Gu Dayong was born as a factory guard and was familiar with this kind of thing. He was actually helpless in his warnings like this.

In the past, he used Ye Chunqiu and Ye Chunqiu, but he had nothing to do with him, and he was not concerned about your life or death.

But now it’s different. Gu Dayong found that he was isolated and could not commit suicide at this time. Then Liu Jin and Zhang Yong probably hated him to death. Since it is difficult to take advantage of the opportunity, I hope Ye Chunqiu can live well and be happier. For him, it is multiple friends and multiple ways.

Ye Chunqiu nodded at him and said, "Thank you for your reminder."

Gu Dayong smiled, but the smile was a little embarrassed, and he said hello and left.

Ye Chunqiu then slowly walked into the warm pavilion.

In the warm pavilion, Zhu Houzhao was squinting her eyes and was dozing on the soft collapse. When she heard the movement, she opened her eyes and said, "Oh, Ye Aiqing, I am waiting for you in a hurry. Some days I haven't seen you, what have you been doing? How about the new army?"

Ye Chunqiu first saluted Zhu Houzhao meticulously: "I have seen Your Majesty, I have been forging armies these days."

This guy... is really proficient in everything.

Zhu Houzhao cheered up, her eyes shining brightly, and said, "How effective is it? I really want to see it."

Ye Chunqiu said: "Your Majesty, I have brought some samples, all outside the Meridian Gate. I am now setting up a model and I am just about to ask Your Majesty to make the decision."

He knew that Zhu Houzhao liked this, so he was willing to let Zhu Houzhao participate. After the alloy steel was made, Ye Chunqiu asked the craftsmen to put down everything they had and roughly create various weapons.

Ye Chunqiu almost made all the weapons of all the standards in the world, from heavy swords in Europe to Chinese spears, long swords, long halberds, and maces. Whether you like or not, try to make one, and then work with Zhu Houzhao for counselors.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she suddenly seemed excited and said anxiously: "Hurry up, ask someone to move in, I want to see."

After giving an eunuch, Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands excitedly, feeling that he finally felt like I was.

When the many weapons and armor that Ye Chunqiu brought came, Zhu Houzhao first picked up a knife.

It's strange that this one-handed knife suddenly made Zhu Houzhao feel different.

How to say it, it looked very imposing. Before he wanted to pick it up, he thought the knife was at least six or seven pounds, but after buying it, he found it was light and fluttering.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say suspiciously: "It's so light."

After waving it, he felt that the grip was good. The most important thing was that the knife seemed to be formed in one piece, which was very rare. Because most of the knives in this era were forged. Because the melting point of steel could not reach, they could only burn it red first. The steel became softer, so they kept hammering it and making out the impurities and bubbles inside. Such weapons would inevitably produce bubbles after all. It would be fine if it was an excellent sword, but don't forget, who would specially hire a craftsman to forge and train you every day?

So in essence, the Ming Dynasty was not without good weapons, but most of them were very inferior. Zhu Houzhao was the emperor. Of course, the weapons he saw were very exquisite, but they were just cast from forged steel. Because the steel strength of this era was limited, if it was made too thin, it would inevitably break easily. Therefore, the most popular thing in this era was not the slender weapons, which were often thick machetes and back knives.

But the knife that Zhu Houzhao held in his hand is much thinner than the ordinary knife. Obviously, Ye Chunqiu was not afraid of it breaking. He held it in his hand, it was light and only one or two pounds at most.

Zhu Houzhao waved a few times and immediately became amazed. He had seen many powerful tools, but it was the first time he saw such a light steel knife. He ordered someone to take a wooden stake and slash it horizontally. The long knife that looked light was actually quite sharp. Suddenly, the wooden stake that was as big as a fist broke in response to the sound and the cut was neat.

This knife is actually above the Japanese sword.

Zhu Houzhao said in shock: "I like this knife very much!" He took it away without hesitation, and then selected many weapons from the weapons to try.

Ye Chunqiu said: "Your Majesty, I plan to use three weapons for each new military commander. One is a dagger. This dagger may not be used to kill the enemy, but it can be used as a tool during the march. The other is a sword. I can't make any decisions between the sword and the sword. Your Majesty will take a look at this."

Zhu Houzhao followed Ye Chunqiu's gaze and landed on a straight knife. The straight knife was half a foot long. Zhu Houzhao picked it up, but it looked more than one or two, very light and thin. However, there was no bending or arc on the blade, and it looked like a straight sword.

Ye Chunqiu said: "This is based on the straight sword style of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty might as well give it a try."

The straight swords of the Tang Dynasty were actually similar to the Japanese swords. This Japanese sword evolved based on the straight sword, but soon, this straight sword was eliminated.

The reason for elimination is not because of the shortcomings of this straight knife, but because of the social change. The thinner the weapon, the more expensive it is, because the smelting technology in this era is not good. If you want to make it too lightly, you must use the best steel. During the Tang Dynasty, the nobles were proud of wearing swords and swords, so they naturally were willing to make a lot of money to forge this straight knife. However, after the Song Dynasty began, the country gradually valued literature and suppressed martial arts. In this way, such straight knifes lost the market. Why? It was just because the nobles and wealthy families were ashamed of wearing weapons, while ordinary warriors were despised as thieves and soldiers, and vulgar people.

In other words, only a group of "untouchables" were left in the army. It was difficult for the untouchables to fill their stomachs, so it was naturally impossible for them to forge any magical weapons at high prices. Although the court would also establish a construction bureau and be responsible for the manufacturing of these weapons, it was even more impossible for the court to really spend a lot of money to match the Qiu Ba and others with straight swords.

Of course, good steel is not for you to use, but if the thin weapon of the straight knife is made of inferior steel, it is often broken before it hits people. Then... Since the steel is inferior, in order to prevent it from breaking, let's thicken it. In the end, when the Tang sword evolved into a bright knife, the thicker the knife became. The thicker it was, the more closely related to shoddy manufacturing.

The straight knife made by Ye Chunqiu of alloy steel completely solved this problem, and it was even tougher and sharper than the refined Tang swords that were tempered by Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!