The names of the armor in the Northern Song Dynasty army are very messy, what steel chain armor, chain armor, bright light fine mesh armor, gold armor, long and short head armor, black lacquer near the water mountain spring armor, Ming Ju armor, step armor...... There are dozens of zeros.

However, according to the class, it can be roughly divided into three categories.

Both, horses, feet, crossbows!

At the top of the list is the foot soldier's foot armor, which is composed of 1,825 armor leaves and weighs 58 Song Jin.

Note that this 58 Song Jin is only the base weight.

If you encounter a strong enemy such as heavy cavalry, you can also install additional armor leaves on your armor to increase your defense.

Up to 89 Song Jin!

According to Nie Dong, the Buren Armor is not as bulky as imagined, but actually adopts a rolling shutter-style folding design, which is extremely convenient to wear and will not cause much interference to the soldiers' movements.

This manufacturing process is extremely complicated, and even if there are design drawings, ordinary craftsmen in government-run workshops cannot immediately copy them, and they have to study them for at least a year and a half.

The second is the heavy armor of the crossbowman.

Yes, the armor of the crossbowmen in the border army of the Northern Song Dynasty was heavier than that of the cavalry, weighing 54 Song catties.

It seems a little strange that the crossbowman is wearing such heavy armor.

But this is a helpless thing, when facing the Western Xia, the cavalry is at a disadvantage, once the Western Xia iron cavalry breaks into the formation, the crossbowman can only become a lamb to the slaughter.

Therefore, in the years of warfare with the Western Xia, the crossbowmen gradually began to emphasize their armor, so that they were not afraid of cavalry charges.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei relied on his heavy infantry and relied on the dense formation of the ditch fortress to defeat the Jin ace cavalry Tiefutu many times.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the heavy armored infantry is slow, even if they defeat the Jin army, they will not be able to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.

As a result, there was no way to deal a fatal blow to the Jin army, which broke its muscles and bones.

This is also one of the reasons why, under the command of famous generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, the Southern Song Dynasty won many battles in the early days, but it has always been on the defensive.

The heavy armor of the cavalry, on the contrary, is the lightest of the three types of troops, only 44-52 Song Jin.

Han Zhen naturally didn't want to focus on heavy infantry, so he only customized 300 infantry heavy armor, and the rest were mainly light infantry to ensure the mobility of the army.

To put it bluntly, the two Song Dynasty chose heavy infantry, because the cavalry was too helpless.

You must know that at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was no heavy infantry, because the Jingsai iron cavalry in the north was fierce enough, and it could face the hard steel Liao king's cavalry Tielin Army without falling behind.

The Jurchen is less than 10,000, and 10,000 are invincible?

Wrong!

It is the Han cavalry that is less than 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible!

This sentence is talking about the Jingsai Iron Rider.

The most brilliant record was to use 3,000 iron cavalry to severely damage the 80,000 iron forest army of the Liao State!

It's just that with the signing of the Tanyuan Alliance, after the Song Liao negotiated peace, the Jingsai Iron Cavalry, a cavalry derived from the descendants of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns, gradually declined, and the quality of the Song Dynasty's cavalry also plummeted.

Boom!

The water hammer smashed against the wrought iron, making a heavy sound.

Compared with traditional workshops, the advantages of hydraulic workshops are assembly line operations and non-stop work day and night.

As long as the water of the Xiaodong River is still flowing, the water hammer can continue to swing.

The efficiency of the two phases is naturally several times higher than that of the traditional workshop.

After inspecting the circle, Han Zhen smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, you have worked hard for this period of time, you can go to the county government office later, and each person will withdraw fifty yuan of reward!" ”

Fifty runs!

Craftsman Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and they thanked them again and again.

This reward is not ungenerous, and my heart is full of gratitude to Han Zhen.

Patting Craftsman Yuan's shoulder, Han Zhen encouraged: "Work hard, if you can complete the errand ahead of schedule, there will be a reward!" ”

And the reward?

Craftsman Yuan took a deep breath and said solemnly: "The county magistrate is relieved, we must do our best." ”

Han Zhen advised: "The work must be rushed, but the quality must also be guaranteed." ”

"I'm provincial."

Craftsman Yuan nodded hurriedly.

After a few more words, Han Zhen left the workshop, rode a war horse, and rushed to Xiaowang Village.

galloped all the way to the front of the cottage, only to see a few village warriors with bows and arrows standing on the wall, and when they saw Han Zhen from a distance, they immediately shouted: "Stop!" ”

Not to mention, it's quite imposing.

Seeing that Han Zhen did not stop, the villagers immediately took off the bow and arrow on their backs and pulled the bow and arrow.

"County magistrate?"

When he got closer, a villager recognized him.

Hearing this, the others immediately put down their bows and arrows.

After the township bravely called people to open the gate of the village, he said with a worried expression: "The county magistrate forgives the sins, but we are far away, and we don't recognize it." ”

"It's okay, you did a good job, and that's how it will be in the future."

Han Zhen smiled slightly, and set up a horse into the cottage.

The head of the township in charge stepped forward and plucked up his courage and said, "County magistrate, when can we go to the barracks?" ”

After answering the call of Xiangyong a while ago, they were happy for a long time.

Although he is only a village warrior, he can go straight into the army in the future.

As a result, they learned the news of the expansion of the army yesterday, and many people in Xiaowang Village were selected, which made them feel disappointed.

