Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 133 Zhang Jiao Lingering Sound
Guangling City, the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhang Hong quickly found Ye Xiao holding a thin booklet.

"My lord, the discovery of this book in the city is of great importance. The subordinates can only come to you to make a decision."

Ye Xiao was a little puzzled, Zhang Hong was so nervous, it seemed that this booklet was not simple.

When he took it in his hand and looked at it, his face suddenly became a little serious.

"This book? Is it the book I thought of?" Ye Xiao grinned, finally understanding why Zhang Hong was so nervous.

The booklet he was holding had three large characters on the cover: The Sutra of Peace.

This was the core content of Zhang Jiao’s Yellow Turban Army preaching a few years ago, the scriptures of Taiping Dao.

"My lord, the tragedy of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and mob rampage is still vivid in our minds, we cannot take it lightly."

Zhang Hong's attitude is that if there are remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the territory, they must be eradicated to avoid civil unrest.

Ye Xiao also understood this truth, he gradually calmed down from the surprise at the beginning, and opened this thin booklet.

There were only less than ten pages in the booklet, Ye Xiao quickly read it and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Zhang, this is part of the scripture, and it talks about forging methods. Where did you get it?"

Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed. To be honest, he was in charge of the investigation of the people's livelihood in Guangling City. He discovered that some people had passed through the Taiping Jing, and immediately controlled them. He hurried to discuss with Ye Xiao, but he didn't check the content carefully.

"This book was found in a workshop in the west of the city. At that time, several blacksmiths were circulating it repeatedly. They talked about the Heavenly Master and so on. I thought it was a conspiracy by the rebels."

Ye Xiao stood up and said, "Mr. Zigang, I think the forging method mentioned in this book is very reasonable. For example, it is a good way to melt the iron into a liquid state at a high temperature, stir fry it continuously, and then refine it into steel."

After Ye Xiao read it, he didn't expect that this was a brilliant steel forging method, which was recorded in the Taiping Sutra as a craftsman's skill.

Zhang Hong had just joined Ye Xiao's army, and now Ye Xiao had entrusted him with Guangling's political affairs. With this opportunity to show his talents, Zhang Hong did everything by himself.

"My lord, this matter is a mistake. I'll let the blacksmiths be released right away."

Ye Xiao held back his smile, it was rare for Zhang Hong to make such a small mistake, it can be seen that Zhang Hong cared enough about Guangling's political affairs, and he would control any disturbance.

"Mr. Zigang, don't be in a hurry. Let me go and have a look too."

Zhang Hong was shocked, and hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed to persuade him: "My lord, my subordinates are wrong in this matter. I'll just go and apologize to them. My lord, you don't need to go."

"Mr. Zigang, don't be nervous. You have done a good job in this matter. If you hadn't discovered this book, I didn't know that everyone's forging steel technology is so good. The problem that has plagued our military equipment for a long time may be based on this book." book."

Ye Xiao put away the chapter on iron making in the Taiping Jing, helped Zhang Hong up and said, "You are someone I can trust. I can rest assured that Guangling has you watching me. I will do it boldly. If there are any mistakes, I just need to correct them in time."

Zhang Hong was moved in his heart. Although the Zhang family has been scholars for generations, few in his generation have become officials. It is inevitable that there is some lack of experience. Ye Xiao's trust is the biggest motivation for him.

The two of them left the city lord's mansion one after the other, followed by guards to the craftsman's workshop in the west of the city.

"My lord general is here!"

The guards saw some family members in the workshop crying and crying, and the soldiers controlled a few men dressed in coarse cloth to kneel on the ground and shouted loudly.

Ye Xiao came, and he was accompanied by all armed and majestic armor guards. Dozens of people in the workshop were so frightened that they knelt down and did not dare to make any more trouble.

"Who is in charge here?"

The craftsmen's workshops were all managed by officials from the government, but the profession of scholar, farmer, merchant, and craftsman was not very respectable. The person who served as the supervisor of the workshop was a middle-aged man who looked rather poor in his clothing.

When he saw Ye Xiao asking questions, he quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed his head and said: "General, the villain is watching here."

"Okay, tell me, how many craftsmen are there in Guangling Workshop and what is the current daily output?"

"My lord, there are seven skilled workers and 16 apprentices in the workshop. The daily output is this. I wonder what output you are asking about?"

Because the supervisor has just been transferred from Ji Ling's rule to Ye Xiao's side, and he has no tasks on weekdays. He arranges for craftsmen to forge iron blocks. He just got the book on the method of frying steel forging, and Zhang Hong gave it to him while discussing it. catch.

"For example, for ordinary ring swords, how much is the daily output under the premise of ensuring quality?" Ye Xiao took out the ring sword, which is not much equipped in the army, as a metaphor.

"Our craftsmen for ring-shou knives are very proficient. If the materials are guaranteed to be ok, there will be no problem with producing [-] handles per day."

Hearing what the supervisor said, Ye Xiao didn't comment. He just walked to the side and picked up an unfinished ring-shou knife and waved it a few times.

"According to the steel frying method recorded in the Taiping Jing, can you guarantee the output and improve the quality of the ring head knife at the same time?"

The supervisor was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Ye Xiao to be so open-minded about talking about the Taiping Sutra in front of everyone, one must know that all the previous officials were very cautious about the Taiping Tao, and even panicked.

"My lord, according to the method of frying steel, we can smelt lumps of iron to get the best steel. This way, the quality of the ring sword is absolutely no problem. It's just that due to changes in the process and materials, I estimate that the output can only be one finished weapon a day."

The yield is so low!
Ye Xiao was a little disappointed. This method can improve the quality, but the efficiency has indeed been reduced so much.

"Okay! It's all right here, let's leave, what's your name?" Seeing more and more people watching, Ye Xiao didn't want to attract more attention, so Ye Xiao dismissed the crowd and walked to the inside of the workshop.

"My lord, the younger one is called Zhang Da." The supervisor lowered his head and led Ye Xiao and Zhang Hong into the workshop, and came to the only place where they could sit down.

"Zhang Da, go and tell the craftsman that I don't pursue any matters related to the Dao of Peace. Appease their families, and then invite them to come here and say that I have something to explain."

Zhang Da hurriedly responded, saluted and exited quickly, the pressure in his heart was finally relieved, it seemed that Ye Xiao really would not pursue the matter of them circulating the Taiping Dao scriptures in private.

"Mr. Zigang, when I was outside Guangling City, I told Yuanzhi that craftsman skills are related to the strength of our army, and it is a matter of life and death, so we must pay attention to it."

Seeing that Zhang Hong was puzzled, Ye Xiao explained casually.

"For example, if the craftsman can help me create a powerful crossbow that is continuously activated, I can form a comprehensive battle array composed of long range and spear shields."

"Or we can provide enough fine steel arrows and horn bows. Even if I sell iron, I still have to raise a cavalry. Regardless of whether you are a heavy armor or a cavalry, the cavalry can continuously open a distance and attack from a distance. The premise is that the lethality is sufficient. Come on, they will either be chased and beaten by us, or they will be beaten by us while chasing us, don’t you think it feels so good!”

Ye Xiaoyue said, the more excited he felt.

Only Zhang Hong thought a little bit, now that an ordinary war horse on the market costs [-] yuan, and is equipped with a limited number of refined steel arrows to attack, this is not a war, it is attacking the enemy with money.

(End of this chapter)