The city bricks fell, and there was an extremely obvious depression in the place where the eight-petal helmet was stressed, and on the whole, there was also a sense of distortion and deformation. In comparison, the rattan helmet is even more broken, the rattan at the stress is broken, and even the green watermelon skin inside can be seen through the hole.

At first glance, the rattan helmet is indeed not as strong as the eight-petal helmet. However, when the helmets are removed, there is a huge difference between the watermelons that protect the two helmets.

Under the eight-petal helmet, the watermelon was so broken that it couldn't be spliced back, just splashed on Cai Qiao's body, and the juice that was already flowing all over the ground at the moment, but the bright red color was like blood, which was extraordinarily eye-catching.

But under the modified rattan helmet, the lower part of the watermelon shattered, and the crack spread upwards, passing through the middle, turning the entire watermelon into several large pieces. And the top of these big horns and big horns of watermelons is as smooth as ever, if you put aside the other parts and a few shallow strangulation marks on the top, even if it is said to be intact, it is not an exaggeration.

"It can't be!"

Shi Langteng stood up at once, and rushed to the front of the case with one arrow step. Ignoring the overflowing juice, he reached out and took it in front of his eyes to identify it, and even simply grabbed a handful and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

After confirming that the watermelon was not fake, Shi Lang seemed to be deflated, but after a blink of an eye, he grabbed the rattan helmet again and looked at it carefully. It's just that in his eyes, it's not that there is something like an iron plate hidden inside, only those few strips of cloth, but two of them are broken to varying degrees.

"Thank you General Shi for the monthly salary, the monthly salary of a chief military officer, you can buy mountains of watermelons."

"I hope Chen joins the army and is not killed by watermelons."

Shi Lang gritted his teeth and said this, but Chen Kai replied with a smile: "Please rest assured General Shi, the subordinate knows that his appetite is limited, how dare he be greedy." This time, I received watermelons, and I wanted to distribute them to my subordinates, which should be a reward for hard work. ”

The results of the experiment were obvious, Chen Kai was in high spirits, and when Shi Lang sat back with a snort, Zheng Chenggong also cast a sudden realization on his side.

"It's those strips of cloth that share the power of falling bricks!"

Zheng Chenggong said categorically, and Chen Kai also nodded to confirm his train of thought: "The cloth strip forms a coarse mesh structure inside the helmet, and this mesh structure is not close to the inside of the rattan helmet, but is separated by a certain space, even if the top of the helmet is exposed to the mesh structure, it cannot touch the inside of the rattan helmet." In this way, when the rattan helmet is heavily pressed or hit hard, due to the interval, even if the rattan helmet is broken, it will not touch the soldier's head in the first place. The mesh structure can be used to reduce the force on the head by using the toughness of the cloth strip. ”

"I see."

I don't know who said this, Chen Kai didn't pay attention to it, and continued: "This design is to reduce the force on the head. The rattan helmet is still the original rattan helmet, its material is inconvenient, and it is not as strong as it, but the protection can be greatly strengthened. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Kai glanced at Shi Lang before continuing: "But with all due respect, if such a large piece of city bricks is smashed down, whether there is anything wrong with the head is secondary, the key is to be smashed down from the ladder and fall to the ground, but I am afraid that I will not survive." ”

When it comes to this, Chen Kai is clearly saying it to him, and the generals are also clear. At this time, Shi Lang's eyelids also jumped suddenly, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, mixed with anger in his eyes, which was fleeting.

"The results are extraordinary." Applause, Zheng Chenggong expressed his affirmation of Chen Kai's ability, and then asked Chen Kai: "How long will it take to complete this kind of transformation?" ”

This is what Zheng Chenggong must ask, and Chen Kai has already calculated: "Our army has as many as 16,000 soldiers, and now it is close to one manpower." Drilling, bundling, it's not difficult. I am afraid that the rough process will destroy the structure of the rattan helmet itself. Therefore, the lower officials made two preparations, the transformation is one of them, to ensure the use of the soldiers; The second is to adjust the style of the rattan helmet in the Armory Bureau, leaving gaps where holes need to be drilled to facilitate the binding of cloth strips. As for what kind of fabric is used, Xia Guan still needs to continue to experiment, and this will have to be done again on Nanao Island. ”

"Then all the work will be done."

