Qi Ning followed Situ Mingyue into the big tent, and immediately sighed, when he was outside the tent, he saw that this cowhide tent was very huge, and after entering, he found that it was unimaginably wide inside, and at this time, it was estimated that it could accommodate more than 100 people, but I was afraid that it would be empty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The big tent is not luxurious, but the furnishings inside are antique, like a moving palace, there are a small number of maids in the big tent, the front is an ancient wooden table, several people are sitting around the table, Qi Ning glanced at it, and saw that there were five or six people, all of whom were in black robes, but not as luxurious as he thought.

When Qi Ning came in, everyone sitting around the table got up, and Situ Mingyue stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the envoys of the Chu State are waiting to meet you!" ”

saw one of them smile and said, "You are the world-famous brocade waiter?" The voice was gentle, Qi Ning looked over, and saw that the man was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in black brocade clothes, bronze skin, not handsome, but angular, quite masculine, he had a yellow belt wrapped around his head, thick eyebrows and big eyes, smiling, knowing that this person was the prince of Eastern Qi, he arched his hand and said: "Qi Ning of Chu State, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The crown prince smiled and said: "No courtesy, brocade waiting, this palace also heard that the Chu State sent an envoy to come, and I don't want to arrive so soon." ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly and said, "Qi Ning was ordered to come to Eastern Qi to cultivate the goodness of the two countries, and it is really an honor to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here." ”

"Brother Prince, it is rumored everywhere that Jinyi Hou is the pillar of the Chu State, and he is powerful in all directions, but how can he be a child?" A clear voice grinned.

Qi Ning heard the words and looked over, only to see that the person who spoke was also dressed in a black brocade robe, looking fourteen or fifteen years old, in terms of age, a few years younger than his own brocade clothes, he was ashamed to speak, calling himself a child, this doll looked handsome, standing beside the prince, under the background of the prince's bronzed skin, the young man's skin looked quite fair, and he was pampered at a glance.

Hearing this young man's rude words, Qi Feng and Li Tang behind Qi Ning both frowned, but the prince had already said in a deep voice: "Third child, Hugh is talking nonsense, and you still don't apologize to Jinyihou?" ”

Qi Ning's heart sank, but he immediately smiled: "The king of Linzi is innocent and unscrupulous, Qi Ning will not blame." ”

He heard the prince call the young man the third child, and immediately thought that the monarch of Eastern Qi had three sons, and the prince was the second son of the monarch of Eastern Qi.

The prince said with a smile: "Jinyi's eyes are like torches, and he can recognize them at a glance, and he is really smart." He raised his hand and said: "This palace is discussing the blade with them, Jinyi Hou is a military family of Chu State, and he is naturally very familiar with the blade, so you might as well come over and discuss it together." He added: "The palace doesn't care about those red tape etiquette, this time it's out to patrol the hunt, everything is casual, don't be restrained by the brocade clothes." ”

Qi Ning felt strange in his heart, stepped forward, a maid had already come over and put a futon on the ground, Qi Ning nodded in thanks, and sat on it, but at this time, he saw that on the table, there were five or six knives with different shapes.

At this time, I looked left and right, and I saw that in addition to the prince of Dongqi and the king of Linzi, there were still two middle-aged people with strong martial arts, who knew at a glance that they were born in the army, and they thought that they were generals under the command of the prince of Dongqi, and next to the prince of Dongqi, he was an old man in his early fifties, and he was fat, and at this time Situ Mingyue also sat under the old man.

The prince seemed to see Qi Ning's thoughts, and introduced with a smile: "You have already seen Situ Changshi. He raised his hand and patted the old man on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "This is Lord Xingzhai Fang of Xuzhou Thorn Shi, and those two are the two generals Shitang and Su Lun." ”

Everyone bowed their hands to Qi Ning, Qi Ning returned the salute, the prince had already picked up a knife, pulled out the knife out of the sheath, the tent suddenly flashed with cold light, the prince smiled: "Jinyi Hou, what do you think of this knife?" Sent over, Qi Ning stretched out his hand to take it, he had a cold blade like clay on his body, and he had seen a real treasure, this knife was no different from the cold blade, and said with a smile: "The shape is acceptable, but Lidu should be ordinary." ”

The prince smiled: "Jin Yihou said this, there will be no mistake. Then he took another knife and handed it over, and asked, "How is this one?" ”

Qi Ning put down the previous one, but this one, only glanced at it, felt very familiar, pulled out the knife from the sheath, and saw at a glance that it was much sharper than the previous knife, nodded and said: "This is a good knife." Suddenly, he thought of something, frowned, and said, "Your Highness, this knife seems to be ...... It's the saber of my Chu State Yulin Battalion! ”

The prince laughed and said, "Yes, this is the saber of your country's Yulin Battalion. Picked up the previous one, and said with a smile: "This is the sword of the guards of the Northern Han Forbidden Palace, compared to the saber of the Yulin Battalion of your country, the difference is very great, it is said that the northern horse is the southern blade, the war horse of the Northern Han people is unparalleled in the world, and the blade of the Southern Chu is unstoppable, which is really not bad." ”

Qi Ning was strange in his heart, and he couldn't understand the mind of the prince of Eastern Qi for a while, but when he saw the prince pushing over another knife, he smiled and said, "This knife, you can see how it is." ”

Qi Ning glanced at it, slightly surprised, only to see that this knife is quite peculiar, compared to ordinary knives, obviously much longer, and the arc of the knife body is extremely obvious, like a Dongying knife, pick up the knife and pull it out of the sheath, a cold air is coming, the blade is clear, the blade is curved, and the thickness is very thin, half thinner than other props.

