Gundam blurted out and said, "Your Majesty, why do you want so much? Isn't this too much?" He thought it was too little just now, but now he thinks it's too much. The change is really fast.

Wen Tianxiang was still the first to understand and said, "The Emperor means that he wants to replace all the equipment of my Song army. The Song army equipped with fine steel will be a powerful force. If the emperor's plan is realized, the individual combat capability of our Song army will be much higher. By then, even if he fights Yezhan, he will not lose to the Tartars."

(Note: Some historians calculated that during the Qin and Han Dynasties, a Chinese soldier could be worth three foreign soldiers. By the Song Dynasty, this number was reversed, and it became twenty Chinese soldiers to be worth one foreign soldier. In modern times, it was even more unbearable. Forty Chinese soldiers could be worth one foreign soldier. Regardless of whether this number is correct or not, the explanation is still worth our deep consideration. The nation is still the same nation. It has created countless nations in history, but in modern times, it was so poor that the passionate patriots had no face to see Qin and Han Wu, the great predecessors like Qin and Han Wu. It is really painful!!!)

Li Jun's words were tantamount to the declaration of scheming the military and martial arts. Gundam and his team understood it and said in unison: "The emperor is wise." If Li Jun's plan is realized, it is no problem to defeat the Mongolian soldiers. He could even recover Bianjing, fulfill a hundred-year long-term wish, and then recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and fulfill the ambitions of hundreds of years of Chinese children. It would be a beautiful blueprint. Gundam, Zhao Qian, Wen Tianxiang and others couldn't help but feel their blood boiling.

Li Jun understood very well that the Mongols were very powerful. If they did not fight this battle, it would be like taking defeat by themselves. Fighting this battle would be like stabbing a hornet's nest. Not only would the political and military power of Northern China be used by Kublai Khan to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty, but also the forces in Europe and the Middle East would also be used. Without a powerful military force, it would be impossible to compete with it. Expanding the army and preparing for war is imperative.

Li Jun calculated with his fingers: "Thirty thousand sabers are about 150,000 kilograms of steel, 30,000 spears are about 400,000 kilograms of steel, 30,000 pairs of chain mail are 700,000 kilograms of steel, 100,000 pairs of plate mails cost 5 million kilograms of steel, 100,000 steel knives for infantry, 500,000 kilograms of steel, even if the shield and horseshoe are 400,000 kilograms of steel, a total of 7.15,000 kilograms of steel. Ten thousand kilograms of 3 days, it will take more than three years at this rate, not including the 600,000 kilograms of steel required for 10,000 steel crossbows. This is too slow."

If it were now, a blast furnace of up to 10,000 tons would only require one furnace. In the Song Dynasty, it would take several years, and the efficiency difference was too great. Li Jun was deeply moved. Li Jun did not notice that Wen Tianxiang and his friends had white faces, no one spoke, and even Gundam, who had always talked a lot, opened his mouth and didn't speak. Li Jun said only part of it. If it were ten times larger as Li Jun said, wouldn't it take thirty or forty years to complete? Where would the Mongols have already been fighting?

After expressing his feelings, Li Jun realized Wen Tianxiang and the others' stupidity, and immediately comforted him: "You don't have to worry, it's useless to be anxious. Let's plan to build a ten-plus furnace, five-plus iron smelting, and five-plus steel smelting. That is to say, 60,000 kilograms of steel can be produced in three days, which will take more than a year to complete."

"The emperor is wise!" Chen Bi said worriedly: "There will be no problem with the materials for starting the furnace, but the iron ore and fuel are not enough, and even if there is a furnace, it will not be useful."

"Well, that's the reason." Li Jun deeply agreed and said to Huang Yongshan: "Let's go back and make the fire yao with a new formula and give it to Shenbi for use. It is much more efficient than relying on manpower. Then send some more people to transport them back. As much as you can transport them."

Wen Tianxiang and the others were stunned when using fire to mining, and after a while, Gao Da, who was outspoken, asked hesitantly: "Master, can this work?"

Gundam’s serious problem is tantamount to pediatrics for a modern person, Li Jun, and he said without thinking: “Okay, sure.” He thought to himself: “The fire yao was used for mining in Europe in the 16th century. The time was several hundred years short, so it was normal for you not to know.”

Li Jun's confident words dispelled Wen Tianxiang and the others' doubts, and they were all happy. Gao Da shouted: "The emperor's words are fresh everywhere, and they are fresh everywhere." Looking at Gao Da's look so happy that he almost jumped up, Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but smile.

People who received Li Jun's guidance not only used fire to mining, but also used road construction, bridge construction, and city construction, which was widely used in the future national development and played a very good role.

"If you ancient people went to modern society, they would definitely be Liu Laolao from the Grand View Garden. Everything is fresh and you can't figure out the east, west, south and north." Li Jun thought to Huang Yongshan in his heart, and said to Huang Yongshan: "If you have steel, it depends on you. Whether you can fight this battle well depends on you. You must do your best to make more steel crossbows."

"Don't worry, I will do my best." Huang Yongshan said with concern: "But, it's just that there are not enough people and there are not so many experienced players."

"That's right, you're looking for him." Li Jun slapped Gao Da.

Gundam immediately became energetic and patted Huang Yongshan's shoulder and said, "It's not impossible to ask me to give you humans, but you have to give me all the weapons you have built, otherwise, if you want people, there is no way."

Huang Yongshan hid and said, "General Gao, look at what you said. You are the general in charge of this war. If the weapons I made are not given to you, who else can I use them?"

"That makes sense." Gundam was finally satisfied and said, "You guy knows it anyway."

Li Jun then came up to rescue the siege and said, "This man can't give soldiers who can fight. They have to train and fight. It's very hard, so they can't add any burden to them. I was thinking that those soldiers who were not needed for the time being and were indispensable were sent to the military weapon prison. For example, soldiers who were injured and could not go to the battlefield and could work can be sent to the military weapon prison."

As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, Wen Tianxiang, Gao Da, and Zhao Qian praised him together, "The emperor is kind!"
Chapter completed!