Because the basket was too big, Chu Tianxiu was worried that it would not be safe to walk on the street, so he simply hid in the Pingwang Mansion and did not go out, holding the carpenter's planer and various tools in his hand, cutting a long piece of wood, and tinkering with something.

Li Yu took Zu'er and Di'er to sew their close-fitting women's armor.

Outside is a pair of 100-for-steel armor, which is the armor tailored for the three of them by the craftsmen sent by Chu Tianxiu, which is the most close-fitting and extremely protective power.

They had to sew a layer of cloth on the inside to prevent abrasion.

The ancients had the habit of making their own blades, making armor, and bringing them to the battlefield. Just like Hua Mulan joined the army in the Tang Dynasty, even the horse and the saddle, and the full set of equipment was brought to the army by herself.

Although the Great Chu Imperial Court also has standard armaments, they may not fit, and not even every soldier can issue high-quality equipment.

The people of Dachu did not prohibit carrying swords and soldiers, and creating and carrying one or two blades would not violate the law. Unless it is a large-scale forging and someone accuses him of rebellion, he can be arrested.

Of course, because of the long-term shortage of iron and bronze, most of them were used for agricultural tools.

Unless it is a ranger, the family guard of the prince and the powerful man, few people will openly carry a blade on the street.

The Pingwang Mansion has been a martial heirloom for generations, and all kinds of armor and blades in the palace are very common.

The power of the Hundred Refining Armor and the Hundred Refining Sword is almost ten times more than that of ordinary iron soldiers, and it is not an exaggeration to call them treasure armor and treasure swords.

Some of the treasure knives in the Pingwang Mansion's collection, compared with the Hundred Refining Knife, are almost less than half of the power.

They were incredulous and amazed at the power of these armor blades.

It's just that the price is expensive, and the price of a set of Hundred Refining Armor and Hundred Refining Swords is at least one thousand taels of silver.

This set of weapons can only be general-level equipment, and ordinary soldiers can't afford to wear it at all.

Chu Tianxiu equipped all the 300 Li soldiers in the Pingwang Mansion with a set, and it was estimated that it would cost 300,000 taels of silver.

This huge expense made Chu Tianxiu feel painful.

Li Yu and the three of them put on their own women's tempering armor, which was concave and convex, and their heroic posture was sassy. Riding a war horse, with a sword on her belt, she is a majestic female general.

"Good!"

After Chu Tianxiu saw them put on the armor, his eyes lit up and he was greatly admired.

However, he himself is not too fond of cold weapons.

With his Xiao Duanhou's combat power, it is estimated that he can kill one**.

All he needed was a pair of close-fitting soft armor.

Li Yu's face was slightly red, and when he saw Chu Tianxiu holding a long hollow wooden pipe in his hand, he said curiously: "Husband, what are you cutting?" I've been doing it for days. ”

"Wooden model of the barrel! It's amazing, but it requires a lot of precision and it needs to be polished slowly. As long as it can be made, the husband can sit back and relax! ”

Chu Tianxiu said with a smile.

"Barrel?"

Li Yu was puzzled.

What is the power of a wooden pipe?

Even if it's a steel pipe, so short, so thin... It's about the same size as a Xiao!

What does the husband want it for,?!

"Hehe, after two months, you will know how good it will be if it is made for your husband."

Chu Tianxiu said with a smile, glancing at the woodpipe.

He was making a model of a powder gun.

After all, now that gunpowder is available, a gunpowder workshop has been built for small batch production.

Li Tiantian Old Divine Stick and his group of dozens of alchemist apprentices continued to develop more powerful black powder, as long as they persisted, they could always increase the power of gunpowder a lot.

The steel base in Danyang County has also been preliminarily completed, and it continues to manufacture heavy water hammers.

With hundreds of catties, or even thousands of catties of water conservancy hammers, repeatedly beaten, to create high-quality steel.

The next step, of course, was to prepare for the development of a powder gun.

The hardest thing to do with a powder gun is actually the barrel. It needs to be strong enough to withstand the constant explosion of gunpowder. The inside also needs to be smooth, as well as the spiral slide.

