"So ......"

Dong Ce tried his best to be as plain as possible, so as not to make Xie Worm not understand: "What tools do you need to make these cotton pads?" Is it a lot of work? Does it have to be done by a special person? ”

"On the tools, I don't pay attention to them. D-M" Xie Worm said: "We use a big wooden stick, it is said that some of the places that are particular are used with a pestle of rice, and if you are not particular, you don't use anything, just put it on the ground and step on it." ”

"This thing, in fact, is a laborious job, as long as you have patience and can grind for hours, you don't need much ability, no amount of strength can do it." Xie Worm scratched her head, smiled innocently, and said a little embarrassed: "When I made this cotton armor, sometimes I had to be helped by my mother-in-law, who had a pair of big feet and strength, and stepped on a lot of cotton pads for me." ”

When everyone heard this, they snickered. There was a good relationship with him in Su Riri, and he didn't know the etiquette, so he laughed out loud, glared at Du Jianhe fiercely, and quickly shut up.

"It is labor-intensive, has very low requirements for manufacturers, and patience is enough, and no professional skills are required."

Dong Ce was overjoyed and secretly remembered these.

This is crucial to his plan.

"Then what is the most difficult thing to do when this cotton armor is made?" Dong Ce asked again.

"Nail leaves." This time, Xie Worm did not hesitate at all, and immediately replied. Obviously, this is a very easy question to determine.

He explained, it turned out that the layer of armor leaves in the cotton armor, according to the rules, must be tempered thousands of times to be successful, and it is the same specification as the armor leaves on the fish scale iron armor. This kind of nail leaf is not easy to build, and the current smelting level of Gayin is limited, so it can only rely on manual forging to discharge the impurities inside, and finally achieve a considerable hardness and flexibility. And this process is called - a thousand tempering. The 'thousand' in it is naturally a bit exaggerated, but to say 'hundred' is really not an exaggeration. Each nail leaf is forged from the beginning to the final forming, to meet the requirements, and it is not impossible to do it hundreds of times.

At the end of the day, it's no different from crafting weapons. It's just a big one, a small one.

Creating a nail leaf is not the same as pressing a thin cotton sheet, which requires a lot of experience and a certain amount of skill, and you have to be a specialized blacksmith.

However, the energy of the blacksmith and the number of blacksmiths are limited, so the number of armor pieces that can be made in a day is also very limited, so the nail leaf has become the biggest factor restricting the manufacturing speed of cotton armor. According to Xie Worm'er, often the cotton cloth is ready, but the nail leaves can't come, and the speed of manufacturing naturally can't go up.

In fact, the slow speed of armor leaf creation is also an important reason for restricting the popularity of armor - such as the world-famous step armor of the Great Song Dynasty, a step armor weighing sixty or seventy pounds, a pair of armor needs 1,825 armor pieces, how long do these armor pieces have to be built? How much manpower does it cost?

Even the popularization of hydraulic machinery such as hydraulic hammers could not solve this problem - according to the experiments of later generations, the quality of what was pressed by machinery was inferior to that forged by blacksmiths. Of course, Dong Ce has no way of knowing.

"If you were asked to make the nail leaves, not counting the cotton cloth, how long would it take you to forge the nail leaves you need for cotton armor?" Dong Ce asked.

"This?" Xie Worm scratched his head a little when he heard this, this question was a bit deep, and he couldn't answer it.

In the end, Zhao Tiean's head got together and calculated, and said: "If you go back to the adult, I'm afraid it will take at least two days to complete." If there is something else, maybe it will take three days. ”

"Two days? Or even three days? Dong Ce was very dissatisfied when he heard it.

But he also knew that it wasn't the blacksmiths' problem, the technology and production capacity of this era were here, and there was no way to do it.

Since the successive dynasties, the largest number of armor and equipment manufactured and the largest scale may be the Northern Song Dynasty. This manufacturing scale has almost reached a terrifying level - "its industrial department has north and south workshops, there are bow and crossbow courtyards, and all states have workshops, all of which are apprentices and limited to their regular classes." The north and south institutes made 32,000 gold ridge iron armor, the bow and crossbow courtyard made more than 650,000 horned bows, etc., and the states made yellow birch and black lacquer bows and crossbows more than 6.2 million. ”

Note that it is "made every year", that is, more than 16.5 million bows are made in the central government and more than 6.2 million crossbows are made in the local government every year, adding up to more than 22.7 million. The bows and crossbows made in the Great Song Dynasty in a year were enough for the European brothers at that time, and each person gave two pieces to play?

In the early period of the Song Dynasty, the capital was set up in various states and counties, and the Great Song Dynasty at this time was strong and powerful, with a financial income of 160,000 yuan a year, and the end was extremely financial. During the time of Taizu, Zhuzhou made more than 6.2 million bows, crossbows, arrows, swords, armor, pockets, armor leaves, arrows, etc., and the output increased year by year. Before Shenzong Xining, the bows and crossbows and armor provided to the Beijing division in the state and county every year alone were "tens of millions". In the case of individual farms, the yield is also quite large. In the fifth year of Shenzong Yuanfeng, the imperial court ordered Xiangzhou to build 330,000 arrows for defense of the city. You must know that the Duzuoyuan in the Song Dynasty usually did not specialize in the production of only one kind of weapon, not to mention that these 330,000 arrows were only the amount of the imperial court throwing at one time. This shows that the production is amazing.

