"The sword is three feet long, the sword body is like a mirror, the air is cold, the blade is as thin as a cicada's wings, and there is a little cold light condensed in the middle, as if it is constantly flowing. What a good sword! It's just that the weight of this sword body has... More than 40 pounds! This... How is this possible? No... Master Hou! This sword is by no means made of ordinary iron in the world, is it the dark iron outside the sky? ”

Quirky Pavilion Workshop, in Li Zexuan's office.

Zhang Hongsheng held Li Zexuan's wind-chasing sword tightly, as if admiring a peerless beauty, greedily poured his gaze on the smooth and cold sword body like a mirror, the more he looked, the more excited he became, and finally, he looked up at Li Zexuan with an incredible face, and asked in a trembling voice.

How could this sword, its sharpness and sophistication, surpass the Nine Crows Sword that his father had forged with all his life's work, how could this not shock him?

It's just that the moment he raised his head, the hair scattered in front of him was accidentally thrown on the blade, and everyone saw that as soon as the hair touched the blade, it was easily cut off, and then fell to the ground lightly!

Blowing hair and breaking hair, terrifying!

This is real hair-breaking!

Fu Bo, Wang Ji, Zhang Hongsheng, Song Xiaosi and others couldn't help but gasp at this moment, this kind of sharp divine weapon that only existed in ancient legends was actually seen by them today!

At this time, Li Zexuan smiled at Zhang Hongsheng and said, "Brother Zhang, you guessed right, this sword is indeed not cast from ordinary iron in the world, it uses extraterrestrial iron!" ”

"Goo-dong!"

Zhang Hongsheng swallowed his spit fiercely, at this time, he had completely let go of the arrogance of the son of the sword-forging family in his heart, because the sword in Li Zexuan's hand was more awesome than all the swords he had ever seen, what capital did he have to be arrogant? So, he handed over the Wind Chasing Sword to Li Zexuan with a convincing face, and said:

"How can such a peerless sword be nameless, ask the Hou Ye to tell me which famous sword this is? Which swordsmith forged it~? ”

Li Zexuan replied in a deep voice: "This sword, called the Wind Chasing Sword, was accidentally obtained by my master from a master who traveled all over the world during his lifetime, as for which famous master cast it, this Benhou is unknown!" ”

"Wind Chasing Sword? Good name! It's a pity, I don't know which famous artist it is! ”

Zhang Hongsheng muttered, then he hesitated, paused for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "Master Hou, Zhang has a reluctant request, and I hope that Master Hou will approve it!" ”

Li Zexuan glanced at Zhang Hongsheng deeply, those eyes seemed to be able to perceive people's hearts, he smiled slightly, and said, "You want to borrow this sword and take it back to Ling Zun to see, right?" ”

Zhang Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then said a little embarrassed: "Yes... Yes, Lord Hou! My father has been pursuing the ultimate sword casting all his life, this wind-chasing sword, whether it is the material or the process, is the only peerless sword seen in Zhang's life, my father will be happy to see it, he is an old man, I am a son, all I can do is to make him happier and happier in his lifetime, and leave less regrets! ”

"Senior Zhang's lifelong pursuit of the supreme sword is indeed admirable, but this wind-chasing sword is something left behind by my master during his lifetime, how can Ben Hou easily lend it?"

Li Zexuan sighed softly, and then the words changed, Zhang Hongsheng's face suddenly darkened, and he thought in his heart that he was thinking too much, who would be willing to lend this peerless sword easily? What's more, this Wind Chasing Sword is still a legacy of Master Li Zexuan's life, which is of great significance.

But at this time, Li Zexuan said again: "However, for the sake of your filial piety, this sword is not impossible to lend to you, but you need to promise to help me build a new pair of armor, after agreeing, I will immediately lend you the sword and allow you three days to lend it!" ”

Zhang Hongsheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Master Hou! I promise! I promise! If you ask me to build a hundred or a thousand sets of armor, I'm willing! ”

Li Zexuan said with a little amusement: "Brother Zhang, Ben Hou hasn't said what kind of armor he wants you to build, so you agreed so simply?" ”

Zhang Hongsheng said confidently: "Master Hou, it's not that Zhang is boasting, all kinds of armor in the past dynasties, such as rattan armor, Xuan armor, barrel sleeve armor, two-crotch armor, light armor, fine scale armor, Shanwen armor, Mingguang armor, etc., Zhang will build, uh... Master Hou, tell me what kind of new armor you want to build, right? ”

But Zhang Hongsheng bragged about it, and suddenly remembered the mess of almost falling on his head when he took the sword, and felt that he couldn't talk so much in front of Li Zexuan, otherwise it would be easy to fall behind, after all, he was a person who had suffered a loss!

