Destiny Only Han

Chapter 132 Time Traveling, Then Became an Arms Dealer
"Good knife!"

In the Yebing area, Ji Xin was holding a sharp ring sword in his hand, and he was full of praise.

Well, the Huan Shou Dao was not an original creation of the Han Dynasty. As early as the Shang Dynasty, there was already a prototype of the Huan Shou Dao. The shape of the Yanqi Dao coin was derived from this style of the Huan Shou Dao.

Liu Ying walked to him slowly: "If you like it, I will give it to you."

Ji Xin was not polite to him, put the knives into their sheaths, and put them on his waist, just curiously looking around Ding Dangdang: "My lord, why are you making so many knives here?"

Liu Ying shrugged helplessly: "I underestimated the investment in heavy industry. I don't have enough money, so I can only build some weapons and sell some arms to repay my blood..."

Although Ji Xin was confused, he still understood: "There are so many swords used in the army, and so many swords have been made, can they be sold?"

Liu Ying asked back: "Do you know why there are so many swords in the army?"

Ji Xin shook his head slowly, but did not answer.

Liu Ying explained: "In the past, the upper and lower limits of swordsmithing skills were very different. The swords made by the top swordsmiths were invincible and invincible, but the output was limited. They managed to make a famous sword, and most of them were playthings of princes and generals. , can’t go to the battlefield.”

"As for those ordinary swordsmiths, the long swords they make are only usable and cannot be called fetishes, but they are large in quantity, so they are suitable for large-scale armies."

"The reason why there are so many swords in the army is this. When a soldier is fighting, if one blade of the sword is cut off, he can turn the handle of the sword immediately and continue to fight with the other blade. If it is a knife, it is You can only change weapons, otherwise it will affect the combat."

Seeing Ji Xin nodding frequently, the corners of Liu Ying's mouth drooped slightly. In fact, there was another reason why he couldn't speak directly.

That is, whether it is a sword or a soldier, it is a consumable for war.

Although wars were frequent during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the intensity of soldiers fighting was not high. Usually, the two sides faced each other for a day, and the ratio of casualties was not high. Therefore, the war was protracted and more of a competition of national strength.

For example, the battle of Changping back then, and the later battle of Qin destroying Chu, were all like this.

The reason is that the technology of smelting weapons is not good enough, so that the killing efficiency of the soldiers is not high. In order to cope with the long-term fighting, the sword with two sharp edges naturally overwhelms the knife.

After people have mastered the steel-making technology, as long as the enemy is not wearing iron armor, they can all be broken with one knife.

At this time, the knife overwhelmed the sword and became a secondary weapon commonly used by soldiers in the army.

Well, secondary weapons.

Regardless of the sword, they are all used for close combat. The real big killer, apart from the bow and crossbow, is the spear and halberd.

For example, during the village war in the book next door, the sword master and the sword god were bragging all day long, and when they went to the battlefield, the spears in their hands were getting longer and longer!

There is also the well-known sword master Wei Ming Yixin...

Liu Ying took a ring-shou knife on the shelf, and stretched her arms as hard as she could to pull it out: "Do you know how much the teacher gave me for purchasing such a knife?"

Ji Xin hesitated for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Ten thousand yuan?"

Liu Ying sighed: "It would be great if you were the prime minister of the big man..."

He danced a saber flower casually, making Ji Xin jump back two steps in fright, and said with a pale face, "Put it back, my lord, don't hurt others or yourself..."

Liu Ying ignored Ji Xin's humiliation to him, and continued: "Eight hundred yuan a piece, and a scabbard..."

"So cheap?" Ji Xin turned pale with shock, his face full of disbelief.

Liu Ying shrugged again: "That's right, it's [-] yuan, which is actually quite a lot. It can buy an acre of land! And the teacher promised not to default on my payment, so it's a small profit but quick turnover..."

Ji Xin pulled out from his waist the ring-headed sword that Liu Ying had given him, and then pulled out the long sword that had been with him for a long time, and with both arms, the sword and the sword slashed.

when!
After a sound of gold and iron clashing, the sword did not break from it, and Wu Mu's suicide note and Nine Yin Scriptures fell out, but a gap appeared on the long sword, and the ring head sword remained the same.

"This this……"

Ji Xin opened his eyes wide, and couldn't believe the scene in front of him. He bought this long sword at a weapon shop in Luoyang back then, and spent a full three thousand yuan!
A knife worth eight hundred coins, and a sword worth three thousand coins...

Profiteer!

At this moment, Ji Xin's mind is full of the urge to run back to Luoyang and kill that profiteer with his own hands.

He turned his head, looked at Liu Ying and asked, "How did you do it, sir?"

Liu Ying said with a smile:

"Actually, weapons in the past were expensive, not because of the materials, but because of the labor. A good sword, from forging to grinding, has to be recast if any link goes wrong. The more complicated the link, the more mistakes will be made. many."

"Especially the kind of soft smelting iron, which contains many impurities, and requires repeated forging, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cost is naturally high."

"I use a new method, melting pig iron with high carbon content, pouring it on the wrought iron, making the carbon infiltrate into the wrought iron, increasing the carbon content of the wrought iron, and then using salt quenching, Oil-quenched two-liquid quenching..."

