September 13, Jiaping County.

In the workshop where horse armor is made.

When he first left Pingting County, Chen Mo asked Geng Songfu to build a weapon workshop with horse armor and horse lance in Xialin, but at that time it was built according to the scale of 500 people.

But now that the number of Xiao Cavalry Guards has reached nearly two thousand, Xia Lin's weapon workshop has a production capacity that can't keep up with the demand, so Chen Mo can only build another workshop to make horse armor.

Yesterday, Zhang He came to inform him that the sample of Ma Kai had been made and asked Chen Mo to go over to inspect it.

Chen Mo came on horseback early in the morning.

Horse armor was first used to protect horses, mainly leather, and later with the needs of war, especially heavy cavalry, gradually transformed into iron armor, and the whole horse armor was divided into protecting the horse's head and torso.

The craftsman led Chen Mo to a table.

On the table was a complete set of horse armor.

Crafting a horse armor is more complicated than crafting a piece of Mingguang armor, and it takes a long time.

There are six parts: the "face curtain" that protects the horse's head, the "chicken neck" that protects the horse's neck, the "dang chest" that protects the horse's chest, the "horse body armor" that protects the torso, the "hitching" that protects the horse's hips, and the "parasitic" that is erected on the tail.

In addition to the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, limbs, and tail of the war horse, the whole body is protected by armor.

Chen Mo asked Zhang He to bring his snow dragon horse, and in the process, he asked the craftsman: "How much does this set of horse armor weigh?" ”

The craftsman replied, "About fifty pounds." ”

Fifty pounds of horse armor, the weight of the cavalry himself plus his own armor and various equipment, almost every horse as a heavy cavalry has to carry more than two hundred pounds.

It sounds like a lot of weight, but if you want to form a heavy cavalry, you have to reach it.

After loading the snow dragon horse armor, Chen Mo led the snow dragon horse to the open space and ran, because the weight was a little heavy, it didn't take long to run, the speed of the snow dragon horse slowed down, and after running for another quarter of an hour, it was completely useless, and he couldn't run.

Chen Mo changed to another war horse, but the time he held on was not too long.

However, Chen Mo also knew that the heavy cavalry was not originally used for long-distance travel.

The role of heavy cavalry is its impact power, which can break up the enemy's formation on the battlefield, hit the enemy's morale and withstand the frontal combat effectiveness.

There is also a breakthrough in creating suppression, because it is a key sortie on the battlefield and belongs to the decisive role.

Therefore, if Chen Mo is wrong in endurance, then it is purely nothing to do.

Moreover, before the heavy cavalry charged, the war horses were not armoured, and the horse armor was transported by pack horses or livestock, and they were put on when needed.

Of course, as the first horse armor created by Jiaping County, Chen Mo must not be able to pick every mistake.

Party A asked Party B to draw the picture more than a dozen times.

Chen Mo immediately made a request.

First, under the condition of ensuring safety, some weight should be appropriately reduced.

Second, the initial version of the horse armor will wear the horse, and some parts are too sharp, and the comfort is not good.

After inspecting the horse armor, Chen Mo went to the weapon workshop of the Divine Arm Crossbow again.

The Divine Arm Crossbow has its own manufacturing blueprints, so it is not difficult to make, and once the workshop is set up, it can be dried.

Chen Mo's main consideration is the cost and time of manufacturing.

The cost of a divine arm crossbow is two and three hundred wen.

Seven people and eight days can only build five.

If you make 10,000 planes, plus the cost of labor, loss, and supporting arrows, you have to go to 50,000 yuan.

Chen Mo has made a few fortunes recently, and it seems that 50,000 yuan is not much, but there are more places to use money.

Rewards, pensions and large sums of money were issued.

To appease the people's hearts and provide disaster relief, another sum of money has to be spent.

Does it cost money to build armor and weapons?

Do you want to eat and drink the horses and soldiers?

One here and one there, 50,000 is a lot.

After returning from Jiaping County, Chen Mo immediately sent Hu Qiang back to Pingting County.

The fine salt accumulated in the warehouse can be sold, and the population of the three states is nearly two million, and if it is a price reduction promotion, it can be sold internally.

It may not be much, but at least it is an income, not a total expenditure all the time.

In addition to this, Chen Mo planned to take Han Anniang and them to Yuzhou.

He has already "broken up" with the Tianshi Army, there are not many people left in Pingting County, if any of the tendons of the Tianshi Army are wrong, they have to beat him, and they will go to Qingzhou after crossing the river.

And Chen Mo in Yuzhou will be a little unguardable.

Not long after Hu Qiang left, Huang Xiu walked in and showed Chen Mo the drafted recruitment order.

"In the past, I Chen Hou, from the Ping Court, the Qing Court between the living in the virtue of Xiuwu, the people of Anqing Prefecture, with the river as the boundary, to the west to crusade against the Liangsong thieves in Yuzhou, for the court to collect thousands of miles of land, the Son of Heaven to the Hou, the world is congratulated, in order to determine the foundation.

In August of the eighth year of Xuanhe, he pacified Yuzhou, entered Linzhou in the south, and then collected his hometown...... In just two years, our lord has crossed the three states of Qingyu and Lin, with great ambitions, to support the Great Song Dynasty and crusade against the rebels.

The guests and ministers, those who can get out of the strange plan to strengthen the army, I respect the officials, and share the gold and land with them. ”

After reading it, Chen Mo praised Huang Xiu, and then gave his own opinion: "Divide the gold and the land to modify it, after all, it is released in the face of the whole world, and the division of the land is too ostentatious and eye-catching." ”

Huang Xiu nodded, and after taking note of Chen Mo's suggestion, he retreated.

When Chen Mo was in Pingting County, he was able to attract Geng Songfu to come to take refuge.

Now that Chen Mo is in control of the land of Sanzhou, he already has a certain amount of capital, if he doesn't make good use of this opportunity to recruit talents, the heavens will scold him.

The signboard has been erected, and the recruitment order has been issued, Chen Mo can't believe that he can't find a talent to help him govern the state and county.

In addition to recruiting talents, recruiting and expanding the rebel army Chen Mo has not stopped, but the people of Yuzhou do not have complete trust in Chen Mo, so there are few people who sign up.

Chen Mo plans to go to Linzhou to also open a recruiting point.

In the era of cold weapons, in addition to weapons and equipment, the number of people and horses is also extremely important.

…

On the other side, Linzhou.

With the support of Chen Mo, Zuo Lianglun was imprisoned in Linzhou, and those who opposed him on weekdays and violated the yang and yin were all cleared by Zuo Lianglun at this time, and even the local rich businessmen of the scholar clan, Zuo Lianglun did not let any of them go.

He knew where the power behind him came from, so he didn't install his own people, and all of them reported to Chen Mo, who arranged it.

Zuo Lianglun also knew that Chen Mo's army cost money, and after knowing these obstacles, the family behind them, Zuo Lianglun, all raided the house.

The property harvested by the raider, except for the land deed was returned to the people, and all the IOUs were burned in front of the people, and the rest were all sealed and transported to Longmen County.

Linzhou said that it was big and big, and it was small and small.

Under Zuo Lianglun's ruthless action of killing, some cities and counties that have not yet been affected have fallen to Zuo Lianglun.

Zuo Lianglun only opened the knife to the Taihu of the scholar clan, and did not do anything to the people.

So in the eyes of the people, Zuo Lianglun is a good person.

The situation in Linzhou has stabilized.

(End of chapter)