The rise of the prince

Chapter 575 Black Iron Order

Yan Shen rode at the forefront, a large group of people guarded several merchants, and a cart of broken silver walked back.

This time they earned more than 500 taels of silver, roughly weighed, and the quality varies, but it doesn't matter, they didn't come here for money.

This is not a small amount of money, Qifang has already explained that the money does not need to be taken back, it will be spent by dozens of them.

Yan Shen asked someone to buy a carload of good meat, but he didn't dare to buy wine. He was afraid of bad things, and the steward made it clear that the matter was of great importance at this time, and it was the biggest matter of the palace at the moment.

In fact, everyone is very happy to eat meat.

The road is different from the green mountains and green waters that Jingguo raised his eyes. Xia Guo can see a piece of loess, sand and dust all over the sky, and the vast Gobi.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhang Wang asked Yan Shen who was riding in front, "General Yan, there is something I've always been puzzled about."

Yan Shen turned around.

"Aren't you afraid that Xia Guo people will imitate the Xuantie Order?" Zhang Wang asked.

What he wanted to ask was also what a few vendors wanted to ask, if the Black Tie Token could be imitated, would it still be snapped up?

At the end of the question, Yan Shen burst out laughing, and the surrounding sergeants also laughed, looking at them puzzled.

Yan Shen explained: "My lord ordered the craftsmen in the palace to forge the Xuantie Order. It is made of Xiaosteel and has engraved characters. It can't be damaged by ordinary fire, and it is not afraid of ordinary swords. It is impossible to imitate it."

"Xiaogang?"

The merchant was still puzzled, but Zhang Wang remembered something: "Recently, people in Luzhou and Suzhou are saying that the agricultural tools sold by Wangfu are not chipped by stones, they are cheap and affordable, and they are harder than hatchets. Every family wants to buy Wangfu's tools. Farm tools, could it be Xiaogang?"

Yan Shen nodded: "That's right, those are Xiaogang, what is the name of the prince. Tool steel.

They can't imitate, among other things, even the best cold-forged armor in Xia Kingdom, the cold-forged sword prince has bought it back and studied it, it is far inferior to the Xiaogang in the palace. "

"Cold wrought iron!" Zhang Wang was surprised.

Xia Guo's three thousand Ping Xia iron harriers are famous all over the world, because the men and horses wear cold-forged armor and hold cold-forged weapons, and the people and horses are connected by iron cables. It is to rush straight into the enemy's position, causing chaos in the enemy's position.

So people often say that there are three treasures in the world, the Khitan saddle, the secret color of Goryeo, and the sword of Xia Guo.

Yan Shen nodded indifferently, and rode his horse to look at the yellow mountains and rivers in the distance: "The prince and the blacksmiths in the palace have researched that Xia Guo cold forged armor and cold forged swords, in fact, they directly beat iron without calcining. It has been beaten until the thickness is reduced by half, and then it is shaped, so it is called cold forging."

"Forging directly, God, how long will it take?" Zhang Wang sighed.

"Yes, the lord said that it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to do so, but it can indeed produce good iron, but it is still far from real steel, and sooner or later they will find that they can't make imitations.

It is also because of this that Xixia's national strength is only three thousand iron kites, cold-forged armor, and cold-forged weapons must be passed down from generation to generation. Yan Shen said, pulling out the knife from his waist.

"Besides, the knives in the new army are all forged by Xiaogang. It will be easy to tell the real from the fake by then, and it will be clear if you just cut it with a knife."

Only then did Zhang Wang suddenly understand and nodded, feeling more and more unfathomable in the palace.

Time flies, dozens of days are fleeting.

In such a boring and desolate place like Yan'an Mansion, life is not easy, just in time for the turn of spring and summer, strong winds will carry sand and dust, and from time to time it will hit this ancient city, blowing people's noses, mouths and faces full of dust.

Qifang was overworked, and because she was a southerner, it was difficult for her to adapt to such an environment, and she suddenly caught a cold.

The doctor told her not to work too hard and use her brain less, but she didn't listen at all.

In desperation, Wei Yubai had no choice but to unload her pen, ink, letters, and various documents and hand them over to Fang Xin for the time being, and the situation began to improve slowly.

Even so, at dusk, she still insisted on letting Wei Yubai support her, and went to the north of the city to look at the gloomy mountains in the north and the broad loess official road, waiting for everyone to come back.

Slowly, her condition began to improve, half of it was due to Wei Yubai's care, and the other half was Fang Xin's ability. Don't worry, you don't need to bother, the disease will recover quickly.

Finally, in late April, a large group of people appeared on the loess road far north of the city, led by Yan Shen on horseback.

