[I didn't update yesterday for some reason. Please forgive me for all book friends. There is really nothing I can do about it. This is the first update today.]

When Xu Liang walked into the factory, the noise immediately lingered.

This is just a place to post-process the cast gun barrel, check whether there are any defects such as cracks, trachoma, burrs, etc., and then polish the qualified gun barrel smoothly.

But hundreds of people were working together around more than a dozen cannon barrels, and rustling noises filled their ears. This sound made people feel irritated and they were uncomfortable when they heard it.

The craftsmen and craftsmen in the factory have buns of tissues in their ears. When they want to speak, they have to louder their voices, like a quarrel.

No one noticed Xu Liang coming in. The firearms bureau's co-education went from craftsman to a lucky official, and quietly walked to a corner of the factory.

Several workers were grinding a thick and long cannon barrel with scrapers and grinding stones.

This bronze gun barrel is much thicker and longer than the other gun barrels being processed in the same factory. From the caliber to the outer diameter and to the length, it is far better than the barrel of another city defense gun not far away.

However, the workers' polishing of the gun barrel is more important than the inner wall. It is like a grinding mirror, polishing the bronze gun barrel to make it clear.

Xu Liang walked closer and clearly saw his distorted image from the cannon barrel.

The gun barrel looks like it has been polished and the gun mount has been ready. I will wait for tomorrow's installation and conduct a test firing in two days. After the test firing is successful, it can be delivered.

This is the third door. Before the New Year, we will build a fourth heavy artillery of the same model and deliver it to the Shenji Army.

Seeing that the third cannon did not delay the time, Xu Liang can finally slap his chest upward to ensure that the fourth cannon is delivered on time.

However, this is not a cannon that can be sent to the battlefield.

Time flies very quickly. It has been half a year since Xu Liang transferred from the Mint to the Firearms Bureau, but the mission he originally had never been completed.

In the last test two months ago, the barrel of the gun exploded again. The gunpowder that was filled with the barrel of the gun was not affordable to the barrel of the gun that was made now.

The walls of the gun barrel are thickened again and again, but as long as the transportation and installation are considered, the gun barrel will be too thin. Only by increasing the weight regardless of the situation can the explosion of gunpowder be withstood.

But now the artillery has exceeded 10,000 kilograms. How can we use it if it is heavy? What kind of artillery can hold on?

“It’s still warm here.”

One of them rubbed his hands and walked in tremblingly.

Xu Liang looked back and saw that Zang Yin, one of the leading figures in the Firearms Bureau.

This is the son of the supervisor Zang Zhang. Unlike his brother who is in charge of the Madao Bureau, he is a silly and loves to talk. Sometimes he doesn't pay much attention to his superiority and inferiority. However, his father's whip from a young age was a casting skill, and he was like a fish in the firearm bureau.

When Zang Yin saw Xu Liang, he said hello loudly from a distance, "Check, did you come so early?"

Xu Liang nodded and ignored it.

Zang Yin had been used to it for a long time. He walked to Xu Liang, rubbed his hands and stamped his feet, "It's still warm here... Why do you have to come here to see this thing every day? It's time to reach this point, what else can you change? You don't need to load the bullets, and the amount of medicine is reduced by half. Just listen to the sound, are you still afraid of blowing up?"

Xu Liang's voice was low, "Empress Dowager, what the emperor wants to use."

"That is, it must be good-looking." Zang Yin said, then patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, when tomorrow will be as bright as a mirror, drag it to the imperial city, so that the Liao envoy dare not look at it."

Xu Liang nodded, and Zang Yin made a joke, which made him feel a little better.

The Liao people's Zhengdan envoy was indeed coming soon.

There have been more reports on the Liao Kingdom in the past two days in the two express newspapers. There are also more news about Goryeo and Japan. Last month, a team of Japanese monks came to Xiuzhou in the mouth of Yangtze River, saying that they were here to ask for help from the Song Dynasty. Whether they should let them enter Beijing was discussed in the court, and the newspaper also published this matter.

In addition, the newspaper also said that the young lord of the Liao Kingdom was in good health recently, and there might be some unexpected problems. After Emperor Xuanzong and Zhangzong, in another half a year, I don’t know which sect to add to the Liao Kingdom’s imperial lineage list.

When talking about this, Zang Yin sneered and said unscrupulously: "Actually, it's not the same side, it's all wronged for several lifetimes."

Xu Liang looked ahead with a blank expression, thinking that he didn't hear it.

What kind of injustice is the Grand Master of Liao? It is obvious that the powerful minister wanted to usurp the throne and thought the emperor was in trouble and killed the matter. Xu Liang didn't read much, so he could only recognize a few hundred words, but he said that there were more than three points in the wazi. At least he knew a little about how Sima Yi and his family did it.

This side is indeed a grievance in the past. Otherwise, a six-year-old child would not even have the soul, so how could he kill his father?

