I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 12 The Treasure of the Zhi Family
Since Luan Shu stepped down, the "Qing" of the Jin Kingdom rarely visited each other.

reason?When Luan Shu was alive, members of the Que family and the Luan family often visited the house, and several patriarchs often stayed in each other's mansion.

And Luan Shu is an out-and-out old cunt. When he visited Que's as a guest, he would pry into the secrets again and again, use those secrets to plot against Que's, and later really plot against Que's family.

Although the phrase "taking history as a mirror" did not exist in the Spring and Autumn Period, people would still learn from bad things that happened. Gradually, the nobles seldom visited each other, so as not to be seen as ill-intentioned.

Zhiyao listened outside the door for a long time.

The things discussed inside are quite complicated, most of the time it is Zhao Yang who is talking, and it can be seen that the initiative of the chat is on Zhao Yang's side.

A full half an hour passed, Zhiyao waited until the flowers were almost withering, but it could be regarded as waiting for Zhao Yang to come out.

Zhao Yang is 43 years old this year, which is the most youthful age for a man.

He has a majestic appearance, is about 1.8 meters tall, and looks slightly gorgeous in his clothes.

This flamboyance refers to that the clothes have quite bright colors. Considering the difficulty of dyeing cloth in the current era, the more colors and the brighter they are, the more they will show off.

"Huh? Yao came back from 'Father Huang'? It's been a few years since I've seen 'Zongjiao'." Zhao Yang saw Zhiyao and joked with a smile.

Nine-year-old Zhiyao divides her hair into left and right halves and tie a knot at the top of her head, which is shaped like two goat horns.

Children aged eight to 14 have such a hairstyle, so it is called "the year of the general horn".

If he could make his own decisions, Zhiyao would prefer short, broken hair. The problem is that he has no choice.

Another point is that there is no such a book as the "Book of Filial Piety" at present, and there is no such sentence as "the body and skin, the parents do not dare to damage it, and the beginning of filial piety", but everyone will follow the mainstream and will not intentionally read it. What are you doing?

Zhiyao saluted and greeted, "I've seen Zhong Junzuo!"

Zhao Yang said with a smile: "Zhou is also in 'Xintian', so we can have fun with him."

Zhao Zhou is Zhao Yang's grandson, and his age is not much different from Zhiyao's. Inviting him to play together is Zhao Yang's obvious friendly signal.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yang left under the protection of several fierce-looking guards.

Since Zhao Dun's generation, the Zhao family has been fond of raising some strange warriors, and especially likes to choose warriors from Rongdi to protect themselves.

The current patriarch, Zhao Yang, learned from his ancestor Zhao Dun. The Zhao people picked three warriors, and the Di people picked two warriors to form a team of five guards, who must always be with them when they go out.

Just now when Zhiyao was waiting outside the door, she saw Zhao Yang's five guards, and one of the two Di men was white-skinned.

White skin?There is nothing surprising about it. There are a considerable number of white-skinned people in Di people and Loufan in the north of Jin.

In addition, the Zhao family has a history of intermarriage with the Di people, and their direct lineages have white-skinned blood. A tribe of the Di people who is related to the Zhao family will seek help from the Zhao family when a disaster occurs. Keep in close contact.

When Zhiyao entered the house, she saw that Zhibi was very tired, and after seeing the ceremony, she sat on the seat opposite Zhibi.

"I heard that you have done a lot for 'Father Huang'?" Zhibi asked.

As the head of the family, if you want to know anything, you just have to ask. Given the current situation of the families in Jin State, no retainer dares to hide anything.

Here we can also see how serious and out of control the situation in the Lu State is. The retainers not only fooled the Patriarch, but also dared to disobey the Patriarch's orders.

Zhiyao shouted to the outside.

Taihu was busy bringing things in.

Those things are more complicated, including paper, brushes, ink, and some tools, and then there is a set of armor.

There were too many things that Zhibi couldn't understand, and his eyes stayed on that set of armor.

This is a set of fish-scale bronze armor, including pockets (helmet), shoulder guards, arm guards, wrist guards, armor skirts, knee pads, etc. The main material of some parts is rhinoceros leather.

rhino?There are still rhinos in the south of Zhuxia, and there are even elephants in the "Yu" side, and there are a lot of crocodiles in the Yangtze River Basin.

