The ministers of infrastructure knelt down and begged the scientific research boss to be enthroned

Chapter 162
The newly appointed county magistrates have no objections to helping His Royal Highness buy iron, but if this happens, some rumors will inevitably leak out. They all hesitated.

Seeing people hesitate, Wei Chenrui has no good solution, let alone force people to agree, so he can only worry on the sidelines.

Seeing Wei Chenrui's anxious look, Deng Huawu, who shouldn't be in the limelight, said, "My lords, now that the flood has just passed, it's normal to ask for some iron to buy kitchen knives and hoes for the victims!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, that's right, in this way, it would be no problem to buy iron, and it would be a matter of course to transport it over. As for where to use it after transporting it, it is not up to the people themselves to decide.

For this reason, they no longer hesitated, and readily agreed to help Wei Chenrui buy iron.

Time passed day by day, food was collected, iron was hidden in the food, and martial arts masters who helped escort the food were already in place, so Wei Chenrui led the team and set off in a mighty way.

As for whether this move will attract the attention of interested people, that is for sure. With such a large team, it is difficult not to attract attention.

However, Wei Chenrui, who was well prepared, was not worried.

First of all, Emperor Showa was notified of this move, and Emperor Showa would publicize it in the capital, and by the way encourage the dignitaries in the capital to make donations.

Of course, the name is disaster relief, not collecting food and grass to fight a war. After all, there is no war, but there are signs of this.

Zhao Kingdom has been under the rule of Emperor Zhaohe for these years, and the people's life is still passable, although there are some unsatisfactory, far from the point where they can't go on, and there are not many people who fall into the grass and become bandits. It was safe, and what Wei Chenrui was worried about did not happen.

As soon as he arrived in the northwest, after handing over the food to his uncle, Wei Chenrui stopped taking care of things. After finding out where the forge was, he went straight to the forge. The reception, arrangement, and farewell were all handled by his uncle.

When preparing the iron, Wei Chenrui had already drawn all the blueprints. This time he entered the forging workshop to observe the skills of the masters in the workshop and think about which parts to hand over to which master to forge.

After two days of observation, Wei Chenrui already knew what he was looking for, so he called the masters he liked, handed him the blueprints, and told him to keep the forging secret.

In order to give every master a confidential forging space, Wei Chenrui had to expand the forging workshop.

Naturally, this move was disliked by some generals in the Northwest Army, who felt that she was messing around, and they didn't like Wei Chenrui, a princess, at all.

Given their identities, Wei Chenrui did not interfere in their military affairs. Even if they looked down upon them, those generals would not say anything in front of Wei Chenrui, and murmured behind their backs. harmony.

Wei Chenrui didn't know, but Kai knew it, but he was afraid of affecting Wei Chenrui's mood, so he kept it secret, and secretly caught the sacks of those generals who said too much, and let out a bad breath.

Of course, Kai didn't do it himself, he had to follow Wei Chenrui to protect her safety, and the matter of putting on the sack was naturally left to his hidden guards.

The hidden guards came without a trace and went without a trace. The generals couldn't find anyone, and they didn't dare to make trouble, so they had to swallow their breath.

Time passed quietly in the sacks of the hidden guards. The drought on the barbarian side became more serious. The horses and sheep did not have enough grass to eat, and many died. The life of the barbarians became more and more difficult. From time to time, a small wave of barbarians ran They went to the nearby military household villages to rob food, and fought many small-scale battles.

On this day, Uncle Yang came to Wei Chenrui with a gloomy expression on his face: "Your Highness, how long will you need that weapon?"

Wei Chenrui thumped in his heart: "Have the barbarians attacked?"

Uncle Yang shook his head: "Not yet, but a small-scale team has already begun to harass the surrounding villages, and the family members of the military households have also moved to the rear. Today, a team of barbarian scouts was discovered. A big battle must be coming soon."

"Uncle, according to your experience, how long will it be before the barbarians attack?" Wei Chenrui asked.

Uncle Yang sighed: "I don't know the last general. The situation is different now. The barbarians are extremely hungry. They don't care whether the war is won or not, and they don't care about the death toll. They may attack at any time."

"For the safety of His Highness, before the war comes, you must move to the rear like the family of the military family. At that time, the weapon has not been completed, and I am afraid that it will not be useful in this battle!"

How could Wei Chenrui be reconciled if such efforts were useless, "There is no rush to relocate. The barbarians have not attacked yet, and there is still time."

