After explaining the principle of the three major killing weapons to Wang Hun and others, Ao Lie believed that they would definitely surprise themselves, but this surprise, Ao Lie did not expect it in the short term, maybe the ballista that had been improved three times could still be produced in time, and the Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers and the new warship were not something that could be achieved overnight in a short period of time.

Next, Ao Lie intends to turn his attention to conventional weapons and equipment, and he wants to see the results of the prison in the recent period. Wang Hun accompanied Ao Lie, inspected the assembly line of weapons and armor, and took Ao Lie to check the inventory that had been cast, and six of the ten warehouses that would be used as prisoners were already full of weapons and equipment.

In one of the warehouses is the Jidu horse chopping knife and the Rahu dragon horn gun, the number of each weapon is clearly recorded, and there are 10,000 horse chopping knives, which are used as spare weapons for the blood killing army and the tiger army; There are 5,000 dragon horn guns, which are the spare weapons of the dragon army. There is also a warehouse, stacked with all kinds of conventional knives and guns, the specific number, Wang Hun reported to Ao Lie one by one, enough to equip an army of 20,000 people. In addition, there are two warehouses that store the four elite troops' exclusive Hun Iron Bright Light Armor and the fish-scale iron armor worn by ordinary soldiers. In the last warehouse, there are various types of bows and crossbows and countless arrows, although the models of bows and crossbows are different, but they are placed in a clear hierarchy, according to the size of the volume, the length and short, arranged in order from long to short, so that people can see at a glance, and it is also convenient for the various arms in the army to use, so that there will be no situation of taking the wrong type of bow and crossbow. Through this detail, Ao Lie found that Wang Hun was not only highly skilled. When it comes to managing armaments, it turns out to be in good order.

After spending half a day inspecting the weapons and equipment in stock, Ao Lie was greatly satisfied, and praised Wang Hun from the bottom of his heart: "Having Lord Wang supervise the general as a prisoner really makes a certain person feel at ease." Who would have thought that Wang Hun's mind had been on the improvement of the ballista, and in the face of Ao Lie's praise, he actually said to the horse's mouth: "Name? The ballista doesn't have a name yet, so why don't you ask the prince to name the ballista. ”

Ao Lie glanced at Wang Hun speechlessly. I thought that Wang Hun would be better than Ma Jun's workaholic. Unexpectedly, the master and apprentice were almost the same, they only had work in their eyes, and they could no longer tolerate other types of people. But since Wang Hun asked, Ao Lie couldn't shirk it. Thinking about it, he said: "The color of the jujube wood is reddish. Ballista made of jujube wood. Why don't you call it a red-coat ballista? Wang Hun nodded and praised: "Red-clothed ballista, good name." In the future, the redcoat ballista will definitely be on the battlefield. Let the armor of the enemy be stained red with their blood! ”

After talking to Wang Hun again, Ao Lie no longer bothered Wang Hun and told Wang Hun to pay attention to his body in addition to his research work. Because of the incident of becoming ill from work, Ao Lie knew a lot, and he didn't want Wang Hun to be exhausted from work. After Wang Hun thanked him repeatedly, Ao Lie left the prison and returned to the governor's mansion.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, an elite of the Blood Killing Army who was in charge of guarding reported to Ao Lie, saying that Zhen Yi had come to the mansion and had been waiting for Ao Lie in the study for a long time. Because the Zhen Chamber of Commerce has helped Ao Lie's army a lot in terms of money and food, plus Zhen Yi is the relationship between Zhen Mi's father, and Zhen Mi is Ao Lie's fiancée, so the elite of the Blood Killing Army is extremely polite to Zhen Yi, and invites Zhen Yi to sit in the study and wait for Ao Lie.

When Ao Lie heard this, he immediately walked towards the study. Although he and Zhen Mi have not yet married, this relationship has already been decided, and even after Zhen Mi made a marriage, he did not return to Zhen's mansion, but lived in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and lived in two boudoirs opposite Sun Shangxiang across the same courtyard. treats Zhen Yi, Ao Lie regards himself as a junior regardless of public or private, whether in age or seniority, and is respectful to Zhen Yi, so it is really a little rude to let Zhen Yi wait for a long time.

