Since returning to Huiji, Xiang Zhuang has been busy until late at night every day, although the logistics of Huiji, Xiang Zhuang has already given to Huayu, but Huayu is Xiang Zhuang's person after all, and he has been following Xiang Zhuang for some years, so Xiang Zhuang returned to the mansion after talking with Xiang Liang that night, and saw that Huayu had been waiting in Xiang Zhuang's guest hall for a long time.

It also happened that Xiang Zhuang also had a question about the craftsman shop and wanted to ask Huayu, so that night, the two had a candlestick night talk and had an in-depth conversation on the issue of iron making.

Horseshoe in Jiangdong, has been extremely popular, but Jiangdong can not be rich in horses after all, moreover, Jiangdong has many lakes, so the large-scale application of horsesshoes must wait for Jiangdong to control Shandong, in order to be generally equipped.

However, in order to prevent the horseshoes from being exposed and give them to the enemy, so that the country with a large number of cavalry would be strong and powerful, Xiang Zhuang asked Huayu to block all news about the horseshoe, and only used it in some cavalry of the Jiangdong Chu army.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang already knew something about Xuanzi not having a formula to build ironware, in fact, Xiang Zhuang had long known that Xuanzi must know the formula, but why did he always refuse to leak it?

With doubts, when Xiang Zhuang was guarding Baht County, he thought about it repeatedly, secretly investigated, and thought of all the possibilities, and the only most reliable and realistic answer was that back then, Ou Yezi must have left his last words for some reason, so that Ou Yezi's descendants would keep the ultimate secret of smelting for generations.

It is also to understand this, Xiang Zhuang started from Ou Yezi's apprentices, used, induced, and finally, Xiang Zhuang got the secret recipe for smelting, and this secret recipe is extremely simple, in the process of iron smelting, as long as some substances have been extracted from seawater and added to the furnace, the toughness and hardness of the sword can be increased, and the melting point of iron ore will also decrease, which can be modeled and produced on a large scale.

The most important point is that once this kind of sword is smelted, once it is broken, it will not be repairable, and it cannot be re-smelted, and it will become waste material, because after it is broken, the melting point will be higher, at least in this era, it cannot be done.

With Ou Yezi's formula, Xiang Zhuang ordered someone to leave Ou Yezi's apprentice and send him back to Ou Yezi, after all, how to develop the smelting technology better in the future is no longer something that Ou Yezi can help.

In the past few days, Xiang Zhuang has been busy with these things, so he will feel anxious and exhausted, and now, Xiu Tu has been officially included in Xiang Zhuang's command, and will be in charge of all the craftsmen in Hengshan County to maintain the logistics work under Xiang Zhuang's command.

Today, as soon as Xiang Zhuang had free time, he rushed to the Confucian Mansion non-stop, he hadn't seen Kong Xiuyun for a long time, and his heart was somewhat filled with longing.

When they came to the Confucian Mansion, they were greeted by a housekeeper, and these housekeepers and subordinates of the Confucian Mansion were all personally selected by Xiang Zhuang at the beginning, and they also knew very well that Xiang Zhuang was their real master.

"General, you're here." The housekeeper accompanied the smiling face and came to Xiang Zhuang's side, at this time, Xiang Zhuang asked with a smile: "Miss Kong is in the house, right?" ”

"Yes, General, please come with me." The housekeeper pointed to the mansion and took Xiang Zhuang to the mansion first.

