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Chapter 578 The Shrewd Fang Yuanwu
Fang Yuanwu couldn't care about Huayang County or other material anymore, he quickly apologized to Feng Haohan, left the meeting room anxiously, and hurried to the high ground.

Yo yo.

As soon as he saw the trebuchet, Fang Yuanwu rushed to Fang Yinbao like the wind.

"Haha, isn't this Master Fang? Long time no see. What are you doing?"

"The general has been in meetings this morning. I didn't know you were here. I am really disappointed. If my brothers are negligent, please forgive me."

After all, it is one of the pillars of the Central Army Corps. Fang Yinbao had no choice but to respond, "General Fang, you are polite. I am just doing a routine inspection. If there is no problem, I will leave soon."

"I see." Fang Yuanwu nodded understandingly.

"Come, come," he said indiscriminately, hooking Fang Yinbao's shoulders, holding him and going to the tent.

"It was quite windy in the highlands in the morning, and the weather was strangely cold. The brothers under my command will handle the inspection. Why don't you go have a cup of tea with the general to warm up your body, Imperial Envoy?"

Fang Yinbao was instructing his subordinates to load stone bullets into the trebuchet, when he twisted his body somehow, he missed Fang Yuanwu's hand.

"General Fang, I'm so sorry, I'll skip the tea. I'm checking this long-range trebuchet, and I'm not free for the time being. Please forgive me, General."

Fang Yinbao said it lightly, but Fang Yuanwu had a ghost in his heart, and his heart skipped a beat when he heard it.

He couldn't care less about drinking tea anymore, and quickly glared at the generals around him.

"What's the matter with you? The imperial envoy wants to inspect the weapons of our Central Army Corps. He thinks highly of us. Why do you all stand in a daze and can't come to help, and you have to ask the brothers from the Ministry of War to do it yourself?"

The people around shook their heads quickly, talking back in disorder.

"Return to the general, the subordinates are ready to help measure the attack distance, but the imperial envoy...he refuses."

"That's right, the last generals wanted to help weigh the stone bullets, but they were rejected by the imperial envoy."

……

Haha.

Fang Yinbao laughed and waved his hands.

"General Fang, I don't know why you came in such a hurry, but please don't wrong the nobles. In fact, I let them have a good rest."

"Lord Fang, you're being polite." Fang Yuanwu kept winking at his subordinates, "It's okay if the general didn't know, but now that the general already knows, why are you so embarrassed to let the imperial envoys do it yourself?"

"Especially Mr. Fang, you are a distinguished guest of the Central Army Corps. The distinguished guest should sit in the upper seat, drink tea and see the scenery of Huayang County or something. Just let the brothers take care of such trivial matters."

The quick-witted general immediately came to his senses and ran towards Xiao Zhu.

"Zhu Qin sent Brother Zhu, don't be too busy, let me help you."

However, before he could take a few steps, Fang Yinbao blocked the way with a smile on his face.

"This general, please stop." He smiled and glanced at Chief Wan who was standing beside Fang Yuanwu, "Didn't General Song just say that the ruler brought by Xiao Zhu and the others is specially made by the Ministry of War Yes, the distance measurement is absolutely accurate, the only disadvantage is that ordinary people cannot operate it.”

"So they have to come by themselves."

The man looked at the shining sword in Fang Yinbao's arms, hesitated for a moment and then dared not force his way in, so he stopped in embarrassment.

Fang Yinbao didn't look at his liver-colored face, and turned to look at the vast sea in the east.

"Generals, the sea in front of us is still calm, and it looks like a beautiful scenery, but we all know one thing very well. That is, Ishikawa Taki of the Sishan Islands is already ready to move, and I don't know when the warships of Japanese pirates will suddenly appear. Under this Dinghai pier."

"As the saying goes, the night before dawn is the hardest, and this is the time when the soldiers on the shore most need to recharge their batteries. I won't bother you generals with mere tests."

