The first year of Chongzhen.

February 18th.

Sunny, windy and beautiful.

The seventeenth emperor ordered Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong to discuss the "anti-arrow clothing". Overnight made to try on.

Imperial City Campus.

Yang Reform was surprised by the "efficiency" of Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, which was only discussed yesterday, and today there is a finished product, and this speed is not so fast even in the 21st century.

"Yuan Aiqing, why did this 'anti-arrow suit' of yours be made so quickly?" Yang asked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the minister's 'anti-arrow suit' is what the minister wears when he goes into battle, and I heard the emperor mention it yesterday, so on the basis of this thing, I added some things, and it became today's 'anti-arrow clothing'." After speaking, Yuan Chonghuan presented his "anti-arrow suit" again.

This "anti-arrow suit", looking at it from the outside, I don't know what it is made of, but it is not very difficult to hold it with Yuan Chonghuan's hands, it is not very heavy, and it should not be made of iron. It seems to be soft on the outside, and it is estimated that there is cotton armor on the inside. The face is made of satin. Very glamorous.

"Yuan Aiqing, tell me how you made this 'anti-arrow suit' and what is the effect?" This is what Yang Reform is most concerned about.

A large part of the damage caused by wild boar skins is based on the power of bows and arrows.

According to historical records. Yuan Chonghuan at the time of the Battle of Guangqumen. There were several arrows in his body, and his ribs were like hedgehogs. Since the word "such as a hedgehog" is used, even if it is exaggerated, it is certain that there must be a lot of arrows on the body, and the arrows must be on Yuan Chonghuan's body. As soon as the wild boar skins saw that this was a big official, they must have shot at him desperately, but all the arrows were shot at Yuan Chonghuan.

The scene was certainly hilarious and bloody. A group of wild boar skins shot arrows at Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan was hit by several arrows, his body was like a hedgehog, and the arrows were "hung" on his body, but there was nothing at all, and he still commanded the battle, which must have made those who shot arrows stunned and felt fear, so Houjin was defeated.

Of course, this is speculation, what is certain is that Yuan Chonghuan dares to fight, dare to play with his life, and is not afraid of death, which is absolutely true, and daring to use the human body to attract the attack of the bow and arrow is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

The battle of Guangqumen lasted for eight hours before it ended, and it is certain that Yuan Chonghuan's "heavy armor" will definitely not be very heavy, otherwise, he is a literati, and it is estimated that he will not be able to last that long, and he will definitely be crushed. In this way, the battle of Guangqumen will not be a small win for the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the minister's 'anti-arrow suit' is made of silk on the outside, and the vital parts of the chest and back are covered with chain mail, wrapped in cotton cloth, and covered with silk. Then there is a layer of silk inside, a layer of leather armor, another layer of silk, and then a layer of cotton armor, and then a layer of silk, and then a lining made of silk...... This 'anti-arrow suit' is considered to be completed, but when the minister goes to the battlefield, he also wears cotton clothes and pants close to his body, and then covers them with clothes made of silk, so he dares to go to the battlefield. ”

Yuan Chonghuan said here, and his originally impassioned momentum suddenly turned into a blush. Dressed like this, you dare to go to the battlefield, how embarrassing it is to say it.

Yang Gai personally listened to Yuan Chonghuan explain the production method of this "anti-arrow suit". Only then did I finally understand why on the battlefield, Yuan Chonghuan, who was attacked at close range, could "carry" so many arrows.

The whole thing is a personal version of "borrowing arrows from a straw boat".

This "anti-arrow suit" is indeed also a cow b. The vital parts were covered with chain mail, then leather armor, and cotton armor inside, all separated by silk in the middle. It is estimated that only such a multi-layered armor and such a multi-layered silk can make the arrow "hang" on the body. Only in this way can Yuan Chonghuan, a literati, be hit by several arrows on the battlefield without doing anything.

Yang Gengai thought in his heart: It seems that this harvest is not small, it is right to find Yuan Chonghuan to make an "anti-arrow suit", and the next step is to promote this "anti-arrow clothing".

"Yuan Aiqing, it's really daring. Dare to fight desperately in this chaotic army, it's not easy! Yang Reform sincerely praised Yuan Chonghuan.

"Your Majesty Xie praised, but the minister didn't dare to be." Yuan Chonghuan bowed. Show your appreciation. The heart is beautiful, it is not easy to get a praise from the emperor, and the face is also red, wearing so many to feel on the battlefield, shameful.

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"Master Sun, tell me, what is the effect of this 'anti-arrow suit'?" Yang Gai saw Sun Chengzong looking at him. I felt that it was time to let Sun Chengzong come up with an idea.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the use of silk to defend against the damage of bows and arrows has been known since ancient times, before my Ming Dynasty, it is said that Genghis Khan's army used several layers of silk to wrap the vital parts of the body when fighting, in order to defend against the damage of bows and arrows."