The powerful ministers who killed the monarch and the emperor who killed the father are both ruthless - the crime of killing the father may be more serious, and accidental killing is lower than that of the ministers who killed the monarch.

Such a man-killing is generally recognized as an injustice in the previous life. As for what kind of injustice it is, there are many different opinions, but no one dares to discuss it in public.

But one thing can be confirmed that the emperor is still in power now, which is the result of Wang Pingzhang and Han Guanzheng, who are deeply favored by the late emperor, who fight to repay the late emperor's kindness even if he dies.

"No matter how the Emperor of Liao changed, this time he conquered Goryeo, Japan, and the envoys sent by Liao were still proud." Xu Liang did not answer, and Zang Yin was speechless alone, "But they were not proud either. On our side, only one Anxi Protectorate, he defeated Hei Khan's 100,000 troops and beheaded thousands of them."

"Yes." Xu Liang had another reaction.

Wang Shunchen's victory in the Western Regions was honored both inside and outside the capital, both officials and the people.

The Liao Kingdom had just conquered Goryeo and Japan, gained tens of millions of people, expanded thousands of miles of land, and grabbed countless gold, silver and wealth. It was the time to be proud.

It was heard that the upper class of Japan and Goryeo were all killed, and Goryeo's peasants became tribes of Khitan nobles. As for Japan, although they did not have much resources, they were much larger than Goryeo after all, and their household registration was several times that of Goryeo.

But although the Song Dynasty had been recuperating for a whole year, the Western Regions still fought a war with the Hei Khan, and his achievements were never inferior to those of the Liao people. Think about it, Goryeo and Japan were not as large as those of the Western Regions.

Throughout the autumn, inside and outside the capital were cheering and encouraging for the victory in the Western Regions.

Hei Khan was a Western power with hundreds of thousands of armor. After learning that Shule's important land was captured, he immediately raised his troops to come east as soon as the snow melted.

More than 100,000 troops were divided into two groups, one from the northern route to directly take Beiting and Gaochang, and the other from the southern route to try to recover Shule. In addition, some reinforcements from various Turkic troops in the northern Hei Khan were brought to the north.

After Wang Shunchen's hands were supplemented, there were only more than 6,000 official troops. However, the total number of foreign troops in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains was only more than 30,000. The only thing that was lucky was that the Black Khanate had recruited a large number of tribal soldiers, which allowed the Anxi Protectorate to obtain information earlier and allowed Wang Shunchen to make targeted arrangements.

After leaving two thousand Han troops to guard Shule, Wang Shunchen raised his troops north. He did not retreat to Yangjibali, Northern Court or even Gaochang, but took the Yili Valley, the only way to the northern front of the Black Khan army to march eastward. This was originally the territory of the Black Khan Kingdom, but the Black Khan army had no preparation for Wang Shunchen's long-distance raid. Before he even stepped out of the border, he was defeated by the Hanfan coalition forces personally led by the Anxi Protector Wang Shunchen. This great victory of a thousand miles of attacks killed another Khan Kingdom, who claimed to be the Lion King, and beheaded more than 10,000 people.

The two thousand Han troops left behind Shule, plus more than 10,000 Gaochang soldiers from the north, adopted the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, moved all residents, took away all the stored grain, destroyed all towns in Shule area except Shule City, and then retreated to Shule City, which had been reinforced and repaired, and for a month it was forcing it.

Whether the Black Sweaters used the ladder or dug tunnels, they did not capture Shule City. Instead, they shot endless arrows on the top of the city and suffered heavy casualties. However, the Black Sweaters had worked hard to build, but they could not resist the iron spear shot from the bed crossbow.

It was dragged until the Hei Khans' logistics could not be supported, and the news of the main force's defeat came. Wang Shunchen defeated the main force of the Hei Khan Army in the Yili Valley, killed the Hei Khan Khan, and then indulged the foreign army to plunder the Yili Valley. He led more than 3,000 Han troops back south, and wanted to come down in Shule City for a raid. Unfortunately, the speed of the army's advance could not stop the messenger from running day and night. When he arrived at Shule City, the Hei Khan Army had retreated for six days.

After this battle, the Black Khan Kingdom no longer had the ability to invade the east again in a short time. The country was already divided, and the Dong Hei Khan is now seriously damaged. Next, he must be careful to deal with the Xi Hei Khan's attack and have no time to recover the lost land.

The newspaper did not say so detailed, such as massacre, robbery, and the methods that are not suitable for publicity, such as those that are not suitable for publicity, have not been published. However, in the yamen closely related to military affairs, Xu Liang would hear the news even if he didn't want to hear it.

But the victory in the Western Regions was too far away, and it was useless to scare the Liao people.

Xu Liang knew very well that no matter how many achievements there were in the Western Regions, the court's eyes were always on the north. When the envoy of the Liao Kingdom came south, what the court wanted to see was his expression of fear at the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not have tried his best to urge the military weapon surveillance to create such things that were glamorous outside and could only scare people. However, if you want to scare people now, you may not be able to scare people.
Chapter completed!