Act 141 The White Earl's full-body plate armor
Seeing that the Marquis of Cardion and Sylne were at a loss, Bai Gang had long been accustomed to this, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, you don't care why you can do it, just know that we can do it." Of course, this kind of thing is not impossible to sell if you want to. ”
Marquis Kadean was stunned, this kind of thing should be regarded as a national weapon, right? How can you say that you sell it? Not to mention other aspects, if you just let each fortress be able to contact each other at any time, then once you encounter an attack by the undead, wouldn't you be able to dispatch troops to evacuate the people as soon as possible?
That alone is enough to save countless lives!
White steel doesn't matter, high-tech products like this will definitely sell for a darker price than armor and swords and other weapons, and if the people of Duze get into the habit of using mobile phone phones and radios, it means that the entire Holy Duze Empire will be one-way transparent to the storm base - the Otherworlders have no concept of listening technology at all. Moreover, a properly strengthened human empire is also a Storm Base would be happy to see it come to fruition.
Three days later, Baigang's munitions arrived, as did a reply from Emperor Duze.
"Good news, Count Bai, His Majesty the Emperor has agreed to your request. Moreover, he also generously stated that as long as you can repel the undead attack, you can fully compensate the earl for your military consumption. ”
Bai Gang smiled dumbly, as if he had heard a big joke, it was estimated that this Emperor Duze wanted to show favor to himself, and the wealth accumulated by the Duze royal family for more than a hundred years must be a lot, and in such a troubled world, it is better to take it out and make friends with a few more powerful factions than to hold on to so much money and wait for death.
The idea is correct, but the problem is that Emperor Duze obviously has no idea about the terrible military expenditure of modern warfare!
If nothing else, none of the self-propelled guns lost during the previous raid on the royal capital of Grohill were affordable for the kings of the Middle Ages who lived solely on land, minerals and a little commercial taxation.
"Thank you for your kindness, but you don't have to, you can help provide food when the time comes, it's best to sell us a batch of magic crystals cheaply, that's enough."
The Marquis of Kadean really didn't have the idea of saving money for their emperor, and was about to persuade them to show it again, but Bai Gang pulled the topic to weapons and armor, so the marquis suddenly didn't have the heart to care about reimbursement of military expenses.
Although the unloading of the goods was very simple, even without the help of the aborigines, there was no problem, but for the sake of sales, Bai Gang deliberately asked the Marquis of Kadean to call the soldiers of the marquis over to help.
As wounded, the soldiers of the Marquis of Cardian certainly did not do heavy work, and they had only one task - to unpack the boxes, check whether the number of items was correct, whether there were any damage or defects, etc.
"Be careful! Be careful! ”
The wooden box slammed on the ground with a "clang", and a few tired young men were panting - a box of steel plates was not a light cargo.
Bai Gang smiled and handed the crowbar to the Marquis of Kadean, and said, "Lord Marquis, how about you open the first box?" ”
Marquis Kadean nodded, he also wanted to be the first to know what the armor of the weapons brought by the white steel looked like.
The crowbar was inserted into the crack of the board, and with a sharp prie, the box opened, containing a suit of armor. The two soldiers took out the armor parts inside one by one and laid them on the ground, and when the armor was all taken out, all the aborigines' eyes widened in surprise.
That's a full-body plate armor!
And unlike the usual iron armor, this is definitely a full-body plate made of high-quality stainless steel!
Although the production process of these plate armors is not very delicate because of time, it is basically a simple product that can be done by stamping a whole steel plate and then cleaning up the burrs, but in terms of protection ability, these armors have not cut corners at all! Due to the use of modern materials, these armors are not only lighter than their medieval counterparts, but also more powerful.
Marquis Kadean looked at Bai Gang suspiciously and asked, "Earl Bai, are you mistaken?" I didn't order armor for the knight this time. ”
Bai Gang said: "Huh!? I think your soldiers have a lot of strength, and you should be able to wear this armor even if you are not a knight. ”
"It's not the question, it's ...... It's ......"
Marquis Kadean was embarrassed to say it, but Bai Gang laughed: "Lord Marquis, we are friends, and I also admire your loyalty, so I only need five gold coins for such a set of armor." ”
"Five gold coins!?"
The Marquis of Kadean cried out in surprise, and the aboriginal soldiers standing around were also shocked.
Not because it's too expensive, but because it's too cheap!
While one gold coin can arm a heavy infantry in the Seven Kingdoms of the South, the price will rise to two gold coins in the turbulent Holy Duze Empire.
But how can the equipment on the so-called heavy infantry be compared to the set of plate armor in front of you!? The equipment of a typical Southern Kingdom heavy infantry consisted of cuirasses, iron helmets, chainmail shoulder pads, leather gloves, and short chainmail skirts.
Wealthier soldiers may bring their own armor, while poorer soldiers will need to pay rent to the lord to rent armor to use. Weapons are relatively cheap, usually prepared by the soldiers themselves, so they are often not uniform, which is also the inevitable result of the lord system, only those really wealthy lords can provide unified equipment for their troops, but this is usually ridiculed as flashy, after all, no matter how strong the military formation is, it is difficult to compete with the plural of powerful professionals, so there are few lords who invest money in unified equipment, they would rather spend money to train their offspring to cultivate Dou Qi or magic.
There is an essential difference between the steel full-body plate armor in front of me and the so-called heavy infantry armor - from the helmet to the gloves, it is all made of steel plates, and the defensive power is absolutely amazing! Generally speaking, it is impossible to get this kind of equipment without more than ten gold coins! And it must be ordered in advance! Now all you need is five gold coins!? Or in large quantities!?
Seeing the Marquis of Cardan's expression, Bai Gang couldn't help but smile slightly, these things were definitely valuable if they were placed in the Middle Ages, but they were really nothing in the era of industrial mass production.
In modern society, armor is sold very expensive, because the demand is small, and people are handmade as handicrafts, but if you go directly into the factory to open the mold and do not pursue mass production of technology, the price can immediately fall into the price of cabbage!
However, even if such a set of plate armor is exchanged for five gold coins, it really can't make much money - not to mention the cost price, how to calculate the freight cost of the shuttle plane? This is a big loss!
So the gold coin is just a means of measurement, and the base will refuse to accept it when the transaction is settled! All they need is the Magic Shard!
In addition, the price of the magic shard in the Holy Duze Empire is not expensive.