The ordnance supervisor belongs to the military center of the Great Song Dynasty, which is more tightly defended than the ordinary military camp, and no one is allowed to stand within a few dozen meters in front of the door, let alone someone to block the gate, so when Zhao Yan saw this situation, he also felt very strange, and immediately ordered someone to park the carriage not far away, and then sent someone to investigate the situation.

After a while, the person who inquired about the situation ran back and reported to Zhao Yanyu: "The king of the county, the people gathered in front of the gate are some merchants from the capital, and according to them, they are here to discuss business with the ordnance supervisor. ”

"Talking about business? Are you kidding? Zhao Yan couldn't help but shout loudly when he heard this, the military product supervision is a place where military equipment is produced, and everything produced here will only flow to the army, and he has never heard that the military product supervision will sell weapons to the army.

"The county king, his subordinates also think it's a little incredible, but those merchants do say so." The person who went to inquire about the news also said with a puzzled face, because the time was limited, and those merchants were very ghostly, so he couldn't find out what those merchants wanted to buy for the time being.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yan immediately ordered the carriage to drive directly into the military weapons prison, and the guards in front of the door blocked those merchants, but they would not block Zhao Yan's carriage, so he entered the weapons prison very smoothly, since Shen Kuo left the weapons prison, his position was taken over by Su Song, compared to Shen Kuo, who was in harmony with Su Shi, Su Song got along very happily with Su Shi.

As soon as Zhao Yan entered the military weapons prison, Su Song and Su Shi were already reading novels on their mobile phones, which one was stronger? After getting the news, Zhao Yan immediately greeted them, and Zhao Yan immediately asked them as soon as he got out of the carriage: "What's the matter with those merchants outside, when did the ordnance supervisor start doing business?" ”

"Haha, I knew that the king of the county would ask that." Su Shi laughed when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and then explained the intention of those businessmen, and then Zhao Yan found out that the reason why those businessmen came here. In fact, it has something to do with him.

Before he left the Great Song Dynasty to go to Western Xia, he had made cement, although this thing looked ordinary, but in fact it had an extremely heavy meaning, so after Zhao Yan thought about it, he didn't take over this business by himself. Instead, it was directly handed over to Zhao Shu, who ordered it to be handed over to the Ordnance Supervision and the Ministry of Industry to cooperate in opening a workshop.

The government-run cement workshop was soon built, and the cement was successfully fired, and this new type of building material just appeared, it caused a great sensation, both official and non-governmental, there was a great demand for cement, and later the Ordnance Supervision and the Ministry of Industry added several cement workshops, but still could not meet the demand. Therefore, in this case, the only way to solve this problem is to use the method of official supervision and commercial management, that is, the government will provide the technology, and then select some reliable businessmen to produce cement.

"I see, no wonder the businessmen outside the door are reluctant to talk about business. It is estimated that they are afraid of having one more person to compete with them. Zhao Yan couldn't help but say to himself a little funny when he heard this, and then he thought of the purpose of his coming today. He immediately asked, "By the way, didn't you say that you had a troublesome matter to look for me, wouldn't it be this cement matter?" ”

As soon as they heard Zhao Yan ask about the trouble, Su Shi and Su Song glanced at each other helplessly, and then Su Song spoke: "The king of the county." The trouble wasn't about cement, it was about hot air balloons. ”

"Hot air balloons? What's the trouble with this? Zhao Yan couldn't help but say in surprise when he heard this.

"The king of the county is really a noble man who forgets things, why did you forget what you promised to Daomen?" At this time, Su Shi said with a wry smile, during this time, Daomen has been coming to them with the original agreement with Zhao Yan, although they still forced it and refused to let go. But he was also very unreasonable in his heart, so he invited Zhao Yan here.

"The promise of the Daomen?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that Daomen was still involved, but then he showed a sudden expression and said, "I remember, could it be that Daomen wants to lift the ban on hot air balloons, right?" ”

When Zhao Yan made the first hot air balloon, he used the power of the Daomen, and promised that they could use the hot air balloon freely, but later discovered the military function of the hot air balloon, so Zhao Yan agreed with the Daomen that they were only allowed to use the hot air balloon to preach in remote areas in the south for the time being, but the northern region was not allowed to appear hot air balloons, so as not to be known by the Liaoxia and Xia countries, especially the Western Xia, so that they could also get the hot air balloon making technology. After all, the manufacture of hot air balloons is not that complicated.

