Lunch was eaten in the side hall of the Princess Mansion. Hot pot and stir-fry dishes have become the standard fare of the Princess Mansion. During the dinner, Li Daozong naturally asked Li Yuan about Li Xiuning's opinion on sending troops to Xiazhou to conquer Liang Shidu.
Li Xiuning and his wife had already discussed this matter with Lu Chen. Now that Li Daozong came to ask on behalf of Li Yuan, he naturally agreed.
"Third sister, uncle is very worried about the disparity in military strength!" Li Daozong looked at Li Xiuning and told Li Yuan what he was worried about.
"Since the military advisor said there is a way to fight this battle, why don't you believe the military advisor?" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen aside and said, "Besides, we can also test the main force this time. If the Turks go south and cannot capture the Liang Kingdom, they will also We can directly intercept a wave of Turks!" Li Xiuning expressed his thoughts.
"Not bad!" Li Daozong nodded, "Then when I return to Lingzhou this time, if the Turks go south, I will contain the Turkic troops in Lingzhou and wait for the arrival of the third sister!" Li Daozong also expressed his thoughts.
"Okay!" Upon hearing Li Daozong's proposal, the other three nodded in agreement.
When several people have a meal, they are in a good mood. After all, the things that should be discussed have been discussed.
After dinner, Lu Chen and Li Daozong said goodbye to Li Xiuning and his wife. Li Daozong went to the palace to find Li Yuan's life, while Lu Chen took the people directly back to Lujiazhuang.
Lu Chen returned to Lujiazhuang and directly summoned several commanders of the Beiwei Guard to the study.
"Everyone, sit down!" Seeing Su Dingfang and others arriving, Lu Chen directly motioned for them to sit down and talk.
"Thank you, Mr. Sir!" After everyone thanked him in unison, they sat down on the chair opposite Lu Chen.
"I wonder why the Lord summoned us?" As the commander of the Beiwei Guard, Su Dingfang looked at Lu Chen and asked directly.
"Here, what do you think?" Lu Chen did not answer Su Dingfang's words, but directly motioned to Liu Jing on the side to unfold a map. Su Dingfang and others looked at the map with some surprise. It was really that the map was too detailed. The location Lu Chen pointed to was the location of the "Liang Kingdom" where Liang Shidu was located.
"Here?" Seeing the Liang Kingdom that Lu Chen was referring to, Su Dingfang and others looked at each other, "Go back to the Lord, this is a serious problem for the Tang Dynasty!" Su Dingfang said very directly.
"If we can win here, there will be no worries about the Tang Dynasty border!" Lian Xiude added.
"Very good, this is what I'm talking about. If nothing else happens, we should have the opportunity to conquer here soon!" Lu Chen said with a serious expression. As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, several commanders opposite him There was excitement on their faces.
"Could it be that your father-in-law wants to take us on an expedition?" Su Dingfang asked tentatively.
"That's right!" Lu Chen nodded, "But it's impossible for all of you to go. After all, we can't win without caring about our family. Someone needs to stay to protect Lujiazhuang. Therefore, the 'exercise' in the next few days will decide who goes and who stays. ! Everyone, go get ready!" After Lu Chen said this, he directly signaled to a few people that they could go out. Several people stood up and saluted Lu Chen, then turned and walked out of the study.
"Old Su, please stay for a moment!" Lu Chen seemed to have thought of something and called out to Su Dingfang.
"Master, do you have any other orders?" After the others left, Lu Chen and Su Dingfang were the only ones left in the study, and Liu Jing was also kicked out of the study by Lu Chen.
"Here you go!" Lu Chen directly took out his pistol from his waist and pushed it in front of Su Dingqian.
"This is..." Su Dingfang looked at the pistol pushed in front of him by Lu Chen, and looked at Lu Chen in surprise, "Master, how can this be done? This is the master's personal protective weapon!" Su Dingfang waved his hand to refuse. .
"It doesn't matter! I still have it! Just take it! In addition, let us carry Weiwei's old brother to the back mountain to wait for me tonight. I will have other plans by then!" Lu Chen looked at Su Dingfang and said.
"Yes!" Su Dingfang saluted directly and glanced at the pistol constantly. Except for those newly added to the Beiwei Guard, the soldiers of the old Beiwei Guard all knew about Lu Chen's pistol. No one knew about Lu Chen's pistol. A commander is not greedy. Lu Chen once said that this pistol would be given to one of them. Now that this gun was placed in front of him, Su Dingfang was extremely excited.
"Put it away! I will teach you later!" Lu Chen motioned to Su Dingfang to put the pistol away.
After hearing Lu Chen's words, Su Dingfang directly picked up the pistol and put it in his arms, his face full of excitement.
"Okay! Let's go!" Lu Chen waved his hand, indicating that Su Dingfang could leave. Su Dingfang saluted directly and left the study.
"What's missing?" Lu Chen touched his chin and pondered, "By the way, let's see if Xu Gaofeng and his son have researched that thing!" Lu Chen stood up and walked out of the study directly, signaling Liu Jing and Feng Huai to follow him. Workshop area.
