Late at night, outside Luoyang City, under the Dingding Gate.

"Hedong good news, the prince cast refined steel, sacrifice a knife for His Majesty, and open the city gate!"

Xiao Shilian took two hundred elite iron horsemen, escorted the first forged steel knife all the way, and rushed to Luoyang from the starry night in Hedong.

As soon as the guards of the city defense heard the name of the prince, they inspected the name plate of the person from the door hole of the city gate, and after confirming that it was correct, they opened the city gate wide and led Xiao Shilian and others into the city.

Starting from the Dingding Gate, the city gates were opened one by one, and only ten of the two hundred iron horsemen were left to enter the palace to report the good news to Emperor Yang Guangyu.

Now it is already ugly, Yang Guang has already fallen asleep, outside the palace, Ma Lao Liu, who is in charge of keeping vigil, knocked on the door of the palace, and the inner attendant informed the emperor who lived in the depths of the palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is good news in Hedong,"

Yang Guang frowned and got up, and said in a daze:

"How can there be good news in Hedong?"

The excited voice of the chamberlain came from outside: "Wenxi blast furnace made of refined steel, the material is extraordinary, the toughness is incomparable, the prince sent people, the first treasure knife made by training, to present to Your Majesty." ”

Refined steel? Yang Guang sat on the couch and was stunned for a long time, then suddenly his eyes froze, and he suddenly lifted the quilt and walked out.

"Palm Lamp!"

After pushing open the door of the palace, Yang Guang ordered Ma Lao Liu to introduce the person who sent the knife into the main hall.

I saw Xiao Shilian holding a knife in both hands, kneeling in the center of the hall, and said excitedly:

"The new refining treasure knife sharpens iron like clay, blows hair and breaks hair, it is an unprecedented artifact in ancient and modern times, and the prince ordered the humble post to be sent to His Majesty in the starry night for His Majesty to see."

Yang Guang glanced at the sixth child, who took the knife and handed it to Yang Guang.

Holding the sheath in his left hand and the handle in his right hand, Yang Guang slowly pulled out the sword.

I saw a cold light bursting out, and under the reflection of the lights, the entire knife body was bright, and Yang Guang's face was also reflected on the knife body.

He was stunned, because he had never seen a blade brighter than a mirror, and this was undoubtedly a work of great tempering and painstaking effort.

Yang Guang's eyes were full of brilliance, and with a twist of his wrist, he looked at Xiao Shilian and said:

"Has the prince ever tried a knife?"

Xiao Shilian said: "Back to Your Majesty, the knife in Your Majesty's hand will cut thirty pairs of armor, and the blade will not hurt." ”

Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Ma Lao Liu.

Ma Lao Liu is a master, good at using all kinds of weapons, seeing this, he said:

"Qi Renqi Wu Huaiwen's Su Iron Knife can cut thirty piercing of armor, but after thirty, the blade is cracked, and the knife in His Majesty's hand has not even been damaged in the slightest, so it should be a fine product."

Yang Guang suddenly laughed and said, "It seems that Wu'er has not wasted his time in Hedong, and it is still effective." ”

"Your Majesty," Xiao Shilian said: "When the prince tried the knife, he cut the steel-filled Mingguang armor, a full thirty pairs, and the fracture was neat. ”

Yang Guangda was shocked, with a look of disbelief.

The palace guards are basically equipped with steel-filled armor, if you use a steel-filled knife to chop, it is very difficult to cut, if this treasure knife in your hand can cut thirty pairs of Mingguang armor, then this process is simply appalling.

Ma Lao Liu didn't need the emperor's orders, he had already led the guards outside the hall inside, took off the Mingguang armor on his body, and placed it underground.

Yang Guang put the treasure knife back into the sheath and threw it to Ma Lao Liu, who stepped forward with the knife and slashed out without warning, and then put the knife into the sheath, and the action was crisp and neat.

Looking at the bright light armor on the ground, it was broken in two.

The guard who had taken off his armor trembled, what the hell, what kind of knife is this? If this were to be cut down on me, wouldn't I be killed?

Yang Guang hurriedly stepped forward to check the broken armor, and after a while, I saw him clenching his fists and excitedly said to Gao Ye:

"Immediately summon hundreds of officials into the palace."

Today's pilgrimage meeting has been brought forward.

Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, this was the first time that Yu Chou summoned hundreds of officials to hold a court meeting.

The ministers naturally knew that something big had happened, so the officials who received the order were more and more numb than one another, and they rushed to the palace desperately, and some of them were on the way to tidy up their court clothes.

When all the officials arrived, Yang Guang ordered Xiao Shilian, who was waiting outside the hall, to enter the hall with a treasure knife.

Xiao Shilian, the knife presenter, knelt down and shouted: "Hedong kiln refining technology is greatly advanced, this knife is the first knife out of the oven, it is a sharp blade that blows hair, indestructible, and the prince has ordered the humble post to be dedicated to His Majesty." ”

Yang Guang smiled and glanced at the expressions on the faces of the ministers.

