"Enlighten the saint, the new knife has been made, please check it." In the backyard of the Shaofu Prison, seeing that the Flying Shenzhou was in the limelight, some lost Ou Yeqian came out to ask for instructions.

Seven days ago, Ou Yeqian painted ten copies of the Gurkha scimitar, seven-eyed big dog-legged scimitar, and Damascus knife patterns carved on the ground by Yang Tong, and then ten top craftsmen made three of their ideal war knives according to their own understanding, but they knew whether the knife was good or not, only people who had experienced a hundred battles said that it was okay, so on the day of the knife, Jiang Xingben, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came forward and invited Li Jing, Wang Wei, Yang Gongren, Yang Shanhui, Pei Renji, Wei Chigong, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xie Yingdeng, Dou Jiande, Xiao Milling, these experienced bigwigs came to test the knife. These people knew that Yang Dong planned to replace the horizontal knives and daggers in the army with new knives, and they all experienced them carefully when they tried the knives.

They tried one by one, and each said their own opinions, which one is good, where is good, which one is bad, and where is the inadequacy, they all pointed out one by one, and said their own suggestions and opinions.

After that, the veteran Li Jing put forward a point of view that everyone agreed: he believed that the users of the new knife were ordinary soldiers, and the combat methods of ordinary soldiers were different from those of their generals, and the way of use was also different, and they could not represent the demands of the whole army for weapons and armament.

Ou Yeqian and other masters combined the opinions of the soldiers and generals, modified the overall design and various parts one by one, obtained the most satisfactory data, created the most outstanding weapon to kill the enemy, and also derived another short blade.

Ou Yeqian and other famous sword craftsmen have taken great pains to describe these four new knives, and now that the knives have been made, they all hope that their hard work and sweat will be recognized by Yang Tong.

"I can't wait, hurry up and submit it!" Yang Tong said happily.

The next direction of the attack is Yizhou, where the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is located, so Yang Tong not only needs an elite infantry soldier who is proficient in mountain warfare, but also a matching war knife, and the long knife seven-eyed big dog-legged scimitar, Damascus knife, and short-edged Gurkha scimitar are obviously more suitable for mountain and jungle warfare than horizontal swords and obstacle knives and daggers.

"Obedience." Ou Yeqian saw that Yang Tong paid attention to it, and the loss in his heart was swept away, and he hurriedly asked people to present four long and short knives.

As soon as these four different swords appeared, those civil and military officials who did not participate in the knife test looked at each other, thinking that Yang Dong's Chaolu Treasure Knife and Shengwu Thirty-six were strange enough, who thought that these four knives were even more strange.

Yang Tong was also stunned, but it was not because of the seven-eyed big dog-legged scimitar, Damascus knife, and Gurkha scimitar, although these three knives have changed, the pattern he portrayed is always obvious, and the other short blade shocked him, this guy is the famous Type 99 paratrooper knife in China.

Because of the plot, Yang Tong took this quintessence in his hand and waved it a few times, "The dagger is portable, light, it is a talisman short blade, and it is also the last weapon of a samurai. Only stabbing can make the enemy lose combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and other comparisons are difficult to cause significant damage to the enemy at once, this knife in addition to the stabbing and cutting functions, but also has the characteristics of chopping, chopping, sawing, and prying......" He used his fingers to feel the serrations on the back of the knife, and continued: "The weapon also has its lifespan, and when it chops a certain number of times, it will collapse, roll, and break. When our soldiers set up camp, they often cut down trees with weapons, and the existence of this sawtooth can replace the blade to a large extent, so as to achieve the role of protecting the weapon. ”

"Holy Wisdom." Ou Yeqian's lifelong energy has been on the sword, and he cherishes weapons like a son, hearing Yang Tong like this, he suddenly felt like a bosom friend, "This knife is a low-grade short blade designed according to the characteristics of the Han sword, horizontal knife, military stab, Chaolu treasure knife, and three other new knives." In addition to the functions mentioned above, it can also be used to cut the enemy barracks fence and door bolts without making too much noise during night attacks. The other point is the color of the blade......"

