of the steelmaking plant of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute. replied to Ye Qingchen.

"With so little, doesn't the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute have tens of thousands of craftsmen?" Out of a desire for artillery, the official Zhao Zhen asked very disappointed with the output of the state-owned assets institute.

"There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute, but the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute has to supply all kinds of equipment for the millions of troops in the Great Song Dynasty, as well as refining steel, making rocket cars, grenades and mines, and other needs, in fact, there are only hundreds of craftsmen in the production of artillery, and the most important thing is that the iron ore allocated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute is far from enough, even if there are enough craftsmen, the raw materials cannot be supplied!" Zhao Lei complained to the official Zhao Zhen at this time.

Although the official Zhao Zhen is very interested in the power of artillery, the equipment of millions of soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty is also very important, and grenades and mines are indispensable things to resist the northern cavalry, but if you think about it carefully, the role of rocket vehicles and artillery overlaps a little, since other things cannot be given up, then giving up rocket vehicles has become the only choice.

And the other ministers in the Imperial Palace also thought of Zhao Zhen, the official, so they put forward the idea of completely giving up the rocket car.

At this time, Ye Qingchen, the third envoy, suddenly made a proposal that surprised everyone: "Maybe we can sell the rocket car to other countries at a high price, such as the Liao State or the Hui Empire, so that these countries have enough ability to deal with the Western Xia." ”

Good way! Hearing Ye Qingchen's words, Zhao Lei sighed in his heart and thought that Ye Qingchen was worthy of being the first minister of finance in the Great Song Dynasty, and this idea was too talented.

Ye Qingchen's method is very feasible, although the rocket car is extraordinary, but the range is long, its artillery can be described as the guest star of the rocket car, and the accurate range of 750 meters can make the rocket car turn into scrap metal without an arrow.

"Rocket cars can be sold to Liaoguo them, but the quantity must be strictly controlled, so be it! For every artillery piece produced by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, ten rocket cars were sold, so that the number of rocket cars sold was controlled, and enough artillery could be produced to suppress the rocket cars. The official Zhao Zhen finally finalized the plan and said.

"Official Shengming!" The nine important ministers of the imperial court, Du Yan and Wang Suwei, said in unison.

Today's meeting of important ministers made the rocket car that made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty officially launched the military field, turned into the economic field, and began to exchange sufficient gold, silver, cattle, sheep, and war horses for the Great Song Dynasty, and also said that artillery, a powerful gunpowder weapon, was officially added to the military equipment of the Great Song Dynasty.

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