Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1764: One sulfur, two nitrates, three charcoals, Wang Yu visits the Dongfang family
"Tell Fan Qinghui that I am worried about leaving the Emperor's Seal in her hands! Put it here first!"

"Soon, this general will find a backer for your Cihang Jingzhai! Then, I will return it to you!"

As long as he kept one of the six seals of the emperor in his hands, he would at least have the last bit of power to overturn the chess game. If it really came to the end, at worst, he could destroy this thing and make it a permanent secret.

However, Wang Yu did have some doubts about the capabilities of Cihang Jingzhai.

In fact, this matter had just begun, and two great masters of the peak level of heaven and man had already been attracted. This was also because they were lucky, and the two they attracted were not in the same group, which barely maintained a balance.

If this matter were to spread out of Da Cang and ferment throughout the world, who knows how many evil spirits would be attracted?
Therefore, Wang Yu was unwilling to take so many risks.

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter!"

"Besides, since this general has said that he will find a backer for you, that backer will naturally be able to protect you!" Wang Yu looked at Bi Xiuxin who wanted to say something, and spoke directly in advance without any doubt.

Bi Xiuxin's beautiful big eyes blinked. She knew that facts had begun to develop in the direction her senior sister had planned.

They, Cihang Jingzhai, are destined to take off with the wind.

After Wang Yu finished his business, he relaxed all over, and his big hands became restless. Soon, the candlelight flickered, and the mahogany carved embroidered bed began to shake like a gurgling stream. Soft and low sounds flowed out from the gauze curtains, rapid and cheerful.

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Among the four imperial merchants, although the Beiming family was the first one that Wang Yu contacted, the Dongfang family came from behind and, with extraordinary perseverance, directly surpassed the Beiming family and took the lead in establishing a deeper connection with Wang Yu.

As the two parties are about to launch in-depth cooperation, Wang Yu will definitely take time to visit them.

Besides, at least Ye Wanqing and Xiao Meiniang are both Dongfang Yu’s adopted daughters, and the Dongfang family will soon be considered in-laws.

Not to mention, the restoration and organization of the troops will require the recruitment of a large number of new recruits, but there has not been much progress in the issues of armor, weapons and equipment and improvements in the army.

With such a large group of new recruits, plus some veterans who need to replace a batch of old and damaged equipment, the Dongfang family’s help is indispensable in order to equip all the equipment as soon as possible.

The four imperial merchants have extended their economic tentacles into every aspect of Da Cang.

However, the four companies have different focuses.

The Dongfang family is the leader in arms, Ximen has the advantages of salt, oil and cloth, Nangong is the leader in food and shipping, and Beiming is famous for high-end luxury goods such as silk and satin.

The Dongfang family is not like the Nangong, Ximen, and Beiming families, which are located in a prosperous city, but are rooted beside the mountains.

Thirty miles outside Pingxian City, the seat of Hedong Dao, there is the Dongliu River in front and the Xiaoba Mountains behind. It is rich in iron ore and is half mountain and half city. There are checkpoints at the foot of the mountain and suspension bridges and fences built along the river. There is a magnificent castle halfway up the mountain, and behind the castle on the mountain are large smelting and casting workshops.

In other words, rather than calling it a castle, it would be better to call it a small city. Such a castle is home to tens of thousands of people.

Within this castle is located the Dongfang family’s largest weapons workshop. Nearly half of the output of the Dongfang family’s arms business comes from here.

The Xiaoba Mountains behind the Dongfang family have a large iron mine, which was handed over to the Dongfang family by the imperial court. The condition is that the Dongfang family will hand over 60% of the iron ore output every year to the imperial court. As for the remaining 40%, it will be completely owned by the Dongfang family.

Even the Da Cang imperial court would receive a large number of orders for Dongfang family's weapons and equipment every year. In other words, Dongfang family was originally one of the institutions responsible for helping Da Cang forge weapons and armor.

If the imperial court's own weapons workshops are considered as completely state-owned enterprises, then the Dongfang family's weapons and workshops can be considered as state-controlled.

Of course, Da Cang’s order is only for the most sophisticated parts of the Dongfang family’s weapons workshop.

