Time flies.

In the blink of an eye.

Another half year passed.

In the past six months.

Xu was promoted to join Xu's army and became a general.

Every two days, he continued to look for a woman with a clean background with spiritual roots with the nun.

Although the search was relatively leisurely over the past six months, he still found another forty women with ordinary spiritual roots and a dozen women with medium-grade spiritual roots.

Yes, we have gained a lot in the past six months.

At the same time, Xu Sheng did not slack off in getting these women pregnant when he returned home at night.

Including Jiang Chuling, who is pregnant again.

Zhou Xiaoxun, Yang Yutong, Yang Yugan, Mu Tianyi and more than a dozen other concubines have given birth to children for Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng has now given birth to as many as nineteen children with spiritual roots.

Eleven are boys and eight are girls.

Xu Sheng was very happy about this.

Seeing that there are still a large number of wives and concubines waiting to give birth, Xu Sheng is very satisfied.

Moreover, after Zhou Xiaoxun, Yang Yutong, Yang Yugan and Mu Tianyi recovered, they were favored by Xu Sheng again and became pregnant with new children.

Xu Sheng also felt a sense of accomplishment about this.

And those ten women with middle-grade spiritual roots who came to assassinate Xu Sheng.

After spending half a year as canaries, they have all become fair and tender!

You should make sure there is no toxin in your body.

Then they all became pregnant with Xu Sheng.

Of course, it will probably take more than a year for them to give birth to the baby.

As for Xu Longtao, there has been no movement in the past six months.

Xu Huateng did not have any order to replace the young marshal.

However, Xu Huateng often consulted Xu Sheng and Xu Longtao about world affairs, and now the Chu family is indeed becoming more and more powerful.

Even the Jiang family, a warlord neighboring the Chu family, had their territories in several cities invaded by the Chu family.

The situation in the world became increasingly tense.

But Xu Sheng still didn't find oil or gunpowder.

However, Xu Sheng did make a breakthrough in steelmaking technology!

When he was on Earth, although Xu Sheng was not a professional in this field, he also knew some about it.

Therefore, after he expressed some of his ideas, after many experiments and research by many blacksmiths he found, a steel technology that was more advanced than the one in this world was born!

Better steel can be produced in large quantities.

This is very good news.

Xu Sheng felt excited.

With the blessing of this new type of steel that surpasses the current contemporary steel technology!

Their Xu family’s equipment will be greatly enhanced!

Even if the Chu army supported by Hu Xinfeng was blessed with the so-called God of War's military book, they might not be able to defeat the Xu army.

When the time comes.

The Chu family’s combat strategy is more sophisticated, but the Xu family’s equipment is more powerful!

It is not certain who will win or lose!

Of course, we want to popularize this steel in the military and equip the entire army as quickly as possible.

Xu Huateng must nod his head!

So this afternoon.

Xu Huateng and several other veteran heroes of the Xu family came to Xu Sheng's mansion.

Including young marshal Xu Longtao who followed along.

Of course, these people can be absolutely trusted.

Apart from the internal power struggle, these people are absolutely loyal to the Xu family.

So Xu Sheng didn't avoid any of them.

He directly showed everyone the results of his new steelmaking method.

Some of the best weapons in this world are made by good blacksmiths after repeated hammering and tempering.

But the equipment used by soldiers in the army could not be equipped with such good steel.

Because it is difficult to produce in large quantities.

Xu Sheng studied on Earth and learned about the development of steel in Earth's history.

He knows:

Pig iron is produced by burning iron ore, and its carbon content is slightly over 2%.

The carbon content of wrought iron is less than 0.05 percent and it is produced by a more advanced smelting method.

Steel is iron with a carbon content between 0.05 and 2 percent.

So we want to make good steel!

In fact, the principle is just to mess with the carbon content in the iron.

It was with a grasp of the principles that Xu Sheng proposed the research direction, allowing many blacksmiths to experiment again and again for such a long time, and now finally got the results!

"Father and all the elders, what do you think of this sword? What do you think of this armor?"

After everyone arrived, Xu Sheng directly demonstrated the results.

"This knife is extraordinarily hard and extremely sharp!" Xu Huateng nodded: "This is a good knife!"

Some of Xu's core ministers around Xu Huateng also said:

"This knife is similar to the sword I got from the sword master before!"

"Fourteenth Master, from which famous master did you get this knife?"

"This armor is pretty good. It must be made by a famous swordsmith, right? Its material requires a good swordsmith and forging apprentices to hammer and refine it day and night!"

They expressed their feelings.

"Fourteenth brother, what do you mean?"

Of course Xu Longtao asked: "Just because you got a good sword and a good set of armor, you have to call father and all the elders to come and see it?"

Yes, Xu Huateng and Xu's ministers basically have some of these swords and armors in their mansions. After all, some casting masters can make them carefully.

"This knife was not made by a famous craftsman! It was made by an ordinary foundry worker in my house!"

Of course, Xu Sheng shook his head and said directly: "I know that you are still confused now! But I just want to say one thing, if this kind of steel can be mass-produced, what will be the result?"

