Chapter 55 Internal Response

Yangzhou City, Wazi Lane, Mingyu Pavilion. A conversation that is likely to be related to the survival of Yangzhou City is still going on.

"What's so good about my grandma, in the White Lotus Nunnery, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha has been more than ten years, and the only thing I think about is this Yangzhou City, and this Huaidi!"

The young scholar waved his hand and whispered to Cui Yue'er, who was stroking the qin: "Cui Niangzi, you step back first and go outside to guard." ”

The woman stood up from the brocade stool, lowered her head, and stepped backwards, leaving only an old man and a young man in the room. The young man shook his fan and said:

"Zheng Weng, I know that you have been idle for more than ten years, and there are no soldiers in your hands. But now 100,000 Mongol troops have arrived outside the city of Yangzhou...... Is there no one in this Yangzhou city who wants to abandon the darkness and turn to the light? Could it be that the warriors in Yangzhou City are willing to accept the anger of civil officials and dog emperors? ”

The old man surnamed Zheng just smiled bitterly, "Our martial artists will be angry with civil officials in the south, and ...... in the north Isn't it the same to be angry with the Tartars? ”

The young man showed a smile when he heard this, "...... How can it be? The marquis of the northern land, on the horse to manage the army, off the horse to manage the people, support ten thousand husbands, control the people, like a king, is it comparable to the military ministers of the Southern Dynasty? ”

The old man surnamed Zheng smiled faintly, "But how poor is the northern land, how can the southern dynasty be rich and prosperous?" Now that the army is under control, who doesn't have millions of furniture? Not to mention Lin'an City, those magnificent mansions in Yangzhou City, San Langjun, must have seen them, how about the family residence of the Marquis of Beidi? ”

The young man shook his fan and sneered, "Now is a troubled time, when money should be used to build weapons and armor, and to recruit strong men to buy war horses, how can it be used to build mansions and dig ponds?" This can only be done when there is too much peace and happiness, and now the Southern Dynasty is in danger, as a military minister, he does not know how to strengthen the army, but only knows pleasure, so how can the country not die? ”

The old man surnamed Zheng sighed, "If the military ministers are too strong, they will be the footsteps of Buyue Wumu and Yu Qiaoyin...... This Great Song Dynasty should also die, but it is a pity that the territory of the Han family is in the hands of Hu Lu. ”

"How did it come into the hands of Hulu? The Xianggong of Huainan Province was surnamed Li more than 20 years ago (Li Pu also has a false name of the Xianggong of Huainan Province)! The young man shook his fan, and a smug smile was displayed on a face as smooth as jade, "Shandong and Huainan, fertile fields for thousands of miles, with a population of 10 million, is a big country steadily." In Yangzhou City, if there are ministers with troops who are willing to respond internally, are you afraid that there will be no city lord? ”

The old man surnamed Zheng just shook his head, "San Langjun, the old man will tell you the truth, this Yangzhou City is not easy to fight...... In the past, the benefactor was a soldier who had more than half a year in Yangzhou Jiancheng, and it was difficult to enter an inch, and in the end, he even lost his life! Today's Yangzhou City is stronger than it was then, and the defenders are as many as 70,000, and the Song army has recently obtained a kind of torsion stone machine, which is said to be very powerful! ”

"Is that the stone machine used by the artillery army?" The young man asked with a smile.

"Oh, Saburo-kun already knows." The old man surnamed Zheng nodded, "It is the stone machine that the artillery army is building, which can be used in field battles with iron cannons." ”

"What if our great Mongolia also had this kind of stone machine?" The youth asked again.

The old man surnamed Zheng was taken aback, looked at the young man and said, "San Langjun, what are you talking about?" Mongolia...... Already there? ”

The young man smiled, "Not yet, but soon!" ”

The old man was so shocked that he couldn't speak, just looked at the young man in front of him in a daze.

