When Zhou Botong was busy building this kind of Gao clan's war knife, Gao Huaiyuan began to add up new things, the weapon is now available, and it is not a big problem to solve, but the armor is so far, they have not a single one, you must know that he has spent a lot of cost and energy to cultivate these teenagers, once something happens, he is not willing to let these baby bumps of his own go into battle naked, in that case, in such a cold weapon era, after a battle, I am afraid that he may die clean, Isn't that a big loss?

So it's not enough to have knives and guns, and then he still finds a way to get some armor for his people, and he can't let them go to the battlefield to be light pig warriors, and Gao Huaiyuan has been thinking about this matter a lot during this time, and he has studied contemporary armor and has some understanding of various armors.

Taking time out, Gao Huaiyuan went to the county office, gave a generous gift to the county lieutenant, and in the name of the strong men in the township, he got a few pairs of armor from the county lieutenant Wang, pulled it back to Crouching Tiger Village, and began to look at these armors of the Song Dynasty and pondered.

First of all, the helmet to protect the head, the helmet of this era is mostly made of copper and iron, and most of the craftsmanship is cast process, Gao Huaiyuan held these helmets, how did he feel bulky and crude, and there was a tip on it, equipped with red tassels, which was completely a decoration, and did not have much effect, so he took out one of the helmets, placed it on the arrow stack, and ordered Zhou Jun to try to shoot it with an eight-bucket bow, Zhou Jun immediately responded to the order to open the bow and release the arrow, thirty steps away, an arrow hit the helmet, the result was very frustrating Gao Huaiyuan, Only eight buckets of bows, in a distance of thirty paces to shoot this helmet through, if it is worn on a person's head, after taking such a beat, it is estimated that if you don't die, you will be seriously injured.

The quality of Song Jun's helmet is not good, if you want to improve the quality, you still have to find a way to use the forging method to make the helmet, and Gao Huaiyuan is not worried about this aspect, there are good helmets in later generations, which is enough for him to learn from.

After looking at the helmet, he began to ponder these armor again, the Song Dynasty armor has a lot of shapes, the raw materials are divided into iron, skin, paper three kinds, the strongest and heaviest should be the Song Dynasty Buren armor, this kind of Buren armor body is a whole piece, composed of 12 columns of small rectangular armor, the top is the part that protects the chest and back, tied from the shoulders with a belt, and the waist is tied forward with a belt, and the left and right knee skirts are drooped. The body armor is adorned with a shawl, and the left and right pieces of the shawl are connected at the back of the neck, and tied under the neck with a belt. The head is a round bowl-shaped, with long cheeks hanging from the back, and three beautiful tasseled balls stuck in the center of the top.

It can be said that the soldiers who wear this kind of infantry armor are standard hoplites, and the protection is quite powerful, but there is a fatal shortcoming, that is, the weight is too heavy, according to the different types of troops, the foot armor worn by the pikemen is about seventy pounds, and the armor of the lightest crossbow soldier has also reached more than fifty pounds, such a weight, after wearing it, it is good for ordinary people to stand, if you want to maneuver, basically except for people like Gao Huaiyuan who are born with brute strength can also move, pounce on the soldiers, Don't even think about how far you can go in it.

Then there is the production of step armor is too cumbersome, the whole is made of more than 1,800 pieces of iron, to make a piece of such armor, it takes many craftsmen to cooperate, it takes about a year to make one, even if you have money, you can't afford to equip this thing in large quantities!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty is not as strong as the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the two places in Xingzhou and Cizhou, Hebei, which have the largest iron production, are now in the hands of the Jin State, and the Southern Song Dynasty is now not as much iron as before, so after this era, the Buren armor has begun to decline, and it is no longer the standard equipment of the Song army, so although Gao Huaiyuan heard about this kind of Buren armor, he did not have the idea of fighting it at all.

Now the Song army armor in the iron armor has shrunk a lot more than the starting person armor, but the main part of the protection, only the generals can wear the whole body armor, this kind of iron armor borrowed from the Tang Dynasty mirror armor, the armor is in the shape of a mountain, the pieces are interlocking, still belong to the typical armor, the degree of sophistication and protection is also good, but there are also manufacturing difficulties, too valuable shortcomings, and this kind of armor anti-chopping effect is good, but the effect of the puncture and crossbow arrows of the anti-spear is general, So Gao Huaiyuan shook his head unsatisfied after looking at the mountain armor in his hand, and shot it.

