"As far as I know, such samurai swords are not the best among the Japanese. The difference in weapons determines the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers. And we are still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Once we leave the protection of Xuzhou City, with
Everyone must know what will happen after the Japanese pirates fight."
The whole place was silent and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"Tell me, is there anyone who can solve this problem?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally their eyes fell on Xia Shang.
Li Xin also looked at Xia Shang with a very serious expression: "The forging masters of Dahua are all in a place called the Swordsmiths Guild. I heard that a magical weapon called 'Jianyi' has appeared in the world. The key is that it can
Due to mass production, many people in the world have replaced swords like that. And I have heard that such a sword seems to be under the control of Mr. Xia. At this time, Mr. Xia will not sit idly by and ignore it, right? "
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows your subordinates quite well." Xia Shang nodded, "The backward weapons of the soldiers here is indeed a serious problem. I have already prepared for such a thing. One thousand swords and one precious sword are already here.
On the way to Xuzhou City, it is estimated that we will arrive in five days."
"A thousand swords are already on the way?" Li Xin was very surprised by Xia Shang's answer.
Xia Shang said calmly: "As I said, since I'm here, I will do my best. As long as I can use any resources, I will naturally use them. I don't need the prince to remind me."
When Xia Shang was preparing to make Jianyi, his purpose was not only to make money, but also to promote the development of Dahua forging technology.
The first time Xia and Shang came into contact with the Japanese was at Shuiyue Villa. At that time, Xia Shang had already realized that the forging technology of the Japanese was much superior to that of Dahua, and he also realized that the Japanese would become a major threat to Dahua.
The greatest use of Jianyi is also for the present time. When a war breaks out between Dahua and Japan, Jianyi will be an important means of narrowing the gap in weapons between the two sides.
Therefore, before going to Xuzhou, Xia Shang had secretly arranged for the Mingjian Villa to send a batch of swords to Xuzhou.
Calculating the time, it's almost time to arrive.
After listening to Xia Shang's words, Li Xin was a little moved, as if he had never thought that Xia Shang would come with such sincerity.
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Xin knew something about Jian Yi, but Xuzhou's generals had no idea what Jian Yi was.
General Lou interrupted and asked: "Your Highness, what exactly is the Jianyi you are talking about? Why didn't I understand it?"
Li Xin returned seriously: "Jianyi is the name of a sword. This sword is made of ordinary iron, but it has the indestructible ability of a magical weapon. It has been hailed as the most precious weapon from ancient times to the present in the Jianghu of the Central Plains. This sword
The valuable thing is that it not only has the ability of a magic weapon, but also has low production cost, fast finished product, and can be produced in a short time. Although it still takes more time than ordinary weapons, it can meet the needs of most soldiers after a period of time.
.If all our soldiers are equipped with Jianyi, then in future battles with the Japanese, there will no longer be a gap between weapons. Our chance of winning will be at least 30% higher..."
"Thirty percent..." Everyone was in an uproar, but most of their faces showed disbelief. After all, Li Xin's description was too exaggerated.
Xia Shang corrected: "There is still a gap between Jianyi and such a samurai sword. This is an undoubted fact. But with Jianyi as a guarantee, at least when fighting with such a samurai sword, our weapons will not be destroyed.
Easily damaged. Now I have the confidence to fight with the opponent."
The Japanese samurai swords are still worrying. Whether Jianyi can compete with such samurai swords will have to wait until the batch of goods arranged by Xia Shang arrives.
"Let's discuss this matter here for now..." Li Xin interrupted and walked to the sand table, ready to continue with the next step of the plan.
"I have one more thing." Xia Shang said.
Li Xin looked at him: "Say it."
Xia Shang took out a drawing from his clothes: "Your Highness, do you recognize this thing?"
Li Xin looked at the drawings that Xia Shang had brought out. There were countless exquisite patterns on them, and the lines were so fine that he had to get close to see them clearly.
But there is a completed figure in the middle, which looks like a strange-shaped bow and arrow.
Li Xin gradually frowned: "Is this... a bow?"
Xia Shang nodded: "This is the reinforced compound bow I designed."
"Reinforced compound bow?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you, no one has heard of such a name.
Xia Shang didn't want to say more because it was just a drawing. No description would be too much without seeing the actual object.
Remain.
"This kind of bow can also greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of our soldiers, but now there are only drawings, and it will take me a few days to make it. After I make the actual thing, everyone will naturally know what this thing is.
Find out."
In the early days, the compound bow was a tool used by Xia and Shang for self-protection, but as it continued to become stronger, the compound bow had long since been dusted off by Xia and Shang.
The compound bow was of little help to the Xia and Shang dynasties, but it was very useful to these soldiers on the battlefield.
Xia Shang firmly believed in this.
Since he had thought of improving the configuration of Dahua's army from the beginning, he simply taught the military how to make equipment that Xia Shang could think of.
This was Xia Shang's greatest sincerity, but in the eyes of the surrounding generals, there was not much emotional change.
This kind of thing has to wait until they see the real thing before they can know how extraordinary Jianyi and the compound bow are.
I thought that once the sword arrived, I would show it to everyone together with the finished compound bow.
Xia Shang did not participate in the next discussion. Xia Shang had already seen the difficulties encountered by the soldiers here.
Because the number of people is too small, it is impossible to risk going out of the city to carry out some operations. The only thing that can be done at the moment is to stick to it and recuperate.
As long as the general direction is defense, there is no need for Xia Shang to intervene, lest Li Xinsheng have any more thoughts, which will be counterproductive.
After an hour, Xia Shang left the meeting hall. Regardless of the fact that his injuries were not healed, he began to collect materials for making compound bows in Xuzhou City.
The compound bows made in the past were made by Xia Shang, but after learning the skills of the Guigu master craftsman at Yingxiongzhuang in Suzhou, making compound bows was no longer a problem.
However, the production of compound bows is relatively complicated and time-consuming.
In the following time, Xia Shang locked himself in a military tent, with only one Jizi to take care of his food, and all his thoughts were spent on making compound bows.
On the seventh day, Jianyi from Mingjian Villa was delivered.
This was two days later than Xia Shang's calculation, because the team was more careful and went around the remote mountain road without being discovered all the way.
And the person escorting him on this trip was also extraordinary, he turned out to be Xue Lengxiang.