The establishment of the Agricultural Reclamation Department requires a large number of agricultural tools to supplement it, such as ploughshares, sickles, shovels and other objects, which requires a large amount of iron. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info agricultural production is a top priority, but Feng Ji also controls the military production of the Hechi Ti Department. Because of its peculiarity, the overseer of weapons should have been placed in the inner city. Today's Linhe King City has not been fully completed, and only the inner city has been completed, and the outer city is estimated to be completed next year.

Burhan walked into the weapons prison, he had already heard the tempering sound of "clanging", although it was a harsh winter, but the craftsman was wearing a top body, wearing only a cowhide sundress, bright skin, full of muscles, everywhere showed a healthy body. Seeing that it was Burhan coming, a group of craftsmen and technicians stopped their work and saluted him. Burhan waved his hand and said, "Alas! ... It doesn't have to be that way! Don't let Ben Khan come and put down your work... If you don't beat it again, the fast iron will be scrapped! ”

As a craftsman of the Hechiti Division, of course he knew how precious iron was to the Hechiti people, and in an instant, everyone seemed to be as if Burhan and the others did not exist, and the sound of clanging sounded again.

In the past few years, the Hechi Ti Department has introduced technicians and craftsmen from the Western Regions and Persia through Uncle Alimu. They not only brought advanced craftsmanship, but also many new things. For example, the forging hammer in front of me that relies on three oxen to pull is being used by a craftsman to shape a piece of iron. As long as the pedal is pressed, the gears will be engaged, and the forging hammer can be used for reciprocating forging up and down, which is very labor-saving. Today's Hechi Ti Department, as long as animal power can be used, there is absolutely no need for manpower, so the efficiency is obvious.

Also known for its efficiency is the current Hechi Tibu assembly line, which is said to have originated in the Qin Dynasty. Since the people of the Qin Dynasty have done it, I can't do it with the Chiti people? In the distance, there are craftsmen who make molds, cast, turn molds, and trim, and everyone performs their own duties, which is fast and skilled, which greatly saves man-hours.

Just as Burhan was wandering around, Feng Sanhuai's youngest son came out and saluted, "Villain Feng Bao knocks on the Great Khan!" I don't know if the Great Khan is coming, I hope the Great Khan will forgive his sins! ”

Every time Burhan comes, this set of courtesies is indispensable, how many times have I said it, and it is still the same. These Han people! Too stubborn.

Burhan did not mean to blame, but simply asked, "What about your father?" He is the master of the craftsman appointed by Ben Khan himself, so he can't neglect his duties! ”

Feng Sanhuai's youngest son also knew that this was a joke by the Great Khan, and said unhurriedly, "Dad doesn't know what happened recently, he always runs to the back mountain, saying that he has found some big iron mine, and he has been exploring all day long, and he will come back very late." ”

It was not a whim for Burhan to come to inspect the weapons superintendent, on the one hand, for the purpose of replenishing agricultural tools for the newly established agricultural reclamation department, and on the other hand! Of course, he came to find out if the matter reported by the Interior Guard Office about the iron ore was conclusive?

"Does the Great Khan have anything important? Do you want the villain to go and call your father back? Feng Bao asked very carefully, but saw Bourhan waving his hand and said, "There is nothing to do, since your father is not here, let him be busy first!" I'll talk about it when I get back. ”

Burhan didn't say what he was going to do, but he was just wandering around this weapon prison, and of course Feng Bao had to wait closely.

Suddenly, Burhan was attracted to the knives on the shelves, and only a few were made into finished products, most of which had not yet had time to install the handles, but this did not stop Burhan from liking them in the slightest. He pulled one out of it and flipped it in the palm of his hand, and although it was similar to a normal saber, it was evident from the beautiful folded pattern on the blade that it was made of fine iron.

"Great Khan! How about this knife? ”

"Hmmm! Not bad! Bulhan happily swung it out of thin air, feeling very comfortable, and the center of gravity was just right for an immediate slash.

Being able to get the approval of the Great Khan, Feng Bao naturally would not miss this opportunity, and he explained in detail, "The Great Khan! This knife is white, three fingers wide, and the back is one finger thick. Not only is the weight much lower than the previous saber, but the most important thing is that its blade is made of high-quality Uzi steel, which is really sharpened like mud and has a powerful end. ”

"Uzi steel?" Burhan said secretly in his heart: I said that it looks so familiar, isn't it the same pattern as the Persians? Thinking about the alliance with Erek last year, a batch was forged, and thousands of catties of iron were used alone, which is really distressing.