As for leather armor, it is much simpler, leather armor is mostly made of raw cowhide, high-end goods have rhinoceros skin, but that kind of thing, is an absolute luxury, and some are made of pig skin, which can only be regarded as low-grade goods, so in the Song Dynasty, cowhide belongs to absolute military supplies, ordinary people's cattle can not be killed casually, cowhide is to be handed over to the government by the official unified procurement, otherwise, it will not even be illegal to eat beef!

However, although the leather armor is simpler to manufacture, but the raw materials are not easy to solve because of the official unified management, and the protection of the leather armor is worse than the iron armor, which can only prevent some loss or little force of slashing and assassination, and the raw cowhide is worn on the body, it is very uncomfortable, and it is uncomfortable everywhere, Gao Huaiyuan does not like this thing, but it is a solution that can be solved by spending money in a short time, so it is put aside as an alternative.

Then there is the super invention of paper armor in the Song Dynasty, the raw material of this paper armor is really made of paper, and it is made of thick folded paper layered on top of each other, after beating and dipping in oil, it forms a thick armor piece, after wearing it, it can prevent the penetration of the arrow, which is most suitable for the use of the water army, and the water is not afraid to sink down with the soldiers who are wearing it like a scale, it can be regarded as a peculiar invention of the Chinese, and it can be called the earliest Kevlar armor in the world, but Gao Huaiyuan is still not satisfied, although this thing can be anti-arrow, But the defense of the cold weapon is not good, and the production is equally complicated, a bit of embroidered pillow, but he does not dare to underestimate this thing, after all, it has a good effect on improving the combat effectiveness of the navy, and it is more suitable for the terrain and climate of the south.

After looking around, Gao Huaiyuan could only choose leather armor for the time being, even if this thing is officially controlled by cowhide, but as long as it costs money, it can still be obtained, in the long run, it is still necessary to use steel to solve the problem, but at the moment, he doesn't want to use this kind of Song armor.

So he informed Huang Zhen and asked this old profiteer to find a way to collect a batch of raw cowhides in the surrounding area and come back, and by the way, find a way to buy another batch of fine iron, he will use these things now, and arm his own people first, during this time he heard some news from the county town, saying that the Jin Kingdom was clamoring for a southern invasion during this time, God knows when Jin Xuanzong, who is now a little abnormal, will launch a war against the Southern Song Dynasty, this time he will not let go of this opportunity to train troops, and he will go to see what he says, Let's talk about how the battlefield of this era is different from the ancient battlefield in the movie.

A soldier who has not been on the battlefield is not a qualified soldier, Gao Huaiyuan has no doubt about this statement, only a soldier who has passed the test of blood and fire and has not collapsed is a real soldier, he really wants to see how far he has trained these young Zhuang Ding of his own after working for so long.

Gao Huaiyuan has no doubts about whether the Jin State will launch a war against the Southern Song Dynasty, even if he is not too familiar with history, he knows very well that the mentally handicapped Jin Emperor Jin Xuanzong will do this sooner or later, as for when he will do it, he can't say for sure.

So now he has a sense of urgency and thinks it's better to prepare in advance.

And Huang Zhen is a veteran of business for many years, although he has failed, but it has increased his experience, when he took over the business aspects of Crouching Tiger Village, it seemed to be a fish in water, and soon he was familiar with the market in this area, and many business information that even the locals couldn't inquire about, let this guy find out.

So Gao Huaiyuan used Huang Zhen to be regarded as the right person, after he received Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, he quickly made a large cart of raw cowhide and sent it back to Crouching Tiger Village, followed by a cart of refined iron, the price is even lower than the market, it can be seen that this guy does have his ability.

In addition to these things, Huang Zhen also re-sorted out some of the things that Gao Huaiyuan had handled before, it turned out that among Gao Huaiyuan's procurement of raw materials, he changed the supplier of some things, and the price of raw materials was also lowered a lot, so that Gao Huaiyuan felt a lot more relaxed, and his soap workshop and Liulifang increased the profit by nearly one or two percent, and Huang Zhen's performance also made Gao Huaiyuan completely reassured him.