Came to the guest hall, the housekeeper went to report, Xiang Zhuang turned around a few times in the Confucian guest hall, the hall was elegantly arranged, and when he bought the mansion, it was completely different, when Xiang Zhuang looked at the guest hall, a maid brought tea, and said with a smile: "Uncle, please drink tea." ”

"Uncle?" Xiang Zhuang couldn't help laughing when he heard the people of Confucius call himself like this, he looked at this maid again, it turned out that she was the personal maid brought by Kong Xiuyun from Suiyang, at this time she called herself so, making the relationship between Xiang Zhuang and the Kong family closer, at this time, Xiang Zhuang has smiled and said: "Uncle is a good title, in the future, you will call me like this." ”

The maid sang a promise, and Xiang Zhuang smiled and asked, "What's your name?" ”

A hint of blush appeared on the face of the "Xiaolian" maid, and at this time, Kong Xiuyun's coquettish voice sounded outside the door: "I haven't agreed yet, can you just call him uncle?" ”

Kong Xiuyun smiled lightly, looked at Xiang Zhuang, walked in front of him, and said in surprise: "Didn't my brother come back with you?" ”

Seeing that Kong Xiuyun asked her brother first, ignoring herself, Xiang Zhuang's heart was half cold, and he pretended to be displeased: "Don't you want to care about me?" ”

Kong Xiuyun was asked by Xiang Zhuang, and couldn't help but smile mischievously: "I don't care." ”

On the side, Xiaolian said: "No, Miss misses her uncle every day." ”

"I want you to talk more." Kong Xiuyun faked a sneer, but Xiang Zhuang laughed and hugged Kong Xiuyun into his arms, looked at Xiaolian and said: "In the future, your young lady, you will take care of it, if she misses me, you will take the notes, think about it once, count it once, come back, I will reward you heavily." ”

As soon as Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, Kong Xiuyun sighed again: "I'm afraid, you can't see this letter, Xiaolian is illiterate, how can she write it?" ”

Hearing Kong Xiuyun say this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help laughing at himself, "Yes, yes, yes, how did I forget about this." ”

However, Xiaolian on the side was flushed, she looked at Xiang Zhuang tightly, and said hurriedly: "As long as my uncle instructs, Xiaolian will be literate and literate from today onwards, and she will definitely complete the things that my uncle has explained." ”

After speaking, Xiaolian realized that she was a little redundant, and she bowed again: "Uncle finally came back, you talk, I'll go and prepare lunch for my uncle." ”

Xiaolian unconsciously looked at Kong Xiuyun, and then at Xiang Zhuang, and then left in a hurry, Xiang Zhuang looked at her departing back, and couldn't help laughing: "This girl is good, with her by your side, I feel relieved." ”

But Kong Xiuyun's eyes were a little more puzzled, she always felt that Xiaolian seemed to be a little abnormal today.

But Xiang Zhuang had already changed the topic at this time, hugged Kong Xiuyun, and whispered in her ear: "At the end of Baht County, the fortifications are being built, so Kong Ji is there to supervise the work, and he won't come back this time, but I promise that I will definitely bring him back to see you next time." ”

"As long as my brother is well, I will be relieved." Kong Xiuyun smiled slightly, she happily snuggled in Xiang Zhuang's arms, and at this time, Xiang Zhuang sighed: "It's a pity, I have to go back in a few days." ”

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang could feel the loss in Kong Xiuyun's heart, but she concealed it very well, afraid that Xiang Zhuang would see it, at this time, the housekeeper hurriedly walked in from outside the house, and saw that the two were snuggling together, the housekeeper hurriedly turned around and turned his back to the two: "General, the county government has sent a message, let you go." ”

After a short reunion and separation, Xiang Zhuang sighed, Kong Xiuyun looked at Xiang Zhuang reluctantly, but she was helpless, just when the two were reluctant, Xiaolian walked in excitedly and said with a smile: "Uncle, Miss, lunch is ready, it's time to start the banquet." ”

Xiang Zhuang had gently stroked Kong Xiuyun's hair at this time, sighed lightly, and strode away, leaving Kong Xiuyun alone to watch Xiang Zhuang leave, so she had to sigh, and two lines of tears crossed her face and dripped on her clothes.

Not far away, Xiaolian also looked at the direction of Xiang Zhuang's departure in a daze, and her lost heart was difficult to calm down for a long time.

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Wu Rui was going to leave Huiji the next day and return to Poyang, so today he came to the county guard mansion and said goodbye to Xiang Liang.

