The inspection of the armor area warehouse made Zhao Ziliang more disappointed, the armor armor built by the armor factory is not inferior to the Mingguang armor and horse armor built by the imperial court ordnance supervisor, due to the use of new metallurgical technology and production process technology, the defense of the armor is stronger than the armor of the imperial court, and the cost is lower, Zhao Ziliang is more disappointed that the production of armor in this armor factory is seriously insufficient, mainly because of the lack of armor craftsmen and the armor making process is too complex and time-consuming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition to the heart goggles, the other parts of the armor are connected with a piece of armor leaves with specially treated hemp rope or cow tendon, and an armor needs as many as several thousand pieces of armor, plus shoulder pads, arm guards, and battle skirts, if you want to make a set of armor, it takes more time than a day or two, and it is simpler to build the armor of ordinary soldiers, just weave the armor leaves into a armor with hemp rope, and you don't need shoulder pads, arm guards, and battle skirts, but the armor above the captain can't be so casually shoddy, The amount of time it took was not comparable to the armor worn by a few ordinary soldiers.

After turning around the armor warehouse, Zhao Ziliang sighed: "The output of armor still can't keep up?" ”

Fu Kun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is no urgency for armor, and there is not enough manpower in armor making, it is unlikely that we can meet our military needs without relying on the imperial court to supply ourselves, at least not in terms of armor and crossbows for the time being."

Zhao Ziliang picked up the upper body of a piece of armor and looked at it, this is an armor worn by a general, the workmanship is very fine, the size, thickness and shape of the nail leaves are exactly the same, and the gloss of each nail leaf is very high, obviously it has been carefully polished, but this way of making armor is really too time-consuming and labor-intensive.

He remembered that the armor of the Western world first used chain mail, the advantage of chain mail is that it is flexible, and it has little impact on action when worn on the body, but its defense against arrows is not satisfactory, chain mail has been used in the Western world for thousands of years, until someone found that the whole iron plate can effectively defend against the blow of arrows, and then there is plate armor, the so-called plate armor is a whole piece of iron plate before and after, and then directly use the steel plate, the toughness is greatly improved, and the general arrow whether it is a long shot or a close shot has no effect on it, Only large crossbow bolts can defend against piercing it.

The other processes of plate armor are not very troublesome, but it takes a lot of effort to create two large steel plates before and after, this steel plate must be formed by continuous beating with the whole steel block, the material requirements for the steel block are relatively high, the carbon content and impurities can not be too high, too high and easy to break when hitting, the carbon content can not be too low, too low and the hardness is not enough, and it is necessary to use a hammer to keep beating until it is beaten into a whole steel plate, and it is best to polish it smooth, spending so much effort to build a plate armor must not make it too ugly, It is just for ordinary soldiers to use, but to wear it to the generals above the captain must require fine craftsmanship and beautiful styles, so the time required to create a complete plate armor is definitely not less than making a pair of chain mail, but its defense is indeed much stronger than chain mail, and its armor is also higher than chain mail, so even in a powerful country like Byzantium in the West, it cannot be equipped to the whole army, as long as middle and senior officers and generals can wear it, It was not until the use of stamping technology that the manufacturing time of plate armor was greatly shortened, and the Western army installed plate armor on a large scale, especially the Guards, the emperor's personal soldiers, which were basically a set of personnel.

Plate armor is not able to defend against all arrow attacks, it can only protect the parts it covers, mainly the torso, arms, arms, waist down, and even throat These parts are still unobstructed, easy to be shot by arrows, in general, it is much better than chain mail, if it is equipped to heavy cavalry, the war horse is also covered with horse armor, the bow and arrow is almost useless against the heavy cavalry equipped with plate armor, unless some unlucky ghost is shot by the arrow in the eyes and throat, which are very small parts of the target.

Zhao Ziliang thought about it, the steel blocks from the steel factory of Xilin Shou Iron and Steel Factory can be used to make plate armor, but if you want to equip the plate armor to the army on a large scale, you must use stamping technology, and the power that can be used in this era is only human and animal power, and you want to use human and animal power in stamping technology, this power is still a little worse, and now in the absence of steam engine to provide power, only water power is most likely to be used, if you can design a transmission device to use water power as the power of stamping technology, Initial industrialization can be carried out, and this is still pollution-free.

Zhao Ziliang said to Fu Kun: "In this way, from now on, your weapons factory will be renamed the first weapons factory, which is only responsible for casting weapons, and separate the craftsmen who make bows and crossbows and armor and armor here, and after a while, I will set up the second weapons factory and the third weapons factory respectively, which are responsible for making bows and crossbows and armor, military uniforms, shoes and socks."

