Fengshan was not the first to be founded by the First Emperor. In fact, Fengshan had already been circulated in the ancient ancestors.

What made Mount Tai really famous is indeed because of Emperor Shin-chan's actions.

Now many people in the court have written letters to invite Wang Xiao to Fengshan. It seems to be a big deal of face, but in fact it is a kind of praise.

Because after Wang Xiao succeeded to the throne, he actually did not make any substantial contributions.

In terms of internal treatment, the gradually strengthened inspections and water treatment have not yet shown any results. It can even be said that even if it is done well, it will not be known if the possible floods will be subsided.

Papermaking, printing, curved plows, sickles, etc. have not had time to show their power.

As for the pioneering examinations and talent selection, it is actually not the mainstream in the Han Dynasty, but the emperor is just selecting a servant for himself.

Not to mention foreign affairs.

The reverse marriage to marry the Hun princess is indeed groundbreaking and innovative. But the problem is that there is no sign of the eight characters.

Even if things are done, this is not a great achievement.

It can't be said that it's a stick to the enemy slave, and a hero who is a bed.

As for war, apart from the routine routines on the border and the Huns, there has not been an influential war since Wang Xiao took office.

Simply put, going to Fengshan when nothing is wrong is not embarrassment.

Wang Xiao simply threw this suggestion back.

"If you have the time and energy to talk nonsense, it's better to do something practical."

Wang Xiao ignored this kind of book writing, or he was not fooled at all.

He ran to Moyuan in Shanglinyuan to check the technological progress.

Most of the Mo family disciples across the country were collected here by Wang Xiao.

They took the drawings and materials given by Wang Xiao and made pieces of agricultural tools and weapons and armor.

More samples are made here. After passing the experiment, they will be handed over to the Shaofu workshop and then start large-scale production.

Such as the famous curved plow, it has been promoted nationwide at this time.

The farmers of the Han Dynasty were simple, so simple that they always had two sons at home. They were so simple that they secretly reclaimed the fields, but did not report to the government. Because if they reported, they had to pay taxes.

They have deep vigilance and scrutiny for any new farm tool, because it is directly related to the farming season. The farming season is the lifeblood of farmers, and whether their whole family will starve to death.

So the curved plow was not immediately accepted at the beginning.

However, after witnessing the efficiency of the curved plow and the benefits brought by the good things made the farmers of the Han Dynasty quickly accept this new type of farm tools and began to promote them on a large scale.

If simply developing agricultural tools is to improve one's own strength, then Wang Xiao next asked the Mo family to optimize the armor to make preparations to attack the Huns.

Wang Xiao knew very well that when he fought a decisive battle with the Huns, who were mainly cavalry, ordinary infantry could only be used for garrison, and the real decisive force lies in the cavalry.

Even though the cavalry of the Han army is not weak, in terms of technology, it is still no match for the Huns who have been playing on horseback since childhood.

Since the technology is not good, you can only work hard on equipment.

Therefore, Wang Xiao provided the drawings to allow the Mohist school to optimize the heavy armor into light cavalry armor.

In addition to fighting each other, cavalry duels are more likely to use bows and arrows to carry out large-scale killing.

When the horse was racing, the overwhelming rain of arrows came, and there was no place to hide.

Therefore, armor that can resist sharp arrows has become a very important defense method.

The armor is a armor mainly composed of rectangular armor pieces. Because this type of armor is similar to a letter, it is also called "Archid". The armor composed of this type of armor is collectively called "Archid".

This armor has excellent defense, but it is too heavy.

The improved technology given by Wang Xiao is to use thin iron armor to reduce weight.

In order to cover up the weakening of defense caused by thin iron armor, thin skins will be combined in superimposed forms.

Wang Xiao gave all the specific operation to the Mo family to take charge. Today he came here to see the results.

“How heavy is this?”

Wang Xiao looked at the armor supported on the wooden pole and asked the most critical questions directly.

Cavalry wears too thick armor, which will affect the performance of all aspects.

After all, the heavy cavalry seems to charge very fiercely, but its role on the vast grassland is indeed not as good as that of the light cavalry.

Wang Xiao did not intend to develop a attack on Qiankun, and heavier armored cavalry like Tiefutu.

