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Chapter 49 Zhu Chongjiu sells armor

In the morning, Su Changshi and Yu Sicang were forced to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and Zhu Bayi was forced to have no choice. ran to the river with a belly full of evil fire to relax, and when he saw the water hammer that had just been put into operation, he immediately ticked out the part of Zhu Dapeng's memory about the plate armor!

This thing is known for being the most cost-effective in the world of online games in the 21st century. The protective power is no less than that of the fish scale armor and Mingguang armor in the East, and the process has become extremely simple after the water hammer. What's more, and the most critical point, is that in Zhu Dapeng's messy memory, the materials used for this thing are far less economical than the heavy armor in the East such as Mingguang armor and monkey armor, which is just in line with the current embarrassing economic situation of the left army.

As for Zhu Dapeng's original time and space on the earth, whether Westerners had already made plate armor in the middle of the fourteenth century, Zhu Eighty-one had no time to care. Anyway, the kind that the Rakshasa soldiers used to wear must not be counted as plate armor in the strict sense. In that way, what he opened was the first plate armor in the entire East, and even in the world. Whether you wear it on your body to show off or sell it at a high price, it is a very fashionable thing.

Immediately, Zhu Dapeng ordered the craftsmen who were hammering the nail leaves with water to stop, re-prepare the charcoal stove, iron ingots, anvils and various molds, and try to build Western-style plate armor while drawing design sketches next to the water hammer.

With the help of a 500-pound water hammer, it has become a very easy thing to smash the iron ingot into an iron plate. Whether it is hot forging after putting the iron ingot into a charcoal furnace to burn red, or directly cold forging, the difference is only the length of forging time. However, it took a lot of effort to knock out the corresponding arc of the iron plate according to the shape of the human torso. Fortunately, there are many skilled craftsmen in the workshop, and they are all willing to show themselves in front of Zhu Dudu, and everyone worked together to repeat dozens of times, and the problems were overcome one after another.

After deciding on the general shape of the iron plate, Zhu Bayi began to think about improving the appearance of the plate armor and further reducing the weight of this object to save the hard-won iron material. Mr. Su, the eldest of Changshi, was unwilling to be lonely, and also stepped forward to point fingers. So, it took some time for everyone to optimize and beautify, and it took more than an hour of effort to finally hit the first finished product.

I saw this thing, bright and shining, and the surface was smooth like a mirror that could reflect the figure of a person. On the right chest, according to Zhu Eighty-one's personal taste, an upright male lion was specially chiseled. Teeth and claws, ready to choose people to devour. At the place where the heart guard was originally hung on the lower abdomen, a golden flame was deliberately plated with copper water, as if anyone dared to cut it with a weapon, it would be burned to ashes by the flames.

"Make a stake, wrap it in a sack piece, wrap it in a few more layers, and tie it like a human shape!" Zhu Eighty-one was obviously very satisfied with his masterpiece, and he issued a series of orders from his mouth, directing his soldiers and blacksmiths to the ground. "Hong San, you go find a horned bow, and find a few wolf tooth arrows and armor-piercing cones. Go to the courtyard and find a spear and two broadswords. Little Lizi, you took a ruler and measured the distance for me, don't estimate, measure the full fifty steps and one hundred steps. Everyone else, stand away for a while, don't be hurt by the stray arrow! ”

"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes, Lord Governor!" The soldiers and craftsmen didn't say yes, and they were in a hurry. After a while, according to Zhu Eighty-one's instructions, the shooting range was arranged, and the new-style plate armor was put on a wooden stake wrapped in linen.

Zhu Bayi first led everyone to a position a hundred steps away from the stake, pointed to the plate armor on the stake, and asked Xu Hongsan with a smile, "Can you shoot?" How many rounds will you shoot me if you can shoot? ”

"The last general, the last general will try!" Xu Hongsan's face was slightly red, he took the horn bow and slowly put the wolf tooth arrow on the bow arm.

His archery skills could only be regarded as ordinary, but after becoming the captain of the army, he studied hard every day, and after a few months, he has also made great progress. Take a deep breath and stretch the horn arch into a half-moon shape. As soon as the finger was released, the wolf's tooth arrow flew out of the string.

"Ding!" The wolf's fangs and arrows that pierced through the double leather armor only scratched a few sparks on the plate armor and were bounced away, plunging headlong into the mud and sand, and the tail feathers trembled up and down.

"Good!" All the craftsmen applauded in unison, and their expressions were more excited than taking a large bounty.

