Zhao Ta thought about it behind closed doors in the mansion, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, he got the news that Zhao Kai led a large army to the north to conquer Tianhu, and he was even more sure that Emperor Daojun would change the crown prince.

If Zhao Kai succeeds in the first battle, I am afraid that it will not take long, and it is even very likely that the iron will be struck while the iron is hot, and after he returns, Emperor Daojun will put the matter of changing the crown prince to the court.

At that time, the worst was Zhao Huan, who fell from the clouds to the ground.

As for his own family, if Emperor Daojun is on the throne, it will be fine, if Zhao Kai will ascend to the pole in the future, I am afraid that he will be liquidated and retaliated.

It's the middle of autumn, the leaves outside the window are yellowish, and the flowers and plants are not as vibrant as in summer, all of which indicate that the best time of the year is coming to an end.

Zhao Ta sat in the study, a small scholar next to him was washing pens in the three-legged porcelain wash, the little scholar was called Yumo, this was originally Zong Ze's person, just because Zhao Ta also wanted to find someone to serve and write, Zong Ze recommended it.

Zhao Ta saw that he was clever, so he was included in the house, and he naturally gave more monthly money, and usually taught him to read, and he also had the wisdom to draw inferences.

He has just written three letters, one to Xiao Min of Liaoguo, which slightly mentions the cause of death of her father, the king of Liaoxi County, this matter cannot be rushed, and it must be said to Xiao Min slowly, otherwise with her temperament, I am afraid that she will not be able to accept it for a while, and there will be some unnecessary trouble.

The second letter to Qiong Ying, Zhao Kai conquered Tian Hu, no matter whether he won or lost, he would not interfere, but just in case, he had to let Qiong Ying prepare in advance, if Zhao Kai really won, there would be a way out.

The third letter was addressed to Duan Yichang in Dali, in which he asked Duan Yichang about something, which was called Vine Armor.

The armor under the Great Song Dynasty is probably iron, leather, cloth, and paper, and ordinary soldiers mostly wear cloth armor or paper armor with iron nails and iron sheets.

And the famous Buren armor has not yet taken shape at the moment, and it is only a half-covered iron armor at the moment, which is rarely built, and it is rarely assembled into the army for ordinary soldiers.

The kind of heavy armor composed of 1,825 armor leaves, with a maximum weight of 58 catties, was later specially created to deal with the Jurchen cavalry, modeled on the infantry armor of the Tang Dynasty.

Now the paper armor and cloth armor worn by the soldiers in the army are not high, although there is a Song Dynasty, the number of iron armor has reached a peak, but it is impossible to assemble the infantry with iron armor, and the later infantry heavy armor is only specially equipped with some infantry, not all the soldiers are heavy armor.

Zhao Ta had made a plan very early, if one day he set up another mountain, his foot soldiers should also be equipped with armor, he had thought about bamboo armor before, bamboo armor has been there since the Spring and Autumn Period, Song has not used it, but he has carefully studied and found that although bamboo armor has all kinds of benefits, it also has two fatal weaknesses.

The first is that the bamboo armor is inelastic, does not resist gravity, and is not even as good as paper armor in this regard.

The second is that the bamboo armor looks simple, but it is very laborious to make, especially the cross-cutting bamboo surface and nail punching, which requires a certain amount of skill, and it is time-consuming and laborious, and it is not easy to complete.

In the end, Zhao Ta thought about Teng Jia in every possible way, rattan armor has also existed since ancient times, although it is light but elastic, it can not only resist swords, guns, bows and arrows to a certain extent, but also has a high defense against heavy weapons.

And the rattan armor is not afraid of water, you can wear the river, the only weakness may be the fear of fire, but the paper armor, cloth armor, bamboo armor are all afraid of fire, even the iron armor can't stand the fire.

However, the rattan armor is afraid of fire, before seeing the real thing, I can't be sure, after all, Zhao Ta has a little impression, "Wu Bei Zhi" once said that the rattan armor is conducive to water and fire, and the tung oil on its surface is very high, which is waterproof and fireproof, which can only be determined by seeing the real thing.

Therefore, rattan armor is the most practical, the cost is also low, cheaper than bamboo, and it is very suitable for the current shortage of money, but the manufacturing process of rattan armor has been lost.

After the Tang Dynasty, there was no rattan armor born, only sporadic records can be seen in the book, all of which are simple records, no process description, only said that this kind of thing takes a long time to make, in terms of years, if it is a good rattan armor, it will take almost two years to complete the manufacture.

This is simply outrageous, several times more exaggerated than the manufacture of iron armor, iron armor is nothing more than the selection of good iron to build, if a few craftsmen work together, a pair of iron armor can be completed in a few days, and rattan armor actually takes two years.

Zhao Ta estimated that the war was raging in the five dynasties, and it was impossible to wait for you to build armor in a year or two before going to war, so even if the rattan armor had extremely high defensive power, it was gradually abandoned for this reason.

Until now, there is no great unification in this dynasty, and many things have not been obtained, including the production method of this rattan armor, after all, this thing originally originated in the southwest, and many places in the southwest are not as long as the Great Song whip.

