After eating hot pot, everyone has eaten it, obviously it is the same beef, sheep, pig, horse and fish, but why is it so appetizing, everyone can't move their stomachs when they eat it!

Feng Xiaobao and Tang Tian accompanied Tang Zhengming and the two elders Tang Zhengying and Tang Zhengjing to drink tea and relieve their anger, and considered it in private. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I heard that Eleven Niang said that you intend to accept the Tuyuhun tribe as a tribe?" Tang Zhengming asked.

(Partial: Privately owned.) As a private ministry, it must be loyal to the master, who also has a duty of "protection" to him. The tribes had to complete the tasks assigned to them by their masters, which also included agricultural labor and other labor, but they did not have to do agricultural production, and their main duty was to fight. ）

"Yes!"

Feng Xiaobao said sincerely: "Xiaobao knows that he has received a lot of favors from the Tang family, and it is difficult to repay it at present, and it is impossible to accept the Tang family's supply for a long time, whether it is for Xiaobao and the Tang family!" ”

"It just so happens that Tugu Hun lost the country, and some tribes are willing to become Xiaobao's tribe and help Xiaobao, Xiaobao can't help but be moved!"

It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the three tribes with a total of thousands of accounts have become Feng Xiaobao's troops, and it is not necessary to let go of this opportunity.

Tuyuhun did help Feng Xiaobao in three ways.

Tuyuhun economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and Tuyuhun people are good at raising horses. Mainly engaged in animal husbandry, horses, cattle, sheep, camels are a lot of numbers, horses are the best means of transportation for nomads to cross the mountains and gallop the grassland, the good horses of Tuyuhun have dragon breeds, Qinghai horses, and the livestock produced have been exported to the interior in large quantities. Legend has it that when winter comes, the undulating Qinghai Lake is covered with ice, and the Tuyuhun people drive the high-quality mare to the Haixin Mountain in the center of the lake, and in the spring of the next year, the mare becomes pregnant and gives birth to a sturdy foal, called the "dragon breed". Qinghai Cheng is a cross between the Persian horse and the local indigenous horse, known as the day of thousands of miles.

All in all, the horse breed is very good!

Tuyuhun also has a high level of handicrafts, and gold, copper, and iron are produced in Bailan Mountain, and metal smelting is also relatively developed. There are mainly mining, smelting, and manufacturing weapons and gold and silver gates, and the production department is indispensable for the excellent smelting industry in the war.

Among the three major tribes of Norodom, Siba Khan, and Dagulun, the first two are good at raising horses, and the latter can be smelted, which is really complete.

Finally, as a nomadic people, it would be unreasonable for cavalry not to provide mounted archery.

The Tuyuhun people lost their country and couldn't defeat the Tubo people, and their tribes that submitted to the Tubo people were not very brilliant when they intercepted Feng Xiaobao, and Xiaobao didn't even have an impression.

But it depends on who leads the troops, and if Feng Xiaobao is the main general, he should behave differently!

A flock of sheep led by a wolf can defeat a flock of wolves led by a sheep!

When they joined the army, at least Feng Xiaobao could use a lot less training to come in handy.

You know, it costs money to train soldiers!

Feng Xiaobao spent a lot of money on military training, especially because he liked to do a good job in army food, so that Cang Cao in the army complained that he spent more than three times as much money on meat as the rest of the imperial troops, which was too expensive.

And the young people of Tuyuhun are natural cavalry, saving money, Cangcao joins the army and absolutely supports the use of Tuyuhun people!

Feng Xiaobao has been using the Tang family's horse, there must be gossip, and even people in the court say that he colluded with the Tang family and had bad intentions.

And the Tuyuhun people are accepted as a trilogy, and Feng Xiaobao, as the master, uses his own trilogy, which is difficult for others to criticize.

Feng Xiaobao's words expressed a strong desire to accept the Tuyuhun tribe!

After listening to it, Tang Zhengming took the exam for a long time, and he couldn't help but consider all kinds of pros and cons, and Tang Zhengying looked at Feng Xiaobao very pleasing to the eye (is it the effect of the strong pill?). He pulled him and said, "What would you do if we agreed?" ”

Feng Xiaobao perked up and said, "I will do this......"

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After talking about business, everyone relaxed, Feng Xiaobao talked about his feelings about the war: "Our armor is still too heavy, and it is not strong enough!" ”

"Not bad!" Tang Zhengjing, who had not spoken out much, agreed: "We think so!" ”

"However, now that Xiaobao's coke is used to make iron, the output of iron has increased a lot, and the quality is better than that of iron made from firewood and coal!" Tang Zhengzheng praised.

"You have to make more steel, and make armor out of steel!" Feng Xiaobao put forward his opinion.

Tang Zhengjing was in charge of the Tang family's smelter, and knew that this Tang family's fast son-in-law was not an ordinary person, so he asked: "What is the concept of steel and iron?" Does it seem to be all iron? ”

"No, pig iron is the one with a high carbon content, and steel is one with a low carbon content! A little lower is wrought iron" Feng Xiaobao was born as a construction contractor, and cement and steel are not separated in construction, he has knowledge of this, so he told him. (Defined as: iron with a carbon content of more than 2% is called pig iron; Iron with a carbon content of less than 0.04% is called wrought iron; Iron with a carbon content of between 0.05~2% is called steel. ）

Hearing such a precise definition for the first time, Tang Zhengzheng was shocked and said: "The concept of steel and iron was proposed by Xiaobao!" I understand! ”

Feng Xiaobao simply told him: "Ironmaking and steelmaking are both related to carbon, and ironmaking focuses on using carbon to reduce iron ore to obtain iron; Steelmaking focuses on carbon removal, which removes impurities in pig iron by oxidizing them into gas or slag. ”

"What do you mean by restoration? What is oxidation? Tang Zheng asked shamelessly.

Feng Xiaobao: "......"

He hit himself in the foot with a stone, wanting to explain it clearly to Tang Zhengjing, and Tang Zhengjing asked questions one after another!

Feng Xiaobao had no choice but to say helplessly: "When I don't fight, I'll sit down and write a book with you!" ”

"Okay, you remember!"

The book was finally written by Tang Zhengjing, Feng Xiaobao was only a consultant, his journey was the stars and the sea, how could he have any time to write a book!

Although he didn't have much time, Feng Xiaobao still found time to talk to Tang Zhengzheng about steelmaking.

Tang Zhengjing drew their method of steelmaking, which is a very effective "frying steel method", in the liquid state of pig iron, a large amount of air and constantly stirring with iron rods or wooden sticks, to promote the oxidation and combustion of carbon in pig iron, and finally get steel, this method is very convenient, of course, steelmaking workers are very hard, often use slaves to do... The evil Tang family often plundered foreign tribes as slaves to mine and make steel, while the children of the Tang family were mainly engaged in mounted archery, quite in the style of ancient Greek Sparta.

"In addition to increasing the production of steel, we also need to find some pig iron with other elements to make steel, and get alloy steel! They are unique and can improve the properties of steel, which is the best material for armor! Feng Xiaobao pointed out again.

"Yes, I know that sometimes the steel produced is particularly tough, but I really don't understand how it came from, and when you say that, I understand!" Zhang replied normally.

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The two of them could talk into the alley, and before they knew it, it was late at night, and when they looked closely, they were the two of them left, and the rest of them all ran away!