Fang Yuanwu stared at Fang Yinbao silently for a long while, then suddenly smiled.

"The imperial envoy is right. What are you looking at, either rest or go to your own work."

He waved his hand to disperse the onlookers, and then looked at the huge trebuchet thoughtfully.

"General Song, why does this trebuchet look wrong?" Fang Yuanwu's tone was a little cold, "What's going on?"

Song Xuewen was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized.

His face immediately wrinkled into a ball like a bitter gourd.

"Returning to the general, the information shows that this long-range attack trebuchet belongs to the first batch manufactured by the Ministry of War. It has been assigned to our Central Army Corps for several years, and it has been kept in the warehouse since then, so it looks a bit worn out."

"Bastard!" Fang Yuanwu was furious, "This is the finale weapon of the empire, it looks old if you don't use it? What about the daily maintenance staff, what do they do for food?"

Song Xuewen quickly waved his hands and pointed backwards.

"Back to the general, the last general discovered something was wrong earlier, and has already punished the maintenance personnel of the baggage warehouse according to military regulations. They all received twenty army sticks, and they probably still can't get up now."

Humph.

"It's only twenty army sticks, it's cheap for them." Fang Yuanwu snorted coldly.

Song Xuewen glanced at Fang Yinbao cautiously, with a little embarrassment on his face.

"The general and the imperial envoy, in fact, from the point of view of the last general, we can't completely blame the luggage maintenance staff."

"What?" Fang Yuanwu was puzzled.

"Please look, general." Song Xuewen pointed to the sea to the east, "As we all know, our luggage is transported all the way from the base camp in Ruinan County, and most of them travel by water. For example, starting from the Xinglan Grand Canal, first go all the way Go east to Sulan County, and then go north to the Dinghai Wharf in front of you."

"It's not only a long journey, but also it's either cold or wet or wandering, so all kinds of luggage have different degrees of damage."

After finishing speaking, he patted the large trebuchet beside him.

"Especially for these important weapons of the country, their main brackets are made of fine iron, and their power is indeed impressive. It can be said that the broken stone throwing machines of the Japanese pirates cannot be compared with them."

"But as the saying goes, there must be losses, and they also have a problem, that is, they are easy to rust, and they like to make mistakes when they rust."

Speaking of this, Song Xuewen shook his head regretfully.

"General and Mr. Fang, to be honest, I really can't guarantee the range of this trebuchet right now. If the attack data measured by my lord is biased, I will be willing to receive punishment for poor maintenance."

Poor maintenance?

Fang Yinbao laughed angrily, but before he could speak, Fang Yuanwu next to him had already taken away the topic.

"What kind of punishment is it? This is the earliest trebuchet machine developed by the empire. The data was originally a little bit off, and now it's rusted, so it's normal that it can't shoot very far."

"Lord Fang," he came over and grabbed Fang Yinbao's shoulders, "How about we change to a newer one and test again? As for this one..."

Fang Yuanwu raised his head and looked at the tall trebuchet beside him, "Although it is always a bit old, it is indeed old, but it should be no problem to use it as a mid-range and long-distance suppression trebuchet. Make the best use of it."

"Come on!" Song Xuewen, who was next to him, reacted quickly, "Immediately dismantle this trebuchet and move it to the group of mid-range and long-range trebuchets."

This change made Fang Yinbao dumbfounded.

Before he could react, the surrounding soldiers rushed up, clattered onto the trebuchet, and quickly disassembled it.

It's just that the trebuchet is very large, and it takes a long time to disassemble it.

Fang Yinbao was furious, and was about to pull out Shang Fang's sword from his arms, "You dare! This officer is going to test this weapon, and anyone who wants to die can move it again."

Haha.

However, Fang Yuanwu and Song Xuewen had already squeezed over and carried him away without any reason.

"Master Fang, don't be angry. There are so many trebuchets here in the highlands, this one can't be tested, let's test the one over here..."

　Work harder.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)