Jingle Bell! ……”

In the Mangdang Mountain on the outskirts of Yecheng, in a lush mountain forest, in a hidden valley, the guard is heavy, it can be described as five steps and a post, ten steps and a sentry, and there are Wei army soldiers everywhere.

These Wei army warriors wore iron helmets, and there was an iron curtain under the iron helmet, only a pair of eyes, mouth, and nose were exposed, and the rest of the parts were completely covered, and they were definitely armed to the teeth!

Between the banner hunting, there was the sound of training iron tools.

Here, it is the weapon workshop of the Great Wei State, and the vast majority of the weapons of the soldiers and horses of the entire Wei State are from here!

And at this moment, because of Ran Min's presence, this weapon workshop is particularly lively.

Ran Min was surrounded by a large group of people, looking around for the weapons and equipment that had just been created in the weapon workshop.

Since ancient times, Huaxia has been shadowing eighteen kinds of martial arts", which actually refers to eighteen kinds of weapons.

Generally, it refers to bows, crossbows, guns, sticks, knives, swords, spears, shields, axes, halberds, halberds, whips, maces, hammers, forks, palladium, and ge. There are far more than 18 kinds of weapons in Chinese martial arts, and if you add all kinds of strange weapons and all kinds of hidden weapons, the total number of them is probably not less than 100 kinds.

The so-called short weapon refers to a weapon whose length generally does not exceed the eyebrows of Changrao, the weight is relatively light, and it is often held with one hand when used. The most common short weapons are knives and swords.

Long weapons are the most common long weapons in martial arts: guns, sticks, and broadswords. Rope striking hidden weapons include rope darts, meteor hammers, wolf tooth hammers, dragon whisker hooks, flying claws, soft whips, brocade lassoes, iron lotus, etc.

Since the Han Dynasty, most of the ancient weapons have been used to fill steel and Bailian steel as the main method of forging blades, and their textures are mainly medium carbon steel and high carbon steel.

However, the weapons of the military standard are not so complicated, that is, the common guns, spears, halberds, knives, shields, etc., which are absolutely qualified in quality.

Ran Min took a ring-headed iron knife and waved it a few times, then bowed his head slightly, and said, "Not bad, not bad." This kind of iron knife is very sharp, and it slashes quickly, can it be made in large quantities? ”

The person in charge of the production of the weapons workshop replied, "My lord, the Ring-headed Iron Sword can be made in batches, but there may be a shortage of iron, and we need more iron. ”

"That's not a problem." Ran Min waved his hand.

This kind of recruit developed in the Western Han Dynasty straight and single-edged, the head of the sword into a flat and circular ring, generally called "ring head iron knife", there is no obvious sword grid, the handle is clamped with wood chips, and then tightly bound thick rope, because it is long in chopping and quickly replacing the long sword, also due to the great increase in demand, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up iron officials in all parts of the country, in charge of iron production, and there has been great progress in smelting.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the use of 100 chain steel and local quenching technology, to make it more tough and sharp, with the Han Dynasty to the four directions of the strategy, east and Japan, west to the Western Regions, can be famous, this shape has also been used until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

At that time, Japan received the ring head iron knife in its entirety and began to imitate it, which had a very far-reaching impact on the development of the Japanese sword later, and there are still many physical objects to prove it.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a double-eared wearing method, which changed the way of matching knives, and this method has been used to this day; In addition, at this time, a new knife type was also developed, the blade is slightly curved, the tip of the knife is sharp and slanted, which is more suitable for chopping, and its shape is very close to the knife type of later generations.

"Hey, how can there be words on this?" Ran Min looked at the words on the iron knife with some curiosity.

The principal replied, "That's right, my lord." The production of weapons in our weapon workshop is very strict, and every process must be controlled, so as to produce excellent weapons! Therefore, the name of the craftsman will be engraved on the weapons produced in each workshop, and if there is a problem with the weapon, the craftsman is duty-bound! ”

"That's great!"

For this, Ran Min praised it very much.

Returning to Jianzhang Palace, before Ran Min could take a good breath, he heard Liu Ba running over to report that it was a messenger from the Wa Kingdom asking to see him.

"Wa Kingdom?" Ran Min was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to remember something.

"Wa Guo? Isn't that our island nation to the east? ”

"Yes."

