The power of the returning cannon is terrifying.

Historically, the Mongolian army fought against Xiangyang for seven years and sent countless soldiers who were not afraid of death, but they could not pile up the corpses.

Because the widest part of the Xiangyang moat is 250 meters, the average width has also reached 180 meters.

Unlike when the Jin Army attacked the city of Tokyo and directly attacked the city, it rarely freezes in the winter in the south. Even if it freezes, no one can leave.

Under such circumstances, the Mongol army was naturally unable to attack.

It was not until the Huihui artillery was produced in this battle, and its terrifying power directly smashed the Xiangyang city wall and destroyed the morale of the Xiangyang defenders, that this important town in the Southern Song Dynasty was penetrated, and world history was changed.

It is not difficult to make a return gun. It uses the principle of lever counterweight and only needs to be improved on the traditional trebuchet.

With the technology of the Great Song Dynasty, it would be too easy to make such a thing as long as Zhao Ning gives some instructions.

Not to mention Linzhou and Fugu, when the time comes, use it to attack Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty, and just smash the city wall.

That's why Wu Jie believed that this thing was about to completely change warfare.

"This is confidential." Zhao Ning continued, "The Ministry of Industry will arrange for you to make some separately, but you must keep it strictly confidential."

Wu Jie said excitedly: "Yes! Thank you Your Majesty! With this thing, I will definitely be able to get Linzhou and Fugu back faster!"

Zhao Ning was actually prepared in his heart to learn from Jin Jun's Huihui artillery. There is no airtight wall in the world.

But delaying is best if you can.

This time, the Song and Jin Dynasties will enter a new peace negotiation situation and fully open commerce and trade.

But the emergence of returning artillery will inevitably bring new uncertainties to the war.

The next war will only be more brutal.

On the morning of August 21, Song and Jin held talks again.

Adhering to the principle of peaceful development between the two countries, personnel from both sides conducted friendly exchanges on the basis of mutual respect and common welfare.

Finally, an agreement was reached: peace should continue and both sides should exercise restraint on the border.

Moreover, this meeting also achieved unprecedented results. The two sides decided to open up business and fully open up business exchanges.

The headline of the evening newspaper on August 21 was about the peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasties.

The Mandarin is spoken very beautifully.

The next day, headlines began to appear in major newspapers.

Early in the morning, Gao Qiu sent Zhao Ning a report on the civil discussion last night.

Gao Qiu said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors among the people that the peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasties in the sixth year of Jingkang were the second Chanyuan alliance and the beginning of a hundred years of peace between the Song and Jin Dynasties."

"oh?"

"I think this may be nonsense from people with ulterior motives."

"How do you say this?"

"Just after the negotiation, such exaggerated rumors came out. Could it be the Jin man's trick?"

Zhao Ning glanced at Gao Qiu, good guy, Gao Qiu is really smart!

"Let's just think of it as a trick of the Jin people." Zhao Ning said, "The Jin people don't want to fight now, but want to start business. The Jin envoys have been pestering us in Tokyo for several months, trying to negotiate a peace, and instigating a truce in the south. They are just trying to

To achieve today's situation, it will further divide our dynasty. After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty reduced military expenditures, abolished horse farms, and the military and political system declined."

"It turns out that the officials all know about it."

Zhao Ning smiled and said: "The Jin people want to use peace to make us relax, and we can naturally use peace to paralyze the Jin people. You should go to the Hebei border to inspect it. The Song and Jin Dynasties are about to open. I want to know the full situation of the people's livelihood there.

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"yes!"

While the Song and Jin Dynasties were negotiating peace, the storm in the southeast did not stop.

From Zhao Ning's point of view, Southeast is now equivalent to preparing military expenditures for Wu Jie. As expected, a large number of people will be sent to the border areas to fill the civilian population there.

On August 25, the situation in Jiangdong became even more tense.

People from the Ministry of Revenue, the Audit Institute, and the Su Provincial Institute arrived in Jiangning and launched a comprehensive investigation into the tax collection.

On August 26, at the Huaidong Transportation Department Yamen in Yangzhou, Wang Zongyan, the transportation envoy, suddenly received a letter from Qin Hui.

Wang Zongyan frowned and read Qin Hui's letter. The sentence that impressed him the most was: In the fifth year of Jingkang's reign, Wang Sicao and Lu Yi had tea together in the capital, and now they are allowing someone in Huaidong to cause trouble, perhaps with his accomplices.

This sentence scared Wang Zongyan to the point where he almost died on the spot.

He didn't know why Qin Hui shamelessly slapped the blame on him, but now that Qin Hui had great power, and with this label, in this tense situation, even if he, Wang Zongyan, had nothing to do with Lu Yi, it might affect Chi Yu.

So, at the end of August, those who had been on strike and causing trouble in Yangzhou suddenly and rarely disappeared.

At the same time, a group of bureaucrats who strongly supported the New Deal suddenly appeared in Huaidong and began to collect taxes intensively.

By September, the wind direction had changed in both the official circles of Huaidong and Jiangdong.

Opposition voices were obviously suppressed, and praise and praise became the mainstream.

The officialdom is always so sensitive, and bureaucrats always like to adapt to the changing circumstances, so speculation is prevalent.

In early September, the first batch of large households with autumn tax issues were couriered to Jiangning Mansion.

Thirty households are involved, half of them are first-class households, another third are second-class households, and the rest are third-class households.

After repeated inspections by the Ministry of Revenue, local magistrates, and the Audit Institute, the evidence of these people's tax resistance was conclusive.

At this time, the landlords finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

A first-class householder named Li Fu from Xuanzhou hoped to pay the taxes and then be released.

However, Qin Hui obviously did not intend to let these first group of people go.

On the third day of September, at noon with a hint of autumn, all the heads of these thirty households were escorted outside the city, and their heads fell to the ground not long after.

Furthermore, all thirty households were ordered to have their homes searched and their families guarding the border.

In this crisp autumn season, nearly ten thousand people were escorted north.

What I copied out this time is at least two million strings.

However, including the 3.5 million guan that Jiangning Mansion had copied before, the total reported by Qin Hui was only 2 million guan, which was less than two-thirds.

The fifth day of September, Tokyo city.

The sky is endless blue, and the autumn wind gently touches the Bianhe River, making the waves sparkle.

The sunset gradually went down, it was quiet and peaceful.

Wang Zonglio hummed a little tune and got into the carriage. Not long after, he arrived at the entrance of the palace.

Many important ministers came to the entrance of the palace today.

At this point everyone should have finished their day's work and gone home, but here they are.

Because Zhao Guan's family was going to host a grand banquet for the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin.

Not only envoys from the Kingdom of Jin came, but also envoys from Japan, Korea, Xixia, and Dali.

The Zhao Guan family euphemistically called it the "Feast of Peace" and wanted to spread the word to the world that the world would be peaceful and prosperous.
Chapter completed!