1.126 A Riding Equipment

According to the ancient method of the pre-Qin period, it is combined with the current technology. The Lou Sang leather armor made by a good craftsman is called: Dragon Leather Armor.

The dragon leather armor is composed of three parts: the armor body, the armor skirt and the armor sleeves. And they are all equipped with a leather helmet (leather helmet) made of armor pieces, which is a complete set of leather armor.

The armor body consists of a cuirass, a dorsal armor, shoulder plates, ribs, and a collar. The nail plates of the chest, back, shoulders, and ribs are fixed and braided, and the shape varies according to the location. The shape of the braided is similar to the 'vest' of later generations. Then on the upper edge of the shoulder piece, a large armor collar with an upward diagonal angle is braided. The nail skirt is made up of four rows of nail pieces, each row is horizontally connected with 14 pieces, the nail pieces are narrow at the top and slightly trapezoidal at the bottom, and are also fixed and embellished, stacked from left to right, forming a circle shape with a narrow mouth and a wide bottom. The size of each row of nails is slightly different, the size of the lower row of nails is slightly larger than that of the previous row, and the upper edge of the ring mouth is just the lower edge of the upper row of rings, and then through a group of perforations in the center of the nail piece, it is made of movable arrangement.

In this way, the lower ring of the armor skirt can be pushed up to the outside of the upper circle of the armor skirt, so that the warrior in armor can lean freely when bending. The nail sleeve is made up of smaller semi-arc nail pieces, and the upper and lower thirteen rows of nail pieces are mostly connected to form the whole nail sleeve, and each row of nail pieces is transversely fixed and embellished, roughly forming an unsealed annular shape below, except for the bottom row that acts as a cuff, the number of nail pieces used in the rest of the rows is the same, which is five.

The top row of nails on the shoulders is the largest in size. The downward rows are reduced in turn, and the rows are also movably arranged to form a large upper and lower small, retractable sleeve. Then the left and right two armor sleeves and the left and right shoulder pieces of the armor body are connected together to form a complete leather armor. The leather is also made of various armor pieces, with a longitudinally convex ridge in the center and a half-spherical top plate on each side to form a dome. The forehead is decorated with an inverted "concave" shaped nail plate forehead guard. From the sides of the face backwards, two rows of pieces are draped to cover the ears and neck. A total of more than 180 pieces are combined into leather armor.

It can effectively protect all parts of the warrior's body from the neck to the knees. The long and heavy armor skirt is not conducive to long-distance foot combat, but it is very suitable for horse fighting.

The vest is also made of dragon skin.

The leather horse is molded with a whole piece of leather, the nose ridge is nearly flat, the top is pressed out of the circular swirl, the two sides are opened with ear holes and eye holes, and the two cheeks are pressed into a convex moire-like gills. The skin is painted black on the inside and out. Leather vest, horse neck armor and body armor, the neck armor is close to the armor sleeve of the human armor, composed of five rows of armor pieces, each row of five pieces, composed of twenty-five pieces of armor, for fixed arrangement, the upper row presses the lower row, for the activity of the arrangement, can cover the chest and neck of the horse. The body armor is divided into two parts, each part is composed of four rows, each row of six pieces of armor is composed of a rectangular armor, because there is a circle perforation, so it is covered with a round cover composed of three pieces of armor, sharing 27 pieces of armor, the left and right parts are combined, and the whole body armor shares 54 pieces.

The size of a single piece of armor and the number of pieces of armor can be tailored to the shape of the knight and horse. It's not just a formality.

The horses are clad in heavy lacquered leather armor, which can effectively protect the head, neck, and torso from enemy weapons.

In order to prevent the horse's leg from being injured, Liu Bei also ordered the craftsman to build leg guards.

This is the outer armor of the dragon's outfit, which is a pre-Qin technique.

Nowadays, there is also the technique of 'merging armor'.

The so-called 'armor' refers to the combination of two layers of leather inside and outside.

The outer layer is made of hard and tough dorsal skin, and the inner layer is made of relatively soft and thin ventral skin.

After the two layers of armor are painted separately, they are immediately handed over to the 'water pressure' to fit the nails while the paint is not dry. Water pressure is a pressing tool created by Liu Bei in imitation of the principle of water drainage. The composite lining of the enamel armor is made by pressing it with water.

