The carpenter's head is called Su Kui, as his name suggests, he is a burly man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a body of tendons, and a bit of power - he is a good hand at doing work, although he looks burly and even a little vicious, but he is very kind, he has never blushed with anyone, and his popularity is very good, so he also became a craftsman. Dong Ce also promoted him to a first-class craftsman, and when the level went up, he was more bold when he spoke, which was easier to manage.

On the carpenter's side, Dong Ce stayed for a cup of tea, and then went to the blacksmith's workshop.

It is divided into cold weapons and hot weapons, both of which occupy a large area, and any one of them is more than three or four times the size of the entire carpenter's workshop. When you enter here, you will be greeted by a burst of heat. There are many large stoves lit here, and the furnaces are blazing and overflowing, and most of the urine used to quench swords and the blood of animals are placed next to the stoves, so it is hot and hot here, although the book is nine cold winters, but it is not cold at all. There were even blacksmiths who wore only a single coat and were still sweating profusely. There was also a strange smell of urine in the air.

Dong Ce didn't dislike it, on the contrary, after entering here, he only felt very kind.

Zhao Tieanh and Du Jianhe had already been waiting there, and hurriedly greeted them to speak, both of them had eagerness in their eyes, looking forward to Dong Ce going to his side first. Which side Dong Ce goes to first is not a simple question before and after, but represents a higher degree of attention to which side. The relationship between the two of them was originally good, but now the relationship between the cold weapon group and the hot weapon group is very bad, and it can almost be said that the contradiction has been clarified, and they don't look at each other, and they are looking forward to pressing each other. Zhao Tieanan is an honest man, but he can't stand his subordinates muttering in his ears every day, and now he doesn't think like before in his heart.

But after all, they are the leaders, and the two of them will not tear their faces, and they always talk and laugh when they meet, but at this time in front of Dong Ce, it is different.

Du Jianhe was clever and said with a smile: "My lord, the little one is about to report to you about the situation of Lu Mi's gun, these days, the kid is taking people who don't dare to be lazy for a while to drill the barrel, make a trigger, and teach a few apprentices, do you want to take a look?" ”

He patted his head, a little annoyed: "Hey, look at the smell in the workshop, it's the negligence of the little ones, knowing that you are here, you should have removed these basins a long time ago." The small one in charge of the piece is a hot weapon, but there is no need to temper it, and the taste is much lighter, adults, take a breath? ”

As he spoke, he looked at Dong Ce with blank eyes.

Zhao Tiean's mouth was stupid, he couldn't think of what to say for a while, he couldn't help but feel very annoyed, he was panicked for a while, and he just wanted to stomp his feet.

Du Jianhe looked at him, and his eyes were a little proud.

Dong Ce knew what they were thinking at a glance, he glanced at the two of them, but smiled faintly: "That's it, your affairs over there, let them go first." Zhao Anvil, go, you take me around. ”

Zhao Tiean's whole person was stunned, he actually stood there and didn't know what to say, or a subordinate next to him stabbed him before he reacted, his heart was happy, and he smiled with a smile on his face: "Okay, good, my lord, please come with me." ”

Du Jianhe was also stunned, his face turned pale, but he quickly returned to normal, smiled and followed behind.

Dong Ce chose to come here first, but not by his temperament, but by his own doorway. First, the benefits that Du Jianhe and the hot weapon group gave before were more, and they took it too seriously, and now they have to press it, so as not to be arrogant. The second is that now it's time to train the troops, and the mandarin duck array is basically a cold weapon, and in the future, we still have to rely more on Zhao Tiean's side.

To put it bluntly, it's better to pull one and press the other.

Seeing that the adults came to their side first, the people on the side of the cold weapon group suddenly seemed to have eaten some kind of elixir, and they were all full of energy, and they were also very hard working to do their work. One by one, they waved the hammer in their hands, striking the formed and unformed weapons in their hands, splashing pieces of sparks.

