After all the generals tried their hand at the crossbow, they all expressed surprise and excitement.
Ji Ping also looked happy after receiving Xiao Yuan's funding. He rubbed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if I have any new ideas for ordnance in the future, can I give them a try?"
"Just do your research." Xiao Yuan said happily: "I strongly support it. It is related to the country's military. It will never reduce the military expenditure of the Ordnance Department!"
"Your Majesty is truly the most sage and wise king in history!" Ji Pingle looked happy.
Xiao Yuan gave him a strange look. This sloppy guy rarely flattered him.
Ji Ping was a man who was obsessed with the study of ordnance, including armor and weapons, all his life.
To reward him with gold, it is better to give him a blueprint. He can hold the blueprint and be fascinated.
"Your Majesty, take a look at these two newly improved crossbow beds."
Everyone came together.
The first one was not much different from the previous crossbow bed. They were all large crossbows loaded with thick arrows, but the volley was changed from three to five.
Several soldiers worked together to pull it apart, hearing the sound of mechanical bounce. Then they loaded the large crossbow and cut the rope.
Buzz! Five large arrows were fired in a volley, one directly smashed the straw man without losing strength, and the other hit the tree trunk and broke it with a click.
The killing distance has been increased, and the power has also been enhanced. If you are in a military formation, it is easy to shoot down a bunch of people, and the army-breaking crossbow is worthy of its name.
Then another one.
It's not so much a crossbow bed as it is a newly improved siege engine.
Under Ji Ping's guidance, the soldiers tried their hand again, and the effect was indeed much better than before.
"Master Ji, today is really an eye-opener for me."
The generals couldn't help but admire him.
Xiao Yuan also patted Ji Ping on the shoulder: "As expected of me, the founding hero of the Qin Dynasty, Master Ji, thank you for your hard work!"
"Hey, your Majesty is so complimentary." Ji Ping looked cheerful.
Xiao Yuan glanced at the generals again: "Okay, after the new Jinnu Ordnance Division is built, it will be equipped with each army in turn. This crossbow has not yet come out, so please don't leak it!"
"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison.
The ordnance was transported back and everyone left together.
On the way back to the palace, Su Yi followed him, raised his hands respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, are you ready to send troops to Beidi?"
"It's not right now." Xiao Yuan chatted with him as they walked: "Beidi is different from Dongyi, not only in terms of military strength. If a war really breaks out, Shaan can gather at least more than 300,000 troops, and the northern territory is vast, and Beidi cavalry Whether we will fight with you east or west cannot be decided in a few months, so this war is not what we need to fight now."
Su Yi thought carefully and said: "What your Majesty said is that if this war lasts too long, our country can sustain it, but after all, it has just been unified and it is not good for the people's livelihood."
Xiao Yuan smiled gently: "Okay, our first commander has taken people's livelihood into consideration."
"I am not worthy of being the first commander-in-chief. Your Majesty has defeated a minor minister." Su Yi said hurriedly.
Xiao Yuan was happy and said, "Do you remember the ghost clan's armored heavy cavalry?"
"Of course." Su Yi became more energetic: "In fact, our army has already thoroughly studied this kind of heavy cavalry. If we encounter them again, we will definitely kill them without leaving any trace of armor."
"In the last battle, the 600,000-strong army was destroyed, including the Ghost King. The ghost clan has not recovered its vitality yet." Xiao Yuan said: "If it recovers, I'm afraid it will come back again. After all, the devil has a heart."
"Your Majesty means"
Xiao Yuandao: "We must first eliminate this little ghost clan, destroy their country, destroy their species, and make them disappear completely!"
"Your Majesty, you are wise! The ghost clan has destroyed humanity and should not be left here!"
"Let's explore first." Xiao Yuan said.
Then he remembered something again and said seriously: "By the way, is your cough feeling better? Didn't I ask Koi to go to the General's Mansion to have a look?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Miss Koi is indeed a miraculous doctor. She prescribed the medicine. After I took care of him, he has been much better." Su Yi said.
