Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, please rest assured about this. Now the craftsmen are all skilled, and the number of flintlock guns produced every month is increasing." Wang Ying bowed his hand.

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this. That's right. As long as the craftsmen on the assembly line are skilled, the efficiency will naturally be greatly improved.

Then, Zhao Xu, accompanied by Wang Ying, walked around Nanfang District.

In the past two months, it seems that the number of hydraulic drilling machines has increased by fifty.

The number of stoves for blast furnaces and graphite crucibles has also increased a lot.

The iron-moulded cannon-casting workshop was bustling with activity.

Apparently busy making a sales version of the gun.

Seeing that everything was running in order, he was satisfied.

The two of them were walking and chatting when a guard from Nanfang District walked in and said, "Your Highness, Engineer Cao Zou Rong wants to see you."

"Zou Rong?" Zhao Xu was startled.

Last year, he asked Zou Rong to supervise the construction of a fortress in Wu'an County.

During this period, Zou Rong would send people to him from time to time to report the construction progress of the bastion.

Now eight months have passed.

According to Zou Rong, the bastion is now roughly completed.

In another three or four months, the royal soldiers will be able to move in.

"Let him in." Zhao Xu said.

Since the construction of the bastion gradually came to an end, Zou Rong would occasionally come back and report to him personally about the bastion.

Not long after, Zou Rong walked in under the guidance of the guards.

But unlike before, Zou Rong had a trace of worry on his face at the moment.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he bowed and continued: "Your Highness, Beidi scouts have appeared more and more frequently during this period, and their numbers are also increasing. The most important thing is that they have launched an attack on the bastion. ”

"Beidi soldiers attacked the fortress?" Zhao Xu frowned.

Since the heavy snow closed the mountains, Beidi has been unable to go to Yancheng through Yanshan.

But after the snow in the mountains completely melted in March, Beidi scouts immediately appeared, not only inspecting the bastion, but also constantly attacking the soldiers guarding the bastion.

"Yes." Zou Rong nodded solemnly.

"Beidi is really determined to destroy our four northern counties. The Battle of Jinzhou has just ended, and this will provoke another war." Although Wang Ying usually concentrates on various skills, he still loves the four northern counties.

Zou Rong gritted his teeth and said: "No, they attacked the fortress naturally to enter the hinterland of Yanzhou."

The three of them were talking.

At this time, another guard came to report to Yang He and asked to see him.

Zhao Xu's brows furrowed even deeper, today it was first Zou Rong and then Yang He.

Normally, these two people would not come to the workshop area to look for him unless there was an emergency.

After waiting for a while, Yang He hurried over, his face similar to Zou Rong's.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have confirmed that Beidi is indeed developing artillery, and the person who helped Beidi develop artillery is the missionary from Russia." Xu Hark looked solemn.

After a pause, he continued: "However, in order to find out this matter, a spy bribed by the Fourth Academy in Jincheng was exposed. After giving the information to our people, he was arrested by Beidi soldiers, and our people hid After hiding for several days, I traveled day and night to send back the information."

"They are hiding like this. It seems they want to catch us off guard. So, they must be planning a big war." Zhao Xu said.

Tsui Hark did not deny it, "Pretty much, they probably just wanted to catch us off guard with artillery. Now that they know they have been detected, they will naturally become angry."

Zhao Xu snorted, but even so, he would step up his investigation of Beidi.

At the same time, the most important thing is to be defensive.

Asking Tsui Hark to go back, he called Zou Rong over.

The only loophole in Yan County now is the location of the bastion.

He needed to ensure that Beidi could no longer pass through the control range of the bastion.

Otherwise, like before, the raging Beidi cavalry will prevent him from focusing on development.

"Can artillery be placed on the bastion's emplacement now?" he asked.

"Yes." Zou Rong nodded, "What has not yet been built are some of the warehouses and barracks in the bastion."

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this. This meant that the defense structure of the bastion was fine. In this way, he could dispatch soldiers to garrison there.

While stationing and building at the same time.

After asking about the bastion, Zhao Xu left the workshop area and went straight to Beida camp.

Informed Chang Wei of Beidi's new trends.

"The generals haven't had enough of fighting Xiliang yet. Beidi has come to our door again. Just in time, let them taste the power of the flintlock gun." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu saw that Chang Wei was a little overconfident, so he said at this time: "You may also taste the shells of the Beidi people's artillery."

"How can the Beidi people have artillery..." After saying this, Chang Wei was suddenly stunned, "Your Highness, are you kidding the general?"

Zhao Xu shook his head and told Xu Hark the information he had obtained.

Chang Wei's expression suddenly became serious, "They are really lucky, but what is this country of Russia? How come the general has never heard of it?"

"This matter is very long to talk about. I will explain it to you slowly in the future." Zhao Xu said: "Now you should think about the fortress, select soldiers, and go to garrison it."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

Zhao Xu continued: "At the same time, it is disrespectful to come and go. The Beidi cavalry dares to cross Yanshan Mountain and come to Yan County to attack our soldiers. The palace's cavalry cannot just watch and let them practice their skills with these Beidi cavalry to show off their courage." Once you practice it, you will be afraid of the Beidi cavalry when you go to the battlefield."

Chang Wei scratched his head and silently felt sorry for the cavalry.

This time, they were facing real Northern Di cavalry, not targets made of straw in the parade ground.