Li Shimin frowned and pondered for a long time, but he never thought it through.

He looked at the messenger again and asked, "Although this king's sister has a heroic personality, she never does things without purpose on weekdays, since she supports that stinky boy to collect scrap metal, there must be some kind of interest in this, right?" ”

Without waiting for the messenger to speak, he said again: "They have attracted even you scouts to collect scrap iron, obviously the benefits are huge, otherwise it will definitely not attract you old soldiers, if this king's guess is correct, I am afraid that this scrap iron matter is related to the way of the army, right?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, that's true!"

But I saw that the messenger suddenly reached into his waist, carefully untied something, and looked at his delicate movements, it was clear that the item on his waist was a treasure.

The thing was wrapped in a roll of cloth by him, and it was obvious that it was being taken care of to the extreme.

After he untied the things around his waist, he gently lifted the cloth roll wrapped outside, and then stroked it back and forth as if facing his wife, and then reluctantly reached out to Li Shimin, and said: "Your Highness, look, this is called a three-edged army thorn." ”

"Triangular Thorn?"

Li Shimin was slightly confused, and reached out to take the thing.

Then, he looked down and looked closely.

The messenger took two steps forward cautiously, and explained excitedly: "Your Highness, you see, this thing is very fierce, two feet three in length, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, and there are bloodletting grooves on both sides. ”

In fact, he doesn't need to elaborate, Li Shimin's eyes are already shining, what a character Li Shimin is, he was fighting almost every day during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and he only looked at this three-edged army assassination, and he had already discovered the ferocity and viciousness of this thing.

The tip of the thing was extremely sharp, and there were three bloodletting grooves on either side, which, as the messenger said, was a hole in the blood.

At this time, everyone present had forgotten about collecting scrap iron, and almost all of them got up and came over, especially those leading generals, all of whom were shocked in their eyes.

Li Shimin suddenly raised his head, shouted softly outside the door, and said, "Quickly bring a sheep to this king." ”

There was a guard outside who instantly agreed, and soon brought a vigorous ram.

Li Shimin took two steps forward abruptly, waved his hand and stabbed sharply, only to hear a snort, the military stab went straight to the end, everyone present shook their eyelids, and several generals subconsciously breathed.

Tie Hanhan Liu Hongji squeezed up in the crowd, and shouted eagerly: "Pull it out, pull it out quickly, His Royal Highness King Qin, don't just plug it in." Pull it out and let everyone see, whether this thing is powerful or not. ”

This was quite vulgar, and everyone glared at him, but Liu Hongji was completely unknown, and was still there shouting: "Pull it out, pull it out quickly......

"Nima!"

Finally, someone couldn't help it, and gave the goods a punch, and smashed Liu Hongji with a black-eyed blue, but the goods still shouted crookedly, 'Your Highness, pull it out quickly'.

Li Shimin's face twitched a few times, and he really wanted to slap this product to death, but he also knew that Liu Hongji was born rough, even if he became a general, he was still full of market.

He pretended not to hear Liu Hongji's crookedness, but looked at the churning ram with a solemn face, and suddenly reached out to grab the three-edged army thorn and gently pulled it out.

But listening to the soft sound of the pop, the subtlety is almost inaudible.

There was no scene of blood gushing, only a trickle of blood, although it was a trickle, but it was endless, everyone stared at the big sheep intently, and found that a small pool of sheep blood gradually gathered on the ground.

The big sheep kept fluttering, but it was not particularly struggling, and it was obvious that the pain brought by the triangular army thorn was not too strong, so the struggle and fluttering of the big sheep was not strong.

However, the spirit of the big sheep is constantly declining.

In just a dozen breaths, the big sheep was already lying on the ground with a wilt.

