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Wang Li's words may increase the steel output by ten or even dozens of times. King Zhao and Lian Po and others were shocked. There was a saying in later generations that steel is the country. This sentence is not only common in later generations, but also in this era.

In this era, there are three factors for a country's national strength formula: population, money, grain and weapons. The population is large and the country's production capacity is stronger. More troops can be recruited, while money and grain are the guarantee of the troops.

Finally, weapons are also extremely important. Soldiers have to take guys in their hands. These guys have to be forged with metal. You can't expect them to use wooden sticks to fight with people.

However, the metal smelting technology in this era was not high. It was usually accumulated over many years to arm the metal of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a country. Before the Warring States Period entered this period, the entire Jiuzhou could not afford large-scale wars, and insufficient weapons were enough to arm enough soldiers.

How many copper and iron and other metals in Jiuzhou were made into objects and weapons in this era? The answer is very rare. It is recorded that Qin Shihuang gathered the troops from all over the world in Xianyang and thought that he was the twelve Jin people.

In other words, after Qin Shihuang unified the country, in order to maintain his rule, he brought all the weapons collected from other countries except the Qin army to Xianyang, and cast twelve tall gold men. Here, gold was not gold, but bronze ware, and the mainstream weapons of various countries in this era were still bronze ware.

The weapons other than the Qin army in the country were cast in twelve tall Jin men. No matter how tall they were, the weapons collected by the entire Jiuzhou countries were only a little more integrated.

Thinking about the amount of steel bars used in a ten-story building in later generations from the foundation to the top floor, the reinforced concrete is unimaginable. The gap between this era and later generations is already unimaginable.

Wang Li said that the production of iron materials in Zhao State and even the kind of fine iron named steel increased ten times. The dozens of times can be said to be conservative numbers. Even so, King Zhao and Lian Po would be stunned and terrified.

You should know that Wang Li is talking about steel, not bronze.

This era was the transition period from bronze to iron tools. Anyone with knowledgeable people could not see that iron was superior to copper. Therefore, at this time, all the countries in the Jiuzhou and the countries exploring iron smelting skills and trying to replace the former bronze tools with iron tools.

However, iron tools were first developed, and at present, the State of Zhao was the only one who was better at smelting iron tools and could produce a large number of qualified iron weapons. No other country could do it, and it was still stuck in bronze tools.

Therefore, the power of the Zhao team is not only because Zhao State is located in the four battles. The war has never stopped and everyone is good at fighting, but weapons also occupy a major aspect.

You should know that other countries except for the generals and use iron tools, the entire army is still the bronze ware of the past, which is worse than that of Zhao in terms of weapons.

However, the Zhao State's weapons are good, but they are limited to iron smelting technology. The iron materials produced each year are actually far from enough to fully equipped the army. Among the Zhao army, only the main army can use iron tools. Other armies still use the bronze spears of the past.

Even with this configuration, Zhao State still has serious shortcomings in weapons. Recently, it has been slightly alleviated by the weapons "sent to" by the Yan people.

In the past Changping Battle. Qin and Zhao each mobilized their own efforts to make the scale unprecedented. Both sides dispatched more than 400,000 troops. How many bronze and iron instruments should be used for the weapons of 400,000 people?

Each person has a spearhead, and a spearhead of more than 400,000 is a big number. This number looks very ordinary in modern times, but in this era it is an astronomical number.

The defeat of Zhao State in this war was not only a loss of population, but also a huge loss of metal reserves in Zhao State, and it has not recovered yet. All the weapons used by the Zhao army were obtained by the Qin army, and they can be used after repair or recast. The Qin people's comprehensive national strength is becoming stronger and stronger.

In recent years, the people of Yan came to attack Zhao and wanted to get a bargain. In addition to thinking that Zhao was full of orphans and widows who could be bullied after the Battle of Changping and the Siege of Handan, another factor was that Zhao's soldiers are now incompetent even for weapons.

Think about it, Zhao State is full of orphans and widows, and soldiers are all old and weak, and they are all holding wooden sticks and bamboo spears in their hands. It is no wonder that King Xi of Yan was so happy that no one could persuade him to attack Zhao, so he asked the Prime Minister Suo and Le Cheng to lead 400,000 and 200,000 to attack Zhao.

But King Xi of Yan was wrong. If Yan State pushed over like this after the Battle of Handan, it might be the last straw that crushed Zhao State. However, at that time, Xinling Jun led the Wei army to Zhao, and he had no chance to take advantage.

Now, seven or eight years have passed, many of the orphans of Zhao State have grown up, and after so long, their national strength has also recovered.

In this service, except for the northern Li Mu army that needed to defend against the Huns and did not use it, the State of Zhao ordered 130,000 local troops that could be used across the country, and selected 130,000 weapons as the main force, gathering 250,000 troops to fight northward.

Then the Zhao army defeated Yan's army with few enemies and had a large number of enemies, and captured Yan Xiang's army with a large margin. Le took advantage of the dead end and was persuaded by Lian Po to surrender and lead the way, abandoned Yan and returned to Zhao. Lian Po then led his army to attack Yan.

