When the fleet returned to Chongqing, it was late November. As soon as he walked to the island in the middle of the river outside Chongqing Mansion, Li Shuang, who was facing him on the shore, walked to Ouyang Xuan's side and told him in his ear that the envoy sent by Yu Xing had been here for three days, claiming that he would not return to Jiading if he did not see him. This time, Yu Xing's envoy was extremely fierce and arrogant, and kept saying that he wanted to investigate the crimes of Ouyang Xuan and the Thunderbolt Army. has dealt with Yu Xing many times, and Li Shuang is also well aware of the urine nature of Yu Xing's father and son, and he did not ask for property on the surface, but this Xingshi questioning is actually another way of blackmailing. For Yu Xing, there is no problem that cannot be solved with money, if there is such a problem, then there is not enough money, and the money can be doubled or even tenfold.

The reason for Yu Xing's blackmail this time was that there was a problem with the firearms of the Perak army, so that the Jiading army suffered a defeat in the battle with the Mongolian army. It is said that the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and the envoy sent by Yu Xing softened his tone a lot after receiving Li Shuang's money and goods. He told Li Shuang about Yu Xing's asking price this time: twenty warships, one hundred artillery pieces and five hundred war horses...... opened his mouth to Yu Xing's lion, and Li Shuang used procrastination where he dared to answer, saying that Ouyang Xuan had gone far away, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions.

It turned out that after Ouyang Xuan and Huang Dagen sent cannon casting technicians to Jiading Mansion, Yu Xing ordered his craftsmen to cast artillery day and night. Casting cannons is a technical job, with a strict technological process, and although the number of blacksmiths in the Jiading army is large, the quality is uneven. The technicians sent to Jiading by the Perak Army were so anxious that they couldn't help but complain a few words when they couldn't stop them, but they were whipped and rolled on the ground by the steward of the firearms superintendent. Where did these technicians receive this kind of bird spirit, and after being beaten, they naturally kept silent and let the craftsmen of Jiading shoddy work.

Under Ouyang Xuan's example, the Perak Army has great respect for knowledgeable and craftsman technical talents, as long as they are down-to-earth and willing to work, they will eat and drink well, and the outstanding contributions they make are regarded as military merits. According to Ouyang Xuan's words: "The military merit medal has half of the combat personnel, and there is also half of the military technician." When they came to Jiading Mansion to guide technology, they would be beaten, which they never expected. After being beaten, the Thunderbolt technicians were naturally passive and slacking off, which led to the poor quality of the cannons cast by the craftsmen in Jiading - according to the standards of the Thunderbolt Army, all the guns were waste.

What Ouyang Xuan can do, why can't I? Yu Xing's son, Yu Dazhong, was the same age as Ouyang Xuan, and he was very jealous of his prestige. After having artillery, in order to improve his achievements and get promoted, Yu Xing, at the instigation of Yu Dazhong, took advantage of the opportunity for Niu Ling to attack Chongqing to raise troops to attack Pengshan. "Father and son soldiers", this striker is naturally his son Yu Dazhong. This Yu Dazhong was a man with great ambition and talent, and his eyes and hands were low, and his troops and horses were defeated by the Mongol generals Kudu when the enemy was several times that of the enemy. Not only were the infantry defeated, but even the naval army was beaten with heavy losses. After Chengdu was attacked by the Thunderbolt army, Liu Heima realized the importance of the water army and also trained a water army. The backbone of this newly formed Mongolian naval army is the surrendered Song army, among which there are many elites, and their combat effectiveness is also quite good. This time, he went down the Jinjiang River and fought with the Meizhou naval army led by Yu Dazhong in Pengshan City, and the scene was once superior. If it weren't for the Thunderbolt Army in Xinjin who set off to help after learning the news, it would be unknown if the Meizhou Navy was defeated.

