Chapter 312: Before You Leave
A divine weapon made Han Qi change his next plan, himself, he was ready to go back, after Zhao Xin lost the identity of the second son of the emperor, it was almost impossible to encounter danger, but now, before Zhao Xin left, he stayed here first.
In fact, Zhao Xin somewhat underestimated the strength of these blacksmiths, and on the second day, 40 blacksmiths created a total of 80 weapons, among which the blacksmiths who created the five best weapons yesterday all made scholarly swords of the same standard.
Because of the experiments and records, coupled with strict control, the reproduction record was very high, and these blacksmiths all made similar iron swords the next day, a total of 7, and the other blacksmiths also came out, and the next day there were as many as 14.
In the process of sharpening the sword, Zhao Xin informed Han Qi that the probability of sharpening the best of the same scholar sword in 7 is also quite high.
Han Qi was slightly surprised, he really understood why Zhao Xin didn't care so much, even divine weapons could be mass-produced.
When Han Qi arrived, the first one had already been sharpened, perhaps the scholar sword was more widely used, in the card system, the foundation was higher than other weapons, and the 7 were placed together, the impact was very strong, even Han Qi had a feeling of being dazzled.
No need to try, even if you pick it up and put it beside you, you can feel that invisible cold, it seems to be extremely sharp, for Zhao Xin, Han Qi still believes very much, since this is a mass product, and it was made in one day, there are 7 more, he still feels at ease when he picks it up.
By the way, he asked those blacksmiths, and Han Qi wanted to know more if these swords were made by those blacksmiths who supported Miaojiazhuang by the forbidden army.
Zhao Xin's answer made Han Qi's heart light up, sure enough, it was these blacksmiths who built it, and every blacksmith would.
Putting out a weapon, even if it is the worst one, after polishing, it can break through the Buren armor, the difference is that the strength is different, the skills are different, and the degree of armor breaking is different, but the steel sword is far superior to the Buren armor in terms of texture and sharpness.
After a period of running-in, in fact, the production time of each sword has been reduced from the original 4 hours to 3 hours, and it is still 2 a day, but the efficiency has improved, and from the beginning of the trial to the present, in addition to the early scraps, the rest has completed nearly 1,000 weapons of all kinds, except for more than 20 high-quality products, the rest are above the level.
How to deal with these things, in addition to the 300 equipment regiments, how to deal with the remaining 700 or so.
Han Qi took the initiative to buy it according to the first-class weapons of the forbidden army, although the price was only 7 guan, it was almost a few thousand.
For the Privy Council, which purchases more than one million yuan a year, or even close to ten million yuan, thousands of yuan is nothing, and he knows that this is a big advantage, a good weapon, for a warrior's promotion is quite obvious, the first-class weapons before the forbidden army, when they encounter these high-quality products, they are not opponents at all, whether it is hardness or sharpness.
Ordinary ones can be purchased in large quantities, of which they are slightly better, 50 handfuls of 5.5 hardness or more, 14 handfuls of 5.9, are taken out individually.
Han Qi believes that these swords are not suitable for centralized purchase of troops, he can bring a batch back, depending on whether the commanders and envoys under his command want it, the general and the weapon, this is a perfect combination.
These weapons are very popular, the ones that Han Qi brought back are basically sold at a price of about 50-150 guan, and the most high-quality ones are all right, and there is no problem with thousands of generals, few of these generals who came to Baozhou to quell the rebellion are big families, and they can't afford them.
If you can't afford it, Zhao Xin thought about it for a while, and then, whether it is to build a city or develop a port, you need money, a lot of money, Baozhou has been greatly traumatized, and there are hundreds of thousands of people missing, which directly affects the sales of steamed buns.
Although it is said that the merchants gathered from all over the world have also increased the sales volume slightly, compared with the previous profit of more than 1,000 yuan a day, it has decreased too much.
There is no way, steamed buns are like this, the business for the general public, the most afraid is that there are fewer people, there are fewer people, no matter how high your coverage rate, how much profit there is, and soap is also affected, affected by the war, I can't even eat, who can take care of washing, both aspects, are large-scale shrinkage, almost ensuring an income of nearly 400 per day.
A city, although Renzong will reward and then provide a sum of money from the political arena, but this fund will not be too much, only tens of thousands of yuan, it seems that compared to ordinary people, even large households, it is a terrible income, but for a city, especially the city planned by Zhao Xin, such money, a drop in the bucket, in his opinion, the more money, the better.
700 weapons, in the end, 5000 guan, 50 high-quality points, and almost 5500 guan, the average price is as high as 110 guan, and the rest of these, 14 pieces, even if it is 500 guan, this is almost enough to get close to 20,000 guan, this is not a small amount, for the next, Zhao Xin's plan is quite beneficial.
