The greater the risk, the greater the gain.

This statement is extremely apt for our newly formed expedition. The successful hunting of a Nine Ghost Serpent on our first mission gave us a lot of gains.

The bird's meat was rolled up with a nearly twenty-meter-long snake skin, and then tied up with a rope, and it was a large roll, which could hardly hold any other trophies when it was put on the back of the big lizard. Therefore, those snake bones and snake meat can only be discarded with patience. However, the two essence parts of the inner dan and snake gall bladder, which are small in size and high in value, must be taken away. Do the math, we've definitely made a lot of money from this trip!

Later, however, I went back to the snake hole with the bird's meat, and found a nest of snake eggs in addition to a large pile of bones and broken copper and iron that had not been completely digested.

The snake egg of the Nine Ghost Serpent is a relatively weak trophy compared to its snake skin, Neidan, and snake gall, but I covet it. When the bird meat saw that I liked it, he simply gave it all to me. In return, I also ignored the superb ice jade he touched in the bone pile in the snake cave.

After packing the loot, it is natural to leave this dangerous realm quickly, otherwise all kinds of carnivorous and scavenging animals will be in trouble once they smell the smell of dead snakes and swarm in. As we had already suffered losses when we came, we avoided the watered depression on our return and followed the main road we used to take. The return journey was smooth sailing, and he arrived at Zuoqiu City safely.

Back in the city, the expedition was disbanded on the spot. Unlike caravans, expeditions have a more casual recuperation period, dispatching when they have the right information, and resting when they don't. Blindly wandering around the dead is an act of seeking death, so all kinds of information can be obtained through trading, as for who can find it, or get the first step, it depends on their own ability.

My top priority during the recuperation period was to make a set of high-grade armor that suited me. Otherwise, the next time you set off, you will have to be laughed at by other teammates, and you will not be responsible for your own safety.

After consulting the big stupid cow Lu Dian, I went straight to Zuo City to find a weapon shop specializing in making armor. I never thought about it, but I met another acquaintance inside.

It turned out that the owner of this weapon shop was the "brother next door" that Cao Zhe and I met in the gladiatorial arena and lost even the blacksmith shop! I didn't expect him to be an armor caster!

"Didn't you lose all your money last time and sell your shop?" I asked him in surprise.

"Hehe, that's exactly what happened." He laughed, "I really lost all my old book that time!" ”

The brother next door who was born in iron is actually surnamed Tie, but now he should change his name to the iron shopkeeper. Still, he insisted that I call him "dude".

Brother Tie said with a smile: "After returning from the gladiatorial arena, I was disheartened and put my little iron shop out and prepared to go back to the sun to farm. But when I was leaving, I was unwilling to gamble one last time. Unexpectedly, that time it actually came back to life! ”

"How much did you win?"

Brother Tie stretched out two fingers and was triumphant: "I only brought two hundred Yin Yuan over, and I picked the pressure with low odds." As a result, there were four upsets in a row that day, and I directly multiplied the money in my hand tenfold, turning it into two thousand yin yuan! ”

"And then?"

Then I immediately changed my mind and didn't go back to the sun! I'd rather pay the buyer double the deposit than get the store back and continue to beat my iron! ”

"In two years, you can change shotguns for guns by striking iron, and open a small shop into such a big store?" I doubt it.

"Hey, hey!" Brother Tie grinned, "As the saying goes, no Ji Tai comes!" Since then, my luck has actually started to improve, and every time I go to bet on gladiatorial matches, I win more and lose less. Later, I didn't bother to pick the hammer every day, so I put the money I won into a bigger store, and hired two experienced blacksmiths to specialize in armor casting. You see, business is pretty good right now! ”

I envy him a little, but other people's luck is someone else's after all, and besides, the world is impermanent, and no one can tell what will happen in the future.

"Since we have had a relationship, it is rare for you to come to take care of my brother's business today, so naturally I will not snub you! Let's talk about it. What kind of protective gear do you want to buy? "Brother Iron asked me.

"Well, I want to customize a full set of armor for my own use, I wonder if my brother has any good recommendations?" To be honest, I really don't know much about armor, so it's always good to meet someone I know to introduce me.

"No problem!" Brother Tie was very enthusiastic, "Let's talk about what weapons you like to use first." Armor can't be worn casually, in addition to fitting your figure, it also has to match your combat style! ”

"I generally like to use a short knife, a shield, and occasionally a double gun."

"Yo, then you still prefer hand-to-hand combat?"

"Yes."

