Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6910 What Kind of Birds Are There
With Chen Xi's intelligence and vision, compared with the official history, he actually doesn't believe that Liu Yu was just acting stupidly, and he really believed that he and Gongsun Zan were some kind of sworn brothers. Based on Chen Xi's many years of experience, it seems that the current events are most likely Liu Yu just going with the flow.

It’s just that some things, how to say it, actual actions are always stronger than words, not to mention that Liu Yu not only said so, but also did so. With the unity of knowledge and action, even Chen Xi had to admit this fact.

As for the planning and calculations behind this behavior, not to mention that it is beneficial to Gongsun Xu in itself, even if the current relationship between Liu Yu and Gongsun Xu is slightly bad, as long as Liu Yu tells Gongsun Xu the truth, Gongsun Xu will also rush forward!

After all, sincerity is rewarded with sincerity. Gongsun Xu knew exactly what Liu Yu had done and how much help he had given over the years. He really paid for it himself, prepared the war horses himself, and used his connections to build up a sufficient middle-level bureaucratic system for Gongsun Xu to run the Great Western Kingdom.

Otherwise, we have to rely on Gongsun Xu. It's not that we look down on Gongsun Xu, but Gongsun Xu inherited some of Gongsun Zan's temperament in his youth. He is good in martial arts and has courage, but he is basically at a loss when it comes to domestic affairs.

In fact, Gongsun Zan was like this in the past. Therefore, when Liu Yu talked about Gongsun Xu, he usually said that he was similar to your father, and then said that when your father was alive, I, your uncle, handled the internal affairs. Now you have inherited your father's family business, your uncle is old, and my son Liu He has also inherited some of my abilities, so you can command him to handle internal affairs for you.

Gongsun Xu was a little wary of Liu Yu at first, but Liu Yu had been helping the Gongsun family whenever he could for ten years, and he also visited them at the four seasons to pay homage to them. As time went on, Gongsun Xu was no longer on guard against him, so after Liu He went with him to Central Asia, Gongsun Xu handed over full authority over internal affairs to Liu He.

What can I say about Liu He? He really inherited some of Liu Yu's abilities. Not to mention that he ran Gongsun Xu's Great Western Kingdom in an orderly manner, at least it was stable and basically did not cause Gongsun Xu to worry. Over time, the two families became almost one. Chen Xi also heard about the fact that the Princess of Tancheng was remarrying Gongsun Xu, and once this was done, Gongsun Xu would be a loyal relative of the emperor.

Taking into account his background and the hatred towards the Yuan family, Gongsun Xu was naturally a nail in the strategic location of Central Asia.

As for assimilation and absorption of the Gongsun family, there is no need for that at all.

Liu Yu didn't need to do anything at all. He just had to repeat what he was doing year after year, arrange any good things for Gongsun Xu, and then wait quietly for his death of old age. Then he would take Gongsun Xu's hand and say, "I'm going down to find Bogui for a drink. You have to walk the rest of your lives on your own. Be careful of the Yuan family and the Central Asian families, and don't bring shame to Gongsun Baima's reputation."

Then there is no need to say more. The Gongsun family has been the most important fulcrum of the Liu royal family in Central Asia for at least three to five generations. Calculation? There is no need to calculate at all. Liu Yu did nothing. He just said a few words and passed away. Not to mention Liu Yuandong, his daughter, Gongsun Xu would probably remember it for a lifetime if he was not heartless, and then pass it on to his son as an ancestral motto before he died.

Therefore, after a rough analysis, Chen Xi can infer that Liu Yu's current behavior is actually making arrangements for the Han Dynasty after Chen Xi withdraws.

However, Chen Xi would not care about such things. Whether it was out of sincerity, going with the flow, or other ideas, it did not matter. Not to mention that this matter itself was not a bad thing. Even if it was really an act of deliberate trouble-making, as long as it was not done in the country, Chen Xi would not deliberately stop it.

