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Seeing that Dong Huai was extremely lost, Lu Wende was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that he had made meritorious service, and immediately called out one person from among the craftsmen.

It was probably the first time that the man had seen this kind of formation, and although he was also a strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, he was also so frightened that his legs trembled and he almost couldn't stand steadily. He looked at the two of them a little timidly, and replied again and again: "Two adults, the younger one is old and the younger is young, I really don't dare to say it." ”

"If you want to say it, you can say it, where did the nonsense come from?" Lu Wende was angry and opened his mouth to scold.

Dong Huai reacted at this time, stared at the craftsman in front of him, and asked, "Don't you dare to say? Could it be that someone threatens you?"

"It's not a threat. It's just that I really don't dare to lose this job, or my family will starve to death. The craftsman probably also felt that although Dong Huai was harsh, he was not such a harsh person, so he opened his heart and said slowly: "Do you know. The work of this ordnance supervisor is not only tiring, but also earns less money. It's only ten times a month, and I can't support a big family at all. You must know that craftsmen of the same level are more than 30 in Chang'an, and if there is any new invention, it will be directly opened to 100. ”

"Chang'an, do you mean the Red Fengjun?" Hearing this, Dong Huai was stunned and felt a little incredible.

The craftsman nodded and replied, "That's right. Just a few days ago, my master directly asked the supervisor to resign, saying that he was invited by Xiao Feng of the Red Phoenix Army, so he wanted to resign and ran to Chang'an. The overseer was also a bad man, and after receiving the money from his entourage, he was directly released. The rest of the people listened to him, and their minds were also floating, and then one after another people asked to resign, until now there are more than a hundred people left. ”

"Gone?" Dong Huai smiled bitterly and thought secretly: "No wonder Xiao Feng has always stayed here, dare to miss the craftsmen here?"

But he can't tell him about this matter, after all, Xiao Feng is moving with money, even if he comes to the door to reason, he will only be scolded for being bloody, and he can't be coincidental.

For Xiao Feng, Dong Huai has already learned from the Vertical Arch Palace, and he is definitely the kind of master who argues unreasonably.

This craftsman is also sincere, and directly said what he thought in his heart: "It's just that guys like us who have no skills and no way are still staying here." Otherwise, who wants to stay here?"

"Humph!"

Lu Wende next to him was a little uncomfortable when he heard it, and opened his mouth to scold: "You are also at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if it weren't for the emperor's grace, how could you let you live here?

Dong Huai waved his hand to shut up Lu Wende, but said, "Then you tell me, why don't you want to stay here?"

"Let's not talk about the treatment, just this job, with our physique, we can't do it at all. Who can stand it if we have three gun barrels a day? Moreover, it is still in this hot weather, and it is still forcing us to do it, isn't this forcing us to die? In this week alone, three of us have been forced to die of sunburning. The craftsman looked annoyed, and the people in the distance listened to it, and they also felt the same way.

"I'll deal with it as soon as possible. ”

Dong Huai was silent, he felt hot just standing here, let alone working in this hot day.

But this group of craftsmen needs to work in the scorching summer heat, and there are stoves all around, which is exactly like a steamer, and working here is basically equivalent to looking for death.

At this time, the overseer woke up from a fainting, and when he saw that all the craftsmen had not worked, but had gathered together, he could not help but open his mouth and curse angrily: "You fellows, don't you hurry up and work, don't you want to be whipped?"

"Is that how you treat them?"

Lu Wende was immediately angry, his body moved slightly, and he immediately grabbed the leather whip and shouted loudly.

The overseer was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Dong Huai beside him, and this time he was immediately frightened into cardiac arrest, and his eyes were white and he was about to faint. But Lu Wende was so alert, he raised his hand and slapped the opponent's chest, although the force was heavy, it did not hurt the muscles and bones, but directly transmitted to the heart, making the heart beat violently, and also made the overseer suddenly open his mouth and gasp for breath.

As soon as he looked up, he heard Lu Wende say coldly: "You don't want to pretend to be dead, you should tell all those things earlier." ”

"I said, I said. The overseer felt that the two were terrible, and quickly bent down and apologized to the two of them again and again.

Dong Huai spoke at this time and asked, "Why do you let them continue to work in this environment?"

"Your Excellency. I can't help it. ”

The overseer rolled his eyes and explained: "If I don't do this, it will be difficult for the army to complete the firearms, and when the Mongols come, what will we do? Without enough firearms, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to fight against the Mongol army." ”

"Even so, it must not come at the cost of the lives of the craftsmen. Otherwise, how can we still stand on heaven and earth?" Dong Huai frowned, obviously in a dilemma.

