Chapter 78 Procurement of Equipment

At the dinner in the mansion that night, Zhu Zhenguo was in a very happy mood, Sun Sichao called a poem and wrote a poem, called a poem, and bought one and got two free, called a song, Zhu Zhenguo is a poem is not enjoyable, and it has been new repeatedly. Sun Sichao, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, was even more excited by Zhu Zhenguo and drank a lot of wine.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhenguo went to Ouyang Mansion to meet him, and thanked his master Ouyang Zheng, but Ouyang Zheng didn't feel that he had helped much. is more of an official mentality, but it is almost the same as Sun Sichao's thoughts.

After meeting Ouyang Zheng, Zhu Zhenguo went straight to the market after leaving Ouyang Mansion.

Zhu Zhenguo had already thought about what he needed in his heart, and armor came first.

There are many kinds of armor in this world, most of the general generals are Huaguang armor, which can cover more than 90% of the whole body, and there is thickened protection in important parts, even on the back of the hand, this kind of armor costs at least two hundred taels of silver, and the number of hand-made products is extremely low. The weight is as high as dozens of catties.

The second-level iron armor, most of the elite ordinary officers in the border towns wear this armor, which is made of wrought iron to cover the main parts of the body, and most of the other places are connected with leather armor, and the protective effect is also quite good.

The second level is leather armor, and most of the body is covered with cooked cowhide. The protective effect is also not bad, the toughness of cooked cowhide is really excellent, and it is difficult to break through long-distance arrows and crossbows and blunt swords.

In Dahua, the troops with complete armor are only the elite in the border towns, and even the general border troops will not have complete armor for self-defense. Not to mention the matter of armor at the local health center.

The armor that Zhu Zhenguo wants to make is actually a combination of leather armor and iron armor, with a small amount of wrought iron protecting several important parts such as the chest, and other places are made of cooked cowhide. This is not only simple to make, but also acceptable in cost, the women of the clan and the general blacksmith can complete it, and a set of ten or twenty taels is probably enough.

Zhu Zhenguo took his three companions and went straight to the market, ordering a large amount of wrought iron from the blacksmith shop he had been to before, and the blacksmith shop helped buy wrought iron from traders from all over the world and transport it to Zhujiazhuang.

However, this cowhide is relatively difficult to obtain, and in the Dahua law, it is stipulated that cattle killers are sentenced to hard labor and imprisonment, and no cattle are allowed to be slaughtered. Even if the cow dies unexpectedly or dies, the government must send an official to verify the situation and prove that the cow died by itself and was not killed, otherwise he will be imprisoned and punished.

In ancient China, it was also the same rule, which was also the way to guarantee the work of the people in agriculture and labor.

When the Dahua Imperial Court was founded, cowhides were all to be collected by the government as strategic reserve resources. It's just a few hundred years of peace, and this provision has long been slowly abandoned, so the people can still buy cowhides, but the quantity is not much.

Zhu Zhenguo found a grocery vendor, reported his identity, paid some deposit gold and silver taels, promised a heavy profit, and asked the vendor to help him collect cowhides, as long as he received the cowhides and sent them to Zhujiazhuang, there would be a lot of profits.

However, there is another important thing that is difficult to operate, that is, Zhu Zhenguo has always longed for the military horses, the best horses from the northwest, tall and long, and explosive Turkic horses are the best war horses.

The second is the grassland horse in the north, the grassland horse is shorter than the Turkic war horse, but it has another advantage, the endurance is amazing, and it is easy to feed, and ordinary forage can also raise the horse very well.

Whether it is a healthy horse over there, it is what Zhu Zhenguo wants to get the most. The Dahua Imperial Court also explicitly forbade the sale of war horses by the people, but Zhujiazhuang will be regarded as a regular army in the future, and there is no problem in buying and selling war horses. However, Zhu Zhenguo has no way at all, and Dajiang County is also in the hinterland of Dahua, and there is no opportunity to contact horse dealers.

There are only horses in the river, and the horses are also called short horses, and most of them are used for pulling carts and camel goods in the countryside, and camels can also be used to hurry. In addition to being easy to feed and having good stamina, the pony has no other advantages. Not to mention the northwest horse, even if it is better than the grassland horse, it is 108,000 miles different.

