“.…… In the past few years, there has been no way to expand the cultivation of Shanggu County, and the soil in Daigun, Dingyang, and even Wuyuan County is too heavy, and there is basically not much use in agricultural tools, and almost all the craftsmen who originally built agricultural tools have been transferred to forging weapons and armor in recent years, with more than 15,000 people, including 8,000 apprentices, and they can only barely meet the current army supply ......."

Following Li Ru's voice, the footsteps walked up the stone steps, and someone went up to open the door of the workshop, and the vision widened up inside.

Unlike a few years ago, Gongsun Zhi came to inspect it, several forging furnaces in the past have been increased by more than a dozen, and the surrounding walls have also been demolished and expanded, and craftsmen who are still wearing thin short clothes in cold days take care of a few stoves that are still burning from time to time.

Next to a nearby stove, Chen Tianwang, who had already received the order, was almost fifty years old, with a beard on his upper lip, his strong muscles began to relax, and the whole person looked much older than in previous years. ”

"You are an old man under my command, so you don't need to be polite, take me around." Gongsun Zhi patted him on the shoulder, walked towards the inside of the workshop, and looked through the crescent moon gate, several towering and huge silhouettes emitted bursts of heat, even in winter, the heat wave was still coming.

"The weapon I want is in front?" Even though the smell is choking, Gongsun Zhi is not the kind of pampered person, but Gongsun Xu in the back frowned and covered his mouth and nose, and the smell here made him very uncomfortable.

Stopping in front of the first stove, Chen Tianwang took a white Sensen's blade from the nearby weapon rack, and the treasure seemed to be held in the palm of his hand, and under the gaze of Dian Wei, he carefully presented it to Gongsun Zhi, "...... Ring head knife, thick ridge, single-sided blade, the most conducive to melee slashing, at the moment according to the advice of the lord, it will be re-made a certain arc, and a little longer the blade, and in the cavalry battle, it is more conducive to chopping, and can also have many similarities with the scimitar, but it is longer than the scimitar, the blade is harder and heavier, and it is not easy to break. ”

"How's the quality?"

Da Yu lifted a corner, Gongsun Zhi reached out to take the slightly curved war knife, and when he held it in his hand, Chen Tianwang's words on the opposite side responded: "This knife can be equipped with a long-handled hand, or it can be placed with a one-handed short handle, and the material of the knife body is made of hundreds of steels after continuous heating, breaking and forging, removing impurities, charcoal, and finally forming a knife embryo, and using the technology of covering the soil and burning the blade, so that this weapon still remains sharp in the continuous fighting." ”

Fingers flicked the blade of the sword, buzzing...... A soft groan sounded, Gongsun Zhi nodded, and glanced at him approvingly: "Yes, although the scimitar can be used by cavalry, but it is not suitable for every army, the Montenegrin army is good at using the ring head knife to construct a defensive counterattack, this batch of equipment will be given priority to them in the future, that is, the material is afraid that it will not be like this one, so it will be lowered by a grade and made of iron, but the generals must have a ring head knife made of this kind of steel." ”

Then he handed the knife to Xu Rong behind him, "Soon you will return to Yanmen County, it is still up to you to resist the high-ranking cadres of Bingzhou, this first weapon is given to you, after the battle of Jizhou starts, I hope you can drag the Bingzhou army." ”

"The last general will smear his liver and brains on the ground, and he will never let Gao Gan cross the Yanmen Pass!"

The figure showed his cloak, his voice was loud and powerful, he knelt down on one knee, took the handed war knife with both hands, held it in the palm of his hand and gently stroked the bright and cold blade, and took the scabbard handed by Chen Tianwang, inserted it into the warp, tied it around his waist, and stood there majestically.

Pan Feng stood behind the crowd, tiptoed to look over there, and pouted: "A knife is just ......" Not far away, Li Ke glanced at him: "Is a good weapon worse than a mother-in-law?" ”

“…… You know what, Xianglian is a close attendant of Madame, even a hundred such knives can't be replaced. Pan Feng tilted his head disdainfully, as if he didn't care about Li Ke's puzzled gaze, and then said perfunctorily, "I'm not uncommon ..... these." After saying a few words like this, he followed Gongsun Zhi and continued to move towards the next area, and Chen Tianwang also kept in front of him to introduce the improved objects on the nearby iron frame to everyone one by one.

"This is our common basin collar armor, the original appearance of the lord and the generals also know, the basin collar opening is too large, it looks bloated and inconvenient, and sometimes it even affects the line of sight, in recent years, many armor have been modified one after another, this is a relatively large change, practical, and the best, the size of the armor collar has been reduced, only to the chin half a finger, and it does not hinder the twisting of the neck, and can prevent arrows, even if the blade is cut on it, it can block a few times without cracking, the lord, if this is worn by the fierce general who charges into battle, I am not afraid that the opponent's sword will hang around my neck......"

"Haha, this thing is good, how about making one for my old Pan?"

Pan Feng suddenly amplified his voice, squeezed away everyone and crawled to the front, looked up and down the suit of armor on the wooden frame with his eyes straight, subconsciously touched his neck, and smiled on his face: "Now you don't have to feel your neck cold, see Huaxiong again...... I'm not worried about his knife either. ”

"Then you put it on...... Try it. ”

"Wear it now? Ok, good, good! Pan Feng couldn't wait to take off the thick robe outside, and hurriedly beckoned Chen Tianwang to help him put it on, and after a while, the nail leaf covered his body, a little cold, but Pan Feng couldn't help but knock the iron piece on his arm and neck, "This time...... My heart was at ease. ”

In the next second, in the raised sight, a blade swung horizontally, Pan Feng "Ah! He hurriedly closed his eyes, and heard a sound in his ears, the sound of the impact of gold and iron, and his body shook slightly under the force, and he opened his eyes, and the scimitar was on his shoulder.

"Chen Gongling, how long will it take for armor like this to be installed in generals." Gongsun Zhi withdrew his knife and walked forward while talking to Chen Tianwang, who was stunned for a moment.

"This ...... There will be a few pairs in the spring next year, but the soldier's armor will be put on ordinary leather armor with a small collar, which can protect a little bit. ”

"I don't expect the whole army to change its outfits in the next two years, after all, there is a shortage of materials in the north, and there are many places to be used, so it is already beyond my expectations to be able to squeeze out this little thing and sit to this extent in your hands, but in the next two years, the armor on the soldiers will be somewhat better than now, and you and I have to do our best."

"Lord, rest assured, Tian Wang will do his best to ......"

The words followed the figure to the front, watching more improved things, and even some farm tools, but most of them were only conceptual things, and it would take many days to experiment and improve whether they were suitable for cultivation in the Northland.

Behind, Pan Feng's head was still buzzing...... Reached out and touched the knife marks on the basin collar, and the next second, he smirked. Li Ke stretched out his hand and patted his round face, "You won't marry Xianglian anymore......"

"Life is important...... Pan Feng looked at him like a fool, wearing that armor, he turned his head and chased forward.

……

The sky was slanting in the west, and in the afternoon, the wind stopped for a while, and Gongsun Zhi and his party came out of this workshop, and there was no warmth in the afterglow of winter, and occasionally the wind blew on his face, and he was silent for a while, and he beckoned Li Ru to approach.

"Send someone to inform that Xu You, and say that I will see him at the official office."

The wind whimpered and blew again, and the sky darkened.