A shaggy and rough palm slowly slid down the blade from the tip of the sword, sliding to the ground as it slid to the middle of the blade—it was clearly visible that there was a distinct dent in the spine of the sword. To be able to leave such a mark on such a hundred refined steel sword, the ferocity of this blow can be imagined. And when the rough palm turned into a stroking and gently lifted the sword body, the sword suddenly split into two - this was actually a broken sword!

"If I remember correctly, this sword was given to Jiubadu in the eleventh year of Zhizheng...... I didn't expect it, goodbye to this sword, it turned out to be like this, and Jiuba Du ......" A low and deep voice sighed slightly, and after speaking, he turned the sword body, and sure enough, he saw a line of golden inscriptions on the other side, "In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, give the Dulu sword".

This broken sword is the imperial sword of Zhang Hongfan, who was broken by Zhao Hunt with a shot under Qiongguan City. Abandoned on the battlefield, when Li Heng sent foot soldiers to rush into battle, he took advantage of the chaos to snatch the broken sword back. After the defeat of Guangzhou, Li Heng attached the broken sword to the petition for guilt, and rushed to Dadu to put the dragon case.

Zhao Hunting folded his sword to humiliate Emperor Yuan and despise the Yuan army. And Li Heng's transfer of the broken sword is to clearly express the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty, which is more clear than the thousands of words he is saying, and at the same time, he also hopes to use this to slightly divert the anger of Emperor Yuan, so as to reduce his punishment.

Li Heng's first purpose was achieved.

At this moment, the man holding the half-truncated sword behind the dragon case, a pair of eyes as thin as a bowstring shot out a sharp edge like a steel arrow. This edge is full of murderous and dead aura, when this person and these eyes reveal such a terrifying momentum, it means that someone is going to die, and a lot of people will die.

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the corpse was ambushed for hundreds of miles. The tyrant was furious and ambushed millions of corpses.

"Very well, this biting bunny has managed to provoke me." With a sharp flick of the rough hand, the broken sword flew out and stabbed the rhinoceros under the steps, making a crisp sound of "dang", which made the civil and military ministers of the entire inner hall and the cowardly Xue Xue heartbeat in shock, and then there was a roar in the sky above the hall, "Who wants to kill this rabbit for my eagle!" ”

Since ancient times, there has only been one profession that can be called and dared to be called "I" - the emperor!

At this time, the appearance of the person sitting behind the dragon case is really not like the emperor - wearing a cymbal crown shaped like a copper cymbal, the back of the head is braided into two braids, wrapped into two large rings hanging behind the ears, a round and fat face, the two cheek folds are shiny and oily, the two plateau red clusters on the cheekbones are particularly obvious, the short eyebrows are thin, the nose is as thick as a lion, and the beard is curled around the cheeks, and with the fat body, the whole person exudes a strong coercion, which makes people breathless.

With such a majestic shape like a lion and a tiger, it is hard to believe that this person is over sixty years old.

This person is the emperor of the Great Yuan Empire - Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Great Yuan Empire, who is known as the "Great Master of Confucianism" (the Han here refers to the people of the Central Plains north of the Yellow River and the Han Dynasty under the former Jin Dynasty, that is, the third class of the Mengyuan Empire).

His Royal Highness's ministers followed Kublai Khan's roar and focused their eyes on one person.

This man is in the position closest to the rhinoceros, below the emperor and above the ministers. There is only one person who can stand in this position - the prime minister of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

The god of war in the minds of the Mongols - Zuo Prime Minister Boyan.

He has a thin and narrow face, a broad and shiny forehead, deep eyes and a high nose, a long beard and a drooping face, a gentle and elegant aura, and a cross studded with diamonds on his chest. As the first commander of the Great Yuan who has commanded a number of famous Mongolian and Han generals such as Instigated Du, Arakhan, Dong Wenbing, Ali Hague, Zhang Hongfan, Li Heng, etc., Boyan's appearance really does not look like a general, but like a scholar.

