[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Xia Anran sincerely felt that the uproar in the capital had nothing to do with him, as did the civil and military disputes in the court.

He really didn't expect that the courtiers he had sent were so capable of causing trouble, even a statue of a door god could cause some fights.

But to him, this dispute is meaningless, what a big deal.Just like the God of Wealth, it’s enough to have Wenmen and Wumen gods. He remembers that there are Baozheng and Yuefei door gods in modern times, which proves that this custom does exist.

Wu Dingguo, Wen Weiwen, both civil and military are indispensable in a country, children only make choices, as adults, of course they have both.

Xia Anran made a clear statement, and everyone turned to Zhao Zhen.

The imperial uniforms of the Song Dynasty were not blocked by beads. The face and expression of the young emperor were clearly exposed in front of the courtiers. There was a bit of indifference on his face, as if he didn’t know that the civil and military struggle just now was a civil and military struggle in the court. Just treat it as an ordinary topic, seeing everyone's attention, just nodded casually in response to what King Pingnan said.

Then the emperor directly advanced the topic to the next one without saying a word, with a very comfortable posture, as if he hadn't seen the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who was just like a black-eyed chicken at all.

But before the courtiers expressed their views, they were attracted by the next topic.

The next topic is - who is the head of the text, and who is the head of the military?

Wu Kui was ordered very quickly.

If it is said that defending the country of the Zhao family, the generals so far are undoubtedly headed by Yang Ye.

He himself, his son, grandson, and great-grandson have all been exceptional in every generation, and the great-grandson has just won the imperial examination.

The other families were aggrieved, but everyone didn't have much opinion about Yang Ye winning the championship. There was nothing they could do. I was strong, and my family was also strong. They couldn't fight.

Disputes occurred above civil servants.

Whether it is talent, character, or ability to govern the world, to choose the most famous military general, of course, the first choice is to make meritorious deeds, kill foreign enemies, and protect the country, but it is extremely difficult to choose the best civil servant.

Literati look down on each other, and it is inevitable that there will always be criticism in the eyes of the ancestors.Don't look at these literati who usually show respect for the sages, but when they criticize the predecessors, they are very mean when they talk to each other.He can even find out what the nephew of a certain minister's wife has done for you.

Many generals shrank back silently, listening to gossip with their ears stretched out.

Zhao Zhen's face was pale, and this situation was obviously within his expectation. When all the courtiers broke the scandal with each other, and the fight was almost over, Zhao Zhen pretended not to know and coughed lightly to narrow the scope, only talking about the courtier himself , no matter how their family is.

After arguing for a long time like this, finally everyone reluctantly decided on the first recognized civil servant in the Song Dynasty, which was Zhao Pu.

In fact, strictly speaking, Zhao Pu should not be regarded as a pure civil servant. After all, this man is not very literate. In terms of talent and learning, everyone in the court can dump him a few blocks, but the key is that Zhao Zhen's attitude is very clear. It is civil servants, not literati.

A minister character will focus on the explanation.

There have been only four generations of emperors in the Song Dynasty. If it can be said that the civil servant who contributed the most to the country is a deceased person, then this is indeed the only one to be recommended. ?

After the case was settled, the expressions of the civil servants immediately turned calm. They shook their clothes, took a few breaths to calm their minds, and tidied up their expressions to return to their old-fashioned and prudent appearances. They all expressed that they didn't mind this at all.

Although he couldn't be selected this time, it doesn't mean that he can't be selected in the future. Immediately, some courtiers carefully tested the emperor's tone, whether to make these two courtiers gods?

That's right, the emperors of China have always had the habit of enshrining their favorite civil servants and military generals according to their own hobbies.

This is a unique mythological tradition in China.

Since the gate is to be posted as the door god, the identities of these courtiers are very important. If the emperor enshrines them as gods, then they can be regarded as different from ordinary people, but if the emperor only regards them as excellent courtiers Recognition and setting an example means that everyone can compete for the top position.

While the door gods guard the peace and well-being of the people, they will also enjoy the sacrifices of the people.

The Chinese tradition focuses on incense, and it is the goal of every family to want the incense to last forever.

In addition to the success of the family's heirs, the other most reliable way is to enter the country's Martyrs' Shrine, where the dynasty can live forever and enjoy the incense of the dynasty. Now, they have found another way : That is to become a door god.

