Chapter 70: Tang's Stud Armor
"This!" said Ralph, "it's not that there are no other goods, it's up to Mr. Chebman to ask for them." β
"Is there anything else good?" said Chebman, plucking himself on the ground, patting his chest, "Is there anything I dare not ask for?" β
"This!" Ralph magically pulled out a piece of studded leather armor.
Just at a glance, Chebman was attracted, these years to go south and north, although has been mixed unsatisfactory, the only gain is to see a lot, exercise a pair of good eyesight, at a glance to see its extraordinary, not only fine workmanship and gorgeous appearance, but its unique structure, a little uncertain said: "Double-layer structure?
"Mr. Chebman really has a good eye, and it seems that he has not found the wrong person this time. Ralph gave a thumbs up, and didn't hesitate to praise it.
"Of course, how can there be any reason why the goods should not be shown to the buyer? Mr. Chebman can not only see, but also try, the training ground behind is ready, bows, crossbows and swords are readily available, test at will, forget it, to prevent fraud, I suggest that Mr. Chebman still use his own weapons, so that we can have a correct estimate of our goods. β
Unlike ordinary salespeople, Ralph only threw out the leather armor from beginning to end, and did not praise his own goods, but left them all up to the other party, and there was only one reason for this, that is, he had absolute confidence in his own goods.
"Sure enough, it's a two-layer structure, no, it's three layers, uh, it's not right, there's a layer of things in it, five layers, it's a five-layer structure, you actually use a five-layer structure to make a leather armor, and such a fine stitch, crazy, it's really crazy, how much manpower and material resources have you put into a leather armor? How much labor do you have? It's so frustrating! Don't blame me for saying ugly things in front, if the price is too outrageous, I can't help it, this is a leather armor after all, even if it is powerful, can it be more powerful than iron armor?"
At the end, Chipman's eyes straightened, and he muttered the word madness.
As the largest number of armor on the continent of Assan, leather armor relies on its own simple workmanship and cheapness to win, most people make their own skin, regardless of rabbit skin, wolf skin, sheepskin, cowhide, as long as the tanning is done, sewn together is a leather armor.
Of course, this kind of crudely made and low-defense stuff is, at best, self-use, and cannot become a commodity, and if it is sold to merchants, the price of selling cannot keep up with the price of the materials used.
Although the workmanship of military leather armor is excellent, it is also limited, even the leather armor with nails is very few, not to mention the time-consuming and laborious, the defense is relatively limited, if the cost is too high, it will lose the meaning of the leather armor, and directly change the armor with stronger defense.
Therefore, the current leather armor is mostly sewn with large sections of raw materials, at most the materials are exquisite, the style is exquisite, and the workmanship is exquisite.
The double-layer structure, and even the multi-layer structure of the leather armor are not without smart people to think of, but only to make a piece of such leather armor, the cost of manpower and material resources far exceeds the scale armor, not to mention, the weight is much higher, enough to be comparable to the plate armor, but the defense is not satisfactory, coupled with the degree of bloat, it is destined to be inapplicable.
Chebman weighed it, this five-layer leather armor is indeed heavier than ordinary leather armor, but it is relatively limited, not even double, that is, half of the armor, because his five layers are not all stacked with leather.
There are only two layers of real leather, or even two layers, the outermost layer is a layer of hemp and not silk, very sparse, not so much a textile, but a stitch sewn on the leather is more suitable, and the inside is a layer of this kind of thing, the two layers of leather are tightly nailed together, and the innermost layer is a layer of this peculiar textile, multi-layer structure of leather armor, mixed as one.
Originally, Chebman didn't care about this strange fabric, until he took out his portable dagger to test the armor, and found that these three layers of textile were the core of this leather armor - his dagger, which can be called sharp, did not cut off the thin thread that was not much thicker than a hair, and involuntarily increased his strength, and it took a full thirty percent of his strength to cut off this inconspicuous little thing.
The entire leather armor is full of stitches composed of these small things, and it is three layers in a row, how strong is it for arrows and slashing protection?
"What is this?" Chebman blurted out, "Does this thing sell?"
"Trade Secrets. Ralph still smiled, "This is not for sale, we only sell leather armor." β
"I lost my words. Chebman also laughed, if he had such a good thing, he would definitely not sell it easily.
Chebman was a little impatient to start the actual combat test, bows, swords, hammers...... All eighteen weapons are on.
Similar to Chebman's prediction, this leather armor has amazing defense against bows and arrows, slashes, and assassinations, even if it is a three-twisted hard bow that cannot be completely penetrated by direct fire at close range, which is comparable to plate armor in this regard.
However, in front of heavy weapons such as war hammers and maces, they are a bit stretched, not to mention not as good as plate armor, and relatively inferior to piercing armor and scale armor.
