The inspection of the warehouse in the armor area left Zhao Ziliang disappointed.
The armor made by the weapons factory was not inferior to the Mingguang armor and horse armor made by the imperial ordnance supervisor.
Due to the use of brand-new metallurgical technology and production process technology, the defense of the armor was The armor was stronger than the imperial armor and the cost was lower.
Zhao Ziliang was disappointed that the armory's output was seriously insufficient, mainly due to the lack of armor-making craftsmen and the fact that the armor-making process was too complex and time-consuming.
Except for the breast shield, other parts of the armor currently being built are connected by specially treated hemp ropes or tendons to connect the individual armor leaves.
One piece of armor requires thousands of armor leaves, plus It takes more than a day to put on the shoulder pads, arm guards, and battle skirt to make a set of armor.
In two days, it is easier to make the armor of ordinary soldiers.
Just weave the armor leaves with hemp rope into an armor.
There is no need for shoulder pads, arm guards, and battle skirts.
However, armor for captains and above cannot be made in such a random way.
The time spent is not comparable to a few pieces of armor worn by ordinary soldiers.
After walking around the armor warehouse, Zhao Ziliang sighed: "The production of armor still cannot keep up."
Fu Kun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We can't rush armor, and besides, we don't have enough manpower to make armor.
It's impossible for us to meet our military needs completely without relying on the imperial supply, at least not for the time being in terms of armor and crossbows."
Zhao Ziliang picked up the upper body of a piece of armor and looked at it.
It was a piece of armor worn by a general.
The workmanship was very fine.
The size, thickness and shape of the armor leaves were exactly the same, and the gloss of each armor leaf was very high.
It was obvious that they had been made.
It takes careful polishing, but this method of making nails is indeed too time-consuming and labor-intensive.
He remembered that armor in the Western world first used chain armor.
The advantage of chain armor is that it is highly flexible and has little impact on movement when worn on the body.
However, its defense against arrows is not satisfactory.
Chain armor has been used for thousands of times in the Western world.
Years later, it was not until later that someone discovered that using a whole piece of iron plate could To effectively defend against arrow strikes, plate armor was created.
The so-called plate armor is a whole piece of iron plate at the front and back.
Later, steel plates were used directly, and the toughness was greatly improved.
Ordinary arrows, whether they are shot at long distances or at close range, are vulnerable to them.
It has no effect, only large crossbows can penetrate its defense.
The other processes of plate armor are not very troublesome, except that it takes a lot of effort to create the two large steel plates at the front and rear.
This steel plate needs to be continuously hammered into shape from a whole steel block.
The material requirements for the steel block are relatively high, and the carbon content and The impurities should not be too high, as they will easily break when hit, and the carbon content should not be too high.
Low, too low, the hardness is not enough, and you have to hammer it continuously until it is broken into a whole steel plate.
It is best to polish it smooth.
After spending so much time to build a plate armor, you must not make it too It's ugly and can only be used by ordinary soldiers, but it can be worn by generals and commanders above.
It must require finer craftsmanship and more beautiful styles.
Therefore, the time required to make a complete plate armor is definitely no less than that of making a pair of chain armor, but its defensive power is indeed much stronger than that of chain armor.
Its manufacturing Armor is also higher than chain mail, so even in the West like Byzantine A powerful country cannot equip its entire army.
Only mid-level and senior officers and generals can wear it.
It was not until the use of stamping technology that greatly shortened the manufacturing time of plate armor that Western armies began to install plate armor on a large scale, especially for the Guards.
The emperor's personal soldiers, such as the army, basically have one manpower.
Plate armor cannot prevent all arrow attacks.
It can only protect the parts it covers, mainly the torso, arms, arms, below the waist, and even the throat.
These parts are still unprotected and are easily hit by arrows. overall it It is already much better than chain armor.
If it is equipped to heavy cavalry and the horses are also armored, bows and arrows will be almost useless against heavy cavalry equipped with plate armor, unless some unlucky guy is hit in the eye or throat by an arrow.
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These targets are extremely small parts.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and realized that plate armor could be made from the steel blocks produced by the Xilin Shouchuo Iron and Steel Plant.
However, if you want to equip the army with plate armor on a large scale, you must use stamping technology.
In this era, the only power that can be used is Human and animal power, want to use human and animal power in stamping technology , this power is still a bit poor.
Nowadays, in the absence of steam engines to provide power, only hydraulic power is most likely to be used.
If a transmission device can be designed to utilize hydraulic power as the power of stamping technology, preliminary industrialization can be carried out. , and this is still pollution-free.
Zhao Ziliang said to Fu Kun: "Let's do this.
From now on, your weapons factory will be renamed the No. 1 Weapons Factory.
It will only be responsible for casting weapons.
The craftsmen who make crossbows and armors and armors here will be separated separately.
I will return to you after a while."
The Second Weapons Factory and the Third Weapons Factory were established respectively, responsible for the production of crossbows and armor, military uniforms, shoes and socks respectively."
"This" Fu Kun hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "No" Next, Zhao Ziliang and others continued westward and arrived at Suiye City, where they inspected the military and political affairs of many towns under the Suiye Governor's Mansion.