Entering the study, Ao Lie saw Zhen Yi standing in front of the bookshelf, holding a book reading with relish. Ao Lie walked over gently, stood five steps behind Zhen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Lie didn't know that the head of the family was coming, and he really missed the distance. Just now, I was entangled in some mundane affairs, and I was tired of the head of the family for a long time. ”

Zhen Yi turned around with a smile on his face and looked at Ao Lie kindly, there is a lot of old father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it. Raising the book in his hand, Zhen Yi said with a smile: "This collection of poems can be described as a pearl of words, and in each poem, there is a far-reaching meaning, which makes the old man breathtaking." ”

Ao Lie glanced at the poetry book in Zhen Yi's hand, and the expression on his face immediately became a little embarrassed. Because this poetry collection, called "Mohan Poetry Collection", as the name suggests, is a poetry collection that specifically includes the poems written by Ao Lie. This collection of poems was recorded by Zhen Mi and Cai Yan, who held the position of honorary dean of Yenching Academy, and was also responsible for reviewing the printing of popular publications in the three states of You, He, and Guang. After learning of the second daughter's request, Cai Yong immediately agreed, and quickly put it into action, and it only took a month and a half to complete the process of recording, annotating, and typesetting and printing. Cai Yong was able to record this collection of poems so quickly, thanks to Ao Lie, after Ao Lie developed Youzhou paper, he also developed typesetting and printing in Yanjing, which is similar to the movable type printing of later generations, Ao Lie's two inventions from later generations, so that the cultural transmission speed of Yanjing and even the entire Youzhou has been extremely rapidly improved, and later even printed books and periodicals appeared in Bingzhou, so that the people of Bingzhou can also increase their knowledge through books and periodicals.

When Ao Lie knew that the poems he had plagiarized from the hands of those great writers in later generations had been printed into a book, he suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect Cai Yan and Zhen Mi to play this hand, so that Ao Lie was moved by the sincerity of the second daughter's feelings for him, but also inevitably a little embarrassed, after all, most of those poems were plagiarized by Ao Lie, although Ao Lie made some changes in them. But the matter has come to this point, and Ao Lie can only let it go.

Now, Zhen Yi is full of praise for this "Mohan Poetry Collection", which once again put Ao Lie in an extremely embarrassing situation, and even his handsome face is slightly red. Seeing Ao Lie's face flushed, Zhen Yi thought that Ao Lie was a little embarrassed because of his modesty, and he didn't expect that the poems in the poetry collection were plagiarized by Ao Lie from later generations. He continued with a smile: "I heard that this typesetting and printing technique was also developed by the prince? ”

For this problem, Ao Lie is not so embarrassed, although movable type printing is also studied by later generations, but the specific methods are different, Ao Lie's method, said that he developed it himself, there is nothing inappropriate. At that moment, Ao Lie replied calmly: "Yes." This typesetting and printing technique can shorten the printing time. Costs can also be mitigated. The printed version, after being resplit and typeset, can also be used for other book printing. ”

Zhen Yi sincerely admired: "This invention of the prince is bound to drive the spread of civilization in the three states under his rule. It is the work of the present generation. Benefit the great cause of the future. Prince. The old man has a suggestion, the books that are now circulating in the three states are all poems, scriptures and histories. These books, few ordinary people can understand, why don't the princes print some of the most basic enlightenment books, so that the common people under the rule can read, recognize, write, and then be able to read some books with deep artistic conception? ”

Ao Lie was stunned when he heard this, he clearly knew how important culture and education would play a vital role in the people under his rule, but he didn't think of how to popularize education. There is a saying in later generations that education should start from the baby. The meaning of Zhen Yi's words coincides with this famous saying. To put it bluntly, Cai Yong, Liu Yu, and even Ao Lie himself have not experienced the life of the people at the bottom, so for a while, they didn't think that they should start with enlightenment education. But Zhen Yi is different, although Zhen Yi is rich, but he has gone through the Zhen family from the peak to the decline, and in the process of rising, he knows the thirst and yearning of the people at the bottom for culture, so he proposed to print enlightenment books. In fact, even if Zhen Yi didn't say it, Ao Lie would have thought of this method sooner or later, but Zhen Yi proposed to advance the process a lot.

