Chapter Seventy-Six: Armor

In the following days, Zhao Jun sat in the Shenwu Marquis's mansion, meditating on martial arts and studying the art of war, or reading some Spring and Autumn classics, including the Guiguzi book, which was also read by Zhao Jun.

As for the government affairs, there are Sima Xin, Dong Fei and Zhou Qi brothers, he doesn't need to worry too much, as long as he makes decisions on big things, and Tang Li and Lu Ze are in charge of military affairs.

In the entire Great Qin Empire, except for the four general armor divisions, that is, arsenals, each county has armor supervisors, who do not have the right to build, and are responsible for regular repairs or individual improvements to local armor, and those who accumulate merit can be promoted to the general division of armor.

However, Yu Sheng's treatment in Linzi County is much stronger than in Huiji, Zhao Jun specially assigned a small courtyard to Yu Sheng, and dispatched dozens of officials to listen to it, and ordered him to recruit blacksmiths, but the requirements are high, the maintenance of Linzi's armor is regular, from the original half a year to three months, Yu Sheng is happy about this, he is not afraid of being tired, he is afraid of being ignored, and he wastes a good skill, especially Zhao Jun ordered him to improve the chariot, spear and other armor, so that he is particularly excited, as if he has recruited the target.

Of course, Zhao Jun's real purpose is not only that, he has to wait for the conditions to be ripe to see if he can make a ring-headed knife or a more advanced Tang knife, and he will have more advantages on the battlefield in the future.

On this day, Zhao Jun ordered two iron guards to carry a large box and came to the small courtyard assigned to Yu Sheng.

As soon as people enter the yard, they can hear the sound of 'clanging' iron tools from the backyard, and when they go to the backyard, they see dozens of blacksmiths working back and forth, and there is a big reed shed in the middle, which is full of all kinds of guys for iron, and the blacksmiths are shirtless, sweating profusely in front of the charcoal stove and hammering.

Yu Sheng was instructing the craftsmen, and when he saw Zhao Jun coming, he came up to pay respects.

"Hehe, Duke Yu, let's get used to coming to Linzi." Zhao Jun helped up Yu Shengdao, who wanted to be long.

Yu Sheng got up and said with a smile: "Haha, Hou Ye is so treated, the old man is naturally very satisfied, and the days of coming here are also fulfilling, my ancestral craftsman has finally come to use, that is, the ring head knife and Mo knife that Hou Ye said have not made much progress, but Hou Ye rest assured, with your guidance, coupled with the old man's understanding and everyone's efforts, it will definitely be able to be manufactured." ”

The ring head knife appeared in the Western Han Dynasty in history, single-sided straight blade, thick back ridge, the handle has a ring head, very use of slashing, but also more suitable for military combat than the long sword, is the most advanced at that time, the most powerful short-term weapon, the Western Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Huns, the ring head knife is indispensable, as for the Mo knife is the most ferocious long-handled infantry weapon in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has always been an important military material management, it is strictly forbidden to make private people, even if it is not a handle.

The most famous is the Mo knife wall, that is, a large number of soldiers form a phalanx similar to Macedonia, and then hold a long-handled Mo knife to kill together, the bright Mo knife is like a wall, on the one hand, it can effectively boost the morale of its own soldiers, on the other hand, it can also be a very serious deterrent to the enemy, and the wide, sharp Mo knife to the enemy is far from being a narrow spearhead, spearhead can be compared.

"There's no hurry, I came to you today for something else." Zhao Jundao, although the ring head knife looks simple, but in the iron casting technology is more backward now, it is not easy to build in batches, especially the Mo knife is more complex than the ring head knife, and the most important thing is that he doesn't know anything, although he has seen some basic knowledge of the ring head knife on the Internet in his previous life, what is repeatedly folded and forged and quenched, but now most of them have forgotten, and can only tell Yu Sheng half-understood, and then rely on him to figure it out.

"Oh, what is the matter with Master Hou today?"

Zhao Jun smiled and signaled to the Tie Wei behind him, and the Tie Wei put the box from the stage in front of Yu Sheng, and then opened it.

