In the days that followed, Ouyangke searched for ores in the mountains outside Nashang County. Fusu also sent people to follow him at his disposal. After half a month of searching, Ouyangke actually found the mine located in

There is a huge amount of iron ore and copper mines on a mountain ten miles west of Shangjun City. This made Fusu very happy and hurriedly sent an army to the front.

He went to the mountain and followed Ouyangke's instructions to build a copper and iron smelting place on the spot. Ouyangke lived here and began to smelt the ore into real metal. At the same time, Fusu was afraid of Ouyangke.

When one person was too busy, the more clever soldiers among the generals were also sent to the mountain to smelt with him. Two months had passed.

In the past two months, Yunzhong County has annihilated several waves of Huns who fell into the trap. At the beginning, the Huns did not know where they were. People kept coming to the valley to grab food, but they were all killed by Meng Tian and others.

It was clean, but then the remaining Huns already knew their strategy, and at the same time they also found out that even the strongest Legang tribe was killed by these Central Plains people, so they did not dare to attack the lord of the valley easily.

At the same time, Meng Tian and others also began to consider Fu Su's order. Although the Huns suffered heavy casualties in these battles, Meng Tian's army also lost a lot of troops, especially in the first battle with Legang.

After the cavalry battle, after several battles, the men and horses were counted, and everyone found that more than 15,000 people had been lost. These were all the elites of Fusu's army. This would be very detrimental to Fusu's future hegemony in the Central Plains.

At the same time, the Huns no longer dared to risk their lives for that little food, and several other counties moved the people outside the city closer to the city, which was protected by fortified cities. In addition, the Huns were not good at cavalry.

After conquering the fortress, they no longer appeared near Fusu's territory, but ran to other places.

Now that these Huns have been driven away from their own territory, Meng Tian and others began to bring the army back to Shangjun one after another, leaving only a cavalry of 5,000 people led by Zhou Xing to guard several border counties to prevent

The Huns left and returned.

Two months of hard work were not in vain. Ouyangke had already smelted over a thousand kilograms of iron and three thousand kilograms of copper. This was because the soldiers who came to help were not familiar with the smelting method, otherwise the quantity would have been much greater.

On this day, Fusu came to the smelting field in person to see their progress.

It was already winter, and Shangjun was in the north, so the weather was very cold. But when Fusu and others came to the edge of the hill, they felt a heat wave coming, and not only could they not feel a trace of winter cold.

, and also wanted to take off all the winter clothes I was wearing.

Seeing that Fusu and his men had come in person, the soldiers guarding the mountain came forward to greet him, and at the same time they hurriedly sent people up to report to Ouyangke and others. When Fusu arrived halfway, Ouyangke had already brought his men.

I came down to greet him. I saw him wearing only a linen robe, and his exposed skin was red and black from the fire. But his eyes were bright and he was in high spirits. He was even better than when he first met Fusu that day.

He looked more energetic when he stood up. When he came to Fusu, he cupped his hands and was about to fall down. Fusu hurriedly supported him and said: "Mr. Ou, there is no need to be polite. I just came here today to see how much copper and iron there is."

, and let’s see if there’s anything else Mr. Fusu needs to do.” As he said this, he took Ouyangke’s hand and went up. Followed by Zhang Liang and Cang Haijun, two old friends of Ouyangke.

Ou Yangke hurriedly said: "Now these soldiers have mastered how to extract copper and iron from the ore. Compared with the previous days, the output of copper and iron has doubled. As for the needs mentioned by the prince, I think

Please ask the prince to send more warriors here, because we have almost used up the ore near the smelting site, and then we have to transport the ore down from the mountain, and we don’t have enough manpower here." He said with a smile.

"It's easy. Now we don't use troops externally, and the soldiers are idle. Just let them come to the mountain to help Mr. mine in mining. It's just training." Fusu agreed with a smile, and then asked, "I don't know.

Zhang Liang’s soldiers already have mastery of mining, smelting and other skills as much as Mr. Zhang Liang’s?”

"They have mastered all the processes from harvesting to refining. Now I just give a little guidance on the side."

"Then if Mr. leaves this mountain, won't the output of copper and iron be reduced?" Fusu asked hurriedly after hearing his answer.

"This..." Ou Yangke hesitated for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be a problem. Several of them are already very skilled in mining, smelting and other techniques. With them here, there should be no problem here. I don't know, Prince

What do you want me to do?"

Fusu chuckled and said: "Mr. Ou, we smelt a lot of copper and iron not just for the beautiful things, we also need to cast them into usable weapons and armor, and sir, you are the swordsmith master Ou Yezi's

Future generations should be able to forge weapons and armor easily, so I would like to ask you to find another place and open a foundry to make some weapons for me."