After all, even Chen Xi was not sure how much significance certain trial and error would have on reality, even though the cost of such trial and error was already incredibly high.

"It seems like your mind is not here." Liu Bei glanced at Chen Xi, but did not ask why Chen Xi's mind was not in this area.

"Yeah, it's good." Chen Xi wanted to complain a lot, but in the end he returned to the essence of the problem. This is indeed good, as it allows him to see a different scenery.

"How many of your dragon bone steel-rolling magic weapons do you have?" Liu Bei said, looking ahead.

"There are only less than 500 of them at the moment, and Datou is going to take them as prizes." Chen Xi guessed what Liu Bei meant when he heard this.

"Is that all for now?" Liu Bei was a little unsure about which word Chen Xi meant. After all, there were rumors that the Dragon Bone Steel-Rolling Weapon was made by Chen Xi after he killed a dragon in the inner world. Compared with other things, this thing was obviously much more advanced, so if the number was really small, Liu Bei thought that he should eliminate fewer defective products.

"In two years, once the entire keel rolling technology is fully restored, this thing will become a standard weapon." Chen Xi told the truth.

Why can block smelting, steel frying, steel pouring and other technologies all produce top-notch cold weapons, but Chen Xi finally chose blast furnace steelmaking technology? To put it bluntly, aren't the above processes for producing top-notch cold weapons and blast furnace steelmaking technology completely different things?

The former produces a magic weapon, and the next time you want to replicate it, it is basically equivalent to starting over. As for blast furnace steelmaking, as long as the phase diagram is determined, I can make the first magic weapon, and the subsequent magic weapons can be replicated infinitely. So the dragon bone rolled steel sword that seems invincible now will become a standard weapon on the assembly line after the blast furnace replication is completed.

Xiangli's steel rolling workshop cut off all the magic weapons forged by Pu Yuan after a thousand days of forging. Pu Yuan has now turned from forging research to material research. There is no other way. The technical means have been turned into waste by the material science like a steamroller. Pu Yuan even did not participate in the famous sword forging competition on both sides of the Yellow River. He stayed in Bingzhou Smelting Bureau to study how to manufacture high-strength and high-toughness alloys.

There is no way, he has to save face. Unlike the situation in later generations where black and red are also red, Pu Yuan has been the boss of the knife forging industry for decades, but now he is being treated like grass by Xiangli's steel rolling workshop. Xiangli used the dragon bone fragments he found from somewhere and threw them into the steel rolling workshop, and used this as the material to cut the blades that came out that day.

Pu Yuan couldn't even find a place to reason, so he could only admit that it was his own problem.

There is no way. Technological innovation is like this. The difference between the two sides is directly a problem at the track level. Many knife makers are hammered to the point where they cannot accept the reality. The skills they have mastered, such as forging, folding, quenching, firing, oiling, using special quenching materials, etc., are more than one level higher than the crude manufacturing methods of Xiangli's steel rolling mill, but the things they make are just not good!

This is very despairing. At that time, many contestants of the Yellow River and Two Rivers Sword Forging Competition collapsed directly after the dragon bone rolled steel knife appeared. They really couldn't win even if they tried their best. Xiangli's forging method was standard assembly line forging. There was no so-called spirituality at all, but it was strong.

Of course, this is for the swordsmiths, knife makers and the like of this era. For Chen Xi, this is the standard weapon foundry he needs.

How many magical weapons can a top swordsmith like Pu Yuan forge after working hard all his life?
It has to be a standardized weapons foundry like Xiangli's. As long as there are enough materials, tens of thousands of weapons can be produced in a month, and each one is a magical weapon!

Although the proliferation of magical weapons to this extent is indeed a bit excessive, according to the previous classification of magical weapons, the Dragon Bone Rolled Steel Sword is already one of the top-level magical weapons.

However, for Chen Xi, this production method has some of the charm he remembers when the Chinese Empire started a certain industry.