Such cavalry is suitable for attacking infantry arrays, and during cavalry battles, they can be flew kites by light cavalry until they die.

"More than forty kilograms."

It sounds quite heavy, but considering that the Han pound is only half of the modern pound, which is only more than ten kilograms, it is already very good.

Wang Xiao nodded, picked up a pair of bows and arrows and shot them at the armor.

The sharp arrow roared and pierced directly on the armor.

Without having to look at it, Wang Xiao knew that he must have cumed through.

"The Emperor's Shooting!"

People around them gave fragrant flatteries.

Tian Xiangzi hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Your Majesty, the bows and arrows of the Huns are not as good as us. Moreover, Your Majesty is born with divine power, and no one in the world can reach."

"This won't work."

Wang Xiao simply shook his head, "You can't place the precious lives of the soldiers on the poor weapons of the enemy. Add another layer of iron."

Tian Xiangzi did not agree immediately, but said with some concern, "Your Majesty, if that is the case, the whole set of armor will be more than fifty kilograms."

The cavalrymen are not just armor.

They also have their own weapons, shields, bows and arrows, water bags, dry food bags, etc.

Even if the water bags and dry food can be placed on the pack horse, the burden on the horse is still not light.

"add."

Wang Xiao once again confirmed, "This is a big matter that concerns life, and you can't relax even if it's one or two."

In fact, this is also related to smelting technology. Although the iron production in the Han Dynasty was quite large, the technology was still much worse.

The intensity of impurities such as phosphorus, sulfur and other impurities is far from comparable to that of the modern world.

Although Wang Xiao introduced the steel smelting method, the output of this thing is very low. For tens of thousands of equipment, that little output is a drop in the bucket.

Since the quality is not good, it can only be superimposed by weight.

Fortunately, the horses in the Han Dynasty were much stronger than those in the Ming and Qing dynasties that were not much bigger than donkeys.

I can barely hold on to a load of more than ten pounds.

The core of the saying "One Han is the Five Barbarians" lies in the absolute advantage of the Han army in terms of equipment.

Wang Xiao would never give up this advantage and compete for any number of people.

That's right, the population of the Han Dynasty was indeed far greater than that of the Huns, and even farther than the sum of other countries in the world.

But precisely because population is an advantage, you cannot waste this advantage at will. Otherwise, the advantage will become a disadvantage.

In addition to Zhajia, Moyuan also took on the work of optimizing the existing Han army ordnance.

The Qin Dynasty incident decades ago was the pinnacle of bronze ware technology.

The bronze craftsmanship and performance of that era have truly reached its limit of potential.

It is precisely because of this that iron tools began to become popular on a large scale.

Because compared to iron tools, the iron tools of bronze tools have been excavated, but iron tools still have unlimited potential.

So in the Han Dynasty, iron tools began to be popularized on a large scale in production and life and in the army.

Not to mention iron armor, we are already improving the armor. As for plate armor, we need to have it after the water conservancy forging machine comes out.

In terms of agricultural tools, in addition to the curved plow, there are also shovels, hoes, rakes, sickles and other iron tools that have begun to be promoted.

As for the emergence of daily production tools, axes, adzes, hammers, chisels, knives, saws, cones, nails, etc., it has rapidly expanded the speed and strength of the people to compete for resources with nature.

In terms of weapons, the shorter bronze sword, which was previously shorter, turned into a powerful ring-headed iron sword after the iron weapon was in power!

The gap between the thick-backed iron sword and the bronze dagger is a complete generation difference.

The Han army soldiers slashed down with one knife, and there was little difference between wearing leather armor and not wearing it.

In terms of long soldiers, they gradually transformed from the former copper spear to iron spear and iron spear. Not only is it more powerful, but it is also convenient for large-scale manufacturing.

In addition to the above, there is actually another very important technological innovation that is easily overlooked.

That is the traditional bow and arrowhead, which has also changed from copper to iron.

Iron horns are not only sharper, but also more convenient for large-scale production.

Compared with the Huns who were still using arrows polished with wolf teeth, the Han Dynasty was already completely at the forefront of the military.

The outbreak and expansion of territory during the Pig period in history were actually formed by the convergence of multiple reasons in that era.
To be continued...