The door god is enshrined in almost every household. The number of incense burners is probably more than that of the god in the temple.

Zhao Zhen didn't understand the meaning of the servant for a while, and he was still a little puzzled at first, but when he understood it, he felt a little dumbfounded, but after thinking about it, he felt that this method was also a good positive praise.

At the same time, it can also publicize to the public how capable and fearless the civil servants and generals of the Song Dynasty are, and then spread their deeds all the way, saying that they can't spread across the borders. Is there any better publicity and education than this?

He waved his hand, he might as well change to a term in three years, and if there is a goalkeeper who performs particularly well, he can also be re-elected.

All the courtiers were silent for a while, and complained in their hearts how to judge the performance of the door god?But at this time, no one asked questions. Their ultimate goal has been achieved. Of course, at this time, they will only give the emperor a rainbow fart to praise his wisdom, and praise this method so that there is nothing in the world.

This kind of hello, me, everyone's good mood ended when Emperor Renzong gave them an order to work overtime.

Now that this year's Great Song goalkeeper has been selected, what are you waiting for?Hurry up to paint and make stereotypes. The day of folks changing peach charms on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is not a few days away. Not to mention popularizing the whole country, at least the city of Bianjing must be popularized.

The scene was silent, just after you sang and I appeared on the stage, the scene turned quiet, Zhao Zhen snorted and ordered a few people to take charge of this matter, and the people who were ordered agreed on their faces, feeling bitter in their hearts.

Now that time is running out, the folk gate gods of the Three Kingdoms have already spread out, and it is not easy to seize this market. They can't say that the people are prohibited from using the gate gods of the Three Kingdoms and only their own can be used?

Facts have proved that the grassroots officials of the Song Dynasty were still very powerful when they wanted to do things, especially after giving them a dead line.

At the scene of the new group activity ice play competition in the Great Song Dynasty, the manufacturing bureau hastily produced a group of door gods, and sold them in crowded places. They are the official, and of course they occupy the best position.

Other shops can only watch with envy and hatred that these officials occupy the best positions, but sell door god paintings there at extremely cheap prices.

This price can be said to be half sold and half free!

Isn't it half sale and half free?In order to quickly occupy a market and meet Zhao Zhen's expectations, this time the New Year picture sales activity can almost be said to be cleared at the cost price.

And in order to attract customers, they still use colored New Year pictures. Whether it is painting or engraving, they are all everyone. Both the artistry and practicality have crushed the Three Kingdoms New Year pictures.

As soon as the official makes a move, you will know if there is one.

Faced with such pressure, these craftsmen insisted on living up to their master's name and handing in the most perfect answer sheet.

Civil servant Zhao Pu stood facing east with a wat board in his hand, and general Yang Ye's eyes were like lightning, slashing with a horizontal knife and facing west with a disdainful attitude.

The two door gods, one Wen and one Wu, are exquisitely carved, well-proportioned in coloring, and the whole figure is absolutely beautiful, which is much more exquisite than those made by Xia Anran's small workshop.

Coupled with the deliberate concession of the door gods of the Three Kingdoms, the market acceptance of these two courtiers is much higher than those of the Three Kingdoms whose popularity rate is not high at this time.

On the eve of the Lantern Festival in the fourth year of Tiansheng, people in Bianjing City immediately discovered a strange thing, that is, two paintings of door gods were pasted on the gate of Da Nei.

Soon, someone discovered that all members of the royal family had posted Yang Ye and Zhao Pu as door gods on their doorsteps.People in the Song Dynasty were shocked at first, and then everyone followed suit. The ability of the royal family as the king of goods should not be underestimated. When the sun fell and the lantern festival opened, basically [-]% of the people in Bianjing changed the stickers on the door of the people of the Song Dynasty to the official of the Song Dynasty. Civil and martial arts door god.

The craftsmen are hurrying, and the market is also working hard. Finally, before the [-]th day of the first lunar month, a batch of products produced have been sold out through various means. Of course, how many people are aiming at the names of those engraving masters? It is unknown.

As for where the door gods of the Three Kingdoms went... cough cough, with the door closed, no one else knows anything, right?

On the day of the Lantern Festival in the fourth year of Tiansheng, the local residents of Bianjing lived very cautiously.

Because of the tragic experience of watching a light-hearted emotional drama last year, which turned out to be a heart-abusing short drama, the natives of Bianjing City this year were a lot more cautious when choosing to watch the drama with their families during the New Year.

