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At a glance, the appearance of this long sword is no different from the drawing provided by the emperor's grandson. The sword is straight, long and narrow, with a small tandem, a long handle, and an edge on one side, giving it a majestic and domineering aura.

But if you look carefully, you will find that the blade of this sword is slightly different from those made in the past. The luster is more textured, the dark luster is restrained, and it looks like a flowing spring water.

"How effective is the stabbing?"

Zhao Gao weighed the slightly strange long sword in his hand. Although it looked a bit strange, when you hold it in your hand, you will find that compared with the traditional long sword, this sword has smoother lines and is more suitable for exerting force. , especially its hilt, which is longer than the traditional sword hilt. When fighting, it can be held with both hands to unleash a more powerful chopping ability.

"The craftsman just now has tried it. He can cut through two layers of leather armor with all his strength. If he stabs directly, he can break through three layers. The sword body is not damaged. Both the sharpness and the toughness of the sword body are not inferior to those above. A good bronze sword is even more powerful!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gao finally showed a sincere smile on his face.

He immediately asked someone to bring him some thick armor, and he was excited to personally test the actual combat effectiveness of this sword.

The double-layered leather armor can be broken with one slash. The sword held in both hands can break through three layers. The stabbing effect is even more amazing. With the blessing of Zhao Gao's sword skills, one sword can break through five layers of leather armor and kill dozens of enemies in a row. Leather armor, but the sword's edge is as sharp as ever.

"What a sword!"

Zhao Gao stood with his sword in hand, his eyes shining as he looked at the sword in his hand.

He was once the commander of CRRC, and he knew the value of this sword better than Zhou Yin!

Sharp, tough, durable, and smooth in shape, it has more powerful killing power than traditional bronze swords. The most important thing is that it does not require bronze!

Instead, we need iron ore with larger reserves and lower prices!

The pig iron, which could only be used to make ordinary farm tools, became stronger, more durable, and sharper after being processed with the forging technology provided by Huang Changsun, even surpassing the best bronze swords.

Once promoted, it will greatly alleviate the pressure of the imperial court's copper mine shortage.

What this means to the court is self-evident.

He took a deep breath, took a piece of linoleum cloth from the blacksmith on the side, carefully wiped the edge of the sword in his hand, and then carefully placed the sword on the shelf nearby.

"Good! Thank you for your hard work. Today, everyone will be rewarded with five hundred yuan, and you can eat half a catty of meat as an extra meal in the evening. Your Highness will definitely have a reward later! I hope you all will continue to work hard and continue debugging. Manager Zhou and I will go back soon. I’m here to announce the good news to His Highness and ask for merit for you all!”

Zhao Gao's words immediately caused a burst of cheers.

Everyone is in high spirits.

Whoever works with His Highness the Emperor's Grandson doesn't know that His Highness the Emperor's Grandson is bold and generous. As long as he works hard and completes His Highness's tasks, His Highness will never be stingy in terms of rewards.

More importantly, this is an unheard-of technology!

Salt water quenching method, and the incredible "steel stewing method".

An ordinary sword embryo only needs to be put into a crucible, then covered with some ordinary charcoal, tempeh and earth powder, and then heated for a while, the brittleness of pig iron can be completely eliminated, making it extremely tougher and more durable than bronze. nice one.

Then, combined with the salt water quenching method passed down by His Highness the Emperor Changsun, a weapon comparable to a magic weapon can be created.

This kind of technique is a unique skill that can be passed down to future generations!

As long as you learn this skill, no matter where you go in the future, you can have a bite to eat.

Of course, for Zhao Gao today, being able to forge such a sword means more.

Walking out of the steamy, steamer-like workshop, the joy on Zhao Gao's face did not fade away, and he even called Zhou Yin a little more affectionately.

"Brother Zhou, how much refined steel is there now?"

"About 13,000 kilograms, mainly due to the size of our iron mine and our current manpower - the iron mine His Highness gave us has insufficient reserves, and our manpower can't keep up..."

Zhao Gao nodded slightly.

"This matter is easy to talk about. Leave it to me to handle it——"

Having said this, he cupped his hands at Zhou Yin.

"Brother Zhou, just expand the scale of the Hundred Refined Steel Workshop, don't be stingy with money, and don't worry about trouble. Just leave the other matters to me. No matter what, you must not delay the major events assigned by His Highness..."

