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For such a group of people, Char instinctively felt in his heart that this kind of person was not easy to mess with, and he didn't want to deal with Junker and others more, so he was neither humble nor arrogant: "Lord Junker, I don't know ...... you visited."

Juncker didn't enter the door, just stood on the road outside the door, Char's attitude was cold, but his god Sè was even more indifferent, he was originally the leader of the Night Imperial Forest, the emperor's loyal soldier, the practice is not to make friends with any courtiers, only to maintain an indifferent attitude towards any powerful minister, in order to maintain the emperor's trust. So Juncker just nodded briefly at Char, and then raised his hand, and the two attendants behind him carried down several boxes of different sizes from a carriage on the side of the road and placed them in front of the door.

"Your Excellency, on the orders of Your Majesty, I have sent you some things, which I personally selected in the palace arsenal, and if you feel that you are not in charge, you can also send someone to exchange them. ”

The tone is flat, with a businesslike attitude. After speaking, he didn't seem to be interested in saying anything to Xia Yaduo, as if he didn't stay long, raised his hand, and drove away with someone.

Looking at the pile of long and short boxes on the ground at the door, Xia Ya was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this was the weapon and equipment that the emperor rewarded him after he offered a piece of dragon scales.

He didn't care, he casually carried someone into the yard, and only then did he feel that these boxes were heavy and abnormal!

After closing the courtyard door, Sharpa, Cato, and Alfrecat had already come out, and everyone opened these boxes together, and they all wanted to see what the weapons rewarded by the emperor looked like, and after a few boxes were opened, everyone in the courtyard couldn't help but gasp!

Cato had done logistics in the army, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Char, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Char, you are developed now! I have only heard of these things before, but I have never seen them! Damn, the things in the arsenal of this palace are really good!"

Although Junker has an indifferent attitude, he is really dedicated to what the emperor has to say, and the things he selects for Char in the arsenal are all genuine and good things, and he doesn't save the emperor at all.

Here is a complete set of equipment for long and short weapons, armor and vests! And Juncker doesn't know what kind of weapons Char is used to, several long and short weapons, so he simply picks one of them!

There are three kinds of short weapons, a silver cross sword, which is not a big road commodity used by those samurai on the market outside, although many samurai in the empire like to use this kind of gorgeous and imposing long sword, but most of them are imitations. And the real Silver Cross Sword should be a special weapon used by the Knights Templar in the Church hundreds of years ago!

The Knights Templar of the true Church is a group of godly and powerful ascetic knights who are responsible for guarding the Church and maintaining its glory. Legend has it that this order was founded at the beginning of the empire, and under the suppression of the imperial power, the scale of this knight order owned by the church has never been large, the total number has never exceeded fifty, but each of these fifty knights is a master of superior strength. At the beginning of the Empire, it also made great achievements for the Empire, and it was prominent for a while, but after the establishment of the Empire, after countless struggles between the divine right and the imperial power, the Church was gradually suppressed by the royal family, and the Knights Templar gradually declined.

Legend has it that the knights of the Templar Order were armed with the Silver Cross, which was ornate and ideal for close-quarters combat.

The most important thing is that the hilt of a real silver cross sword is not an ordinary silver inlay, but - Mithril!!

This is a special rare metal that can be attached to the genus Xìng!

The silver cross swords that are popular on the market are just imitations of the silver cross swords that ordinary samurai admired in their hearts and envied the mighty and powerful shape of the silver cross swords used by the Templars, but later they became a kind of popularity, and there were imitations in large and small weapon shops.

But the real Silver Cross Sword is only available in the arsenals of the Church and the Imperial Family! Because the sword is easy to imitate, but Mithril is extremely difficult to obtain!

After all, Alfrecat was born as a samurai, and his eyes lit up when he saw this sword, and he grabbed it and looked at it for a while before he sighed: "Damn, I saw the real thing today! This sword blade is made of 100 refined jīng steel, and the pure fire of the sword blade is a special process, which is not comparable to those copycats on the market." ”

As he spoke, he drew his saber, one sword in one hand, and fought with both swords! With a bang, there was a gap in the blade of his own saber! Alfrecat lost his sword, took the silver cross sword and looked at it carefully, and said with emotion: "It's really sharp! This sword has Mithril on the hilt! If you can find a magician to help bless the magic, then this sword is a magic weapon! When facing the enemy, the power is doubled. ”

Then Alfrecat explained carefully: "This magic blessing is generally nothing more than a blessing of strength, or a blessing of agility, but with such a good thing as Mithril, the blessed magic can be more complicated, and even some wind magic or fire magic! ”

Char laughed: "I don't like to make swords, this sword will be given to you." ”

Alfrecat was stunned for a moment, seeing that Char's face was sincere, not as if he was joking, he was suddenly surprised: "My lord!"

