"The third brother has made meritorious service again?" Han Ah Li immediately asked excitedly.

"The third cousin is very famous, in the army. In Chang'an. And in the capital too. I heard that it was in the city of Luowu. Saved a lot of people. All over the post house heard someone talk about him. Even if Li Xin is an official, he is still not good at words, and he speaks slowly and slowly, Han Ah Li is happy to listen to, but he is also anxious.

Waiting for Li Xin to finally finish speaking, Han Ah Li turned his head and instructed Han Qianliu, "Go find Brother Hou tomorrow and ask." The third brother has made a meritorious service and returned to Yanzhou from Luowucheng, and the yamen should also be able to receive the news. ”

Some time ago, I heard that Han Gang was transferred to the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division. Han Ah Li asked people to inquire about the news of Yan Yan every once in a while, and after a period of time, he said that the place names of Luowu City and Suide City were catchy, and they couldn't be more familiar.

After repeatedly telling her husband, Han Ah Li was half happy, half sighed and said: "The third brother is getting better and better, I can't think of it in the past......"

Feng Congyi smiled: "Yes, a businessman came from Beijing last time. As soon as he talked about the third cousin, he gave his thumbs up, saying that he dared to compete with the prince, and after the most scandal, he also alarmed the official family to fulfill it, which was the first time since the founding of the country. ”

Han Ah Li listened with even greater interest: "The official family is sage, and he knows right from wrong, so he can be the son of heaven!" The implication is that Zhao Hao, who is competing with his son for the Oiran, can only be a broken prince.

Han Qianliu's courage was not as good as his family, and he sighed: "I just hope that the third brother will not be dizzy and forget all the things at home." ”

A few days ago, Li Xiaoliu came back with a message from Han Gang, and heard from him about what happened in the capital. robbed the prince of the oiran and made the edict of the Son of Heaven fulfill, Han Qianliu has been honest all his life, and in the past he only felt that his son was becoming more and more capable, but now it is more and more frightened to make him jump in fear.

"Yun Niang and Su Xin in the family, which one is not a first-class talent, but what kind of Oiran do you provoke when you go to Beijing?" Han Qianliu sighed, in the past, he would be frightened when he saw a team leader, but now relying on his son's relationship, he can also tell a few jokes when he meets the queen mother's uncle; He has planted vegetable fields all his life, and now he relies on his agricultural skills to manage thousands of acres of official land, which can be regarded as raising his eyebrows; But the son snatched the woman from the prince, thinking about Han Qianliu's head, he was about to faint for a while, "The prince who offended today is the son of the queen mother and the younger brother of the official family, how should I get it in the future?" ”

"What's wrong? Afraid of what? Han Ah Li looked at him coldly, "Third brother is so capable!" Character, talent, appearance, what's not good? The little lady of Zhou doesn't want to let the prince who is good and keep the festival for the third brother, what a rare girl's family? Xiaoliu came back and said that everyone in Tokyo City was saying that the third brother was good, but King Yong's was not, and the officials had to make an order to fulfill it, what are you afraid of in this Han Caiyuan? ! ”

Han Qianliu argued: "I'm worried about ......"

"Worried about what?!" Han Ah Li glanced back at the back of the hall and understood, "If the third brother dares to be partial, I will not spare him." But the third brother is not a negative person, what are you worried about?! ”

Han Ah Li grabbed the white for a while, and Han Qianliu was so blocked that he couldn't speak. Husbands and wives have been like this for many years, and he is not angry, he takes the tea and drinks it, and he doesn't speak.

Han Ah Li said again: "The third brother is young, and there is nothing to be romantic, but it is true that he will add one to the Han family as soon as possible." You say, don't you? ......" she shouted at the back. After a while, Han Yunniang and Yan Suxin blushed and came out with tea soup and sweets. Li Xin and Feng Congyi are all close relatives of their own families, and their daughters do not have to avoid them. It's just that Fang was listening outside about the Oiran that Han Gang was looking for, and it was inconvenient to come out, so he had to wait behind the door.

After serving tea, Yan Suxin and Han Yunniang hid back in the kitchen in the backyard. Leaning against the door frame, Han Yunniang asked Yan Suxin faintly, "Sister Suxin, will the third brother forget our ......" The little face had the sorrow cast by the night, "It's the Oiran in Tokyo City...... How can we compare? ”

"The appearance and temperament of the sister of the Zhou family, didn't you ask Xiaoliu how many times. Why are you still worried? ”

Yan Suxin smiled, but the smile was a little reluctant. Han Yunniang grew up in the Han family, no matter how much she was the closest person to Han Gang, but she was different, thinking of this, she was confused for a while, and she was like boiling water in a pot, her chaotic thoughts floated and sank, and she also sighed faintly, "I don't know when the official will come back......"

……………………

Han Gang was in the craftsman camp at this time.

After only one day's work, He Zhong, the leader of the craftsman battalion, took his subordinates to take out the new catapult that Han Gang said. With such a fast speed, it is naturally not a new build, but just a transformation of an old artillery truck. The rope was removed, a bucket frame was nailed, and stones were attached to it.

