Chapter Seventy-Five: Knighthood and Loyalty
The giant iron not only has a large number of divine weapons for sale, but also carefully observes, although the craftsmanship of that molding is a little rough, but it is the uniformity of the hammerwork, even the most confident blacksmith has to say a word.
As a result, the reputation of the giant wrought iron spread, and on the day of its opening, all the steel blades in the store were sold out. As for the alloy weapons, Chu Yun kept them all in the backyard, and he had no intention of making a move at all.
On the second day, Chu Dabang's newly manufactured weapons were sold out again.
On the third day, it was sold out.
The giant iron has risen strongly, but the business of other blacksmith shops has not been affected - they are selling magic weapons and taking the high-end route. That thing is not something that ordinary people can afford, and there are no two pieces in the entire blacksmith alley, and the different customer positioning determines that there is no conflict between the two markets.
Because of the appearance of giant ironwork, it has enhanced the reputation of the entire blacksmith alley, and many other urban customers have come to visit, which has invisibly brought a lot of business to other blacksmith shops.
Knowledge is wealth!
Giant Iron successfully interprets the essence of this famous saying!
A pile of pig iron, which costs only ten taels of silver, can be forged into two so-called divine weapons after being smelted into steel by increasing the furnace temperature, each priced at five thousand taels!
Five thousand taels of weapons! This horrific price is not very acceptable.
With the speed at which Chu Da Stick builds blades, he can rush to produce thirty steel mother weapons every day.
The sell-out streak lasted for five days.
Subsequently, the number of high-end consumer users decreased, and although there was still an endless stream of people who came to Giant Iron Craft, the daily sales limit was only about 20 pieces.
It's almost time for the Cuimin Mountain Trade Fair, and it's not a bad thing to save some more silver. However, the daily operating income is only 100,000 taels at most, and Chu Yunwu muttered that the people were not enough to swallow the elephant, and the silver still came too slowly.
Alloy weapons are the greatest secret, and though they fill half a room, the giant wrought iron has never been revealed. There was already a backlog of weapons made by the steel mother, so Chu Yun instructed Chu Dabang to switch to smelting the lightest aluminum alloy and start to build all kinds of armor.
Ten days passed in a flash.
During this period, the three generals of the military department jointly visited the door.
After seeing with their own eyes the process of smelting the steel mother, which was no more difficult than smelting wrought iron, the three generals could not help but be ecstatic. Goodbye to the weapon made of alloy, comparing it with the steel mother weapon, the expressions of the three generals should not be too shocked-General He Chongxiao even slapped himself hard to confirm that he was not in a dream.
The hardness of the alloy is several times stronger than that of the steel mother, but its weight is only two to three percent of the steel mother. The significant reduction in weight will not only save manpower horsepower, but also greatly increase the speed of chopping.
At this point, in the minds of the three generals, there was a new definition of the standard of divine weapons: If there are alloy weapons in hand, are weapons made of steel mothers also worthy of being called divine weapons? As for weapons made of wrought iron, is this kind of garbage worth mentioning?
The mountain giant also brought great shock to the three of them, such a big man, but his mind was so dexterous. Almost every weapon it forges is molded at one time, and it can't find any flaws at all.
There are many types of weapons designed by Chu Yun, including long blades suitable for cavalry slashing, simple knives used by infantry, long swords used by swordsmen in close combat, daggers used by assassins, hook sickles used to break horse troops, and so on.
Moreover, according to the characteristics of each weapon, many creative designs have been added, such as the long blade of the cavalry with a narrow arc, the back of the knife with a serrated hook, and the melee weapon with a blood groove. With these small changes, the various weapons have invisibly increased their power by a small half.
After seeing the alloy light armor, the expressions of the three generals were already overwhelmed, and they stared at each other, they couldn't imagine that the weight of a complete set of armor was less than ten catties, and its protective power was difficult to break even the so-called divine weapon made by the steel mother!
The three generals exchanged a vague look, and each could see the shock in each other's eyes, this trip was not in vain, each got an alloy weapon, not to mention, and a more precious set of light armor.
As gifts to bribe the powerful, these gifts are undoubtedly the most delicate of things, and their value cannot be measured by real money.
Feeling the overwhelming cold of the alloy weapon, General He, who liked divine weapons and sharp weapons, was so excited that he burst into tears! However, when he asked about the smelting formula and the production drawings of the bellows, Chu Yun avoided the important and trivialized, and refused to tell him directly.
