Although with the development of firearms, the role of armor will gradually decrease in the future, but it is undeniable that in this era, when fighting, in most cases, it is still based on cold weapons combat, supplemented by firearms, and the needs of soldiers for armor are still very realistic.

In the past, Yu Xiaotian didn't have enough resources to equip his generals with good armor, but now that he hugged Xiong Wencan's thick legs, he naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian took the opportunity to ask Xiong Wencan for a large number of armor, but all the generals basically achieved a pair of iron armor, and they were all well-made armor, more than a thousand people, and some of them also obtained more sophisticated Shanwen armor.

If it weren't for the norms of the Ming Dynasty's polite system, you can't use armor casually, otherwise you will be suspected of trespassing, otherwise, Yu Xiaotian really dares to equip his subordinates with a full set of Shanwen armor, even if it costs more.

In addition to the generals, he was not stingy with ordinary soldiers, and asked for more than 1,000 sets of cotton armor from Xiong Wencan, these cotton armor were not the tattered and cutting corners of ordinary officers and soldiers, but genuine cotton armor made by Seiko.

In addition to using a sufficient amount of cotton and hammering very strong, these cotton armors are also lined with iron sheets and inlaid with copper nails, which are full of weight and have quite good defensive capabilities against ordinary firearms.

Although most of the time of the year in this area of Fujian, the weather and temperature are relatively high, and it is not very suitable for wearing cotton armor to fight, but Yu Xiaotian still tried his best to get a batch of cotton armor, even if he doesn't use it, he will reserve it first, after all, I don't know when Lu Dao will be in the future, he may lead the army to the north, and when the time comes, I am afraid it will be too late.

Now it is the Xiaoice River period, the temperature in the north is extremely low in winter, freezing people is common, cotton armor itself has a certain thermal insulation function, is a good choice, otherwise the eight banner soldiers will not be most equipped with cotton armor, and cotton armor can also play a role in bulletproof to a certain extent, Yu Xiaotian certainly will not despise this very practical armor.

Of course, most of the time, the sea wolf soldiers would not wear this kind of bulky cotton armor to fight, considering this, Yu Xiaotian also asked for some money from Xiong Wencan, found several iron yards in Quanzhou Mansion and Zhangzhou Mansion, and ordered a large number of iron pieces of uniform specifications.

These iron sheets have the same thickness, and belong to a kind of repeatedly hammered steel, with good hardness and toughness, although they are not as good as the quality of the armor steel sheets on the generals, but they are far better than the armor of ordinary iron armor.

After these armor pieces are created, they are all brushed with lacquer or tung oil for rust prevention, and then Yu Xiaotian's subordinates use canvas to find someone to sew a vest-style vest, leaving a cloth bag on it, and the uniform nail pieces are packed into the armor pieces, and after sewing, it becomes a pretty good bulletproof vest, which Yu Xiaotian called a bag armor.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian did this was that he had seen some bulletproof vests in later generations, which seemed to be made in this way, and the later Heavenly Dynasty could not solve the problem of Kevlar fiber at first, so he retreated to the second best thing, and used bulletproof steel sheets as the basis to make bulletproof vests, although it doesn't look very good, but the bulletproof effect is still good.

And this bulletproof vest effectively protects the vital parts of the user's chest and back, ordinary knives and guns basically cannot pierce or split such cloth bag armor, and ordinary bows and arrows can not easily shoot through such bag armor, which can effectively protect the life safety of soldiers.

Although the protective area of this bag armor is not large, it only protects the main trunk of the body, but with the parts of the leather, it can also basically achieve large-area protection, but the protection ability of other parts is slightly lower than the protection of the main torso, but such armor is more convenient and comfortable to wear, does not affect normal combat activities very much, and more importantly, it can be produced faster, and the cost is relatively low.

Originally, Yu Xiaotian also wanted to create some plate armor for his subordinates, but after trying it, he found that it was not realistic to do so, first, there are few craftsmen in Daming now, who can have this kind of craftsmanship to create qualified plate armor, and even if it can be built, it will be very expensive, at least now even if it is his financial resources, I am afraid he can't afford to play this guy.

So instead of building a hoplite, he might as well settle for the next best thing and create more musketeers, as long as there is enough firepower output in this era, then even if you encounter heavy enemy troops, light infantry musketeers, you can still easily kill them.

This is a matter of degree, Yu Xiaotian will never drill the tip of the bull's horns and do something unrealistic.

