Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 267 Double Reward

Three days later, the news came out from the palace that the emperor ordered Zhao Zongshi to be the general of the right guard and the training envoy of the Yuezhou regiment. At the same time, Zhao Wenyun, another three-year-old young son of the royal family, was named the general of the Zuo Yulin army and the governor of Ezhou. He was handed over to Concubine Zhang to be raised .

For a while, there was an uproar in the civil and military affairs of the court, and the long-rumored thing was confirmed. Empress Cao and Concubine Zhang each had adopted sons, and the successor of the emperor became confusing.

However, Zhao Zongshi was named General of the Right Guard and Envoy of the Yuezhou Regiment, which made many people who supported him secretly happy. At least Zhao Zongshi had returned to the emperor's sight.

This morning, Fan Ning rushed to Taixue early. He went to Juyuan first, and found that several juniors had already gone to school, and the dormitory door was locked. This made Fan Ning a little strange. gone?
"Why is senior brother here?"

Fan Ning turned around and saw Duan Yu standing behind him with a stack of books in his arms. Fan Ning smiled and said, "Why are you the only one? How many of them are there?"

"Daru Hu is going to give a lecture on Shangshu this morning, and they are all going to occupy their seats. I'll come back and get a book!"

Duan Yu opened the door to the yard and went into the room to get a book. Fan Ning looked at the door. The yard was clean and tidy, with a line full of clothes to dry.

At this time, Duan Yu came out of the room in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Why don't you go to class with us, brother!"

Fan Ning shook his head, "I won't go, you go quickly!"

"See you later, brother!"

Fan Ning nodded, "See you later!"

He watched Duan Yufei run away, as long as these five guys can study hard in Taixue for two years, I believe their studies will be greatly improved, and studying in the capital can broaden their horizons, which will be of great help to their research topics. benefit.

At this time, the bell for class rang, and Fan Ning also turned and walked to his official room.

At the door of the official room of the library, Fan Ning unexpectedly met Zhao Zongshi, who seemed to have been waiting for a while.

"Why is Brother Zhao here? By the way, I should congratulate Brother Zhao for his promotion." Fan Ning smiled and cupped his hands.

Zhao Zongshi waved his hand with a wry smile, "Stop laughing at me, I have something important to do with you!"

Seeing that Zhao Zongshi looked nervous, Fan Ning smiled and said, "Then go in and sit down!"

The two entered the official room, Fan Ning closed the door, waved his hands and said, "Let's sit down and talk!"

Zhao Zongshi glanced at the door vigilantly, moved the chair to the window, and then sat down.

Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, "This guy is quite vigilant. This is a library, and the highest official is the ninth-rank official. Who are they going to leak the secret to?"

Fan Ning shook his head, sat down on his chair, and said with a smile, "Tell me! What is it?"

Zhao Zongshi whispered: "Tomorrow the officials will summon me!"

"Didn't the emperor summon you these two days?"

"No, I was suddenly appointed as an official a few days ago, but I was not summoned."

"Then what are you worried about?"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "Are you worried about Concubine Zhang's adopted son?"

"That's not true. I knew it beforehand, so I wouldn't pay too much attention to it, but what I'm worried about is what is the official summoning me for?" Zhao Zongshi asked uneasily.

Fan Ning knew it well, he smiled, "Actually, it's a good thing for the officials to summon you this time, you have to be mentally prepared, you may have to leave home for a few months."

Zhao Zongshi was refreshed. It seemed that Fan Ning knew what was going on. He quickly asked, "Can you tell me first, so that I can prepare in advance."

Fan Ning thought for a while, and then told Zhao Zongshi about the establishment of an overseas horse breeding base. Zhao Zongshi was dumbfounded, and asked after a while, "Do the officials want me to take charge of this matter?"

Fan Ning nodded slowly, "This matter is related to the fate of the Song Dynasty, and I trust you to be responsible. It is estimated that you will be busy with this matter in three to five years. You must seize this opportunity, and you can only succeed. Can't fail!"

Zhao Zongshi sat blankly for a while, and suddenly made up his mind, "I understand, I will definitely do this well and live up to the expectations of the officials."

Fan Ning hurriedly said in a low voice: "This matter is still a secret, you can't possibly know it, don't leak it tomorrow, if you accidentally leak it, you can say that Cao Yu came to look for you."

"Uncle Guo?" Zhao Zongshi was startled.

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "He will be your deputy and go to sea with you."

"I understand, I won't leak my words, don't worry!"

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a knock on the door.

