This set of plate armor was designed and manufactured after seeing the heavy cavalry of Dachu when Renault first came to Dingjun City, and it still uses animal force punching force, and the strength is only less than a thousand stones, and it needs to be stamped and formed many times. In addition to the ordinary refined iron, a small amount of manganese is added to the material to improve the defense ability.

Don't look at it as an experimental specimen two years ago, the defense ability is much stronger than Da Chu's standard heavy armor, because the material is average, in order to increase the defense power, the material is added a little too much, this set of heavy armor, including the horse armor, weighs three hundred and fifty pounds.

With such a weight, except for a very small number of war horses and knights, ordinary heavy cavalry could not be used. Because of the addition of manganese, after polishing, it flashes with the cold light of Sensen, and then adds a layer of grease, which sells much better than Da Chu's heavy armor.

However, this kind of heavy armor, not to mention that Renault is not eye-catching, even the current Cui Qing is just a thought, this is the first heavy armor created by Mr. As for practicality, forget it, with such heavy armor, the horse can't run, and it has a hairy battle.

But this set of plate armor heavy armor attracted Cui Cheng, just looking at the metal reflection, Cui Cheng knew that the defensive power of this set of plate armor was amazing.

"Lend me a knife. He turned to the guards.

The guard glanced at Cui Qing, and Cui Qing nodded. In his opinion, the defense of this set of plate armor is actually very average, the materials are not good, and now several materials from the laboratory, with the same thickness, the defense is one and a half times higher than this set of plate armor, but it can't stand this set of plate armor thick enough.

The knives used for escorts are naturally made of new materials, but the only ones you can carry with you are light knives, which are used for self-defense.

Taking over the guard's knife, Cui Cheng used all his strength to cut it down, a crisp metal impact sound came, a white blade was cut out of the plate armor, about two millimeters into the armor, the knife was bounced up, and the guard felt heartache when he saw it, what kind of nerves do you have, use a light knife to cut heavy armor?

Touching the marks on the plate armor first, Cui Cheng was shocked, turned his head to look at the knife in his hand, this knife was black, he couldn't see what material it was made of, he tried his best, the blade didn't collapse, not only did it not collapse, but there was not even a trace of the blade.

As a workshop doctor, he knew too well that the material of this knife was far better than that of plate armor, otherwise it would not have been such a result.

"This knife?"

"Uncle, don't look at it, this set of plate armor is numbered twenty-one, it is the earliest batch of designs of Mr., it has long been eliminated, and the knife used for the guards is made of the most raw material, and the finished product number is nine hundred and seventy-eight, which is far from it. Cui Qing said proudly.

In addition to loyalty, Cui Qing is careful, Renault himself is not aware of his achievements, and Cui Qing carefully numbered all his designs, not only the finished product library, but also the database, not the task assigned to him by Renault, but recorded by himself.

"This knife ......"

"Uncle, I can't explain to you, there are too many new materials and new designs in our Shengong Temple, and this knife alone has more than a dozen technological innovations. If you agree to produce this type of plate armor, I can help you and Mr. talk about it, and send two groups of experimenters and technicians to re-design for you, including the entire production process. Cui Qing said.

Cui Qing is not all for his relatives, as an important minister next to Renault, he knows very well the intentions of Mr., these years of busy feet in the back of the head, is for the invasion of the Austrians, Mr. often complains, if there is no invasion of the Austrians, he doesn't have to work so hard, let alone run to a ghost place like the Forbidden Land of Death, find a small island with no people, bask in the sun and eat seafood every day!

Helping Da Chu develop new equipment is what Mr. should intend, but Mr. has always looked down on Da Chu's preparations, and always feels that he can wait a little longer, and wait for new materials and designs to take shape before starting production.

As long as there are enough people, this is not what Mr. said about birds that don't, there are indeed not many birds here, but in the eyes of craftsmen, this is a treasure land.

The ore all over the ground, the abundant water resources, coupled with the various machinery and equipment of Mr., to build the equipment used by Da Chu, it is really done in minutes.

If there are enough manpower to produce several thousand sets of equipment such as plate armor a day, and as for the cavalry spears used by the heavy cavalry, is that still a problem? As long as the metal materials are well matched, there will be tens of thousands of catties in one furnace, which will flow directly into the mold, and in the case of low requirements, the forging procedure will be removed, and thousands of gun heads will be produced in one furnace.

Not to mention just casting the head of the cavalry lance, even if you want an all-metal cavalry lance, it is not a problem, as long as the heavy cavalry can carry it and can level the charge.

The heavy cavalry is not only heavy in armor, but also not light on the cavalry, the head of the ten-pound spear, one foot eight inches long, plus the two-zhang long hardwood gun, must weigh forty or fifty pounds, not to mention the big gun, can level the charge for a long time, and the requirements for the knight are not ordinarily high.

As for the all-metal cavalry spear, only a few generals can use it, like General Luo Yi used the all-metal cavalry spear, and he was only a light cavalry. But the family is a peak martial artist of the ninth grade, and the spear of hundreds of catties is like carrying a grass stick, and ordinary heavy cavalry can't play it.