After the armor is combined, the outer armor of the dragon skin is painted three times.

The varnish used inside and outside is made of enamel powder finely stirred. Not only is there a lot of attachment on the dragon skin, but it is also closely bonded to the inner armor by the pores on the dragon skin. Wait for Jiacheng, and let Huang Zhong try again. The three-stone bow can only shoot into the fraction!

The knife chops and the axe split, and it is difficult to break the armor!

In addition to water, fire, thunder and lightning, what else to fear!

Dragons give birth to Danyang. Liu Bei sent his henchmen to sell it with a lot of money. He also sent a letter to Tian Shao in Liaodong to ask the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan who were familiar with each other and bought them on their behalf.

Armor making has its own good craftsmen. Most of the time, Liu Bei was busy cutting rice.

As the old patriarch expected. This year's output is even better than last year's. The yield per mu is six stones.

Every family is happy.

The people in the middle of the city, although they all live in a pavilion. However, many of the fields have crossed the line. Lousang Village is ten miles south of Zhuo County, and ten miles south is Liting. The people who live between the Li Pavilion and the Lucheng Pavilion have many fields between the two pavilions, even in the Li Pavilion. The household registration moved into Lousang, and the land property naturally moved into Lousang. Therefore, the Lousang paddy field is more than ten miles. Due to the relocation of Qi to Lousang, most of the original villages have been abandoned. It was also converted into paddy fields, and the income was quite large.

Seeing that the Lousang paddy fields were ripe, the nearby villagers came to find the old patriarch. I want to buy rice seeds, hire farmers, and change to paddy fields. The old patriarch came to ask Liu Bei.

Is this still to be asked?

The young prince and the marquis agreed. It's just that it's not possible this season. If you want to change the paddy field, you can only wait for the next season. The young prince asked the villagers of the nearby Tingyi to elect several representatives to come to Lousang to learn art. And the sect is carefully taught without mentioning it.

The warehouse building that can hold 125,000 stones of grain in the young monarch's family has thousands of stones of new grain.

Combined with last year's grain stockpile, it was only 10,000 stones. It's still very early when it's full. Food is not too expensive these days. When it comes to troubled times, it is definitely a very happy thing to be able to continue with three meals. Liu Bei does not accept copper money, only rice, which also means to take precautions.

Previously, it was an early greenhouse medicine garden, and Liu Bei wanted to buy sheepskins. Ulian sent a letter to the king's brother Wuyan, and a large amount of wool has arrived in Pingbo Shuiqi. Just wait for Tian's sea boat dealers to come to Lou Sang. The use of flat wave water is huge. Whether it is to sell horses or trade cattle and skins, it is a very important transit point. Liu Bei then went to Cheng Pu and said that he would buy land in the water and build an exclusive mansion.

Cheng Pu naturally agreed.

This is all around the beginning of autumn.

When the rice grains are returned to the warehouse, it is already the beginning of winter.

Most of the grassland sheepskins sold were attached to the people by the clan and used to sew greenhouses. Mountains of sheared wool were piled up. Mother asked, "What should I do?"

Liu Bei scratched his head and asked rhetorically: Can you spin thread?

Mother bows her head gently: this is nature. Mulberry hemp can still spin thread, let alone wool?

Mother female worker, she is invincible. Then he took the wool and let the mother try to take care of it.

The mother first soaked it in hot water to filter out the grass root droppings. After drying, it is finely combed with a hair comb to make it fluffy. Then use the animal spindle spinning wheel to spin into wool.

Liu Bei looked at the white wool thread on the spinning wheel and couldn't help but be amazed.

The mother then asked, "What about it?"

Liu Bei blurted out: Why not weave into a carpet.

Carpets, too. At the time, people called: 氍毹 (qú shū), 毾? (tà dēng)。 It is mostly produced in the Western Regions. It's cool in winter. Especially wooden floors. If on top of the plank, spread a wool carpet. It's really pleasant.

There is a warmth when you think about it.

The unicorn is imaginative, and every time it comes out, it must be a strange thing. My mother wanted to try it too. The maids in the family all came to help.

The sound of weaving is constant day and night.