But then they discovered a strange problem.

The troupe that directly caused the Bianjing Lantern Festival tragedy last year is actually not in the capital this year!

This is very strange.

Where will these NPC Lantern Festival festivals be if they are not in the capital?Is it because you know that everyone will not be fooled by them again this year, so you left?

Ahem, in fact, this year there are still some masochistic people who plan to re-experience the feelings of last year.After all, for some citizens, because of this big drama last year, they also unexpectedly reaped their love.

After all, ladies, after watching the tragedy, they are always more delicate and fragile. At this time, if the gentlemen coax them again, their favorability will naturally increase sharply.

What's more, in the wedding market throughout last year, the unpopular military men in previous years fought a comeback.The probability of success is several times higher than in the past, so many soldiers said before: This year, in order to thank this drama that has brought them great benefits, even if they don’t watch it, they still have to spend money to buy a ticket Hold a field!

But what they didn't expect, the entire crew disappeared, everyone first looked suspiciously at Gong Wei, after all, the emperor also had this criminal record back then.

As a result, the palace was quiet.

Then guess which powerful family it is?After waiting for a few days, I couldn't wait for the wind.

So where did this troupe go?It won't be going back to my hometown for the New Year!The people of Bianjing talked a lot.

Listening to the heavy breathing of King Taiping who was sitting next to him, Pang Tong scolded his good brother Bai Jinxi in his heart.

That's right, this troupe is presenting an art show for the Taiping Army in the north.

Pang Tong, who lived on the northern line for a long time and left the capital's fashion circle, wanted to give his brothers a break, so he entrusted his brother to find him a well-known theater troupe in Beijing. .

and so……

Why did he trust Bai Jinxi? ?That dead rabbit with no white spot on its body and a dirty heart!

General Pang Da's knuckles were clasped on the coffee table, and he felt a little uncomfortable all over.

In the first half of the show, Pang Tong could still hear rustling voices, but in the second half, there was only boundless silence and the sound of breathing getting heavier and heavier.

I really believe in your evil!

What is written in Bai Jinxi's letter?

The view of this drama makes people feel extremely tearful and blood-boiling.

That's right!He did say so!What now?He made the generals of the friendly army cry in the friendly army's barracks, not one or two!

Oh, almost crying is also crying.

Pang Tong adjusted his sitting posture and tried his best to shift his gaze to a position where he could not see King Taiping.

After he calmed down a little, he suddenly frowned.

Weird.

Pang Tong thought.

He could clearly feel that King Taiping's mood swings were too severe.

It is true that the plot arrangement and character interpretation of this drama are extremely vivid, but it is by no means to the extent that it will move the Taiping King who has gone through a thousand sails and has been for many years.

What's more, this play may deceive ordinary people in the capital without experience, but for the soldiers, there are many loopholes in it.Because of this, Pang Tong was not able to devote himself fully from the beginning to the end. He only saw a few details, and he could tell that it was probably written by some powerful people in Beijing, who could get in touch with some, but who had never personally experienced it. drama.

That's why he plays every time, just because the scenes are too familiar to him.

If he is like this, King Taiping should be similar, but King Taiping's emotional waves are too obvious, even if he is sincerely suppressed, others will not notice it, but Pang Tong's ear is enough for him to find out that something is wrong.

But even more subtle is Prince Taiping.

Ever since the boy's death in the play, there has been a faint killing intent emerging there.

If he felt right...Pang Tong clenched his fist and pressed his cheek with one hand, thinking to himself, the target of this killing intent was his father.

The father and son Pang Tong and King Taiping didn't have much contact time. Although the two insisted that they lived in the same military region, their relationship served as each other's arms and constraints.They have been close to each other for many years, if not for the fact that the Taiping Army owed them a favor from the Northern Army this year, I am afraid that the friendship between gentlemen would continue.

He knew even less about Prince Taiping.

Shizi's sense of existence is extremely subtle.

If he hadn't escorted the goods into the country for his father years ago, he would not have realized that he had been ignoring the Prince Taiping's son.It's not that the son doesn't go out all the year round, the wonderful thing is that the prince of Taiping is clearly active in various legends and stories, for example, his talents, learning, and appearance are all good, so not many people have met him.

