Good or bad doesn't really matter, at least not so far......

The empire does not share borders with Parthia, Bactria, etc., and the nearest Bactria on the western border of the empire is at least seven or eight thousand miles, and there are not only the tribes of the Western Regions and those who have migrated from west to east in the middle, but also some chaotic ethnic groups and tribes, whether it is literal or mapped, there will hardly be territorial disputes, and it is even more difficult to produce any conflicts of interests.

Because of the nature of the region, it is difficult to have confrontation under the premise that there will be no conflict of interest, so it is actually a good choice to communicate thousands of miles away, not only to be able to communicate with each other in terms of goods, but also to communicate in culture, and to be able to take what they need is an excellent thing.

"We have seen your army in the Western Regions, and we have to admit that your warriors are very brave and good at fighting, but there is a small question, can't your warriors wear better armor?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your warriors, their armor is armor (armor) or sewn armor, and the material is also made of bronze, very rarely iron or steel, so it is a pity that brave warriors can only use that kind of armor."

"Oh?"

"Please allow my squire to bring up a box and ask His Majesty the Emperor to look at the armor of our Parthian warriors."

I don't know if there is a situation where the words do not reach the meaning of the words through the translation, but Lu Zhe naturally has an unavoidable attitude, and agrees to the request of the Parthian envoy Milatus very casually.

Two Persians in wheat-colored and green robes came in carrying a seemingly heavy box, but the box was opened by the temple guards, and a lot of parts that looked like scales came out.

Milates stood up and bowed, then walked over to the table where the various parts and components of the armor were placed, and kept introducing what materials and processes the armor he brought was made of.

Lu Zhe was still a little interested, but seeing that the Parthian envoys were bringing scale-style armor, it was a little meaningful.

Now it should be regarded as the end of the ancient pre-Qin period, right? The war equipment of the Chinese ethnic group was frequently fought during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In fact, there has been a great deal of development in terms of all the equipment needed for war, for example, there are far more types of weapons than the eighteen kinds of weapons, and the armor is also diverse.

The appearance of the armor of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is very much, and the production methods are inlaid armor, sewn armor, armor and so on.

Lu Zhe was not so familiar with the armor styles of other countries. What he knew best was the armor of the Qin army.

The armor of the Qin army was divided into several ranks: generals and soldiers, and the armor of the generals was painted with geometric colored patterns on the chest and back, which seemed to be made of a kind of hard brocade, and it was also possible to paint patterns after being made of leather. The shape of the armor, with a pointed hem on the front chest and a straight hem on the back, with a wide rim around it, is also made of brocade or leather. There is a geometric pattern on it. The whole armor is 97 centimeters long in the front and 55 centimeters in the back. Small nail plates are decorated below the chest, in the center of the back, and at the back of the waist. There are a total of 160 nail tablets in the body. The nail piece is square in shape, with centimeters wide on each side. The nail piece is fastened with a leather strip or beef tendon threaded through the group, in a "V" shape and nailed with rivets. On both shoulders there is a shawl made of similar leather. There are also ribbon knots on the chest, back and shoulders.

Qin-made armor is not lacking in beauty in appearance, and it is also used in color, which is a kind of sewn armor that is pierced in the nail piece and then sewn on the leather with rope. To be honest, this style of armor is beautiful. But in terms of defensive power, it is not much stronger, and some armor pieces in the sewing armor with poor production technology will even have irregular gaps, that is, there is a little resistance to the weapon of horizontal slashing, but in fact, the resistance is very limited. The weight is generally about fifteen catties, which is a kind of light armor.

Zha armor has been in existence since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, because iron has not been used in the relationship of bronze piercing, even after the end of the pre-Qin era in ancient times, it has been widely used. The nail is directly tied with a leather strip, the rope is pierced through each other, the nail piece is stacked horizontally and vertically, the gap on the nail is basically parallel to the human body, even if it is drilled from the gap in the telescopic part, the blade will be pressed by the upper and lower stacked nail pieces at an angle parallel to the human body, it is difficult to cause effective damage to the human body. The style of the armor is divided into two types: light armor and heavy armor, the light armor will not exceed 22 catties, but the heavy armor is more than 50 catties, and the armor pieces used to decorate the armor will also be distinguished because of the difference between light armor and heavy armor, for example, the light armor is made of 650 pieces of armor.

