Chapter 434

Li Shimin suddenly realized that Mo Dao originated in the Sui Dynasty. At that time, it only existed as a special weapon. Although Mo Dao has gradually become popular in the Tang Dynasty, its users are very rare. The only chance to show his head was that Li Jing played a strange role in attacking Turks.

Li Jing immediately nodded and said, "the strange knife is a foot long and the blade is long and narrow. The soldiers wear heavy armor and hold the strange knife. When they go down with one knife, the Turkic cavalry will die. It is really powerful."

They nodded suddenly. Looking back, they found that the only thing that could pose such a threat to the cavalry was mo Dao.

"Since it's so powerful, why don't the military play it." Li Shimin's face sank.

Hou Junji shook his head and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know. Although the unfamiliar Dao is extremely powerful, on the one hand, the production of the unfamiliar Dao is very cumbersome and the mass production is very low, on the other hand, the unfamiliar Dao is too heavy and can't be waved by non gifted people, so it is rarely equipped in the army."

Those who use unfamiliar Dao must wear heavy armour. In addition, the unfamiliar Dao is very heavy, which makes it almost difficult for ordinary people to bear weight. They must choose those who are different from ordinary people in the army. They have few soldiers and are difficult to become an army.

"Lord Mo is not in the army. I don't know the specific situation. Just by guessing and conjecturing, I can see the advantages of Modao and can't understand the disadvantages of Modao." Hou Junji is extremely insidious. He simply named that Merton is talking about soldiers on paper.

Merton immediately retorted: "the boy is really not in the army, and even can't explain his martial arts. But he is no stranger to Modao boy. It is among my father's relics."

However, Merton's voice changed and said, "however, no one in the Mohist school can control smelting. If Mo Dao uses Mohist steel for smelting, it can certainly produce a large number of Mo Dao by modeling and casting."

"Don't forge and cast directly? Lord Mo is an eye opener for me. How can such a bad knife enter the battlefield? Isn't that a joke about the lives of the soldiers?" Hou Junji sneered, like hearing a big joke.

Even Li Jing could not help but frown. As generals, what they care most about is the quality of weapons. A hundred steel-making knife is the guarantee for soldiers to make a deep-rooted life, and it is a taboo for all soldiers to make rough weapons.

For a moment, everyone stared at Merton and wanted Merton to give them a reasonable explanation.

Merton felt the people's eyes, shrugged and said: "the hundred steel-making knife needs craftsmen to forge continuously to make steel. However, the steel in Mojia village has been made into steel as soon as it comes out of the blast furnace. Naturally, it does not need to be forged.

Merton understood that among the standard weapons of later generations, the large-scale mass-produced knives are not all cast from molds. They are as strong, practical and wear-resistant as hand forged knives. Maybe some cast weapons are not as good as some famous craftsmen, but they definitely exceed the level of most ordinary craftsmen, and even some alloy weapons, I'm afraid not Inferior to the so-called peerless sword.

The people suddenly fell silent. They never thought that the ultimate goal of refining into steel is to make steel, and mojiazi directly refined and produced steel, so there is no need to forge again. When they realized this, they immediately took a breath of cool air. If so, the output of Modao may be unlimited.

"But didn't the cast steel knife have a blade?" Li Shimin frowned.

"Don't worry about it, your majesty. Now the Mojia village uses mechanical grinding. The villagers make their own kitchen knives and use mechanical grinding to cut the blade, which can be completed in less than a moment." Merton said proudly.

Li Shimin's heart moved. The Mohist polishing technology is superior to that of the Tang Dynasty. Even the hardest diamond can be ground, not to mention cutting edge for unfamiliar Dao. If you follow the Mohist method, it's not just unfamiliar Dao. I'm afraid other weapons can also be forged by this method. In this way, the forging of weapons in the Tang Dynasty can certainly advance by leaps and bounds.

"Moreover, if the armor of the Mudao soldiers is made of steel, it is not only stronger, but also lighter and more protective. It can at least reduce the weight of the soldiers by ten kilograms. In this way, the soldiers available for selection of the Mudao soldiers will naturally multiply."

In this era, armor is not as fastidious as weapons. Unless senior generals and ordinary soldiers wear iron armor, if they are replaced with steel armor, the weight can be greatly reduced under the same protection.

In this way, Hou Junji's cross examination of Merton on paper naturally failed to break through.

"Li Aiqing, if Modao can be mass produced, can you restrain cavalry." Li Shimin thought a little, turned his head and asked Li Jing. Among the generals, only Li Jing has used Modao array in actual combat.

Hou Junji's heart sank and he immediately understood that Li Shimin must have been moved. If not, I'm afraid Li Shimin wouldn't ask like this at all.

Hearing the speech, Li Jing said in a deep voice: "the weight of the soldiers is reduced, and the soldiers are holding strange knives. No cavalry in the world can compete with them. However, whether the cast strange knives and armor can achieve the effect mentioned by Merton needs further verification by the Ministry of military."

Li Jing didn't say enough, but he clearly told Li Shimin that it was feasible.

Merton immediately bowed down and said, "there are ten thousand kilograms of Mohist steel in stock. Your majesty will know as soon as you try."

"Ten thousand catties!" Li Shimin took a deep look at Merton. Datang was preparing to attack Tuyuhun. It was the time to need steel. He didn't expect that the Mohists still had so many stocks. At present, he waved his hand and said: "order the military supervisor to requisition the steel of the Mohist village immediately. Use this steel to test and cast the strange knife and heavy armor. Once it is successful, he will make every effort to build it."

"Yes!" Hou Junji ordered.

"Also, the imperial court will buy this batch of steel at the market price." Li Shimin finally added that Merton has given him three surprises in a row today. If he forces the steel of Mojia village again, even if Li Shimin is shameless.

Hou Junji was stunned. The ordnance supervisor was controlled by the Ministry of war and had a very unique position. However, it was the first time for the ordnance supervisor to buy steel from the outside world.

Li Shimin looked at the long forest of guns on the martial arts field, looked at the divine arm crossbow in his hand, and thought about the array of Modao soldiers on the battlefield. Suddenly, he was full of pride. In this way, the food road of the Tang Dynasty would be carefree, the infantry would have such unparalleled weapons as Modao soldiers, and the cavalry would be protected by horse hooves. How could such a powerful force Tuyuhun be an opponent.

At this moment, Li Shimin was full of confidence in the upcoming battle of Tuyuhun. The blood debt committed by Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty must be repaid by Fuyun's father and son.

At the moment, suddenly a eunuch hurried to the palace and bowed down in the tunnel: "tell the emperor, there is news outside the palace that the right guard general has passed away."

"Right back general!" Merton thought a little and suddenly realized that the right back general was not the title of Jieli Khan.

"Hasn't the imperial doctor been sent to diagnose and treat?" Li Shimin frowned.

The eunuch's head was lower: "it is said that the Youwei general refused to take medicine, which suddenly died of serious illness."

Merton suddenly realized that he had only seen one side of Jieli, that is, in Weiyang palace, Jieli Khan danced a whirlwind dance for Li Yuan under the design of Li Shimin. He still remembered Jieli Khan's dejected look. For a high grassland eagle, he suddenly fell from the clouds, became a prisoner surrounded by everyone, and suffered all kinds of humiliation, Maybe death is a better ending for him.