Horizontal knife, a kind of knife that was created in the Tang Dynasty.

There may be some people who have a slight suspicion of Tang Taizong, but there will never be anyone who does not admit that the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful time in Chinese history.

Although the Han Dynasty was strong and Emperor Wu was strong, the national strength was indeed inferior.

At that time, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was vast, and there were countless people in the city. Everything is at its peak. Horizontal knives are one of them. Relying on the superiority of powerful weapons, the army in the early Tang Dynasty was almost invincible.

After the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and later the Ming Dynasty, China's weapons were in a state of decline, and cheap standard blades replaced expensive horizontal swords.

Incomparably sad.

And Liu Feng desperately hoped to develop a horizontal knife, but not for the sake of sadness. He just wanted to use powerful weapons to defend against foreign enemies.

For example, Zhou Yu, Cao Ren, Cao Ying, etc.

Now that the enemy is at stake, even if you add a little more strength, you can increase the chance of victory. Not to mention super knives such as horizontal knives.

With urgency, Liu Feng walked out of the backyard and came to the front yard.

In the hall of the front yard, there sat a man, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a dignified face and a calm smell. But looking at his expression, the man was a little excited at the moment, and raised his head from time to time to look at the gate.

This man's surname is Zhang, and his name is Wei. It was Liu Feng who personally appointed the officials in charge of the gang of blacksmiths.

When Liu Feng's figure appeared, Zhang Wei's excitement reached its peak. Suddenly stood up, stepped forward to greet him, and said: "Lord, that horizontal knife has begun to take shape after the development of many craftsmen. ”

"Where's the knife?" Liu Feng couldn't wait to ask.

"That knife still has some advantages and disadvantages, and it needs to be explained by the blacksmiths to the lord, so it is still in the arsenal." Zhang Wei said.

"Let's go, go to the arsenal." Liu Feng was a little disappointed when he heard this, but when he thought that it would only take a moment to see the horizontal knife, he couldn't help but feel excited, and said.

"No." Zhang Wei responded.

Immediately, Liu Feng and Zhang Wei immediately left the Taishou Mansion and drove to the arsenal. A moment later, the arsenal was in sight.

Liu sealed the carriage, walked into the treasury with Zhang Wei, and then went straight to the blacksmith's workshop.

Inside the workshop, more than a dozen blacksmiths were gathered, looking intently at the knife in front of them, which was about three and a half feet long. The blade is thin and narrow.

The blacksmith's eyes were full of obsession. From time to time, someone stretched out a rough hand to caress the blade.

They have been fighting iron all their lives, but they have never seen such a beautiful knife, whether it is from the blade, or the weight, and the degree of use, it is the most beautiful knife that the craftsmen have ever seen. Not one of them.

Even the movement of Liu Feng walking in did not attract the attention of the blacksmiths.

"Let Jean, the lord is here." It wasn't until Zhang Wei squeezed in and shouted a few words loudly that the blacksmiths came back to their senses and saw Liu Feng standing beside him, and they all greeted him: "Lord." ”

"What about knives? Let me see. At this moment, even these precious blacksmiths did not attract Liu Feng's attention, and his heart only looked forward to the appearance of the horizontal knife. Before the words fell, Liu Feng himself saw a knife on the case.

Although this knife is somewhat different from the horizontal knife that Liu Feng saw in later photos, it is generally the same.

The moment he saw this knife, the composure in Liu Feng's heart suddenly shattered, and he gasped heavily. After a moment, Liu Feng took a deep breath and regained his composure.

He stretched out his hand very steadily and picked up the knife.

It's not cold, it's a little warm, even hot. Needless to say, this knife must have just been made.

Holding it in his hand, Liu Feng already felt the first characteristic of the knife, narrow and thin. Then lightness. The swords of the Han Dynasty were very heavy, and they were clumsy when they were heavy.

And the weight of this sword is only a quarter of that of the Han sword. Lightness, you can save energy.

The second feeling is beauty. The back of this knife is thick, and it slowly thins at the edge. There are some patterns exposed on it, and these patterns are natural patterns that are exposed when they are folded and forged. It is very mysterious, beautiful.

The third feeling is sharpness.

Liu Feng stretched out his hand and gently scratched the blade, only to feel a pain in his fingertips, and a drop of blood flowed out.

The characteristic of Han Jian is that it is heavy and large. Durable. The huge sword body can withstand the impact well. Enables a sword to be used many times.

