"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what a joy, what a joy!"

In August, the temperature in Wudi is still high.

Although Lu Yi was sweating profusely due to the heat, it did not stop him from running quickly just to tell His Majesty the good news he had just received.

Compared with the Weiyang Palace, which has a history of hundreds of years, the Jianye Palace was newly built after Sun Quan became emperor. The palace is far less magnificent than Adou's Palace.

In addition, the state of Wu has suffered from severe inflation and insufficient taxes in recent years. It is common for the treasury to be short of money and food, otherwise it would not be necessary to continuously cast large iron coins.

So Adou can sit in an artificially air-conditioned palace with ice mirrors on all four corners and eat ice cheese.

Sun Quan could only sit in a pavilion by the water and eat ice cream.

It's not that there is no ice mirror in the palace of Wu State, but the ice hidden in the palace is not enough to squander it like Adou did.

It is usually used to freeze food and fruits.

Sometimes it is also used to reward ministers.

However, the ice cheese recipe passed down from the Shu Kingdom is indeed a good way to beat the heat!

It contains brown sugar, chicken, cheese, mixed with different juices according to taste preferences, and frozen.

The food is fragrant, sweet and smooth, coupled with the taste of juice, it is the best food to beat the heat and makes people want to stop.

Sun Quan, who was eating with gusto, heard Lu Yi's voice announcing the good news and quickly put down the ice cream.

Then he took the towel brought by the palace attendant, wiped the beard on his face carefully, and then said:

"Ask Principal Lu to come over."

"Your Majesty, what a happy event!"

Lu Yi came to Sun Quan and bowed with great ceremony. He held a letter in his hand and his face was full of joy.

Sun Quan was in a good mood.

Xu's serious illness did not affect his mood.

There was even a hint of shameful joy in his heart.

If the Xu family disappears, then no one will be able to compete with the Bu family in the palace for the position of queen.

In this way, it can be regarded as fulfilling my wish for so many years.

When he heard Lu Yi shouting happy news, his face was filled with a smile:

“Where does joy come from?”

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the letter held in Lu Yi's hand.

"Your Majesty, this is a secret message sent back from Shu by the Qin Schoolmaster."

Lu Yi hurriedly handed over the letter, and then said, "Qin Xiaoshi went to Shu this time and fulfilled his mission. We, Da Wu, will form an armored cavalry army and there is hope!"

"Oh? Seriously?" Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly opened the letter to read.

When he saw that the Han Dynasty was actually willing to rent the weapons and armor of the armored cavalry to Wu, he couldn't help but exclaimed:

"This Han country is so generous!"

It’s not surprising that Sun Quan was so out of sorts, it was because the letter sent back by Zhu Ju described in detail the amount of money and food it would cost to build the armored cavalry, which was simply an astronomical figure.

If Da Wu really wants to form an armored cavalry army as Zhu Ju said, I am afraid that even with the strength of the whole country, it will be difficult to sustain it.

Unless more than half of Da Wu's other armies are cut off, all the money and food saved will be used to pile up the armored cavalry.

But when he saw that he needed to use tariffs as collateral, he couldn't help but hesitate:

What am I saying? How could Han be such a good person for no reason?

He looked at Lu Yi and said:

"In the past few years, there have been more and more caravans coming from the Han Kingdom to Dawu. These caravans and ships are not a small sum of money. Is it cost-effective to do this?"

Lu Yi was already prepared and immediately replied after hearing this:

"Your Majesty, although the number of carriages and boats collected from the Han caravan is not small, the school office has calculated that the weapons and armor rented to us by the Han State alone are enough to last twenty years."

"That is to say, within twenty years, Da Wu will only make a profit but not lose anything. This is because the weapons and armor provided by the Han State are indeed very sophisticated and extraordinary."

Speaking of this, Lu Yi lowered his voice and said:

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, that is, many of the caravans traveling between Han and Wu belong to Wu's aristocratic families."

"These caravans, in many cases, rely on the support of local wealthy families, and often do not hand over the carriages and boats. In recent years, the school affairs office has set up checkpoints in various places in Wuchang, Jingzhou, and found many similar incidents."

"Therefore, in my opinion, rather than bothering to collect these carriages and ships, it is better to simply agree to the Han Dynasty."