During the Warring States Period, there was a Warring States that had a fully equipped heavy armor force, and the appearance of that army directly pushed that Warring States to the overlord state, which was the Wei Wushu heavy armored infantry corps of the Wei State.

The production of the fish scale armor is really much more complicated than the razor armor, the armor pieces of the armor are arranged in a positive way, and the scale armor is arranged obliquely. The blades of the scale armor are smaller than those of the razor carapace, so they are more resistant to bending. Each blade of the fish scale armor is integrated with the substrate to form a stable and flexible unit, and the connecting rope is more concealed and not easy to cut. The production cost of the armor is lower than that of the fish scale armor, and it is more convenient to repair it, and the connection rope requirements of the armor are higher than that of the fish scale armor. There is also the biggest difference, the tightness of the gaps between the armor pieces, the armor is tied by ropes, and the scale armor is tightened by the overall weight of the whole armor. The heavier the scale armor, the tighter the armor pieces are due to the vertical stretching, and the less likely it is to be picked apart by the spear.

The Parthians took out the fish scale armor that Huaxia itself has, and it really doesn't look like much stronger than Huaxia's fish scale armor in terms of appearance appreciation and defense, what is there to show off?

Milat finally assembled a complete set, but he saw the tasteless and undisguised contempt in the eyes of the Eastern Empire, and was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty the Emperor, can you let my people put on armor for experiments?" ”

Lu Zhe responded with a nasal "um".

Next, a black man who was about 1.7 meters tall and had a majestic figure was called into the temple and dressed in Parthian scale-style armor.

Wait for the black man to put on his armor. Milates added, "Please allow our warriors to come in with weapons and conduct experiments. ”

Lu Zhe still didn't care about "um" in a nasal voice, he didn't care, but the guards of the palace were more vigilant, and almost at the same time, all the guards of the palace touched the handle of the weapon, and Yan Bi also tried to get closer to Lu Zhe.

Another box was brought up, and after opening it, he took out swords, knives, spears and other weapons, and Miratus himself picked up the weapons and began to attack the black men in armor.

Milates didn't seem to have any strength left, it looked like he was using various iron weapons to slash, split, and stab, and there was a sound of metal in "Ping Pong", and it seemed that you could still see iron filings floating out after the collision of metal with metal. For a while, the black man in armor remained upright, and it was not until Milates asked the black man to walk a few times to indicate that he was healthy, and the black man took a few steps.

Interesting? It's not interesting. No matter how good Lu Zhe is in martial arts, but he has mastered some martial arts for more than ten years, and as a ruler, there is no shortage of martial arts warriors, even if he can't use martial arts, he has enough vision, just now Mirates seems to be working very hard, but chopping, chopping, and stabbing are all aimed at the better position of the force point of the armor. It's like a performance more than an experiment.

"Your Majesty the Emperor," Milat said, bowing, "this is the more common armor in our army, and it ......" A series of advantages came out of his mouth, and then several disadvantages were pointed out. Finally, he said: "Whether in the war against the barbarians or the Seleucid Empire, it served as a protective gear to ensure that the soldiers suffered minimal damage. And it only takes seven white four drachmas. ”

"White Four Drachma?" Lu Zhe seemed to lift a little bit of spirit.

The Four drachmas are actually the name of a currency, which originated in Greece and is a silver coin. At this time, the Mediterranean life circle used drachmas as a currency. There was copper, silver, gold, and the monetary system that King Alexander of Macedon brought to various places as he expanded.

The currency of the Four drachmas does not have a permanent pattern, and generally every king will set his head as the pattern of the currency. It was only after Alexander the Great began to crusade that it became a reality, such as the silver coin of Hercules after his conquest of Issos, and the gold coin of the goddess Athena after his victory in Tyre, and each new currency appeared with a corresponding meaning, such as gaining control of a place, or gaining sea dominance.

