A siege ladder has been erected on the test site, and two drill soldiers stand on a high platform to demonstrate the scene of defending the city, they are about three feet away from the siege ladder, as if attacking the siege ladder from the side of the city wall.

He Fang explained to Li Yanqing below: "It takes skills to throw by hand, and it takes practice, in order to facilitate novices to master the firing skills without learning, Hao Da thought of a way, made an iron ring near one of the fire mines, and inserted it into a copper stick, as long as the soldier waved the copper stick, the flying fire thunder went out." ”

Li Yanqing saw it very clearly, He Fang explained beside him, he understood even more that if you are raw, you need two people to operate, one person to ignite, and one person to be responsible for projectile, but after the operation is proficient, it can be operated by one person independently.

At this time, a soldier lit two fire ropes, and when the fire burned to the red line, the soldier with a copper stick threw it at the siege ladder, the iron ring slid out of the copper stick, and the flying fire thunder circled and flew towards the siege ladder, 'Bang! With a bang, the chains of the flying fire and thunder smashed on the wooden legs of the siege ladder, circling left and right, tightly wrapping the wooden pillars.

"Good!" Li Yanqing couldn't help but applaud loudly, it was too clever and creative.

There were two explosions in a row, black smoke filled the air, and one leg of the siege ladder was blown into two sections, Li Yanqing suddenly found that there didn't seem to be anything inside, so he asked puzzledly: "Why don't you have poisonous iron pieces and poisonous needles?" ”

"Returning to Shaobao, this is just a test of the Flying Fire Thunder, and the real Flying Fire Thunder is completely the same as the Iron Fire Thunder."

Li Yanqing nodded, this is also right, the iron piece poison needle only hurts people, there is really no need to use it on the demonstration field, he thought about it and said: "Why not use a solid thunder, a fire thunder, so that one person can operate." ”

He Fang shook his head, "We have also tested this scheme, one is that the weight of the two ends is different, and it will lose balance, and the second is that I am worried that one fire thunder will have an accident, and two fire mines can ensure that there is no problem with the explosion." ”

"What is the chance that this Flying Fire Mine will fail?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"If you hit the siege ladder, you won't fail, unless you get off target."

"So confident?"

"The humble post has been tried hundreds of times, and it has been continuously improved, at first it was a rope, but it would be cut by the enemy, so it was replaced with a thin iron chain, and the cost was very large, but almost a hundred hits and hundreds of explosions, none of them failed."

Li Yanqing nodded, "But I found in the warehouse that it doesn't seem to have much stock?" ”

He Fang sighed slightly, "Now there are about five hundred and twenty, in fact, the biggest problem is that the iron chain is not in supply, if this problem is solved, another three hundred can be added within three days." ”

"Then use ropes or cow tendons to replace them temporarily, now the situation is critical, and the stock must be pulled up first."

"Ignorance, understood!"

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Just when Li Yanqing was in full swing to prepare for combat in the inner city, in the main camp of the Jin soldiers in the north of the city, the first peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasty also began, the Song Dynasty was personally led by Zai Zhibai Shizhong, the deputy prime minister Wu Min and Geng Nanzhong were the deputy envoys of the left and right negotiations, and the Jin State was also led by Wan Yan Xian, and the two former nobles of the Liao State, Yelu Yujian and Xiao Zhonggong, were the left and right deputy envoys.

The content and pace of the peace talks were completely controlled by the Jin State, and the first negotiation content thrown out was not an armistice and withdrawal of troops, but a reward for the soldiers and compensation for military expenses.

Wan Yan Xian also sat on the high seat, arrogantly said to Bai Shi: "We Jin soldiers love the people, do not take away the women and property of the people, some disasters in Hebei are completely caused by the plundering of the defeated Song army, we strictly rectify the order, and kill a lot of defeated soldiers who plundered the people's wealth, but the Jin soldiers are also people, there are normal needs for men, and they also have to support their families, so be it!" I need you to provide 3,000 official prostitutes and palace maids to reward the soldiers, and secondly, to provide another 5,000,000 taels of gold for the soldiers' military expenses, you must first agree to these two conditions, and then we will continue to talk about the armistice and the withdrawal of troops. ”

Bai Shi and the middle people looked at each other, their faces changed in shock, this first premise made them unbearable, three thousand palace female prostitutes, there were not many palace maids in the Song Dynasty palace, there were only more than three thousand people in total, Jin Ren knew this, so he put forward this harsh condition, Mo said that he couldn't decide the affairs of the harem as a courtier, even if he could, how could this kind of shame and humiliation that had been stinking for thousands of years happen to him, and besides, he also needed five million taels of gold, where did he go?

The only thing Bai Shizhong could agree to was to increase the annual coin given to Jin Guo and solve the current predicament with future financial revenue, so Jin Guo suddenly proposed to take out five million taels of gold, and Bai Shizhong couldn't do it at all.

