Wang Ju opened the wing, and there were more than a dozen strange long tubes of things inside. Wang Ju said, "You can take them and look out."

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan each held one and looked outside, and their faces became extremely surprised. Wang Junwan put it down, looked out with his eyes, then picked it up and looked outside. Liu Changzuo rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then got a blur of a glance, as if he was going to sleepwalking.

Zhang Qi stood by and smiled. He was not much better than Wang Junwan when he was exposed to this thing for the first time.

"how?"

"Good thing, good thing, with this magical artifact, then the scout is like adding a divine arm." Liu Changzuo woke up and said.

"I spent two thousand guan and only got these dozens of money. I would be of great use, but I wouldn't be willing to give it to the scouts." Wang Ju said.

It's a good thing, a monocular.

He wanted to do this during the Battle of Dashun City, but the glass transported by Dashi was made into vessels. With the strength of the glass, it was impossible to break into convex lenses and concave mirrors. Therefore, Wang Ju first asked Zhu and Li families to collect the glass produced by themselves in the Song Dynasty.

There was a glass workshop in the Song Dynasty, but the results of the collection disappointed Wang Ju. Even the best ones were turbid and unclear. The Song people called glass also called glass, but the glass produced in the Song Dynasty was really glass.

So Wang Ju gave up.

Until he went to Zheng Baiqu, Wang Ju remembered this again and drew a schematic diagram of the eyepiece and objective lens, and asked Ge Shaohua to ask the Haike of Dashi to find the best glass workshop for specializing in the fireworks. After the fireworks, he would take it back to the Song Dynasty.

There was no news until this year.

However, the eyepieces and objective lenses brought back were still disappointed. Many lenses were not qualified, either the arc was not enough, or the thickness was not clear, or the device was insufficient. As for the number was pitifully small, Ge Shaohua asked, the seafarer said at the top of his voice, "It's so expensive, I can't do anything about it." What should Ge Shaohua do? He had to send it to the capital speechlessly.

Wang Ju made a choice. He only got more than a dozen pairs of lenses and then secretly assembled them in the military weapon surveillance. Even Zhang Ruoshui didn't know about this.

As for the small amount, it was obvious that the businessman made nine points of profit in the middle.

But there is no way to do this. Are people willing to risk trade on the sea without huge profits? But this problem is also easy to solve. But it will take a few years later.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive." Liu Changzuo said.

I fell.

How much does this thing cost? More than one hundred guan per chunk is not expensive? Wang Ju was too lazy to explain and said, "The quantity is too small. I have great use. In order to keep it confidential, I did not report it to the official."

"It should be kept confidential, but how to use it?" Wang Junwan nodded.

"If there are too many, you can distribute it to scouts, but if the number is too small, I will be useful."

“How far can it see?”

It should be said that how far you look is wrong, but who can know the difference at this time? Wang Ju didn't explain, saying: "General Wang, if you look at the face, it's only three or four miles away. If it's a flag, you can see seven or eight miles. If the flag is in the sky, you can see more than ten miles, or even twenty miles. If the flag is big enough, you can even see even further."

"That's very useful." Liu Changzuo immediately heard the meaning of it, but he reacted again: "In the sky?"

"Yes. In heaven, this is the second thing I brought."

Wang Ju took out another box. In the box was a drawing, and several drawings were drawn on the drawing.

"How is this possible?" Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan almost jumped up.

"Don't be excited, keep it confidential."

"Yes, you must keep it confidential," the two nodded again, but this time, even Liu Changzuo couldn't calm down and asked nervously: "Is it true?"

"Can I make a verbal statement?"

"This is a lot of meaning."

If the two are distinguished, they have their own meaning, but if they are combined, the meaning is impossible to imagine.

"So next, we have to design a precise set of flag languages."

There are only three things on the battlefield: drums, horns, and flags, among which flags are the most important. In the Battle of Good Water River, Li Yuanhao personally took charge of the battle, so he commanded it in the flag language. However, the flag language is relatively simple now and cannot play the role of these two things, so Wang Jucai said so.

The two nodded again. However, these two things may have shocked them and they have temporarily lost their judgment. Whatever Wang Ju said is what he said.

Liu Changzuo asked again: "What about the third thing?"

Wang Ju took out another picture: "It's halfway, but it can only come in handy at a specific moment."

Liu Changzuo lay on it and looked at it for a long time and asked, "Gunpowder?"

"It's considered a kind of gunpowder, but it will shine with a very beautiful light."

"Night battle..."

"Well, so it may not come in handy. It must be at night, and it must be under special terrain, so it can work. And it is only one-time and will not work in the future. Therefore, it can only be used once when the key is done. However, on the way here, I thought of another thing."

"Tell me quickly," Wang Junwan said anxiously like a curious baby.

"On the way I came, I kept thinking about one thing, no matter what the battle will take at the beginning of the first lunar month, or until the battle will be around the Lantern Festival, and the northwest is still the coldest time."