"Can this kind of thing also become a standard weapon?" Liu Bei asked after a moment of silence. "If I remember correctly, my second brother felt that after the Dragon Bone Steel Sword was nurtured, its strength was not much inferior to his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade. You should know that the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade has a sword spirit, which is a big level beyond the conventional nurturing, and it completely crushes the weapons of the same level."

"Well, two years, at the latest it will be a standard weapon. Even if the material ratio may be adjusted due to the cost, and the overall strength is slightly inferior to the existing batch, the gap will not be very large." Chen Xi thought for a while and gave an accurate answer, "After all, this is also a killer move prepared for the decisive battle."

Chen Xi actually considered using new materials to make armor. After all, new materials have obvious advantages in strength. However, due to time constraints, Chen Xi finally gave up the idea of ​​reproducing armor and turned to mass production of weapons.

"We said at that time that even if the Kushans completed the blast furnace and equipped the soldiers with armor in the next few years, there would be no change, because our weapons will have a qualitative leap in the next two years." Chen Xi said with some confidence. It was not that he underestimated the Kushans, but that Chen Xi would really be able to replace the frontline soldiers with a batch of more advanced weapons at that time.

The magic sword forged by Pu Yuan was famous in the Ganges back then, and could allow veterans of the same level to gain a considerable advantage in a duel. Even now, the weapon used by Zena is the Pu Yuan magic sword seized from the veterans of the Han Dynasty, which shows how powerful this thing is.

Now, the dragon bone rolled steel knife in the hands of veterans of the same level can even cut off the Pu Yuan magic sword. So after this thing becomes popular, will there be any obvious changes for the Kushans even if they change their armor?

Basically none, unless the Kushans could quickly produce secondary cementite by using blast furnace steelmaking within just a few years, which is basically impossible. Without Chen Xi's cheats and hard work of piling up the iron-carbon alloy phase diagram, the Han Dynasty still cannot produce such a thing.

Of course, it doesn't mean that armor made of secondary cementite can block the current dragon bone rolled steel weapons, but it means that armor made of secondary cementite, facing the dragon bone rolled steel knife, is at least better than the previous cloth armor, wooden armor, and leather armor against weapons made of secondary cementite.

Therefore, Chen Xi remained extremely calm about the Kushan's current efforts to develop blast furnace steelmaking.

"I see. I'll make some defective products for my nephew Gongsun." Liu Bei suddenly spoke toughly. "When we start large-scale production later, let's see if we can replicate a small technical workshop and make one for him."

It is no longer about giving people fish, but about teaching them how to fish.

Do you understand the relationship between me and Brother Gongsun? We are real brothers. Although I have a high position now and cannot be too obvious when helping others, is there any problem in getting some defective products, eliminating scrapped products, and agricultural product production workshops?
"When it's done, I'll give you the whole small one." Chen Xi did not refuse. Liu Bei was very opinionated on this matter. Even if Chen Xi refused, Liu Bei would secretly do it himself. After all, that was Gongsun Zan, the brother who gave Liu Bei the first start-up capital. They promised that they would not forget each other when they became rich, but he was his brother who died on the road to hegemony.

"That's fine. We can just let Duke Bo'an transport it over when the time comes." Liu Bei said, touching his chin. The last time Liu Bei heard that the economy of the Great Western Kingdom under Gongsun Xu had collapsed, he secretly sent people to find a group of technicians who knew how to dry salt, smoke fish, and build ships, and successfully helped Gongsun Xu stabilize the economy of the Great Western Kingdom.

After all, it costs money to maintain an army. Even if Liu He has a pretty good internal affairs, considering that a good cook cannot cook without rice, a stable system for making money is also very important. With the three pillars of salt drying, fishing and shipbuilding working together, it is not difficult to support a feudal state in a place like the Caspian Sea.

Liu Yu helped transport those technical personnel over there, and the horses, camels and other things used were also provided by Liu Yu. After they were transported over there, they did not need to come back, as they all belonged to the Great Western Kingdom.

