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This point, for Zhang Jiashi, is not only an iron weapon that has begun to enter the initial mass production, but also another aspect of the situation.

After synthesizing the opinions and plans put forward by some craftsmen, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that a more comprehensive arrangement of iron armor was not a practical plan.

The mainstream armor of the Qin army is still based on leather armor. Although the defense of the Iron Armor is good, and in the current situation, it is more convenient to repair. However, in many ways, the wide source of raw materials, the light quality, and the quite mature production process are still incomparable major advantages of the current Tiezha armor.

That is to say, even if Zhang Jiashi has already determined and is using the nail piece infusion production method, it is still very difficult to completely produce the Piza armor that still occupies the vast majority of the quantity in a short period of time.

An effective improvement of the production process cannot make some things do well all at once.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Jiashi still decided to temporarily retain some craftsmen related to Pizajia in Liaodong's military construction.

After all, to fully replace armor with better defensive power, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that before replacing these armors, the original craftsmen were also quite important.

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Armor, as a not very comprehensive, but somewhat varied type of armor, is in many ways superior to some other armor styles.

In terms of protection, the gaps in the armor are often considered weaknesses that are not weaknesses. The protective effect of fish scale armor in this regard is far better than that of Za armor, not to mention the addition of composite armor in the style of plate armor, such as Wenshan armor, Mingguang armor and even step armor in later generations.

However, due to many considerations, Zhang Jiashi, under the persuasion of Bai Qi, still gave up his plan to mass-produce composite armor at this time.

The defensive ability of the armor is indeed unsatisfactory, but in terms of cost and maintenance, the armor has certain advantages over other armors, such as fish scale armor.

As long as the armor is not completely damaged, it is possible to repair it. There is not much that is needed, tough twine and nail pieces of the same size.

With these two things, you can probably repair a piece of armor. This situation has been used in later generations of armor as a secondary part of many composite armor types.

The repair of the fish scale armor is a little more difficult, because a fish scale armor basically relies on an internal leather armor or cloth to fix the nail piece. If the fixed leather armor or cloth is seriously damaged, it is no less difficult to repair this piece of fish scale armor than to send it back to the military and renovate it again. In many cases, soldiers alone are unable to repair badly damaged fish scale armor.

As for plate armor, this thing is too heavy, although the protection ability is good, the current bow and arrow are in the effective killing range, and it may not be able to shoot through it from a distance.

However, the weight of the plate armor is heavier than the step armor. In exceptional cases, plate armor can cause the wearer to be unable to get back up once they have fallen. It's like the French Plate Knights at the Battle of Alcuquin......

In a sense, a pure plate armor does have an advantage in processing time, but if a plate armor is damaged, then it is not so simple to repair.

At the same time, Zhang Jiashi really couldn't imagine what the role of these plate armors was on the Eastern Battlefield.

The range of applications for a plate armor is quite limited, and this factor is also related to the height of the soldier. In this Great Qin Empire, where the average height is less than 1.7 meters, and the conditions for the installation of plate armor are much harsher.

Moreover, the plate armor was heavy armor, and Zhang Jiashi couldn't count on how fast the troops wearing these heavy armor could be.

The infantry couldn't catch up with the enemy's infantry, and the cavalry couldn't run a distance because of the war horse, and the war horse lay down, which Zhang Jiashi couldn't accept at all.

Of course, Zhang Jiashi is not completely ignoring the role of plate armor, at least, as a crossbow chariot, a pair of horse armor similar to the style of plate armor, can more effectively protect the survival ability of war horses on the battlefield.

Anyway, the role of the crossbow chariot is to rely on the ultra-long range of the crossbow to suppress the enemy's formation and slaughter the enemy's assault troops.

In other words, the Crossbow Chariot is more of a defensive class than a surprise attacker.

Under this premise, it is not an unacceptable plan to put on horse armor and slow down the chariot by not exceeding the bearing capacity of the war horse.

Nothing is perfect in this world, and if you want to get better defenses, you have to pay for other advantages.

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The production area of the armor is around the side of the two seats, and production begins. After these days of exploration, the craftsmen have improved the production of some steps.

It's like placing the corresponding molds on top of a horse-drawn cart or a trolley, and then being sent to the blast furnace. The craftsman who is responsible for pouring the molten iron only needs to fill these molds with the molten iron that has not yet cooled and solidified.

The people below will send these molds to other places after they have been filled.

Of course, it's not like accidents haven't happened without incidents. After all, the current mold is not well adapted to the temperature of molten iron above 1,500 degrees, and many of the hot molten iron flowing out because of the fracture of the mold will directly burn through the wooden planks of these carriages or trolleys.

This kind of problem is quite unavoidable in this situation, unless Zhang Jiashi can now let these craftsmen make the kind of high-strength alloy molds that will be used in later generations.

"You can't do anything like that. "Zhang Jiashi vomited.

After the first blast furnace was put into operation, the research of steel has begun to be carried out by relevant craftsmen or Mohist personnel.