During Liu Ying's eloquence, Ji Xin only felt that his brain was buzzing, and he understood every word the other party said, but after combining them together, it was clouded.

"Combined with the pedal-operated grinding wheel I made, the efficiency of grinding the edge has been further improved, and the cost of making weapons will naturally drop."

Liu Ying explained the specific steps of Guangang Method from beginning to end. He was not worried that others would learn it and compete with himself.

After the small blast furnace here is built, his control over the price of raw materials will easily defeat any opponent.

However, the ring-head knives built here are only a small part of the production capacity, and more production capacity is used to build large saws carried by two people, and spearhead crossbows.

The former is used for logging, building materials for strengthening mines, and opening up farmland, orchards and tea gardens, while the latter is a method that is really used to boost the combat power of the army.

One inch long and one inch strong.

Needless to say about crossbows, the advantage of long spears over long halberds is that they use less metal, and the cost savings mainly lies in the barrel of the gun.

After all, the long spear only needs to be stabbed and occasionally slapped, which means that the gun only needs a log or bamboo pole.

As for the halberd that takes into account both chopping and hook pecking, the halberd shaft must be oval, mainly because it is convenient for soldiers to judge whether the direction of their own attack is consistent with the direction of force.

This also means that it takes much more time and money to make a halberd than a spear.

And to be honest, most generals don't expect their soldiers to be able to fight more than one.

It's just a small soldier, killing one is enough to kill two to earn one.

Because of this, the infantry didn't need to practice any marksmanship, just practice forward stabbing and vertical chopping. The stabbing is extremely difficult to block. When fighting, everyone stabs forward together and wins by piercing through the enemy's formation.

Simple and crude.

Just as the sword replaced the sword, the spear naturally replaced the halberd.

Well, in fact, the more important reason is that Liu Bang has as many Han Xins as possible, as long as you provide him with a platform, you don't have to worry about the explosion.

Therefore, the more weapons, the better!
…………

Surabaya County, Pengcheng.

Wealth and honor do not return home, like a night walk in brocade.

After Xiang Yu received Han Wangcheng in the army, he marched rapidly along the wide and straight "Sanchuan Donghai Road" all the way to Pengcheng.

At this moment, while the wheels were rolling, Yu Ji, who was sitting in a gold-painted four-wheeled carriage, pursed her lips and looked out of the window, only to see pines sweeping back quickly.

This gave her a feeling of flying through the clouds.

"I don't know where the King of Han got this kind of carriage, it's very comfortable..."

Yu Ji covered her mouth and yawned, and leaned lazily on Xiang Yu's chest, her soft and boneless hands reached into Xiang Yu's arms, greedily stroking the iron-hard chest muscles.

In fact, women are more lustful than men.

Xiang Yu smiled at the corner of his mouth, making such a stunner fascinated by him is the pride that every man dreams of.

Through the shutters in front of the carriage, he saw the city wall standing in the distance.

Pengcheng is just ahead.

As Xiong Xin went on the road alone, driven by time, the blood of the royal family of Xiong clan and the guards who were loyal to Xiong Xin had dried up.

Outside the city gate, Lu Qing, father and son, and Chen Ying, who had put on new clothes, bowed and stood on the left side of the road, waiting for Xiang Yu's arrival.

The brave and brave overlord of Western Chu arrived in his loyal Pengcheng today!

Behind the convoy, in a rickety two-wheeled carriage, Han Wangcheng had a bitter face, his eyes full of remorse.

The reason why Xiang Yu sent someone to capture him from Yangdi and bring him back to Pengcheng was that he had sent Zhang Liang to assist Liu Bang in entering the customs...

He sighed in his heart. If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have mixed up with Liu Bang in the first place, so that he became what he is now!

What made him even more annoyed was that Lu Ze, who was in charge of farming under him back then, is now king!
Beside Han Wangcheng, Zhang Liang was riding on a thin khaki horse, with the old god present.

He counted the days, and many people on Hanwang's side should have started clamoring to return east.

In this way, as long as the King of Han starts to attack the land of Sanqin, King Han can get rid of the current predicament.

After all, the land of South Korea guards the way out of the Guandong Middle East.

And the Qi State in the north has been unified by Tian Rong, and the next target must be the Chu State, which has long been feuded. No, it is now Western Chu.

As long as Xiang Yu doesn't want to fight on both sides, he will let Han Wangcheng return to South Korea to resist Liu Bang's east exit, so that he can concentrate on solving Tian Rong.

Zhang Liang looked westward on his horseback, as if he wanted to see the beacon smoke rising into the sky.

…………

Chu Palace.

Xiang Yu sat behind the long table, and next to him was Yu Ji, who was wearing a plain gauze dress and was so beautiful.

Ten steps away from him, Tian Du knelt on the ground, trembling, his eyes filled with a kind of light called hope.

He came to ask Xiang Yu to send troops to help him take back Linzi.

"If you lose your teacher and humiliate the country, what face do you have to live?"

After Xiang Yu finished speaking coldly, several soldiers rushed into the hall and dragged Tiandu who was struggling hard.

Yu Ji's eyes were full of peach blossoms. She just liked to see such a domineering side of this man. Before she knew it, her whole body became moist.

(End of this chapter)