Wushuang Wushuang Swordsman

Chapter 25 The World Situation

Li Xuange said: "Once I get the sword and the reward, I will return to the Central Plains. There really isn't much to miss about this place. When I come to the Longmen Inn again, I will have to ask you, Madam, to tell me about the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains."

Jin Xiangyu had a serious face, "You don't have to wait until then, in fact, I not only want to persuade you, but I also want to persuade Jiang Zhiling and the others not to return to the Central Plains at this time."

Li Xuange raised his eyebrows, and wondered: "What's going on?"

"I also heard from General Shi that the current Great Song Dynasty is not peaceful. Since the rise of the Jin Kingdom, half of the Liao territory has been divided, and the most powerful Mongol Yuan has retreated. Now it has directed its troops directly at the Great Song Dynasty.

In the Great Song Dynasty, wars were raging all over the place. It was heard that the old king passed on the throne to the new king, and fled westward.

This led to a split between the main war faction and the main peace faction in the DPRK. Most of the main battle factions actually voted for the old monarch and established a new country, but the main peace faction still supported the new monarch.

Now there are two masters in one country, not only are they invaded by foreign enemies, but also there are constant civil wars, and even General Shi can't help himself.

To the east, the Ming Kingdom, which is only separated from the Song Dynasty by the Baili Strait, is also taking advantage of the civil strife in the Song Dynasty and is constantly moving, trying to get a piece of the pie, or make the Song Dynasty surrender as a vassal state.

Many warriors from the Ming Dynasty have set foot on the rivers and lakes of the Great Song Dynasty, including Jinyiwei and the fans of Dongxichang, doing various espionage work, and fighting against the Imperial City Division of the Great Song Dynasty, which led to bursts of blood and rain.
If you and Jiang Zhiling and the others go to the Central Plains, I am afraid that you will fall into another troubled world. Although the Northwest Desert is barren, there is no fear of war. You should understand. "

This series of messy news bombarded Li Xuange into a mess, and his mind was like a mess.

All the dynasties he is familiar with have gathered in this world!

Also, there is a battle for hegemony among the nations!

Li Xuange thought this was the Song Dynasty, but it turned out not at all.

He looked at the gold inlaid jade in astonishment, and asked quickly: "Ma'am, I'm just a country bumpkin born in the desert. I don't know anything about the outside world. Can you tell me how many countries there are in this world?"

Jin Xiangyu looked at Li Xuange with a frown, and said with a sneer: "A born country bumpkin doesn't have such delicate skin as Li Daxia. It's not that there is no shortage of polished rice, white flour, meat and vegetables. How can he look like you? He is clearly from a wealthy family. Just pretending to be garlic! You don’t look like an honest person at first glance!”

Li Xuange said cheekily: "Hey, that little brother, I also don't listen to things outside the window, and I only want to be good at swordsmanship. Please tell me, lady boss."

Jin Xiangyu saw that Li Xuange didn't look like he was pretending, so he said immediately: "In today's world, there are four big countries: Ming, Song, Liao, and Yuan, and there are also small countries like Xixia, Dali, Baiyue, Korea, Japan, etc. , and now at least one of the newly rising Jin Kingdoms must be added to the big countries.

The territory of the Great Song Dynasty stretched thousands of miles from east to west, and [-] miles from north to south. However, when the country was founded, the strategic areas of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun fell into the hands of the Liao Kingdom, so they were always at a disadvantage when looking north.

Daliao and Mongol Yuan rose simultaneously in Beiting mountains and rivers, with Daliao in the south and Mongol Yuan in the north.

Because Daliao occupied the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the customs have been almost sinicized, and the land is not weaker than that of the Song Dynasty, half of which is farming and half is nomadic.

The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty is a purely nomadic country. In the past, it was always at a disadvantage when it competed with the Daliao, and several khans were captured to perform dances in the Liao Court.

