Xiong Shangshu woke up from his sleep, lifted the corner of the quilt, and felt a chill. It is already late October (early December in the Western calendar), the weather is cold, and it is already a little difficult to get out of the bed every morning. Madame Bear was slightly disturbed, and she lifted the quilt to cover her head.

Shang Shu lay on the bed for a few more minutes, seeing that the time was about the same, and was ready to barely get up. Mrs. Xiong lifted the quilt and asked, "What do you say we should put up the chimney?" ”

"Let's use the fireplace. I'm worried about gas poisoning. Shang Shu said.

In the past few years, people have died of gas poisoning in Hangzhou every winter, and the social status of the deceased is generally relatively high, and even two people have died in the family of a household servant.

"Charcoal burning in a fireplace isn't much better. It's so cold, it's not poisonous, and we're freezing to death. After Mrs. Xiong said that, she lifted the quilt angrily and went to the toilet with her arms crossed.

Xiong Shangshu sighed. He was also far less sturdy and frost-tolerant than he had been in earlier years, and became more and more unbearable to the cold. At breakfast, sitting on a cold stool, Shangshu said to the nanny, "Take out the mat today." ”

When I arrived at the Ministry of Rites, I felt a little hot as soon as I entered the house. According to propaganda, gas poisoning is mainly due to the fact that the room is airtight and not breathable. A house with air leaks on all sides is not a problem. Households and other office spaces are crowded with people, and everyone has begun to install chimneys for heating honeycomb coal stoves.

Sitting down in the hot office, Xiong Shangshu got the latest report and was a little nervous after a few glances. Even the news about 'Wang Chen, the prime minister of Samhan Province, was useless' after just browsing it and put it aside. After reading the content, Xiong Shang went straight to the book of the household.

On weekdays, Sun Qing, the head of the household, was very busy, but he didn't expect to see Sun Qing after going this time. Xiong Sheng immediately told Sun Qing that the Mongol cavalry had invaded Tianzhu, and the south of Tianzhu had been shaken by the news. According to the previous attack speed of the Mongolian cavalry, it is not possible that the southern part of Tianzhu will be attacked by the Mongolian cavalry this year.

After hearing the news, Sun Qing was far less excited than Xiong Sheng imagined, and after a moment of silence, Sun Shangshu said, "I will soon be no longer a Hubu Shangshu." ”

Xiong Shang stayed in his chair. Sun Qing once said on behalf of a group of families with properties in Sinhala that he wanted to 'open up' the southern tip of the Tianzhu Peninsula, but now that Sun Shangshu is stepping down, he is suddenly unwilling to take charge of anything. Xiong Sheng came to tell about the changes himself, which is tantamount to his own affection.

"Then who will take over as Tobe Shangshu?" Xiong Shang asked.

"Now the appointment of Shangshu and the minister is a list proposed by the Ministry of Officials, and the official family decides. How do I know who will take over. Sun Qing still had a completely indifferent expression, and it could be seen that he had been greatly impacted by the change in his position.

"What?" Xiong Xiang's eyes widened. Then Xiong Sheng felt that he was so excited and stupid, it was normal for the various Shangshu to come and go, and there was no reason for Sun Qing to work in the position of the Hubu Shangshu for a lifetime. Determining the problem, Xiong Sheng continued his topic, "Sun Shangshu, the Mongolian army has invaded Tianzhu, and according to the speed of their annihilation, this Tianzhu is only afraid that it won't last long." In the past, many people wanted to crusade against the southern part of Tianzhu, but now they are watching Tianzhu being taken away by the Mongols. ”

Sun Qing looked depressed, "Tianzhu is so big, and the Mongolians can't fly." Afraid of what. ”

"If that's the case, I'll take my leave." Xiong Shang was not prepared to dwell on this matter.

Sitting on the way back to the Ministry of Rites, Xiong Sheng was also sulking in his heart. When he arrived at the entrance of the ceremonial department, his mood suddenly brightened. I'm also a dignified etiquette secretary, I'm over fifty years old, and I don't want to go out of the door when it's cold. In addition to completing the errands assigned by the official family, it is not enough to do a good job in the affairs of the Xiong family. Why bother so much about those birdmen?

This realization made Xiong Shangshu no longer have the slightest uneasiness. After he entered the office, he said to the secretary: "Go and get the latest announcement of Hebei development." ”

"Shangshu, why do you want to take these materials?" The secretary was stunned, the Ministry of Rites is now only in charge of three types of things, the first is whether the public activities in the country are in line with the number of etiquette. The second category is diplomatic work. The third category is the imperial examination. No matter which category it is, it has nothing to do with Hebei development.

