"This blade master doesn't need it, the master's own is much stronger than this! Besides, this set of armor, not to mention bulky, is still so ugly! If the master wears it on the battlefield, it will not only affect his body, but also seriously affect his mood...... If you don't wear it, you don't wear it, you definitely don't wear it! Jiang Lan looked at the armor and blades on the table with disgust on his face, and kept complaining.

The battalion senator on the side had a black line on his face, and he muttered in his heart: "How can this captain be willful like a child?" On his face, he still said respectfully: "My lord, this blade and armor are all standard assemblies of our Great Liang Country. Although this armor is a little heavy, it is not said in terms of defensive power. With the armor pieces stacked on top of each other, it is difficult for arrows to penetrate them. The senator explained to Jiang Lan in detail, "If the lord is not satisfied with the style of this armor, his subordinates will go to the Ordnance Department to choose a new set for the lord." ”

"No need," Jiang Lan said with a wave of his hand, he had been in the greedy wolf army, and he naturally understood the benefits of armor. But he just didn't like the style of the armor, "The master asked you, where are the ordnance in our camp made, and the master wants to build a set according to his own ideas!" ”

"Build it yourself...... My lord, that's inappropriate, isn't it? ”

"What's inappropriate?" Jiang Lan asked rhetorically, "Could it be that my Great Liang Country still has a rule that says that generals must wear this style of armor?" ”

"No, although the army clearly stipulates that soldiers must use the standard armor and blades of the Great Liang State, there is no mention of generals above the battalion captain...... Despite this, his subordinates have never seen a general build his own armor......"

"Isn't that the end of it?" Jiang Lan interrupted, "You directly tell the master where you can build it, and the master will go by himself." In this way, you don't bother, and the master is satisfied, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”

"This ...... All right! The Ordnance Division is at the west gate of Xiangyang City...... Adults, adults! Don't be in a hurry, your token has landed here! ”

……

Xiangyang City has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. At first, it was just an earthen city, but after several renovations, it has become the largest city in Jingxiang.

Jiang Lan rode his horse on the outskirts of the city, and the east wind gusted, blowing a few strands of green silk scattered on his forehead. He casually looked at the scenery around him, and saw that the weeds were everywhere, and a little wild flowers were born in the green grass, which was a scene of new life!

He was indulging in the spring when he heard the sound of chariots and horses in the distance.

Jiang Lan looked back and saw a carriage speeding in the distance. Next to the carriage, there were seven or eight men riding Huang Biao's horses. Looking at the direction they came from, it was Xiangyang City.

"People in front, get out of the way!" The group of people saw Jiang Lan from afar, and one of them shouted loudly.

Jiang Lan rode his horse and hid on the side of the road very interestingly, and the group of people and horses galloped past him.

In this group of people, Jiang Lan saw a young man dressed in white. The man glanced at Jiang Lan contemptuously, and spit out a sentence faintly in his mouth: "Count you as acquaintances!" ”

"Is it a young master's acquaintance?" Jiang Lan was a little annoyed by that sentence, and he just wanted to scold, but the group of people also rode away, only to raise a burst of coyote smoke behind him.

"Hmph, with the master? Don't let you meet you again! ”

Not long after the group left, another group of people came from the direction of Xiangyang City. This is a group of officials, and they soon arrived here with Jiang Lan. The leading messenger glanced at Jiang Lan: "Do you see a group of people driving a carriage past here?" ”

"See, they're going that way." Jiang Lan raised his hand and pointed in the direction where the group had left. When the messengers heard this, they immediately chased after them in that direction.

Jiang Lan looked at the direction where everyone was going, and he was a little unsure. He shook his head, and then continued to gallop towards the city of Xiangyang.

It wasn't long before he arrived at the ordnance department that the senator had spoken of.

Located near the east gate of Xiangyang City, the Yamen of the Ordnance Division is composed of several small workshops and several large warehouses. Most of the people in the yamen were craftsmen, and there were also a few officials who were responsible for overall management.

Jiang Lan bolted his horse outside the yamen, and then stepped into the yamen.

He had expected to see craftsmen coming and going as soon as he entered, officials busily taking notes, and laborers busily transporting goods...... However, he didn't see any of that. As soon as you enter, there is only chaos in the sight - the courtyard is full of swords, guns and blades scattered on the ground. The craftsmen sat together in squatting, chattering, not knowing what they were discussing. More than a dozen messengers shuttled back and forth, and a few messengers were still interrogating something.

"What's going on? How do you feel like you've been ransacked by bandits? Jiang Lan stopped a messenger and asked.

The messenger looked Jiang Lan up and down: "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Jiang Lan didn't talk nonsense with him, he directly took out his token from his arms.

This token is made of pure copper, and there is a head of the eye carved directly above, and there are six big characters carved in the middle of the "Great Liang Zhengbei Military Town", and there are three small characters of "Metropolitan Military" below. This token was left to him by Captain Yu before leaving, and he left it with him, along with a tiger talisman and a bronze seal. These three things can prove his identity as a captain.

