Gaozong carefully looked at the embroidered spring knife in his hand, gently stroked the blade, and felt a refreshing cold air coming from the blade, and he said after a long time, "Hong'er, can this knife be mass-produced?" ”

Gaozong is not stupid, he naturally knows that such a famous sword is not easy to cast, so he asks like this.

"Father, if you invest a lot of money and manpower, you won't be able to reach mass production in the year of embroidered spring swords, but it shouldn't be a problem to equip 100,000 troops within four years." Li Hong thought about it and said.

The two forging technologies of steel clamping and soil burning blade used in embroidered spring knife are not a problem for Datang's technicians, the key is whether they can obtain good pig iron. Last time, in order to complete the task of casting embroidered spring knives given to them by Li Hong, the supervisors did not waste much thought, and it was not as simple as Xue Feng said to be able to cast these three embroidered spring knives. It only took Xue Feng a few days to cast three embroidered spring knives because he used the best pig iron. Otherwise, with the iron that Datang is now casting horizontal knives, there is no problem in casting embroidered spring knives, but there are too many defective products, and the cast knives may not be as sharp and hard as the ones in Chen Gong's hands now.

Li Hong did not hide it from Gaozong, and simply told him this.

Gaozong did not answer immediately, but moved his gaze to the main hall, and saw that Chen Gong and Sang Ying were still fighting, but it was obvious that Sang Ying, who only used half a scimitar, had already fallen into disadvantage, and the reason why Chen Gong did not be ruthless to Sang Ying was because he was instructed by Li Hong, and he was now playing Sang Ying.

When Gaozong saw this, he didn't know what to think, so he threw the embroidered spring knife in his hand to the main hall, and said loudly, "Sang Ying, you can use this knife!" ”

Seeing that Gaozong gave Sang Ying a sword, Chen Gong also stopped attacking. Sang Ying originally didn't appreciate Gaozong's kindness, but when he saw the embroidered spring knife that Gaozong threw in front of him, he was moved, isn't this the knife in Chen Gong's hand? The fear of this knife, as well as his love for this knife, made him abandon all insults to Gaozong's knife, picked up the embroidered spring knife on the ground, and met Chen Gong with the knife in both hands.

"Bell-bell-bell-" Sang Ying embroidered the spring knife, and his momentum changed in an instant, and he slashed Chen Gong eight times in one go. He felt that as soon as he got his hands on the embroidered spring knife, his whole body seemed to be full of strength, and each knife he swung seemed to be smoother than before.

"Hmph-" Chen Gong snorted coldly, he was not afraid of the embroidered spring knife in Sang Ying's hand at all, and actually took the initiative to meet Sang Ying's attack.

The ministers in the hall, as well as An Lai and Princess Gesang are not the same as Gaozong's intentions, only Xu Jingzong and Li Ji, as well as Empress Wu and a very few people know, Gaozong did this because he wanted to try the power of the embroidered spring knife, to see if the Sang Ying who fell into the disadvantage got this knife, can he have the power to fight with Chen Gong, if there is, it means that the power of the embroidered spring knife is amazing, enough for Datang to invest more silver and financial resources to cast, if the power is not very obvious, Gaozong does not want to spend money on this knife, because of the war between Datang and the three northeastern countries, The current Datang treasury is not abundant...

Seeing that the Sang Ying embroidered spring knife was started, the disadvantage was leveled, and he stood with Chen Gong again, Gaozong showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said to the martial queen on the side, "Mei Niang, this knife designed by Hong'er is good, and it can be mass-produced." ”

Empress Wu nodded slightly, she is not a woman who has to sacrifice the interests of Datang just for power, she knows how much effect this knife has on Datang.

"Then leave this matter to Hong'er, right?" Gojong said again. Empress Wu did not answer Gaozong immediately, but thought about it for a while and agreed. Because now only Li Hong is very familiar with this technology, and Li Hong is the key person who wants to make the embroidered spring knife reach mass production, so it is understandable to put Li Hong in charge.

"Hong'er, I will leave this matter to you, you can rest assured that the money will be put on you, how much do you need to ask Dou Dexuan, I and your queen mother will tell him, I only have one sentence, within four years, I will use the embroidered spring knife to equip 100,000 iron horses."

"It's the father, and the son obeys the order!" Li Hong commanded.

Tonight, he gave Empress Wu a brand new self, so that Empress Wu knew more about himself. Similarly, Gaozong went from throwing it to Sang Ying, and then giving him this task by consulting with Empress Wu, and he also saw Gaozong's ability to use power and strategy in the process.

If he said that he threw the knife, it was to show the ministers in the main hall the power of the embroidered spring knife, so that everyone would support him to invest more money in this knife. The dialogue with Empress Wu is to fight for Li Hong's interests. Because the head of the household is Dou Dexuan, and Dou Dexuan is the person of the Empress Wu, he will directly let Li Hong be responsible if he does not ask the Empress Wu, Li Hong will be restricted by the silver money in charge of the mass production of the embroidered spring knife, which will affect the speed of the mass production of the embroidered spring knife, and if the consent of the Empress Wu is obtained, this problem can be solved.