"We sent people to Samhan, originally to get the prime minister of Samhan to sell grain to him, and we sold the grain to the Iyo Naval Army. With the sale, the local people of Samhan will have the enthusiasm to grow grain, and the prime minister of Samhan will earn some money to strengthen his strength and stabilize the situation in Samhan. Since the prime minister of Samhan is unreliable, we sell grain from places close to the sea. Naturally, look at how the development of Hebei is. ”

"I'll go now." The secretary left Xiong Shangshu's office with admiration.

Looking at the secretary's back, Xiong Shangshu felt calm. He got up to make tea and comfortably picked up his hand. In this warm room, Xiong Shangshu felt very comfortable. This mood only lasted until the afternoon, when the Ministry of Rites received the latest news from the Wa Kingdom. The Kamakura shogunate army on the island of Shikoku had already begun to attack the Iyo naval forces. If the signature under the telegram was Zhao Naruto, the leader of the Iyo Water Army, Xiong Shang would not care. When the signature was Qin Mingxuan, the nephew of Empress Qin, Xiong Sheng could only go to see Zhao Jiaren.

After reading it, Zhao Jiaren was only interested in the list attached to the back of the telegram. "Qin Mingxuan wants a thousand sets of black armor, a thousand spears, and three hundred black cuts. What's going on with this black armor? ”

"The black armor is the steel armor that has been treated with the blueing process."

"I see. I know. ”

When Xiong Sheng left, Zhao Jiaren called the person in charge of the 11th Bureau of the Ministry of War, who was in charge of weapons. This person thought that Zhao Guanjia was going to inquire about the latest weapon development progress, but when he heard that Zhao Guanjia was actually going to develop cold weapons in the eleventh game, the person in charge grinned and was embarrassed. "Official, our research department has only studied two kinds of cold weapons over the years, one is a bayonet and the other is a military knife. Oh, and recently there were sapper shovels. If you want to do this, it is more appropriate to find the gang of Hebei Red Turban Army. ”

"This matter is more urgent, you can only catch the ducks on the shelves."

“…… But I don't know what kind of equipment the enemy is. ”

"You go to the Ministry of Rites to ask for information on the enemy's equipment."

In the evening of the next day, the engineering men of the 11th Bureau came to Zhao Jiaren. As soon as they met, these people said with some excitement: "Official, if the information given by the Ministry of Rites is true, you can use a hook and sickle to break the Japanese army." ”

“…… It doesn't seem that there are many cavalry in the Wa Kingdom," even Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but express his preconceived opinion.

"Official, the hook and sickle is not for the broken cavalry." The engineering men hurriedly explained. Probably because he saw that Zhao Jiaren didn't guess why he chose such a weapon, the faces of the engineering men were bright.

"The current armor of the Wa Kingdom is made of bamboo and wood, and there are samples in the Ministry of Rites. After we tried it, we found that this thing has better protection against weapons like stabs. The armor made of bamboo and wood is still lightweight, and it can be made thicker......"

Zhao Jiaren listened and watched. Pictures and samples are in front of them, and the armor used by ordinary soldiers of the Japanese Kingdom is a sleeveless design, with a close upper part and a wide bottom, and is hung on the shoulders with two straps. Bamboo and wood are made of wood, which can protect the chest and abdomen......

“…… Cut these two straps with the scythe on the hook and sickle, and the armor of the Wa people will fall off......"

Zhao Jiaren covered his eyes with his hands and gently rubbed the bridge of his nose. In my mind, I imagined the image of cutting the suspender of the sleeveless camisole of the sister paper. In terms of appearance, there is no difference between the armor and the suspenders, but the material is different. Cut off the sling, and the clothes will slide from the body to the ground under the feet under the action of gravity.

Opening his eyes, Zhao Jiaren asked, "In the battle, the enemy is afraid that he will not obediently let the blade of the sickle hook the rope." ”

"Official, when the hook and sickle spear breaks the cavalry, the war horse will not obediently bring its legs over. Our Song army used to have a set of usage, which was a complete set of hook and sickle gun gunskills. "The attitude of the polytechnic man is quite correct, but some words are not good.

