The anxious old craftsman who was busy in the furnace shed suddenly heard Yang Jia shouting outside the shed, hurriedly handed over the work in his hand to the craftsman next to him, and rushed out. As soon as he went out, Yang Jia, who was outside the shed, asked without raising his head: "Uncle, how do you think I designed this armor?" ”

The old craftsman glanced at the 'mysterious' Yang Jia, and muttered in his heart that this is the general's Zhonglang, he is simply an old scholar of weapons and armor, I have never seen such a scholar! But he didn't dare to delay, looked down quickly, and looked carefully, there were two pictures drawn on the ground, one was the chest armor, the other was the back armor, the armor painted on the ground had two large round shields on the front and back, and at the neck position, Yang Jia also drew a basin neck, with a shawl on the shoulders and a belt around the waist. After pondering for a while, the old craftsman hesitated and said: "This kind of armor is very different from the two armors currently used by the army, fish scale armor!" ”

Yang Jia nodded silently when he heard this, waiting for the old craftsman's analysis. In terms of forging weapons and armor, he is in a proposed role, Yang Jia can only transfer the memory of armor weapons, as for the key technical and practical performance can not be achieved, he has to consult the old craftsman in front of him.

Sure enough, the old craftsman paused and continued: "It is not that there have been no craftsmen who proposed to create this kind of armor before, although this kind of armor seems to be able to protect all the vital parts of a person and can wrap all people inside, but it is not very practical, the four round shields on the chest and back of this armor are easy to break, and these shields are easy to be broken by the halberds of local soldiers. Yang Jia nodded when he heard this, which is why the army armor is still using fish scale armor made of iron armor.

"However, in the past, when forging round shield armor, the iron was smelted by the earth method and the steel copying method, and the iron tools cast by the steel copying method were harder than the previous iron tools, but they were still too brittle, and the large-area thin round shield like the one I painted still could not withstand the impact of sharp weapons. But that is the armor cast by the steel-copying method, today we use the straw loess decarburization method, the hardness of the iron is higher than the steel-copying method, and the round shield cast by the straw loess decarburization method can withstand the impact of the sharp weapon. Uncle, do you mean that? Without waiting for the old craftsman to finish speaking, Yang Jia added.

The old craftsman nodded in surprise when he heard this, this young Yang Zhen really knows everything, and even the twists and turns in the lowly work of casting iron can be said clearly.

Seeing the old craftsman nodding, Yang Jia confirmed: "That is to be able to create this kind of armor?" I don't want the old craftsman to stare carefully at the armor painted on the ground, and suddenly said: "Yang engaged!" It can be crafted, but if you follow the style and thickness of this armor, it is estimated that it will not be practical. Seeing that Yang Jia looked at his old craftsman in confusion, he hurriedly explained: "In the past, the weight of the two armors used in the army, the weight of the fish scale armor was about fifteen kilograms, and the size of the armor engaged in the design is estimated to weigh twenty kilograms, and sixteen kilograms is already the limit. ”

Although he didn't say it clearly, Yang Jia understood the old craftsman's worries, and smiled confidently: "I have already counted the five kilograms in it, don't worry." Go and prepare the pottery and make this armor. ”

Although he didn't know how Yang Jia eliminated the weight of the five kilograms, but seeing that Yang Jia said so confidently, the old craftsman didn't dare to ask, so he had to nod yes, and the old craftsman who was about to turn around suddenly remembered something and asked: "Yang Zhi, what is the name of this armor?" As soon as the words came out, the old craftsman sweated like rain, and he only wanted to give himself two slaps in the face, he really forgot his duty, thinking that he had forged weapons with Yang for a few days, and he dared to say anything! How could a small and humble craftsman care about such a thing.

Looking at the old craftsman's pale face, Yang Jiana didn't know the other party's worries, Yang Jia waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's okay!" It's okay! In the past, the bronze mirror of the Eastern Han Dynasty would be engraved with 'the day of seeing the light, the world is bright.' The round shield on the chest and back of this armor should reflect light like a bronze mirror when polished and smooth, so let's call it 'Bright Light Armor'. ”

The old craftsman basically didn't understand the meaning of Yang Jia's words, 'the day of seeing the light, the world is bright', but the old craftsman clearly heard Yang Jia say 'it's okay', so he wiped the cold sweat on his head with palpitations, and ran to the furnace shed in a panic.

Yang Jia thought back to the performance of the old craftsman today, and laughed out loud, so that's right, it is to let you have a sense of identity and love, the atmosphere of the furnace shed these days can be described as a new look, in the past there was only a dull panting sound and the scolding of the supervisor, and the forging output has not necessarily increased, in recent days, the furnace shed has a few more hearty laughter, basically there is no scream, the output of forged weapons is constantly refreshing, and now the rules of the furnace shed are that the harder you work, the more you will be paid, It seems that the module of Baigong has already appeared in the prototype, how can the forging that relies on beating to supervise the work compare with the reward and punishment system of the craftsman from the heart and involving his own interests? Can the yield and key technological improvements affected by the two be at the same level?