From time to time, people who have never seen Dong Ce peek at this young official.

Although Zhao Tiean's mouth is stupid, but his business ability is very strong, he knows that he is clumsy, that is, he is afraid that Shangguan will not be able to say clearly when he asks, so he has to ask everything clearly and understandably, and he thinks back and forth in his heart, and he must get it cooked, thoroughly, and understand it clearly.

So now it's very smooth.

The blacksmiths of the Cold Weapons group were at first alive, cavalry spears and Cossack cavalry knives, which they only took three days to create when they first tried to make samples. Later, I built more, and slowly became experienced and skilled. After that, every day the blacksmith's workshop was able to produce three cavalry spears and two Cossack cavalry knives. Now there are thirty-two people in the blacksmith's workshop, sixteen in each of the two groups, no more, no less. When there are more people, the output will naturally go up.

Later, everyone on the side of the family Ding team was fully equipped, but Dong Ce did not let this side stop, and still built. By now, it has been possible to build eight cavalry spears and five Cossack cavalry knives in one day. This is still limited by the number of spear shafts, otherwise the production can be increased a little.

The number of cavalry of the Jiading team must not be limited to these, and Dong Ce will definitely continue to expand the scale. Craft more weapons to keep in reserve, and you won't be flustered when the time comes. Moreover, in addition to the cavalry, the cavalry spear can also be used by the infantry - Dong Ce did not know what kind of infantry battalion he wanted to build before, but he was very sure that the spear would definitely be used in large quantities.

Now it has been determined to use the Mandarin Duck Array, and among the twelve people in the Mandarin Duck Array, four of them use spears, and other weapons can be found in Liu Ruozai's warehouse, but the spears are all small spears that are less than a zhang long, soft and boring, and they are not usable at all.

Or a hardwood spear is better.

As for waist knives, long knives, cards or something, you don't have to prepare them yourself, there are a lot of them in the arsenal, some of them were exchanged from Bai Tianfu, and they were taken from Liu Ruozai, and the amount was enough to use. This is the benefit of being backed by a huge imperial court, and the silver invested by the imperial court in the nine sides over the years is afraid that hundreds of millions of dollars are available, although a lot has been swallowed, but it has also saved countless materials, which are piled up in the warehouses of various places. Unfortunately, on the one hand, these weapons, armor and other materials are rotting and moldy in the storehouse, and on the other hand, the weapons and armor in the hands of the soldiers are rusty, tattered and old, and they are simply unusable.

If you want to get weapons and armor, you have to pay for money -- to the huge interest group that feeds on this. It's a pity that there are a lot of generals who have money these days, but none of them are willing to spend money on this crooked road - buying a house and buying land is the right way.

Dong Ce watched it for a while, and he was finally quite satisfied, and he was also very encouraged.

Walking to the central position, Dong Ce suddenly turned his head sideways and asked Zhao Tiean: "Who can build armor?" Which ones? ”

Zhao Tieanan was stunned, hurriedly greeted a few times, and called a few men out.

Every time a new blacksmith arrives, those who can shoot guns must be assigned to the hot weapon group, and those who can build armor must stay here, and the rest are freely distributed.

Now there are a total of eight people who will build a nail leaf here, and several people are a little restrained, so they hurriedly greeted Dong Ce.

Dong Ce looked them up and down with a smile.

Dong Ce came over today to equip the soldiers of the soon-to-be-established Rock Army with armor.

In fact, most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not wear armor at all, and one of them had a mandarin duck battle jacket, and less than one percent wore armor. There is not much leather armor, but there is a lot of cotton armor, but even the most common green cloth iron armor in all armor can only be possessed by junior officers above the rank of captain. The reason for this is not entirely because of corruption, in fact, this is not only the case in the Ming Dynasty, but also in all dynasties.

