Walking outside the palace, Xu Mu raised his head and exhaled firmly. Then he picked up his steps and walked towards the iron workshop.
Wei Chun, on his side, has already rushed back from Bailu County.
"Six Heroes, where is Si Hu?"
"My lord, what else can he do? After exchanging his military achievements for money, he went home to coax his wife."
Mrs. Luan Yu was pregnant, and since she returned to Chengdu, Si Hu had been guarding her, never leaving her.
"Brother Tiger is a family man." Yin Hu thought for a while and said.
Xu Mu also smiled. The life of the monster brother was already going to be different.
The long street under the palace.
You can still see everywhere that many people hang black silk ribbons in memory of Jia Zhou outside their houses. In the past few years, most of the political affairs in Western Shu were managed by Jia Zhou. Many policies that benefit the people came from his hands. It is not surprising that he is deeply loved by the people.
After all, there are no aristocratic families in Xishu now except those like the Wei family. There is almost no class antagonism.
"Lord, we're here."
Xu Mu raised his head and glanced at the balcony outside the iron workshop. When he found that only Chen Datie and the old scholar were left, and there was no third person, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Two old people, drinking is boring. Seeing Xu Mu's arrival, he rarely smiled.
He was about to walk up, but unexpectedly, Chen Datie waved his hand.
"The little one from the Wei family is very weak. If you have something to do, please tell him as soon as possible."
Xu Mu cupped his hands, nodded and walked into the iron workshop.
Not long after, Xu Mu saw Wei Chun in the yard behind the iron workshop. At this time, Wei Chun was holding a knife in his arms, looking at it over and over.
Wait for Xu Mu to approach.
"Ah, my lord." Wei Chun's expression paused, and then he stood up.
"Wei Chun pays homage to the Lord."
"No need to be polite." Xu Mu laughed, "The reason why I want you to come back this time is for this batch of iron and steel."
If the iron and iron returned from the Western Regions are mixed with ordinary iron and stone, five thousand pairs of good heavy cavalry armor can be made. Of course, for parts such as knee armor and skirt armor, due to the scarcity of iron, only ordinary iron stones are used for the time being.
After five thousand pairs of mixed heavy cavalry armor, according to Xu Mu's considerations, there should be some left. Therefore, he found Wei Chun so that he could discuss it.
"My lord, do you really plan to capsize the ship with iron?" Wei Chun's voice sounded a bit regretful. He has tried it. Iron materials such as these are extremely rare.
"Naturally. When the time comes, the five-story ship will serve as the main ship and must not be lost. What I mean is to mix iron and ordinary iron materials together to increase the armor of the ship. In addition, I want to recreate a ship plow. , like a cone and a thorn, with the advantage of the hull, it can sink the enemy ship in one fell swoop. Moreover, the ship's plow should be like an iron gun, with wings left for easy withdrawal. "
Otherwise, when the time comes, the plow will be jammed by an enemy ship and set on fire by the enemy, which will probably lead to death.
"This is not difficult, let me think about it in the past few days." Wei Chun nodded, "In addition, as the lord said before... using the gas of the steam furnace as a material resource, I have tried many times but failed. My lord Ah, how do you get these ideas?"
"Read more and you will slowly discover it." Xu Mu sighed and did not blame Wei Chun. Seriously speaking, it is not easy for this talented craftsman to understand many of his ideas in this era.
"Wei Chun, how about you go to Wuzhou after a while?"
"No problem." Wei Chun smiled, "I also yearn for the sea outside Wuzhou. I asked myself, in the past four hundred years, no one in the Central Plains would be willing to spend money like my lord. Wealth, building ships and entering the sea.”
As early as in his letter to Wei Chun, Xu Mu revealed the news of building a sea-going ship. Of course, according to the laws of biology, he was sure that there must be large islands and islands overseas, and there would also be people and other civilizations.
But no matter what, the dynasties and territories of this world were beyond his knowledge. There is nothing wrong with being careful in everything.
"Wei Chun, have you heard about things overseas?"
"I've heard some. My father likes to read ancient books and told me that two hundred years ago, there were ghost-faced people entering Qingzhou."
"Ghostfaced Man?"
"He likes to wear evil ghost masks and have bird feathers all over his body. The Qingzhou general at that time was a reckless man. He thought that ghost disasters were coming from the sky, so he sent troops to kill many people. But then, for some reason, a Taoist came to persuade him, and things turned out to be... It’s over.”
"This is interesting? Wei Chun, is there anything else?"
Wei Chun thought for a while, "I read an interesting story when I was studying. There was a fisherman on Laizhou Island who went to sea and got lost in a storm. Later, he landed on a big island, met a shark-tailed woman, and got married to him. But three years later, feeling homesick, he secretly built a boat and ran back."
Xu Mu was a little speechless, "Can you still build a ship and come back?"
"The book says that after his wife found out, she chased him and kept pushing the boat for him to identify the direction."
"My Lord, there are still people in places overseas. For example, Yandao outside Wuzhou and Juerdao outside Qingzhou."
"I know this." Xu Mu nodded. But what he wanted to go to was not a nearby island, but an undiscovered place deep in the sea.
"Wei Chun, you go ahead and do your business first. Remember to take care of yourself, but have you been to Doctor Chen?"
"Don't worry, my lord, I went there yesterday and there was nothing serious."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, patted Wei Chun on the shoulder, turned and left.
"My lord, the collected overseas anecdotes will be delivered in the next two days. My lord, please don't be anxious." Yin Hu, who was following him, comforted him.
Xu Mu nodded and suddenly thought of something.
"Six Heroes, outside of Wuzhou, how is Ling Su's situation?"
"Miao Tong has sent someone to report that Mr. Yinlin is hiding in Yandao. We, the Western Shu Navy, are about to start an encirclement and suppression campaign. Don't worry, my lord, Lingsu will not dare to enter the sea without a big ship."
"Even if you risk everything, you will die at sea."
"Send a message to Miao Tong. You don't need to pay attention to the request to surrender. Killing Lingsu is a great achievement."
Yin Hu thought for a while and said, "My lord, the five households of the Grain King may be able to defraud some grain, grass, and other money."
"Six Heroes, no need." Xu Mu shook his head. It's not that Xishu is already powerful enough, but he doesn't want Lingsu to use this anymore and continue to cause harm.
Moreover, there is another, very crucial reason. Although Jia Zhou had no evidence, he already had some clues based on his own previous guesses.
"Even if all of the Grain King's people are dead on Salt Island, there is still one person in the world who knows about it. According to my estimation, with his methods, he should have a lot of information about the five households of the Grain King. I will be in Xishu, waiting for the day when he will come back to me in person."
Xu Mu raised his head and said, "He and I are old acquaintances."
I have to say that Jia Zhou is truly an astonishing talent. He had already hit the nail on the head at the beginning.
