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When Xi Jian expressed his willingness to purchase ordnance, Shen Zhezi did not lie and directly led Xi Jian to the ordnance warehouse in Shouchun Jincheng.

The source of Huainan ordnance mainly comes from Wujiang smelting and casting base. After several years of development, the production capacity of Wujiang fiefdom has been on the right track, and the amount of iron smelting alone has reached more than 600,000 catties. Of course, compared with the iron smelting output extended to the whole world, especially the prosperous dynasty, this figure is just a drop in the ocean. However, if you look at it as a private property of a family, Shen Zhezi believes that no matter any portal or a secession force, no one can compare to the production capacity of the Wujiang fiefdom.

Of course, the production capacity of Wujiang alone is not enough to maintain the use of tens of thousands of troops in Huainan. In particular, the amount of iron smelted is one thing, but the finished ordnance that can be built is another. Converting steel into a concrete tool requires several times more manpower than previous processes.

In fact, with the production capacity of Wujiang alone, it is already a limit to be able to maintain the army of 10,000 people, and the quality cannot be too demanding. The reason why the Huainan Army was able to be known for its strong weapons, in addition to Wujiang, was also due to a large number of private casting. Compared with the turbulent trend of the whole world, the energy of a clan portal is really minimal, if you can't put the chips in a position that can be small and broad every time, and want to win the world with the power of one family, it is simply a fool's dream.

Of course, due to the successive victories in the Huaishang War, most of the hundreds of thousands of ordnance of the slave army were almost obtained by the Huainan army, and this is also one of the confidence of Shen Zhezi's preparation for the Great Advance after the New Year. With this part of the ordnance in storage, at least in terms of hardware, the Huainan Army does not have much restriction.

Shen Zhezi also came up with a plan to expand the army, planning to expand the front-line combat army of the Huainan Army to more than 50,000 in the next two to three years, and the standing number of registered soldiers should be expanded to at least 100,000. If this requirement can be met, even if it is directly against Jingzhou, which is an important town in Shaanxi, the Huainan army can still have an advantage on the frontal battlefield.

Now the Huainan army is divided into various places, and the weapons are naturally scattered among the various armies, and only a small part is stored in the inner city of Shouchun. But even this small part is as many as more than a dozen warehouses, capable of arming more than 20,000 troops. It can also be inferred from this that the Huainan Army captured a lot in the battle of Huaishang.

However, Xi Jian doesn't care much about ordinary equipment, because these can be met by Xuzhou's own productivity alone, but it takes a certain amount of time. And this is not the focus of Shen Zhezi's promotion, most of these ordnance are captured, even if they are sold outside, it is impossible to ask for too high a price.

He directly led Xi Jian to a row of warehouses located in the core of Jincheng, and ordered his soldiers to open one of the warehouses and take out a formed war knife from it.

The war knife was an ordinary ring-headed war knife style, Shen Zhezi reached out to take it, and when he removed the linen cloth wrapped around the knife, Xi Jian quickly discovered the extraordinary nature of this war knife.

Nowadays, the swords and swords used by the army, in terms of technology, are mostly obtained by hammering and forging pieces of steel. The weapon formed in this way is quite hard, and its lethality on the battlefield is not low. And the process is simple, the only slightly cumbersome is the hammer forging of the second half, and the final quality of the weapon is quenched and opened. The best blades are not only sharp, but also have high toughness, and they can be cut many times without losing their edge. Among them, the most outstanding is the 100-forged steel knife, which can be called a treasure knife.

At this time, in Xi Jian's eyes, the ring-headed knife in Shen Zhezi's hand was slightly black but different from the ordinary rough forging of the blade was dull, and it had a metallic cold luster under the sun, and there were some steel lines evenly distributed on the knife body, and the blade of the blade had a bright edge, which looked extremely sharp and chilled in the bottom of the heart. In Xi Jian's opinion, such a sharp blade must be a fine war knife that has undergone at least dozens of forging, and it may not reach the level of 100 steelmaking, but it should be almost the same.

"Swing your armor!"

Shen Zhezi held the war knife in his hand, slashed into the void a few times to familiarize himself with the force, and then instructed his own soldiers to speak.

The armor used to test the knife naturally cannot be a fine iron armor, most of which are substitutes such as bamboo, wood and leather, but the toughness is also better than the armor protection equipped by ordinary soldiers in the army. Layers of armor were wrapped around wooden stakes, and more than ten layers were accumulated before the soldiers stopped and withdrew.

Shen Zhezi paced to the stake, and then roared for a moment. Swinging his knife at the target, he slashed at the armor-covered stake target. Just a not-so-sharp sound, and then, and then embarrassed......

The armor covering the wooden stake was also damaged, but it was only three or four pieces of armor, which was too far from the effect that Shen Zhezi had expected. After all, I still lack my arm strength, and I am really not used to doing this kind of strength work, which can be said to be self-inflicted.

"Here you go!"

