It all started when Su Tang asked Qi Xiao to help.
Su Tang knew some methods for forging daggers that cut iron like clay, but she didn't remember it clearly. She only remembered a rough outline. She wrote down everything she knew based on her memory. There were some uncertainties, so she wrote down five forging methods.
, and handed them over to Qi Xiao, and asked Mr. Qi to help try them one by one to see if they could succeed.
At first Qi Xiao didn't say it was Su Tang who asked him for help, but Mr. Qi refused. The weapons supervisor was very busy and there was no spare time for him to test again and again.
Qi Xiao didn't hesitate, so he had to carry Su Tang out and said, "I'm not asking you for help this time. This forging method was given to me by Princess Jingnan. She only gave it to you for my sake."
I want her to come to you privately and ask her to go directly to the emperor for help. The emperor will give you an order, can you refuse?"
Mr. Qi picked up a feather duster and wanted to beat Qi Xiao.
Su Tang's contribution to the court was far greater than that of Mr. Qi. If he didn't believe that his son could make good weapons, how could he not believe in Su Tang?
After agreeing to help, Mr. Qi took a look at Su Tang's forging method. It was a bit different from the existing forging method of the Ordnance Supervisor, but Su Tang's daughter actually knew soft iron and hard iron, at least she knew a little bit about it.
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The next day, Mr. Qi arrived at the Ordnance Supervision and picked an old blacksmith to try his method.
It took three days of intermittent work to build the first dagger. Although it could not cut iron like clay, the quality was much better than ordinary daggers. Only then did Mr. Qi get interested and let people try it.
Later, I made several more, some better, and some worse. The blacksmith said that he didn't remember any of the steps clearly, so he tried the recipes one by one. Maybe the best ratio can really make a sharpened iron.
A dagger like clay.
Last night, when the weather was so hot that people couldn't sleep, Mr. Qi was thinking about this matter. Suddenly, he had an idea. Perhaps he could use the method of Princess Jingnan to forge weapons. It would not be difficult to add one or two steps.
If the weapons of the Ning Dynasty can be made better, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will be even higher.
The more Mr. Qi thought about it, the more excited he became. He immediately got up and went to the study to study which step or steps to add, and tried out all the possibilities. There was no war on the border now, and the demand for weapons was not that great. It would take three or five days to experiment.
No problem.
Mr. Qi was busy until midnight and wrote down ten methods. After the next day, he rushed to the Ordnance Supervision and asked the blacksmith to stop what he was doing and work in groups of three to try out all ten methods.
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In the afternoon, when the work was about to end, the sword was finished. Mr. Qi asked the officers and soldiers to fight against each other to try out the new weapons. Most of them had no effect or little effect, but there was one, which was the knife with four gaps.
The quality was excellent. Mr. Qi felt that this was no coincidence. He was so excited that he quickly had someone make four more according to the same method and take a look. There were also arrows from the red tassel gun...
Originally, Mr. Qi should take the knife to Jingnan Palace to find the prince, but he also wanted to see the effect of the arrows, and the forging method needed to be kept secret. After careful consideration, he still sent someone to ask the prince to come to the weapons supervisor to discuss the update.
To be appropriate.
Mr. Qi looked at the prince, handed a brocade box to the prince and said, "The brocade box contains the forging method written by the Crown Princess. I borrowed it on a temporary basis. I don't know if the Crown Princess would mind...
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Although this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, after all, without the permission of Princess Jingnan, his son was asked to help. As a result, as a father, he did not consider his son's use, fearing that it would hinder his son's life.
The prince knows that Su Tang knows a lot of things, not to mention medical skills, she even knows about gold mines and various mines. This is incredible enough, but now she even knows how to make weapons...
Seeing that Mr. Qi was excited and uneasy, the prince suppressed the shock in his heart and said with a smile, "You are worrying too much. The Crown Princess will not mind such a trivial matter."
For the sake of the imperial court's fighting power, Su Tang spent hundreds of thousands of taels in one go to form the Iron Cavalry. How could he be stingy with this little forging method?
The prince said this, and Mr. Qi felt a little relieved. At this time, an officer and soldier ran in from outside and said, "Sir, the red tassel gun is ready."
Mr. Qi put aside his uneasiness and couldn't wait to say to the prince, "Your Majesty, please."
The prince and Mr. Qi walked to the courtyard, and the officers and soldiers handed over the red-tasseled gun. The prince looked at the tip of the gun, and there was a pattern of water ripples and fish bones on it. He gestured with Mr. Qi and found that the tip of the improved red-tasseled gun was intact, and the old one was intact.
The arrow of the red tassel gun was broken.
The soldiers and blacksmiths who were watching were so excited that their hearts were about to jump out. The prince's hand holding the spear was also excited. After throwing the spear to the officers and soldiers, the prince and Mr. Qi discussed the matter. The swords and guns were excellent, but the most important thing was the quantity. Can it be done?
To be used by soldiers, the forging process is too complicated, and if you can't make many, the effect will be greatly reduced.
Mr. Qi smiled and said, "The forging process does not increase much. It just layers soft iron and hard iron together and then forges them. It can be said that as long as there are enough iron pipes, any amount of iron pipes can be supplied."
Who would have thought that by putting soft iron and hard iron together to make a weapon, you can achieve the effect of being soft and hard in the middle, making the spear tip sharp and not easy to break.
At this time, some officers and soldiers came over and said, "Sir, it's time to have dinner." This chapter has been completed!