The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is not only economic prosperity and splendid culture, but also military strength, sweeping all directions. There are 13 different types of armor alone: bright light, light armor, fine scales, mountain script, bird hammer, white cloth, soap juan, cloth back, infantry, leather armor, wooden armor, chains, and horse armor.

Among them, Mingguang armor is the most common and the most sophisticated.

To create a pair of Bright Light Armor, it takes between 200 and 270 man-hours alone.

Assuming that a craftsman gets a salary of 5 guan a month, the labor cost of a pair of armor is between 30 and 45 kan, and the raw material for making the armor is fine iron, which must be connected with animal skins and a silk lining.

So the cost of a pair of armor, conservatively estimated, is also 100 runs.

With the strength of Datang, it can only maintain a 60% armor rate, and a large part of it is not iron armor. But even so, it also ensures the sharpness of the Datang soldiers!

Holding a Mo knife, dressed in iron armor, a martial artist, a prosperous Tang Dynasty!

Seeing the bright light armor in front of him, it was like seeing the king and the soldier who ruled the world.

Ye Hua has been planning the invincible strong soldiers belonging to the champion Hou, and at this moment, he has a clear idea!

The remaining issues that need to be assessed are cost and process.

The pair of Mingguang armor in front of him is a dozen craftsmen such as dumb men, after tea and dinner, before going to bed, knocking out a hammer and a hammer, no matter how tired and hard they are, they have to do a little bit every day, this is their gift to Ye Hua!

If it is mass-produced, it will definitely not be the same.

The dumb man estimated that after using coke to make iron, the refined iron would have fewer impurities and be easier to process, and he estimated that 150 man-hours would almost complete a pair of armor.

The overall cost is still more than 70 times!

It's still not cheap!

Ye Hua fell into thought, and he asked the craftsmen to show all the processes to see if there was room for improvement. After a day of observation, Ye Hua found that the most time-consuming thing was the breastplate, abdominal armor, back armor and helmet!

These pieces of armor are whole, and they need to be hammered out by craftsmen, and at most more than 30,000 hammers are needed, which is time-consuming and laborious, as can be imagined.

In addition, small pieces of nail leaves, drilling, stringing, and lining can be done by ordinary craftsmen, and even women can share some of them.

The biggest problem lies ahead, what should be done?

Ye Hua quickly had an idea, in fact, it was not his invention, the craftsmen in front built a waterwheel to drive the bellows and increase the temperature of the blast furnace, since they can drive the bellows, why can't they drive the forging hammer!

Tap the armor with water!

After putting forward the idea, the craftsmen suddenly felt refreshed and realized!

That's right, the way in front of you, why didn't you think of it!

With the help of water power, not only is the power greater, but also around the clock, no need to eat and sleep, the efficiency can be imagined!

Hou Ye is really powerful, his brain is flexible!

Ye Hua came up with an idea, and the craftsmen did it, and soon modified a hydraulic forging machine.

The waterwheel turned, the hammer slammed into the fine iron, sparks splashed everywhere, and in less than half an hour, the rudiments of the armor appeared. The dumb man hurriedly went over and grabbed the iron armor with pliers.

Ooh!

It's pretty hot!

When the temperature cooled down, he tapped it with his fingers, and then took the iron bar and scratched it again, and the dumb man smiled with satisfaction. He hurriedly picked up the hammer and struck it wildly, and it was half an hour before he gasped and lifted a piece of his cuirass alof.

Compared to what they had done before, this cuirass was obviously a little dull, not so bright. After several craftsmen's tests, it was found that the hardness was almost the same.

Ye Hua also smiled, he didn't want to wear a bright armor and run to the field as a target, on the contrary, the low-key style was his favorite.

In the past, it took at least 10 days to make a cuirass, but now with a hydraulic forging machine, 10 pieces can be produced a day, and the efficiency has been increased by a hundred times!

All the craftsmen laughed.

