Fenghou

Chapter 993
In the lobby of the Marshal's Mansion, Wan Yanchang read Wanyan Wushu's letter with a gloomy expression. The letter was full of accusations, and he almost pointed at his own nose and cursed.

Wan Yanchang handed the letter to Wanyan Lisa with an unhappy face, "Look at his letter, he actually said that I was lying to him and delayed him for half a month, who do you think is unreasonable!"

Of course Wan Yanchang was very annoyed. The spies he sent to Jingzhao pretended to be boatmen, but Alubu used him as a punching bag and killed one person on the spot. When beating a dog, it depends on the owner. Alubu slapped himself in the face like this. Yan Wushu didn't mention a single word in the letter, did he think he was an idiot?
Wanyan and Lisa shook his head and said, "Wu Shu is obviously shirking responsibility. Jingzhao's information is very accurate. The Song army is indeed preparing to attack Bianliang from Biankou, and they have entered more than [-] ships. Is there any reason for this?" Fake?

It’s just that Niu Gao is more cautious, let the grain ship go in first, if I will do the same, I will send the grain ship in first, there is no problem, and then the army ship will go in, it’s A Lubu who is impatient, and the ambush is not in place, and he is exposed. The opportunity to wipe out tens of thousands of enemy troops was missed in vain.

I also specifically asked the spies of the boatman who had fled back. The golden soldiers were lying in ambush about a hundred steps away from the river, and there were also golden soldiers walking around the woods, which could be seen at a glance from the boat. "

"You're absolutely right!"

Wan Yanchang let out a breath of sullen air and said, "I didn't seize the opportunity and shifted the responsibility to others. Isn't Wushu always like this?"

He turned around and asked Cui Jiu, his staff, "This time, sir, you won't speak for Wu Shu again!"

Cui Si sighed and said: "The humble position is just speaking from a fair standpoint, and there is nothing to say. That time, Jingzhao's intelligence was very wrong. Chen Qing should be considering a surprise attack on Bianliang to contain the army of the Seventh Prince. It is also a fact to hold the opportunity, the Seventh Prince can indeed pass the responsibility to you, if that happens, there will be no basis for trust between the two sides, and it will be difficult to continue to cooperate."

Tie Huo Lei hotly said: "There is already a way to cooperate. Alu killed your hands. I am giving you an explanation. What cooperation are you talking about?"

"Marshal Du understands his humble feelings, but if you can reply me directly and say that you want to cooperate, if the Seventh Prince seizes upon you and tells Marshal Du that it is Gu Xiaoju in front of the emperor, Marshal Du will be very passive."

"This is according to your opinion, what do you say?"

Cui Si turned his eyes and said: "Are the golden soldiers blocking the Yellow River now? Just tell the seventh prince that your ships have been destroyed by the golden soldiers, and there is no way to send troops south. Is that a good reason?"

"That reason is wrong!"

Tie Huolei felt a little better, and said to the seven people: "Both Jingzhao and Taiyuan have sent information. Taiyuan Prefecture has only seven thousand troops. This opportunity is rare!"

Cui Si nodded, "The information provided by Lu Wei is relatively high, and Wang Shuang's analysis of the military strength is also correct. It is possible that the [-] security troops in Jingzhao Mansion will be sent to Taiyuan Mansion, and the information on Taiyuan Mansion's only [-] troops is credible. , that is indeed an opportunity, maybe it will be more difficult to cross the Taihang Mountains."

Wanyan and Lisa sighed, "If Yang Jin's ability is created, you will blow all the way through it, no matter what dangerous pass it is!"

One sentence reminded Tie Huolei, a few months have passed, how is Yang Jingong's imitation retreat?

I immediately ordered: "Quickly summon the supervisor of the Firearms Workshop to see you!"

Very slowly, a woman in her seventies was brought to the small hall. The woman’s name was Wan Yanchang. I have been a firearms craftsman for the Song Dynasty Military Supervision since then. Jingkang was arrested and sent to Jin Kingdom in the seventh year. As a supervisor, most of the craftsmen who were captured back then died, and most of the craftsmen who survived also lost their ability to work and lost their use value. Chang was the youngest at the time, and his body was also faulty, and he carried the high weather in Liaodong.

That Wan Yanchang was good at observing words and demeanor, and he would say that he made a mistake in the Kingdom of Jin, and even became an official, and was appointed by Tie Huolei as the head of the firearms workshop.

