Jiang Wei was excited about the discovery of the super copper mine in Zhiyin Mountain, so that he had a strong financial resource in Zhongxing, and he no longer needed to ask for money from Chengdu everywhere.

After Jiang Wei praised Yang Yi fiercely, by the way, on Yang Yi's map, he pointed to the area of Qilian Mountain in Jiuquan County, drew another circle, and said to Yang Yi:

"Yang Changshi, I once read an important information in that lost ancient book, that is, in this area of Jiuquan County, there is a mountain called Jingtie Mountain, there is a large amount of iron ore stored in the mountain, and I have to trouble Yang Changshi, I have to send someone to explore, if you find the big iron ore recorded in the book, then my Liangzhou will be even richer and stronger!"

Yang Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan will never give up!" This ancient book is really a strange book in the world, and it has been found that the Panzhihua iron block and the big copper mine of the Folding Waist Mountain, but it is a pity that it is lost now, but fortunately, the general has a good memory, and he can still remember probably, it is really the blessing of my Han, the blessing of the world! ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "It's a pity that I can't remember the specific location, I can only remember a rough idea, so I can only have a long history of Lao Yang, in addition, the copper mine must be set up as soon as possible, the money of the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion is in your hands, how much does it cost to open a copper mine and a coal mine, and if you draw up a charter, this official will definitely give full support!" ”

"Xiaguan thanks Lord Thorn Shi for his trust!"

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Yang Changshi doesn't have to be polite, you and I are both comrades who have followed Prime Minister Zhuge on the Northern Expedition, and we have a fateful friendship, how can we not trust Lord Changshi?" However, the name of this Folding Waist Mountain is too obscure and not good, and the official wants to change the name. ”

"Oh? I don't know what name the adults want to change? ”

Yang Yi had more or less heard that Jiang Wei liked to change his name, first changing Jincheng to Lanzhou, and later changing Lucheng to Yinchuan.

Now that he is competing with a mountain again, he looked at Jiang Wei curiously.

Jiang Wei thought about it for a while, "With a big copper mine, our army can straighten its waist and be an upright person, how can it grovel and bend its waist for a few taels of broken silver?" So this mountain is a cornucopia of our army, so how about this mountain being renamed Baopen Mountain? ”

"Well, the name of Lord Thorn Shi has been obtained, this mountain is the treasure pot of my Han Dynasty, the source of wealth of my Han Zhongxing, and the symbol of my Han Dynasty's prosperity, the name of Bon Mountain is very appropriate, and the officials admire it!"

Yang Yi really became more and more able to speak, Jiang Wei was very happy, so he said to Yang Yi: "Then there is Lao Yang Changshi to set up the Baopen Mountain Copper Mine as soon as possible, and this official will also give His Majesty a table as soon as possible and ask for a seal for you!" ”

Yang Yi hurriedly knelt down and bowed down to express her gratitude to Jiang Wei.

After bidding farewell to Yang Yi, Jiang Wei quickly summoned Xiao Zhuge over, preparing to tell Xiao Zhuge about his secret weapon.

Previously, he had told Ma Dai that he had prepared a secret weapon for the cavalry, but it was actually very simple, it was a stirrup. But Jiang Wei knows very well that the stirrup seems very simple, but it is a piece of equipment that can change history.

Before the appearance of stirrups, there were no real hoplite cavalry, not because the horses could not withstand the heavily armored knights, but because the heavily armored knights themselves could not control the horses, and without the help of the stirrups, if they were not careful, they would fall from their horses before they could rush to the enemy.

The real Qilin Army in Jiang Wei's heart is not just an infantry, now after Liangzhou is taken, he has a large number of horses under his command, and with horses, he can form a real heavy cavalry, a heavy cavalry that can be comparable to the beauty of the real iron float.

Once that kind of heavy cavalry is trained, it will definitely become the king of the battlefield.

Previously, because of the fall of Wudu, Panzhihua's iron materials could not be transported, resulting in the extremely simple equipment of stirrups could not be made on a large scale.

Now the excavation of the copper mine in Baopen Mountain, this problem has been solved, copper can also be used to make stirrups, although copper is used to make weapons and armor, the power is not as good as iron, but it is used to make stirrups without this drawback, it is completely feasible.

Jiang Wei drew the prototype of the stirrup with a pen and said to Zhuge Zhan:

"Little Zhuge , can you make this stirrup?"

Xiao Zhuge picked up the drawings, looked at them carefully, and said: "The structure of this stirrup is very simple, it must not be difficult to make, is there anything special?" ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "This is the secret weapon of the cavalry I told you, a horse harness accessory that is enough to change history!" ”

"Enough to change history?" Xiao Zhuge was a little surprised, thinking that Jiang Wei would be too exaggerated to say this, isn't it just a pedal thing? How can there be such a powerful energy?

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Little Zhuge , think about it, how do you usually ride a horse, how do you move freely on the horse and not fall off?" ”

Xiao Zhuge replied: "Naturally, you are holding on to the reins and clamping the horse's belly with your legs?" ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "If your legs have stirrups, you don't have to clamp the horse's belly hard, and your hands are also freed, you can free up your horse to make punching, stabbing, crackling, and striking attack actions, wouldn't it be much more powerful?" ”

Xiao Zhuge thought about it, it is true that in addition to the Huns and Qiang, who have grown up on horseback since childhood, the Han people need years of training if they want to make attack actions on horses.

But if there is a stirrup, this training cycle must be greatly shortened, so that although the stirrup is small, it is really useful.

Jiang Wei said again: "Today's cavalry, even if it is Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry, the armor on his body will not exceed twenty catties, and if the armor is heavier, it will be difficult to maintain balance on the horse." If our army's Kirin army fought on horseback, do you think it is possible? ”

Zhuge Zhan thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible, of course, you have to be strong to do it, and ordinary knights are afraid that they can't do it, after all, the armor of the Qilin Army weighs fifty catties, and it is difficult to grasp the balance immediately, but instead of getting off the horse and fighting on foot." ”

Jiang Wei said: "What if there are stirrups and the problem of the difficulty of mastering the balance of the heavily armored knights is solved, and then a heavy armored cavalry can be trained from this?" ”

Xiao Zhuge suddenly changed his face: "If the Qilin Army charges on horseback, this kind of impact is probably no less than that of a chariot breaking into battle, I'm afraid that any infantry formation will be extremely difficult to resist, and it should be invincible!" ”

"Not bad! Xiao Zhuge you are really smart! Jiang Wei praised:

"Let me tell you another good news, Lord Yang Yi has discovered a large copper mine in the northwest of Lanzhou, this copper mine can be mined in the open pit, the reserves are amazing, and it can produce thousands of catties of copper per day, and it must be able to open it soon, at that time, this general ordered you to make stirrups extensively and equip all the cavalry of our army, you may be able to do it?"

When Xiao Zhuge heard that he had discovered a large copper mine with a daily output of 1,000 catties, his eyes suddenly lit up with excitement, and he nodded desperately: "Brother Boyo, don't worry, this matter is on me!" ”

Xiao Zhuge left in a hurry with the drawings, and he couldn't wait to rush to the workshop in Lanzhou City to try to make stirrups.

And Jiang Wei's side, after arranging the stirrup matter, finally made time to inspect Liangzhou.

He was going to take his two wives to inspect Liangzhou together, to see the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions that had just returned to Shun, and by the way, he also brought his cheap apprentice: Xiao Liu Yuan.

I became a master, and I didn't teach Liu Yuan any skills, as the so-called reading thousands of books is better than traveling thousands of miles, then take Liu Yuan out to experience and experience, and increase knowledge!

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