Bowing solemnly to Zhen Yi, Ao Lie said seriously: "Thank you for the reminder of the head of the family, let Lie Mao stop, the proposal of the head of the family is the real benefit." Zhen Yi knew that Ao Lie's worship was for the sake of millions of surnames in Sanzhou, and while admiring Ao Lie's sincere mind for the people, Zhen Yi also accepted Ao Lie's worship calmly.

After Ao Lie's salute, Zhen Yi shifted the topic to the purpose of coming: "I heard that the prince has frequently convened the council of ministers recently, and the training of the soldiers in the city is much stricter than before, presumably the prince is planning to use troops abroad, right?" "In Ao Lie's army, military discipline is strict, and all military secrets are limited to the feelings of the officers and soldiers in the army, and they will never be spread outside, even if it is Zhen Mi's father, Zhen Yi can only judge the movements of the army by guessing.

In this regard, Ao Lie has nothing to hide, it is the wish of every Han person to conquer the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, Ao Lie has long had this intention, it is a well-known thing, and it is not a secret at all. Ao Lie replied calmly: "That's right, Lie plans to go to the Xiongnu and Wuhuan in the near future to completely cut off the things that these two alien races have endangered the Han frontier for hundreds of years. ”

Zhen Yi stretched out his thumb and praised: "The prince is so courageous! The invasion of the two tribes in the south for many years has caused the people of our Han Dynasty to suffer a lot of cruelty, and someone should have stood up and taught them a lesson. After a pause, Zhen Yi said again: "It's just that, based on the old man's inference, the existing money and food in the three states are probably not enough to deal with this big war, right?" ”

Nodding silently, Ao Lie sighed helplessly: "Yes, it is indeed a bit difficult to be poor, and it has been invaded by foreign races for many years, and now it is indeed a little difficult to take on the construction problem in Gwangju with the financial resources of the two states." Every time there is a big war, Lie is always trapped in money and food, which is really distressing. ”

Zhen Yi took a step forward, looked at Ao Lie, and said in a low voice: "As long as the prince agrees to the old man one thing, the Zhen Chamber of Commerce will immediately give 20 million yuan in money and 200,000 yuan in grain. ”

Ao Lie frowned and asked, "I don't know what the head of the family said, what is the matter?" Although there is an urgent need for money and food, Ao Lie has not lost his mind because of this, even if Zhen Yi is Zhen Mi's father, but if the conditions he says have any adverse effects on Sanzhou, Ao Lie will categorically refuse.

Who knows, the conditions that Zhen Yi said are far from Ao Lie's worries: "The fifteenth day of this month is an auspicious day, if the prince can officially marry Mi'er, the old man immediately took out the money and grain just said as Mi'er's dowry, as for how the prince and the prince will deal with these money and food, the old man just asked." Zhen Yi's words are equivalent to subsidizing Ao Lie with a large amount of money and food, just to let Ao Lie and Zhen Mi get married. Zhen Yi has his own ideas, in order for the family to be able to pass on safely, Ao Lie is undoubtedly a big tree worth hugging, as the so-called good shade under the big tree, with Ao Lie's protection, the Zhen family will not be in danger of cutting off the incense within a few decades, with 20 million money and 20 pieces of food, in exchange for the Zhen family's peace for decades, Zhen Yi feels that it is very cost-effective.

Besides, now Ao Lie is only in his early twenties, and he has the land of Sanzhou, how can his future be limited? While Ao Lie was still in its infancy, Zhen Yi helped Ao Lie, and it could also win more trust from Ao Lie for the Zhen family in the future, and even for Zhen Mi. Zhen Yi, who is good at business, understands that the current Ao Lie is a promising potential stock, and sending charcoal in the snow at this time is far more important than the icing on the cake after he becomes famous, and it is also much more humane. Besides, Ao Lie and Zhen Mi have already made up their names, and it is a matter of time before they get married, but if they get married one day earlier, Zhen Yi's heart will be one day earlier.

Ao Lie's handsome face flushed again, but this time it was completely different from just now, this time, Ao Lie was really blushing because he was embarrassed. (To be continued......)