As soon as Shen Zhezi turned his head, he had already returned to a calm posture, and handed over the war knife in his hand with Liu Di in a team of pro-soldiers.

Everyone present also saw what had just happened at this time, and of course they didn't dare to laugh at the horse's lack of strength, and their faces were tense, and they could be regarded as holding back hard.

Liu Di stepped forward to take the battle knife when he heard the sound, and at this time, the soldiers arranged another target post, and then he stepped forward, picked up the knife with both hands and suddenly slashed down, and the wooden stake wrapped in fifteen layers of armor was suddenly cut into two pieces in a crisp sound!

"Good knives!"

When Xi Jian saw this scene, he couldn't help but applaud. In fact, before Shen Zhezi waved his knife to cut down the armor defense quadruple, Xi Jian could already see that this sword was extraordinary. After all, no matter how good the blade is, it depends on who uses it. Someone like Shen Zhezi, even if he has been in the army for a long time, how can he expect his human arm to have a thousand strengths, compared with an old man like Xi Jian, he is at most young and strong, and his specific combat power may not be as good as that of ordinary soldiers.

Liu Di's trial of the knife this time finally washed away the humiliation that Shen Zhezi had just volunteered to have. He stepped forward and took the knife back, handed it to Xi Jian, and said with a smile: "Xi Gongguan can this knife still be used?" ”

The corners of Xi Jian's mouth couldn't help but twitch when he asked this, although the static test knife is different from the dynamic battle on the battlefield, it is also recognized that being able to cut five armor is a qualified blade in the army, and if you cut more than ten armor, you can become a good soldier. As for those who cut more than 20 pieces of armor, they are all generals and other generals, and their value can no longer be measured by ordinary weapons. At present, the war knife demonstrated by Liu Di not only cut through fifteen piercing armor, but even cut off the wooden stake, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has twenty piercing armor. Although this kind of warrior with amazing arm strength is by no means ordinary, it is enough to show that this knife is very good.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of ordnance in Xuzhou, and many newly recruited soldiers do not even have basic armaments.

Xi Jian took this knife, and he already felt much heavier than ordinary knives, holding it in front of him, and seeing that the blade was still cold, not damaged at all, which showed that the sharpness and toughness were unusual, and the steel lines of the blade were evenly distributed, which showed that it had been fully forged, and it was by no means ordinary and inferior.

"Good soldiers are certainly useful, but I would like to ask how much Wei Zhou can supply? If it stops at thirty or fifty, even if the divine soldiers are in hand, they may not be able to help the king! ”

Xuzhou has been trapped by ordnance recently, and Xi Jian is also organizing the production of craftsmen in the town, so he is no stranger to the process of weapon smelting and casting, and even the cost of building such a high-quality weapon, even regardless of the material, the manpower required alone is immeasurable. Therefore, he simply did not mention the price, and asked directly about the transaction volume, he believed that even if the Shen family had a thick foundation, it would be impossible to mass-produce this grade of equipment, and under the condition of satisfying the Huainan Army's own use, it would be possible to take out some of it and sell it outside.

Shen Zhezi just smiled when he heard this, and didn't say how much he could supply, but just instructed Liu Di nearby: "Later, pick up a hundred knives and give them to Gong Xi." ”

Liu Di respectfully accepted the order, and after Xi Jian heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, and his demeanor could no longer be maintained. The time of dealing with each other is not short, he knows what kind of person Shen Zhezi is, although he was born in a wealthy family, but he has no extravagant habits at all, and if he has something to give, he must have a plan. Such a sophisticated knife weapon, even if there are sufficient craftsman materials and as many as 100 tools, it will probably take at least more than a year to forge it.

But in this kid's mouth, there were hundreds of high-grade war knives, which were actually given by him as usual, and Xi Jian immediately felt a rather strong taste of conspiracy. But not to mention that this kid has any conspiracy, the benefits in his hands should not be in vain, so Xi Jian laughed, held the war knife in his backhand and did not return it, and then said: "Such a generous gift, I really want to thank Wei Zhou for his generosity." However, Xuzhou lacks a lot, I am really curious if it is an easy trade, how much can you provide here? ”

"It seems that the amount of supply is not the point at the moment, I want to ask, how much does Gong Xi plan to buy?"

Shen Zhezi also laughed after hearing this, and directly asked Xi Jian how much he could eat, of course, the subconscious meaning was to ask Xuzhou's financial resources and how much he planned to bid.

Xi Jian knew that this little fox was not so easy to speak, and when he heard this question, he immediately hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing Xi Jian's embarrassed expression, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but laugh even more happily, and then felt the pleasure of crushing others through the technology tree. Although the quality of these knives is not up to the level of real steelmaking, they are actually not much different, and they can be said to be very high-quality weapons. As for its forging process, it is by no means a time-consuming and labor-intensive process that Xi Jian wanted, but through a process that is almost cheating, that is, the famous steel filling method in later generations.

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