Han Zhen knew their thoughts, and couldn't help but draw cakes and said: "Don't be impatient, you wait to lay a good foundation first, and take advantage of the current leisure to read more." When you enter the army, you only need to perform well, and you will be promoted soon. ”

"I see!"

After eating the flatbread drawn by Han Zhen, Du Tou immediately smiled, and the whole person was full of energy.

It is no secret that if the Qingzhou Army wants to be promoted, it needs to be able to read and do arithmetic.

Nowadays, there are more and more people attending night classes in Xiaowang Village.

As a result, two new industries have been born in Xiaowang Village.

Blackboard and chalk.

Paper, ink, pen and inkstone are too expensive for ordinary villagers to afford.

But chalk and a small blackboard are very cheap, and a penny can buy a dozen pieces of chalk, which is enough to use them for several days.

There are smart villagers who spend money to buy slaked lime from lime kilns, make chalk at home, and sell it at the bazaar.

The blackboard is also very simple, and some carpenters can make it.

And to make a blackboard, you need to be painted......

Two simple small industries have led to a large number of jobs.

Xiaowang Village is Han Zhen's base and test site.

If Xiaowang Village can successfully transform from a small-scale peasant economy to a commodity economy, it can also be applied in other counties and towns in the future.

……

Not far from Xiaowang Village, several billowing black smoke rushed into the sky.

The slight impact of the smoke is negligible compared to the profits generated by the factory.

Along the loess path into the village, the most striking thing is a huge shack in the northwest corner.

This shed is Han Zhen's money bag and salt factory.

The monkey knew he was coming today, so he waited outside the workshop early.

"Second Brother Han!"

Today's monkeys have a calm aura on their bodies.

This is actually quite normal, and after having the experience of managing thousands of people, the mentality will gradually change.

After turning over and dismounting, Han Zhen asked, "Have you started work?" ”

"It's already underworked!"

The monkey nodded and gestured, "Second Brother Han, I'll take a look." ”

Walking into the shed, you will see four large salt ponds in the shape of four steps.

In each salt pond, there are thirty or forty workers to operate.

After the highest salt boiling pool boiled the salt water, a worker immediately opened the bamboo pipe, and the salt water was automatically poured into the No. 2 salt pool.

A bucket of lime milk is poured into the salt water, and workers hold bamboo poles and stir it constantly, causing it to react quickly.

After the lime milk is settled, the reacted brine is poured into the No. 3 salt pond again.

The workers in charge of the No. 3 salt pond used bellows to continuously inject air into the salt water for a secondary reaction.

After sedimentation again, the brine is poured into the No. 4 salt pond.

After the first three processes, the water in the brine evaporates a lot, and as the concentration of the brine increases, the No. 4 salt pond does not need to be heated, and the white refined salt is automatically precipitated in the pool.

Workers use a large wooden spoon to fish it out, put it in a wooden frame to dry, and finally bagged it.

The whole process of salt production is orderly, like a mechanical operation.

"Second Brother Han, this salt pond is so easy to use, yesterday I asked the workers to try to burn it, and thousands of catties of refined salt were produced in half a day."

The monkey continued excitedly: "I learned from the lime kiln and divided the workers into three shifts, working day and night. In this way, it can produce at least 1560,000 catties a month. ”

At present, Zhu Ji and Gu Xiang are under the name of Zhao Ting and Liu Mi, and they are constantly opening up channels outside.

After the refined salt is produced, it will not be accumulated in Xiaowang Village, but will be transported to various places immediately.

It was exchanged for Huang Cancan's copper coins, as well as grain, coarse salt, pig iron, cowhides, horns, cattle, horses, donkeys, mules and other materials and livestock, and then transported back to Linzi County.

In this way, a lot of time is saved.

Han Zhen lowered his voice and said, "Don't let the secrecy of the salt factory be left behind. ”

"Second Brother Han, I'm from the province."

The monkey nodded solemnly and said, "I am going to set up a patrol team to patrol the factory day and night, responsible for finding out the ill-intentioned." ”

"Not bad!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly.

After inspecting the salt factory, it was noon, and Han Zhen and the monkey had a fight in the factory canteen.

"Monkey, the salt factory will be handed over to you, help me keep an eye on it."

"Second Brother Han rest assured!"

The monkey knew in his heart that Han Zhen was training himself.

I'm afraid that after waiting for the salt plant to stabilize, a new errand will be arranged.

Suddenly, the monkey seemed to think of something and said, "By the way, Second Brother Han, what kind of cement did you say earlier, the lime kiln seems to have burned out." ”

"Burned out?"

Han Zhen was overjoyed.

He himself knew nothing about firing cement, only that clay and iron ore were to be added to the limestone, but the exact proportions and the temperature at which it was calcined were completely unknown.

At that time, after the lime kiln was added, he left a separate kiln for the workers to try to fire cement in their spare time.

And if anyone can burn it, he will be rewarded with fifty denaria.

Under the heavy reward, the workers showed great enthusiasm, and they were idle anyway, so try it.

"I'll take a look!"

Bidding farewell to the monkey, Han Zhen rode on his horse and hurried to the lime kiln.

Seeing him, the steward of the lime kiln immediately greeted him and called with a smile: "County magistrate! ”

He was originally a villager of Xiaowang Village, and he was also one of the first batch of workers to recruit.

Han Zhen asked straight to the point: "I heard that someone burned cement?" ”

"Yes!"

The steward nodded.

Han Zhen ordered, "Go and call him." ”

(End of chapter)