The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 264

"The iron is out."

"Bring the mold."

Just when Su Lie was struggling with the problem of Li Muyun's attention, the steelmaking plant not far away, no, or the steelmaking room is more suitable, there was a burst of shouting from inside, and then a worker rushed out of it , grabbed the mold made of clay on the ground and ran back in a hurry.

When Wang Jie was called out by that voice, he didn't care about talking to Li Muyun, leaving him and Su Lie behind and rushed in.

The workers' habit is called iron, but Wang Jie and the others all know that what is smelted there is steel, and what is fired is infinitely stronger than iron.

After all, an ordinary iron knife only sells for less than a hundred coins, while a steel knife sells for about two pennies. This is not a difference of ten times, but a difference of twenty or thirty times.

……

'哐' The mold that Li Muyun had made in advance was lifted out of it, and it was steaming.

"Is this the armor-piercing arrow you mentioned?" Su Lie took a look at it from a distance, he knew it was very hot now, so he didn't approach it, but stretched out his foot and pointed with his toe.

"Yes, it can be used after cooling down for a while." Li Muyun said with a smile.

"Aren't you so expensive that this thing is too expensive? If you really use this thing to fight, I'm afraid Datang will be poor in a few years." Su Lie looked at the mold waiting to cool down on the ground, and decided to have a good talk with Li Muyun talk.

"Isn't war just a matter of making money? Besides, armor-piercing arrows are only used when the enemy has armor. For some grassland herdsmen, just get some of these arrows and insert them into wooden poles." Feeling Su Lie's formality, Li Muyun finally became a little more normal.

"Why do you have to use this kind of arrow? Wasn't the previous one bad?" Su Lie frowned, still feeling that Li Muyun was a little unreasonable.

"The arrows used to be good, but the destructive power was too small. After the arrow was shot, it would be fine to pull it out and sew it up. But now this one is triangular with barbs. After the arrow is shot, it can only be taken out from the other end, and the wound It is also much more difficult to treat than the wound caused by a flat-headed arrow." Li Muyun held up the military thorn in his hand, and explained to Su Lie the practicality of the triangular-shaped arrow, from theory to practice.

Su Lie listened intently, surprised that his brother-in-law was so knowledgeable about murder, and at the same time he asked a bit puzzled: "Is there any meaning in what you have said? Just those few green onions under your hands are useful." This thing?"

"Who said I have to use it myself, I keep it for selling money, a penny."

"Then you should keep it for yourself. At your price, ten arrows are enough for the court to buy a bundle normally." Su Lie scoffed at Li Muyun's offer, and said with disdain on his face: "I think you are crazy about money. No, without considering the actual situation.”

"The actual situation? The actual situation is that I will use this thing to cover the debt, and I will pay back 100 million yuan in five years. No one has stipulated that I must take real money." Li Muyun returned the color to Su Lie, looking at him as if he was looking at him. An idiot, the angry old Su said with a beard and a stare: "Don't forget, you borrowed money from His Majesty's private treasury."

"That's only 20 guan!" Li Muyun pointed in the direction of the cottage in the distance: "Also, I didn't say that I would definitely pay back the money to His Majesty. Maybe I will pay for it with things from His Majesty's place. After all, I also need to rebuild the Tai Chi Palace. If you spend money, you can’t let me do it for nothing.”

"Then according to what you mean, you don't plan to pay back the money?" Su Lie's face was a little heavy.

If Li Muyun really didn't intend to pay back the money, if Li Shimin pursued it, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Su Lie would never let such a thing happen.

But Li Muyun obviously had other plans, shook his head and said: "Repaying the money and returning the things are actually the same thing. As long as His Majesty is satisfied, I don't care about repaying the money in any way. And, brother, this matter The water inside is very deep, so you should not ask too many questions."

Li Muyun originally wanted to tell Su Lie about the whole thing, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. After all, Li Shimin's transfer of money from the state treasury to his own private treasury is not easy to hear, and if it gets out, it will not hurt anyone. good.

Su Lie was a little hesitant when he was told by Li Muyun, but in the end he didn't say anything more, he just took a deep look at him and persuaded him: "You just need to know it in your heart, don't forget, you are not alone now, you need more Think about it later."

"Don't worry, brother, I know it." Li Muyun chuckled, then looked at the mold on the ground and said, "It's almost time, this thing should be cold, let's open it and have a look." A few workers in the distance beckoned.

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The armor-piercing arrow is actually nothing special, it looks not too different from the thin steel bars of later generations.

It's just that the triangular pyramid-shaped arrow makes people feel cold when they look at it. After a little polishing, the cold light shines. You don't need to test Su Lie to know that this thing is a sharp weapon for killing people.

"How is it? Isn't this thing good?" Li Muyun fiddled with more than a dozen all-steel three-edged arrows in his hand, and winked at Su Lie.

"Huh!" Su Lie snorted, and took one from his hand: "It's a good thing, but the cost is too high and it's not practical."

Yes, this thing is indeed impractical. Datang is not yet rich enough to use all-steel crossbow bolts, which means that this thing is useless after it is made.

After all, this thing is not an atomic bomb, and a single throw can kill a large number of people.

No matter how powerful this thing is, it can only kill one person left and right. Ordinary crossbows can also do it, so the crossbow made of all steel becomes a decoration.

However, Li Muyun obviously had his own plan. If all-steel crossbows were not available, then he would make arrows. The destructive power of the triangular pyramid is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary arrows. Even Li Shimin had to admit this point.

At this time, Wang Jie also ran over excitedly, holding two fist-sized steel ingots in his arms, and shouted while running: "Mu Yun, this is really steel, it really is."

Yes, of course it is steel, Li Muyun glanced at Wang Jie speechlessly.

The pig iron produced in the blast furnace is because the iron ore and coke are neutralized in the blast furnace, which contains a lot of charcoal.

But the open hearth furnace is different. In the open hearth furnace, the pig iron is not in contact with the fuel at all. It is only melted under the high temperature of the flame. After neutralization of some source materials, a large amount of carbon is removed, so that steel is formed.

It's a pity that no one in the Tang Dynasty understood this. Although there are some methods of carburization and decarburization in this era, everyone just knows what it is and doesn't know why. The things that come out are sometimes good and sometimes bad, and there is no certain standard at all.

(End of this chapter)