There was already an uproar in the hall, and the ministers looked left and right, and they exchanged their heads and ears, whispering, and the originally quiet court was as lively as the morning market in Luoyang.

Yuwen Shu was stunned and said: "Blowing hair and breaking hair is originally a description of rhetoric, and above the main hall, this exaggeration cannot be used." ”

The corners of Xiao Shilian's mouth moved: "Whether it is exaggerated or not, Your Majesty will know if you try it." ”

Don't try it, Yang Guang has already tried it, and when he got it to the court meeting today, he asked others to give it a try and let them open their eyes.

So Yang Guang said: "Take the stake and set the armor and try the sharpness of this knife." ”

In a few moments, five wooden stakes were carried in, and they were covered with steel-filled bright light armor, fine scale armor, chain mail, infantry armor, and light cavalry leather armor.

The person who tried the knife, this time it was Xiao Shilian, he first pulled out the treasure knife, held it in both hands, and walked back and forth in the hall, and the ministers observed the blade.

There are a lot of people who know the goods, Yang Yue is the best among them, seeing this, he was the first to exclaim:

"Bright can shine on people, the blade is sharp, this is a rare weapon."

The Yuan Shou of Taifu Temple is also an expert, and he immediately saw the subtlety, and was surprised:

"This is a refined steel that has never been made before, the blade is free of impurities, and the whole body is the same color, what kind of process is this?"

Yuwen Shu saw the blade of the knife for the first time, and knew that this was by no means ordinary, after all, he was born in the army, and he had been in the sword for half a lifetime, and the blade was good or bad, so he didn't need to get started, he knew it at a glance.

The whole hall immediately burst into an uproar, and there were some people who were drowsy because they got up early, but now they are also ten times more energetic,

The knife trial begins.

Xiao Shilian was not as neat as Ma Lao Liu, he first swung a knife towards the light riding leather armor.

The leather armor broke in response, and behind the broken leather armor, a deep knife was cut on the wooden stake.

This is not good kung fu, if you change to Ma Lao Liu, the chopping is the chopping of the armor, and there will definitely be no contact with the stake.

Cutting off the leather armor didn't explain the problem, so Xiao Shilian cut off the steel-filled infantry armor with another knife.

"Huh~~~"

The ministers had already exclaimed, and everyone couldn't help but move forward so that they could see more clearly.

Next, the remaining three pairs of armor were also cut off one by one under the jaw-dropping of everyone.

Xiao Shilian was still holding a knife in both hands, and everyone observed whether the blade was damaged, and after turning around, Xiao Shilian knelt down and said:

"This knife has cut thirty pairs of armor, please play Your Majesty, whether to continue to cut armor."

Yang Guang laughed: "Chop!" ”

In this way, a pair of steel-filled armor was put on a wooden stake, and Xiao Shilian tried the knife.

One pair, two pairs, three or four pairs, five pairs, six pairs, seven or eight pairs

Thirty more pairs of chops, the blade rolled over, and it was already immovable, but its blade did not show the slightest crack.

In other words, if you sharpen the blade again, you can continue to cut.

The ministers boiled,

Pei Ju stood up and said excitedly:

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, today, when my army is about to send, the crown prince brings this heavy gift to His Majesty, it can be seen that His Majesty's expedition strategy has won the favor of the emperor, and it is heaven to help my Great Sui Emperor to destroy the barbarian state in one fell swoop."

Yang Yue also hurriedly said: "The smelting process has not been refined for a hundred years, and the iron has been sharpened like mud for thousands of years, as if it is a legend. ”

"Aiqing's words are very agreeable," Yang Guang said brightly:

"Spread the edict, Hedong added the Governor's Mansion, directly under the management of the province, Dugu Huaien is the inspector of the Taifu Temple and the Governor of Hedong, responsible for supervising the refining of the kiln, in order to prevent the leakage of the process, the participating craftsmen, all the craftsmen are incorporated into the Taifu Temple, and the refining kiln is changed to the official governor, and the prince is ordered to offer the treasure knife again, prepare for Yang Qing Yang He, and carry the treasure knife in the eastern capital, practice cutting armor, I want to let the people of the whole world know that my Great Sui artifact descends from the sky to help our country might."

Process leakage is basically unpreventable, but if it is properly prevented, it can be maintained for at least one or two decades.

After all, it is impossible for the imperial court to promote this craft only in Hedong, once it is spread out in various places and there are more and more people who understand it, then it is a matter of time before it is leaked, but the core secret must be strictly guarded.

Next, Su Wei stood up and said:

"I think that if this divine soldier can increase production, my Sui army will be invincible, if this refined steel is used to make armor, who can hurt my Great Sui Erlang at all? The prince should think about it again in this regard. ”

Yu Wenshu's face was ugly, and his heart was extremely complicated.