However, because of systematic chemistry and physics, at this time, it can even be said that it is clear, in so many years, I want to make a passing alloy steel...... It's all undoubtedly a fool's dream.

In this case, Zhang Jiashi suddenly thought of something, that is, the craftsmen of Daqin were the first people in the world to invent chromium and use it.

After Zhang Jiashi asked about such a thing, one of the craftsmen explained: "Well, sir, you are talking about the kind of salt that is a little green? That kind of thing was not invented by us, I heard that I don't know when, when I was refining bronze weapons, I accidentally got something." ”

Zhang Jiashi was very curious about what this situation had to do with salt water.

After a round of explanations, Zhang Jiashi learned that the alloy of bronze itself still contains a certain amount of lead, and in some places, metal blocks containing lead and chromium are even used for smelting.

Therefore, after mixed smelting, the chromium oxide (chromium trioxide) that cannot be mixed with copper, tin, and lead and is replaced by oxygen is mixed with carbon ash.

Perhaps, the appearance of chromium oxide is a coincidence in itself.

As for how to use it on weapons to prevent oxidation...... None of these craftsmen could say why.

Obviously, the loss of some technologies is more likely to happen inevitably due to social progress. After all, after the Han Dynasty, bronze has gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. If the relevant smelting basis is lost, there is also a loss of space for the continuous production and research of chromium oxide, which was originally obtained by accident.

Zhang Jiashi suddenly thought of something, since he knew how this thing probably came about, then it might as well ......

Zhang Jiashi then heard Bai Qi's words: "This thing is actually useless to you, you might as well use butter for a short period of antioxidant more practical." ”

After Zhang Jiashi heard Bai Qi's words, he was slightly stunned, because as Bai Qi said, since he knew that butter and some oils could also do this, in that case, why waste time collecting chromium oxide that he didn't need?

Zhang Jiashi thinks that the pity is that the appearance of chromium oxide is just an accidental product of the smelting of bronze. Before such a technology was lost, there was no technology for mass production of chromium oxide, which also verified such a thing from the side.

After returning to his room, he thought for a long time and wrote a textual equation without a detailed formula:

Chromium and lead salts are burned in carbon to produce chromium oxide, lead dioxide, carbon dioxide, and maybe chromium carbide?

Zhang Jiashi then sandwiched the paper of this equation in a bamboo slip.

No one knew that this little note would be discovered hundreds of years later, and Zhang Jiashi did not know that some of his formulas were wrong, but if the results were concerned, the people who tested according to the formula did get a lot of powder, including lead oxide.

That's for later.

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In the following days, with the construction and production of blast furnaces, the Liaodong military base set up by Zhang Jiashi in the Anshan area gradually entered the formalization.

Before Zhang Jiashi left, the iron weapons made by the Liaodong soldiers were gradually installed on the officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi's command.

And the reason why Zhang Jiashi left was not that Liaodong was on the right track, and he didn't need to continue to be in this place. It was also not Zhang Jiashi's wives and concubines who complained that he had to go home.

Instead, Zhang Jiashi was faced with a problem, and he had to go back to Dingxiangcheng to solve the problem.

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After riding his horse back to the county guard mansion in Dingxiang City, Zhang Jiashi saw Chen Ping and Li Zuoche, who had met but did not know his name, were waiting for him in the front room of the county guard's mansion.

"My lord, our current manpower is completely insufficient. Chen Ping reluctantly said this sentence that made Zhang Jiashi slightly stunned.

Before coming to the county guard's mansion, Zhang Jiashi did not think about this issue.

He looked at Chen Ping with a slight hesitation, and then said for a while, "What way?"

Chen Ping naturally wants to say that there is this problem in various aspects. But in terms of personnel arrangements, Chen Ping did not express his helplessness, after all, under the command of Zhang Jiashi, there are so many capable people, and it is undoubtedly difficult to solve this problem in a short period of time.

Otherwise, Li Zuoche, who had a dark circle in his eyes, would not have muttered something depressed.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Chen Ping said slowly: "My lord, we need to recruit more soldiers. ”

After Zhang Jiashi heard Chen Ping's words, he was a little surprised, because he was ready to be complained by Chen Ping.

But after hearing this, Zhang Jiashi relaxed a lot. Because in Zhang Jiashi's heart, even if he recruits soldiers, the number should not be too many.

He slowly raised the teacup, and then looked at Chen Ping: "Mr. Chen, tell me, how many people are we going to recruit?"

"My lord, at least 20,000. ”

"Poof!" Zhang Jiashi was coldly frightened by this number.

Chen Ping, who gently wiped his face, said indifferently: "My lord, 20,000 people may not be enough. ”

And Zhang Jiashi, who came back to his senses, looked at his number one Wenchen, and he whispered a sentence: "Why do you need so many people?"

"My lord, please listen to Ping Yiyi. ”

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Under Chen Ping's explanation, Zhang Jiashi's current 23,400 men, after making arrangements for many things, have already had a large shortage of troops.

Not to mention anything else, just for the escort of a few caravans, Chen Ping had to draw a considerable part of the already stretched troops stationed on the Great Wall.

