Han counter current

Zhang Liao had already followed Chen Feng as his master. As for the conflict between him and Cao Xing and others, it was basically resolved. After all, they belonged to the same battalion again, so there shouldn't be too much estrangement between them.

"No, there should be." Chen Feng has traveled to so many hills, and now he can't count the number of them, but he firmly believes that the iron mine he is looking for must be nearby.

"It must be near here. If you go further, you will reach the coast..."

"Come and see, there is something here..." An old man kept observing with a stone, and finally, he shouted to the crowd: "I found it, it is this..."

"How? Have you found iron ore?"

Chen Feng trotted all the way over. He didn't know much about minerals and the like, so it would undoubtedly be difficult for him to find mines.But he still knew about ordinary ores, and, in his memory, he knew that there was a Miaogou iron mine here, so he kept searching nearby.

"That's right, it's iron ore. It's estimated that the entire mountain is full of it. We found it..." The old man has a lot of experience in finding minerals, and he knows the value of the stone in his hand.

"Okay, the army is stationed here for the time being, and I will dig mines for the past few days. If it is confirmed that there is a large amount of iron ore here, we will smelt iron here..." After running around for many days, the result finally came, Chen Feng naturally wanted to quickly implement his plan.

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"Yes, that's it, add coal, continue to add, make peace, you send people to form a caravan, in addition to food and people who know the craft, I also need ships, I need any kind of ship, even if it is going to Jiangdong or Jingzhou , I also want to get enough ships.

With ships, we are considered invincible.It's best to recruit people who know how to build ships, no matter what means, as long as you can get people.

I will go to the beach once after this is dealt with, and I will take away some of the manpower. If I want to make money, I will have to rely on more means. We are also short of fine iron, so we can't sell too much.

Hehe, the sea will provide us with a steady stream of benefits, but there must be enough ships. "

"Don't worry, I will arrange manpower to do it immediately."

In this era, the concept of the sea has not yet been developed, so everyone does not know the importance of the sea. Even if someone wants to rely on the sea for a living, they must have enough large and enough seagoing ships. Obviously, no one has one yet. This qualification.

"Finally, I have taken this first step. No matter how difficult it is, I will continue to go on."

Chen Feng's strength is relatively weak, so every step has to be cautious, but he firmly believes that he can walk out of a bright future.

Chapter 76 Entering Liaoxi 2

After the first batch of fine iron was smelted, Zhang He and other generals urged Chen Feng to equip the entire army with enough weapons and armor as soon as possible.

After all, the weapons and armor were consumed too much in each battle. From the fight with Cao Cao, to the conflict with the high officials, and to the frontal battle with the Huns some time ago, Chen Feng's army's reserves of weapons were almost consumed.

A real war is not two groups of people playing with their own weapons for a period of time, and it is not the battlefield described by literati. Every soldier's armor may be cut, and their weapons may also be broken.

This is why the soldiers of each battalion have to take turns to ask for various supplies before each battle.

Even for a general in the army, it is difficult for the weapon in his hand to persist for several battles without replacing it. Of course, there are rare exceptions in the world, but not everyone can have such a magical weapon.

Building ordnance is the top priority for Chen Feng. Fortunately, he has prepared beforehand. Zhang He and other generals obtained hundreds of blacksmiths through various channels.

Some are experts in making swords and swords in the army, and some are blacksmiths among the people. The only thing they have in common is their low status, and, in this era, they often don't have enough to eat.

"General, don't worry, no matter how many swords I have made, none of them are inferior."

A burly man in his 30s uttered these words while eating the flatbread and pieces of meat in his hand.

"I'm not bragging, my ancestor was a top craftsman who was born in making Zhanmajian. If there was no accident later, I would definitely be left in the capital to make ordnance for the Imperial Forest Army..."

This strong man is one of the newly recruited blacksmiths. He was selected because he has the highest level. The blacksmiths next to him are obviously not in the same group as him. Seeing this guy bragging, those few blacksmiths are very upset. Convinced.

