Gu Sansi, who couldn't find anything wrong with the appearance, held the knife in his hand and waved it vigorously. He soon realized that he felt the difference in the knife...
"Sir, a normal waist knife should be three feet and two inches long, with a handle of three inches and a weight of one pound and ten taels. But if I guessed correctly, this knife should only weigh about one pound and eighty taels." Gu Sansi He handed the knife back to Ye Mingsheng and said:
Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly when he heard this, took the knife from his hand, and then called a soldier in from outside the study, took the saber from his waist, and then in front of Gu Sansi, he held one in each hand. Knife, cut hard.
"boom!"
With a crisp sound, Ye Mingsheng's knife was intact, but the blade of the soldier's knife was already damaged.
Gu Sansi's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw this, he cupped his hands towards Ye Ming and said:
"I congratulate you on winning the sword!"
"Eh·······"
Ye Mingsheng smiled and waved his hand: "Congratulations to Zhenwu Army for winning the sword!"
"Sir, can this sword be mass-produced?" Gu Sansi asked with some surprise, trying to figure out the meaning of Ye Mingsheng's words:
"That's right! The craftsmen in the Craftsman Camp have done a good job recently. They have used the fried steel method to increase the production and quality of steel, thus greatly improving the quality of weapons. This knife is a sample. The Craftsman Camp will be ready in three days. Then we can start mass production of this knife!" Ye Mingsheng introduced with a smile:
Ye Mingsheng was still very satisfied with the performance of the craftsman camp. It was not in vain that Mr. Ye gave these craftsmen such good treatment and the thousands of taels of silver he spent on them.
As a general in command and a general on the horseback, Ye Mingsheng certainly understands what the appearance of this sword means...
It doesn't just mean that soldiers' weapons become sharper and can kill more enemies.
Ye Mingsheng's soldiers basically wear cotton armor because of the cold weather in Liaoyang. Although cotton armor plays an important role in the defense of the soldiers, greatly reducing casualties, it also has the effect of keeping out the cold and has various benefits. But it also has disadvantages, that is, it is very heavy, which greatly consumes the soldiers' physical strength.
Even though cotton armor has the word "cotton" on it, you might think it is very light. In fact, cotton armor only uses about seven or eight pounds of cotton, and various iron sheets are placed inside for protection. Therefore, in fact, the weight of cotton armor is generally It's about thirty or forty pounds.
Wearing such heavy cotton armor to fight, or marching with such heavy cotton armor on your back, consumes a lot of physical strength of the soldiers. In high-intensity combat and marching, they often cannot last long... ··········
Now that the craftsman battalion can reduce the weight of the knife and increase the hardness of the knife, it can naturally reduce the weight of the iron pieces in the cotton armor and improve the defensive power of the cotton armor. This reduction in weight will reduce the number of soldiers. With less physical strength, the combat time will also be extended, and the traveling speed will be faster.
Not only that, this innovation in steelmaking technology can also greatly promote the development of firearms, reduce the probability of firearms exploding, and provide a solid foundation for the advent of better firearms.
Listening to Ye Mingsheng's story, Gu Sansi finally realized why Ye Mingsheng dared to sell weapons to the Khitans.
With the emergence of these new weapons, the old weapons currently equipped by Ye Mingsheng's men are of no use. They can be used to exchange them for war horses from the Khitans. In this way, they not only maintain their weapon advantage over the Khitans, but also obtain enhanced war horses. The most scarce cavalry force in Fengzhou!
As one goes and the other goes, the current strength gap between Fengzhou and the Khitans will be greatly reduced!
Thinking of this, Gu Sansi couldn't help but sigh. Ye Mingsheng was really shrewd to the extreme...
At this time, Ye Mingsheng put down the knife in his hand and continued to say:
"Mr. Gu, this winter I will have the craftsman camp at full capacity to produce new types of knives and cotton armor. From now on, these old weapons will be gradually eliminated from our army."
"It's a waste to seal these things up, so you can see if you can use these things and replace them with war horses from the Khitan people?"
Gu Sansi pondered for a moment and nodded: "It should be possible. I will handle this matter as soon as possible."
Ye Mingsheng said:
"There is no rush in this matter. It will take some time for the army to change its uniform. You should first take care of the Khitan prisoners of war and establish good contact with Yelu Peng."
"I understand!"
After talking about these things, seeing that it was already getting late, Ye Mingsheng left Gu Sansi to eat a bowl of Chaos as a midnight snack in the house, and then let him go back to sleep.
Although Gu Sansi went back to sleep, Ye Mingsheng himself picked up the knife sent as a sample by the craftsman camp again, and observed it again under the light of the candle... ····
Although he was looking at the knife, Ye Mingsheng was thinking about other things. As he thought about it, his eyes gradually became deeper.
Wanting to sell ordnance to the Khitans was not Ye Mingsheng's impromptu idea. He had been thinking about it for a long time.
Ever since he taught the method of frying steel to the craftsmen in the Craftsman Camp, Ye Mingsheng knew that with the help of new technologies, Fengzhou's steel industry would usher in great development, and as one of the results of the great development, Fengzhou The improvement of weapon quality is an inevitable result.
Although he told Gu Sansi that he wanted to exchange the ordnance for war horses because he did not want the ordnance that was about to be eliminated to go to waste, but in fact Ye Mingsheng had a deeper plan...
The Khitans are currently the biggest threat to Fengzhou, and this has become the consensus of the military and civilians in Fengzhou!
Due to the development of the land policy, Ye Mingsheng's financial situation has been greatly alleviated, which also makes Ye Mingsheng no longer so dependent on the caravan sharing provided by An Zhirong.
If possible, Ye Mingsheng would rather not take these shares and also want to close the trade between An Zhirong and the Khitans!
The iron that An Zhirong gave to the Khitan people can be said to have greatly improved the Khitan people's combat effectiveness, posing a very severe challenge to Fengzhou's security!
If you want money, you still want safety! Ye Mingsheng can still sort out this account!
Although he had such an idea in his mind, Ye Mingsheng thought about it over and over again, and after considering the pros and cons, he finally gave up the plan.
During this period, as Ye Mingsheng's cavalry troops regained their combat effectiveness, they were all sent by Ye Mingsheng to Xiangshuiyuan to escort the caravan. With Ye Mingsheng's protection, Dong Jianchuan finally let go and sent the brigade's The supplies were sent to Khitan via the wide road to Suwon.
(Doing a small survey, do you prefer two chapters of 4,000 words, or one chapter?)
