The official who distributed the monthly salary was stunned and scratched his head, his face full of doubts.
"Something strange."
"how?"
The official said, "You are not the only one to suggest this. Many officials have said this, and some preparatory county guards also have such doubts. Let me go and ask Mr. Wu An for instructions."
"Hahaha, thank you sir."
The official cupped his hands and said, "According to official position, you are not lower than me, so you don't need to call me sir."
"Hahaha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Are you kidding me? They are all human beings. Officials who pay monthly salaries are just minor officials, let alone officials. I dare not offend them.
Are those who hand out money called officials? That's called the God of Wealth.
"Your Majesty, the junior official who distributes the official salary has something to report." A soldier stood outside and said towards the inside.
Yang Qian frowned. Do you have to handle such a small thing by yourself? And it's just a salary. With so many people doing complicated calculations, it's impossible to make mistakes after three verifications. It's impossible for these accountants to not even know the four arithmetic operations.
"Come in."
After a small official came in, he cupped his hands in front of Yang Gan and said, "See Mr. Wu An."
"explain."
"After receiving their monthly salary, a large number of officials raised questions and said~~~"
He glanced at Mr. Wu An, and after confirming that there was no problem, he continued, "Tell me if the grains distributed can be sent to my mansion, otherwise they will not be able to use them all here, and it will easily break if there is no special granary."
Yang Qian touched his chin. He had never considered this issue before, so he thought about it again and said.
"Most of our reserve officials are from Yuntong County, and other counties don't have that many reserve officials. Let's put these food supplies in the granaries and warehouses of Yuntong County, and let their family members go to pick them up. , most of the officials’ residences are scattered, and they have to make arrangements to deliver them one by one at any time, as they are used to.” ap.
"promise!"
After the clerk received the order, he immediately went down. Even though Wu Anjun was sitting so lazily, he felt a burst of pressure.
Heshenggu City, the city lord's mansion.
In the city lord's palace, hundreds of people were sitting on the floor, and a large stove was set up at intervals between each row to keep the temperature in the room at a constant temperature.
For more than half a month, Heshenggu City sent out almost a dozen scout teams, but the final result was like a mud cow sinking into the sea, and no response was received.
With such a large number of scouts dispatched, it was impossible to cover up the situation, so many scholar-bureaucrats and officials began to investigate.
Nowadays, the situation is almost open to the public, and people's hearts are floating.
Everyone was noisy and almost all expressed their opinions, but without exception they all asked for help. Heshenggu City sent more than a dozen scouts.
However, private soldiers from various gentry families also went to nearby families to seek help, but to no avail, making the situation even more bizarre.
While everyone was noisy, one of the officials whispered, "If there is an enemy who can occupy all the nearby cities, then why should we fight? We might as well just surrender."
"Swish, swish, swish!"
In an instant, all eyes were focused on this person, and the whole place fell silent.
Not long after, everyone jumped up, accused him, and even yelled.
"You bastard, so cowardly."
"Yes, what do you mean we surrender? Do you know who the enemy is?"
"That is, if the enemy is murderous and cruel, what will happen to our family?"
"Coward, you deserve to die."
Everyone pointed at the official who spoke and reprimanded loudly. Finally, everyone looked at Lasa, who was sitting on the throne.
Lasa took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
"Come here, drag this man down for me to sacrifice the flag. We haven't captured Heshenggu City yet, so it's not a defeat. We have enough food and grass to support the whole city for two years. There are still underground There is no shortage of water veins, food and water, plus Shou
With an army of thirty thousand, what are you afraid of? "
"Ah! Laisa, please forgive me. The scouts have lost contact on such a large scale. Something must have happened. The other party will definitely come to contact us. Then we will know who they are."
The person who was dragged kept begging for mercy, but unfortunately his head was chopped off when he came outside.
Everyone stood up one after another. They knew better than anyone how Goguryeo treated the conquered peoples. If Heshenggu City was breached, what awaited them would be an extremely tragic ending.
"Laisa, I'm going to mobilize the people. Although we have 30,000 soldiers to defend the city, as long as the people help, we will have 50,000, 100,000, or 150,000 soldiers."
Everyone took out things from their warehouses, those with money gave money, and those with food gave food.
Lasha's face was bright red. So many families were happy to provide money and food, so he was afraid of Mao Yao. He could just beat him. What if the other party killed the scout?
If everything is fine outside and you surrender rashly, you will be in trouble when the enemy is driven away.
La Sa knew that the reason why so many people were united was because the knife was already placed on their necks. How could they be broken if they were not united?
These scholar-bureaucrats will only give everything they have when the knife is placed on their necks. How can they spend so much money and food on ordinary wars.
Heshenggu City is fifty miles away.