For example, Dali, such as Jiaozhi, and Yiyue Zhubu.

Although there was no rattan armor manufacturing method in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, some places in the southwest may not have it, and Zhao Ta felt that there might be rattan armor in Dali, so he wrote to Duan Yichang to ask.

If you can master the process of making rattan armor, it will be extremely beneficial to resist the golden soldiers in the future, or to redivide the general trend of the world.

There has always been a saying about the defense of rattan armor, saying that the defense of rattan armor is even stronger than that of iron armor, and some arrows can shoot through iron armor, but they can't shoot through rattan armor.

But Zhao Ta felt that this was a bit too much, there must be a problem with the quality of the iron armor, how to process the rattan, after all, it is not metal, how can it be compared with iron?

However, each pair of rattan armor must be equipped with a rattan card, and the defense power increases, in this case, it may be on par with the iron armor, regardless of victory or defeat, and the rattan armor is lighter, so it will take some advantage in battle.

If he wants to use rattan armor in the future, then with the exaggerated manufacturing time of this kind of thing, he has to start preparing now.

In his letter to Duan Yichang, he said that if there was indeed a way to make rattan armor, he would send a copy to Tokyo, and if Dali could still find this thing at the moment, then he would send a few pairs together, and he would spend money to buy them.

In addition, and most importantly, in his letter, he asked Duan Yichang to make rattan armor rattan plates for him.

This is an extremely important thing, even if he gets the rattan armor production method, he will at most send it to Huang Jue on Fujian Road to make it, but there are too many things to do over there, and they have to be concealed, and I am afraid that there will not be many pairs.

As for Tokyo, there is no way, and it is impossible to go there in Longyou.

The price he offered to Duan Yichang was not high, only one percent of the iron armor!

The cost of this thing is very low, and the manpower used should not be large, but it is time-consuming.

Therefore, the price of Yicheng Zhao Ta felt that it was too high, you must know that iron is a very valuable thing, not to mention that after forging into armor, Yicheng is also a lot of money.

However, he was afraid that no matter how little Duan Yichang would do, after all, this kind of thing would probably not be obvious to Duan Yichang, Duan Yichang was not the Emperor of Dali, and there were a lot of brothers, so it was also risky to do this kind of thing.

These three letters are all secret letters, and the places they go to are not controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, so they must send people with strong martial arts to deliver the letters.

He planned to send Ding Da Crab to Beijing in Liaoguo, originally wanted Huang Gu to go, after all, Huang Gu had been to Liao with him before, and he knew Xiao Min.

But Huang Gu has to go to Tian Hu's army to see Qiong Ying, which no one else can replace, because Qiong Ying is only familiar with Huang Gu, and Tian Hu's side is dangerous, and he must be visited by someone with extremely high martial arts, so only Huang Gu is suitable.

As for Dali's side, to send someone who can speak and be shrewd, after all, asking Duan Yichang to present the rattan armor manufacturing method, as well as letting him make the rattan armor, is just Zhao Ta's wishful thinking, if Yi Chang doesn't want to do it at the time, he has to have someone to persuade him.

So he asked Ouyang Bei to go to Dali, and handed Ouyang Bei a very heavy bargaining chip, that is, if there was really a rattan armor rattan brand manufacturing method, but Duan Yichang was unwilling to give it or make it, so he told Duan Yichang that as long as he agreed, then he would fully support him to ascend to the throne of Dali.

This chip is extremely heavy, but it is only used when there is no way to use it in the end, because this kind of word cannot be broken, otherwise it is not just as simple as losing trust to others.

The three letters were sealed by Yumo, and at noon, Huang Gu and others arrived together, Zhao Ta told them one by one, Ouyang Bei and Ding Da Crab were nothing, only Huang Gu was bitter and didn't want to go to Tian Hu's side.

Zhao Ta sneered at him: "If this matter is not handled well, there is no need to come back, and go directly to Fujian Nai's brother to listen to the dispatch." ”

Huang Gu was willing to go to Fujian to be a pirate, and left with a sad face.

A few days later, suddenly Luo Jinshui asked to see him at night.

After Lei San brought him over, Luo Jinshui bowed his head and bowed.

Zhao Ta was puzzled in his heart, according to the time, the last time he told Luo Jinshui to contact the Ming Sect disciples brought back from Luzhou, it was impossible to do it so quickly.

After all, it was not dozens, but hundreds, and he wouldn't be able to contact them all in just over half a month.

Zhao Ta said: "But all the people on the list have been found?" ”

Luo Jinshui kowtowed and said, "Lord Wang, it's not this matter, but another matter that is in a hurry." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "Get up and speak." ”

Luo Jinshui stood up cautiously: "Lord Wang, my subordinates found out...... I found out that people from the Holy Sect are recruiting disciples in the capital! ”

"Huh?" Zhao Ta frowned: "People from the Ming Sect? ”

"It's the people of Mingjiao." Luo Jinshui hurriedly said: "I just don't know which faction it belongs to." ”

Zhao Ta pondered when he heard this, he and Liyan Nazha had a detailed conversation about the internal composition of the Ming Sect, which was actually somewhat similar to the feudal system.

