Qingji took a piece of paper that had just been dried by the fire, looked at it carefully, and nodded.

Compared with the previous times, Wu Guo's papermaking technology has made significant progress.

At least the quality of the paper has been improved, and the color is whiter and not too gray.

Qingji set his eyes on Shi Fan Li in Zhisu again, and asked: "Young uncle, how is the peddling situation of my Wu Guo's paper slips?" ”

"Back to the king, as soon as the paper slips were sold, they were sold out. The people who asked for paper were nothing more than some scholars, merchants, or nobles, all of whom were well-read. ”

Fan Li said with a smile: "This paper slip is indeed better than bamboo slips or wooden slips, because it is easy to carry and write, so it is extremely sought-after in the market!" ”

"There is no market! As far as the minister knows, the price of a piece of paper is already equivalent to three bamboo slips, which is really profitable! ”

After all, new things are very attractive.

For the paper slips on the market to be so sought-after, it is not surprising that Qingji is expected.

However, Qingji knows better in his heart that the paper slip is only a temporary achievement after all.

One day, the production of paper slips will not be Wu Guo's patent.

Moreover, once the market is saturated, people no longer demand a large number of paper slips, and this financial road of Wu Guo will not be so profitable.

"It is still necessary to strictly control the quality of paper and keep improving."

Qingji said slowly.

"No!"

The cadre hurriedly agreed.

After inspecting the paper workshop, Qingji went to the coin mill to inspect.

Now the currency reform of Wu is in full swing.

A large number of cloth coins, knife coins, and ant nose coins were recycled, put back into the furnace, and melted into five baht coins.

The five-baht coin became the only legal tender in Wu.

Therefore, for the casting process of five baht coins, Qingji still attaches great importance to it.

It is undeniable that although the Spring and Autumn Period was ruined, the moral quality still existed.

Therefore, there are very few people who can really forge fake BI.

It's not that they can't do it, it's not that they don't dare to do it, but the constraints of morality, and their own bottom line don't allow them to fake fake bi without permission!

Of course, this is no lack of Qingji's crackdown on those who dare to fake fake BI.

In the country of Wu, those who privately mint five baht coins will not be forgiven!

However, in order to prevent someone from forging the five-baht coin, Qingji also specially instructed the coinage workshop to improve the coinage process, so that Li Shu could easily distinguish the authenticity and avoid unnecessary losses.

Subsequently, Qingji and his party inspected the weapon workshop.

"Jingle Bell!"

"Zila-"

As soon as Qing Ji entered the workshop, he was greeted by a thick smell of fireworks, and the sound of a hammer hitting an unformed weapon sounded in his ears.

As far as the eye could see, in the midst of the smoke and fire, a group of craftsmen in thin clothes, five big and three coarse, were making weapons.

Their foreheads, faces, and arms were covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, as if they were in a sauna, and their bodies were already soaked.

A craftsman with a large waist and a round waist, holding a huge copper hammer in one hand, swung it vigorously, striking it again and again on a red-hot embryonic sword, until it was almost formed, and then put it into the water to cool down.

Constantly people added firewood to the stove, fanned the wind, increased the firepower, and melted the blade of the sword.

In addition to swords, there are all kinds of weapons, the common ones are spears, halberds, coffins, and arrow clusters, and the materials are mainly bronze.

Among them, long weapons such as ge, halberds and halberds are mainly equipped with chariot soldiers, while short weapons such as swords and daggers are mainly equipped with infantry.

Because the form of warfare in this era was dominated by chariots, the number of chariots in various countries was very large.

Long weapons are the most famous!

Among them, the halberd was the halberd base cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the halberd of the spear was cast in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Its Ge and spear parts are cast separately and then mounted on the same wooden handle, this kind of halberd is directly stabbed and powerful, and the horizontal hook is not easy to fall off, it is really the "king of long weapons"!

Qingji then picked up a bronze sword that had already been made and was freshly baked.

"Ding!"

The fingers flicked on the blade of the sword, and immediately made a crisp sound, which was very pleasant to the ear.

But Qingji just held up the bronze sword and looked at it carefully.

I saw that there is a convex ridge in this sword, the blade is sharp, the hilt is cylindrical, there are two round hoops, the section of the sword body is prismatic, the surface is smooth, and the blade is sharp.

However, Qing Ji estimated that the length of this bronze sword was only about sixty centimeters.

Say long is not long, say short is not short.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, such a bronze sword could already be called "long".

Because if used as a short weapon, the bronze sword is more decorative.

If you really want to fight on the battlefield, unless it is a hand-to-hand combat, almost hand-to-hand combat, otherwise the effect of the blade is like a dagger.

"Can the blade be lengthened?"

"Returning to the king, yes. Just, what about the size? ”

"Just build it according to the scale of the widow's Longyuan Sword."

"No!"

The cadre hurriedly agreed.

Subsequently, Qingji picked up the freshly baked weapons, spears, halberds and other weapons and tried them one by one, but he didn't notice any problems.

However, Qingji always felt that Wu Guo, no, should be too single in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Not to mention all kinds of long and short weapons, the siege equipment only has rushing cars, ladders, battering rams and other things.

In this way, if it encounters a tall and strong city, the besieging party can only take it by stumbling to the end and paying a great price.

It can minimize battle damage and reduce the casualty rate of soldiers, and Qingji is naturally unwanted.

If the war of Wu is opened, and the battle is in all directions, it is necessary to often attack the city and pull out the village, so the more advanced siege equipment must be equipped.

"Take!"

Then, Qingji picked up a hard bow again, stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at the target opposite, and shot an arrow.

The arrow is accurately inserted into the bull's-eye.

Qingji weighed the weight of the hard bow, pulled the bowstring a few more times, and couldn't help but shake his head.

The bow of an ordinary archer, always average.

It's not that the workshop can't make a more powerful bow, but it's a strong bow that ordinary soldiers can't wield!

Even if the archers are equipped with strong bows, they may not be able to deal real damage to the enemy on the battlefield.

A thought suddenly came to Qingji's heart.

Since the arm strength of an ordinary soldier is not strong enough to wield a strong bow, why didn't he invent a crossbow that was easy for ordinary people to use and extremely powerful?

Just do it!

Qingji immediately returned to the palace of King Wu, took out pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and traced the general structure of the trebuchet, bed crossbow, and crossbow machine on the paper.

As a high-achieving student who graduated from a military academy and a generational general, Qingji's ability in military affairs is naturally beyond doubt.

In addition, he is a history enthusiast and has studied some ancient miscellaneous books, so he can remember the general design of those popular killing weapons in the era of cold weapons.

The next day, Qingji summoned the general of the Great Gong Order to the Zide Hall and passed the three drawings to him.

"King, what is this?"

"This is a new weapon that the widow has recently developed."

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