Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Guo Ye said respectfully: "Such a magic soldier, please give me a name from the lord."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "This kind of knife will be called Su Tie Sword from now on! The sword that is forged will be called Su Tie Sword, and so on."

Guo Ye hurriedly agreed, with an extremely respectful demeanor.

For this great blacksmith who has devoted his whole life to smelting, Zhao Kuo at this moment is equivalent to the existence of a patriarch, not only Guo Ye's lord, but also Guo Ye's teacher and guide in smelting. !Zhao Kuo warned again: "Remember, Su Tie's weapons must be kept secret and must not be passed on to outsiders!"

Originally, Zhao Kuo wanted to use this Su Tie method to bring Zhao's entire smelting level to a new level. However, Zhao Kuo's successive actions made Zhao Kuo somewhat disheartened, and decided to keep it for the time being.

Since you are in the first grade of junior high school, don't blame me, Zhao Kuo, for doing the fifteenth grade!

Chapter 54 An Army of the Best in the World

Seeing the success of Su Tie's weapon, Zhao Kuo also let out a sigh of relief.

All the blacksmiths and apprentices present are Zhao Kuo's retainers and servants. Loyalty is definitely guaranteed. Of course, it is also necessary to send additional manpower to take care of them.

But punishment and labor alone are definitely not enough, so Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, "From today onwards, the monthly salary of all of you will be tripled!"

Although they are retainers and servants, they have to support their families after all, so of course these people also have some salaries on weekdays, mainly in the form of food.

The real advantage is that it is the easiest to impress people. All the people present immediately cheered and paid homage to Zhao Kuo, thanking the Patriarch Long En.

Looking at the grateful craftsmen in front of him, Zhao Kuo felt a little emotional.

It's really not difficult to gain someone's allegiance these days, as long as they make their lives easier.

Zhao Kuo collected himself, pulled Guo Ye over again, and said in a low voice, "I have another blueprint for you."

Guo Ye was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "My lord, where are the blueprints?"

At this moment, Guo Ye has completely recognized Zhao Kuo as his mentor and forerunner on the way of smelting, and has great expectations for the drawings Zhao Kuo produced.

Zhao Kuo took out a silk cloth and said with a smile, "This is it."

Guo Ye hurriedly took the silk cloth, looked it up and down, and clicked his tongue: "This style, this shape, wow, and this material, etc. My lord, this weight is too much, forty catties?

It is impossible for a soldier to carry such heavy armor to fight. "

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and patted Guo Ye's shoulder: "This is not prepared for foot soldiers, didn't you see that there is a set of horse armor underneath?

The name of this set of armor is Armored Cavalry! "

Now that there are iron knives and steel of sufficient quality, how can the most powerful cavalry in Chinese history, from the origin of the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Mongolian Empire sweeping across the Eurasian continent, the heavy armored cavalry who are the protagonists of the cavalry, how can they be absent?

Heavy armored cavalry, also known as armored cavalry, is known as the pure man among the cavalry, and it can really create a miracle of winning more with less and fighting a hundred with one enemy!The traverser made a move to be so extraordinary.

Zhao Kuo told Guo Ye: "In short, you first make me a thousand iron knives, and then make a thousand sets of armor and harness like this, do you understand?"

Guo Ye was eager to try, and immediately agreed.

On the contrary, Xu Li's face collapsed when he heard this sentence, first a thousand iron knives, and then a thousand sets of armor, how much does it cost!Xu Li suddenly felt a little dizzy again.

My master is good at everything, but he is a prodigal, too prodigal!Xu Li looked sad, and grabbed Zhao Kuo's sleeve: "My lord, you can't do this, our family will really go bankrupt if this continues!"

Zhao Kuo rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Where are you going to go bankrupt, go bankrupt, is it not easy to make money?"

Xu Li tugged on Zhao Kuo's sleeve and refused to let go: "My lord, I really have no money.

You can’t continue to prodigal like this.” Zhao Kuo kicked him: “Do you still want money?

Let go if you want! "

Xu Li dodged Zhao Kuo's not-so-fast kick with a half-believing expression on his face: "Really?"

Zhao Kuo glared at Xu Li angrily, and hung Su Tiedao on his waist: "Really, do you want money?

If you don't want money, you can stay here, if you want money, come with me! "

Xu Li immediately let go, with a bright smile on his face: "My lord, please, please."

