Li Shimin

Chapter 167 The Prodigal
"You want to compete with Cheng Chusi and those bastards for these Xuanhua axes and horses made of fine steel?"

Inside the room, looking at the old killers in front of him, Li Xuan's eyes were full of strangeness.

Gee!

Sure enough, they are indeed a group of old rascals, who can deal with their own children's toys.

"Sanlang, this kind of magic weapon should be used to kill the enemy. It is a waste of gods to put it in the hands of those little bastards!"

Li Shimin coughed dryly and explained with embarrassment on his face.

On the side, Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong also realized this and nodded their heads in embarrassment.

"Casual!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "Anyway, these weapons are just forged toys for Gao Ming and others. Since you want to snatch them, you can snatch them!"

"Cough cough..."

Hearing what Li Xuan said, the old faces of Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong felt a little uncomfortable.

However, the old-faced and thick-faced Cheng Zhijie grasped the point of Li Xuan's words.

Looking at Li Xuan expectantly, "Master, you said that these magical soldiers are all forged toys for those bastards?"

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of something, and quickly looked at Li Xuan: "Sanlang, it's easy to forge these magical weapons?"

"Whether forging a weapon is simple or not, you don't know yet?"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin strangely, and asked back.

"Is it really forged like that?"

Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie were all excited.

"I do not know!"

Li Xuan curled his lips, shook his head and said, "The matter of forging weapons was forged by two craftsmen, Ying Qi and Wu Fu, and I did not participate in it!"

"Ying Qi and Wu Fu?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie's expressions changed slightly, and then they remembered what Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi had reported to them a long time ago.

"Sanlang, is refined steel really simpler than iron?"

"more or less!"

Li Xuan sighed helplessly, "I don't know what your standards are? However, in my eyes, the current speed of steelmaking and ironmaking is still very slow!"

Forehead!
After hearing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others were startled.

But soon, a heart has already poured on the two craftsmen Ying Qi and Wu Fu in the forge.

"You can go if you want, please feel free!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan sighed again.

But this time, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others had long ignored Li Xuan, turned around and ran into the forging workshop.

"His Majesty?"

"The villain has met His Majesty!" "The villain has met the king, Su Guogong, Wei Guogong, Qi Guogong..."

In the forging workshop, Ying Qi and Wu Fu, who were concentrating on smelting fine steel, saw Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others rushing in, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

Regarding this, Li Shimin and the others just nodded to Ying Qi and Wu Fu, and then looked straight at the burning forge.

"His Majesty?"

Both Ying Qi and Wu Fu were startled.

"Is it refined steel here?" Li Shimin asked directly.

"Exactly!"

The two nodded quickly.

"How long does it take to refine a furnace of fine steel?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Return to Your Majesty, as long as there is enough pig iron, it only takes half an hour!"

In front of Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie, Ying Qi and Wu Fu whispered a conservative time.

"Ok?"

However, this enough conservative time, to the ears of Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie, it was also like a thunder, which made them all pale with shock, and their faces were full of disbelief.

"Are you sure that it only takes half an hour to refine a furnace of fine steel?"

"Exactly!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu, two artisans, were not at all surprised by the reaction of the few people.

Back then, when the refined steel was refined for the first time, their expressions were even more exaggerated and surprised than Li Shimin and the others.

"Return to Your Majesty, Duke Qi, the villain dares to guarantee it with the head on his neck!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

Immediately, he hurriedly said, "It's just that this is the time to smelt steel from pig iron. But if you start smelting from iron ore, it will take at least an hour!"

"An hour?"

After listening, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji murmured a few words subconsciously.

Immediately, his face was full of excitement.

"So fast, so fast!"

Then, Changsun Wuji thought of something, and continued to ask: "How many catties of fine steel can be smelted in one furnace?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Duke Qi, one furnace can make two hundred catties of fine steel!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu clasped their hands again and replied.

"Two hundred catties, so much!"

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were shocked again.

If it's just that the smelting bureaus under the supervision of the Shaofu need at least two hours to smelt a furnace of steel, and only a few kilograms of steel can be smelted in one furnace.

But now, it has doubled directly.

On the side, Cheng Zhijie couldn't bear it long ago, and while several people were contemplating, he quickly stared at Ying Qi and Wu Fu and asked, "Master said, are the horses and Xuanhuas in the hands of Cheng Chusi's bastards?" The ax was forged by you two?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji all looked closely at Ying Qi and Wu Fu.

Immediately, Ying Qi and Wu Fu could not help but turn pale with shock, and hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Su Guogong. The master ordered me to forge these. However, I really did not expect that the young gentlemen would use the stumps of the master's courtyard wall to test Ma and Xuan. The sharpness of the flower ax!"

Forehead!
Hearing this, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie were taken aback.

Immediately, his face was full of embarrassment.

Those evil beasts are really worthless!

However, after being taken aback for a moment, Cheng Zhijie continued to ask: "I am not blaming you two, but want to know how long it takes to build a horse lance and a Xuanhua axe!"

Hearing that Cheng Zhijie and Li Shimin came here to forge the horse lance and Xuanhua axe, Ying Qi and Wu Fu were overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "Return to your majesty, Lord Su, to forge the horse lance and Xuanhua axe." , it doesn't take long.

In the hands of the villain, there is already a forged mold, you only need to pour molten steel into it, and after it solidifies, a rough blank of a horse or Xuanhua ax will come out.Afterwards, it needs to be polished carefully. It takes half an hour at most, or a quarter of an hour at the slowest time, and the forging can be successful! "

"It took a total of three days of hard work for the horses and Xuanhua axes of several young gentlemen!"

"Only three days?"

After listening, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but widen their eyes, turned their heads slowly, and looked at each other. After making sure that they heard correctly, they couldn't help being ecstatic.

"So, each of you can forge a fine steel horse lance in one day?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, Qi Guogong, the two of us can forge five horse spears in one day!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu said slowly.

"Then why did it take you two three days to forge those wicked horses and Xuanhua axes?"

Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and asked slowly.

"Return to Your Majesty, Duke Qi, in the remaining two days, the two of us are forging steel crossbows for His Royal Highness!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu replied quickly.

"Steel crossbow?"

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji had doubts in their eyes.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Duke Qi, the steel crossbow is a crossbow forged entirely of refined steel. This steel crossbow is so powerful that it can shoot through iron armor three hundred paces away!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu explained.

"A crossbow forged entirely of fine steel?"

After hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes widened, his face full of distress.

"Prodigal stuff..."

……

　Damn it!
　　The wood on the tree has become a pig on the tree!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)