Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 809
When Xi Jian expressed his willingness to purchase armaments, Shen Zhezi led Xi Jian directly to the ordnance warehouse in Jincheng, Shouchun, without making excuses.

The source of Huainan ordnance mainly comes from the Wujiang smelting and casting base.After several years of development, the production capacity of the Wujiang fiefdom has entered the right track, and the amount of iron smelting alone has reached more than [-] jin.Of course, this figure is just a drop in the ocean compared to the iron smelting output that spread to the whole world, especially in the prosperous dynasties.But if viewed as a family's private property, Shen Zhezi believes that no matter any sect or separatist power, no one can match the production capacity of Wujiang fiefdom.

Of course, the production capacity of Wujiang alone is not enough to maintain the tens of thousands of troops in Huainan.In particular, the amount of iron smelting is one thing, but the finished ordnance that can be crafted is another.Transforming steel into concrete usable tools consumes several times more manpower than previous processes.

In fact, based on the production capacity of Wujiang alone, it is already a limit to be able to maintain an army of [-] people, and the quality should not be too high.The reason why the Huainan Army is famous for its strong weapons is not only Wujiang, but also due to the supplement of a large number of private castings.Compared with the turbulent situation of the whole world, the energy of a clan clan is really very small. If you can't use the chips every time in a position where you can make a big fortune with a small one, it is simply a fool's dream to want to win the world with the power of one family. .

Of course, due to successive victories in the Huai Shang War, most of the hundreds of thousands of large ordnance used by the slave army were obtained by the Huainan Army, and this was one of the reasons why Shen Zhezi planned to make a big advance in the next year.With this part of the ordnance in storage, at least in terms of hardware, the Huainan Army does not have much restrictions.

Because of this, Shen Zhezi also developed an army expansion plan, intending to expand the Huainan Army's front-line combat troops to more than 5 in the next two to three years, and the standing soldiers to at least expand to 10.If this requirement can be met, the Huainan army will have an advantage on the frontal battlefield even if it is directly against Jingzhou, which is an important town in Shaanxi.

Now that the Huainan army is divided into various places, the weapons are naturally scattered among the armies, and only a small part is stored in the inner city of Shouchun.But even this small part has more than a dozen warehouses, capable of arming an army of more than 2 people.From this, it can also be inferred that the Huainan Army captured a lot in the battle of Huai Shang.

However, Xi Jian didn't care much about ordinary mechanical uses, because these can be satisfied by Xuzhou's own productivity alone, it just takes a certain amount of time.And this is not the focus of Shen Zhezi's sales. Most of these ordnance are captured. Even if they are sold to outsiders, it is impossible to expect too high a price.

He directly led Xi Jian to a row of warehouses located in the core of Jincheng, ordered his soldiers to open one of the warehouses, and took out a formed sword from it.

The saber was in the shape of an ordinary ring-headed saber, and Shen Zhezi reached out to take it. When he took off the sackcloth wrapped around the saber, Xi Jian quickly discovered how extraordinary this saber was.

In terms of craftsmanship, most of the swords and weapons used by the army today are made from a block of smelted steel after hammering and forging.The weapons formed in this way have high hardness, and their lethality on the battlefield is not low.And the process is simple, the only slightly cumbersome part is the hammer forging of the second half, and the final quality of the weapon is the quenching and opening.A good weapon is not only sharp, but also has high toughness, and it can be cut many times without losing its sharpness.Among them, the most outstanding is the hundred-refined steel knife that has been forged many times, which can be called a precious knife.

At this time, in Xi Jian's eyes, the ring-headed knife in Shen Zhezi's hand was slightly black in color, but it was different from the usual rough forged blade, which was dull and dull. Under the sunlight, it had a kind of metallic cold luster, and There are some steel grains evenly distributed on the body of the knife, and as for the open edge, there is a bright edge, which looks extremely sharp and makes one's heart chill.In Xi Jian's opinion, such a sharp blade must be an excellent sword that has been forged at least dozens of times. It may not reach the level of one hundred steel refining, but it should be almost the same.

"Put your armor on!"

Shen Zhezi held the saber in his hand, slashed into the void a few times to familiarize himself with the strength, and then ordered the soldiers to say.

Naturally, the armor used for testing the knife cannot be fine iron armor, and most of them are substitutes such as bamboo, wood and leather, but the toughness is also better than the armor protection of ordinary soldiers in the army.Layers of armor were wrapped on the wooden stakes, adding up to a dozen layers before the soldiers gave up and withdrew.

Shen Zhezi paced up to the wooden post, and after a moment, the beast let out a low growl.Suddenly he swung his knife and slashed at this armored wooden post target.I only heard a sound that was not too sharp, and then, and then I was embarrassed...

The armor covered on the wooden pile was also damaged, but it was only three or four cuts, which was far from the effect Shen Zhezi expected before.After all, I still have insufficient arm strength, and I am really not used to this kind of physical work, so it can be said that I am humiliating myself.

"You come!"

As soon as Shen Zhezi turned his head, he had regained his calm posture, and handed over the saber in his hand to Liu Di, who was one of the personal soldiers.

