"Your Majesty, ordinary swords cannot break through the defense of Beiwei Armor! Even weapons such as spears will not be injured if they are pierced in a position protected by armor!" Lu Chen said with a smile, this Beiwei Armor Although it looks as black as a piece of iron, and is obviously not as thick as the Tang Army's standard armor, it is made of steel pieces refined from the converter method and steel filling method recently developed by Lu Chen, and Bei Wei The Tang knives and short knives on the soldiers are also steel knives.
"What a joke! How can such a thin armor resist a sword!" Qu Tutong, the minister of the Ministry of War, said disdainfully.
"I haven't asked, who is this old man?" Lu Chen looked at the old-looking Qu Tutong. Lu Chen raised his hands and asked, secretly thinking in his heart, "If this person is from a noble family, I will try to trick you again." If not, let’s see who it is!”
"Qu Tutong, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs!" Qu Tutong casually rushed to Lu Chen and cupped his hands, as if he looked down on Lu Chen. Although Lu Chen had made iron stoves and other things before, Qu Tutong had nothing to do with leading troops in war. Tu Tong didn't think Lu Chen had that ability. After all, he had never heard of Lu Chen's ability to lead troops in battles or his achievements. Therefore, Qu Tu Tong inevitably looked down upon what Lu Chen had done.
"It turns out it's Mr. Qu. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Lu Chen still respected generals like him who fought hard on the battlefield. As for Qu Tutong, a "hero of Lingyan Pavilion", Lu Chen respected him even more. These are all the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty. Although Qu Tutong was only forced to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, he was also a loyal person.
"Easy to say!" Qu Tutong saw that Lu Chen was not as sarcastic towards him as he was towards Zheng Shanguo and others. He also showed some kindness to Lu Chen, but he was still somewhat suspicious of what Lu Chen said about carrying Wei Jia. eyes scrutinizing.
"Marquis Lu Xian, you said that the back...the back armor can withstand swords and spears. I doubt how credible it is! After all, your back armor looks too thin!" Qu Tutong was at this time. Although there was still skepticism in his words, his tone was somewhat softer and not as aggressive as when he refuted Lu Chen just now.
"This is simple!" Lu Chen looked at Qu Tutong and said with a smile, "After proving that I can increase the iron production, can't we just verify it?"
"What Lu Xianhou said is reasonable. When the time comes, I will see if what Lu Xianhou said is true!" Qu Tutong said and cupped his hands towards Lu Chen.
"I also want to see how good the Beiwei Army designed and manufactured by Lu Aiqing is!" Li Yuan, who was walking in front, said with a smile.
"I promise not to disappoint His Majesty!" Lu Chen responded to Li Yuan confidently.
Soon Li Yuan and his party arrived at Lu Chen's residence. Li Yuan used to live here, but when he came here again and stood in front of the door, Li Yuan was stunned. This Zhuangzi was really different from when he came here before. Big.
Originally, many of the villagers' houses that used to be one to the east and one to the west have disappeared. Instead, many new brick and tile houses have appeared in the distance, and they are all single-family houses. Many children are playing outside those courtyards, and through the The roads to these courtyards are all hard cement roads. Not only Li Yuan has never seen this kind of cement road, but also the civil and military ministers who came with him have never seen it. As for Chai Shao and Li Xiuning, it was the first time for them to see it. When I came here some time ago, there was no such road.
And not far away, there are still many people working on it, obviously building brick houses.
"This road..." Li Yuan raised his foot and stomped a few times on the cement road. The hard road directly made Li Yuan's legs and feet feel numb.
"Your Majesty, this is a concrete road!" Lu Chen said, holding back a smile as he saw Li Yuan shaking his legs.
"What is a cement road?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked curiously, "What is this cement?"
"This is a building material invented by Chen. It is much easier to use than the current clay, mortar and rammed earth. If the quantity and personnel are sufficient, it will not take much effort to build a city in one night!" Lu Chen laughed and agreed. Li Yuan explained.
"Oh? There is such a magical thing? But if it is easier to use than clay and mortar, is it also difficult to produce? This mud made of water sounds difficult to produce no matter how you sound!" Li Yuan stared with wide eyes. Lu Chen, although in Li Yuan's mind, there is no doubt that Lu Chen belongs to the "immortal descended to earth", the fact that Lu Chen can produce so many magical items in a short period of time is even more solid.
"How..." Just when Zheng Shanguo was about to refute Lu Chen, before he could say the word "possible", he felt someone tugging on his sleeve. Zheng Shanguo looked back and saw someone standing there. Cui Minqian, the Huangmen servant beside him, is behind him.
"Daozhen, why did you stop me?" Zheng Shanguo looked at the Huangmen servant who was born in the Boling Cui family with confusion in his eyes.
"Master Zheng, don't be rash. Don't you think this Lu Chen is really not simple?" Cui Minqian reminded him in a low voice beside Zheng Shanguo, "This man looks domineering and very popular with His Majesty. Wang Zhongyun and Wei Jijiu are already here. You have suffered a loss, and you still have a bet with him. If you provoke him again at this time, I'm afraid you won't be kind!"