"You don't have to think about the leather armor, it's cheap, but the protection is far from enough!" As soon as Brother Tie spoke, he looked very professional, "It has to be iron armor to be suitable for close combat!" ”

"Brother, what kind of iron armor do you have here?"

"Plate armor, armor, chain armor, scale armor, I have them all here!"

"These ...... What is the difference between iron armor? ”

Brother Tie is not a professional armor caster, and he has long been familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of various iron armors, so he introduced me in detail:

First of all, in addition to being tempered by a traditional furnace, the armor used in the underworld must also go through the process of calcination by ghost fire to avoid corrosion and deformation. The iron used in the top armor will also add some special metals from the underworld, which not only ensures good protection against physical attacks, but also has a good effect on the wearer's resistance to Yin Qi erosion.

Among the four common types of iron armor, plate armor is the one with the highest casting process, not only has high practicality, but can even be called a "work of art"! It is the pinnacle of defense in the era of cold weapons in the world!

The plate armor is the kind of heavy armor that covers the whole body worn by the big stupid cow Lu Dian, which can be completely wrapped up from the top of the head to the soles of the feet, leaving no dead ends, and the protection ability is the most comprehensive. Each part of the plate armor is made of a single iron plate or steel plate, which can be ignored against ordinary bows and crossbows, and even frontal slashes and punctures can produce a very effective protective effect.

But plate armor with such overbearing defense will also have its obvious drawbacks. The first is that the weight is too heavy, and the net weight of a full set of plate armor is generally at least 20 kg or more, and up to 35 kg. Such a weight required the wearer to have a strong physique, or simply to be standard for cavalry. Therefore, even Lu Dian's big stupid cow only wears it once in a while, and it can't be worn on his body for a long time to march and fight.

The second disadvantage is also that it is affected by the weight being too large, which makes it difficult for the wearer to move, and is not suitable for skilled fighters. Moreover, plate armor is particularly expensive because of the large number of materials used and the casting is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. After Brother Tie finished the introduction, he immediately helped me rule out this option.

The armor is actually a rudimentary version of plate armor, which is an armor strung together with pieces of square armor. Because this kind of armor looks like an ancient book, it is called "Zajia". The weight and cost of the armor are slightly lower, but the puncture resistance is relatively average. The junction between the armor and the armor is made of strips of cloth and rope, which can be easily pierced by sharp weapons such as spears and spears.

There is also a type of armor that is completely different from plate armor and armor, and that is chain mail. This kind of armor is made of small iron rings linked to each other, which is the most intimate and protective force when worn on the body. However, chain mail is also the most afraid of piercing offensive weapons, and it is slightly heavier than zai, which is also easy to hinder the movement of the hand, so it is more suitable for strength samurai.

In the end, Iron Brother recommended to me a type of armor that was somewhere between plate armor and chain mail: scale armor.

As you can imagine from the name, the scale armor is made up of alternating pieces of iron like fish scales, which has good defense, moderate weight, and is easy to wear. Because the most troublesome thing for a melee samurai against an opponent with a long weapon is how to crack the opponent's long-range piercing attack, and in addition to plate armor, scale armor also has a fairly strong anti-puncture ability due to its dense coverage of armor.

Because the most basic iron scales can be standardized, the workmanship is not time-consuming, and the price is reasonable. So I finally followed the advice of the Iron Brother and made a tailor-made set of scale armor in his shop, and used the finest materials. As for the helmet, there are ready-made good goods in the store, so I just picked the best quality and took it away on the spot.

Brother Tie took out his abacus, and after a while, he told me that the full set of armor added up to a total of 1,500 Yin Yuan!

This price makes me scratch my head. Brother Tie said that he had already given me an eighty-five discount, and I was embarrassed to bargain again, but my share of the expedition this time has not been distributed, and at present, even if the donation left to me by Tian Laolu is counted, it is not enough to make up so many Yin Yuan!

In the end, it is Brother Tie who is more reasonable. He said to me, "Scale armor is easier to modify than plate armor, and even if the custom customers don't want it, we can sell it to others." In this way, I'll make a set according to your figure first, and then you can pay in installments and receive it in batches, how about it? ”

I understood what he meant: if you don't have enough money, you should use a few major parts first, such as a helmet and cuirass. The remaining shoulder pads, arm pads, leg pads, etc. can be collected after raising enough money.

This is the only option I can accept at the moment, so I agreed. It seems that collecting armor is just as expensive as collecting Yin Meal materials, but for the sake of life, this money still can't be saved!