At this time, everyone at the scene also roughly saw what happened just now, so of course they didn't dare to laugh at the lack of strength of the son-in-law, their faces were tense, it was considered hard work.

Hearing the sound, Liu Di stepped forward to take the saber. At this time, the soldiers had set up another target post. Then he stepped forward, swung the saber in both hands and chopped it down, completely covering the wooden post with fifteen layers of armor. With a crisp sound, it was suddenly chopped into two pieces!
"Good knife!"

Seeing this scene, Xi Jian couldn't help applauding.In fact, before Shen Zhezi swung his sword to cut down the four layers of armor defense, Xi Jian could already see the extraordinaryness of this sword.After all, no matter how good a weapon is, it depends on who uses it.Even if a young man like Shen Zhezi, who has served in the army for a long time, can expect him to be powerful, he is at most young and strong compared to an old man like Xi Jian. Not a pawn in an ordinary battle formation.

Liu Di tried the knife this time, and finally washed away the humiliation that Shen Zhezi felt when he volunteered just now.He stepped forward and took the knife back, handed it to Xi Jian and said with a smile: "Is this knife still usable, Xi Gong?"

The corner of Xi Jian's mouth couldn't help but twitch again when asked this question. Although static saber testing is different from dynamic fighting on the battlefield, it is also recognized that a weapon that can cut armor five times is a qualified weapon in the army, and cutting armor more than ten Tie can become a good soldier.As for those who have cut more than twenty armors, they are all equipped with swords by generals and the like, and their value cannot be measured by ordinary weapons.The saber that Liu Di is demonstrating now not only cuts through fifteen armors, but even cuts off wooden stakes. It is not an exaggeration to say that it has cut twenty armors.Although this kind of warrior with amazing arms is by no means ordinary, it is enough to show the excellence of this knife.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of ordnance in Xuzhou, and many newly recruited soldiers do not even have basic weapons. With such a good blade in front of them, it is no longer a matter of being unusable, but of whether they can afford it.

Xi Jian took the knife, feeling much heavier than ordinary knives in his hand, holding it in front of his eyes, he saw that the blade was still cold and undamaged, which shows that the sharpness and toughness are unusual, and The steel grains on the blade are evenly distributed, which shows that it has been fully forged, and it is by no means ordinary and inferior.

"It is true that good soldiers are useful, but I would like to ask how much Wei Zhou can supply? If it stops at thirty or fifty, even if you have magical soldiers, it may not be able to help the king!"

Xuzhou has been mostly besieged by ordnance recently, and Xi Jian also organizes craftsmen in the town to produce, so he is no stranger to the process of weapon smelting and casting. It is immeasurable.So he didn't talk about the price at all, and asked about the transaction volume directly. He believed that even if the Shen family had a strong family background, it would be impossible to mass-produce this level of equipment. Some are sold outside.

After Shen Zhezi heard the words, he just smiled and didn't say how much he could supply. He just ordered Liu Di nearby and said, "I will pick up a hundred knives later and give them to Xi Gong."

Liu Di respectfully accepted the order, but when Xi Jian heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, and his demeanor could no longer be maintained.The time of dealing with each other is not too short. He knows what kind of person Shen Zhezi is.Such a fine knife tool, even if there are enough artisan materials, there are as many as [-] pieces, it will probably take at least more than a year to forge it.

But in this kid's mouth, hundreds of high-grade swords were actually given by him, and Xi Jian immediately felt a strong sense of conspiracy.But not to mention what kind of conspiracy this kid has, the benefits he got should not be in vain, so Xi Jian laughed, held the saber in his back hand and refused to return it, and then said: "I really want to thank Wei Zhou for his generosity. Xuzhou lacks a lot, and I am really curious about how much you can provide here in Wei Zhou if things are exchanged?"

"It seems that the amount of supply is not the key point right now, but I would like to ask, how much does Xi Gong plan to purchase?"

Shen Zhezi also laughed when he heard the words, and directly asked Xi Jian how much he could eat, subconsciously of course he wanted to ask Xuzhou how much money he had and how much he planned to bid.

Xi Jian knew that the little fox was not that easy to talk to, so when he heard this question, he immediately hesitated, not knowing how to answer it.

Seeing Xi Jian's embarrassed face, Shen Zhezi couldn't help laughing even more happily, and then felt the pleasure of crushing others through the technology tree.Although the quality of these knives is not up to the level of real steelmaking, there is not much difference between them. It can be said that they are very high-quality weapons.As for the forging process, it is by no means time-consuming and labor-intensive as Xi Jian thought, but through a process that is almost cheating, that is, the well-known steel pouring method in later generations.

　In fact, the smelting and casting technology of the Southern and Northern Dynasties was not very pioneering. The only famous one should be the Su Tie Dao written by Qi Wuhuai in the Northern Qi Dynasty. The history records that it has cut armor for more than [-] pieces. Fuzzy, this also brought a lot of trouble to the textual research of later generations, so that civil science was rampant.There is no standard material to support, and I am also a liberal arts student, so I seldom write in detail in terms of data.Plus, the price dog is really annoying. . .

　　
　
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