Building weapons, experimenting with iron smelting, has reached a paragraph, next, is the blacksmiths themselves to explore, they will be accompanied by gradual proficiency, reduce the time to build a sword, and even Zhao Xin for the furnace, windmill and the like to transform, reduce labor intensity, improve efficiency, maybe the original 4 hours, 3 hours of the building process, can be reduced to one hour.
This is not impossible, because in the 21st century, those who build handmade swords, they are often built in 2 hours, that is, an hour, and the tools used in the Northern Song Dynasty are different from those in the 21st century, but it should not be difficult to improve in that direction.
It's just that Zhao Xin doesn't have the energy and time, so he has put the time here, compared with the previous plan, it has been postponed for almost 10 days, and it's time to leave.
Freedom, a lot of time, the sense of urgency in Zhao's confidence has not decreased at all, the Northern Song Dynasty has come to a critical period, and it is also the best time for the external environment, really when the Liao State was destroyed by the Jin State, and even after the rise of the more powerful Mongolia, the Northern Song Dynasty has not many opportunities, unless it completely enters the era of thermal weapons of artillery and muskets.
In 1044, that is, in the fourth year of Qingli, there was an opportunity, at the time of the signing of the Qingli Peace Conference, the Western Xia and the Liao State had a conflict, and the Liao Xingzong Emperor drove the expedition in person, led the civil and military ministers and 100,000 troops, and crusaded against the Western Xia, for many reasons, but the excuse was the death of the princess of the Liao State.
In fact, although Yuan Hao has such and such problems, he is indeed a genius when he uses soldiers, whether it is the three battles of the founding of the Western Xia or the attack of Liao Xingzong in 1044, the Western Xia is in danger.
Yuan Hao adopted the method of luring the enemy deeper, step by step let the Liao army go deep into the hinterland of Western Xia, the vast northwest, to give him the possibility of implementing this strategy, Liao Xingzong somewhat ignored the huge Western Xia and the terrible desert, when deep into the hinterland of Western Xia, only one step away from the core of Western Xia, the Liao army is also like the end of a strong crossbow.
Can't eat in the Western Xia, the logistics of the Liao State, and was harassed by the small forces of the Western Xia, itself is a little unbearable, finally, at the time of the collapse, the Western Xia forcibly attacked, and finally defeated the Liao army, Liao Xingzong under the protection of the personal guard, fled alone, including Xiao Huliang, many Liao ministers were captured, and the Western Xia successfully survived this crisis.
This war, in fact, also originated from the previous period, Yuan Hao invited Liao Xingzong to jointly attack the Northern Song Dynasty, Fu Bi's envoy, successfully resolved the crisis, plus the signing of the Qingli Peace Conference, the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the name to intervene.
Historically, I don't know how many such benevolence and righteousness morality there are, and the fame of the teacher has always been flaunted by the Chinese Dynasty, but Confucianism has not explained in detail that under the premise of the law of the Black Forest, there is no so-called benevolence and morality between countries.
The incident is not far off, Zhao Xin feels that he still has to intervene, for example, in the face of large-scale wars, sometimes a little change is enough to change everything.
Yuan Hao's plan is based on their familiarity with the terrain, everything around them, and cut off the supply of the Liao army, but they calculated the Liao army, if now, before the war starts, he will go and use the card system to show 5,000 stone grain and grass, this price is not very expensive, only a few thousand.
In Yuan Hao's plan to the final situation, after calculating that the grain and grass of the Liao army were exhausted, 5,000 stone of grain and grass, that is, 500,000 catties, for an army of 100,000, it may be the amount of one or two days, but at the critical moment, it can completely turn the tide of the war.
The existence of such a soldier king as Sun Ji, coupled with some specific equipment, for example, some manual espionage supplies in later generations, plus advanced weapons, infiltrate this area, it is still possible, on the one hand, to give Liao Xingzong grain and grass, on the other hand, to monitor the movements of the Western Xia, the duel of hundreds of thousands of troops, the Liao State is to dispatch the elite, and the Western Xia is also a battle, as long as the two are defeated, or the Western Xia is defeated, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it is the best choice.
Although it is said that the great enemy of the Northern Song Dynasty has always been the Liao State, and the Liao State also occupies the sixteen states of Youyun that are the most coveted in the Northern Song Dynasty, but from the middle and late stages of Renzong, the most damage to the Northern Song Dynasty, the most money and grain consumption, is the west, if Yuan Hao is defeated here, it will be able to stop a little, in any case, increase the losses of the two countries, for the Northern Song Dynasty, there is no harm.
There are a lot of plans, and there are a lot of things that need to be done, Zhao Xin simply packed up his things, went to the beach to have a look, first set the location of the city, and did a good job in the preliminary work of the sub-sealing location and the festival, and the rest needs to be considered in the long run.
Then the sales of this batch of weapons have become the focus, and when you go to the beach, you must pass through the Daimyo's Mansion, so take this opportunity to take these divine weapons to the Daimyo's Mansion to sell.