Rock Fort.

Workshop.

Outside, a dozen or so blacksmiths were in a circle, all of them with a little nervous face. In the workshop, Zhao Tiean, and another blacksmith of the same age as him, thin as a hemp pole, stood respectfully beside Dong Ce.

Those two weapons have been shaped into armor-piercing spearheads.

Armor-piercing spears are not uncommon in ancient times, don't think that future generations are smart, this kind of armor-piercing spear has been invented in ancient times, and the spearheads of many spears are not the flat willow leaf shape common in those film and television dramas, but four-edged or three-edged.

And Dong Ce also improved it according to his own method when he built this armor-piercing spear, if there are military fans of later generations who see this spear, they must be so shocked that their eyes will fall - this spearhead is clearly a lengthened and enlarged three-edged military thorn!

That's right, it's a triangular thorn.

The shape is extremely simple, like a pyramid that is very tall and has a very small base, triangular shape, with blood grooves on each side.

The weight of the entire hardwood spear is about eight catties and two or three taels, which is equivalent to nine catties and six or seven taels in later generations, which is not too heavy for Dong Ce, who is used to using Heshuo big guns weighing dozens of catties. Even an average adult man can hold out for a long time with a spear of this weight.

And on the wooden platform next to the hardwood spear, there was a knife.

This is generally in this era has never appeared in the East Asian continent (a - book) of the novel) on the knife, its overall shape is completely different from this era of the Ming waist knife, Yanling knife, lancet, Qijia knife, and Hou Jin's Shun knife, pick knife and so on.

The blade is about three feet long, with a thick back and a wide blade, the tip of the knife is like a floating oak leaf, and the blade has a deep arc blood groove that occupies two-thirds of the overall width, and the blade is slightly curved, with a graceful but fierce arc. The copper-clad handle resembles the head of an eagle, with a slightly lower center of gravity.

This is a Cossack cavalry knife.

The most typical, the most traditional Cossack cavalry knife.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, in 1634 AD, the Cossacks were still galloping across the steppes of the Don, Dnieper, and Volga rivers, cutting the heads of wealthy Polish merchants and farmers in half with sharp sabers, and did not serve Tsarist Russia.

I have to say that technology also exists all the time in the era of cold weapons.

It's like the magical arc of the Cossack cavalry knife.

This arc gives the Cossack cavalry knife magical power, and when the steel knife is unsheathed, anyone wielding it can easily cut down small trees and open stakes. This power is reflected in the popular saying among the Cossack knights: "Chop off your opponent's head like a field!" ”。

When jumping on horseback and waving a Cossack cavalry knife in the wind, you can probably feel the feeling of "like an eagle spreading its wings and rushing towards its prey".

The physical concepts involved are very complex, mechanics, aerodynamics, drag, etc., in short, they are complex and difficult to understand, and Dong Ce does not understand these. But he didn't need to understand, he just needed to know: it was enough for this cavalry knife to be easy to use and practical.

Compared with the cavalry knife, the scabbard is much shabby. Originally, the scabbard of the Cossack cavalry knife was usually made of hardwood, edged with copper sheets, clamped with copper buckles, and usually black. After the knife is sheathed, it can also be used as a murder weapon such as a club, which is enough to break a person's limbs.

However, Dong Ce's requirements are much lower, after all, that thing has no effect, just ask for it to be able to accommodate the knife.

He held the heavy copper handle in his hand, and the thumb of his left hand lightly swiped the edge of the knife, feeling the cold sharpness. Then he put the knife into the sheath, and suddenly strode forward, took two steps, turned his body, and swung the knife out of the sheath with the force of turning, and slashed down at a small tree in front of him.

The Cossack cavalry knife made a wonderful arc, and with a click, the small tree, which was the size of an adult man's wrist, was cut in two, and the crown of the tree fell with a bang.

Dong Ce held the knife, his eyes fixed on the blood trough on it, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Tie Anvil and another blacksmith had been carefully watching Dong Ce's expression beside him, and seeing him like this, they let out a long sigh of relief.

