The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 230 The Prosperity of Firearms
She leaves with her parents.

Zhao Dongting led Qin Han and all the ministers to the Yizheng Hall, and stood there one by one in the Yizheng Hall.

Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Xiang Dongyang, Chen Wenlong, Su Liuyi, Liu Hongyi and other ministers in charge of the military and political ministries are all listed.

Zhao Dongting had just returned at this time, although many people had doubts about Yinger, but no one spoke out at this moment.

Originally, the ministers should avoid discussing the matter of the emperor's harem. Besides, since the war is approaching, wouldn't it be scolding to talk about it in the Palace of Political Affairs?
After Zhao Dongting sat down, Chen Wenlong took the lead to stand out, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Your Majesty, I went to Dali as an envoy and returned without success. Please forgive me."

Given the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, Dali did indeed need to send troops to assist.He failed to convince Duan Zhixing, although Lu Xiufu and the others didn't say anything about him, and the rest of the ministers dared not say anything about him, the Deputy Minister of State, but Chen Wenlong felt ashamed in his heart.He knew how much hope Zhao Dongting had for his trip to Dali.

All the ministers looked at Zhao Dongting, and some who were close to Chen Wenlong even planned to intercede for Chen Wenlong.

However, what they didn't expect was that Zhao Dongting smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Chen has worked hard on this trip."

The person Qin Han said was capable of persuading Duan Zhixing came directly from Pingnan, and the ministers in the palace didn't even know about it.

At the moment, everyone only thinks that Zhao Dongting is magnanimous, and they admire Zhao Dongting even more.

At this age, he is capable of writing and martial arts, capable of fighting well, and also governing the country, with such a mind.The little emperor is not comparable to any previous generation of emperors.

"Emperor Shengming!"

Someone took the lead in flattering, holy fart, and then the sound of flattering in the entire hall was out of control.

Zhao Dongting didn't bother to stop them, knowing that this was an old problem, he accepted it calmly.

When all the ministers were quiet again, he looked at Xu Yuesong, the Minister in charge of the Military Science Department, "Master Xu, the Military Science Department has also developed new weapons recently?"

Xu Yuesong came to Leizhou from Lin'an with the imperial court. He used to be the chief official of the weapon shop, and he lived in the seventh rank.

Today, Zhao Dongting pays more attention to the development of weapons than ever before, and he has also reached the sky in one step, becoming the third-rank official minister.

Although this Shangshu does not have as much real power as Chen Jianghan, how can I say that he is also a third-rank official, isn't he?
Xu Yuesong had never been called by the emperor in the Yizheng Palace like this before, and it was rare even to see him. At that moment, he was so excited that he was trembling, even his face was shaking, he hurried out of the line, knelt down in the tunnel and said: " Back to the emperor, the Ministry of Military Science and Technology has not developed any new weapons recently."

This made Zhao Dongting wonder if his trembling was due to fear.

However, no new weapons were developed, and it was not beyond Zhao Dongting's expectations.He couldn't say he was disappointed.

Thermal weapons are not so easy to develop. With the current level of technology, he can't hope that Xu Yuesong can develop missiles, can he?

He was quite satisfied that the Military Science Department was able to find another way to develop the Thunderbolt Cannon and the Shenlong Gun.

In this era, it is probably difficult to make improvements on gunpowder, and only minor changes are made on the launcher.

He nodded, and then looked at Li Qingyun, Minister of the Ministry of Military Industry, "Master Li, how many weapons are still in stock in the Ministry of Military Industry?"

Li Qingyun also followed from Lin'an, and was only Xu Yuesong's deputy before.At the beginning, the weapon workshop was a collection of research and manufacturing, but now it has been separated. The chief Xu Yuesong became the minister of the military science department who supervised the research of weapons, and Li Qingyun, who was in charge of the inventory before, became the minister of the military industry department.

Ministry of Military Industry, responsible for manufacturing and hoarding weapons.

Although there are not many people in charge of these two departments, their status can be described as incomparably important in the current Southern Song Dynasty.

When Li Qingyun heard Zhao Dongting calling him, he was even more excited than Xu Yuesong, and quickly knelt down and said, "Reporting to the emperor, in addition to the weapons distributed to all armies, the Military Industry Department has 840 grenade launchers, There are more than 14 thunderbolt cannons and [-] Shenlong guns. In addition, there are more than [-] Hongtianlei and more than [-] grenadier shells, not counting the Shenlong gun iron bullets."

"hiss……"

After listening to Li Qingyun's report, even Zhao Dongting couldn't help but gasp.

In the past two years, he has indeed urged the Ministry of Military Industry to speed up the production of weapons, but he never thought that so many weapons would be produced.

This was already far beyond his expectations.

He was overjoyed, but he was a little puzzled, "How can the progress of the Ministry of Military Industry be so fast?"

Li Qingyun looked at Lu Xiufu and said, "Master State Minister has recruited more than a thousand craftsmen for our Military Industry Department."

"Oh……"

Zhao Dongting looked at Lu Xiufu, and when he saw Lu Xiufu nodding, he nodded too.