It can be said that since Yu Xiaotian persuaded Xiong Wencan to issue a bullet to impeach Wei Zhongxian, and saw Wei Zhongxian's final downfall, the relationship between Yu Xiaotian and Xiong Wencan has completely entered a honeymoon period.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian deliberately restrained his attitude in front of Xiong Wencan, and was always respectful to Xiong Wencan, which could almost be said to be responsive, and from time to time he would send some novelties to Xiong Wencan, so that Xiong Wencan could use them to bribe officials in Beijing.

Xiong Wencan was naturally happy to keep his mouth shut for Xiaotian's performance of interest, and completely regarded Xiaotian as a confidant, and all kinds of benefits were naturally indispensable to Xiaotian.

The two of them can be said to be embarrassed, Xiong Wencan is making money and making a fortune while gaining fame, while Yu Xiaotian is making a fortune quietly, trying his best to expand his territory in Fujian, and gradually began to extend his tentacles into the interior of Fujian and all walks of life.

As for the sea, as long as Yu Xiaotian is not happy, no one will want to engage in east and west along the coast of Fujian, of course, Yu Xiaotian will not be stupid enough to completely block the entire coastal area of Fujian, and raise thieves to respect himself, he still understands it quite well, so from time to time he will also leak some pirates in Fujian's activities, but as long as he receives the news, he will definitely come out when he hears the alarm, and send a naval warship to the place of the accident to deal with it.

As for catching people, that's naturally another story, sometimes they will catch some eye-openings, but sometimes they can only return empty-handed, and the cats in them are naturally only known by Yu Xiaotian and his subordinates, and the ghosts will know how many of these pirates are dressed up by the sea wolf's own people!

But on the whole, since Yu Xiaotian returned to the imperial court, the entire coastal area of Fujian and the sea surface have been much calmer than before.

The red-haired people who used to be arrogant are now like rats, and when they see the ships of the sea wolves, they go around, and they dare not easily run to the coast of Fujian as they did before, plundering and leaving.

Moreover, after the Dutch returned from the defeat in the Battle of Tamsui, although the headquarters of the East India Company was very angry, they were very angry about the defeat of Waite, and at the same time they were very dissatisfied with the results of the negotiations between Peter and the Seawolf, the East India Company had never suffered such a big loss, and the big people of Haolu were already their territory, and now it was good, but in the future, they would have to pay regular rent to the Seawolf, which made it clear that they had become tenants, and when the Seawolf wanted them to leave, they could only roll up the bed and get out.

For this reason, the high-level businessmen of the East India Company held several meetings to discuss how to deal with it, and many people proposed to mobilize more warships to kill the island of Taiwan, compete with the sea wolves, completely defeat the sea wolves, seize the island of Taiwan, and completely control it in their hands.

But this was only their ideal, after such a proposal was put forward, they crossed their fingers to calculate the amount of force they could draw at hand, but found that it was impossible to do this, although their East India Company was very strong, but it was impossible to launch such a large-scale naval battle, and it was a long-distance attack.

The last time the fleet led by Waite passed, it was already the limit they could take out, but after Waite led the team over, it became a meat bun and beat a dog and never returned, not even a single hair was left, and the whole army was wiped out in the battle of Tamsui.

Now even if they want to draw a strong fleet, it is impossible, not that they don't have ships at hand now, but their ships have something to do now, most of the ships in their fleet are armed merchant ships, and they are responsible for sending all kinds of goods obtained from Asia back to Europe.

Every day, these fleets bring them huge wealth, and suddenly they take out a large number of ships and go to Taiwan to fight the sea wolves, then it means that they will lose a lot of wealth, not to mention that many ships are still in short supply, even if they can draw so many ships, they can't have enough sailors for them.

What's more, although the big man is very important to them, but in the past two years, the big man has only input, but has not yet output, basically in a state of losing money, for a big man who loses money, Xingshi stopped a lot of money-making business that was being done, and went to fight with a group of Chinese pirates, even if it was a win?

So no matter how they calculated, they felt that it was not appropriate, if this battle was fought, it would be purely a battle to lose money, and the premise was that it must be won, if they suffered another defeat, then their East India Company would completely lose a lot of money, and the anger of the shareholders alone was probably not something they could bear, not to mention the king, if they knew that they were actually defeated in the hands of a group of Chinese pirates, it was estimated that they would not be able to spare them.

Since it can't be fought, then other options can only be considered, and some people propose that in this case, simply give up the big man to pull down, anyway, the big man is now losing money and trading, and there are not enough Chinese merchant ships to trade with them there, at best, it can be regarded as a transit port to Japan.

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