The young man finally smiled, showing a little coquettishness: "I Li urged just a little trick, so that people infiltrated the artillery army, such a militaristic weapon, I see that it is about to fall into my hands, maybe this Chen Dexing will also be surrendered by me...... This Yangzhou City, what else can stop the 100,000 iron horsemen of Mongolia? ”

This young man turned out to be Li Cuixian, the third daughter of Li Pu, the prime minister of Yidu Province in Mongolia, pretending to be there, and she had already arranged for her to sneak into Chen Dexing's side!

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Crunch crunch ......

The sound of sawing wood was already heard in the artillery barracks, and there was the occasional clanging sound. The stone machine designed by Chen Dexing is not a pure mortise and tenon joint, but a mortise and tenon joint with iron nails, and the key parts are reinforced with iron castings in order to be durable.

After the first prototype, Chen Dexing had the second and third prototypes built, the second of which was stationary and the third was mobile. In less than 20 days, all three prototypes were built, and all were tested for performance and durability. From the beginning of October of the sixth year of Bao You, the craftsmen of the artillery army began to produce stone machines according to Chen Dexing's requirements. At this time, there are still forty-three days left to leave the deadline given by Jia Rudao.

Looking at the busy construction scene in front of him, Chen Dexing showed a satisfied expression on his face for the first time. The level of production and organization of the handicrafts of the Song Dynasty has obviously reached a considerable height. Craftsmen are no strangers to the production mode of division of labor and cooperation to create large-scale utensils, and their ability to imitate is also quite strong. It's just that he can't understand the drawings drawn by Chen Dexing, so he needs to go down to the scene to create model samples with them. After going back and forth, Chen Dexing and these craftsmen are quite familiar, while patrolling the workshop, he also greeted a few familiar craftsmen, saw who was not careful in their work, and even stepped forward to guide the demonstration in person.

And those who followed him to inspect the workshop, in addition to Liu Monk, the commander of the right military power of the artillery army, Qi Ta, the general of the right army's ironworkers, Chen Shuo, the general of the right army's carpenters, and Lu Liu, the general of the right army, were Lu Shihu and Kong Yu, two scholars.

"Qingzhi, you really have to do everything, and you even have to ask about the carpentry work in person, which is quite Zhuge Wuhou's style." Lu Shihu and Chen Dexing were originally world friends, and they knew each other when they were in Lin'an, but now they are even more mixed, and they are casual when they joke.

Chen Dexing smiled, handed back a triangular ruler he had made by himself to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old little carpenter, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Lu, why do you think Zhuge Wuhou should bow down to everything?" ”

"Exhaust your efforts to repay the kindness of the Lord."

"Kong Xiucai, what do you think?" Chen Dexing asked Kong Yu again. For this talent, Chen Dexing already has a little appreciation.

"Shu has few talents, and is in a lonely place, with less than 50,000 soldiers, if you are closed and guarded, you can be happy. However, Wuhou had to be entrusted by the lord first, and he was known to have the ambition of recovering the Han Dynasty, so he worked hard and did everything himself. ”

Chen Dexing glanced at Xiucai meaningfully and sighed softly. He didn't know why Zhuge Liang would bow down to everything, but why did he have to fight so hard, but the reason was similar to what Xiucai said. There are too few available talents around him, and he is in the last days of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are only 2,000 soldiers in his hands, if he wants to enjoy himself, it is enough. But if you want to achieve something great, you have to think hard. It's just that he doesn't have Zhuge Liang's power, so he has to hide his thoughts. Otherwise, if the status is higher in the future, it will be time for someone to gossip.

Thinking of this, Chen Dexing waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't want to learn Zhuge Liang, there is no way to bow down now, the military order has been established, if you can't get 300 stone machines on November 18, the privy councillor will cut off someone's head!" But looking at the current progress, a certain head must be saved. When the errand is over, a certain family will have to buy more beautiful child servants and have a good time! ”

"Miki?" Lu Shihu smiled when he heard this, and his black face showed an expression of interest, "If you want to find a beautiful man, you have to go to Lin'an, if Qingzhi, a young general, goes, I don't know how many beautiful people want to give it to you!" ”

Chen Dexing waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Senior Brother Lu, don't spend time at a certain family, the head of Lin'an likes to be a merry and talented man, so let's find a few vulgar fans in Yangzhou Wazi Lane." ”