"In this way, your majesty will not only get the weapons and armor of the Han Dynasty for free, but you will also be able to win over the hearts and minds of the rich people by getting free transportation and ships."

After hearing this, Sun Quan suddenly realized:

"I see, this is a wonderful move."

Then he was a little curious:

"You said that the weapons and armor borrowed by the Han State are extremely fine and unusual. This coincides with what Zifan (i.e. Zhu Ju) said. Could it be that the iron casting technique of the Han State is really so powerful?"

Compared with Zhu Ju's empty talk and unsubstantiated claims, Lu Yi was much more prepared.

But Lu Yi replied:

"The Han's armored cavalry is unparalleled in the world, and the weapons and armor they use are naturally extraordinary. The Qin school handles affairs well and is highly valued by the Han state, so Lord Feng... expressly gave him a set of armored cavalry."

Weapons and armor.”

"School Qin dare not take it privately, and has already sent it back to Dawu. When I enter the palace this time, I have brought this set of weapons and armor with me."

"Oh?" When Sun Quan heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Send it over quickly."

Following Sun Quan's instructions, several guards soon arrived in front of Sun Quan carrying a set of weapons and armor.

Sun Quan immediately took a fancy to the saber in the guard's hand.

He picked up the knife from the guard's hand, held the handle, and unsheathed the knife. Although the weather was hot, the coldness on the knife still hit him immediately.

"What a sword!" Sun Quan couldn't help but admire, "This kind of sword costs at least 100,000 yuan!"

After all, Sun Quan had exchanged swords with Shu for wool, so he naturally knew the price of swords.

In terms of five baht, the sword most commonly used in the army will not cost less than one thousand baht.

The hundred-refined sword must cost at least 20,000 yuan.

As for the Zhanma Dao, it all depends on the quality.

The worst case is 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

As for the horse-cutting sword in his hand, it can already be regarded as a family heirloom.

One hundred thousand dollars has a price but no market.

He couldn't put it down and watched it for a long time, and then he reluctantly sheathed the sword.

Then his eyes fell on the standing armor.

Although the iron armor was not put on the bodies of humans and horses, just being put on the wooden frame and standing there made people feel an extremely heavy sense of oppression.

Sun Quan came closer and gently stroked the armor. He applied a little force and found that he couldn't press it in at all.

Looking at the iron armor that was tightly sealed from top to bottom, with no flaw at all. Only the eyes on the face were exposed with two black holes, Sun Quan couldn't help but sigh:

"This kind of iron armor is invulnerable to swords and arrows. If you rush into the formation, even a mighty general will not be able to defeat it."

Then there is a horse halberd more than one foot long, and a crossbow...

There are all kinds of them, all of which are extremely sophisticated. Even the generals of Wu who have been fighting for many years may not be able to put together such a set.

It's not that they don't have enough money, but that even if they hire someone to make weapons and armor like this, they may not be able to make them.

"Feng Mingwen was able to defeat an army of 100,000 Wei thieves head-on with 20,000 troops. I finally know why!"

Sun Quan sighed, "With three thousand armored cavalry in hand, who in the world can do that?"

He said and shook his head again.

No wonder Han’s armored cavalry only numbered three thousand.

No wonder the Han Dynasty took the initiative to rent it. They must also know that Da Wu simply did not have the ability to build the same armored cavalry army.

Even if Da Wu had enough money and food, it would still be a question whether he could build weapons and armor of the same quality.

Even if it can be built, how long it will take is another question.

Looking at the pile of things in front of him, Sun Quan didn't know what he thought of. His heart felt a little heavy and his face became a little ugly.

After the Battle of Yiling, Wu and Shu reunited their alliance, and the two countries never fought head-on again.

However, because he defeated Liu Bei in the battle of Yiling, Sun Quan actually always had a psychological advantage when facing Shu.

Over the years, even though the Han State had won successive victories against the Wei State, Jianye and Shu were still separated by Jingzhou. The distance was so far that they could not feel the pressure of the Shu State at all.

Therefore, Sun Quan has always felt that even the Shu army's combat effectiveness has improved under Zhuge Liang's reorganization.
To be continued...