Fang Yuanwu no longer cared about Huayang County or material things. He quickly confessed to Feng Haohan, left the conference room in a hurry, and hurried to the high ground.
Yo yo.
As soon as he saw the trebuchet, Fang Yuanwu rushed to Fang Yinbao's side.
"Haha, isn't this Mr. Fang? Long time no see. What are you doing?"
"I have been in a meeting this morning. I didn't know that you are coming here. I am really disappointed. If my brothers are negligent, please forgive me."
After all, he is one of the pillars of the Central Army Corps. Fang Yinbao had to respond, "General Fang is too polite. I am just doing a routine check. If there are no problems, I will leave soon."
"That's it." Fang Yuanwu nodded understandingly.
"Come on, come on," he said without hesitation, hooking Fang Yinbao's shoulder, pulling him and walking towards the tent.
"The wind is quite strong in this highland in the morning, and the weather is very cold. I will leave the verification to my brothers. Why don't you, the Imperial Envoy, go have a cup of tea with me to warm yourself up."
Fang Yinbao was directing his men to load stone bullets into the trebuchet. He somehow twisted his body and missed Fang Yuanwu's extended hand.
"General Fang, I'm so sorry. I'll skip the tea. I'm checking this long-range attack trebuchet. I'm temporarily unavailable for my duties. Please forgive me, General."
Fang Yinbao spoke calmly, but Fang Yuanwu had something in his heart, and his heart beat violently when he heard it.
He no longer cared about drinking tea and quickly glared at the generals around him.
"What's going on with you? The imperial envoy wants to check the weapons of our central army. He is looking down on us. Why are they all standing in a daze and not coming to help? Why must the brothers from the Ministry of War do it themselves?"
The people around him shook their heads quickly and replied in confusion.
"Back to the general, my subordinates were ready to help measure the attack distance, but the imperial envoy... refused to let me."
"That's right, the last few wanted to help weigh the stone bullets, but they were refused by the Imperial Envoy."
…
Ha ha.
Fang Yinbao laughed and waved his hands.
"General Fang, I don't know why you came in such a hurry, but please don't accuse your nobles unfairly. In fact, I asked them to have a good rest."
"Master Fang, you are too polite." Fang Yuanwu kept winking at his subordinates, "It would be fine if I didn't know, but now I know it, why do I have the nerve to let the imperial envoys do it themselves?"
"Especially Mr. Fang, you are a distinguished guest of the Central Legion. As a distinguished guest, you should sit in the upper seat, drink tea and see the scenery of Huayang County. Just let the brothers take action on such trivial matters."
The general with a quick mind reacted immediately and ran towards Xiao Zhu.
"Zhu Qin sent Brother Zhu, please stop being busy and let me help you."
However, before he could take a few steps, Fang Yinbao had already blocked the way with a smile on his face.
"General, please stay." He glanced at the captain standing next to Fang Yuanwu with a smile, "Didn't General Song just say that there is a mountain across the row, and the rulers Xiao Zhu and the others brought are specially made by the Ministry of War. Yes, the distance measurement is absolutely accurate. The only drawback is that it cannot be operated by ordinary people."
"So they have to do it themselves."
The man looked at the dazzling sword in Fang Yinbao's arms, hesitated for a moment, then didn't dare to push in any more, and had to stop with an embarrassed look on his face.
Fang Yinbao didn't look at his liver-colored face, and turned to look at the vast sea in the east.
"My generals, the sea in front of us is quite calm, and it looks like a beautiful scenery, but we all know one thing very well. That is Ishikawa Taki of the Sishan Islands is already ready to move, and we don't know when the Japanese pirate warships will suddenly appear. Under the Dinghai Pier."
"As the saying goes, the night before dawn is the most difficult. This is when the soldiers on the shore need to recharge their batteries the most. It's just a small test, so I won't bother you generals."
Fang Yuanwu stared at Fang Yinbao silently for a long time, then suddenly smiled.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy is right. What are you looking at? You can either rest or go about your work."
He first waved away the onlookers, and then looked thoughtfully at the huge trebuchet.
"General Song, something doesn't look right about this trebuchet," Fang Yuanwu said in a cold tone, "What's going on?"
Song Xuewen was slightly startled and quickly reacted.
His face immediately wrinkled up like a bitter gourd.
"Back to General, the information shows that this long-range attack trebuchet belongs to the earliest batch manufactured by the Ministry of War. It has been assigned to our Central Army Corps for several years, and has been kept in the warehouse since then, so it looks a bit shabby."
"Damn it!" Fang Yuanwu Boran was furious, "This is the ultimate weapon of the empire. Does it look old if you don't use it? Where are the daily maintenance workers? What do they do for food?"
Song Xuewen quickly waved his hand and pointed back.
"Back to the general, the general noticed something was wrong earlier and has already punished the maintenance staff of the baggage warehouse according to military regulations. Each of them received twenty military sticks, and they should still be unable to get up now."
snort.
"It's only twenty military sticks, it's an advantage for them." Fang Yuanwu snorted coldly.
Song Xuewen glanced at Fang Yinbao cautiously, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
"The general and the imperial envoy, in fact, from the general's point of view, the baggage maintenance staff cannot be completely blamed."
"What?" Fang Yuanwu was confused.
"General, please look," Song Xuewen pointed to the sea to the east. "As we all know, our baggage is transported all the way from the Ruinan County base camp, and most of it takes the waterway. For example, starting from the Xinglan Grand Canal, first go all the way Go east to Sulan County and then go north to the Dinghai Pier in front of you."
"The journey along the way was not only long, but also cold, wet, or wandering around, so all the baggage suffered varying degrees of damage."
After speaking, he patted the large trebuchet beside him.
"Especially for these important weapons of the country, their main supports are made of fine iron. Their power is really impressive. It can be said that the Japanese pirates' rock-breaking trebuchets cannot be compared at all."
"But as the saying goes, there are gains and losses. They also have a problem, that is, they rust easily, and they like to break down once they get rusty."
Speaking of this, Song Xuewen shook his head regretfully.
"General and Master Fang, to be honest, I really can't guarantee the range of this trebuchet. If the attack data measured by your Excellency is biased, I am willing to accept the punishment for poor maintenance."
Not well maintained?
Fang Yinbao laughed angrily, but before he could speak, Fang Yuanwu beside him had already taken away the topic.
"What's the penalty? This is the earliest trebuchet developed by the empire. The data was originally a little biased, and now it's rusty. It's normal that it can't shoot very far."
"Master Fang," he came over and hooked Fang Yinbao's shoulder hard, "How about we change to a slightly newer one and test again? As for this one..."
Fang Yuanwu raised his head and looked at the tall trebuchet next to him, "Although it is always a bit old, it is indeed a bit old, but it should be no problem to use it as a medium and long-range suppression trebuchet. It can make the best use of everything."
"Come here!" Song Xuewen, who was next to him, reacted quickly. "Dismantle this trebuchet immediately and move it to the medium and long-range trebuchet group."
This change stunned Fang Yinbao.
Before he could react, the soldiers around him rushed up, clambered onto the trebuchet, and quickly dismantled it.
It's just that the trebuchet is very large and it takes a long time to disassemble it.
Fang Yinbao was extremely angry and was about to pull out Shang Fang's sword from his arms, "How dare you! I'm going to test this weapon. Anyone who wants to die can just use it again."
Ha ha.
However, Fang Yuanwu and Song Xuewen had already squeezed over and carried him away without any explanation.
"Master Fang, don't be angry. There are so many trebuchets here in the highlands. This one can't be tested. Let's test this one here..."
Work harder.
(End of chapter)