Chu Yun knew very well in his heart that in the mechanical civilization, these smelting skills were just small skills of carving insects. According to the younger brother, there are still countless high-grade metal smelting methods, and there are even super powerful neutrino weapons, a fist-sized neutrino bomb can completely destroy a planet. It's a pity, it's a pity, Daddy only left five superhydrogen bombs, and it would be nice to leave five microbombs.
However, for the Yutang Empire, which was still in the era of cold weapons, the emergence of alloys was already of revolutionary significance. "The History of the Yu Tang Dynasty" is recorded: Wencheng Wude is wise and benevolent, and there is a method of alloy forging by different people, and since then the national strength has gradually flourished, and he is the head of Tangzhou.
The formula of the alloy weapon is undoubtedly a priceless bargaining chip, and if you want to sell favors, you have to sell it to the wise prince! -- it will also be a great credit to the wise prince to transfer this valuable information to the royal family. Such a great favor, if he put forward a request to see the immortal tree, it must be difficult for the prince to refuse.
The so-called throwing bricks and attracting jade, when the three of them were leaving, Chu Yun entrusted General Du to transfer a more lightweight inner armor and short blade to Luo Sizheng and Prince Wise.
The three of them left for a few days, and seeing that there were only seven or eight days left before the Cuimin Mountain Trade Fair, Chu Yun asked for a big stick, and prepared to temporarily suspend business to go to the fair.
The notice had not yet been posted, but suddenly two distinguished guests were ushered in. These two people are none other than Luo Sizheng and Prince Wise, who came from Weifu.
The two of them came to express their gratitude to Chu Yun for his gift, but they also brought good news.
In view of Chu Yun's outstanding military talents, as well as the metallurgical technology he provided, it was indeed a great merit for the Yutang Empire, which was suffering from internal and external troubles.
The two of them started to play the current Majesty Yu Chengde, the emperor Longyan Dayue, and the royal pen personally gave Chu Yun as a second-class loyal and wise uncle, led ten thousand households, gave a house in the imperial city, gave four beauties, gave one hundred taels of gold, gave ten private soldiers in the courtyard, and gave fifty servants and maids!
The military and political department will discuss and take up his post on his own.
There are three great ministers in the Military and Political Division, mainly Luo Lie, according to his proposal, a military genius like Chu Yun is on a par with the Great Heavenly Genius of the Heavenly Policy Department, and he can be awarded the post of Heavenly Machine.
However, the other two ministers had never seen Chu Yun's ability, and the two of them thought that Chu Yun was too young to convince the public; what the two said was only on paper and had not experienced a real battle formation; the three counts led a million troops at most, and the Great Heavenly Machine was the think tank of the 30 million troops, and the Heavenly Machine was the think tank of the 10 million troops, and the title was not enough, so they could not grant the position of the Heavenly Machine, and refused to agree to Luo Lie's proposal.
When Chu Yun first took up his military duties, one was afraid that it would be difficult to convince the people, and the other lacked experience in battle formations, and the slightest mistake would have unimaginable consequences! Although Luo Lie was full of confidence in him, he did not dare to insist on going his own way, and tried it with the safety of the empire.
After some deliberation by the three of them, Chu Yun was temporarily assigned to the Tiance Department and was named the army division, and he was also the think tank of millions of people. As long as the new army of the Dayun Front is assembled within a month, it will be able to take up the post of training in the future. If you are tired of military exploits, it is not too late to make an exception for promotion.
Luo Lie had a stupid expression, Chu Yun knew that this old man was really doing his best for his military position. But according to his plan, he just waited for Cuimin Mountain to come back, grabbed the immortal tree and left, and was not interested in the military division, the heavenly machine or anything. However, his military talent can be appreciated by Luo Lie, which still makes him a little grateful.
In order to avoid disturbance, Chu Yun temporarily closed the shop.
The three of them sat down in the bunk and talked around the table about the best cheap tea of giant wrought iron. Yes, it is cheap tea, for the two big people who often drink good tea, the tea in this market is indeed a little unpleasant.
Talking about the current war situation for a while, since Chu Yun planned to sell the favor to the wise prince, he carefully presented the alloy smelting technology and the design drawings of the bellows to the prince.