Zhao Mancang heard the meaning of his words, and said, "Then what do you have to do to get it?" ”

He doesn't beat around the bush, he is tight, it seems that this self-evaluation of Qian is really appropriate-

"Okay, Lord Zhao is really refreshing!" Dong Ce slapped the table: "That brother will get straight to the point!" Lord Zhao, how much are the materials on this piece? ”

Zhao Mancang glanced at it again and confirmed: "Thirty pairs of green cloth iron armor, thirty pairs of cotton armor." ”

"That's right. But ......" Dong Ce said softly: "I want to take more." ”

"Oh......" Zhao Mancang suddenly realized, the expression on his face immediately became relaxed, and he smiled: "I understand, I understand!" ”

He naturally understood what Dong Ce meant, and to put it bluntly, Dong Ce didn't take the official route anymore, and he didn't go in the open, but in private, he paid for it himself and bought some supplies. Because on the surface, there are some materials that you can't get, and these materials have a certain amount, even if you get it, when the inventory finds that the number of materials is not right, it will be a big trouble.

This situation is actually not uncommon, at least Zhao Mancang has encountered many times in office.

Many generals could not get the approval of the supplies, so someone came to him privately to buy some supplies and armor and other things, after all, the supplies of the soldiers needed to be replaced regularly - of course, this was just an excuse. These generals who drink the blood of soldiers don't care about the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, if they rot, they will rot, what do they have to do with me? After they got these things, many of them were sold privately to the families of those horse bandits and bandits, and when the army of thieves was active in Shanxi a few years ago, there were even local generals who sold weapons to the bandits.

The things they bought from Zhao Mancang were quite low - this was not Zhao Mancang's things anyway, and he didn't do much good if he didn't sell them, so he sold them for some money, and it was the national court that suffered the loss - and when it changed hands, it was an extremely high price. Those thieves are really willing to spend money for good weapons.

And Zhao Mancang naturally has countless means to make these sold materials disappear reasonably - damp, damaged, insect and rat bites, etc., etc. - anyway, even the powerful Ming officialdom that can invent such a great word as drifting, it is really easy to find a few appropriate words in the broad and profound Chinese.

He also knew the whereabouts of some of these weapons, but this did not prevent him from continuing to do this kind of thing, anyway, those bandits and horse bandits would not be able to become any climate, could it be that they could still fight to Zhenhe Fort?

In fact, he himself wanted to hook up with those bandits and horse bandits, but he just had no way.

Zhao Mancang subconsciously lowered his voice: "What does Lord Dong want to take more?" ”

Dong Ce stared at him and said slowly: "Fifty pairs of green cloth iron armor, fifty pairs of cotton armor, one hundred bows, one hundred double inserts, five thousand large arrows, five hundred catties of gunpowder, the more lead bullets, the better, the more iron armor leaves, the better, and the more wrought iron." In addition, the last time I came, I saw a few large guns in your place, and I was afraid that they were all rusting in the corners, and no one wanted them on the left and right, so they gave them to me! ”

He had already said these words several times in his heart, so he said them now, skillfully tight, without snorting at all.

These materials can be said to have been coveted by him for a long time. Before coming to today, he was already planning and preparing in his heart, even if there was no such thing as the Fan family caravan, he was also going to come to Zhenhe Fort, and then come to Zhao Mancang to get these materials. This time, it's just a chance to justify it.

Each of the materials he asked for was quite targeted, and the green cloth iron armor was used to equip the recruits. The recruits are all formed by the Mandarin Duck Formation, except for the wolf whisk that is more than five meters long and the spear that is more than five meters and a foot long, the rest of the weapons are not very long. The hand-to-hand player, the palladium hand, and the big stick hand are all possible to engage with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Especially the next player, as the first pawn and the second pawn, the two of them are at the front, and they have the heaviest task - to block the enemy's attack for the whole team, and then create a chance for their teammates to counterattack. In the use of the Mandarin Duck Formation, there is a basic element that they must first block the enemy's attack, if they fail to block this first round, then there is no way to talk about the counterattack later.

Therefore, these two soldiers actually play an extremely important role in the offensive and defensive system of the entire Mandarin Duck Formation, and others can wear green worm armor, but Dong Ce plans to wear green cloth iron armor with better defense for them, so as to enhance their survivability on the battlefield. As long as they live, the entire Mandarin Duck Array will also live.

These iron armors are for them. Dong Ce originally had some green cloth iron armor on hand, all of which were exchanged for fresh fish and Bai Tianfu, about forty pairs.

