Chapter 35: The Furnace

"Oh. King Jing demolished the main bed and the dynasty?! "Qutai Palace, Zhao Zheng, who got the latest spy report, was a little surprised. He had heard that the King of Chu had demolished some palaces for the construction of sea boats, but he didn't expect that this demolition would actually be in the right place and the right dynasty.

As far as the Qin Palace is concerned, the main bed is Qutai Palace, and the Zhengchao is Zhangtai Palace. The former is the place where Zhao Zheng handles official business every day, and the latter is the place where he visits the court and meets with foreign envoys every day.

"Your Majesty, indeed." Huan Qi said, "King Jing heard that my Qin army would fight again, and he had no intention of fighting again. King Jing demolished the main bed and the dynasty, and the county also demolished the mansion and the county government. It is said that the Jing people wanted to move south to the land of Jiangdong, so they needed to build a boat. ”

"Great King, if King Jing really dismantles the main bed and the main dynasty, there is indeed a sign of moving south. However, the Jing people also have the possibility of building a large boat division, so our army should not be careful. "The work of Vachu is being carried out, which makes Wei Yi very proud. It's a pity that he is still a secretary and can't get involved in the intelligence system in charge of the national lieutenant.

"There are 800,000 soldiers in Chu, why are you afraid of having them?" Gong retorted. With such a large number of troops, only the Battle of Changping can be compared. The army of Chu is only more than 200,000, and the attack on Chu must be devastating.

"In the state of Chu, when one after another, so that it cannot breathe." Wei Yu said. Although Zhao Zheng agreed to attack Chu, he continued to attack Zhao under the persuasion of Gong Pi and others, and only returned to attack Chu after killing Zhao.

"The same is true for Zhao Guo." Gong unceremoniously retorted again. "Zhao and Jing are one in the south and one in the north, and our army cannot take care of both. The minister was worried that the king would give the two countries a respite in order to find a balance. ”

"You don't have to say anything about cutting down Jing and Zhao." The courtiers had different views, and Zhao Zheng didn't care, but the things determined by the court could not be changed, so Duke Bi was bowed by Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng asked Huan Qi again: "Can Jing people do anything else?" ”

"The Qi people seem to have promised the Jing people, so they will no longer be connected with me." Huan Qi reported again, this is the second major event involving the felling of wattles.

"Why?" Zhao Zheng's face was cold, and he asked urgently. "King Qi is not afraid of my Great Qinhu?"

"The minister......" King Qi is indeed not very bold, but unfortunately the specific reason Huan Qi does not know, he can only report some rumors: "The minister heard that the king of Qi wants to get the armor of the Jing State, but he doesn't know ...... about it"

"Jing State Armor?" Zhao Zheng looked at Huan Qi and then looked at Wei Yu, Gong Di and others, he remembered that Gong Gong said that the consequence of cutting Chu was likely to be that the Jing people would grant the art of armor and spear formation to other countries, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen before the army was opened.

"The minister asks the king not to take into account Wei and Han. An army of 500,000 took advantage of Wei to quickly attack Jingzhiyingdu. Wei Yu hurriedly spoke.

"Miao, how can the fifty armies be gathered in one place, once the Jing people cut off the grain route and the Wei people stand up, will they have to exhaust the whole army?" Zhao Shan disagreed with Wei Yi's opinion. Where the Qin army can attack from is very clear to both the enemy and us. Wei Yu is talking about the direction on the east side of the chasm, attacking from this direction is bound to cross the chasm, and pontoon bridges have been erected on the chasm, but if only the Qin army attacks from this direction on the east side of the chasm, once the pontoon bridge is cut off after penetrating into the Chu realm, the Wei people will stand by and watch, and the 500,000 army will be defeated due to lack of food. Such risks should be avoided as much as possible.

"The king, the minister thinks that the collection of 500,000 is greater than one place, and it is not possible." Huan Qi also spoke out against it.

"The king, the minister thinks that the cutting of wattles is only in the winter and spring, and the water is full in summer and autumn, and the felling is not good, so it can't be fast." Gong Gong said again.

