Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, whom Liu Wei met, adopted Sima Yi's strategy and decided to order Jiang Gan to go to Jiangdong, but the craftsmen of the craftsman workshop in Luoyang City were in trouble around the white snow-white animal skin.

More than 100 hides were spread out on the floor of the craftsman's workshop, and the craftsmen simply made nitrate and antiseptic treatment, but when they tried to cut these hides into pieces, they made a mistake.

They used drilling, cutting, and other methods, but they were never able to cut the slightest trace on the hide.

A craftsman was drilling holes in the skins with an awl, and with great effort, he could not even burrow a white mark on the skin under the awl.

"How?" He stopped what he was doing, and as soon as he raised his sleeve and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, he heard a question from the side.

Turning his head to the side, the craftsman shook his head with a look of helplessness.

Standing beside him was a craftsman who was slightly older than him.

Looking down at the animal skin that could not be drilled no matter how much it drilled, even the tip of the needle was a big hole, and the older craftsman's face also showed entanglement.

"How?" The young craftsman who was drilling holes in the animal skin raised his head, looked at the older craftsman standing in front of him, and said: "Your Majesty wants us to make the animal skin into armor, but this animal skin cannot be cut or drilled, and even if it is roasted with fire and charcoal, there is no movement. I really can't think of how to make it into armor. ”

Squatting down next to the animal skin, the old craftsman lifted the animal skin, frowned tightly, and muttered for a while before saying: "If you really can't get out of the eye, I'm afraid you can only present it truthfully......

When he said this, the old craftsman also had an entanglement in his heart.

As craftsmen, they are responsible for making clothes and armor for the soldiers of the Han army, and if these animal skins are attached to the outside of the bronze armor, no matter what blades, they will not be able to pierce half of them.

Liu Wei asked the craftsmen to make armor from animal skins, and once the armor could be made, the generals of the Han army would conquer the battlefield, and they would have a little more protection.

I also wanted to make the armor, but the craftsmen tried their best, and they couldn't drill even half an eye on the animal skin, but the toughness was tough, and such a tough animal skin made the craftsmen suffer a lot.

The entire craftsman workshop was busy cutting animal skins, but no matter how they cut them, they couldn't cut out even a single white mark.

In desperation, the craftsman had no choice but to ask people to report to Liu Wei, only saying that the animal skin was too tough to be cut.

Only then did he return to the palace, and before he could sit down and rest for a while, the news that the craftsman's workshop could not cut the animal skin reached Liu Wei's ears.

I had also seen the tenacity of animal skins with my own eyes, and it was not surprising to learn that the craftsman's workshop could not cut them.

Sitting in the front hall of the dormitory, Liu Wei thought for a while, and said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen on the side: "I still have to go to the craftsman's workshop!" ”

Knowing that he remembered that the animal skin could not be cut, Wang Liu and Wang Zhen responded, stood sideways, and waited for Liu Wei to get up and go to the craftsman's workshop.

Walking out of the dormitory, Liu Wei was walking forward, suddenly stopped, and asked Wang Liu and Wang Zhen who followed behind him, "Is there an alum in the palace?" ”

"Alum?" Wang Liu and Wang Zhen glanced at each other, both of them were full of confusion, and shook their heads almost at the same time.

"It's the thing that is used to clarify drinking water on weekdays." Seeing that the two didn't understand what he was talking about, Liu Wei recounted again: "The kind of stone that looks very shiny can melt if thrown in water!" ”

"Oh!" As soon as he said this, Wang Zhen understood, and said to him: "The last general doesn't know what His Majesty said, and there were warlocks in the past who made alchemy, but they used such things. ”

"Find some for me, and bring some salt to the craftsman's workshop!" Knowing that he could find alum, Liu Wei was relieved, explained to Wang Zhen, and then said to Wang Liu: "Wang Liu will go to the craftsman's workshop with me first!" ”

"No!" After the two sisters answered, Wang Zhen left first, looking for alum for Liu Wei, while Wang Liu accompanied him and walked straight towards the main gate of the palace.

Out of the palace, Liu Wei, escorted by Wang Liu and a team of guards, rode all the way to the craftsman's workshop.

Riding on horseback, seeing that he was about to reach the door of the craftsman's workshop, Wang Liu suddenly retched.

Hearing her retching, Liu Wei turned his head, looked at her with a puzzled look and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shaking his head with a red face, Wang Liu said softly: "Maybe it's because I haven't covered the quilt at night these days, and some of them are cold!" ”

Wang Liu explained this, but Liu Wei didn't ask any more questions, turned around and continued to rush to the craftsman's workshop.

Before he reached the door of the craftsman's workshop, he saw the craftsman leading a group of craftsmen waiting at the front door.

Seeing that Liu Wei was coming, the craftsman hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed down to him and bowed deeply and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Swinging his hand towards the craftsman, Liu Wei turned over and got off the horse, and while leading Wang Liu and the others to the door, he asked the craftsman: "What method have you adopted?" How can you not even get out of half an eye? ”

"Hui Yu Xià!" The craftsman followed behind Liu Wei and said with great trepidation: "The ministers have adopted the methods of drilling, cutting and even burning with fire......

