Uncle Lu stood outside the wharf cordon on the south bank of the Yellow River, followed by the Lu family. The focus of attention was on a large ship, with its sails raised and sailors pulling their oars. The oars that flutter like the wings of a bird make waves on the surface of the river, and although the water of the Yellow River looks turbid when it flows, it still flashes bright white when it is struck into the air by the oars. It's just a little golden brilliance mixed in white.

The boat approached the dock, and there was someone next to the boat who rushed to Uncle Lu on the shore, waving and shouting, "Hey! We're here! We're here! ”

The wind on the river was not small, and many cries were messy in the wind. Uncle Lu looked at those people, trying to see if the people who were lost north of the Yellow River were all on the boat, but he couldn't do anything. There were a lot of people on the boat, and the distance was relatively far away, so I couldn't tell the difference. Patiently waiting for the boat to dock on the dock, Uncle Lu and the others hurriedly ran to the other side of the dock on the riverbank.

Different from the 'riverside location' in Hebei, which is convenient for people to get on the boat, a high-pile wharf was built on the side of the Great Song Dynasty. Wooden piles were laid in the river, and wooden planks were laid on the stakes to form a long corridor into the Yellow River. Ships anchored below the currents at the High Pile Pier. A gangplank with a rope handrail extends from the boat and is placed between the boat and the dock. The people on board walked through the gangplank to the high pile pier and then through the pier to the shore.

For safety reasons, only staff and people embarking and disembarking are allowed on the pier. The people who got down from the boat finally stepped on the solid ground after a distance of more than 100 meters. Uncle Lu and the others counted carefully, the eight people who ran away, plus the people who stayed on the other side of the river, a total of ten people, all of them were there. Although he wanted to be angry with these guys, Uncle Lu still smiled happily.

After going through so much, what really deserves his happiness is that his family can be reunited safe and sound.

This reunion is also reflected in the official documents of the Great Song Dynasty, 'Hebei heroes who defected to the Great Song Dynasty and their relatives north of the Yellow River are moving to the south bank of the Yellow River to prepare for the subsequent battle'. Although Uncle Lu believes that he and the Lu family in Hebei are the orthodoxy of the Lu family, from the perspective of the Great Song Dynasty's basic position, their dozens of people are just an epiproduct of a deputy section-level official of the Great Song Dynasty.

"The Red Turban Army, in the name of the armed forces spontaneously created by the people of Hebei, waged a war with Mongolia in Hebei. Try to make the people of Hebei think that this is the team of the Han people in the north. The Yellow River trading point in Dongying was converted into a military station to provide supplies to the Red Turban Army...... "The military department is making a briefing, so the content is very simple.

Zhao Jiaren listened quietly, he didn't think of the power of the people's war until he read the detailed report sent. According to the report, the Mongols thought that their pastures were all under the blue sky, and that the relationship between the people of Hebei and Mongolia was nothing more than that of ranchers and livestock.

Just when Zhao Jiaren's thoughts diverged, the Ministry of War completed the briefing, and the Hubu Shangshu began to make a briefing, "After solving the problem of Sriwijaya, the number of applications for the construction of sea vessels increased by 30%......"

Hearing this smug tone, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but speak: "Recently, the construction of sea ships has been suspended. ”

Only a very small number of people who attended the morning meeting knew the news, and most of them were dumbfounded as soon as Zhao Guanjia's words came out. If you ask the people attending the meeting who is the most supportive of shipping, it is recognized that Zhao Guanjia is the first person in the Great Song Dynasty. So when the first person spoke, he didn't know that the key ministers were confused.

Zhao Jiaren didn't explain, he said to Sun Qing, the head of the household: "Keep reading." ”

“…… Silk exports reached a new high, and we began to negotiate with the state of Berhairi to gain the right to pass through the isthmus, but the Mamluks did not agree. Even so, the remnants of the Crusades still try to send troops to do business with us. A trade route to Europa was opened. ”

Hearing the name of the Cross Sect, Zhao Jiaren covered the lower half of his face with his hand and rubbed it, which can be regarded as dispelling the smile.

From 1096 to 1291, it was the year of the Crusades. The Ninth Crusade was the last crusade launched by Prince Edward of England in 1271 to save King Louis IX of France, who launched the Eighth Crusade in 1270. However, it didn't work, and King Louis IX of France died in Tunisia. Prince Edward returned to England in 1272 to inherit the throne and signed an armistice before his departure.

After 1272, there was no Western aid, and dozens of Crusader states established at the time of the First Crusade were annihilated one by one. In 1291, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was destroyed by the Mamluks, and the Crusades became complete history.

It is now 1280, and the Mamluk kingdom, that is, the state of Bohaili as Sun Qingshangshu speaks, is still attacking those Crucidian states. Every time he hears about this era in the game, Zhao Jiaren has an urge to press the keyboard.

Sun Qingshangshu, who saw some strange movements of Zhao Guanjia, didn't say much, because he didn't know what this action meant, and Zhao Guanjia's reaction was quite different from ordinary people in many cases. Sun Shangshu has gradually become accustomed to this. After making his own speech, Sun Qingshangshu's eyes fell on Zhang Shijie, who he hadn't seen for a while.