"Inspector Fan, there is something urgent!"

Fan Ning stepped forward and opened the door, only to see the treasurer Feng Mieliao standing outside, followed by several officials.

"Master Feng, who are they?"

An official stepped forward and saluted, "We are from the Military Weapons Supervisory Department. Supervisor Luo invites you to come over."

When the military inspector came looking for him, Fan Ning naturally thought of the new crossbow. He got into the carriage of the military inspector, and the carriage started to drive out of the north city. When passing the Daxiangguo Temple, Fan Ning suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted: "Go to Dongertiao Tianshui Lane first, I'll get something!"

He just remembered that the item he forged at the craftsman in East Ertiao Tianshui Lane should be ready, and he can just use it when he goes to the Numen Square outside the city.

The carriage turned around and ran towards the East Ertiao Tianshui Lane. After a while, Fan Ning got the items, and the carriage continued to drive north.

In the carriage, Fan Ning carefully played with the iron chamber and gears made by the old craftsman. Fan Ning did not know how the old craftsman made them. The five gears were installed in the iron chamber, and the fit was perfect. Gently turning the big gear, the other four small gears began to rotate smoothly.

There is a shaft with a hole on the outside of the iron chamber, which is easy to insert a copper rod into the hole, and the operation is very simple. With this core part, the god arm crossbow can be made.

The Military Weapons Supervision has more than 5 workshops in various places in the Song Dynasty, producing various military materials ranging from flags, war drums, weapons, armor and even warships. It has nearly 42 craftsmen, and there are eight workshops outside the northern city of Guangjing. There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in the workshop, and the Jingshi Bow and Nut Academy is one of them, with [-] bow craftsmen and crossbow arrows.

The highest official of the Military Weapons Supervision is called Luo Jun. He is a military envoy, and he knows the Military Weapons Supervision. He used a blueprint of unknown origin to build a new crossbow in order to make a new crossbow. He still didn't know the trick, which made him very upset. He gave the official a ten-day promise, if he couldn't do it, how could he explain to the official.

Fortunately, there was "Guozijian Fan Ning" on the drawing, and he also found out that Fan Ning was a Jinshi of the new department, the No.

Luo Jun was drinking tea in the room when someone reported outside the door, "Send to the Supervisor, Supervisor Fan is here."

Luo Jun rushed out to greet him, and saw a tall young man approaching surrounded by several officials. Luo Jun didn't dare to neglect, and quickly clasped his fists in salute, "Have you been looking forward to Governor Fan for a long time?"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "But the new crossbow was created?"

Luo Jun showed shame, and sighed: "Most of them have been built, but we are stumped at the key points, that is, those few gears, Fan Duxue's blueprints are not very clear?"

Fan Ning was taken aback, why couldn't it be made out of blueprints?

He thought about it, and suddenly understood that the blueprint he gave to the emperor was a full crossbow blueprint, and some details were indeed not clear, while the blueprint for the old craftsman was a partially enlarged blueprint, of course the old craftsman could make it.

Having figured this out, Fan Ning smiled apologetically, "I just showed the emperor a complete map, but unexpectedly he ordered you to build it. In fact, there is also a partial organ map."

Fan Ning took out a blueprint from his bosom, and handed the iron chamber to Luo Jun, "This is a partial mechanism diagram. This iron chamber is a pattern I asked an old craftsman to make, and you can refer to it."

Luo Jun was immediately overjoyed. With this detailed drawing and reference, they could create a new crossbow.

"Thank you, Governor Fan, for pointing out the key points. I will be able to try the crossbow in three days!"

After a pause, Luo Jun laughed again: "This new crossbow has no name yet, Governor Fan might as well give it a new name."

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "This crossbow is like a god's arm strength, I think it's called a god's arm crossbow!"

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Three days later, Emperor Zhao Zhen came to the Bow and Crossbow Academy and watched the guards shoot the crossbow in person. A guard could wind the bow with his feet and arms, and use the principle of gears and levers to hold the bow and arrow to the teeth of the crossbow.

The bodyguard shot a long-range crossbow, 150 steps away, the crossbow shot through a pair of Khitan cavalry armor.

Then another guard raised his crossbow and shot through the iron armor of a Xixia cavalry.

Ten arrows pierced through ten, and the arrows did not need to be fired. Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and wrote the name of the crossbow in his own handwriting, "God Arm Crossbow".

At the same time, it was decreed to reward Fan Ning, the inventor of this crossbow, with 2000 taels of gold and a promotion to one rank.

(End of this chapter)