So Liu Bei felt that Liu Yu treated Gongsun Xu very well, and it was not just a feeling, but some of his behaviors showed that from Liu Bei's point of view, Liu Yu really treated Gongsun Xu as his son.

It is precisely because of this judgment that when it comes to assisting Gongsun Xu, Liu Bei does not show up most of the time. After all, his level is too high, and over-supporting Gongsun Xu would cause some unnecessary trouble. Instead, he prepared all kinds of old and defective materials himself, and then asked Liu Yu to arrange people to maintain them, and find a way to send them to Gongsun Xu when he got the chance.

During each operation, Liu Yu would provide a batch of war horses, and most of them were pure white horses.

It can be said that everyone has a tacit understanding on this matter.

"In fact, Lord Xuande, in the current troop configuration, it would be better to add a group of sharpshooters who can perform targeted attacks." Chen Xi thought about the troop configuration of the Great Western Kingdom. It was mainly composed of the White Horse Volunteers, and was guarded by super heavy infantry. It was enough for ordinary forces, but if it really wanted to pose a threat to the second-tier forces, it had to be equipped with shooting sounds.

"It's okay. After the Yuanrong crossbows produced earlier were distributed to the 8,000 veterans, the remaining ones were dismantled into parts and used as general accessories. After the Battle of the Ganges, those Yuanrong crossbows were distributed as rewards to the veterans who participated in the war. I had someone clean up the general accessories, and most of them were damaged, so they were recycled." Liu Bei explained casually. Chen Xi was speechless when he heard this. Could you please keep fewer records of defective products? It makes me doubt the quality of the armaments from time to time.

"I will only do this with something like this after a certain period of time, unless it is a new product that has just come off the production line and becomes a defective product. In this case, I will notify you." Liu Bei said seriously.

Chen Xi was speechless when he heard this. It had been almost ten years since the Yuanrong Crossbow was manufactured and first used on a large scale. According to Chen Xi's military preparation regulations, it was indeed time to eliminate defective products on a large scale. But that meant it had actually been used for ten years. Had the Yuanrong Crossbow been used for ten years?
Nonsense, let alone ten years, that was the only time it was used on a large scale. The age is only measured from the manufacturing nameplate, which is actually far from it. Especially those so-called universal accessories that have been disassembled into parts, they are basically new goods that have never been used!
"Okay, after all, weaponry is not something I manage. I only issue them, not manage them." Chen Xi shook his head and said. If he really managed these things, Chen Xi should have discovered them long ago. It's a pity that Chen Xi has always avoided military matters.

"Actually, you don't have to do this. Just shoulder it all." Liu Bei said casually, not caring at all about the political risks caused by such behavior.

"I can pick and choose, but if someone follows suit, we'll be doomed." Chen Xi shook his head repeatedly. He couldn't do something that amounted to a slippery slope in his thinking. During the period of establishing rules, it would be best not to create deadlocks and leave troubles for future generations. Even if one believed in the wisdom of future generations, sometimes the pits dug by predecessors really couldn't be filled.

"Let's go. There's nothing interesting to see today. As far as I can remember, all the tough guys who were going to participate in the preliminaries have already come on stage to compete." Liu Bei looked at Chen Junxin who was coming on stage next to him. "This should be the last one. He is still from your Yingchuan Chen family. It's a pity that you are not recognized by the Yingchuan Chen family."

"It's a pity that it's the fifth level of smelting. If it's the sixth level of smelting, I think the Chen family of Yingchuan will definitely recognize me, just like me. They didn't intend to recognize me at first, but they did in the end." Chen Xi looked at the young man from the Chen family of Yingchuan mentioned by Liu Bei. He was about the same age as himself, but Chen Xi didn't have any impression of him. But this is normal.

"He will definitely be able to refine to the sixth level," Liu Bei said seriously. "He is thirty-five years old this year, and he has two talents that are very difficult to refine. One is called adaptiveness, and the other is called super speed."