After a certain matter, Zhu Zhenguo returned to Zhu's house, and hurriedly went into the study to take out a pen and paper and write a letter, and knew about the affairs of the military guard in Hedao Township with Zhujiazhuang.

By the time everything was arranged, it was almost 10 p.m.

After returning in the afternoon, Tie Niu went to the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall for a turn, and had just returned at this time.

"Young master, what did you know about me in the Martial Arts Pavilion?" Tie Niu said excitedly.

"What's the matter, you iron bull still learn from others to sell the guanzi." Zhu Zhen National Road.

"Hey, hey... In the past few days, some green skins in the city have come to the martial arts hall to pay the money. Tie Niu said with a smile.

"Oh? You don't say that I forgot about it, how many people have come to pay the money? And how many gambling houses have not come to pay the money? "Zhu Zhenguo has been worried about the matter of the military guard in this river channel for the past few days, but he really forgot about it.

"Ah??? I didn't ask much about that. "Where will Iron Bull be a person who thinks more about things.

"Tie Niu, you really haven't grown at all, no wonder Miss Ouyang said that you are a stupid cow, send someone to quickly go to the martial arts hall to ask which ones did not come to pay the money, and which one is the most powerful among the money that did not pay." Zhu Zhenguo wants to completely end the matter of paying the money.

"Oh, young master, I'll ask the little guy to ask." Tie Niu was taught a few words, and he was also stupid.

"Hurry up." Zhu Zhenguo looked at the hour and ordered.

After Tie Niu went out and ordered a small servant, the little servant got into the carriage and went straight to the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall to ask.

After two or three moments, the little servant rushed back again. There are quite a few people in the city who don't come to pay the regular money, and the largest one of them is this lucky gambling house.

After Zhu Zhenguo found out, he directly picked up the long knife on the side, took the iron bull and the first line, and the three of them and six or seven strong men went straight to the Zhaocai gambling house.

The Fortune Gambling House is not in the center of the busy street, only at the end of the market, the door face is not big, the plaque is also very small, just look at this face but do not think this gambling house is how profitable the place is.

Zhu Zhenguo and a few people asked for the road on the side of the road, and it took two times to find the place.

Zhu Zhenguo went straight to the small door covered with linen cloth and entered, there were a few small guys gathered at the door, and he was about to come up to greet him, and as soon as he got close to the smiling face, Tie Niu went up and pushed aside the small guys, making way out for Zhu Zhenguo to go straight in.

As soon as you enter this fortune gambling house, there are more than a dozen gambling tables of all sizes, surrounded by hundreds of people.

There is a small house outside the gambling house to welcome customers, and there are small houses inside to pick up customers, and I saw more than a dozen strong men coming in, and the one in front of him was richly dressed, thinking that it was a distinguished guest, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Childe... The little guy was about to say a flattering opening remark.

"Needless to say, just tell Uncle how I play." Zhu Zhenguo directly interrupted the politeness of the little guy.

"Uncle, the easiest way to play is to bet on the size and odd and even." The smiling faces of the little guy are not reduced, and all kinds of guests have also seen a lot, and they know how to serve them properly.

"Okay, you go aside, and the uncle plays by himself." Zhu Zhenguo didn't want to say more, he was here to find trouble today, it would be useless to say more, first understand the situation of the casino by himself, and wait for the lion to open his mouth.

After Zhu Zhenguo finished speaking, he pointed to a large table in front of him, Tie Niu and Shouxing immediately understood the meaning, and went straight to the front, pulling the crowd slowly around left and right.

"Which little beast pulled your uncle?" A strong gambler who was pulled out of the back by the Iron Bull scolded dissatisfiedly.

The iron bull pulled the gambler back, but the strong gambler turned around and saw the iron bull like the iron tower, and his heart was empty, but he couldn't take it back.

Tie Niu heard the gambler's words, and he was still not angry, and the big slap of the pu fan had already covered the man's face, and the gambler went out a few steps away, standing still and not coming back to his senses.

When the gambler just came back to his senses and was about to find the field, he saw that more than a dozen big men had gathered around the gambling table, and looked at the dozen or so men with knives, but the strong gambler hesitated but didn't dare to say anything. Turn around and go straight to the inside door of the casino.

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