Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 607 Those things in the workshop
Regardless of whether the grassland is comfortable or not, they have to stay here. How long they will stay is not something they can decide.

Daily drills, grazing, guarding and other homework, none of these boys will be left behind.It can be said that in addition to actual combat, they have already experienced the harsh life of the grassland army.

Occasionally, this group of boys could not bear the loneliness and secretly followed the army out.After hearing the news, Qin Qiong pondered for a while and asked the lieutenant general, "How long have we been in the grassland?"

"Three months."

"It's been a long time, it's time to let them go back."

"The governor is right. We are going to attack other tribes soon, but we have no time to take care of them."

"Ah."

He ordered people to meet a group of second-generation ancestors and called them to Daying.

Qin Qiong stood with his hands behind his back, and he didn't speak until the boys stood up straight.

"You have been here for a while, and it's time to return to Chang'an. I hope to see you next time when I return to Chang'an. It's not the old you, but the sons of Tang soldiers with excellent style. Now, tell me, can you do it!"

"Yes!" the boys yelled.

"Haven't you eaten yet? Speak up!"

"Yes!" The boys shouted at the top of their voices.

"Okay." Qin Qiong said: "On the last day, I will decide to allow you to go to the stables to pick a horse. Tomorrow, I will arrange someone to take you back to Chang'an."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" The boys smiled happily.

War horse!
They have been salivating for a long time. When washing those war horses, they were greedy.

Now that Qin Dudu is willing to give them a war horse, I am already happy.

"Go." Qin Qiong waved his hand.

"Yes!"

The little ones left quickly.

Chai Shao came out from behind the screen and said helplessly, "Did you give too much?"

"A lot?" Qin Qiong said with a smile: "It's just a dozen or so war horses."

"It's up to you." Chai Shao changed his face and said solemnly: "Xue Yantuo has something to do, we need to discuss it."

"Xue Yantuo, can't bear it anymore?" Qin Qiong sneered.

The next day, the second-generation ancestors rode their beloved horses and set off for the return journey.Escorting them was a team of [-] Tang cavalry.

Because their physique has been improved during the exercise, their speed is much faster when they go back.

Changan.

Recently, Li Zhiyun probably has nothing to do.After all, from the fourth year of Zhenguan, the only thing he has to do is to stabilize people's hearts, encourage the people to farm and resume agricultural production.In addition, it is to watch the development of the war on the grassland, and when enough grassland soldiers and horses are gathered, they will suppress Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs.

No, it is annihilation.

According to reports, the Western Regions are very unsettled. In order to ensure the smooth development of the Silk Road, he will start eradicating Tuyuhun from next year at the latest, so as to deter the countries in the Western Regions.

If the Tang Dynasty could destroy Jieli, it would be able to destroy Tuyuhun, and if it could destroy Tuyuhun, it would be able to destroy all the countries in the entire Western Region.

Weihe Workshop.

It has been a long time since he came to inspect the workshop.

With the establishment of more and more workshops, the craftsmen became more and more proficient in the use of waterwheels.

The emergence of new looms has also added a lot of large factories to the periphery of the workshop, and many of the busy figures inside are female slaves from the grassland.Some of them were married to Tang men, while others were official slaves sent here to learn how to weave woolen cloth.

For them, the workshop is actually a paradise.

That's right, even though they are lowly slaves, they still feel that Chang'an is heaven.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. They weave here day and night. Although they have no personal property, their life safety can be guaranteed. Concubine, or marry a man from the Tang Dynasty, then they will have support for the rest of their lives.

Think about life on the prairie?
Precariousness is a good wish. On the grassland, they are reproductive tools, they are the spoils of the strong, they are herdsmen, but they are not individuals who can have a stable life.

In Datang, although their status is low, they are very stable. As long as they weave carefully according to the order of the court, they can not only eat and wear warm clothes, but also get a considerable amount of income for their own disposal.

These benefits, on the grassland, they never dared to think about.Because on the grassland, their lives do not belong to themselves, but to the strong.

Here, although they are slaves, at the very least, Tang people follow the rules and will not kill people easily.

If you are married, work harder, you will not be abused, and if you give birth to a son, you can still get the love of your family.

Those who are not married are those who have palace status and belong to the emperor, and ordinary people dare not kill casually.

For these prairie women who have suffered so much, the workshop is heaven.

With the arrival of Li Zhiyun, the person in charge of the workshop brought all the female workers to meet him.Most of them are prairie women, and a small part are Weaver Girls from Tang Dynasty.

These weaving girls from the Tang Dynasty belong to the management team because of their outstanding skills here, and are responsible for teaching these grassland girls to weave.

The woven cloth was handed over to the imperial court and sold to the grassland people.

For some cloth, the imperial court will also give those consignees at cost price and take them to play together, while others organize factories by themselves.

Generally speaking, from the outside, it seems to have entered an industrial area.

Leaving the weaving factory building, Li Zhiyun looked up and could see the black smoke rising from the big chimney in the distance, which was the product of coal burning.

In a daze, Li Zhiyun felt that he saw Datang fifty years later.

After seeing different factories one after another, he finally came to a top-secret factory.The person in charge here is Baigongjian Yuwen Rutong.

"His Majesty."

"What happened to the barrel you cast?"

Yuwen Rutong showed shame on his face, "The minister is incompetent, and he still doesn't know the point. He can't cast the barrel that His Majesty wants."

"Let's take a look first."

"Yes."

Going deep, I saw more than a dozen thick gun barrels placed on the hearth.The whole body is black, exuding a faint dark light.

Li Zhen asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what is this?"

He had never seen such a thing.

Li Zhiyun said indifferently: "Things that change the siege battle."

Most of the small countries in the Western Regions have fortified cities. If you want to break them, you must use sharp weapons.

Ordinary bows, crossbows and sharp arrows will not hurt the fortified city, only the indestructible firepower cannon can completely destroy those fortresses.

Unfortunately, the barrel is not easy to forge.

It is even more impossible to test the strength of the barrel!

Because the ammunition workshop has not yet developed the correct ratio of gunpowder.

Of course, this did not prevent Yuwen Rutong from being ashamed, because the emperor gave him the blueprint, and he had already been told all the materials for casting the barrel.

After looking at the artillery for a while, Li Zhiyun turned and went to the ammunition workshop.

The current person in charge of the ammunition workshop is none other than Sun Simiao's third disciple, Sun Changzhen.

Taoist priests who study gunpowder and like alchemy have inherent advantages, and they also like to delve into the way of gunpowder the most.

Sun Changzhen was mediocre in medicine, but good in alchemy, so Li Zhiyun took him from Sun Simiao and put him in the ammunition workshop to study gunpowder.

This is a top-secret existence, surrounded by layers of guards. Without the emperor's order, anyone approaching the ammunition workshop will be shot into a sieve by the guards' bows and crossbows.

This is not intimidation, it is fact.

The guards guarding the ammunition workshop were from Li Zhiyun's guards, and all of them were extremely loyal to the emperor.

Apart from the fact that outsiders are not allowed to enter, if those inside want to come out, that must be approved by the emperor, otherwise they escape from the ammunition workshop privately and will be charged with treason, and the guards have the right to kill on the spot.

(End of this chapter)