The pro-soldiers who watched the excitement around were also overjoyed, and they stepped forward one after another, asking them to have a good time shooting too. Zhu Eighty-one smiled and waved his hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble, stay away." You have to try the protective power of this thing first, so that everyone can eat enough! ”

The soldiers didn't understand what the protective power of the plate armor had to do with everyone's jobs, so they retreated to the side in confusion. Zhu Bayi didn't care about explaining, glanced at Xu Hongsan, who was still unsatisfied, and continued to order, "Change the armor-breaking cone, at this distance, I estimate that the armor-breaking cone is enough." ”

"Yes!" Xu Hongsan agreed, and pulled out the three-edged armor-piercing cone from the quiver. Draw the bow like a full moon, and shoot an arrow like a shooting star. There was another "ding" crisp sound, and the armor-piercing cone specially designed to target the iron armor only smashed a few sparks on the plate armor, and then fell to the ground.

"Good! Good nails! At this time, not only the craftsmen and soldiers cheered, but even Yu Changlin and Yu Dasicang, who had been quite suspicious of their own behavior before, couldn't help but slap hard. You know, even civilian officials sometimes inevitably have to go to war. If you are shot by a stray arrow coated with horse dung, it will be a matter of luck whether you will survive or not. And if you wear such a plate armor when you go into battle, you will at least increase the chances of survival by fifty percent. And it is beautiful and atmospheric, and you can see from a distance that the identity of the owner of the plate armor is extraordinary.

"Ten steps and ten steps closer, keep shooting, shoot until you shoot through!" For the treasure armor in the eyes of everyone, Zhu Eighty-one refused to cherish it at all. After thinking about it, he ordered without hesitation.

"Ahh Xu Hongsan grinned first, and then in the angry eyes of everyone, he began to burn the qin and cook the crane. Every ten steps forward was a test shot, from ninety paces and eighty paces to a distance of fifty paces, before the armor-piercing cone finally took effect. A small hole was drilled in the chest of the plate armor, but the cluster of arrows stuck in the hole, and it could not go any further.

"That's it!" Zhu Bayi got the exact answer, waved his hand, and ordered Xu Hongsan to stop shooting. Immediately, he called a soldier and asked him to take a spear and stab it face to face at the plate armor.

Those who can be selected as pro-soldiers will definitely not be too bad. However, the spear stabbed into the plate armor, but it slipped away twice in a row, leaving only two deep scratches. It wasn't until the third time that the soldier was ruthless, first retreating a few steps, and then pounced with the impact of running. The hole in front of the plate armor was finally punctured. But the wooden pole of the spear was also stuck in the plate armor and could not be pulled out again!

"Good A, Good A!" When the crowd saw this, they cheered even louder. In the battle formation, who would be stupid enough to stand in place and be stabbed three times by others? Once you miss, the winner has already been decided. A person wearing such a piece of plate armor is equivalent to two more lives out of thin air!

Zhu Eighty-one felt that it was still not enjoyable enough, and in the resentful eyes of everyone, he pointed to the plate armor with his hand, and commanded loudly again, "Ivan, go, take a knife and slash a few times until it is cut through!" ”

"Yes!" Ivanov, a saboteur, happily rushed to the stake with a simple knife. Towards the flame position on the plate armor, distracted and stabbed.

The tip of the "ding" knife was slid away, leaving a long scratch on the plate armor. But it is very shallow, pierced at a distance, and it takes a lot of effort.

"Hey!" Unwilling, Ivanov turned his knife sideways and slashed at the chest of the plate armor. "Bell", sparks splashed, and the blade left a very ugly mark on the plate armor, but it only cut through a small length of the finger, and it was impossible to cause fatal injuries at all.

"Impossible!" Ivanov screamed in anger, jumped up, and chopped his head. "Click" this time, he finally got it. The sword slashed at the shoulder of the plate armor, a few inches deep, and then broke into two with a "dang chang".

"Good A, Good A!" The crowd clapped their hands and cheered like a landslide and tsunami.

Zhu Eighty-one didn't expect that the defensive power of this plate armor would reach such a perverted level, and he was extremely excited in his heart. However, after thinking about it, he understood that it was Guan Qiao. The knives and spears that the men took out of the workshop were all hand-made by the blacksmiths before the water hammer was made. In order to equip the troops as much as possible, those swords and spears are said to be a hundred and a thousand refined, but I am afraid that there are not even ten refining. In addition, the previous ironmaking used lignite instead of coke, is it strange that the attack power of the sword and spear made can be strong?!