This is the first weapon built since he defected to Lord Dong's command, but he never dared to make any mistakes, otherwise not only would he not be able to live with the money and food that Lord Dong gave him every month, but he would also have a good life in the future. Only after losing can I cherish this sentence, in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, they know the taste of poverty and hunger, so they especially cherish the current life of worry-free food and clothing.

Dong Ce just tried the sharpness of this knife, and felt that it had at least reached the level of ordinary steel. At this time, China could already use the frying method and the steel filling method to smelt far more steel than the European contemporaries, but the quantity was not much, especially in the north, most of which was wrought iron. However, Chinese craftsmen burned wrought iron weapons and then forged them with iron hammers thousands of times, and the carbon elements in the charcoal used for burning were infiltrated into the iron, which was enough to create steel weapons.

The forging technology of Chinese blacksmiths is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

Dong Ce put the knife into the sheath and said with a smile: "Okay, very good!" These two weapons, this officer is very satisfied, everyone, you need to make persistent efforts in the future! ”

Hearing this, the blacksmiths all had a smile on their faces, and they all responded.

Dong Ce said again: "But anyone who participates in the creation of this weapon will be rewarded with two silver dollars per person, and Zhao Tie Anvil will reward you with one or two silver." ”

Everyone was even more overjoyed, and they knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.

Dong Ce waved his hand: "It's all gone, don't gather here, the official will find someone to send you the money later." ”

When everyone dispersed, Dong Ce glanced at the thin hemp pole, which was very clever, and quickly knelt down and said, "Little Du Jianhe, I have seen an adult." ”

Zhao Tieanan also said on the side: "My lord, Lao Du is the best at building fire guns. This time he helped me the most. ”

"Oh? Crafting a firebolt? Dong Ce raised his eyebrows, and said with some joy: "Get up, get up and speak!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Du Jianhe got up and stood respectfully on the side with low eyebrows.

He made a look, Bai Zhongqi took both the spear and the Cossack cavalry knife, it was a little awkward to hold it, Dong Ce smiled: "Put it there first, I'll take it myself later." ”

Then Dong Ce found a stool and sat down, pointed to the opposite side, and said to Zhao Du and the others: "You also sit." ”

Zhao Tiean's anvil was about to sit down, and Du Jianhe hurriedly said: "In front of adults, how can there be a small seat?" It's good for the little one to stand like this, and his heart is comfortable. ”

When Zhao Tieanan heard this, his buttocks had already hit the stool, and he quickly stood up again, not knowing what to say.

Dong Ce was satisfied, this Du Jianhe was much more eye-catching than Zhao Tiean, and he would give his tongue.

He was not reluctant, but asked, "What firearms will you build?" ”

When he asked this, Dong Ce had great expectations in his heart.

As a person who has seen the ups and downs of the next hundred years, he was very disdainful of the scientific and technological level of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and a sense of superiority was in it. But when he really came to this era and came into contact with those people, things, and books in this era, Dong Ce knew how shallow his ideas were.

He's been reading books lately.

Tuo Zhao General Assembly bought back a lot of books from the bookstore in the lonely store, including training and preparing for martial arts, and almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty had a copy, but unfortunately few people were literate, and few people could read and understand and really use the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" in practice. There is also the "Artifact Spectrum" written by Zhao Shizhen during the Wanli period.

There is a bad saying, but Dong Ce has to pick it up at this time and admit that it is a wise saying: "Books are the ladder of human progress." ”

And Dong Ce now wants to say that in this era, books are power and productivity!

Although this is an era when the experience of science and technology only exists in the accumulation of craftsmen, and various secret recipes and ingredients are still passed down by word of mouth, and the ancestors are not given to outsiders, there are still many things that have been completely preserved by books. And many of our legacies are enough to benefit people for a lifetime, just to see if you can dig them out.

Dong Ce has always been very good at this.

According to the training recorded in Qi Jiguang's military book, whether it is military discipline, establishment, or speculation in the hearts of soldiers, it is infinitely close to modern and even modern armies, but unfortunately, there is not a single general who can do this. In the past, the glorious and glorious Qi family army, which guarded Jizhen to deter Mongolia, has long since drifted away.

And what Dong Ce admires most is not Qi Jiguang, but a person named Zhao Shizhen. A literati, the author of the artifact spectrum.

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