Chapter 52: Making the Best Use of Everything

"What kind of armor is this?"

After glancing at the shape of the armor on the picture, Chang Wei couldn't move his eyes away. read

"Is this armor for the general?"

Of these two sets of armor, he recognized the one in front, which was scale armor.

He had never seen the latter, but seeing so much coverage, he felt that it was not ordinary.

"Your Highness, is this for the general?" Chang Wei said happily.

"No, it's for all soldiers." Zhao Xu said.

Chang Wei was shocked and speechless.

The armor painted by King Yan is very sophisticated. In Dasong, only generals can wrap it so tightly.

It would be nice if ordinary soldiers could wear armor sewn with some scraps of iron.

He simply couldn't imagine it if all his soldiers were wearing such armor.

"Your Highness, if all the royal soldiers have armor like this, they will eventually be able to break into the grassland." Chang Wei said excitedly.

"Don't brag now. Wait until you get better and fight on the grassland." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

But even so, he was looking forward to it.

Although weapons are not the only criterion for victory in war.

But if you have this condition, why not do it?

Chang Wei blushed and scratched his head.

Because the movement involved the wound, he grimaced in pain.

After giving Chang Wei a few more instructions, Zhao Xu left.

Chang Wei's physical condition is good and the infection is cured.

An arrow wound like this can probably be healed after seven or eight days of rest.

He will probably be able to bounce around in ten and a half days, after all, there are no injuries on his legs.

Walking outside the palace, he was about to go to the Military Department.

Suddenly I saw Mr. Hu coming over carrying a medicine box.

When I saw him, I immediately greeted him.

"Your Highness, I have something to ask of you." Hu Langzhong's eyes were shining with stars, and he looked at Zhao Xu as if he were in love for the first time.

"Do you want my medicine?" Zhao Xu asked, remembering Feng'er's words.

Hu Langzhong nodded, "There are some ordinary people who are dying due to red and swollen wounds. May Your Highness give you medicine to try, and will this be enough to determine whether Your Highness's medicine is really useful?"

Zhao Xu nodded, thinking that this old man was quite strict.

I still doubt that Chang Wei got through it on his own.

"Okay." Zhao Xu called Feng'er, "Give Hu Langzhong a jar and take it back."

Feng'er responded and led Hu Langzhong away.

When they arrived at the middle courtyard, Feng'er asked someone to open the vat. Hu Langzhong's eyes immediately straightened and he kept begging, "Miss Feng, give me more, give me more."

Feng'er smiled and said: "Hu Langzhong, this jar is already full, why do we need more?"

When Hu Langzhong saw that Chang Wei gradually improved after taking the medicine externally or internally, he felt itchy in his heart.

He had never heard of it, never seen it.

Most importantly, this medicine can save lives.

In every year in Yancheng, not many people were bitten by wild beasts or died from sword wounds.

The most important thing is, if this medicine enters the army, how many soldiers can be saved?

So, at night he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and all he could think about was whether the medicine really worked.

Then he shamelessly asked King Yan for medicine.

Now that King Yan agreed, he naturally wanted more.

So when he saw that Feng'er was young, he deliberately relied on his old age to take advantage of him.

Then he said: "Your Highness can give you two altars if you can give me one. Why don't you, Miss Feng, make another altar?"

Feng'er heard this and rolled her eyes: "Hu Langzhong, you can have as much as your Highness says, no more. Your Highness has asked your slave to take charge of the palace, and I don't dare to be careless in the slightest."

After that, she asked the servant to cover the medicine jar and left.

Hu Langzhong had a stern expression on his face, thinking that this girl Feng was pretty, but she was quite difficult to deal with.

I could only look back and forth to watch the medicine vat leave.

After treating Chang Wei and prescribing another prescription, Hu Langzhong returned to the hospital.

He immediately asked his disciples to replace the patients who were feverish due to red, swollen wounds.

Then give the three people the amount Chang Wei used for internal and external use.

Bing Zhan Division.

After arriving, Zhao Xu first inspected the blast furnace under construction.

The blast furnace last time was just for testing.

Now the blast furnace he asked Wang Ying to build is officially used for production.

So the height and volume are larger than the first blast furnace.

"Don't stop day and night, and hurry up to build the blast furnace. The armor of the royal family's army is imminent and cannot be delayed." Zhao Xu ordered.

June is about to pass, leaving him little time.

Wang Ying held the drawings given to him by Zhao Xu.

King Yan has already told him that this is the armor that Bingzhansi will make next.

In addition, there are swords, spears, shields and other items.

And that requires a lot of steel.

If it were the former Bingzhan Division, there would be no guarantee that he would be able to refine so much steel if he was given a year.

