At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 7 Iron Buddha and Divine Arm Bow

Xu Mu actually admired Emperor Sui Yang very much. It is undeniable that he is indeed an emperor through the ages.

Especially in the area of ​​infrastructure construction, which laid the foundation for the opening of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it was notorious.

He built granaries all over the world, and built dozens of granaries, distributed all over the country, in preparation for disaster years.

The opening of major canal projects and the construction of the world's fastest roads have completely connected the north-south transportation and the whole country with the transportation network.

That's why there will be a concubine who rides the world of mortals and laughs in later generations. No one knows that it is a classic from Litchi.

Lychees from Lingnan to Chang'an span thousands of kilometers and can be delivered in just a few days.

There are also countless post stations built across the country.

but……

He was too anxious, as if something was chasing him.

Crazy consumption of people's power.

In the first seven years of the great cause, under his governance, the Great Sui flourished day by day, with more and more grain output.

But seven years after the great cause, the entire Sui Dynasty took a sharp turn for the worse because of the excessive consumption of people's power.

He has almost exhausted the heritage of the founding emperor's prosperous age left by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

If he stops at this time, Da Sui can still recover and re-enter high-speed development.

However, Emperor Sui Yang not only did not stop, but instead rushed to conquer Korea three times, costing 400 million troops and tens of millions of civilians...

At this speed, in a short period of time, the great Sui Dynasty of the iron barrel country became fragmented.

If he hadn't died, there would still be many soldiers and civilians loyal to the Sui Dynasty in the world.

But if he dies, the Great Sui will collapse completely.

Xu Mu traveled to the deep mountains, and has been waiting for the news that he was killed by Yu Wenhuaji.

As soon as the news of the regicide spreads, there will be... the whole world celebrates.

Those of his peers probably wake up laughing from their dreams.

And Yang Guang's grandsons, at the age of eleven or twelve, will be captured by various heroes one after another and established as puppet emperors.

"My lord, the five hundred guards of the institute have all put on their armor."

While Xu Mu was thinking, a dark man in black armor clasped his fists and saluted Xu Mu.

This person was the man who presided over the opening ceremony of the new city on the tower.

Xu Mu's eyes lit up, he looked at the black heavy armor he was wearing, and couldn't help asking: "Xing Yue, how about this armor?"

This person's name is Kong Xingyue, and he is one of Zhang Xutuo's most powerful generals.

When Zhang Xutuo led the team to look for the old house, as the deputy general, he was in charge of the command of the [-] elite soldiers in Wanmin City.

"The defense is extremely strong, but... just a little heavy."

Kong Xingyue grinned, and the smile was a bit simple and honest.

Two years ago, when Zhang Xutuo was about to die in battle at Dahai Temple outside Xingyang City, Xu Mu took more than ten men he had trained and disguised themselves as monks to rescue Zhang Xutuo.

At that time, Kong Xingyue had been following Zhang Xutuo.

Xu Mu had seen his bravery with his own eyes, he was wounded in more than ten places, and he still surrounded Zhang Xutuo, fighting hard.

In the end, although he was rescued, he fell into a coma for four or five days and walked through the gate of hell once.

Fortunately, Xu Mu let the people in the research institute develop alcohol and other simple drugs in time to prevent the infection of the knife wound, which saved him.

The people in the army in this era are a little bit good, and the kindness of a drop of water is repaid by a spring.

So Kong Xingyue naturally became Xu Mu's confidant.

Xu Mu also reassuredly entrusted him with the responsibility of guarding the research institute.

"I'm afraid it's not just a little heavy, right? When the research institute handed over this thing, it said that this armor is made of heavy iron. There are more than 100 pieces of black iron all over the body, weighing more than [-] catties."

The corners of Xu Mu's mouth curled up, looking at the seamless armor, he laughed teasingly.

Xu is wearing it for the first time, even though it is the middle of winter, there are still many beads of sweat on Kong Xingyue's forehead.

This thing is not only heavy, but also hot. Of course, these are all costs, and its biggest advantage... is its superior defense!
"Iron Buddha, the later generations of Jin Kingdom's iron cavalry will crush the world, and the name of Iron Buddha will be recorded in the annals of history."

Xu Mu patted the black armor on Kong Xingyue's body, deeply moved.

In addition to the research on farmland science and technology, the Institute has also launched many related research topics on military equipment.

Among them is the production of iron pagodas.

There are more than 100 pieces of iron armor connected in series all over the body, the defense brought...even arrows cannot penetrate.

Not to mention those ordinary blades.

When fighting, it is like a humanoid mech, rushing to the enemy as if entering no one's land!

Of course, the premise is that they can carry more than [-] catties as if walking on flat ground.

It's a pity that his steel output is really limited now, and he can only build [-] sets of iron stupas.

At present, it can only be equipped on his five hundred personal guards, and cannot be popularized by the whole army.

And these five hundred personal guards are stationed around the research institute day and night to ensure the safety of the research institute.

"There have been a lot of sentries outside the mountain recently. Maybe it won't be long before there will be a big battle. You have been training five hundred personal guards hard these few days, and you must start wearing the skills of the Iron Buddha!"

Xu Mu patted Kong Xingyue on the shoulder. Zhang Mengnan didn't come back, so the training task could only be handed over to him.