"Responsibilities are related, and I dare not accept the word "work."

The matter was so settled, and Chen Kai naturally set off to return to Nanao Island after the military conference. Experimenting, improving the process, improving the production index, nothing more. Just sitting on the boat, Chen Kai always laughed unconsciously once he remembered the appearance of Shi Lang when he sat down again.

"A hard hat on the construction site can make you deflated, and if you don't remember it for a long time, the next time it will be a brick!"

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Chen Kai returned to Nanao, Zheng Chenggong repaired for a few days, and made sure that the local tyrants in Chaoyang had surrendered, so he led the army to continue to sweep the counties in the southwest of Chaozhou.

In March, Zheng Chenggong supervised the division into the ocean and Wushui, and some people refused to accept the danger and attacked it. Lin Yi, the chief officer of Zuochong Town, took the lead in boarding the village and died of his wounds, and the northern general Wu Shibiao was also injured. The village was broken, Zheng Chenggong waved the towns to dig the village flat, the resisters were punished, and the rest of the villages near the left heard the wind and returned to Shun. Lin Yi was killed, and Zheng Chenggong took Kang Ming, the commander of the Zhongjun in the camp of Rongqi Town, as the chief officer of Zuochong Town, and Wu Sheng, the general class, in charge of the military.

In the same month, Zheng Chenggong inspected Mianhu Village in Puning County, and in Puning County, both the county seat and the villages in front of Zheng Chenggong's soldiers, all of them surrendered and did not dare to make any resistance. After taking Puning County, Zheng Chenggong appointed Cheng Yingfan, the superintendent, to take charge of local affairs and collect positive supplies.

In the following month, Zheng Chenggong sent aid to suppress Youzhen, Qianfeng Town, and Youchong Town to collect Jinghai and Haimen, and went down to Huilai County, with Wang Huizhi of the Chinese Army acting as the county governor, and Qianfeng Town Wanli Town guarded the city.

The southwestern counties of Chaozhou and the Wei Institute were flattened, and Zheng Chenggong moved to Jieyang County to help Zheng Hongkui suppress the villages that refused to surrender, and the first to bear the brunt was Nanshanzhai. Lan Yujing, the head of the Nanshan Cottage thief, started in the second year of Longwu, entrenched here for three years, troubled the place, ** people, Jieyang County student Chen Shengda blocked the road and begged, Zheng Chenggong agreed, sent troops to seek peace, Lan Yujing beheaded the public.

In the past two months, Chen Kai has supervised the manufacture of weapons and military uniforms on Nanao Island, and the rattan helmet has already entered the stage of large-scale production after technological improvement. In terms of military uniforms, after completing the major task of giving clothes in the first lunar month, Chen Kai contracted the work of official uniforms, official uniforms and government uniforms in various counties. Of course, the garrisons and newly expanded troops in various places also need a large number of military uniforms, and Chen Kai has even begun to think about establishing all the workshops for weaving and dyeing.

With Zheng Chenggong connecting the three counties and recovering the southwestern part of Chaozhou Prefecture, the overall financial situation improved with the seizure, and a large number of goods were put into the sea trade, in exchange for more silver, Nanyang and Japanese specialties and goods. The army is still expanding further, and Chen Kai has more and more living money on hand. In this regard, Chen Kai decided to try to support a group of goods in Changlin Temple, strengthen the strength of that enclave, and at the same time open a school in Nanao City.

Tomorrow is the first day of the school's official enrollment, and all preparations are still continuing, but Chen Kai did not come forward. At this moment, as a local magistrate, he was waiting for the arrival of two important people at the docks.