Chapter 428: Inspiring Generals

Yes, Liu Hua also bought ironware for the Xiongnu. Of course, strictly speaking, it was not ironware, but bronzeware.

With the construction of steel-making blast furnaces one after another, although there are still problems of one kind or another, relying on the increasingly skilled workers and the accumulation of recorded data, now after the collapse of the last steel-making blast furnace in Chang'an, Ma Jun directly waved his hand, At the same time, construction of ten blast furnaces began.

Then three of them cracked when adding molten iron, one exploded directly, and five of them were scrapped after being used for three to five months. Now only two are left to survive for half a year. As for whether they can survive this year, it is indeed a question. one question.

It can be said that the construction of this kind of blast furnace is a bit like drawing a blind box. No one knows how long the blast furnace built according to local conditions can last. Basically, if it can be used for the first half of the year, it is not a loss. If it can support for a whole year, For those who are over 10 years old, they should write a commemorative article and keep a few fragments as a souvenir.

However, no matter how unreliable the blast furnace ironmaking technology was, Liu Hua's steel production still exceeded the Qin Dynasty.

Ma Jun also directly split the task of building steelmaking blast furnaces into a thousand-stone steelmaking department, which is responsible for the construction and maintenance of blast furnaces and steelmaking. Basically, the main task every year is to find a suitable place and then build a steelmaking blast furnace.

Even if ten blast furnaces collapse, as long as one blast furnace can maintain operation, it will be considered a profit. After all, the accumulation of technology from scratch in the early stage still needs to be invested.

It is precisely because of the large amount of steel brought by blast furnace ironmaking that the mainstream of society began to unconsciously eliminate bronze wares.

Unless they were used as sacrificial ritual vessels, most of the bronzes I had collected from Da Qin a few years ago, and most of the common supplies such as weapons and farm tools, I couldn't just pile up and eat ashes in the warehouse. After all, it was completely Pointless.

Re-smelting also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and not to mention that the workers under his command are all fully scheduled. Even if there are people who are free, wouldn't it be good to let them dig the canal yourself? Why should we pursue bronzes that have been eliminated by society?

However, as the Qin Dynasty was a dynasty that mainly used bronzes, there were really a lot of these bronzes left. At first, it was half-sold and half-given to Ying Ziying. After all, this guy was accumulating strength and preparing to develop himself while taking advantage of the competition for the grassland overlords.

But now Ying Ziying's Qin State is too small and too poor. Even if Liu Hua said that he could keep accounts and repay with land, minerals, livestock and other things in the future, Ying Ziying could only cry and say... Liu Hua said that enough was too much and he could not ask for more.

Liu Hua had no choice but to find new sellers for these bronzes, and the Xiongnu market naturally emerged.

Although bronze ware is on the verge of being eliminated in this era, for the Xiongnu, bronze ware is still a very important instrument, not to mention that it is not warm and nourishing. You must know that unless the Huns are the most elite troops, there are still A large number of people use stone tools. Now that we have such a thing as Wen Yang, it is enough to at least use the bronze wares that Liu Hua sold to us in the war against the Da Yueshi. At least it is better than holding a It would be much better for Shiqi to force Da Yueshi.

To a certain extent, the Xiongnu's attack on Beiliang was not only to complete the strategic unification of the entire grassland, but more importantly, it also wanted to absorb the knowledge that Beiliang had brought away from Daqin, because apart from the Central Plains, the blacksmith craftsmanship was the most The most advanced place is Beiliang.

"Then are our opponents Tubo or the Huns?!" Xiang Ceyu asked.

"It's the Tubo, and it's the Huns too!" Liu Hua said calmly, "To be honest, it's up to you to decide who your opponent is. After all, you have already left the Central Plains. Can I still control you?"

"Then why did you let Ying Ziying, Zhu Hai, and me go out?" Xiang Ceyu looked at Liu Hua and said, "You should know that I may be willing to form an alliance with you, or even bow to you, but let me be you Your servant, I can’t do it!

So I don’t understand what benefit it is to you to let us go out. If it were me, I would never let the tiger go back to the mountain! "

After hearing Xiang Ceyu's words, the faces of everyone present changed and everyone looked serious.

No one expected that Xiang Ceyu would ask such a question at this time.

When Liu Hua heard Xiang Ceyu's words, he was silent for a moment, looked at all the envoys from the princes present, and said calmly, "Now you, including you, are not qualified to let me say the word "let the tiger return to the mountain." Still the same sentence, I want to If you want me to be truly afraid, then you should grow up first, grow to be as powerful as our Han Empire, and build a foundation that is not inferior to the Han Empire.

Then tell me that it was my fault to let you leave now, and that I should not have let you go! " Hearing Liu Hua's frank words, Xiang Sheng couldn't help but look ugly. Even though Taishi Ci stood up as if he was ready to take action at any time, he was still held down by Xiang Ceyu in the end.

After all, in this era, Xiang Ceyu is not the invincible overlord who fights alone in the world. He has been suppressed by the Han from the beginning to the end. It is precisely because of this that he speaks arrogantly to Liu Hua. Xiang Ceyu will not think that what Liu Hua is saying is Incorrect.

If you want to make Liu Hua afraid, then you must at least have the confidence to make Liu Hua afraid.

Liu Hua continued, "When you get to the Western Regions, it's not easy for you to replenish supplies. All I can do is deliver the supplies to the Western Regions Protectorate, but the most important ones are definitely silk. Cloth. Food and iron tools, not too much."

"Can't the materials be transported?" Xiang Ceyu asked doubtfully after hearing Liu Hua's words.

"Land transportation, you should know how difficult it is to send food there!" Liu Hua was silent for a while and continued, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"Aren't you acclimated?" Lu Xun frowned and asked, "After all, we are thousands of miles away."

"Yes, but I have prepared a marching doctor, one of Dr. Hua's apprentices, Dr. Zhang's tribe, and some other doctors. Of course, the emergency medical soldiers have prepared a lot." Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Then it's nothing." Lu Xun nodded silently.

After there was no problem, the two sides did not chat for long before Qi Jiguang, Xiang Ceyu and others left with their generals.

"I always feel that the King of Han seems to be consciously irritating the general!" Xiang Sheng said thoughtfully.

"I can see that!" Xiang Ceyu heard Xiang Sheng's words and replied in a deep voice,

"But he succeeded! I just went to the Western Regions to see with my own eyes what the so-called Tubo and the so-called Huns are!"

Liu Hua couldn't help but smile a little as he watched Xiang Ceyu leave. Xiang Ceyu should be excited. Maybe he can really create a lot of achievements.

Liu Huazhen is not afraid that Xiang Ceyu will build an empire-level foundation, because there is only so much land in this world, and there are only so many lands in Eurasia that can support empire-level development.

The Central Plains, the Xiongnu Steppe, the Roman Bath, the Indian Peninsula, the Eastern European Plains, and the Mesopotamia.

Theoretically speaking, there are actually two development directions after arriving in the Western Regions.

One is to fight against the Huns. After killing the Huns, Liu Hua took the prairie, and then developed northwestward and occupied the Eastern European plains east of the Ural Mountains.

Either develop directly from Congling to the west, and then unite with the Roman Empire to kill the Parthian Empire and capture the Mesopotamia.

(End of this chapter)

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