"Nope." Ran Min said angrily.

Liu Ba lowered his head, bowed his body, and just stepped back, he heard Ran Min say again: "Wait." ”

"Let the envoy of the Wa Kingdom wait in the Evergreen Palace."

"No."

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom is named Kurayama Keigo, is the Minister of the Yamato Kingdom, at this time the Wa Kingdom is called "Yamato", the Wa Kingdom is the title of the Central Plains Dynasty for them, in fact, after hundreds of years of development, this island country is also the city head of the changing king flag, so now the island country on the great unified country has appeared, is this Yamato country.

That's it, the original Wa State is actually not a Wa State.

Before the Yamato Kingdom, there was also a Yamatai Kingdom (also known as Yamato, Yemadeng and Yemateng).

According to the Wei Zhi, at the end of the 2nd century, there were many separate states in the island countries, and the Yamatai Kingdom was a powerful state that ruled over these countries. The Yamatai Kingdom established a male as the king, but the country caused great turmoil, so it had to once again support the female "Taiyo" of the Himiko clan as the queen, which quelled the civil strife.

The Yamatai Kingdom had always been at odds with another dog slave kingdom ruled by a male king, and she specially sent an envoy to the Wei State again to ask for help.

You must know that the previous island country was distributed with more than 30 countries, and there were constant wars, and finally the entire Wajima was unified by the Yamato country.

And Kurayama Keigo, this time he was sent to Yecheng on the orders of the king of Yamato Kingdom, the Great Wren. A few years ago, Cangshan Jingwu also sent an envoy to Jiankang and presented his credentials to Emperor Jin Cheng in person.

After waiting for the old half, Kurayama Jingwu was anxious, but he didn't dare to have a look of impatience on his face, so he could only keep drinking tea, but when the tea was drunk, no one added it to him, how embarrassing it was.

Finally, with a sound of "the king has arrived", Cangshan Jingwu straightened his clothes and made himself full of energy to face the powerful King of Wei!

"The envoy of the Yamato Kingdom, Keigo Kurayama, meet the king! Long live the king! "Kurayama Keigo behaved very respectfully and humbly, just like a believer who almost lost his finger in the face of the gods of his faith.

"Let's be flat."

"King Xie!"

Ran Min glanced at it, and Kurayama Keigo was kneeling there, motionless, not even feeling uncomfortable at all

Kneeling and sitting was originally the traditional sitting posture of ancient Chinese people, and it was the home state of Chinese people's daily life.

The correct kneeling posture is very elegant, and it is a sitting posture that can best reflect the dignified, solemn, quiet, and humble manners of Chinese civilization. Historically, the pre-Qin people knelt face to face, so they studied a wealth of philosophical theories; The Tang and Han people knelt and sat proudly, and the country was prosperous.

Subsequently, the entry of Western "high-level" furniture such as chairs and stools began to allow Chinese to enjoy "high-quality".

This kneeling style began at the end of the Muromachi period in the Wakoku Kingdom, and before that, the Wakoku Rao sat in the same way as a stick, with men sitting cross-legged and women sitting upright on one knee and half kneeling.

Later, the tea ceremony tea room was designed as a very large room, and it was changed to a kneeling style when sitting cross-legged would touch the knees of the neighbors. Another method is that at the end of the Muromachi period, the hem of the kimono became straight, and it was impossible to maintain an upright knee-length sitting style, so they changed to kneeling sitting.

Kneeling is not popular in the Wa Kingdom now.

So Cangshan Keigo kneeling like this, obviously knowing the etiquette of Huaxia.

But Ran Min really disliked the Japanese country, and coupled with his identity, he couldn't be arrogant, so Ran Min just looked at Cangshan Jingwu, so he sat on the kang opposite and didn't sit opposite Cangshan Jingwu.

Generally speaking, sitting on the opposite table means sitting and talking about the Tao. In the long civilization of China, no matter how high or low the background is, even if it is a monarch, when facing a virtuous person, he will sit on an equal footing with him and sit and discuss.

But Ran Min acted like this, obviously thinking that Kurayama Keigo was not qualified to sit with him and talk about the Tao.

Kurayama Keigo's face changed, but then he returned to his original state.

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Chapter 0375: Envoy of the Wa Kingdom