Yang Tong took a closer look at the words and found that the blade was covered with various patterns, such as flowing water, wonderful and abnormal, and the magical lines were simply the natural beauty of artificial carving, but the deep texture of the color also made the blade not reflect at night, and it seemed more secret. He asked movingly, "Is this Persian pattern steel?" ”

"Not bad!"

"As far as I know, the unique smelting technology and forging method of Persian pattern steel have always been a technical secret of the Persians, and occasionally steel ingots have been introduced to our dynasty, which is also quite expensive. I'm afraid the cost of this knife is more than 100 gold. ”

"The Holy One doesn't know anything. During his lifetime, the first emperor established friendly relations with the Sassanid dynasty of Persia, and its monarch Kuslao II also visited the Great Sui to pay tribute; At that time, Pei Ju, who was ordered to pass through the Western Regions, was in charge of the reception, and I don't know what method he used to get these techniques from the entourage of Kusi Lao II. Ou Yeqian introduced in detail.

Yang Tong was overjoyed and said: "It means that we can also make pattern steel?" ”

"That's why we can now smelt patterned steel, and it's not complicated." Ou Yeqian said.

Yang Tong was extremely curious: "How do you know so much?" ”

Ou Yeqian replied: "This chronicle, as well as the technology, was unintentionally found in front of the Daxing Palace towards the Great Library Hall. ”

"Original or copy?" Yang Tong asked again. When Yang Guang was the emperor, there were more than 370,000 volumes of books, more than 10,000 kinds of books, after the collection, he also asked people to carefully copy a copy, originally left in the Luoyang Guanwen Palace, and then was taken to Yecheng by himself, and now he has returned to the Luoyang Guanwen Palace, as for the Daxing Palace Great Library Hall collection is a copy of the copy. With his own emphasis on smelting, as well as the many classifications of many personnel, this pattern steel should not be able to escape?

Ou Yeqian said: "It is Pei Ju's manuscript, the handwriting is very sloppy, and it should have been recorded in a hurry. ”

Yang Tong nodded, "Or Pei Ju's book that he took the initiative to give to Li Yuan, but it was not taken seriously." ”

"That's how it should be." Ou Yeqian reminded: "By the way, the saint, this book is still in the Great Library Hall, classified in the category of Atlas, next to the "Zhujun Products and Customs", "Ouyu Tuzhi", "Zhuzhou Tujing Collection", and Pei Ju's "Western Regions Atlas" is placed in one place, the name, the name is "Shiju Notes". ”

Ou Yeqian attaches great importance to the pattern outline and knows it in great detail.

"This name, no wonder it is not taken seriously..."Yang Tong felt that there might be other treasures in this "Shiju Handbook", so he immediately paid attention to it, and instructed Yin Mingyue: "Mingyue, find this book and take it to the Manna Palace." ”

"Whoa." Yin Mingyue saluted and retired.

Yang Tong took Pei Ju's contribution to heart, and took a closer look at the 99 paratrooper knife in his hand, and said with affection: "I have collected this knife." ”

"Thank you for your attention, but this knife has not yet been named, please give it a name." Ou Yeqian was overjoyed, Yang Dong's arsenal is not an ordinary sword that can be listed, there are many legendary swords that have long disappeared, in addition to Yang Tong from time to time wearing the Zhanlu sword, the seven-star Longyuan sword, and the 'temporary' Chunjun sword belonging to the queen, Yang Qinfang's Chengying sword, it is said that there are also Chiyou treasure knife, Daxia dragon sparrow... He hadn't seen the latter two, but he probably had a good amount... To be able to collect his own sword with these divine blades was the highest honor in his life.

"Dragon's Groan!"

"Thank you, God, for your name."

