Qin Hui hesitated for a moment, and with a "shrunk" sound, he pulled out the Shangfang sword given by the official family.

The Khitan cavalry around him changed drastically. If he had not seen him as a civil servant and had no courage, he would have almost shot arrows. Several cavalrymen of Jingsai were also surprised and suspicious. Everyone had heard of the drama of Chu King defeating Gaixia and committing suicide by killing his sword. Qin Hui held a sword in his hand, but his face turned blue and white. After a long battle between heaven and man, he finally sighed. The sword that was the only one who died in the ages was so difficult that the sword forged by steel was weakly under the horse.

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In the west, the sky was filled with fire, as if endless blood was flowing. The wind gently blew through the corpses everywhere. On this day, there were tens of thousands of heroes from the Song Dynasty in Hebei. The Liao cavalry was still chasing the Song army who had luckily broken through the encirclement.

Several wolf-toothed arrows, "swoosh" and flew out on the top of their heads, finally shot into the back with a "bang", and the Song army fell on the horse powerlessly, and the horse lost its master's control and its speed began to slow down slowly. The Song army's horse was good, and the Khitan cavalry chased him for a long time before catching up. They happily urged the horse forward, thinking in their hearts that the Song army was disassembled from the stirrups, plundered the property they carried with them, and stripped off their leather boots and armor. However, when the Khitan cavalry reached out to pull the Song army's body, suddenly, a "boom--" sounded like a thunder sounded out of thin air. The Khitan soldiers only hummed, and fell to the ground, with blood all over their faces soaked in the soil.

Li Ruoxu breathed a sigh of relief. The musket was still emitting blue smoke. The sleeve of the robe was burned through a big hole by the flames of the muzzle. His strength had been overdrawn to the extreme. Just now, the last arrow of the Liao army was in the back. Although the steel wire chain mail stuck the arrow, the force of the arrow hit the back heavily, and the pain came from the back, as if it was about to crack. He still held his spirits and let the war horse walk to the Liao army's corpse. The iron hooves stepped on it a few more times, confirming that the Khitan cavalry who had been chasing him had completely died.

Only then did Li Ruoxu gently pat the neck of the spiritual war horse, took the water and bow and arrow scimitar from the Khitan cavalry, then tied the reins of his mount behind his saddle, gently urged the horse, and the two horses ran slowly towards the southwest, one in front and one behind.

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The cooperation between Chunyu Iron Factory and Gaochangxing has been settled. In the evening of that day, Chunyu Yue and Xie Ximin came to visit. As soon as Xie Ximin saw Zhao Xingde, he smiled and said, "Captain Zhao has been very busy recently." Zhao Xingde was busy lobbying the captains to attack Liao, and he didn't care about Chunyu Iron Factory and Gaochangxing and the exchange of silver shares. Although Zhang Shanfu had decided to transfer Zhao Xingde from the Longya Army, it had not been announced yet. Even Zhao Xingde himself knew the news, so Xie Ximin still called the captain.

"Where, where," Zhao Xingde smiled. Since the Guguo Mansion decided to send troops to Guandong, he has also become much more idle. Thinking of Xie Ximin and Chunyu Yue's previous requests to discuss with him, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He raised his glass and said, "I apologize to you today." This wine was brought by Xie Ximin. Gaochangxing's best nectar jade dew, known as the jade plate of Emperor Wu of Han, and drinking it can make people become immortals. Most of the wines in the Western Regions are light-flavored Pujiao wine, but this nectar jade dew is a strong wine made from Pujiao. The jade bowl is served and seems colorless and clear. When you drink it, it seems like a fire thread burns from your throat to your belly.

The climate in the northwest is cold and the snow in the yard has not subsided. However, when someone comes to visit, Zhao Xingde opens the doors and windows of the hall, and his eyes are wide, and the distant mountains can be seen faintly. The gorgeous clouds are like crimson gauze. The grass and trees wither and birds are gone in the cold winter, but the sandy mountains appear clean and round. A layer of snow is accumulated on the top of the mountain. The setting sun is, and the snow is covered with a layer of light rouge. The breeze blows, and the soft smoke of the shadow gauze gently flutters, which is integrated with the distant scenery.

Although the scenery was good, the cold wind flowed in, just as the raging charcoal fire in the house. The three of them sat around the fire, and the scene seemed to be when they marched and fought. However, there were two beautiful maids, Jiyue and Caiyun, who were serving him next to him, which was enough to allow the soldiers in the camp to leak out water without food.

After the three of them drank a full drink, Xie Ximin smiled and said, "It's also a good market opening. As soon as our two families confirmed their cooperation, the Guguo Mansion decided to train the musket camp in Daxing, Guanzhong, and to store a large amount of firearms and ammunition. The saltpeter we have in Gaochang is even more expensive. After purified saltpeter, it is sold for 300 cents per pound, which is a good price." Seeing that Zhao Xingde seemed to be frowning, he said, "Don't worry about the war in Guandong. Judging from the preparations made by the five prefectures, it will be a matter of time before sending troops to Guandong to unify the world."

Zhao Xingde smiled and nodded without saying a word. The bloody war between Liao and Song dying, which means the opportunity to unify the world for most lieutenants of the National Guarding Mansion, and even most soldiers. After all, the national policy of "judging the provocation according to the army, and winning two tigers with one blow" has been popular for many years. Soon the topic returned to the cooperation between Gaochangxing and Chunyu Iron Factory. The three of them drank and negotiated. Chunyu Yue briefly introduced the business expansion of some iron plants, and said that the Ordnance Department increased the orders for artillery. The four-inch and three-inch iron barrel cannons of Chunyu Iron Factory were set at one time, and the deposit was 100,000 guan. The Ordnance Department had to order another five-inch iron barrel cannon.

Xie Ximin became more and more excited as he heard it. He patted his thigh and sighed: "Brother Chunyu, you have to build your cannon, so that the more you can use the General's Mansion, the better. His grandmother's, a ten-pound shell weighing ten pounds and at least five pounds of gunpowder. Among these five pounds, we need to use our saltpeter. Once the cannon is fired, it will be a good money." His eyes shining.

Chunyu Yue coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Brother Xie and I have discussed that Gaochangxing made saltpeter into high-quality gunpowder, and then combined the ammunition with the iron barrel cannons of our iron factory, and sold the iron barrel cannons, shells and gunpowder to the Ordnance Department, so as to avoid the Ordnance Department using other things. If the cooperation is not good, it will ruin our reputation." He sighed and said, "It's a pity that the more this thing is sold, the more people it kills, which is a sin." He is a loyal person, and he has some compassion in his words.
Chapter completed!