Yang Guang nodded in agreement, looked at Xiao Shilian and said, "How many months does it take for this knife to be made?" ”

Xiao Shilian said: "Back to Your Majesty, the prince has set up a new refining field, if everything goes well, a blast furnace of molten iron, can cast more than 300 horizontal knives, now has built seven blast furnaces, is still being added, its process is complex, according to the prince's estimates, before the end of the year, can be delivered 6,000 pairs of armor, tens of thousands of various weapons. ”

It's September now, and it's only three and a half months before the end of the year, and three and a half months out of 6,000 armor and tens of thousands of weapons, which is simply appalling.

Yang Guang was dumbfounded.

The ministers were even more dumbfounded and unbelievable.

After a while, Yang Guang slapped the table and stood up: "Tell the prince that I want more, and the Guanzhong Treasury will be transferred by him, and the material resources of Guanzhong Shanxi will be poured out, and I must be delivered 20,000 A before the end of the year." ”

The corners of Xiao Shilian's mouth twitched, the prince didn't mess around, you messed up, this armor didn't blow in the wind, you can have as much as you want?

"Obedience."

At this time, Yu Wenshu finally expressed his doubts:

"How can the prince know how to smelt?"

Yang Yue directly mocked: "The son of the Son of Heaven naturally knows more than mortals, you and I are mortals, so naturally we can't peek into the mysteries." ”

This stinky mouth is really good at boasting, Yu Wenshu found that the emperor was very happy after hearing this, and knew that Yang Yue's sycophants were in place again.

"I'm just wondering, how did the prince know how to transform the furnace and refine steel?" Yuwen recounted:

"After all, the prince's merits are unprecedented, and countless craftsmen have not been able to make the slightest progress in craftsmanship for hundreds of years, and the prince has succeeded in one fell swoop, and his knowledge and skills are always learned, and they will not be born, right?"

Yang Yue said directly: "The dragon gives birth to the dragon, and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, I thought that it was born, and only His Majesty's son would be a genius, and you and my son must not have this ability." ”

You have a fart son, you don't have a bird, Yu Wenshu shook his head helplessly:

"Arguing with you is really playing the harp to the cow."

Yang Yue didn't give in at all: "Each other, each other." ”

The contradiction between these two people is completely on the surface, unlike Pei Ju who smiled on the surface and stabbed him behind his back, Yang Yue is now reborn, and he doesn't play yin anymore, so he will do it with you in front of the emperor.

Anyway, the emperor seems to be quite happy to hear it.

Of course, Yang Guang would not talk about where the prince learned his skills in front of the hundred officials, so he directly diverted the topic and looked at Yuan Shoudao:

"Don't be idle in Luoyang, go to Hedong to help the prince, recruit Shanxi craftsman Yu Wenxi, add a mine smelting kiln, Taifu Temple set up a government kiln in Guanzhong, select good talents to go to Wenxi, learn the process, transform the official furnaces in various places, I want to be before the end of next year, my Da Sui soldiers will wear armor to protect my son's body."

"Command!" Yuanshou Road.

Yang Guang's words, put an hour ago, are simply a fantasy, everyone is wearing armor? It's more mysterious than a dream.

But right now, everyone feels that it's not impossible.

Yang Guang is also more conservative, and only plans to improve the process in the Guanzhong area, and does not plan to promote it throughout the country, after all, Shandong, Jiangnan, Southwest, and Lingnan have not yet been completely centered, and such a subtle process is not suitable for teaching.

At this time, Yang Xuangan suddenly stood up and said:

"The minister heard that Wenxi's refining kiln is a private placement by the prince, and now that the imperial court has taken over, should he make up for the prince a little?"

Good guy, thank you, Pei Ju is still quite happy when he hears this, because Wenxi's refining kiln, the lion's share of their Pei family, and now that the imperial court is merging, they should be compensated, right?

Yang Guang smiled slightly, nodded and said:

"If this is indeed the case, I will crown Yang Jin, the king of Xingyang, as the king of Wei, to show my praise for the crown prince."

Into your mother, you even have your son's money? I shouldn't have opened this mouth, Yang Xuangan stiffened his head and said:

"Your Majesty."

This time, Yang Guang really didn't sow discord, but to give the Pei family a little sweetness, because he knew that it was the Pei family's flower.

It is normal for the prince's son to be crowned king, just like Yang Zhao's three sons, they are all princes now, and Yang Ming's sons will be in the future, just sooner or later.

As for the black son's money, Yang Guang is not even more so, I will let you move the Chinese treasury, if you are short of money, wouldn't it be good for you to pay a little from it yourself?

Making fake accounts and hacking the money of the public should be a necessary skill, right? His son must have understood.

But his third brother Yang Jun, he doesn't understand, he doesn't even bother to make fake accounts, and blatantly embezzles the treasury, how can such a fool be my younger brother?

(End of chapter)