Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Huang Wude looked around carefully again, and then said, "The prince doesn't know anything. The queen mother has a very favored eunuch named Xu Dezu. This man is a complete villain. He often tells the wrongs of Your Majesty in front of the queen mother. This time he even slandered him in front of the queen mother, saying that Your Majesty must follow his biological father, King Pu, as the emperor, but according to the rules, King Pu should be the emperor's uncle. In this way, the queen mother was also very angry. She called Your Majesty to say a few words today, and Your Majesty was so angry."

Zhao Yan was also very surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that the famous Puyi dispute in history had already appeared. The eunuch named Xu Dezu was really well-informed and actually knew what Zhao Shu was thinking in advance. Although the Emperor and Huangkao were only one word different, it was related to a question of status. No wonder Empress Dowager Cao was angry.

"Old Huang, what is that Xu Dezu's origin? How could he have such a courage to participate in this matter?" Zhao Yan asked strangely again. Even if Zhao Shu had the idea of ​​following his biological father as the emperor's examination, this kind of thing was related to the struggle between the two palaces. Even princes like Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu were hiding far away. If Xu Dezu dared to participate, he would be too brave, right?

"Oh, Prince, you don't know that Xu Dezu is not simple. Although he entered the palace late, he made great contributions many times. Especially when the late emperor was there, the imperial guards in the palace were in chaos. The empress dowager commanded the eunuchs and palace maids to protect the late emperor, but he was still rushed into the palace by an imperial guard, and he was brave enough to kill the empress dowager. As a result, Xu Dezu desperately saved the empress dowager, but he was seriously injured and lay on the bed for half a year before he got off the ground. It was precisely because of this that the empress dowager was very favored by Xu Dezu. Before His Majesty ascended the throne, Xu Dezu had the final say in the palace, and even the old slave was afraid of him. "Although Huang Wude just called Xu Dezu a villain, he was a little envious when he talked about the other party.

Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this. He remembered that there was indeed a rebellion between the imperial guards of the palace in history. The specific reason was unknown. Anyway, the imperial guards who were in chaos had already reached the inner palace and countless palace people were killed. Renzong was even trapped in the bedroom. Fortunately, Empress Dowager Cao showed the style of a tiger girl at that time. He commanded the palace servants to block the palace gate, and then sent palace maids and eunuchs to ask for help, and each sent one person. She cut off the other party's hair personally to reward these people tomorrow. It was Empress Dowager Cao's calmness, and finally protected Renzong's safety. However, she did not expect that Empress Dowager Cao was in danger.

"So that's it. No wonder the Empress Dowager would listen to the words of an eunuch." Zhao Yan murmured to himself. Since Xu Dezu saved Empress Dowager Cao's life and was so popular in normal times, he can be said to be Empress Dowager Cao's confidant. His words will naturally attract the attention of Empress Dowager Cao. Moreover, Zhao Shu really had the intention to follow his biological father's examination for the emperor, so Xu Dezu was not a random talk.

"Prince, your Majesty is losing his temper now. We servants dare not persuade us at all. Why don't you go in and persuade us so that we will not be very angry and hurt our body!" At this time, Huang Wude suggested again. He knew that Zhao Yan is highly valued by Zhao Shu now, so he would make such a suggestion. If it were Zhao Yan before, he would only remind the other party to run quickly so that Zhao Shu would not breathe agitate.

"Haha, no problem. I happened to have a happy event when I entered the palace. You all want to leave. Leave this matter to me!" Zhao Yan also said generously.

"Thank you, Prince!" Huang Wude thanked Zhao Yan with joy when he heard that he agreed, and then sent Zhao Yan to the bedroom himself. Only then did he let everyone wait outside the palace, so that his Majesty would not be able to find him when he called him. At that time, his Majesty would definitely make his Majesty angry with them.

Zhao Yan entered the bedroom and saw that the ground was in a mess, all of broken porcelain, messy books, pens and ink, and other debris. When he passed through these debris, he finally saw Zhao Shu sitting behind the dragon case angrily, but he pushed all the things piled on the dragon case to the ground.

"Congratulations to Daddy, Congratulations to Daddy!" When Zhao Yan saw Zhao Shu, he immediately made a joyful expression and went forward to salute, as if he didn't notice Zhao Shu being angry at all.

When Zhao Shu saw Zhao Yan coming in, he wanted to calm down his temper, but when he heard him congratulating him, Zhao Shu said angrily again: "Third Brother, haven't you seen you get angry for your father? Where did you get any happy events?"

Zhao Yan said indifferently about Zhao Shu's anger: "Dad, don't be upset. The happy event I mentioned by my son is a major event that concerns the power of the Song Dynasty. You will definitely turn anger into joy after hearing it..."

