"Zhao Jiandian, have the Jin thieves retreated?"

Zhao Huan's voice was a little hoarse. These days he was really worried about the country and the people, his body was almost broken, his eyes were sunken, his cheekbones were protruding, and his face was pale and bloody. It looked like he hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights and he was worried about the country and the people.

Moreover, his mind seemed a little confused, and he actually called Zhao Mingcheng "Zhao Jiandian". However, Zhao Mingcheng hadn't understood it yet, and he became "Zhao Jiandian"... Who is this "Zhao Jiandian"? Why did the official family recognize the wrong person?

Thinking of this, Zhao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Officials, I am not Zhao Jianzheng, but Zhao Mingcheng."

He also denies... Zhao Huan laughed a few times: "I admit my mistake... Yes, Zhao Qing, I ask you, have the Jin thieves retreated?"

"Retreat, retreat!" Zhao Mingcheng smiled, "Wanyan Wushu cannot tolerate retreating! The naval artillery fleet led by Li Youshumi arrived at the Mopankou on the 28th of the first lunar month... There were a total of 100 warships equipped with guns, and 50,000 bombs were prepared! From the 29th, Li Youshu's gunship began to use pots to blow up the fortress guarded by the golden thieves! The Mopankou was made of iron and could be blown up flat!

Once the Mopankou is lost, Wu Shu, the fleet of the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, cannot return to Sishui!"

"Fifty thousand fried pots..." Zhao Huan took a breath, "How much did it cost?"

"Not much, no," Zhao Mingcheng shook his head, "It costs less than two cents of a pot, and 50,000 pots are only 100,000 cents of a pot... It is much cheaper than filling in the grinding mouth with a human life."

The cost of fried pots is less than expected... This is the power of factory handicrafts!

The most large-scale workshop handicraft industry in the Song Dynasty was actually minting coins. The production scale of the Song Dynasty's money supervision was not comparable to those in industries such as salt, iron, salt, porcelain, and silk weaving. The concentration of money supervision was extremely high, with more than a dozen supervision nationwide, and the annual output of millions of coins...that is, billions of coins!

In the 12th century world, there is no larger handicraft factory than this!

After learning the secret of the fried pot, the Privy Council of the Southern Song Dynasty immediately ordered the Shengzhou Qianjian in Jinling to switch to the production of fried pots - there was no need to produce many beautiful pots for Shengzhoujian. It doesn't matter if it was shoddy, as long as it didn't leak water. Even if it leaks, it doesn't matter. As long as it melts a little tin, it can be filled.

So the craftsmen in Shengzhou Supervisory divided the fried pot into more than a dozen parts, cast them in batches, and then soldered these parts by lead soldering and tin soldering.

In order to pursue progress, Shengzhou Supervisor also contracted part of the welding business to craftsmen in Jinling, Suzhou, Jiangdu and other places, so they created 100,000 copper pots within a few months!

However, the gunpowder produced by the military weapons of the Southern Song Dynasty was not very satisfactory... The purity of the fire-nose produced by the nitride craftsmen in the Southern Song Dynasty was sometimes high and sometimes low, and the gunpowder craftsmen did not know the correct formula, let alone the granulated black gunpowder. Therefore, the gunpowder they produced was very erratic, sometimes powerful, and sometimes not explosive.

It is not possible to use such gunpowder as a launching medicine - the dosage of the launching medicine must be accurate. If the addition is less, it will reduce the effective range and add more blow-off! However, filling the fried pot with no big problem... You can add a little more, so that you can ensure that the explosion will be loud!

And this shoddy fried pot is the best weapon for the Southern Song Dynasty, which has the ability to make money! It is a pity that it has not been invented in history... Now, the secret of "gunpowder is fierce when it encounters copper", and the civil servants of the Southern Song Dynasty who have trained 100,000 elite iron armor are a little inflated!

Zhao Jian pointed out that Zhao Mingcheng was one of them. After reporting the price of the fried pot, he turned the topic on the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. "The official family, General Manager Zhang, Xue Chengzhi and Li Youshu all submitted memorials, suggesting that the court send heavenly troops to the Northern Plains!"

"This, is it going to attack the Central Plains in the Northern Expedition?" Zhao Huan's face was gloomy and said to himself: In the past, Huan Wen and Liu Yu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty used the Northern Expedition to attract people's expectations, and then did unjust things! Do you, Zhao Jiandian, also want to learn from Huan Wen and Liu Yu?

"Yes!" Zhao Mingcheng nodded, "Now is a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition... The Jin thieves' army formed a confrontation with the imperial court and the army of the crown prince in Hebei, Hedong, Jingdong and the Huaihe River. The coastal areas of Liaodong and Shandong will inevitably be empty.

The imperial army could go north by sea, or go to Goryeo, or go straight to the coastal areas of the two states of Denglai... and do not seek to win in one battle, but only try to fight for a long time to get tired of the enemy. As long as the Jin thieves can move between Hedong, Hebei, Jingdong, Huaibei, Denglai, and Liaodong, they cannot rest and cannot breathe. Over time, they will naturally be able to drag them into a tired army. By then, I will lead another 200,000 elite troops to the Central Plains, and recover Hebei and Jingdong. It will be easy to get back to the back!"