This prince took a different route from Prince Pingnan. Prince Pingnan did not show his face at all back then, but this one is rumored all over the world, and few people have seen the real Buddha. But because of his legend, it is difficult to Discovering this point, if the person Bai Jinxi lent him hadn't pointed it out, and Pang Tong sent someone to inquire about it, I am afraid that no one would have discovered this point.

What a wonderful person.

Pang Tong thought.

King Pingnan was hidden from the world back then, and this one is hidden from the court.

If it is said that hiding one's tracks like this is purely personal preference... no one would believe it.

Bai Jinxi's person is really easy to use, and he smoothed out part of the silk thread for him in a few days. All his feelings before were not illusions, but he should be implicated here, and the main target of this prince of Taiping is still It's the Taiping Army.

But what are the various arrangements?If it was to seize power, why didn't the son enter the military camp?

King Taiping is guarding the Northland, and Wang Jue with a different surname has no reason for his father to die, especially for military positions. The family would never dare to hand over the important parts of the Northland to the eldest son who has not made any statement.

He originally thought that the prince was related to Beiliao, but Bai Jinxi's people searched secretly and found no clue.

Strange, so strange.

Pang Tong has always wanted to get in touch with this prince, he has confidence in his intuition, but it is a pity that this prince has been hiding behind the scenes, until the new policy was implemented, Taiping Palace began to compete with them in the market, and was once at a disadvantage, this prince only appeared in front of him.

Difficult to deal with.

His soldiers and confidantes couldn't survive a few tricks under this prince, and all returned with broken wings. In the end, he could only talk to him in detail.

He is very smart, has a certain amount of advance and retreat, has many secrets, and is fickle, but his number sense is extremely poor.In short, very troublesome people.

Frankly speaking, Pang Tong didn't want to communicate with this kind of people, but it's a pity that this person's intentions may affect the official arrangement.

To this day, he felt as if he had seen the hidden desires of this Prince Taiping's son.

As if aware of his gaze, Shizi restrained his murderous intent, and glanced over with a hint of warning.

Pang Tong smiled kindly at him, was this warning him not to meddle in his own business?

The man's eyes were fixed on the table, and the girl on it sang melodiously, with a somewhat graceful figure.

But this General Pang, who grew up in the fan circle of the capital since he was a child, was not moved.

His long eyelashes drooped, he raised the teacup that had been set aside to take a sip, and said to himself: There is no warning in this world for me to eat.

After the Lantern Festival, the Ministry of Industry reopened the furnace, but the furnace still needs some temperature to heat up, and everyone has not recovered from the happy holiday atmosphere, so the atmosphere in the Ministry of Industry is a bit lazy.

A small official walked through a courtyard stepping on the warm winter sun, and suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in his sight was strange.

Several craftsmen wore masks made of superimposed layers of cloth on their faces, and then covered themselves tightly with cloth.The crowd watched a craftsman holding a fishing rod and dipping a glass bottle into a basin.

Their behavior like this is really strange, besides him, there are many other people watching secretly outside the door, seeing that everyone inside has not moved, the crowd of onlookers stepped in immediately.

From a distance, the bottle and the water were both quiet and there was no special reaction.Anyone who is able to enter the Ministry of Industry, no one else, is extremely curious. If the reaction in the basin is violent, everyone will still be a little wary, but now it is quiet, and people can't help but want to take a closer look. La.

Unexpectedly, the first person who wanted to go over to look at it was immediately pulled away. "Don't die"

The person who stretched out his hand stopped him with an extremely strict attitude.

Is it so serious?The craftsmen who were about to move stopped immediately. They looked at the quiet water surface, and at the extremely cautious little officials who were holding their fishing rods. What kind of special material, an improper stool will cause an explosion?

But since it's about to explode, this thin cloth can't stop anything.

Seeing that everyone here was tense, the craftsmen who came to watch were very sensible and didn't say much.

They all take their leave for the time being and go to work, but there are more chances to pass by.

The little official with the fishing rod in his hand didn't care about anything else until someone told him yes, then he lifted up the glass bottle. After that, the bottle was buried in lime water, rolled several times, and then rinsed in the pool. .

Finally, scrape off the layer of wax attached to it with a bamboo strip, and rinse it again.

During the entire cleaning process, everyone was extremely cautious, and they were not even willing to touch the glass bottle with their hands.