"Well..." Zheng Shanguo pondered for a moment after listening to Cui Minqian's words, nodded, and stopped talking.
"To deal with this kind of person, we must find an opportunity to kill him with one blow!" Cui Minqian continued to remind Zheng Shanguo.
"What Dao Zhen said makes sense. If I lose this bet, it is necessary to call everyone together to discuss countermeasures. Lu Chen obviously seems to be hostile to our family, and we must not leave such hidden dangers!" Zheng Shanguo's eyes flashed, and he whispered to Cui Minqian. From Lu Chen's attitude towards Qu Tutong just now, Zheng Shanguo felt that Lu Chen obviously had a lot of opinions about the aristocratic family, and this unstable factor must not be allowed to remain.
"Your Majesty, cement is not mud made of water!" Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh. Regarding Li Yuan's ability to understand, Lu Chen could only feel speechless for a while, but if Lu Chen was not a modern person, for the first time You should think so when you see cement!
"Your Majesty, the reason why this thing is called cement is because it needs to be mixed with water before it can be used!" Lu Chen explained to Li Yuan with a smile, "Your Majesty, in front of you is my workshop in Lujiazhuang. What is this cement? Your Majesty. You'll know just by looking!" Lu Chen said, pointing to the Lujiazhuang workshop area in the distance.
"Then let's go and have a look!" Li Yuan handed Chang Bao over directly, preparing to let Chang Bao help him mount his horse.
"Your Majesty, you need to walk there!" Seeing Li Yuan getting ready to get on his horse, Lu Chen directly reminded Li Yuan.
"Why is this?" Li Yuan stopped mounting his horse and looked at Lu Chen in confusion.
"Your Majesty, look!" As Lu Chen pointed ahead, Li Yuan saw small cars pushing many things in and out of the road ahead.
"If we all ride over there, it will inevitably cause road congestion, and there is no place to park horses in the workshop area!" Lu Chen said with an embarrassed smile, "This workshop area was also just planned and established by Wei Chen, and there is no place to park horses. There are many imperfections, so I hope Your Majesty will not blame you!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said.
"It's okay! I haven't walked around for a long time! It's good to do some exercise!" Li Yuan didn't mean to blame Lu Chen, and what Lu Chen said was indeed reasonable, but in Li Yuan's opinion, it was only less than a month. Over time, Lu Chen has built Lujiazhuang into what it looks like. If it takes another two or three years, will Lujiazhuang turn into a paradise?
Lu Chen led the way, followed by Li Yuan, and a large group of people came to the workshop area in a mighty manner. Along the way, the craftsmen who saw Li Yuan knelt down one after another, saluted Li Yuan, and shouted long live. The Bei Weiwei who was in charge of the guard It is a direct military salute.
At this time, the Gongfang District already had a gatehouse. On the gatehouse were written three characters "Gongfang District". There were fences on both sides of the gatehouse extending directly out, directly separating the Gongfang District from Lujiazhuang.
After passing the gatehouse, the first thing that came into view was the towering blast furnace, because this thing was too conspicuous, and there was more than one blast furnace at this time. With Lu Chen teaching the steel filling method and the converter method, ironmaking was now There are already several blast furnaces standing here, and underneath the blast furnaces are all brick buildings.
"This is..." Li Yuan looked up at the blast furnace standing in front of him, and turned to look at Lu Chen beside him with doubtful eyes.
"This thing is called a blast furnace. You can use this blast furnace to increase the production of iron materials!" Lu Chen introduced the blast furnace to Li Yuan while looking at Zheng Shanguo aside. At this time, Zheng Shanguo's expression did not show any sincerity. He was still a The calmness of the face.
"Your Majesty, it's quite hot in the workshop, so it's not advisable to stay for a long time!" Lu Chen reminded Li Yuan, who was about to enter the ironmaking workshop.
"It doesn't matter! I want to see with my own eyes how iron is made in the blast furnace that Lu Aiqing mentioned!" Li Yuan waved to Lu Chen and walked directly into the ironmaking workshop.
As soon as Li Yuan walked into the ironmaking workshop, he felt what Lu Chen called "heat". A wave of heat hit his face. Some of the craftsmen in the ironmaking workshop were wearing sleeveless sweatshirts. Some of them were shirtless and rolled up their trouser legs. They were fanning themselves with fans, chatting and laughing, waiting for something.
As soon as they saw Li Yuan coming in, these craftsmen hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuan.
"Everyone, get up!" Li Yuan took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Why don't you work? Instead, you are here talking and laughing?" Li Yuan looked at the craftsmen in front of him and asked directly.
"Your Majesty, these craftsmen are waiting for the furnace to be started! The furnace will be turned on soon, and they have to wear those clothes. They just want to take some time to cool off!" Lu Chen pointed to the thick clothes hanging on the wall and explained to Li Yuan.
