"Men! Prepare my horse!
The Imperial Army guards behind Liu Che heard this and looked at Han Anguo and the others with questioning eyes. They were clearly a little worried.
Han Anguo nodded helplessly and walked out of the tent, signaling the guards to bring two more tame horses.
As an official, Han Anguo understood the Emperor's current feelings.
The little Emperor only wanted to personally test the power of the new horse equipment.
On the southern drill ground, the most distinguished person of the Great Han Empire was riding on a fine horse and performing a series of complicated movements.
He shot arrows in all directions…
Waving his weapon, he struck the wooden stake steadily and accurately.
A swift and violent chop, stab, dodge, or block.
After a long time, Liu Che reined in his horse. His face was flushed, and it was unknown whether it was because of fatigue or excitement.
Seeing this, Han Anguo rode forward and bowed."
"Your Majesty's horsemanship is superb, beyond my expectations.”
Liu Che, who was riding on the horse, smiled and said nothing.
But it was also because of this that Liu Che had a more intuitive understanding of cavalry.
"With such a divine weapon, I can even ride a horse and draw a bow, let alone my Great Han elite cavalry!”
Liu Che rode on the horse and waved the whip in his hand, giving off a sense of direction.
When Dou Ying heard this, he frowned and poured cold water on the little Emperor."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being blunt, but these horses cannot be used by the entire army at this time. Otherwise, our Great Han will be in danger!”
"Oh? Why would Minister Dou say that?"
Dou Ying bowed and said,
"Your Majesty, now that the Xiongnu army is pressing down on our borders, it is difficult for such cavalry divine weapons to equip the entire Han army in a short period of time. As the saying goes, distant water cannot quench the thirst of the present…"
Han Anguo also said,"The Xiongnu have more than 700,000 cavalry. Our Han Dynasty wants to fight against them."
"We need at least 300,000 elite cavalrymen to be equipped with such weapons, as well as 500,000 infantrymen.”
"Your Majesty has developed this kind of harness. In my opinion, each set consumes nearly a hundred catties of iron."
"It requires nearly 200,000 units of refined iron! This is impossible now!"
At the beginning of the Great Han Dynasty, the salt and iron industry adopted a free management policy.
The people were free to organize mining, smelting, casting, and sales.
Currently, a large portion of the Han Dynasty's iron production was in the hands of the powerful.
It was extremely difficult to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.
Liu Che smiled and said," Don't be discouraged, my dear ministers. I have a wonderful method that can increase the production of refined iron by more than ten times. It can also make steel that is several times harder than refined iron."”
Everyone's eyes lit up and they said anxiously,
"If Your Majesty really has this method, then the Great Han will be very lucky! Your Majesty, what kind of wonderful method do you have? Can we admire it?”
Liu Che narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully,"
"Don't worry, my dear ministers. Zhen will build a new iron smelting workshop in the Shao Mansion. Chuntuo will supervise everything."
"All the craftsmen and their families will move to the north palace.”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The three ministers were overjoyed when they heard this and couldn't help but admire the emperor's thoughtfulness.
Not only did she understand what he meant, but she could also quickly think of a solution.
It wasn't that Liu Che didn't want to improve the smelting technology of the Han Dynasty, but it was not the best time yet.
As early as half a month ago, when Liu Che first went to the Shao Fu smelting supervisor to forge horses.
He discovered that the Han Dynasty ironsmiths had mastered relatively advanced pig iron smelting and casting techniques, and could produce high-quality cast iron.
Since there were already a large number of skilled ironsmiths, they only needed to spread the blowing device and iron-frying technology.
Then, the Hundred Refined Steel would soon appear in the Great Han Empire.
Metal smelting technology was a national treasure in any era.
Without complete confidentiality measures, they could not be in a hurry to promote it.
There were many illegal merchants who were willing to take the risk of exterminating their entire family to sell refined iron to the Xiongnu people at a high price.
After the chaos of Wu and Chu, Emperor Jing of Han had greatly weakened the power of the princes.
However, the local powerhouses could not be underestimated. This was especially true for the princes who were thinking about the throne.
The history books say,"The kings made many weapons, bows and spears, and there were millions of them."
And the treasury has millions of gold and more treasures than the capital."
Under the national policy of self-management of salt and iron, if more advanced metal smelting technology was spread without reservation, then it would be impossible for the salt and iron industry to survive.
It was basically the same as aiding the enemy.
He watched as the Shao Mansion built a new iron smelting workshop and strictly guarded against leaks.
"Your Majesty is wise! It's comparable to Yao and Shun!"
Dou Ying's big eyes rolled around as he flattered.
Liu Che was slightly proud in his heart, but he said,"
"Don't try to confuse me, Minister Dou. You are a minister, so you will be in charge of this matter.
Dou Ying bowed.。”
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