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but feel nostalgic in his heart, he had such an unconvinced and resentful age. So Zhao Jiaren didn't seem to see the team leader's frightened look, but said indifferently: "I know." ”

If there is a way, this side will be left to the ordnance system to solve. Zhao Jiaren thought that he would be able to get rid of the matter at this point, but he didn't expect that Xiao Bailang, the head of the ordnance system, came to ask for a meeting the next day, and began to criticize the Ministry of Rites as soon as they met, "The Ministry of Rites now makes steel armor sold to the Wa Kingdom, which is a privately cast weapon." ”

Zhao Jiaren knew that Xiao Bailang was good for everything else, but some listened to the wind and rain. The reason why he came was, of course, to criticize the Ministry of Rites for stealing the business of the Ministry of War, and there must be someone behind him who was instigating him. Zhao Jiaren resolutely refused to allow the Ministry of War to be involved in commercial activities, and the Ministry of War obviously had a different view on this. If others said that, Zhao Jiaren probably wanted to clean up that guy. However, Xiao Bailang is a staunch emperor, and he is a descendant of the Empress Xiao Empress Xiao family of the Great Liao who was destroyed more than a hundred years ago. He couldn't bear to involve this guy in the struggle of those scheming men.

"I said you, don't fight with the Ministry of Rites. You know it, and I know it. Even you and I know, can the Ministry of Rites still forge weapons privately? Zhao Jiaren explained Xiao Bailang.

"The Ministry of Rites issued a bid to cast weapons, and they made money into their pockets." Xiao Bailang was obviously indignant.

"The Imperial Observatory is in charge of these, you can go and report them."

"You know all about the officials, can't you directly punish them if it's difficult?"

"If anyone thinks you've sinned, come to me with what he thinks is evidence. After speaking, he said that the official family already knew about Xiao Bailang's crime, so please order punishment now. Do you think I should give the order immediately, or hand over the matter to the responsible department to deal with it according to the process? ”

Although Xiao Bailang is a little reckless, he is not stupid. He immediately stopped talking about this issue, but talked about the work he was responsible for, "The official family, the mold of the hook and sickle gun has been opened, and with the current production, the output has reached two thousand six hundred, and the cost has reached a low point. But I don't know how much the official family will produce. ”

Every time he talks about this, Zhao Jiaren is very satisfied with Xiao Bailang. This guy is very good at controlling quality, arranging output, and reducing costs.

"Then let's go with two thousand six first." After Zhao Jiaren finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something else, "How many people do you think there are still people outside the customs who consider themselves to be the remnants of the Liao Kingdom?" ”

"Those who thought they were the remnants of the Liao State fled outside the Jin Kingdom, either to the west or to the south." Xiao Bailang replied. This is his preciousness, others ask him head-on, he has always frankly admitted that his ancestors are from Liao, "Those who stay outside the customs probably think they are from Jin." ”

"Why?"

"Because those people are illiterate. More than 100 years have passed, and everyone who hears them is saying that they are from Jinguo, and they naturally feel that they are from Jinguo. There was regret in Xiao Bailang's tone, as well as deep contempt for the former Liao people who recognized Jin as their father.

Zhao Jiaren originally considered letting a guy like Xiao Bailang go to the Guanwai to agitate the 'Liao State Remnants', and he felt that this might reduce the difficulty of entering the Guanwai. After listening to Xiao Bailang's incisive views of the emperor, he could only regretfully cut off this thought.

Xiong Shangshu didn't know that someone had told the Ministry of Rites to privately cast weapons, and even if he knew, he wouldn't be at ease. Because the armor given to the Wa Kingdom was not cast privately by the Ministry of Rites, but by the Ministry of War. As for the gold, silver plating or bluing treatment, it is also an open tender. Even if it is to the court, Xiong Shangshu can confidently defend himself, whether it is an enterprise in the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of War, they do not arrange the work schedule of the Ministry of Rites at all.

And Xiong Shangshu didn't care about these at all because of the change in mentality at this time. In the past few days, he has first gone to fix the indoor heat dissipation chimneys, so that the temperature in each room has risen to more than 16 degrees. When you wake up, you won't feel warm like spring, but your bare skin will only feel cold, not the chill that went straight into your body before.

By the middle of October, the blued 'black armor' and 'black cut' and hook and sickle guns were transported to the ship first, along with grain, edible oil, salt, spices, and Lin Hui, the head of the former Great Song Dynasty Imperial Forest Army. As the ship sailed out of the port, Lin Hui, who was standing on the deck, felt something small fall from the sky and slap at him. There are fine rain threads, and there are also fine particles. The first sleet of the Great Song Dynasty in 327 finally arrived in Hangzhou.

