Feng Yuheng's words caused an uproar in the hall.
No one could have imagined that the Princess of Ji'an would dare to make such a bold statement! Zong Sui Tie Jing had been invincible for a hundred years. What great things did she have to compete with him?
Even after Feng Yuheng and Huang Quan walked out of the Glazed Hall, the discussion in the hall was still going on. Li Kun said, "Your Majesty should know that even if Princess Ji'an really has a magic weapon that can cut iron essence, the dowry that our Zong Sui gave to the Sixth Princess is the method of refining iron essence!"
Everyone understands this principle. Even if Feng Yuheng takes out a rare item to break the iron essence, how much can she have? Dashun wants the refining method, not the power for a while.
Facing people's discussions, Xuan Tianming was calm. He believed in Feng Yuheng, and he had witnessed some incredible miracles with his own eyes. At this moment, he dared to conclude that the knife Feng Yuheng mentioned was already in her sleeve, but because this was the imperial palace and there were so many eyes watching, she had to go outside the palace.
An evil smile appeared on his face, and he leaned back in the wheelchair leisurely, fiddling with the whip in his hand leisurely. He didn't look nervous at all as before.
Emperor Tianwu looked towards him, and Xuan Tianming's look instantly gave him great self-confidence. He was a little nervous about Feng Yuheng's actions before, but he had to nod and agree to give it a try for the sake of Dashun's face. But at this time, his ninth son's virtue told him: Don't worry, it will definitely work.
Then Emperor Tianwu also leaned back in his chair, with an evil smile on his face that was 90% similar to Xuan Tianming.
The ministers below couldn't help but sigh that like father, like son. It seems that Princess Ji'an might really bring some surprises.
In fact, people still have a glimmer of hope. Even if Feng Yuheng only shows off her power for a while, as long as she can destroy the iron weapons, Dashun can regain some face in front of the Sui prince. Although it still cannot change the fact that the seventh prince wants to marry, at least he will not be as cowardly as before.
Emperor Tianwu ordered someone to give Prince Zong Sui a seat and started chatting with him about family matters. Meanwhile, Feng Yuheng and Huang Quan were hurrying out of the palace.
Huang Quan couldn't figure it out: "Miss, when did you hide a knife in our carriage?"
Feng Yuheng whispered, "It's not on the carriage. The knife is on me, but it's hard to take it out in the palace. We can just go to the carriage and come back."
Huang Quan was amazed, "Miss, you are bringing a sword with you when you enter the palace?" How awesome.
Feng Yuheng shrugged, "No one's checking anyway. What if there's a coup at any time? I'm just protecting myself." Coups always come suddenly. Isn't that how they're played out in TV dramas?
Huang Quan was completely speechless.
The two of them walked around in the palace carriage as if going through the motions, and then Huang Quan saw Feng Yuheng pull out a half-arm-long knife from his sleeve.
The corners of her mouth twitched, "Miss, you don't mind the distance."
The two men got off the palace carriage. As there were palace servants accompanying them all the way, they had already greeted the guards with the token given by the emperor. Then Feng Yuheng entered the palace with a heroic and proud manner, holding a big sword.
This knife was brought from the 6th Combat Unit by her and had been kept in the lounge of the pharmacy. It was a long military knife made of high-carbon steel.
In fact, the main difference between iron and steel lies in the carbon content. The higher the carbon content, the greater the hardness, and the lower the carbon content, the better the toughness. Pig iron is harder than steel, but the ratio of toughness to hardness of steel is just right, so in production and life, steel is much "harder" than iron.
Most of the cold weapons in the 21st century army are made of high-carbon steel and alloy steel. In this day and age, it is extremely rare for Zong Sui to be proficient in steel melting technology, but if they want to refine high-carbon steel, it will not be possible within a few hundred years.
Before she came out, she had carefully looked at those so-called iron weapons. They were just the earliest prototypes of human beings smelting iron to make steel. The technology was there, but it was not mature. However, there were indeed many skilled craftsmen in ancient times. Even the steel made with such immature technology could be used to make weapons in batches. This really impressed her.
On the way back to Feicui, she was thinking, if she provided the steelmaking skills, could she find a master in Dashun who was more advanced than Zong Sui to cooperate with her? She couldn't sit in front of the steelmaking furnace to make steel herself, right?
After thinking all the way back to the Jade Palace, when people saw Feng Yuheng coming back, they all cast their eyes on the knife she was holding. The knife was still in the sheath, and it didn't look very long. Compared with the iron weapon that Zong Sui brought, it was really just exquisite. This situation of low momentum on the surface made some people feel discouraged, and they talked about it: "Could this Ji'an County Lady just be good at talking? She wants to compete with the iron weapon with something that a girl uses for self-defense?"
But some people also held an opposing opinion: "Not necessarily. Weapons cannot be classified by size. Moreover, I always feel that this Ji An County Lady is a woman who hides her true abilities. Do you still remember the three arrows she shot at the Moonlit Palace Banquet?"
When this was mentioned, people immediately thought of the amazing three arrows shot by Feng Yuheng during the Yuexi Palace Banquet. At that time, she kept moving the target farther away, and everyone thought she was exaggerating. However, they did not expect that the three arrows not only won the Phoenix-Head Golden Hairpin, but also took away Houyi's bow.
"Let's see if Princess Ji'an can turn the tide! Hehe, Brother Sun, do you want to place a bet?"
For a moment, all the ministers had already begun to place bets on the competition between Feng Yuheng's sword and Prince Zong Sui's iron essence.
