Chapter 241: An even more powerful weapon—the crossbow

Since the Emperor of Heaven successfully created hard and easy-to-use iron tools in the imperial capital, all the major princes in the world have learned and imitated the iron-making techniques of the Xi Kingdom to create iron tools.

From weapons to agricultural tools to daily utensils, iron tools have room to play, and iron ore, which was originally worthless, once became the most sought-after goods and was sought after by countless nobles.

At the same time, it also attracts countless people to go deep into the mountains to search for iron ore deposits.

Izumo Province is rich in domestic resources, and there is naturally no shortage of iron ore, so Izumo Kunijun began to make iron and make iron tools as soon as possible.

"King, the iron tool has been created, please take a look!" the forger held an iron axe above his head and presented it to Yun Guojun.

Izumo Kunijun took the iron axe with an expectant face, the iron axe is not big, similar to a wood-chopping axe, in the shape of a half-moon shovel, the back of the axe is black and brown, the axe blade is bright white, at first glance, it is the opening edge, Izumo Kunijun's fingers gently wipe the axe blade, and suddenly feel a sharp edge.

"It's so sharp, and it looks sturdy, it doesn't look like rotten gold at all, it doesn't seem to be worse than dollars. ”

Before that, people called gold gold, copper called dollar, and iron called rotten gold, and iron was used for a long time, but at that time iron tools were really useless, so it was called rotten gold.

Now Izumo Kunijun can't put down the iron axe on his hand.

After the iron-smelting technique of Xiguo came out, iron could no longer be called rotten gold.

Izumo Kunijun thought secretly in his heart, and then injected his vitality into the iron axe, and with a casual split, a sharp axe blade split out of thin air, and the vitality was released, slashing on the ground in the distance, and suddenly a deep cut appeared on the ground.

"The king is mighty!"

The forger praised with flattery.

The face of the Izumo Kunijun was half happy and half worried: "It's already comparable to a bronze weapon, and iron weapons can be used in the army in the future, and the strength of Izumo Kuniku has increased greatly, but... It is much worse than the iron tools of Xiguo, and it seems that it is not as good as the agricultural tools used by the farmers of Xiguo. ”

Hearing the monarch's evaluation, the head of the soldier casting division on the side couldn't help but bow down, and he didn't dare to speak.

"Master Taku, my Izumo Kingdom's iron weapons are suitable to catch up with Xi Kingdom?"

Master Taku is another warcaster in Izumo Province, and his strength is inferior to that of Master Liao, and now that Master Liao is gone, his status has risen and he has become the first caster in Izumo Province.

However, the No. 1 refiner of Izumo Country turned red at the moment, and he looked a little embarrassed: "King, this... Xiguo struck first, their attainments in iron-making and iron-striking are unmatched, and it may take some time for us to catch up. ”

"Well, try to catch up with Xidu as soon as possible!" Izumo Kunijun is not the kind of tyrant who does not make sense, he understands the difficulties of the forgers and craftsmen, so he spoke again: "The iron tools of Xiguo are also made of ordinary iron ore, and there are no natural treasures added, as long as you wait to improve the art of forging soldiers." ”

Master Tuo was relieved when he heard this, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and made a military order, claiming that he would make better iron tools as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Izumo Kunijun also faintly looked forward to it.

Before, he was fooled by Xidu, and thought that if he wanted to create a hard and usable iron tool, he would have to mix it with heavenly and earthly treasures, but who knew that this was not the case at all.

Fortunately, now that there is Xidu's iron-smelting technique, although it is not as good as the iron tools created by Xidu, at least everyone has iron tools, and it is not too bad.

For a while, Izumo Kunijun was in a much lighter mood, and the dull pain in his chest was also reduced a lot.

A similar scene was staged in the major princely states of the Zhuxia Dynasty, and the kings of various countries urged the craftsmen to make iron and strike iron.

It is foreseeable that it will not be long before the entire Zhuxia Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes because of iron.

These high-spirited kings only saw the benefits of iron tools, thinking that their armies would become stronger because of iron tools, that more fields could be cultivated with iron tools, and that the country would become richer and richer.

However, no one sees the conflicts and contradictions under the changes of the times - whether it is the monarchs of various countries or the emperor who is high above him.

If there is anyone who will "see", then there is no one else but Yao Yun.

Yao Yun knew that after the birth and widespread use of ironware, productivity would increase, and the whole society would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Both slavery and the Ida system were greatly impacted by the advent of iron tools.

Yao Yun is very happy to hear about this, Huangshi Tianshu sent him an SSS-level task to liberate slaves, he has the heart to complete this task and save the slaves, but his strength is too small, and his heart is weak, and now he sacrifices iron tools to impact slavery, and I don't know if Tianshu will take credit for his head.

If Yao Yun can be rewarded for this, it will be beautiful.

Yao Yun's mind did not focus on these vague goals for the time being, but set his eyes back on Xidu.

Cang Man and Hu Yi returned to Xidu with the Qi Yuan army, and Yao Yun held a grand banquet for the soldiers who returned triumphantly.

This time, the Xi army made great achievements on the battlefield, and the Son of Heaven gave a large number of rewards, cattle and horses, wealth, slaves, and 800 troops went out, but they came back with a full 2,000 people, and the long chariots and horses were mighty and magnificent.

Yao Yun was naturally overjoyed, there were no horses in the south, horses were expensive, there were not many horses in the entire Xidu, the carts were all drawn by oxen, and carriages were not common.

After rewarding the three armies, Yao Yun, Wu Tong, and the bald dragon summoned Cang Man and Hu Yi.

The two reported to Yao Yun the details of the expedition.

Hu Yi was very excited about the battle: "King, we didn't know that we were so powerful when we stayed in Xiguo before, and the results of this battle scared us a lot, the Dongyi barbarians couldn't hurt our armor with stone spears and stone axes, but our armor soldiers were deadly." ”

At this time, the fart spirit Cangman decisively answered: "This is all the credit of the iron tools, without the iron weapons of the king, we have no way to achieve such a brilliant achievement, but the king is sitting in Xidu but can affect the battle situation thousands of miles away, and can even alarm the princes of the world, it is really amazing, I am barbaric!"

Hu Yi heard the brutal sycophant, he was also convinced, yes, behind all this is because of the iron smelting technique invented by the king, why didn't I think of it? It's a pity.

The barbaric licking skill is really good, even if Yao Yun's immunity is strong enough, he is deeply helpless at this moment.

The bald dragon couldn't get used to hearing the barbaric sycophants, and frowned and asked: "Don't be in a hurry to pat the sycophants first, I just heard from you, on the way back to Xidu with your army, you saw that many countries began to build and use iron tools." ”

Cangman nodded affirmatively: "That's right, their iron weapons are not as good as our Xiguo's, but the minister is still a little worried, everyone has iron weapons, even if our weapons are better, the once huge advantage no longer exists, Xiguo is small, and other countries are big." ”

Cangman is not only a licking dog, but also a licking dog with a lot of ideas, and the worries raised at this time are very meaningful.

Bald Dragon and Wu Tong's faces sank, and it was a unanimous decision to donate iron tools, but how to maintain the superiority and strength of Xidu after giving iron tools was a problem they needed to consider.

At this moment, everyone looked at Yao Yun - because at this moment, Yao Yun looked relaxed.

Bald Dragon: "Shizi, what do you think?"

Yao Yun said with a smile: "This matter is very simple, in terms of materials, we can make iron into steel, so that our weapons are sharper and more powerful, and on the other hand, we can build more powerful weapons." ”

"What weapon?" said in unison.

Yao Yun smiled: "Crossbow!"