Chapter Nineteenth: First-Class Armor

  One after another, everyone ate and drank their fill.

  Many astute people know that the main event is about to begin.

  Li Zhēn Xìn walked up to the northernmost point of the school field.

  Although the stage is simple, standing on it and looking down at the crowd gives a natural feeling of being high above.

  "Come on, bring him over here!"

  Li Zhong's energy was full, and his voice was loud and clear.

  As soon as the words fell, there were soldiers dragging a person, walking up to the commanding platform and throwing him aside.

  "I didn't ask him who he was,"

  Li Zheng stretched out his finger and pointed at the withered Donghu man on the ground, shouting to everyone in the school field: "I won't talk about the reason why things happened, but I must kill him today!"

  Slowly drawing out the Red Cloud from his waist, Li Zhēn turned to look at this Qiang person with a face full of suffocation and fear, saying: "Do you know General Chen Tang's Broken Hu Zhuang? Do you know one sentence he said?"

  The Qiang people shook their heads in confusion.

  "It is fitting to hang the heads of barbarian chieftains in the streets, as a demonstration to all under heaven. Those who dare to offend the mighty Han, even from afar, will surely be punished!"

  "Whoever offends us Han people will be killed without asking for reason!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, a sword flashed and slashed down, like a rainbow-colored light, swift as lightning. A human head the size of a bowl shot up into the air, and blood spurted out like a fountain.

  With a clang, the sword was sheathed. Li Qing waved his hand: "Drag the corpse away and bury it, hang the head in a conspicuous place."

  "Ah!"

  Two soldiers on either side shook their bodies, one took the head and the other dragged the corpse, quickly getting down from the commanding platform.

  Li Zhong's light and casual killing without asking for the reason is indeed terrifying. Whether it was the remaining 149 Qiang people slaves or other family slaves, their understanding of Li Zhong was overturned in their hearts.

  The normally gentle master is actually so cruel!

  "We Han people are born noble, and no one can offend us! Everyone remembers, if there is such a thing again in the future, come and tell me immediately. I will take responsibility for it, it's a matter of killing a person, and exterminating a clan!"

  Arrogant!

  But apart from Qiang people, in everyone's heart present, a sense of belonging and happiness emerged. Although it was rough, we liked it!

  The expressions of the people below the platform were hidden in their eyes, and Li Zhēn couldn't help but smile slightly in his heart. He then turned his gaze to the Qiang people led by Yǐ Nǔ Luó, Bái Láng, and Kā Mù Kě.

  They now hung their heads and couldn't see their expressions. But Li Zheng could imagine the suffocation on their faces and the resentment in their hearts.

  "Kamui, Nuruo, Byakko!"

  Li Zheng looked at the three of them from afar and said: "You raise your heads and look at me!"

  "Do you feel stifled? Resentful?"

  The three of them hastily shook their heads.

  Li Zheng coldly sneered and cursed, "You're all stupid pigs! Having entered the divine pasture of Shenzhou, how can you still consider yourselves Qiang people?! Don't you think of yourselves as people of the pasture in your hearts? I'll tell you..."

  Saying so, Li Zhēng also pointed at everyone below the stage and shouted: "We people of Shen Zhou Cao Chang are all Han!"

  "Kamoke, you remember! You were one of the first batch to join my pasture. Your merits I remember. It's precisely because of this that today I declare, you are no longer Qiang people, but Han people, genuine Han people. Remembered?"

  The three of them exchanged a glance, but in their hearts they didn't know what it meant. In unison, they replied: "Got it!"

  "That's good."

  Li Zhong turned to everyone again and said loudly, "Everyone also remembers that from today on, they are also Han people. I don't want something like this to happen again in the future, do you understand?"

  "Ah!"

  "Good!"

  Li Zhēng smiled and turned to Kemu Ke and others, saying: "You are special cases. In the future, Hu people who join my Shénzhōu Grassland will not have this treatment. I hope you will take care of yourselves!"

  One hundred and forty-nine people all clenched their fists together.

  After a rally, the entire stadium's spiritual outlook underwent an earth-shaking change.

  If it's said that outside the grassland is numbness and despair, entering the grassland brought hope, but now, it's high spirits.

  We Chinese are a noble nation, we are all aristocrats!

  Whether it's blood or soul!

  As a noble Han person, there is no laziness and no negativity. When doing things, it's as if with divine assistance, full of spirit! When speaking, it's polite and courteous, neither rushed nor slow!

  Filial piety and moral integrity circulate among people. Iron and blood are ruthless, only towards jackals and tigers!

  Now the Shen Zhou grassland, there is not a single barbarian, all are noble Han people. They help and love each other, filial piety, integrity and sincerity, the whole grassland's spirit has been greatly improved.

  Li Zhong seemed to see a giant towering over the grassland!

  It raised its head and gazed up at the sky, holding up its hand, pointing towards that seemingly within reach beautiful future!

  Before you know it, April has arrived.

  Li Zhēng led Zhang Shan and Zhao Wǔ and others towards the forging center that day.

  The efforts of this period will see results today.

