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"General Yuchi is right. The use of new weapons needs to be further adjusted with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. This is just an experimental product. The Military Weapons Supervision needs more time and funds to develop more advanced firearms. I believe it won't take long to meet the requirements for long-range strike." Yuan Shan said.

After seeing off these people, Yuan Shan breathed a sigh of relief. The use of firearms is still immature. The next step is to make another small artillery like this, and thicken the barrel again to allow continuous firing. The number of times is increased, and then the number of shots is tested at the limit.

Immediately after Li Shimin understood the power of the cannons in Xiande Hall, he arranged for the general to secretly pull the cannons back to the school grounds in the north of the imperial city.

The shotguns fired really have a strong momentum, and the range of the solid bullets is also very far. I have a certain understanding of artillery after firing three times in a row. However, how this weapon will work on the current battlefield is still unclear. It's not clear, but it can be used as a city defense weapon.

It's just that the cost is too expensive, and a lot of ironware is needed, which makes Li Shimin a little embarrassed. After repeated thinking, he still called his confidant ministers to discuss.

"Your Majesty, according to Yichen, this cannon has a strong deterrent effect, and Yuan Shan said that this cannon is specially designed for cavalry. The scattered damage can hurt the horses, and the sound can also startle the horses. For those who are not used to it It has a great impact on horses," Du Ruhui said.

"Your Majesty, I compared the power of the gunpowder used in cannons and the gunpowder used in grenades. I thought that Yuanjian knew more about the use of firearms. Why don't you hand over the production of grenades to the Military Supervisor? Make it." Fang Xuanling said.

"Xuan Ling's suggestion is very good, so what do you think of merging the Gunpowder Supervision into the Military Weapons Supervision?" Li Shimin said.

Merging two prisons into one prison, how to arrange this kind of thing is still a bit complicated. The specifications of the Military Weapons Supervision will be expanded, and how the official positions of the two main prisons will be arranged. All these need to be discussed. There is no precedent. meaning to come.

Moreover, since the establishment of the Gunpowder Supervision, it has been a very hidden prison. Li Shimin's meaning is very clear, that is, he will attach great importance to the Military Weapons Supervision, and he will soon have great power. For the court, these things still need some manipulations. OK.

"Your Majesty, I think we can secretly merge and strengthen the guards of the Armament Superintendent," Fang Xuanling said.

"Well, what Xuanling said is very reasonable, I will arrange for the Beiya imperial army to go there." Li Shimin said.

Within two days, the Military Weapons Supervision was busy. Yuan Shan didn't know what Li Shimin was up to. The number of craftsmen increased from 30 to 130 at once, and the entire Military Weapons Supervision was expanded again, and the guards increased from 20 to 200. increased to [-] people.

Moreover, Du Ruhui was directly responsible for the implementation of all this. After everything was dealt with a month later, Yuan Shan knew that Li Shimin wanted the Military Weapons Supervisor to produce grenades.

Yuan Shanya is going crazy. I haven’t been to the manor for two months. I spent most of my time researching and building artillery with the craftsmen. During the experiment, the artillery was built in a variety of ways. All the artillery of different specifications and calibers were produced, and then carried out Experiments and data testing, this is really a waste of money, the warehouse began to store ready-made iron instead of storing iron ore.

This shows how much Li Shimin attaches importance to the Military Weapons Supervision. In this way, Yuan Shan was locked up, and the power of the grenade made with the new formula more than doubled. But Yuanshan hasn't had a peace store for a long time.

The chairman of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce and the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce did not show up for more than a month, which made their members very nervous. Yan Bei brought back horses and all the people who purchased horses from the Chamber of Commerce. This time, he went out and bought more than 3000 horses. .

Among them, one thousand horses belonged to Yuanjia Manor, and the rest were digested by the chamber of commerce and immediately, but Yuan Shan didn't know about this.

Chapter 215 Returning to the Manor

Yuan Shan wandered around in the prison. Since the prison expanded, it was not Yuan Shan who benefited the most, but those under him. He was promoted, but the power in his hands has increased, and his subordinates have changed from a hundred or so people to more than 300 people now.

In addition to being affiliated with the Ministry of Industry in name, it is actually jointly funded by Li Shimin, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. Li Shimin attaches great importance to the current Military Weapons Supervision, and also sent Du Ruhui to directly supervise the Gunpowder Supervision. Things, the actual manager still fell into the hands of Yuan Shan.

There is a newly-made small-caliber cannon and many kinds of grenades on the newly added school grounds of the Military Weapons Supervision. These are all produced by the Military Weapons Supervision during this period. Today, we will make statistics on these things , and limit testing.

Du Ruhui also came today, Yuan Shan sat in the audience seat and said to Du Ruhui, "Du Shangshu, these are earplugs."

As a result, Du Ruhui immediately used the earplugs made of cotton. Seeing that Yuan Shan had already plugged his ears, Du Ruhui did the same.

Then there are loud noises, grenades and artillery, testing in different areas.

"Yuan Zhengjian, this new type of grenade is so powerful." Du Ruhui said.

Yuan Shanxin said that this is an improved gunpowder, how can I get out of here if it is not too big, so he said: "This is a new type of grenade newly developed by the Armed Forces Supervisor..."

The next day Yuan Shan left the Military Weapons Supervision in a carriage and returned to the Peace Shop.

As soon as he entered the shop, he saw Zhang San rushing towards him and said, "Young master, you are finally back. It has been a worrying month."