After arriving at the workshop area, Lu Chen went straight to the "Arsenal". When he entered the workshop, he saw Xu Gaofeng and his son assembling something that looked like a gun, but this "**" was bigger than what those carpenters were holding. Dozens of times more, and the front end of the gun is replaceable like a "drill bit".
Lu Chen could tell at a glance that what the father and son were assembling was the "Iowa Rifling Machine" that he had given the drawings to. But now this thing should be called the "Lu's Rifling Machine". This thing is to pull the barrel rifling by hand. machine.
"Old Xu, how are you?" Lu Chen asked directly.
"I've seen you, sir!" Hearing Lu Chen's voice, Xu Gaofeng and his son, as well as other craftsmen, rushed to Lu Chen to salute.
Lu Chen waved his hand to show off, then walked around the rifling machine and reached out to touch the drill bit. At this time, the "drill bit" of the rifling machine could not carve spiral rifling like that of later generations. This drill bit was a Four-sided, four straight lines can be carved into the barrel or gun barrel.
Although these people didn't know why their father-in-law asked them to build this, since it was Lu Chen's order, they naturally had to carry it out.
"Master, it will be ready for use in two days!" Xu Gaofeng followed Lu Chen to report.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen nodded.
"Is the thing that I asked you to build on the casting side finished?" Lu Chen took back his hand and looked at Xu Gaofeng and asked.
This rifling machine is not used for firearms for the time being, but Lu Chen is planning to directly engrave the barrel. What Lu Chen wants to build is the earliest rifled cannon - the Armstrong cannon.
"Go back to my lord, it's done!" Xu Gaofeng replied.
"Have you tried it?" When Lu Chen heard that Xu Gaofeng said it was finished, he immediately became energetic and asked directly.
"I tried it, and the effect is remarkable!" Xu Gaofeng said with some fear as he seemed to think of the "landslide and ground cracking" effect.
"Not bad!" Lu Chen nodded, "Each craftsman who participates in this project will be rewarded with a hundred dollars. As the leader, you will be rewarded with a reward of three hundred dollars!"
With this thing, I don’t believe you, Master Liang, can hold it! In addition, there are those fifty Beiwei guards. Once they are armed, it depends on how many of you, Master Liang, can withstand them! Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and even looked forward to this expedition to conquer the Liang Kingdom.
"Very good! Seize the time and build a few more cannons!" Lu Chen looked at Xu Gaofeng and said, but when he turned to look at Xu Gaofeng, he found that Xu Gaofeng was hesitant to speak, "What? Yes? What do you want to say to me?" Lu Chen looked at Xu Gaofeng and asked.
"Master, this thing is too lethal. If it is used on the battlefield, I am afraid it will harm Tianhe!" Xu Gaofeng thought about it for a while and finally expressed his thoughts.
"Old Xu! The Turks have repeatedly gone south, burning, killing and looting. Isn't it harmful to Tianhe?" Lu Chen looked at Xu Gaofeng and asked, "This thing was only built to resist the Turks!"
"Okay!" Hearing what Lu Chen said, and thinking of the disasters caused every time the Turks went south, Xu Gaofeng nodded and said nothing more.
Seeing that Xu Gaofeng didn't say anything else, Lu Chen didn't say anything either. After all, it was better for Xu Gaofeng to think clearly about this kind of thing.
After getting the answer he wanted, Lu Chen left the workshop area with Liu Jing and Feng Huai and returned to the mansion.
On the way, when he thought of Xu Gaofeng saying that the artillery test was successful, Lu Chen remembered what a later professor said, "Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon." And another sentence, Lu Chen I also like it very much, that is, "cannons are used to measure the area of the country." Lu Chen feels a little excited every time he thinks of these two sentences.
At this time, Lu Chen was ready to measure how big China's land area would be!
The sky was getting dark, and under the moonlight above the willow branches, Lu Chen led Liu Jing and Feng Huai straight to the back mountain. Feng Huai was carrying two boxes on his left and right shoulders, while Liu Jing was carrying two green wooden boxes on his back. Box, as for what's inside, they don't know yet.
Soon, when they arrived at a col in the back mountain, Lu Chen showed up with Liu Jing and Feng Huaiyi. Su Dingfang and fifty Beiwei guards who were waiting here stood up and lined up to greet Lu Chen.
"Master!" Everyone saluted in unison.
Lu Chen waved his hand, "Master, everyone is here!" Su Dingfang came to Lu Chen and reported to Lu Chen.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen nodded and glanced at the fifty back-wei guards who were the first to follow him in a neat formation.
"How have you been practicing with your musket lately?" Lu Chen turned to look at Su Dingfang and asked.
"Train for an hour every day!" Su Dingfang replied.
"The fifty of you will be the Flying Tiger Camp in Beiwei Guards from now on!" Lu Chen looked at the dozens of men who had been following him and said loudly. Then, he waved to Liu Jing and Feng Huai, and the two Someone came over and put the box they brought on the ground.
When the box was opened by Lu Chen, everyone's eyes were filled with shock.
Because the things in the box were things they had never seen before, but they were also somewhat familiar.