Not only that, but many newly built villages also need to have a certain number of troops to maintain law and order. The Liaodong military construction in Anshan, and now after annexing the workers of several salt works, the expansion of a lot of salt works also requires an increase in the number of guards.

As a military general attending the meeting, Su Jiao, who was originally stationed in the border area with Jizi North Korea, looked at Chen Ping with an unkind face.

As for why this happened? Quite simply, because he even had to use a scarecrow to pretend to be a defender.

Why would Su Jiao do such a stupid thing? It's very simple, because among the troops that were transferred, the source of the most was his original subordinates.

If it weren't for the fact that Jizi Korea and Daqin seemed to have a good relationship, Su Jiao was worried that the other party would take the opportunity to attack his defense area.

After Chen Ping listed the needs of the relevant personnel one by one, Zhang Jiashi patted the corner of his forehead with a headache. Because according to Chen Ping's arrangement, the number of 20,000 people is still stretched, and the number of troops that are enough to fill the gap is 30,000.

The current population of Liaodong is only about 500,000. With an increase of 30,000 troops, the ratio of soldiers to civilians would be 10 to 1. This has to be said to be a very heavy burden.

Before this, although Great Qin had not tried to use all the soldiers, it was like the Battle of Changping, almost the entire Qin State, men over the age of twelve were mobilized.

However, Liaodong is not as good as Guanzhong, even Liaodong County, which has now started a lot of infrastructure construction, has a considerable gap with Kandong in terms of overall strength.

Perhaps, the salt trade will be able to cover some of the expenses, but this is far from a long-term solution.

It's just that, as Chen Ping said, at least 20,000 recruits are needed, which makes Zhang Jiashi extremely big now.

According to Zhang Jiashi's current practice, the 20,000 troops need to be arranged according to the situation of the regular army. Well, that means these people are basically insulated from labor.

Perhaps, raising livestock and cultivating fields is not a big problem. However, it will take longer to form combat effectiveness.

This is also the aspect that Zhang Jiashi cannot accept.

Perhaps, as Afang Gong did, it would be a good choice to set up a farm with some prisoners who had been sent over because of their convictions. However, in the case of autumn, this is not a good solution.

Zhang Jiashi gently pressed his temples, looked at Chen Ping, and said for a while: "If you can count the trade profits, let's think about this matter in detail." ”

If there is not enough food, it can be exchanged, but this alone is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Zhang Jiashi had to think about whether to open more trade routes.

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The situation in Liaoxi County, as far as the current situation is concerned, is much worse than that of Liaodong County. After all, Liaodong County is a plain, and many places have been relatively primitive development.

And Liaoxi County, in a sense, is not a problem to say that it is the top three poor counties in northern Xinjiang.

The situation in Guangyang County is much better, but that's it, Zhang Jiashi doesn't trust the county guards south of Guangyang County very much.

Zhang Jiashi would not do such a thing as Donghu for trade, and besides, it was almost winter, and Zhang Jiashi, who did not know what the weather would be like this year, had to prevent the resurgence of the Donghu people and attack Liaodong County again to fight the grass valley.

Perhaps, it is a good choice to establish a two-way trade route with Wang Li. But in the counties he passed through, Zhang Jiashi was not too worried that those county guards would swallow the goods of both sides.

The current situation is not as good as before, after Ying Zheng's death, Zhang Jiashi had to carefully think about many aspects.

The counties in the hometown of Qi State, with the Lou Boat Force as a backup, even if there is any big mess on the land, Qin Min can just run away.

According to what Qin Min said in his rather confident tone, that is, among the counties of Shandong, there should be no Lou Chuanshi troops who dare to fight a naval battle with him.

Although he didn't know where Qin Min's self-confidence came from, Zhang Jiashi still chose to trust the officers under his command who were now the most suitable to command the Lou Ship Sergeant Unit.

The trade between Korea and Jizi, Zhang Jiashi was not too willing. After all, as the next target, Zhang Jiashi was not very willing to let the enemy get too many benefits.

In terms of Zhang Jiashi's more cautious thoughts, Jizi Joseon is now under Zhang Jiashi's "curse":

"You're y, make it so easy for you, I'll get it back sooner or later. Hmph!"

Well, Bai Qi despised Zhang Jiashi a little helplessly: "You are too much." ”

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It can be said that in many ways, opening a few more trade routes, except for the navy, is still a little interesting, and anything else, either Zhang Jiashi thinks it is not feasible, or Zhang Jiashi does not want to do that.

"Hmm...... Navy?"

In Zhang Jiashi's mind, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed.

That is, instead of worrying about money now, it is better to take precautions. There is a unified navy, not Qin Min's "green water" navy, and there are still a lot of things that Zhang Jiashi can do.

It's like saying......

Using Jeju Island as a springboard, from the four islands of present-day Japan, plundered a large number of "monkeys" as slaves.

What Zhang Jiashi didn't know was that people, including Su Jiao, couldn't help but shudder slightly when they saw the evil smile that inadvertently appeared on him......

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