Although Cao Wei had accepted the certificate earlier, he knew that the Kou Zhun three would abolish the Xiang army in the hinterland of the Central Plains sooner or later, and also knew that the Wuxuns would not be able to escape the disaster.
It's just that when things happen, some sadness will inevitably arise in my heart.
I think how glorious the Wuxun family was when the Song Dynasty established the country.
Those civil servants who can't bow their heads when they see them
Those scholars, how noble and noble as they are today, one by one, like servants, stopped them in the street, knelt down in front of them, and took their articles to make an effect.
As long as they show a smiling face, those scholars can't find Bei with joy.
It's like now, the martial arts have no glory, but they are suppressed and targeted everywhere.
"Farewell..."
Cao Wei got up, arched his hands, and left Kou's mansion somewhat desolately.
Kou Ji looked at Cao Wei's leaving back and sighed inwardly.
No matter how miserable other Wuxuns are, he will not have any pity in his heart.
But facing Cao Wei, he couldn't be hard-hearted.
Cao Wei is a famous general, a famous general who has fought for the Song Dynasty for decades.
He is different from the arrogant soldiers and heroes who have done their jobs.
Since his official career, he has always been working hard and complaining like an old bull running for the Great Song Dynasty.
Even though he is seriously ill, there is no time to stop.
Still in accordance with the order of the first emperor Zhao Heng, sitting at the border.
Had it not been for Kou Ji's appearance, which disrupted the original trajectory of Song Dynasty, I am afraid that he would have been running for Song Dynasty to death.
"Obviously it is not suitable to fight for power, but it is difficult for you to be forced to participate in the fight for power..."
Kou Ji sighed inwardly, got up and left the side hall.
Cao Wei got the news from Kou Ji and discussed with Li Zhaoliang after returning.
Cao and Li instantly waved the toner cartridges.
Stop fighting with Zhu Neng.
Without the support of Cao and Li.
Wu Xun's voice shouting in the court hall was obviously weaker.
Ma Yuanfang took this opportunity to write a letter to the court, asking the court to dismiss the power to supervise the casting of ordnance, which gave the martial arts a painful blow.
Without waiting for the Wuxuns to react.
The civil servants in the court followed up and asked to dismiss the power to supervise the casting of ordnance.
For a while, the prisoners will call and beat them.
The three Kou Zhun had no chance to fight back against the Wuxuns at all. Through the condemnation of the hundreds of officials, they robbed the supervisor of the power to cast ordnance and handed it over to the Ministry of Industry.
Kou Ji got the right to be a superintendent for ordnance casting as he wished.
The Ministry of Engineering was full of joy.
Will be in prison but wailing everywhere.
After the superintendent's power to cast ordnance was taken away.
He was to be ordered by the lieutenant colonel, and he was hanged at the mansion.
To this.
There is no pity for the ruling and the opposition.
The struggle for power has always been bloody.
Don't stop because of the life or death of an unimportant person.
The Wuxuns ended up disastrously in the battle for power, and they hid in the house one by one, and refused to go out.
The civil servants celebrated as if they had won a battle.
however.
They haven't celebrated for long.
Ma Yuanfang once again petitioned the imperial court to oust him as a prison, return the powers of the right school office and the Zhenguan office to the Ministry of Industry, and return the power of the central and left school office to the Shaofu Supervisor.
It will supervise the two departments of the Central and Right School Department and the Zhenguan Department.
The power of the left school office is somewhat duplicated with that of the Shaofu Supervisor, who is in charge of the casting of the imperial necessities in the palace.
Ma Yuanfang's invitation is also reasonable.
But this move touched the interests of some civil servants.
How can the civil servants agree.
The civil servants just won Wuxun, and the limelight is flourishing.
Facing Ma Yuanfang's request, he resolutely wrote to refute.
Seeing this, Wu Xun decisively wrote to support Ma Yuanfang.
When they were hurt in the jail, how could they look at the civil servants enjoying the benefits of the jail alone
Although Ma Yuanfang wrote the letter, it harmed the interests of the Wuxuns.
But it does not prevent them from helping Ma Yuanfang and dealing with the civil servants.
For a time, the civil and military personnel in the court once again pinched into a ball.
Hurt each other.
But Kou Ji, who was the initiator, didn't have the heart to take care of them.
The Ministry of Industry has already obtained one of the core powers of forging ordnance, and now that the Manchu civil and military are struggling, Kou Ji can just take the opportunity to implement the power of forging ordnance.
The upper wrought iron workshop in Ruishengzhuang has been working day and night after obtaining the permission of the inner court to extract iron materials from the three divisions.
A dozen blast furnaces were built during this period.
In addition to supplying the Ministry of Industry to build farm tools, most of the forged steel is stored in the warehouse in the workshop.