Zhang Shijie is wearing a military uniform with a major general rank badge on his shoulders. In terms of Song Jun's new system, he has definitely climbed to a high position. But compared with Zhang Shijie's previous status, this major general looks very weird. Of course, the most bizarre thing is Zhang Shijie's current identity, he has married Yang Shufei of the former Queen Mother not long ago. This move also caused a certain shock in Lin'an. Some people say that this is the Zhao official family's denigration of Yang Shufei, and some people say that this is the Zhao official family's blow to the little emperor. As for the reason, even if it is the former queen mother, it is a woman who has been the queen mother, and it is the woman who Zhang Shijie once regarded as the lord. Being married by her subordinates means that Concubine Yang Shu was completely knocked out of the clouds and fell into the mortal world.

Thinking of this, Sun Qing unconsciously covered the lower half of his face with his hand and rubbed it to dispel the smile. As a man, he couldn't help but think about what it was like for the Queen Mother to go to bed. Concubine Yang Shufei used to be very favored by Song Duzong, so I think she would be a little better than other women, right?

After the meeting, everyone left. Zheng Jie, chief of the general staff of the Ministry of War, and Major General Zhang Shijie followed Sun Qing together, and after leaving the gate, Zheng Jie called out to Sun Qing, "Sun Shangshu, I have something to look for you." ”

In an instant, the surrounding ministers all stopped to look. However, everyone is an important minister after all, and some people began to move on, while others felt that it was indeed rude to look at it this way, and continued their journey. Sun Qing didn't feel anything wrong at all, he smiled: "Okay." Come to me and say it. ”

When the three of them arrived at the office of the household department, Zheng Jie took out a list and handed it to Sun Qing, "Sun Shangshu, the affairs of the Red Turban Army are hand-picked by the officials, and Sun Shangshu has to approve these equipment." ”

After Sun Qing took it, he looked at Zhang Shijie, and saw that Zhang Shijie didn't mean to speak, so he opened it and looked at it, and after only looking at it for a moment, Sun Qing pointed to one of them and asked, "What does five hundred horses of silk mean?" ”

"Silk is a piece of equipment that is used to make half cloaks and half armor." Zheng Jie replied.

Sun Qing listened to Zheng Jie's not very confident voice, and immediately objected to this statement that sounded completely unreliable, "How can that silk thing be a armor!" Chief of Staff Zheng is not joking. ”

"Silk can indeed be used as armor, but the purpose is different from iron armor and leather armor." Zhang Shijie took over the conversation.

Sun Qing immediately turned his head to look at Zhang Shijie, "But I don't know why General Zhang said that." ”

handed over the work of explanation to Zhang Shijie, and Zheng Jie was also happy. The matter of silk armor is still told by Zhang Shijie, since Zheng Jie joined the army, Zhao Guanjia has replaced other long-range weapons with muskets and artillery. In the face of hot weapons, silk armor is completely useless. Therefore, although he can understand Zhang Shijie's explanation, he can't organize and repeat it in his own words.

Sun Qing's understanding of long-range weapons is similar to Zheng Jie's, and he can't understand the role of silk at all. Since Zhang Shijie wants to explain, Sun Qing naturally has to listen.

"This is mainly for anti-archery. The silk is dense, and if it is shot by a bow and arrow, the bow and arrow will most likely not pierce the dense silk, but will shoot into the flesh along with the silk. When drawing an arrow, you can pull it out by holding on to the silk and the shaft. Bleeding is low and survival is high. The Mongol army is equipped with this, but it can't be done for one person. Many Mongolian troops can only line a piece of silk on their chests when they fight......" Zhang Shijie described the theoretical basis and use of silk armor.

It took Sun Qing a lot of imagination to roughly understand, he first lowered his head and went through the list roughly, and then looked up and asked Zheng Jie, "The Red Turban Army is not equipped with firearms?" ”

"Not equipped. Their equipment is basically cold weapons. Zheng Jie replied clearly.

"Why?" Sun Qing was puzzled.

"If it is equipped with firearms, then it is better for our Song army to go directly. North of the Yellow River is the territory of the Mongols, and we have to make the people of Hebei think that this is the army of the Han people in the north. Didn't I say that when I gave the briefing? ”

"Get up and fight with the Mongols, what's the difference between the Han people in the north and our Great Song Dynasty?" Sun Qing felt that doing so was simply taking off his pants and farting.

"In the eyes of the Han people in the north, the Great Song Dynasty was an outsider after all. It's been almost two hundred years, and the northern Han people have also fought a lot of battles with our Great Song Dynasty, how can they immediately regard the Great Song Dynasty as their own. Zheng Jie's voice also had a lot of helplessness in it.

Sun Qing's reason felt that this made sense, but he still felt that something seemed wrong. He lowered his head again to look at the information, and saw the request for five thousand catties of bronze, Sun Qing raised his head and asked, "Do you want so much bronze to cast a cannon?" ”

"No, do the arrows." Zheng Jie replied.

"Hey! Wouldn't it be better to use iron to make arrowheads? ”

"Iron rusts too easily."

"Then use steel!"

"Steel is difficult to machine. We have calculated, and in comparison, bronze has good hardness, good elasticity, corrosion resistance, and is easy to process. Zheng Jie gave the Ministry of War a view.

Sun Qing looked down at the list again, and asked suspiciously: "According to your figure, how can it be more expensive than a soldier's full set of equipment with cold weapons?" ”

Zheng Jie smiled bitterly: "Originally, I also thought that cold weapons and equipment were cheap, but after I calculated it this time, I realized that it was really not like that." ”