So, in the following days, Ma Lin showed Zhengde how to use the plate cavalry, while thinking about how to remind Liu Jin.

Among the 1,000 guards brought by Marin, there were 100 plate armor guards, who usually wore chest armor, and they were all knights' children who had received knightly education. These people have practiced martial arts since childhood, and they can adapt to fighting in plate armor.

In order to show the effect, Ma Lin directly asked the 100 elite guards to put on a full set of plate armor, stepped on the 100 European war horses, and showed Zhengde the scene of 100 knights charging with guns on the school field of the Jinwuwei camp.

However, Marin did not come with a spring-loaded rifle that was best suited for the charge. After all, that is the killer weapon of the Beihai Cavalry, and Marin will not be so stupid as to take anything good.

Moreover, because the Mongolian cavalry, the opponent of the Ming army, was basically light cavalry, the knights did not worry about colliding with the opponent's plate knights at all. So, Marin directly asked Jean to charge with a normal spear. Of course, it is not really an ordinary spear, but a spear with an ash rod with very good toughness. This thing is not available in Europe, but it is easy to buy in Daming. However, the ash pole spears of the Ming Dynasty were generally very short, and Marin specially made them to order them, so he got an ash pole spear three or four meters long. Moreover, a handguard was specially made to facilitate the knight's charge with a spear in one hand.

Hundreds of plate knights charged, and the effect was very shocking. Because, the thickness of plate armor and horse armor, plus the European war horse itself is very tall. When hundreds of tall horses, about 1.7 meters tall at the shoulders, dressed in full horse armor, charged together with plate knights wearing a full set of plate armor and holding ash pole spears, the earth shook strongly. That scene made Zhengde, who had no knowledge, boil his blood.

Then, this little emperor of the second goods actually wanted to charge on the horse himself......

Looking at his thin body, Ma Lin was suffocated in his stomach, and directly let the young Zhengde try what it means to "put on a 50-pound heavy armor"......

As a result, Zhengde, who usually neglects to exercise, becomes very difficult to move after putting on the plate armor. It took a few tries to get on the horse before it climbed onto the horse. Moreover, it was difficult to get on the horse with the support of the eunuchs.

After rushing back and forth a few times, Zhengde suddenly panted and said weakly:

"Ma Aiqing, what kind of plate knight really needs physical strength. No wonder you say that this knight is one in a hundred......"

In fact, Ma Lin still gave face to the Ming Dynasty when he said this. Why? Because the people of the Ming Dynasty mainly ate grain and vegetables, their physical strength was not very good. And Europeans, especially those of knight families, eat a lot of meat. So, the European knights were physically fit enough to fight in heavy plate armor. And ordinary military households in the Ming Dynasty have no conditions to eat meat in peacetime, so how can they have the physical strength to wear plate armor to fight for a long time? Only a very small number of gifted people have such ability. And such a person, out of the 900,000 Ming army, it is not bad to be able to find a few thousand.

Moreover, don't look at the ancient Chinese martial arts masters, but many people are just skilled, not physically strong. Therefore, even if he is strong in martial arts, he may not be able to play the role of a knight. In particular, the martial arts masters of the Southern School take the light and agile route, and their bodies are often very thin, which is not suitable for becoming a plate knight at all.

Of course, Marin also gave a solution - with rhinoceros leather armor......

To this end, Marin also specially took out several sets of rhinoceros leather armor and horse armor all over the body. After changing to rhinoceros leather armor, the weight was greatly reduced. Even Zhengde, a thin teenager, can adapt to it. As for the war horse, it is more adaptable. After all, the weight is a lot lighter. Then, the set of rhinoceros leather armor suitable for Zhengde to wear naturally became a tribute. Moreover, he also accompanied Zhengde to the battlefield in the future......

However, Marin's solution is good, but the cost is too high......

After thousands of years of hunting, the Chinese rhinoceros that once spread all over the north and south of China, by the Ming Dynasty, only a small number of rhinoceros remained in the deep mountains and old forests of the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

Therefore, rhinoceros skin is in Daming, which is a rare thing that can not be found. It's okay to get dozens of rhinoceros leather armors, but you want hundreds or thousands of sets...... What about dreaming?

However, Marin also has a solution - to make the small countries of Southeast Asia pay tribute......

The rhinoceros here in Daming is very captured, but there are still in the rainforest in Southeast Asia!

The Sumatran rhinoceros in Southeast Asia is still around until the 21st century. At this time, in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, there are basically barbarians, and there is basically nothing to do with rhinos. However, as long as the Ming Dynasty provided strong crossbows and armor-piercing arrows that could hunt rhinos, it was still possible to hunt rhinos.

In the future, as long as the Ming Dynasty notified Siam, Malacca and other countries with rhinos, let them only pay tribute to rhinoceros skins in the future, and keep those people desperately chasing and killing rhinos. After all, to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty is to make a fortune for them. The gold lord has spoken, they have to do it if they don't do it......

But even so, I'm afraid that the rhino skin that can be obtained is limited. Ma Lin estimated that the Ming Dynasty could get together 2,000 sets of rhinoceros leather armor and rhinoceros leather horse armor, which would be considered the sky. However, as the most elite killer-level heavy cavalry, this scale is also sufficient.

Moreover, the clever Emperor Zhengde decided - to walk on two legs together......

This means that on the one hand, Southeast Asian countries are required to sacrifice rhinoceros skins, and on the other hand, they are also developing normal plate knights as usual. The price of iron in the Ming Dynasty was very cheap, and the cost of a set of rhinoceros leather armor and horse armor was estimated to make dozens of sets of steel plate armor and horse armor.

It's just that there are not many warriors who can wear steel plate armor and fight as usual, but there are many people who can fight in rhinoceros leather armor. But the problem is that rhinoceros leather armor is so precious that it must be given priority to the strongest people...... Therefore, warriors who can often wear steel plate armor will give priority to wearing rhinoceros leather armor covers......

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After sending Zhengde, who was bent on forming a plate cavalry unit, Ma Lin finally found time to visit Liu Jin......

At this time, it was already the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and Yang Yiqing had deteriorated and Zhang Yong was about to return to Beijing from Ganyisu. As soon as they come back, Liu Jin must be impeached immediately. So, Ma Lin hurried to give Lao Liu a wake-up call......

However, considering the consequences of the matter being revealed, Ma Lin secretly contacted the small officer of the Jinyi Guard sent by Liu Jin to pick him up before, and asked for the regular clothes of the Jinyi Guard again, and took advantage of the night, under the cover of the little officer of the Jinyi Guard, to go to Liu Jin's mansion......

Moreover, a few days before visiting Liu Jin, Ma Lin also went around to eat and drink in those restaurants to find out the news. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain the source of the information......

Liu Jin was very happy, thinking that Ma Lin was going to give him benefits again. As a result, Marin came to the door empty-handed, which made Lao Liu very unhappy.

Ma Lin mysteriously asked Liu Jinping to retreat left and right, and then got straight to the point:

"Father-in-law Liu, you are in a big disaster!"

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