The overseer spread his hands and pretended to be helpless: "But there is no way, after all, there are so few craftsmen now, and they are still constantly flowing, if you don't work overtime, how can you complete the task?"

In order to meet the daily production quota, the overseer had no choice but to let each craftsman work a little more, otherwise he would not be able to fill the gap.

As a result, the more people are lost, and the more tired the remaining craftsmen are, which in turn leads to more personnel emigration.

When will such a vicious circle come to an end?

"What you say is true. Dong Huai's smile was even more sour, and he also saw the pivot clearly, and complained: "As for how to solve it, I will naturally deal with it." When Fu You saw the Red Phoenix Army gun in his hand, a thought appeared in his heart, and he said, "Go get a gun and let me try the power of your newly made gun?"

The overseer did not dare to shirk, so he hurriedly went to prepare some scarecrows, and some armor for the army, and then put on the armor for those scarecrows, and stood a hundred paces away.

"How about you try these two firearms?"

Calling two guards, Dong Huai ordered the two of them to each hold a gun, and then aimed at the scarecrow in the distance, only to hear a "bang", the scarecrow in the distance immediately came with a crisp sound, and the armor on it also shook for a while, as if it was difficult to support.

Dong Huai looked at Lu Wende in the distance and asked, "How is the situation?"

"The target of the Red Phoenix Army's guns was pierced, but our firearms were not. Lu Wende shook his head, looking slightly depressed.

He also knew that the Red Phoenix Army was the first to be equipped with firearms, and its research and forging of firearms must be quite profound, but the Song Dynasty was full of talents, and if the skilled craftsmen in the court were concentrated, they would definitely be able to defeat the Red Phoenix Army.

But looking at today's comparison, it is clear that the Red Phoenix Army is superior.

What's more, this is the old-fashioned gun that the Red Phoenix Army was equipped with six years ago, and it is no longer produced in their army!

"The gap is so big, show me, what is so strange about this gun, how can there be such a big gap?" Dong Huai was also surprised, and hurriedly asked the attendant to take the two guns.

At this look, Dong Huai immediately saw the clue.

The two guns are only in terms of weight, it is obvious that the guns of the Red Phoenix Army are lighter, and the guns of the Ordnance Supervisor are a little heavier, and they can achieve better results with less volume, and it is obvious that the forging technology of the Red Phoenix Army is even better; secondly, the chamber of the guns of the Red Phoenix Army is very smooth, although it has been worn and used for several years, but there is no crack on it, it looks like obsidian, but the chambers of the guns of the Song Dynasty are covered with all kinds of cracks, if you look closely, you can see that there are dense pockmarked eyes on it, and the treatment methods of the two are also very different; finally, there is a small hole in the wooden butt of the gun of the Red Phoenix ArmyThe small hole is equipped with a bristle supported by a bristle, which can easily carry the tools for cleaning, so that the chamber will not be eroded by the residual gunpowder, but the gun gun of the Song Dynasty does not have this function......

Just from the outside, there is such a big performance gap, if you dig deeper, you don't know how big the gap between the Song Dynasty and the Red Phoenix Army is.

Lu Wende's face trembled, and he said, "My lord, this is the result of the experiment!"

"Alas. It seems that the gap between us and the Red Phoenix Army is really not a moment. Dong Huai was secretly surprised in his heart, but he was full of regret for offending Xiao Feng in the Vertical Arch Hall before.

If he could see these things, then he shouldn't have made a lot of nonsense at that time, and even offended the other party repeatedly.

Now Dong Huai only hopes that the other party can be generous, let go of the past entanglement, and will not entangle with himself more.

"So what do we do next?" asked Lu Wende again.

Dong Huai's brows tightened, and he shouted: "Continue the experiment." I'm going to see how far these two weapons can penetrate each type of armor?"

As soon as the attendants heard this, they immediately ran to the warehouse according to his orders, and all kinds of armor made by the military commander, from the heaviest infantry armor, to the plate armor, chain mail, and Mingguang armor worn by the generals, to the leather armor and paper armor worn by ordinary soldiers, each of them was taken out, and then put on the scarecrow, and then tested the resistance of these armors to the guns.

And every data obtained will be written down, and then presented to Zhao Yun, the emperor of the current Great Song Kingdom, so that he can understand the gap.

After all, Dong Huai also understood one thing, that is, if he didn't carry out reforms, he was afraid that when the time came, he would not talk about the Mongol army, but he was afraid that even the Red Phoenix Army would not be able to fight, if he fell into this predicament, with the weapons in their hands, how could they fight it?