The difficulty of making a barrel is extremely high.

He had to make a wooden model of the gun before the craftsmen knew how to make the powder gun. Otherwise, just talking about the appearance, it is estimated that the craftsman is in a fog, and he doesn't know what it is and where to start.

With the powder gun, he didn't have to dance a knife to get a gun.

Whoever dares to assassinate him, the gun will wait.

Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu were talking.

The palace guards hurriedly came in and sent a secret letter, "Uncle, someone sent a secret letter, saying that it was opened by Uncle himself. ”

Chu Tianxiu was strange, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a letter sent by Xiang Anshi, the king of Huainan, with sincere words and incomparably sincerity.

The letter directly said that the Marquis of Xiao Duan had offended all the princes and magnates, and he was already the target of the public, so he must take care of his safety.

Although Xiao Duhou doesn't look down on him as King Huainan now, he dislikes that his power is too small.

He Huainan King returned to Shouchun, if one day the wind and clouds turned into a dragon, he would definitely take Xiao Duhou as the prime minister. I implore him to wait for the day when the king of Huainan and the emperor returns.

Chu Tianxiu was dumbfounded.

This Huainan King Xiang Anshi is so bold, he actually dares to send a letter of rebellion to him, so he is not afraid that he will change hands to the emperor?

But the king of Huainan is indeed not afraid of informants.

When the emperor saw this secret letter, the king of Huainan actually wanted to take the marquis of Xiao Duan as his face, and he might suspect that the marquis of Xiao Du had colluded with the king of Huainan.

"This King of Huainan..."

After Chu Tianxiu finished reading it, he couldn't cry or laugh.

He didn't have much contact with Xiang Anshi, the king of Huainan.

This prince has great ambitions.

But the talent is very sparse!

Refining an elixir to refine tofu, and then taking the tofu as a favor, the gate valve magnates in Jinling City sent it door to door... With this ability, I also want to enter Jinling City and ascend to the emperor's throne?!

The possibility of the success of the Huainan king's rebellion is even inferior to that of Wu Wang Xiang Bi. Xiang Bi is really wealthy, working hard, building weapons, recruiting troops.

The princes of the Xiang family wanted to rebel and resist the accumulation of wealth by the imperial court, which was expected by Chu Tianxiu, and he did not care.

The rebellion of the ancient princes was not something that could be done in a few days.

Looking at this situation, King Huainan went back to prepare, and it would be at least a few months or even half a year before there would be any major movements.

"Huainan King Xiang Anshi, this person is extremely famous. In Shouchun, he gathered celebrities from all over the world to compile "Huainan Honglie" to promote his reputation, and most of them were anti-hearted... The husband still has little contact with him. ”

After reading it, Lord Li Yu was also speechless.

"It's natural, leave him alone."

Chu Tianxiu shook his head, casually threw the secret letter into the furnace, and destroyed the corpse.

...

After Chu Tianxiu made the wooden model of the gunpowder gun, he sent someone to Danyang County and ordered Li Kangnian to arrange for a blacksmith to imitate it.

After it is built, it needs to be tested repeatedly and improved.

Without months of hard work, I am afraid it will be difficult to create a satisfactory powder gun.

Subsequently, Chu Tianxiu took Zu'er and the guards of the Peace Palace to a newly built glass workshop on the outskirts of Jinling City.

This is his new source of income.

The luxury goods that can be artificially made, as long as they monopolize technology, are more terrifying than the profits of the most famous silk.

You need silver for everything, so naturally you have to take out this big killing weapon to collect money.

Da Chu does not yet have Western-style glass.

I only know that glass, agate and the like are treasures.

And the glass before Da Chu was almost opaque.

Once this glass workshop begins production, it will soon become the largest luxury base in Dachu.

Chu Tianxiu went to see the manufacturing of glass.

Dozens of glassmakers have been using different formulas such as quartz sand and alkali to refine glass of various colors, and finally the glass that is almost completely transparent has been made.

Transparent glass is the most useful and extremely profitable.

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help but ponder.