The so-called Three Treasures of the Horse refer to the Takahashi saddle, the horse's iron hooves, and the bilateral stirrups. After drawing the drawings from the pen www.biquge.info Yuanqi, they handed them over to the hundred craftsmen who had been secretly gathered to step up their work.

In the past few years, the development of the Taishi Chamber of Commerce has been very rapid, and it has gained a firm foothold in the north with the three fist products of burning knife wine, golden silk leaves and gambling. In just a few years, the branches have spread all over Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Bingzhou, both in terms of credibility and financial resources, have been among the ranks of first-class chambers of commerce. In the north, the Shangguan family in Yinyin and Jizhou formed a trend of resistance, occupying half of the northern chamber of commerce. Through calculations, Yuan Qi was surprised to find that his grandfather was really a big expert in business, and in the past three or five years, he had accumulated wealth that Yuan Qi could not have dreamed of.

Of course, these riches are not entirely Yuanqi's, according to the rules formulated by Yi's father-in-law, Yuanqi can only dispatch half of the money at most. Even though it's only half of it, it's a lot of money.

After getting the accurate figures from Yi Laozhang, Yuan Qi became more confident in strengthening the armament of the elite soldiers under his command. Yuan Qi has a thinking beyond this era, and now with the huge wealth accumulated by the Taishi Chamber of Commerce, it is no longer a problem to replace the soldiers under his command with more sophisticated equipment. The only thing that makes Yuan Qi a little dissatisfied is that the skills of the craftsmen and blacksmiths in this world are really a bit rough, and often what Yuan Qi racks his brains to come up with, they either don't know why, they don't know what Yuan Qi is talking about, or because of technical problems, they can't create it at all.

Uncle Yi seemed to see Yuan Qi's thoughts, and pulled Yuan Qi to the back garden, saying as he walked: "Yuan Qi, what are you worried about?"

Yuan Qi nodded and replied: "Grandpa, you don't know anything about the old man, the child is worried about the armament, and the craftsmen recruited by the child are no problem for them to create some ordinary objects, but if you want them to create something with high technical difficulty, it will not work, alas..."

After listening to Yuan Qi's distress, Mr. Yi said with a smile: "Hehe, my family is talking more and more like a prince. ”

Yuan Qi smiled bitterly and said, "Grandpa, don't tease the child." ”

"Okay, grandpa won't block you. Have you thought about it, the situation you mentioned may be caused by the fact that we don't have a first-class iron smelting master?" Yi Lao Zhang continued with a smile: "Your grandfather and I have been walking the rivers and lakes for most of my life, and I know an excellent iron smelter, and he is also an excellent forger, I believe that with his help, your troubles will no longer be troubles." ”

Yuan Qi asked in surprise, "Who is Grandpa talking about?"

"Guanzhong Wang Yezi!"

"Is that him?" exclaimed. Recently, because of the creation of weapons, Yuan Qi has not been much chattering, and the well-known weapons experts and smelting experts of the contemporary era have almost understood the Guanzhong Wang Yezi in the mouth of Yi Laozhang! Not only is he good at forging, but what is even more commendable is that he is also an excellent iron smelter, and the iron he smelts is harder and more malleable than ordinary iron.

Uncle Yi stroked his beard and smiled: "That's right, it's him, my grandfather will repair a book and send someone to send it to him." ”

Yuan Qi thought for a moment and said slowly: "Grandpa can add a sentence to the letter." The child plans to set up an armaments department, which is specifically responsible for building a variety of weapons and equipment for our Youzhou army, and the child intends to keep the position of commander of the armaments department to Master Wang Yezi. ”

Uncle Yi glanced up and down Yuan Qi in surprise a few times, and then his laughter became more cheerful: "Okay, okay, I'll go and write." ”

On the same day, Yi Laozhang wrote a letter to persuade Wang Yezi to come to Youzhou as the commander of the armament department, the letter stated that the salary of the Youzhou army is twice that of other places, not to mention the good treatment, and the new state Mu Yuan knows how to make good use of it, if Wang Yezi is willing to come, he will definitely show his ambitions and carry forward the iron smelting industry.

In this world, people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, the top of the people is the scholar class, these people are often court officials, holding the power of life and death; second only to the scholar class, that is, the learned Confucians, some of whom are particularly outstanding, called Hongru, Jinshang belongs to this class of people, these Hongru because of their extensive knowledge, so they are very respected by the people, often a word can determine a person's future; and then a little later, there is the landlord class, they have a large amount of land in their hands, only less official positions than the scholar class, live by sucking the blood and sweat of the people, this kind of people are all hated by the people; followed by merchantsIn recent years, more and more princes have tried to win over some wealthy merchants to expand their armaments, so the status of merchants has been improved; In the end, and at the bottom, the vast majority of peasants and poor scholars.

Wang Yezi is a craftsman, belonging to a relatively low-level kind of person, except for a skill, there is no other strength. When Wang Yezi saw Yi's letter, he couldn't help but be ecstatic! Wang Yezi is not Wang Mi, he is not an official fan, Wang Yezi is happy that his craft can finally be passed on openly. Therefore, he didn't let Yuan Qi wait long, and just over a month later, Wang Yezi went all the way north from Guanzhong and came to Jicheng.

When Yuan Qi saw Wang Yezi with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. In Yuan Qi's impression, anyone who can be called a master in a certain aspect is always a little older, and Wang Yezi, whether he looks horizontally or vertically, does not look like he is more than thirty years old. Especially after Wang Yezi washed up, washed away the dust along the way, and shaved off his messy beard, he became a good son of the turbid world, not only beautiful in appearance, but also far from the blacksmith's usual powerful image of Kongwu.

