Wang Ju opened the compartment, and there were more than a dozen strange long tube things inside. Wang Ju said, "You take it and look out. ”

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan each held one, looking outside, and their faces became extremely surprised. Wang Junwan put it down, looked out with his eyes, and then picked it up again and looked outside. Liu Changzuo rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then there was a blur at his eyes, as if he was sleepwalking.

Zhang Qi stood on the side and smiled, the first time he came into contact with this thing, his expression was not much better than Wang Junwan's.

"How?"

"Good thing, good thing, with this artifact, then the scout is like adding a divine arm." Liu Changzuo came to his senses and said.

"I spent two thousand yuan, and I only got these dozen or so, which will be of great use, but I am reluctant to give them to the scouts." Wang Ju said.

Kind of a good thing, monoculars.

He wanted to get this during the Battle of Dashun City, but the glass transported by Da Shi was made into utensils, and with the strength of glass, there was no way to break it into convex lenses and concave mirrors. Therefore, Wang Ju first asked the Zhu and Li families to collect the glass produced by the Song Dynasty for themselves.

There was a glass workshop in the Song Dynasty, but the results collected made Wang Ju very disappointed, even the best ones are turbid and unknown, the Song people called the glass also called the glass, but the glass produced in the Song Dynasty is really glass.

Therefore, Wang Ju gave up.

It wasn't until he went to Zhengbaiqu that Wang Ju remembered this incident again, so he drew a schematic diagram of the eyepiece and the objective lens, and asked Ge Shaohua to go to the seafarers of Dashi, so that they could find the best firing glass workshop and specialize in firing. After burning, it was brought back to the Song Dynasty.

It wasn't until this year that there was news.

However, Wang Ju was still very disappointed with the eyepieces and objective lenses he brought back, and many lenses were unqualified, either with insufficient curvature or not clear. Either the multiplier after the device is insufficient. As for the pitiful small number, Ge Shaohua asked, and the seafarer said in a loud voice, It's so expensive, I can't help it. What should Ge Shaohua do? I had to send it to the capital speechlessly.

Wang Ju made a choice. only got a dozen pairs of lenses, and then secretly assembled them in the ordnance superintendent, which even Zhang Ruoshui didn't know.

As for the small quantity, apparently the merchant made nine cents of profit in the middle.

But there is no way to do this, seafarers are willing to risk the danger of trading on the sea, and not profiteering? However, this problem is also easy to solve. But that was a few years later.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive." Liu Changzuo said.

I pour.

How much does this thing cost, more than a hundred yuan a piece, and it's not expensive? Wang Ju didn't bother to explain, and said, "The number is too small." I'm of great use. For the sake of secrecy, I didn't report it to the officials. ”

"Be confidential, be confidential, but how to use it?" Wang Jun nodded straightly.

"If there are large numbers, they can be distributed to scouts, but the number is too small, and I can use them for another purpose."

"How far can it see?"

It should be said that it is wrong to see how far ahead, but who knows the difference at this time. Wang Ju didn't explain either, and said, "General Wang, if you look at people's faces." But three or four miles away, if it is a flag, you can see seven or eight miles. If this flag is in the sky, you can see more than ten or even twenty miles. If the flag is big enough, you can see even further. ”

"That's a big deal." Liu Changzuo immediately heard the meaning, but he reacted again: "In the sky? ”

"Yes. In heaven, that's the second thing I bring with me. ”

Wang Ju took out another box. Inside the box is a drawing, on which several drawings are drawn.

"How is this possible?" Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan almost jumped up.

"Don't get excited, keep it secret."

"Yes, it must be kept secret," the two nodded again and again, but this time even Liu Changzuo couldn't hold his breath, and asked nervously: "Is it real?" ”

"Can I speak in vain?"

"That's a lot of sense."

If the two are different, they also have their meaning, but when the two are combined, this meaning is unimaginable.

"So next, we're going to design a sophisticated flag message."

On the battlefield, the command is nothing more than three things, drums, trumpets, and flags, of which the flag is the most important. In the battle of Haoshuichuan, Li Yuanhao personally sat in the town, and he commanded it with the flag language. However, the current flag language is relatively simple, and it can't give full play to the role of these two things, so Wang Jucai said so.

The two nodded again. But I'm afraid that these two things will shock them, and they will lose their judgment for the time being, and Wang Ju will say whatever he says.

Liu Changzuo asked again: "What about the third thing?" ”

Wang Ju took out another picture: "It's halfway through, but it can only come in handy at a certain moment." ”

Liu Changzuo lay on it and looked at it for a long time and asked, "Gunpowder?" ”

"It's a type of gunpowder, but it shines nicely."

"...... night fight?"

"Well, so it doesn't necessarily come in handy, it has to be at night, and it has to be in special terrain for it to work. And it's just a one-time thing, and it won't work anymore. Therefore, it should only be used once when it is critical. But on the way here, I thought of another thing. ”

"Tell me about it," Wang Junwan said eagerly, as if he were a curious baby.

