Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 166 Race against time
Naturally, Fan Zheng didn't know that his poems with Li Qingzhao had once again caused a stir in Kaifeng City. At the moment, he was heading west all the way to Pingxia City, and at the same time, he had another task to collect the materials of Zhentianlei.

There was not a lot of gunpowder in the Song Dynasty, and there were also many gunpowder weapons in the Northwest armies, which could be used directly.

What is most lacking now is Zhentianlei's square iron shell. After one night of casting, with the strong industrial capabilities of the Ministry of Industry, finally [-] square shells were cast, all of which were taken away by Fan Zheng.

Three hundred square shells can produce three hundred thunderbolts, which is still a drop in the bucket for the arduous task of defending Pingxia City. Fortunately, Zhao Xu has already rushed eight hundred miles away and ordered the counties along the way to mobilize blacksmiths to secretly manufacture squares. iron shell.

Fan Zheng arrived at the nearest Zheng County from Kaifeng, and the magistrate of Zheng County, who had already received the secret order, had already been waiting for a long time.

"Fan Taicheng, there are few people in Zheng County and they are weak, and they only built more than a hundred square iron shells!" Zheng County Magistrate said helplessly.

At this moment, Zheng County has not yet risen, and it is not yet a transportation hub for future generations. It is far less grand than Kaifeng, Luoyang, and coupled with the urgent time, it is already trying its best to supply hundreds of square iron shells.

"No problem! Do your best!"

Fan Zheng didn't make things difficult on purpose, and with a wave of his hand, a group of forbidden troops went to receive the hundreds of iron shells.

"Thank you Fan Taicheng for your understanding!" The magistrate of Zheng County breathed a sigh of relief. The cast square iron shell was sent urgently by eight hundred miles from Kaifeng City, and he dared not neglect it in the slightest.

"Of course, these hundred and ten are far from enough. Zheng County must continue to cast square iron shells! Use the post station to transport the cast iron shells to Jingyuan Road every day, and within five days, [-] square grids will be transported to Jingyuan Road Iron shell!" Fan Zheng ordered directly.

Once the Pingxia City is completed, it will definitely cause a strong reaction from Xixia. There is not much time left for Song Dynasty, and the extra five days for transporting materials may be the limit.

Although Zheng County's output is small, it is better to get the blueprints early, and there is enough time to cast square iron shells, and then use the post station to send them to Pingxia City at the fastest speed, which is completely in time.

"A thousand?"

The county magistrate of Zheng County frowned and said that there are not many blacksmiths in Zheng County, and the craftsmanship of this kind of square iron shell is quite demanding. The daily output is only hundreds of pieces, and it may not be enough to make a thousand pieces in five days.

"Fan will subsidize [-] Wen for each square iron case! Within five days, the more the better." Fan Zheng said flatly.

"Five hundred words!" The magistrate of Zheng County exclaimed.One iron case is five hundred coins, and one thousand is not five hundred coins. This is not a small amount for Zheng County.

"I promise to complete the task!" Zheng County magistrate said without hesitation. With Fan Zheng's status as the leader of the evil doctor Fan Zheng's family of doctors, he naturally would not think that Fan Zheng would renege on his debt.

Fan Zheng immediately smiled knowingly. There is not much time left for Pingxia City. If he wants to obtain more Thunderbolts in a short period of time, besides the urgent order from the court, there is also a huge reward.

Fan Zheng didn't stop at the moment, and set off immediately, rushing to Luoyang at the fastest speed.

It was Fan Zheng's future father-in-law Li Kefei who was in charge of handing over Fangge's iron shell in Luoyang. Li Kefei couldn't help but sigh when he saw Fan Zheng's appointment document for the army supervisor.

He didn't understand that Fan Zheng always took the wrong path in his actions, finally settled down with Li Qingzhao, and now went to the northwest front to supervise the army, how could this be done by a doctor.

"Five hundred!"

Regardless of Li Kefei's embarrassment, Fan Zhengke looked at the huge number of square iron shells in front of him with joy. Luoyang's city size was not inferior to Kaifeng City, and the iron smelting industry was developed. He was overjoyed by the five hundred iron shells.

At the moment, Fan Zheng placed another [-] order, which will be completed within five days, and the unit price is still a hundred dollars.

Afterwards, Fan Zheng set out again, and he got something in Lingbao, Weinan, Xianyang, and Xi'an. He harvested a lot of square iron shells, and offered a huge reward for five-day orders.

As Fan Zheng went deeper and deeper into the Northwest, he harvested more and more materials about Zhentianlei, and his mood became more and more serious.

"Jingyuan Road is here!" Fan Zheng said with a shock as he stepped into the desolate Guanzhong.

