Li Mingzhi had already sent someone to bring the news and promised a heavy reward from the royal family.
Of course, the workshops in Kyoto would not give up this opportunity, so they all readily agreed.
"Very good." Jiang Qiulu suddenly felt confident.
"Your Majesty, I think the scope can be expanded further."
"We can also have people notify the surrounding cities."
"This way the process can be faster." Li Mingzhi said.
But Jiang Qiulu shook his head.
"We don't want to go to the cities outside Kyoto yet."
"There is King Yong's Black Dragon Legion there. Once discovered by them."
"Prince Yong will definitely get involved and interfere with our progress." Jiang Qiulu said.
"Then how should we take precautions here in Kyoto City?" Li Mingzhi asked,
"Huh, what are you guarding against?"
"We have people all over Kyoto City. If anyone dares to have evil thoughts, we will arrest them directly." Jiang Qiulu said with a sneer.
At this time, Di Yunhao happened to enter the Tai Chi Hall to deliver the memorial.
"Commander Di, you came just in time." Jiang Qiulu stood up immediately when he saw Di Yunhao's arrival.
Di Yunhao didn't even look at the memorial he handed over, and just threw it aside.
"What are your orders?" Di Yunhao asked.
"Tell Nanzhen Fusi to ask more people to observe the blacksmith shop in Kyoto City."
"Now that we have cooperation with them, we cannot allow others to take advantage of the loopholes." Jiang Qiulu said.
Di Yunhao knew that Jiang Qiulu wanted to make equipment.
So Di Yunhao didn't ask any questions and agreed directly.
After everything was arranged, Jiang Qiulu breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days later, someone from the production department reported that the samples had been produced.
Jiang Qiulu immediately went to the production department to check.
I saw two large machines parked there, a trebuchet and a ballista.
Seeing these two finished products, Jiang Qiulu was overjoyed.
This is exactly the same as what Jiang Qiulu saw in the TV series.
"Your Majesty, we can test it in the open space behind." said the director of the production department.
"allow!"
Jiang Qiulu agreed immediately, eager to see the results.
Afterwards, everyone came to a huge open space, and a group of soldiers pushed a ballista and a trebuchet over.
Then he took some larger stones and put them into the throwing machine.
Under the operation of the soldiers, everything is ready.
Then he looked towards Jiang Qiulu, waiting for orders.
Jiang Qiulu nodded, indicating that he could start.
The next moment, the two soldiers let go of the rope at the same time, and the trebuchet's arm shot up.
The stone in the throwing machine was thrown out instantly.
The stone drew a parabola in the air, and then hit the ground hard.
Jiang Qiulu was overjoyed and immediately went over to check.
In this test just now, the effective range of the trebuchet was about 150 meters.
"It's very good to be able to achieve such results for the first time." Jiang Qiulu praised it.
"Your Majesty, I am going to reinforce some key components."
"This can not only ensure the durability of the catapult, but also improve the throwing distance to a certain extent." said the production manager.
"Okay, hurry up and make the drawings. I'm going to arrange these equipment to the western front." Jiang Qiulu said.
"promise!"
Later, everyone tested the ballista.
The results of the crossbow made Jiang Qiulu even more shocked.
The soldiers installed ten giant crossbow arrows on the crossbow cart, and then fully pulled the crossbow strings.
At the command, the crossbow string immediately rebounded, and ten arrows flew out at once, disappearing without a trace.
Later, the soldiers went to observe.
After a while, several soldiers came back.
"Your Majesty, the location of the crossbow just now is at least 800 steps away from here." the soldier reported.
Jiang Qiulu nodded, very satisfied with the result.
"very good."
After Jiang Qiulu saw the results, he applauded repeatedly.
After returning to Taiji Hall, the production department had sent someone to send the drawings.
"Commander Di."
"I'm here!"
"Send someone to send these drawings to the western front, and let the engineers there make them according to the drawings."
"The ballista can be placed on the city wall, and the trebuchet can be used to siege the city."
"Time is tight, and Chongqi doesn't have samples yet, so they can try to make it according to the drawings."
"As for the reconnaissance kite, the risk is too high, so we won't make it yet." Jiang Qiulu ordered.
Later, Jiang Qiulu handed another letter to Di Yunhao.
Di Yunhao did not delay and immediately returned to the Zhenfu Division to arrange the delivery of the letter.
At night, a group of royal guards rode out of the city on war horses and headed towards the western front line.
As for King Yong, he was still troubled by the casualties in the Third Army Corps.
In Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Yong was sitting there with a Sima face.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates found out something about the Third Legion." Long Yang came in to report.
"speak!"
"The food, grass and military pay received by the Third Army during this period have dropped significantly compared to before."
"There were even scenes of snatching food from each other."
"My subordinates believe that the reason why these two teams were wiped out was because of the military pay issue."
"The soldiers were emotional and caused this tragedy." Long Yang reported.
After hearing this news, King Yong's originally gloomy expression became even more ugly.
Now the people placed by King Yong in the household department have all been removed by Jiang Qiulu.
It was no longer possible to divert money from the treasury to feed its own army. The military pay system can only be implemented according to the lowest standards.
Moreover, Zhongli was dead, and the Third Legion was leaderless and unmanageable.
It is not surprising that this happens.
"Qingzhi, please temporarily act as the commander of the third legion." King Yong said weakly.
"Then what should the prince do?" Lin Qingzhi asked.
"I will take care of the prince's side."
"Brother Lin, don't worry." Long Yang said.
"In that case, please." Lin Qingzhi said.
Afterwards, Lin Qingzhi tidied up a little and secretly left Kyoto City.
He was ordered to do so in a critical situation, but there was no other way.
If this continues, the losses caused by the Third Army will be even greater.
"My lord, there is something very strange here." Long Yang said.
"What's wrong?" King Yong asked.
"After inspection, these dead soldiers all had arrow wounds."
"That is to say, these people all died under random arrows."
"Is there a possibility that someone is secretly lurking around and killed these two teams?" Long Yang guessed.
Hearing this possibility, King Yong's heart skipped a beat.
But when I thought about it again, I felt it was a little impossible.
"You mean Jiang Qiulu's people did something inside?" King Yong asked Xiang Long Yang.
King Yong felt that this matter was getting more and more complicated.