"This ·······" Fu Kun hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "No! ”

Next, Zhao Ziliang and others continued to travel west, arrived at Broken Leaf City, and inspected the military and political affairs of many towns under the jurisdiction of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion here, there are many problems in the military and political affairs of the towns under the Broken Leaf Governor's Office, although it is not a particularly big problem, but now it has reached the point where it has to be rectified.

Over the years, the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion has been in charge of military and political affairs by Lai Yao, although Lai Yao has led troops, he can govern the place well, and he is also a civil and military all-round figure in this era, but after all, Lai Yao is a child of a feudal family, and he has many scruples in the south, and his hands and feet are bound, and his vision and knowledge are very limited.

Over the years, the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion has abandoned a lot of fields under the governance of Lai Yao, the military discipline of the army is relatively loose, and the management of the barbarians is much more lax than before, he has served in the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion for too long, and he has already had his own group of people, these people are uneven, among them, there are not a few people who are corrupt and pervert the law, engage in fraud, deceive the superiors and subordinates, deduct military salaries, and implement a harsh government system for the people under their rule. can't stand the officials under his command from doing these illegal things behind his back, and he himself is not unaware, but he can't break his own foundation and attack his own people, so he can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, and it is precisely because of his conniving attitude that Zhao Ziliang decided to move his position after taking over the Beiting Jiedu Envoy.

Lai Yao's father is Lai Yao, Lai Yao used to be quite prestigious in Beiting, and he has a wide range of contacts in the court, Zhao Ziliang used to want to move Lai Yao's position, but he was afraid of Lai Yao's face, and he never put it into practice, since he took over the Beiting Festival Envoy, he did not have this scruples, Lai Yao was transferred by him to Tingzhou as a soldier and horse envoy, and now the soldiers and horses envoy Yamen are all his people, Lai Yao basically does not have much power, can only manage the Tingzhou City Guard.

After the position of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion became vacant, Zhao Ziliang transferred Chu Ge from the position of the desert military envoy to Broken Leaf City as the governor of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and his old subordinate Wei Meng served as the desert military envoy.

This time, Zhao Ziliang came to Broken Leaf City with an inspection team, on the one hand, he wanted to see the achievements of Chu Ge since he took office, on the other hand, he also supported Chu Ge, and secondly, he inspected the military and political affairs under the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion.

The results of the inspection made Zhao Ziliang quite disappointed, maybe it was too long to stay in comfort, many officials under the rule of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion were superficial when dealing with official affairs, although this is located on the border, but after all, this is one of the most important transit stations on the Silk Road, and the economic level is also one of the best towns along the Silk Road.

Zhao Ziliang and others stayed here for five days, during which many officials complained to Zhao Ziliang, all of them were aimed at Chu Ge, but all of them were suppressed by Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang also sent people to send these cases to Chu Ge.

In December, Zhao Ziliang and his entourage returned to Tingzhou, and only after holding several successive military and political meetings to arrange government and military affairs did they have some free time to accompany their families.

"Father, I don't accept it, why did you let me be a soldier, but let my brother be a captain in the mansion?" Zhao Ting snorted and walked over and asked Zhao Ziliang very dissatisfied.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Yohe, are you still not convinced?" If you don't accept it, you have to accept it! I tell you, don't covet your brother, when the New Year comes, he will also go down to the army to start as a small soldier! You brothers not only have to complete the training tasks in the army, but also have to complete the additional cultivation tasks I assigned to you, I will send someone to keep an eye on you, if you are lazy, someone will tell me, and then see how I treat you! Today is not a day off, how did you run back from the barracks? ”

At this time, Nie Sanniang walked in from outside and said: "You are often not at home, the children miss you a lot, I heard that you are back, don't you Ting'er take leave from your boss before coming back!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and he nodded and said to Zhao Ting: "Even if you kid still have a little conscience, I know that I will come back to see you Lao Tzu on leave, okay, you are also dusty, you are all dusty, go wash and eat!" ”

Nie Sanniang chuckled, pointed at the two of them and said, "Your father and son are all people who want to die to save face and suffer crimes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang scolded: "You girl knows a fart, men naturally have a man's way of communication, and father and son are no exception, how can you grind and chirp!" By the way, did Zheng San come, I asked someone to call him, why didn't he come? ”

Nie Sanniang said: "The person is here, and he is talking to Lei'er in the outer hall."

Zhao Ziliang got up and said, "Then I'll go see him and talk to him about something." (To be continued.) )