Chapter 788 Thunder

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With a rooster crow, Guo Shao woke up from his sleep.If chickens are not raised in the palace, it is because eunuchs are learning from roosters to crow.

Guo Shao opened his eyes and was stunned for a moment, because there was a strange woman lying beside him, with smooth naked shoulders still outside the quilt.

It took him a while to come to his senses. This woman was Lu Qiongxian. The scenes and sounds of last night were like fragments of a spent disk, pouring into his mind sporadically.

She curled up, still in her sleep.

The women seemed to dislike each other, but Guo Shao felt for a moment that although Lu Qiongxian had a bad reputation, she was still very cute when she fell asleep and had some permission.

Guo Shao turned to look at the window and it was not very bright yet.However, the eunuch's crowing was very accurate, even more accurate than the real rooster's crowing.

He gently pulled the quilt, covered Lu Qiongxian's naked shoulders, and then put the corner of the quilt under her to compact it, and got up from the wide big bed.

At this moment, a lazy voice said: I don’t want Your Majesty to be the most powerful person in the world, but he is a careful and gentle person.

Guo Shao turned around and said: I have business, so you can sleep for a while.

This girl always says things that make people love to listen to, and the foolish monarch must like such people, such as the former King of Southern Han.

At this moment, she said quietly: You will leave after sleeping, it is always sad at this time... Your Majesty, will you still look for me?

Guo Shao didn't say anything, he was the least willing to make promises.He picked up a purple round-neck robe and put it on. At this time, Lu Qiongxian got up in a coat and came over to comb the bun on Guo Shao's hair.

She whispered: I feel that my bones are all scattered when I get up.

Guo Shao smiled and said: I think you are a praising word.

He prepared, washed up, had breakfast, and took the bus to Jinxiang Hall.

Going up from the inside of Jinxiang Hall, the layout inside is very complex... as if there are countless corridors, courtyards, and houses. If ordinary people can come here, they will definitely get lost.

But facing the front of the outside, the halls are grand and square, with a very simple layout.

The Golden Xiang Hall alone, also called Guo Shao, feels like the politics of the dynasty. It sounds tall and even appears dull on the outside, but the back is incredible.

Today, Guo Shao did not discuss politics with the ministers, nor did he meet the dynasty. He first came to the study and asked someone to take the memorials and files during the war.

When I opened the file, I saw the administrative layout written by Fu Jinzhan that combines the waste of the gunpowder workshop with the farm.Guo Shao felt a little turbulent in his heart when he saw the elegant and neat little calligraphy.

Fu Jinzhan flashed in his mind, fingers that smoothed his clothes, and what he saw helped him manage carefully and seriously.

Even the purple robe he is wearing is sewn with stitches and threads.

Guo Shao had no signs and felt unspeakable in his heart.

He exhaled and continued to look at what was on the table.

At this time, he found that there was something very important that could not be done.Last time he issued an order on the front line to equip new bronze cannons on the Jiaolong Army warship, but it has not been successful yet.

There are many drawings below. Guo Shao looked through them and said: Come, please call Han Tong, Zan Jurun and Li Xin to the East Palace to see me.

Follow the order.

After waiting for a long time, two eunuchs at the door opened the wooden door, and the three of them walked up and bowed in a row, saying: I will be ordered to see you, Your Majesty will live forever.

Guo Shao raised his sleeve and waved it, and said straight: We have also obtained the shipbuilding structure of the Dashi merchant, but if the sea ship does not install cannons, how can there be an advantage in water war?Still fighting with swords on the side, no matter how far you sail, it is useless.

Guo Shao thought to himself: Naval battles cannot form an absolute advantage, how can we fight against Dongdao?

If you can't fight Dongdao, where can you get the huge military expenditure on gold, silver and coins?!

Now the rules are very expensive to fight. A battle of summer is so smooth. After returning to pay, I settled the score and went to my grandma's house for a loss.

The soldiers only knew that the emperor was kind to him, but now they were rich all over the world. The brothers’ treatment could not be even less than before, but they didn’t know where the money came from... Most of the taxes were collected in kind, but the expenses required a lot of cash; now it is the consequence of the recruitment system.

Guo Shao knew from the file written by Jinzhan that the treasures of the inner treasury now robbed from the treasury of the courts of various southern countries were already very little left.Guo Shao also knows that he has used troops for many years in recent years, and wars are actually too frequent.

He didn't care about it, and made his statement first: You must bring the cannon onto the warship!

Han Tong turned to look at Li Xin, and Li Xin bowed: Your Majesty, please calm down.The most different thing about the large-food ships and the Central Plains ships is that the hull is long and long, and it is a sail, which is convenient for long journeys on the sea; but the shipbuilding skills are really not much better than those of the Central Plains ships.

The shortcomings of the big food boat are too small.The bronze cannon is too heavy. According to Your Majesty's wishes, you must set up cannons on both sides. If there are only five cannons on one side, it will weigh ten thousand pounds, and the hull will almost overturn when it is fired, and it will never be able to bear it.

The craftsmen and others tried every possible way to create a wooden rail cannon stand for the cannon, and they were concerned with the iron chain.When firing the cannon, the cannon body moves back along the wooden track, and the impact force is buffered with iron chains.I wanted to reduce the rear shock force using this, but I found that it still couldn't... The only way is to have a big ship!

Guo Shao heard his nonsense and almost blurted out: Since he wanted a big ship, wouldn’t he enlarge the hull?!

But he is not a shipbuilder, although he has read a lot of files and learned a lot.But it is not a joke to walk across the mountains.He immediately asked: Can the big food ship be turned into a big ship?