Yang Tong looked at the other three knives that were also made of patterned steel and asked, "Is there anything that is not made of patterned steel?" ”

"Yes!" Ou Yeqian asked people to send four knives made of Zhongyuan Iron and Steel, and introduced: "The steel and forging methods used in these four are not much different from those of horizontal knives. ”

Yang Tong put down the dragon's teeth, picked up the Damascus knife suitable for cavalry, and said to Luo Shixin: "Take a horizontal knife and hit each other." ”

"Whoa." Luo Shixin took a horizontal knife from the hand of the guard, ready to go, the two slashed at each other, only to hear a crisp sound, and the horizontal knife was broken into two on the spot.

Seeing this effect, everyone was stupid, it was the people who had tried the knife, because they had not cut each other, so they were also stunned by this effect.

The horizontal knife is not a product of the times that comes out of thin air, it inherits the first knife of the Han Dynasty, after hundreds of years of improvement, it has what it is today, if it is not for its own strong strength, it will not become the standard equipment of the two Jin and Northern Dynasties and the Great Sui army.

However, it is hard to believe that it has been cut in half by a new knife of the same kind of steel and the same forging process.

"It's actually quite understandable!" Seeing everyone's expressions, Yang Tong pointed to the knife and explained to everyone: "The blade of this knife has a curvature, the protruding blade in the front section has the effect of cohesion, and the recessed part of the back section has a miraculous effect. And the horizontal knife is straight, when Xiao Luo cuts out, the power is scattered throughout the knife body, and the power and speed generated are not as fast as my knife, just like a kitchen knife cutting bones, when the whole blade is chopped, not only does it cut continuously, but it will also collapse if it is not good. ”

Those who have cooked moved their wrists and immediately understood, while others seemed to understand.

Yang Tong continued: "As the saying goes, no one is perfect, instead of pursuing impossible perfection, it is better to focus on one field, for example, people who are not suitable for learning martial arts, you can focus on literature and Taoism, and people who are not suitable for civil and martial arts, you can also focus on a certain line according to your own interests, as long as you work hard, you will achieve certain achievements." This is true of people, and so is weapons. This knife is to give up most of the stabbing and armor-piercing abilities, and focus on the most common slashing method used by cavalry, as long as it is used on horseback, it can achieve miraculous results similar to the one just now. And even if it is an infantry fight, it can increase the strength of the soldier holding this new sword when it is slashing. If you twist and slip slightly, the front half will immediately hurt the opponent's wrist, causing the enemy to be injured and abandon the knife. ”

"And my Great Sui Iron Cavalry Bow and Crossbow Attack from afar, long weapons are the first choice for close combat, followed by war knives, this fierce new knife makes my Great Sui Iron Cavalry as fierce as a tiger on the plains, giving the name Tiger Roar."

After Yang Tong finished speaking, he handed over the new knife to the generals present to experience. After listening to Yang Tong's detailed introduction, everyone waved it according to the characteristics of chopping, and their eyes were full of admiration.

Yang Tong took the seven-eyed big dogleg scimitar in his hand again: "This knife is a recurve knife, the belly is wide, the blade is bent forward, and its recurve blade makes up for its lack of being unable to assassinate, and replaces it with its powerful lethality." It can not only slash in charge combat, but also pick, stab, chop and point in hand-to-hand combat. And slashing can be fatal, stabbing can pierce armor! It's a lot better than a horizontal knife... This is a sword for foot soldiers, and sword and shield soldiers and heavy crossbowmen are equipped with this kind of sword, and their melee ability can also be enhanced. Its function is closer to a knife and an axe, so it is also a sharp weapon for mountain and jungle warfare, which can cut down trees in the dense forest and open up a road, so that our army can walk on the ground and walk like flying, so we call it ......" For a while, Yang Tong couldn't think of a suitable name.