Before Zhou Yin left, he had received instructions from his brother. In addition to regularly writing letters to the emperor's eldest grandson to report on the actions and progress here, he almost obeyed Zhao Gao's words and never questioned Zhao Gao's actions here.

"Okay, just leave these trivial matters to me..."

Zhao Gao nodded at Zhou Yin and strode away immediately.

After returning to his residence, Zhao Gao immediately called some of the close guards he had brought back from Xianyang and whispered a few words in a low voice. The guards immediately clasped their fists heavily.

"promise!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Zhao Gao put his hands behind his back and looked deeply at the sky outside the window.

He knew very well the reason why His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun sent him and Zhou Yin to Linqiong. If you just want to run this iron mine step by step, and then follow His Highness's instructions to forge a hundred-forged sword, you don't need him at all. Even if you send any steward in the house at will, he can do it. good.

After all, with the banner of Emperor Changsun, the technology of Emperor Changsun, and the ready-made iron mines and workshops, if it can't be made anymore, what difference will it make to waste?

He slowly lowered his gaze to a map of Sichuan's subway mine distribution placed on his desk.

However, most of these iron ores are already in the hands of wealthy families in Shu. The remaining ones are either insufficient in reserves, of poor quality, or difficult to mine.

Different from the ordinary distribution map, the distribution map in Zhao Gao's hand now has detailed markings on it to the forces to which these iron mines currently belong, as well as the protective forces controlled by these forces.

Although the Qin Dynasty implemented a monopoly on salt and iron, private mining of these iron ores was not allowed. Just like the Zhuo family obtained the iron ore mining rights in Hedong, several large families in Shu also obtained the rights to mine these iron ores. .

Most of these families were the leading party when the Qin army entered Shu, and they made great contributions when the Qin army entered Shu.

Of course, the main reason why they were able to obtain the mining rights of these iron ores is that these iron ores can only be used to make some simple farm tools and ordinary items, without carburization or repeated heating and forging of pig iron. , simply not enough to create a qualified weapon.

Otherwise, even if they make tremendous contributions, they will not be able to get the right to mine these iron ores.

Zhao Gao inspected several iron smelting workshops near Qiongshui for a long time, then picked up his brush and circled a few names. Since the iron smelting and forging methods passed down by the emperor's eldest grandson are all usable, the next step is to expand the scale, and then borrow water power to start forging fine iron on a large scale. Some workshops need to change their names!

……

"It seems like we can change our name to the Western Regions!" When Lu Wan's last good news came, in Yuanqu City, Liu Bang, who was drinking with two pretty girls from the Western Regions in his arms, couldn't help but be overjoyed, pushed him away and pushed her into his arms. Drill girl.

Holding the sword on his waist, he laughed.

"Lu Wan, this bastard, finally gave me a boost of ambition!"

He crossed his waist and looked ambitiously at the map of the Western Region hanging behind him. In just the past few months, black bird flags representing the Great Qin had almost covered the entire Western Region.

The progress was so fast that even Ji Bochang and Zhang Cang, who were specially sent here by Chen Ping to assist him, felt a little incredible. When did it become so easy to expand territory?

But Liu Bang's progress is so miraculous.

Ji Bochang and Zhang Cang didn't even see Liu Bang make any big moves. In the past, these unruly small countries in the Western Regions surrendered one after another...

"This Liu Ji is really lucky——"

Looking at Liu Bang who was triumphant and exaggerated, just like a villain who had succeeded, Ji Bochang couldn't help but feel sour in his heart. Such a man who was greedy for money and lustful, with no apparent talent, yet incredibly managed to take over the entire Western Region in less than a year.

However, Zhang Cang couldn't help but flash his eyes and gently shook his head at Ji Bochang.

"Don't lie. General Liu's ability is beyond the reach of others, and far beyond the reach of you and me..."

Ji Bochang looked at this friend whom he had always trusted with some doubts, but when he saw that Zhang Cang's expression was serious, he didn't seem to be joking, so he became a little serious.

"What great talent does this Liu Ji really have?"

Zhang Cang didn't answer.

Of course he knew that the reason why Liu Bang was able to achieve such great achievements and conquer the entire Western Region in less than a year was mainly due to the gunpowder weapon in his hands.

