Jia Xu looked at Ai Lang and thought he was very special. He was different from any prince in the world. He was not as hypocritical as others. He did whatever he wanted and acted casually. Love was love, hatred was hatred, and he did not make any false at all. A happy feeling suddenly arose in Jia Xu's heart, and he was very glad that he could follow Lu Bu. With Lu Bu's personality, he might eventually be defeated one day, but he could spend his life so smoothly and quickly, even if he was defeated, there would be no regrets!

"Wenhe, the heavy armored iron cavalry I trained with myself is very good, right?" Ailang asked with a treasure-giving smile.

Jia Xu nodded and praised: "These heavy armored iron cavalry trained by the lord himself are indeed extremely powerful, and the frontal assault is almost unstoppable!"

When Ailang heard Jia Xu's praise, he was so happy that he opened his mouth.

"but……"

Ailang suddenly heard Jia Xu say the word "but" and immediately became nervous and asked, "What's but?"

Jia Xu saw Ailang's expression change and couldn't help but feel funny, saying, "The lord insisted on spending such a huge price to train this thousand iron armored heavy cavalry. However, this iron armored heavy cavalry also has considerable shortcomings. First, the cost is too high, and the cost of this thousand iron armored heavy cavalry is equivalent to that of ten thousand ordinary cavalry; second, the endurance is insufficient and cannot be rushing for a long distance. Fighting a dignified battle on a preset position can exert infinite power. However, in the ever-changing situation, his heavy armor has become the biggest trouble and burden; third, the power of the maneuver cannot be compared with the fast light cavalry, and I think the light cavalry may be the nemesis of the heavy cavalry. For example, when encountering a light cavalry that is good at archery like Baima Yicong, I am afraid that the thousand heavy cavalry will not be injured even if the entire army is wiped out!"

Ailang frowned and said, "You are right! The cost is high. I just use them as assault sharp knives anyway, and it doesn't need too much. This is not a problem. If you don't have enough endurance, you can relieve it by increasing the transfer horses. As for being unable to deal with the archers, by the way, I will design a special crossbow for them. Haha, if heavy armor and light armor are shot against each other, light armor will not be the opponent!"

Jia Xu couldn't help but show admiration and said, "What the lord said is extremely true!"

Ailang laughed proudly.

Jia Xu suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard from the blacksmiths that the armor of heavy armored cavalry was actually done by the lord. I didn't expect that the lord would actually understand these things!" There was also iron armor in this era, and the production process was called armor, which was made by connecting many iron sheets. The protective performance of iron armor in this era was not very strong due to the iron sheet making process, and the iron armor made by the blacksmiths of Ailang was essentially still tying armor. The difference was that the cold forging armor was incorporated into the technology of cold forging armor. The so-called cold forging armor should actually be a technology that appeared in the Song Dynasty and was invented by the Xixia people.

It is actually nothing strange if you ask Ailang how he understood these. One of Ailang's main hobbies in modern society is to watch programs on the Science and Exploration Channel, which introduces various cold weapons. The technology of cold-forged armor was learned by Ailang from TV programs, which is actually not complicated. In fact, Ailang remembers that it is not complete but just a rough idea. However, after listening to these rough-ups for those technicians who have made armor for life, they immediately became enlightened. Ailang doesn't need to ask about the subsequent matters. In the end, the cold-forged heavy armor, which was eight or nine hundred years ahead of the real history, appeared in front of Ailang. This is the iron armor heavy armor worn by the tiger cavalry now.

When Ailang heard Jia Xu's words, he was extremely proud and laughed: "What's that! I know a lot!" Ailang is not bragging. He has loved watching the Science Exploration Channel since he was a child and knows a lot.

Ailang and Jia Xu walked into the tent. At this moment, a civil servant rushed in, presented a roll of bamboo slips with both hands, and said, "Report to the General, Lord Chen Gong ordered the villain to send the income and expenditure of the previous season and the report on the production of the ordnance."

Jia Xu walked to the civil servant, took the bamboo slips, opened it, and said: "Spring income and expenditure report, income list, fishing and hunting income..., logging income..., tariff income..., commercial tax income..., farmland income..., mining area income..., total income of 30,000 grain and salary, an increase of 20% over the previous quarter, mainly increasing the farmland income of various major families. In addition, tariffs and commercial taxes have also increased; expenditure list, recruitment expenses for recruitment of new recruits..., armor and weapons expenses, officers and soldiers' food expenses, salary expenses for officials and subordinates..., salary expenses for water conservancy and bridge construction expenses..., pension expenses for casualties..., total 150,000 grain and salary!..."

Ailang was shocked, but when he thought of expanding his army to 150,000, buying so many horses, and making so many armor and weapons, he was not surprised by such a cost, but the huge gap in income and expenditure was really scary. Ailang couldn't help but have an idea in his heart, wanting to defeat Yuan Shu as soon as possible and occupy his Huainan.

Jia Xu continued to recite: "The following is the spring armor production situation. People from all over the country handed over 39,837 sets of leather armor, 5,693 long spears, 3,893 ring-headed swords, 5,693 shields, and 6,392 kilograms of ordinary iron armor. The ordnance field made 1,023 pairs of ordinary iron armor, 396 cold-forged iron armor, 1,923 long swords, 3,626 strong bows, 1,623 strong crossbows, 1,623 long spears, 1,6323 long spears, 8,933 ring-headed swords, and 6,253 shields."

Ailang frowned, as if he was not very satisfied with these numbers. However, Jia Xu could no longer help but praise: "The effect of the lord's division of labor and cooperation is amazing! I didn't expect that in such a short time, the people could actually make nearly 40,000 sets of wallets, as well as so many weapons and iron armor pieces!"

It turned out that Ailang not long ago proposed a method to allow all people to participate in the production of military products. As soon as it was proposed, it was approved by Chen Gong, and Chen Gong's specific production methods were implemented. In short, this method was issued by the official to the public. Of course, the people could also prepare the materials themselves. After the production was completed according to the official requirements, the public would pay the corresponding remuneration at any time. The official specialized institutions would pay the corresponding remuneration according to the quantity and quality paid by the public. This undoubtedly provided many people with a way to make a living and also provided a channel for income to increase income.
Chapter completed!