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Chapter 433 Can You Create a Western Xia Wart? ! (first update)
Chapter 432

Compared with high-carbon steel, low-carbon steel is easier to obtain, and generally these soft steels are used to clamp pig iron or rare high-carbon steel, and then hammered repeatedly to obtain very sharp weapons or knives.

Therefore, these low carbon steels are deliberately produced in long strips so that they can be used in steel cladding and steel clamping processes.

And Wang Yang looked at these soft steel bars with a thickness of no more than half a centimeter and a width of less than two inches, and he couldn't help feeling a little strange in his heart. "Can you do me a favor and make me some mild steel bars that are about one-third of an inch thick and about two inches wide and in the shape of an arch? Of course, if it can be produced, I will And pay your wages."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhuangyuan, our old Wu Workshop is already the third generation in my generation. It has been in charge of smelting for so many years, and it will definitely be able to produce the kind of soft steel you need." Boss Wu patted Chest replied.

Seeing that Boss Wu agreed so happily, Wang Yang was not polite, so he simply brought a pen and paper, and drew the shape of the steel plate he needed. Although the thickness, thickness and curvature were the same, the length There is a difference. In addition, the heads of the four longest soft steel plates should be rolled into a circle with a hollow center.

"Mr. Zhuangyuan, why do you want that kind of soft steel? Are you going to ask the little one to make you some self-defense swords?" After leaving Wu's workshop, old blacksmith Chen couldn't wait to ask.

"Of course not, I was planning to use it on an eight-wheeled carriage, but before trying to make an eight-wheeled carriage, I will try to make a four-wheeled carriage first to test various parts..." Wang Yang waved his hands and said.

However, he had only walked about ten steps, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Chen Tiejiang again. "Can you make Tang Dao?" In Wang Yang's opinion, Tang Dao is the most exquisite and sophisticated standard weapon in ancient China.

"Tang Dao? This little old man has never heard of it, but in the past, some people asked the little old man to make Japanese swords for them."

"Unexpectedly, old man Chen, you can even forge that Japanese knife. It seems that the technique is really good." Hearing this, Zhao Ji, who was next to him, couldn't help but praise old blacksmith Chen.

"Your Highness praised me. The little old man has only fought a few times in his life. Speaking of which, the Japanese sword needs to be forged repeatedly, which is very labor-intensive."

"The Japanese sword is a variant of the Tang sword. Those Japanese people learned all our Chinese smelting technology and steel-wrapping methods before the Tang Dynasty, and they still made it according to the craftsmanship of the Tang sword." As an outstanding patriotic young man, Wang Yang endured I couldn't help complaining a few words.

And he soon thought of a new doubt. "By the way, Your Highness, does the Song Dynasty not pay attention to military equipment? Why do straight knives like Tang Dao that cut iron like mud go unused?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ji hurriedly stated. "Sir, don't say such things. My Song Dynasty has always attached great importance to military equipment. In Kaifeng, there are Dongxi workshop, Dongxi Guangbei (also known as Guangbei siege work), Wanquan workshop, and utensils. The Armor Office, the Imperial Armament Institute, the Armory Manufacturing Institute, the Bow and Crossbow Institute, the Bow and Crossbow Art and Arrow Institute, the Anzizuo, and the Saber Bureau..."

"Moreover, the East-West Workshop alone had military schools and more than [-] craftsmen. At its peak, the East-West Workshop had nearly [-] craftsmen and military schools. The Wanquan Workshop also had three to four thousand craftsmen."

Wang Yang was stunned by the huge number of names that came out of Zhao Ji's mouth. There were so many of them?

"Why are there so many departments? And there are so many people..."

"There is no way, just within the east and west workshops, there are wood, lacquer, vest, crossbow, saddle, sword, instrument, leather armor, gun, fire oil, leather, and hemp. Waiting for 51 works..."

"In other words, there are 51 departments in it. So after calculation, there are only about a hundred craftsmen in each department, which is really not that many..." Wang Yang smacked his mouth.

Well, I was really forced. I didn't expect that the military equipment of the Song Dynasty had reached an unprecedented height. I am afraid that these craftsmen from various yamen who are currently under the Military Weapons Supervision will gather together. I am afraid that there will be no three 5 people are really not enough.

"The swords produced by us in the Song Dynasty still inherit the ring-shoulders of the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, our enemies are now well-armed. The Iron Forest Army of the Northern Liao Dynasty and the Iron Kites of the Western Xia Dynasty are all wearing heavy armor. , the sword is hard to hurt. I, Da Song, had to switch to making some heavy heavy weapons..."

Wang Yang's expression couldn't help but darken. Yes, the enemies faced by the Northern Song Dynasty were definitely far more than those of the past dynasties. The important thing is that the enemies they faced in the past were completely nomadic. With less iron and less salt, we can only create a nomadic civilization that makes a living by raiding.

What the Northern Song Dynasty needed to face was a foreign country with its own territory and minerals, which could mine and produce ironware in large quantities, and possessed excellent armor and weaponry.

"My little brother also has a set of warts from Xixia at home. The texture is very fine, and the arrows are hard to hurt... Alas." Speaking of this, Zhao Ji, the little prince, is also rare, and he sighed worrying about the country and the people. tone.

"Haha, isn't it just cold-forged armor? What's so difficult about it?" Wang Yang curled his lips and said disapprovingly. "Could it be that our Da Song's iron armor can't compare?"

"...Sir, what did you say? What does cold-forged armor mean?"

"Cold forging armor means that Xixia's armor is made of thick iron sheets, repeatedly hammered, and the armor pieces are spliced ​​after reducing about two-thirds of the weight. It does not need to be annealed or heat-processed. An armor-making craft.”

Don't later generations often have such science programs?Every day, he explained the manufacturing process and defensive power of various weapons and armors on it. Wang Yang, a pure man, has brushed all of them several times without pulling a single episode.

After Wang Yang showed off his profound knowledge, he was about to continue to move forward, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. "Sir, are you joking?"

"Is it necessary to joke with Your Highness over such a thing?" Wang Yang couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said helplessly.

"Sir, what do you mean, sir, that you can create Xixia's wart armor?" Zhao Ji suddenly felt his mouth was going dry.

Not long ago, I just heard my elder brother complain about the Great Song Frontier Army's encounter with Xixia's side. When they encountered Xixia's elite iron kite troops, the Great Song army was defeated and had to retreat to the city wall.

Speaking of the advantages of Xixia's armored soldiers, the Great Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers, but they always had to take a defensive position against Xixia because of the covetousness of Beiliao. , if you want to win, Da Song Dynasty must deal with it with all its strength.

But if you want to deal with Xixia with all your strength, you have to be careful that Beiliao may dig Song's heart.When talking about this matter, he also specifically mentioned the hard-to-sword wart armor worn by Xixia's iron kites.

(End of this chapter)