Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 204 Improving Cold Weapons

Qingji took a piece of paper that had just been dried through the fire, looked at it carefully, and nodded.

Compared with the previous few times, Wu Guo's papermaking technology has made obvious progress.

At least the quality of this paper has been improved a bit, the color is whiter, not too dark.

Qingji turned his attention to Fan Li, the internal historian of Zhisu, and asked, "Uncle Shao, how is the sale of the paper slips in Wu Kingdom?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, once the paper slips were sold, they were sold out. The people who asked for the paper slips were nothing more than some scholars, merchants or nobles, all of whom were well-educated."

Fan Li smiled and said: "This paper slip is indeed better than bamboo or wooden slips, because it is easy to carry and write, so it is very popular in the market!"

"There is a price but no market! As far as I know, the price of a piece of paper is already equivalent to three bamboo slips, which is really a huge profit!"

After all, new things are very attractive.

It was expected by Qingji that paper slips were so popular in the market.

However, Qingji knew better in his heart that the paper slips were only a temporary success after all.

One day the production of paper slips will not be the monopoly of Wu.

Moreover, once the market is saturated and people no longer demand a lot of paper slips, this way of making money in the Wu Kingdom will not be so profitable.

"It is still necessary to strictly control the quality of the paper and keep improving."

Qingji said slowly.

"promise!"

The go-getters quickly agreed.

After inspecting the paper-making workshop, Qingji went to inspect the coin-making workshop.

Now Wu's currency system reform is in full swing.

A large number of cloth coins, knife coins, and ant nose coins were recovered, put back into the furnace, and melted into five baht coins.

The five baht coin became the only legal tender in the state of Wu.

Therefore, Qingji still attaches great importance to the casting process of five baht coins.

It is undeniable that in the Spring and Autumn Period, although the rites collapsed and the music was broken, the moral quality still remained.

Therefore, there are very few people who can really forge fake bis.

It's not that they can't do it, it's not that they don't dare to do it, but that moral constraints and their own bottom line don't allow them to forge fake bis without permission!

Of course, there is no lack of Qingji's crackdown on those who dare to forge fake bis.

In the state of Wu, anyone who privately casts five baht coins will be punished immediately!

However, in order to prevent someone from forging five baht coins, Qingji also specially ordered the coin casting workshop to improve the coin casting process, so that Li Shu could easily distinguish the authenticity and avoid unnecessary losses.

Afterwards, Qingji and his party inspected the weapons workshop.

"jingling!"

"Fuck-"

Just as Qingji entered the workshop, there was a strong smell of fireworks, and the sound of hammers hitting unformed weapons rang in his ears.

Looking around, I saw a group of craftsmen wearing thin clothes, five big and three rough craftsmen were making weapons amidst the smoke and fire.

There were bean-sized beads of sweat on their foreheads, faces, and arms, as if they were in a sauna room, and their bodies were already drenched.

A craftsman with a big arm and a round waist held a huge copper hammer in one hand, and swung it vigorously, hitting a red-hot embryonic sword again and again, until it was almost formed, and then put it into the water to cool down.

People kept adding firewood to the stove, fanning the wind and increasing the firepower to melt the sword blade.

In addition to swords, there are all kinds of weapons, the common ones are spears, halberds, scorpions, and arrow clusters, and the materials are mainly bronze.

Among them, long weapons such as spears and halberds are mainly equipped with chariot soldiers, while short weapons such as swords and daggers are mainly equipped with infantry.

Because the form of warfare in this era is dominated by chariots, there are a large number of chariots in various countries.

Long weapons are the most famous!
Among them, the halberd, the halberd base was integrally cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the halberd with the spear and spear separately cast and assembled appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Its dagger and spear parts are cast separately and mounted on the same wooden handle. This kind of halberd is powerful for direct stabbing, and the horizontal hook is not easy to fall off. It is really the "king of long weapons"!
Qingji immediately picked up a freshly baked bronze sword that had already been made.

"Ding!"

When the fingers flicked on the blade, there was a crisp sound immediately, which was very pleasant.

But Qingji just held up the bronze sword and looked at it carefully.

I saw that there are convex ridges in this sword, the edge is sharp, the hilt is cylindrical, and there are two round hoops. The section of the sword body is prismatic, the surface is smooth, and the blade is sharp.

However, Qingji reckoned that the length of this bronze sword was only about sixty centimeters.

It's not long, it's not short.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, such bronze swords could already be called "long".

Because if used as a short weapon, the bronze sword has more decorative functions.

If you really want to fight on the battlefield, unless it's close combat, almost hand-to-hand combat, otherwise the blade will function like a dagger.

"Can the blade be lengthened?"

"Reporting to the king, yes. But, what is the size?"

"It can be built according to the standard of Longyuan sword of the widow."

"promise!"

The go-getters quickly agreed.

Afterwards, Qingji picked up freshly baked spears, spears, halberds and other weapons to try them out one by one, but he didn't notice any problems.

However, Qing Ji always felt that Wu Guo, no, it should be that the weapons of the Spring and Autumn Period were too single.

Not to mention all kinds of long and short weapons, the siege equipment only has rush cars, ladders, battering rams and other things.

In this way, if they encounter a tall and strong city, the attacking party can only conquer it by smashing to the end and paying a huge price.

To minimize battle damage and reduce the casualty rate of soldiers, Qingji is naturally a wish.

In the future, if the state of Wu starts a war and fights in all directions, it will be necessary to frequently attack cities and villages, so more advanced siege equipment must be equipped.

"Snatch!"

Then, Qingji picked up another hard bow, stretched the bow and set an arrow, aimed at the target on the opposite side, and shot the arrow.

The arrow was inserted exactly above the bull's-eye.

Qing Ji weighed the hard bow, pulled the string a few more times, and couldn't help shaking his head.

The bow of an ordinary archer is always ordinary.

It's not that the workshop is incapable of making a more powerful bow, but a strong bow, which cannot be pulled by ordinary soldiers!

Even if they are equipped with strong bows for archers, they may not be able to cause real damage to the enemy on the battlefield.

A thought suddenly came to Qingji's mind.

Since the arm strength of ordinary soldiers is not enough to use a strong bow, why didn't he invent a crossbow that is easy for ordinary people to use and has great power?
Just do it!

Qingji then returned to the Wu Palace, took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and drew the general structure of the trebuchet, bed crossbow, and crossbow machine on the paper.

As a high-achieving student who graduated from a military academy and a general for generations, Qing Ji's ability in military affairs is naturally beyond doubt.

In addition, he is a history enthusiast and has studied some ancient miscellaneous books, so he can remember the general design of the popular killer weapons in the cold weapon era.

The next day, Qingji summoned Dagong Linggan to Zide Hall and passed the three blueprints to him.

"Your Majesty, is this?"

"This is a new type of weapon that I have recently developed."

(End of this chapter)