However, the research of firearms is not a matter of overnight. We have to set up a task for them in advance and let them do it.

If you don’t work once, you will do it five times. If you don’t work five times, you will do it one hundred times, a thousand times!

In short, firearms must be made.

No matter how much money or how much manpower and material resources are spent, they must be made.

Zhao Huan was determined!

The emperor not only almost cried everyone when he painted and cried, but also acted like a scoundrel on the spot. Don’t ask me, I don’t know what this is done, how did I know this?

I am a time traveler... Oh no, I am the true emperor, and the way of heaven is taught!

After talking about the sudden musket, Zhao Huan began to ask about the current weapons.

As a person living in the 21st century, the most common ancient Chinese weapons that he heard were probably the famous Tang sword.

Unfortunately, the Tang sword was lost in the Song Dynasty. There are several main reasons for it.

Tangdao has high requirements for steel materials. The iron ore in the Central Plains cannot meet the requirements, or the iron ore that is known to be cannot be refined.

According to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the best iron ore were in the Western Regions and the northern desert.

Among them, the iron ore of the Xiagas tribe in the "Qianhe" basin in the northern desert is very rich, with excellent texture, called "Gasar", which is extremely sharp.

The Qian River is the Yenisei River, which is on the border between Mongolia and Russia in later generations.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it had a strong influence on the various branches and tribes of the Turkic areas in these areas, and resources were not a big problem.

The iron that forged the Tang sword came from the Western Regions. After the Anshi Rebellion, the passage of the Western Regions was cut off. Moreover, there were Turpan and Dangxiang in the middle of the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions.

If there is a general route, these strategic materials will not be passed. Without sufficient raw materials, the collection of iron swords in the Song Dynasty was only a few people, so it was impossible for them to become the standard equipment of the army.

The Song Dynasty was curled up in a small land in the southeast, without war horses or iron ore, so naturally the Tang sword could not be built.

This is one of the reasons.

The second reason was that because the Song Dynasty lacked horses and had no cavalry teams, it required longer swords to fight against the cavalry of the nomadic peoples in the north.

At this time, the horse-killing saber appeared. In fact, the horse-killing saberer was based on the horse-killing sword in the Han Dynasty. The horse-killing sword was once abandoned and became popular again in the Song Dynasty.

The Tang sword is about one meter long, with a straight body, only two fingers wide, revealing a sword-like appearance, but it has its own unique murderous aura.

The Song Dynasty's sabers were usually 1.2 meters to 1.6 meters long, and some were even 2 meters long. The handle and body of the knife were very long, so they needed to be held with both hands and slashed.

The horse-killing saber in the Song Dynasty was very sharp. The reason why it was called a horse-killing saber was not that it was specially used to kill horses, but formed the momentum of sweeping out with one sword when facing cavalry, as if it could be cut down with one sword along with a man and a horse.

Zhao Huan also remembers that although the Song Dynasty gave people a very weak impression, it attached great importance to weapons and equipment.

The infantry armor of infantry was moving several dozen kilograms of equipment. In this era, Europe was still wearing chain mail, and it was cut into a hundred streets by Song Dynasty.

No wonder most of Song’s taxes are invested in the military, and it is said that military equipment is extremely expensive.

However, the vacancy is still the main reason.

Moreover, by the middle of the Song Dynasty, due to the unscrupulous expansion of the number of troops, the number of weapons needed increased greatly, and corruption also grew increasingly, and the quality of weapons in the court began to shrink.

Song Shenzong once complained about the bow and arrow of the military weapon surveillance, but the string was actually broken by him, the emperor!

This is also the main reason why Zhao Huan came here.

The equipment of the Song army is very scary. The invader armor is covered with 30 kilograms of military equipment, but the quality is incomparable to the beginning of the founding of the country.

There are a total of 1,825 pieces of armor on Buren's body, weighing 70 kilograms!

This is simply burning money!

But Zhao Huan is willing to burn money like this!

Before the firearms come out, to deal with the "Iron Pagoda" of the Jin Kingdom and the "Iron Harrier" of the Dangxiang, heavy infantry must be used!

At this time, the armor in front of Zhao Huan was a pair of stairs armor that had just been produced.

It was mounted on a wooden stand, black all over, cold in color, and full of heavy silence and killing aura.

Next to it, there is a pair of Buren armor that looks a bit old, which is the Buren armor from Zhao Ji's era.

Chen Gui presented a slashing saber with both hands, and Zhao Huan held the saberer in both hands, and suddenly slashed at the old Bu Ren armor with force.

Slashing on the armor piece, a clanging sound was made, and the slashing sword rubbed a deep mark on the armor of the archer.

Zhao Huan has been back from time to time for the past year and practices hard every day. His physical strength has reached unprecedented strength, and his wrists and arms are also unprecedented.

Zhao Huan reached out again, Chen Gui took the saber from Zhao Huan's hand and replaced it with a new one.

Zhao Huan slashed again, and the traces of the Bu Ren armor became deeper and he was about to cut through.

Then, Zhao Huan slashed at the new archer armor with another sword. The blade rubbed against the armor, causing a continuous burst of tearing sounds, leaving a very shallow trace on the archer armor.

The result was obvious at a glance. The Burenjia cuts corners in Zhao Ji's era!

Zhao Huan said: "Li Gang, please ask the Ministry of War to check how much of this old armor is used now and how much is it to replace! And the sabre is the same!"

"I obey the order!"

Zhao Huan picked up the bow and arrow again, pulled it hard, and made a creaking sound, as if it was about to break at any time.

"What happened before? I will not blame you. The Ministry of War cooperated with the military weapon supervision to count all previous weapons and rebuilt them all!"

Chen Gui and Li Gang both said: "I will receive the order!"

Zhao Huan's tone was plain, but his meaning was obvious. He didn't want all inferior weapons. He tried to find a way to take them back as soon as possible. If anyone dared to make such garbage, I would have to take his head!

"Han Aiqing, I want a better quality slashing saber than this new saber, and I want to lower its cost and accelerate its forging. This matter has been left to the Academy of Sciences. Can it be within two years?"

"I have tried my best to make this life for His Majesty."

Zhao Huan hurriedly supported Han Gonglian, looking very concerned, and his tone was very gentle: "Han Aiqing is so serious, Han Aiqing is my humerus."

"Thank you, the emperor, to hide the curtain."

If you say so, whoever believes the emperor's polite words will be crazy.

"The army is the shield of the Song Dynasty. Is this shield strong? How many Jin thieves can be blocked? It has a lot to do with weapons. Just imagine, when soldiers fight on the front line, the weapons provided by the court are like plants and trees. How can I fight this battle? China will definitely become a thief. I hope you can remember it!"

"I will remember it in my heart!"

There is no need to do more testing, these arms must be replaced as soon as possible.

After returning from the military weapon surveillance, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao and Zhang Shuye from the Western Palace followed the emperor back to the palace.

At present, all the imperial guards on Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road have been cleaned up.

This shocked the entire southern imperial guards. Now other imperial guards are staying honestly, waiting for the imperial court to be dispatched.

Before the dispatch, the military system that had been sorted out for several months was announced.

The biggest difference is that the title ranks among the generals were split and ranks with clear ranks were also prepared.
Chapter completed!