"Commander, are you looking for me?"

Ji Liang hurried over from the barracks and stood in front of Xu Chuan and gave a military salute. Now as long as there are people around him, he doesn't call his nephew, and he always addresses the head of the regiment to show respect.

"Uncle Ji, we have new weapons, knives, swords, spears, bows, etc., there are quite a few of them, enough to equip three thousand town guards, and crossbows will have to wait a little longer." Xu Chuan said with a smile.

"Lots of bows?" Ji Liang's face changed slightly, and he asked. As a warrior who was a real soldier, he naturally knew the impact of a long-range weapon like a bow and crossbow on an army.

"Well, yes, at the moment, there are only five or six hundred, but soon the town guards will be able to have one per person."

Xu Chuan nodded and led Ji Liang to the warehouse behind the ironworks.

When you open the door, you will see a mountain of untreated embryos, swords, spears, and spears.

Seeing these weapons, Ji Liang swallowed his saliva and asked nervously: "Regiment commander, these, these are all equipped for the town guards?" It's all forged in the past few days? ”

He knew about the establishment of the ironworks, and he also knew that the ironworks were forging weapons for the town guards, but he had been training the town guards all the time, and he didn't know much about the ironworks.

However, in such a short period of time, so many weapons were obtained, it can be said that his jaw dropped.

How is this done, the forging of a knife often takes a skilled blacksmith several days or even more than ten days to complete. But in front of him, Ji Liang looked at the prototypes of various weapons piled up like a small mountain, and swallowed his saliva again, according to his eyesight, I am afraid that there are at least a thousand weapons here.

And the ironmaking plant has only been in a little more than a month since the construction began, right?

Aside from the time of construction, at most half a month to forge weapons, and half a month can forge thousands of weapons, Ji Liang can't imagine how to do it.

Xu Chuan shook his head and said, "These are not, these embryos are all forged for the first time, and the quality is average, and they will be sold and sold to those caravans." ”

As he spoke, Xu Chuan briefly said the idea of letting the caravan fight with the bandits.

Ji Liang nodded and said, "This is a good way, which can not only reduce the pressure on our town guards, but also fight and eliminate the bandits, and make money." ”

"It's just that you said that these weapons are of average quality, will those caravans buy them?"

Ji Liang was a little worried, not to mention the pursuit of profit by businessmen, weapons are related to their own net worth and life, and they will definitely not relax their standards in this regard.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Ji, I'm sure, you come with me." ”

With that, he led Ji Liang to the test ground behind the warehouse, which was where the blacksmiths had tested the sharpness of their weapons after polishing them.

took a long knife that had been polished and shaped a little like a Tang knife, handed it to Ji Liang, and Xu Chuan said, "Try it, Uncle Ji, see how it goes." ”

Ji Liang took it and started, and his face changed a little. This knife is much heavier than the knife used by the town guards now.

Holding the long knife, he waved it twice, and made a few more chopping movements, bringing out the sound of whirring wind, and after a few plays, Ji Liang shouted violently and slashed into the wooden stake in front of him.

The sharp and narrow Tang knife instantly cut the entire blade directly into the wooden stake, and into the thirty-centimeter-wide wooden stake, it was actually cut into about one-third of the depth.

"Good knives! It can be compared to the twenty refining fine knives! ”

Looking at the long knife that cut wood like tofu, the muscles on Ji Liang's arm bulged, and he pulled out the long knife with all his strength, and then touched the unscathed blade like a lover.

Suddenly, he remembered something again, and asked Xu Chuan nervously: "Commander, you just said that you wanted to sell the knife to the caravan, wouldn't this be it?" ”

Xu Chuan nodded, and Ji Liang suddenly became anxious.

"Commander, this knife is comparable to a refined knife of twenty refinements, and it is enough to equip the town guards, if it is in the Three Kingdoms, generally only the cronies around the general have this kind of good knife. If all the town guards were armed with these long knives, I would be able to lead them to destroy all the bandits! There is no need for the help of a caravan at all. ”

Xu Chuan laughed and said, "It's okay, we have a better one ourselves, we'll get it out later, you want to see this." ”

As he spoke, he handed the iron bow in his hand to him.

Ji Liang was puzzled, but he still reluctantly put down the long knife in his hand and took the longbow.

As soon as he started it, his expression changed a little.

"Why is this bow so heavy?"

Ji Liang weighed the longbow in his hand and asked puzzledly, although this bow model is larger, it doesn't look much different from ordinary wooden bows.

"Because it's solid on the inside of the patch, it's forged from the finest steel."

"Iron embryo bow?"

Hearing this, Ji Liang's face changed greatly, he looked at the longbow in his hand, and then at Xu Chuan.

He vaguely remembered that when he was a soldier in Zhao State, the generals of his direct troops had an iron embryo bow in their hands, which was regarded as a treasure, and the powerful general could hold the iron embryo bow and hit the enemy general 500 steps away, the power was amazing, and everyone was envious, and they all hoped that they could have one.

But unfortunately, the forging of a fully solid iron embryo bow is very difficult, even if the best materials are used, it will take at least a year, or even longer, to hire the best blacksmith to forge it, and the whole process also requires the cooperation of archers, timely guidance and adjustment.

"It's nothing, the Iron Embryo Bow is not a rare commodity for us, and with some time, the town guards can have a handful." Xu Chuan smiled smugly and pulled Ji Liang into the blank space.

"Try it, try it first, I can't pull this bow anyway."

Ji Liang took a few deep breaths, took a few feather arrows from Xu Chuan's hand, and when the arrows started, he was shocked again.

"Is this a three-edged arrowhead?"

Ji Liang looked at the arrow in his hand and asked in shock.

He knows how difficult it is to make Mitsubishi arrowheads, if an iron sword can make a hundred ordinary arrows a day, then Mitsubishi arrowheads can make a dozen or so arrows at most.

Not to mention the one on his hand that also has a sunken blood groove, which is even more laborious to polish.

Even among the three major countries, there are not many armies that can be equipped with Mitsubishi arrowheads, and only the elite of the elite can be equipped with such arrows.

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "That's right, the Mitsubishi arrow is more lethal than the ordinary flat willow leaf arrow, and there is a blood groove on it, once it hits the human body, if the bleeding is not stopped in time, the bleeding can kill people." ”

"Don't worry, for us, this kind of arrow is easy to make, and it can easily equip all the town guards."

"However, the feathers at the tail of the arrow are relatively rare, there is no Diao Ling, and the current use is on the chickens, ducks and geese in the villagers' homes, and almost all the chickens, ducks and geese feathers in the town have been stripped of before they are made."

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