After the army training gradually became formalized, Wei Shuo began to focus on weapons and equipment, among which spears, long bows, small round shields, and paper armor were easy to solve, only iron equipment such as long knives, Mingguang armor, and Mo knives made Wei Shuo scratch his head a little. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

First of all, Gaochang does not produce iron, and the required iron materials must be purchased from the outside world; Secondly, there was a shortage of craftsmen in Gaochang.

Without ore and qualified skilled workers, qualified steel cannot be smelted, and how to build long knives and armor without steel?

"The source of iron is also easy to solve, although Gaochang does not produce iron, but Qiuzi country is a famous iron-producing place in the Western Regions, as long as you have money, you are afraid that you can't buy iron?"

"What the adults said is that iron is easy to solve, but how can craftsmen solve it? There are not many craftsmen in Gaochang who know steelmaking, and even if they go to Guzang to collect, I am afraid they will not find many qualified craftsmen. ”

"What should I do in my opinion?"

"This matter has to fall to the countries of the Western Regions!"

"The countries of the Western Regions? Naogen plans to recruit craftsmen from the Western Regions? ”

"Yes, adults don't know, the Western Regions is located at the intersection of East and West, and it is the key to communicating between East and West, and there is an opportunity to come into contact with different steelmaking technologies from East and West, so the skills of craftsmen in this place must be very high."

"In that case, send a letter to Mrs. Yin in Qiuzi, and ask her to recruit some master craftsmen who know how to make steel."

"My lord, my subordinates want to go to Qiuzi in person."

"What are you doing in Guizi? At present, Gaochang has just become regular, and it is still inseparable from you for the time being. ”

Yang Han frowned, and did not hesitate to refuse Wei Shuo's proposal, obviously he was unwilling to let Wei Shuo go to Qiuzi.

But Wei Shuo had already made up his mind, he stepped forward and said earnestly: "My lord, the Qiuzi iron material and the craftsmen of the Western Regions are related to the equipment of the Gaochang Army in the future, if you don't go in person, you are really a little relieved." ”

"Could it be that you are worried that Mrs. Yin will not be able to do it? Didn't you always praise Mrs. Yin for her courage and competition against ordinary men, why are you worried today? ”

"My lord, no matter how powerful Mrs. Yin is, she is also a daughter, so it is naturally foolproof to let her sit behind the scenes and make suggestions. But now it is necessary to show up and discuss the import of iron with King Qiuzi, which may be underestimated by a small country. ”

"Moreover, the Lord also knew that when he returned from the West, he knew that there were two great powers in the immediate vicinity of the Western Regions, namely the Gupta Empire and Sassanid Persia. In particular, the Gupta Empire produced a type of steel called Uzi Steel, which was an excellent material for building the world's divine weapons. ”

"After the subordinates agreed with the king of Qiuzi about the import of iron, they wanted to see if they could contact the Persian merchants in order to buy some Uzi steel or get the smelting technology of Uzi steel."

"Even if Gaochang can't make Uzi steel, it can let our craftsmen understand other steelmaking technologies, and maybe it can also promote the development of local steelmaking technology.

It should be said that Uzi Steel and related steelmaking technology are important reasons for Weishuo's westward journey.

As far as he knows, there are two major technologies for iron smelting in ancient China, one is the steel frying technology invented in the Western Han Dynasty; The second is the steel filling method formed in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and developed on the basis of frying steel.

However, the Uzi steel is significantly higher, and the weapons created are sharper. Of course, limited by the special raw materials, the output of Uzi steel is limited, which obviously cannot meet the needs of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of military equipment.

On the contrary, although the steel quality of the steel frying process is not high, the advantages are that the operation is simple, the raw materials are easy to obtain, the continuous large-scale production can be carried out, the efficiency is high, and the large-scale equipment of the army can be met in the future.

"It seems that you have made up your mind, so the old man will let you be presumptuous this time! However, before leaving, you have to arrange all the affairs of Gaochang. ”

"This is natural, in fact, now Gaochang can be said to sit back and relax, Lu Guang is busy pacifying Liangzhou and has no time to look west, and the countries of the Western Regions are still recovering, and they have no energy to invade Gaochang."

"Even if you do, you can't let your guard down!"

