The auspicious clouds are enveloped in the wind, and the cloud is covered by the dragon tower.

The palace city of Bianliang is not as simple and thick as Luoyang and Chang'an, but after the successive construction of the Later Liang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Four Dynasties, the entire forbidden palace also looks like it.

Because of the relationship between waterways and transportation, Bianliang is more prosperous than Chang'an Luoyang, which is also Zhao Pu's special favorite.

Walking slowly along the palace corridor, listening to the faint shouting sound outside the palace wall, Zhao Pu suddenly remembered the expression of King Fang Cai Jin when he saw the edict that belonged to him.

First at a loss, then at a loss, then at a loss, and finally only a decadence.

Oh, I can't be called King Jin in the future, I have to be called Kongjiong Mage.

Thinking of all this, Zhao Pu's mood suddenly became happy, and he even wanted to hum a little song.

From King Guangyi of Jin to Master Kongjiong, it is foreseeable that for other courtiers, this is the clear and unmistakable statement of today's officials on the matter of establishing a prince and heir.

After the internal troubles are eliminated, they can work together in one place, unify the external troubles, set the north and south into the Western Regions, and restore the Han and Tang dynasties.

It can even go one step further on this, borrow the black soil treasure land to set up Liaodong, and with the help of the sea ship merchant road Jingzhen Nanyang, cast a new foundation for the Chinese latecomers.

He still remembers the Nanhai No. 1 that he saw in the light curtain that was salvaged by great means in later generations, and this ship can be described as an excellent model that can be imitated at present.

When he woke up from a good time, Zhao Pu touched his cheek and found that the corners of his mouth had been hooked up at some point, so he smiled helplessly.

"If you want to achieve a new work, you need to restore the old work."

This old feat is naturally the cause of unification, and if it falls in front of you, it is the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In October of the previous year, Cao Bin first broke through Chizhou, and then Chen Bing quarried Shiji, and after defeating the Southern Tang Army again, he set up a pontoon bridge to cross the river and successfully crossed the river.

The Southern Tang Dynasty lost the Yangtze River, and anyone with a heart could see that it was only a matter of time before the Song Dynasty removed the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, in November, the official family once again forced the order, ordering the three routes to destroy the Southern Tang army, and in the past three months, from the battle report sent back by Cao Bin, the Song army has successively defeated the Southern Tang army in Xinzhai, Ezhou, Changzhou, Lichengzhai, Fanshanzhai, Lishui and other places.

In the good news, Cao Bin praised the judgment of the official family very much, saying that Zhu Lingyun, whom Li Yu relied on, was really incompetent.

It's just that under the successive defeats, the Southern Tang Army has now learned to be obedient, and almost no longer fights with the Song army, but chooses to stick to the city in order not to lose.

In this case, the Western Route Army needed to face Jiangning City (now Nanjing), a fortified city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the king of Wu Sun Quan built the stone city at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, this city is divided into two walls, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties continue to increase the city wall under the condition of following the old site, the palace wall is three times around the periphery of eight miles, which can be called the first strong city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the death of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangning Mansion has gone through the two kingdoms of Yang, Wu, Southern and Tang, and the two countries have expanded Jiangning City more than after wars and troubled times, and it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to describe the city high and deep.

Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyin don't know how the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty in later history, but now it seems that there is only one way to besiege it.

Borrowing the wealth and grain of Qiantang, gathering strong troops from the forbidden army, and besieging the city for a year and a half, the hearts of the people in the city were scattered and waiting for changes was the most feasible way for the two to think about it.

But today is different, Zhao Pu carefully remembered the previous description of Zhuge Wuhou and accelerated his pace.

The palace corridor walked to a fork in the road and turned left, and then passed a palace gate, which was ordered by the official family to be reorganized, and the Ministry of Works, which was suspended by the prince Zhao Dezhao, had already appeared in front of Zhao Pu.

And Zhao Pu saw Zhao Dezhao practicing his fists and feet in the courtyard of the Ministry of Industry at a glance.

"Your Highness."

Zhao Dezhao collected his fists and feet and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and smiled embarrassedly:

"Now it's time for Yuanzheng, and it's boring to stay left and right, so I came here to practice my fists and feet."

"Zhao Xianggong came to the Ministry of Industry to look for ordnance books or urge armaments?"

In Zhao Dezhao's mind, when Chao Zaifu can come here during non-working hours, this is the only thing.

I don't want Zhao Pu to shake his head and get straight to the point:

"The minister is looking for the official's family and asked His Highness where he is, and he made a special trip to find His Highness."

Zhao Dezhao led into the main hall and sat down separately, at this time, he was suddenly curious, and he shook his head after a little thought:

"There are bell makers with names and surnames in Bianliang City who have gone to find them, and there are also a lot of Taoist priests who are good at Danshu."

"The gunpowder thing that Daddy said has been refined by those Taoists, but this artillery thing is still under investigation."

"I'm here today because I think of the slow progress of artillery, and I can't help my father, so I'm upset."

Zhao Dezhao's face was really upset when he said this, after all, his father could now perceive the sudden increase in his expectations, but the new responsibility of the Ministry of Industry was not very clear, and he only said that he would talk about it when the artillery was built.

But during this time, Zhao Dezhao personally participated in it and talked in detail with those craftsmen, and he also understood that the investigation of this object was not so simple.

Nowadays, some artillery only has the description of the father, and there is no physical object that can be imitated, and there is no principle that can be deduced.

And this thing is easy to say, but some subtleties always make Zhao Dezhao tired, for example, there are Taoist priests in the middle of the moon, who use the prepared gunpowder to refine the gunpowder and don't know what they want to refine, anyway, the result is almost a fire, which makes Zhao Dezhao feel palpitations. target

Now here, there is no consideration for taking care of this place so that it does not have to go out of the water again.

Zhao Pu nodded, and immediately explained his intention:

"The minister came here because he got another thing that needed to be made by the Ministry of Industry to aid Jiangning."

"If it is successful, it may be able to help me Song destroy the Jiangnan Li clan within three months."

Zhao Dezhao suddenly felt bitter on his face:

"Xianggong, the artillery has not yet been clarified after two months, and now it is going to make new things?"

"I don't know if it can be made in March, so how can I help the army destroy the enemy."

Zhao Puha smiled:

"Your Highness is more worried, what is made this time is more than a hundred times easier than that cannon."

As he spoke, he simply took the tea cup, dipped his fingers in some tea and made a gesture on the table.

"This thing is changed according to the artillery car, and it is still placed on the long tip, but this thing is a short arm with four or five hundred pounds of stones, and the long arm is interrupted and stopped with hemp rope, and a hundred pounds of huge stones are hung at the end."

"The knife and axe hand cut the rope, and the four or five hundred catties of heavy stones suddenly fell, and the long tips were attracted to make the hundred catties of stones as flying arrows to inspire hundreds of steps, and the attack was invincible."

After taking a closer look at the images drawn by Zhao Pu, Zhao Dezhao also had to admit:

"It doesn't seem like it's hard to make...... Xianggong wants to use this thing to break Jiangning City? ”

Because his father promised to take him with him when he attacked the Northern Han Dynasty after the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Zhao Dezhao is still quite concerned about the battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty and has also heard of Jiangning Jiancheng.

Seeing Zhao Pu nodding, Zhao Dezhao no longer hesitated to agree, but in the end, he didn't forget to ask:

"This thing can send a hundred catties of stone bullets, it is really a sharp weapon, who made it?"

Zhao Pu hesitated for a moment and said truthfully: "Zhuge Wuhou." ”

(End of chapter)

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