"Refer to Marshal Du for your humble position!"

Yi Yunguang took a sip of tea and asked, "Boss Yang, you want to know, how is Yang Jingong's imitation going?"

Wan Yanchang's heart skipped a beat. I was afraid of what would happen. I was afraid that Marshal Du would ask about Yang Jingong, but I had already asked, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "I will report to Marshal Du, there is no way out."

"Has it been imitated?"

"Is there any more? It still takes time, and the difficulty is relatively small."

Tie Huolei tried his best to restrain the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said in an anxious tone: "You don't want to hold you accountable, but he wants to tell you the truth, how far has he imitated? What is the difficulty now? We need you What help do you provide? How long will it take to imitate it?"

Tie Huolei asked several questions in a row, and each question hit a critical point.

Wan Yanchang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Marshal Qidu, the inner shell has been imitated successfully, but the difficulty is very small. You have tried more than [-] times to succeed, and the materials are also very exquisite. It is exactly the same as the inner shell of the opponent, the problem now is the gunpowder."

"Is there any problem with gunpowder?" Tie Huolei asked.

"There are two main problems with gunpowder. The first is the fineness. The opponent's gunpowder is too finely ground, just like flour. I really know how to grind it. The seventh is the formula. The opponent's gunpowder formula is the same as yours."

"How do they solve this?"

"The only way to solve the fineness is to repeatedly purify and dry it in the sun. Then you ordered a pair of copper mills, which can be used to grind it to fine powder. It is estimated that it will be solved in a few days."

Tie Huolei nodded, I am quite satisfied with that answer, at least the other party is working hard to solve the problem, and can solve the problem.

"Can this formula problem be solved?"

Wan Yanchang's face was flushed with sweat, and Cui Si could also see it. Wan Yanchang just talked about the difficulty. I'm afraid the real difficulty lies in the gunpowder formula.

"Why, is it difficult?"

Wan Yanchang plopped down on his knees and cried, "Marshal Du, in order to test the formula of gunpowder, you have already killed eight craftsmen. It is really too difficult."

Everyone looked at each other, Tie Huolei hurriedly said: "Don't cry, why did the craftsman die, did his heart explode?"

"Two were burnt to death by gunpowder explosion, and none of the old craftsmen died of exhaustion."

"Tell me, how easy is the recipe?"

Wan Yanchang wiped away his tears and said: "The special formulas are all written on the paper. With these materials, you will understand the proportions. But if there is no formula, and the gunpowder is so fine, you can see the proportions and materials at all. I can only test again and again, comparing the effects of degeneration and detonation. I have tested it hundreds of times. The ten catties of gunpowder that Yi Yunguang took out is only one catty left. Is it possible to test the effect of such a violent detonation? I also dare to experiment again, you believe that there may be other materials mixed in, and that material is very important, or the quality of the fire nitrate is the same."

"It means that they imitated it?" Tie Huolei understood, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Have you given up? I mean, Yi Yunguang is so difficult to make. It takes years and years of various experiments. You have to experiment at most thousands of times just for the formula, and it takes hundreds of thousands of catties of gunpowder. But now The production of gunpowder is low, and you need time to ensure the use of gunpowder kegs in combat.”

"He will tell you how long it will take?" Tie Huolei restrained himself.

"Eight or seven years."

"fart!"

Tie Huolei slapped the table under the table, and his anger was unstoppable: "In [-], the grass under your grave will grow eight feet lower. How can there be so little time for them to waste, you just give them a year!" If it is made within a year, it will be cut!"

Yi Yunguang was so frightened that he rolled and ran away, Tie Huolei was extremely resentful, he spent [-] pennies and worked so hard to get a Yang Jingong, but it fell into the hands of a bunch of fools, and the gunpowder was not even used It's over, even a fart has been created, and it will take eight or seven years, how can we die?
At that time, Wanyan Lisa persuaded: "Let Wang Shuang think of a way to get the formula as much as possible. If the officials can do it, we can start from the firearms maker."

Cui Si also said: "Or let the Song Dynasty put pressure, we also want Yang Jingong, the real thing and the formula, and you can just get it from outside the Song Dynasty."

Tie Huolei nodded, "They are all right, you can give it a try, on the other hand, you still decide to retreat to Taiyuan Mansion, otherwise you will regret it if you lose that chance!"

(End of this chapter)