But his weakness is also prominent, that is, he is not sharp enough. It is not strong enough, because if the opening is too sharp, it will cause a notch.

And the knife used by Liu Feng is very sharp.

"Just now, Master Zhang said that you need to explain the advantages and disadvantages of this knife to me. I've already felt the advantages of this, so let's talk about the disadvantages. Liu Feng stabbed horizontally in his chest, and then made a downward chopping action, and with a whistling sound, he made this action very easily.

It's so light. Liu Feng, who has been practicing swords all year round, couldn't help but admire in his heart.

The blacksmith looked at each other for a moment, and out of it came an old man. This old man Liu Feng recognized, surnamed Chen, and was the most skilled of this group of blacksmiths.

He must have made this knife.

"My lord. What you have explained before, calcination of covered soil, steel-cladding, steel-clamping, etc., we have only studied the calcination of soil-covering, and other steel-clad and steel-clamping are confused. In the process of forging, this knife only incorporates the method of covering soil and calcining. Naturally, it can't be talked about, the outside is hard, the inside is soft, and the middle is tough. The obsession in Blacksmith Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Liu Fengdao with some apprehension.

This knife is really not even taking shape, it is just a knife with serious defects.

Liu Feng's understanding of knives is limited, but what Blacksmith Chen said is obvious enough. He couldn't help frowning and said, "Brittle? Not durable? ”

Seeing Liu Feng frowning, Blacksmith Chen's anxiety became even heavier. also regretted a little, and told Liu Feng the news that this knife was not fully formed.

But at this moment, he had no way out, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and saying, "Yes, it's brittle." As he spoke, Blacksmith Chen said again: "This knife is actually the second one, and we have tested the first one, and we can only hold on to about twenty times in the collision of weapons on the battlefield." ”

After Blacksmith Chen finished speaking, he glanced at a blacksmith behind him. The blacksmith immediately turned around, brought a knife broken in two from not far away, and handed it to Liu Feng.

Looking at the knife in his hand, which was broken into two sections, the heat in Liu Feng's heart finally calmed down.

This knife is really not so easy to develop, and it is. After hundreds of years, the technology in this is not something that can be studied.

After only a month or two, these people developed this kind of knife, which can be regarded as very good. But the flaw is very serious, but Liu Feng doesn't care anymore.

Looking at the situation of these blacksmiths, it is also impossible for such a knife to equip the army on a large scale in a short period of time. And against Zhou Yu, one of Liu Feng's biggest advantages is to break the barracks.

Pulling out its vanguard is almost equivalent to victory. Just used on the blade, this sharp knife can help the soldiers who break the barracks to break through the Jiangdong vanguard in a short time. That's enough.

As for the defect that will break after twenty collisions, it is nothing in a confrontation of two thousand people at most.

It's not a large-scale war of tens of thousands of people, and the soldiers need to be cut and killed.

Before fighting Zhou Yu, it was lucky enough to have this kind of knife with advantages and disadvantages. Liu Feng is not greedy.

"How long will it take you to forge this knife?" Under Blacksmith Chen's worried look, Liu Feng suddenly asked.

"Three days." Blacksmith Chen replied subconsciously, and then realized something, and couldn't help but be happy, it seems that the lord wants to make it on a large scale, and he does not blame them for serving defective products.

Thinking about it like this, Blacksmith Chen was relieved.

Liu Feng frowned again, one knife in three days, and there were fifteen blacksmiths present, that is to say, fifteen knives could be produced in three days, one hundred and fifty knives a month, and one thousand eight hundred knives a year. This yield is low enough.

If the orthodox horizontal knife is studied in the future, and the technology of steel cladding and steel clamping is added, the output will have to decline.

The question of the cultivation of skilled blacksmiths attracted Liu Feng's attention. But it's also a matter for later, so let's do it for now.

'I have said that if you forge this sword, I will give you five hundred acres of land each, and now it is only taking shape, but I will also reward each of you with a hundred acres of land, and when the sword has been thoroughly studied, I will reward the rest. Liu Feng glanced at the blacksmiths, and saw that the blacksmiths were excited because of his words, and smiled slightly in his heart, letting them work and contribute, they still need to be rewarded.

After finishing speaking, Liu Feng paused, and said: "However, in the next paragraph, you don't need to develop this knife again, as long as you forge the finished product." One hundred and fifty stalks a month, and not one stalk less. As he spoke, Liu Feng glanced at the blacksmiths again with great majesty.