As Zhao Yan said, he talked about the crossbow, especially solemnly introducing the power of the shell when it exploded. Zhao Shu had seen the power of the grenade before, but now he heard that the shell was several times the power of the grenade, and the range could reach hundreds of steps, which made him understand the significance of this weapon to the Song Dynasty. He stood up excitedly and said, "Hurry... Go and have someone notify your husbands, I want to watch the power of the crossbow with them now!"

Although Empress Dowager Cao controlled the power of the government, the military weapon surveillance was originally formed by Zhao Shu's orders, and Shen Kuo and Su Shi were also promoted by him, so Zhao Shu was still responsible for the affairs of the military weapon surveillance. Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others who received the notice also arrived quickly, and then a group of people followed Zhao Yan to the gunpowder office outside the city to watch the test firing of the crossbow.

"Prepare~, launch!" With Shen Kuo's order, the craftsman who had already prepared shot another shell. Now both Shen Kuo and the craftsman were very excited. As long as the power of the crossbows satisfy His Majesty and your husband, the credit will be obtained this time.

"Boom~" It was still the same as last time. The shell exploded the moment it hit the brick wall, and it exploded a large pit on the wall again, which scared Zhao Shu and others who were watching it. It was like the scene of the shells in the enemy's army, which made them excited.

"Okay! Great! With such powerful weapons, why worry about the immortality of Northern Liao and Western Xia?" Zhao Shu was excitedly walking back and forth on the test site, muttering to himself that although the power struggle between him and Empress Dowager Cao had not yet come to fruition, in comparison, a powerful weapon such as a crossbow is important. After all, no matter how strong he is, Empress Dowager Cao cannot control power for a long time. Sooner or later, this empire belongs to him, as the emperor. When Zhao Shu thought of the great Song Dynasty becoming stronger in his hands and sweeping away the military weakness of previous generations, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

Compared to Zhao Shu's excitement, Zeng Gongliang, who was proficient in military affairs, said to Zhao Yan hesitantly: "Prince, although your crossbow cannon is good, the bed crossbow used for firing is expensive and extremely responsible in manufacturing. I'm afraid it will be difficult to promote it on a large scale in the army?"

It turned out that Zeng Gongliang might be shocked by the power of the crossbow, but he did not find that the crossbow was different from the previous bed crossbow. As soon as he said that, Han Qi and others also paid attention to him, and they looked at Zhao Yan one by one. In fact, this was also blamed on Zhao Yan himself, because he had only focused on emphasizing the power of the crossbow, but did not introduce the difference between the crossbow and the bed crossbow.

"Haha, Mr. Zeng, don't worry. You and your husband can carefully observe and see how this crossbow is different from the previous bed crossbow?" It's not too late to say now, so Zhao Yan laughed and spoke to Mr. Zeng.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Zeng Gongliang and others came to the crossbow in confusion, and then carefully observed them. As a result, they soon discovered the strangeness of the crossbow. I won't talk about the improvements above. Just the torsion spring that provides elasticity is enough to surprise them.

"Please look, the biggest difference between this crossbow and a traditional crossbow is that its crossbow is composed of two torsion springs, and the elastic force provided is not worse than that of a real crossbow. The most important thing is that the torsion spring only uses leather ropes, tendons, ponytails, etc. These things are cheap and replace the most expensive crossbow arms in the past. In this way, the cost of the crossbow also plummeted, about one-third or even one-quarter of the same type of bed crossbow. In addition, the most important thing is that the manufacturing of crossbows does not have to be limited by time. As long as the materials are sufficient, the military weapon supervisor can create a large number of crossbows in a short period of time. It can be said that this is the biggest advantage of the crossbow!" At this time, Shen Kuo explained again at the suggestion of Zhao Yan.

Hearing that such a powerful crossbow was so cheap, Han Qi and others were extremely surprised again. Zhao Shu was even more excited to walk back and forth several times again, and immediately ordered: "Shen Kuo, since the crossbow is so powerful and not expensive, the military weapon supervisor will immediately start to produce such weapons in large quantities. I will ask someone to allocate the materials and money you need. In addition, I also need special talents to see that the operation of this kind of crossbow also requires some more personnel. You will organize a little more staff, and I will send military personnel to learn from you at that time!"

"I obey the order!" Shen Kuo said excitedly. Although he had long expected that the crossbow would definitely be produced by the master, he still couldn't help but feel a little excited when he heard that His Majesty the Emperor personally issued the order.

Next, Han Qi and a group of husbands asked about some improvements in the crossbow, and Shen Kuo also explained them one by one. As a result, when Han Qi and the others learned that these improvements were all from Zhao Yan, they all looked surprised. From time to time, they looked at Zhao Yan with an unbelievable look, especially Ouyang Xiu in the crowd, with a complicated expression. If it weren't for the granddaughter's affairs, he would have praised Zhao Yan well.
Chapter completed!