However, such an output was based on the tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty. The Metropolitan Academy in Bianjing alone has more than 9,000 craftsmen all year round.

And despite this, the production speed of armor is also impossible to go up - the Huzhou Academy in the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court gave it a character index, initially "a pair of Japanese-made iron armor", and then "quasi-provincial armor." The second officer of the Japanese iron armor is made in Japan, and the term is two years".

This shows the difficulty of armor production.

However, if you really operate in strict accordance with the rules, the quality of the nail leaf created is very good, Dong Ce had seen a pair of unearthed cotton armor in his previous life, after peeling off the outer cotton cloth, the inner nail leaf is still shiny, and there is almost no rust. It's so strong that it won't move at all if you don't use a lot of effort.

If it is at this rate as Zhao Tiean's words, it will take two or three years for Dong Ce to equip all these soldiers under him with armor.

He couldn't wait.

In the final analysis, even if there are few people and the scale is small, we still have to constantly recruit blacksmiths and expand the scale.

Dong Ce turned back to Zhou Bo and said: "The matter of recruiting blacksmiths has to be strengthened, on this, don't be stingy with money, no matter how much money you have." In this way, you find a time, talk to Zhao Dahui, let him really fail, let the news out, and let other businessmen also provide him with blacksmiths. Anyway, it doesn't matter if he found it himself, as long as it's his hand, we'll definitely give him a lot. Let him take a long-term view, and don't just focus on those petty profits. ”

Dong Ce's tone was light, and he didn't show any blame, but Zhou Bo, who was familiar with him, knew that the adults were not very satisfied with the scale and speed at the moment, but it was just because of their own face, so it was difficult to say it clearly.

Uncle Zhou was a little apprehensive in his heart, so he hurriedly responded. He had already made up his mind, and when the matter was over, he would immediately go to Zhao Dahui and finish the matter that the adults had explained first.

"You eight ......" Dong Ce nodded to these who can make nail leaves, and said: "From today on, there is no need to do anything else, just build nail leaves every day." ”

"Yes!" The crowd responded.

"Also." Dong Ce said to Du Jianhe and Zhao Tiean: "From today onwards, the cold weapon team and the hot weapon team will be changed to the cold weapon team and the hot weapon team, and the two of you will be promoted to second-level craftsmen respectively. ”

Du Jianhe and the others were overjoyed, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them, and the people around them also cast envious glances. This is a second-class craftsman! You can get two taels of grain and two taels of silver every month! God! We couldn't even eat enough before we fled to Rock Fort, could it be that if we waited a few more years, we could be like Du Ye and Zhao Tou'er, promoted to second-level craftsmen, and get silver every month?

Dong Ce waved his hand: "The official hasn't finished talking yet!" ”

"From today onwards, on the side of the cold weapons team, a nail leaf group will be divided into a group dedicated to building a nail leaf. Zhao Tiean, you are also the leader of this nail leaf group, and you are directly controlled. In the future, the blacksmith will come, the four components will go to the hot weapons team, the four components will go to the armor leaf group, and the remaining two percent will be assigned to the cold weapons team. These blacksmiths who have been assigned may not all be able to make nail leaves, so you have to arrange for someone to teach them, and you must make sure that they learn it as soon as possible, understand? ”

Zhao Tieanzhen said solemnly: "The little one understands!" ”

He was beaming in his heart, he was now a team leader, and he was also a team leader, and he had two errands on his body. And in the future, if there is a new blacksmith, sixty percent will be under his own control, and forty percent will be under Du Jianhe's management, which means that the people under his own hands will definitely surpass Du Jianhe in the future. Does this mean that adults value themselves more?

Du Jianhe's side was a little unpleasant, and he felt bitter in his heart, and he naturally didn't dare to show it on his face.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of everyone, Dong Ce threw out another sweet bait: "Whoever first builds three hundred nail leaves, and there are no defective products after inspection, will be promoted to a first-class craftsman." Zhao Tiean, Du Jianhe, the two of you are in charge of the inspection. ”

This trick really worked, as soon as he heard that he could be promoted to a first-level craftsman if he built more, all the blacksmiths were suddenly excited, and they were all gearing up, eager to start working now.

Dong Ce glanced at the people of the cold weapon team who couldn't build armor leaves, and said with a relieved smile: "Some of you have already fought a lot of spears and cavalry knives, and the names of the knives and spears are engraved, and it is clear who built them at a glance, rest assured, this official will not treat you badly." In a few days, one of you should be promoted to the next level of craftsman. ”

Those craftsmen who were a little panicked because they were neglected suddenly settled down, and there was still some excitement and expectation in their hearts - when did what the old man said not count? is even more energetic, and wants to be the first to rise. After appeasing these people, Dong Ce's gaze slowly moved over everyone's faces, and he asked, "You guys, do you know about the frog beetle?" Everyone looked at each other and said they didn't know.

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