But now he is confident that as long as there are enough materials, he can smelt enough steel in two months.

Seeing that the foundation of the blast furnace had been laid, Zhao Xu and Wang Ying arrived at the Liuzhan River.

He said: "Dui, do you know?"

Wang Ying heard the words and smiled and said: "Your Highness, this subordinate obviously knows that it is a thing used by the people to beat grains. It is built along the river. The water flow drives the wheel, and the wheel drives the hammer handle to strike up and down."

Zhao Xu nodded and asked again: "The blacksmith's beating has the same effect as this, right?"

Wang Ying frowned and suddenly realized, "Your Highness, do you mean to use a hammer to forge steel tools?"

"Well, you are quite smart." Zhao Xu laughed.

It's easy to communicate with someone like Wang Ying who understands technology.

"Whether it is the armor plates of plate armor or scale armor plates, they all need to be hammered, which consumes a lot of time. However, a thing called a hydraulic forging hammer can use water power day and night to greatly speed up the speed of making iron tools. This hydraulic forging hammer can be transformed from a water pestle." Zhao Xu said slowly.

"Hydraulic forging hammer?" Wang Ying was shocked.

There are vertical armor plates on the straight rod of the water pestle, and each armor plate corresponds to a hammer handle.

The straight rod rotates, the armor plate moves the hammer handle, and the hammer head can fall once.

In this way, as long as the water pestle is made bigger, there can be more than a dozen forging hammers hammering iron tools day and night to shape the iron tools.

"Why didn't I think of it, why did I think of it?" Wang Ying patted his head.

In the end, he gave up competing with himself, and his eyes were on the King of Yan, admiring him beyond words.

Zhao Xu noticed Wang Ying's expression.

In fact, the wisdom of the ancient people is infinite.

It's just that sometimes they use it in the wrong direction.

For example, this water pestle, since it can beat rice to peel it, can also be used to beat iron.

In modern times, there is also gunpowder, which is used by others to make guns and cannons, but I use it to set off firecrackers.

So, many tools have existed in ancient times, but they were used in the wrong place.

If they are modified and used for different purposes, they can be of great use.

"Don't tell me more about the rest. The water of Liuzhang River is turbulent, and the Bingzhang Division is built along the river. It would be a waste if we don't use water power." Zhao Xu looked at the green river.

"I understand. Let the carpenter build a giant water pestle today, no, a water-powered forging hammer." Wang Ying bowed.

But he suddenly remembered that the Bingzhang Division was short of manpower to do so many things at once, so he said: "Your Highness, with so many things going on at the same time, I'm afraid there won't be enough manpower."

Zhao Xu thought of this problem when he came.

The slaves and maids sent by Wang Yanzhong last time were not important.

He said, "I will send you more than 200 people later."

Remembering that Wang Ying had sent a large number of people to dig limestone in the mountains, he said, "Call back the people who dug limestone, and I will take care of these things for you."

Wang Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

After entrusting important matters in the near future, Zhao Xu left the Armory and went to the Yanjun Merchants.

For the convenience of management.

Now the wealthy families have specially set up a shop as the merchant's residence.

This residence is by the Jinlin Pond.

These wealthy families have now handed over the land, but they have begun to get returns from the income from selling wine, and they are not tight in their hands.

So naturally they thought of putting the merchant by the Jinlin Pond.

This way, they can have fun themselves and entertain merchants from other places who come to buy goods in time.

"Your Highness, what wind brings you here?"

The Tianxiang Tower on the west bank of the Jinlin Pond, opposite the east bank, is where the merchant is.

When Zhao Xu arrived and looked at the plaque on the two-story building, a voice sounded.

Looking at the voice, it was Dong An.

"So it's Da Lang." Dong An is the eldest in the family.

The general courtesy of Da Song is Lang, and it follows the order of the family.

So he called Dong An Da Lang.

"I haven't seen your highness for a few days, Dong missed him very much." Dong An came forward and bowed to invite Zhao Xu in.

These days, his chance to see Zhao Xu was taken away by his father.

Although he was resentful, he couldn't do anything.

So when he saw Zhao Xu, he was very attentive.

After all, he didn't want to neglect the relationship with the King of Yan.

Asked Zhao Xu to sit in the main seat, Dong An asked someone to serve tea.

At this time, knowing that the King of Yan was coming, all the sons of the nobles came out to greet him.

Yang He came down from upstairs and came over with a grin.

Now the fields of the family have been handed over to the palace.

They no longer need to inspect the farm.

The family thought they were idle and annoying, so they were sent to the business.

"Your Highness, I wonder what mission you have come here for today?" Dong An asked immediately when he saw Yang He coming.