Carved into the autumn clouds and cold shadows, I rode a white horse to chase the west wind.

On the school field of the Yulin Camp, the most noble two people in the Han Empire, one big and one small, were riding on horses, constantly doing a set of complicated movements. Shoot arrows from front to back, left and right; Swing your weapon and strike the stake steadily; Swift slashing, dodging or gear dialing......

For a long time, Emperor Jing strangled the war horse under his crotch, his face flushed, and he didn't know if it was because of exhaustion or excitement.

Seeing this, Liu Che stepped forward and quipped: "Father's equestrian skills are exquisite, which is beyond the child's expectations." ”

"Don't come to joke, I haven't practiced for a long time, and I'm a little rusty."

Emperor Jing is quite self-aware, although he also learned the art of archery when he was the crown prince, but in the seven years since he ascended the throne, he has hardly touched the reins. After riding for a while, I gradually found the feeling I had back then, and I could do some simple cavalry movements. But it is precisely because of this that he has a more intuitive understanding of the cavalry made by Liu Che.

"The emperor has made a great contribution this time! With such a divine weapon, I can still bend the bow on a horse, not to mention my elite iron horseman?! Emperor Jing rode on a horse and raised the whip in his hand, which was quite instructive.

When Liu Che heard this, he frowned and poured cold water on his father: "Father, please forgive your sons, these harnesses can't be promoted to the whole army at this time, otherwise my big man will be in danger!" ”

"Oh? Why did the emperor say this? Emperor Jing looked at Liu Che with some surprise, and thought that he had defended Yulin so tightly, and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Does my father know that his sons have made less than 20 sets of harnesses this month?" Liu Che shook his head with a wry smile and continued: "Father thinks that if you want to equip the elite of the army to fight against the Huns, you need at least 100,000 sets, right?" ”

Emperor Jing pondered for a moment and replied: "100,000 sets are not enough, the Xiongnu have at least 400,000 iron cavalry, if you want to fight against it, you need at least 200,000 elite cavalry equipped with such artifacts, supplemented by hundreds of thousands of infantry. ”

"200,000 sets?! The father can know that each set of such harness consumes nearly 100 catties of iron, and then gouges the loss, and requires nearly 100,000 stone iron! Liu Che pursed his lips, obviously disdainful of the emperor's big tone.

Emperor Jing was stunned when he heard this, and said stiffly: "I can pour the power of the country, you need to know that my Han Dynasty cast a total of 50,000 stones of iron in various iron-smelting workshops last year, and it will take less than two years...... In less than four years...... Up to six years ......"

Liu Che smiled: "Why did my father change his words several times? I guess you understand the difficulty, right? With all due respect, if you want to save enough refined iron, it will take at least ten years! ”

Emperor Jing opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but found that he was powerless to refute at all. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the salt and iron industry adopted a policy of free operation. The people are free to organize mining and smelting, casting utensils and sales. Nowadays, a large part of the iron production of the Han Dynasty is in the hands of the powerful and powerful, and it is not so easy to grab food.

Liu Che saw that Emperor Jing was a little depressed, and hurriedly comforted: "Father, don't be discouraged, my son has some wonderful methods, which can increase the output of refined iron by more than ten times for my Han Dynasty, and can also make steel that is several times harder than refined iron." ”

Emperor Jing's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "If the emperor really has this method, then the Han is lucky!" Hurry up! ”

"Father, don't worry, you can think about it carefully, if your son dedicates this method, is it dedicated to his father alone, or to all the people in the world?" Liu Che squinted his eyes and pointed out.

"I am the world! Dedication to me is equivalent to ......" Emperor Jing was slightly angry when he heard this, and was about to reprimand, but suddenly thought of something, and then the tone of his words changed, "I will build a new iron-smelting workshop in Shaofu (one of the Nine Qings, Zhangshan Haidi Ze income and royal handicraft manufacturing, for the emperor's private mansion), and the matter will be supervised by Sun Quan, the eunuch of the palm print. All the craftsmen and their families moved to Beique, and Lieutenant Zhi sent someone to take care of them. So, what does the emperor think. ”

"That's great!" Liu Che was overjoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help but admire his father's flexible thinking, not only heard what Liu Che meant, but also immediately thought of a solution.

It's not that Liu Che doesn't want to improve the smelting technology of the Han Dynasty, but now is not the best time.

As early as a month ago, when Liu Che first went to the Shaofu Zhuye Supervision (in charge of casting the weapons of soldiers and farmers) to cast horse harnesses, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the iron smelting craftsmen of the Han Dynasty had mastered the relatively advanced pig iron smelting and casting technology and could produce high-quality cast iron.

As a high-achieving student majoring in mechanical engineering, Liu Che is no stranger to metal smelting. Since there are already a large number of skilled iron-smelting craftsmen, as long as Liu Che spreads the blower device and iron-frying technology, 100 steel-making will soon appear in the Han Empire.

