"The minister thinks that agriculture should be emphasized, and commerce should be neither heavy nor suppressed, and it can be allowed to develop. The people will naturally run the business if they feel that it is profitable, and they will naturally return to the land if they feel that there is no profit. In addition, the minister asked the king to open the trade routes to the Western Regions and allow private merchants to participate, so as to prosper the Hexi Corridor. At the same time, troops were sent to clear out bandits along the way, and our Qin State's control over the region was enhanced. Lü Buwei said.

"What Shaofu said is extremely true, the business affairs will be handed over to Shaofu, and the widow will send troops to clear up the bandits in the Hexi Corridor." Qin Wangji felt that what Lu Buwei said was very reasonable.

The Hexi Corridor is home to various tribes such as the Qiang people, the Rong people, and the remnants of the Yue clan.

Even though the Qin state filled the Hexi Corridor by pardoning criminals and relocating merchants and sons-in-law, its control over the region was still low.

If it was before, the impact would not be great, as long as it could provide war horses for the Qin State every year.

But now that the trade routes were opened, the Qin state had to ensure the safety and stability of the Hexi Corridor.

"No." Lu Buwei arched his hand and said.

"Leave the matter of clearing up the bandits to Huan Qi." Qin Wangji looked around, and his gaze quickly fell on a young general.

This kind of thing does not need a veteran to come out, it is enough to send a young general.

"The last general commands." Huan Qi stepped forward and said with his fists clenched.

"The king, the Mo family is in harmony and asks to see you." At this time, a guard guarding the palace came from a distance, saw Qin Wangji's frame, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and said with a fist.

"Aisato and achi? Let him wait in the palace for a while, and the widow will arrive soon. Qin Wangji said.

The Mojia Xiangli clan is a special group of beings in the Qin State, who only care about inventions and creations, technological innovation, and nothing else. Everything needed was provided by the Qin State.

Similarly, the things that were made were also owned by the Qin State.

Under normal circumstances, Xiang Li will not take the initiative to ask for a meeting, but only ask to see, and something big will happen.

"Could it be made of paper? Or is it made of cement? It shouldn't be a bad thing. Qin Wangji was a little cranky along the way.

It wasn't until he saw that Xiang Li was full of glory and smiling, that he put his mind at ease and said a little jokingly: "What good things does the gentleman have to tell the widow?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has come this time to show the king a sword."

Saori was a middle-aged man with a somewhat hoarse voice, a short stature, thick and powerful limbs, a dark face, and extremely wide palms covered with yellow-brown calluses.

He was dressed in a coarse cloth garment covered with patches, and his feet were covered with straw sandals woven by himself, and he looked extremely poor.

"Sword?" Qin Wangji was a little puzzled, a mere sword is also worth a trip to Xiangli and himself?

However, Qin Wangji has great respect for the Mo family, and the strength of the Qin State has a share of the credit of the Mo family, so he decided to take a look at it first, "Take it and show it to the widow." ”

Xiang Lihe looked at the guards next to him, and when he just entered the palace, the sword was taken away by the guards on duty.

Seeing that Qin Wangji had agreed, the guards hurriedly walked outside the hall and took the sword.

Qin Wangji took the sword, first looked at it twice, and then looked at Xiang Lihe with a puzzled face.

The sword is made of bronze, four feet and four inches long, and there is no obvious difference from the Qin standard sword.

"Ask the king to bring another sword, and strike it against each other with two swords." Aisato said.

"You two, come." Qin Wangji threw his sword to one of the guards in front of him.

The guard took the sword, and another guard took the sword from his waist.

"Dang!" A spark sparked, and the two swords collided violently, one of them breaking in two.

"Your Majesty, please look." Xiang Lihe pointed to the sword he had just given to Qin Wangji, its surface was intact, and there was not even a gap.

"It's ...... How? Qin Wangji stroked the sword and said in disbelief.

Qin Guo's copper smelting technology has reached the point of perfection, and every step forward is difficult and dangerous, and the best way to improve the quality of weapons is to make iron tools instead.

However, the lack of iron in the territory of the Qin State led to the backwardness of iron-smelting technology, and it was impossible to smoothly transition from bronze to iron like the Central Plains countries.

It was not until after the Qin State occupied the Yiyang Iron Mine that it began to develop iron smelting, and even so, compared with the Central Plains countries, the Qin State's iron smelting technology was also very backward.

But if the bronze can reach the level in the hands of Qin Wangji, not to mention the iron tool, even a weapon made of stainless steel, it can also be crushed.

The slightest difference on the battlefield can affect life and death, other people's swords can withstand thirty collisions before breaking, and yours is twenty-nine, then you are the one who dies.

This sword is no longer a slight improvement, but a qualitative leap.

The weapons equipped by the guards were already the most advanced weapons in the Qin State, and they were cut off after just one time.

Qin Wangji even felt the existence of internal qi in the sword, which made the material of the sword change drastically, completely beyond the limit that bronze could reach.

"King Yu, the minister discovered a substance called chromium a few years ago (Qin State is definitely not called this, but there is no need to change the name), the hardness is extremely high, but the number is too small, not enough to build a weapon, so I thought that if a thin layer is plated on the surface of the weapon, will it also have an effect."

After several years of research and experimentation, Chen finally succeeded in plating chromium onto the weapon. Chen found that after the weapon was chrome-plated, the hardness, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, and anti-rust effect were greatly improved. ”

"At the same time, the chrome film is attached to the bronze, which has the effect of a barrier, and the internal qi will no longer escape after entering the weapon, but will be sealed in the weapon, nourishing the weapon at all times and enhancing the power of the weapon."

"The minister named this technology Fengling."

Reiki is known to dramatically improve the performance of materials.

But since these dead creatures don't have sapient minds and can't store aura, the ascension is very, very slow.

In addition to the weapons of the transcendent realm warriors, due to being held by the warriors for a long time, the hardness, toughness, and the role of channeling internal qi have been greatly improved, and the power is far beyond that of ordinary weapons.

Other weapons, including the weapons of the Gangyuan Realm martial artists, were very little improved in quality compared to when they left the factory.

But after chrome plating, it is different, the aura is sealed in the weapon, nourishing the weapon at all times, improving the performance of the weapon, first quantitative change, and then qualitative change.

"Can it be popularized?" Qin Wangji stroked the sword body and said excitedly, his voice trembling a little.

"The king can be popularized, but now the technology is not mature enough, and the minister needs time to study." Aisato said.

"The widow wants to promote Mr. to the title of the great master, and in addition, the widow hereby promises that as long as Mr. can popularize the technique of sealing spirits, the widow is willing to make Mr. a marquis." Qin Wangji said in a deep voice.

This technology is worth exchanging with a marquis, and Xiangli is just a craftsman, so there is no need to worry about the problem of not being able to ascend, and the merit is high to cover the master.