Another point, Gaozong did this for An to see. At present, because the Tang Dynasty is transporting troops in the northeast, the defense of the northwest is not very tight, and the troops are also very empty, so Tubo will be arrogant enough to get involved in the Western Regions controlled by the Tang Dynasty.

But at this time, Gaozong threw the embroidered spring knife to Sang Ying, and Sang Ying had the strength to fight Chen Gong again, what would this make An Lai think? Wouldn't An Lai consider that if Datang really produces such a war knife and can equip Datang's Northwest Army, even if Datang's strength in the northwest is not enough to compete with Tubo, Tubo will probably have to pay a heavy price if he wants to defeat Datang, right? If An Lai can really think like this, will he still be as aggressive to Datang as before?

At this moment, Li Hong's heart shook a lot. In every gesture, Gaozong can think about so much, he can think so deeply, and now whoever wants to say that Gaozong is politically incompetent, he will really be in a hurry with whom. Nima, this is also called incompetence? This is called incompetence, what is not called incompetence? If you really want to say that Gaozong thought of so much in an instant, and made a layout in an instant, this is also called incompetence. If anyone dares to think like this again, it is estimated that this person will not be far from death...

Similarly, through this matter, Li Hong also has a deeper understanding of Gaozong, when Li Hong usually sees Gaozong, he is a weak appearance, before Li Hong has always doubted that Gaozong's weak performance is not because of political incompetence to have a physical cowardice, and now he realizes that he is wrong, and the mistake is outrageous, Gaozong does not want to spend too much energy on government affairs, because of physical reasons, he does not want to exhaust his body because of this, he does not want to die so young...

In fact, he sees many things more deeply than anyone else, but he is unwilling to do it. Because he was so politically wise that he died young, he had a more important thing to do, which was to raise a qualified successor... Of course, with Li Hong's current wisdom and vision, he still can't think of the real intention of Gaozong's political incompetence-

"Bell-bell-bell-" The competition in the hall was still going on, but at this time, the battle between Chen Gong and Sang Ying had reached a white-hot stage. Although Sang Ying fell into the disadvantage again, there was still no sign of defeat, Chen Gong had the upper hand, but it would take him longer to defeat Sang Ying.

Now, it's time to compete in the endurance and physical strength of the two.

In terms of endurance and physical strength, Chen Gong and Sang Ying have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Chen Gong is a little weaker than Sang Ying in terms of endurance, this is not to say that Chen Gong does not work hard when he trains on weekdays, but because of the regional environment. Because the place where Sang Ying lives is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is a grassland that lives at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, and suddenly you let him fight at an altitude of only a few hundred meters, his endurance will naturally be much stronger than Chen Gong, who lives in the same place. Of course, Sang Ying's disadvantage is that he is injured and bleeding from the wound, which affects his physical strength and endurance.

Therefore, at this time, the two people competing in the hall have fallen into a white-hot stage, they are now fighting for endurance and physical strength, and they are also fighting for willpower.

A knife can change the tide of battle on the field, which no one expected-

The ministers in the hall couldn't help but gasp, this knife is really terrifying, if it can be equipped in the army of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that the war of the Tang Dynasty in Goryeo will not be as hard as it is now.

What was even more surprising was An Lai and Princess Gesang, through this knife An Lai thought a lot, and he even guessed why Li Hong dared to draw a knife from them outside Chang'an City at that time, he felt that it was probably related to this war knife, Datang was already mass-producing such a war knife, preparing to prepare for the Northwest Army, Li Hong would not be afraid of them Tubo -

As soon as An Lai thought of this, cold sweat flowed down, fortunately he didn't force the Tang people too hard, otherwise this scene would really not have ended. Before, he had thought about getting rid of Li Hong's six hundred beauties, but now he didn't dare to think so.

Princess Gesang couldn't see anything on the surface, but she was surprised in her heart.

First, if Chen Gong wins, she will be able to enter the East Palace justifiably. Second, if Li Hong is strong, wouldn't it be more convenient to come forward to help her brother deal with Lu Dongzan in the future? As for whether Li Hong would take the opportunity to occupy Tubo after helping his brother in the future, she was not worried about this at all.

Because since she can persuade Li Hong to come forward to help her brother deal with Lu Dongzan, she can believe that she has the ability to persuade and help her brother solve Li Hong's various plans against Tubo in the future after Lu Dongzan is solved.

Once a woman becomes confident, even the universe can't stop her, not to...

"Ahh

Drip, drip, drip! Drop by drop of blood flowed out, dripping on the ground, splashing blood.

With a sound of "bell-", I saw the embroidered spring knife in Sang Ying's hand fall to the ground, and Sang Ying's huge body also fell to the main hall.