Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 81 Shanwen Armor and Screw

Daye four years in October
Changsheng was discussing the government affairs of the Changsheng Camp with Fang Xuanling, Zhang Baozang and others, "The new batch of processed daily necessities have been handed over to Ashina to take away. Since we beat up Tie Le in the first half of the year, Dong The Turkic tribes who have been on the sidelines have all stopped. They have accepted the trade with us both openly and secretly."

Changsheng nodded: "If they can't win and they have to live, they can only choose this way. They can't kill themselves. Even Tie Le's life is not easy."

"Yes, Ashina bought a small town near Dalanza in the north, and it is said that it can accommodate 50 people." Fang Xuanling said.

"Is it called a city with 50 people?" Zhang Baozang widened his eyes and said, "It's a post station, right?"

Changsheng: "East Turkic areas near the northern part of our country are Gobi and mountains, which are sparsely populated. What he bought is indeed a city. Some small tribes dare to be named Khan with only a dozen people."

"Then my village in the Sui Dynasty is in their place, can't they all be crowned princes?" Zhang Baozang laughed.

"No wonder Ashina came back this time, crying and wanting to join our Great Sui Frontier Army." Fang Xuanling had a suddenly realized expression on his face.

The three of them were talking happily, so they listened to Qin Qiong outside the door begging to see him. After entering the door, he said hello casually and sat down: "I heard that some of the armors in the rewards for going to the peak this time are given to our officers of the Longevity Battalion. ?”

"That's right, they are all real mountain armors." Chang Sheng had already checked the rewards sent by the Northwest Metropolitan Government, and when he saw the [-] armors on the list, he was still a little unconcerned.

After all, according to the current production capacity of the steel factory, ten sets of armor can be produced in a month.But after seeing the real thing, Changsheng was shocked. This is not an ordinary iron armor, but an inch-thick Shanghaoshan Wenjia.

The armor on the list is obviously a word game. I don't know if it was a big boss from the Ministry of War who spoke, or the emperor changed his sex?

This batch of Shan Wenjia is protected by long-sleeved iron scales made of beef tendon and teardrops. The heart guard in the middle is as big as a football. The joints are also lined with cowhide, and there are shoulder armor to protect the collarbone and neck. .

This kind of armor is only for officials above the fifth rank, and ordinary low-level officers use cowhide armor.

Changsheng estimated that the 10,000+ frontier troops in the northwest only had three or four thousand sets of this kind of armor, and a pair of this kind of armor cost about 200 taels of silver. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of War allocated 10 pairs in one go, which was [-] taels of silver.

Of course, some armors will drift during the delivery process, but this time it is a special document of the Ministry of War, so only fifty sets have drifted.

Although the armor of the Longevity Camp is also iron armor, but because it is die-cast by a machine tool, it is heavier than this. The entire armor adds up to almost [-] catties.

It was cumbersome and exhausting for infantrymen to wear.But the armor that is distributed now only weighs more than 30 kilograms. It is not only light, but also stronger in defense.

Even if you suffer a frontal slash, you may not be injured, let alone the shooting of bows and javelins.Of course, the stabbing of the spear was still unstoppable.

Although there is no communication telephone in this era, Changsheng is still prepared to act in a low-key manner. After all, except for Chen Ping, many other frontier troops have not been issued this kind of equipment, so he still told Qin Qiong: "Just know it yourself, hold back and talk nonsense."

Naturally, Chen Ping had to give a share of these things, so he immediately ordered to send a thousand sets of armor equipped by the troops to the Dunhuang defenders.

After this, Changshengying gave a new definition to iron armor. The mountain armor issued by the Ministry of War was called iron armor, and the one made by Changshengying itself was called heavy armor.

There are more than [-] veterans who have come back since the last Linchuan raid, and they all put on this kind of armor. If there is no one, they will be equipped with heavy armor first, and the remaining heavy armor will be handed over to those who are training. recruits.

"I understand!" Qin Qiong raised his head and saw the things on the Changsheng table as soon as he finished his salute, and he reached out to take it.

Changsheng frowned: "Qin Qiong, you are really getting bolder."

This sentence has no deterrent effect on him now. The officials who came out of the training camp now know Changsheng's temperament, and they have no rules for her in private.

At this time, Changsheng, as a modern person, brought the idea of ​​equality to the people in the camp.

Although her subordinates were deeply influenced by ancient traditional ethics, under the subtle influence of Changsheng, everyone became more and more presumptuous in the relaxed camp atmosphere.

There was a long iron rod on the table. Qin Qiong picked it up and weighed it in his hand, then suddenly swung it down.

"stop!"

"Beware!"

Chang Sheng and Fang Xuanling screamed at the same time, their excited reactions startled Qin Qiong, and hurriedly put down the iron rod, "My lord, is there anything important about this iron rod?"

"This is not an ordinary iron rod." Chang Sheng hurriedly took the iron rod to his side, keeping him away from Qin Qiong. "Look at the pattern on it, is there any difference?"

Changsheng asked, pointing to the lines on the iron rod.

"Well, it looks very interesting, but what's the point?" Qin Qiong said after stretching his head and looking at it for a long time.

"This is called a screw, not an iron rod." Changsheng gave Fang Xuanling a look of disdain: "Old Fang, tell General Qin how much this thing is worth."

"Not much, only 7000 taels of silver."

Fang Xuanling's words startled Qin Qiong, luckily he didn't cut this thing off just now, what if it breaks?

Qin Qiong pointed to the screw with wide eyes and said, "This thing is worth seven thousand silver?"

"That's right." Fang Xuanling looked at Changsheng and smiled. He turned half a body in the chair, turned himself to face Qin Qiong and said, "Since we moved here, my lord has picked two workers from the steel factory. Master, I don’t do anything, I just make this thing every day, and I didn’t finish it until last month. I don’t know how many iron bars and tools have been worn out. If you think about it according to our current production speed, if these two The master has been making armors, how many pairs can he produce? 7000 taels of silver or I say conservative."

Qin Qiong looked left and right, took a deep breath, carefully held the screw in his hand, and looked at it for a long time: "What's the use of this iron guy?"

Changsheng told Qin Qiong that although the three patterns on the screw are only three short turns, the distance between each other is exactly the thickness of a blacksmith's thumb, and the size of each thread is the thickness of the index finger, and they are almost exactly the same. It can be done by hand to the extreme.So it took two years.

(End of this chapter)