8 Summon Lu Bu and build a blast furnace

After the court meeting, Zhuge Liang, who was appointed by Xu Feng, immediately began to perform his duties as prime minister and promoted some officials to make up for the positions left after Xu Feng purged officials from Zhao Gao's faction.

The government of Great Qin was able to function again, thanks to Xu Feng who did not involve too many officials of the Qin Dynasty, allowing Zhuge Liang to still have people available.

Xu Feng felt relieved that Zhuge Liang, a prime minister, was handling the chaotic government affairs of the Qin Dynasty for Xu Feng.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang was transferred from him through the system, and he is absolutely loyal to him, so there is no need to worry about betrayal.

At the same time, at this time, the two armies of Xianyang City, the Weiwei Army was handed over to Zhao Yun by Xu Feng, and the Lieutenant Army was led by Wang Yong, which could be regarded as completely controlling Xianyang and ensuring safety.

Next, Zhao Yun will take control of the Weiwei Army, which will take time, and Wang Yong will be busy recruiting soldiers from the surrounding counties of Xianyang.

Xu Feng, on the other hand, took some time off.

Xu Feng focused on the system at this time. He knew that what he could count on most at this time was the most powerful Hunjun system that came with it.

He needs to use the limited points in his hand to get the maximum help from the system as much as possible.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the second task, and you will be rewarded with three thousand points."

Xu Feng was sitting in Zhangtai Palace, and the system's voice sounded again.

"Now I still have 10,000 points in my hand, of which I have to redeem another peerless warrior to fight against Xiang Yu.

Otherwise, Zhao Yun alone may not be able to match Xiang Yu, so he will have to spend another 3,000 points."

Xu Feng followed his own plan and began to carefully calculate the only 10,000 points he had in hand and distribute them reasonably.

In fact, Xiang Yu has been crowned the God of War for thousands of years in China, so Xu Feng has to treat him with caution.

In Xu Feng's memory, there were probably not many people in ancient China who could fight side by side with Xiang Yu in terms of force.

Originally, Xu Feng planned to redeem Xiang Yu from the system.

When two Xiang Yus appear at the same time, it will be fun.

However, he found that Xiang Yu's profile picture in the system was gray and could not be redeemed.

After being prompted by the system that the hero of the host's era could not be exchanged, Xu Feng gave up.

"Then let's choose Lu Bu. I believe the combination of Lu Bu and Zhao Yun is enough to fight against Xiang Yu."

In the end, Xu Feng chose Lu Bu.

brush!

A white light flashed, and a tall and straight figure appeared in Zhangtai Palace.

Lu Bu wears a purple gold crown with three-pronged hair, a Hosokawa red brocade robe of flowers, an animal-faced head-swallowing chain armor, holding a Fang Tian painted halberd, and an unruly look in his eyes, standing in the palace below Xu Feng.

"Lu Bu, you are still not polite when you see me."

Xu Feng drank, not angry but proud.

"Lu Bu, see your majesty."

In the end, Lu Bu still bowed to Xu Feng.

This made Xu Feng breathe a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to control Lu Bu. If it weren't for system constraints, Xu Feng would never exchange Lu Bu for him.

After Lu Bu finished his salute, he continued to stand there and looked directly at Xu Feng, showing no hint of flattery or cowardice because Xu Feng was the emperor.

"In less than two months, the army of hundreds of thousands led by Liu Bang will reach Xianyang, and then Xiang Yu's army of 400,000 will arrive.

Even if the 100,000 captains led by Li You return to Xianyang by then, and Li Yong can recruit tens of thousands of new soldiers, he may still be unable to match Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.

Therefore, if I want to win this battle, I have to find another way."

Xu Feng ignored Lu Bu for the time being, but continued to be lost in thought.

"Yes, iron weapons and cavalry! How come I almost forgot these two things.

Now in the Qin Dynasty, iron-making technology was not yet mature, iron weapons had not yet been manufactured on a large scale, and cavalry equipped with stirrups had not yet appeared.

Now, the armies of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang should still use bronze weapons, and even the Qin army still uses bronze weapons.

If only I could equip all the soldiers in my army with iron weapons.

Creating another elite cavalry equipped with stirrups will greatly enhance the strength of our Da Qin army and make up for the numerical disadvantage of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's armies."