Sun Chengzong is worthy of being a well-educated person, and his words quote the past and discuss the present, and he is the first to say.

"Really? This kind of technology was there in ancient times? Yang Reform was surprised again, the ancient Ming Dynasty was at least the Yuan Dynasty. Before the Yuan Dynasty, there was a "anti-arrow suit"?

"Your Majesty, yes. As the old saying goes, 'At the end of a strong crossbow, it is difficult to pierce Lu Min', which means that the damage of this silk defense bow and arrow has a special effect, it is said that because the silk is flexible and the arrow enters the flesh together, it is much easier to pull the arrow in a non-lethal place after the war, on the contrary, leather armor and iron armor do not have this advantage. Sun Chengzong said unhurriedly.

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Yuan Chonghuan also played: "Your Majesty, what Lord Sun said is very true, this silk defense bow and arrow damage has special effects. The minister just read the ancient books and got the secret that silk can defend against the damage of bows and arrows, so he added a few more layers of silk on the basis of my cotton armor, so that he dared to go to the battlefield, otherwise, how can a minister and a literati have the courage to go to the battlefield? ”

"This ......" Yang Reform finally understood that this ancient time, the ancient Ming Dynasty, knew the knowledge of using silk to defend bows and arrows before. Doesn't that mean that you want to make this "anti-arrow clothing", in fact, you can add a few more layers of silk on the basis of the existing Ming army's "cotton armor"? Is it lightweight and effective?

Thinking of this, Yang Gai felt that this was a dead end, how expensive silk is, can ordinary people afford to wear it? Therefore, this anti-arrow suit is also worn by senior generals. Ordinary soldiers, it is estimated that they do not have the "capital" to wear "anti-arrow clothing".

Thinking of this, Yang Gai felt very defeated and depressed. A research project failed. But it is not completely without gains, and in the future, you can wear more robes made of "many layers" of silk with wild boar skin, which is not only lightweight, but also can effectively defend against the damage of bows and arrows.

Yang Gai looked at this "anti-arrow suit", and also had a hint of enlightenment! "Heavy armor", according to the assumption of ordinary people, the heavier the armor (zhong), the better. In this way, there can be a better defense. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan's "heavy armor" should be read as the second sound of "chong", [insect word sound]. In this way, it can be well explained that Yuan Chonghuan "Nai has heavy chong armor is impermeable", and there are several layers of armor composed of "armor", of course, you can use the word "chong". In other words, it may be that a battlefield recorder played a word game, with the same words but different phonetic meanings. The pronunciation of the word 重 (zhong) and the word 重 (chong) are different, and the meaning is different, but the writing is the same, so that others still think that Yuan Chonghuan was wearing very heavy armor and was not killed by many arrows. highlights Yuan Chonghuan's tall image. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan's chain mail (partial), cotton armor, leather armor, silk, cotton underwear, etc. used many layers, which are light and effective, so that they can be worn for so long on the battlefield. And it's not wrong to write like this, a recorder said proudly: "What I recorded was originally heavy (chong) Jia, you prefer to read it as heavy (zhong) Jia, what does it matter to me." ”

A historical mystery was solved by Yang Reform in this way. Yang Gengai thought proudly: Do I have the potential to be a "conscientious inventor of history"? Ha ha!

The rest of the story was very boring. Put on this "anti-arrow suit" with a wooden pen, "aggressively" shot a lot of arrows, and shot this "anti-arrow suit" no different from a hedgehog before stopping, and opened it to see that the wooden mantle was basically intact, and almost no damage was suffered, only a few sporadic arrows "rubbed" a little skin on the wooden bong.

The arrows are all hung on the "anti-arrow suit".

In ancient times, there were straw boats borrowing arrows, and now there are human bodies borrowing arrows. Yang Gengai smiled bitterly.

[For the anti-arrow suit, I haven't tried it, just speculate based on "history", don't imitate, and bear the consequences. 】

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After finishing the anti-arrow clothing, Yang Gai felt like chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it was a pity to abandon it. If all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with such an arrow suit, Yang Reform felt that he would be used as pants. gave up, and felt that it was irresponsible to the Ming soldiers. Thinking about it again, now those Ming soldiers are still worried about the problem of food and clothing, and they equip them with silk brocade armor, and they estimate that they don't want to wear them on their bodies and change them for wine and drink.

Yang is depressed enough.

I remembered that there was a pretty cutie outside the palace, and I remembered the white and tender little hands, and my heart moved, and I decided to go outside the palace, and by the way, I went to see how the glass was doing. His money bag is getting more and more deflated. After a while, before he entered the project, he was going to become a "little deflated three".

When you think of it, you do it.

Yang Gengai brought Wang Chengen and pretended to be a son-in-law, but Wang Chengen still looked like a housekeeper. swaggered out of the Forbidden City. Go straight to the glass factory.;