books44 Chapter 190 Snowflake Iron
Chapter 190 Snowflake Iron
Luo Li was really curious about the Mo Yun Cavalry Camp, and she felt a little excited at the thought of being able to see it with her own eyes!
In early winter, there are still many beautiful places on the road.
Passing by a maple forest, Luo Li lifted the car curtain to admire the beautiful scenery.
Most of the maple leaves have fallen, and the ground is covered with a layer of red and yellow leaves. The remaining red leaves are still stubbornly resisting the coming cold, and the incomplete beauty is even more charming.
Looking at the beautiful hair so close to him, King Qin's hands began to itch again.
He raised his hand and rubbed Luo Li's head, "Princess, after visiting our Mo Yun Cavalry Camp, can I go with you to visit the farm in the west of the city?"
Luo Li felt as if an electric current was passing through her when he rubbed her. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body from the top of her head down, and she slapped his claws away in shame and anger.
: "Just go ahead! Why are you rubbing my head again? You messed up such a beautiful bun."
The King of Qin was overjoyed when he got the promise!
[Li'er really put me in her heart. I will continue to work hard. It feels so sweet to be a dog around the princess.]
The Mo Yun Cavalry Camp was heavily guarded, and the high walls were built with large pieces of bluestone. A small team of military cadets on duty outside the gate saw that it was their prince and princess getting off the carriage, and they hurriedly knelt on one knee and saluted with their fists!
"I greet the prince! I greet the princess!"
"No need for formalities!" The King of Qin waved his hand.
Luo Li smiled politely at the soldiers and nodded.
The barracks in the military camp were neatly arranged, and in the vast training ground, many soldiers lined up to practice military skills. Some were practicing infantry fighting, some were practicing archery, and two teams were practicing cavalry fighting.
In the open field, soldiers rushed, fought, and charged! The sound of horns, shouts, and the collision of weapons echoed continuously in the field, making people feel the tense atmosphere of the war!
Those black armors, the courageous figures, and the resolute faces make people feel a kind of iron-blooded military spirit!
It was the first time that Luo Li saw training of this intensity and she exclaimed in admiration!
: "You are truly worthy of being an elite soldier who is invincible in every battle!
They are serious about training. Training close to actual combat level can effectively improve combat effectiveness. I want to put up a sign on the training ground of the Big Foot Women's Army Camp, "More sweat during training, less blood on the battlefield!"
After hearing this, Qin Wang Zhao Defang immediately ordered, "Yun Yi, put up a sign next to this battlefield and follow the instructions of the princess: sweat more during training and bleed less on the battlefield!"
Yun Yi pursed his lips and bowed to accept the order.
"Are you stealing skills from me again?" Luo Li glared at King Qin with her beautiful eyes, but she felt extremely sweet in her heart.
His eyes swept across some equipment and people training in the field in the distance.
I couldn't help but be stunned!
Then I felt happy again! [My training method seems to be suitable for this era.]
"Zhao Defang, you also stole my method of training soldiers? Have you paid the patent fee?"
The King of Qin did not understand the word "patent fee", but he understood its meaning.
"Princess, your training methods and equipment are extremely advanced and practical.
How much do you want for the patent fee?
Luo Li thought about it, and the lion opened his mouth and stretched out three fingers.
"Three hundred majestic Hequ war horses."
"Deal!" The King of Qin said happily, imitating the tone of his own princess.
Luo Li was even more delighted!
【This trip made a lot of money! 】
King Qin led Luo Li to a large courtyard in a corner of the military camp. This was the weapons research and development base of Mo Yunqi, and the security was extremely strict!
Wu Xing was on patrol here, and when he saw the prince and princess, he hurried forward to greet them.
"I greet the prince and the princess."
Luo Li had a good impression of the deputy commander who had led the team to the hot spring villa for rescue, and smiled amiably. "Wu Xing, why don't you go to command the training and come here to be lazy?"
Wu Xing already knew the princess's habit of joking, so he smiled and replied, "Princess, I am here to help you supervise the craftsmen in forging precious swords and sabers made of snowflake iron."
: "Really? Thank you very much!"
"Princess, you don't have to be so polite. It is my honor to serve you."
Luo Li turned her head and looked at King Qin and said, "Zhao Defang, you, the deputy commander, are much more talkative than Yun Yi. You are quite handsome, and you are also good at flattering people, right?"
Wu Xing, who was prepared for the princess's love of joking, could no longer resist and blushed, stammering, not knowing how to respond.
King Qin raised his eyebrows!
"Of course the people I trained are all-rounders. I only trained them to be good at flattery recently."
Wu Xing thought: [The prince asked us to learn to flatter and to speak sweet words to please others, all for the sake of the tender and beautiful cabbage planted by you, the princess. The prince ordered us to work harder to pursue the cabbage we like, so that the Qin Palace and the Luo Palace can become closer and closer! ]
Wu Xing took the lead and walked into a room that looked like a blacksmith's shop. An old man with three long strands of hair under his chin was bending over and inspecting a box of iron blocks with joy!
Hearing someone enter the room, he turned around, stood up, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this time we got three boxes of snowflake iron, enough to make thirty swords!"
King Qin smiled and nodded, "Mr. Ou, you will be busy these days."
"Don't be afraid! It is my great fortune to be able to forge a sword made of snowflake iron with my own hands!"
