"What's wrong, Mr. Lu Guogong? Is it because today's food is not satisfactory? Or is today's wine not good enough?" Tang Ping asked, holding a cup.
"Hmph!" Cheng Zhijie snorted coldly: "The food is not bad, although it is not as good as that girl Xiaoluo, but Hecun is also made by her direct disciple. This wine, from Laojiao, is also delicious."
"But you asked me to come here today not only to eat and drink, but also to do something for you. Counting what you owe me, these are two things you want to get rid of with just one drink?"
"It depends on what you said!" Tang Ping chuckled: "Duke Lu wants to come to my place for a drink. Isn't that a matter of time? Isn't it just in time today? You also know the errand that His Majesty has entrusted to me."
"This 20th anniversary celebration, we still need the help of Lu Guogong, Qing Que and the two of you. Wouldn't it be better if we talked about things while drinking wine?" said Then Tang Ping raised his cup and drank it with his head raised: "I'll do it first as a token of respect."
"Okay, you just drank a drink and it looked like you drank three hundred drinks." Cheng Zhijie said with disgust: "You might as well call your apprentice out. Although he is young, his ability to drink is much better than you."
"Besides, that guy drinks well. He doesn't go crazy even after drinking too much. He just loves to write poetry, hehe."
"That can't be helped." Tang Ping shook his head: "He has been out for a few days on something."
At this time, Lu Yaoqin picked up the wine glass and said, "Gong Lu, I heard that you are a hero. Why don't you let me propose a toast to you?"
"Okay, it's better to drink with someone than alone!" Cheng Zhijie simply clinked a drink with Lu Yaoqin.
Then Yun Zhuiyue also toasted Cheng Zhijie with a few glasses of wine. The two of them looked cute, but in fact, they drank too much.
Moreover, it was almost the instinct of both of them to say nice things. After a few back and forth, Cheng Zhijie was made to laugh: "Young man Tang, you are really lucky."
Tang Ping rolled his eyes at him, and then said: "So as I said just now, please ask Duke Lu to arrange a team of ten thousand people to cooperate with us!"
"It still doesn't work!" Cheng Zhijie shook his head: "Although His Majesty asked me to cooperate, the city guards cannot move. If you must ask for so many people, then I can help you talk to the Ministry of War and draw a team for you. ."
After speaking, he asked a little strangely: "Why do you need so many 10,000 troops to hold a celebration?"
Tang Ping said with a smile: "With fewer people, there will be no momentum. Moreover, we also have to show off a lot of new equipment from Qingque this time, so naturally we need more people."
"Qingque, what kind of new equipment do you have there?" Cheng Zhijie immediately became interested: "If I ask you in the past, you know how to tell secrets. Since you want to show it this time, you can let Uncle Cheng know, right?"
Li Tai only focused on eating when he got to the table. When he heard Cheng Zhijie ask him, he put down his chopsticks and said, "I can indeed reveal a few things. The main display this time is the strongest military unit fighting on the plains."
"The strongest unit?" Cheng Zhijie was stunned: "Is there any unit that is more powerful than heavy cavalry for fighting on the plains?"
Then he suddenly realized: "Are you talking about the Great Tang Dynasty Cannon you made?"
Cheng Zhidian nodded: "The Great Tang Shenwei Cannon is indeed powerful, but it also has many shortcomings, and mobility is the biggest one. If I control the cavalry, I will not contact you, I will just drag you to find opportunities."
After finishing speaking, he said with a smile: "So in my opinion, the most powerful unit for plain warfare now is heavy cavalry. Of course, you can equip heavy cavalry with weapons such as firecrackers to make them even more powerful."
"Hey hey hey!" Li Tai became more energetic when he mentioned his major. He laughed a few times and then asked: "I know that the heavy cavalry can run faster than the Tang Shenwei cannon, but the heavy cavalry can run faster than a steam engine. A car?"
Cheng Zhijie thought about the speed of the latest steam engine car he saw last time, shook his head and said, "If it were on the plains... it really wouldn't be able to run."
It may be faster to activate, but the durability of heavy cavalry is not strong.
Steam engine cars, on the other hand, are things that don't get tired and can catch up quickly.
"Since I can't run away, then I can install the Tang Dynasty Shenwei Cannon on a steam engine car." Li Tai asked proudly.
"The Great Tang Dynasty Cannon was pressed against a steam engine car?" Cheng Zhijie was stunned, and then asked: "You succeeded? Didn't you say it was too heavy to install?"
"It turns out it's not possible, but
Now we have reduced the weight of the gun barrel, which shortens the service life, but makes it possible for the Datang Shenwei Cannon to be installed on steam engine vehicles. "
"And the performance of steam engine cars now is much better than before. In order to carry such a heavy Tang Shenwei cannon, this batch of steam engine cars did not use traditional rubber tires, but instead used crawler tracks."
"Treads? What are those?" Cheng Zhijie turned into a curious old man and asked if he didn't understand.
Li Tai took a piece of toilet paper and put it under the two chopsticks: "The original tires were like these two chopsticks. Now we use a new steel material as the track, so that the weight of the entire vehicle is reduced from the original two chopsticks." The wheel is transferred to the ground, and the track is transferred to the ground.”
LiTai tried to speak more plainly: "If it turns out that the two wheels can easily sink the ground such as plains or grasslands because of the weight on them, If it goes in, it becomes difficult to move forward. So now that we use crawler tracks, this problem has been perfectly solved."
"And because the tracks are made of steel, even some sharp gravel roads that previously posed a threat to the wheels can now travel without any hindrance."
"Hiss..." Cheng Zhijie imagined it for a moment, then took a breath of cold air.
This kind of big guy who can run as fast as a horse, whose powerful Tang Dynasty cannon is as powerful as thunder, and who is as fearless as a city wall with bows, arrows and weapons, is indeed the strongest soldier in the plains. It seems that it is not an exaggeration.
If it were to face the enemy's infantry phalanx, the Tang Dynasty Shenwei Cannon wouldn't even need to fire. The weight of tens of thousands of kilograms alone would be able to crush everything.
"So you have a steam engine car with wheels changed to tracks and a cannon..."
"Tank!" Li Tai said calmly: "My cousin and I call this kind of vehicle that is specially modified for war a tank."
"Okay, Tank!" Cheng Zhijie didn't know why he was called such a strange name, but he still accepted it.
"So the tanks you mentioned are ready for large-scale deployment?"
This is what Cheng Zhijie is most concerned about.
"Well, that's right, ten units of version 1.0 have been built now." Li Tai nodded: "This celebration will show them all to the envoys of various countries."
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