My Antique Mirror Is A Portal To Another World-Chapter 146: Bai Hanyun’s Suggestion

Looking at the list of materials in front of him, Feng Xiyan read it out loud, "The basic materials we need are wood, stone, rammed earth or adobe bricks, glutinous rice, tiles, and river sand."

Noting them down on her phone, Bai Hanyun asked, "You guys don’t use iron or steel pipes to reinforce the foundations and walls?"

When she asked this, Feng Xiyan looked surprised and explained, "Fairy Bai, bronze, iron, silver, gold, and jade are controlled materials. Only the imperial court and the emperor have authority over them. It’s a capital crime to use iron for building houses. As for steel, we don’t have it in the Yu Empire."

Now it was Bai Hanyun’s turn to be surprised. She paused for a moment, then asked, "Feng Xiyan, if I send you some iron and steel pipes, would you use them to strengthen the buildings? Would it be alright?"

Sensing she was planning something, Feng Xiyan replied truthfully, "Right now, many eyes are watching Xiqiang City and the Feng Army. If Xiyan uses steel or iron pipes to build houses, my enemies could use that as an excuse to charge me with a crime of corruption."

"So... you can’t use them?" Bai Hanyun asked again to make sure.

Feng Xiyan’s eyes flickered coldly for a moment before he smiled and replied, "It should be fine as long as no one finds out. But instead of using them for houses, Xiyan would prefer to use iron and steel to forge weapons."

Hearing his answer, Bai Hanyun remembered she had sent him a batch of high-carbon steel before. Feeling curious, she asked, "Feng Xiyan, have you used the high-carbon steel to forge weapons?"

Feng Xiyan replied, "Yes. We used the weapons you sent as models and tried to forge similar ones. Unfortunately, the designs were too sophisticated, and we failed multiple times to recreate them."

"However, we managed to forge simplified versions with lower lethality. After some testing, we found out that these lower quality weapons are still at least three times better than our original weapons."

Upon hearing this, Bai Hanyun couldn’t help but admire the ancient craftsmen’s tenacity and intelligence.

Those weapons were created using modern technology and the culmination of thousands of years of refinement. Reproducing them without blueprints or modern tools and technology was almost impossible.

The fact that Feng Xiyan and his people had managed to forge even a simplified version of those modern weapons was already very impressive.

With renewed admiration for Feng Xiyan and his people, Bai Hanyun fell into deep thought.

A moment later, her eyes lit up and she said, "Feng Xiyan, if I gave you the blueprints for the weapons and armor, could you forge them yourself?"

With so many eyes on her right now, it was dangerous for Bai Hanyun to buy more weapons from Shen Yi.

Besides, weapons and arrows were consumable items. They would eventually need to restock.

If the Feng Army could forge their own weapons, arrows, and armor, they wouldn’t have to worry about running out in the future.

While Bai Hanyun was making a plan, Feng Xiyan couldn’t believe his ears.

Weapons and armor blueprints were not something that could be given away casually.

If a strong army possessed higher-quality weapons and armor than their enemies, even a hundred soldiers could defeat tens of thousands of soldiers. This had already been proven when the Yuezhi Army attacked them before.

Moreover, the weapons and armor she had given them before were exactly the same as those used by the heavenly soldiers and generals in her world!

For Bai Hanyun to give him the blueprints for her weapons and armor, Feng Xiyan truly didn’t dare to accept them lightly.

After a long silence, he asked, "Fairy Bai, are you really going to give Xiyan the blueprints for the weapons and armor?"

Snapped out of her thoughts by his question, Bai Hanyun replied, "Of course. If you can forge the weapons, arrows, and armor yourselves, it will save me a lot of trouble buying them. It is illegal for me to purchase them here in large quantities, you know. If I’m not careful, I could be arrested by the authorities."

Hearing that, Feng Xiyan said with a mixture of worry and gratitude, "Xiyan didn’t realize we had placed Fairy Bai in danger because of us. Fairy Bai, I’m sorry that I have caused you trouble."

Seeing his gloomy expression reflected in the antique mirror’s surface, Bai Hanyun explained, "I managed to find someone I can trust, so it’s alright. Besides, it’s not your fault. This is what I want to do and I decide to do it. Don’t blame yourself."

"It’s just.... Right now, a lot of people are watching and spying on me. It would be dangerous to buy weapons under these circumstances. If those with bad intentions find out, it could be the end of me."

Hearing that Bai Hanyun was being targeted, Feng Xiyan clenched his fists tightly and thought, ’I’m truly useless. Not only did I put Fairy Bai in danger, I can’t even do something as simple as protecting her.’ ƒгeewebnovёl_com

Unaware of his thoughts, Bai Hanyun continued, "Feng Xiyan, you don’t have to worry about me. I have a bodyguard, and I can take care of myself."

"Now that you have plenty of food and water, people with ulterior motives will focus on the Feng Army and Xiqiang City. Your top priority is to strengthen the city’s defenses and forge more weapons as quickly as possible just in case another war happens."

"I will buy more high-carbon steel pipes and bituminous coal for you. Ah, I will also buy more oil. I watched a costume drama where they used oil to defend a city. It might come in handy in the future."

"As for the weapon and armor designs, I will need to do some research before I can give them to you. For now, you can keep producing the armor and weapons using the current blueprint. Once I finish the new designs, you can try forging them and see if you can make them."

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