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan's faces darkened.

This is the biggest disadvantage of the Song army. Although the temperature gradually warms up in the first month, Qingzhou is located in the northwest, and the temperature is still very bad in the first month. The rivers do not melt, and the ice and snow do not melt. It is normal to have a handful of goose feathers and heavy snow float.

At this time, the battle between the two countries will affect the combat effectiveness of the Xixia army, but it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the Song army. It is nothing else. The Song people are more afraid of the cold than the Xixia people. This is not acceptable.

Liu Changzuo sighed: "It would be great if there were cotton coats."

"General Liu, this time His Majesty issued an edict to allow the transfer of 300,000 kilograms of kapok from the Kapok Department, and robbed 150,000 cotton jackets, and the soldiers and civilians participated in the war. Soon, they will arrive at Sanyuan."

"Oh, oh." Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan cheered.

Cotton is a little cheaper this year, but it is still very expensive.

This 300,000 kilogram of kapok and the outer coat noodles cost a lot of money.

Zhang Feng looked at the expressions of the two and was happy.

Wang Ju made a gesture to make them stop and happy, and said, "Don't be too happy too early. I can only say that there is better than not. In fact, it is just a thin cotton jacket of two kilograms. It is still limited to keeping cold."

But if there are too many, it will not only bear weight, but also be bulky, which is not conducive to flexible combat on the battlefield. Therefore, it is not as good as fur products, but fur products are too expensive. Of course, the significance of the emergence of cotton is not only military. If it can be popularized and cheap, it will increase infinite possibilities for the people to enter the north in the future.

There is no need to mention this.

In fact, in addition to 150,000 thin cotton jackets, Wang Ju also prepared something, which was the gecko oil for the handguard.

In addition, I sent someone to inquire about the veterans in the Battle of Mikawaguchi. The battle also took place in the cold first month of the year. The statements of these veterans will have good reference significance. However, it was too old, and some people may be alive, but very few, and Wang Ju did not find it anyway.

"No, Zi'an, if it's 150,000 pieces, would it be two pieces per person?"

"No, General Liu, think about it. During the New Year, soldiers leave their families to march after the New Year. What will they feel like? So each person gives another one to their families as a subsidy."

"It's good. It's good." Liu Changzuo said.

In fact, it is not only soldiers, but also civil servants. If one person gives a little money, don’t have ten stagnants. Even if the five stagnants are there, can the people complain? But this is impossible. If one person gives a five stagnant, and one person gives a one stagnant, Wang Anshi is reluctant to pay this pocket, even though the money in this pocket belongs to the country.

"For the rest, there may be some people familiar with bows and arrows participating, and these people will be rewarded."

"I see."

"Can't fight an unprepared battle? Besides, what's the price of our dynasty?" The Song Dynasty had so much money! There was still a deficit, so what's the point? No matter what the people are, the national finances are gradually getting healthy. Even if the country's surplus is spent in half a year to fight this battle, as long as you win, how exciting will it have for the weak Song Dynasty?

"But the cold of the first month is still a severe test, so I have been thinking about this problem on the road. So I thought of it," Wang Ju took out another picture and said, "It's it. It happened that everyone was resting during this period. I immediately sent someone to snatch it and let the soldiers practice."

"What is this?" Liu and Wang looked at the drawings and were stunned again.

"If the soldiers are familiar with it, they may be faster than horses."

boom!

Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan stood up together in shock, not because they were scared, but because they were happy.

Although Liu Changzuo said that the training time of tens of thousands of Poche troops was shorter, he was still very satisfied. After the continuous training of several of them, although he could not be called a tiger man, he was definitely stronger than the injunction and would be stronger than the group of mobs in Xixia. However, he still had weaknesses, such as fighting in this season, his cold resistance was not as good as that of the Xixia people, which was related to the racial physique. But Liu Changzuo also thought it was wrong, and it had nothing to do with physical fitness, but one ate meat and the other ate vegetarian, so the physique created was different. Another disadvantage is that all infantry soldiers were relatively slow.

If this shortcoming can be made up, it cannot be called a Tigerman, but it can be called a powerful army.

"Zi'an, no wonder the people of Xixia were scared by you and wanted to send assassins to assassinate them." Liu Changzuo said in a convincing manner.

Zhang Feng also shook his head, and suddenly he frowned, put down the teacup and said, "Let's wait."

"Brother Husband, what do you have to say?"

"Zi'an, when you come to Sanyuan, the people outside are happy after hearing this, right?"

"Brother Husband, I did some small things," Wang Ju touched his head embarrassedly.

"No, you really put your heart into Zheng Baiqu. It is normal for the people to thank you. I mean your prestige in the border area and the fear of Xixia for you."

"Mr. Mai"

"If you arrive in Gyeongju right away, I'm worried... Once this happens, it will have an impact on your future career."

"Zhangzhi, what are you worried about?" Wang Junwan couldn't understand and asked loudly from the side in a hurry. (To be continued)

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Chapter completed!