Chapter 497: The Great Chaos of the Japanese Kingdom is about to begin
Zhen Qian believed that Shao Er Dongshang knew the value of these two Tang knives, nodded, and took out two pieces of armor from the wooden box, one was full-body chain mail, and the other was half-body plate armor.
Chain mail is also known as ring lock armor in ancient times, which is generally made of iron wire or iron ring buckle to form a garment, each ring is buckled with another four rings, shaped like a net lock, and the production materials are different in different civilizations. It is said that in the 5th century B.C. or earlier, it may have been the Scythians in the northern part of the Black Sea who first invented chain mail, which was introduced to China around the Han Dynasty and improved many times. ”
Chain mail was very popular in the Tang Dynasty and was listed as one of the thirteen types of armor in the army.
Any piece of armor has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the biggest advantage of chain mail is that it is defended against arrows, swords, spears and other sharp weapons.
The biggest disadvantage is that it is soft, and it is difficult to resist when the sharp sword stabs at it, and if it is smashed down by heavy weapons such as meteor hammers and maces, the chain mail will be ineffective. And the production is quite complicated and cumbersome, and the cost is high. Generally speaking, the finer the iron ring, the better the protection performance, and each iron ring must be welded and connected, and the workload can be imagined.
Plate armor is made of a single sheet of metal, but the premise is that the soldier wearing the plate armor must be able to move, and must be flexible, otherwise it is equivalent to using metal skin to buckle the soldier up, which is not protection, but captivity. Therefore, the plate armor must be a part by part, and the joint part is the joint.
The upper body of the plate armor is the main body, called the cuirass, also known as the "iron shoulder", and the front chest and back are a whole plate. On the arm, there are two plates, the upper arm board and the lower arm board, the elbow joint is connected, and it is not a whole cylinder, focusing on protecting the front, and there is a gap in the back.
The lower body of the plate armor is divided into several parts, the thighs, calves, knees, and feet, respectively, there are protective plates, while there are no protective plates on the inner side of the thigh, behind the buttocks, and above the knee bend, because if you add protective plates to these places, you will not be able to ride a horse or move.
Plate mail is not as light as chain mail, but it has stronger defense, especially against frontal impact protection.
Shao Er Dongshang is a person who knows the goods, needless to say, two Tang knives of Uzi steel, the price is definitely more than two thousand guan, ordinary chain mail and plate armor are not expensive, but the two pieces of armor in front of him are obviously not ordinary, the chain mail is very light in the hand, more than twice as light as the ordinary chain mail, and the iron rings are more tightly interlocked, which means stronger defense. The plate armor in front of him is the same, light and strong, although it has not been tested with real swords and guns, it is definitely the best of the best, and the value should be more than two thousand.
Money is not a problem for Shao Er Dongshang, the problem is that there is money and no place to buy this kind of weapons and equipment, and the quantity is too scarce.
"This ...... This gift is too expensive, isn't it? "Shao Er Dongshang is already a little incoherent when he speaks, especially these two pieces of armor, even if the life-saving things are worth it, even if they are expensive.
The Fujiwara Brushing Male family is richer than the young two Dongshang, but Fujiwara Brushing Male can't be the master of the Fujiwara clan, and he buys his own things on credit in Hizen Country, and in the end it was Zhen Qian who came up with the idea to use the mine to pay off the debt, which did not make Fujiwara Brushing Male become a "loser!" ”
Shao Er Dongshang is different, he has been guarding the Hizen country for a long time, and he doesn't know if the family is rich, or the means to scrape, he bought weapons and equipment and splashed out like tens of thousands of water, without blinking his eyelids, it would be a loss if such a good customer was not caught.
"Shao Erjun also spent more than 100,000 yuan to buy my weapons and equipment, and he also gave the Osumi Islands to Zaixia, what can this gift be?"
Zhen Qian was happy in his heart, just the ransom of Shao Er Dongshang was more than 100,000 guan, what can a gift of several thousand guan be, not to mention the Osumi Islands? I made a lot of money, but I don't know if Shao Er Dongshang will regret ......it afterwards.
Shao Erdong Shang was also very happy, and once again spoke out to retain Zhen Qian, hoping that Zhen Qian could stay in Miyazaki Port for a few more days, so that Shao Erdong could still fulfill the friendship of the landlord.
Saikaido was about to be in chaos, and at this time, Zhen Qian didn't want people to know that he had any intimate dealings with Shao Erdong, so he only replenished some urgently needed fresh water and vegetables on the ship at Miyazaki Port and left to return home.
Zhen Qian didn't want to see the Japanese infighting, the battle of thousands of people was a big war in the eyes of the Japanese people, and it was indeed the case in the Japanese country, but Zhen Qian had seen the equipment of the Japanese soldiers, and none of the thousands of people were wearing armor, and the bow and crossbow equipment was only two or three percent, and the long-range weapons were pitiful, and the two sides fought more hand-to-hand with each other, competing for the will to fight, and such a battle was not only cruel, but not a little of the art and beauty of war.
Especially when Shao Er Dongshang bought a large number of bows and arrows from Zhen Qian, plus the assistance of fire oil bombs and thunderbolts across the era, if under the advantage of this weapon, coupled with the help of Satsuma and Hyuga, he could not defeat Osumi Country, Zhen Qian thought that such a pig-like teammate should not be needed.
When returning to Hizen Country, Zhen Qian turned a corner in Luerbend, and stayed at the seaside of Luercheng for a while with some curiosity, of course, Zhen Qian had no intention of reporting the news, even if he said it, the other party might not necessarily believe it, but just wanted to take a look at Kagoshima City in the future from a distance.
"Zhen Lang, why don't we stay here and watch the battle secretly!"
Wang Tianxing didn't understand why he didn't watch the good show of dogs beating dogs, and even wondered if he could fish in troubled waters and make a big profit?
"You don't think we can fight four or five thousand Japanese soldiers, do you?"
"We don't let them find out about us!" Wang Tianxing continued to argue.
"The battlefield of four or five thousand Japanese soldiers is at least ten miles away, and the tanma is even more than fifty miles away, do you think we can avoid the tracking of these tanma? I don't understand this bit of military common sense, I think after you go back, go to the martial arts hall to learn it! Zhen Qian began to threaten.
The lecture hall is a place dedicated to training soldiers in the wolf's den, not only to learn military knowledge, but also to learn how to manage the army, there are a lot of things to learn, Wang Tianxing stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to speak anymore, he was at the bottom of the lecture hall, that was a living crime!
Zhen Qian turned around in Lu'er, and sighed in his heart that there were really a lot of excellent seaports in the Japanese country, and if he mastered the advanced shipbuilding and navigation technology, it would inevitably become a big disaster.
This time, Zhen Qian did not return to the Wufeng Islands, but went directly to Saga Town in Hizen Province, where he waited for the reply of the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, even if the Emperor finally repented, he would take it with him for more than a year, and then return to Datang when the time was ripe.