Hearing Zhao Yan's question, I saw Huang Wude look around cautiously again, and then he spoke: "The king of the county doesn't know, there is a very favored chamberlain next to the queen mother, named Xu Dezu, this person is a complete villain, often in front of the queen mother, his majesty is not, this time he is behind the queen mother, saying that his majesty wants to follow his biological father King Pu for the imperial examination, but according to the rules, it should be followed by King Pu as the emperor's uncle, so that the queen mother is also very angry, today called His Majesty Xià to say a few words, As a result, His Majesty was so angry. ”

Zhao Yan was also very surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that the famous Pu Yi dispute in history had already appeared, and the chamberlain named Xu Dezu was really well-informed, and he actually knew what Zhao Shu thought in advance, although the difference between the imperial uncle and the imperial examination was only one word, but it was related to a question of status, no wonder the Empress Dowager Cao was angry.

"Lao Huang, what is the origin of that Xu Dezu, how can he have such courage to dare to participate in this matter?" Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yan asked a little strangely, even if Zhao Shu had the idea of following his biological father for the imperial examination, but this kind of thing was related to the battle between the two palaces, even princes like Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan were hiding far away, that Xu Dezu dared to participate, and his courage was too big, right?

"Hey, don't you know the king of the county, that Xu Dezu is not simple, although he entered the palace late, but he has made great achievements, especially when the emperor was there, there was a palace guard chaos, the queen mother commanded the chamberlain and the palace maid to protect the emperor, but was still rushed into the palace by a guard, and he was bold to kill the queen mother. As a result, it was this Xu Dezu who desperately saved the Queen Mother, but he was seriously injured and lay on the bed for half a year before going to the ground, and it was precisely because of this incident that the Queen Mother was very fond of Xu Dezu. Although Huang Wude scolded Xu Dezu for being a villain just now, when he talked about the other party at this time, he was a little envious.

Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this. He remembered the time of Song Renzong in history. There was indeed a palace guard rebellion, the specific reason is unknown, anyway, the chaotic guards at that time had already killed the inner palace, and countless palace people were killed. Renzong was even trapped in the dormitory. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Cao at that time showed the demeanor of a tiger girl. commanded the palace people to block the palace gate, and then sent the palace maids and chamberlains out to ask for help, and each person was dispatched. She personally cut off the other party's head in order to reward these people tomorrow, and it was Empress Dowager Cao's calmness that finally protected Renzong's safety, but she didn't expect that there was also Empress Dowager Cao in distress.

"I see, no wonder the Queen Mother would listen to the words of a chamberlain." Zhao Yan muttered to himself at this time, since Xu Dezu saved the life of the Empress Dowager Cao, and he is usually so favored, he can be said to be the confidant of the Empress Dowager Cao, his words will naturally attract the attention of the Empress Dowager Cao, not to mention that Zhao Shu really has the intention of complying with his biological father for the imperial examination, so that Xu Dezu is not nonsense.

"King Jun, now that His Majesty is in a temper, we people don't dare to persuade at all, it's better for you to go in and persuade you, so as not to hurt your body with anger!" At this time, Huang Wude mentioned yì again, he knew that Zhao Yan was very valued by Zhao Shu now, so he would mention yì like this, if it was Zhao Yan before, he would only remind the other party to run, so as not to make Zhao Shu angry.

"Haha, no problem, I just entered the palace because I had a happy event to tell sù daddy, you all step down, leave this matter to me!" Zhao Yan is also very bold.

"King Xie Jun!" When Huang Wude heard Zhao Yan agree, he also thanked him with a happy face, and then personally sent Zhao Yan into the palace, so that he let people wait outside the palace, so as not to find it when His Majesty called people, and then His Majesty would definitely be angry with them.

Zhao Yan entered the dormitory, only to see that the ground was in a mess, all of which were broken porcelain, messy books, pen and ink and other miscellaneous items, and when he walked through these debris, he finally saw Zhao Shu sitting behind the dragon case angrily, but all the things piled up on the dragon case before were pushed to the ground by him.

"Congratulations to Daddy, congratulations to Daddy!" As soon as Zhao Yan saw Zhao Shu, he immediately made a joyful expression and stepped forward to salute, as if Zhao Shu was not angry at all.

When Zhao Shu saw Zhao Yan coming in, he also wanted to restrain his temper at the moment, but when he heard that he actually congratulated him, Zhao Shu said a little annoyed again: "Third brother, don't you see that your father is angry, where did you get any happy events?" ”

Regarding Zhao Shu's anger, Zhao Yan didn't care and said: "Don't worry, Daddy, the happy event that Erchen said is a major event related to the power of the Great Song Dynasty, and you will definitely turn your anger into joy after hearing it......"

