Chapter 886: Defects of High Carbon Steel Knives

In fact, it is not impossible to spread Hinduism in Japan. Historically, Hinduism flourished in Southeast Asia for a while.

In Indonesia, there have been several Hindu kingdoms throughout history. Even, in the 21st century, Bali, a famous tourist destination in Indonesia, is still a Hindu region. However, when Allahism invaded Indonesia, the more aggressive Allahist regime completely replaced the Hindu regime in Indonesia. As a result, Indonesia later became the world's number one Allahist country, and only Bali remained in the Hindu faith.

This is enough to show that Hinduism can also be spread in other parts of the world, not only in India. As for Allah, it seems to be more popular among nomads. But in agrarian societies, transmission is a bit difficult. Unless, as in ancient Southeast Asia, there are no powerful countries that can force them to spread.

Why is that? Here we have to mention the two self-binding rules of Allah - one is forbidden to drink alcohol and the other is to eat pork......

If it weren't for the ban on alcohol, perhaps Maozi would have converted to Allah's religion that year. Pork is not allowed to be eaten...... Anyway, the Han and Germans definitely didn't accept it......

In agrarian societies, pig farming is an important source of meat. Because, in an agrarian society, the land was reclaimed as farmland, and there was a lack of grassland, and it was impossible to graze sheep, which was an important production material in the cattle market...... Therefore, the main source of meat in agrarian societies is pork......

You don't allow people to eat pork, you don't let people eat meat...... In this way, it is strange that people in agrarian societies are willing to believe in Allah...... Unless, they are conquered – Indonesia, for example, violently by the fierce regime of Allah......

But it has also created a huge social problem for Indonesia – Indonesia is an agrarian country, but it embraces Allah's religion, which prohibits pork from being eaten. As a result, Indonesia suffers from a severe shortage of meat and has to import large quantities of cattle and sheep from Australia every year to supplement its meat supply. Otherwise, Indonesians won't be able to eat meat......

In fact, Indonesia is a great country for pig farming. Java has a large rice production and is naturally able to provide enough feed for pigs such as bran. If it is pig breeding, it can easily solve the problem of national meat supply.

However, Indonesia is a country of Allahism, and it is not allowed to eat pork, and naturally it does not raise pigs. Then, cattle and sheep can only be imported from Australia to obtain beef and mutton.

Because meat is dependent on imports, the price of meat in Indonesia remains high, and the people naturally cannot afford it. According to a report that Marin had read in his previous life, Indonesia's per capita meat consumption in 2016 was only 12.9 kilograms. In the same period, in Huaxia, there were 59 kilograms. Even North Korea, which is struggling with food supplies, has 13.9 kilograms, one kilogram more than Indonesia...... Only Asan is at the bottom, and the per capita meat consumption level of 4.1 kilograms can make Indonesia find some confidence...... And the 120 kg of the United States, it is even more incomparable......

In fact, Indonesia is not poor, and its GDP per capita can be $3,570, several times higher than North Korea's $665. However, because the canon does not allow the consumption of pork, the people have difficulty eating meat and rely heavily on imports.

So, if the cause of violent conquest is excluded, Allahism can only spread among nomadic peoples. In an agrarian society, it is easy to resist. For example, in Eastern Europe, Greece was occupied by Turkey for hundreds of years, and it was not converted to Allah, because these two canons hindered the spread of religion. Greece is an ancient civilization and an agrarian society. You don't let you drink alcohol, and you don't eat pork, aren't you tormenting people? Therefore, Turkey has occupied the Balkan Peninsula for hundreds of years, and only the Bosnia-Herzegovini are Allahist. In other areas, it is not green.

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Hinduism is different, Hinduism does not have these uncomfortable rules, only the prohibition of eating beef, which makes people a little uncomfortable.

If it were to be put in Europe, it would certainly be difficult for Hinduism to spread. Because, Europeans like to eat beef. But in Japan, there is absolutely no such problem. Because, like China, Japan prohibits the killing of cattle. In fact, the Japanese eat beef, which was the first of its kind by Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito at the end of the 19th century. Then, Kobe beef was also discovered......

So, there is nothing wrong with spreading Hinduism in Japan. Moreover, it can be disseminated from top to bottom to fully protect the interests of the ruling class.

In general, Hinduism is spread from the top down. Buddhism, on the other hand, is bottom-up. Because, Hinduism protects the interests of the ruling class, while Buddhism meets the needs of the lower classes (in fact, it is also blind). Therefore, in China, it is also the upper class of believers, and the common people believe in Buddhism. After all, Hinduism is not in the interests of the lower classes, and it is naturally difficult to promote it among the people. And Hinduism is very much in the interests of the upper rulers, and naturally needs to be spread from the top down......

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Marin wrote down all these thoughts, and after writing for a long time, he was also a little dizzy. So he went to the palace arena and watched Karn's animal practice martial arts.

Normally, Karn walked around the palace. If you have nothing to do, you go to the martial arts arena to practice martial arts, and beat sandbags and wooden stakes. Or lift a 200-pound boulder into the air...... As soon as Marin is about to leave the palace, Karn will follow closely to protect Marin's safety......

Today, when Marin came to the arena to relax and watch, he happened to see Karn and one of the guards testing his horse's sword skills.

The palace martial arts arena was too small to rush up. So, both of them rode on horses, moved forward at a low speed, and then slashed each other with their sabers.

Because they both wore full-body plate armor, both sides did not spare their hands when they cut each other, and their hands were heavier. As a result, the two imitation Type 65 cavalry sabers of the two collided violently together...... Then, both knives broke......

"It's broken......" Marin was a little stunned. This is specially made of high-carbon steel by myself, why is it so easy to break? And it's two when it's broken...... Usually when you fight against the iron knife made by a folk blacksmith, you cut off the opponent's knife......

But Marin quickly reacted - steel knife against iron knife, can it not win? It can be cut by high-carbon steel saber......

"It seems that high-carbon steel is hard enough, but it lacks toughness......"

Ma Lin remembered that many treasure knives in ancient China seemed to use the stacking forging method. It is the "backbone" inside the blade that uses soft steel to make the blade full of toughness. However, the surface is wrapped around the hard part, making the blade sharp and hard. When slashing at each other, they can cut off each other's swords without opening their mouths...... Alternatively, special treatments such as quenching can be used to enhance the surface strength of the sword......

In later generations, spring steel was often used to make swords, however, the edge of the sword surface was carburized to enhance the strength. In this way, the toughness of the sword is there, and the strength of the blade is enough......

In other words, the harder the sword, the better. Although high-carbon steel has high strength, it is not tough enough. If a high-carbon steel knife is slashed against a worse quality iron knife, it will naturally be able to cut the opponent. However, if you cut through the opponent's weapons, such as iron rods and heavy two-handed swords, it is easy to break yourself......

Therefore, in order not to affect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, Marin felt that it was time to improve the performance level of the cavalry knife......

Of course, Marin was referring to improving the performance level of the cavalry knives used by his own army. As for the export type of sword, it is still necessary to continue to use high-carbon steel. Anyway, the high-carbon steel sword is indeed much stronger than the pig iron sword that is now popular in Europe, and no one will say that the quality is poor when it is sold. But the weapons used by the own army naturally have to be refined, and it is necessary and necessary to improve the performance level......