"Less fire?" I only knew that the animal skin was difficult to cut with a sharp blade, but I didn't expect it to be so tough that it couldn't be burned with fire, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the craftsman and asked.

Following him, the craftsman bowed and replied as he walked, "Yes! This thing is tough, and it can't be burned with fire! ”

Nodding, Liu Wei didn't say anything more.

He had never seen such a tough animal skin, it was simply invulnerable!

Entering the craftsman's workshop, Liu Wei walked straight to the animal skins laid out in the courtyard.

More than 100 animal skins are laid out flat, like a carpet on the ground, and the white flowers are very dazzling.

Standing next to one of the animal skins, Liu Wei looked down at the animal skin that barely had a white mark, and frowned slightly.

The craftsmen of the Craftsman's Workshop had tried all the methods they could, and there was nothing they could do about the hide.

Looking at the animal skin, Liu Wei did not say anything.

He was waiting for Wang Zhen.

If Wang Zhen sent him what he needed, he would still be somewhat sure that he would be able to divide the animal skin and drill an eye out of it.

Liu Wei didn't say anything, and everyone standing in the craftsman's workshop didn't squeak.

The reason why they reported to Liu Wei that they were no longer able to divide the animal skins was that the craftsman did not really want to divide the animal skins, but wanted to invite the emperor, who seemed to know everything, to come and take a look in person, and maybe there would be a way to divide them.

A group of people stood in the courtyard of the craftsman's workshop, and no one spoke for a while, even Liu Wei frowned at the animal skins that were spread on the ground.

"Your Majesty, here!" was looking at the animal skin, waiting for Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen, who had received his order, ran in from the door, and when he approached Liu Wei, he held a cloth bag in both hands and handed it to him.

Taking the cloth bag handed by Wang Zhen, Liu took a look at it, and sure enough, he saw that the cloth bag was wrapped in a large piece of translucent crystals.

I dipped my finger in the crystals, put it on the tip of my tongue and tasted it, and an astringent taste immediately spread from my taste buds to my entire tongue.

Spat to the side, Liu Wei said to Wang Zhen: "It's this thing, can you bring table salt?" ”

"Bring it!" Liu Wei asked about table salt, Wang Zhen took out another small burden from his arms, opened the bag, and what was wrapped in it was large particles of salt.

"Mix these two things and dissolve them in water." Handing the salt and alum to the craftsman on the side, Liu Wei said to him: "Wait until it is fully dissolved, cover it with a clay lid, and steam it over a simmer." The water on the lid should not be touched with your hands, let alone tasted, and carefully put it in a clay pot for later use! ”

"No!" After taking the alum and salt, the craftsman answered, turned around and handed it to a craftsman behind, and did not forget to instruct: "Do not touch or taste the steamed water." ”

The craftsman got the alum and steamed it with salt according to Liu Wei's instructions.

Liu Wei, who was standing next to the animal skins, said to the craftsman on the side: "If this method is no longer feasible, I'm afraid that these animal skins can only be wrapped around the generals when they go into battle!" ”

The craftsman on the side lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.

As an official in charge of craftsmen, he is responsible for making weapons and armor, but he does not want to do anything about these animal skins in front of him, which is undoubtedly the greatest irony for him.

The craftsman's face was full of shame, but Liu Wei didn't mean to blame him.

The hides in front of him, both toughness and hardness, were completely beyond his knowledge.

In his impression, even some hard leathers made two thousand years later could not achieve this kind of toughness.

If you can really make this thing into armor and distribute it to the generals of the Han army to wear, from now on, the generals will be invincible in the battlefield!

Standing in the courtyard with Liu Wei, Wang Liu's face on the side was a little ugly for some reason.

Her little face was pale, as if she had suddenly fallen seriously ill, and she retched several times, but she didn't vomit anything.

Every time he retched, Wang Liu would always turn his face to the side, avoiding Liu Wei's sight, and Wang Zhen, who sent alum and salt here, saw it really.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Approaching Wang Liu's side, Wang Zhen asked her in a low voice.

Pursing his lips tightly, Wang Liu shook his head, his face becoming more and more ugly.

"I'll tell Your Majesty here, and I'll say that my sister's body is not very good!" Seeing Wang Liu's ugly face, Wang Zhen whispered very worriedly.

She was about to turn around and sue Liu Wei, but Wang Liu hurriedly grabbed her sleeve and shook her head at her.

Seeing that Wang Liu insisted on not allowing her to speak, Wang Zhen asked in a whisper with some worry in her heart: "Is my sister really okay?" ”

"It's fine, I'm afraid I suffered some wind chill last night!" The little face became more and more pale, and Wang Liu whispered to Wang Zhen: "Don't tell Your Majesty, it's important to make armor, don't act by mistake because of some trivial things!" ”