Although they didn't understand what Chen Mo meant, Andrew and the others still strictly followed Chen Mo's orders, and reluctantly took off all the armor on their bodies and put them together with the broken armor that was removed from the horse.

These armors were originally given by Chen Mo, even if they were taken back, it would be understandable, but with their understanding of the lord, these things that were incomparably precious in the eyes of ordinary people and even most nobles had never been looked at by Chen Mo.

The soldiers of the territorial guard also threw their weapons together one by one, and dozens of heavy knights' full body armor and hundreds of weapons were piled up together, stacked into a small mountain, weighing several tons.

In this backward Middle Ages, not to mention the great value of armor and weapons, these steels alone were worth a lot.

In the puzzled eyes of Andrew and the others, Chen Mo turned his head and commanded the old man beside him.

"Kane, throw all this rags into the furnace and melt it down."

"Yes, my lord."

The old man replied with a respectful bend of the bend, and then beckoned someone to come and remove the armor and weapons.

Only then did Andrew and everyone understand that the lord actually wanted to smelt all these things, and the value of these things was very high, not only because the metal materials were valuable, but also because the manufacture of these weapons and armor was extremely complicated, and it required a lot of manpower and material resources, so the price was so high.

Although these armor weapons were cut off by Chen Mo, they could still be used normally as long as they were repaired by a blacksmith, but Chen Mo had them smelted directly.

Ignoring Andrew and the others with distressed expressions on their faces, Chen Mo turned around and walked directly towards a building that was built separately and was much larger than other houses.

Kane hurriedly stepped forward, took a key from his neck, and opened the iron lock hanging from the thick door.

The detached house was made entirely of brick, with no windows except for two large and large doors.

As the two doors were pushed open, the sunlight from outside shone through the open door, and a dazzling silver light burst out, and the contents of the room finally revealed their true colors.

After getting used to the sudden burst of silver light, Andrew and the others saw clearly what was in this house.

I saw that in the middle of the wide space, hundreds of sets of mighty silver knights' full-body armor were neatly placed, like a legion of knights marching in formation, exuding a strong aura of slaughter.

On both sides of the armor are hundreds of sets of horse armor and a full set of weapons such as spears, swords and shields.

The weapons and armor were simple and ornate in shape, and their smooth appearance showed a high level of craftsmanship, compared to them, the knights' armor they had previously regarded as treasures was more like the product of shoddy work in small workshops, and it is no wonder that the lord called them tattered, and directly let people remove them and smelt them as scrap metal.

Looking at the exquisite armor and weapons placed in the arsenal, everyone's faces were full of disbelief and their hearts were stirring.

With so many well-made and uniform knight equipment, the shock brought to them can be imagined.

Looking at the stunned Andrew and the others and the soldiers, Chen Mo was secretly amused in his heart.

At the beginning of his tenure, he gathered all the craftsmen in the realm and set up this workshop, gradually realizing some of the techniques in his mind, and many things were made.

In this dark and chaotic era, force is the foundation of everything, and steel is undoubtedly the indispensable foundation of strong force.

The technology of steel smelting in this period was very underdeveloped, the production and quality of steel were not high, and although steel was expensive, in order to obtain sufficient defense, it was only possible to increase the thickness of the armor.

Therefore, although the knight armor of this era is very defensive, it is too heavy and clumsy, which greatly limits the flexibility of the knight, and the requirements for the war horse are also very high.

That's why the value is so high, what Chen Mo "bought" from Count Valen was this kind of top-level war horse that could carry heavily armed knights for charging battles.

And Chen Mo used the knowledge in his mind to refine coke and build a blast furnace, using this steelmaking method beyond this era, he could produce high-quality steel in large quantities, plus Chen Mo improved the production process, the armor, shields and weapons made in the workshop were not only far stronger and sharper than the knight equipment of this era, but also much lighter, and the flexibility of combat was greatly improved.

Andrew and the soldiers of the territorial guard soon began to equip themselves with new armor and weapons with excitement on their faces under Chen Mo's orders.

It wasn't until the armor was worn that they realized the difference in the new equipment.

The knight armor worn by Andrew and others before weighed more than thirty kilograms, and it was very bulky, which seriously affected the flexibility in battle.

The new set of armor is not only much lighter, only about 20 kilograms, but also has a very clever design in terms of joints, which not only ensures a comprehensive and solid defense of all parts, but also does not hinder the slightest action.

Although it looked much thinner than the old armor, a simple tap revealed that the armor and shields were far harder and tougher than the heavy old armor.

Although I haven't tried weapons such as long swords, I can also know that they are good just by looking at Na Senhan's sharp blade and shiny blade.

It wasn't until later that they actually went into battle that they knew the strength of these weapons, which could definitely be regarded as divine weapons in this era, not to mention sharpening iron like clay, but under the full attack, it was easy to cut off the opponent's weapons and pierce the heavy armor.

Andrew and the others, who were reluctant to smelt the captured knights' armor just now, had already left them behind at this time, and compared to these sophisticated equipment, those could really be regarded as tattered.

At the same time, when they put on horse armor for the horses, they found that there was a strange metal ring hanging on each side of the saddle, and under the explanation of old Kane, they realized that this thing is called a stirrup, which can help them board the war horse more easily, and better maintain balance on the horse, which is convenient for driving and fighting.

Andrew's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he knew better than anyone else the enormous role of this stirrup.

It was still the early Middle Ages, and the stirrup had not yet been introduced to Europe, and the horseman's riding training was very strict, usually from an early age, and it took years to be able to fight on a horse.

This is also an important reason for the scarcity of knights in this era, in addition to the huge cost of war horses and equipment, it also takes a very long time to train a qualified knight.

Therefore, except for nobles and knight families, it is extremely difficult for commoners to become knights.

And now, with these stirrups it's completely different.