However, at the moment, the equipment in the hands of Meng Yuan's soldiers is also impossible to refine. Therefore, when this plate armor is brought to the battlefield, it will definitely double the survivability of the soldiers. Thinking of this, he stepped forward and pushed Ivanov away, smiled and said, "Okay, let's try here." Later, the new armor will come out, and you and Hong San will each go and get a dress to put on first. ”

"Thank you, thank you, Governor! Thank you, Governor! Ivanov was overjoyed, and followed Zhu Eighty-one like a puppy, staring at the severed plate armor with reluctantly eyes, and refused to leave.

Zhu Eightyyi smiled, raised the plate armor, and looked carefully at the sun. Because of the curved shape, the protective power of the abdomen and chest has far exceeded the kind of large-leaf armor worn by the Rakshasas. However, above the shoulders, because there is no effective means of unloading force for the time being, the effect is slightly worse. However, it is not difficult for the craftsmen to improve. I immediately went to get two narrow iron plates that had been cold-forged with a water hammer this morning, one on the left and one on the right, and put them on the shoulders of the plate armor, which was regarded as a double layer of protective measures.

"Put these two shoulder pads and plate them with bronze, how beautiful and how to plate!" Zhu Eighty-one pointed to the shoulder pads and instructed Lian Laohei with a smile. "Go get it now, and then wait for Mr. Su to finish the second set, put it together with the helmet and neck armor, and see what it looks like in the end!"

"Yes!" Lian Lao Hei excitedly agreed, and picked up his shoulder pads to deal with it. The other craftsmen and soldiers surrounded Zhu Bayi, holding the severed treasure plate armor, and walked towards the water hammer by the river.

With a record of the process of creating the first set of plate armor and the final finalized design, it is very easy to imitate. About half an hour later, a new set of plate armor was presented in front of everyone. It looks prettier and smoother than the first one, and comes with an iron helmet, also cold-forged with a water hammer, a piece of neck armor that can wrap three-quarters around the front and left and right sides of the neck. There are also copper-plated shoulder pads, and flower-engraved crotch guards, leg guards, and shin guards, which are also smashed out one by one with a forging hammer like flowing water.

"Xu Hongsan, you're coming!" Zhu Eighty-one called the captain of his own army and ordered him to put on all his armor neatly. Then he was pushed around the crowd a few times, nodding his head again and again, "Well, that's it!" At first glance, it is a RMB player. If you go out, you can scare a lot of them! ”

The craftsmen and pro-soldiers didn't know what the RMB player meant, but they had long been accustomed to Zhu Dadudu's mouth full of all kinds of weird terms, and automatically ignored this part of the content. Surrounding Xu Hongsan's touch, that touch, his eyes lit up with envy. "Good A, good A, really good A! In the end, people need clothes, and horses rely on gold. Xu Qianhu wears this armor, and he is not shabby as a groom official! ”

"If you make armor, you can make armor, why make it so fancy!" As a scholar with integrity, Yu Changlin's thinking must always remain calm. Shaking his head, he muttered in his heart. "If it's not so fancy, it's a good thing for the soldiers. This is gilded and chiseled, which is clearly a sign of arrogance and lasciviousness. No, find an opportunity, you must tell the governor again to curb this bad sign! Even if I lose the favor of the governor because of this, at least I am worthy of his kindness! Well, that's all! Well? Who called me? Ah! ”

He thought too much about it, and as a result, Zhu Bayi's name was called twice in succession, but he turned a deaf ear. It wasn't until Mr. Su slapped him the back that he jumped up and shouted, "What's the matter?" Lao Su, why are you filming me decently? ”

"The Governor asks you!" Mr. Su glanced sideways at him and reminded in a low voice.