The poor man seemed illiterate, and he scrutinized the token for a moment.

"You're waiting here! I'm going to look at us. He said to Jiang Lan, and then ran away quickly.

It didn't take long for him to run back with a team leader. The head of the team still had some knowledge, and after he saw the words "Du Military" clearly, he hurriedly bowed: "My subordinates don't know that Lord Du Wei is here, and I hope that my lord will forgive my subordinates for the crime of neglect!" ”

When the craftsmen and messengers in the yamen heard that the Captain was here, they came out one after another to pay their respects.

"Excuse me." Jiang Lan waved his hand to signal everyone to be exempt, he glanced at everyone and asked, "Who is in charge of this yamen?" ”

Hearing Jiang Lan's words, a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a seven-grade official uniform walked out, and he bowed to Jiang Lan: "His subordinates are all in charge of the Ordnance Department, and I have seen Lord Duwei." ”

"Qi Duguan, what's going on here? How can the good ordnance department yamen be so embarrassed? ”

"If you go back to your lordship, we just got a bad robbery here...... Qi Duguan said with a complicated face.

Jiang Lan just said it casually, but he didn't expect to be really right by him!

Qi Duguan continued to speak: "There was a group of thieves just now, and they disguised themselves as delivery people and infiltrated the yamen. We were caught off guard and struck out, not only wounding many craftsmen, but also stealing a large number of ordnance...... We're still discussing it and we're going to report it to you. Qi Duguan said, and at the same time knelt on the ground on both knees, "My lord, the lower official is derelict in his duties, please punish him." ”

It seems that the group of people I met on the road were the thieves who ransacked the Weapons Division!

"These thieves are so bold! As soon as the master took office, he dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head! Jiang Lan gritted his teeth and said, then turned his head to look at the team leader, "Do you know where this group of thieves came from?" ”

The head of the squad and Qi Duguan glanced at each other, and then replied with a sad face: "If you go back to your lordship, we haven't heard of bandits gathering in Xiangyang County before...... subordinates, subordinates don't know where this group of people came from. ”

This Jingxiang is not like the northwest, the land here is fertile, the people are relatively rich, and the public security is not a little better than the northwest. Usually roadblock robberies and burglaries rarely happen, let alone bandits who gather in the mountains and forests.

"It's kind of weird." Jiang Lan muttered.

He planned to wait for Xiang Beichuan to come here in a few days, and ask him if he had any friends in the rivers and lakes, so that he could help check the origin of this group of thieves.

After making plans, Jiang Lan said to Qi Duguan: "Qi Duguan, the blame for this matter does not lie with you, you should get up first." ”

"Thank you, Lord Kaig!"

"This team leader, you have to continue to follow the clues to investigate, and once there is progress, come to the barracks immediately to report! The master wants to see if the ability of this group of thieves is as big as their courage! ”

"Yes!"

After arranging everything, Jiang Lan talked to Naqi Duguan about the purpose of his visit. He asked Qi Duguan if the Ordnance Division could create a lightweight, beautiful, and highly defensive armor.

Jiang Lan's request can be difficult for Qi Duguan. Naturally, the defensive effectiveness of armor depends on the material itself and the process used to make it, and the harder the material, the heavier the weight. Even though there are some hard and lightweight materials in the world, it is difficult to make them into armor for various reasons.

He didn't dare to promise Jiang Lan, so he had to say to him: "Your subordinates should do their best." ”

Without a satisfactory reply, Jiang Lan was inevitably a little disappointed. But he didn't bother Qi Du anymore, he wrote down his request on a piece of paper, handed it to the other party, and then left the Ordnance Division.

Leaving the Ordnance Division, Jiang Lan wandered around Xiangyang City again. It was not until late evening that he returned to the camp.

……

As soon as he returned to the Chinese army's tent, he saw the senator waiting outside the tent.

"What's wrong? Is there anything you want to find? ”

The senator took out an invitation and handed it to Jiang Lan: "Lord Duwei, this post was sent by the county guard. The people who came said that the county guard set up a banquet in the Dengxian Pavilion in Xiangyang City tomorrow, so that you could catch the wind and wash the dust, and please be able to enjoy the light. ”

The system of the Great Liang State is independent of the military and the government and does not interfere with each other. As the highest governor of the county's government affairs, the county guard is at the same level as Jiang Lan, the battalion captain, but has nothing to do with it.

"The county guard wants to invite the master to dinner?" Jiang Lan waved his hand and said, "Appreciate the light, appreciate the light, you must appreciate the light!" After all, the master is a newcomer, so he has to be gregarious. ”

The senator breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, he originally guessed that with this person's willful temper, he would directly refuse, but he didn't expect him to agree so happily.

This little ancestor's temper is really hard to understand!