The Dongfang family's products are divided into different levels. Da Cang will only pack the top few levels, and the ones below that will be sold to others.

Especially for weapons and equipment used by the army, if they are sold to foreign countries, the specifications of the orders from Da Cang are strictly controlled. However, for the orders from some martial arts sects, the imperial court does not control the differences in quality so strictly.

Half an hour later, the convoy passed the river protection bridge and entered the castle halfway up the mountain. The Dongfang family had received the notification long ago. The clan leader Dongfang Yu, elders, deacons and other important people in the family stood at the entrance of the castle to welcome Wang Yu's arrival.

"My fellow Dongfang uncles, there is no need to be so polite. You are all elders. Yu An dares to accept such a great gift!"

"Yu came here today to discuss the marriage contract!"

"Secondly, the reason I came here today is to see the Eastern people's iron smelting and refining techniques. Our army is currently developing rapidly and expanding its manpower, but the supply of weapons and armor is still insufficient. Many weapons are picked up and the quality is uneven. I would like to discuss the issue of weapons and armor with my uncles, hoping to equip the army with sophisticated equipment as soon as possible, and observe the smelting process by the way!" Wang Yu got out of the car and talked freely in front of the many Eastern people who were bowing.

"My dear nephew, the weapons produced by the Dongfang family are unique, mainly because of the unique smelting and casting techniques. The molten iron is of high quality, so it is not easy to break or shatter. The blade edge is sharp, and it is not easy to rust after being quenched many times. Therefore, it is very popular among warriors all over the world..." Dongfang Yu began to introduce.

Dongfang Yu did not take seriously the saying that weapons were still in short supply, many weapons were picked up, and the quality was uneven. Those who understand this kind of statement will understand it. If you really take it seriously, you will lose.

The Zhendong family originally had their own weapons workshop, but its scale was not as large as that of the Dongfang family. However, don’t forget that Wang Yu took away a large number of royal craftsmen.

When it comes to weapon forging, it is impossible to be inferior to the Dongfang family.

However, the Dongfang family has been able to grow to such a scale because they also have their strengths in weapon forging.

What Wang Yu has to do is to combine the strengths of all schools.

Wang Yu attaches great importance to military industry. The historical trajectory from ancient times to the present tells us that the military situation will often reveal its shortcomings in the face of military tactics. And military tactics, in the face of military skills, are also gradually showing their decline with the development of the times.

Military technicians study weapons and combat techniques. The more advanced the times, the more advantages they have. Even if Han Bai and Li Yue were combined, it would be impossible for them to defeat a group of hot weapon troops with cold weapon troops.

Aren’t hot weapons, or even Big Ivan, a type of military skill?

Although it is impossible to develop to this extent in this era, or even a fraction of this extent, even if the weapons and equipment are a little bit better than others, even if one soldier's equipment is a little bit better, but tens of millions of soldiers accumulated together, it would be terrifying.

Having been in the military since he was a child, he knew very well that there might not be much difference between a sword that would bend after ten slashes and a sword that would bend after twelve slashes. However, when put on the battlefield, the meanings they represented were completely different.

In the era of cold weapons, the quality and sharpness of weapons often determined the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides. Of course, this ignores external factors such as time, place, and people, and only considers the soldiers fighting face to face. If two soldiers have similar martial arts, physical fitness, and momentum, the one with superior weapons will definitely have the advantage.

Speaking of which, in this strange world, Wang Yu had thought about studying gunpowder.

Although he was not a professional before he traveled through time, he had heard of the phrase "one, two, three".

Just knowing one sentence is useless. However, knowing one sentence, just throw it to your subordinates. He can't do the research on his own, right? Researching gunpowder is no joke. If you are not careful, you may get yourself into trouble.

However, after several years, there was no progress.

Later, Wang Yu discovered it.

Although most of the elements in these two worlds are the same, they are still different after all.

There are different species. On the blue planet, the extinct mammoth actually exists in this alien world.

Although Wang Yu had never seen a mammoth on Blue Star, he didn't know what a mammoth looked like.