Everyone was frightened, and their faces were shocked.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said slowly: "Short blades, assassination weapons, this thing is simply a perfect match for the scout army, no wonder one or two of you all praise Gu Tianya so much......"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly changed his words, as if shocked, "No, this thing can be used by more than scouts. For example, the city defenders, can also be equipped with everyone, once the enemy climbs the city wall, the two sides will start a white-knuckle battle, this thing is extremely sharp, can be called a stab in the helpless, the most precious thing is that its weight is extremely light, can save a lot of physical strength and endurance of the people who fight, such as if the knife is swung to kill, ordinary soldiers can swing a hundred knives at most, and for example, the robbers hold a spear to resist the enemy, at most they can only poke two or three hundred times, but this three-edged military thorn, it hardly consumes any strength! ”

It hardly takes much effort, so wouldn't it be possible to fight with this thing all the time?

This is simply a peerless god soldier in the white-knuckle battle at the head of the city!

The messenger's face was full of pride, and he suddenly reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, you only thought of defending the city, but you did not think of attacking the city, if we climbed the enemy's city, we would also start a white-edged battle......"

Li Shimin's face suddenly became wonderful, and he couldn't help blurting out: "That's right, that's true." ”

He looked at the messenger abruptly, and said with a little surprise: "How can you think farther than this king?" ”

The messenger suddenly squirmed and said, "This is what Mr. Gu taught us!" ”

"It's Gu Tianya again?"

Li Shimin's face stiffened, and his face was longer than a donkey.

From ancient times to the present, uncles don't like their brother-in-law very much. Arch my little cabbage, don't want me to praise him.

At this time, in the main hall of Tiance Mansion, all the generals looked at the three-edged army thorn, and suddenly Liu Hongji suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the three-edged army thorn over.

This thing was full of shamelessness, and he didn't care about playing a scoundrel in front of Li Shimin, he just heard him hum and chirp: "His Royal Highness King Qin, I'll take a look at this thing first, and I'll give it back to you in a few days, and I'll see if I can make it imitate." ”

Apparently, he wanted.

Not only does he want it, but the other generals also want it, but everyone wants face, and they can't do something like Liu Hongji's reaching out to snatch. The most important thing is that Li Shimin is very strict in governing the army, and the generals generally do not dare to make drastic measures, but Liu Hongji and Cheng Yanjin, two bastards, have never paid much attention to military law.

However, Li Shimin seems to be acquiescing, and he does not punish people like Liu Hongji and Cheng Yanjin very much.

But after seeing Liu Hongji snatching the three-edged military thorn, he immediately held it in his hand like a treasure, as if he was afraid of being taken away, and his eyes were full of vigilant brilliance.

Everyone snorted, and they all felt like they had been caught by him.

On the contrary, the messenger was full of indifference, and suddenly whispered to Liu Hongji: "General Liu, this thing can't be imitated, Mr. Gu once said that only he can make it in the world." ”

"Fart!"

Liu Hongji obviously didn't believe the words of a little scout, and directly glared at him and scolded: "Don't take Lao Tzu for a fool, how can there be a weapon in the world that can't be imitated?" Even if it is a thousand-level treasure horizontal sword, the blacksmiths can make it with ruthlessness. It's just a bit of a delay, and it takes five or six years for a thousand refining horizontal knives. ”

The messenger's face was full of helplessness, but his tone was proud, and he said again: "Don't believe it, this thing really can't be imitated, because it is not made of wrought iron, but specially smelted steel. ”

"Steel?"

It's a new word.

Everyone present was stunned, and Li Shimin's eyes flickered a few times.

Liu Hongji looked curious, and suddenly leaned a big face of a hairy monkey to the messenger, and asked in a deep voice: "Tell us, what is steel?" ”

The messenger was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Li Shimin's voice and said, "I'm afraid this is because of the scrap iron." ”

Everyone was stunned again, and Liu Hongji couldn't help blurting out, "Could it be those tattered iron pots and farm tools?" Turned into the steel that made this triangular thorn? ”

All eyes were on the Courier, expecting him to give the big guy a guess.

