It can't be blamed that Liao Xingzong is so out of shape, and he doesn't even look like an emperor, the reason is very simple, iron is too important, and it is directly related to the combat effectiveness of the entire Liao State.

That's right, the importance of iron in the era of cold weapons is much more important than that in the industrial age, because the quality of weapons directly represents combat effectiveness.

Iron represents weapons, armor, and the strength of an army, a weapon strong enough to make an army, an invincible army.

Take Zhou Wenxiu's heavy cavalry as an example, this unit, which was finally formed under the joint efforts of the Zhou family and Xiao Hui, has very amazing combat effectiveness, and the reason is their armor.

This thing, in this era, is almost incomprehensible, the weight is relatively light, the defense is strong, in the continuous battle, except for the impact on the Western Xia military camp, because of the siege and separation, the loss is relatively large, in other cases, basically, there is not much loss, which created Zhou Wenxiu's supreme credit.

When he got this armor in the early days, Xiao Hui also asked most of the blacksmiths in the capital after the initial contact, especially some blacksmiths who could create divine weapons, but found that there was no way to copy it.

At that time, he was also very strange and asked Zhou Wenxiu, where did this thing come from, but Zhou Wenxiu told the truth, only said that he got it from the Northern Song Dynasty through channels, and there were only so many, and it took 20 years to do so.

The Zhou family is a Han Chinese, and most of the Han people in the Liao State do business with the Northern Song Dynasty, which is also an indisputable fact, especially some forbidden things, and only they can do it, true and false, false and true, in the end, Xiao Hui did not suspect anything, and sighed instructed, these things are too few.

20 years is only 2,000 sets, which is equal to a maximum of 100 sets a year, lighter weight, higher strength, even if there are only 2,000 people, the flexible use on the battlefield has also played a five, or even ten times the role.

But for Xiao Hui, this is too little, 20,000 is good, 200,000 is better, this is the importance of weapons,

Now, Han Qi even let go of the iron opening, just for the sake of the horse, can these things be obtained.

Xiao Hui stared at Han Qi deadly, waiting for Han Qi to answer.

"Yes!" Han Qi's answer is still yes?

"So, can weapons be fine?"

This, Han Qi hesitated slightly, and finally said steadily: "Yes." ”

Hearing Liao Xingzong's question, Han Qi was embarrassed by how much impact the export of weapons would have on the Liao and Song dynasties, this is unknown, if it was changed to before, no matter what, he would not let the weapons flow out.

The Northern Song Dynasty's control of iron materials was also quite outstanding, and the Liao State and the Western Xia did not get much, which has to be said to be the Western Xia.

The war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia lasted too long, under such a premise, how could it be possible to export materials to the Western Xia, but the Northern Song Dynasty was beaten too badly in the three wars of the founding of the country, not to mention that more than 10,000 were annihilated in every battle, let's just say that the captured cities, those cities full of logistics materials, the Western Xia was directly full.

The reason why Han Qi finally agreed was because of the appearance of a large number of fine iron in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Xin had also said before that the weapons of the forbidden army could be replaced in the matter of exporting weapons to the Liao State.

Otherwise, the weapons of the forbidden army have not been updated, but the original weapons have not been updated, so it is not suitable, which is also the fundamental reason why the Daimyo's blacksmith workshop has better weapons, but it has not been replaced.

But now, sell these discarded weapons at a high price, incidentally, and promote the redress of the forbidden army, with 8 percent of the longbowmen, 1 percent of the heavy infantry and 1 percent of the heavy cavalry, these combined teams will inevitably show great power.

This means that 800,000 sets of equipment can also be reloaded, and if all of these are exported to Liao at a high price, it is not equivalent to Liao spending money to redress the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Liao Xingzong and Xiao Hui glanced at each other, and they both saw excitement in each other's eyes, especially Xiao Hui, who also chased after him and said, "Is it okay to step into the first place?" ”

"Of course you can, but the price of the step armor is more expensive, I don't know how many sets Your Majesty wants?"

Expensive? Liao Xingzong was stunned, he woke up from his dream, that's right, the things in the Northern Song Dynasty are very good, but the price will not be low, can he afford it?

This is not the New Year's coin promised by the Northern Song Dynasty, you don't have to pay for anything, this is the iron and equipment of the Northern Song Dynasty, which must be bought with money.

After Han Qi finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Mu Ran's Liao Xingzong, he had a headache, how many things like cattle and horses can be exchanged for weapons?

At this time, no one knew the details of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Liao State stationed a lot of envoys in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they were super-national in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was impossible for them to settle down and understand the market situation.

They don't know to what extent the price of cattle and horses has risen in the Northern Song Dynasty, nor do they know the need for cattle and horses in the Northern Song Dynasty. It's just that under the previous control, the Northern Song Dynasty did not have a formed cavalry, which is enough.