From the Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, there were only a few styles of armor in the Xia Dynasty. At present, the popular one is "Lianjia", that is, most of them are made of silk and thick cotton, which belongs to the category of cloth armor; There are leather armor and copper armor.

"This armor..." Zhixuan was puzzled that he couldn't see the style.

Of course.

Even if there is copper armor in the Spring and Autumn Period, copper pieces are usually placed on the key points of the leather armor, that is, there is no serious fish scale armor in the current period, but piercing armor has appeared in some armor parts, and the fish scale style Armor will not appear until the Warring States Period.

It took Zhiyao a lot of effort to manufacture this set of armor that was going to be given to Zhixuan. If you want to say what kind of fish scale armor it is, it should be similar to "Mingguang armor", but it has many characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Lie Xinxi, Zhixuan summoned the servants, and couldn't wait to ask Jia to have a try.

Because it is a new style of armor, it is actually different from the old one in terms of wearing, so Zhiyao is on the side giving instructions on how to wear it.

Now the measurement units of different countries are not consistent. A catty in Jin State is about 250 grams in modern times.

After putting on the whole set of armor, Zhizhi did a little calculation of the load, and came to the conclusion that the weight of the whole set of armor should be about [-] catties.

He is about 1.7 meters tall. Putting on this suit of armor, he smiled and said, "This is my family's treasure!"

It is true to say that, even in a later era, a set of excellent armor can be regarded as a family heirloom, let alone in the late Spring and Autumn Period?It's just that Zhizhu obviously overlooked that the real treasures are paper, brushes and ink!
Fish-scale armor is not low in defense against arrows, stabs, and cuts, and it can even effectively defend against blunt weapons. How does it compare with other styles of armor... In fact, it is a bit hard to say clearly, let's see the craftsmanship.

Zhiyao is introducing her process of making this set of armor.

"So, isn't the Wei family uniquely beautiful?" Zhibi asked.

how to say?The Wei family is ahead of all families in the Jin state in making heavy armor, and even other countries cannot compare with it.

Zhiyao knew the characteristics of Wei's heavy armor. In fact, Wei's mastered the mature armor manufacturing process, but the output was the same.

The Wei family used leather armor more. The soldiers in their family usually wore at least three layers of leather armor. There were not many soldiers wearing metal armor, but five hundred would be considered more.

Therefore, after listening to Zhiyao's talk so much, Zhixuan heard that the old Zhijia had made a breakthrough in the armor making technology, not because he simply pointed out that he offered such a set of fish scale armor.

Zhiyao thought: "Actually, in terms of popularity, the breastplate is the most suitable. The more terrible thing is that qualified iron has not been researched yet, and it is better not to use copper materials."

Copper is a precious metal, and it is also the metal used by Zhu Xia to make money. There are other alternative resources. Who would choose copper to make weapons.

Zhibi took off his armor, took Zhiyao to a yard, ordered people to wear the armor and tie it to a stake, and started various defensive experiments.

Of course it is!

Whether the armor is beautiful or not is secondary, and the most important thing is the defensive ability. If you don’t try it, how will you know how strong the defense is, and which weapons can restrain it.

The arrows were shot again and again, and the arrows were bounced off by the fish scales.

When stabbing with a sword, the scales of the fish are just rolled up, and then the tip of the sword is slid away; if it is cut, it still bounces.

I took a blunt object and smashed it down several times. The fish scales were damaged, but there was no sign of detachment of the fish scales.

Seeing the warriors experimenting, Zhixuan said to Zhiyao, "Master Zhao has decided to attack Handan Zhao."

When Zhiyao saw Zhao Yang coming to Lao Zhi's house, and chatted with Zhi Bi for so long, she had already guessed it.

Zhixuan said again: "I want to imitate the story of Zhao Chengji (Zhao Shuai), but I am hesitant about the grievances of the clan. What can I do?"

what do you mean?

Zhiyao needs to think about it carefully, or go to the family library to search for records about Zhao Shuai, otherwise she won't understand what choice Zhiyao made.

Therefore, chatting with the ancients is still not enough knowledge. Once the ancients quoted the scriptures, they could not understand what they were talking about at all!

(End of this chapter)