"Yes, yes, yes, the adults teach us! In terms of government affairs, the responsibility for the administration of the army has been entrusted to the adults and the physical industry, and as for the military training, it has long been regularized, and the presence of officers at all levels is sufficient to ensure that the training continues normally. Staying in the future, returning from the west, it is impossible to say that the Forces nouvelles have completed their initial training. ”

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"What?! My lord, you want to go west? What about the training of the new army? Is it difficult to suspend training? ”

After saying goodbye to Yang Han, Wei Shuo found Song Xuan, Xu Zhao, Li Wei and other confidants and relatives, and informed everyone of the news that he wanted to go west.

Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, it caused an uproar among everyone.

Xu Zhao, Li Wei and other generals in the army all opposed Wei Shuo's westward journey. In their opinion, at present, the new army has just become regular, and various problems have emerged one after another, and Wei Shuo has come forward to solve them before. Now I suddenly heard that he was going to leave the army for a while, which made the generals who were used to relying on Wei Shuo quite at a loss.

Seeing this scene, Wei Shuo became even more determined to leave, and everyone relied on him, indicating that they had regarded him as the backbone, which was certainly a good thing. But from another point of view, the existence of Wei Shuo greatly suppressed the growth of everyone.

In the future, Wei Shuo does not need a group of people who only know how to be submissive to him, on the contrary, he needs talents who can be independent.

"The training of the Forces nouvelles is going on as usual, and we must not let my departure stop me. When you come back after a certain day, you will definitely check the training of the other people, and you will be rewarded for your merits, and you will be punished for your mistakes! ”

Seeing that Xu Zhao and other generals still looked worried, Wei Shuo couldn't help but comfort: "At present, the various rules and regulations of the new army have basically been established and complete, and you only need to implement them according to the plan. ”

"As long as it complies with the rules, even if you are in front of Taishou, you don't have to be afraid."

When it came to this, the generals naturally retreated.

In the face of Wei Shuo's insistence on going west, Li Wei couldn't figure it out anyway, in his opinion, there was nothing more important than letting the new army become an army as soon as possible, but Wei Shuo left the barracks at a critical moment and went to the Western Regions where 'birds don't'.

The longer he stayed in the barracks, the more Li Wei realized the power of the new army, and at the same time admired Wei Shuo, who made all this happen. However, the more he studied Wei Shuo, the more doubts Li Wei had in his heart. Because in his traditional concept, Wei Shuo is obviously not a qualified 'lord'.

But it was such a 'deviant' Wei Shuo who firmly grasped the hearts of the army and the people in Gaochang, and Li Wei once privately tried to win over others to form small groups, but he soon found that this method had no way out in the new army.

Because of a set of rules and regulations formulated by Wei Shuo, all the traditional subordinates and private soldiers were banned, and a general had no heart and abdomen to support, and it was more difficult to pull away a thinking army than to ascend to the sky.

Perhaps this is the reason why Wei Shuo is confident and bold to go west! Li Wei sighed silently in his heart.

After appeasing the generals, Wei Shuo looked at Song Xuan again, and said in a serious tone: "Tiye, this departure will put thousands of burdens on the shoulders of Yang Taishou alone, you have to help him a lot." ”

"At present, the most important political matter in Gaochang is to expand the planting area of kapok, and we must ensure the smooth implementation of this matter! I believe that as the market is opened, the demand for cotton fabrics in various countries will be greater and greater, which is the key to the rise of Gaochang in the future, and there must be no difference. ”

"Please rest assured, I will definitely assist Lord Taishou to manage Gaochang well, and will never let people destroy Gaochang's hard-won good situation."

"Well, if you have the words of physical industry, you will be relieved in the future. Of course, according to the current situation, it is estimated that no one will provoke Gao Chang from the front, and he is afraid that someone will secretly calculate. You also know that Yang Taishou is a straightforward person, and he is a little powerless in the face of the low dark arrows from him, so you have to help him a lot in this regard. ”

"At the critical moment, I allow you to mobilize the new army! Xu Zhao, you remember to me that during the departure of this official, except for the Song County Commander, including Lord Taishou, there is no right to mobilize a single soldier, if there is anything except for the question, I will ask you! ”

"My subordinates understand!"

"Since the public has been treated by the country, the ministers should repay them with the countrymen!" Song Miao said in a solemn tone.