Anyway, today is Chinese New Year, so even if Emperor Tianwu saw it, he would just laugh and let people have fun, but he was very interested in the weapons that Feng Yuheng brought back.
Feng Yuheng saluted him, then held up the saber in his hand and said, "This is the weapon that Master gave to Ah Heng for self-defense. Zong Sui named their smelting technology Iron Essence, and the material of the saber in Ah Heng's hand also has a name."
"Oh?" Emperor Tianwu looked at her with a smile, "What's your name?"
Feng Yuheng raised the corner of his lips slightly and said loudly: "It's called - Steel!"
steel?
Everyone was puzzled. They had never heard of such a thing. What was steel? Was it better than iron?
Feng Yuheng turned around and said to Li Kun, "Prince Zong Sui, if I say that your iron smelting technology has long been outdated in the eyes of my Persian master, you will definitely not accept it, but I have to tell you that this is indeed true." As she spoke, she gripped the hilt of the sword in her hand and pulled it out with force, and the long sword came out of the sheath!
Everyone only felt the pleasant and crisp sound of the knife being unsheathed, and then looked at the blade, which was so bright that it could clearly reflect a person's figure.
When this thing appeared, even the Sui Emperor was shocked. He stared at the thing in Feng Yuheng's hand with wide eyes, as if he had seen a ghost.
Feng Yuheng continued, "Nowadays, most of the weapons used to kill enemies on the battlefield are made of pig iron. A hundred years ago, Zong Sui smelted your pride, the Iron Essence. But today I tell you that the so-called Iron Essence is just the initial model of steel, which is the limit of what people can do when they just comprehend this technology. And the steel in my hand is the product of a realm that you Iron Essence can never dream of reaching."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly stretched out her body and rushed straight towards those iron weapons. When she got close, she stretched out her knife and touched the bottom of the trays held by the attendants. All the weapons were picked up and flew into the air.
People were horrified and subconsciously hid backwards. Even Emperor Tianwu was instantly surrounded by several secret guards to protect him.
But Emperor Tianwu snorted angrily: "All of you, step back! Don't block me!"
The secret guard disappeared in a flash, and at this moment, Feng Yuheng raised his arms and slashed at the iron weapons in the sky.
With a few swings of her sword, two iron swords, three iron knives, and two iron hooks were all broken into two.
As those waste iron tools fell to the ground with a crackling sound, Prince Zong Sui could no longer bear the shock and fell to the ground with a thud.
His iron essence, the hundred years of glory of their Sui Dynasty, was actually just... wasted?
impossible!
He raised his head suddenly and stared at what Feng Yuheng held in his hand. He had no way of accepting this fact.
On the contrary, in the entire hall, all the Dashun people, including Emperor Tianwu, burst into thunderous applause at the same time. Even Feng Jinyuan couldn't hold back his excitement, and stood up with the others, shouting to his second daughter over and over again: "Good! Good! Good!"
At this moment, Feng Yuheng was a god of war in people's hearts. Many years later, when someone drew her heroic figure based on memory, they still felt their hearts surge and sighed that she was an amazing woman who could shock the world.
Xuan Tianming clapped his hands along with the others. He had always known that his wife was a fairy. Xuan Feiyu's call of "Fairy Sister" made it clear. Feng Yuheng was a fairy, a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world and whom he had picked up in the deep mountains of the northwest!
The shouting continued for a long time. When it finally subsided, Emperor Tianwu asked loudly, "Prince Zong Sui, do you admit defeat?"
What else could Li Kun say? The iron fragments on the ground reminded him all the time that Zong Sui had lost. In front of Dashun, a great country that occupied the largest piece of land in the Central Plains, Zong Sui was completely defeated.
He was a man, and after being shocked, he accepted the defeat. He stood up from the ground, bowed deeply to Feng Yuheng to express his admiration, and then turned back to Tianwu and said, "I have lost. On behalf of Zong Sui, I withdraw the marriage request, and I dare not covet the beauty of His Royal Highness Prince Chun. I also promise that my Zong Sui will obey Dashun for generations and will never betray me."
"Okay!" Tianwu was overjoyed and immediately promised Zong Sui many benefits.
This is how two countries establish diplomatic relations. Even if the other party is a vassal state, deterrence is one aspect, but the other aspect is to give enough benefits so that the other party will follow you wholeheartedly.
Feng Yuheng had to solemnly express his position to Tianwu and the ministers: "Ah Heng is willing to present the steelmaking technique to the emperor, and personally supervise the craftsmen to smelt pure steel. The weapons made will be tested in the Northwest Army. After ensuring success, they can be put into the army on a large scale to enhance the military prestige of our Dashun army."
Tianwu took a deep breath. The ministers had just stood up and had not yet sat down when Feng Yuheng's words made their hearts surge again.
General Pingnan was so excited that he even stepped forward and bowed deeply to Feng Yuheng.
Feng Yuheng couldn't bear this, and hurried to help him. Emperor Tianwu said, "Just let him bow. He has been leading soldiers all his life, and he has been looking forward to this day. In the past, my Dashun couldn't even make iron essence, which was a great pity. Now that he has learned your steelmaking skills, if he doesn't bow to you, I'm afraid he will have nowhere to vent his excitement."
General Pingnan nodded repeatedly. At this time, a group of military officers also gathered around. As if they had agreed on it, they all bowed to Feng Yuheng: "Jian County Lady's great kindness, we will never forget it! Ji'an County Lady's great kindness, we will never forget it!"
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