The sect leader is the largest and rules everything, but the four envoys of light, the five Dharma kings, and the six scattered people below all form a force, and they all have their own seven-colored banner envoys and their own disciples.

The Illumination Envoys, Dharma Kings, and Sanren all have the right to recruit followers on their own, and they can preach in various places without going through the sect master, and the recruited people can be directly included in their command.

Zhao Ta, as the right envoy of light, has this right, and Huang Gu and Yao Pingzhong, the two banner envoys, are all counted as his subordinates, and the disciples recruited are also counted as his subordinates.

As for the sect leader, you only need to report your name and position, enter it into the register, and then hold a large sect meeting once a year, and you can meet the sect leader, and usually return to their respective leaders.

But don't think that the sect leader will be hollowed out in this way, in fact, there are more people under the sect leader, and whether it is a disciple or a disciple, they are all attracted to the religion by the teachings of Mingjiao, and they are not under the orders of a certain person, so once Mingjiao has something, as a sect leader, he can still mobilize all the disciples.

It's just that Zhao Ta is a little strange, he estimates that the time is almost up, Fang La's side is very likely to start an incident next year, shouldn't he be preparing intensively at this time, why did he still go to Tokyo to develop a cultist? Aren't you afraid of leaking the news and giving up all your efforts?

"How did you find out?" Zhao Ta looked at Luo Jin Shuidao.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have been ordered to contact the disciples who have come back from Luzhou these days, and they have been running around the streets, especially almost all over the outer city, and on the doors of some streets and alleys, I saw special marks in the sect." Roking Waterway.

Zhao Ta nodded, Mingjiao has many codes, representing different meanings, for example, when he passed by the courtyard of Liyan Nazha in Luzhou, he saw the mark on the door.

"What kind of code?"

"Lord Wang, most of them are the marks of ordinary disciples, and the biggest is the messenger."

"Lead?" Zhao Ta smiled, this is digging the foot of the wall to dig to the door of his own house, this is worth it, I don't know who is so bold that he dares to come to Tokyo to preach.

"It's the messenger." Luo Jinshui said cautiously: "My subordinates have seen two places, and my subordinates feel that this must be foreign, otherwise...... There should be only one subordinate envoy in the city. ”

"Yes, you are indeed the only one in Tokyo City." Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes: "The others are all fake, fake, and heretical!" ”

"Heresy?" Luo Jinshui couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, he had heard the scriptures several times in Luzhou, and he knew what this heresy meant.

"Yes, it's heretical!" Zhao Ta said coldly: "These heretics actually dare to put their hands into Tokyo, they are really impatient!" ”

Luo Jinshui actually has some doubts in his heart, he also has a general understanding of the internal composition of Mingjiao, he joined the religion in Luzhou, and naturally belongs to the line of Shenggu.

And the prince is the right envoy of light, and the relationship with the holy aunt is ...... I can't think about this, this belongs to the crime, in short, the prince is also a saint, including all the disciples who entered Beijing this time.

They are now under the command of the Right Envoy and belong to the Right Envoy faction, and this time the believers recruited in Tokyo, although I don't know which faction, but it should always be a member of the Ming Sect, this ...... How did it become a heresy?

But Luo Jinshui thought about it left and right, and the prince said yes, after all, the prince is the right envoy, and the right envoy is the prince, he can't get around, so he thinks that the prince is the biggest, how can he be bigger than the sect leader, and the prince is the real son of light.

Zhao Ta said: "You go back, observe those places carefully, it's best to draw a map, if you don't have enough people, you can pick a few of the disciples who are in contact to act together, remember not to show your feet and be detected by the other party." ”

Luo Jinshui hurriedly said yes, and Zhao Ta said: "This king is now confined to the mansion, and he will deal with these heretics after the matter has passed, and he will go back and act carefully." ”

Luo Jinshui naturally knew what happened at the celebration banquet, and now almost everyone in the entire city of Tokyo knew that King Qin had been thinking about it behind closed doors for a month, and he couldn't go anywhere.

After Luo Jinshui left, Zhao Ta thought about it, turned around and took out a piece of paper from the small red sandalwood box on the table, this paper had more than a dozen names written on it, and it was the list of Mingjiao Light Messengers, Dharma Kings, and Sanren that Liyan Nazha gave him when Luzhou and Liyan Nazha were separated......

On the morning of the next day, Liu Qi, the commander of the four compartments of the Dragon Shenwei, received the holy decree and entered the palace.

Then he stayed in the palace for a full day, and did not walk out of the Xuande Gate until dusk.

His eyebrows were furrowed, his expression was serious, and his mood was heavy.

The official family gave him a task, which shocked him, and he tried to persuade him several times, but he didn't have time to speak under the indifferent eyes of the official.

The official family asked him to go to Dengzhou, where he would meet the two of them, and then go to sea to do a big thing.

One of those two people is called Ma Zheng, and the other is Hu Yanqing......

(End of chapter)