"My lord, is it alright?" a small official asked, Xia Anran thought for a while, just to be on the safe side, she took a bamboo clip and pinched the mouth of the glass bottle, turned the bottle around, and everyone immediately found that the glass bottle was broken. There are several winding marks on the body.

It is a picture of an old man fishing in a lonely boat. The place where the fishing line hangs is just a ripple on the glass bottle. At first glance, it seems that there are swimming fish about to bite the bait.

Xia Anran manipulated it to turn around, and there was another blooming chrysanthemum behind her. Everyone was amazed, and said that such dark patterns are very beautiful!

Seeing that everyone was really curious, Xia Anran asked someone to wash the bottle under the flowing water for a quarter of an hour before taking it out for others to touch.After making sure that it can be touched, everyone immediately started.

The touch of the trace is very special. The place where the trace can be clearly found is a layer lower than the ordinary glass surface. "It's corrosion!"

Immediately, a craftsman judged, "You have come up with a way to corrode colored glaze!"

Someone scraped the upper layer with a nail, making a rattling sound. Through the resonance effect of the nail flakes, the craftsman judged that "corrosion is very uniform."

"It seems that this white alum still can't eat through the colored glaze." Said the craftsman next to Xia Anran.

"This thing is called white alum. The name is so weird."

"This kind of effect is just right, and it's pretty good-looking. The lord really thinks it up." Xia Anran also joined in the fun and went to touch the potholes, and then immediately rinsed with everyone's fingers under cold water repeatedly.

He nodded to the craftsman who was recording beside him, and the latter immediately wrote a piece on the paper, and finally handed it over to Xia Anran for printing.

There were more and more people watching, Xia Anran saw the complicated situation, and immediately turned away.If you don't run now, you won't be able to run away if you are caught up by these tech nerds!

In fact, this method of engraving lines on glass is called the chemical frosted glass method in modern times.

What is used is hydrogen fluoride gas or aqueous solution and silicon in glass to produce corrosion reaction.

When they used to make steel, they purchased a large amount of fluorite as a reducing agent, and then left some. Xia Anran, who had nothing to do, immediately performed for his brother: Ye Mingzhu and sulfuric acid heated gas to poison mice. experiment of.

After consuming a few Ouchi royal mice, his brother finally silently took down the night pearl in his bedroom from where it was hanging, and threw it far away.

It is not very difficult to make the first gas. Obviously, such a simple method immediately made the emperor vigilant.Although Xia Anran slandered in his heart that if someone could bring concentrated sulfuric acid in under heavy protection, then he wouldn't need to do such a complicated reaction, just use sulfuric acid to harm people, but he couldn't say that.

He explained to the emperor that such a reaction must be heated up. In fact, the conditions are difficult to meet, but his brother waved his hand, saying that his brother was too naive.

Never underestimate the viciousness and capabilities of your enemies.

Zhao Zhen said, "If necessary, they can do everything you can't imagine. Besides, is it really impossible to do it under high temperature?"

Xia Anran thought for a while, then silently turned her gaze away.

His reaction seemed strange at first glance, but Zhao Zhen smiled lightly and didn't ask any further questions.

He raised his hand and patted his younger brother's head, but when he stood up, his body shook slightly, and he stood still again.Seeing him like this, Xia Anran reacted so quickly that he reached out to help him, and Zhao Zhen grabbed his younger brother's hand.

Seeing Xia Anran's worried face, he looked up at Xia Anran's round eyes and smiled, "It's okay, but I'm a little tired recently."

The young man was silent for a moment, he murmured for a moment, and could only say in a low voice, "Brother still,... it's important to pay attention to your body."

This sentence was extremely pale, and he knew very well that Zhao Zhen couldn't stop for a while.

On the outside, the relationship between Song and Liao is acceptable, but they are just calculating each other; the relationship between Song and Dangxiang has been subtle lately, and they are both jumping left and right on the line of whether to go to war; The vassal state is also a lot of points that need careful attention.

In the interior, the reform of the military system and the reform of the currency were carried out simultaneously within one year. Even Xia Anran felt that it was too fast, but the emperor insisted on doing so, and everyone had no choice.

Xia Anran has never known why Zhao Zhen always has a sense of urgency, nor why he has to push himself so hard and in such a hurry, wishing to wipe out all the evils in the country overnight.

But this is impossible.