But after these days of searching, the materials in Bai Tianfu's hands are also stretched, and there is not much left, after all, he still has to use them for the soldiers under his hands, so naturally he can't give them all to Dong Ce, so now he can't change the green cloth iron armor. And now Hongci Fort has gradually stabilized, coupled with Liu Ruozai's strong support, the lack of food has been alleviated to a considerable extent, and the fresh fish in Panshi Fort is no longer so urgently needed, although it is still being exchanged, but it is mainly to meet the needs of the two fish shops opened by Bai Tianfu and some rich officers.

Now the transaction between the two sides, basically Hongcibao can only take out wrought iron, and now the two sides are wrought iron for fish, such a trading model.

However, Dong Ce is not worried that those fresh fish have nowhere to go, although the river is frozen now, Wang Yu has a special fishing team under him, and he has to dig ice to fish every day. When the ice was cut open, fresh air poured into the area, and instead a large number of fish came in, so the yield did not drop much. And there is also a good thing about winter, the weather is cold, and the mosquitoes are gone, so the fish can be easily dried by slaughtering and hanging in the shade. Nowadays, those women who follow the fishing every day have an unknown number of fish hanging under the eaves of their homes, making them smell fishy everywhere.

Other fish were made into preserved fish and used on the march. However, there are not many fish in this area, so it consumes too much salt, and the price advantage of salt remains high. It costs about four taels of salt to make ten catties of preserved fish, so the consumption of salt alone is quite a lot of money.

And the remaining consumption is the barracks, since the establishment of the new barracks, the ability of the Rock Fort to consume fresh fish has increased greatly.

According to Dong Ce's requirements, in order to supplement the nutrition of the soldiers, they basically have to eat a certain amount of meat every day, and pork, beef, mutton, and chicken are relatively small in the rock fort, and the livestock farm has to be kept to expand the scale, so there is not much supply at all. And it just so happens that there are too many fish to eat, so the largest total meat per day is fish. Fish soup, steamed fish, fried fish, braised fish...... And so on and so forth. Anyway, they eat fish in different ways, and the soldiers don't have the slightest intention of eating them - after going through such painful years, it is an extremely luxurious thing for them to be full, and it is simply unreasonable for them to dislike eating too much meat and being a little greasy.

According to the current trend, fish and meat will be the main meat in the barracks canteen for a long time to come.

Qingfeng Mountain is a bare stone mountain, only a very large forest at the foot of the mountain, this mountain is unreliable, but the Huanshui River and the Ganhe River are still very reliable. It can be said that the output of these two rivers greatly solved the problem of insufficient meat in the early days of the Rock Fort.

Forty pairs of green cloth iron armor, plus fifty pairs that can be obtained from here, that is ninety pairs, which is enough for the players in the armed mandarin duck array, and there are even some left. Dong Ce must have a stock in his hand, right? It's not something that can't be consumed.

Dong Ce only asked Liu Ruozai for thirty sets, because he was a measured person, and secretly figured out that thirty sets was almost Liu Ruozai's limit. If you ask for more, I am afraid that you will be labeled as not knowing how to lift and the lion is opening her mouth, which will inevitably be not beautiful.

As for those cotton armors, they are for the family members - the family members who are about to be recruited. Since Dong Ce has made plans to expand the family team on a large scale, he naturally has to make proper preparations, such as buying weapons and armor for them, which are the most basic. Now the Jiading team has been defined by Dong Ce as coming and going like the wind, extremely mobile, with a fairly strong long-range combat ability, and a team with medium backers to charge and attack, for such a team, cotton armor, double inserts, bows and arrows, cavalry spears, Cossack cavalry knives This set of equipment can be called perfect.

If they wear heavy armor, their mobility will be affected. As for the bows and arrows, some of them were for the new families, and more were for stock. Under the Mandarin Duck Pillow system, five of all the recruits were equipped with double-inserted and bows and arrows—team leaders, pikemen, and broad-stick hands—and after these bows and arrows were issued, Dong Ce's inventory was a little insufficient, and he had to stock up on some emergencies. Needless to say, gunpowder and lead bullet were now in the category that Dong Ce's Rock Fort could not make. His current blacksmith workshop thermal weapons team can produce Lumi guns stably, but they can't even produce one or two gunpowder and one buckshot. To be honest, the production of these two materials is not more difficult than that of Lumi, but it requires larger-scale equipment and more complex processes. Even in northern Hebei Province, gunpowder and lead bullets were transported from the town of Datong. Some of Datong are self-produced, and some even come from the capital.

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