Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 49

[Chapter 49 Chang Wei Injured]

“Your Highness is talented, there is such an iron-making skill in the world, I am impressed by you.”

In the steaming heat, Wang Ying was sweating profusely, and saluted Zhao Xu.

He was convinced, and the doubts in his heart disappeared.

Zhao Xu’s expression was as usual. To the ancients, it was indeed like a fairy art, but to him it was just simple knowledge.

However, these simple knowledge are very important to his fief.

It is also the key for him to solve the fiefdom crisis.

Now the technical problems of large-scale ironmaking have been solved.

The problem of large-scale steelmaking is naturally solved.

Next, he can use these excellent steels to build his army into a steel division.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help feeling relieved.

At this time, Wang Ying suddenly knelt down.

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, and asked: “Master Wang, what is the meaning of this?”

Wang Ying wiped the stain on his face, and said earnestly, “Your Highness, Wang Ying, a lowly person, when talking with His Highness, I have learned a lot from His Highness. I am convinced, I hope His Highness will not give up, and I will teach you.”

“Teach you?” Zhao Xu smiled.

Wang Ying nodded, “I know that there is a huge difference between myself and Your Highness, but this is what I want to do in my life. I am willing to pay any price to get a glimpse of it.

” The world’s skills are written in a book to leave a name to future generations.

But after entering the Military Division and seeing King Yan’s thaumaturgy, he suddenly understood that he still knew too little.

So he didn’t hesitate to kneel down and beg for help.

Zhao Xu helped Wang Ying up.

It must be the role of carbon and limestone that he mentioned when making iron just now, which shocked Wang Ying.

But for the sake of knowledge, he would rather put down his dignity, this is exactly the person he is looking for.

Only such a person can acquire the knowledge he brought from modern times and apply it.

“My lord, I invite you to do this, and I will give you all I have.” Zhao Xu said with a smile.

Wang Ying was overjoyed, “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Pointing to the molten iron in the pool, he no longer deliberately showed off this time, but explained in detail: “The difference between iron and steel lies in the amount of carbon in it. For example, the ten thousand catties of iron Medium carbon weighs between two catties and two hundred catties, which is steel…”

Zhao Xu tried to explain in a language that Wang Ying could understand.

Wang Ying nodded frequently.

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he basically understood why there are these differences between iron and steel, and how to make the conversion between iron and steel.

“I didn’t expect such a profound truth to be contained in a small iron smelting.” Wang Ying sighed, as if Zhao Xu had opened a skylight for him.

At the same time, he also understood the principle of King Yan’s iron-making method.

He even understood steelmaking in a graphite crucible.

It is nothing more than carburizing in wrought iron to make wrought iron into steel.

“There will be more complicated and difficult principles in the future, are you willing to learn now?” Zhao Xu joked.

“Your Highness, I don’t want to be an official for the rest of my life, I just want to listen to the teachings under Your Highness’s command.” Wang Ying’s expression was firm.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, “Iron smelting has been completed. Next, you will build twenty blast furnaces and smelt iron day and night. In the next few days, you will search for graphite and make crucibles to smelt steel.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Ying bowed. I saluted.

Looking at the molten iron in the pool again, Zhao Xu was in a good mood.

This is the first step in the long march of industry in Yan County.

Come out from the Military Division.

He was about to return to the palace when he suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing on the north side of the main road in Yan County.

Dozens of cavalry galloped towards the palace.

Zhao Xu gave Xu Lie a look.

Xu Lie immediately rode his horse in the middle of the road, blocking the way of the cavalry.

The cavalry approached and stopped when they saw Xu Lieju, and noticed that King Yan was also here.

One of the cavalrymen jumped off their horses, walked quickly to Zhao Xu and knelt down, crying loudly, “Your Highness, General Chang is seriously wounded, and his life is dying. I hope Your Highness will help you.”

Zhao Xu and Xu Lie were taken aback when they heard this.

“Where is General Chang?”

“It’s right there.” The soldier pointed to the back of the line.

Zhao Xu passed the soldiers and saw two horses behind him pulling a sedan chair.

Opening the sedan chair curtain, Chang Wei was lying inside, bloodstained all over his body, and three short arrows still penetrated into his flesh.

“Immediately take General Chang to the palace to recuperate.” Zhao Xu ordered.

There was no time to ask what happened.

The soldiers got the order and immediately took Chang Wei to the palace.

Xu Lie was trembling with anger, gritted his teeth and said: “People from Beidi…”

“Go back to the palace first.” Zhao Xu glanced at him and rode his horse towards the palace, Xu Lie followed.

Back to the palace.

Zhao Xu asked Feng’er to choose a yard for Chang Wei, sent two maidservants to take care of it, and called the doctor, and then asked the soldiers why.

“Didn’t this king say that? Just play by ear, why is General Chang still so seriously injured?”

A soldier said sadly, “We were just staring at the Beidi cavalry, looking for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy.”

“But the Beidi cavalry is too vicious and found us Finally, they entered a village, drove the villagers to the ridges and beheaded them in turn, and forced me to fight.”

“General Chang couldn’t bear the casualties of the people, so he ordered us to go forward to fight, but we were ambushed by the Beidi cavalry and attacked from both sides. , The Beidi cavalry has precise arrows, and although we wiped out most of the enemy in a deadly battle, our side suffered heavy losses, and the general was also seriously injured.” The

soldier said truthfully.

“Hey!” Liu Fu also came from the porter, and sighed.

Before Chang Wei left, he said it specifically.

But still suffered such a heavy loss.

Zhao Xu’s face was livid.

He didn’t blame Chang Wei, if he met him, he wouldn’t be able to resist, even if he died in battle.

“Are you the only ones who came back?” Zhao Xu asked.

Five hundred cavalry went out, but only a few dozen returned, so the loss was too heavy.

“We just go back first, there are more than a hundred people behind.” The soldier said.

“Half.” Zhao Xu read.

Not bad, the level of these cavalry is uneven.

Under the elite Beidi scout team, half of the survival rate was achieved, and the Beidi cavalry was also repelled, which is not easy.

He can’t blame it.

At this time, the doctor came over, and Zhao Xu ordered him to give Chang Wei a diagnosis and treatment.

Rolling over Chang Wei’s eyelids, the doctor unbuttoned Chang Wei’s clothes.

Under the blood stains, three arrows pierced deeply into Chang Wei’s body.

One on the shoulder, one on the arm, and one on the back.

Because of the hot weather, these wounds were faintly red and rotten.

Zhao Xu frowned more and more.

Obviously, Chang Wei lost too much blood, plus the wound was inflamed and fell into a coma.

He raised his hand to touch Chang Wei’s head, it was hot.

I secretly thought it was bad.

Langzhong said at this time: “The general loses blood and becomes deficient in blood and qi. These wounds aggravate the injury. It is enough to make up for the deficiency, but these arrow wounds may kill the general.”

He has treated many wounded soldiers, but Whether soldiers with deep and red wounds can survive depends only on the destiny.

The eyes of Xu Lie and the soldiers were red. They had been soldiers for many years, so they naturally understood that the doctor was not talking nonsense.

Zhao Xu also felt heavy.

Losing Changwei means losing an arm.

But in ancient times, more soldiers died of wound infection than soldiers who died directly in battle.

Unless there are antibiotics.

“Antibiotics?” Something flashed in Zhao Xu’s mind.

Chang Wei’s current situation is very serious, and he cannot leave his life to the judgment of heaven.

Now, he can only give it a try. Of course, he is unwilling to produce such things as penicillin.

But there is one thing that has similar results.

(end of this chapter)