"People from the court?"

Kong Xingyue's eyes widened when he heard that.

Xu Mu nodded solemnly.

He did not hide.

In fact, as early as two years ago, he had already successfully fooled... Ahem, successfully persuaded Zhang Xutuo and Kong Xingyue.

The two had already decided to rebel against him.

This is why he has always lamented that scholars are not easy to fool.

He even managed Zhang Xutuo, but Lao Yang and Lao Lai, two scholars, were still looking forward and backward.

"Rather than being found here by them, why not take the initiative?" Kong Xingyue, who hadn't fought a war for two years, had a light in his eyes, asking for orders.

Xu Mu shook his head: "General Zhang hasn't come back yet, wait a minute, Yang Guang is not dead yet, let's not expose it so early."

Only then did Kong Xingyue smile awkwardly and nodded.

He is warlike at heart.

Especially after training soldiers for two years, he really wanted these recruits to fight with him.

A soldier who has not seen blood will never be considered an elite soldier.

With the lord's configuration of various magical equipment and General Zhang's training methods, this army will surely become a famous and powerful army in the world in the future!
But... who made the protagonist cautious by nature?

He could only slander a few words, and then he listened to Xu Mu and went to train the five hundred guards honestly.

"I'm not cautious, I don't know how to fight..."

Xu Mu shook his head. He can master technology, but he really doesn't know how to fight.

Zhao Kuo can still talk about military affairs on paper, but it is his first time to command a large army to fight, let alone a confrontation between the two armies.

What kind of army formation, offensive route, and armament configuration...

He knows nothing.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much, even if they find out, with the city wall, the food in Wanmin City can last at least three years!"

Xu Mu shook his head, simply not thinking about these bad things.

He got the cement out ahead of time just to take into account the exposure.

"As long as they don't have artillery, they won't be able to break through the city walls!"

Xu Mu is very confident about this.

The city wall he built is a seamless one, and the catapults attack it violently, and there is almost no damage.

Because the city wall is integrated, it can be unloaded.

The impact of the boulder can at most shake the city wall without causing any damage to it.

"Go to the research institute first, I don't know how the research on the divine arm bow project I proposed not long ago is going."

After briefly handling official business in the lord's mansion, Xu Mu left for the research institute.

About 15 minutes away.

According to ancient conversion, it should be a quarter of an hour.

Standing in front of the gate of the institute, Xu Mu nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the guards wearing iron pagodas on the inner and outer floors.

With them here, the secrets of the institute will never be exposed.

It is very necessary for the pro-military to guard the research institute.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Every once in a while, new civilian or military things will be released from the research institute. Now Wanmin City is well known to everyone.

He must be well protected.

Even for him, if he wanted to enter the research institute, he had to be verified by the pro-military personnel to ensure that he had a mole on his right shoulder before he could enter.

Others, no matter who they are, dare to approach the research institute without permission, and the five hundred personal guards have the right to kill first and act later!
After some verification, all the guards confirmed Xu Mu's identity, and they all clasped their fists in salute.

They were wearing iron stupas, and they couldn't kneel on one knee at all.

Xu Mu asked them to continue to guard, while he walked into the gate of the research institute.

Entering the courtyard, it is a large courtyard, and there is a four-story building directly in front of the courtyard.

At present, the construction technology mastered by Wanmin City can only use cement to build four-story buildings.

The whole is made of cement and rocks, which is very strong.

Approaching the research building, what Xu Mu saw was a model of a new windmill.

The first floor of the research building is the research area for civilian agriculture.

Quyuan plows, agricultural fertilizers and water trolleys all come from here.

"Lord."

Seeing Xu Mu coming in, these researchers... are actually craftsmen who have been selected by Xu Mu, and they saluted Xu Mu one after another.

"Continue with what you are doing and leave me alone."

Xu Mu nodded slightly, not wanting to distract them.

Afterwards, Xu Mu went up to the second floor.

On the second floor is the research area in the military field.

New-style catapults, special daggers, and new-style continuous crossbows are all produced here.

Right now, they are studying the topic that Xu Mu raised a few days ago.

Divine Arm Bow.

Unlike ordinary bows and arrows, this is a compound bow.

It more cleverly uses the principle of physical energy saving and energy storage, and can achieve a range of 350 steps!
The most important thing is that it is so powerful that it can shoot through... the Iron Buddha!

It was born in the Song Dynasty, and the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty invented it during the battle against the Jin soldiers.

"How's the research going?"

Seeing a group of craftsmen discussing around a huge bow, Xu Mu also leaned over.

"Lord!"

Only then did the craftsmen discover Xu Mu, and hurriedly saluted.

"We have already discussed it, and it should be more than ten days before we can create the God Arm Bow! It's just that this bow requires at least two stones of strength, and ordinary people can't pull it away at all..."

An old craftsman stroked his gray beard and explained it to Xu Mu.

Xu Mu had expected this, nodded and said, "I have General Zhang here, and this bow is tailor-made for him!"

The most important thing is that it will be Zhang Mengnan's birthday soon.

This is also the reason why Xu Mu urged the research institute to quickly develop the magic arm bow.

(End of this chapter)