Seeing this, Yang Gongren said: "The soldiers of our army are tigers, and this sword is like a tiger with wings in the jungle, so it is better to call it a tiger wing." ”

Yang Tong also had no objection. This is a weapon exclusively cast by the Great Sui, naturally it cannot be called a Damascus knife or a dogleg scimitar, and it looks similar on the surface, but in fact there is a substantial difference.

Ou Yeqian asked, "Saint, what about this little tiger wing?" ”

"After this short blade is shrunk, it has actually lost its value, and it is sealed together with the data, maybe it can be used for reference one day."

Yang Tong knows that this nation has always paid attention to inheritance, and people are like this, and it is also the same in the research and development of weapons and equipment, otherwise there would be no horizontal knives and Mo knives inherited from the Han Dynasty. It's just that paying too much attention to the inheritance of the national style also means that the mind is constrained, the sense of innovation is lost, and it will only be knocked and beaten on the basis of existing things, and it is difficult to create an epoch-making weapon to kill the enemy.

These knives with strange styles, infinite power, and human mechanics are a reform, an innovation, and a ladder of sword progress, which plays a positive role in the pioneering and innovative development of craftsmen.

"Whoa." In fact, Ou Yeqian also felt that it was inferior to Long Yin, if it weren't for Yang Tong's permission, he wouldn't even be able to build it.

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Now that the weapons of mountain warfare and jungle warfare have been found, and because he will fight against the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, Yang Tong asked the Shaofu Supervisor to make a large number of tiger wing and dragon yin molds and mass produce them as soon as possible.

The next step is naturally to train the troops of mountain and jungle warfare, and the Fifth Army brought by Xie Yingdeng only reduced the strength of 20,000, and it was not scattered and disrupted, and it was able to be immediately put into training. These soldiers themselves are the best of the best, and everyone has enough foundation, but they don't have to start from scratch.

Just when Yang Tong stepped up his military training, a letter of request from Zhou Shaozu, the chief admiral of the Navy of Changshan Islands, moved Yang Tong.

Zhou Shaozu asked for sailing and wanted to go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean to see.

This shocked and excited Yang Tong.

For thousands of years, the West Asian capital yearned for a strong and wealthy country in the East, and their merchants came to the mysterious and rich ancient country of the East from thousands of mountains and rivers and the Gobi Desert with a lofty heart of wealth, bringing the gorgeous silk and exquisite porcelain of the East back to the West, which became a luxury item regarded by the nobility of West Asia.

But as the times progressed, they realized the risks of the long road of the Silk Road, and slowly opened up sea routes. However, shipbuilding technology has always been ahead of the East of the world, but it lags behind the West in the technology of ocean navigation.

Perhaps, I should take the lead.

However, the Pacific Ocean is vast and vast, with a diameter of more than 20,000 miles, and the wind and waves are surging from this side to the sea, and typhoons and tsunamis are raging...... Almost any accident can easily overturn this fleet, and not even a single wave can rise.

The reason why the people of Europa were able to complete the global voyage and explore the new continent was not only because of advanced technology, but also because they had the seafaring experience that they had come and gone from generation to generation and exchanged their lives for.

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But if he gave up like this, Yang Tong was really unwilling.

This is not only because the American continent on the other side of the ocean has countless high-yielding food crops; If I don't support this spirit of exploration, I'm afraid that no one will support it and no one will leave.

As far as he knew, the expedition of the famous navigator Magellan, consisting of more than 270 sailors and five ships, had only crossed the southern tip of South America and entered the Pacific Ocean after losing more than half of its crew and ships. After more than three months of arduous sailing, they crossed Guam to the Philippine Islands.

Judging from their number of people and the number of ships, this seems to be an act of enthusiasts, if the Great Sui officially supports Zhou Shaozu's navigation, then his conditions must be much better, and in terms of the keel and pulley combination of warships, it may not be able to withstand the wind and waves in the sea, as for food, it is better to bring more ships over. From Uno, the flotilla traveled much smaller than Magellan.

Thinking about it carefully, Yang Tong's heart moved.