Li Qian once again came to Sun Mingshan's thatched house, this time he specially brought a pot of wine and grabbed a steel ruler in his hand.

"You take a look first."

Li Gan threw the steel ruler to Sun Mingshan, sat cross-legged at the square table, and opened a jar with laba garlic in it.

Just right for sake.

Sun Mingshan took the steel ruler in his hand and weighed it, slightly shocked, "This is not 100 steel, but it is not worse than 100 steel, where did it come from?" ”

When the Yu State had not yet been established, and when Li Qian was still the king of Guanzhong, they had already begun to ponder weapons.

There are only a few types of weapons, knives, guns, spears, halberds, bows, crossbows, cannons, and shields.

The main thing is to ponder the material.

It took the ancients thousands of years to replace the stone axes in their hands with bronze, and then for hundreds of years, to exchange bronze for iron.

In the past few hundred years, we have been trying to improve the hardness and toughness of iron, and it has only been less than a hundred years since the emergence of 100 steels.

"The New Year's gift sent by Hansun, just this one thing, he didn't give anything else." Li Qian said.

Incredible.

They have worked hard for more than 20 years, and the improvement is minimal.

How long has Li Huaicai been in Liangzhou?

He actually made a second type of steel in addition to the hundred steels, but it was still in the shape of a ruler. It has been measured, the length is just three feet, the width is just one inch, the thickness is just half a finger, the thickness is the same as the top and bottom, and there is no unevenness.

There is no breakage, and there are traces of heating and melting.

Not even a single hammer mark.

That's the whole thing!

"Melting!" Sun Mingshan is not calm anymore.

To achieve this effect, you can only ...... molten iron No, it is to melt the molten steel and pour it into a mold to shape.

A message behind this.

Mass production!

"How is this possible!" Sun Mingshan couldn't believe it, waved it with a steel ruler, knocked it, and pressed it on the ground.

As it turned out, this is steel!

They don't believe and can't.

Li Gan waved his hand and said, "Don't try it, I've tried all of these, and the people from the Ordnance Department have also asked, no one knows how to do it, and some people say that this is a miracle, and they almost didn't bow down and kowtow and burn incense." ”

Sun Mingshan sat down cross-legged opposite Li Gan and drank a bowl of wine to calm down his mind.

"Your Majesty wants to ask me, what is Li Huai's purpose in doing this?"

Li Gan picked up a laba garlic and threw it in his mouth, crunchy, and nodded, "This is exactly what I don't understand, this Hansun is not like before, what he wanted in the past will be a little subtle, but it is almost written on his face, and now he has learned to hide it." ”

Sun Mingshan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this time, he also wrote it on his face. ”

"And what do you say he wants?" Li Qian sat up straighter.

Sun Mingshan rubbed his thumb and index finger wrongly, and replied: "Silver! ”

Apparently.

This steel ruler is a sample, why send a sample? Ask those who have done business outside to understand.

Before talking about buying and selling, you must first look at the sample before you can trade.

"He still wants to ask me for money?" Li Gan raised his eyebrows, isn't this the opposite of Tiangang.

"Your Majesty, I'm sure there is more than one such sample, and he must have sent it to someone else." Sun Mingshan asserted.

The so-called other people naturally refer to those princes, as well as the folk sword merchants.

In this world, martial arts are prosperous.

As a result, many sword merchants were born, who specialized in providing weapons to the people of the rivers and lakes, mainly knives and swords.

Sword merchants have strict restrictions.

First of all, private sword dealers could not imitate or trade military knives, nor could they make and sell crossbows, and bows did not matter.

Armor is also forbidden.

Not to mention the cannons.

There are also swords that are historically significant and represent royal etiquette and power, and cannot be imitated and sold.

Li Qian spared his head and frowned, "This is really a bit troublesome, he does this business, and the country has to mess up." ”

The swords of the people are better than the army, and the armament of the prince's own soldiers is stronger than that of the border army.

"First strike!" Sun Mingshan suggested that the imperial court directly monopolize this new steel in order to cut off future troubles.

Li Gan was still hesitating, for the imperial court, this expenditure was nothing, anyway, it would cost a lot of money every year to cast weapons for the army.

In fact, most of the money was spent on collecting and purchasing iron ore, just to change the seller.

It is......

"Is it too cheap for him, if you think about it again, there must be another way." Li Qian shook his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, if you give the money to your grandson, you will not suffer a loss, it is definitely better than giving it to those pig-like bastards." Sun Mingshan said in a deep voice.

Ever since that controversial phrase came out, pig-like bastards, this phrase has pointed to a specific group of people.

The aristocratic class that is selfish, only interested in pleasure, and has no concept of the rise or fall of the state. It also includes wealthy businessmen who are only interested in profit.