Before Lian Po returned to Handan, Zhao's army swept across five hundred miles and was aimed directly at the capital of Yan. If it were not for the mediation of other princes, it would have been to erase Yan from the various countries from now on.

This battle ended with a great victory in Zhao State. Not only did Yan State not take advantage, but it was actually clearly a way to send food to Zhao State, a patient to relieve air, to the population and territory, and to send weapons to the country. In Zhao State's view, he was really a good person.

In history, Zhao State took a big advantage in the battle with Yan State. After a breath of relief, he finally had an outward force again. Two years later, Zhao State Le Cheng led his troops to attack Yan, and once again surrounded Yan State's capital. The princes mediated Yan State to ced the five cities to seek peace.

This battle was reconciled, but from then on, Zhao completely focused on the soft meat of Yan, but if there were any losses, they would have to chew it back.

On the left side of Zhao State is Qin State, on the lower side is Wei State, and on the right side is Qi State. None of the three sides is a soft persimmon, and only Yan State is the best to grasp it. If you see the truth and reality of Yan State, who will not bully him?

Qin robbed Zhao, and Zhao robbed Yan to make up for it. He also regarded the plunder of Yan as the best magic weapon for restoration and growth, and sacrificed it from time to time.

Although the countries then organized a coalition, the war between Zhao and Yan was almost every two years, and they all seized cities, land and people.

During this period, Yan State did not think of counterattacking, but it only became a result of Pang Nuan's record. Zhao's plunder of Yan was not until more than ten years later, Qin State took advantage of the war between Zhao and Yan State to attack Zhao.

King Xi of Yan didn't know that his head was hot, and he thought that the orphan and widowed mother who was holding a wooden stick in Zhao State would end up like this and that she didn't know how to think about it. But this was a far-reaching sentence.

"Dozens of times the steel output can be made of steel not only weapons but also agricultural tools."

After a long time, King Zhao let out a light breath and said to Pang Nuan: "Yesterday, Shifang said in the hall that the method of creation can increase the future interests of my Great Zhao's thousands of times than that of now. I feel a little exaggerated."

"It seems that there is no exaggeration at all. Pang Xiang, you see that the Chinese in Handan City are working as craftsmen and doing things for the ten directions and the royal family. I am afraid that things will expand in the future. The country will have insufficient population and will work, which will make it a mistake for farming."

"Here I and Pang are in close contact. Shifang has a grain crop that produces ten times the current wheat. It will also be promoted in the future. The promotion method is also promoted by the royal merchants to various creations in the ten directions."

"At that time, the royal commerce will vigorously open a planting farm mainly based on this grain crop, convene a large number of civilians to participate in the planting, and then popularize the nobles across the country, and finally scattered throughout the country."

"If our Great Zhao can defeat the Huns in the future and lead the private soldiers of the nobles from all directions to spread the northern grasslands, we can move General Li Mu's northern legion out, then our Great Zhao can use its troops to restore to the past."

"The troops are restored, the cavalry is stronger, the weapons are more refined, and there is enough money and food. In the future, our great cause of King Zhao will be successful."

"A grain crop with ten times the output?" Pang Nuan and Lian Po exclaimed at the same time, but King Zhao had not heard any other words. Today was one surprise after another, which shocked them so much that they could not turn their minds.

"Yes, I came to Handan and the King for a while, and then presented this kind of grain crop with the king. It was only possible to make it true. I only brought a bag of seeds from the land outside the region, so I am now planting it in the backyard of our mansion. I only waited for two months to have a bumper harvest. In the future, I will continue to promote it to the whole country with the grain cultivated today."

Seeing that Pang Nuan and Lian Po were like this, Wang Li explained.

"The steel production has increased by dozens of times, and the grain production has increased by ten times. A brand new combat method, a more powerful cavalry, and the way of creation is so exquisite. Pang Nuan heard the lectures of the national teacher the day before yesterday, and at that time he was still a little doubtful."

"At present, Pang Nuan is convinced by the national teacher. If he adheres to the way of creation, our country of Zhao will be extremely powerful in the future. Even the great harmony that everyone mentioned in Yanran can easily achieve."

Perhaps since he met Wang Li, Wang Li has shocked Pang Nuan enough. At this time, when Pang Nuan heard the words of increasing grain yield ten times, he woke up after a little shocked. He did not doubt the authenticity of the matter at all, but just sighed slightly.

Then Lian Po agreed, and then pointed to Xiang Shaolong who was coming here in the distance and said, "Liang Po could command such a cavalry in his lifetime and travel to the country of Jiuzhou. His lifelong wish would be enough."

"Then General Lian Po must take care of himself." Wang Li smiled and said, "Otherwise, if you can't wait for that day, it would not be a big regret."

"Hahaha!" After Wang Li finished speaking, both King Zhao, Lian Po, or Pang Nuan laughed. Everyone seemed to have seen the scene of the Great Zhao Iron Cavalry traveling around in the next ten or twenty years.
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