The crowd was buzzing and just settled down, washed their faces, and had no time to drink water, so they went to Qifang and reported the situation in Xingqing Mansion, and they talked for more than two hours.

After Qifang, Fang Xin, and Wei Yubai listened together, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I have the foresight to manage things." Wei Yubai said.

Qifang smiled: "It's just a matter of habit."

What Wei Yubai was talking about was sending Yanshen to lead people to protect the merchants going north. She helped the palace manage the business in the south, had seen too many things in the mall, and knew that as long as it was for profit, people could do anything.

Think about how many people will be evil if a glassware that can sell for thousands of taels?
It was true along the way. Yan Shen said that they were targeted several times by people with malicious intentions. They might be robbers or villagers near the main road. Fortunately, there were new army sergeants guarding the field, and no one dared to do anything wrong after a group of them were scared.

Everyone looked at her with a lot of admiration and admiration.

Qifang arranged for them to go down to rest, and asked them to prepare wine and meat as rewards before leaving happily.

Wei Yubai followed her and asked, "How many Black Iron Tokens have you sold this time?"

"There are at least two large boxes, and there are more than a thousand pieces. They are all directly made by the craftsmen of the palace with molten steel pouring molds. The production is convenient and the quantity is large. I let them sell them in different places." Qifang said.

Wei Yubai was surprised, "There are more than 1000 pieces, then where will so many colored glazes be sold to them? What if they imitate the Xuantie Token themselves?"

Qifang showed her beautiful white teeth, "Imitation is imitation, don't worry at all, I'm happy that they imitate. Besides, the glazed wares I brought are sold out, and I don't plan to go back next month."

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Wei Yubai was speechless, but gradually he understood the intention, and felt a chill down his spine.
Until this moment, she finally fully understood what the prince meant by the so-called Tulip Project.

After the previous two incidents, large-scale public opinion has spread, and everyone in the Xia Kingdom understands a truth: buying glazed wares from Jingguo merchants is equivalent to getting rich overnight!
Now, Xuantie Ling is equivalent to glassware, and the pursuit of glassware, or the pursuit of getting rich overnight, will be equivalent to the pursuit of small pieces of iron. It will make people crazy.

But glassware is indeed valuable, and the quantity is limited, but that small piece of iron
Few people think about it. Most people have already determined that iron sheets are equal to glassware, which is equal to getting rich overnight.

Think about such a temptation, who can stand it.

A small piece of iron is worth thousands of taels of silver, enough for a person to live comfortably for a lifetime, and maybe it will go up even more!If this kind of thing happened around her, she wouldn't be able to bear the temptation.

The situation still needs to be observed, so they still stayed in Yan'an Mansion, while constantly collecting information from merchants everywhere.

After Zhang Jie worshiped the Buddha, he played with the glass cup, filled it with water, and looked at the sun. The more he looked at it, the more charming his eyes became.

When he first saw the "Linglong Crystal Cup" given to him by Emperor Jingguo, he had long been envious of that rare treasure that was as clear as water. More importantly, he heard that such a treasure was the treasure of Jingguo Taoist immortals, so he couldn't help liking it up.

When people get older, they like these things about the way of immortals and Buddhas.

Xia Guo respects Confucianism and believes in Buddhism, but Taoism also believes in some. Hearing that it is a fairy treasure, he is even more envious. For this reason, he went to see the emperor once, but seeing the emperor holding it in his arms and reluctant to let it go, he knew it was useless.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, a local village chief came to him with an almost identical, but slightly larger, exquisite crystal cup, saying that it was to honor him.

Zhang Xie looked and looked, touched and touched, and liked it so much that he promised him the official position of knowing the state affairs on the spot.

The man was so happy that he smashed his head.
He is the prime minister, the emperor doesn't care about government affairs, and he has the final say on many things in Xia country.

Since then, he has kept this treasure in his hands day and night, even putting it by the table when he sleeps.

While he was playing, he heard footsteps outside, it turned out to be his fourth son.

The fourth son was doing business between Xingqing Mansion and Jingguo. Their Zhang family ancestors were Han Chinese from the Yan'an Mansion, so his father taught him to speak Chinese, and he also taught his children to speak Chinese. Unexpectedly, it became a big advantage, allowing his family to speak Chinese. The son can do business with Jing Guo.

Among the sons, the fourth son was the wealthiest. He hurried in and said happily, "Father, let me show you a treasure."

Zhang Xie said: "Is there any treasure better than my exquisite crystal cup?"

The son didn't speak, but slowly opened the wooden box, and then laughed triumphantly. Zhang Xie froze, because there were two translucent and clear glassware, a larger kettle, and an inkstone in the box.

(End of this chapter)