"That's good, be sure to take care of yourself."
"Your Majesty, minister." Su Yi felt warm in his heart.
"Okay, okay, let's go."
On the other side, Ji Ping immediately found pen and paper as soon as he returned to the Ordnance Department, and quickly wrote a memorial to the court.
Xiao Yuan's approval was quickly received.
After receiving the red pen instructions, he did not hesitate for a moment and went directly to Chen Huaiming, the Minister of Household Affairs.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of household registration and finance. Generally, government funds will come from here, but sometimes the Ministry of Household Affairs will reject you and make you suspicious of life.
Ji Ping had been here before and his mouth was wide open.
Seeing him again now, Chen Huaiming couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Master Ji, how can I dare to make independent decisions on arsenal appropriation, and you want so much."
Then he added: "Don't worry, I have reported it to His Majesty. I believe there will be a decision in a few days. But to be honest, I think the amount you want is very high."
He was not optimistic.
Unexpectedly, Ji Ping directly photographed the official document on Chen Huaiming's case and said cheerfully: "Master Chen, please take a look at your majesty's red batch."
"Ah?" Chen Huaiming was shocked, quickly picked it up and looked at it carefully.
The official document is Ji Ping's memorial, and the content is simple and clear: I am asking for two hundred thousand taels of silver to be used for military equipment.
On one side of the official document, there is a red word "quasi", which is indeed Xiao Yuan's handwriting, and it is also stamped with the emperor's seal.
"This, this." Chen Huaiming was dumbfounded.
"Mr. Chen, hurry up, I have to rush back to the Ordnance Department." Ji Ping urged. In fact, he rarely interacted with official circles.
"Hehe, hehe, this, this, I didn't expect Mr. Ji to get His Majesty's instructions so quickly." Chen Huaiming smiled forcefully, like a daughter-in-law who loves money.
Then he sighed and stood up: "Okay, the Ministry of Household Affairs will allocate funds now. It's just Master Ji. This is a full two hundred thousand taels of silver."
Early morning the next day.
Chen Huaiming couldn't help but bring this matter up and said:
"Your Majesty, the arsenal often allocates 200,000 taels of silver, which is a total of 60 million if converted into copper coins. It costs so much, what should we do?"
Sixty million military expenditures are actually quite normal, but as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is inevitable that Chen Huaiming will worry about money.
Xiao Yuandao: "The arsenal is a powerful weapon for the country, how can we not spend military expenses?"
"But Your Majesty." Chen Huaiming said with a sad face: "It costs so much. If things go on like this, how can the national treasury bear it?"
"Okay Chen Aiqing." Xiao Yuan comforted him a little: "I understand that Ji Ping has reported in detail the allocation of funds from the Ordnance Department."
"Yes." The emperor said so, and Chen Huaiming could only respond and return to the train.
Later, Xiao Yuan discussed the government affairs with the ministers.
Changed the daily morning dynasty to once every five days.
This is not because he is lazy in political affairs, but it is a very necessary system change.
Because there are so many state affairs, many times, people go to court just to talk about trivial matters and then retreat. This is meaningless.
Ministers go to court every day, and some of their residences are not near the palace. They need to get up at two or three in the morning. Even if they are close, they still have to wait in advance, because being late for court is very serious.
Meeting in five days is the best plan and the result of consultations among ministers. It has been proposed for several days and has not been finalized until today.
This avoids a lot of tedious and meaningless things, and small things can be discussed together. Of course, if there is an emergency and it is not during the court period, the ministers can enter the palace to see the emperor.
And these are all based on the consideration of national government affairs and ministers.
In fact, Xiao Yuan's government affairs have not changed at all. Even if he meets once every five days, he still has to approve the memorials that should be approved every day, and he still has to be busy in the study when he should be busy.
(End of chapter)
