Chapter 69: East Wind Arrives

"Your Highness, the hydraulic forging hammer is finished. Please go and give us your advice if there are any problems. Read М" Wang Ying had dark circles under his eyes.

After working all night, the hydraulic forging hammer was finished, and he came to the palace.

"No hurry, have breakfast first." Zhao Xu did not allow Wang Ying to say anything, and pulled him to have breakfast together.

Then the two went to the Armory.

In a workshop along the river of the Armory, he saw the Dasong version of the hydraulic forging hammer transformed by carpenters.

"Dong Dong..."

In the small room, a wooden pole as thick as a bucket stretched in from the outside.

On this wooden stick, there were pieces of upright steel plates.

Each steel plate corresponds to a slightly thinner wooden stick, and at the end of the wooden stick is the hammer head of the forging hammer.

In this way, the wooden sticks with hammer heads are arranged on the left and right, with four on each side, a total of eight.

The thick wooden stick in the middle is constantly rotating, and each rotation will cause the steel plate to bring up a hammer handle to complete a hammering.

The eight hammer handles kept hammering back and forth.

Each of these hammer heads was as big as a human head.

Raising and falling, it was several times more powerful than a blacksmith.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

This hydraulic forging hammer was already the most perfect forging hammer that could be made in this era.

At this time, he walked out of the workshop and came to the riverside, where he saw a huge wheel rotating under the action of the Liuzhang River.

It was it that drove the wooden stick.

"Well done, just as the king asked." Zhao Xu praised.

Just as he thought, the ancients were not stupid, but they lacked a mentor to lead the way.

Now, he proposed a plan, and Wang Ying and the craftsmen quickly made it.

Wang Ying's tired smile was filled with joy. The skills that King Yan taught him were finally realized during this period, and he did not disappoint King Yan's expectations.

"With this thing, we can make plate armor." Zhao Xu was full of expectations.

Unlike scale armor, plate armor is made of large pieces of steel riveted together.

Therefore, this huge hammer head is needed to make plate armor, so that the steel parts can be hammered into the desired shape more quickly.

It can be said that with this thing, plate armor can be mass-produced just like scale armor.

Wang Ying nodded, "Don't worry, Your Highness. These days, I asked the craftsmen to hammer and make a set of plate armor. They have mastered the method of making plate armor. Now with this forging hammer, they are like fish in water."

"That's good. During this period, your Arms Department cannot be idle. Recently, there have been Beidi cavalry appearing in Yan County. A fierce battle is inevitable in the future." Zhao Xu frowned.

After Chang Wei drove away the first batch of Beidi scouts, the scouts sent out reported that there were more Beidi scouts entering Yan County.

Such a high density of Beidi reconnaissance made him very uneasy.

I was afraid that Beidi would play a big one.

Therefore, what he could do now was to try his best to put on a set of armor for each of his royal guards.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the craftsmen have mastered the skills, and it will be much easier below, but it would be better if there were more people." Wang Ying looked at the busy Arms Department.

Originally, the Bingzhang Division had enough manpower.

But as the blast furnaces were put into use and the steelmaking department added manpower, there were not enough people.

Zhao Xu was silent when he heard this.

"Your Highness..."

At this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and saw a fleet slowly approaching on the wide surface of Liuzhang River.

At the bow of the first ship, two people were waving at him. Seeing him looking at the river, the two bowed and saluted.

"Isn't that Zhou Yi and Wang Yanzhong?" Xu Lie was sharp-eyed and recognized the two at once.

Zhao Xu also recognized the two at this time, and couldn't help but feel happy.

It's true that Cao Cao will appear when Cao Cao is mentioned.

These two people have been gone for quite a while, and I don't know what surprises they can bring to him.

"Don't worry now, the people who sent you manpower have arrived." Zhao Xu said to Wang Ying.

Because the Bingzhang Division could not dock here, Wang Yanzhong's ship continued to sail south, and there was an unloading dock in front.

Zhao Xu took Wang Ying there, and if there were people available, they could be received immediately.

The group rode to the South City Pier, where Wang Yanzhong's boat just stopped.

Zhou Yi and Wang Yanzhong jumped ashore and bowed to Zhao Xu again.

"No need to bow." Zhao Xu said, looking past the two people at the three ships docked on the shore, "How is it? How is the result of this trip?"

"Your Highness, I heard from my friends that Jinzhou was displaced due to war, so I went to Jinzhou with Zhou Yi. Sure enough, there were fleeing people along the way. This time, I bought more than a thousand craftsmen without much effort." Wang Yanzhong said.

"More than a thousand craftsmen?" Zhao Xu and Wang Ying looked at each other, both overjoyed.

"That's right, because there were too many people, Wang Yanzhong and I picked the craftsmen first. This time, we will definitely bring back more people." Zhou Yi added.

Wang Yanzhong nodded, "But we need to bring more boats this time."

"That's easy. I'll let Yang He find a solution for you later."

While everyone was talking.

The boatman on the boat opened the cover on the deck.

One by one, ragged craftsmen climbed up from the cabin.