Under the guidance of Chen Jing, after opening the door of the warehouse where the steel is stored.
Zhu Neng, who was standing at the door, was stunned.
"This... this... so many..."
Looking at the warehouse, the code was neat and tidy, like a silver ingot of steel, Zhu Neng took a mouthful of water, and said in astonishment.
Kou Ji stood beside Zhu Neng, looked at the steel in the warehouse, and said with a slight disgust: "It's still too little..."
Zhu Neng raised his eyes, stared at Kou Ji, and roared: "Such a warehouse, your Ruishengzhuang wrought iron workshop has a total of ten. Turn them all into weapons and armors, and you can equip them with a total of 200,000. Soldiers and horses.
Just that, are you still too young? "
Kou Ji stared at Zhu Neng and seriously corrected: "It's Ruishengzhuang forging steel workshop!"
"What's the difference?"
Zhu Neng questioned.
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Of course there is a difference! Although steel is made of iron, it has already fallen out of the scope of iron. You can't always let you keep calling for new materials and new materials.
In order to distinguish it from other iron materials, I call it steel. "
Zhu Neng waved his hand and yelled: "Help me what it is called, you answer my question first."
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "Steel is used for great purposes, not only for forging weapons and armor, but also for forging other things, and the amount is naturally large. So I said, the steel stored in it is not enough.
It is only your second guard of the Dragon God, this time you will need to use half of the stock to replace your armaments.
Not to mention the other imperial troops in my Da Song. "
When Zhu Neng heard this, he stared at Kou Ji vigilantly: "We said in advance that when you can use these new materials to cast weapons and armors, you will first help my Dragon God and Second Guards."
Kou Ji nodded and said with a smile: "This is natural... I will show you where you can make weapons and armors."
Zhu Neng nodded without hesitation.
Kou Ji took Zhu Neng and walked around the warehouse to the forging workshop by the Wuzhang River.
As soon as I got outside the workshop, I saw two shirtless men, dragging a person around to the back of the forging workshop.
"this is… "
Zhu Neng asked Kou Ji with some doubts.
Kou Ji smiled indifferently and did not speak.
Chen Jing smiled and said: "Since the steel forged by our steel forging workshop became famous in Bianjing, it has been spied by people. It's just that the Kou Industry Department has been very conservative in the method of forging steel, so those who watched People, have never been able to get.
In addition, the imperial court issued a new law, which made the forging method of steel a secret.
So those who are peeping are even harder to peep.
Some of them gave up the method of peeping at forging steel, and took the second place, thinking about the method of using steel to make appliances. "
Hearing the words, Zhu Neng narrowed his eyes and muttered: "They want to learn from Ruishengzhuang how to use steel to make utensils, then buy folk plowshares, go back to the furnace, and forge other things?"
Chen Jing nodded slowly.
Several months have passed since spring ploughing, and the number of plowshares promoted by the private sector has not decreased but increased.
Half of the people in Ruishengzhuang knew what was so tricky in it.
Chen Jingxian discovered this matter, and sent someone to tell Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji sent someone to investigate, they confirmed Chen Jing's statement.
As a result, a ban was placed in the forging workshop, and more than a dozen people with unsuspecting thoughts were found.
The person who was taken away by the two shirtless men was obviously also a person with unpredictable thoughts.
The personnel on Ruishengzhuang are not complicated, almost all of them originated from disaster victims.
As early as when they entered the village, Kou Ji registered them and recorded their past.
There are also some people who are craftsmen from Kou Mansion, Cao Mansion, and Liu Mansion.
All three mansions have their birth documents.
Under careful comparison, the people who came in behind are easy to find out.
Such people have long been checked out.
Now it is clear that the people in Ruisheng Village who have collected black money behind their backs are instigated by others.
Chen Jing was obsessed with the skin, and only explained the reason to Zhu Neng, but he didn't talk too much.
To the people of Ruishengzhuang, Kou Ji can be said to be as kind as a mountain.
Now that such ungrateful people have come out, how can they spread the word around.
Chen Jing would not say, Kou Ji would naturally not say much.
Kou Ji led Zhu Neng into the forging workshop, and saw thousands of men with big waists inside, shirtless, shouting chants, forging weapons and armor.
Zhu Neng's eyes gleamed in the hot scene.
"If these people can give me, I will definitely train them to be tough soldiers."
Selecting talents in the military has always liked to choose tall and huge people.
Only in this way can he carry the heavy shield of dozens of kilograms, wear the step armor of dozens of kilograms, and fire the extremely powerful bed crossbow in a row.
Zhu Neng has two major preferences in his life.
One delicious.
Two good soldiers.