Bai Shizhong sighed and said: "The imperial court's taxes have not been escorted into Beijing since last year, and the imperial court's treasury is currently empty, and it is really impossible to take out five million taels of gold. ”

Wan Yan Xian also sneered, "This is just a precondition for me, and I can't even agree to the preconditions, so it can be seen that you are insincere, then there is no need to talk about it, let's attack the city and get it ourselves!" ”

After Yan Xian also got up to leave, Bai Shizhong hurriedly said, "Please sit down for a while!" ”

Wan Yan Xian also stood up and said coldly: "Is there anything else Bai Xiangguo has to explain?" ”

"Five million taels of gold is too high, even if you dig three feet into the ground, Tokyo City can't take out so much, this is the truth, it is definitely not a lie."

Of course, Wan Yan Xian also knew that the other party couldn't take out five million taels of gold, he opened his mouth widely, and of course he also gave the other party a chance to bargain, so he said coldly: "Then how much can you come up with?" ”

"There are still one million silver ....... in the imperial court's left treasury."

"Phew!"

Without waiting for Bai Shizhong to finish speaking, Yelu Yu next to him took a sip fiercely, "Do you call the army of the Jin Kingdom Huazi?" ”

Wan Yan Xian also waved his hand to stop him, "There is no left library, but there should be one in the inner library!" ”

"Marshal Du didn't know that the copper coins and gold and silver in the inner treasury had almost been exhausted, and only five million pieces of silk and a lot of precious goods remained, as well as some famous stones and porcelain, as well as some gold and stone utensils."

"Then one million taels of silver and five million horses of silk, and the number of young women must be increased, and the number must not be less than ten thousand, and I would like to remind you that among these ten thousand women is all the maids of the court."

Bai Shizhong was afraid that he would mention the palace maid, where could he call the shots, at this time, Geng Nanzhong whispered in his ear: "If the emperor agrees, the official family can't object!" ”

Bai Shizhong was helpless, so he had to say to Wan Yan Xianye: "Can we go and see the Emperor, if the Emperor agrees, we can also go back and explain to the Son of Heaven." ”

Wan Yan also nodded, "You can go and see him, but I said ugly things in front, I don't have the patience to wait, if you don't agree before dark today, we will start attacking the city!" ”

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Not far from the marshal of the capital, there is a small camp surrounded by a camp fence, covering an area of only five acres, there are four or five felt tents in it, which is strictly guarded by a hundred golden soldiers, and this is Zhao Ji's prison place.

Although Zhao Ji is a prisoner, but because of his special status, Wan Yan Xian also treats him well, except for the complete loss of freedom, other food and clothing are given according to the standard of the captain, and there are two girls who serve him specially.

In the largest camp, Bai Shizhong saw the captured Emperor Zhao Ji, and the three Xiangguo knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Ji with tears in their eyes, "Weichen Bai Shizhong, Weichen Wu Min, and Weichen Geng Nanzhong pay a visit to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Zhao Ji's face was pale, his eyes were gloomy, he sat behind the table and looked at the three old ministers calmly, no one could see what he was thinking?

After a long while, Zhao Ji calmed down: "How is the negotiation with the Jin people?" ”

"Back to His Majesty the Emperor, the other party is asking for a sky-high price, and before they start talking, they will first ask for five million taels of gold and three thousand palace maids, how can the court have five million taels of gold now?"

"The court doesn't have it, but the people do!" Zhao Ji coldly interrupted him.

Bai Shizhong and the three of them were stunned, the Emperor Taishang actually had this attitude? After a while, Bai Shizhong said in a low voice: "Later, the other party gave in slightly, and proposed one million taels of silver and five million pieces of silk, as well as ten thousand young women, including all the palace maids, and then the negotiations could continue." ”

After a pause, Bai Shizhong continued: "At the beginning, Jin Bing asked for such a high price, I am afraid that the price code behind it will become higher and higher, and the court will not be able to bear it!" ”

Zhao Ji was silent for a moment and said, "Does the Great Song Dynasty still have a choice?" ”

"Wechen understands, it's just that Jin Ren stipulates that he will reply before dark, time is pressing, Wechen is going back, what else does the emperor have to say to Wechen?"

Zhao Ji said for a while: "Tell Wu'er for me, filial piety comes first, I am suffering in the golden camp, I hope they can feel the same way, so that I can return to the capital as soon as possible." ”

"Wechen must ..... persuade the official family to take the emperor back to the palace as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Ji nodded, then closed his eyes, and the three of them saluted again, and then took their leave.

This time, instead of detaining the three of them, Jin Bing let the three of them return to the capital.

"Bai Xianggong!"

Geng Nanzhong stopped his horse and said in a low voice: "What does Bai Xianggong plan to say about the palace maid?" ”

"What else can I say, tell me the truth! Anyway, the emperor agreed. ”

Bai Shizhong sighed, and he suddenly asked vigilantly, "Do you have a way?" ”

Geng Nanzhong hurriedly shook his head, "What can I do, everything is dominated by Bai Xianggong!" ”

Bai Shizhong scolded secretly, and had to urge the horse to go quickly, it was already afternoon, and they had to give an official reply before dark, they were running out of time, but Bai Shizhong didn't notice that when he turned around, Geng Nanzhong's eyes flashed with a trace of imperceptible viciousness.