After having cowhide, Gao Huaiyuan immediately set out, and let the women in Zhuangzi be responsible for making leather armor full-time, which is nothing more than cutting the raw cowhide and splicing it piece by piece, this thing does not require too precise technology, basically people can do it, not to mention that there are a group of girls in Zhuangzi, these girls are all exercising here are very hard-working, and ingenious, it is not difficult to do this thing.

And Zhou Hao's mother Liu's female red did a very good job, although she had never learned to make armor, but after seeing the samples provided by Gao Huaiyuan, she quickly understood how to cut, and after receiving the cowhide, she immediately found a big room in the backyard and began to cut it.

In order to strengthen the protection of leather armor, Gao Huaiyuan thought of an emergency solution, assigned a few strong boys, to Zhou Botong's blacksmith shop to learn to strike iron, the requirements for them are not high, as long as the fine iron can be beaten into a tougher steel sheet, quenching can be used on the line, the steel sheet requires a thickness of about one millimeter, and these steel sheets are sandwiched in the vital part of the leather armor to enhance some defensive power.

Although Zhou Botong was stingy with his craftsmanship, he was not good at opposing Gao Huaiyuan's opinion, after all, making some steel sheets is a rough job, as long as you have the strength and continuous forging, as for quenching, it is also very simple, so I did not object to them to follow him and Lu Laoshi to learn to make iron.

But in order not to let these young apprentices interfere with the kind of war knife he asked for by Gao Huaiyuan, he simply set up another stove, and let Lu Laoshi lead the group of boys to open another stove, and after teaching them some rough work, he left them alone, let them do it, and groped for it himself.

And he himself was still thinking about how to create the kind of war knife that Gao Huaiyuan wanted, and gradually began to find some doorways, and the next two knife blanks began to be a little like the shape required by Gao Huaiyuan.

Fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan has recruited a lot of teenagers, otherwise, if he wants to do these things, he really lacks manpower, but now, he doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore.

Since Gao Huaiyuan was busy with weapons and armor, the logging matter was left to Huang Yan and Zhou Hao, and he plunged into the blacksmith shop, staring at the teenagers who were responsible for making armor.

After a period of busyness, gradually these teenagers have mastered some simple iron-striking skills, and the armor pieces they created began to have a little meaning, although they cannot be compared with Zhou Laohan and Lu Laoshi's craftsmanship, but they can be used.

Gao Huaiyuan took these beaten iron pieces and coated them with tung paint to prevent rust, and then handed them to Liu, instructing her to make double layers of leather armor on the shoulders, chest, abdomen and arms, etc., and then use rivets to sandwich the armor between two layers of skin, which greatly enhances the protection ability of these parts.

Seeing that the days passed day by day, these things arranged by Gao Huaiyuan were also progressing steadily, the weather began to get a little hotter, and the people in Zhuangzi changed into single clothes.

Gao Huaiyuan was working the school field in the backyard this day, practicing against Zhou Jun, Fei Wenlong and a group of people, a group of people besieged Gao Huaiyuan with wooden guns and knives wrapped in cotton cloth, and there was a cheering sound outside the school field.

Zhou Botong suddenly ran over from the blacksmith shop, holding a knife in his hand with a beaming look on his face, and shouted to Gao Huaiyuan: "Young master! The kind of knife you want, Xiao Lao'er has already punched out! ”

Gao Huaiyuan turned around, waved the wooden knife in his hand and forced away the surrounding teenagers who were besieging him, and said with a smile: "You guys continue to practice, remember, the shot is not necessarily fancy, the key is speed, it must be fast!" And you have to pay attention to cooperation, if you fight like this, it is estimated that I will already be defeated by each of them, and all of them will be killed! ”

Fei Wenlong, Zhou Jun, Li Ergou and others were sweating profusely, bowed down to answer the order, and then began to greet the people they were responsible for leading, and continued to practice on the school field.

And Gao Huaiyuan threw away the wooden knife in his hand, ran to Zhou Botong in a hurry, and looked down at his hand.

He saw a fast knife with a special shape and a cold light shining all over his body, which was exactly the same as the kind of war knife he imagined in his mind, so his heart became ecstatic.

"Good! Beautiful! What a good knife! Gao Huaiyuan shouted, stretched out his hand to take the knife, waved it casually, and really took advantage of it, and tried the blade again, which was also very sharp.

