After listening to Wang Rong's words, Wang Bo could imagine what kind of power the people in the city would burst out. He didn't dwell on this topic anymore, he never won his brother in a verbal fight since he was a child, and he preferred to convince people with force.

Wang Bo sat in his seat and said with a smile: "Second brother, I will definitely need your help when I bring troops here this time." ”

Wang Rong blinked, looked at his brother and asked, "What help does my brother need?" ”

Wang Bo said bluntly: "I need a thousand sets of armor worn by your soldiers; There are also ring-headed steel knives, a thousand; Spears, hammers, and sticks are to be matched with a thousand, and it would be better if you had crossbows and bows. ”

Wang Rong listened to Wang Bo's request, his eyes did not blink, he looked helpless, and said angrily: "Brother, are you here to rob your brother?" ”

Wang Bo straightened his chest and said, "Then I don't care, you can supply 5,000 people with leather armor alone, and Xuanjia is a set of government soldiers." Don't lie to me and say no, if you say that, I'm going to have to convince people. ”

Wang Bo said, his hands clasped together, and made a sound of "click, click".

Wang Rong waved his hand and said, "Brother, the ring-headed steel knife and Xuanjia you want are indeed in the arsenal, but these two things need to be carefully maintained, whetstone and oil, these things are essential consumables." ”

There are many kinds of armor of Dayong, such as Mingguang armor, light armor, fine scale armor, fish scale armor, chain armor, sleeve armor and crotch armor. The first five are worn only by the rank of lieutenant and above, and the last two are worn by soldiers below the rank of captain.

Wang Rong's village soldiers wore crotch armor, which originated from crotch shirts. A crotch shirt is a vest-style garment, which is shaped by a piece of cloth on the chest and back, without a collar, connected by two belts at the shoulders, and tied with a belt at the waist, worn inside or outside the shirt, which is intended to block the front and back.

The shape of the crotch armor is roughly the same as the crotch shirt, and the difference is mainly in the material. The material of the crotch shirt is usually cloth, and there is silk cotton in the middle to keep warm. The material of the crotch armor is mostly hard metal or leather, and the armor has two types of armor: elongated and fish scale.

Wang Rong equipped the village soldiers with relatively high-grade fish scale armor, which used small fish scale armor pieces on the chest and back to facilitate the soldiers' activities. At the same time, the length of the armor was extended to the abdomen, and the hem of the armor was rounded and inlaid with lotus leaf armor to protect the lower abdomen to enhance the protection from the waist down. This replaces the leather armor skirt and makes the armor much easier.

And in order to prevent the metal armor from abrading the skin, soldiers usually wear a thick crotch shirt on the inside of the crotch armor. At the same time, in order to increase the protection of the soldiers, Wang Rong also wore leather armor and basin collar shawls to protect their necks and arms.

The soldiers wore sleeve armor, which was like a short-sleeved pullover, and the whole body was made of steel sheets, with short sleeves to protect the soldiers' upper arms and armpits, plus arm guards, neck guards and iron armor, the government soldiers could be said to be fully armed.

And Wang Rong's personal guards, because they have always worn light chain mail, so Wang Bo doesn't know that in fact, Wang Rong's personal guards have the best armor.

Plate armor, the latest armor developed by the craftsman's house. And the craftsman's yard will be a high-quality product. Unlike Western plate armor, the plate armor produced by the Craftsman Academy is shaped like a crotch armor, with a single piece of steel armor on the front chest and back.

The hem of the armor is in the style of fish scale armor, the shawl is iron armor with ring arms, and the shoes and boots are iron boots with ring shins.

After the guards put on this armor, they were simply armed to the teeth, and in order to adapt to different battlefield situations.

Wang also equipped his guards with rhinoceros leather armor, which was very light and flexible, and could adapt to long journeys in difficult terrain.

Wang Rong pondered for a while, and said to his brother: "This way, tomorrow I will take my brother to the arsenal, and you will choose whatever style of armor you like." If the quantity is not enough, I will ask the craftsman to continue the production. ”

When Wang Bo heard the Craftsman's Yard, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Zhong Ming, is your Craftsman's Yard similar to the Craftsman's Arsenal?" ”

The Ordnance Bureau of the Dayong Imperial Court is mainly engaged in the manufacture of military weapons, mainly manufacturing knives, guns, swords, halberds, whips, axes, helmets, armor, bows, arrows and other military instruments, and is divided into saddle bridles, armor divisions, bow and crossbow divisions, arrow divisions, string machine divisions and miscellaneous manufacturing divisions and other manufacturing divisions of special weapons.

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "Brother, the Craftsman's Institute not only manufactures military weapons, but also manufactures civilian agricultural tools and tools for flood and drought resistance. ”

Wang Bo waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't explain so much, tomorrow, I will go to two places, the arsenal and the craftsman's yard, I come this time, I can't leave empty-handed." ”

Wang Rong supported his forehead with his hand, and his brother was really good at fighting local tyrants. Wang Rong looked at the sky, and asked Wang Pu and Wang Hao to send their brother back to the room to sleep.

