The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 619 Swordsman

"That is to say, you, Dongshanhou, are so powerful that in order to build a house, you still have to send someone to explore the mines. However, if some mines are really discovered, I am afraid that Brother Jing will not be able to deal with it in the court?" Jin Yang's face flashed A little bit of worry.

Xuan Shijing naturally knew that the mine belonged to Datang. Even if the mine was explored, it had to be handed over to the country honestly, but Xuan Shijing asked people to find coal mines, not copper mines, iron mines, or gold mines. Such metal mines, so things like coal mines are not within the scope of handing over to the state.

Moreover, it is useless for the imperial court to ask for coal mines. Could it be that the ministers of civil and military affairs are all digging coal?And this coal, even if the court knew about it, Xuan Shijing didn't say it, who would know the great use of this coal in the civil and military affairs of the court?

Therefore, at this point, Xuan Shijing is not worried about the problems of the court at all. If someone really wants to sabotage and intervene, just do it. I really don’t know who will take the risk At the risk of offending people to find fault, without Xuan Shijing, the coal buried in the ground was dug out and piled there, but it was just a pile of useless black stones.

"There's nothing wrong with that in the court hall, it's just some stones used to make a fire. It's possible that some people will want to take it home and make a fire for cooking." Xuan Shijing laughed.

But once the coal comes out, naturally it can't be used only for Xuan Shijing's side to burn cement. Right now, His Majesty Li Er is sharpening his sword and wants to attack Goguryeo. Xuan Shijing also intends to discuss the coal mine with His Majesty Li Er After some discussion, if this coal mine can be used on wrought iron, then the quality of weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can be improved to a higher level.

Furthermore, it is to improve the technology of the Tang sword. Although the Bailian Tang sword is very powerful, it cannot be equipped in the army on a large scale. Xuan Shijing thought of the samurai sword of Dongying. I brought a knife, and then I remembered this.

The biggest feature of Dongying's samurai sword is that it has improved the Tang sword, adding a certain radian, which is convenient for chopping. In the forging process, Baotou Steel's technology is also used.

As the saying goes, good steel is used on the blade, the material of steel is harder than iron, but the weapon cannot be made of steel [-]%, the rigidity of the weapon must have moderate toughness, unless it is alloy steel or high carbon steel, but these, The Tang Dynasty did not have any, so the most common weapon in the army is still iron. If Baotou Steel's technology is used to improve the Tang Dao, the Tang Dao produced will be improved in terms of toughness and hardness, especially the blade. If the hardness is increased, the lifespan of the weapon on the battlefield will be greatly improved, and there will be no rolling blades or gaps after a few slashes, and it will also provide a little more protection for the lives of soldiers.

"By the way, Sizi, on Chang'an City Street earlier, did you see the blades worn by those Japanese people?" Xuan Shijing looked at Jinyang.

Jin Yang nodded, and replied: "I see, those Japanese people wearing blades are all guards brought by the envoys from Tang Dynasty. If they are ordinary people, they can't go to the streets with weapons without official orders."

As expected, he sent an envoy to Tang Dynasty
"What do you think of the weapons of the Japanese people?" Xuan Shijing asked again.

"It's very common. If you are facing my Tang's long sword, you will be stronger, and you will end up broken in half." Jin Yang said: "How does Brother Jing feel about the Japanese's sword? Interested?"

"I see that the Japanese's sword seems to have been improved from the horizontal sword of our Tang Dynasty, so I feel a little curious." Xuan Shijing said: "The Japanese's sword is better than our Tang Dynasty's Tang sword. The knives have more arcs, and it is more convenient to chop. I thought their knives would be stronger than our Tang's knives, but unexpectedly, this improvement was wasted in vain."

Even with radians and no quality to rely on, head-to-head confrontation with Tang Dao will still end in a loss, because the technology for forging blades in the current Japanese country has not yet matured.

Today's Japan, historically speaking, belongs to the Nara period. During this period, with the dispatch of Tang envoys to the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty's "Tang Broadsword" was passed to Japan, and the "Tang Broadsword" adopted the most advanced forging technology at this time. Through forging cold and heat treatment, the fibers of the steel structure are evened out, and impurities are removed. Therefore, the forging institutes of the Japanese country followed suit and produced countless "Tang-like swords". Soon, the blacksmiths of the Japanese country mastered this advanced technology. In the future, some famous knife forgers have even begun to adjust the carbon content of steel to enhance the toughness and hardness of the knife.

If you say anything else, Xuan Shijing may not be clear, but when it comes to the Japanese pirates and rogues in the coastal areas during the Ming Dynasty, most people must know that the Ming army suffered a big loss in terms of weapons alone, because in the Ming Dynasty At the time of the dynasty, the forging technology of the Wa country was already very mature.

The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of Japanese samurai culture, and the forging process of samurai swords also had a great breakthrough. At that time, Japanese knife forgers invented a technology called carbon folding steel quenching technology, which is to continuously forge steel Hitting, then folding and lamination, then forging, and then folding and lamination process, during which quenching and cold treatment are continuously carried out to adjust the carbon content. After such a samurai sword is forged, you can see obvious beautiful water ripples on the blade surface. A large amount of carbon folding steel is mixed with skin steel and core iron. The quenched skin steel ensures the hardness of the knife, and the unquenched core iron ensures the flexibility of the knife. This art of forging knives has reached the extreme of cold weapons. Even in modern times, Carbon folding steel is also the highest craftsmanship for cold weapons.

"What's so good about the Japanese people's weapons? If Brother Jing likes them, Sizi also has a magic weapon, which can be given to Brother Jing." Jin Yang thought that Xuan Shijing lacked a handy weapon, so he would treat those Japanese Human weapons are of interest.

Xuan Shijing smiled and shook his head: "I don't lack weapons, I'm just wondering if we can improve the long knives in the hands of our Tang soldiers."

"That's fine, why did Brother Jing think of improving weapons? But what's wrong with the weapons in the hands of soldiers in the army?" Jin Yang asked.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that with the coal mine, those weapons can be improved to a higher level." Xuan Shijing said, but naturally it needs to cooperate with the technology Xuan Shijing brought out.

The so-called technology is naturally that kind of carbon folding steel technology. Simply put, it is Baotou steel technology.

Although it takes a lot of manpower and financial resources to build this kind of weapon, it is not necessary for every soldier to meet that standard, it just needs to be slightly improved on the original technology.

(End of this chapter)