"There is no need to send him off anymore. Go back and take care of Mr. Pang... If anything happens in the future, you can go to the county to see Magistrate Xinye. Mr. Pang is a treasure of the Chu State. You have a heavy responsibility, hahaha."

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

Yes, he had just come out of Pang Degong's retreat. This time he came specifically to visit Pang Degong. Although he did not return empty-handed, at least he met Pang Degong and Sima Hui, who was indeed here. However, the two of them had no official career.

meaning.

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

Including generals, chariot and cavalry generals, etc., as long as they do not have a Privy Council position or 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 people's hearts can be regarded as a hidden benefit of the six-department unicameral system.

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

So Bai Tu proposed to hire two people to serve as honorary liberators 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 in the official academy, and because Bai Tu personally came to invite him, Sima Hui and Pang Degong accepted the offer.

Bai Tu was in a good mood when he left, which meant that he fulfilled his psychological expectations - hermits like Sima Hui and Pang Degong may not be of much help if they really become 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. It is equivalent to giving Chu State a buff of "20% favorability among Nanzhou scholars and 10% favorability among scholars all over the world". This effect is still

Very outstanding.

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

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

Ordinarily, if this time were 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, and 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 Yi and Guan Zhong, so... Whether others laughed at him or admired him, at least he had a small reputation in the local area. Sima Huihe

Mr. Pang De should not be ignorant of this.

For this reason, Bai Tu specifically mentioned that he had heard that "there are people in Longzhong who compare themselves to Leyi and Guan Zhong." However, Sima Hui and Pang Degong smiled bitterly after hearing 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 teachers", 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 the 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 the new army, 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 distraught, so he comforted him: "Don't be nervous, Han Sheng. Since your adoptive father promised before, he won't 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.

Because there is no stamping machine for muskets, there are no mass-produced fixed bullets, and it is not yet 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 unable to be mass-produced for the time being due to craftsmanship, while the Qi crossbows are unable to be mass-produced for the time being 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 his strengths. But if the musket needs to go a step further and move towards a breech-loading gun, the mechanics required are not complicated, mainly gunpowder and

Barrel material, and the process of customizing bullets!

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 the development of artillery, Huang Yueying has to admit that whether it is a large-scale infuriating cannon or a mechanical stone cannon, the cost performance is obviously not as good as that of artillery.

Bai Tu was also hesitant. Lu Bu's previous lesson of "taking the lead in 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. Firstly, he continued to support both and observed the development in the next one or two stages. Secondly... 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...
Chapter completed!