Father, I am back to fight!

Chapter 75

"Oh! Why bother? Why do you have to force me to take action?"

Qin Yu looked at Zhao Feikun and sighed.

Half an hour later, Zhao Feikun was beaten beyond recognition by Yu Desheng and ten guards. He lay on the ground, his body twitching constantly.

Afterwards, Qin Yu ordered Yu Desheng to go find Yu Wen to clarify the matter, and sent all the guards in the mansion out. He also moved all the blacksmiths in Kyoto, along with the iron, charcoal, and furnaces in their shops, to the Prince's Eastern Palace.

Half an hour later, Yuwen Chengqing and Xuelong walked into the Prince's Eastern Palace.

"Your Highness, I wonder why you have summoned me here?"

Yuwen Chengqing stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and then spoke.

"General Yuwen, Zhao Feikun, the head of the Zhao family, just came to see me. He asked me for three million taels of silver just for a weapon made of ice iron!"

Qin Yu said.

"What! Three million taels of silver! How is that even possible?! Ice iron is rare, but replacing the weapons and equipment for the Scarlet Flame Cavalry would definitely not cost more than a million taels of silver! How dare the Zhao family deceive His Royal Highness!"

When Yu Wenqing heard the price offered by Zhao Feikun, he gritted his teeth and said.

"I'm going to the Zhao family right now and ask Zhao Feikun to hand over all the weapons and equipment within ten days. Otherwise, I will not let him off easily!"

Blood Dragon said in a deep voice.

"General Blood Dragon's words have truly touched this prince. Those fifty thousand taels of silver were not wasted. However, I've already thought of another solution. There's no need to cooperate with the Zhao family!"

Qin Yu said.

The blood dragon rolled its eyes at Qin Yu and turned its head away.

Yuwen clarified, "Your Highness! With all due respect, the Zhao family has been cooperating with the imperial court for many years. If you want to bypass the Zhao family and cooperate with other noble families, there is no possibility!"

"Because the imperial court has very strict control over iron ore. Apart from the Zhao family, the Ministry of War will not give iron ore to any noble family!"

"Hmm! There's actually such a thing. No wonder Zhao Feikun is so arrogant. However, this prince can go to the blacksmith shop and find someone to make weapons!"

Qin Yu finally understood why Zhao Feikun dared to be so arrogant. It turned out that his business was unique!

It was definitely the idea of ​​Shangguan Xiong and others to hand over all the arms business to a noble family. No wonder the court spent so much money on armaments every year.

It seems that there are many things to reform after I ascend the throne!

But he was not in a hurry, because Daliang did not prohibit the use of iron tools by the people, so the blacksmith shop could also buy iron ore from the Ministry of War, but in very small quantities.

However, if he combined all the blacksmith shops in the city, the iron ore would be almost enough. He could then melt the weapons and equipment of the Red Flame Iron Cavalry and rebuild them, and he would be able to complete the task!

Moreover, the reason why ice iron is precious is because it is harder and sharper than ordinary iron!

But he can refine iron into steel!

Ice iron can't be harder or sharper than steel!

If all else fails, make them all into Damascus steel, which is not only hard and sharp, but also very beautiful and domineering!

"Your Highness, this idea is good, but have you ever considered that the blacksmith shop doesn't have that much iron ore? Even if all the blacksmith shops in Kyoto were combined, it wouldn't be enough!"

"Moreover, the Red Flame Iron Cavalry's equipment must be made of the finest iron, but the iron ore in the blacksmith shop is all low-grade iron ore, with only very few mid-grade ones available. It simply cannot meet the Red Flame Iron Cavalry's requirements!"

"Most importantly, where are you going to find the icy iron? If you don't cooperate with the Zhao family, the Ministry of War will not give the Crown Prince the icy iron!"

Yu Wenqing said in a deep voice.

"Who said this prince wanted to forge ice iron weapons? The reason my father issued this decree is simply because he wanted the Red Flame Iron Cavalry to hold sharper weapons!"

"This prince has a method to refine iron into steel. It is several times harder and sharper than ice iron, and it is not easy to rust!"

"As long as the Red Flame Cavalry uses weapons and equipment like this, they won't need to replace them for ten years!"

Qin Yu said.

Ironware rusts easily, so the weapons and equipment of the Red Flame Iron Cavalry must be replaced every two years!

Steel is not easy to rust. As long as it is not soaked in water all the time, it will look like new after ten or twenty years.

"Your Highness, are you kidding me? How could such a thing exist in this world?"

Yuwen Chengqing did not believe in Taoism.

"Then do you dare to make a bet with this prince?"

Qin Yu asked rhetorically.

"How do you want to bet?"

Yuwen Chengqing asked.

"Send all the weapons and equipment of the Red Flame Iron Cavalry here now. This prince will melt them down and refine the steel. If the equipment you create is inferior to the Frost Iron, this prince will immediately go to the Zhao family and replace the Red Flame Iron Cavalry with a full set of Frost Iron equipment, even if it means spending 10 million taels of silver!"

"But if steel is better than ice iron, then General Yuwen will be my prince's man from now on. For eternity, no betrayal is allowed!"

Qin Yu said coldly.

What the ancients valued most was oaths!

After these few days of contact, I found out that although Yu Wen Chengqing has a hot temper, he is a man who values ​​trustworthiness very much. As long as he can get her to agree to the bet, he will strictly follow the bet!

As long as he can gain Yuwen Chengqing's loyalty, the Red Flame Cavalry will truly be his, and Emperor Liang will never be able to control them again!

Qin Yu couldn't help but feel excited when he thought about how he would lead his troops back, make Emperor Liang the emperor emeritus, and then send the Red Flame Cavalry to keep an eye on him, and the shocked and regretful face of Emperor Liang.