"When the water is full in summer and autumn, it is also the time when the Jing people attack me." Wei Yi felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to discuss the war with these veterans, and he had to remind the Chu army once again that the Chu army would take the initiative to attack in the past few months.

"King Jing has dismantled the main bed and the dynasty, and quickly built a boat and moved south, how dare you cut me down?" Gong Gong said with a smile, and then he turned to Zhao Zheng, "The king, the iron official Sima Chang reported that the furnace has been completed, and the furnace can be opened on a certain day, please take a look at it at the right time." ”

"Oh. The furnace is ready? Great goodness! Zhao Zheng said happily.

The art of Ju Iron has been plaguing the Qin State for a long time, and after the craftsmen of the Yan State came, Shaofu finally began to refine Ju as well. It's just that the refining technique of the Yan State is not as good as that of the Chu State, and their refining method requires thirty refining, fifty refining, or even one hundred refining. Even the Hundred Refining Giant Sword is not as good as the Chu State Treasure Sword, and the cost is amazing, and the output is insufficient.

There is no similarity between the manufacture of bronze soldiers and giant soldiers, and the copper soldiers need to be sharpened after they are cast, and the copper soldiers are formed after they are sharpened. Jubing is different, Ju iron is forged and formed, and it must be forged after it is red. Although Shaofu is training forging craftsmen, tens of thousands of people can not learn the art of forging in a day. The final solution still comes from Jing Guo, that is, the technique of converter blowing.

"When is an auspicious day?" Zhao Zheng's joy was undisguised, he actually had a nightmare after the martial arts competition that day, dreaming that rows of Jing people were wearing huge armor, holding huge spears and rushing towards him, his leather armor was like Chu paper, and it was pierced when he poked.

"Your Majesty, tomorrow is an auspicious day." After the Yan people offered the giant iron, the king had ordered him to supervise the construction of the huge iron.

"Good. The widow will be at least the house tomorrow. Zhao Zheng excitedly took a few shots. He also said: "The matter of cutting down the thorns will be in accordance with the policy set by the national captain." The king of Qi did not want to ...... horizontally" He suddenly thought of Zhao Guo: "How is Zhao Guo?" ”

"The king, the king of Zhao has been killed, and the eldest son Zhao Qian has ascended the throne, with the Marquis of Chunping as the prime minister." Huan Qi said, "Our army is attacking Zhao, and the Zhao people have asked for help in Jing State, if our army is attacking Jing, Zhao people are happy to see it, and they will not save Jing." ”

"Tell King Zhao that Zhao is to save Yan." After the crown prince Zhao Qian was an advocate woman, he was not crowned and the king, the king of Qi was very bold, and Wei Han surrendered in every way, but the king of Jing did not obey Qin. Thinking that his opponent was getting weaker and weaker, Zhao Zheng suddenly burst out laughing.

"The king is happy today." After sleeping in Liuying Palace, Mi Qian saw that Zhao Zheng came here to share lunch with him, and his complexion was different from yesterday, and he couldn't help but ask more with a smile.

"If there is something pleasant, it will be pleasing to nature." Zhao Zheng also laughed. After he became in power, he was often busy until late at night, and his meals were simple, and he rarely went to the queen's bedroom to eat. After smiling, he looked at Qi Qian and asked seriously: "The queen really doesn't care about the widows?" ”

"The concubine is already a Qin person, and she will be buried in the ancestral mausoleum of the Qin State after her death, how can she care about the king cutting down Jing." Mi Qian's smile was a little stiff, she quickly turned around and took out a large piece of riveted chain mail, "The king, please turn around, the concubine wants to measure the width of the king's shoulders......"

Chain mail is a controlled item, but until it is riveted into a piece, it is just a thin roll of wire. Qi Qian also riveted iron armor in the courtyard of Jutie Mansion, and according to Xiong Jing's meaning, all women in Chu must make a piece of chain mail to give to their husbands before they get married. This royal decree was not carried out among the people, but it was carried out in the royal palace, and the princesses were riveting their chain mail in their spare time.