"It's just a sword, I'm used to using my fire fork, and Sharpa and Cato are both from cavalry, they can't fight on foot, and their martial arts are not as good as yours, and the people around me now, you are the only one who was born as an orthodox samurai, and this sword is given to you, and it can be regarded as making the best use of it." ”

Alfrecat was overjoyed and bowed to Char: "Thank you for the sword!"

He couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, even if it was an imitation silver cross sword, the value in the market was at least a few thousand gold coins. And the value of a genuine product will be multiplied several times!

In addition, the short weapon also has a light saber, which is also forged from jīng steel, but the blade is a little narrower and longer, and it is light to hold in the hand, Char glanced at it, and simply gave it to Cato - among several people, Shar Bali is large, Cato's martial arts belong to the category of light skills, and this kind of light saber is the most suitable for him to use.

As for Sharpa, there is also a double-edged heavy sword held in both hands, weighing more than 20 kilograms, which is suitable for a strong man like Sharpa.

Although the saber and two-handed heavy sword do not have Mithril like the Silver Cross Sword, the texture is also high-grade jīng good goods, and if it is in the army, I am afraid that only high-ranking officers of the rank of general are qualified to use such weapons.

In addition to the short weapons, the long weapons on the horse, Juncker selected a total of three, a cross battle gun, the style of this war spear, Char couldn't help but think of Hasting's black sè war spear, but this gun is obviously much more gorgeous than Hasting's black war spear in appearance.

The cross-shaped gun head, the tip of the gun saw a cross-edged blade, which strengthened the lethality, and the gun body was iron, which increased the weight, and I didn't know what kind of metal the gun body was, hard and flexible, although Char had not learned the martial arts of the war spear, but he also saw at a glance that to use this kind of war gun, the martial arts of the person who used it needed to be both rigid and soft, in order to exert the full power of this war gun.

He gave it a try, grabbed the gun in his hand, and used his arms so hard that it even penetrated the crimson murderous force, almost bending the barrel of the gun into an arc like a longbow! And as soon as he let go, the barrel of the gun was immediately swept out with a "whirring"! With the strong elastic force, the barrel of the gun smashed the ground, and a piece of bluestone in all directions was instantly smashed into pieces! And after the barrel of the gun was straightened again, there was no deformation!

"Good thing!" Char praised, but then looked at the three people around him, although Sharpa and Cato were born in cavalry, their martial arts skills were worse after all, and Alfrecat was born as a samurai, and riding was not his forte, and the three of them couldn't use such a good war gun.

As for Char himself, he still likes to use heavy weapons such as long axes or lance hammers.

"Let's keep it for now. Char sighed: "I seem to have heard that Grimm's mad dog is a master of spears, so keep it for him." ”

In addition, there are two long weapons on horses, an axe and a spear, and a heavy prism hammer.

The handle of the axe gun was plated with a layer of gold sè metal, which was shining with gold, and the blade of the axe was sharp white steel, and the tip of the spear was muddy iron point steel.

As for the prismal hammer, it was given to Sharpa. The weight of this hammer of pure iron has 360 steel spikes on it! The weight has reached tens of kilograms, and even for a strong man like Sharpa, it is quite difficult to use it -- Sharpa's martial arts have not yet reached the level of training fighting spirit, but in the future, when his martial arts break through, this heavy sharp hammer will be his best weapon.

Long and short weapons are not suitable for Char's own use, and the turtle can't help but be a little disappointed in his heart, but then he opened the largest wooden box and looked at it, Char finally shouted out happily!

"What a hill armor!!," Cato exclaimed first.

The Byzantine Empire was known for its cavalry, and although in general, the quality of individual soldiers could not compete with the berserkers of Odin in the north, but it was better than the equipment of Jīng. In particular, the cavalry equipment is the best in the mainland.

Generally speaking, the armor made in Byzantium was the best on the continent. In the imperial army, the defense equipment is divided into several levels: ordinary cavalry generally does not wear iron armor, mainly leather armor and cotton armor, and occasionally in order to strengthen the defense, on the basis of leather armor, some iron pieces will be reinforced in the vital parts, which is the lowest level of light "iron armor". And the real iron armor, which can only be prepared by the cavalry commander, is an ordinary plate armor, with two pieces of cuirass iron plates on the chest and back, as well as shoulder and arm guards, this kind of armor is the armor of the lowest team officer.