Once upon a time, Jingyuan Road belonged to the land of Guanzhong. The historical changes and Xixia’s intrusion over the years have caused the land of Guanzhong to decline rapidly. In particular, Jingyuan Road is half-military and half-farmer. Many of them are militarized and their development is extremely backward.

"Here's an order from the Superintendent, to meet up with the Forbidden Army who transported the God Arm Crossbow and gunpowder."

Fan Zhengnai set off only the next day. Thousands of forbidden soldiers rushed to Jingyuan Road overnight with a large amount of gunpowder and magic arm crossbows, one step ahead of them.

"Order all post stations, once the square iron shells from each county are delivered, they will be transported to Pingxia City as soon as possible. If there is any delay, the military order will deal with it." Fan Zheng said coldly.

"Pingxia City!"

The accompanying generals of the Forbidden Army couldn't help being stunned. This was the first time he had heard of Pingxia City. The task he received was to deliver the God's Arm Crossbow and protect Fan Zheng as the supervisor of the army.

Fan Zhengzheng nodded and said: "Yes, the construction of Pingxia City must have started."

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The junction of Jingyuan Road and Xixia.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Xixia army was concentrated on Yanyan Road, Zhong Pu led his troops out of the Hulu River, and Zhang Wei dispatched a large number of civilians at the same time to repair Pingxia City in the shortest possible time.

"General, I'm afraid the blueprint of Pingxia City is wrong!" Lieutenant General Yang Weizhong looked worriedly at Pingxia City, which had already laid the foundation stone after three days of hard work by countless peasants.

The traditional city walls are all rectangular, divided into inner city and outer city, and there are also defensive facilities such as city walls, urns, and horse-faced towers.

However, the blueprint of Pingxia City is the complete opposite. It is in the shape of a star. It looks good, but to the soldiers, it is full of flaws.

Zhong Pu said solemnly: "There is nothing wrong with the drawing. This is the drawing from Kaifeng City. It has the jade seal of the official and the tiger charm of the Privy Council. There will be no mistakes."

"But………………."

Yang Weizhong wanted to persuade again, how could those high-ranking Beijing officials know the cruelty of war, they only talked about it on paper. In the past, Xu Xi refused to listen to dissuasion and insisted on building Yongle City, which lacked water sources. I don't know the blueprint of the so-called bastion, let them build defenses, if the Xixia army comes to attack, it will not repeat the same mistakes of Yongle City.

"General Yang, be careful! As soldiers, we just need to obey orders." Zhong Pu said decisively.

As the main general, Zhong Pu knows more. For the sake of Pingxia City, all parties in the Song Dynasty are covering this city. Build Pingxia City.

"Report to the general! Master Zhang has sent a message that the supervising army from Bianjing is coming, let the general cooperate with him sincerely, and must defend Pingxia City." Suddenly, a messenger sent a military order.

"Supervisor, which eunuch is in the palace again?" Yang Weizhong said dissatisfied. Since there was an example of the eunuch and supervising army fleeing in fear of battle, all the generals were extremely dissatisfied with the eunuch and supervising army.

Zhong Pu said with a strange expression: "The supervisor who came this time is not a eunuch? It's an imperial physician."

"The imperial doctor is the supervisor!" Yang Weizhong couldn't help but smiled wryly again and again, "At least when I am injured, there are still people who can heal me."

Chong Pu shook his head and said, "This is not an ordinary imperial physician, but Fan Zheng, the Imperial Physician."

"Fan Zheng, Imperial Physician!" Yang Weizhong was about to continue his sarcasm, but suddenly he said, "Could it be the evil doctor Fan Zheng! The evil doctor Fan Zheng who discovered alcohol disinfection and reproduced Hua Tuo's unique knowledge?"

"Not bad!" Zhong Pu nodded.

"Write the evil doctor Fan Zheng after Fan Xianggong in "Manjianghong"."

"Fan Zheng, the evil doctor who is privately appointed for life with the number one talented woman in the Song Dynasty?"

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Yang Weizhong asked a series of rhetorical questions.

This is not because of Yang Weizhong's fuss, but because Fan Zheng's reputation in the Song Dynasty is too great. He is the No.1 of the younger generation.

"Exactly!" Chong Pu replied helplessly, "And you don't have to worry about Fan Zheng running away in fear of fighting for the supervising army this time. This is Fan Taicheng and Li Cainv's latest poem, which has been ordered by the officials to be circulated among the three armies!"

Yang Weizhong took the document that Zhong Pu handed over, looked down and couldn't help being shocked.

"To be a hero in life, to be a hero in death! To this day, I miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong."

"No one in life has died since ancient times, and keep a loyal heart to reflect history."

The contempt in Yang Weizhong's heart was instantly swept away, leaving only full respect. How can he be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death if he can write such poems that regard death as home.

(End of this chapter)