When everyone saw the down jacket, they had puzzled expressions on their faces.

The down jacket looked very ordinary. The outside is made of cotton cloth, and large and small lattices are sewn with threads on the cotton cloth, which seems to be used to fix the warmth inside the cotton cloth. No matter how you look at it, this down jacket is no different from ordinary padded clothing.

Li Zhi said: "This down jacket is made of goose or duck fluff as filling, and the warmth effect is excellent. ”

All the officials looked puzzled. Obviously, few of the people present had raised ducks and geese, and they didn't know what duck down and goose down were.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "The so-called goose down and duck down is the hair that grows between the neck and the chest and abdomen of the goose and duck without feathers, and its warmth and cold resistance are the best in the whole body hair." In addition, because the fluff in this part has no feather stems, it is very soft, the fibers are long and the fluffiness is high, and the folding volume is small, so it is an excellent material for making down jackets. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

Li Zhi said: "The down jacket made of goose down and duck down has an excellent warmth effect. At the same weight, this down jacket is even more effective than bearskin deerskin. ”

The officials looked at the down jacket in amazement, and they were amazed.

If it is really as good as the king of the county said, then this down jacket is really a weapon to overcome the cold.

Zhong Feng rubbed his hands and said, "Lord Wang, can I try it on?" ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Wear!" You wear it and look at it. ”

Zhong Feng stepped forward and took the down jacket from the guard. Putting the down jacket on his body, Zhong Feng walked directly out of the gate of the second hall, standing in the snow outside the door, and did not speak for a long time.

He felt the temperature rise in his body.

The officials looked at each other for a while, took out their coats and coats from the hangers, and followed Zhong Feng out of the outdoors to see the effect of this down jacket.

Many of the officials wore cotton clothes, grinning in the cold wind outside. They looked at Zhong Feng blankly, waiting for him to say how he felt about trying it on.

At this time, the outdoor temperature in Tianjin is about minus five or six degrees, and the down jacket produced by Li Zhi is a thickened type, which has an excellent warmth effect at such a temperature. After a while, Zhong Feng felt warm all over his body.

Zhong Feng shouted loudly: "It's warm, it's really warm, it's much warmer than a cotton jacket, it's almost time to catch up with my mink coat!" ”

Zhong Feng walked a few steps in the snow, laughed, and said, "It's so warm, even the cold wind is not afraid to blow!" It's magical! ”

The officials' eyes lit up and they were very excited, and they all looked at the down jacket on Zhong Feng's body.

Li Zhi laughed and said: "This down jacket is not as difficult to obtain as animal fur, and it can be produced in large quantities by raising some ducks and geese, which is a good thing that is economical and efficient." ”

"A puffer jacket is a great way to keep out the cold in winter. All the officials are important ministers of my town and nine provinces, and the widow will give each of you a newly made down jacket. ”

Li Zhi waved his hand, and the guards ran into the warehouse of the palace and took out more than a dozen down jackets.

Everyone immediately smiled happily and happily put on red down jackets. They walked back and forth in the snow and soon felt the warmth brought by the eiderdown goose down.

"Warm! It's so warm! ”

"It's not cold at all in the snow!"

"Lord Wang! It's a weapon! A rare weapon to keep out the cold! ”

"The prince is really a saint!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "There are now 20,000 down jackets in the warehouse. All of them were issued to the most elite front selection division to keep out the cold, so that the front selection division could go north to attack the White Russia that invaded the northeast. ”

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Li Zhi took Li Laosi to walk in the arsenal of Fanjiazhuang.

The army of the Mughal Empire pressed the border, and Li Laosi was unable to repel the incoming enemy with the 110,000 Yizi battalion and the warrior army, so he had to go to Tianjin to ask for help from the king of the county.

Li Zhi's navy had steamships, and transportation was convenient, and he rode from Burma to Vietnam, and then took a steamer from Vietnam to Tianjin. Together, it's a matter of ten days.

Li Zhi was also very happy about the arrival of Zhennanbo Li Laosi. Li Laosi was worried about the problem, but Li Zhi didn't think it was a big problem at all.

In order to help the Yizi battalion and the samurai army defeat Humayun's 200,000-strong army, Li Zhi had the arsenal start producing new weapons.

Today, Li Zhi took Li Laosi into the arsenal to see the real thing.

Today, the arsenal in Fanjiazhuang has been expanded several times and has a scale of several thousand people. Instead of making guns by hand, craftsmen of all kinds generally use the latest machine tools. What boring machines, lathes, drilling machines, broaching machines, all kinds of machinery fill the arsenal workshop.

Moreover, these machines are driven by the latest steam engines, which are powerful and highly efficient.

Li Laosi hadn't walked into the arsenal for a long time, and he stood in front of the latest horizontal boring machine and sighed with admiration.

The new boring machine with front and rear columns and a workbench was very complex.

"Lord Wang, I can still understand those simple machine tools in the past, one is a rotation, one is advancing and retreating. Now the machine is getting more and more complicated, and there are so many transmissions, I just can't understand it at all. How does it work? ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about how to use it, you just need to put forward the demand." ”

Li Laosi licked his lips and said: "The Yizi Battalion and the Samurai Army have 110,000 people, and they have to face more than 200,000 Indian soldiers and horses, I don't know if the prince has a clever plan!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Humayun attacked your garrison in Burma, and the strength was twice as large as yours. ”

Li Laosi nodded and said, "Lord Mingjian." ”

Li Zhi said: "The area around Myanmar is full of mountains and dense forests, and even if the Yizi battalion has 60,000 standard rifles, it will not be able to shoot the enemy behind the trees in the dense forest. In Burma, there is only one shot at any weapon. ”

Li Laosi nodded and said, "That's right!" ”

Li Zhi said again: "And the Yizi Battalion and the Samurai Army are not good at archery. Not to mention the samurai army, they have never used firearms at all, and even if they are equipped with rifles, it is estimated that they will not be able to fight accurately. And the Yizi battalion was also very hasty, and until now it has been on foreign expeditions, and has never practiced shooting hard. ”

"If there is a real fight, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of the 110,000 second-line troops in Myanmar is similar to that of the Indian army."

"And India has twice as many soldiers and horses as ours."

Li Laosi arched his hand at Li Zhiyi and said, "The prince has insight into every detail, and the current situation is exactly like this. ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Don't worry, I'll produce a handy weapon for your 110,000 army." Guaranteed to multiply the combat effectiveness of your soldiers and horses. ”

Li Laosi was stunned and asked, "What kind of weapon, please make it clear to the prince." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and led Li Laosi out of this factory building and into another huge musket factory.

Li Zhi took out a new rifle with a large caliber from the finished product of the factory, and said: "Li Laosi, I will equip you with a shotgun that is extremely powerful at close range and can hit the enemy with your eyes closed!" ”