Cui Cheng looked shaken, not to mention the new type of plate armor, it was the set in front of him, it was enough for him to covet, but unfortunately it was too heavy, even if the workshop could produce it, the heavy cavalry would not be able to use it.

"Can you build a few sets of samples?" Cui Cheng licked his lips and asked, originally he thought that it was impossible for him to convince his boss, let alone the Ministry of War, he couldn't even pass the Ministry of Engineering, but after seeing the samples, it was different, this set of plate armor and heavy armor, there is no need to say anything, as long as it is brought to the boss, and it is a fart, as long as the eyes are not blind, will not be able to see its goodness?

"Uncle, you can just build a few sets for you, but it is impossible to finalize, you can only build it by hand, if you want to produce it in large quantities, you need to open the mold first and determine the production process. Cui Qing said.

If you want to produce fast enough, you must have a detailed production process, manufacturing tooling, and metal processing is not so simple.

"Okay, let's start with a few sets, and I'll find a way to convince my boss. By the way, you need to ride a gun, and if you have any other good things, you need them. "Cui Cheng is very greedy, a set of plate armor from two years ago is enough to impress him.

"There are a lot of good things, we have a lot of good things here, except for the bow and crossbow, which is not researched and produced, and many designs can't enter the design library. Cui Qing said with a smile.

Renault encouraged craftsmen to develop research and development, as long as it was in his eyes, not only the level could be improved, and meritorious deeds could be rewarded, but also material rewards were great. At first, it was possible to stimulate the craftsmen, but after a long time, the craftsmen found that they followed the Shengong Temple, and all the way was the Nanzhang rainforest where birds don't, and there was no place to spend the money.

After camping here, the artisan found that his exploits could not only be exchanged for money and status, but also for meat. As a result, in less than three months, most of the craftsmen spent their rewards, and they couldn't get the meat, so they had to desperately find a way to get the reward, and they had to eat meat!

Exaggerated?

It is not an exaggeration at all, Renault is very well supplied to the artisan battalion, and it is necessary to eat meat every day, even in the days when he walked in the rainforest, he never cut off their jerky, and even more so here.

With the continuous expansion of the airship force, even live cattle, sheep and pigs can be supplied every day, and there must be meat for every meal.

But the craftsman didn't want this kind of meat, as long as they had eaten the monkey meat once, the meat of the triangular beast could no longer satisfy them. But the amount of AAAAA-grade animal meat is very small, not to mention craftsmen, even at the level of Jing Lan and Cui Qing, there are not many opportunities to eat it.

That depends on luck, every time you hunt beast meat of this level, except for Mr., Song Xian, the four grandmasters, and the three of the Tiger family, everyone else needs to exchange for merit, and the merit points of the Shengong Hall can only be obtained by rewards.

In the Nanzhang area, the meat of the prey killed cannot be stored for a long time, and it cannot even be left overnight, if you want to eat this kind of meat, there is no second way to go except to exchange it for meritorious service, Mr. said, I would rather throw away the meat when it stinks, and it will not be given in vain.

This is naturally Reynolds's stimulation therapy, in fact, meat beasts of this level are not large in size, and the amount of meat is limited, even if there are not many people who need to be supplied, there is not enough to eat, unless slaughtered in groups.

The design award is the highest among all kinds of awards, as long as it is recognized by Mr., a good design award can eat ten meals of good meat, and you say that the craftsman will not go crazy.

In addition to a very small number of design schemes that have been approved by Mr., there are more than hundreds of times that have not been recognized, among those designs, there are many designs, which are still quite good in Cui Qing's opinion, but Mr.'s vision is too high to look down on.

With the accumulation of Renault's skills in the craftsman camp, there are now more and more craftsmen who are good at design in the craftsman camp, and the craftsmen are no longer the original craftsmen who carry small hammers and carry the disciples with sledgehammers to make iron.

At least one-fifth of the craftsmen have been promoted to the level of engineer, which no one understands, more than three-fifths of the people have been promoted to the level of technicians, and only a very small number of unmotivated craftsmen are still only craftsmen.

The wheel hammers the iron, don't be kidding, Wanshi hydraulic press, the strength of smashing is comparable to that of you taking your apprentice to smash it for a day, and the effect is better. The craftsmen of the Shengong Temple have been transformed from the strength type to the technical type, and those who do manual work are the work of the coolie camp.

"Why don't you produce bows and crossbows?" Cui Cheng asked puzzled, although the workshop where he was located was mainly engaged in the production of heavy armor, but the bow and crossbow were the most important long-range weapons, how could he give up?

Among the six Grade A workshops of the Ministry of Industry, there are two that specialize in the production of bows and crossbows, and the proportion is quite high. You must know that heavy armor has taken up two workshops, light armor, arrowheads, swords, and nearly 100 kinds of weapons, and they are only divided into two first-class workshops, which shows how high the status of bows and crossbows is in the eyes of the military department.

"Uncle, you don't care about this, I'll ask someone to try out a few samples for you, if it works, we will redesign it." Cui Qing said with a smile.

The gentleman said that heavy armor is garbage, and muskets are king.