Black Snake continued to report, "Deputy Commander Zhang Qing is a tactician. He's low-key and is the brains of the mercenary group. Deputy Commander Zhang Ziyue is a knight. He's the treasure of the mercenary group and doesn't participate in the group's affairs. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. The three of them were not much different from the previous life. Even in the previous life, he didn't know much about his second brother Zhang Qing. That person was too low-key.
Other than in the group affairs, Zhang Qing was like an invisible person. Ouyang Shuo was always out on missions, so the two of them had less contact.
In the previous life, Zhang Ziyue was really good to Bing'er and treated her like a sister. The two of them were often out on missions, so they were close.
In this life, they were like strangers.
"I know the situation. Let No. 55 continue to lurk." Ouyang Shuo was dispirited.
"Understood."
"If there's nothing else, you can leave."
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand. There was still a lot of people waiting for him to approach.
Black Snake didn't leave immediately. He said, "My lord, there's another piece of information. My lord ordered to check if there are other territories in the north that have contact with the Mongolian tribes. From the current situation, there's no other territory except Fengxiang City. I'm afraid it's just a coincidence. "
Ouyang Shuo was silent.
Ouyang Shuo was very vigilant against the Mongolian tribes.
"Even so, don't let your guard down. Let the intelligence department in the capital keep watch and report to me immediately if there's anything unusual." Ouyang Shuo ordered.
"Understood."
Then, Black Snake took his leave. He also knew that his lord's time was precious.
...
After Black Snake left, Ouyang Shuo gave an order to the Civil Affairs Bureau to let Pei Yun bring the Liangshan Mercenary Group into Shanhai City.
As long as the Liangshan Mercenary Group came to Shanhai City, they couldn't escape Ouyang Shuo's control.
After a while, Xiahou Dun, the commander of the Combat Readiness Bureau, came in with his subordinates Wang Zhuan, Wu Peng, and Master Ou Yezi.
However, this meeting had already been scheduled.
With the annexation of Lingxi City, Shanhai City had a lot of weapons and equipment manufacturing technology. Not to mention the warships, the armors were the Tang Dynasty's Radiant Armor and Song Dynasty's infantry armor. The weapons were the Tang Dynasty's swords, lances, bows, and shields. In addition, there were all kinds of siege weapons.
These assets were basically obtained by Ouyang Shuo through the previous two system auctions. In the past year and a half, the upgrading of the territory's weapons and equipment had stagnated.
The only major breakthrough was the Ming Dynasty cannons.
In terms of cold weapons, the Seventh Research Institute had only upgraded the forging materials to improve the toughness and sharpness of the weapons.
Logically speaking, with Shanhai City's rich accumulation of technology, it should have been able to break away from the shackles of the technical manuals and conduct a second round of research on the original foundation, researching weapons and equipment that were even more advanced than the historical weapons and equipment.
But in reality, he didn't.
The reasons included objective factors as well as the lack of cooperation between different departments. The four major military workshops had been guarding their own stalls. They had never thought of improving or going up another level.
This couldn't go on.
After witnessing the power of the P1 Cannon, Ouyang Shuo realized that he needed to upgrade the military industry in his territory, especially in the field of cold weapons.
Before returning to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo had already revealed his thoughts to Xiahou Dun.
Now, it was up to the new chief of the Combat Readiness Division to give him an answer.
"Tell me, what is the Combat Readiness Division thinking?" Ouyang Shuo went straight to the point.
Xiahou Dun said, "My lord, I'm ashamed of your criticism of the Combat Readiness Division."
His lord's previous letter was quite rude. If Xiahou Dun hadn't just been appointed and this matter had nothing to do with him, he would have been reprimanded badly.
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand. "There's no need to apologize. Tell me your specific plan."
"Yes." Xiahou Dun nodded. "This is what the Combat Readiness Division is thinking. We plan to transfer five to six master craftsmen from the Armor Workshop and the Bow and Crossbow Division. We'll put them together to research new weapons and equipment forging techniques. Apart from that, we'll also invite Master Ou Yezi to lead this team. "
Ouyang Shuo listened and thought for a while. "Master Ou Yezi is a god-level swordsmith with rich experience. It's a good idea to have him lead the team. However, this is far from enough. If we just transfer a few people together, what kind of sparks will there be? We need to make more changes. "
"How about this. We might as well set up an Equipment Research Center under the Combat Readiness Division. Master Ou Yezi will be in charge. The research center will gather all the masters of the various types of weapons and equipment in the territory. In areas where the territory's weapons and equipment are weaker, such as heavy swords and warhorse armor, we'll have to spend a lot of money to hire masters from the capital. This way, we'll form a luxurious lineup that will be jointly responsible for the territory's equipment research. "
"In addition, we'll need to borrow people from the Seventh Research Institute. We'll ask them to transfer two iron and steel experts to participate in the equipment research. Magnus's alchemy laboratory can also be merged into the equipment research center. In short, the future equipment research center will become the brain of the territory's cold weapons. "
"There's one more thing. The equipment research center shouldn't be complacent, and we can't build cars behind closed doors. We have to constantly work with the shipbuilding department, the Seventh Research Institute, and other research institutes, as well as Southwest University China Hall and other educational institutions to expand our knowledge, broaden our horizons, and refine more. This way, we'll be able to improve. "
After saying so much in one go, Ouyang Shuo's mouth was dry. He picked up his teacup and took a big gulp.
Xiahou Dun and the others were like obedient students, all of them holding notebooks and scribbling notes down for fear that they would miss out on any information.
After double-checking to make sure that there were no mistakes, Xiahou Dun finally raised his head and said solemnly, "My lord's words are truly enlightening. We were too conservative. After we leave, we will formulate a detailed plan for the establishment of the equipment research center and submit it to my lord for your judgment. "
"That would be for the best." Ouyang Shuo nodded, then turned his head to glance at Ouyang Yezi. "I'll have to trouble you, Grandmaster, to take care of the equipment research center."
Ouyang Yezi's heart was filled with anticipation when he heard this. My lord's methods are truly extraordinary, far more daring than Xiahou Dun's. If we really were to follow this plan, the prospects would be limitless.
"My lord, be at ease. This old man will do his utmost to teach you everything I know," Ouyang Yezi said.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and nodded. "If there's anything you need, Grandmaster, you can report directly to Us at the Protectorate headquarters." For the sake of improving the territory's cold weapons, he was determined to open the doors to the equipment research center.
"Yes!"
Thus, the matter of establishing the equipment research center was finally settled.
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