Liu Che quickly suppressed his impulse, metal smelting technology is an important weapon of the country in any era. In the absence of perfect confidentiality measures, there is no way to rush to promote.

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the salt and iron industry adopted a policy of free operation. The people are free to organize mining and smelting, casting utensils and sales. There were even many unscrupulous merchants who, at the risk of exterminating the Nine Clans, sold fine iron into the hands of the Huns.

As for the country, although Emperor Jing had greatly weakened the power of the princes and kings after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, the local power was still not to be underestimated. Especially the king of Liang, who is still thinking about the throne, the history books say that "Liang made more weapons, crossbows, bows and spears of hundreds of thousands, and the treasury had hundreds of thousands of dollars, and there were more jewels and jade treasures than Jingshi".

At this time, if Liu Che generously spread more advanced metal smelting technology, it would basically be equivalent to a capital enemy. Liu Che calmed down and thought about finding a suitable time to open a smelting workshop by himself.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jing actually asked Xian Zhiyayi, and built a new iron-smelting workshop in Shaofu, and strictly prevented leakage, which is really wonderful.

"Father is really wise! It's comparable to Yao Shun in ancient times! Liu Che's big eyes rolled wildly, and he patted his ass.

Emperor Jing was proud in his heart, but he said: "Don't pour me a mystery, since you have merit, this new workshop will naturally have your share, but the output of fine iron needs to be divided into seventy percent to create a new type of harness for me." ”

Liu Che's face was furrowed, and he hesitated: "It's not that the son is stingy, but this harness can't be made for my father, and it can only be used to equip Yulin." ”

Seeing that Emperor Jing's face instantly became gloomy, Liu Che hurriedly continued to explain: "Father, if the new type of harness is passed out at this time, not only will it not be of any help to the Huns in battle, but it will also be detrimental to the country!" ”

"Oh? Where did the emperor say this? Emperor Jing's face turned slightly pale, and he motioned for Liu Che to continue.

Liu Che cleared his throat and said, "Father only sees that the harness is helpful to my Han cavalry, but I might as well think about it, once it is learned by the Huns, isn't it even more powerful?" ”

Emperor Jing is not an idiot, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it, and understood the risk. It is not a lie that the new harness can increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry several times. If the 200,000 elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty and the 400,000 iron cavalry of the Xiongnu are equipped at the same time, the combat effectiveness will also be increased by several times, but the Han will lose a lot.

"What the emperor said is extremely true, but if such a good divine soldier is not equipped, wouldn't it be a tyrannical thing?" Emperor Jing was obviously a little unwilling, and stared at Liu Che directly, hoping that he could think of a good way.

Liu Che did not disappoint him, and said confidently: "Father and emperor don't have to worry, the new horse harness consumes a lot of iron, the Huns are barbarians, and they are not good at smelting, and most of the iron used is through border trade with our Han Dynasty, or smuggling by unscrupulous merchants, and the quantity is limited."

The original smelting workshop in Shaofu has an annual output of only 2,000 stones. Erchen can first upgrade the technology of the iron-smelting workshop in the newly built workshop, with a minimum limit of ten times, and can produce 20,000 stone of iron per year. As long as the father and emperor secretly purchase a small amount of fine iron from various places, within four years, the 200,000 sets of horse harness needed should be ready!

In four years, the father and emperor could also order the smelting supervisors to secretly make new horse harnesses and secretly build a treasury to store them. Four years later, all the people in Yulin were skilled in bowing horses. At that time, 200,000 elite horsemen of our Han Dynasty will be dressed at the same time, supplemented by the training of the Yulin people to adapt to the new type of harness. In a few months, it will be of great use. Even if the Hun spies could find out the secrets by then, it would be too late.

Once the training of the army is completed, the 200,000 iron cavalry of our Han Dynasty will suddenly be exhausted, and the Huns will no longer have the power to return to heaven! ”

"Good! Good! Good! ”

After Emperor Jing praised three times, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, the sound was like a wolf's howl, causing the personal guards and Yulin people in the distance to look at each other, I don't know what to say. Even the horse under his crotch was a little panicked, and kept trampling the ground back and forth with his two front hooves.

Emperor Jing hurriedly silenced it, and gently stroked the war horse under his crotch with his hand to calm it down.

Emperor Jing, who felt out of shape, couldn't help but blush slightly, secretly glanced at Liu Che, and saw that he was riding on the horse as if nothing had happened, and there was nothing abnormal on his face, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The father's voice is like a bell, and he is angry, thinking that his health is already good, and if the emperor's grandmother and queen mother know, they will be happy, and the sons will go to report the good news to them." At this moment, Liu Che suddenly laughed and rode away.

When Emperor Jing heard this, the chrysanthemum tightened and almost fell off the horse.

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