However, now that the Western Xia has perished, although there is still a strong enemy of the Liao State, the threat to the Great Song Dynasty has been much smaller, and even the Great Song Dynasty has vaguely threatened the Northern Liao, after all, the application of firearms has improved the strategy of the Great Song Dynasty, they can defeat the Western Xia army, and naturally they can also defeat the Liao army.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Daomen once again proposed to the Ordnance Supervisor to lift the ban on hot air balloons, so that they can freely use hot air balloons to preach anywhere in the Great Song Dynasty, and this time their reasons are also very sufficient, that is, the Great Song Dynasty has destroyed the Western Xia, and even threatened Northern Liao in turn, so there is no need to maintain the ban on hot air balloons, after all, logically speaking, the hot air balloon was originally given to Daomen by Zhao Yan.

"King Jun, you finally remembered, during this time, the Daomen has been sent to talk to us about this matter, if the hot air balloon is only used for reconnaissance, it can be released, after all, the role of this thing is relatively simple, but last time the old General Yang They used the hot air balloon airborne method to capture the Xingqing Mansion City, which made the hot air balloon have an important role, for such an important thing, if it is allowed to be produced and used by the Daomen, it will inevitably be mastered by the Liao State, and then my Great Song Dynasty will be missing a sharp weapon." Su Song spoke again at this time, and also told his worries, and Su Shi next to him also nodded approvingly.

Zhao Yan was also silent for a long time after listening to Su Song's words, but finally suddenly sighed and said: "Daomen's request is not too much, the matter of the hot air balloon airborne to capture Xingqing Mansion has already been spread, presumably the people in the capital have heard of the name of the hot air balloon, so I think people should also see the true face of the hot air balloon." ”

"County King, this ......"

Hearing that Zhao Yan actually agreed to lift the ban on hot air balloons, Su Song and Su Shi couldn't help but be a little anxious, and just wanted to say something, but were interrupted by Zhao Yan waving his hand: "I know you think that hot air balloons can carry soldiers, so that they can launch air strikes, but hot air balloons are not very reliable, and air strikes are mainly due to the fact that the enemy is not psychologically prepared, and it is possible to launch an attack by surprise, but the last air raid on Xingqing Mansion has already been spread, and the Liao State must have already known that if it starts a war with the Liao State in the future." , they will definitely pay attention to the top of their heads, and even if we risk launching an air attack, I am afraid that we will only end up with a loss of troops. ”

In fact, when the air raid on Xingqing Mansion was launched, it was because the Western Xia people in Xingqing Mansion had no defense against the sky, and even before Hu Yanqing landed on them, no one even noticed that there was an enemy overhead. It can be said that this air raid on the Great Song Dynasty also took a great risk, after all, if it was discovered by the Tangut people in advance, then the crossbow arrows and bows and arrows of the Tangut people were not vegetarian, in case a smart person thought of shooting with a rocket, I am afraid that the hot air balloon has not yet fallen, and it has already become a big torch in the air.

"I see, the king of the county means that the air raid using hot air balloons can not be repeated." At this time, Su Song finally understood what Zhao Yan meant, and said a little gloomily at the moment.

"Yes, the use of hot air balloons to conduct air raids is a great risk, even if the Xixia people did not have any preparations last time, less than half of the soldiers who participated in the air raid survived in the end, so it can be seen that the risk of this kind of action is huge, if the enemy is prepared, I am afraid that it is useless to drop any troops in the air." Zhao Yan smiled bitterly again at this time and said, he was outside the city when the air raid was launched, and when he heard Hu Yanqing talk about their passage in the city, he couldn't help but feel afraid for them.

"Okay, I was persuaded by you, the king of the county, but if you want to lift the ban on hot air balloons, you definitely need the king of the county to go to the palace, after all, this matter still needs the nod of your majesty." Su Shi also said at this time, every weapon and equipment in the ordnance supervision is very important, although they are usually responsible for production and management, but they do not have the power to lift the ban on hot air balloons, which is also one of the reasons why they came to Zhao Yan.

"This is no problem, I will try my best to talk to my father about this matter." Zhao Yan nodded at the moment and said, with Zhao Shu's shrewdness, he can definitely see the limitations of the hot air balloon, plus the fact that the Daomen was able to promise not to use the hot air balloon in the northern region has already made the imperial court owe them a favor, so this matter should not be difficult.

After negotiating about the hot air balloon, Su Song went out to receive those merchants, it was not an easy task to select some businessmen who were qualified to produce cement, Su Song just asked the two of them to register, and after getting their information, they would send a family to assess, only those who met the requirements of the imperial court could get cement production technology.

Zhao Yan had no interest in cement, so he simply asked Su Shi to take him to gunpowder, ready to check the research progress of artillery and muskets, he handed over the research of artillery and muskets to the young craftsman named Qi Yu, this guy is an authentic research madman, and I don't know if he has made any new progress during this time? (To be continued......) R1292