Although Liu Che pointed at Liu Ponu, he scolded him with a smile.

But in my heart, I was happy, as the emperor, I pretended to be out, and he was my own son, how could I say that I could take it back?

Besides, Liu Che couldn't pull down this face to regret it, so he could only continue with his head.

But he didn't expect that Liu Ponu, who would not disappoint, really did not disappoint him, and rejected his arrangement in a very unbeaten, but very gratifying way.

Of course, Liu Ponu's refusal was not too thorough, if it was a complete refusal, wouldn't it be that the emperor was too discerning?

Forcibly arrange something for him to do, only to say he won't?

At that time, not only Liu Ponu's face couldn't be hung up, but Liu Che's face couldn't be hung either.

On the contrary, it is agreed that half of the operation is rejected and half of this operation allows both of them to get satisfactory results.

Liu Che just thinks that if it is not suitable, he can revise it again, and it can also prove that Liu Ponu is capable of doing this well.

The candidate is different, it is a symbol of real power.

Of course, Liu Ponu also saw the reluctance in Liu Che's heart, and he almost hung it on his face, if he couldn't see it, it would be equivalent to being in vain for so long.

Besides, Liu Ponu really doesn't want to be a prince, let alone an emperor, he is busy every day, how can he have so much leisure to take care of so many things?

Well, the main reason is that Liu Ponu is more worried that he will encounter the things that Liu Ju encountered in history.

After all, Liu Ju was ousted from the crown prince more than ten years in advance, and he did not commit suicide because of himself, this history has been changed, and what will happen in the future, it is really impossible to say.

……

A month later!

Inside Zhuangzi outside Chang'an City.

Nearly 100 acres of cultivated land have been abandoned, and all kinds of simple thatched houses have taken root again.

Compared with the previous calm, in the past month, Liu Ponu's Zhuangzi can be described as a surging flow of people, and young people from all over the world have gathered here.

These people are all candidates who Liu Ponu asked the little mules to be transferred from workshops in various places to meet the requirements, as for whether they really meet the requirements, they need to be tested again to know.

"Let's get started!" Liu Ponu commanded very firmly.

As the crown prince, Liu Ponu has rarely participated in some research tasks in the past month.

It's just that I go over to take a look at it every night when I get off work, and the rest of the time is spent more on studying.

Although Liu Ponu also has experience in governance, he only manages a Lantian County, coupled with Liu Ponu's governing style at that time, Liu Che is very uneasy.

So in the past month, Liu Ponu has spent most of his time reading some government affairs materials of the imperial court.

There are all kinds of things and problems above, as well as a variety of different approval procedures and handling opinions, and for an inexperienced person, reading a lot of these materials will effectively improve his theoretical level.

Today, Liu Ponu deliberately took a whole day to come to his own Zhuangzi, and the purpose was to assess these people who were transferred.

With the order of the little mule, hundreds of people entered the examination room one after another, and were randomly divided into different areas.

Things in each area are different, as for whether you will miss a certain aspect of talent, you don't have to worry about this, you can think of it, Liu Ponu can naturally think of it.

Therefore, the whole assessment is divided into three days, one per day, and a total of three different things are assessed.

That is to say, the total items assessed by each person are the same, but the content of the assessment is different every day.

In addition, before starting the assessment, Liu Ponu also asked the little mule to repeatedly announce the discipline, and it was not allowed to look left and right in the examination room, and it was not allowed to turn heads and ears, and try to control the sight within the scope of their own operations.

After the end of the exam, it is forbidden to communicate with anyone, let alone mention any content related to their own exam, once discovered, they will be disqualified from the exam, and at the same time as they are sent back to their hometown, their treatment in the workshop will be downgraded.

"Brother Nu, I've seen a lot of assessments, but it's really the first time I've seen you in this assessment method......" Watching the candidates gradually start the day's assessment, the little mule couldn't think about his sister and said.

"No one understands what we're going to do, and even if you look at you, you can't tell if the answer they did is right, and now that you've figured out the experience, it will be much easier in the future!" Liu Ponu sighed softly.

It is purely helpless to make such a strange assessment method, not to mention a little mule, even if Liu Ponu is asked to look at them one by one, he can't be 100% sure whether it is right or wrong.

Therefore, the current examination can only be made up by quality and quantity.

The three items in this exam are the Stirling engine, which has not yet been officially named, the arquebus, which has just been built less than half a month ago, and black powder.

