Steel Dynasty - Chapter 5

[Chapter 5 The Spark of Technology]

North City of Qingzhou City.

A group of more than thirty barbarian cavalrymen below the city were pointing at the city gate and laughing sarcastically from time to time.

In the eyes of the prairie barbarians, the soldiers in the Central Plains were vulnerable. When they saw them, they would be so frightened that they would stay in the city and dare not come out.

On the city wall, three hundred soldiers stood ready, and twenty archers drew their long bows, ready to shoot at the barbarian cavalry wandering outside the city.

“Captain Lu, King Qi is here.” In the middle of the city gate, a seven-foot-long black-faced man wearing scale armor was watching the barbarian cavalry warily.

This person is Lu Fei, the captain of Qingzhou, commanding the troops of Qingzhou.

“King Qi?” Lu Fei’s voice was like a bell, “What is he doing here? He will really cause trouble.”

Turning around, he saw Xiao Ming ascending the tower.

The barbarian cavalry outside the city suddenly became commotion when they saw the luxuriously dressed Xiao Ming. He was obviously a big shot.

One of the barbarian cavalry reined up his horse and bent his bow, and kept shooting sharp arrows at Xiao Ming.

With a “swish”, the barbarian cavalry’s arrow just landed on the city wall, because it was too far away from the city gate and the range was not enough. This arrow was just to scare Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming was very calm. The technological crystal in his mind contained a lot of knowledge. Xiao Ming knew the range of this ancient bow and arrow clearly, so when the bow and arrow came, he didn’t even try to dodge.

Lu Fei looked strange when he saw it. There seemed to be something different about King Qi today.

“General, I have met Your Highness.” Lu Fei bowed.

“Don’t bring out these red tapes now. What’s going on now?” Xiao Ming asked.

The fief belongs to Xiao Ming. He is not only the king of Qi, but also the governor of the six states, which is equivalent to the position of commander-in-chief. This Lu Fei is just the captain of Qingzhou and is under the management of Xiao Ming.

“Back to Your Highness, so far, there is only a group of thirty barbarian cavalry lingering outside the city and refusing to leave,” Lu Fei said.

Xiao Ming raised his eyes and looked up. These barbarian cavalry were wearing fine scale armor, holding recurve bows in their hands. Their sitting horses were tall and strong, like elite soldiers.

Compared to the barbarian cavalry, his soldiers wore worn-out armor, and the ice blades in their hands were all rusty. Only Lu Fei’s scale armor was a bit better.

“Is there no news from Cangzhou?” Xiao Ming used his powerful knowledge to start analyzing the current situation.

“Everything is normal in Cangzhou.”

“It’s strange. Since Cangzhou City has not been broken, how did the barbarian cavalry appear here?”

“I am also surprised. Cangzhou City is in a dangerous terrain and is the only passable place in the Qinling Mountains. If the barbarians invade, they will inevitably Destroy Cangzhou City first…”

While Lu Fei answered, he felt strange in his heart. King Qi, who never asked about everything, only asked the key in a few words.

When Xiao Ming climbed up the tower, he noticed Lu Fei’s contempt for him, and he couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

Except for Qian Dafu, who regarded him as a prince, no one in the entire fief took him seriously.

He said deliberately: “In this case, Captain Lu might as well lead the soldiers to capture this barbarian and question him clearly.”

Lu Fei’s face turned green. He was reckless, but he was not without brains. “Your Highness, there are more than thirty people in Qingzhou City.” Although the number of cavalry is equal, we are definitely no match for these barbarian cavalry. If we leave the city gate, we will die.”

“Is Lieutenant Lu afraid? How would we know that they are here if we don’t capture these barbarian cavalry? “Xiao Ming said slowly.

Lu Fei’s face turned from green to red, and he argued: “If you don’t dare to do it unless you are the general, it is really in vain…”

The heat has also come, Xiao Ming just wanted to give Lu Fei a beating, he said: “Really? It’s not impossible. .”

“Your Highness, this is no child’s play.” Lu Fei felt that King Qi was crazy.

The barbarian cavalry under the city seemed to have no intention of leaving immediately. Xiao Ming said to Lu Fei at this time: “Go and call Chen Bingcao.”

Lu Fei did not dare to disobey, otherwise the King of Qi would be fooled again and let him go out of the city to fight, but he would be killed. .

After a while, a thin man wearing a green robe and official uniform appeared on the tower.

“Do you have any caltrops?”

Bingcao is an official in the governor’s mansion who is responsible for weapons and food. The most effective way to deal with cavalry is to turn them into infantry.

This caltrop is specially used to deal with cavalry horses.

Chen Bingcao looked troubled, “Your Highness, there are some, but not many, only more than thirty.”

“More than thirty! What do you, a soldier, usually do?” Xiao Ming said angrily.

Chen Bingcao smiled bitterly and said: “Your Highness, it’s not that I’m a lazy official. It’s really hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. The craftsmen in the Equipment Department don’t have enough iron and coal cakes to repair and make weapons.”

He was so poor that Xiao Ming almost went crazy. He He said, “Now call all the blacksmiths in the city.”

Then, Xiao Ming turned to Qian Dafu and said, “Take out all the iron and bronze wares in the palace and give them to the Equipment Department.”

“Ah?” The muscles on Qian Dafu’s face trembled. , looking like a pain in the flesh.

Lu Fei opened his mouth and swallowed what he wanted to say.

“Captain Lu, please continue to monitor this group of barbarian cavalry. From the looks of it, this barbarian cavalry seems to have a meal under our city before leaving.” Xiao Ming glanced at the barbarian cavalry sitting on the ground.

These barbarian cavalry looked down upon them too much. They were humiliating him.

Although Qian Dafu’s body ached, he still collected all the bronze tripods and ironware from the palace.

All twelve craftsmen in the city have arrived at the Equipment Department, and some handymen have begun to light fires to melt copper and iron.

“Your Highness, everyone is here, but some folk craftsmen don’t know what caltrops is and can’t forge it.” Chen Bingcao said cautiously.

“It doesn’t matter, I will teach them myself.” Xiao Ming showed a strange smile. Facing a huge dilemma, at least he still had technological crystals.

The technology library is only a part of the technology crystal. The most important function of the technology crystal is to transmit knowledge.

This kind of transmission is similar to magic, Taoism, and enlightenment.

Simply put, technological crystals integrated into consciousness can subtly input technological knowledge into the minds of others by connecting to other people’s consciousnesses.

Xiao Ming is equivalent to a central computer at this time. He can use his consciousness as a data cable to import his knowledge into other computers, that is, other people.

However, what is transmitted and what is transmitted is all Xiao Ming’s own decision.

So Chen Bingcao watched in surprise as Xiao Ming took seven craftsmen away to talk for a while. When he came back, the seven craftsmen immediately started forging.

What surprised him was that the caltrops cast by these seven people were even more standard and sharper than the caltrops made by the craftsman of the instrument department.

“Is this still King Qi?”

In Chen Bingcao’s eyes, King Qi had always been the target of ridicule, but now something seemed wrong.

Xiao Mingxiao was satisfied that he had succeeded. By explaining this method to conceal the transmission of knowledge, these craftsmen thought they understood the making of caltrops.

However, these caltrops existed during the Warring States Period. They were actually very simple, just a triangle-like nail.

(End of chapter)