The Age of Lords Reborn

Chapter 206 Unexpected Joy (please subscribe!)
Walking along the Machuan River and the snowy seaside, the flat sand is wild and yellow into the sky.

Leading two thousand cavalry to the Western Regions, Mo Xiaobai could feel the harsh environment of the Western Regions along the way.

The wolf fur coat that I thought was quite warm at first didn't work at all here.Coupled with the speed of galloping on horseback, the experience of wind like a knife is by no means an exaggeration and a joke.

After walking all the way until the evening, Mo Xiaobai gave the order to stop and rest. Just as he got off his horse, he saw Guo Jia shivering from the cold.

"Feng Xiao, put on this wolf coat again." He took off the wolf fur coat and handed it over, Mo Xiaobai didn't want Guo Jia to get seriously ill here.

"Jia Wuhai, my lord, your body is important."

"Put it on, people will die if you stick to it, I'll find Fei to practice their marksmanship, and it won't be cold when the fire is lit." Mo Xiaobai waved his hand, took out his long spear from the sumeru bag, and said to him Li Guang beckoned, and began to train his spear skills in actual combat.

The cold wind forced Mo Xiaobai to concentrate so that he would not be affected by the weather.And even practicing martial arts in this harsh weather, Mo Xiaobai's spear skills are gradually improving.

From being unable to make Li Guang move half a step before, now I can formally make seven or eight moves with him.If it were Zhang Yun and He Chun, they could even fight each other for more than ten rounds without losing the wind.

Of course, these are all under the circumstances that the generals have not given their full strength.

If Li Guang and the others put out all their strength and the force value above 90 completely exploded, Mo Xiaobai would not be able to hold back for three seconds no matter how much his spear skills improved.

After all, Mo Xiaobai's current level is still only level 26, and his force value is only barely above 50.

When strands of bonfire rose, Mo Xiaobai, who had been active for a while, no longer felt cold.Just when he was about to sit down and cook hot soup with Guo Jia and others, a soldier in rattan armor who was in charge of guarding the wild goose cage rushed over:

"My lord, a swan goose brought out by a caravan has flown back. This is the swan goose's message."

Another one is back?

Mo Xiaobai raised his eyebrows and took the letter and read it carefully. He hesitated at first, and then showed a clear smile on his face.

Seeing Mo Xiaobai's expression of joy, Guo Jia immediately asked: "My lord, is there any good news?"

"Haha~ This time it's not just good news!"

Mo Xiaobai laughed and nodded, and then passed the book in his hand to Dumb on the left. The reason why he gave it to Dumb but not to Guo Jia was naturally because Guo Jia might not understand some of the content written on it.

Dumb took the letter, and with a bit of curiosity, began to read the fat man's chicken claw-like words.

Porcelain and fine wine were sold to a big noble in Kucha, which can only be said to be normal, after all, there is really nothing that cannot be sold in Huaxia.

Looking further down, in addition to getting a sum of gold and silver, the fat man also picked up a batch of fine iron weapons mortgaged by poison merchants in Kucha.

Poisoned?

Should it be India?
Dumb's first reaction was that the fat man made a big fuss, and it was nothing more than Indian ironware, so there was nothing to show off.But looking at the smile on Mo Xiaobai's face at this moment, it was obvious that Ba Yu had found a big leak.

Because the content of the entire biography is only these two things, nothing else.

Indian iron?

My mind is full of thoughts related to these three words.It wasn't until a pot of hot soup boiled in front of him that Ah-Dai suddenly thought of three words:

Uzi Steel!
"Could it be that the perch got the Uzi steel that can forge Damascus knives?" A question came out of his mouth, and Dumb finally knew why Mo Xiaobai laughed like this.

Damascus knife!
Until the European Middle Ages, the Crusades, the group of Europeans still regarded the Damascus knife as a magical blade.Even during the Napoleon period, the Damascus knife was still the top weapon at that time.

"It's not such a coincidence, is it? Are you sure?"

"Of course, it only takes a little thought to be sure."

Seeing Duan asking again, Mo Xiaobai nodded and explained: "The reason why the Western Regions are important is nothing more than a hub for cultural exchanges and material trade between the East and the West. But if you are a businessman in eastern India, you will choose to cross the north of India and The entire Guishuang Empire, and then cross the Western Regions and enter the Great Han?"

"It is obvious that you can go directly to the east. At most, you can easily enter Yizhou or Jiaozhou by detouring a section of the mountains in Southeast Asia. It is absolutely impossible for businessmen from eastern India to go to the Western Regions. Indian businessmen who will go to the Western Regions must be those in the West. The real origin of wootz steel is in northwest India."

Speaking of this, Mo Xiaobai deliberately paused, took a bowl of hot soup from Guo Jia, and then continued: "Those businessmen from western India, they usually go north to trade with the Guishuang Empire, and go to the Western Regions by the way. , so it’s not impossible. But now they probably haven’t mastered the mature wootz steel forging method, so the weapons they bring may not be very good, but it doesn’t matter, we just need to take the iron back and remelt it.”

"Wootz steel has few impurities and is easy to form natural knife patterns. One side of the knife pattern is equivalent to countless small serrations. The effect is completely comparable to that of repeatedly forged steel. This is the charm of Damascus knives. Forging The difficulty and cost are not high, but the damage to the cut surface of the wound is considerable. Dozens of hundreds of saw teeth that are difficult to detect with the naked eye scrape the wound, and the injury cannot be cured without stopping the bleeding."

"However, this kind of raw ore should not be much in India, and it will be almost exhausted after a few hundred years of mining. However, its influence on cold weapons will not disappear. When the forging technology is improved, artificial imitation Damascus steel is still the mainstream of cold weapons. .”

After Mo Xiaobai finished his last sentence, Ah-Dai couldn't help being amazed: "It seems that the perch really picked up a treasure this time, and I want to rush to Kucha earlier to see those Uzi steel knives."

"I put things there and they can't get away, so what's the rush?"

Mo Xiaobai responded with a chuckle, it was just a surprise for him to get a batch of Uzi steel knives.In fact, there is another inconspicuous matter in this letter, which is also one of the reasons for his laughter.

Passing the biography from Dumb to Guo Jia on the other side, Guo Jia only glanced at it twice, then smiled and said: "My lord, our luck is not bad. Sending an advance caravan is really a strange move and has a miraculous effect."

"Feng Xiao found out?"

"The word 'White Ba' is clearly written. If Jia can't see it again, she is not worthy to advise the lord."

"Haha~ Sea Bass, Gao Lan and the others are really lucky."

Mo Xiaobai took a sip of the thick soup, laughed and nodded: "Let them inquire about the news, and they actually found out about the next 'King of Kucha' directly. It is a great joy for us."

"Before I was thinking about how to smooth out the nail of Kucha. Now it seems that Yurido is really not suitable to continue to be his King of Kucha. We can definitely 'help' Baiba. Let him take the throne half a year earlier."

(End of this chapter)