Chapter 114

Zhang Xun's words embarrassed the Minister of War.

Bolton tried to defend something, but he just shook his head and sighed.

"If you want to transfer troops to the border, how long will it take to leave?" Zhang Xun asked.

The answer to this question was Prime Minister Levi's, "If you order preparations now, then you can leave tomorrow at the latest, and you will definitely arrive three days after departure!"

"Well, let's prepare. Zhang Xun thought for a while and said.

As far as he is concerned, he really doesn't want to swallow his anger, but at the same time, as a monarch, sometimes he must not rely on his own character.

As for whether to increase the troops, this question is actually very similar to the question asked about Wu Rong in the original simulation, which is a provocation by other countries, and Wu Run's opinion at that time is to show a resolute attitude, so Zhang Xun believes that if there is no accident, the increase in troops is definitely to be done.

Seeing the attitude of "Luke", the Minister of War sighed again, and could only say: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, it seems that the replacement of weapons should also be prepared, once the war starts, the loss of weapons is huge, and the current weapons reserves are not very sufficient." ”

"Don't worry about this, I have my own considerations, okay, you guys should step back first. Zhang Xun sent the two ministers away ominously, and then stood in the study and looked at the few big trees in the imperial garden, silent.

If the increase of troops on the border is still to be discussed, then there is almost no need to consider changing weapons, but after seeing the quality of Yingyang's sword today, Zhang Xun absolutely cannot tolerate his soldiers to use this kind of thing to fight people.

"It stands to reason that metallurgy itself is not complicated, it is nothing more than the coal is treated with a coke furnace, the ore and lime are sintered, and then put in the blast furnace to smelt molten iron, and then the ingot is cast, the process of Yingyang is naturally far from being comparable with modern industry, but I also do not want to make how high-quality steel, as long as the toughness and strength are improved, and the specific metallurgical process is modified, then it is not difficult to create a cold weapon far beyond the enemy. ”

"The key problem is the carbon content, the ancients did not know the specific proportion of carbon content, so there is no way to produce good materials in batches, only occasionally happens to create the so-called magic weapon, as for the addition of strong oxidizing metal elements in the metal and other ways to regulate, they are even more unclear, and there is no chemistry here...... What I need now is to understand the specific metallurgy and level of Yingyang as soon as possible, and then match the level of Yingyang to make a formula. ”

Zhang Xun's body was straight, his eyes fell on the garden, but his mind drifted into the clouds.

At this moment, he racked his brains to recall the professional knowledge he learned in college, and most of it was returned to the teacher, after all, he did not engage in related industries after graduation, but fortunately, he could go back to the city to check it out.

"Lin Rong is the first choice, if it doesn't work, then go back to the school, find the previous teacher, and come up with a recipe and process, it's not a problem. ”

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw Lancôme coming from a distance, and when she saw "Luke" standing at the door of the study, she instinctively was stunned, and in her memory, King Luke never seemed to have such a thoughtful look.

"Lancôme, what's wrong?" Zhang Xun came back to his senses and asked with a smile.

"Ah, Your Majesty, it's the one, the alchemist you called has arrived, one of the most famous in the royal capital, and the owner of the title of royal alchemist. Lancôme said seriously.

The royal alchemist, as the name suggests, is nominally an alchemy master for the royal family, which can be regarded as an honor, and at the same time, the people who can obtain this title are basically natives of Yingyang, and the composition is clean.

"Where? Take me there. Zhang Xun was shocked and immediately said.

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The alchemist was arranged in a room in front of the palace castle, and when Zhang Xun ran over, he saw that the old master was standing in the room very nervously.

Seeing his arrival, the sturdy old man with a beard immediately saluted: "I have seen His Majesty the King!"

Zhang Xun said with a smile: "Master Luer doesn't have to be polite, sit down." ”

Ruhl is obviously nervous, although Yingyang is heavy in the metallurgical industry, and the famous alchemy master is also the object of competition among nobles with mining intentions, but after all, he is from a humble background, and this is the first time Ruhl has entered the palace castle.

Although he sat down, he still had two big rough hands clutching the corners of his clothes, and his gray beard moved, but he didn't know what to say.

In the face of this kind of person, Zhang Xun was even more pressureless, and said a few words of gossip in a few words to stabilize Master Luer, and then he said: "This time, I have something to ask the master, and I hope the master can know everything." ”

"Your Majesty...... You're welcome, just ask, old Ruhr knows, don't dare to hide it!"