Ye Hua immediately issued a strict order, the area of the hydraulic forging machine is the core secret of the workshop, and outsiders are not allowed to come in, let alone leak anything! This is the lifeblood of their workshop! Craftsmen who participate in the production of forging machines can get rich rewards, Ye Hua promised, each piece of armor, each reward 1 yuan, valid for 3 years.

This reward is somewhat similar to the patent fee, Ye Hua plans to promote it throughout the workshop, and no matter who has technological breakthroughs and improvements, improves efficiency, and reduces costs in the future, they can be rewarded.

However, this is only an internal rule in the workshop, and he is not prepared to go around enforcing patent law.

First, the time is not yet ripe, and secondly, although the patent law can encourage craftsmen to innovate, it will also bring about technological monopoly, and with the current status of craftsmen, even if there are patents, they will not be able to see and eat, and they will cheapen others in vain.

Of course, Ye Hua is very generous to his own workers, such as the dumb man, who got another 300 rewards with his armor technology and hydraulic forging machine.

The house in the capital has been bought by two-thirds!

Work hard, and it won't be long before you become the real owner of the house!

Earn a house in less than a year, isn't it interesting enough?

Ye Hua also stipulated that after receiving the reward and enjoying the profit of 1 yuan per pair of armor, he must bring apprentices to carry forward his skills, and he must not cherish himself. In the same way, after teaching apprentices, there are also rewards, and the dumb man once brought 5 apprentices, and this time he brought 5 apprentices.

The dumb man knows very well that among the craftsmen, his age is not too young, and he doesn't know how many years he can work, while he is still alive, he will take a few more apprentices and pass on the craftsmanship, which is the best way for him to repay the kindness of the Hou Ye!

Since the production of Mingguang armor, in the workshop, a separate ordnance department has been established, and Ye Hua has determined three fist products, one is Mingguang armor, one is Mo knife, and one is a strong crossbow!

Mo knife is a kind of infantry holding, can fight against the cavalry sharp long knife, 15 pounds, swing it, people and horses are broken, all of them are powder!

It's terrifying and fierce!

The use of Mo knives continued until the end of the Tang Dynasty, and even there were sporadic Mo knives in the five dynasties, but due to the complexity of the process and the high cost, they gradually disappeared.

Ye Hua's craftsmen, a few years old, have not only seen the Mo knife, but also built it with their own hands, now with fine iron, and a hydraulic forging machine, they are full of confidence, and they will be able to reproduce the glory of the Mo knife hand!

In addition to armor and weapons, there are crossbow arrows.

This is Ye Hua's strength, his improved three-bow bed crossbow has made a great contribution, after returning to the Great Zhou, Guo Wei immediately issued an order, let him hand over the bed crossbow, and ordered the craftsman to step up imitation, as a treasure.

However, Ye Hua wanted to say that the copycat is the copycat, and Lao Tzu is the genuine product, wait, I want to surprise everyone!

Ye Hua rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go all out to create the sharpest crossbow arrow.

Before he could do it, Zhao Kuangyin and Yang Ye came to him.

"We are willing to gamble and lose, and we will lose to you in fists, kicks and marksmanship." Zhao Kuangyin said: "When you want to learn, I will teach you." Yang Ye nodded.

Ye Hua remembered that the three-month contract seemed to have expired.

"How's it going, the price of the shop has gone up?"

"It's not just coming up, it's doubled!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a dark face.

"Oh! That's a bit of a lot, huh? What's going on? Ye Hua said curiously.

Zhao Kuangyin snorted, "What else can I do, there is a big wrong!" The Dou family didn't know what medicine they had taken wrong, so they had to buy a shop on Champion Street, no matter how much it was, they didn't care. ”

Ye Hua was stunned for a moment, and almost laughed. This is to love and kill each other to the end!

Anyway, the Dou family has a thick foundation, so let them toss.

"That...... Can we discuss, one sheep is also driven, two sheep are also herded, you teach me one, and it is the same as teaching me the part......"