Half an hour later, Zhao Kuo saw Guo Zong in the lobby of the manor.

Guo Zong bowed to Zhao Kuo with a smile and said, "I have seen Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing's newly married Yaner is so radiant, it really makes Guo feel ashamed. "

Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, "Guo Zong, don't talk about those nonsense between us, where is my money?"

Upon hearing these words, Xu Li's eyes widened immediately.

Guo Zong smiled and waved outside: "Come here!"

After a while, two large boxes were placed in front of Zhao Kuo.

Xu Li's eyes were bigger than copper bells, and he stared closely at the two big boxes.

Guo Zong opened the box, and sure enough, the golden light of copper coins was exposed again.

Guo Zong said with a smile: "Among the two boxes, one of them is a wedding gift that Guo prepared for Zhao Qing. It is a total of 1000 million worth of money and jade. It is not a respect, but please accept it with a smile."

After all, Zhao Kuo is the top aristocrat in the Zhao Kingdom. People like Guo Zong are rich but have no titles, so they are not qualified to attend Zhao Kuo's wedding, so they can only send gifts here now.

Zhao Kuo nodded, thinking that people who do big business really know how to behave: "Thank you Mr. Guo for the gift, this other box must be the dividend of ginseng, right?"

Guo Zong said with a smile: "Zhao Qing is really astute. In the past period of time, she sold more than 100 ginseng plants, with prices ranging from 50 to [-].

According to Mr. Pingyuan's order, here is Zhao Qing's share, a total of 600 million yuan. "

"600?"

Zhao Kuo was slightly surprised: "Sold so many?"

Zhao Kuo only has 6000% of the shares, so according to this calculation, ginseng has directly sold [-] million in sales in less than a month.

Considering that ginseng is basically only sold in Handan at present, this is definitely a very astonishing figure.

Guo Zong said with a smile that men could understand: "Zhao Qing doesn't know how crazy those nobles are after hearing Mr. Pingyuan's talk about the efficacy of this ginseng, hehe."

Zhao Kuo: "" Zhao Kuo really doubted himself a little bit, did I remember wrongly, ginseng really has that effect?

But regardless of these things, being rich is a good thing, otherwise Xu Li, the big housekeeper, would not be able to cry every day.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo subconsciously glanced at Xu Li.

There was not much joy on Xu Li's face.

Although 500 million yuan is a big income, Zhao Kuo's real income is only 1000 million yuan after excluding the one-time income of 500 million yuan in gifts from Guo Zong.

If Zhao Kuo's plan is followed to purchase high-quality war horses, purchase a large amount of high-quality iron ore to smelt Sutie weapons and steel armor, and a thousand sets of war horse armor, after all these incomes are invested, there will be a gap of at least 4000 to [-] million yuan .

Taking into account factors such as rising prices and unexpected losses, Zhao Kuo has to earn another 5000 million to fill this gap.

If it is supported by Zhao Guo alone, the money is certainly not difficult.

But after all, Zhao Kuo is just one person, just a mansion, and the wealth gap between the two is huge.

The army is always the most expensive thing!When Zhao Kuo saw Xu Li's appearance, he knew that the miser's nature of the housekeeper had flared up again.

But Zhao Kuo is determined.

King Zhao would definitely not allow Zhao Kuo to arm a private army of tens of thousands of people, so Zhao Kuo can only make a mark from his own thousand soldiers, and can only start from the quality.

What Zhao Kuo wants to build is an elite army unparalleled in the world, an army equipped with the sharpest weapons, the strongest armor, and the best horses from head to toe.

Such a force must invest huge sums of money that others cannot imagine.

In fact, if Zhao Kuo didn't put the money into it, then Zhao Kuo would definitely be a rich man in the world.

But Zhao Kuo had already begun to distrust King Zhao in his heart. In any case, this army was to be built, not for hurting others, but also for self-protection.

No money?

Then keep earning!Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo smiled at Guo Zong and said, "Guo Zong, I still have a big deal with you, I wonder if you want it?"

Guo Zong hurriedly said: "Zhao Qing was joking, it is Guo Zong's blessing to do business with Zhao Qing, I wonder what Zhao Qing is talking about?"

Zhao Kuo coughed, took out the iron knife hanging from his waist, and waved it in front of Guo Zong.

"This knife, as long as you pay 200 million, I will sell it to you."

Chapter 55 There Are Such Divine Soldiers!

"200?"

