Spears and shields have always been the eternal motif of warfare. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Fei Qian looked at the book kept by Huang Chengyan, and it seemed that the "spear", that is, the scroll of soldiers, was now richer, and on the part of the "shield", if it was the armor scroll of the protection class, it was slightly thinner.

Of course, this is only in Fei Qian's opinion, if in the eyes of others, the armor scroll is still extremely rich, from the materials used in the armor to the production method is very detailed.

According to the records of the armor scroll, the armor is mostly made of cowhide and painted on it, and only those containing metals such as copper and iron can be called armor, and the composition of the armor is explained in detail, and even the pressing and weaving of the armor pieces are clearly explained......

Nowadays, the armor popular in the Han Dynasty is divided into two types, one is "Za armor" and the other is "fish scale armor". Both of these have pieces of iron, except that there are slightly fewer of them for the former and slightly more for the latter.

The "armor" is generally used by ordinary soldiers, and the most inferior is like a large vest fixed and woven with large pieces of armor, which are connected to the shoulders and armpits with straps, and only play the role of protecting the chest and back. On the basis of this, a row of medium-sized armor plates was added to protect the waist span, and a shawl was added to the shoulders.

The "fish scale armor" became popular from the late Western Han Dynasty and continued to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Since it is called fish scales, it is naturally made of small pieces of iron, and compared to the "armor" that only protects a small number of parts, the "basin collar" to protect the neck, the "chisel" to protect the arms, and the "magpie tail" and "leg skirt" to protect the legs have been added.

Of course, the process and cost of making the "Fish Scale Armor" is much more than that of the "Armor", and it is generally only available to high-ranking generals.

And then next......

Not anymore.

No chain mail, no plate mail......

Although these also belong to the category of heavy armor, at least in Huang Chengyan's book, Fei Qian did not see it.

After all, in all kinds of movies and television in later generations, and even in games, there are many such things, and Fei Qian still knows some about it. For example, plate armor is indeed a model of armor, and at that time the noble knights of Europe wore it like a tin can, and it is said that even the lead bullet of the arquebus could not be pierced.

However, these two seem to have higher requirements for metallurgical processes, and it is reasonable that they were not in the Eastern Han Dynasty now. But is there anything that can be simplified a little bit to make this relatively protective armor appear earlier? Or is it a little cheaper?

Thinking of this, Fei Qian said to Huang Chengyan: "Lord Yue, I don't know what kind of process there is to make iron wire or iron sheet now?" ”

"Iron wire and iron sheets?" Huang Chengyan had seen what Fei Qian was considering before, but presumably Fei Qian would not be untargeted, so he replied, "Iron pieces are generally forged, iron wire, is the virtuous son-in-law talking about short wire or long wire?" If it is short, it is generally forged directly, and the long one is made by overheating the iron bar and pulling it. ”

Regarding the piece of making utensils, Huang Chengyan is still relatively familiar.

"All by manpower?" In this way, whether it is forging or pulling, the Han Dynasty is now dominated by manpower, and if it is all based on manpower, the output will not be high, after all, a person is powerful, and it is impossible to work twenty-four hours a day, right?

"What do you think?" Huang Chengyan also asked with interest. Huang Chengyan was quite satisfied with this Fei Qian, who often had some ideas, after all, this was one of the reasons why he made up his mind so quickly and was willing to marry Huang Yueying to Fei Qian.

"It's hard to say for a while, why don't you go to the workshop to have a look?" Fei Qian felt as if he had some faint thoughts, but it was not easy to describe, so he suggested.

After all, take a look at how the Han Dynasty made iron wire, if you can increase the output, there are naturally some improvement plans can be taken out and used, after all, the most important thing about armor is that it is limited to the cumbersome production, if it can be simplified or save labor, then you can reduce the cost......

As soon as she heard that she was going to the workshop, Huang Yueying, who was originally obedient on the side, couldn't sit still, and looked at Huang Chengyan with big blinking eyes.

Huang Chengyan knew what Huang Yueying was thinking at a glance, coughed and blinked at Fei Qian's side, and didn't speak. After all, now that Huang Yueying is married, some things can't be decided by the Huang family, how much depends on Fei Qian's opinion, right?

Huang Yueying immediately understood what her father meant, turned around, and gently pulled Fei Qian's sleeve.

Fei Qian, who was still immersed in the thoughts of how to improve the armor, turned his head and saw Huang Yueying's pitiful eyes, and felt a softness in his heart, so he said to Huang Chengyan: "This...... Lord Yue, do you want Yueying to ...... Let's go too? ”

"Haha, okay, together, together!" Huang Chengyan saw that Fei Qian paid so much attention to Huang Yueying's emotions, and as a father, he was naturally happy.

When he arrived at the workshop, Huang Chengyan found a craftsman and asked him to demonstrate the process of forging iron sheets and making iron wires.

It is said that there are a lot of craftsmen in the Huang family, and I didn't see Huang Chengyan deliberately choose, as if he could do such a thing by pulling anyone at random......

Hitting the iron sheet is similar to Feiqian's impression, after heating, it is good to knock it with a clang.

However, it is obviously a lot more tedious to pull the iron wire, first knock out a very thin iron sheet, then use large iron scissors to cut it into a thinner iron bar, heat it again until it is red, and pass it through the iron plate with holes while it is hot, and pull it with pliers......

It is laborious and laborious, and there is too much instability.

Fei Qian somewhat understands why there is no such chain mail and plate armor as in Europe, according to the current metallurgical conditions, it is too time-consuming and manpower-consuming, and the effort to make a set of chain mail or plate armor can make more than a dozen or even dozens of other types of "armor......

Now the problem is that manpower is too difficult to guarantee, a craftsman can not continue to swing the hammer for more than an hour, and then must be rested, a person's physical strength is limited in a day, even if the working hours are extended, the output is also a limited quota, there can be no big breakthrough, so, the only way to increase the output is to use external forces......

Of all the external forces, the cheapest and most stable one is hydraulic.

Fei Qian shifted his attention to the water saw that he had made with Huang's craftsmen before, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the working principle was actually the same, forging is the repeated operation of up and down, and drawing is the repeated operation of the level, and these can be converted by mechanical circular movement of water power......

The only difference is that forging requires high-speed hitting, while drawing requires consistent power, and these can all be achieved with the same thing......