The newly made steel is handed over to the water hammer. At this step, Lao Zhao is watching over the whole process. Among all the people, he is the only one who has the most accurate control of the temperature!
The monotonous hammering sound lasted for an unknown amount of time before this very meaningful first knife finally took shape!
Lao Zhao clamped the knife embryo carefully, not daring to be careless. After a series of processes such as covering with soil, heating, and quenching, the knife making was completed in the true sense.
Several men brought a long whetstone, and the long knife gradually showed its sharpness on the water-soaked whetstone. As soon as the long knife was sharpened, Lao Zhao excitedly woke up Xiao Han, who had fallen asleep, and cut it
I presented this extremely satisfying finished product to him.
Speaking of which, Xiao Han actually doesn't have a deep understanding of long knives. He prefers a good kitchen knife to a killing knife...
However, Xiao Han was attracted to this long knife the first time he saw it! This is not a knife, it is clearly a work of art! Even a person who knows nothing about knives will see this in front of him.
With a knife, you can deeply feel the difference.
Different from the simple weapons made by Xiao Han's steel-filling method, this sword that has been folded a thousand times has lost the most common shine on the knife.
The whole knife is plain and unpretentious, even faintly dark gray. If you look closely, you will find that the entire blade is covered with dense forehead patterns, just like a pear blossom blooming on the blade, it is extremely beautiful!
"pretty!"
Everyone looked at the sword in Xiao Han's hand with fascination! Lao Zhao handed a piece of oil paper to Xiao Han. Xiao Han took the paper and slid it on the blade, and the oil paper quietly broke into two pieces!
"A magical weapon! A magical weapon! This kind of technology must be in your own hands, and no one else will give it to you!"
Butler Lu who came in a hurry saw this scene and his eyes popped out. He snatched the knife from Xiao Han's hand and held it carefully in his arms, as if Xiao Han would give it away in the next second.
!
There is no other way... My Lord Marquis is definitely the world's greatest prodigal! He gives away secret recipes that no one else can ask for, and he even gives away the priceless colored glaze to others without missing a piece. Being a housekeeper for such a person,
Bitter!
"Don't glare at me, it's up to you..." Xiao Han retreated steadily under the resentful eyes of Butler Lu.
Isn't it just a cold weapon? Why do you value it so much? Besides, he didn't conceive the water hammer to be used as a weapon. He originally just hoped that Lao Zhao would quickly get some good armors! He was about to go to the battlefield.
It involves his own life! Xiao Han also wants to take more life-saving measures!
After the documents from the Ministry of War were delivered to Xiao Han, there was no news from the outside. Just when Xiao Han thought that they had abandoned him, a person with obviously negative combat effectiveness, Li Shimin, who had not been seen for a while, suddenly came, and
Without any explanation, he grabbed Xiao Han and rushed on.
"What are you doing! Why are you in such a hurry? I'm not ready yet!" Xiao Han yelled and threw Xiao Lizi away!
"It's too late. We have to leave immediately. Don't bring any extra things! You can just have someone send them there later!"
"Then you have to let me wear armor! The sword has no eyes, and I don't want to end up in a muddle-headed way!"
"A cup of tea time! Just a cup of tea time, we must hurry up!"
Xiao Han didn't know if Xiao Lizi had taken the wrong medicine and suddenly became so anxious. But he didn't dare to delay. Xiaodong had already prepared the things for the trip. He hurriedly told Butler Lu a few words, put on his armor and went
Go with Little Plum.
On the road east from Chang'an, dozens of fast horses galloped past. Although Xiao Han had worked hard to learn to ride a few days ago, he was still far from the other people who made a living on horseback all day long.
At first, I could grit my teeth and persevere, but after more than two hours, I felt that this body no longer obeyed me!
"Stop! Rest where you are for a while, and then drive on!" Xiao Lizi, who kept paying attention to Xiao Han along the way, also discovered that Xiao Han could no longer hold on, so he decisively shouted to stop when he was passing through a forest.