The requirement for engines and arquebuses is to try to figure out how to use them, and to make their own opinions or shortcomings through observation.

The requirement for black powder is to try their best to ignite it without using fire, and whether it can be done is another matter, this level Liu Ponu depends on how many ways they can think of to solve this problem.

For a group of people with zero foundation, any professional knowledge is a floating cloud.

What Liu Ponu wants now is a brain hole, what he wants is thinking, and as for professional knowledge, he can only explore it little by little later.

"Your Highness, my subordinates think that the arquebus is not as good as expected!" Han Yannian, the commander of the light pole, poured a basin of cold water on Liu Ponu.

It's too often too often to be allowed to do it, and I came to train the new army.

You said that Han Yannian could accept this training of the new army, but a month has passed, and there is no third person in the new army except for himself and Li Ling, who has just returned to Chang'an.

The two bare-bones commanders are wandering around all day long with nothing to do, this special mother's call the formation and training of the new army?

After the arquebus came out, Liu Ponu told him that the arquebus would be the main weapon of the new army, and since that time, Han Yannian has been constantly studying the arquebus to see what is so awesome that Liu Ponu can admire.

No, after half a month of observation and research, Han Yannian really saw something.

"Then you can tell me what is wrong with this arquebus?" Liu Ponu turned his head to look at Han Yannian with a smile on his face.

Whether the arquebus is good or not, of course Liu Ponu knows better than anyone else in his heart, but he just doesn't say it.

Some things are easy to say, but the intention to train people fails.

The reason why the new army is called the new army is because it is different from the previous army from the inside out, from top to bottom, so it is called the new army.

"The range of the arquebus is only one hundred and fifty steps, and the accuracy is not as good as a good archer, if you want to achieve the same effect as a bow and arrow, you must increase the number of equipment, to make up for the accuracy, although the bow and arrow array is the same way, although the power of the arquebus is greater than the bow and arrow, but the problem is that under the premise that the range is almost equal, the preparation time for the firing of the arquebus is too long, and if you shoot here, the archer can almost shoot out five or six arrows!"

"If you go against the cavalry, you can basically be sure that the arquebus can only fire one round before it loses its effect, and it costs so many resources to fire just one round, and the subordinates feel that this price is not worth it......," Han Yannian said in 1510.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

What an arquebus can do, a bow and arrow can do, and the bow itself is lighter and easier to carry.

The lost arrows themselves can be recovered after the war, and even if some of them are damaged, they can be removed and repaired and assembled.

Coupled with the vastly different rate of fire between the two, in addition to the fact that the movement is quite large and can scare people, Han Yannian does not think that arquebuses can become the main equipment of the army at all.

"As a general, it's good to find the problem, but what you should do after that is to do your best to solve the problem, not to solve the person who created it." Liu Ponu said as a cliché.

Han Yannian was able to compare the two things together and analyze them according to their strengths and weaknesses, which is a good phenomenon.

However, Liu Ponu still didn't plan to remind too much, he reminded that it could solve the current problem, but Han Yannian did not really change his thinking in essence, and there will still be problems in the future.

"I'll give you a hint, the firepower covers ......," Liu Ponu reminded lightly.

"Fire coverage?" Han Yannian was stunned, this word made him feel a little unfamiliar.

But if you think about it carefully, you can roughly guess what these four words mean.

The accuracy of the archers on the battlefield is almost not considered, and the imperial court does not have the energy to train the accuracy of the archers, and even if it is trained, it is meaningless, and you will rarely have the opportunity to shoot targets on the battlefield.

The archer's main task is to strike from a distance, and when the enemy charges, carry out rapid-fire coverage 100 to 150 paces in front of the formation.

One or two are inconspicuous, but one or two phalanxes are placed there and cannot be underestimated, and the arrows that are shot are often dense nets, and more than half of them are covered by bad luck.

And no matter what era the archers, they trained for only one task, shooting hand speed.

The distance is just a little distance, and the faster the hand speed, you can shoot one more round, give the enemy more damage, and reduce the pressure on yourself.

The arquebus is very convenient to use, but it is more painful to reload, and you have to clean the barrel with a cloth after firing for a while, otherwise it will not only damage the barrel more seriously, but also seriously affect the range and accuracy.

You still want firepower coverage for this thing?

The suppression effect that 500 archers can achieve, and if you use arquebuses, you need at least 2,000 people to achieve that effect, right?

Even, not enough......