Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 401 Visit
"There is no need to send it away, go back and take care of Mr. Pang... If you have anything to do in the future, you can go to the county to find Xinye County Magistrate. Mr. Pang is a treasure of Chu State. You have a great responsibility, hahaha."

Bai Tu and the young man who greeted him and saw him off even joked a bit.

That's right, he just came out of Lord Pang De's hermitage, and he came here specially to visit Lord Pang De this time. Although he didn't return empty-handed, he at least saw Lord Pang De and Sima Hui who was here as expected, but the two of them had no official plans meaning.

Bai Tu also proposed to confer the title of Tai Tu and Tai Bao on the two people - anyway, under the system of six ministries and one hospital, these so-called three Tai Tu and Three Dukes were all honorary titles with high reputation and high status...

Including generals, chariot and cavalry generals, etc., as long as they do not have Privy Council positions and do not actually command the army, they can also be regarded as honorary titles.

The addition of a large number of nominal honors that can be used to win over people's hearts is also a hidden benefit of the six-department unicameral system.

Sima Hui and Pang Degong still refused to accept this, but they recommended several students or young talents who were acquaintances in Nanyang to Bai Tu.

So Bai Tu proposed to hire two people to serve as honorary libations for Nanyang County School, and have the power to recommend officials for the County School and palace examinations equivalent to two thousand dan...

Because this was not a formal official position, in theory it was an honorary position from an official school, and because Bai Tu personally came to invite him, Sima Hui and Pang Degong accepted the offer.

Bai Tu was also in a good mood when he left. Even if this was a fulfillment of his psychological expectations - hermits like Sima Hui and Pang Degong may not be of much help if they really serve as officials and hold practical positions. Their knowledge may not be suitable for practical work or the times. Suitable for Chu State.

However, as long as they accept the canonization of Chu State, it is already a help to Chu State, which is equivalent to giving Chu State a BUFF of "favorability +20% among scholars in Nanzhou and +10% favorability among scholars all over the world". The effect is still outstanding.

Not to mention, the two of them also recommended many young talents to Bai Tu...

But... there is no Zhuge Liang in it.

Ordinarily, if this was in history without the White Picture Effect, it would have been the second year after Liu Bei took refuge with Liu Biao and was stationed in Xinye. It was still six years before Zhuge Liang officially came out. However, Zhuge Liang had already lived in seclusion in Longzhong at this time, and last year And crown.

Before Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, although he was not well-known in the world, in Longzhong, because he often compared himself with Leyi and Guan Zhong,... no matter whether others laughed at or admired him, at least he had a small reputation in the local area. Sima Huihe Mr. Pang De should not be ignorant.

For this reason, Bai Tu also specifically mentioned that he had heard that "someone in Longzhong compares himself with Le Yi and Guan Zhong." However, Sima Hui and Pang Degong smiled bitterly when they heard this. In the end, although they mentioned Zhuge Liang's name to Bai Tu, Bai Tu He was able to conquer Zhuge Liang through "famous masters", but in his words he was not optimistic about Bai Tu's ability to conquer Zhuge Liang.

After leaving Pang Degong's residence, Bai Tu returned all the way to Xinye.

Considering that neither Pang De nor Sima Hui wanted to be disturbed by too much secular atmosphere, Bai Tu came in plain clothes. On the surface, he looked no different from a wealthy businessman with more than a dozen guards. The horses were also for civilian use. of.

Lu Bu originally wanted to protect Bai Tu personally, but Bai Tu refused. After all, as a privy envoy, Lu Bu would be overqualified to be a "bodyguard".

As the privy envoy, Lu Bu also had his own things to do along the way - inspecting Jingzhou's rectification and the training of the new army!
Because Xinye used to be the gateway to the north of Jingzhou Prefecture, there were many military camps around it. Although they have been transferred now, when the new army was being trained, Xinye also had a new army training because of its complete facilities, and... Huang Zhong was still there. Responsible.

There are only eighty generals like "guerrilla generals" in Chu State, and Huang Zhong is not even ranked in the top fifty in the military.

However, everyone knows that as a transcendent general, Huang Zhong is fundamentally different from other generals.

When Nanyang was recruiting soldiers and training new armies, he was also entrusted with the important task of selecting those with long arms from among the soldiers and specially training five thousand Ji Zao soldiers who were good at shooting. After that, they focused on training...

Therefore, Bai Tu directly ordered Huang Zhong to escort him, while Lu Bu went to test the new army trained by Huang Zhong.

Bai Tu was in the car at this time and found that Huang Zhong, who was riding next to him, was a little distracted, so he comforted him: "Don't be nervous, Han Sheng. Since my adoptive father promised before, he will not intentionally make things difficult for you."

"The king has misunderstood. The general is not doubting the Privy Council, nor is he worried about the new army trained by the general. He is just... thinking about the muskets and Qi crossbows that the master gave to the general last night." Huang Zhong told the new army. The initial training results were very confident, but he mentioned what Bai Tu had given him last night.

Since the musket does not have a stamping machine or mass-produced fixed bullets, it is not possible to mass-produce breech-loading guns. Now there are only some "research significance" muzzle-loading guns.

"Oh? What does General Han Sheng think?" Bai Tu asked immediately.

The muskets are temporarily unable to be mass-produced due to craftsmanship, and the Qi crossbows are due to cost reasons. In the short term, bows and crossbows will definitely remain the main focus, so Bai Tu asked Huang Zhong to train people who are good at shooting.

The reason why I showed him the muskets and Qi crossbows was because Bai Tu wanted him to help with his advice...

Recently, there have been some discords within the Ministry of Industry. Yu Ji, the person in charge of the muskets, and Huang Yueying, the person in charge of the agency, had huge differences over the development of single-person long-range weapons.

Yu Ji's specialty is the separation and synthesis of elements. In other words... gunpowder formula and alloy ratio are both his strengths. If the musket needs to go one step further and move towards a breech-loading gun, the mechanics required are not complicated, mainly gunpowder and The barrel material and the process of customizing the bullet!

However, the muskets that Yu Ji is constantly improving are still disliked by Huang Yueying, who believes that gunpowder power is not suitable for use as a single-person weapon. Instead of developing muskets, it is better to invest more money in her Qi crossbow series!

However, in terms of the development of artillery, Huang Yueying has to admit that whether it is a large-scale Qi cannon or a mechanical stone cannon, the price-performance ratio is obviously not as good as that of artillery.

Bai Tu was also hesitant. Lu Bu's previous lesson of "leading the charge" told Bai Tu that Cheng Ji's world was different from his previous world. Should he grit his teeth and support the muskets to survive the weak period, or continue to add more points to the infuriating crossbow... Which one is more cost-effective and more developed?
Now that a large number of new sources of infuriating energy resources have been revealed, the shortcomings of the infuriating crossbows do not seem to be irreparable...

In the end, Bai Tu felt that relying solely on his own subjective judgment on this matter might not be that reliable. First, he continued to support both and observed the development in the next one or two stages. Second, Bai Tu also asked Lu Bu and Huang for advice. Zhong and other more experienced generals.

Huang Zhong was very moved - after all, this was related to the important development direction of the Chu State's armaments in the future. Asking him for his opinion on this kind of matter showed that the King of Chu trusted him, but...

Huang Zhong was also a little unsure about this idea!

(End of this chapter)