He Zhong introduced to Han Gang and You Shixiong: "This is changed by the Seven Minor Cannons, if you use human hands to throw stones, a twenty-pound stone bullet can be thrown sixty steps away. ”

The throwing rod on the catapult is generally called 'slightly', but in order to achieve a balance between the flexibility and firmness of the throwing rod, the throwing rod is generally combined with several wooden poles, one rod is called a little, there are three slightly, there are five slightly, and the most is seven.

"Have you tried it?" You Shixiong asked.

"How dare you invite an official to come over for inspection if you haven't tried?" He Zhonghan smiled, "I've tried it several times." Pointing in the direction of the cannon truck, "No, the stone bomb is still there!" ”

You Shixiong looked over, and the distance was only thirty to forty steps, "It seems to be closer?!" He asked hesitantly.

"Rest assured, this is just a test gun." He Zhong said: "The old artillery truck is not suitable, it must be rebuilt." Now it's just a matter of giving it a try! ”

"Now try again." Han Gang was anxious to see the results and urged He Zhong to come.

He Zhong gave an order, and seven or eight craftsmen got busy together. They moved quickly, pulled down the throwing rod, and put a spherical stone projectile into the net pocket behind the rod. In the blink of an eye, the throwing rod that had been pulled down was cocked towards the lun, and after the stone bullet was thrown out of the net pocket, it crossed an arc in mid-air, and with a bang, it fell to a place more than forty steps away, and after rolling forward for more than a dozen steps, it stopped.

"It's not that far!" You Shixiong shook his head, forty steps not to mention compared with the Eight Bull Crossbow, even the Divine Arm Bow is not comparable, it is simply the range of ordinary bows and arrows, but he is even more surprised by the simplicity and ease of use of this catapult, the past seven and a little artillery carts, at best, it also requires seventy or eighty people to serve, "This manpower is really small!" ”

"Much less!" He Zhong emphasized, and said, "The stone bullet is thrown close because the front bucket frame is light. The more stones are put in the bucket frame, the farther the stone projectile will fly out. ”

"Why don't you put a little more?" You Shixiong hurriedly asked.

"I can't eat this bucket frame." He Zhong patted the catapult beside him, "After two days, after the new cannon truck is built, the bucket frame in front of it will be combined with the throwing rod and tenon, and you can load more stones into it, and you will definitely be able to throw it farther, and sixty steps will definitely be no problem." ”

"That's good!" After listening to He Zhong's explanation, You Shixiong was relieved.

Han Gang was also very satisfied with He Zhong's work, and after praising two sentences, he said to You Shixiong, "In fact, after determining the weight of the stones in the frame, as well as the weight of the stone bullets, combined with the length of the two arms of the throwing rod, how far the stone bullets can be thrown can be calculated by the formula." As long as you have an equation, you can drop the stone projectile wherever you want. ”

You Shixiong asked: "Or Yukun, you 'use numbers' to reason'?" ”

Han Gang nodded: "The six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics, 'number' can be ranked among the six arts, how can it only be used to calculate the money valley?" Astronomy and geography where you don't use a single number. The actions of saints have their own profound meanings. There are six snowflakes and five petals of peach blossoms, and there is always a reason. The big one is like the sun and the moon rising in the east and setting in the west, unchanged for thousands of years, unchangeable for thousands of years, there must be its reason in it, so the eclipse of the sun and the moon can be calculated by Qin Tianjian. Small things like this line of artillery trucks also have their own reason, and they can also be calculated. ”

Han Gang turned his head and asked the head of the artisan camp: "He Zhong, you have been in the artisan camp for many years, right?" What I said yesterday, I wonder if there is a place in the artisan camp where it can be used? ”

"The villain has been working in the artisan camp for more than thirty years." He Zhong revered Han Gang and regarded him as a Luban-like figure: "But what Han Guanren said, we have not figured it out as a craftsman all our lives. But yesterday, I just listened to Han Guanren's words, but I understood it all at once. Who would have thought that a crowbar could have so much truth? I see it every day, but I don't think about it. Alas...... Therefore, a villain can only be a craftsman, and an official is an official. ”

"After listening to a sentence, you can comprehend, which shows that He Zhong You have already grasped the subtlety. There is a saying that technique is close to the Tao. When a skill reaches the extreme, you can see the avenue. He Zhong, you have been a craftsman for decades, and the truth has long existed in your heart, but you didn't realize it, it's just that a layer of window paper has not been pierced. ”

You Shixiong felt that Han Gang's metaphor was quite fresh when he heard it, and asked with a smile: "Did you pierce the window paper this time?" ”

Han Gang turned around and asked He Zhong, "He Zhong, what do you think?" ”

He Zhong nodded vigorously.

Three days later, He Zhong and his subordinates, day and night, finally built the first new type of catapult. The bucket frame was filled with masonry, and during the test of the cannon, a cannon smashed twenty pounds of stone bullets seventy paces away. According to He Zhong, if he was given more time, better wood, and a few key parts made of fine iron, he could have built a cannon that could throw 50 catties of stone bombs at more than 100 paces.

has returned to Jingyang Shuaifu, Han Jiang still received the news of the success of the new artillery truck a few hours later, put down his pen, and sighed sincerely: "This Han Yukun is indeed not simple. ’