Any change itself is to solve one problem, but another problem will inevitably arise when the change is made, which requires various fine-tuning of the plan.No matter how much their superiors think, they cannot compare to the different thinking and understanding of thousands of people, and it is even more difficult to resist deliberate misleading by those who are interested.

All plans are good at the beginning. No plan was created to exploit and embarrass the masses. However, there are always errors in actual operation. Therefore, in modern times, a policy always has the concept of trial operation. Here The new and the old will always go side by side for a period of time, and the old one will be abolished after it is confirmed that the new one can be accepted.

If you are careful, you will always find that there is always a gap between the trial version of the policy and the general implementation. The actual implementation is much simpler than the trial run. This is the result of fine-tuning during the operation process.

But in Da Song, there is no concept of trial operation, let alone trial versions 1, 2, 3, hearing meetings, etc.Under such a system, it is no wonder that reforms have repeatedly suffered setbacks.

The currency reform this time was drafted by Xia Anran himself. He had some experience in this area. After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty also went through a turbulent period when the Eastern Han five baht was restored.If not, as a modern person, he would not feel the ancients' obsession with money at all.

What he didn't expect was that the reform of the currency system had just started, and Zhao Zhen wanted to annex and adjust the military region at the same time. Although he was persuaded by his minister Wang Dan, he also implemented the industrial adjustment of the military region. The wool comes from sheep, which finally makes them feel less uncomfortable.

He didn't feel deeply, but for the emperor, carrying out two reforms at the same time meant all kinds of entanglements, and the biggest problem was - how to appease civil servants when this piece of cake was eaten by generals?

Very simple.

That was the sticking method that Zhao Zhen abolished in November last year.

The sticking method is essentially a method that allows face-to-face transactions between tea merchants and tea houses, and the government collects handling fees from it, and relevant departments must not interfere.

To put it simply, this piece of cake is to change the previous monopoly and turn it into a market-oriented operation, but this has reduced the profits of the tea, and at the same time it has violated the interests of civil servants, officials and businessmen in related fields. Zhen gave them a compensation.

However, despite his regress, the results were not good.

The Song Dynasty was originally a disaster-prone dynasty. The reason why there are few similar impressions in history is that the disaster relief mechanism of the Song Dynasty is relatively complete, and it is rare that there will be turmoil or epidemics due to poor disaster relief. This is because the Song Dynasty Bring the victims into the army.

This policy that once made Taizu extremely proud dug a sinkhole for his descendants.

From November of last year to January of this year, three months have passed, and the state of Song, which has experienced many catastrophes, has added [-] more "troops", which will make up for the number of soldiers that Zhao Zhen laboriously eliminated. At that time, several young people in the small room were silent for a long time after watching the "happy news".

It really is not such a simple proposition to get rid of redundant soldiers.

Just after the Lantern Festival, news came that the Song army had defeated the Kangnu tribe.

It was reported in the military newspaper that General Cao directly led his troops into the headquarters of the Raksha Sect, and wiped out about a thousand members of the Sect.

Along with the military newspaper, there was a full box of pleading papers, some of which were written in Chinese, and some were written in the Dangxiang clan, among which there were countless crimes against the Raksha Sect.

It is said that General Cao just wanted to teach the Kangnu people a lesson, but when he learned that the Song army was going to fight Luocha, the local party members immediately came to join them, and they stumbled and handed over the pleadings to the suzerain country.

Suing the Raksha Sect for committing crimes, killing people like hemp, plundering property, and forcibly robbing beautiful women are all kinds of crimes, too many to write.

Song Jun was shocked after receiving the news of the help from the people of the subordinate country. He had no idea that the people of the party were living under the oppression of a mere folk sect. The party and the people are in dire straits.

When this news spread to Song State, the people of Great Song State were a little surprised, but they didn't have much to dare to grab the result. The victory can't be taken for granted, and it can be described as unpredictable, after all, the relationship between each other Where is the comparison of strength.

But for those involved, there is another shocking statistic.

casualty rate.

The casualty rate of an army against a mere sect is shockingly high.

The reason is that the Rakshasa Sect is equipped with a special crossbow machine on a large scale. If some heavy armored infantry of the Western Army were not equipped with newly issued shields at this time, the casualties would have been even more tragic.

And this kind of crossbow machine is now placed on Zhao Zhen's table.

This crossbow machine is a military crossbow.