On the fifth day of December, it snowed heavily.

Zhao Ning got up from Zhu Lian's bed and smelled it, it still smelled good.

Women are made of water, soft and fragrant.

"Guan Jia, are you leaving so early?"

"Something's going on today."

Zhao Ning got dressed, went back to Tangmuge and took a hot shower, feeling very energetic.

After finishing breakfast, they left the palace just after dawn.

Zhang Shuye was already waiting outside the palace.

Along the way, he saw some people running out to cut down some trees on the roadside to take home as firewood.

Jing Chao originally wanted to stop it, but was stopped by Zhao Ning.

Jing Chao said: "Officials, cutting down trees on the roadside is expressly prohibited by the imperial court."

"Let them go for now. This is a special period." Zhao Ning squinted his eyes and looked at the hunched-over people running quickly with firewood in the wind and snow, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

Jing Chao said: "The officials are considerate of the people, and the people will know how hard the officials have worked."

People like Jing Chao also come from a humble background, and he can understand the hardships faced by those people.

This may also be the reason why he did not surrender to Yue Fei in the end in orthodox history but chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.

After all, for people at the bottom, it is too difficult to climb up. If someone promotes you, the gratitude will be engraved in your heart.

In fact, the management in the city is much looser now than in the past.

It may be that the officials no longer have the time to govern, or it may be that everyone feels that at this time, we should not cause any more internal conflicts.

But some people don't think so, and some people just feel that their interests have been damaged and want to start fighting back.

The carriage quickly arrived at the North and South Workshops. Zhao Ning got off the carriage. Several officials from the Ordnance Supervision were already waiting for the driver at the door.

"I will visit the official's house."

Zhao Ning got down from the carriage and said, "Everyone is exempt from the courtesy."

"Thank you, Guanjia."

The Ordnance Supervision was the official office in charge of weapons manufacturing in the Song Dynasty. However, this place was not the Ordnance Supervision, but the North and South Workshops.

The Ordnance Supervision is a government office, but the weapons are actually manufactured in the North and South workshops.

The Ordnance Supervisory Office was originally a weapons manufacturing office in the Tang Dynasty.

In the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was no military ordnance supervision. Instead, the North and South workshops were managed by the Yamen Zhouan, a subordinate of the Salt and Iron Department among the three envoys.

After Wang Anshi's reform, Shenzong and Wang Anshi were probably both "Tang fans" and believed that restoring the Tang Dynasty system would enrich the country and strengthen the army.

The Ordnance Supervision was established by Wang Anshi's New Deal. Lu Huiqing, the then New Deal general, personally presided over the restructuring and established the national arms management system of the Song Dynasty.

However, the actual manufacturing of yamen in Kaifeng Prefecture was still in the north and south workshops. In the Shenzong era, the north and south workshops were changed to east-west workshops.

The leading official is the ordnance supervisor, and the supervisor here is the official name.

Military Superintendent Li Chong said: "Guan family, please come this way."

"Li Qing."

"I'm here."

"The main reason I came today is to work with Mr. Uncle Ye to make some requirements for weapons to prepare for the enemy."

"I understand that the officials and Mr. Shu Ye can make any requests, and I will do my best."

Li Chong said his words very beautifully.

"Let's look at the manufacturing of the trebuchet first."

"The officials are here, please."

Wanyan Zonghan is now pretending to negotiate peace while quickly preparing for the next larger-scale siege.

Zhao Ning naturally couldn't be idle. Now that the Song Dynasty's war machine was in motion, it should be fully operational.

Wanyan Zonghan besieged Taiyuan City for nine months this year and conquered it.

All the defenders of Taiyuan City died for their country.

How tragic the Battle of Taiyuan was is unimaginable to those who have not experienced it personally.

It is also enough to illustrate Wanyan Zonghan's terrifying will and powerful methods in the war.

The enemy Zhao Ning is facing now is definitely the strongest legion in the world.

Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan was leading all the famous Jurchen generals at this time, as well as the most talented Han officials who had surrendered to the Liao Kingdom.

The Crusaders in Europe could only be crushed into dregs in front of the Jin Army at this moment.