There were many problems in the military and political affairs of the towns under the Suiye Governor's Mansion, although they were not special.
It's a big problem, but now it has reached a point where it has to be rectified.
Over the years, Lai Yi has been in charge of the military and political affairs of Suiye Governor's Mansion.
Although Lai Yi is not good at leading troops, he can also manage the place.
He is considered a versatile figure in both civil and military affairs in this era.
However, after all, Lai Yi is a descendant of a feudal family.
There are many scruples when doing things in the south, hands and feet are tied, and there are great limitations in vision and knowledge.
Over the years, Suiye Governor's Mansion has laid waste many fields under Lai Qi's governance.
The military discipline is also relatively loose, and the management of barbarians is much laxer than before.
He has served in Suiye Governor's Mansion for too long, and early on They already have their own group of people, and these people are mixed.
Among them, there are many who are corrupt and bend the law, engage in malpractice for personal gain, deceive superiors and deceive subordinates, withhold military pay, and implement harsh administrative systems on the people under their rule. , Lai Yi himself has no problem, and is quite talented, but he can't stand the officials and generals behind his back to do these illegal things, and he himself is not unaware of it, but he can't cut off his own foundation and attack his own people.
So he could only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.
It was precisely because of his conniving attitude that Zhao Ziliang decided to move his position after taking over the position of Beiting Jiedushi.
Lai Ai's father is Lai Yao.
Lai Yao used to be quite prestigious in Beiting and had a wide network of contacts in the court.
Zhao Ziliang had long wanted to move Lai Yao's position, but he was worried about Lai Yao's face and always refused. has not been implemented since He no longer had such scruples when he took over the Beiting Jiedu Envoy.
He transferred Lai Yi to Tingzhou as the Military Envoy.
Now the Military Envoy and the Yamen are all his people.
Lai Yi basically does not have much power.
They can only manage the Tingzhou City Guards.
After the position of the Suiye Governor's Mansion was vacated, Zhao Ziliang transferred Chu Ge from the position of Desert Army Envoy to Suiye City as the Governor of Suiye Governor's Mansion.
His old subordinate Wei Meng served as the Desert Army Envoy.
Chu Ge served as the Commander-in-Chief of Suiye City.
Mansion After taking office, Zhao Ziliang began to rectify according to Zhao Ziliang's intention, clearing out the forces left by Lai Yi one by one, transferring some officials in important positions to idle work for retirement, and then gradually clearing out the forces left by Lai Yi.
This time Zhao Ziliang brought the inspection team to Suiye City.
On the one hand, he wanted to see Chu Ge's achievements since he took office.
On the other hand, he wanted to support Chu Ge.
Secondly, he wanted to inspect the military and political affairs under the Suiye Governor's Mansion.
Zhao Ziliang was quite disappointed with the results of the inspection.
Perhaps he had stayed in the comfortable life for too long.
Many officials under Suiye Governor's Mansion were too busy to deal with official affairs.
Although this place is located on the border, it is the most important Silk Road after all.
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One of the transfer stations, economical The level is also one of the best among all the towns along the Silk Road.
Being an official here is rich and you can make money in any way.
Therefore, there are not many people who are really talented and work hard under the rule of Suiye Dudu Mansion, but it is just a casual job.
However, there are many officials who come to work as officials to make money.
Zhao Ziliang and others stayed here for five days.
During this period, many officials complained to Zhao Ziliang, all of them were against Chu Ge, but they were all suppressed by Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang also sent people to send these complaints to Chu Ge, and Chu Ge received them.
Look, you will understand what Zhao Ziliang means, and he will immediately deal with these people.
In December, Zhao Ziliang and his party returned to Tingzhou.
After convening several military and political meetings to arrange government and military affairs, they had some free time to spend time with their families.
"Father, I don't accept it.
Why did you let me be a soldier, but let my brother be a captain in the government office?"
Zhao Ting came over and asked Zhao Ziliang with dissatisfaction.
Zhao Ziliang said, "Hey, if you don't accept it, you have to accept it.
I tell you, don't be jealous of your brother.
After the New Year, he will also go to the army and start as a soldier.
You two brothers not only have to complete the army In addition to the training tasks, you must also complete the additional training tasks I assigned you.
I will send people to keep an eye on you.
If you are lazy, someone will tell me.
Then see how I treat you.
Today is not a day off.
How can you run away?
Ran back from the military camp."
At this time, Nie Sanniang came in from outside and said: "You are often away from home.
The children miss you very much.
I heard that you are back.
Didn't Ting'er ask for leave from his boss before coming back?"
Zhao Ziliang looked a little embarrassed after hearing this.
He nodded and said to Zhao Ting: "You still have some conscience.
You know how to take leave and come back to see me.
Okay, you are also dusty and covered in dust.
Go and wash up before eating."
Nie Sanniang smiled, pointed at the two men and said, "You and your son are both people who want to save face and suffer."
Zhao Ziliang scolded: "You bitch knows nothing.
Men naturally have men's way of communicating, and father and son are no exception.
It's not like you are whining.
Is Zheng San here?
I asked someone to call him.
Why?"
Not coming yet” Nie Sanniang said: "Here we come, talking to Lei'er in the outer hall."
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said, "Then I'll go see him and tell him something
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