Although Lu Xiufu is a civil servant, he obviously has some understanding of military trends.He decided to recruit people for the Ministry of Military Industry, and he undoubtedly did an excellent job.

Zhao Dongting was originally worried about the lack of weapons reserves of the Ministry of Military Industry. He promised Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue to distribute two hundred thunderbolt guns and five hundred dragon guns to each army, and he needed to hurry up. Now, obviously, there is no such worry .

Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue have a total of eleven army horses under their command, which means they need to be equipped with 6000 thunderbolt guns and [-] dragon guns.Calculated in this way, the Ministry of Military Industry still has about [-] thunderbolt guns and more than [-] dragon guns left.If you add grenades, you can assemble a complete thermal weapon army!

However, according to his defense arrangement, the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty were quite scattered, and it was not realistic to equip an army with these hot weapons.

The line of defense is too long, and the Yuan army can break through from the army that is not equipped with thermal weapons.

After Zhao Dongting thought for a while, he waved his hand and said: "Then the eleven armies excluding Tiankui, Tiangang, Tianji, and Tianxian are each equipped with [-] thunderbolt cannons and [-] Shenlong guns. The Ministry of Military Industry continues to speed up production, and I have other arrangements for the rest."

Li Qingyun took the order.

But at this time, Liu Hongyi was a little anxious.

His Huanglong imperial army guards Leizhou, and they are distributed with a lot of armor and weapons, but they don't have hot weapons!
He looked at Zhao Dongting helplessly, and said, "Your Majesty, the Huanglong Forbidden Army..."

Looking at Liu Hongyi's expression, Zhao Dongting naturally knew what he wanted to say, and said with a smile: "This time our army and the Yuan army are bound to have an unprecedented battle, General Liu, I will entrust you with the full power of logistics and supplies. With the Xunjiang River and Yujiang River spreading out, the pressure on the delivery of grain and grass is not small."

Liu Hongqi felt wronged like a little daughter-in-law.

I want to fight!
I want to go to the front line to fight!

Your majesty, did you really not see it, or did you pretend not to know?

Zhao Dongting naturally pretended not to know.

Most of the soldiers of the Huanglong Imperial Army came from Leizhou, and there were many ties at home. He didn't want them to go to the front line.

But looking at Liu Hongqi's expression, he had no choice but to say again: "Besides, the Yuan army is likely to raid Leizhou from the sea, General Liu, you need to worry more than the front line. How about this, I will wait for the front line After the firearms of the army are properly distributed, all the remaining firearms will be distributed to your Huanglong Forbidden Army, how about it?"

Liu Hongyi reluctantly accepted the order, "Yes."

He is a hot-blooded man, which can be seen from the fact that he would rather oppose Li Jun and help the Song court.

Naturally, he was full of hope to lead the army to the front to fight against the Yuan army, but unfortunately, Zhao Dongting did not give him this opportunity.

In fact, he vaguely understood what Zhao Dongting was thinking.But I understand that it doesn't mean that I don't want to go to the front line to kill the enemy.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the body was shrouded in horse leather.A loyal and brave general like Liu Hongyi, few people are willing to do things that are done.

Thinking about their Huanglong Imperial Army being called the Imperial Army, but doing what the Xiang Army did, Liu Hongyi felt really wronged.

But Zhao Dongting didn't care about him anymore, but looked at Chen Jianghan and said, "Master Chen, how are the food and grass prepared?"

Personal wishes are too insignificant in the face of the overall situation of the country.

It was impossible for Zhao Dongting to let Liu Hongyi lead the Huanglong Imperial Army with a small family to fight the enemy just because Liu Hongyi wanted to go to the front.

Killing the enemy means killing people!
I'm afraid Chen Jianghan's short-sightedness will never be corrected in this life, so he blinked and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have prepared...a total of two months' food and grass for the army."

Zhao Dongting asked in surprise, "So few?"

Chen Jianghan's face was full of bitterness, "This is already all the food and grass that can be harvested from Leizhou and Qiongzhou."

Zhao Dongting also knew that Chen Jianghan had probably tried his best, and that he could have so much food, maybe he was saving food and money.

He pondered and said: "If you have spare money, why don't you go to Yue Li Chao to buy some?"

The Yue Li Dynasty is now Vietnam.

Chen Jianghan said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the Yue Li Dynasty will have no food left..."

The situation in the Yueli Dynasty was not as good as that in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was very poor.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said, "Buy as much as you can!"

It's a pity that sea transportation is not yet developed. If not, he even has the idea of ​​buying grain and grass from further afield.

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked at Qin Han at the end of the hall, and said with a smile: "Qin Han, can you see if the King of Dali can help us with some food and grass?"

The corners of Qin Han's eyes couldn't help twitching.

He regretted it to death now, if he knew earlier, he shouldn't take the matter of persuading Dali on himself.

Isn't this looking for guilt?
As everyone knows, ever since Zhao Dongting learned about the situation in Shuzhong, he is now full of intentions to squeeze Qin Han.

Aren't you ambiguous and mysterious?

I don't care what you guys think, just get some benefits from you first.

Zhao Dongting has already been proficient in the ability to play wool in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)