But how can it be attributed solely to the power of gunpowder?

He asked himself, even if he changed places, it would be impossible for Liu Bang to do it with ease.

They captured the entire Western Region with almost no weapons or blood.

Of course, with the blessing of gunpowder, Liu Ji's entire work became extremely smooth.

For example, the construction of the most important Chidao from Hexi to the Western Regions is progressing at a very good pace because of gunpowder. But the main reason why more than ten countries such as Loulan, Cheshi, Yanqi, Qiuci, Wensu, and Gumo cooperated so well was Liu Bang's current policy.

These small countries in the Western Regions in the past saw that they were unable to resist the Qin Dynasty, and saw that the current master of the Western Regions, General Liu Bang, was a master who didn't care about things and was willing to share the benefits with everyone, so they spared no effort to show themselves in front of Liu Bang.

Use people, make efforts, and cooperate with all your strength.

Before this happened, Liu Bang simply waved his hand and divided the Chidao into dozens of sections, and contracted the sections to small countries along the way - of course, they are no longer called countries, but counties, and the original king did not Instead of calling him king, he called him county magistrate...

Whoever does well will gain the friendship of General Liu and get the biggest and sweetest dividends from the deal with Da Qin.

You can give priority to porcelain as delicate as a girl's skin, silk as gorgeous and soft as the clouds in the sky, and refined salt that is whiter than the snow on Tianshan Mountain. Even tribal leaders can get some special rewards from General Liu.

For example, the bronze sword that they have been coveting for a long time!

Why are they not active?

Therefore, Liu Bang only needed to send the children of the Mohist family who stayed here and some old craftsmen to provide guidance to ensure the quality of Chidao.

The progress was so fast that Zhang Han and others as far away as Hexi could not help but be stunned.

The completion of Chi Dao means that from now on, Da Qin's military strength can march straight in, attack early and arrive at night. As a result, Liu Bang just asked Lu Wan to take a group of cavalry assembled from the small countries in the Western Regions for a walk, and even several small countries in the southern part of the Western Regions that were still watching surrendered one after another.

As for those who refused to surrender, they surrendered very simply after he threw a few powder packets at them.

The people of Qin who can control the divine thunder are really terrifying——

"I actually conquered the entire Western Region. How can I change this to a Marquis?"

This guy looked at it happily for a long time with his hands on his hips. Then he came back to his senses and asked the military officials to write a splendid victory report for him. Then he took off his talisman of General Zhenxi and shouted vigorously. He took a breath and put a seal on it.

"Come on, hurry to Xianyang and report your victory to His Majesty!"

Seeing the captain reporting his victory, he got on his horse and galloped away with his victory document in hand. Only then did Liu Bang look away with joy. With this achievement, I can probably finally leave this hellish place.

Returning to Xianyang and being a happy and happy Marquis of Guannei, wouldn't it be much more comfortable than staying in this place where birds don't poop?

"I don't know if that girl from the Lu family stole someone behind my back..."

Liu Bang couldn't help but feel hot when he thought of his charming little daughter-in-law. Even the group of orioles and swallows in front of him didn't smell good. However, the beauties from the Western Regions who were newly introduced the day before yesterday spoke the half-baked Qin language and were so charming. When he came closer, he cursed and hugged the other person's plump body, and went back to celebrate his victory.

……

Zhang County.

With the arrival of the emperor's eldest grandson and a series of policies that benefited the people, the people of Zhang County gradually felt relieved. Even the local nobles who had secretly colluded with the Qin-Zhu Alliance subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Wang Qizhi's theory is just a rumor and cannot be traced at all, and the emperor's eldest grandson seems to have already realized this. After arriving in Zhangjun, he opened a charity hall, helped widows and orphans, promoted free education, and even personally taught There are people teaching village elders and village stingymen how to get fat, but there is no trace of the source of the rumors about Wang Qi.

But things suddenly changed.

It was the seventh day of the second lunar month in the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor.

The three thousand forbidden troops who had been stationed at the military academy in the city for training suddenly mobilized in full force, like a black torrent, surrounding the residences of the Huang family, Zhang family and Wei family in Zhangjun city.

For a time, the whole city was shocked! (End of chapter)