Chapter 16: It’s not easy to mess with a militarist country (Part 2)

Zhao Wu thought, trembling coldly. He looked up and found that Lin Hu was trembling by the door, and the always-calm Liaoqing sat there and twisted around as if there was a needle under his butt. As for the gang, it was the ignorant fearless and actually napping happily.

The warriors were in a bad condition, and the few people in the house were even more unbearable. Qi Ce was also trembling. Shi Yan's face was gone. Shi Xiu's face turned pale, and Dong Guoli was sweating in a string of cold sweat. The few people seemed to think: If the young master in front of him was assigned to take the lead by San Ke, they would be completely ruined for the rest of their lives. No one would want to take such a betrayal dog.

Zhao Wu jumped up: "Call the armor craftsman, I want to study the armor."

Qi Ce nodded repeatedly, and when he turned his face, he found that the rest of the people were nodding. Zhao Wu nodded while saying to himself: "Can you shoot through the seventh layer of armor? I don't believe you can shoot through the turtle shell?"

Master Xiu was too nervous and his IQ had dropped to zero. He blurted out: "There is only a turtle in the East China Sea. Where to go, there will be at least a year. Now I'm afraid it's too late to find it."

Shi Yan pushed Shi Xiu angrily and scolded him: "Old and confused."

Qi Ce comforted him: "It's just right to study the armor. I calculated that we promised Han's bow and arrow to be temporarily suspended. In addition, I just asked, although our porcelain maker could no longer burn white porcelain, it was no problem to burn porcelain plates with smooth surfaces. The craftsmen did not know the reason for the high temperature change of the porcelain. When Fan's potter came, they could deal with it under the guise of studying with them.

But the research on armor and soldiers cannot be delayed. On the one hand, Wei’s gifts are the most refreshing, and we cannot afford to delay them. On the other hand, we also urgently need to study better armor. However, we lack gold (copper) and enough manpower.”

When the craftsman came to the hall, Zhao Wu asked, "What armor can we make now?"

The craftsman asked back: "Master, do you want to do the 'arma' or 'be trained'?"

"Cluster armor" is armor made of ribbons connected to leather or iron sheets, and "Qing" is armor made of cooked raw silk armor piercing sheets.

Zhao Wu was silent for a moment and asked back: "Do you know the 'golden jade garment'?"

The craftsman nodded, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Master, the golden jade garment was the armor used by the kings in ancient times. Although the workmanship was complicated and luxurious enough to make, this armor was used to resist stone axes and swords, but it was not good to deal with the Jin soldiers (bronze weapons). With the attack of the Jin soldiers, the jade pieces were shattered and had no protection. Now, this armor is a ritual instrument, which is generally used to become a burial body and is buried."

Zhao Wu asked again: "The jade garment of gold is named 'Golden Tie', it must be made of metal wire, right?"

The craftsman replied: "Of course!"

Zhao Wuqifa said: "You just mentioned the 'armor group' and 'climbing'. Both of these armors are stringed with raw or cooked silk. What if we develop the 'armor group' and 'climbing' technology, and use part of the process of gold-carved jade clothes to connect iron armor pieces with metal wire?"

The craftsman was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes became brighter and brighter, but hesitated: "The time to cast armor pieces... the time to polish them... is probably more troublesome than making a pair of gold-carved jade clothes."

Zhao Wu was dissatisfied: "Can iron sheets be more laborious than polishing jade sheets? Is casting iron sheets more troublesome than collecting jade in the mountains? This jade is a whole piece of stone, which needs to be cut into pieces and polished as a mirror, but the iron sheets can be cast into shape at one time!"

Zhao Wu said, calling for a sand tray to the left - this is a wooden tray that holds sand. Zhao Wu took a branch and drew a model of stacking cast iron sheets in series on the sand tray, explaining: "Use this method, cast hundreds of iron sheets at a time, and then put eye on the four corners of the iron sheets and weaving them, it should be simpler than making a 'golden jade garment'."

The craftsman looked entangled. He looked at the sand table and thought for a moment, and immediately said: "Casted with 'evil gold' - not good, evil gold is easy to rust. If it happens to rain, it will stain on the clothes and cannot be washed off. It is better to cast it in bronze. I promise that the magnificence cast for the head of the family."

Zhao Wu shook his head: "It must be iron! You can find a solution to the problem of rust prevention. I ask that it must be cast with iron - the bronze ware is too soft, so it is okay to be protected against ordinary people. If you deal with the rust, that's not the case."

The craftsman looked at Zhao Wu up and down, and he shivered: "I'd better make a pair of gold-carved jade clothes for the main body. The custodian will wear this gold-carved jade clothes. Everyone envies when they are buried. The armor the main requested is too conspicuous. If you wear such dazzling armor, it will be difficult to make Yang Youji not seek you."

Zhao Wu was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, but now he lacked manpower, so he decided to ignore this guy's offense and asked again: "How long will it take to make a pair of armor like this?"

The craftsman closed his eyes and thought for a while, and replied: "It will take three months to make one."

Zhao Wu shook his head: "I need 1,500 payments, and it will be ready for spring next year. Is it OK?"

The craftsman shook his head: "Lord, kill me! I will not be able to do it for ten years."

Zhao Wu couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked up the branches used to write next to the sand table, pulled them hard onto the craftsman, and cursed: "Why can't you do it well? Let me tell you the method: You divide people into several groups, one group to make wax molds, one group to cast iron sheets, one group to polish the iron sheets, one group to polish the iron sheets, and the other group to tease the iron sheets, and then the remaining knitting is left.

You can also divide it into several groups for knitting, such as two sleeves, the hands of the humans are exactly the same, and the two sleeves are exactly the same. The same group of people can knit, regardless of the left and right, they just knit; and the next group of breastplates on the chest - by the way, in order to save time, there is no need to weave iron armor on the part behind the person. Our weaving workshop is studying blanket technology. This thick and dense fabric is placed right behind, and it can directly weave the shape of the entire back shoulder...

In this way, everyone does a simple job and their proficiency will become higher and higher. The last group of people is responsible for connecting and forming various components in series. In this way, how much time does it take for you to work together with 1,500 armors?"

The craftsman closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Lord, although the idea is wonderful, I have to try it to find out that I can only do my best."

Zhao Wu closed his eyes and thought for a while, and always felt a little worried. He asked again: "I just said that it's not OK to use bronze. This thing is soft, but since you can pull out bronze wire, can you pull out iron wire?"
Chapter completed!