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When the Shang Shui Army lost the military arsenal in the county, it did not suppress the hidden thieves and rangers in the city, and the major forces of the hidden thieves also exercised restraint when they mistakenly thought that Zhao Hongrun had compromised with him.

On the other side, Zongwei Zhu Gui and He Miao had already obtained a ship from Shangshui County to go to the royal capital of Daliang, and arrived at Xiangfu Port on February 15.

After arriving at Xiangfu Port, Zhu Gui and He Miao went their separate ways, and the former hurried to the temporary station of the main force of nearly 16,000 merchant water troops led by Wu Ji in the suburbs of Daliang City, because from the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau of Xiangfu Port, they knew that during this period, the imperial court had given the Shang Shui army a reward after the war, and Wu Ji was planning to lead the return to Shangshui County in the near future.

And Sima An's Dangshan Army had already set off to return to Dangshan County a day ago.

Therefore, Zhu Gui wanted to convey Zhao Hongrun's latest troop transfer order to Wu Ji before Wu Ji ordered the camp to leave.

And He Miao, with three other letters, entered the royal capital of Daliang.

He first went to the Household Department and handed one of the letters to Li Liang, the secretary of the Household Department.

Shangshu Li Liang was shocked after seeing the letter written by Zhao Hongrun himself, and he couldn't understand Zhao Hongrun's intentions.

It's no wonder, after all, how could this Hubu Shangshu, who was far away in Daliang, know that Zhao Hongrun had been assassinated one after another a few days ago.

"It's easy to hear. …… The government immediately arranged for the ship to be held in the warehouse. ”

Despite his doubts, Li Liang still made a reservation ticket to He Miao, and did not mention the cost of requisitioning the transport ship of the warehouse.

It stands to reason that Zhao Hongrun's levy on the ships of the user department will naturally cause the household department to suffer some losses, so it is natural to count these losses on Zhao Hongrun's head, but because the benefits earned by the household department in the Sanchuan trade are too great, Li Liang is embarrassed to ask Zhao Hongrun for this money.

Thinking about it, the main force of the 16,000 merchant and naval forces that transported Wu Ji at most delayed the normal transportation of the household department for about half a month, although the losses were not small, compared with the stable income obtained from the Sanchuan trade, these losses were simply negligible.

After agreeing with Li Liang on the date of carrying the merchant sailor, He Miao left Li Liang and rushed to the Smelting Bureau without stopping.

The Smelting Bureau, as the department in charge of Zhao Hongrun, naturally obeyed the orders of His Royal Highness King Su.

After receiving the drawings drawn by Zhao Hongrun about the sleeve arrow, Cheng Wangfu of the Smelting Bureau immediately summoned Ding Jun, the head craftsman in the department.

Ding Jun was originally an ordinary craftsman in the Smelting Bureau, but since he was shining in Zhao Hongrun's mold for casting mass production candles, his status has risen steadily, and now he has become one of the few dozen craftsmen in the Smelting Bureau.

If you want to get ahead in a place like the Ministry of Industry and the Metallurgical Bureau, where you almost rely on your qualifications, you can emerge in your thirties and become a craftsman among craftsmen, you can imagine Ding Jun's skills.

"Wang Jucheng, have you changed your mind?"

With an inquiry coming into the house, Ding Jun walked in from outside the house, with some joy on his face for some reason.

This made He Miao look inexplicable.

However, He Miao didn't understand what Ding Jun said again, but it didn't mean that Wang Fu didn't know either, so he said angrily: "Ding Jun, this official has told you a few times, and your thing has already been vetoed by His Royal Highness King Su." ”

Hearing this, Ding Jun hurriedly said: "Wang Jucheng, please talk to His Royal Highness King Su again, I think that there may still be room for improvement...... he said, he noticed Zong Wei He Miao standing aside, and couldn't help but be stunned.

He Miao, as the Zongwei next to Zhao Hongrun, is also a familiar face in the Smelting Bureau, Ding Jun naturally recognizes He Miao, he just wonders, why did this person stay in Daliang, didn't he follow King Su to the south?

"Dingtou."

"Lord Zongwei."

He Miao and Ding Jun greeted each other, and then, the former asked curiously: "I don't know what Ding Tou is referring to?" ”

Before Ding Jun could speak, he heard Wang Fu say angrily: "It's the crossbow box of the Lu State that this guy has been tinkering with." …… This guy doesn't give up, and always wants to persuade His Royal Highness King Su to continue to improve the crossbow box of the Lu Kingdom. ”

He Miao suddenly realized when he heard this.

He also knew about the crossbow box: I don't know if it was the predecessor, or the former former smelting bureau director, I don't know through what channel, I started a crossbow box from Lu State, I wanted to steal the craftsmanship of Lu State, but I didn't expect Lu people to be wary, before discarding the crossbow box, all the parts inside were removed, and only an empty wooden box remained.

However, even if it was an empty box, the Wei craftsmen still learned the first-hand mortise and tenon structure process, and abandoned the wooden nails used to make wooden tools in the past.

I remember that when Zhao Hongrun was in charge of the Smelting Bureau at the beginning, he had a great interest in the craftsmanship of the Lu Kingdom, so he asked Wang Fu to take out the dusty crossbow box from the warehouse.

At first glance, Zhao Hongrun was disappointed.

Although Zhao Hongrun had already thought that the operation of this crossbow box relied on wooden gears, he still did not restore this crossbow box in the end.