  Although the road to the mountain mine has not been completed, the mining and transportation of ore have never stopped. Although the efficiency is low, after more than half a month of accumulation, it is enough to be used for forging a small amount of armor.

  On the way to the forging center, from time to time, there are men pushing small carts loaded with ore, sweating, shouting slogans, and full of energy. There are also women carrying bundles of roughly processed fur on their backs. They walk while chatting and shouting, seemingly not feeling tired at all.

  When they saw Li Zhēng and others, they all stopped in their tracks and stared.

  Li Zheng also returned one by one, and would not neglect anyone.

  Before long, they arrived at the gate of the Forging Center.

  Although they often see these strange buildings, Zhangshan and others can't help but exclaim in surprise. The exterior of the Forging Center is more eye-catching than the main functional buildings like the Warhorse Hall.

  Originally rough stones piled up, but a small house of only a few dozen square meters, now at a glance, the whole is integrated, and there is no seam on the surface. Not only has the area increased tenfold, but the surface also presents a metallic luster, shining brightly in the sunlight.

  Workers from the forging department under the Ministry of Industry are actively working among these buildings.

  They will transport the ore to the refining center, then from the refining center, they will put the refined pure metal and roughly processed tanned fur into the processing center. After that, they will put the alloy produced by the processing center and the refined leather into the forging center.

  In the forging center, these raw materials will be forged into finished products, namely armor.

  Today, Li Zhong came for the purpose of witnessing the birth of the first set of armor.

  As you enter the forging center, the first thing that catches your eye is a row of independent, massive, enclosed cylindrical devices, somewhat like blast furnaces. In front of each enclosed cylinder, there is an inlet port. All raw materials enter the cylinder from here.

  These devices are like bottomless pits, swallowing up countless raw materials without making a single sound.

  Following Li Zhēng around this row of pillars, Zhang Shan and others found that behind these pillars, there was a passageway each. These enclosed passages ultimately led to a huge, completely enclosed metal-like house.

  This house is actually the core equipment of the forging center.

  After all raw materials are classified and sent to the core equipment, the core equipment will shape them one by one according to the formula of甲.

  Behind the core equipment, there is another row of enclosed channels.

  This row of channels is used to classify and transport finished products forged by core equipment.

  Beyond the core equipment, there is a row of passageways that connect to individual warehouse-like compartments. These compartments are temporary warehouses.

  Li Zhuang walked forward and a worker opened the door of a compartment.

  Entering the compartment, it was still very spacious. But Li Zhēng knew that he only needed to wait a little longer, and the finished product would be transmitted from the passageway on the wall of the compartment.

  "Your Excellency, will the vanguard cavalry emerge from here?"

  Zhang Shan looked at the passageway on the partition wall and asked curiously.

  "It's coming out naturally." Li Zheng said with a smile: "Just wait a little while and it should be about right."

  Zhao Wu exclaimed: "It's incredible that all it takes is to put in the raw materials, and these...". He seemed at a loss for words to describe the forging equipment: "Just waiting here, and you can get finished armor, it's simply unbelievable!"

  Everyone present had the same feeling.

  Apart from putting in raw materials and collecting finished products, the most important process in between, surprisingly doesn't require any human labor, which to them is completely impossible.

  "No need to be surprised." Li Zhēng shook his head and smiled: "There will be many such situations in the future, do you want to be amazed every time?"

  Zhang Shan and others listened, nodding repeatedly.

  Indeed, there are many more wonderful things in the pasture, such as the scene of war horses merging, which is even more amazing than what we see now. Relatively speaking, it's indeed not surprising.

  "Here I come!"

  Just as he was speaking, Li Ding heard a faint sound coming from the passage. Next, ten black, all-metal two-meter-long guns emerged in an orderly manner from the passage.

  "It's a long gun!"

  Zhang Shan's words were clearly unnecessary, who doesn't know the long gun?

  But he was quick on his feet and in a flash, he grabbed the spear and with a burst of strength, shook it violently, causing the long spear to quiver like a spring, emitting a humming vibration!

  "Hiss!" Zhang Shan's face showed shock: "I thought this all-iron spear was too rigid and hard to use!"

  As he spoke, he pushed away the crowd and simply demonstrated a basic shooting technique. The smile on his face grew brighter: "My lord, this is a divine weapon!"

  Li Ding took the long spear and weighed it, no more than seven or eight kilograms. He couldn't imagine that a metal object over two meters long would be so light! The function of this forging center was really amazing!

  This sword is indeed not very suitable for him or a strong martial general. But to know, ordinary soldiers can use it, the maximum extent is also this weight!

  Of course, this rifle is not a divine weapon for Li Zhong, his Blood Dragon Spear surpasses it in every aspect. But the Blood Dragon Spear is one-of-a-kind, while these rifles are mass-produced standard equipment!

  Next, he tried the elasticity, toughness and sharpness of this long gun, and the result made Li Zhong extremely satisfied. As long as all soldiers are equipped with this long gun, on the battlefield, facing the enemy's rough and inferior weapons, they will absolutely have a crushing advantage!

  Throwing down his long spear, Li Ding didn't stop for a moment, and went through each of the temporary warehouses one by one.