The kings and the people of all dynasties hated them, but at the same time they relied on them, because they had the vast majority of resources.

"Your Majesty, Li Huai is in the country, and the reward has not been given yet." Sun Mingshan said pointedly, this can be regarded as a step for Li Gan.

He can continue to be hard-mouthed, not ask for a grandson, and nominally make up for the feudal reward, but in fact it is to monopolize Xingang.

Li Qian raised his head, his eyes gloomy, "There is no other way?" ”

Of course.

There is also imperial power, forcing Li Huai to hand over the production method of Xingang, and can even threaten to remove his fief.

Anyway, Li Huaiyi has no money and no soldiers, and the little officials dare to ride on his head, and Li Gan is not just pinching him.

Sun Mingshan shook his head solemnly, "Your Majesty, those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, in case he ...... In short, this is a loss for Yu Guo. ”

"Didn't Your Majesty always want to win a battle? This may be an opportunity. ”

The mood of the people of Yu is high, they look down on the desolate tribe, and even despise the desolate tribe, thinking that they are invincible in the world.

Yet actually.

Whether it is Li Gan or Sun Mingshan, including Yang Lingyun, they are all very aware of the gap.

Leave the garrison fortress and fight a positional battle with the desolate people.

Yu Jun's chances of winning are less than three percent!

Wise people can think that if Yu Guo can win the desolate clan, it will not hold on for ten years.

Already crossed the Great Wall, crossed the Yin Mountain, crossed the vast wasteland like the sea, and drove the barren people to the north of the North Sea.

However, there are still people who want to go to the army to gild!

This is a very dangerous sign.

Li Gan was determined to win the battle, not for his own honor, because he was afraid that after him, his children and grandchildren would not be able to support the pride of his family and country.

He wants to exchange a national war for generations of peace!

As the traces of the years became heavier and heavier on him, he became more and more uneasy, especially after the death of the crown prince.

The stronger he became, the more accurate it was, that he had no way out.

Lifetime.

Do a great thing for the Hereafter!

"All new steel, must, can only be sold to the imperial court!" Li Qian compromised, in front of the centennial national fortunes.

He could only compromise.

"You say, will he be faithful?" Li Qian suddenly asked.

Sun Mingshan's gaze became extremely firm, and he said forcefully: "What I know about him, he must be loyal to His Majesty, more loyal to His Majesty than anyone else!" ”

Li Gan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Maybe he is loyal to Yu Guo, but I don't believe that he is loyal to me." ”

In a word!

No matter who he's loyal to, he's not a pig-like bastard!

Li Gan left the thatched house and returned to the luxurious and solemn Taiji Palace, where the second prince Li Jirong had been kneeling for more than an hour.

Li Gan weighed the steel ruler in his hand, "Pout your ass!" ”

Syllable!

"Don't touch the rouge again, you can deal with the beauty prescriptions you raised!"

Syllable!

"Yang Lingyun, you are the least worthy in the whole world, the toad wants to eat swan meat, and it is you who are talking about it."

Syllable!

"Pig-like bastards!"

Syllable!

"What do you want to say?"

Syllable!

"If you lose Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will not have your son!"

Syllable!

"Get out!"

"Erchen...... Retire! ”

Li Jirong rolled out in a gray manner, not daring to raise his head, but his face became more and more cold, cold and black, like a piece of ice that would not melt for thousands of years.

"Yang Lingyun!"

He lived to be in his forties, and there was no moment when he was more angry than now, which was the greatest humiliation he had suffered in his life.

The laughing stock of the whole world!

The pain in my heart is far worse than the pain in my buttocks, a hundredfold, a thousand times!

She must be a hundred, a thousand times more ashamed than this!

He's willing!

……

The day after the New Year, the joyful atmosphere is gone, and the year in Liangzhou is not better than the year.

What's better.

Li Huai also has nothing to do, he can't find anything to do now, so he can only wait for news, news from all sides.

Unexpectedly, the first thing to wait for was Yang Lingyun's letter.

"She wrote to me?"

Li Huai had an indescribable surprise, accompanied by an unaware excitement, and took the letter from Lou Xiaowan's hand as soon as possible.

Open the envelope.

When I opened the letter, the first thing I saw was not the beautiful words on the paper, but the shadow of a red dress, standing proudly in the wind and snow, whether it was heaven or earth, everything around her was pale, except for her, there was no color.

She turned around and looked directly at him with a cold gaze, Li Huai felt very deeply, her eyes were looking at herself.

Suddenly.

A flash of swords!

Li Huai's chest seemed to have been hit hard, and with a bang, he flew out upside down and stopped when he hit the pillar outside the door.

The internal organs are churning and tumbling, and the soul seems to fly out of the body, and the throat is sweet, as if something is about to come out.