As Zhao Yan spoke, he talked about the ballista, especially the power of the cannonball when it exploded. Zhao Shu had seen the power of the grenade before, and now he heard that the cannonball was several times the power of the grenade, and the range could reach hundreds of steps away, which made him understand the significance of this weapon to the Great Song Dynasty at once, and stood up excitedly at the moment and said: "Hurry up...... Go and let a few of them know that I'm going to go with them and watch the power of the ballista now! ”

Although Empress Dowager Cao holds the power of the government, the Ordnance Prison was originally formed by Zhao Shu's order, and Shen Kuo and Su Shi are also the people he promoted, so Zhao Shu is still responsible for the affairs in the Ordnance Prison. Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others, who received the notice, also arrived quickly, and then a group of people followed Zhao Yan to the Gunpowder Department outside the city, ready to watch the test firing of the ballista.

"Ready~, shoot!" With Shen Kuo's order, the craftsman who had already prepared shot a cannonball again, and now both Shen Kuo and the craftsman were very excited, as long as the power of the ballista satisfied His Majesty and the ministers, then the credit for this time would be in hand.

"Boom~" is still the same as last time, the shell exploded the moment it hit the brick wall, and once again blew a big crater on the wall, which frightened Zhao Shu and others who were watching, and then compared to the scene if the shell was in the enemy's formation, which made them excited.

"Good! That's great! With such a powerful weapon, why worry about the immortality of Northern Liao and Western Xia? Zhao Shu excitedly walked back and forth on the test site a few times, and said to himself with words in his mouth, although the power struggle between him and the Empress Dowager Cao has not yet come to fruition, but in comparison, it is important to have a powerful weapon like a ballista, after all, no matter how much he is also the emperor, no matter how strong the Empress Dowager Cao is, it is impossible to hold power for a long time, this empire will sooner or later belong to him as the emperor, when he thinks that the Great Song Dynasty has become strong in his own hands, and swept away the military weakness of previous generations, Zhao Shu can't help but tremble with excitement.

Compared with Zhao Shu's excitement, Zeng Gongliang, who was proficient in military affairs, said to Zhao Yan with some hesitation at this time: "King Jun, although your ballista is good, the bed crossbow used for shooting is expensive, and the manufacturing is extremely responsible, I'm afraid it will be difficult to promote it on a large scale in the army?" ”

It turned out that Zeng Gongliang may have been shocked by the power of the ballista at this time, but the current ballista was not the same as the previous bed crossbow. As soon as his words came out, they also attracted the attention of Han Qi and others, and they looked at Zhao Yan one by one. In fact, this is also to blame Zhao Yan himself, because he only emphasized the power of the ballista before, but did not introduce the difference between the ballista and the bed crossbow.

"Haha, Zeng Gong doesn't have to worry, you and you can take a closer look and see how this ballista is different from the previous bed crossbow?" It's not too late to say it now, so Zhao Yan laughed and said to Zeng Gongliang.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Zeng Gongliang and the others also came to the side of the ballista in confusion, and then carefully observed, and the results soon showed the peculiarities of the ballista.

"Look, the biggest difference between this ballista and the traditional bed crossbow is that its crossbow arm is composed of two torsion springs, which provide no worse elastic force than the real bed crossbow, and the most important thing is that the torsion spring is only used for piso, tendons, horsetails, etc., these things are cheap, replacing the most expensive crossbow arms before, so that the cost of the ballista has also plummeted, about one-third or even one-quarter of the previous bed crossbow of the same type, and the most important thing is that the manufacture of the ballista does not have to be limited by time, As long as the materials are sufficient, the ordnance supervisor can make a large number of ballistae in a short time, which can be said to be the biggest advantage of ballistas! At this time, Shen Kuo explained again under Zhao Yan's instructions.

Hearing that such a powerful ballista was so cheap in terms of cost, this made Han Qi and the others extremely surprised again, Zhao Shu walked back and forth a few times excitedly again, and immediately ordered: "Shen Kuo, since the power of the ballista is so strong, and the cost is not high, then the ordnance supervisor will immediately start to produce this weapon in large quantities, I will let people allocate the materials and money you need, in addition, I see that the operation of this ballista also needs special talents, you organize a little more manpower, and I will send people from the army to learn from you when I arrive!" ”

"Wechen obeys!" Shen Kuo said with some excitement, although he had long expected that the ballista would definitely be produced by the master, but now that he heard the emperor's personal decree, he couldn't help but be a little excited.

Next, Han Qi and the others asked in detail about some of the improvements on the ballista, and Shen Kuo also explained them one by one, but when Han Qi and the others learned that these improvements were all from Zhao Yan's hands, they all showed surprise, and looked at Zhao Yan with a look of disbelief from time to time, especially Ouyang Xiu in the crowd, his face was even more complicated, if it wasn't for his granddaughter, he would definitely praise Zhao Yan well.

Zhao Shu looked at the gaze of Han Qi and the others looking at his son, and he was also very satisfied in his heart, after all, as a father, he also hoped that his son would be excellent, and this time Zhao Yan's appearance made him a father who also had a lot of face. In the end, Zhao Shu suddenly thought of one more thing, and immediately pulled Zhao Yan and gently admonished: "Yan'er, Zhang Guiyi in the palace is about to have her thirtieth birthday, don't forget to prepare a birthday gift when you arrive!" (To be continued!)

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