After being busy in the dark for so many days, he finally improved the qualified steel that Yang Jia wanted, Yang Jia in the sun under the sun hung in the middle, stretched his waist fiercely, hummed a little song that he couldn't even understand, walked to the residence, had a good rest, and waited until the craftsman forged the stirrups, the fifteen horse lances, and more than a dozen pairs of bright light armor to go back with peace of mind.

Yang Jia, who was lying on the seat, looked at Fang Peng, and smiled, although he didn't bring much when he went back this time, only more than 100 pairs of stirrups, fifteen horse lances, and more than a dozen pairs of Mingguang armor, but everyone's shock was predictable, horse lance! A weapon that a military general dreams of in his life, does not show that the light armor is defensive compared to traditional armor, and the appearance of the Ming light armor alone is enough to dazzle the eyes of the generals.

It's just a pity that these three things can't be built too much, although stirrups are easy to make, but there are so many war horses in the army, and it is useless to build too much. Needless to say, although the cost of Mingguang armor is cheaper than that of horse lance, and its defense and practicality are far beyond traditional armor, it still cannot be popularized to the whole army. Only less than half of the soldiers can be equipped, while the others can only use the traditional Liangdang armor or fish scale armor made of leather and iron armor, and as for the weapons, they can only make long iron knives, spears, halberds and other weapons with ring handles. However, the armor and weapons cast by the straw loess decarburization method are not to be underestimated!

As soon as the pottery of the armor was made on the second day, Yang Jia looked at the craftsmen who began to smelt and completely relieved himself, handed everything over to the old craftsman he was most familiar with, and became a shopkeeper himself.

Ten days passed in a hurry, Yang Jia, who had disappeared for a long time at noon, appeared in the furnace shed like a ghost, and the old craftsman saw Yang Jia coming, and immediately ran over to report the progress: "Stirrup, Mingguang armor, lance head, lance." All of them have been built, and they only need to be installed on the lance and the lance, and all the things that Yang is engaged in will be completed. ”

Yang Jia laughed when he heard this, judging from the current progress, it can be completed tomorrow, and he can also go back to Qian County, Yang Jia, who was laughing, patted the old craftsman on the shoulder and said: "These days have been hard." ”

Unexpectedly, the old craftsman said with a look of affection: "I don't dare to call it hard, but it is the hardest to engage in it." Yang Jia looked at the old craftsman's face and was puzzled, when he was the busiest a few days ago, this old man Han still had a kind and happy face, it was about to be completed today, how did he change his languishing appearance, could it be that he didn't have anything to happen in the past few days?

"What happened to Uncle Han, why is he so low and sullen?"

Seeing Yang Jia's questioning, the old craftsman didn't dare to hide it, so he replied truthfully: "The little granddaughter in the family has been hungry for several days, and her life is in danger!" When the Yang family heard this, they looked at the number and age of the Han craftsman's group, nodded thoughtfully and sighed: "The old man eats sparsely, and the young are strong and have no clothes." "Leaving Uncle Han, who didn't know what to mean, left alone.

The occurrence of this situation is unexpected, in the past, the craftsmen's food and accommodation were eaten with the soldiers, and the soldiers who fought on weekdays could only barely reach the food and clothing line when they ate military food, and from time to time there would be people who were hungry, and the living standards of craftsmen who were lower than the status of the soldiers can be imagined, Han Laozhang's situation is relatively special, most of the craftsmen are middle-aged men and single, there are no children at home to take care of, and the military food can barely be supported, and there is an orphan under the knee of Han Laozhang, Yang Jia did not come, Han Laozhang relies on his own one-person rations to make a living, and after Yang Jia's reward and punishment system reform iron system appeared, Han Laozhang really took a big advantage, Han Laozhang's group followed Yang Jia to improve the straw loess decarbonization method, regardless of the forging output every day will receive food, and after the reform is completed, after entering the normal reward and punishment system, Han Laozhang's group has a bitterness that can't be said, Yang Jia in order to study a new decarbonization method as soon as possible, deliberately brought together several old people among the craftsmen, is hoping to use the experience of several of them, There are advantages and disadvantages of not wanting to be old, the decarburization method was quickly completed with the help of several old craftsmen, but the physical endurance of people is not as good as that of young craftsmen, in normal forging, because of the existence of several old people, the output of Han Laozhang's group is almost always the last, which makes Han Laozhang, who thinks he can live a good life, can not let go, so there are today's "complaints" and "complaints".

Yang Jia shook his head slightly, this is also in a hurry, I was going to arrange for these craftsmen to become tenants in a few days, so that they would have the guarantee of Tuntian in addition to rewards, and I didn't want to have hidden dangers that I didn't find.