"On the way here, I've been thinking about one thing, whether it is the battle at the beginning of the first month, or the battle before and after the Lantern Festival, the northwest is still the coldest time."

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan's faces sank.

This is the biggest disadvantage of the Song army. Although the temperature gradually warms up in the first month, Gyeongju is located in the northwest, and the temperature is still very bad in the first month, the rivers do not melt, the ice and snow do not melt, and it is normal for a handful of goose feathers to drift up and snow to fall.

At this time, the battle in the season will affect the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army, but it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the Song army.

Liu Changzuo sighed: "It would be nice if there were cotton clothes." ”

"General Liu, this time His Majesty deliberately issued an edict to allow 300,000 catties of kapok to be transferred from the Kapok Division, and 150,000 cotton jackets were robbed, one per soldier and civilians participating in the war. Soon, they are about to arrive in Mihara. ”

"Oh, oh." Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan cheered together.

Cotton is a little cheaper again this year, but it's still expensive.

The 300,000 catties of kapok and the jacket outside cost a lot of money.

Zhang Qi looked at the expressions of the two. Hehedile.

Wang Ju made a gesture to make them stop being happy, and said: "Don't be happy too early, you can only say that there is better than nothing, in fact, it is a thin cotton jacket of two catties." Keeping out the cold is still limited. ”

But if there is more, it will not only be heavy-loaded, but also cumbersome, which is not conducive to flexible combat on the battlefield. Therefore, it is not as good as fur products, but fur products are too expensive. Of course, the significance of the appearance of cotton is not only in the military. If it can be popularized and cheaper, then it will increase the infinite possibilities for the people to enter the north in the future.

There's no need to mention this.

In fact, in addition to 150,000 thin cotton jackets, Wang Ju also prepared one thing. That's the clam oil for handguards.

In addition, he sent people to inquire about the veterans of the First Battle of Mikawaguchi, which also took place in the cold New Year, and the statements of these veterans will be of good reference. But the age is too long, maybe someone is alive, but there are very few, anyway, Wang Ju has not been found.

"No, Zi'an, if it's 150,000 pieces. Is it two pieces per person? ”

"No, General Liu, think about it. During the Chinese New Year, the soldiers left their families to march, that is, they marched after the Chinese New Year, how would they feel? So each person will give another one to their family as a subsidy. ”

"That's good. That's good. Liu Changzuo said.

In fact, it is not only the soldiers, but also the people. If one person gives a little money, don't do it. Even if you are afraid of five times, can the people complain about suffering? But this is impossible, don't give one person five times, one person to consistent, Wang Anshi is reluctant to pay this pocket, although the money in this pocket belongs to the state.

"For the rest, there may be some people who are familiar with bows and arrows to participate, and these people will be rewarded."

"I see."

"Can't fight a battle for which you are unprepared? Besides, what am I heading for? "What a lot of money in the Song Dynasty, a lot of money! It's just that there is still a deficit, so what's it, no matter what the people are, the country's finances are gradually getting healthy, even if the country's half-year surplus is spent to fight this battle, as long as it wins, what kind of exciting significance will it have for the weak Song Dynasty?

"But the cold of the New Year is still a serious test, so I kept thinking about it on the road. So I thought of it," Wang Ju took out another picture and said, "That's it, just during this time, everyone is resting, and immediately send someone to grab it and let the soldiers practice." ”

"What is this?" Liu Wang and the others looked at the drawings and were stunned again.

"Those who specialize in running on ice and snow may be faster than horses if they are familiar with it."

Rumble!

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan stood up in shock, not frightened, but shocked.

Although Liu Changzuo said that the training time of tens of thousands of Baojie troops was shorter, he was still very satisfied in his heart, and after several of them kept training, although they could not be called tigers, they would definitely be stronger than the forbidden soldiers, and they would also be stronger than the rabble in Western Xia. But there are still weaknesses, such as fighting in this season, and the cold tolerance is not as good as that of the Tangut people, which is related to the racial physique. But Liu Changzuo also thought wrongly, it has nothing to do with physique, but one eats meat and the other eats vegetarian, so the physique created is different. Another disadvantage is that the infantry is relatively slow.

If this shortcoming can be filled, it cannot be called a tiger warrior, but it can be called a powerful army.

"Zi'an, no wonder the people of Western Xia are so frightened by you that they want to send assassins to assassinate them." Liu Changzuo was convinced.

Zhang Qi also shook his head, and suddenly he frowned, put down the teacup and said, "Wait." ”

"Brother Qianfu, what do you have to say?"

"Zi'an, when you came to Sanyuan, the people outside were all happy when they heard about it, right?"

"Brother Qianfu, but I did some small things," Wang Ju touched his head in embarrassment.

"No, you really put your heart into Zheng Baiqu, it's normal for the people to be grateful, I mean your prestige in the border area, and Xixia's jealousy of you."

"Brother ...... Husband"

"If you get to Gyeongju right away, I'm worried...... Once it happens, it will have an impact on your future career. ”

"What are you worried about?" Wang Junwan didn't understand, so he was so anxious that he asked loudly on the side. (To be continued) R466