Hearing the emperor's roar and facing the gaze of the ministers, Boyan drew a cross in his heart - he was a devout Yeli Kewen (Christian) believer, never forgot to pray, and then calmly met Kublai Khan's fierce gaze: "Honorable Great Khan, this king of Leizhou in the Song Kingdom is not a rabbit, but a fierce and cunning poisonous snake. To catch this poisonous snake, you must first pull out his fangs. ”

Except for the Hanchen who would call Kublai Khan "His Majesty", the rest of the Mongols and Semu people mostly called him "Great Khan", which was not a lack of vision for the Mongolian ministers, but a request of Kublai Khan, to show that he kept the tradition and did not forget his roots.

Kublai Khan's eyes moved: "Tell me, what are his fangs?" ”

Boyan took out Li Heng's note, and pointed to the spear ** shape attached to the back of the roll: "This is it." ”

Kublai Khan nodded slowly: "Muskets and artillery are powerful, I can't imagine that the Song people can make such weapons, and the defeat of Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng this time is defeated at this point." How does the prime minister think it should be restrained? ”

This time, without waiting for Boyan to answer, a voice sounded among the ministers: "Venerable Great Khan, we also have such a weapon." ”

"Oh?" Kublai Khan glanced at the interjecting minister in surprise, "Brother Sang, where did you see us with such weapons?" ”

A minister wearing a cymbal crown came out and saluted Kublai Khan with a wat on his head.

Including Kublai Khan, regardless of nationality, all Yuan Dynasty ministers wore cymbal crowns, which were invented by Kublai Khan's empress Chabi. Because Empress Chabi played an important role in Kublai Khan's accession to the throne, and Kublai Khan always respected the queen, he wore a cymbal crown to show his respect.

The emperor (Great Khan) was like this, and the ministers under him naturally followed suit, so the cymbal crown became the crown of the Yuan Dynasty.

As a minister in charge of finance, it is no wonder that Kublai Khan knew more about weapons than the military commander Boyan.

Sang Ge replied respectfully: "Honorable Great Khan, when Wei Chen was appointed to the Privy Council last year, he inspected the military craftsman Wanhu Mansion, and when Wanhu Bubo once said that Wanhu Mansion has newly developed a weapon that can use ignition powder to fire gravel and lead, and dozens of bullets can be hit in one blow, and everyone and horses will be injured. It sounds similar to the muskets and artillery of the Song people that Li Heng said, and Weichen wants to ......"

Kublai Khan looked at Boyan in surprise: "Prime Minister, is there such a thing?" ”

Boyan is also familiar with the Privy Council, and this ordnance matter is in his charge. Boyan closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said, "Yes." However, this new weapon is afraid that it will be ......"

Kublai Khan patted the dragon case and laughed: "Good! What a Buber, worthy of being the son of Ismain. Announce his audience. ”

Boyan opened his mouth, and saw that Kublai Khan was in high spirits, but he finally closed his mouth.

Seeing the success of his advice, Brother Sang was overjoyed and proud.

Since the time of Genghis Khan, Mongolia has paid special attention to the manufacture of weapons, especially powerful long-range weapons. In the early years, the Mongols slaughtered every city they captured, but the craftsmen were not killed, and they were recruited into the artisan camp, which made the Mongol army more and more powerful. By the time of Kublai Khan, thanks to the addition of two mechanical masters, Ah Lao Wading and Yi Si Mayin, his achievements in long-range weapons such as catapults had surpassed those of the Song Dynasty. The fact that a nomadic regime has surpassed the civilized Central Plains Dynasty in military scientific research cannot but make people sigh.

About a moment later, a panting man bowed down to his majesty and shouted, "The little minister Buber greets the Great Khan." ”

This person is none other than the warmaker Wanhu Fu Wanhu Bubo, who is also the eldest son of Yismayin, who succeeded his father after his death, and is now the head of the Hui Hui Artillery, in charge of the manufacture of the Hui Cannon and the research and development of new weapons.

Kublai Khan stared at the big box carried by the two wrestlers behind Buber, stroked his beard and smiled: "Buber, the firearm you developed is in the box?" ”

"Back to the Great Khan, yes."

"Open!"

"Yes."

The box was opened, lined with red silk, and when the red silk was opened, a bronze shining, about a foot and a half long, bulging belly and thin neck, and a mouth edge like a bowl appeared in front of the eyes of the Yuan Dynasty monarchs and ministers.