"Don't talk too much later. Just do whatever I ask you to do. Do you understand?"
On a carriage, Xiao Zongshui said in a deep voice.
Zhou Shu sat opposite him, nodded and said, "I understand."
The carriage rushed forward. Although Zhou Shu was sitting in the carriage, his heart had already flown outside the carriage.
If Xiao Zongshui hadn't been here, he would have stuck his head outside.
It has been a while since he came to this world, and Zhou Shu has never left the workshop of the Weaponry Division. He is really curious about the grand scene of the Great Xia Imperial Capital.
In Zhou Shu's imagination of the Great Xia Imperial Capital, the carriage ran for more than an hour before it stopped.
Xiao Zongshui got off the carriage first, and Zhou Shu followed him and jumped off the carriage.
What he saw was not the prosperous imperial capital he imagined, but a wilderness.
This is a valley, surrounded by green mountains. Not far away, a military camp stands there.
"Military camp?"
Zhou Shu's heart moved.
The relationship between the Forging Department and the military camp should be that the weapons forged by the Forging Department are supplied to the three armies of Great Xia. Why did Xiao Zongshui bring him here?
Although he was a little confused, Xiao Zongshui had said before that don't say what you shouldn't say and don't ask what you shouldn't ask, so Zhou Shu did not ask.
He followed Xiao Zongshui and silently observed the surrounding environment.
Arriving at the gate of the military camp, Xiao Zongshui showed his token and was released.
In the military camp, groups of soldiers were practicing enthusiastically. The method of training was nothing surprising in Zhou Shu's opinion, it was just constant chopping.
Xiao Zongshui seemed to be very familiar with this military camp. He took Zhou Shu through the school grounds and came directly to a large tent.
"General Cheng, Xiao Zongshui wants to see you!"
Xiao Zongshui raised his voice.
"Come in."
A rough voice came.
Xiao Zongshui winked at Zhou Shu before entering the tent.
Zhou Shu followed closely behind. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Xiao Zongshui saluting a burly general.
"Meet General Process."
Xiao Zongshui's posture was very low, his body almost completed ninety degrees.
With his immediate boss acting like this, Zhou Shu naturally didn't want to appear to be too independent, so he could only follow the law and salute with cupped fists.
"No need."
General Cheng waved his hand and shifted his gaze from the sand table to Xiao Zongshui. He asked with some confusion, "Master Xiao left and came back. What happened?"
"General Cheng, Xiao came here this time for weapons matters." Xiao Zongshui said.
"Of course I know it's for weapons." General Cheng said, "I'm dealing with your Weaponry Division. What else can I do besides weapons?"
"None of the weapons you brought meet my requirements. I will not choose your Workshop No. 97 to supply weapons to my army."
General Cheng shook his head and said.
Zhou Shu was confused after hearing this. Why did he feel like Xiao Zongshui was here to sell weapons?
The Army Casting Division casts soldiers, do we still have to produce and sell them ourselves?
Although Zhou Shu is an apprentice of the Weapon Casting Department, to be honest, the Weapon Casting Apprentice is only at the lowest level of the Weapon Forging Department, and he knows nothing about how the Weapon Forging Department operates.
The only thing he needs to know in the Weapons Forging Department is how many weapons need to be forged every month. As for where the forged weapons go, the Weapons Forging Apprentice has no way of knowing.
"May I ask, General, if you have chosen a weapon?"
Xiao Zongshui was not discouraged and asked in a deep voice.
"Not yet." General Cheng shook his head, "Workshop No. 73, Workshop No. 86, and Workshop No. 89 have all sent us a few weapons, but they are all unsatisfactory."
"This general has been ordered to form a royal guard, responsible for protecting the safety of the palace. Naturally, the choice of weapons must be done with caution."
Zhou Shu listened in a daze and could not ask questions. He could only guess silently in his heart.
Zhou Shu knew something about the workshops mentioned in General Cheng's words. The Daxia Weapons Casting Division had a total of one hundred and eight workshops, of which the first thirty-six were all composed of formal forging divisions.
There are even some master craftsmen who are responsible for forging high-quality weapons.
The seventy-two workshops after Workshop No. 36, including Workshop No. 97 where Zhou Shu is located, are responsible for casting standard weapons.
Different workshops are good at forging different weapons. Some are good at forging swords, some are good at making guns, some workshops have mastered the secret recipe of casting spears, and some workshops specialize in making bows and arrows.
Workshop No. 97 where Zhou Shu works is good at making knives.
General Cheng's words made Zhou Shu vaguely guess something.
At this time, General Cheng is building an army, and the workshops of the Weapons Division are rushing to supply him with weapons.
Considering his work experience in his previous life, it is easy to imagine that supplying weapons is a fat job.
Otherwise, Xiao Zongshui and the others would not have come to rob him.
"General, the sword is the king of weapons. In Xiao's opinion, it is the most suitable weapon for the Imperial Guard——"
Xiao Zongshui opened his mouth and said.
Before he finished speaking, General Cheng interrupted him.
