Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 663 Bargaining Between Monarch and Subject

Walking along the official road, it took only five days for Liu Wei to arrive in Xiangping. On the way, Liu Wei didn't say anything about food, food, and camping. He drank water immediately when he was thirsty, and ate some dry food when he was hungry. There are hundreds of designed post stations along the way, and Liu Wei doesn't go in, unless he supplements with dry food, he will go to the nearest city to eat and drink. Along the way, apart from feeding the horses, he is just rushing.

When he arrived in Xiangping, Liu Wei didn't go into the city, but went directly to the ordnance factory outside Xiangping city.

"Stop, the important place of the ordnance factory, no one else is allowed to enter!"

When he arrived at the gate of the ordnance factory, Liu Wei was stopped by a group of soldiers guarding the gate.

"Blind your dog eyes, you don't even recognize the prince!"

Huang Xu, who came back with Liu Wei, jumped off his horse and slapped the leading soldier with a big mouth.Turn the fan in situ three times.

When they heard that Liu Wei had come, the dozen or so people were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down to salute Liu Wei.

"Get up, open the door quickly, the king wants to go in."

Liu Wei didn't bother to pay attention to these gatekeepers. At this time, Liu Wei only cared about the armor of the Iron Buddha.

"This……!"

Liu Wei wanted to go in directly, but the leader who had just been slapped by Huang Xu didn't give way, but looked up at Liu Wei.

"Alas! What trouble!"

Liu Wei also understood what this man meant, and said: "This king is Liu Wei, you can't be wrong, if you don't believe me, go in and tell Ma Jun, just say that this king is here, let him come out to see me!"

"Yes!"

The soldier agreed, and then explained: "I also know that the identity of the prince can't be wrong, but Mr. Ma has an order. Except for the craftsmen and guards in the factory, the rest can only enter after his consent, and the younger one is only ordered. act!"

"I know, let's go!"

Liu Wei waved his hand impatiently, and the man rushed in to report.

After a while, Ma Jun came out from the inside, beside him, and there was another person beside Ma Jun.

"Ma Jun sees the lord!"

After seeing Liu Wei, Ma Jun hurriedly saluted Liu Wei.

"Excuse me! Let's go in, let's go in and talk!"

Before Ma Jun could bend down, Liu Wei pulled him up, and then pulled Ma Jun's sleeve to walk in.

While walking, Liu Wei asked: "Deheng, how is the armor? Has the problem with the iron chain buckle been solved?"

"Report to the lord, it has been resolved!"

"Oh, it's fine if it's resolved, this king is for this matter... What? You said it was resolved?"

Liu Wei stopped in his tracks, looked at Ma Jun and asked, "You said it was resolved?"

"My lord, I have to thank Brother Pu Yuan for this!"

Ma Jun pulled Pu Yuan over and said to Liu Wei, "Master, this is my friend Pu Yuan, who is good at forging precious swords!"

At this time Liu Wei was still a little shocked, and turned his head to Pu Yuan mechanically.

Pu Yuan hurriedly saluted Liu Wei: "Pu Yuan, a grass-roots man, has seen His Highness the King of Hebei!"

"Free gift!"

Pu Yuan saluted Liu Wei, and Liu Wei came back to his senses, then pulled Pu Yuan and asked: "May I ask Mr. Pu how to make the iron ring!"

Pu Yuan smiled slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "My lord, you and Deheng are fans of the authorities. Why do you have to connect iron chains to the vest? My suggestion to Deheng is to build an iron ring on the horse armor. It is the same to connect the hoops and chains with ropes in battle!"

"This..., is the rope strong enough?"

Liu Wei was a little worried.

"My lord, don't worry, this rope is guaranteed to be strong!"

Ma Jun promised.

"Hmm! How many armors have you built now?"

"The quantity is not large, only [-] were built in a month! And there is no iron wrist to protect the horse's legs as the lord said!"

"Three hundred in a month, and three thousand in that year, I'm afraid this speed is a bit slow!"

Liu Wei was somewhat dissatisfied with the speed of Ma Jun's manufacturing.

"My lord, please forgive me. I have to repair the armor of your Huben Guard every month. Some armors are too damaged and need to be replaced with new ones. On average, I have to build [-] plate armors a month. When you come out, you also have the black iron heavy armor of the Xiong Wei army, and the spearhead, saber, iron shield, heart armor, and arrows are all made by me. I will also send someone to rifle the musket hook you want. Regardless of whether I want shells, in short, all the weapons and armor of our Liaozhou Army come from me. Every general urged me to make them for them first. Kill me!"

"Hey, you dare to offend me if you don't want to offend them?"

Ma Jun was speechless for a while, thinking that this is really unreasonable, and this is really killing him.

But then, Liu Wei's sullen face was full of smiles again, he looked at Ma Jun flatteringly, and asked: "Then if you put everything you can, and try your best to build this armor, how much can you make in a month?" Tool?"

"My lord, what do you mean by letting go?"

Liu Wei thought for a while, and then said: "Look, the plate armor of my king's tiger guard must not be put away, nor the weapons and armor of the standing army. You can make fewer arrows, and you can stop hooking the thread boring. There is not too much shortage of shells, and you don’t need to worry about those who urge you to ask for weapons, I will go and tell them in person, this time, how many can you make in a month?”

Ma Jun thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the steel we produce in Hebei is not enough now, and to make a pair of iron pagoda's armor will require a man and a horse, and nearly 100 catties of steel will be needed!"

"The materials will definitely not be less for you, just tell me how much you can make in a month!"

"I'll do the math...!"

Ma Jun rolled his eyelids, counted for a long time, and stretched out four hands: "Four hundred."

"Four hundred? Too few, no, you have to take out at least five hundred a month!"

Liu Wei also snapped Ma Jun's thumb out, and then he laughed.

"My lord, you want my life, you should give me a sword and let me die!"

"Okay, okay, I won't force you, 450, no less, the king has to form an army by the end of this year, and you have to send me [-] sets of armor!"

Liu Wei saw that Ma Jun was looking for life and death, so he didn't force him so much, as long as he could equip [-] Iron Buddha soldiers in front of him, he had to see the effect first.

"My lord, let me tell you, there is not enough steel, and the remaining steel in Xiangping may not even be able to make [-] pieces!"

Ma Jun cried poor again.

"You don't have to worry about this. I have already sent people to Jiangnan to buy them. In addition, I have also found several iron mines in Bingzhou. I have already sent people to mine them. You are indispensable for the material designation. You gave me the things years ago. Just do it!"

(End of this chapter)