"Ahh Yu Changlin woke up from his daydream completely, and bowed his hand to Zhu Eighty-one in shame, "Dudu, just now, just now, just now"

"It's okay, Lao Su told me about going to change food in the morning! I guess you were too tired, so you fell asleep while standing! Zhu Bayi was still as easy-going as before, and he didn't blame Chang Lin for his faux pas, "You can estimate this kind of plate armor, let's call him plate armor, if it is sold to the traders who come and go on the canal, how much will they be willing to pay?!" ”

"This?" Yu Changlin thought about it, gritted his teeth and quoted a price that made him feel unconscionable, "All of them add up, I'm afraid there are more than 30 catties of iron, and they are all good materials." Coupled with the wages and fire consumption, this armor can be sold for twenty times! ”

At present, because of the war, the prices near Xuzhou are high, especially the prices of pig iron and wrought iron, which have increased countless times. And then even so, a pound of wrought iron can't be sold for two hundred wen. Yu Changlin calculated according to two hundred texts, adding up all the parts such as the helmet, cuirass, and leg guards, and multiplying them by weight. Then it doubled, and finally quoted the price of twenty yuan, that is, the unconscionable price of 20,000 copper coins, and then lowered his head red, ready to accept everyone's accusations.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, they were immediately reprimanded.

"Twenty guan, what about fifteen guan of cowhide armor?"

"That is, a few days ago in the city, a piece of iron armor was sold for thirty times, and in a blink of an eye, it fell into the hands of Liu Qianhu of the rear army, and the price was not returned!"

"What is Zha Jia, the owner of Wu Zhuang in Wujiazhuang on the north shore, bought a stainless steel fish scale armor as a gift the year before last, and it is said that it cost a full hundred times! Where is our armor worse than the fish scale armor? Why do you sell 20 pieces?! ”

"This, this?" Yu Changlin blushed all of a sudden, not knowing what to say. Iron armor and fish scale armor were indeed very expensive, although he was a scholar, he came here for a few months to buy saltpeter, iron materials and weapons for the Red Turban Army, and he had long been aware of the market situation. However, the iron armor and fish scale armor are knocked out piece by piece with a hammer, which is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Especially in the latter, more than 400 pieces of armor leaves like fish scales are hammered out and then connected with copper wires, and even skilled craftsmen have to work for four or five months to produce one. And the plate armor in front of him, how can it be sold for as much as a fish scale armor if it only takes two or three hours to do something?

When I was embarrassed, I heard Zhu Ba Yao say loudly, don't argue, don't argue, just do what Yu said when he joined the army, "The cuirass is only sold for twenty times!" ”

"Humble duty, humble duty" Yu Changlin heard this, the more he blushed, his hands clenched into fists, and he kept making amends to Zhu Bayi. "If you are despicable, please return it, please also ask the governor to forgive your sins, forgive your sins"

He thought that he had come up with an idea and made the Governor unable to get off the stage, so he was angry and sold the plate armor cheaply. Unexpectedly, Zhu Eighty-one waved his hand and continued to say loudly: "Forgive what kind of sin, I asked you, and you answered, even if you say it wrong, what does it matter?!" Besides, you're not wrong, I'll sell this cuirass for twenty! ”

Anyway, regardless of whether the craftsmen protested or not, he immediately turned his head to Mr. Su, "Old Su, tomorrow you will send someone to open a shop in the city, and sell the spearheads, swords, and swords that we have cold-forged today, along with the armor." There is a special set at the door, so that guests can try it before buying. The cuirass is only twenty strokes. The rest"

Quickly glanced at the various parts of the armor, and he casually added, "Fifteen helmets, twelve leg guards, neck armor, arm armor, and shin guards are all worth ten." As for those two shoulder pads, they are not for sale. Whoever buys the full set will give him two shoulder pads for free. No matter how many sets are played every day, only three sets are sold. It's not more than three, if you want more, let them talk to you about customizing, and then add a consistent rush fee for each set, pay first, and then pick up the goods, no credit! ”

"Ahh Not only Yu Changlin was stunned, but also Mr. Su and all the craftsmen and soldiers around him were all stunned on the spot. At first, I thought that the Governor was asking for a low price, but where is this low, it is simply a posture of grabbing money on the street! Even if you rob money, in broad daylight, I have never seen anyone rob so justifiably!

Zhu Eighty-one didn't have the slightest sense of robbery, shook his sweat-stained head, and continued: "Melt all those Rakshasa big leaf armor that was seized to make this kind of plate armor. Whatever we keep for ourselves, don't make it too fancy, just take advantage of the linen cloth in it and wear it comfortably. Whatever is sold out, the more gorgeous the better, what bronze, brass, should be plated. There are cheap pearls, agate, etc., and some are inlaid on the helmet. It must be that this armor looks high-end, atmospheric, and high-grade. You have to think about it, the master who is willing to spend twenty times on a cuirass will definitely not mind spending a few dozen more times on a helmet and leggings. As long as you can sell three sets of armor a day, the brothers will have enough money to eat! ”