Straight man of steel

Chapter 160 I want to go home and farm
Liu Che put down the report, his eyes lit up.

"It seems that Zhang Yuan has come up with something new, which can make this uncle of mine so excited, it is obviously a good thing.

I'm tired of reading the memorial today, so let's go out and see what tricks they play. "

"Here."

Zhang Yuan and the others didn't wait for Liu Che to be summoned, they waited until Liu Che walked out of Yutang hall.

"Your Majesty, sir."

Liu Che waved his hand and interrupted Tian Fu directly.

"The prime minister doesn't want to talk too much, I'll just accompany you for a walk."

Then he took a step towards the direction of the front hall.

The three of Zhang Yuan glanced at each other, then quickly followed.

After running around Weiyang Palace for half an hour, someone must have told Liu Che about this first, so it's not surprising.

When the group walked to the square outside the front hall, Ji Fu also arrived on the square with twenty death row prisoners whose heads were tied.

Because of these death row prisoners, Wei Qing brought a hundred soldiers and surrounded them. Ji Fu had Tian Fu's token in his hand, and Wei Qing couldn't stop him just now.

"Your Majesty, just now Ke Jifu of the prime minister's mansion held the prime minister's token and forcibly entered the palace, and I couldn't stop him."

"It's okay, just stand aside and see what tricks they use."

Why both Ji Fu and Tian Fu chose to enter the palace at the first time is to give Liu Che a sense of sensation.

There is no way, the embroidered clothes envoys are everywhere, and if they don't speed up, nothing will surprise Liu Che.

In front of Liu Che, only Ji Fu had the lowest status, and the matter of commanding and ordering fell on him, and Zhang Yuan could also watch a play on the sidelines for once.

After a while, everything was ready, the twenty prisoners stood side by side, and the three-bow bed crossbow was placed two hundred feet away from them.

Ji Fu's movements of commanding the soldiers were extremely crisp and clean. After a while, Zhang Yuan saw the arrow in the middle flying out.

Then, almost instantly, all twenty prisoners fell to the ground, and the arrows flew another hundred feet before falling to the ground.

"Two hundred feet penetrated 20 people?"

Everyone was shocked even after watching it again, Zhang Yuan hoped that the prisoners did not feel pain when they died.

Most of the death row prisoners in Chang'an City were not vicious, and many of them were even recruited by Xungui to take the blame for themselves.

"Your Majesty, not only pierced through, they were all cut in half."

After Wei Qing stepped forward to check, he ran back and said to Liu Che.

At this time, Zhang Yuan remembered the blade feathers on the arrow.

"Why was he cut in half?"

"Your Majesty, the feathers on that arrow are made of fine steel blades. With such a huge momentum and being too sharp, they cut all the death row prisoners in half."

"Clean it up.

The Prime Minister, Doctor Yushi, and Tingwei Zuojian will follow me back to Yutang, let’s talk about what’s going on. "

Everyone's efforts, including the deaths of the twenty prisoners on death row, were all aimed at attracting Liu Che's attention. Although Liu Che appeared lukewarm on the surface, his heart was already churning.

Only such a weapon can be called a weapon of war.

"Here."

Later, Zhang Yuan and others followed Liu Che back to Yutang.

Liu Che was sitting upright in the upper position, and Tian Fu and Han Anguo were also sitting on both sides. They looked like they were going to interrogate Zhang Yuan.

"Prime Minister, Zhang Yuan created the three-bow bed crossbow?"

Tian Fu turned around, stood up and preached to Liu Che.

"Reporting to your majesty, it is indeed Zhang Yuan's improvement on the existing bed crossbow. After showing it to me today, I realized that this will become my big man's secret weapon. I obeyed the authority and brought Zhang Yuan directly. I’ll see you at Jianzhang Palace.”

Liu Che nodded, his face was still calm, no one could tell whether he was happy or angry.

"Zhang Yuan, let me ask you, can this three-bow bed crossbow be manufactured on a large scale, and where can it be applied to the battlefield?"

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and replied.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, with my current national strength, not to mention tens of thousands of bed crossbows, a thousand bed crossbows should be able to be manufactured within a year.

As for its greatest use, it is in the defense and siege of the city, but now the territory of the Han Dynasty is calm, and the maximum power of the three-bow bed crossbow cannot be displayed.

I thought that Your Majesty could try the three-bow crossbow on the Xiongnu. "

Ji Fu did not tell Tian Fu and Han Anguo that Zhang Yuan made this bed crossbow to deal with the Xiongnu. It was like a stone falling on a calm lake, causing thousands of ripples.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this bed crossbow does not need to be produced on a large scale. Now that the Xiongnu is making peace with me, it is impossible for a war to happen in a few years. The old minister thinks that it is enough to build dozens of crossbows and send them to the border."

Before Liu Che could express his opinion, Han Anguo immediately expressed his opinion.

If the Xiongnu went to war with the Han Dynasty, Han Anguo would be the first to bear the brunt, and Tian Fu, the man behind it, might have nothing to do.

"Doctor Yu Shi need not be so excited, Tingwei Zuojian is just a suggestion, I didn't adopt it, did I?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

Seeing that Liu Che was going to play his old tricks again, Zhang Yuan immediately took out the long-prepared horseshoe from his arms.

"Your Majesty, I still have one thing to present to His Majesty. With this thing, my big Han cavalry won't consume too many horses on the grassland."

Ji Fu didn't know about the horseshoe, let alone Tian Fu.

In the whole world, only Zhang Yuan knew that although Xiong Da had created four horseshoes, he didn't know what Zhang Yuan was going to use them for.

Liu Che squinted at the horseshoe in Zhang Yuan's hand, and then asked Wang Sui to come forward and get it.

When he placed four horseshoes on the desk, he slowly asked.

"Can these four pieces of iron have the effect you said?
Do you know that the crime of deceiving the emperor will implicate the whole family? "

"Your Majesty, whenever I have lied to Your Majesty, I will never make fun of my own life."

What Zhang Yuan has to do is to strengthen Liu Che's determination, and even allow himself to plan Mayi's plan a year later.

Now, if Han Anguo Tian Fu is directly challenged, it will also give the big man an extra year of preparation time.

"Then let Wang Sui go with you to handle this matter, and I will wait to see the result.

If what you say is true, is there anything you want? "

"I want to resign and go home to farm."

Zhang Yuan said this without hesitation, Liu Che never expected Zhang Yuan to be so straightforward.

"Prime Minister, is this your idea?"

Tian Fu originally thought that Zhang Yuan would propose a change of position, but he didn't expect him to directly say that he would resign.

"I didn't know it beforehand."

It is good to be able to stay at home forever and farm the land, but I am afraid that His Majesty the Great Emperor will send some missions every now and then.

"We'll talk about this matter after adjournment. You can make individual requests. Right now, when the big man is employing people, you must not have the idea of ​​laziness."

Liu Che gave Zhang Yuan a rare room to bargain, and Zhang Yuan naturally wanted to make good use of it.

(End of this chapter)