"My words are very clear, Mr. Xiao, the knife cast by your No. 97 workshop cannot meet my requirements."
"The standard long knives you forged can be used to equip ordinary armies without any problem, but my Imperial Guards are the best among the best!"
"General Cheng, you misunderstood." Xiao Zongshui shook his head and said, "I know that the standard long knife I brought before was not in the eyes of the Fang family. So this time I brought a new knife that our No. 97 Workshop has painstakingly developed over the years.
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"Oh?"
General Cheng didn't show much interest. What good weapons could a group of weapon-smithing apprentices, but not weapon-smiths, develop?
"General, please look!"
Xiao Zongshui brought the knife and held it in front of General Cheng with both hands.
Zhou Shu could see clearly that the knife was the sharp standard long knife that Xiao Zongshui had taken away before, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
How did the knife that you forged yourself become the new weapon that Workshop No. 97 has been painstakingly developing for many years?
"What's the difference about this knife?"
General Cheng took the long sword without interest, glanced at it, and said casually.
From the appearance point of view, the sharp standard long knife is no different from the ordinary standard long knife. They are both single-edged straight knives similar to Tang knives.
"Master Xiao, this general is very busy. If it's just the old weapons, you'd better go back."
General Cheng's expression was already a little impatient.
He had tried all the standard long knives that Xiao Zongshui had brought over before, but they all failed to meet his requirements.
If it weren't for the fact that he would inevitably have to deal with the Casting Division in the future, General Cheng didn't want to have too much trouble with the Casting Division, otherwise he would have kicked Xiao Zongshui out.
"General, this is not the standard long knife I brought here before!" Xiao Zongshui quickly explained, "This knife is extremely sharp!"
"Haha -" General Cheng laughed, "Is Mr. Xiao just trying to amuse me? A knife is not sharp but is it still called a knife?"
General Cheng already wants to see off the guests.
"There is no proof for what you say, please let the general test the sword!"
Xiao Zongshui spoke first.
General Cheng frowned and looked at Xiao Zongshui. After a long time, he said, "Forget it, I will give you another chance."
"Come here, step up!"
Soon, several soldiers came in carrying a wooden stake with two layers of leather armor on top of it.
"Master Xiao, if this knife of yours can break through two levels of armor, what's the problem if I just use it?"
General Cheng said.
An ordinary standard weapon that can break through one level of armor is considered a sophisticated weapon.
General Cheng has not seen many standard weapons capable of breaking armor.
If it is a standard long sword with two levels of armor breaking, it will definitely be qualified to equip your own imperial guards.
"General, please add more heavy armor."
Xiao Zongshui said in a deep voice.
"Triple armor?"
General Cheng was startled for a moment and said with some displeasure, "Master Xiao, enough is enough!"
Standard weapons are made of the most common iron materials. It is almost impossible to achieve two levels of armor-breaking. Three levels of armor-breaking, how is that possible?
"General, if you give it a try, it won't cost you anything, right?"
Xiao Zongshui said righteously.
"Very good!"
General Cheng squinted at Xiao Zongshui for a while, then waved his hand, and immediately some soldiers put another layer of leather armor on the wooden stake.
"You come."
General Cheng handed the knife to a soldier.
He is very strong, and if he uses his hands, he will not be able to test the sharpness of the weapon itself.
The soldier took the long sword, weighed it, and then slashed it out.
He did not use all his strength, but controlled his strength to the level of an ordinary adult.
This is also a rule for testing the sharpness of weapons. Only in this way, what is tested is the power of the weapon itself, not the strength of the user.
"Pfft——"
The long knife drew a bright line in the air, and the blade landed on the leather armor.
The solid leather armor was like tofu stuck under the blade. The blade instantly sank into the leather armor and then embedded deeply into the wooden stake.
"Bang——"
There was a muffled sound and something fell to the ground.
General Cheng's expression changed. He took a step forward, directly across a distance of several meters, pushed his soldiers aside, reached out to hold the sharp long knife, and with a slight exertion on his wrist, the long knife was pulled out from the wooden stake.<
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"Click——"
The triple leather armor split from the chest and abdomen and fell to the ground, above the wooden pile, leaving a deep knife mark.
"Shua——"
General Cheng flicked his wrist, and the sharp standard long knife swiped across the wooden stake. As if in slow motion, the upper half of the thick wooden stake slid down diagonally, revealing a smooth, mirror-like cut surface.
"What a knife!" General Cheng couldn't help but say, "What a sharp knife!"
"Master Xiao, this is the new knife you developed? What is it called?"
"It——"
Xiao Zongshui hesitated for a moment, how could this knife have a name?
"Reporting to the general, this sword is called Huben!"
Xiao Zongshui was thinking rapidly when a voice suddenly sounded.
"Hu Ben means warrior." The voice continued loudly, "The general's imperial guards guarding the palace are exactly the soldiers of Huben. The Huben sword and the Huben army are a perfect match! Except for the general's soldiers of Huben, who can
How can a person be worthy of this tiger sword?"
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