The cowardly and greedy Yu Dazhong obviously would not admit his incompetence, so he threw the pot to the Thunderbolt army. He attributed the defeat to the bombing of the artillery. Artillery is a high-tech branch of the army, which not only needs the quality of artillery, but also needs qualified gunners with a certain amount of mathematical knowledge to shoot accurately. But Yu Dazhong was as slammering as his father, and the artillerymen under his command were all coarse, and in order to save money, he didn't even let the gunners train with live ammunition. Therefore, when fighting with the Mongolian army, although the sound of its artillery is very lethal, it is worrying. As for the bore, it was because he saw that the artillery did not kill or injure many Mongolian soldiers, so he asked the gunner to increase the charge. Originally, the barrel of this cannon was worried because of its quality, but now it is desperate to stuff gunpowder into it, and it is strange that it does not explode. It is said that his twenty guns blew up four in one round of shooting, which really affected morale.

Ouyang Xuan heard Li Shuang's words, so he no longer walked to the headquarters of the Thunderbolt Army, but walked straight to the guard company, and asked Dong Hu to come over to discuss countermeasures. He would definitely not agree to Yu Xing's blackmail, but before driving away the envoy, he had to have a foolproof plan - to rescue the Thunderbolt Army's cannon casting technicians. When passing through Jiading Mansion on the way back from Diaoyu City, in order not to be troubled by Yu Xing, Huang Dagen sent someone to contact the "Fire Fox" in advance. Under the guidance of the "Firefox", the fleet passed through Jiading City in the middle of the night without danger. It's just that rescuing the hostages is more dangerous than passing through Jiading Mansion, first of all, you have to know the location of the cannon caster, and you have to bring it back quietly, and you don't have to reveal the identity of the operatives. It's just that no matter how dangerous this thing is, it has to be done, not only to prevent the outflow of artillery technology, but also for a promise - the Thunderbolt Army will not give up on its own people easily. The reason why Dong Hu came was because the special forces under his command were the first choice for this matter.

Although he believed that Li Shuang, Lu Dezhi and other high-level leaders of the Thunderbolt Army could perform their duties and promote the progress of various undertakings under their rule, Ouyang Xuan was still relieved after nearly a month of going out. He was originally a person with a strong sense of mission and responsibility, but now that the great cause of resisting Mongolia has just entered the right track, he is really not sloppy. At that moment, he was notified that a joint military-political meeting would be convened two days later. In order to prevent Yu Xing's envoy from discovering that Ouyang Xuan had returned, Dong Hu sent someone to put him under house arrest in the inn. Before, the messenger relied on not leaving, but now he can't leave if he wants to. Of course, the Thunderbolts will let him go back, but that will happen after the detained cannon casting technicians return safely from Jiading. Yu Xing, who was here in Jiading Mansion, saw that the envoy had not returned for a long time, but Ouyang Xuan deliberately dragged on and did not agree to his conditions, so naturally there was another thunderous roar.

The members of the joint conference who received the notice rushed to Chongqing Fucheng one after another. Although the island in the middle of the river outside the city was the headquarters of the Thunderbolts, these Thunderbolt high-ranking officials did not stay in the comfort of their rooms, but instead traveled to the villages, forts, factories and mines under their rule. This is also Ouyang Xuan's request to the Perak Army officials, that is, to grasp first-hand information on the spot and go deep into the grassroots to solve practical problems, and he is of course a model and example in this regard. Due to the different combat missions of the four brigades of the Perak Army, the brigade headquarters are also in different places: the naval brigade is in Xinjin City, the internal guard brigade is in Chongqing Province, the field brigade is in Qiongzhou, and the garrison brigade is in Hengyuan Fort. In fact, on the island in the middle of the river, where the headquarters of the Perak Army is located, the military personnel only have the guard company except for the general staff, and the rest are personnel who handle government affairs.

At the joint military-political meeting, Ouyang Xuan and Huang Dagen reported on their trip to Diaoyu City, and Li Shuang, Lu Dezhi and others also reported on their respective affairs. During this period, there were no omissions in the management of the Perak Army, and under the attraction of a stable environment and land policy, displaced people continued to come. The construction and reclamation of various cantonment sites are still ongoing; In the industry, due to the reason that the plant is downhill, the production including the military industry has declined, but this is only temporary, it is estimated that after the new plant equipment is put into operation in January next year, the production capacity will gradually increase or even explode; In terms of mining, due to the development of several mining areas such as Qiongzhou, Dayi and Baizhang, the output of coal, iron, lead, copper and sulfur has increased significantly, but because the supporting refining facilities have not yet been put into operation, it will take some time to transform into finished products.