It took four days for the ship to reach Tsushima Island under the guidance of the lighthouse, and another two days to reach the headquarters of the Iyo Navy on the shores of Shikoku in the Seto Inland Sea. Lin Hui saw that the hillside was already covered in silver. Then he saw a group of Japanese people wearing sacks of chips going to the dock to carry supplies. The sacks were only up to the ankles, and the Japanese wore clogs barefoot. The ancient meaning that overflowed with the people of the Japanese people made Lin Huilin Sect head dumbfounded.

went ashore. Lin Jiaotou saw some guys in flying fish suits coming to greet him. This was the uniform of the early law enforcement officers under the Zhao family, and now it has been completely replaced by a new uniform with a single-breasted short coat and a large-brimmed hat. If you don't care about convenience, Lin Jiaotou still likes flying fish clothes, and it looks very beautiful and solemn.

When everyone shook hands with each other, Lin Jiaotou saw that these guys in flying fish suits were wearing armor matching tussah silk linings. Double-layered silk sewn into clothing, which is defenseless against bullets, and instantly turns into meat sauce when a shell is fired. But it is very good at defending against ranged weapons.

Qin Mingxuan, the representative of the Great Song Dynasty, asked everyone to go to the headquarters for an interview and not to be frozen outside. Entering a boarded house with a thatched roof, everyone sat down on a bed around a fire. Because the place was not large, the crowd sat in two circles. The maid wearing thin cotton clothes came in to serve tea, and Lin Hui Lin Jiaotou found that the maid's cotton clothes were only below the knee, and most of the calves were exposed.

Holding the clay cup, I finally felt the warmth in my hands. The gang began to introduce themselves.

"I'm Team Captain XX."

"I'm the captain of the second team, OO."

"I'm Team Captain XO."

……

"I'm the captain of the fifteenth team, OX."

……

Lin Jiaotou only felt drowsy, but he could see that these Japanese people attached great importance to their identity. That seriousness comes from the heart.

After finishing the speech, Lin Jiaotou thought that he was going to start the meeting. As a result, the gang 'scattered...... Yes...... The gang in the outer circle saluted one by one and then dispersed...... Yes...... up'. Only a few people in the inner circle remained.

Originally, Lin Jiaotou still felt that the Japanese people were hypocritical, but now he began to feel that his opinion might be incorrect. If someone doesn't feel pretentious when they do things on their own, things will go in a completely different direction. That's not called hypocrisy, that's called being more truthful.

Although it is not easy to deal with more serious people, it is not impossible to communicate, and Lin Jiaotou immediately asked, "How is the battle?" ”

Zhao Naruto replied in fluent Chinese, "The local guardians and lands of Shikoku have been temporarily repulsed. ”

"Will they sneak up on a snowy day?" Lin Jiaotou continued to ask. As far as he could see, the Japanese of the Iyo Naval Army were dressed in airy linen clothes, and they were unable to lay a tight defensive system, and they could easily be defeated by surprise attacks.

"Lin Jiaotou. Do you think that our Iyo Naval Army people are thinly dressed? Zhao Naruto asked.

was pierced by his thoughts, and Lin Jiaotou also felt a little embarrassed, such thoughts were indeed looking down on the other party.

"I used to work for the Zhao family." Zhao Naruto didn't feel embarrassed, he said calmly: "I have been working for the Zhao official family for almost twenty years, of course I know the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty. But please rest assured, what you see is that our Iyo Navy is only wearing linen clothes that show off their calves. However, in the eyes of the Japanese people, we, the Iyo Navy, were dressed in sackcloth from top to bottom. And the linen clothes are still very thick. ”

Lin Hui is a martial artist, and he has never made a living from the benefits of his tongue, so his thinking is all straight lines. After listening to Zhao Naruto's words, he didn't understand what he meant at all. It wasn't until he saw Qin Mingxuan, who was present at the meeting, that he suddenly realized. Looking at the other Japanese leaders who attended the meeting, they were resolute. It seems to agree with Zhao Naruto's statement very much.

What would it be like to be looked down upon by a group of people in full-body clothing. Probably people who don't have full-body clothes. Lin Hui can only imagine this. As for what a group of people who weren't wearing full-body clothes looked like, Lin Jiaotou thought of the maids who were wearing clothes that showed their calves......

Just thinking about it, Lin Jiaotou felt a little chilled.

What would it be like to be looked down upon by a group of people in full-body clothing. Probably people who don't have full-body clothes. Lin Hui can only imagine this. As for what a group of people who weren't wearing full-body clothes looked like, Lin Jiaotou thought of the maids who were wearing clothes that showed their calves......

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