Luo Li looked at this old man with a strange appearance and thought to herself, was this man's flattery skills also trained by the King of Qin? Otherwise, how could they be exactly the same as Wu Xing's?
King Qin smiled faintly, took Luo Li's hand and introduced: "Mr. Ou, this is my princess. She wants to use these snowflake iron to make twenty swords."
Then he turned to Luo Li and introduced: "This Mr. Ou is the descendant of Ou Yezi, the founder of sword forging. His name is Ou Erzi, and he is the best sword forging expert in the world."
"Greetings, Princess!" Mr. Ou, who did not greet the prince, politely bowed to the princess.
Luo Li knew that this person must be a hermit and a great master, and now she needed a favor from him, so she bowed hurriedly and enthusiastically!
"Mr. Ou, looking at your otherworldly appearance and extraordinary bones, I know that you are a capable hermit.
I entrust these twenty precious swords of my princess to you!"
Mr. Ou was a little curious about the behavior of Princess Qin, and then he remembered that she was the famous stupid princess. He knew why she, a person of extremely noble status, saluted him, and the salute was the one that men saluted to each other.
After receiving the courtesy from the distinguished Princess Qin, Mr. Ou, who was always aloof and unruly, felt a little embarrassed. He bowed again, and the degree of his waist bending was even greater.
"Princess, you don't have to be so polite. It is my honor to forge a sword for you."
Luo Li was just about to show her courtesy to Mr. Ou in return when the King of Qin pulled her back with a smile.
"If you two continue to be polite to each other, it will become a kneeling ceremony."
Luo Li then remembered her extremely noble status as Princess of Qin. Apart from those people in the palace, she didn't have to return any favors if she wanted to please anyone.
In the blink of an eye, she showed a smile like Aunt Fox seducing Little White Rabbit again, "Mr. Ou, do you like to drink fine wine? Do you like to eat delicious food and delicious snacks?"
Mr. Ou stroked his three long, beautifully trimmed gray beard and smiled at the silly princess who did not follow common sense. "The fine wine sold in the princess's wine shop is the most delicious in the world. I have to drink a few glasses every day."
[As long as you like what I made, that's fine! If you like to drink, I'll take care of you. ]
Luo Li generously promised: "Mr. Ou, I will take care of all the fine wine you drink from now on. I will send someone to deliver 300 jars to you tomorrow!"
Mr. Ou was secretly delighted at the passionate and silly princess's boldness, unrestrainedness and generosity.
: "Then I would like to thank the princess for her kindness."
The King of Qin simply couldn't stand the fact that his own princess was flattering him and laying bait to lure talented people into working for her.
He reminded: "Princess, please give the blueprint of your sword to Mr. Ou!"
Luo Li took out a stack of drawings and handed them to Mr. Ou respectfully with both hands.
"Mr. Ou, how long do you think it will take to cast it?"
Mr. Ou took the drawing and looked through it.
"If my disciple were here, it would take more than a month to complete the casting. But he is currently suffering from a serious illness, his belly is as big as a bucket, and he is bedridden, so he can't help me.
It will take more than two months to forge all of the princess' swords."
[Suffering from a serious disease and having a belly as big as a bucket? If you are not pregnant, then you have a fibroid in your stomach. 】
"Master Ou, I have a disciple who is a poison doctor with ghost hands. He specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases. Let him treat your disciple.
I will send you a good blacksmith as your assistant. See if he can be used."
Ou Erzi had no interest in the talented blacksmith, but he was very happy that the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor was diagnosing his apprentice.
Originally, he wanted to ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin to invite the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, who had superb medical skills, to see his disciple today. Unexpectedly, the Princess of Qin took the initiative to ask, but how could the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor become the disciple of the silly Princess?
"Thank you for your kindness, Princess. Please let Ghost Hand Poison Doctor go and diagnose my disciple!"
: "No problem! It's just a matter of a word from me." Luo Li waved her hand heroically.
The King of Qin smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, thinking to himself, my princess is really a talent for recruiting talents! Is she trying to use a hoe to dig into my corner?
Luo Li looked down at the iron blocks in the box, picked up a piece and examined it, it was quite heavy.
The famous snowflake iron in history doesn't look anything special, right? It's just a little more grayish white than ordinary cast iron.
The swords and knives made from this thing are said to be the most powerful cold weapons.
Thinking of the power and domineeringness of the two snowflake iron knives used by Wu Song in "Water Margin", Luo Li felt a burst of burning anticipation in her heart.
[My subordinates will now have twenty of the precious snowflake iron swords that Wu Song used! ]
Ou Erzi looked through the blueprint carefully, raised his head and said, "Princess, if this large knife is made of snowflake iron, it would be a waste of materials.
After these three boxes of snowflake iron are used to forge the twenty swords on the blueprint, the remaining materials will not be enough for a few more swords."
Luo Li glanced at the King of Qin beside him with a guilty conscience, and argued unreasonably: "There is a big sword that uses more materials on the drawing, but there are five short blades that save too much material!
Anyway, the twenty swords on my blueprint must be made first with sufficient materials and workmanship, and you can use the remaining materials to make swords for Zhao Defang."
Ou Erzi looked at His Royal Highness the King of Qin, waiting for instructions from the owner of the raw material of snowflake iron.
The King of Qin said without hesitation: "Just follow the requirements on the princess's blueprint and make her a sword first. The remaining materials can be used to make several swords."
Ou Erzi smiled slightly and agreed.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin really dotes on his silly princess.