"This weapon has been forged, and I can assemble it today. At night, you send a few strong men to lift the weapon to the city wall. With it, the barbarians want to break into the city. The cost will only be greater.”

Although he didn't know the power of the weapon Wei Chenrui developed, Uncle Yang understood Wei Chenrui's temperament and knew that she was not a big talker, so he nodded, "If that's the case, then I won't urge Your Highness to leave."

"However, if things change, please evacuate immediately, Your Highness!"

Wei Chenrui nodded: "Don't worry, I won't be a drag on you, I will definitely leave when that happens."

Now Uncle Yang is relieved: "That's good. The manpower you need will be arranged for you in a short while. I will wait outside the courtyard. You can greet me at any time."

After finishing speaking, Uncle Yang strode away. As the commander-in-chief, there are still many things to do. In addition, war may happen at any time now, and the commander-in-chief must be prepared.

Watching Uncle Yang leave, Wei Chenrui lowered his head and continued to assemble. There are many parts. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to complete the assembly today.

It was getting dark gradually, Wei Chenrui didn't even have dinner for dinner in order to hurry, Kai saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

He was not good at expressing, and he didn't know what to say, so he silently stayed by Wei Chenrui's side and helped her hand over the parts.

Hurry up and hurry up, and finally assemble all the parts when the moon is high.

Due to the poor light at night, Wei Chenrui would inevitably pinch his hands when assembling. He didn't care about the wounds on his hands, so Wei Chenrui hurriedly called the people waiting outside to come in and carry the weapons.

When Kai saw the wound on Wei Chenrui's hand, he hurriedly opened the medicine box on the side, found out the things used for bandaging, grabbed Wei Chenrui's commander's hand, and disinfected and applied the bandage without any explanation.

Kai's movements were quick, and it didn't take long. Seeing that things wouldn't be delayed, Wei Chenrui didn't stop him, and let Kai bandage himself.

Since it was a new type of weapon, fearing that the soldiers would not know how to use it, Wei Chenrui, wearing armor again, went up to the city wall with the soldiers and taught them how to use it.

When it was time for the official test, Wei Chenrui remembered that the shells hadn't been fetched yet.

It was getting late now, and the masters who made the cannonballs had already fallen asleep. It was not an urgent matter, and it was not easy to go up and disturb them. After all, they didn't have much rest during the day and were busy forging all the time.

Seeing that it was impossible to test today, Kai pulled Wei Chenrui back to eat and rest.

Since he couldn't do much today, Wei Chenrui followed Kai back obediently, and fell asleep after eating and drinking under the service of the maid.

Wei Chenrui hadn't had a good rest for several days, and Kai deliberately asked people not to disturb him, and let Wei Chenrui sleep until he woke up naturally.

Wei Chenrui, who has an excellent biological clock, didn't sleep for too long, and woke up as soon as the sun shone into the room.

After tidying up a bit, after breakfast, Wei Chenrui took his armor to the stone workshop to get the shells.

Due to the limited amount of iron, Wei Chenrui did not use the shells with explosives in his previous life, but chose stones that are easy to get, and asked the people in the stone workshop to grind them into stones of the same size.

Wei Chenrui didn't waste the finely crushed small stones, so he kept them in the stone workshop and sent them to the ceramic workshop, where they were put into ceramic jars that were the same size as the stones. They were also kind of shells.

As for the others, those mixed with gunpowder and mixed with oil, Wei Chenrui has considered them, but they are too bloody. Wei Chenrui, a person who is young and has never experienced the cruelty of war, is still a little bit unbearable. Made a small amount, but also prepared for a rainy day.

If she can't bear it, it doesn't mean that she will put the soldiers and people of Zhao Kingdom in danger. Once the barbarians attack too fiercely, or their behavior is too inhumane, Wei Chenrui will never let them go.

At that time, letting them go was tantamount to mutilating compatriots.

Asking people to install all the produced shells, Wei Chenrui walked towards the city wall with the people.

After ordering the cannonballs to be put away, Wei Chenrui casually took a stone cannonball in his hand and said to the soldiers next to him: "This hall will use this weapon first, and you all watch it carefully. You can try it yourself in a while, and you can use it yourself." Try the stone cannonballs, send someone to take them back later, you can continue to use them, these ceramic cannonballs will shatter when released, they are not suitable for you to practice, and you can use them when the enemy comes."

After speaking, Wei Chenrui began to demonstrate.

After all, Wei Chenrui has not received professional training in this area, he just knows how to operate it. How to do it better and more accurately can only be explored by these soldiers themselves.