Another defect is fear of fire, which is very normal, which is a common disease of skin nails, but its effect on keeping out the cold is enough to offset this.
"Good things are good things, and that's in terms of price. Chebman smacked his mouth for a while, and his heart had already begun to evaluate this kind of armor, it was certain that it was higher than ordinary leather armor, and even higher than ordinary armor, and the performance was there.
In addition to having a bit of an advantage in blunt weapon defense, the armor has been thrown eight streets, and the weight is only half of it, even an archer can wear it as if it were flying, and the Andis mountain people who made the Manyu army lead scouts frightened some time ago should be wearing this kind of armor.
But if the price is too high, it doesn't make much sense, or that sentence, after all, it's just a leather armor, if the price is about to catch up with the plate armor, they will directly give themselves a whole plate armor, do they still need to buy this thing?
"One hundred silver Byron coins!"
"How much?" asked Chebman, his eyes wide.
"One hundred Byron silver coins, no two prices!" Ralph repeated in an accent.
"A hundred silver Byrons, you're not kidding, are you?" Chebman still looked incredulous, not by the sky-high price, but by the fact that it was too cheap.
Is a hundred Byron silver coins more?
Many, for the average person, is absolutely astronomical.
A small estate composed of ten farmers, in a year, all the surplus value created, no more than three thousand silver coins, distributed to individuals, a person's annual surplus value is only a few dozen Byron silver coins.
The price of a sturdy Andes hillman slave has been floating for twenty Byron silver coins.
But when it comes to military supplies, it's really nothing.
A fine cowhide is about ten silver coins, and in the hands of a skilled leatherman, two pieces of fine cowhide armor can be made, and the price is doubled, and the price of each piece will not be less than fifteen silver coins.
When it comes to chain mail, piercing armor, and scale armor, when it comes to ironware, the price has skyrocketed, and a piece of piercing armor that can be on the table will cost at least one hundred and twenty pure Byron silver coins, and the price will rise by two to three percent if they are exchanged for chain mail and scale armor.
The plate armor is even more terrifying, and without three or five hundred Byron silver coins, it is impossible to take it down.
The highest estimated price of Chebman in his heart is two percent higher than that of chain mail and scale armor, and if the price can be won at the price of chain mail and scale armor, this transaction will be done, after all, the Manyu military leader is not rich in iron ore.
Most of the armor was either ordered from the Twin Islands, or the Kingsley family in the Carthusian Hills bought iron ore and forged it themselves, adding a high transportation fee in addition to the armor itself, and the iron armor was always in short supply.
Even the descendants of the Fei Lun family, which has the strongest military strength, can't make each person wear iron armor, let alone those places where they are garrisoned, and a piece of leather armor that supports the faΓ§ade is good.
Unexpectedly, the price that Ralph blurted out was even lower than that of Zajia, which was simply a big pie falling from the sky, as long as it was transported back to the Manyu Army, Chebman dared to pat his chest and say, one hundred and fifty silver coins, there will be countless people to break the scalp.
This is a 50% windfall profit, even if the various costs and various tax burdens are removed, in the end, each piece can bring him a harvest of nearly ten silver coins, which is definitely the most lucrative business he has ever made in his life.
Chebman felt that his head was a little congested, and the whole person was a little dizzy, but the speed of his brain rotation was the fastest in his life, and the first thought that flashed through his heart was whether the other party was not clear about the prices outside.
Not only is the price of honey quite low, but even the positioning of the sought-after rare armor is so low, if this is the case, can you get more benefits from it?
Chebman coughed lightly, instinctively a bit of a businessman's pretense, "What about the price......
Ralph, who had been smiling all the time, seemed to have insight into Chebman's thoughts, his face instantly fell, and he said coldly: " I have just said, a hundred Byron silver coins, no two prices, don't think that we set this price because we don't know how to do it, but we do business in line with the principle of mutual benefit and reciprocity, to leave you with sufficient profits, so that you have more motivation, if our good words as weak and bullied, then sorry, our cooperation will be terminated, you are not the only one who takes the goods from me, I believe that there are a lot of interested and interesting people. β
"It's heavy! It's heavy!" "Years of doing business have already sharpened the simple boy of the year into a two-skin face, and when it comes to his mouth, he has made a 180-degree turn, "I mean this price is very fair and reasonable, we have been cooperating for half a year, don't Mr. Ralph still don't know me? I'm not such a greedy person! Our transaction is definitely based on the principle of mutual benefit." β
"You're the most greedy person I've ever met. Ralph sneered in his heart, but there is an advantage to cooperating with this kind of real villain, in the face of interests, the other party usually has no bottom line, and does not care about your skin color and race at all, as long as it can bring him benefits, he will treat you as an uncle.
And vice versa, when you are no longer useful to him, such people usually abandon you as if they were cheating.