"Zhou Hao! Come over here and bring over a Liuyun knife that Master Zhou beat a few days ago! After Gao Huaiyuan took a closer look at the knife, he shouted to Zhou Hao, who was leading a group of people to practice the knife.

"Yes!" After Zhou Hao heard this, he immediately agreed, quickly ran into the room where the weapon was placed, took out a Liuyun knife made by Zhou Botong before, and ran over.

Gao Huaiyuan pointed to a row of wooden stakes used as arrow stacks in the courtyard and instructed Zhou Hao: "You use your Liuyun Knife to chop down this stake first!" ”

Zhou Hao didn't know why Gao Huaiyuan asked him to do such a boring thing, but he was used to listening to Gao Huaiyuan's orders, so he shouted without hesitation, and slashed at the stake with all his might, but the result was that he only split halfway, and then stuck the knife on the stake, and it took a lot of effort to pull out the knife.

Then Gao Huaiyuan handed the newly made knife to Zhou Hao and instructed him: "You try this knife again, use it to cut the stake!" ”

Zhou Hao weighed the knife and felt that the shape of the knife was very strange, but in his hand, he felt very handy, and the handle was relatively long, so it was obviously possible to hold it with both hands, so he grabbed the handle with both hands, waved it lightly, adapted to the center of gravity of the knife, and felt that it was very handy, so he suddenly waved the knife, screamed, and slashed at the stake again, and the result was that the stake with the thickness of a large bowl was suddenly chopped to the ground by him.

Zhou Hao looked at the broken wooden stake in a daze, and then looked at the knife in his hand, and saw that the knife body was completely unscarred, so he exclaimed: "Good knife!" This knife is handy! It seems that you can use more strength! What is the reason for this? ”

Zhou Botong also looked at this scene in amazement, the person who casts the knife will make a knife, he can create such a good knife, and he will definitely not give it in vain, so he hurriedly took the knife from Zhou Hao's hand, held it in his hand and waved it a few times, and immediately understood, and the old man immediately shouted excitedly: "I understand!" The key is in this arc! Terrible! Awesome! Ha ha! He smiled like a child, holding the scimitar in his hand.

Gao Huaiyuan was very satisfied with this result, and said to Zhou Botong: "This knife can exert the power of the knife more than the previous hand knife, and the power of chopping is far better than that of ordinary hand knives, which is the reason why I asked you to make this kind of knife!" Presumably Master Zhou also understood the reason, and also mastered the method of making this knife! Then there is Master Lao Zhou to fight more of these knives! ”

Zhou Botong no longer dares to underestimate Gao Huaiyuan, his understanding of the knife, so that Zhou Botong was surprised, originally he thought that Gao Huaiyuan was just a child's heart, and wanted a flashy knife to wear with a majestic style, but what he didn't expect was that he actually understood the characteristics of the knife so well, which was really beyond his expectations, so he quickly nodded and said: "Little Lao'er obeys the order, and he should make some such knives for the young master as soon as possible, but I don't know what the young master wants to name this knife?" ”

Gao Huaiyuan thought about it for a while, and then looked at the unique cloud pattern on the knife, so he said casually: "This kind of knife will be called Liuyun Scimitar in the future!" ”

So this kind of flowing cloud scimitar has become a unique symbol of Crouching Tiger Village, Zhou Botong and Lu Laoshi began to build this kind of flowing cloud scimitar with all their might, and the entire backyard continued to sound the clanging sound of the hammer.

"Young Master, Brother Xue suddenly came over from the old mansion and said that he had something urgent to see the young master!" Liu Er took Xue Yan from afar, and when she saw Gao Huaiyuan, she shouted.

"Young Master! The county government sent people to the old house to deliver a letter, and asked the township leaders and seniors to come to the county government quickly, saying that there was something important! As soon as Xue Yan saw Gao Huaiyuan, he hurriedly said.

"Oh? What is so anxious that it is worth letting the elders of all townships rush to the county office? Gao Huaiyuan was a little puzzled, so he asked Xue Yan, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

"Something is wrong, the Jin people have sent troops to attack our Great Song Dynasty again! ……”

(This is the end of the first article of the hidden dragon in the wilderness, and there will be some deficiencies in it, and the brothers are welcome to correct it!) The second Jin Ge Iron Horse will show you the battle between Song and Jin, what kind of performance will the pig's feet have? ）