Li Xindao: Go back to Your Majesty, I have asked the master of the shipbuilding workshop.Shipbuilders cannot enlarge the magnification, the constraints are the keel.

keel?Guo Shao has heard of this word.

Li Xin said: The bigger the boat, the heavier it is. The hull must be firmer and the keel must be stronger.With the keel of the big eater, it will fall apart if it is made big.

We can also build building ships, but they are flat-bottom ships, which can be found in rivers, but they are unstable at sea and cannot withstand strong winds and waves.

Guo Shao was in a position to do so, and he said he couldn't help.If he was in the structure of the firearm, he could still figure out the mesh gun, but the sailing boat... he really didn't know much.

He knew that Zheng He's treasure ship voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty was very big, but it was not the Ming Dynasty now, so he had no place to get the shipbuilding map of the treasure ship.

You think of a way.Guo Shao waved his hand.It is impossible to force others to do anything. Even if he is the emperor, he can't tell the ministers: He wants an aircraft carrier, can he still satisfy the emperor?

Han Tong and others did not accomplish anything and dared not say much. They immediately said: I am grateful to you and give up.

At this moment, Guo Shao suddenly remembered Lu Qiongxian. She said that she could find shipbuilding talents?

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One of the camps of the Crane Control Army was very lively.

The founding Duke Li Chuyun, wearing a commoner, rode a horse outside the military camp with several entourages.

Li Chuyun looked into the military camp and his follower said: Mr. Li, are we going to go in for inspection?Let's talk about it.

Li Chuyun immediately waved his hand and looked down at his dress: No need, I just took a look.

He turned to an old man and said: The current Crane Control Army is not the past, but the Imperial Army's infantry are all part of the Crane Control Army.

The old man clasped his fists and bowed, and the soldiers seemed to be receiving military pay.

Li Chuyun stroked his beard and said: People from the Ministry of War are sending them out.

The old man nodded, looking clear.

At this moment, some soldiers were twisting sacks and holding paper in their hands.Li Chuyun immediately stepped forward and said: Are all the military pay you received sufficient?

Zu is Zu, but it's all... At this time, a soldier looked at Li Chuyun's bearded man, and someone shouted: Isn't this the founding Duke General Li!

Li Chuyun smiled but said nothing.Everyone hurriedly held military salutes: Meet Mr. Li.

What are you twisting?Li Chuyun asked.

A soldier opened the sack and said: Salt, cloth, and this. The officials from the Ministry of War said it was a ticket. When the grain ships from various places arrived in Beijing, they went to the grain transport ship at the Watergate Wharf with their respective generals to receive wheat rice with tickets.

Li Chuyun said: Don’t worry, the court has trust, and you will definitely get it with it.

The troops didn't seem to be very dissatisfied.

The entourage asked for a ticket for Li Chuyun to watch. When Li Chuyun saw that it had half of the number on it and was pressing his fingerprints.

The Ministry of War’s method is still safe. The soldiers have to follow their respective generals to write a note to collect grain, and there are also numbered bills, so there are usually no mistakes.

The main reason is that this ticket will be able to be exchanged for real things soon, so there seems to be no need for everyone to boycott it.Just as Li Chuyun asked in the first sentence, is it enough to give it?Just give it enough.

Li Chuyun didn't stay for much and left the barracks with his entourage.

Soon, the old man beside him said: The court seems to have little money.

Li Chuyun nodded and said: More than 100,000 imperial guards rely on military salaries to survive. Once a war is fought, they will have to settle down before they can start and reward them when they come back.This is a rule for decades, and the expenses are really considerable.

The official family has recently adapted the soldiers of Zhubian Town, including Liu Renzhan, Gao Yanqiu, Zhe Dejian, and Yang Ye. The four people alone have more than 100,000 people in their hands.

With the original two batches of 200,000 guards, the number of guards may be 400,000 in the future.

The guards did not receive military pay, but they were different from the Tang Dynasty's government soldiers.They still need money, and they go to war, garrison, and training all of them, and the central treasury pays money... There is no way. If the government wants the central government to control the troops in the world, the first thing the military needs must do is to pay money.

The old man said quietly: As long as it can be solved with money, it is not a critical matter for the court.

Li Chuyun turned his head to look at him, and the two looked at each other and didn't continue.

Li Chuyun said: What are the great ideas of Mr. Zhong?

The old man said: This is the fruit of strong dry and weak branches, and it is too radical.If the troops are collected quickly, but the finances are collected slowly, it will inevitably lead to shortage of money.

Li Chuyun said: The official family is like that, doing things like thunder, if you want to do it, do it drastically!

The old man said quietly: However, the whole world was unified in all dynasties, and the warriors did not treat them like this.He also said that the Han and Tang dynasties were fences, but they were easy to be separatist and civil strife.

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment, and the civil servants had something to say now.Those people are standing and talking without any pain. If the court does not give fiefdoms or money, what method can we use to lead the troops to make our brothers fight to the death?

That night, in order to stabilize Lu Qiongxian, Guo Shao asked her to serve her sleep. Lu Qiongxian agreed shyly. She tried her best to please Guo Shao. Guo Shao also abandoned some concerns. The two of them went to Wushan together in the collapse of the dragon, blending together, and enjoying the joy of fish and water.

What surprised Guo Shao was that Lu Qiongxian was actually an indifferent virgin. Although she was coquettish on the surface, she was very conservative in her heart. As a woman and a beauty, she had been in the Southern Tang Kingdom for so many years, and she could still maintain her innocence under the tyrant ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom, which surprised Guo Shao really!

After Guo Shao found out, he couldn't help but feel pity for her, and he slowed down to treat her gently when he was shocked.