"Good. ”

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The conversation with Ruhl lasted for two hours, and Ruhl also went from being restrained at the beginning, and then slowly became fluent in language, perhaps because he found that His Majesty the King did not treat him with dignity, and seemed to know a little about metallurgy, so slowly, Ruhl also relaxed.

When Ruhl realized that a long time had passed, he remembered that the young man who sat across from him and listened to him with a smile all the time, and occasionally asked a few questions, had the dignity of a king.

"Well, Your Majesty......"

Zhang Xun saw the embarrassment of this old man from another world, smiled and comforted him: "Thank you master for solving your doubts, I have indeed benefited a lot." ”

"Don't dare. ”

Zhang Xun got up, shook his clothes, and then said: "It's not early, some dishes have been prepared outside, let's leave the palace after the master finishes eating." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xun said again: "This is an order." ”

“…… Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. Ruhl bowed down.

In the face of these people's etiquette, Zhang Xun was also very uncomfortable, but he knew that this world was completely feudal rule, and the classes were clear, since he was the king, he should not come up with modern concepts, otherwise it would be chaotic.

So he could only be respected by the other party, and arranged for the maid to take Ruhr to dinner, he really didn't want to eat, so he just ran back to the study, picked up a pen and paper and began to scribble.

The writing flowing from the quill pen slowly filled the paper, Zhang Xun's thinking became clearer, and the long conversation with Ruhr allowed him to better understand the metallurgical level of Yingyang, but it was a pity that he had not thought it through before, and he knew that it might be better to let Ruer bring some iron ingots.

"The situation is better than expected, I didn't expect the metallurgical infrastructure of Yingyang to be good, the problem is mainly in the absence of mature, perfect, systematic research on metallurgy, that is, Ruhr, the metallurgical master, only by virtue of experience and summary, on how to improve the performance of metals have some specious views. ”

Zhang Xun casually threw down the quill pen, his eyes were cold.

"As for metallurgical facilities, there was something that surprised me. ”

Muttering to himself, Zhang Xun looked at an oval-shaped irregular red stone on the table and was silent.

This is a magical natural ore that he asks Ruhl for.

It turns out that in this world, in addition to the normal mineral deposits, there are a few magical mineral deposits, and this red stone contains mysterious magical elements, which can provide a constant temperature under a specific technique!

Constant temperature!

Zhang Xun almost jumped when he first heard Ruhl talk about this.

For metallurgy, temperature has always been the most important factor, and the preciousness of this ore that can provide a constant temperature can be imagined, but it is a pity that Yingyang is limited by the lack of systematic knowledge, and the use of other magic mines such as redstone is very limited.

This made Zhang Xun feel that he had discovered a real treasure.

"However, these are not what we need to do in front of us, the most important thing now is to quickly come up with a metallurgical plan suitable for the situation of Yingyang, and then replace the weapons, as long as there are weapons beyond performance, then we will not be afraid of war in the west!"

Zhang Xun thought a little excitedly, and suddenly his head sank suddenly, and a heavy feeling of dizziness appeared out of thin air.

His body shook a little, he reached out and subconsciously grabbed the corner of the table, and then his face suddenly turned pale as paper.

[Note!The host's mental power has been depleted, and it is approaching the danger threshold, so the return process is now started, and the countdown is 3, 2, 1, 0]

Rumble.

I saw Luke's head slam suddenly, and then a gleam in his eyes disappeared, and the whole person was freed from the previous vertigo.

Luke straightened up with a blank face, dusted off his shirt, and then heard Lancôme's voice outside: "Your Majesty, Ruhl is gone, and then ...... Why don't you go to lunch, how can you do without eating?"

Lancôme said helplessly, but to her surprise, Luke didn't say no, just nodded, and walked towards the restaurant by himself, like a ...... As always.

Lancôme froze in place, always feeling that the familiar Luke was back, but ...... It was as if something had disappeared......

"Huh?"

Suddenly, she noticed the pen that had fallen from the table, and the paper that had been crumpled by "Luke's" hand in a hurry.

Lancôme carefully flattened the paper, then frowned, her blue eyes full of confusion.

"These ...... Weird and weird block patterns, what's ......?"