Walking outside the palace, Xu Mu raised his head and exhaled firmly. Then he raised his feet and walked towards the iron workshop.
Wei Chun, on his side, has already rushed back from Bailu County.
"Six Heroes, where is Si Hu?"
"My lord, what else can he do? After exchanging his military achievements for money, he goes home to coax his wife."
Mrs. Luan Yu was pregnant, and since she returned to Chengdu, Si Hu had been guarding her and never left her.
"Brother Tiger is a family man." Yin Hu thought for a while and said.
Xu Mu also smiled, the life of the monster brother was already going to be different.
The long street below the palace.
You can still see everywhere that many people hang black silk ribbons in memory of Jia Zhou outside their houses. In the past few years, most of the political affairs in Western Shu have been managed by Jia Zhou. Many policies that benefit the people came from him.
In his hands, it is not surprising that he is deeply loved by the people.
After all, in Xishu now, except for the Wei family, there are no aristocratic families. There is almost no class antagonism.
"Lord, we're here."
Xu Mu raised his head and glanced at the balcony outside the iron workshop. When he found that only Chen Datie and the old scholar were left, and there was no third person, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
The two old men were bored with drinking. Seeing Xu Mu's arrival, they rarely smiled.
He was about to walk up, but unexpectedly, Chen Datie waved his hand.
"The little one from the Wei family is very weak. If you have something to do, please tell him as soon as possible."
Xu Mu cupped his hands, nodded and walked into the iron workshop.
Not long after, Xu Mu saw Wei Chun in the yard behind the iron workshop. At this time, Wei Chun was holding a knife in his arms, looking at it over and over.
Wait for Xu Mu to approach.
"Ah, my lord." Wei Chun's expression paused, and then he stood up.
"Wei Chun pays homage to the Lord."
"No need to be polite." Xu Mu laughed, "The reason why I want you to come back this time is for this batch of iron and steel."
If the iron iron returned from the Western Regions is mixed with ordinary iron stone, five thousand pairs of good heavy cavalry armor can be made. Of course, due to the scarcity of iron iron, parts such as knee armor and skirt armor will only use ordinary iron stone for the time being.
After five thousand pairs of mixed heavy cavalry armor, according to Xu Mu's consideration, there should be some left. Therefore, he found Wei Chun so that he could discuss it.
"Lord, do you really plan to use iron to capsize the ship?" Wei Chun's voice sounded a bit regretful. He had tried it before, and iron like these was extremely rare.
"Of course. When the time comes, the five-story ship will be used as the main ship, so we must not make any mistakes. What I mean is to mix iron and ordinary iron materials together to increase the armor of the ship. In addition, I want to build a ship plow again.
, like a cone and a thorn, with the advantage of the hull, it can sink the enemy ship in one fell swoop. Moreover, the ship's plow should be like an iron gun, with wings left for easy withdrawal."
Otherwise, when the time comes, the plow will be jammed by an enemy ship and set on fire by the enemy, which will probably lead to death.
"This is not difficult, let me think about it in the past few days." Wei Chun nodded, "In addition, my lord said before... using the gas of the steam furnace as a material resource, I tried many times but failed. My lord
Ah, how do you get these ideas?"
"Read more and you will slowly discover it." Xu Mu sighed and did not blame Wei Chun. Seriously speaking, this talented craftsman can understand many of his ideas in this era.
It’s not simple anymore.
"Wei Chun, how about you go to Wuzhou after a while?"
"No problem." Wei Chun smiled, "I also yearn for the sea outside Wuzhou. I asked myself, in the past four hundred years, no one in the Central Plains would be willing to spend money like my lord.
To make money, build ships and enter the sea.”
As early as in his letter to Wei Chun, Xu Mu revealed the news of building a sea-going ship. Of course, according to the laws of biology, he was sure that overseas places must have Lantau and islands, and there would be people and others.
civilization.
But no matter what, the dynasties and territories of this world are beyond his knowledge. There is nothing wrong with being careful in everything.
"Wei Chun, have you heard about things overseas?"
"I've heard something about it. My father likes to read ancient books and told me that two hundred years ago, there were people with ghost faces entering Qingzhou."
"Ghostface Man?"
"He likes to wear evil ghost masks and have bird feathers all over his body. The Qingzhou general at that time was a reckless man. He thought that there was a ghost disaster coming from the sky, so he sent out troops to kill many people. But then, for some reason, a Taoist came to persuade him, and things turned out to be...
It’s over.”
"This is interesting? Wei Chun, is there anything else?"
Wei Chun thought for a while, "I read an interesting story when I was studying. There was a fisherman on Laizhou Island who went to sea and got lost in a storm. Later, he landed on a big island, met a shark-tailed woman, and got married to him.
But three years later, feeling homesick, he secretly built a boat and ran back."
Xu Mu was a little speechless, "Can we still build a ship and come back?"
"The book says that after discovering it, his mermaid wife chased him and kept pushing the boat for him to identify the direction."
"Lord, there are still people in places overseas that are closer. For example, Yandao outside Wuzhou and Juerdao outside Qingzhou."
"I know this." Xu Mu nodded. But what he was going to was not a nearby island, but an undiscovered place deep in the sea.
"Wei Chun, you go ahead and do your business first. Remember to take care of yourself, but have you been to Doctor Chen?"
"Don't worry, my lord, I went there yesterday and there was nothing serious."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, patted Wei Chun on the shoulder, turned and left.
"My lord, the collected overseas anecdotes will be delivered in the next two days. My lord, please don't be anxious." Yin Hu, who was following him, comforted him.
Xu Mu nodded and suddenly thought of something.
"Six Heroes, outside of Wuzhou, how is Ling Su's situation?"
"Miao Tong has sent someone to report that Mr. Yinlin is hiding in Yandao. We, the Western Shu Navy, are about to start an encirclement and suppression campaign. Don't worry, my lord, Lingsu will not dare to enter the sea without a big ship."
"Even if you risk everything, you will die at sea."
"Send a message to Miao Tong. You don't need to pay attention to the request to surrender. Killing Lingsu is a great achievement."
Yin Hu thought for a while and said, "My lord, the five households of the Grain King may be able to swindle some grain, grass, and other money."
"Six Heroes, there's no need for that anymore." Xu Mu shook his head. It's not that Xishu is already powerful enough, but he doesn't want Lingsu to use them again and continue to cause harm.
Moreover, there is another, very crucial reason. Although Jia Zhou has no evidence, he already has some clues based on his own previous guesses.
"Even if all the people of the Grain King are dead on Salt Island, there is still one person in the world who knows about it. According to my estimation, with his methods, he should have a lot of information about the five households of the Grain King.
I will be in Xishu, waiting for the day when he will come back to me in person."
Xu Mu raised his head and said, "He and I are old acquaintances."
I have to say that Jia Zhou is truly an astonishing talent, and he had already hit the nail on the head at the beginning.