Chapter 1033 The Value of the New Sword
Borrowing the training ground of the Imperial Guards Corps, Zhou Xu planned to see how the newly forged sword actually worked.
At this stage, this sword with fire crystal added has been enchanted with 'Basic Weapon Blessing', and it is a serious enchanted weapon.
For the specific testing work, Zhou Xu found a guard soldier to do it.
After all, what he wants to test is a weapon. If Silk comes, the impact of his individual strength will be too great.
Under this premise, his Imperial City Guards were a good choice. Each of these soldiers was considered an elite soldier and could, to a certain extent, represent the level of their Great Zhou soldiers.
The first target to test the knife is a wooden stake as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
The Imperial Guard soldier held a sword, and after taking a deep breath, he swung it down.
During that process, the blade had violent friction with the air. Zhou Xu could clearly see that a string of sparks burst out from the blade!
It’s too late to say it, but it will be soon.
When the knife fell, the wooden stake as thick as the mouth of a bowl was cut off on the spot.
Zhou Xu quickly stepped forward to confirm the cut of the wooden stake.
The edge of the wooden pile was slightly black, as if it had been burned by fire.
Reach out your hand and touch the incision. It is extremely smooth, which is enough to show the sharpness of this sword.
At the same time, Li Gan also gave a timely explanation.
"In terms of chopping wood piles, the sharpness of this sword is basically the same as our current mass-produced crystal iron sword."
But Li Gan also knows that being basically the same is not enough.
Because fire crystal must be added during forging, in order to ensure that the fire crystal can be completely melted in, the workload of the knife forging craftsman has increased significantly.
If the final actual effect is the same, then it is better to continue to forge the original crystal iron sword. At least the forging efficiency is higher.
Without any delay, upon receiving Zhou Xu’s movement signal, the Imperial Guard soldier holding a sword quickly walked to the second wooden stake.
The thickness of this second wooden stake is basically the same as the previous one. The difference is that the surface of this wooden stake is also covered with a layer of scale armor, which simulates the state of a soldier wearing armor.
No nonsense, another swipe of the knife.
The blade rubbed against the metal scales, making a slightly harsh sound.
The scales covering the surface were directly cut open, and the entire slash went deep into the wooden pile behind.
So far, the results of the two tests are basically consistent with the mass-produced version of the crystal iron sword.
In fact, before the sword was officially presented, the forging department had already conducted tests within it.
So Li Gan basically knew the result.
The reason why they are doing it again now is to let their Majesty confirm it with his own eyes.
But even so, from a mass production perspective, the new sword has no advantage over the crystal iron sword.
After all, without forging new swords, their forging department will be more efficient, and the demand for fire crystals will also drop significantly.
As a result, the mining pressure on the fire crystal veins will also decrease, freeing up a large amount of labor for other projects.
But this new sword obviously has another advantage.
While they were talking, according to Li Gan's wishes, they took out a brand new sword and then slashed with the same brand new crystal iron sword.
There is no need to completely cut it off. If you cut it off four or five times, you can basically see the result.
Soon, two swords appeared in front of Zhou Xu at the same time. "Your Majesty, please look at this. This is a crystal iron sword in active service. This is a new type of sword. The crystal iron sword is obviously curled and chipped, but the damage to the new type of sword is very low."
After a brief explanation, Li Gan gave a conclusion.
“While ensuring sharpness, the new sword has higher toughness than the current crystal iron sword!”
This conclusion is a bit beyond Zhou Xu’s expectation.
“What’s going on? Can fire crystals also improve the toughness of weapons?”
Zhou Xu thought about the introduction of the fire crystal stone, but it didn't mention that it could improve toughness.
As the head of the Forging Department, Li Gan has obviously studied this issue carefully.
“Reporting to your Majesty, according to my current research, this is probably because of the flame energy contained within the fire crystal.”
“Tell me in detail.”
“ This is just the speculation of my subordinates..."
Li Gan took a dose of vaccination first.
"Your Majesty, you also know that before a piece of alloy is cast into a weapon, it must first be repeatedly forged. During this process, the alloy also needs to be continuously fed into the forging furnace for heating."< br>
Li Gan is not a particularly sharp-tongued person. Although he thought about this matter for a long time after discovering it, he still felt unclear when he came in front of their Majesty.
In this regard, Zhou Xu also told Li Gan not to be impatient and to clarify his thoughts before talking.
“What I want to say is that the alloy with fire crystal will absorb the flame energy when it is sent to the forging furnace for burning, and when it is taken out for forging , it will release flame energy again!”
"The flame energy it releases will make the alloy being forged more thoroughly quenched. After repeated several times, after experiencing the quenching effect formed by the continuous release and absorption of flame energy, the alloy will be melted. It becomes more perfect, and its resilience also increases!”
Listening to Li Gan’s analysis, Zhou Xu blinked.
Although this is all Li Gan's speculation, Zhou Xude admitted that there is indeed some basis for it.
Don’t forget that the forging work itself is closely related to ‘fire’.
When he discovered the fire crystal before, he only thought about weapons with flame energy, but he did not expect that the flame energy could also play such a miraculous effect in improving the toughness of weapons.
This can be said to be an unexpected surprise, and it can even be said to be the biggest surprise that Fire Crystal has brought to him!
Compared with this toughness-improving effect, the accompanying fire attack, which has little lethality, is not worth mentioning at all!
If, before this, Zhou Xu felt that the comprehensive value of the new sword at this stage was completely inferior to the crystal iron sword, if the two swords were put together and asked him to decide which one to mass-produce, he would not need to worry at all. words.
Now, he is beginning to struggle...
Based on this toughness advantage alone, the overall value of the new sword has obviously exceeded that of the crystal iron sword.
But it is also true that forging new swords takes more time, and the fire crystals required also make the manufacturing cost higher. There is no doubt about this.
As a standard weapon for the army, cost and production efficiency themselves are also very critical issues.
Zhou Xu pondered these questions for less than half a minute.
"Let's do this. The new swords will be provided to the trapped camp first. As for the ordinary troops, they will still use crystal iron swords for the time being. We will look at the specific situation later."
Speaking of this, Zhou The voice paused.
"As for the name of the new sword, let's call it 'Red Flame Saber'."
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)