The more Qi Ning looked at it, the more it looked like it, only to hear the prince smile and say: "This is a treasure knife recently discovered in this palace, it is well-made and extremely sharp. After a look, I saw that Shitang and Su Lun got up, Shitang took the saber of the guards of the Northern Han Forbidden Palace, Su Lun picked up a knife from the table that was exactly the same as the scimitar in Qi Ning's hand, the two walked away a few steps away, they were all drawn out of the sheath, the Shitang knife pointed forward, Su Lun held the knife with both hands, and suddenly roared, a knife slashed obliquely, and was splitting on the big knife in Shitang's hand, only to hear a "choking" sound, the knife in Shitang's hand was broken into two parts, and the scimitar in Su Lun's hand was safe and sound.

Qi Feng and Li Tang on the side both changed color impressively.

Although the saber of the warriors of the Northern Han Forbidden Palace is not superior, it is not inferior, but it is not inferior.

They had never seen such a scimitar before, and they were surprised to see the power of the scimitar.

Although Qi Ning had seen many treasures, whether it was the Cold Blade or the Pilu Sword, they were all peerless blades, but when he saw the power of this scimitar at this moment, he was still slightly surprised in his heart, but his expression was calm and calm, and there was no look of surprise.

Seeing that Qi Ningyun was light, the prince was obviously a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Jinyihou, could it be that this knife is not in the eye?" ”

Qi Ning smiled: "It is indeed a treasure knife, and it is hard to find." ”

"Brocade clothes wait for a good eye." The prince smiled: "Since you like it, this palace will give you a handful." He took a scimitar and sent it over, and said, "This palace is ready to equip the Great Qi army with such a saber, and its combat power should be greatly enhanced." ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "If the Eastern Qi army is equipped with such a treasure sword, there will be few invincibles in the world." ”

King Linzi said proudly: "Jinyihou is also scared? ”

Qi Ning glanced at him, took the saber of the warrior of the Yulin Battalion with a smile, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, little prince, this is the saber of the warrior of the Yulin Battalion of my Chu State. The emperor has also instructed the military department to vigorously mine such iron ore and make 50,000 such broadswords every year, which is already the limit of our country's strength, and it is impossible to make one more. ”

Qi Feng and Li Tang glanced at each other, thinking that there was still such a thing?

Chu has refined iron ore, this matter is known to the world, and the process of manufacturing weapons in Chu is also extremely good, Yulin Battalion is a royal guard, equipped with the most refined weapons, but Qi Feng and Li Tang know in their hearts that it is not easy to mine fine iron, and to create this kind of fine iron broadsword, the process is complicated, not to mention 50,000 a year, even 5,000 a year may not be able to be manufactured, otherwise the Chu army is equipped with such a big knife, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved immediately.

Shi Situ Mingyue, the head of the Prince's Mansion, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Fifty thousand a year, with all due respect, Jinyi Hou, with the strength of your country, it is impossible to make such a huge number of fine iron broadswords in a year, right?" ”

Qi Ning laughed and said: "This is just the plan of my Chu State, whether you can do it or not, do your best." Fang Xia Yulin knife, picked up the scimitar, and exclaimed: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this kind of treasure knife can be encountered but not sought, even if it is one, it is worth a lot." One inch long, one inch strong, this knife is longer than the ordinary broadsword, when fighting, prevailing, the most admirable thing is that the blade of this knife is extremely thin, very light in the hand, so the speed of the knife will be a few points faster, but often the long knife is thin, the easiest to break, so in order to maintain the toughness of the knife, the general broadsword is impossible to build so long. ”

The crown prince nodded and said, "That's true." ”

"But this knife is long and thin, but it has excellent toughness, and you don't have to worry about breaking, which is amazing." Qi Ning sighed: "But with all due respect, the prince wants to equip the Eastern Qi army with such a treasure sword, but I am afraid that he has more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

King Linzi said angrily: "What did you say? ”

The prince raised his hand, signaled to the king of Linzi not to say much, and said with a smile: "How can Jinyi wait for this?" ”

"Prince, the material of this knife should be Yugang, also known as leather iron." Qi Ning smiled: "This mineral is extremely rare, this is not the main thing, the most important thing is to create such a treasure knife, it is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen can do, without decades of fire, it will only backfire." In the process of building this knife, the most time-consuming thing is to create a sharp and thin blade, which requires the blade to be unevenly coated with toner and clay, then quenched and smelted, and after heating, the blade is repeatedly beaten to create such a treasure knife, repeatedly hammered at least nearly a hundred times, hundreds of times each time, and the skill is not reached, it will leave flaws, and even break in the process of building. Speaking of this, he smiled faintly and said: "Your Highness, the swordsmiths with such skills, in my estimation, there will be no more than thirty people in the whole world, and each of them can create ten in a year, which has reached the limit, even if His Highness has the ability to reach the sky, recruit all these knifesmiths, even if the knife is on their necks, it will only be three hundred at most a year, and the eight hundred elite soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion of His Highness, each with one, will take three years!" ”

Everyone looked at Qi Ning in a daze, dumbfounded, even Qi Feng and Li Tang also opened their mouths, they couldn't believe it, they couldn't imagine that Qi Ning knew so much about the power of this treasure knife.