With such an opponent, we naturally have to do our best to prepare and not relax for a moment.

Zhao Ning led everyone to the place where trebuchets are made.

The trebuchet developed into the Song Dynasty, and its technological level had reached its peak.

This thing was learned by the Jin people during the war between Song and Jin Dynasties. During the Jingkang disaster, the Jin people wiped out all the weapons and equipment in Tokyo City and brought them back to the north. They also kidnapped all the skilled craftsmen.

This later led to the rise of Mongolia, which destroyed the Jin Kingdom and inherited all the armor forging, gunpowder technology, trebuchet technology, etc. from the Song Dynasty.

The Mongols further brought these to the West during their Western Expeditions.

Therefore, you can understand that the Northern Song Dynasty was at the highest level of human craftsmanship at this time.

The Song Dynasty was not only culturally developed, but three of the four great inventions originated from the Song Dynasty.

The imperial examination is not just about the Four Books and Five Classics.

Zhao Ning was shocked when he saw the rows of trebuchets standing there.

The trebuchets on the corner tower were more or less damaged a few days ago, and most of them need to be replaced. These are the ones that will be replaced.

Zhao Ning said: "How many trebuchets can be placed on a city wall?"

Zhang Shuye replied: "If one is three feet long, at least 600 can be placed there, but it is not possible to put so many because the enemy will not launch an all-out attack on the city."

"Then what do you think is the problem of having so many walls on one city wall?"

"It's enough to arrange 200."

"So a total of 800 pieces need to be arranged?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then just follow this quantity, is that okay?" Zhao Ning asked Li Chong.

Li Chong felt nervous and said, "I wonder how long the government will need these quantities?"

"Within a month."

"I'm afraid it's a bit tight within a month."

"I remember that there are 5,000 people in the East and West Workshops, and 3,000 people in the Imperial Armory."

"Yes, there are indeed so many people, but 800 units have to be produced a month..."

"What's your problem? Is it a lack of manpower or a lack of raw materials?"

"The main reason is that there are not enough raw materials."

"What if it's a small trebuchet?"

Wang Si, the weapons supervisor on the side, said: "If it is a small trebuchet, it can be done."

Zhao Ning's eyes lit up at this man and he said: "Then make a small trebuchet. It is not suitable to place a large trebuchet on the city tower."

He asked again: "What's your name?"

"Your Majesty the Chief of Military Weapons Supervisor Wang Si."

Oh, it’s actually Wang Si!

Zhao Ning said: "Wang Boyan is your father?"

"It's my father."

Good guy, Wang Boyan was a famous traitor between the two Song Dynasties!

Wang Boyan was the magistrate of Xiangzhou at this time. More than a month ago, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan sent Kang Wang Zhao Gou as envoy to the Jin army camp, but was stopped by Zong Ze in Cizhou.

Zhao Gou turned around and went to Xiangzhou, where he stayed.

According to the development of official history, the city of Tokyo had been breached at this time, and Zhao Gou was named the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses. He recruited King Qin's army in the Xiangzhou area, and then withdrew all the way east, and then all the way south, at Yingtian Mansion (Yingtian Mansion in the Song Dynasty was in

Shangqiu) proclaimed himself emperor Jianyuan.

Among those who supported Zhao Gou's proclaimed emperor was Wang Boyan, a traitorous official of the capitulation faction.

Having said that, Zhao Gou was in Xiangzhou at this time and should have been recruiting King Qin's army.

Zongze of Cizhou should also be reorganizing his troops, and young Yue Fei should have also participated. He will soon join Zhao Gou, but he will not show his talents for the time being.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ning planned to go back and write a letter to Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, giving them a good analysis of the current situation and encouraging them to evacuate north as soon as possible!

Looking at Wang Si in front of him, Zhao Ning suddenly remembered that in history Wang Si was captured by the Jin people and taken to the north after Tokyo was defeated. Wang Boyan paid a lot of money to redeem his son.

"Then I will leave it to you to take charge of these 800 trebuchets. Do you dare to take on this task?"

"I accept the decree!"
Chapter completed!