Four drachmas in silver, with Hercules on the front and Zeus and King of the Gods on Olympus on the back.

Four drachmas in silver, depicting Athena, the goddess of wisdom, on the front and Nike and the goddess of victory on the back.

Lu Zhe was blinking, he was also working on a new monetary system, and there was a plan to use his avatar as a pattern, but it had not really been determined for a long time. Now he was thinking: "It seems good to choose the gods, but the problem is that there are a lot of gods in Huaxia, who should I choose?" Maybe Pangu God and Nuwa Niangniang are the best choices......"

In Miratus's introduction, the net weight of four drachmas is nine grams, which is about the weight of three five-baht coins, and if you compare it with one or two silver coins in the Empire, one Imperial silver coin is five and a half silver coins of four drachmas, which is five thousand five hundred and fifty-five five-baht coins? Then a set of Parthian scale armor is really not that expensive!

"You're here to sell armor?" Lu Zhe was moved, such a cheap thing, even if it was bought and dismantled or melted to remake the armor, it seemed to make money?

"Huh?" Milates was stunned for a moment: "This ......", he seemed to be a little entangled: "If you are purchasing, considering the relationship between transportation costs, ......", more and more entangled: "It will be more expensive." ”

Maybe at that moment, whether it was Parthia or Bactria, the minds of people on both sides were speechless for a while, how could anyone cross tens of thousands of miles to sell weapons? According to the customs of Mediterranean civilization and Central Asian civilization, when they come into contact with unfamiliar civilizations, they send envoys to show equipment, which is to prove their own scientific and technological civilization, so that the other party will be in awe after seeing the equipment on display.

Look, this is the difference in civilization and customs, Lu Zhe really didn't think in the direction of this gang of people showing their strength, who made Mirats's wording at the beginning like a salesman?

"More expensive? Hmm......" Lu Zhe could see something from the faces of the envoys of the two countries this time, although he hadn't fully figured out what the situation was, but it didn't prevent him from showing what belonged to the Chinese civilization: "It's okay to be more expensive, but before that, let my samurai try," raised his hand and pointed at the black man who was still alive, "Let him take it off, the armor can be fixed on the stake, and then try his defense." ”

Although it was a mess, Lu Zhe finally had a little bit of a fit with the diplomatic rules and customs of this group of envoys from afar, one side displayed its equipment, and the other party was completely able to display its own civilized equipment.

Mirats only hesitated for a moment and said, "He can wear it." ”

"There will be danger." Lu Zhe smiled and reminded kindly.

Mirats still insisted: "He can wear it. As for whether he had confidence in the defense of the Parthian scale armor, or whether he didn't care about the life and death of the black man, only he knew in his own heart.

"Okay then," Lu Zhe turned his head to look at Yan Bi: "You will preside." ”

Yan Bi thought about it, thought for three seconds, and asked first: "Your Majesty, isn't it okay for the Hall of Light to be stained with blood?" ”

"Stone floor, easy to wash." Lu Zhe said.

"You're welcome?" After Yan Bi finished greeting Lu Zhe, he looked at the envoys of the two countries, and then greeted one of Lu Zhe's close guards: "Kill him." ”

The guard who was greeted immediately smiled hideously, and he walked a few steps to Lu Zhe and knelt down on one knee to salute: "Your Majesty? ”

Lu Zhe stood upright and stretched out his hands to salute back: "Execution." ”

The guard should "promise" to stand up, slowly walked towards the black man, in the process of walking slowly pulled out the waist tied to the waist only Lu Zhe guards will be equipped with stainless steel horizontal knife, trotting up left palm in front of the handle, right palm from the back to hold the handle, the blade slightly tilted back half, this is not the traditional chopping or chopping posture, is a kind of back to front drag knife style, not only using the strength of the arm, but also borrowing the strength of the waist, it is said to exert a heavier force.

When the guard in the trot approached the black man, his whole body twisted quickly, and a cold light flashed, and it seemed that he heard an inexplicable friction sound?

Until the bodies of the two staggered, a miserable howl was roared out, and the black man in Parthian scale armor was directly stopped and broken...... (To be continued......)