The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 110
May 24, 22th year of Tai'an, the last day of martial law in the city.

In the early morning of this day, soldiers defected at the Changding Gate of the West City of Yuanyang, which dealt a fatal blow to the defense of Yuanyang City.

Fortunately, the defection was discovered in time. Although the deserter could not be captured, the city gate was quickly closed.

And the seven or eight soldiers who fled jumped directly into the moat and went outside to find their parents.

Although there are not many zombies outside the city, who knows the situation further away, so most people think they will die.

This kind of incident made the Dusi Yamen nervous for a while, and once again strengthened the restraint on all soldiers.

But as long as there are soldiers with families outside the city, defections cannot be completely prohibited.

When Zhao Yanxun learned of this matter, the Dusi Yamen had already handled the matter properly, and Zhao Yanxun could not come up with a better solution.

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun, who was wearing a tuanlong robe, was sitting in a sedan chair, and hurried to the workshop area of ​​the palace.

He looked extremely relaxed at the moment, at least on the surface.

One is because it is useless to get angry in a hurry. After all, everything that should be arranged has been arranged, and he only needs to listen to the report and supervise it.

The second is because he, as the backbone of the palace, must remain calm at this moment, so that the people of the palace can be stable.

In the past few days, all the walls around the palace have been built, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small city.

From the current point of view, absolute safety has been guaranteed in the palace, which made Zhao Yanxun feel relieved a lot.

Now the control inside and outside the palace is extremely strict, and no one is allowed to enter without his approval, which ensures that the virus cannot be transmitted.

In the palace, everyone followed the steps, the craftsmen did the work of the craftsmen, and the guards did the work of the guards.

Even the family members of the guards and craftsmen were mobilized to plant food and vegetables in the open space of their respective residences for emergency use.

With these conditions, Zhao Yanxun really doesn't need to worry.

At this moment, I saw him leaning on the sedan chair, followed by a large group of people. Apart from the eunuchs and servants, the entourage was the officials of the palace and hundreds of guards.

In the past two days, a new batch of weapons and armor has been made, and they went there to see these new gadgets.

In fact, it is not too new. The process of making war knives is too complicated and the production efficiency is too low, so he asked the craftsmen to make a batch of maces.

This thing is easy to make, and it is stronger and more durable than a knife, so Zhao Yanxun chose it.

In addition, the people in the workshop found several sets of bamboo armor, and this time they also wanted to test their sturdiness.

Soon, Zhao Yanxun's driver came outside the workshop, and the sedan chair slowly fell down.

Outside the gate of the workshop, dozens of craftsmen and officials from the Gongzheng Office knelt on the ground to welcome Zhao Yanxun's arrival.

"See the prince (His Royal Highness)..."

Get off the sedan chair, there is an empty dam in front of the workshop, which will be used as a cover area.

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun's seat had already been set up in the arena, and after he took his seat, Lin Quan called out everyone with a loud shout.

As soon as Gongzheng Huang Zhongchang waved, some craftsmen presented the finished mace and a complete set of bamboo armor.

"Lin Dagui, send two people to try this thing!" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice.

Lin Dagui is Zhao Yanxun's newly promoted general banner, responsible for his personal security work, and is not controlled by several hundred households in the bodyguard department.

Lin Dagui's character is simple and straightforward, he is more honest than Wang Zong who is honest and responsible, but he is more powerful than other guards Kong Wu, just in line with Zhao Yanxun's requirements.

After a lot of kindness and win over, especially after sending the imperial physician to diagnose and treat his old mother who is suffering from Shen Ke, Lin Dagui is completely devoted to Zhao Yanxun.

At this moment, after Zhao Yanxun ordered, Lin Dagui pointed to the two guards and asked them to try the newly made weapons and armor.

Everyone stood far away. After the guard put on the bamboo armor and picked up the mace, two more guards brought a zombie.

The zombie's waist was tied with a rope, and it was controlled by three guards pulling the rope from a distance.

After taking the teacup from Lin Quan, Zhao Yanxun said slowly, "Let's begin!"

Afterwards, the three guards who controlled the zombie stretched the ropes in their hands together, and the zombie jumped forward immediately after gaining the range of motion.

The guard in rattan armor stepped forward cautiously with a long-handled mace, confronting the zombie in front of him.

This observation is mainly to test two issues, one is the flexibility of the armor, and the other is the operability of the mace.

As for the strength of the armor, careful experiments have been done before to ensure that it will not be bitten through by zombies.

"Boil... boil..."

The rope was lengthened again, and the zombie rushed forward, while the guard who was the experimenter rushed forward with a mace in hand.

He slammed forward hard. Although he was not accurate enough the first time, the guard still smashed the zombie's shoulder.

I have to say that this thing is quite powerful, but it consumes too much energy.

But with such an effect, it was enough to amaze Zhao Yanxun, so that he put down his teacup and started to watch it seriously.

After missing a hit, the guard quickly took a few steps back, and the guard who controlled the zombie let go of the rope again.

"Ouch..."

The zombies continued to rush forward, the test guard gritted his teeth, and raised his mace again to smash forward.

This time, it hit a little earlier, just falling from the zombie's face and hitting its chest, directly scratching the zombie's clothes and belly.

On the high platform, Zhao Yanxun commented: "Not bad!"

Hearing this, the officials and artisans of the Gongzheng Institute were relieved, and today's test will be passed.

In the blink of an eye, the guards participating in the experiment had already delivered a third blow, this time hitting the zombie's head.

The mace full of fangs smashed down the zombie's skull, and bloody brains overflowed.

The zombie fell to the ground, and the guard quickly stepped forward and gave a few more sticks to ensure that the zombie was really killed.

It seems that only three hits will kill the zombies, but it is not so simple in the real battlefield, after all, the zombies will not be tied with ropes at that time.

"Xu Hong, come here!" Zhao Yanxun called.

Several hundreds of households immediately came to Zhao Yanxun, bowing one by one and waiting for orders.

"What do you think of these things?" Zhao Yanxun asked.

"The mace looks pretty good, as long as you practice more, it is better than a knife for most people!" Xu Hong replied cautiously.

After nodding his head, Zhao Yanxun then asked, "How about the bamboo armor?"

Xu Hong then replied: "My lord, we have carefully looked at the bamboo armor. Although the protection is not as good as the iron armor, it is still good enough. The key is that it is easy to make!"

"You guys also mean that?" Zhao Yanxun looked at Wang Zong and the others.

The three of Wang Zong all nodded, and with the affirmation of the four insiders, Zhao Yanxun truly recognized these two objects.

"Gongzheng!"

Hearing the shout, Huang Zhongchang walked out of the train, bowed and said: "Please give orders, Your Highness!"

"These two things, let's start mass production according to the previously agreed plan!" Zhao Yanxun said indifferently.

"As ordered!"

Then there is nothing to do here, the next step is to enter the workshop and observe the specific production situation.

Walking on the road, Zhao Yanxun followed closely behind the two long history.

But he suddenly said: "Two long historians, the city will be unsealed tomorrow, are you all ready for the recruitment of the palace?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, everything is done, and I will submit the list of recruitment requirements to Your Highness later!" Guan Hetai bowed and replied, he was mainly responsible for this matter.

After nodding his head, Zhao Yanxun said: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)