Chapter 165

The smell of wheat mixed with the fragrance of the soil came in bursts, rippling in the clear river.

The natural and beautiful scenery makes people feel relaxed and happy. If there is no threat from barbarians, it is a quiet picture of the field.

Five people said some harvest trivial things, at this time Xiao Ming will barbarian envoys into Chang'an news told niuzhen three people.

"More than two months?" Niu Yu frowned.

Seeing Niu Zhen's manner, Xiao Ming asked, "old general, what's wrong with this?"

Niu Zhen said: "Your Highness, the barbarian totem is the prairie wolf. What you learn is the cunning of the wolves. Don't believe the barbarian's words of attacking the city in three months."

"That's right, your highness. It's true that we fight with the barbarians. The barbarians never talk about credibility and are cunning. They will do anything to achieve their goals."

Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming look at each other and their faces sink. They don't have much to do with the barbarians, and they don't know the characteristics of the barbarians like Niu Zhen.

"Please tell me more about it." Xiao Ming asked.

Niu Zhen said: "the barbarians say that they will attack the city in three months. It seems that the end of the general will let his highness be unprepared. In this way, we can be caught off guard. From now on, his highness should send scouts to inquire about the news on the grassland at any time to prevent the barbarians from attacking Cangzhou suddenly."

"Yes, and before the barbarian army attacked the city, it was bound to send small tribes on the grassland to make a trial attack, so as to investigate the defense of the city." Lu Fei also looks solemn.

What Luo Xin wanted to say, but he found that they had all been said, so he didn't speak any more.

Xiao Ming nodded. The message they said is very important to Xiao Ming. If the barbarians really have a tentative attack, they must not expose the artillery ahead of time, but wait until the main force of the barbarians arrives.

"In this case, please go to Cangzhou to supervise the battle, leaving only some soldiers to harvest wheat."

Niu Zhen nodded, "Your Highness, I'm at ease. Cangzhou is as solid as a rock."

They need to lead the Qingzhou army to Cangzhou City immediately to avoid accidents.

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun continued to ride to see other official fields.

Niu Zhen was in charge of the battle, and what they had to do was to ensure the logistics of Cangzhou City.

At noon, they basically looked at all the official fields, and Pang Yukun went back to the governor's office.

Niu Zhen's words completely let Qingzhou enter the state of war readiness ahead of time. Pang Yukun needs to be responsible for transporting all kinds of materials to Cangzhou City, so as not to be in a hurry when he gets them.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ming went to the equipment department and asked Chen Qi to deliver the ten guns to Pang Yukun and transport them to Cangzhou City. The rest of the guns were reserved for training. This time, as Niu said, his plan would be completely disrupted.

It's a plan that can't keep up with the change.

"Are these ten gates enough, your highness?" Chen Qi looked anxiously at the slave who was ready to transport the gun away.

"It's not enough. I just hope the barbarian army can come later." Xiao Ming frowned, "by the way, what happened to the powder can you produced?"

Mentioning the strange look on Chen Qi's face, he said: "Your Highness, there are rusty iron nails in the powder can. I understand. What's the purpose of just stuffing the stool in?"

"You don't understand that. You just need to do it. Now you can send out extra people to fill the powder can, which can make up for the shortage of guns." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi depressed ground nodded, this gunpowder can of affair still really enough let him be surprised.

After talking about the powder can, Xiao Ming asked, "what happened to the catapult?"

"There are already 30 of them. I asked Zhang Liang to borrow a lot of carpenters. It's also a simple catapult. It's very fast." Chen Qi pointed to the yard next door, "now they are assembling the catapult there."

This time, Xiao Ming asked the equipment department to manufacture a catapult with a range of only 200 meters. Moreover, the catapult was very small, so it was easy to transport it to the city wall.

Now no one knows when the barbarians will come. He can only speed up the production of this powder can and make up for the quality with quantity.

In the yard next door, hundreds of carpenters were hammering.

This is a kind of catapult similar to bow and arrow structure. A bamboo pole is bent in front, with hemp rope on both sides, and a spoon like thing in the middle to put the powder can.

When launching, just hold the handle of the spoon, just like the bow and arrow. When you let go, you can shoot out the powder can in the spoon.

Even so, it would take three soldiers to operate at the same time.

This kind of catapult was found by Xiao Ming from the science and Technology Library. It has the simplest structure. In order to cope with the current crisis, he had to rely on this kind of catapult with high production speed.

"Let Zhang Liang assign some craftsmen to Cangzhou City. At least 50 sets will be needed in Cangzhou city these days." Xiao Ming said.

From Xiao Ming's ecological and urgent tone, Chen Qi realized something. He asked, "Your Highness, are the barbarians coming?""I'm afraid so. From now on, the city defense must be ready." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded, aware of the seriousness of the problem, he said: "Your Highness, the fourth iron mold will be formed soon, and the equipment department will be able to produce 16 guns by the end of next month."

"There are 26 guns in all. I hope they can cope with it." Xiao Ming gave a bitter smile.

In the tone of Niu Zhen, it's good for the barbarians to give two in three months. It's the same as boxing one or two or three before the third.

However, the soldiers are crafty. If the barbarians are in order, the army of Dayu will not be beaten. They have no fighting power.

Chen Qi scratched his head, which was his fastest speed. When he thought of something, he suddenly said: "by the way, your highness, the glass polished by the glass workshop is ready. It's here for me."

"Yes? Give it to me quickly. Tomorrow niuzhen will go to Cangzhou. Before that, this thing must be brought to him for investigation. " Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi turns around and goes out. After a while, she comes over with a box in her hand.

When Xiao Ming opened it, there were three pairs of round glass. The glass was thick in the middle and thin on both sides. It was a modern magnifying glass, and the other half was a concave lens with a depression in the middle.

Chen Qi was asked to prepare these for the purpose of assembling a telescope, but this telescope is not just two magnifying glasses together, because if there is no prism, the image will be inverted.

So Xiao Ming used a magnifying glass and a concave lens to assemble the telescope, so that the image would be positive.

But the field of vision will be narrower and the multiple will be smaller.

For the current situation, Xiao Ming pursues simplicity in everything, and the single telescope is enough.

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