"What is this?" Zhao Zheng looked at the piece of chain mail in Qi Qian's hand and was very puzzled.

"This is ......" Qi Qian is just doing the queen's instinct, but many things make her think of Chu State. This is...... Armor. ”

"Why is Jing Guo's armor like this?" Zhao Zheng looked at the armor in Mi Qian's hand and was puzzled.

"This armor was made by King Jing, and King Jing ordered the princess to make up this armor as a gift to her husband." Suddenly, her eyes moistened.

"The widow doesn't want King Jing's armor, the widow only needs you." Seeing the strangeness of Mi Qian, Zhao Zheng hugged her, and the temple maids retreated. "Don't worry, the queen doesn't care, the widow has no intention of destroying the Jing Kingdom, and the widows only don't want the Jing Kingdom to be too strong to threaten my Great Qin."

"The king doesn't have to talk about state affairs to his concubines." Mi Qian leaned on Zhao Zheng's arms to prevent him from seeing him cry.

"You are the queen, how can a widow not speak to you?" Zhao Zheng said with a smile, he was satisfied with the beauty in his arms.

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"Chen Yan Wuyi \ Ye Tunnel \ Sima Chang...... Meet the King! Outside the Shaofu, before Zhao Zheng got out of the carriage, the ministers of the Shaofu bowed to the ground. Yesterday, they knew that the king would come to Shaofu to see the refining ju, and they had already prepared everything properly.

"No courtesy." The radiant Zhao Zheng did not look at the courtiers who worshiped all over the place, but looked at the entire Shaofu. Like the Chu State Mansion, the Qin State Shaofu is also located in the north of Xianyang City, where the houses are one after another, and the craftsmen are busy and orderly, which has a bit of the taste of military camps.

"Where is the refinement?" Zhao Zheng asked.

"Tell the king, the refining is here." Grabbing ahead of Sima Chang, Yan Wuyi pointed to a house not far away. "The king, the place where the refining is smoky and hot, please ask the king to ......"

Although the Mo family has a great man, they don't know how to refine it, but Sima Chang does. Zhao Zheng was displeased when he heard this: "Refining is a major matter of the country, how can a widow not look at it." After saying that, he walked quickly to the refining house, and the group could only follow closely.

Under the house, the cradle-like eight-foot square converter stands against the wall, this is a large converter, according to Sima Chang's estimate, it can smelt six or seven thousand catties of iron at a time. It is beneficial for Shaofu to build a large converter, because there is no qualified fireproof brick, and Shaofu will collapse every time the converter is tested. Instead of two or three thousand catties of a furnace, it is better to have six or seven thousand catties of a furnace.

"This is the Great Furnace of Alchemy?" Like the Chu State Mansion, the Shaofu also built a suspended corridor above the house for the safety of Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng stood on top of the empty corridor and pointed to the big furnace below to ask.

"King Yu...... "As soon as Sima Chang exited, he was preempted by Ye Tunnel." The king, yes. The molten iron flows into the furnace from the iron furnace outside the house, and then blows the wind by more than 1,000 armorers. After the wind stopped, the iron became its own. ”

"King Rongyu," on the empty corridor, a prince-like person standing farther away spoke, Zhao Zheng had known him since he was a child, this was Yan Dan, the crown prince of Yan Kingdom. "Speak." His face was expressionless.

"King Xie. Yu Dawang: Hu Tansuo, a craftsman from the country, thought ......" Prince Dan pointed to a green-eyed Di man standing beside him. Di Ren saw that Prince Dan said that he hurriedly saluted Zhao Zheng. “…… If you practice it like this, you can't do it. ”

"Tell the king......" Under the empty corridor stood Ou Chou's former apprentice Kui, he was dressed in the official mansion of the engineer, and he violated the customs of the Yue people and actually learned from the Qin people to grow a beard, he heard the sound and worshipped: "Sima Tieguan has collected the iron that can be practiced, so refining, it can be done." ”

"Hmph." Zhao Zheng snorted when he waved his sleeves to exempt the carp, and he turned his head to look at Sima Chang: "You have no one to refine it." ”