"Zhang San, the Viscount really saw the right person. After leaving for such a long time, you still miss me. It's really touching." Yuan Shan said casually.

Then I heard Zhang Sandao: "Young master, you will not come. I don't have the funds for the rich and expensive cars. Now processing these vehicles costs hundreds of taels of gold. The two ladies in the manor are planning to stop paying for the rich and noble cars." Money supports it."

Yuan Shan was quite moved just now, but he didn't expect that Zhang San's main purpose was not to care about him, but to care about his money investment.

"I was almost moved by you. Tell me about the situation." Yuan Shan said pretending to be calm.

"Master, [-] Fugui cars have been produced, and they are now in use. The drivers are hired from Yang Shan. Fugui cars have parking spots at the intersections of every room. It has been more than a month since Fugui cars The business is really good, and the continuous profit is just that the initial investment of Fugui Cars is relatively large, and it will take a while to recover the cost." Zhang San introduced.

"Yes, as long as this rich car can make money, keep working hard." Yuan Shan encouraged.

"Master, I will work hard." Zhang San replied.

"Young master, Yanbei is back and bought a thousand horses." Zhang San said.

"Yan Bei is back, and it happens that the carriage is ready now, and I want to go to the manor." Yuan Shan said.

He couldn't wait to go back. He went to the Hepingfang store just to change a carriage to go back. By the way, he had a look at the situation of the Hepingfang store. He heard from Zhang San that Yanbei bought a thousand horses this time, which was tens of thousands of taels of gold. If Qian hadn't been impulsive at the time, he wouldn't have become a little embarrassed like he is now.

With these horses, it's easy to say, even if you don't raise them and change hands, you won't lose money. Now the horses in Chang'an can reach 35 yuan each, and better horses are more expensive, and the money is finally back.

All the way without a word, Yuan Shan took the carriage back to the manor, and a group of women Yingying, Yanyan came out chirping. Yuan Shan rushed to Dugu Ruolan and Du Qianyu immediately after seeing Dugu Ruolan and Du Qianyu, hugging them was true. Miss them very much.

There was a large audience, everyone was looking at Yuan Shan, so many pairs of eyes were looking at Yuan Shan, Dugu Ruolan and Du Qianyu were a little shy with their blushing faces, but they hadn't seen Yuan Shan for two months, so they couldn't care less now. Especially Dugu Ruolan.

"Go in first, I want to take a bath first, I haven't taken a good bath these days." Yuan Shan said standing at the door.

Then Yuan's manor returned to calm, Yuan Shan went directly to the bathroom in the backyard, lay down in the tub and closed his eyes to rest.

"He Ye brought hot water." He Ye came in and said.

"Put it aside, I'll do it myself." Yuan Shan responded immediately.

Immediately realized that today was a bit abnormal, usually He Ye would not break in directly, what happened now, and then I saw He Ye came in with a bucket of hot water, and then his face was blushing, and his expression looked very shy , and then heard her whispering: "Master, the lotus leaf is here to help you take a bath."

"No, no, use it, I'll do it myself..." Yuan Shan refused at first, but he didn't expect that today's lotus leaf would be so bold, and she rushed forward. If she didn't agree, she might do something out of line, so Yuan Shan compromised.

After taking a bath, Yuan Shan went back to the room and immediately went to Dugu Ruolan to inquire about this matter. Dugu Ruolan did not shy away from it, and once again persuaded Yuan Shan to accept the proposal of He Ye, the housemaid, and took advantage of the "little Don't beat the newlyweds" At this juncture, the timing is just right.

It's just that Yuan Shan has his own ideas. Regarding He Ye, he appreciates her management ability very much, but he doesn't think about other things. Came in person.

Yuan Shan almost had a nosebleed, he was completely out of anger, but even if Dugu Ruolan lied to him about this kind of thing, he couldn't directly ask for proof, so he had to endure it.

Yuan Shan, who was extremely depressed, went to chat with Du Qianyu for a while, and then took the opportunity to get some bargains, and then he went to the racecourse, because with Du Qianyu, there will always be no tension for the next step. Yuan Shan found that he was a tragedy.

When I arrived at the racecourse, I saw that Tian Da and Yan Bei were herding their horses here. A thousand horses were running around in the racecourse. What I saw was tens of thousands of horses galloping. Yuan Shanxin said that this is just like a racecourse.

When Yuan Shan came over, he saw that blacksmith Lu and others were shoeing these horses. Now the blacksmiths in Chang'an are making these things. These horseshoes in the manor came from the early orders of the Military Weapons Supervision.

"Master, this is the horse I bought from the Turks this time." Yan Bei said.

"Well, they are all good horses. They need to be fed well. Next, we will expand the fleet of Yuanjiazhuang. You will have to work harder then." Yuan Shan said.

A thousand horses are not 1000 two-horse carriages. The carriages built by the Yuan family later were all two-horse carriages, so the horse team composed of this group of horses was only five hundred at most, but five hundred carts were not so easy to manufacture. Yes, as far as the axle is concerned, it costs [-] guan, which Yuanshan can't afford now.

Chapter 216 Du Qianyu's Cooking Skills

The next morning, Yuan Shan was lying on the gist of the inner courtyard, listening to the chorus of the maids, the effect of live singing was not very good.

"This is the life I want. Let the military inspectors go about their own work." Yuan Shan muttered while sitting in the rocking chair.