Back in his room, Wang Rong quickly fell asleep, while Wang Wei stayed in the outer room of Wang Rong's room, his hand pressed the handle of the knife, and sat on the marching bed with his eyes closed.

The next morning, when the sun shone through the window, Wang Rong woke up, and after washing up under Wang Hao's service, he put on a rhinoceros leather armor, the black armor of his whole body glowed with cold light, and the two steel goggles on his chest and back flashed in the sun.

Wang Bo came out of the room dressed neatly, saw Wang Rong's dress, and said with a smile: "Zhong Ming, what's the matter?" Are you going to dress up and compare yourself with my brother? ”

Wang Rong gestured to Wang Hao with his eyes, and the latter came to Wang Bo and Wang Pu with two personal soldiers holding two pairs of rhinoceros leather armor.

Wang Rong smiled and said, "Brother, for the sake of safety, you and Apu should wear this leather armor." ”

Wang Rong has already made arrangements, take Wang Bo to the craftsman's yard in the morning, and after walking around there, take Wang Bo to the arsenal to select equipment in the afternoon.

The group mounted their horses, and under the escort of the soldiers of the guards, they went out of the north city gate, and after walking only five miles, they saw a large area of buildings.

On the wooden wall about three zhang high, a village soldier is stationed here, and the chief on duty saw so many cavalry coming from the south, and quickly ordered his soldiers to close the gate of the wall, and at the same time blew the bamboo whistle on his chest, and the sharp whistle sounded through the sky.

As Wang Mo galloped on his horse, he blew the bamboo whistle on his chest in response to the whistle coming from the wooden wall.

When the chief of the guard heard the whistle from outside the camp, he did not immediately let his soldiers open the gate of the village, and waited until Wang Rong and his party reached thirty steps in front of the gate before he said in a loud voice: "Please wait a moment, Captain!" ”

At this time, Zhou Yi, the thousand-man leader of this thousand-person team, immediately went up to the wooden wall, and saw Wang Rong riding a horse and the old god was waiting in front of the gate of the village, and knocked on the leather of the chief on duty angrily.

"Boom!"

"Oops!"

The chief covered his head, and heard Zhou Yi say angrily: "You are really capable, you just blocked the captain from the door." It's really a wooden head, and I don't want to think about it, who else can come out of the southern city gate except for our Duwei Army? ”

Zhou Yi waved his hand and directly commanded loudly: "Open the door for the captain!" Hurry up! ”

After saying this, he hurriedly led people down the wooden wall and waited in the gate.

Wang Rong led people into the camp and saw Zhou Yibi bowing respectfully and standing there. Zhou Yi kicked the chief on duty beside him in front of Wang Rong, and said with a flattering smile: "Du Wei, this kid has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, you have a lot of adults, let's punish you a little." ”

Wang Rong said with a smile on his face: "I was on duty very well today, my vigilance is very high, I performed well, continue to work hard." ”

The chief on duty didn't expect that he hadn't been punished, not to mention, but also to be praised, so he couldn't help himself with excitement, made a military salute, and stumbled and said, "Yes... Yes, all ... Captain, I will continue to work hard! ”

Zhou Yi stepped forward and grabbed Wang Rong's horse halter, took the reins thrown by Wang Rong, and personally led the horse for Wang Rong.

Wang Rong sat on the horse, looked at Zhou Yi and asked, "What are the two old men Xu Forging and Lin Musen studying now?" ”

Zhou Yi replied as he walked: "Captain, they haven't studied the drawing you gave them last time, and they are working hard to study it." ”

When Wang Rong heard this, he didn't say anything, the last time he came, he handed over to Lin Musen their drawings, which were drawings of vehicles and ships, this kind of ships used manpower to move forward quickly, and the largest vehicles and ships could reach a scale of thirty-six zhang long and four zhang wide, which could accommodate seven or eight hundred people, which was really a great weapon for water warfare.

However, the manufacturing method is also very cumbersome, relying only on a few simple drawings provided by Wang Rong, the carpenters led by Lin Musen did not even sort out a clue.

The group soon came to the courtyard of the military workshop of the craftsman courtyard, where Xu Forging was also the owner. In the courtyard is a tall factory building similar to the production workshop of later generations, and next to the factory building are ten blast furnaces for ironmaking and steelmaking.

When he opened the door of the factory, a vigorous heat rushed to his face, which directly dispelled the chill on Wang Rong and his party.

Wang Bo looked around like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and saw several strong men bare-chested, where you hammered and I smashed a piece of steel, the steel sheet has been pressed very thin, and the strong men only need to modify it slightly, and the steel sheet can enter the next link.

Not far from the strong men, a machinery similar to a stepping machine was constantly beating, one person stepping on it, and one person trimming the position of the steel sheet that had been beaten.

Wang Bo looked at Wang Rong and asked, "Zhong Ming, what are you going to do with such a big steel plate?" ”

Wang Rong did not tell the truth, but explained: "These steel pieces will be cut into small pieces, then punched, tied into armor leaves, and then assembled into armor. ”

Wang Bo looked at the hot scene in the factory, and sighed in admiration: "Zhong Ming, how many things can be produced here in a day?" ”