Everyone couldn't help but want to laugh when they heard Zhang Hongsheng's words before and after, and they were obviously cowardly at the critical time, mainly because this thing is too special and true, right?

Li Zexuan didn't laugh, he turned around and picked up a stack of drawings on the desk, then pulled out four of them, and then motioned for everyone to come to him, he spread out the drawings and said: "Brother Zhang, the armor that Ben Hou asked you to build is called plate armor, the so-called plate armor is not just an iron plate, it must be lightweight, flexible at the joints, and cover the whole body!" Oh, here's the drawing! ”

Some of the drawings he drew in his office this morning were just armor!

Everyone looked at the drawings, and they couldn't help but widen their eyes one by one, and Zhang Hongsheng couldn't help but exclaim:

"It's... This plate of armor is actually covered all over? Although this defense part is indeed more comprehensive than the Mingguang armor, if the whole body is defended with armor, how heavy is this set of plate armor? If the soldier wears it, how can he still walk? Not to mention combat! ”

Li Zexuan explained beside him at this time: "Hehe, how heavy is this set of plate armor, let's talk about it later, I will explain to you the structure of this plate armor first." This set of plate armor is composed of helmets, strong armor, cuirasses, dorsal armor, shoulder armor, wrist armor, elbow armor, leg armor, shin armor and steel shoes, etc., and the joints are stacked with multiple layers of movable steel plates, which can ensure that the movement of soldiers in the war will not be hindered.

The shoulder armor does not use steel plates, but maintains a hollow structure, which allows more space for the limbs to move, and the joints where the torso and other parts are connected are lined with deerskin or linen, and the interlocking chain mail is used to protect the inside, so that the weight of the whole armor is borne by the whole body, and it is comfortable to wear.

The cuirass part of this plate armor is made up of three pieces spliced together, and the middle one is relatively narrow, which plays the role of connecting. This structure also gives the cuirass a certain degree of mobility, allowing the wearer to move more flexibly.

Of course, one of the biggest features of this set of plate armor is the use of neck armor. A simple helmet cannot protect the area below the mouth, but a large neck guard with jaw guards is used in this plate armor to completely protect the face, and for insurance purposes, axillary armor is also used to protect the armpits.

In addition, the surface of the plate armor is designed with ribs to enhance the protective effect and reduce weight, so that all parts of the human body are located in the steel armor, and on the battlefield, it can be completely invulnerable to swords and guns, and the rain of arrows is not afraid! ”

In fact, the plate armor that Li Zexuan wants to make, the name is Gothic plate armor, in his previous life, he was not only an engineering dog, but also a military fan, he has seen many armor disassembly drawings of ancient countries around the world on the Internet.

Plate armor is known as the king of armor, but also the symbol of medieval knights, the ultimate defense of the era of cold weapons, in the Hundred Years War between England and France, there is no record of a bow and arrow effectively penetrating the plate armor cuirass! When the firearm appears later, it is so powerful that it can even withstand the damage of ordinary arquebuses!

From the fourteenth century to the fifteenth century, the structural and stylistic progress of armor was very obvious, and the most famous plate armor in the history of the world, Gothic and Milanese plate armor, began to appear at this time: because the former was popular from Milan, and the latter was greatly influenced by the Gothic art style, so these two armor styles are called Milanese and Gothic.

But both Milanese and Gothic armor originated in Italy, but the Germans developed Gothic to the pinnacle, leading many people to mistakenly believe that Gothic originated in Germany.

Among all the plate armor, roughly divided, the most popular are these two, and other styles are not absent, but they are basically imitations of these two; The Milanese style is characterized by rounded, close-fitting, graceful and beautiful shapes; Gothic, on the other hand, is simple, full of functional beauty, angular, and sporty.

"Ingenuity! It's ingenious! With these designs, it is indeed possible to achieve full body protection without affecting the movement of the body's joints! But how much does this set of plates weigh? Will the soldiers be able to withstand it? ”

Zhang Hongsheng couldn't help but exclaim.

The Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as the armor with the highest technology content and the highest defensive power in the Tang Dynasty, but compared with this set of full-body plate armor designed by Li Zexuan, it is completely insignificant, but the only thing that makes Zhang Hongsheng doubt is the weight of this set of full-body plate armor!

The rest of the people also turned their puzzled eyes on Li Zexuan, obviously everyone agreed that the defensive power of the plate armor far exceeded that of the light armor, and the only doubt left was the weight!

Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said, "Hehe! In terms of weight, you don't have to worry at all, this kind of plate armor is the extreme, the weight of a set will definitely not exceed forty catties, and the weight of a set of Mingguang armor must be around fifty catties, right? At the same defense level, plate armor is definitely lighter than Mingguang armor! ”

This Li Zexuan is not bragging, in modern times, if you talk about plate armor, people's first reaction is that it is bulky and inflexible, in fact, this is people's misunderstanding of plate armor, in fact, plate armor is not only flexible, but also lightweight, the weight of a set of Gothic plate armor will not exceed twenty-five kilograms (one catty in the Tang Dynasty is about equal to more than 600 grams in modern times, so twenty-five kilograms is about forty catties when converted to the Tang Dynasty), and the weight of a set of Mingguang armor is about thirty kilograms!

A soldier wearing Gothic plate armor can even perform a variety of difficult moves, a flexible batch! Moreover, the plate armor made by the highly skilled armor casting master can't even insert a piece of paper into the gap between its armor pieces, and the defense is simply not too good!

It's like a beggar's version of Iron Man!

And such an iron man Li Zexuan wants to do five thousand!

"It's... How is this possible? This set of armor is definitely more than forty pounds! ”

Zhang Hongsheng shook his head violently, looking disbelieving.

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding, I don't plan to use the casting method for this plate armor, I want to use the forging method to polish the plate armor to about this thickness!" ”

As he spoke, Li Zexuan gestured with his hand a thickness of about five millimeters.

It is an indisputable fact that forged iron armor is not only thinner, but also stronger than cast iron armor!

"Forging? Such a thin thickness? Do you want to make sure the thickness is uniform? ”

Zhang Hongsheng was a little embarrassed: "Master Hou, according to your requirements, it's not impossible to do, but it is extremely time-consuming and laborious to do, make one or two pieces, Zhang can barely do it, but once the number is too much, Zhang is really powerless!" ”

At this time, Zhang Hongsheng was very glad that he had stopped it in time when he had just urged him, otherwise he would have to lose people again at this time! At the same time, he secretly said that he must not brag in front of Li Zexuan in the future, because Li Zexuan is poisonous, as long as he brags in front of him, he will be slapped in the face instantly!

Li Zexuan smiled again: "Brother Zhang, you misunderstood again, the forging that Ben Hou said is not forged by artificial sledgehammer as you imagined, but forged with a stamping machine tool with constant strength and constant speed, which can ensure that the surface of the forged object is smooth and the thickness is uniform!" ”

"Stamping machines? Is there such an artifact in the world? Why doesn't Zhang know? ”

Zhang Hongsheng said excitedly.

According to Li Zexuan, the stamping machine tool can be regarded as an artifact in the minds of blacksmiths! After all, after having this thing, you don't have to strike iron with a hammer~!

Li Zexuan said: "This stamping machine tool is driven by water power, so it can also be called a hydraulic stamping machine tool, but at present, this machine tool has not yet begun to be made, and after it is completed, there will definitely be this effect!" Little Si, you go and invite Mr. Mo and Miss Mo over, and say that I have something to find them! ”

"Yes! Master! ”

Song Xiaosi took the order and left.

Fu Bo asked at this time: "Young Master, you invited Mr. Mo and them over, do you want to make the kind of hydraulic stamping machine tool you just mentioned?" ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Yes and no, I can only say that it is not all!" The water conservancy stamping machine tool is only a small part of the work, we now have a waterwheel under the Bahe dam, this thing can directly provide power for our machine tool, just connect some transmission mechanisms on it! However, I'm going to do something else besides the hydraulic stamping machine, and I'll talk about it when they come! ”

The reason why medieval Europe was able to manufacture full-body plate armor relied on hydraulic stamping equipment! Li Zexuan wanted to do this thing last year, but at that time he didn't have a dam, he couldn't build a hydraulic stamping machine, and now that the dam and hydropower station have all been built, he can finally show his strength!

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