Because this land of China is too big, the dynasties that have been dominant here in all dynasties have too many soldiers, like the early years of the Ming Dynasty, reaching 2.8 million. Even a small dynasty, such as the Tang Dynasty, had a standing army of about 490,000. Of course, the most terrifying thing is the flesh-and-blood, hero-ridden Warring States, due to years of war, almost every country is a soldier. The Qin State has fought a million, a thousand cars, and ten thousand horses. Wei had 300,000 or 360,000 troops with armor and 100,000 troops defending the frontier and baggage. In its most powerful period, there were 200,000 armed forces, 200,000 cangtou, 200,000 striking, 100,000 slaves, 600 chariots, and 5,000 horses. Zhao Guo has hundreds of thousands of armor, thousands of cars, and 10,000 horses. There were no more than 300,000 Korean soldiers, including the outskirts, except for those who defended the border barriers, but there were no more than 200,000 soldiers. The state of Qi has hundreds of thousands of armor. The state of Chu has a million halberd-wielding people, thousands of cars, and 10,000 horses. Yan has hundreds of thousands of armor, 700 cars, and 6,000 horses. (PS: The following does not count as money.)

The above data are all from the Warring States Policy, and there will definitely be exaggerations, but the moisture will not be very large. There are two factors that affect the size of an army: population and national strength. Needless to say, after Qin unified the six countries, the population was only 21 million, which means that the population at that time was about 18 million to 19 million. Such a population base, such a number of troops, must be very incredible, but don't forget the background of the time - years of war, the whole country is a soldier, almost all young and middle-aged men have to serve in the military, and even women in the prime of life have to enlist. Therefore, such a ratio is understandable.

As for the national strength, the business was developed during the Warring States Period, most of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period had changed the law, and the national strength was not very weak, and the cost of raising troops at that time was not as powerful as that of later generations.

First, after so many years of war, all countries attach great importance to military affairs, and there is no such thing as emphasizing literature over military force, on the contrary, Confucianism at that time has not yet taken shape! The state attaches great importance to the military, military generals, and war, and its financial and material resources are greatly tilted toward this aspect. Second, the bureaucracy is relatively simple, with few links to experience, and few people working on it, plus the first reason, not many people dare to reach out indiscriminately to make money on it. That's a very big drain less. Third, the soldiers are poorly treated, and many even need to bring their own weapons, food, grass, armor, and horses.

Another reason that cannot be ignored is the territory - even the territory of the Seven Kingdoms combined at that time was only two-thirds the size of the later Qin Dynasty, half the size of the Han Dynasty, and one-third the size of the early Ming Dynasty. It is equivalent to the central and southern parts of Shaanxi, the central and southern parts of Shanxi, the central and southern parts of Hebei, all of Shandong, all of Henan, all of Hubei, the central and northern parts of Hunan, the northeast of Sichuan, the northern part of Chongqing, and one of the four provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Calculated to be a country, it is quite the size of a province and a half in the future. The territory is very small, and fighting a war is almost equivalent to an internal war, and the time from the place of departure to the battlefield is short, and the duration of the war is also short, so the consumption of transporting heavy grain and grass will be much smaller. ）

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With so many troops, millions at every turn, do you really want to put on iron armor? With the national productivity at that time, it was really necessary for the whole country to smash pots and sell iron, and everyone should become blacksmiths, of course, there was no problem, but the production of the whole society came to a standstill.

In later generations, there are often people who say that the equipment of the ancient Chinese army is not as good as that of the West, which is all nonsense!

In those small countries in the West, the total number of troops in the whole country is tens of thousands, which is not a large tens of thousands. Naturally, you can build a heavy cavalry team of thousands or thousands of people with all the strength of the whole country, and you let him equip the whole army with a try? Not to mention an army of millions! In fact, in the armies of Western countries, steel cans are also a minority, and most of them still have the status of knights, and most of their armies are also soldiers without armor! The number of all the armies in their country may be almost equivalent to the number of officers above the commander of the Ming Dynasty. Is the armor rate higher than those shengfan?

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