"No." The blacksmith who was swept by Liu Feng's gaze only felt cold, and while he was frightened in his heart, he responded without hesitation.

"Okay, you go to work, and don't delay for a moment." Liu Feng nodded, and after finishing speaking, Liu Feng picked up the knife that was still intact, glanced at Zhang Wei behind him, and walked out.

After leaving the workshop, Liu Feng said to Zhang Wei: "You have managed these well, wait a minute, and go to Xu Zheng to withdraw a hundred gold." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Zhang Wei said happily, to be honest, when he saw Liu Feng rewarding those blacksmiths just now, his eyes were really hot, but he also knew that forging this knife had nothing to do with him.

So I just warmed my eyes in my heart, but I didn't expect that even he had a reward.

As a petty official, a hundred gold is already a lot.

"In the future, there will be more supervision, don't let them be lazy, and at the same time, you must be responsible for good food, and you can't neglect them, you know?" Of course, Liu Feng's reward was not for no reason, he was afraid that Zhang Wei would snub the blacksmith.

"Don't worry, my subordinates will do their best." Zhang Wei said solemnly.

"So I'll go first, and I don't have to send it." Liu Feng nodded and walked out. It's just halfway through, he turned his head again, raised the knife in his hand, and said, "This knife should also have a name, it is produced in Jingchu, so it will be called Chu Dao." ”

"No." Zhang Wei wrote it down.

Soon, Liu Feng walked out of the arsenal, got into a carriage, and returned to Taishou Mansion. Kneeling on the carriage, Liu Feng held the Chu knife in both hands, and his heart was a little more stable.

Chu Dao? I'll have a few more chances of winning against you. Zhou Yu. Soon, Liu Feng returned to the Taishou Mansion.

After getting the Chu knife, the excitement in Liu Feng's heart had completely calmed down, and the exhaustion all over his body couldn't help but pop up again. Therefore, after Liu Feng returned to the backyard, he didn't say a word to Cai Yu, and fell asleep.

Although Liu Feng fell asleep, the army in Jiangxia was training intensively. Gan Ning's sailors, Huang Zhong's foot soldiers, as well as the broken military camp and the Shenjian battalion soldiers. The blacksmith's workshop on the other side of the arsenal was even more tinkling in the night.

The intensive preparations before the war made the atmosphere of war more and more intense.

In this breath, a month passed quietly.

In the study, Liu Feng sat on his knees, his face was a little heavy, he had just broken up with Pang Tong, according to Pang Tong's guess, Zhou Yu's soldiers were just here.

Although all kinds of arrangements have been in place, the soldiers of the Shenarm Battalion and the Broken Military Camp are only training for a while, mainly to maintain their energy, and the Chu knives produced by the blacksmith shop have two hundred knives out of surprise.

Fifty more than expected. It can be regarded as a small surprise for Liu Feng.

But when the war was coming, Liu Feng still couldn't help but be heavy, blaming Zhou Yu for being too famous and very capable. The most difficult thing is that their strength is too far apart.

"It's useless to worry, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will flood." I don't know when, Cai Yu walked to Liu Feng's side and laughed softly.

Liu Feng only felt that a fragrance did not enter the tip of his nose, which was very refreshing.

"Hehe, you don't understand." Liu Feng smiled and said, how could she know how powerful Zhou Yu is, and the gang in Jiangdong are not fuel-efficient lamps. It's not comparable to Huang Zu and other characters, despising them will only lead to a miserable death.

"Hmph, I don't understand? I've seen a lot of people anyway, and I used to have to be obedient to a kitten in front of me. You don't understand, which made Cai Yu a little unhappy, and the sharp part of her surname came out again, and she snorted coldly.

"It was before, and now it is now. There is a saying that marrying a chicken is followed by a chicken and a dog is married with a dog. Wenpin, you won't see you in the future. Liu Feng glanced at Cai Yu with some displeasure when he heard this.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded. Immediately, a soldier walked in with another soldier.

One of them was a personal soldier in Liu Feng's mansion, and the other was a dusty servant, his face was pale, and he was still gasping for breath.

Liu Feng was shocked in his heart, and vaguely felt something.

"Lord, there is news from Xiakou." After entering the door, the soldiers immediately bent over.

"Lord, on the Yangtze River, a large number of Soochow warships have been discovered." The pale soldier gasped.

Liu Feng stood up suddenly, he should have come, he still came.

(To be continued)