The initial excitement didn't last long, and Burhan frowned. "This is the new sabre?" Although it is sharp, it has to be installed in large quantities, not to mention the cost of geometry, and even iron materials are difficult to prepare, which will take some years to equip the troops. ”

Feng Bao immediately heard Burhan's worries, and he explained, "Great Khan! This time, the two Persian craftsmen brought over by the uncle of the Right Prime Minister (referring to Aditya), Lord Alimu, are really good. You see? This blade is the Uzi steel they have refined. Although this Uzi steel is an excellent material for making scimitars, it is too valuable, and every time it needs to be transported by Lord Alimu from the Western Regions for iron refining, it is not easy to obtain. If the entire sword is made of Uzi steel, then let alone the army, even the Great Khan, your royal tent guards will have to wait for a few years.

My father knew that I had a hard-won iron material for the Red Tibu, and that Uzi steel was the most waste material (ancient steelmaking was not as precise as it is in modern times, and it needed to be tempered. Many times the forging process will produce a large amount of iron slag, the main components of these iron slag are: FeO, Fe2O3, Casio3, etc.) This alone is not enough, and later my father and a few uncles also figured out the steel clamping method for forging. ”

"Clamping the steel?" Borkhan had never heard of this forging technique, and Feng Bao immediately offered a treasure to Burhan and pointed out, "Great Khan! Look...", he said and exposed the back of the knife, pointed to the crack in the middle, and said, "Great Khan! Look at this seam. In fact, the steel clamping method is obtained by using two ordinary ladles to clamp Persian Uzi steel and then forging it. The so-called good steel is used on the blade of the knife! I didn't expect that there was an unexpected benefit to this, that is, although the Uzi steel is hard and sharpened like mud, it also has a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to bend laterally. After the forging of the steel clamping method, the easy-to-fold Uzi steel has really been sharpened like mud and rigid without breaking under the protection of ordinary steel with full toughness! ”

Bourhan, who was still a little distressed just now, was overjoyed again after Feng Bao's words changed. While feeling the wisdom of the ancients, I was also glad that Feng Ji was so dedicated. A new tribe or country, if it just knows how to follow the steps and eat the old roots, it will not make any great progress.

As the saying goes, where there is attack, there is defense, and where there is a spear, there is a shield. After seeing the new scimitar, how can you not look at the new armor? All the time, the Mongols were armed with leather armor. Lightweight, inexpensive, and easy to obtain have almost become the standard configuration of grasslands. The same is true of the Hechiti Division, but this attack on the Sleeve Department has made more interesting discoveries for the Hechiti people. The sleeve was not useless, they invented a method of making hides, using oak trees and other sap from the birch back to tann cowhides, which were stiff and difficult to invade with knives and axes, and were the best material for making saddles. It was only later that the Hechiti people improved it into hard armor skin, and then inlaid with paper nails to make its protective performance more powerful, and the paper nails were easy to replace and repair.

Subsequently, Feng Bao took Bourhan to visit the newly developed bow and crossbow.

Horn bow! It is the pride of the Mongols, the pinnacle of an ancient bow and arrow. The horn bow of the Hechitibu is made of birch wood, and in order to increase the elasticity, the horn plate is glued to the inner side of the bow. In order to increase the strength of the birch, a layer of leather or linen cloth is also wound and glued with leather glue. Although the process is cumbersome, fortunately, the assembly line production has been implemented by the Hechi Ti Department for many years, and the output is okay. It's just that today's horn bow has a little more cams, which may not be clear to others at first glance, but Burhan knows at a glance that this is specially designed for labor-saving.

The crossbow machine being assembled on the side also found some novelties. The crossbow didn't find anything, but the Divine Arm Crossbow had changed a lot. As a Mongolian nomad, it is my duty to shoot arrows on horseback, but it does not mean that we should not pay attention to the bow and crossbow. The Hechi Ti Department was equipped with a large number of hand crossbows and cooperated with the cavalry to perform the "big loop" tactics, but such shortcomings were also obvious, hand crossbows were not as convenient as bows and arrows, and they could only shoot one arrow. Fortunately, the Hechi Ti Department was rich, and in addition to the horn bow for each person, the hand crossbow also became the standard configuration.

This god arm crossbow may have been developed to completely replace the hand crossbow, right? At the bow groove, there is an additional folding rod with a special groove at the end of the rod to hold the bowstring. When it is forcefully propped open, the folding rod straightens, and the bowstring is immediately snapped by the crossbow machine, so that the winding is realized. Not only that, but the Divine Arm Crossbow also adds an arrow magazine with iron feathers, which can automatically reload arrows under the action of springs. Burhan tried it twice himself, and sure enough, it was already very labor-saving. In other words, the cavalry of the Hechi Ti Division can use the Divine Arm Crossbow on horseback to carry out continuous strikes against the enemy army?

Throughout the day, after returning from the Weapons Prison, Burhan did discover a lot of novel equipment, and in time, the combat power of the Hechiti Department may rise to another level. At the same time, he was secretly imagining that if this equipment was installed in the army, would it be possible to resell some of the withdrawn weapons to the two warring ministries? You must know that buying and selling arms is a very lucrative business!