Rao is Guo Zongzhi's rich man, and his pupils can't help shrinking when he heard the price.

As the largest smelter in Zhao State, Guo Zong has inextricably linked with the government. Many armors and weapons of Zhao State's army come from Guo Zong's smelting workshop.

In Guo Zong's smelting workshop, how much is an iron sword of an ordinary soldier of Zhao's army?

Two thousand five hundred dollars.

Plus the armor of the soldiers, [-] yuan can equip a complete soldier.

This is the price of an ordinary soldier. If it is a mid-level officer such as a hundred generals or five hundred masters, about [-] yuan can get a person's full body equipment.

According to the generals, the armor is basically custom-made, the price starts from [-] sets, and the final price is determined according to the demand, or it is simply made by the craftsmen in the general's mansion.

In other words, the knife in Zhao Kuo's hand is equivalent to a full set of equipment for the forty generals of Zhao State!Guo Zong's cheek muscles twitched, and he showed a very forced smile: "Since it is the precious sword sold by Zhao Qing, of course Guo Zong wants to buy it.

It's just that the price is too expensive, right? "

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and said, "Do you think I'm cheating on you?

Let's go, I'll show you around. "

A moment later, on the school field of Zhao's Manor.

Zhao Kuo and Guo Zong stood in front of a straw man, and said, "You saw it just now, how many sets of armor does this grass man wear?"

Guo Zong said: "Five sets."

Zhao Kuo waved Su Tie Dao in his hand, and said with a smile, "Do you think this sword in my hand can cut through the five layers of iron armor?"

Guo Zong hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid it's quite difficult."

After all, Guo Zong is a giant iron smelter, and he is also an expert in ironware, especially iron weapons.

In the current world, there are two countries that can forge the sharpest swords, namely Chu and South Korea. Chu and Han are famous all over the world.

According to Guo Zong's knowledge, the sharpest sword in Chu State can cut through three layers of iron armor with one stroke, and the sharpest sword in South Korea can cut through four layers of iron armor.

Zhao Guo is far inferior to Chu Han in terms of weapon casting. The weapons that Zhao Guo can currently forge can only cut through two layers of iron armor. It is the sharpest sword that only generals can wear. Ordinary soldiers' swords have to be repeatedly slashed to pierce even a layer of iron armor.

fifth floor?

That was a level that even Chu and South Korea could not reach, let alone Zhao.

It was because of Zhao Kuo's face that Guo Zong said it so euphemistically. If another person stood here and said this, Guo Zong directly sprayed him bloody.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Get out of the way, and let me show you."

Guo Zong took a few steps back, feeling amused: "Does this Zhao Qing really think that his sword can cut through five layers of armor?"

It is impossible in this world to have a weapon that can cut through so many layers of armor with one blow!Zhao Kuo took a breath, then exhaled and slashed at the grass man in front of him.

With a loud bang, Su Tiedao drew a perfect arc full of strength in the air, and slashed diagonally down from the straw man's shoulders to his thighs.

The straw man was stabbed in two, and countless armor parts fell to the ground, making clanking noises.

Zhao Kuo put away the saber and stood, smiling at Guo Zong in front of him: "Guo Zong, what do you think of my saber?"

Guo Zong's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

This giant iron smelter, who is very famous in Handan and even in the whole world, trembled unceasingly, and suddenly threw himself on the pile of scrapped iron armor on the ground, and inspected it carefully.

It is definitely a good product with real materials and no fakes. It is more advanced than what ordinary soldiers wear. It should be the equipment of the middle and lower ranks of the Chu State.

In fact, the normal evaluation standard only needs to use the armor of ordinary soldiers.

In other words, Zhao Kuo actually took the initiative to increase the difficulty! "Five floors, five floors." Guo Zong counted the number of these armors over and over again, with an expression of disbelief still on his face.

Zhao Kuo put on a calm expression, quietly looking at Guo Zong in front of him.

It is recorded in the history books that Qi Wuhuai's Su Tie Dao can cut through [-] layers of iron armor, although Zhao Kuo's Su Tie Dao may not be able to reach the top level of weapon master Qi Wuhuai, but five layers?

Is it okay to be small?

Finally, Guo Zong raised his head enthusiastically: "Guo Zong wants Zhao Qing's knife!"

Guo Zong must.

Guo Zong couldn't be more clear about what a magical weapon means in this war-torn era.