Generally speaking, this kind of armor prepared by low-level officers is called "black flat armor" because of its flat appearance and mostly black sè.

The higher level is the battalion officer and above, which is considered a middle-level officer in the army. Most of the armor is still dominated by iron armor, but in the key parts, it is reinforced with steel sheets, and in order to strengthen the defense, it is no longer simply nailed with flat steel sheets, but some advanced processes are adopted, and small pieces of steel are covered like fish scales. Because the iron armor itself is black, and the face of some steel pieces is white, and the shape shows some black and white lines, such armor is called "pattern armor".

The higher level, generally speaking, is the flag regiment-level officer in the main corps, or the garrison commander in the second-line troops in some places, and so on Some senior officers who can take charge alone, to this level, generally speaking, it is regarded as one foot into the ranks of senior officers of the empire. Both the texture and the defense power have been upgraded to a higher level, and at the same time, in the nailing procedure, a large number of high-level craftsmanship is used, and senior officers generally rarely fight on the front line, so they no longer use the process of plate armor - The shape of plate armor is more suitable for the chopping of frontal defensive weapons, and because senior officers do not need to fight in the front line, the manufacturing process of armor is mainly based on defensive arrows, and the scale armor in the shape of fish scales is considered to be the weapon that penetrates sharply through the bow and arrow, and the defense is the best, so generally speaking, officers at this level are prepared with fish scale steel armor, because the steel plate is bright, so such armor is called "bright light armor".

It's a watershed moment here.

Generally speaking, in the Byzantine army, when you meet an officer, you can roughly see the position of the opponent without looking at the opponent's badge and rank, as long as you look at the opponent's armor.

If the armor is mainly black sè iron, then it is most likely below the battalion officer.

And if it is white and bright steel armor, then it is a senior officer at the flag regiment level.

When Char returned to dìdū from the front line to report on his work, the officials along the way were polite to him because he was wearing a white and shiny military steel armor. It's a status symbol.

When it comes to the "Mingguang Armor", it is even the highest level of ordinary officer armor in the emperor's **.

Further up, there is the general level. He can command a corps of troops to fight alone, and he is the real power general of the empire.

At this level, the level of military craftsmanship of the Byzantine Empire is even more prominent in the armor.

Plate armor is good for blocking frontal slashes, while fish scale armor is better at defending against sharp piercing weapons such as bows and arrows. But when it comes to the general level, the requirements for armor need to be able to be near and far, and the defense power is more balanced.

Therefore, at this level, the armor completely abandoned the style of plate armor and fish scale armor, and used a large number of "chain mail".

This kind of armor is mainly made of high-grade soft steel, which is harder than ordinary steel sheets, but it also has flexibility, so that after the senior generals wear it, they will not make the body stiff and bloated, and will not limit the play of personal superb martial arts when fighting. At the same time, one by one, the small pieces of soft steel are nailed together like locks, one by one, and when encountering the slashing of frontal heavy weapons, the force can be instantly dispersed through the countless lock rings, and the force is expanded and the damage is reduced. At the same time, because they are tightly locked together and the gaps are dense, they also have a strong defense against sharp weapons such as bows and arrows.

At such a level, it can no longer be called "armor", but "armor".

The equipment of such a high-ranking general made of soft steel is generally called "hill armor".

The origin of the name, which is said to be this lock-shaped armor, was first created by an armor-making master named "Qiu Shan" in the Empire.

It can be said that the people who wear Qiushan armor are all high-level figures with real power in the army, either the general who commands an army, or the middle and high-level of the army.

This time, Char returned to dìdū, and on the road he wore a set of soft steel chain mail "Qiushan Armor", wearing such armor is a symbol of status!

But the hill armor naturally has a distinction. The set that Char wore before was just the basic equipment extorted from the military headquarters in the theater, and those who could wear Qiushan armor were either rich or expensive, and on the basis of this soft steel chain mail, they made a variety of improvements and modifications to strengthen their defense.

For example, the Qiushan armor in the box in front of him, although it is still in the style of mild steel chain mail, has been improved in a variety of ways.

For example, on the part of the breastplate, a layer of silver is added to the edge of the periphery, and if you look closely, the silver pattern is obviously also Mithril powder! And the inside of the breastplate is padded with a layer of high-quality rhinoceros skin! Because of the forging of metal armor, after all, there are always some seams and gaps in the joints, which gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of! It is lined with a layer of rhinoceros skin to make up for the joints. The weight has not increased much, but the defense has increased by at least 20%.