Yang Qian came here directly and kept looking at the situation in the camp.
The camp at this time didn't look like a military camp, but more like a craftsman's room. The entire camp was piled full of large and small wood.
"Your Majesty!" Jing Huai cupped his hands and said.
"How are things prepared?"
Jing Huai said, "Your Majesty, I am only responsible for the war recently. As for the engineering equipment, Ouyang Moyan is solely responsible for it."
Yang Gan nodded, "When you are free, you should ask, but you must not interfere."
Yang Qian's intention was very clear, asking Jing Huai to regard him as a supervisor and not to interfere.
It is the most correct thing to leave professional matters to professionals.
If people who don't know how to do it are allowed to interfere, wouldn't it be half the result with twice the result?
Under the leadership of Jing Huai, we came to a construction site where huge tents were being assembled. As soon as we entered, we saw a lively scene.
The noise was extremely loud and a lot of sawdust was flying.
"Hey, Ouyang Moyan~~~!"
Jing Huai shouted towards the inside.
Maybe it was because the voice was too loud. After shouting a few more times, Ouyang Moyan came over slowly. He was quite energetic, but he looked a bit embarrassed with his head covered with sawdust.
Ouyang Moyan looked at Yang Qian excitedly at this time.
"Sir, Your Majesty, what on earth are these iron pieces? They are so fast. In the past, it would take several craftsmen several days or even ten days to make a tree trunk into wood. People who are a little unfamiliar with the craftsmanship, If the wrong force is used, it is not impossible for the entire piece of wood to be destroyed.”
"Don't you know the name? It's called a table saw. Don't ask about its specific principles. This is a secret of our army. If you know too much, you may die quickly."
Yang Qian did not twist around and looked at Ouyang Moyan with interest.
Ouyang Moyan suddenly became alert and his expression gradually became sarcastic.
"How is the construction of the siege equipment going?"
When Ouyang Moyan heard this, he immediately became interested, "Your Majesty, all the Linchong Lu Gong chariots have been manufactured. Eighty-nine catapults have been manufactured. They will be completed in a few days."
When Yang Qian heard this, he couldn't help but nodded appreciatively and said to Jing Huai, "Go, get five catapults and test them out."
"promise!"
Five catapults were dragged by horses and arrived at a field. The temperature today was good, and the most important thing was that there was no wind.
Five catapults lined up, and the soldiers began to use the wheel to pull the tip pole down.
Judging from the hard work of the soldiers, the torque was quite high.
There is a gear on the left side of the shelf under the catapult. Every time you pull it down, the gear
It does not affect the forward direction at all. When stopped, the gears fit into each other and will not rotate back.
After the tip rod fits the frame below, a pin is inserted and a large basketball-shaped hockey puck is placed inside the basket.
shouted all the soldiers.
"already prepared!"
Yang Qian tightened his felt hat and kept looking at it. Looking at the wooden city model in the distance, he suddenly became interested and said lightly.
"emission."
"emission."
Following Jing Huai's roar, five sturdy soldiers took wooden sledgehammers and hammered directly on the pins.
"Whoosh" sound.
Five catapults smashed the ice puck directly towards the target.
"Bang bang bang~~~!"
The huge ice balls fell to the ground with great kinetic energy and falling force. Except for three ice balls that missed, the other two ice balls directly smashed the wooden city wall to pieces.
Yang Gan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
It's more exciting when you watch it live than in the TV series. It's so powerful.
"Ouyang Moyan, how many steps is this?"
"Two hundred steps back to your Majesty."
"In your opinion, we are safe here. After all, the fighting prowess of the Goguryeo people is obvious to all. Although their cavalry are pretty good, no one knows whether their bows and arrows are powerful or not."
In fact, Yang Gan knew better than anyone else how good Goguryeo's bows and arrows were, and he just wanted to test him.
Ouyang Moyan said disdainfully, "Your Majesty, I have checked the high-power bows and arrows during this period. The standard bows and arrows of their army are not very powerful. In addition, it is cold weather now, so the bow may not be able to be fired." .”
Yang Gan circled the catapult several times, frowned and said to the side.
"There are about five days left. The soldiers are organized to immediately start training on how to operate the catapult. Just now, their methods were very blunt."
"promise!"
Within a few days, Yang Qian stopped going back to Jiashi City and lived here directly.
Under Yang Gan's instruction, the soldiers began to take turns operating. Although they only had a few days, the operation of the catapult was relatively simple.
If not for the tight schedule and lack of design time, Yang Qian might have even installed the motor.
The electric trebuchet, I wonder if you are afraid of it.
Once the ice puck is served in ten seconds, I will ask you if you are afraid of shooting it.
It keeps launching for 24 hours, so I ask you if you are afraid.