Therefore, they were forced to expand more to the west, but their soldiers were strong and powerful. After crossing the desert, the land of the various tribes in the Western Regions was all the land of the Mongolian Yuan.

Because of the vast territory of tens of thousands of miles, there are many ethnic groups, and it has absorbed various cultural technologies of Xihu. Based on nomadic commerce, it has not lost the wind in the competition with Daliao in recent years, and has eroded a lot of Daliao's land.

Therefore, the Liao Kingdom imposed taxes on the country to resist the pressure of the Mongol Yuan. This forced the Jurchens who lived on fishing and hunting in the Baishan and Heishui to rebel.

Today's Jurchens are gaining momentum, and have cut off half of Daliao's land. Fortunately, Daliao has also produced a wise king, who stopped the decline, reorganized the mountains and rivers and built defense lines, but they were still able to hold on.

Da Song has already said it before, so I won't mention it, and after that, there is Daming who looks across the strait from Da Song.

There is another continent there, and the total territory is about the sum of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty today. It is extremely powerful, and it is only hostile to the Mongolian Yuan, which expanded to the north of the Ming Dynasty. They attack each other and kill each other.

At the same time, they also coveted the richness of the Song Dynasty. Although they belonged to the same language and species, they were actually an enemy country that seemed to be in harmony with each other. "

It took Li Xuange a long time to digest the information of today's world.

It seems that the territory of this world is much larger than his previous earth, so it must be extremely difficult for the imperial court to rule.

But this world has martial arts and resources that Li Xuange's previous world did not have, which may have solved the dilemma of the dynasty's rule boundary at some level.

If you want to know the real situation, and also want to understand the relationship between Jianghu and court, I am afraid that you still need to go deep into several big countries in this world to find out.

Li Xuange at least knew what kind of barren frontier land he was in, the desert he was in. He hadn't seen the real world yet.

Early the next morning, Li Xuange, Xiang Qiezheng and others went to the Lianfeng.

And Jiang Zhiling also insisted on returning to the Central Plains with the two drug boys, and did not listen to Jin Xiangyu's advice.

Li Xuange had just arrived in the town where the Lianfeng was located, and the swordsmen in the town crowded in one after another, intending to worship him as a teacher.

However, Li Xuange knew that these people's apprenticeship was false, they just wanted to find a strong person to protect them, and they could hold themselves high on weekdays, but if they encountered a major event, they would throw themselves out to bear it alone.

He would not do this kind of transaction, he would stay behind closed doors in the Lianfeng all day without seeing anyone.

The Lianfeng is also a compound with high walls. When it was built, the need to guard against horse thieves was considered. Although there were many people seeking to see him outside, they could not disturb him.

After returning, Xiang Qizheng found the few pieces of iron ore pressed at the bottom of the box from his room.

Like ordinary obsidian, the whole body of the ore is pitch black, mixed with many impurities, but most of the black parts that are occasionally seen are shining with a glass-like luster.

Li Xuange looked curiously at Xiang Qie who was personally forging knives. Over the years, he had recruited dozens of disciples, and he rarely forged weapons by himself. However, all the knives in Lianfeng were made under his guidance, and his skills were naturally extremely high. high.

He spent a day refining the ore, melting away impurities, smelting molten iron, and pouring it into the mold.

It was not until the next day that the repeated folding and forging began to continue refining the iron ingots. During this process, it is difficult to see what is special about the iron.

It took several days of hard forging, and after hundreds of tempering into steel, it was still shaped by clamping steel technology.

It took five days to complete the body of the sword, while Tietou and Ding'an on the other side forged the corresponding equipment for the sword.

The hilt and gauntlet are made of copper. At the request of Li Xuange, he did not pursue gorgeousness, but tried to be as simple as possible. The handle is peach-shaped, which is convenient for finding blade tendons. The gauntlet is still in the shape of ingots, but the sides are extra Make it longer.

Immediately afterwards, it comes to the most critical step of quenching.

(End of this chapter)