"Oh, do you want my people? I don't know that your old horse likes this tune, it's familiar, this joke can't be made, brother, I really can't obey my fate. Xiao Chen said.

Let's get down to business.

Ma Wuming wanted to talk to Xiao Chen about the manufacturing method of the ballista and the rubber tires he installed on the wheels.

"Ballista? Isn't this the business of the Ministry of War, what does it have to do with your Ministry of Engineering? Xiao Chen was surprised.

"Let's just say that you don't kiss my brother either!" Ma Wuming said with a smile, "Langzhong Ma Wuqing of the Driving Department of the Ministry of War is my own brother, he asked me to beg you, didn't you have an unpleasant relationship with Lu Jing before, and Lu Jing is not easy to find you, I am afraid that you will give him a soft nail to eat, so this matter finally fell on my brother and me." ”

Xiao Chen personally invented and supervised the crossbow cart in the actual battle, and the generals who heard the news were greatly envious, and they all asked Lu Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to ask for it, and they all thought that this was the latest chariot developed by the Ministry of War.

Lu Jing didn't know about it at all, what kind of ballista? I have a crossbow and a chariot, but I don't have a crossbow...... What is a ballista?

Later, after inquiry, I learned that it was a battlefield killer newly invented by Xiao Chen!

He had a holiday with Xiao Chen, when Xiao Chen asked him to ask for horses, he was so stingy, but later Xiao Chen repaid his grievances with virtue and sent him tens of thousands of war horses to solve his urgent need.

I also gave him so many good skins very intimately...... It is inevitable to feel guilty in my heart.

Besides, I promised to invite people to drink and catch the wind for others, but I didn't care about it because I was busy, so I didn't do it properly...... I was not too embarrassed to come to the door and beg him again.

Fortunately, Sima Wuqing's own brother in his military department is Ma Wuming, Ma Wuming has a good relationship with Xiao Chen, anyway, the frame is also Ma Wuqing's supervisor, so it is better to let him come forward to find Xiao Chen.

"What else are you talking about?" Xiao Chen, a person with multiple feelings, isn't your brother also my own brother? When he agreed, "I'll send someone to send you a detailed manufacturing drawing when I go back!" ”

Will it really be delivered? Of course it's true.

But is it really as detailed as he says? It must be fake.

The ballista is one of Xiao Chen's magic weapons, how much effort has been wasted on him, how can he easily give it away?

And Da Zhou will definitely be his enemy in the future, so why don't I tell you how to make a ballista, and then use it to shoot me after you make it?

Isn't that a joke.

So he'll make a little change to the construction diagram of the ballista......

Anyway, this is all designed by him, and you can change it if you want to, as for saying that you don't think it's good to use it, that's your own problem.

If you want to ask me for advice, I would be happy to help you...... If I had time.

In the case of rubber tires, Xiao Chen said that I really can't help this, because the manufacturing process is too complicated and the procedure is extremely cumbersome.

And I'm still exploring, and the tires I made are actually barely usable, and they all rot after a few uses.

There is also the cost is too high, not only the manufacturing cost is high, but the cost of raw materials is also very high, mainly because we don't have this thing in Huaxia, I still bought a little from the foreigners on the other side of the ocean, and it is all used up at present.

But don't worry, old horse, when I have the silver, I will definitely buy a large number of them and develop them carefully.

When the technology is mature and can be mass-produced, I will definitely open a branch factory in Fengyang City, which is a joint venture between Yanyun County and your Ministry of Industry, okay? It's like that heating plant......

Xiao Chen's words were half-true and half-false, and Ma Wuming was also convinced.

Xiao Chen came to Ma Wuming but it was also a business, he was ready to build a large number of civil works in Yanyun County, build roads, repair city walls, and build bridges......

There is also the construction of strong coastal defense fortifications in Shunfeng Harbor.

"Shunfeng Harbor hasn't been taken down yet, so it's too hasty for you to plan this matter, right?" Ma Wuming sounds fresh.

"Shunfeng Port must be won, and it will definitely be won, it is a matter of time, I have to prepare in advance, not only to build coastal defense fortifications, I also want to expand the port, and get a few more docks, in addition, the Bailong River also needs to be dredged, build a river embankment, and it will be easier to transfer materials in the future......" Xiao Chen has too many things to do.

Another big thing is the construction of a shipyard, that is, a shipyard.

Please ask Ma Wuming to help find a group of skilled shipbuilders, now the ships running back and forth in Shunfeng Harbor are other people's ships, but my Yanyun County doesn't even have a freighter of its own?

These Ma Wuming can help, but they are only helping to find someone for him, which means that the salary of the craftsman has to be organized by you Yanyun County yourself, otherwise the cost is too big, and his Ministry of Industry will not be able to bear it.

Xiao Chen is in urgent need of all kinds of technical talents now, no matter how much money he spends, he doesn't care, because these people will create a huge wealth for Yanyun County!

"By the way, there is another thing, Lao Ma, you must help, I need a lot of copper, iron and lead now, you can deal with me for a few million catties, at most I will spend silver to buy it with you." Xiao Chen seemed to suddenly remember.

"Then you're looking for the wrong person, the smelter is not under the control of our Ministry of Industry." Ma Wuming said that he couldn't help.

"Who cares about you?" Xiao Chen was stunned, "Didn't you give a lot of iron ingots last time?" ”

"Is that what I gave you? That's what you kid robbed! Ma Wuming was still angry when he mentioned this, "I just shipped it and waited for it, and in the end, I went to negotiate with the household department, and it took a lot of money." ”

this is all under the control of the household department?

That's a bit of a nuisance.

"What do you want so much steel for?" Ma Wuming said, "As soon as you open your mouth, it's millions of catties, do you think it's dirt?" This is an important strategic material, and the transportation volume of more than 10,000 catties must be reported to the Ministry of Household for approval. ”

"I don't like to deal with Chen Wenqi, I'm too stingy." Xiao Chen was a little worried.

"He has to be stingy in charge of the household department, that Liu Han is generous, you see how much of a deficit he has made? Dealing with Chen Wenqi is difficult to say, and easy to say...... As long as you can give him what he wants, he can get what he wants. Ma Wuming said.

"How do I know what he wants? If I want a Ross, I'll be able to get him some! Xiao Chen said.

"Don't say it, he likes girls, and he likes that kind of person who is tall and big, have you ever seen those concubines in his family? He's taller than me. Ma Wuming said with a smile.

"It turns out that Chen Wenqi likes Yanmar?" Xiao Chenxin said that this is really a radish and cabbage, each with their own love.

But Chen Wenqi looks like an old pedant, and he has always been quite sanctimonious, and I thought he was not lustful......

But it's definitely not enough to just send him a beautiful woman to do what he likes, and as Ma Wuming said, you have to give him what he wants.

So what exactly does he want?

"Grain!" Ma Wuming said, "Minzhou County has tossed so much, and tossed out hundreds of thousands of victims, the emperor ordered him to send grain to the household, but now is the time when the green and yellow are not available, the old grain is not enough, and the new grain will take a few months to come down......