It is precisely because I don't know, I don't know that the Northern Song Dynasty's desire for cattle and horses has reached a terrible level, and I don't know that a good horse can be exchanged for 10 sets of foot armor in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it can even be equipped with a full set of equipment for the forbidden army, and there are even some leftovers.

They took it for granted that the price was brought into the Liao country, the livestock of the Liao country is the least valuable, the price of a cow, that is, more than 1 guan, but relatively speaking, the price of iron is high, at least more than 300 Wen, 5 catties of iron can be exchanged for a cow, this sounds, some fantasy, but it is actually existent.

Now, after Han Qi released the killer weapon of iron materials and weapons, they have no ability to resist at all, they must get iron materials, weapons and infantry armor of the formation, and they also need it, so that the strength of the Liao State can be on the basis of the original, and go to a higher level.

In Liao Xingzong's view, the iron material must be obtained, the Liao warriors are physically strong, far stronger than the Southern Barbarians, and with sharp weapons and thick armor, everything is not a problem.

As for the Northern Song Dynasty that transported the war horses to, the war horses were definitely impossible, they were cultivated by the Liao State for many years, and other horses and large livestock, it didn't matter when the time came, it really gave the Northern Song Dynasty 100,000 cavalry, and the Northern Song Dynasty was able to bargain in front of the Liao people on horseback.

If we follow the general development, this is the case, the higher the latitude area, the higher the person's stature, the better the quality in all aspects, which is caused by climatic conditions and congenital.

But the Northern Song Dynasty also kept a hand, and what he took out was only the equipment of the original Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, this equipment, compared to the original equipment of the Liao State, I don't know how much better, but compared with the production of the real Daimyo blacksmith workshop, it is much inferior, let alone fine iron.

Steel, before going to the Dinghai, may be a difficulty, the Daimyo Mansion is not particularly difficult to produce all kinds of iron, but the production of fine iron, it is a little difficult, the output is only about half.

At present, Dinghai has completed an annual output of almost 4 million tons, of which eighty or ninety percent is steel, and even the cost of steel is only a little more than iron, which is possible for large-scale smelting.

Moreover, the simple stamping machine has also been completed, so that it is not difficult to process ordinary weapons, and under the greatly compressed cost, there is no problem with a comprehensive rearmament.

The difference between iron and steel, can be greater than the difference between the previous ordinary iron and the Northern Song Dynasty iron, steel weapons can not be said to be sharpened iron like mud, but it will also occupy a huge advantage, this, from the Northern Song Dynasty heavy cavalry, it can be seen, equipped with new armor of the heavy cavalry, in the quality of the horse and the Western Xia has a greater disadvantage under the premise, actually defeated the enemy, their own losses are very small.

After Han Qi finished speaking, he left, so that the two monarchs and ministers did not react, Xiao Hui thought about it, and seemed to have forgotten to ask about one thing, that is, Zhou Wenxiu's heavy cavalry armor, this kind of quality is so good, in terms of weight, it is higher than ordinary armor, how much does it cost.

Iron material, iron material, Liao Xingzong was completely attracted by the iron material, and almost immediately gathered everyone, the important ministers of the court, and the desire for the weapons of the Northern Song Dynasty almost reached its peak,

Iron, the iron smelting process of the Northern Song Dynasty, crowned the entire East Asia, the quality of the infantry armor is also much higher than that of other countries, Yuan Hao's iron harriers and heavy cavalry can be developed, all rely on the seizure of the three stations of the founding of the country, more than 10,000 sets of infantry armor, he got out of 30,000 sets of iron harriers, or the stronger kind of iron harriers.

If the Northern Song Dynasty could export iron, they could also export cattle and horses, which was a mutual problem, which was first recognized by all the courtiers, and they couldn't wait to carry it out.

Yelu Chongyuan and the like also proposed that the equipment of the forbidden army be directly traded, and it could not be new.

The Northern Song Dynasty is unreliable, and their understanding of iron is not high, what if any of them are used to prevaricate, or even worse than them.

This is more in line with the requirements of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty itself is to sell those replaced weapons, which are pulled from the forbidden army, and there are traces of wear and tear, do you want it, don't believe it, then trade directly in Hebei Okay, when the time comes, Hebei Sanguan, directly send several armies of the forbidden army, and directly take off the weapons and equipment.

It's still freshly baked, with body temperature, with worn weapons and equipment, do you want it.

Of course, there is everything, and even among the nobles of the Liao State, they demand to increase the import of some luxury goods, such as fine porcelain, beautiful silk, and even some handicrafts and jewelry, which are rarely talked about.

The top silk of the Liao State is among the coins of the year, which has also become the focus of the reward of the Liao lord, and they also know that the Northern Song Dynasty has a lot, which is far more expensive than the silk they use, but it is a pity that those cannot be said to be non-sale, at least, with the power of the Liao nobles, they can't buy it.