Cao Shuo took Wei Tu to the barracks, and Sima Yi was already waiting at Yuanmen.

Seeing him coming, Sima Yi said: "Childe, I found a craftsman, but they all said that you can't make armor out of paper. ”

"What do they say?" Cao Shuo asked.

"I found two craftsmen, and Childe will know if they ask." Sima Yi led Cao Shuo to his barracks.

"Go back and have someone bring me the thorns and stirrups." Cao Shuo said: "I want to see if it's like what I said." ”

Sima Youyi answered and accompanied him to the door of the barracks.

Several paper-making craftsmen had been waiting in the room for a long time.

Seeing Cao Shuo coming, they hurriedly saluted.

Cao Shuo returned the salute and asked them, "Is there no way to make armor out of paper?" ”

"The paper is too thin and too soft." A craftsman took out a yellowed piece of Caihou paper and said to Cao Shuo: "Don't talk about swords, guns, swords, and halberds, even if it rains, it can drench it." ”

"I didn't say I wanted to use Cai Hou paper." Cao Shuo said: "Use more delicate paper. ”

Several craftsmen were stunned for a moment, and the eldest one said: "Childe, besides Caihou paper, what other paper is there?" ”

"Polishing the pulp more delicately, and removing more impurities." Cao Shuo said: "Cai Hou's paper is rough, of course he can't make armor. ”

"The Caihou paper here is the best paper that can be made right now." The old craftsman said, "If it is delicate, it is really difficult to do." ”

"Do your best." Cao Shuo smiled slightly and said to a few craftsmen: "You can find more people and study them carefully." I know that paper can be made more delicately, and if you can make better paper, there will not be so many people writing on silk and bamboo slips, and your life will be better. ”

Several craftsmen responded, and Cao Shuo waved his hand.

When they pushed it out, Sima Yi asked, "Childe, can paper really be made into armor?" ”

"Why not?" Cao Shuo said: "Water droplets can also penetrate stones, as long as the paper is delicate enough, and many papers are glued together and compacted, the hardness and toughness are far greater than cowhide." ”

"I really didn't expect that." Sima Yi said: "Childe's whimsical ideas are ...... what people can't"

"What's the use of a whimsy." Cao Shuo said: "I can think of a lot of things, but unfortunately many of them can't be made!" ”

Coming from 2,000 years later, he certainly knows a lot.

Not to mention intercontinental missiles, as long as he can build a tank, he can go sideways in this era.

However, that's just an unrealistic idea.

Not to mention tanks, with the current industrial level, it is impossible for him to even make guns.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no steel, only iron with more impurities.

It's one thing to not be able to make a seamless steel pipe, and even if it is made, with the heat resistance and toughness of iron, it can't support the bullet launch at all.

Hot weapons are destined to be just a concept in Cao Shuo's mind.

He knew this very well, so he never fantasized about creating a batch of modern weapons to cross the battlefield.

The only way to gain a foothold on the battlefield is to build the most advanced weapons that can be manufactured according to the current level of craftsmanship.

"I'll have someone go and bring the thorns and stirrups." Sima Yi said.

Cao Shuo nodded.

Sima Yi instructed the guards to fetch two things.

After a while, the guards fetched the spurs and stirrups.

After taking the military thorn, Cao Shuo looked at it for a while and said, "The appearance is somewhat similar, but it is a little brittle." ”

"The best iron was used." Sima Yi said: "If you want to build something better, you can only buy Wusha from merchants in the Western Regions. However, Wusha is very expensive, and a bucket of Wusha can be exchanged for a bucket of gold beads. ”

"So expensive?" Cao Shuo asked, "Apart from the merchants of the Western Regions, where else can I find it?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head: "Only the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions are rich in Wusha. ”

"There's one more thing besides Usha." Cao Shuo said: "You have to prepare some money. ”

"How much does Childe want?" Sima Yi asked.

"That's enough to buy a thousand northern horses." Cao Shuo said: "I have to fully equip the immortal camp, and I have to leave some to train other soldiers." ”

"A thousand horses?" Sima Yi shook his head and said, "No! ”

"No?" Cao Shuo was stunned: "Where did Zhou Hao get all the ones earlier?" ”

"Childe!" Sima Yi said: "With so many soldiers, the money is simply not enough. These days are stirrups again, and each soldier is equipped with enough weapons to equip three soldiers under the command of others. There is also the fact that Childe has opened so many taverns, and although he can earn some money by buying a woman to take care of the guests in the tavern, it is just starting now, and the capital has not come back, so what is the money enough for? A thousand horses, you can't afford it! ”

Cao Shuo only thought that Zhou Hao had made a lot of valuable things some time ago, and he really didn't think about the cost being too big.

As soon as Sima Yi settled the accounts, he realized that so much money was simply not enough to support the establishment of an army he imagined.

"What has Zhou Hao been doing lately?" Cao Shuo asked.

"What else can he do?" Sima Yi said: "The graves near Xudu are almost finished by him, and he has run farther recently, and he can only come back once every ten days and half a month." ”

"Nothing of value later?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"I brought some back, but they weren't worth anything." Sima Yi said: "Gongzi said earlier that if Zhou Hao finds good things, we will only keep one percent, and all the others will be handed over to the treasury. ”

"Am I paying a little too much?" Cao Shuo asked.

"What does Childe think?" Sima Yi said: "The cost of the immortal camp is too great, and I have never seen such a weapon for soldiers." ”

"Weapons must not be saved." Cao Shuo said: "When the horses come, I plan to build a batch of heavy armor." With stirrups, cavalry is no longer just harassing and raiding, they can also charge head-on. ”

"Childe doesn't want to make heavy armor for horses, does he?" Sima Yi said: "It costs more, and the money is not enough at all!" ”

"Zhongda don't open your mouth and shut up is money, how vulgar it sounds." Cao Shuo said: "We are all people with status, how can we be like a lady in the market, hanging money all day long." ”

Sima Yi was full of black lines.

He muttered in his heart, but he didn't want to talk about money, but why didn't he want money?

Childe is whimsical all day long, and although these things are said to be useful, they cost a lot.

Without a strong source of money, it won't be long before the undead battalion and those thousands of reservists have to be disbanded!

"It's not that I want to talk about money, but we really don't have money." Sima Yi said.

"Tell Zhou Hao that he will get things back in the future, and leave thirty percent for us to use." Cao Shuo said: "Seventy percent to the treasury is a lot!" ”

"Unless you find a big tomb like last time, there's not much at all." Sima Yi sighed.

"I know that it is difficult for a daughter-in-law to cook without rice." Cao Shuo said: "Now we have no food at home, but it is really difficult for you to make delicious meals!" ”