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at the objects in the big box, his eyes suddenly became shocked, he walked to the box with some excitement, and stroked the objects in the box carefully, and finally his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"This is actually the legendary Alien Alien Iron Tianna is still such a large piece, I have only seen it once in my life when I was under the Prime Minister in Jiangdong, but I didn't have the opportunity to touch it, I didn't expect that today I saw the Alien Iron again, haha, if you use this iron to build a weapon, it is definitely the sharpest weapon in the world, and if you build armor, it is also the strongest armor."

Yu Sheng was so excited that he could hardly control himself, for their blacksmiths, if they could build an alien iron weapon in their lifetime, they would have no regrets in death. This piece of extraterrestrial iron was obtained by Zhao Jun by killing the Xiongnu prince in the frontier, and it has been placed in the frontier all these years, and it happened to be brought when he went to the frontier last time.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Duke Yu, I came today just to ask you to help me build a weapon, and I am adding another armor, I don't know if these star irons are enough." ”

"Enough, enough." Yu Sheng heard that Zhao Jun was going to build weapons, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "These star irons are more than enough to make a pair of weapons and armor, and I am adding black gold iron into it, which will inevitably make the weapons and armor more flexible, and the old man has the confidence to forge the world's first-class weapons and armor, but I don't know what kind of weapons Hou Ye wants to build." ”

"I have a pattern of drawing, Yu Gong, you can see if you can build it."

At this time, Zhao Jun took out the drawn patterns, one was Fang Tian's halberd, and the other was the Tang Dynasty Mingguang armor.

Yu Sheng took Fang Tian's halberd pattern and looked at it for a while and said with some surprise: "What kind of weapon is this, the old man is really unheard of, and it is a little cumbersome to build, but it is no problem to build a handle just for Hou Ye, this weapon should be a long weapon, shouldn't Hou Ye build a long pole?" ”

Zhao Jun shook his head, Fang Tian did not plan to use iron for the rod of the halberd, but the way of using the mallet is also quite particular, the material of the horse lance rod is the most wood, and then peeled into a uniform thickness of the scorn, and the fine scorn is repeatedly soaked in oil until it is no longer deformed and cracked, and the first step is completed.

And this process took nearly a year, a year later, the scorn strip was taken out, dried in the shade for several months, and then glued with the best gum paint glue for a grip thick, eight zhang long, the outer layer was wound with hemp rope, until the hemp rope was dry, coated with raw lacquer, wrapped in kudzu cloth, dry a layer wrapped in a layer, and so on, until cut up with a knife, the lance made a metallic sound, but it did not crack, it was qualified, and finally went to its head and tail, truncated to about six zhang, the front was loaded with a stainless steel lance, and the back An red copper lance, of course, here Zhao Jun is going to change to Fang Tian's halberd.

With such cooperation, Zhao Jun was sure to bring Fang Tian's halberd skills to the limit.

"Hey, this armor is so clever." Yu Sheng looked at the Mingguang armor pattern with a surprised face, and after a long time, he shook his head a little weakly and said: "This armor can be created, but it will take at least four years, and it can only be made with star iron, so it is impossible to build it in batches." ”

Zhao Jun was overjoyed after hearing this, Mingguang armor is a subversive work in ancient armor, although it has been improved since the Tang Dynasty, but the overall difference is not much, forging skills and iron quality are extremely demanding, Yu Sheng can say that it is already good to create it within four years, as for mass production, he didn't think about it at all, but the fish scale armor that appeared in the Western Han Dynasty and the two-grade armor of the Three Kingdoms can be tried, even if it can only be built in small amounts, it can also be used by his subordinates.

"It's okay, although Yu Gong builds, Ben Hou can wait, haha." In the end, Zhao Jun left with a happy mood, weapons, armor, and famous horses, and he was not short of them, just waiting for the troubled times to come.

However, when he just returned to the mansion, Hu Hai suddenly came in a hurry.

"Second brother, go to the barracks and take a look, the soldiers are about to fight, Lu Ze and Yu Ziqi are almost unable to hold it down, Tang Li asked me to call you, I think the camp is going to be bombed!" Hu Hai's face was anxious, his forehead was still sweating, and he said without panting.

"What? Bomb the camp? Zhao Jun was taken aback, and hurriedly said to the iron guards beside him: "Immediately give an order, all the iron guards will gather within a quarter of an hour, get on their horses, bring swords, and complete bows and arrows, and there will be no delay." ”

"No!" The iron guard next to him suddenly agreed and quickly retreated.

(To be continued)