However, the mammoth on the Beidi grassland was covered with fine and thick long hair, with a skin thickness of 2 cm and a fat layer nearly 10 cm thick. In addition, its huge body of five meters long and three meters high did look like the mammoth that Wang Yu had heard of in the legend.

Moreover, there are some animals and plants that he has never heard of or seen before.

And some other substances are also different.

For example, sulfur. According to Wang Yu's research, this substance exists in this alien world, but it is mixed with another substance, which changes its own non-flammable properties and makes it extremely flammable.

However, when mixed with another substance, it changes its property of releasing a large amount of oxygen, thus changing the most important element involved in the composition of gunpowder.

Of course, Wang Yu is not a professional after all, so this is just his guess and does not mean it is absolutely correct.

However, what Wang Yu was certain of was that after being mixed with another substance, the sulfur in this world was indeed to a certain extent not conducive to the emergence of gunpowder.

And now, at least Wang Yu has no means to separate this substance or even several substances from sulfur.

Therefore, even if one knows the famous saying "one, two, three" that every time traveler must master, the progress of gunpowder research is still a long way off and remains in its initial stage.

Today is a special day for everyone in Oriental Castle.

Everyone looked up at the figure who was chatting and laughing with their family head. Ever since Wang Yu conquered the capital of Dongyi, all kinds of stories about him had been spreading.

Some even exaggerated the story and described Wang Yu as a god-like general. Many storytellers in teahouses and restaurants even compiled these events into short stories and recited them.

In short, Wang Yu's reputation is severely polarized. In the eyes of some people, he is black to the core, but in the eyes of some people, he is a complete giant, and a giant that radiates light.

Dongfang Yu continued, "The weapons forged by the Dongfang family are mainly divided into three aspects: close attack, long-range shooting, and armor. Since the era of Emperor Collapse, when the situation of the seven dynasties coexisting was basically formed, chariots have withdrawn from the battlefield, and cavalry has emerged as a new force and occupied a dominant position. Except for a few elite and brave troops that we spend huge amounts of money to maintain every year, the remaining troops in Da Cang are always inferior to those in the north, so we can only strengthen our advantage in weapons."

"The close-range weapons produced by our Dongfang family are mainly swords, halberds, spears, and halberds. The long-range weapons are mainly bows, crossbows, and javelins. The armor is mainly armor, helmets, shields, etc. Among them, the crossbow has made a breakthrough and is being modified according to the design plan. I believe that after the new casting mold is made, it can be mass-produced. No matter the killing power, range, quality, continuity, and accuracy, there will be a leap forward."

When Dongfang Yu talked about this, there was a hint of pride in his expression.

Among the seven dynasties, Wei crossbows were famous all over the world, and their overall quality was the highest among the seven dynasties.

Apart from the Wei Dynasty, Dongfang Yu was confident that the same type of main crossbow could reach a maximum range of five steps after this modification. Even if it was a conservative estimate, it would be at least three steps away.

Not to mention five steps, even if it was just one step, it would be a huge breakthrough for bows and crossbows, a creative breakthrough.

Then, accompanied by the clan leader, deacon and others, Wang Yu observed the smelting and casting techniques in the workshop at the back of the castle. A lot of flat land had been opened up in the back mountain and built into workshops, some for smelting iron, some forging molds, and some where craftsmen and apprentices worked together to produce weapons and armor.

Wang Yu never imagined that the Dongfang family's weapons workshop actually used an assembly line working method. Casting was done by casting, hammering was done by hammering, and grinding and polishing were each divided into a small process. Each craftsman was only responsible for one process, and the apprentices around him learned quickly.

No wonder the Dongfang family has done such a good job in maintaining confidentiality in the area of ​​weapons forging. As the saying goes, every profession has its own specialties, and specializing in a small process can greatly improve production quality and speed. Moreover, when manufacturing special weapons or advanced equipment in the future, confidentiality will also be easy to do. If one person leaks the news, it will only reveal a small process and will not affect the overall situation.

In addition, while watching the Dongfang family's weapon forging, Wang Yu signed the first order with the Dongfang family, for a total of equipment that could be used by 50,000 people.

(End of this chapter)