"Finally I can rest..." Xiao Han's calves were trembling. He struggled to get off the horse and walked towards the woods with his legs crossed. Xiaodong saw this and hurriedly followed him. After a while, he came back.
Turning back in embarrassment, Mr. Hou was so upset that he needed to go to the toilet...
At this time, several other people also dismounted. However, unlike Xiao Han who ran to the side after coming down, the few with weapons naturally showed a state of alert. At the same time, the remaining people should drink their horses.
The horses are drinking, the stove is started when it is time, and everything is done in an orderly manner.
Li Shimin was traveling lightly this time, with only five people. As for the large army, they had actually arrived near Luoyang years ago, and the general manager of the march this time was Changsun Shunde instead of Li Shimin.
Xiao Han wandered out of the woods and saw other people busy working. He didn't know what to do, so he had to sit down and rest first.
Xiaodong was busy lighting a fire in front of him, and found a few thick branches to lift the pot for cooking. Xiao Han watched the flames jump, suddenly stood up, and went to take out the braised meat from the horse's saddlebags to prepare for cooking.
Li Shimin was spreading out the map to study the route. He accidentally saw the things Xiao Han brought and couldn't help shaking his head: "Xiao Han, why do you even carry these things with you when you go out to the battlefield? When will you get rid of this problem?"
Xiao Han sat down next to Li Shimin, lowered his head to untie the rope tied to the oil paper, and replied angrily: "Hey, I'm exhausted, you don't allow me to supplement some nutrition? And who said you should eat pig food on the battlefield?
?How can you have the energy to fight when you can’t even eat well?"
"Bah, you are eating pig food, you are the pig!" Li Shimin had already seen through Xiao Han's scolding tricks, spat, put the map away, looked around the woods and continued: "We are still traveling slowly.
Yes, I originally thought it would take two days, but now looking at the speed, it will probably take four days!"
When Xiao Han heard this, he immediately became unhappy: "Isn't this too slow? Brother, you have to hurry on your way! According to what you said, even if we can bear it, the horses can't bear it either!"
"You don't have to worry about that. There is a military post in front of you. Just go there and change your horse!"
"Junyi? How far is it?"
"A day's journey..."
"Plop..." Xiao Han lay down on his back. I was never so tired from squeezing on a green train in my last life...
"Get up, how can a dignified prince look like a dead dog?" Xiao Lizi couldn't stand Xiao Han's lazy look, so he pushed him, but Xiao Han really looked like a dead dog, shaking on the ground.
After a few times, I didn’t even think about getting up.
"Why are you in such a hurry? If you were in such a hurry, why didn't you go out early a few days ago?" Xiao Han, who was lying on the ground, waited for Xiao Lizi to stop pushing him, then asked with his eyes closed.
Li Shimin had no choice but to see that the others were still busy, so he simply lay down, stretched out comfortably and said: "It was a few days ago! You didn't know it, but Pei Ji, an old man, was beaten to a pulp by Liu Wuzhou
! He actually had the nerve to come back and ask his father for troops to avenge his shame. Unfortunately, his father actually agreed, and this time the third child also wanted to go with him! So we must go to Luoyang first, see the situation there, and show our face.
Then be ready to go to Jinyang at any time!"
"Oh..." Xiao Han agreed with his eyes closed, seemingly not surprised at all. Li Shimin was a little strange, stood up and asked Xiao Han: "Why aren't you surprised?"
"Why are you surprised?" Xiao Han opened his eyes and looked at Li Shimin doubtfully, "Didn't you tell me earlier that he was going to lose? Now that it has really come true, what's so strange about this?"
Li Shimin was speechless, touched his chin and said, "Um, okay, then you know that your good brother Liu Hongji was captured by Liu Wuzhou again?"
"What? What did you say?" At this time, Xiao Han was really surprised. He jumped up, looked at the north and murmured: "No way! Is this guy Tang Monk? Why is everyone arresting him?"
Li Shimin saw that Xiao Han was muttering something unclear and harsh to himself, so he also sat up and asked: "Xiao Han, what did you say? Who is Tang Monk?"