After a while, Xiang Liang said with a smile: "A few days ago, Zhuang'er mentioned to me that he wanted to launch an attack north of Dabie Mountain, but I didn't know much about it, so I asked General Wu for advice. ”

Xiang Liang This is a pretext, Wu Rui smiled: "Only controlling Baht County is not enough to stabilize Hengshan County, if Xiang Zhuangxian's nephew intends to send troops to the north, I am willing to send troops to help, what does Liang Gong think?" ”

Seeing Wu Rui so generous, Xiang Liang was overjoyed and laughed: "If General Wu is willing to make a move, it will be a big deal." ”

"Once the state of Chu is revived, you and I will both serve the state of Chu, why should Duke Liang be so polite." Wu Rui smiled back, and at this time, Wu Rui's gaze fell on Xiang Liang's personal guard not far away, intentionally or unintentionally, and couldn't help laughing: "I have found in the past few days that the sword of Liang Gong's personal guard seems to be different from the configuration of ordinary Chu troops, I don't know, can you lend me a look." ”

"What's so hard about that?" Xiang Liang beckoned to one of his guards and ordered, "Bring your sword and show it to General Wu." ”

The guards sang the promise, untied the saber, and put it in front of Wu Rui, Wu Rui picked up the saber with his hand, picked up the scabbard with his left hand, and with a sound of "Zheng", the sword was pulled out, and the cold light splashed, Wu Rui tried it on the blade again, it was extremely sharp, and Wu Rui couldn't help but shout three times.

But soon, Wu Rui found out that this was not a copper sword, according to his experience, this was an iron sword, and the good swords he had seen in the past were all made of iron on the edge of the copper sword, but this drawn sword was completely made of iron, which was really praised.

After a long time, Wu Rui put the sword into the sheath, and Lang smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be an iron sword, right?" ”

"General Wu has good eyesight, this is indeed an iron sword." Xiang Liang said with a smile, at this time, what he saw from Wu Rui's eyes was not only surprise, but also a trace of greed and a trace of desire.

After a short silence, Wu Rui reluctantly sent the iron sword back to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang took the iron sword, handed it back to the guard, and said with a smile: "The iron sword is not as brittle as the copper sword, and it has excellent toughness and great lethality on the battlefield, so we have considered that the iron sword will be gradually pushed // sent to the army in the future." ”

After a pause, Xiang Liang stared at Wu Rui, and said half-loudly: "If General Wu is interested, I am willing to give General Wu seventy iron swords, what do you think?" ”

Wu Rui was extremely interested in the iron sword, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Since it is Liang Gong's good intentions, I might as well be respectful." ”

Both of them raised their heads and laughed, and at this time, Xiang Zhuang walked in quickly, came to Xiang Liang, and saluted: "Uncle, are you looking for me?" ”

Xiang Liang saw that Xiang Zhuang was coming, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Uncle Wu is going back to Poyang tomorrow, I am going to let you go back in advance, and by the way, I will send General Wu for me." ”

Xiang Liang commanded, Xiang Zhuang did not dare to slack off, and arched his hand and said: "My nephew has to order." ”

On the side, Wu Rui got up and said with a smile: "Farewell, just do it, don't distance the relationship between the two families, but ...... I have a reluctant request, and I also ask Liang Gongcheng to fulfill it. ”

"General Wu has something to say, don't be polite." Xiang Liang was slightly surprised, but Wu Rui smiled and said, "I want to visit the logistics center of Huiji and see how your iron sword is made, and I ask Liang Gong Mo Yan to refuse." ”

Wu Rui's request was clearly for the iron sword, but Xiang Liang knew that in the future, once the Chu army crossed the river to the north, the iron sword would no longer be a secret, at this time, why not let Wu Rui take a look, thinking of this, Xiang Liang nodded and smiled: "Okay, Zhuang'er, you go and arrange it." ”