"In that case, I don't understand why the Chen family hasn't come to us yet." Chen Xi looked at the thin young man below him. He flashed and burst out with the speed of a sharp warrior with more than fifteen cuts. Then he pressed down with his sword, pressing the opponent's sword to the shoulder and neck, and directly won the victory.

"But judging from his weight, he weighs less than 150 kilograms. Can he adapt to the smelting process?" Chen Xi said with a bit of surprise after watching Chen Junxin win.

"He is adapting to the body's impact resistance and explosive output bearing limits." Liu Bei explained simply.

"That is to say, he has a talent for explosive attack. Well, it should be a finishing move." Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and said, "It's really amazing."

"I talked to him, and he said that with the sixth talent he would refine his power to release it or even go one step further and instantly explode it." Liu Bei looked at Chen Junxin who had already won and said, "The idea is to use adaptive means to withstand the damage of breaking the limit of his own talent and forcibly explode the upper limit of his talent."

"What is the background of this condition?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"He is the product of a branch of your Yingchuan Chen family who played with village women. However, unlike other families, his father was punished by the elders of your family, and his mother was taken home as a concubine. Later, his mother became ill due to worry, and his father didn't like him. In short, it was a normal feud among wealthy families. After his mother passed away, he left home to work hard when he was a teenager." Liu Bei said casually.

"He really is not taken seriously. If he is really considered a member of the Chen family, he cannot leave Yingchuan and will be brought back." Chen Xi said speechlessly, "How strong can he be?"

"It is likely that he can reach the sixth level around the age of 38, but I am not sure about the seventh level. I still don't understand how difficult the seventh level is." Liu Bei thought about it and gave his evaluation. He also didn't understand who could reach the seventh level. "He is considered an excellent backbone and can also command troops."

"It's indeed excellent." Chen Xi nodded silently. The sixth level is in sight, and the seventh level is somewhat possible. He can also command troops. He has a promising future. Only the Chen family of Yingchuan can do this. If it were any other family, they would have said something good and talked a little bit by now. After all, there is the elder who beat his father and forced his father to bring his mother back. He would be able to talk to them to some extent.

What's more, this guy is now successful and has established his own family.

"Is he from the Ganges Legion?" Chen Xi suddenly realized something.

"Well, he is already a 15th-level noble. Wen Ze is actually very optimistic about him." Liu Bei said without turning his head. "I have to say that your family is indeed amazingly strong."

In fact, Liu Bei never thought that he would encounter such a miraculous situation. There was really a ruthless person who came from a big family and worked his way up the military merit route, from a soldier to the temporary commander of the Second Guard Corps of Shi Lulin. This made Liu Bei speechless.

In other words, even if Chen Junxin is dead now, he can still get a fiefdom of 10,000 square kilometers of the Ganges River, and this can be said to be the best way for the Yingchuan Chen family to intervene in the Ganges River fiefdom, and it is so reasonable, legal and compliant that even Liu Bei cannot refuse it.

After all, this was truly obtained through ability, and one cannot deny the other party's merits just because of his background, right? Isn't this a new version of the Nine-Rank System?

People's status and future are divided according to their origins!

"Is this the only case? Or are there others?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"There are some others. After all, large aristocratic families have some distant branches, but as long as they are capable, they have basically been absorbed back in the past few years. For example, the guy Chen Junxin just now, after my careful screening, I am sure there is no second one." Liu Bei looked at the people below and said, "He didn't rely on his family, but on himself. He fought all the way from the bottom to the current level. How should I put it? He is also unique."

Chen Xi was quite speechless. He had no words to describe the fun that Yingchuan Chen family had created.

"I'll talk to him later. After all, he is worth two thousand stones and is qualified to meet me, the head of the new branch." Chen Xi said, looking in the direction of Chen Junxin.

"You can't absorb him into your family. It will be a trouble if he is persuaded by the Chen family of Yingchuan one day." Liu Bei suggested very formally.

I'm really too lazy. It's over.