When Ouyangke heard this, his already red face became even brighter with excitement: "Since the prince trusts me so much, I, Ouyangke, will definitely live up to his trust. I thought that my Ouyang family has made a living by forging weapons for hundreds of years, but unexpectedly

In my generation, it is useless. Today, the prince allows me to continue the career of my ancestors, and I, Ouyangke, am grateful."

Fusu patted Ouyangke on the shoulder and said: "Mr. Ou, just show off your skills and let us see how the magic weapon came into being. But now I don't want Mr. Ou to focus on forging a weapon."

Weapons, but to forge usable weapons and armor in large quantities. Once you can teach some disciples, Mr. Ou can inherit the ancestors' wishes and forge magic weapons."

"Okay, then the prince will first find a place with living water and carbon fire so that I can cast it." Ouyangke said impatiently.

"I'm not busy. Today, apart from talking to my husband about this matter, I mainly want to take a look at the smelting field." Fusu said as he walked into the smelting field. The area was dozens of feet in diameter, and there was a large square made of earth and stone inside.

There was a large stove with a large pot on it, and the ore was being smelted inside. Compared with the temperature here, it was really cool outside. Fusu just stood for a moment and was already sweating like rain. At this time, some

The soldiers were using some special utensils to move the smelted copper and iron into a corner. Fusu hurried over and saw the golden copper and dark iron being placed there. When Zhang Liang saw these things, he felt in his heart

Somewhat strange, he asked: "I see that the colors of the forged weapons and armor are not like this. Did the craftsmen who made them add something to them?"

Ou Yangke also said in confusion: "I don't know this either. I asked my father back then, but he couldn't tell me why. Maybe the heat when casting weapons is higher than when smelting them, so

Make them change color."

"Actually, they changed the color because they had been left in the air for a long time and oxidized with the oxygen in the air." Fusu saw that a learned man and a blacksmith who had been handed down from generation to generation didn't know the reason, so he explained.

Said. But when he explained, the two of them were even more confused. They both looked at Fusu with curious eyes. Fusu then thought that the chemistry knowledge he had learned before was completely understood by no one in this era. Busy hehe

He smiled and said, "I'm just saying it casually, you two don't need to take it to heart."

After seeing the smelting site, Fusu returned to Shangjun with Ouyangke and thousands of kilograms of copper and iron. After that, he built a foundry in a small valley outside Shangjun City and sent some soldiers to Ouyangke.

Yang Ke learned the art of casting.

With Ou Yangke's day and night efforts, nearly a hundred weapons and armors were finally forged. After the soldiers used them, they found that the strength of these armors and the sharpness of the weapons were far greater than those of previous armaments. This made

Fusu was very satisfied. He knew that he had made the right decision by spending a lot of manpower and material resources to build several smelting yards and foundries.

In the school field, a soldier was standing in place wearing an armor made of Oyangke. A crossbowman in the distance was holding a crossbow machine and aiming it at his chest. With a command, the crossbow arrows were fired at him like lightning.

Hearing a "ding" sound, the armored soldier just stepped back a few steps, and the crossbow arrow fell to the ground. The armor on his body was completely intact.

"Okay!" Fusu hurriedly came forward, "Take off your armor and rest."

The soldier took off his armor in fear. He had just seen the crossbow arrows being fired. Even though he had always been known for his boldness, his legs were weak from fear. Fusu saw his fear and hurriedly added: "You can get another half."

Three months of military pay is shocking to you."

After the soldier left, Meng Tian, ​​Han Xin and other generals hurriedly ran up, took the armor from Fusu, and marveled: "I didn't expect that Ouyangke's casting level was so high. This armor looks inconspicuous.

It can block the shots of hard crossbows. However, this armor is too heavy and is not suitable for infantry to wear, otherwise our soldiers will not die on the battlefield."

Fusu said: "Not only is this armor too heavy, but the time and copper and iron required to make one piece are several times that of other armors, so I don't plan to let all soldiers wear it."

"Then why did the prince ask Mr. Ou to build this armor?" Meng Tian asked strangely.

"I wear them for the cavalry. I want to create an invincible cavalry team!" Fusu said with confidence.

"Even the infantry looks very cumbersome when wearing it. If the cavalry wears it, the mobility, flexibility and speed of the cavalry will no longer exist. What is the prince's intention?" Han Xin also asked strangely.

"You will soon know that my chain horse will definitely be the most feared unit when fighting the enemy on the plains." Fusu said as he shook off the armor and looked at it carefully.

He had seen an invincible cavalry.
Chapter completed!