Chapter 36

"I can provide the funds in batches. Can you fulfill my requirements?"

"Here... this is the production diagram for the Yuanrong crossbow!"

As he spoke, Su Xuan took a diagram from his robe and handed it to Huang Ping.

"Oh?"

Huang Ping took the diagram, looked it over, estimated the time, and nodded: "10 months? No problem! That's more than enough time! Half a year is actually enough!"

"As for the money, don't worry about it and don't mention it!"

"We said we would support you with all our might; how could we take your money? Wouldn't that make it a business transaction?"

"You were able to hand over such precious diagrams to me so freely; how could I take advantage of you?"

"Don't mention this again!"

Huang Ping waved his hand in displeasure and continued: "Besides these, are there any other requirements? Tell me all at once."

"I can see it now—you're preparing for war, aren't you?"

"It seems you also see that the world is about to fall into chaos!"

"The Old Master was right about you; you have a sharp eye."

"Oh?"

Su Xuan was very surprised: "Does Uncle mean that you also anticipated the chaotic times? Anticipated that the Taiping Dao would rebel?"

Indeed, one cannot underestimate the people of this world!

There are plenty of smart people in this world!

I'm afraid he is far from the only one preparing for war.

If nothing else, the noble clans and powerful families who have been supporting and indulging the development of the Taiping Dao behind the scenes must certainly have preparations in this regard.

"Taiping Dao?"

Huang Ping was slightly startled: "They are going to rebel too?"

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"Eh?"

Su Xuan was also stunned and asked in confusion: "Uncle, aren't you talking about the Taiping Dao?"

"Actually, no!"

Huang Ping shook his head and immediately told Su Xuan everything Old Master Huang had told them: "These are the conclusions reached by the heads of the major families in Jingxiang, such as the Huang, Cai, Kuai, and Pang families, after long discussions."

"They all agree that the world is about to fall into chaos."

"So that's it!"

Su Xuan nodded in understanding and said admiringly: "Indeed, an old man in the house is like a treasure! The old masters see things very clearly!"

If he didn't have the memories of his past life and the 'God's eye view' cheat, he might not have seen things as clearly as they did.

Su Xuan continued: "The old masters' judgment is correct! The world is indeed about to fall into chaos!"

"The Taiping Dao is merely a prelude!"

"Therefore, we need to prepare early and strive to be fully ready before the chaos arrives."

"And seize this opportunity to rise with the tide and establish a great cause."

Huang Ping and Huang Huang Chengyan both nodded in agreement, then asked: "Since you are preparing for chaotic times, why didn't you mention armor?"

Su Xuan smiled slightly: "I was just about to mention that!"

"I have improved the iron smelting method and created a more efficient and high-quality one. Furthermore, I have improved the technology for forging armor."

"Currently, through my mother, a workshop has already been set up in a secret base in Dengxian."

"However, the new iron smelting method is of great importance. Before we have enough strength, it shouldn't be leaked."

"The Huang family has many eyes and ears, and there are inevitably spies from other factions."

"Therefore, I want a group of trustworthy craftsmen to follow me to the secret base in Dengxian to help me forge armor."

"This matter will likely need Cousin Huang Chengyan to take charge. Uncle, Cousin, what do you think?"

Although his mother could manage it,

she already had too many things to handle.

Su Xuan didn't want his mother to work too hard, so he had to grab Huang Huang Chengyan as a ready-made laborer.

"A new iron smelting method?"

Huang Ping and Huang Huang Chengyan were both surprised and asked: "What kind of iron smelting method? How is the efficiency? What is the cost?"

Su Xuan replied: "It's called an iron smelting method, but I prefer to call it a steelmaking method. Steel is almost equivalent to refined iron; the quality is guaranteed, and the efficiency is dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times that of ordinary iron smelting."

"The cost is also far lower than ordinary iron smelting methods."

It's just that the current technical conditions are not yet mature.

There isn't a sufficiently suitable supporting environment.

Otherwise, with Su Xuan's comprehension and the memories and knowledge from his past life, he could completely create a steelmaking method even more advanced and efficient than this blast furnace method.

"Oh?"

Huang Ping and Huang Huang Chengyan were shocked: "At least dozens of times the efficiency? And it produces refined iron directly? It's unbelievable."

"But if it's you, Su Boyuan, it's not impossible!"

"No wonder you were so careful!"

"With such powerful technology, being cautious is only right."

"I agree to this. In the next few days, I will screen and select 500 loyal and reliable craftsmen and send them to you along with their families."

Huang Huang Chengyan also nodded in agreement: "I have no problem with that either!"

"Done!"

Su Xuan was delighted: "Then it's settled."

The next morning, Su Xuan and his group set off for Dengxian.

Huang Huang Chengyan and his wife and daughter also accompanied them.

A few days later,

Huang Ping personally escorted the 500 craftsmen and their families to Dengxian and handed them over to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan arranged for everyone to go directly into the secret base.

At the same time, several blast furnaces were erected in the base.

Large quantities of iron ore and coal were continuously transported into the base through secret passages.

Once steel ingots were refined, a portion was sent out to the hydraulic forging workshop for processing and hammering.

Under the massive forging hammers, they quickly took shape, becoming mountain-pattern armor plates, infantry armor plates, refined steel weapons, horseshoes, etc.

With such efficiency and technology, 3,000 sets of mountain-pattern armor were completed in just two months.

They also produced quite a bit of infantry armor and matching refined steel weapons.

Over a month later,

"Cousin, the Old Master heard that you were collecting secret arts related to the spirit, so he specifically sent a death-sworn guard to bring you a fragment! I heard it's one of the secret arts of the Yin-Yang School from back in the day. See if it's of any help to you?"

Huang Huang Chengyan suddenly found Su Xuan and handed him a fragment.

He had heard that Su Xuan had been secretly inquiring about and collecting such secret arts, and as an insider of the Su family, he could naturally learn some internal information.

He immediately sent a message back to the Huang family.

Old Master Huang naturally took this to heart and immediately found the fragment from the family collection.

"Oh? The Yin-Yang School?"

Su Xuan was very surprised to take the real fragment and asked: "Does the Yin-Yang School really exist? And does it really have secret arts related to the spirit?"

"Otherwise?"

Huang Huang Chengyan laughed: "The Yin-Yang School certainly existed in the past, but it has basically disappeared in the tides of history!"

"I heard that during the pre-Qin period, martial arts were not like they are now."

"Back then, there was internal energy, swordsmen and knights who could leap high and far, and sorcery."

"But at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world seemed to undergo an unknown mutation. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth fell into silence, and the path of internal energy and spiritual power was locked by heaven and earth! It could no longer be cultivated."

"Later, through the research of our ancestors, the current martial arts were created based on the strength of the Military School and the path of Qi and blood."