Hearing Xu Sheng's last words, Xu Huateng and all the important officials present widened their eyes!

Everyone looked at each other and their expressions changed immediately.

Realized the importance of this matter.

"What? Fourteenth brother? What do you mean?"

Xu Longtao's face changed: "Do you mean that you can mass-produce such good swords and armor? How is this possible? Such a good sword can only be made by a forging master who has spent a lot of time, effort and thought!"

"Little Fourteen, what's going on?"

Xu Huateng also coughed and asked excitedly: "Is this true or false?"

The other important officials also looked at Xu Sheng in astonishment.

Xu Sheng could certainly understand their shock.

After all, the steel technology that Xu Sheng has come up with now has surpassed the level they have seen in this era!

This is what is called dimensionality reduction attack.

It's just like being on Earth.

While you are still driving a car on the ground, suddenly someone takes out a flying device and tells you that now you can fly in the air to go to school or work as long as you put on a flying device that looks like a backpack.

You will be as shocked and unbelievable as these people are now.

"Of course I'm not kidding!"

Xu Sheng said: "If there had not been any results, how could I have invited my father and other important officials to come here!"

As he spoke, Xu Sheng turned around, raised his hand and invited everyone to follow him to visit the steelmaking experimental base in the mansion.

And let the foundry workers personally refine a furnace of good steel!

Let everyone witness the time and material cost of everything!

"How is this possible? How is this possible!?"

Xu Longtao couldn't believe it: "Such good steel was made so quickly? And it can be done by an ordinary foundry worker?"

"Little Fourteen, what on earth is going on!"

Xu Huateng was so excited that his face turned red. He looked around the steelmaking furnace and said, "How did you do it? How did you achieve this amazing result?"

Faced with everyone's shocked questions.

"After returning to the Xu family, I learned that the Chu family had the Wumu military book!"

Xu Sheng also immediately replied: "That's why I feel uneasy! After returning home, I have been thinking about countermeasures! The God of War Wumu has been invincible in history, and his military wisdom is unquestionable. We can't get this military book, and it seems difficult to defeat the Chu family in terms of tactics and strategies on the battlefield! So I want to find another way! We are inferior to them in tactics, but if our equipment can be improved, then it is still unknown who will win or lose!"

Everyone held their breath and listened to Xu Sheng's speech.

"In the past six months, I have been in the army and talking with the soldiers!"

Xu Sheng said: "I just noticed that the weapons and armor used by the soldiers are of relatively inferior materials! In the past, I was so focused on practicing martial arts that I didn't pay much attention to these situations! So I started to think of ways to improve my steelmaking skills! So I found these casting experts, and with their help, I conducted experiments again and again, and finally achieved the current results."

Xu Sheng also introduced the core talents in this foundry base.

Don't be stingy in giving them the credit.

"Actually, it was all the Fourteenth Young Master's idea. We also thought it was impossible at the beginning!"

One of the bald old forgers said, "I was the most skeptical at the beginning! I thought that the Fourteenth Young Master was daydreaming! But I didn't expect it to actually work! I really admire him! Compared to the Fourteenth Young Master, I have only been a fool forging for half my life!"

The other foundry apprentices also echoed the same statement one after another.

“I just came up with the idea!”

Xu Sheng said: "But it was you who tested it out!"

Xu Huateng immediately said that all of them would be rewarded generously.

Naturally, these people all expressed their gratitude happily.

Afterwards, Xu Huateng and a group of Xu’s senior executives followed Xu Sheng.

Xu Longtao also followed behind in a daze.

"I was the first to improve the furnace for refining steel!"

Xu Sheng explained to them: "It is designed like this. Look, it is thin at both ends and thick in the middle, like a big waist drum! Why is it designed like this? Because this shape..."

In fact, it was the furnace made by Xu Sheng.

It's just the blast furnace of the Song Dynasty on Earth.

It is already more advanced than the steel-making furnace in the alien world where Xu Sheng is now.

"Also, I designed this, it's called! Blower!"

Xu Sheng pointed to another thing and said, "Its function is to increase oxygen intake!"

At the same time, Xu Sheng turned his finger again and said, "This is a waterwheel. It uses the power of flowing water to provide kinetic energy for the blower! There is no need for the apprentices to blow and fan stupidly beside them like the steelmaking masters in the past did when they were making steel!"

Xu Huateng, Xu Longtao and a group of Xu family's core ministers looked at each other in bewilderment.

"It is possible to continuously generate endless power by rotating the flowing water!"

An old minister in charge of manufacturing exclaimed, "Oh my god, this is amazing! Young Master Fourteen is truly an amazing man! I have been managing the Ministry of Works for half my life, and I have never seen such a wonderful operation."

And amid the amazement of the crowd.

"In the past, some people forged iron and made steel by quenching it with water!"

Xu Sheng continued, "But I wonder if we can change something? Will it have a better effect if we change it to something else? So after some experiments, we found that using animal urine or animal fat can indeed achieve better results..."

Everyone listened attentively with bated breath.

Even if you don't understand, listen carefully.

Didn’t you see that the Marshal was listening with his eyes wide open with excitement?