Yi Ru's palm? Zhao Huan thought to himself: When you recover the Jingdong area and Zukai was still in court, he pretended to sleep outside Jinling City. After waking up, he would have a piece of yellow clothes on his body... It was also Yi Ru's palm!

Although Zhao Huan was full of suspicion, he did not dare to put this suspicion on his face. He had to show his voice and slowly...

Seeing that Zhao Huan was silent, Zhao Mingcheng frowned tighter and tighter, and his pale face showed a little murderous aura, so he knew that he was worried about the crown prince again.

So Zhao Mingcheng said to Zhao Huan: "The official family has always been in a confrontation between the north and the south since ancient times, and the north is better than the south and the Central Plains is better than the south. If the imperial court wants to defeat the crown prince, at least it must seize the younger brother of Jingdong, so as to avoid the danger of guarding Jiangdong!"

There is also Zhao Kai!

Zhao Huan was a little desperate... There were too many traitors!

He thought for a while and said, "For the Northern Expedition, let's talk about it after King Su and Yuwen Xuzhong return from Luoyang... The most urgent task now is to restore the lost land in Huainan first, and then strengthen the dangerous places. We cannot let the Jin thieves cross the river anymore!"

"No." Zhao Mingcheng smiled and said, "The government can rest assured... With the benefit of bombing pots, all the fortresses on both sides of the Huai River can be foolproof. If we can use sea boats to travel to Goryeo, attack Liaodong, and patrol the Lai, the Jin thieves will be on their backs as if they are on the back. Where can they have the remaining strength to cross the Huai South?"

Zhao Huan laughed a few times: "That's good! I've been in Jiangdu for some time. When the Huainan land is restored, it's time for me to return to Jinling. You can make arrangements."

"I received the order."

......

When Zhao Huan was about to return to Jinling, Zhao Kai quietly left Luoyang under the cover of night.

Although he kept Dong Jingang and led a 10,000-strong army to guard Luoyang, he still had to hide his whereabouts as much as possible, so as not to suddenly attack Wanyan Wu Qimai from Yanjing after getting the news.

At the north gate of Luoyang Imperial City (Luoyang Imperial City is in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, leaving the north gate of Luoyang City is out of the city), Zhao Kai said to Lu Yihao, Zong Ze, He Guan, Wang Yuan and others who came to see him off: "If there is a stalemate of the Three Kingdoms today, similar situations have also occurred in the Later Han Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties... The stalemate situation is not easy to break, and it is often conducive to defense but not to attack.

Fortunately, I still have some powerful weapons that my previous generation did not have, such as casserole cannons and black gunpowder... But now it still takes time to form an army, and then we can defeat the barbarians in one fell swoop and recover the lost territory. Before this, I will not fight on the front battlefield, but I will find ways to disrupt the enemy's back. And you must stabilize the rear for me and not get into trouble yourself! At this time, it is not only about strength, but also about endurance... Whoever can endure will be able to dominate the world!"

One has a golden finger, the other has a money-capable ability, and the other has a very capable barbarian... and there are a lot of people, so it is already very fast to be able to unify the world within five to ten years!

"I understand, I will definitely guard the rear for Your Majesty!"

"Don't worry, we are here in Luoyang, so you should be foolproof!"

"I have us in Luoyang, Your Majesty can rest assured..."

"Your Majesty, I should work hard to ensure that there is no loss..."

Lu Yihao, Zong Ze, He Guan and Wang Yuan all patted their chests to make a promise to Zhao Kai. Zhao Kai nodded with satisfaction, then pulled the reins, and disappeared into the vast night under the escort of hundreds of Yulin cavalry and twenty or thirty female squads!

On the same night, Wu Shu, the fourth prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, and Wu Limei, the fifteenth prince, led a large army and walked slowly along the Si Shui River... Their southern expedition had been "perfectly over".

Although many people died, they also grabbed a lot of wealth and could not be said to have gained nothing. However, the strength shown by the Southern Song army in this battle still made the two very worried.

What Jin Wushu was worried about is that it would be more and more difficult to steal things in the future... and it might be counter-robbed! And Wulimei was worried about the "death of a coward".

The "real Song Dynasty" that had been cowardly for more than 60 years is gone now! Only two countries with the signs of the Song Dynasty but practiced the laws of the Han, Tang and Qin... In the long run, the pattern of the five generations of troubled times may come to the world again.

What should he do if the other thing that caused Wu Limei's headache? The king of the Song Dynasty obviously could not be regarded as the king, and is there really his position in the Jin Dynasty?

I'm anxious to think about it!

"Mistress Wuli!" Jin Wushu suddenly spoke and broke his silence at this time, "You can't be the Lord of Jiangdong... But you are still the king of the Zhao family after all, and there are tens of thousands of people willing to follow you. You might as well take them to attack Songzhou. If you can seize Songzhou, then a certain family will ask the emperor for an imperial edict and grant you the title of Song King, and will have Songzhou, Xuzhou, Shanzhou, Suzhou, Bozhou, Haizhou, Huaiyang Army, Lianshui Army, and a total of six states and two armies!"

The matter proposed by Jin Wushu was actually agreed upon a long time ago... If Wulimei can't take the position of the Crown Brother of the Song Dynasty, then let him be the King of Song Dynasty. Then he will seal the territory bordering Jingdong Road and the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty to him - this land has been ravaged by the Yellow River and there is really little money to scrape it, so I might as well let Wulimei take over it!
Chapter completed!