After some detailed discussion and investigation, Yuan Qi determined that Wang Yezi's craftsmanship was really outstanding, at least the top craftsman of this era. Therefore, Yuan Qi relieved himself to give Wang Yezi the position of commander of the Armaments Department, and arranged for Wang Yezi to have 1,000 craftsmen and blacksmiths as apprentices. These thousand apprentices were prepared by Yuan Qi a long time ago, and at the beginning of Yi Laozhang's letter, Yuan Qi had already asked Lu Su to start recruiting. For the sake of these thousand people, Lu Su took great pains to gather almost one-third of the craftsmen in Youzhou. After taking office, Wang Yezi directly asked Lu Su for all the materials he needed, and he could hand over his armaments regularly. Except for Lu Su, the immediate boss, Wang Yezi does not have to report his work progress to anyone.

Wang Yezi also seemed very satisfied with Yuan Qi's arrangement, so that he could concentrate more on smelting iron and manufacturing various weapons and tools, and there would not be so many external factors to disturb him. In the initial work, Yuan Qi and Wang Yezi agreed to focus on military supplies for the time being, and then manufacture agricultural tools and other items later.

Just three months later, Wang Yezi handed over the first batch of supplies and armaments. These armaments were all made of muddy iron specially made by Wang Yezi, and in addition to broadswords, spears, and bows, there were also 20,000 pairs of heavy armor. These heavy armors were made according to the drawings of Yuan Qi. Yuan Qi borrowed the armor style of the later Sui and Tang dynasties, and with some appropriate modifications, finalized the framework of this armor. In the process of forging, Wang Yezi pondered the pros and cons of the armor itself while forging, discussed with Yuan Qi several times, and finally created this batch of heavy armor. The heavy armor is divided into three layers, the innermost layer is cooked cowhide and breathable cloth mixed and bound together, which plays the role of keeping warm, breathable and slowing down the impact force; the middle layer is poured together with copper and iron, and then twisted into an alloy wire, which can not only play the role of fixing the inner lining, but also play the role of differentiating the impact of external forces; the outermost layer is the shape of the armor made of muddy iron, this layer of muddy iron is five millimeters thick, and the surface of the armor is engraved with the shape of fish scales, which is not only beautiful, but also increases the rigidity of the armor. In the end, Wang Yezi also asked the craftsman to paint a layer of bright varnish on the surface of the armor, which played a role in preventing rust and aesthetics.

If it weren't for Yuan Qi giving Wang Yezi a death order and asking him to make 20,000 armor as soon as possible, Wang Yezi didn't want to be unable to fulfill Yuan Qi's requirements as soon as he took office, so he worked hard day and night, otherwise 20,000 pairs of armor might not be completed. In the end, these 20,000 pairs of armor were named Hun Tie Mingguang Armor by Yuan Qi, and they were equipped with 20,000 elites of the Heavenly Return Camp and the Earth Return Camp.

In addition to the muddy iron bright light armor, Wang Yezi also according to the style of the horse chopping knife, carefully rushed out nearly 10,000 muddy iron knives, although not as sharp as the horse chopping knife, but it is not much different, Yuan Qi put this nearly 10,000 highly realistic horse chopping knives, but also equipped with the elite of the Tiangui Camp and the Earth Returning Battalion, so that the elite of the two battalions has a horse chopping knife.

As for the equipment replaced by the Tiangui Battalion and the Digui Battalion, Yuan Qi distributed the fish scale armor that was originally the equipment of the Tiangui Battalion to the cavalry troops, of course, it could not be one per person, only the leader above the team level could get a fish scale armor. The willow leaf armor originally equipped by the Digui battalion was distributed to the infantry army, and of course, it was only available to those who were in the position of team leader and above. However, with the passage of time, Yuan Qi believes that with the financial support of the Taishi Chamber of Commerce, as well as Wang Yezi's superb technology, the Youzhou Army will sooner or later make these equipment popular, and the thought of the 150,000 Youzhou army will each have an iron armor amulet, which makes people look forward to it, when 150,000 people are dressed in neat iron armor and hold a muddy iron weapon He stepped on the battlefield, what a shocking scene it would be. In a few years, maybe this scene will really appear in the Youzhou Army.

The muddy iron made by Wang Yezi is harder than ordinary iron, and the malleability is also better, and the armor and weapons made of muddy iron can be said to be the most sophisticated armament in the world today. This made Wang Yezi's heart very comfortable, and his skills could be recognized by 20,000 elites, which was a higher reward than anything else. Since then, Wang Yezi has been more energetic and attentive in smelting muddy iron and building armaments.

There is also good news, that is, after several months of building, immediately the three treasures have been manufactured in large quantities, every cavalry of the regular army under the command of Yuan Qi, its war horses are equipped with horse three treasures, after the test, not only the cavalry praised, even Zhao Hu, Ma Yue, these generals are also very happy. The Takahashi saddle made the knight sit on the horse more securely and not easily fall off the horse; the bilateral stirrups not only made it easier and faster to get on the horse, but also freed the knights' hands and feet, so that they no longer had to clamp the horse's belly with their legs at all times, nor did they have to hold the reins with one hand at any time; the horse's iron hooves increased the toughness of the horse's horseshoe, so that the horses would no longer be scratched when walking on rough roads. With the application of the three treasures on the horse, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under Yuan Qi suddenly increased by fifty percent!