"General, I have been blacksmithing since I was a child, and the calluses on my hands are proof. You asked us to build weapons today, so we can also repay your great kindness."

Another nearly 50-year-old man cupped his hands and said, "If you can trust me, I will personally build a good weapon for you to see within three days."

"Bragging, the best weapons are only made after repeated tempering." After eating the big cake in his hand, the man immediately replied: "You are so arrogant that you can do it in three days, hmph, anyway, I don't believe it."

"You, ignorant junior, what do you know, the old man has his own methods..."

"Don't worry, let's talk when we are full."

Regarding the conflicts among these blacksmiths, Chen Feng was very clear in his heart. Before meeting him, these people were living without enough to eat.

Now they not only have enough food and clothing, but also can support their families, and they can eat meat every now and then. This kind of life is what they have dreamed of for a long time.

So they are afraid that others will take away their lives, and they are even more afraid that others will take away their jobs, so every time they show up, they want to show off.

However, the iron materials stored in the army were insufficient, and the quality of the iron materials was not high, so they haven't produced any good things that can be sold.

"My lord, the hydraulic device you want has been installed and is ready for use now." A soldier came over to report the situation: "The other generals are waiting outside, just waiting for the lord to pass."

"Well, come on, let's go out to forge weapons now, and use your best methods. I have enough refined iron today."

Chen Feng called all the blacksmiths to go out to work. According to his current production speed of refined iron, such things as making weapons did not need his intervention.

However, for the weapons at this stage, he felt that there were still a lot of room for improvement, but this required him to be familiar with the way of building weapons in this era.

By the side of a river, due to the height difference, the water flow falls freely under the action of gravity, hitting strange wooden boards underneath.Then the planks are hit and rotated.

On the shore, under the action of a series of gears, several big hammers were continuously lifted and then smashed down.

The onlookers were very curious about this kind of hammer that could be swung without manpower, especially the few blacksmiths.

They know how painful it is to wield a hammer, especially when forging a weapon, it requires constant beating by manpower.

"Let's start, do as I tell you." After Chen Feng gave the order, the reddish fine iron was clamped out by the blacksmiths, and then they forged weapons based on their own experience.

"Brother Yuan, what do you think?"

"That's true, Junyi, why don't you give it a try?"

After speaking, they ordered the soldiers around them to draw out their sabers to test the power of the Zhanmajian. After several slashes, the sabers in the hands of the soldiers had obvious gaps.

It is estimated that there will be a possibility of breaking after a few more cuts, and the horse-killing swords in Zhang He and Zhang Liao's hands only have a few small gaps.

"General, your strength has increased a lot." This is what the two soldiers who tried the knife said at the same time, and it is also their personal experience.

"There should be room for improvement in terms of materials." Chen Feng is quite satisfied with the result, but he never relaxes his quality requirements: "Well, for the time being, according to two sets of standards, make straight horse-cutting swords and arc-shaped swords respectively. Horse sword.

The straight horse-cutting sword is for sale, and all our soldiers are equipped with curved horse-cutting swords. In addition, everyone must keep this secret.

You two are good at craftsmanship, I appreciate it very much, and you will be the master craftsmen of my craftsman camp in the future. For the time being, the salary I will give you is [-] yuan per month.

In the future, if you have any good suggestions or new ideas, you can think about them yourself. As long as they are useful for improving weapons, I will not hesitate to reward them. "

"Thank you General, thank you General,,,,,,"

"Haha, my lord, with this horse-slaying sword, why are you afraid of bandits in the grassland?"

Zhang He smiled excitedly: "Back then, my sons of the Han family were able to kill the Huns with straight horse-cutting swords, and now we have even more powerful curved horse-cutting swords. Prairie cavalry are not to be feared."

"That's not enough." Chen Feng shook his head and said, "Fortunately, we don't have to worry about fine iron now, I'm going to build a new type of armor, and I must ensure that all soldiers get a layer of protection.