After all, even if this crossbow box is restored, it is just a craft of more than ten or twenty years in the country of Lu, and there is a fart?

Not to mention that this crossbow case is riddled with all sorts of flaws.

As a result, Zhao Hongrun gave up the restoration of the crossbow box and chose another war weapon, that is, the repeater crossbow that shined in the Battle of Sanchuan, or the repeating machine heavy crossbow.

Now, the further improvement of the repeater has become a permanent research work within the Smelting Bureau, and as for the crossbow box of the Lu State, it has long been forgotten.

However, Ding Jun was very interested in this complex and flawed Lu State crossbow box, and without Zhao Hongrun's participation, he actually restored the Lu State crossbow box, which made Zhao Hongrun feel very surprised.

Unfortunately, the restored crossbow box was still useless, because the range of the repeater was more than twice that of the repeater, which made the originally curious craftsmen disappointed to find that if the crossbow box did not work at all in front of their repeater, the repeater would shoot directly into the receiver.

As a result, the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau became indifferent to the crossbow box again, but Ding Jun was still studying this thing, and he still did not give up, and tried to persuade Zhao Hongrun through Wang Fu several times, hoping to pass the proposal of the crossbow box.

I see.

He Miao only laughed in his heart when he heard it, interrupted the argument between Wang Fu and Ding Jun, and said: "Ding Tou, the matter of the crossbow box will be put aside for the time being, His Royal Highness King Su hopes that the Smelting Bureau will make this thing as soon as possible." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Fu handed the drawings he got from He Miao to Ding Jun and said, "Ding Jun, look at this." ”

Ding Jun took the drawing suspiciously, looked at it carefully, and muttered in his mouth: "Sleeve arrows? After that, he turned his head to look at He Miao and asked puzzledly, "Lord Zongwei, what does His Royal Highness King Su want to do with this?" ”

It's no wonder, because in his opinion, the power and range of the Hidden Arrow are not as big as the hand crossbow, except for an advantage of being easy to carry, the rest are simply useless, and the role on the battlefield is even more minimal, he can hardly imagine that Zhao Hongrun will design this kind of useless weapon.

Seeing this, He Miao briefly explained the situation on Yangxia's side to Ding Jun, and told the latter that this was a light weapon designed by Zhao Hongrun to deal with Yangxia's hidden thieves.

Ding Jun suddenly realized, nodded and said, "I understand the humble position." …… Let me build a physical object and study it first. ”

Hearing this, He Miao couldn't help but be a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Please measure it as soon as possible." ”

"Quantity manufacturing?" Ding Jun was stunned, then frowned and said in embarrassment: "Lord Zongwei, although this thing is simple, but if you want to measure it, there are many inconveniences, you see, these small objects are smaller than the little finger, and it is not easy to create a mold, if you want to measure it, it will take at least one or two months......

"A month or two?" He Miao said in his heart when he heard this, after a month or two of Yangxia over there, what else do you want to do with this thing?

Ding Jun noticed He Miao's ugly face, but he was also very helpless, after all, although the structure of the drawings drawn by Zhao Hongrun was simple by the crossbow, the problem was that the parts used to make the sleeve arrows were generally very small, and they could hardly be measured, so they could only be polished by hand.

And hand-polished, how can this mass production go up?

Suddenly, he had an idea, turned his head to He Miao and said, "Lord Zongwei, otherwise, you can try the crossbow box?" ”

Under the speechless expression of Jucheng Wang Fu, Ding Jun's eyes lit up, and he recommended the crossbow box to He Miao with foaming foam, saying how good it was.

He Miao was not good at craftsmanship, and was dizzy by Ding Jun's words, and when he left the Smelting Bureau, he realized that he actually agreed to Ding Jun's suggestion.

Obviously, His Royal Highness hoped that the Smelting Bureau would create a batch of Hidden Arrows, but in the end, he brought a batch of crossbow boxes over, and He Miao, who was standing in front of the Smelting Bureau, scratched his head, not knowing how to explain to His Highness.

Fortunately, Ding Jun said it very beautifully when recommending the crossbow box to He Miao, which made He Miao also full of confidence in this thing.

This is also something that can't be helped, a month or two, how can Your Highness wait?

He Miao secretly comforted herself.

After leaving the Smelting Bureau, He Miao went straight to Zhao Hongrun's Yiwang Mansion of his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanyan.

It's a pity that he didn't see Zhao Yuanli this time, because Zhao Yuanyan had already taken Princess Yulong out of the city to play.

He Miao is also clear about this matter.

"What can I do?"

Holding the letter written by Zhao Hongrun to Zhao Yuanyan in his hand, He Miao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Give it to the people in King Yi's mansion?

What if I lose it?

After thinking about it, He Miao finally returned to the Su Wangfu and handed over the letter written by Zhao Hongrun to Zhao Yuanyan to the Su Wangwei who stayed in the Su Wang's Mansion, and asked them to deliver it to the latter when Zhao Yuanyan returned to the royal capital Daliang.

After arranging everything, He Miao and Zhu Gui converged.

Because it was an emergency transfer of troops, Li Liang, the secretary of the household department, urgently transferred more than a dozen ships first, and let some of the merchant and naval troops board the ships first and go to Yangxia.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Ji led the main force of nearly 16,000 or so merchant water troops into Xiangfu Port, and he first dispatched about 3,000 merchant water soldiers as the first batch of reinforcements to go to Yangxia by boat to support, and embarked on the journey to Yangxia. (To be continued.) )