Sure enough, I saw the messenger nod slowly and said, "Yes!" ”

After saying this, he spoke again, and said, "That Mr. Gu in Gujia Village hired people to help him build four big stoves...... Each furnace was more than a man tall, and was used to smelt the scrap iron, and the fuel he used was a strange black stone, but the temperature at which it burned was far from that of ordinary charcoal, and the scrap iron was turned into molten iron, and after some special black powder was added, it became steel! ”

He swallowed his spit, and said with admiration on his face: "After the scrap iron becomes stainless steel, it is simply rotten into magic, not only can it create a three-edged military thorn, but also can cast a horizontal knife blade, you can't imagine that the manufacture of the horizontal knife no longer needs to be beaten by craftsmen over and over again, only need to melt the steel again, pour it into a special sand mold, and after cooling it in the open air, it is a horizontal knife with a handle......"

Horizontal knife!

That is the most elite weapon in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Every horizontal knife had to be made by craftsmen over and over again, so the output was extremely low, and ordinary soldiers could not equip it at all.

At least you have to be a personal guard or above in the army to be eligible for a horizontal sword, and if you change to a local military attaché, you have to be a county lieutenant to have it.

Everyone looked at each other, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes, Li Shimin suddenly spoke again, and asked urgently: "Is this new horizontal knife as sharp as the horizontal knife in the army?" ”

The messenger hesitated for a moment, then asked rhetorically, "How many horizontal swords do you mean?" ”

Li Shimin pondered slightly, hesitated and said tentatively: "How about fifty refinements?" ”

Fifty refining horizontal knives, this is a sharp weapon that can only be possessed by the general's personal guards.

The messenger shook his head slowly and said, "Far more than that." ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but say again: "What about a hundred refinements?" ”

One hundred refinements, this has to be a qualification that only a partial general in the army can have, and he has to make military merits before he can be rewarded.

The messenger shook his head again, and without hesitation, said, "It's still far more than that." ”

Hiss!

Everyone gasped.

Liu Hongji suddenly grabbed the messenger's shoulder, and asked fiercely, "Didn't you make everyone happy?" Could that thing be better than a thousand-level horizontal sword? ”

Each of the horizontal knives of the thousand refining level takes five or six years, and it takes a veteran blacksmith to beat it day by day, constantly knocking out the impurities in the wrought iron, so as to achieve a horizontal knife, which can be called the existence of a divine weapon.

This level of horizontal knife may not be available to a general.

However, everyone didn't expect that the messenger suddenly had a proud face, and said: "After Mr. Gu made a new horizontal knife, the princess once compared her Thousand Refining Horizontal Knife and tried it, and after the two knives slashed each other, the Thousand Refining Horizontal Knife jumped into ......."

"What about the new horizontal knife? Is there a bungee? ”

Everyone asked questions almost at the same time.

The messenger took a deep breath and said, "Not at all. ”

Hiss!

The hall was filled with the sound of gasps.

Du Ruhui opened his mouth suddenly, arched his hands solemnly towards Li Shimin, and said, "Your Highness, this secret recipe should be brought." Through the narration of this messenger, His Majesty can speculate that the manufacture of stainless steel is not difficult, otherwise it is impossible to manufacture refined steel with only the strength of Gujia Village, and the population of Gujia Village is still able to make this kind of peerless treasure, our Tiance Mansion is full of talents, wouldn't it be possible to expand the output by thousands of times, if this secret recipe can be obtained, the entire Tiance Mansion can be equipped with sharp weapons. ”

Everyone looked excited, and they all looked at Li Shimin.

However, no one expected that Li Shimin seemed to hesitate, and after a long time passed, he slowly shook his head and asked everyone: "Do you think Xiuning is willing?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the princess now even dared to pit His Royal Highness King Qin, and in order to be diligent and thrifty, she actually gave the messengers a blank note.

Obviously, the messengers were doing things for her, but they wanted to ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin for money.

In this little life, I really put all my heart on my own man.

After a long time passed, I suddenly saw that Li Shimin seemed to have made up his mind, and said abruptly: "This king, I want to go to Hebei for a trip......

……

…… Let's ask for a count, I really ask you to help.