Moreover, this soft steel is not comparable to ordinary hill armor, the metal sè of this set of armor is brighter, and it looks more faint luster than ordinary soft steel, and the face sè is like the sword edge of the silver cross swordsmanship!

"God......" Alfrecat looked at it carefully for a long time before he let out a sigh: "This is mild steel, I'm afraid it is made of secret fire! This kind of process is very difficult, generally speaking, it will only be used slightly on the edge of the weapon to strengthen the hardness and sharpness of the edge." Such a large set of armor was made of this...... How much does it cost?"

Char lifted this set of armor, and then couldn't help but try it on, the Junker seemed extremely careful, this armor was modified according to Char's body shape, and as soon as he wore it, it fit perfectly.

Originally, Char didn't care too much about things like armor, because he had dragon scales to protect his body, and dragon blood had strengthened his body, and his own defense was strong enough, but when such a set of "Qiushan Armor" was worn on his body, he was suddenly full of anger and heroic! After seeing it, the three people next to him couldn't help but cheer loudly.

Sharpa couldn't help but sigh: "Damn, this armor seems to grow on you!"

Alfrecat next to him moved in his heart and shouted: "My lord, look at the sword!"

As he spoke, he swung the silver cross sword and slashed it at Char's arm!

Char smiled slightly, and raised his arm to block it...... Knort!!

The blade of the Silver Cross Sword slashed at the arm guard of Qiu Shan's armor, and a string of sparks suddenly burst out! The blade of the sword was gently bounced away by the soft armor full of bullets! Char looked down, there was no crack on the armguard, just a shallow white mark, and he reached out and wiped it away!

Although Alfrecat didn't use this sword with all his might, what he was holding in his hand was a silver cross sword!

Cato sighed: "There is a legend that when the Duke of Minas was young and fought on the battlefield, His Majesty once gave him a set of Qiushan armor secretly made in the court...... The Duke of Minas became the first contemporary general of the Empire, and after many years of fighting, that armor saved his life many times...... Today, it seems that Char's one you got may not be worse than the one that Duke Minas got back then!"

As he spoke, Alfrecat next to him also said: "Yes! This armor still has Mithril powder on its chest! I think that as long as you find a magician to help, you can bless the magic! Then the power of this armor can be fully revealed!"

Char's heart was happy, laughing, and quite proud.

This set of armor really made him very satisfied, he walked back and forth in the courtyard a few times, and took out a fire fork to try a set of martial arts techniques to destroy thousands of armies, and there was no sense of obstruction, obviously the joints have been specially treated.

※※※ After getting these few good things, Char was naturally happy, and on this night, the Duke of Minas's family sent someone again.

This time it was not the little lord Roddy who pretended to be a groom, but a few attendants from the Minas family, and the people who came didn't say much, but directly handed over a set of keys and a few real estate deeds and other things, and then left directly without saying anything.

Char knew in his heart that this was what Cavishil said, and the Duke of Minas had "returned" the Tulip Family's secret mansion to himself.

Although the affairs of the Tulip family made him a little jealous in his heart, it was an unexpected gain to get such a big mansion for nothing.

As for the people around him who asked, why did the Duke of Minas suddenly come to the door to deliver such a big gift, Char naturally didn't tell the truth, just laughed, and deliberately said cheekily: "I think it's because the Duke sees that Lao Tzu is young and promising, and has a bright future, and wants to call Lao Tzu as a son-in-law, so he sends something to show him?"

For Char's words, several companions in the family naturally laughed, but seeing that Char could be valued by the first important minister in the emperor's **, they were all happy for Char in their hearts. At this moment, Char is already the core of everyone, and everyone will be regarded as subordinates attached to Char's side in the future, and he can be appreciated by a big man like Duke Minas, and everyone's future future will naturally be guaranteed.

Char is a anxious person who can't hide things, after getting the house, he took people out of the city to see it again that day, although he couldn't open the secret room in public with people, but he saw such a big manor built on the middle of the mountain, although it was old and dilapidated, but the magnificent building, still made everyone's mouth open in shock.

The turtle was very proud on his face, and he burned it very much, but when he settled the account in the evening, the turtle was dumbfounded!

"How, how is that possible?"

The turtle's eyes widened: "I got such a big house, but I'm about to go bankrupt?!"