After confirming that the soldiers could operate it, Wei Chenrui took the armor and left, went to the forge, and took out a part of the fort.

The wound on his hand was not healed at all, after such a demonstration, a little blood oozes from the bandaged place, Wei Chenrui didn't notice it, but Kai saw it: "Go back and treat the wound on your hand, I'll go to the forge .”

Kai even wanted Wei Chenrui to leave these things alone and heal his injuries, but he knew she would not agree, so he didn't say anything.

There is really no need for Wei Chenrui to go to pick up things in person at the forge, but he just wants to go by when he goes back. Seeing that Kai is not happy, Wei Chenrui is not persistent, and nodded: "Forget it, you send someone to pick up things." , let's go back together."

"I'm afraid I can't assemble a few turrets with my own hands. You have watched it for a while, and I will teach you a little later. I think I can assemble them by hand, and I can rest."

Hearing Wei Chenrui let him do it, Kai twitched his lips happily: "Yes!"

After ordering his subordinates to go to the forge to pick up things, Kai and Wei Chenrui walked to the residence. They didn't see many people along the way, and occasionally saw one, but they were in a hurry, and they looked nervous before the war.

Wei Chenrui was worried that there was not enough time, and Kai was worried about Wei Chenrui's wounds, and the two of them unanimously accelerated their pace and walked towards the residence as quickly as possible.

When they arrived at the residence, without any explanation, Kai dragged Wei Chenrui to the room, opened the medicine box to change her medicine, and frowned the whole time.

Wei Chenrui knew that he was worried about himself, so he let him do it.

The carriage runs faster than people. Not only has the medicine been applied, but the bandage has not yet been done. The person who went to pick up the things has already returned with things: "Your Highness, everything you asked for has been delivered to the room."

"Understood, let's go down!" Wei Chenrui only responded, but did not get up, letting the armor bandage him.

Knowing that the things were delivered, Kai didn't want to delay Wei Chenrui's work, so he quickened his movements and bandaged the wound in a few strokes.

Wei Chenrui moved his hands a bit, and after making sure that the bandaging did not affect the movement of his fingers, he took the armor to the room where the parts were kept, and prepared to assemble it.

After all, Kai watched Wei Chenrui assemble it, so I still have some impressions. In addition, he has used a lot of weapons, and he has an extraordinary talent for weapons. Without Wei Chenrui teaching him, he assembled it smoothly.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the assembly of the armor, Wei Chenrui completely let go and was only responsible for delivering the parts to the armor.

To outsiders, it looks like a husband and wife are loving.

After installing a fort on all four gates, the large barbarian troops have been assembled and stationed fifty miles outside the city.

After receiving the news, Uncle Yang hurried over to inform Wei Chenrui: "Your Highness, the barbarian army is approaching, please leave immediately."

It had been agreed long ago that he would not cause trouble to Uncle Yang, so Wei Chenrui naturally would not insist on staying, so he asked Kai to stop assembling the fort and dismantle it all, so as not to be discovered by interested people.

Then he explained clearly to Uncle Yang what he needed to explain, especially about the extremely lethal shells, and called the hidden guards and guards to pack up and prepare to go.

With these four forts, Wei Chenrui was very confident in defending the city. Although he left, he did not go too far.

Due to sufficient food and grass, all the soldiers could eat their stomachs, and coupled with the powerful lethality of the fort, the war did not last long. After most of the barbarian troops were killed or injured, the general began to sue for peace and surrender.

The Northwest Army is not what Uncle Yang said. Although he wanted to completely scare the barbarians, some supervising troops who wanted to gain benefits began to obstruct it.

If the barbarians were completely frightened, there would be fewer wars, less military achievements, and it would be extremely difficult to get promoted and make a fortune. How could those supervising troops allow such a thing to happen? Even though they knew it was an expedient measure by the barbarians, they readily agreed.

The power of supervising the army is greater than that of the soldiers, so Uncle Yang didn't dare to confront him openly, so he could only bear with it and secretly sent someone to inform Wei Chenrui.

Wei Chenrui didn't go directly to the city, but went to the gate of the city to have a look first. The battle had just ended and the battlefield hadn't been cleaned yet. There were bloodstains and pieces of meat everywhere on the ground, as well as burnt black. Wei Chenrui knew that this was Gunpowder was used.

There are also many wounded soldiers who are shuttling back and forth, carrying corpses, and cleaning up the trophies.

(End of this chapter)