However, in Ying Zheng's ears, these words had a completely different meaning.
What was that?
This is just a weapon that my son forged in less than four hours?
In just four hours, he was already so sharp?
Good, good!
Ying Zheng was instantly excited. He nodded his head and said," Alright, then you must make an even better sword in the future! But…is this really a sword and dagger that you made in less than four hours?”
"Reporting to Imperial Father, yes."
"Is the material chosen a top-grade iron ore?”
"Father, I bought it from the street. Ordinary iron stones…"
Zhao Long said," He's still in your son's courtyard! Imperial Father, why don't…"
Zhao Long thought for a moment, then said to Ying Zheng," I have a suggestion.”
A suggestion?
Ying Zheng was taken aback." What suggestion?"
"In order to convince the soldiers, I can forge a sword in front of Imperial Father, the officials, and the soldiers in a few days. What do you think?”
Hiss?
What was that?
Forge a sword in front of him?
Hearing Zhao Long's words, Ying Zheng was immediately overjoyed. Very good! Whatever my son needs, I can prepare for him!”
"Father, your son doesn't need to prepare anything…"
Zhao Long smiled and said," It's just an ordinary iron stone. It's enough. Father, just watch me and focus on forging the sword.”
Huh?
Just ordinary iron and stone?
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was surprised again.
"Alright, alright!"
Ying Zheng smiled and said," Then I will wait for the good news from my son!”
"Thank you, Imperial Father."
After Zhao Long finished speaking, he turned to Li Si and said," Minister Li, if the soldiers of Great Qin had swords that were ten times sharper and could cut through iron like mud, would they be afraid of the wooden sticks of the common mobs?”
" This…I'm not afraid…"
Li Si was also shocked. He did not expect Zhao Long to have such amazing smithing skills!
"If all the soldiers of Great Qin can have swords, their combat strength will naturally increase by several times!
This was naturally great news for Great Qin.
"If that's the case, then can the people eat more and have more food? Even if some of them are strong, it shouldn't be too threatening, right?”
Zhao Long smiled as he said," Moreover, the weapons have been improved. Not only are there sabers, spears, and swords in the soldiers 'hands, but there are also bows and ballistae. With these treasures, what does Great Qin's army have to fear?”
That's right, the imperial court has a sharp army. Why would they be afraid of ordinary people?
Moreover, the imperial court still had large-scale weapons like the ballistae!
"This is…"
Li Si nodded slightly.
If that was the case, then there was indeed no need to be so afraid.
Even if you're very strong, you can't cut my sword with a wooden stick!
"Your Majesty…"
At this moment, the Imperial Censor suddenly spoke," I believe that Young Master's idea has a huge drawback!”
What was that?
A huge problem?
Hearing Feng Jie's words, the ministers were stunned. Ying Zheng's face changed," Imperial Censor, what do you mean? What kind of disadvantages are there?"
"Your Majesty."
Feng Jie said unhurriedly," Young Master, what you said about the Sword Forging Technique might be true. However, the Great Qin Empire has a limited amount of ironware, and the new production of iron and stone in a year is only about 20,000 stones. If they wanted to equip the entire army, it would be a little inadequate!”
Hiss?
That's right...
Hearing Feng Jie's words, the crowd reacted immediately.
That's right, Great Qin's annual increase in Iron Ore is only 20,000 in the entire country. How can this be enough for Great Qin's hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
Remember, it's iron ore. The ability of ancient iron ore to extract and refine iron is already very good!
As a result, the production of iron ore also determined that not everyone in Great Qin could use ironware!
As such, the weapons used by Great Qin's hundreds of thousands of soldiers were mostly made of copper!
No matter how awesome your Sword Forging Technique is, isn't it just a clever housewife can't cook a meal without rice? There's not much use for it at all, right?
When they thought of this, everyone's expressions changed slightly. They looked at Zhao Long with a subtle and even mocking gaze.
You're so awesome, but Great Qin won't fall for your tricks. Wouldn't you be wasting your time?
"Haha…What's so difficult about that?"
Zhao Long chuckled." Wouldn't it be fine as long as we find enough iron ores?”
Huh?
What was that?
Find enough iron ore?
Huh?
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but tease him.
Find an iron mine?
You really make it sound so easy. Do you think that iron can be found just because you can find it?
In this era, iron was not much more than gold, and true iron ore was even harder to find!
Even though Great Qin was so big, it was only made up of a few small iron mines. When put together, they could only produce 20,000 ores a year.
What can you find?
Even if he found two or three, or even more than a dozen small iron mines, would it be meaningful?
With a little digging, he could see the bottom!
"My son…"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng frowned and asked," You said you're looking for it, but can you find it? How big is the iron mine?”
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