Xu Feng's eyes shone and he said excitedly.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, cavalry had actually appeared, especially the Zhao State's cavalry, which was a powerful group.

At this time, the Qin Dynasty also had cavalry, but at this time all cavalry were not equipped with stirrups.

In Xu Feng's view, the cavalry of this period could not be called cavalry in the true sense.

Only after the stirrup is invented will the spring of cavalry come.

As for stirrups, they are too simple. As long as the iron smelting technology is mature, Xu Feng can make a large number of stirrups at any time.

Therefore, whether you are making iron weapons or stirrups, you need iron smelting technology.

In other words, as long as Xu Feng can develop the Qin Dynasty's iron smelting technology to maturity in the shortest possible time, the problem can be easily solved.

"Ironware, ironware!"

Xu Feng muttered excitedly and quickly found Bing Jia in the system.

"Here, a set of soldiers' armor actually costs 10 points. That is to say, one thousand points can only be exchanged for one hundred sets of armor. How useless is that!"

Xu Feng said dissatisfied.

"Forget it, it looks like it's not cost-effective for me to exchange it directly for soldiers and armors right now."

"Really, I'm stupid, I am the Emperor of Great Qin now, even if Great Qin is going to die, I still control Xianyang and even the land of Guanzhong.

I can mobilize tens of thousands of manpower, and there are a large number of craftsmen in Xianyang City. I can make iron tools myself!

Of course, I must first find a design drawing for blast furnace ironmaking to improve Daqin’s ironmaking technology. Only with sufficient iron materials can iron tools be made."

Soon, Xu Feng reacted and found the item category in the system, where he found the design drawings for blast furnace ironmaking.

"Oh no, two thousand points are so expensive!"

When Xu Feng saw the design drawings for blast furnace ironmaking, which actually required two thousand points, his eyes widened.

"Damn it, why didn't I study chemistry well when I was in high school? Now I don't even remember how to make iron in a blast furnace.

Come on, there’s nothing we can do about it, it seems we can’t save these two thousand points.”

In the end, no matter how distressed Xu Feng was, he had to spend two thousand points to redeem a design drawing for blast furnace ironmaking.

According to this drawing, a blast furnace for iron smelting can be built.

"Come here, I want to leave the palace!"

Immediately, Xu Feng shouted loudly, took Lu Bu and a group of guards, and hurriedly left the palace.

As the capital of the Qin Dynasty, Xianyang was considered the most prosperous city in China at this time.

Similarly, there are a large number of craftsmen in Xianyang City, and the Qin Dynasty even set up special craftsmanship workshops to build armor and equipment for the Qin army.

After Xu Feng left the city, he went straight to a craftsman's workshop outside the city, led by several Qin officials.

"Can you make iron tools here?"

Xu Feng asked the Qin Dynasty official responsible here.

"Reporting to your majesty, the smelting of iron is different from that of bronze. We only have one furnace for smelting iron. The iron produced every year is very small, so we cannot make many iron tools.

Most of the craftsmen here are master bronze craftsmen, and there are only a few craftsmen who can make ironware."

The official in charge here reported the truth to Xu Fenghui.

"How long will it take you to build a stove like this?"

Xu Feng took out the design drawing of the blast furnace, which was drawn on white silk, and handed it to the official, who was a master craftsman himself.

The official looked at the drawings of the blast furnace and was immediately attracted. After looking at it for a long time, he said to Xu Feng: "Your Majesty, this kind of furnace is really ingenious. We have never built it before.

To build such a stove, I'm afraid it will take half a month, and our craftsmen need to explore."

"No, half a month is too long, ten days at most."

After Xu Feng heard this, he shook his head decisively. He didn't have that much time to waste.

"Your Majesty, ten days..."

The official was a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry, I will send a few craftsmen who are familiar with making this kind of stove to help you later, so everything will be fine."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if we can get help from craftsmen who are familiar with this kind of stove, we will definitely build it within ten days."

The official wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and responded hurriedly, fearing that Xu Feng would kill him if he got angry.

"Go and gather some of the master craftsmen here who know how to forge ironware, and bring them to see me later."

Immediately, Xu Feng said to the official again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take care of it now."
To be continued...