Kou Ji heard Zhu Neng's words and shook his head decisively: "That's not good. These are the craftsmen who helped the Forge armor and weapons of the Forbidden Army. If it was given to you, who would forge armor and weapons for you?"
Zhu Neng thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's also..."
After a pause, Zhu Neng suggested again: "Would you like to wait for them to help my dragon god and two guards finish forging the swords and armor, you send them to my command, and I will help you fuck?"
As soon as Zhu Neng said this, Kou Ji understood his thoughts.
His regret is true.
But he also has other thoughts.
After these craftsmen helped Dragon God and Second Guards forge armor and weapons, they went to Zhu Neng for training. I'm afraid they won't be able to come back within a year.
During this period, Zhu Neng's Dragon God Second Guard was the second army equipped with steel helmets and steel knives in addition to the Tiger Army.
Zhu Neng can completely take advantage of the armor to help the Dragon God and Second Guards to return to the top of the Forbidden Army.
Zhu Neng just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect that Kou Ji nodded and agreed.
"If Uncle Zhu thinks that they are really talents, it's not a bad thing to send them to you for one or two."
Hearing this, Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji in amazement.
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "I have to let my family take advantage of it anyway."
Hearing this, Zhu Neng laughed, patted Kou Ji's shoulder and said: "You are right, let his family take advantage of it."
Zhu Neng only thinks that Kou Ji treats him very well.
Get to his mind and think for his sake.
Seeing Kou Ji's gaze for a moment, I was more satisfied.
Hearing that Kou Ji likes to feed iron beasts, he is thinking about whether to send someone to catch a few more ones so that Kou Ji can keep them for fun.
however.
Where does he know.
In the eyes of Kou Ji, the workshop for forging ordnance in the city of Bianjing was nothing at all.
As early as a year ago, the ordnance forging workshop located in the deep mountains of Baozhou had already reached the scale of the forging ordnance workshop in Bianjing.
And in remote Leizhou, a workshop not weaker than the forging workshop in Bianjing is rising from the ground in the hands of the thieves in Leizhou.
Those thieves in Leizhou are very comfortable walking on the sparsely populated land of Leizhou.
But equipped with the guard who was secretly dispatched to the patrol guard, within a month, they were all reduced to prisoners and became the labor of Kou Ji's hands.
Help Kou Ji build a warehouse for saving money, and help Kou Ji build a workshop for forging weapons.
With the sins they carried, they probably had to work to death.
Leizhou is a secret base for Kou Ji.
Kou Ji will never tell anyone.
Nor will anyone leak the wind.
Kou Ji accompanied Zhu Neng to test the newly forged blades and armor in the workshop.
In Zhu Neng's satisfied laughter, Zhu Neng left the forging workshop with Zhu Neng.
I left the workshop and walked tens of feet.
Zhu Neng saw a small workshop entirely made of bluestone, independent of the entire Ruishengzhuang, and he was taken aback.
The keen sense of smell told him that there was something good in it.
Zhu Neng asked Kou Ji almost without hesitation.
"What's in there?"
Kou Ji didn't conceal it either, and said lightly: "Great Cannonball Battle?"
Zhu Neng said in amazement, "Cannonball?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Zhu Neng pondered: "Do you want to use gunpowder on the battlefield?"
Kou Ji still nodded.
Many people feel that after the ancients invented gunpowder, they used gunpowder for entertainment, but rarely used it on the battlefield.
actually not.
Gunpowder was used on the battlefield as early as the Tang Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty Lu Zhen’s "The History of the Nine Kingdoms" records that when Emperor Ai of Tang Dynasty, Zheng Wangfan led an army to attack Yuzhang, "starting up and flying fire", and burned down the Longsha Gate of the city. This may be the earliest record of using gunpowder to siege a city.
But the effect of gunpowder is limited, and a huge amount of gunpowder is needed to cause damage to the enemy.
So it has not been taken seriously.
It wasn't until the emergence of artillery and muskets that people slowly gained attention.
Coincidentally, Zhu Neng had seen a craftsman who used gunpowder on the battlefield.
Zhu Neng frowned and said: "When I was young, in Jizhou, I saw Shi Pu, the Jizhou regiment trainer, who made rockets, fireballs, and tribulus with gunpowder to demonstrate to the emperor.
The scene is very spectacular, but the effect is very limited.
Hard to break heavy armor.
It can hurt the enemy's legs and feet, restricting the enemy's cavalry from attacking.
But it's not as good as getting up and heavy crossbows.
So it is rarely used on the battlefield. "
Kou Ji naturally knew what Zhu Neng said.
Since the advent of gunpowder, the ancients have been trying to apply gunpowder to war.
From the Tang Dynasty, it was applied to trebuchets to make "engine flying fire", and then to the rockets, fireballs, tribulus, and thunderbolt guns that appeared in the Song Dynasty.