Forge sharp weapons

  The teacher is busy.

  Shangwen's face was normal as he replied, "General Meng. General. Today's matter is still confidential, if the six nations find out...". Upon hearing Shangwen say that it was confidential, Meng Huo glanced at Meng Tian and said, "Don't worry, sir. This will absolutely be kept secret. Not a single word about today's events will be leaked."

  "Alright, with General Meng's words, I can rest assured. Please." Upon hearing Meng's words, Shang Wen felt at ease. As a modern person, Shang Wen knew the huge changes technology had brought to the military field, and in order to have such awareness, one must do it right from the start.

  Then there was a banquet in the army. It is similar to modern banquets. In the following days, the army began to retreat. From Shangdang County, they retreated back to the main camp of the Qin army, Lantian. On the way, Meng Wu reported this matter to King Qin, who would later become Qin Shi Huang. When Qin Shi Huang heard about it, he was extremely astonished and came to Lantian to see for himself.

  Shang Wen knew that the King of Qin was coming, so he felt prepared. He used what kind of thing to move Qin Shi Huang. On the first day after arriving at Lantian Camp, he let Meng Tian prepare many iron products and some necessary raw materials for gunpowder. Shang Wen himself also visited the entire Lantian Camp under the accompaniment of Meng Huo.

  The next day, the King of Qin had not arrived yet. Shang Wen absolutely made more preparations before the King of Qin's arrival. He paid attention to the military equipment under the leadership of Meng Tian at the Lantian Grand Camp, which was the place where the Qin army repaired its weapons in Lantian Grand Camp. The place was quite large after all. After all, this was the main base of the Qin army.

  Shang Wen saw some blacksmiths who were obviously temporarily summoned yesterday. Their facial expressions were unnatural. Shang Wen smiled slightly and didn't care about that much anymore.

  In order to elevate the low status of the King of Qin in his heart, Shang Wen disguised the most basic quenching and tempering technique of ironware. After seeing the quenching and tempering, the ironware was incredibly tough. All the craftsmen felt that Shang Wen was a god-like figure, kneeling on the ground and addressing him as a divine being.

  Shang Wen smiled slightly. After helping the crowd up, he took out the horseshoes and other items drawn by Hei Ye, and asked the blacksmith to make some according to the drawings. The craftsman said it was not difficult, but only asked about the quantity. Shang Wen replied that the more the better.

  A group of blacksmiths began forging horseshoes and some iron nails.

  Shangwen, however, began to consider forging a fine iron sword and knife. Knives did not appear until the Warring States period, only swords existed, which were double-edged, while knives were single-edged, greatly reducing processing techniques and time. In terms of quantity, there was a huge advantage, and swords clearly had no advantage in this regard.

  After watching the blacksmith forge an iron sword, Shang Wen shook his head and remained silent. But in his heart, he thought: Such a forged iron sword has no advantage over bronze swords, except for the difference in material. The bronze swords of Qin have already reached their peak, while iron swords are just beginning. It's clear that there is no advantage at all. So equipping with iron swords and knives would be the only choice left.

  He hammered away at the newly forged iron sword. Shang Wen decided to use the quenching and tempering technique, which made the sword's toughness and hardness surpass that of bronze swords.

  Shangwen had the iron sword divided into two batches. One batch was forged into a piece of fine steel. The hammering time was long, and the quenching fire was repeated. Hammering.

  Another batch will be done once it's hammered into shape.

  It was soon done, one batch without. After finishing lunch, come back again. The fine steel is almost done too. Took a look. Shang Wen instructed the craftsmen to sandwich the rough steel with fine steel and forge an iron sword. The blacksmiths are masters of their craft, obviously having great admiration for Shang Wen's method. This is a new craftsmanship.

  It was quickly forged into an iron sword. Then it was quenched, ground and polished. After a series of processes, the iron sword was made. Everyone rushed to watch, but Shang Wen didn't think much of it. He ordered the craftsmen to make a military knife.

  On a piece of rough iron that had been forged, a piece of fine iron was placed as the blade. Then it was hammered. Soon, according to Shang Wen's style, it was forged. Similarly, it was quenched and polished. After a series of craftsmanship was completed, everyone looked at each other.

  Shang Wen had no interest in these cold weapons at all. Because what he wanted to do was to manufacture hot weapons. With hot weapons, everything else is just a cloud. The level of the weapon is far apart.

  Everyone was watching, and when Meng Huo's father and son heard that they had forged new-style swords and knives, they rushed over to take a look.

  Meng Huo pushed through the crowd. A blacksmith held an iron sword. Seeing Meng Huo coming, he immediately went forward respectfully. With both hands holding the iron sword, he said "General, please take a look".

  Meng Cong took over the iron sword and looked at it carefully.

  The bronze sword of the Qin State can be made over one meter long. The body of the sword is relatively slender and long, due to the material properties of bronze. Being able to make a sword over one meter long using bronze is already quite remarkable.

  The sword in front of me is longer than any bronze sword, about 1.5 meters long. The thick and sturdy blade has a black iron color as its main tone. The edge of the sword has been polished to an exceptionally sharp state.

  Moreover, holding it in his hand, he felt extremely solid. After measuring it, Meng Huo said: "Come on, bring the bronze sword, I want to try this sword."

  With a swish, one of the generals suddenly drew his sword. Meng Huo swung his sword in response. "Clang" The bronze sword broke with a loud noise. "Try another one!" Another general also drew his sword. The result was the same, breaking with a clang. Two swords were cut off in succession, without leaving any marks on the blade. Everyone present felt strange and whispered to each other. Meng Huo didn't care at all. It wasn't until he had cut through three bronze swords that the iron sword finally showed some signs of wear.

  "Good, good, good." Meng Hu looked at the iron sword in his hand. He said three "good"s in a row.

  "General, look at this iron sword." An ironsmith presented a newly forged iron sword to Meng Huo with both hands.

  Meng Huo took the iron sword and stroked its blade with his hand. "Good, good, good." He laughed loudly after saying three "goods". With such a sharp weapon, how could Meng Huo not be excited? These sharp weapons will easily cut off the arms of the six nations.

  "Where is Mr. Shang?" "I'm fine, thank you, Mr. Shang." Meng Chao searched everywhere for Shang Wen.

  Everyone began searching for Shang Wen. "General, sir is over there." A deputy general pointed towards Shang Wen.

  Meng Huo saw Shang Wen with his back to everyone. He didn't know what he was studying. Meng Huo knew not to disturb him, so he waved his hand to signal the people below to be quiet. The surroundings immediately fell silent.

  At this time, Shang Wen was crouching on the ground. He held a thin rope in one hand and an iron ring in the other. It was unknown what was inside the iron ring.

  Among the crowd, Shang Wen repeatedly pulled the rope back and forth. Sparks could be seen in the rope. But it was unknown what Shang Wen was making.

  At this time, Shang Wen was completely immersed in his own thoughts. He wanted to make hand grenades and had to figure out how to ignite the gunpowder. There was no way. Who let this era's industrial level only produce black powder? Even with black powder, it couldn't be made according to industrial proportions.

  The arrival of its own has directly raised black powder to an industrial proportion. If only making explosive packs is really too childish.