Xu Sheng continued to introduce.

That’s right!

The people in the strange world where Xu Sheng is now only use water to temper iron.

Just like what we see on TV on Earth, blacksmiths often put red-hot iron blocks into water, which then creates a crackling sound and white mist rising up.

The method Xu Sheng is using now is nothing more than the double quenching method in the history of the earth.

This method appeared during the Earth's Northern and Southern Dynasties.

As for the principle?

Grease can make the metal have better toughness and it is not easy to deform or crack!

Urine contains so much salt that it is as hard as steel!

Before the time travel, modern steelmaking on Earth had actually developed to a level beyond what Xu Sheng was demonstrating at this moment.

But Xu Sheng couldn't do it.

This is all he can do now!

Of course, this level is enough to bring about a dimensionality reduction attack on the steelmaking technology in the world today.

"This matter must be kept absolutely confidential!" After listening to it, Xu Huateng solemnly ordered: "This steelmaking process is the top secret of our Xu family! All craftsmen must become top secret personnel."

"With this method, our Xu family's military strength will be strengthened!" said an important official, "It can even directly affect the life and death of the Xu family!"

"Fourteenth brother, this achievement is profound!" Xu Longtao also said in a hoarse voice.

He was thwarted again.

The solution to the problem that he had been thinking hard about but had no clue about was figured out by Xu Sheng half a year after he returned.

"The Fourteenth Young Master is the lucky star of our Xu family!" One important official even said this directly.

"The Fourteenth Young Master has a broad mind!" said several other important ministers.

Because at this time everyone knew that Xu Sheng and Xu Longtao were recently being discussed by various people regarding the replacement of the young commander.

In fact, Xu Sheng could have kept such iron skills hidden for himself without showing them off.

Equip your trusted private soldiers and wait for the time when Marshal Xu Huateng leaves.

It is very likely that Xu Sheng will rise up in one fell swoop and seize the position of commander-in-chief.

Of course, everyone thought of the time when Xu Sheng took the initiative to refuse the position of young marshal.

So it is understandable.

In short, everyone now understands that Xu Sheng took it out directly without hiding it because he really cared about the overall interests of the Xu family.

This is indeed the case with Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng actually doesn’t care that much about whether he can become a young or senior marshal.

What he wanted was the destruction of the Chu family and the capture of Hu Xinfeng.

"Little Fourteen, you always give people surprises!"

Xu Huateng then patted Xu Sheng on the shoulder and said, "I never thought that you'd solved my biggest worry in just half a year! With this enhanced equipment, I can finally rest assured and have a good sleep tonight!"

Signs of the Chu family's impending rise continue to emerge.

Xu Huateng is very sensitive to the general situation in the world.

Of course he noticed.

That's why he often couldn't sleep.

This is also one of the reasons why his health is getting worse and worse.

Of course, although Xu Sheng made another great contribution, Xu Huateng did not announce that he would replace the young marshal.

Xu Sheng didn't care about this either.

Xu Longtao did not attack Xu Sheng either.

Xu Sheng's life went on as usual.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.

Over the past year or so, Xu Sheng's new steelmaking method has been vigorously developed by Xu Huateng.

The equipment in Xu’s army is brand new!

The combat power has been increased by several levels.

Xu Sheng found about sixty women with spiritual roots intermittently.

Now all of them are pregnant.

Now Xu Sheng’s women have reached more than two hundred.

And this day.

Xu Sheng has given birth to two hundred children with spiritual roots!

"The goal that was set at the beginning has finally been achieved!" Xu Sheng smiled slightly at this.

Looking at the two hundred wives and concubines crowded in his mansion, most of whom were pregnant.

Xu Sheng felt that was about right.

From then on, unless he met a woman with superior spiritual roots, Xu Sheng would not accept a woman with ordinary spiritual roots.

Moreover, women with superior spiritual roots will no longer be drowned in the crowd.

So Xu Sheng asked the little nun to stop her hard work of helping him to sense things.

"Then there is only one goal left!" The little nun stood beside Xu Sheng and said, "Fight for power in the world and capture Hu Xinfeng!"

And on the day when they were having this conversation, Xu Sheng suddenly received an urgent call from Xu Huateng.

When Xu Sheng went to attend the meeting, he suddenly heard a shocking piece of news.

Jiang, a warlord close to the Chu family, was attacked by the Chu family. The Chu family captured cities and strongholds overnight and has now lost most of its territory.

And Xu Huateng analyzed that the Jiang family is very likely to be destroyed!

Then Xu Huateng gave the order and the Xu family entered a state of combat readiness!

After these words were spoken, everyone present changed their expressions.

"The war is really coming!" Xu Sheng also thought to himself: "Hu Xinfeng, ah Hu Xinfeng, you wanted to destroy me and imprisoned me like a cow back then, don't blame me for destroying your Taoism this time and imprisoning you like a sex slave!"

certainly!

The final result.

We still have to see whether the Chu army, with the help of the God of War's military tactics from Hu Xinfeng, is stronger.

The Xu army equipped with the new equipment developed by Xu Sheng is still more powerful!