Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 52 Two Hundred Sets of Armor

"Watch your attitude." Patrick emphasized coldly, "This is a serious lord."

Arthur didn't care about the attitude of the blacksmith shop owner, "Who cares if I can lift it! You don't want business coming to your door, right?"

Tob Mott, the best blacksmith in King's Landing, had to smile and answer at this moment: "I'll hit it. Can you add some rivets around the hammer head? This will increase the lethality."

He still thought that this was a joke made by a few bored noble young masters, or just hitting a toy to see.

After all, not many people can lift such a heavy hammer, let alone swing it to hit people.

But he still insisted on giving advice, which is his professional ethics.

"You watch and hit it. In terms of technology, I believe you." Arthur did not object.

Then he added: "In addition, I need a set of customized plate armor to protect my whole body."

This Tob's blacksmith shop is located on the top of Visenya Hill. The rent of the shop alone is not a small amount, not to mention the goods sold in the shop.

Arthur's own armor can be made here, and for other soldiers, such as Jules, just find a few blacksmith shops.

After all, this is the Steel Street, and the most abundant thing is blacksmiths.

"Plate armor, do you have any special requirements? For example, some patterns or something?"

Tob asked, because adding patterns can increase the selling price, which is the point of making money.

"No, practicality is the main thing." Arthur refused straightforwardly.

He now has more than 2,800 gold royals in his hand. This set of custom armor will cost at least 10 gold royals. If you add some carved patterns, the price can increase a lot.

Maybe just this pattern function, he can buy another set of ordinary plate armor.

Armor is different from soldiers. If it is well maintained, it can be used for a long time.

The cloaks of the cavalry are for maintenance, not for showing off.

The cloak can prevent the cowhide part of the armor from being affected by rain and moisture, so as to extend the service life.

As long as there is armor, soldiers can be trained into elites. As for the elite, they can form the framework of an army.

If the soldiers are all gone, they can be recruited again, and the recruited soldiers can be placed under the old soldiers and elites, and a new army will be formed immediately.

But if the real elites are all gone, they are really gone. It is too troublesome to train all the recruits.

The reason why wars in ancient times did not last long was that the core elites trained full-time were all gone, and the combat effectiveness of the recruited peasant soldiers was not good, so they had to stop fighting.

After Arthur and Tob determined the details of the sledgehammer and armor, they proposed their own idea of ​​a golden Guandao.

"There is no problem with this. Just thicken the blade and lengthen the handle. But how to make the gold color, copper or gold?" Tob raised his doubts.

Arthur stared at him, "Do I look like someone who is easy to fool? Gold and copper are both soft, and they are just for show after plating. They are not practical. What I want is a good knife that can cut people."

"Then how do you say to make it gold?" Tob was a little surprised. This young nobleman who looked like he had never experienced anything actually knew that gold and copper were soft.

"I don't care. Anyway, you have to make the knife gold, and you have to make it quickly. I don't want it if I miss the tournament."

After Arthur left a deposit of three gold dragons and took the store token, he left with his companions.

They had to go to an ordinary blacksmith shop to get some ordinary armor.

Ordinary chain mail, zipper mail, plate mail, etc. for veterans, warriors, and full-armor elites.

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"A full set of plate mail costs eight gold dragons, a full set of zipper mail costs five gold dragons, and chain mail is not used." The shop owner, who was wearing a loincloth and bare upper body, said.

After visiting several blacksmith shops, Arthur found the cheapest one, but the shop owner was very angry.

Compared to Tob's shop, this one is much more shabby, and even the boss forges iron himself.

"Why don't you make chain mail?" Arthur was curious.

Chain mail is the cheapest iron armor. With more than 2,000 gold royals in his hand, there is no problem in making hundreds of sets.

Hundreds of level 3 veterans or level 4 warriors wearing chain mail, coupled with dozens of level 5 elites wearing plate armor, are already a considerable force.

With this start, Arthur is enough to make a name for himself in the War of the Five Kings.

But the first step failed, and there was no chain mail for sale.

"The workshops in the West and the Valley are cheap and of good quality. Where can you buy chain mail? Here, we only accept the production of plate armor and lamellar armor. Moreover, the orders have increased greatly in the past two days, and it takes a longer time to make them." An apprentice explained.

Arthur nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Two hundred sets of lamellar armor, can you make it?" After thinking for a while, he asked.

Two hundred sets of armor are enough. There are only three or four hundred adult males in his territory, and only a little over two hundred wear armor on the battlefield.

If there is a shortage of armor after the war begins, just take it off the dead.

When the shop owner heard this, he became enthusiastic: "My lords, please take a seat."

He instructed the apprentices around him to bring half a bench, and then smiled and said:

"There is no problem with our shop, but the delivery time is very long, and there are a lot of orders recently due to the martial arts competition. But please rest assured, we can definitely make it."

"How fast?" Arthur asked.

The shop owner rolled his eyes, "Two hundred sets, I have to find more than a dozen apprentices, a month, it can be done in about a month."

"No, it's too slow." Arthur refused flatly.

The tournament would only take a few days. If it was finished in two weeks, Eddard would be injured in the leg by the Lannisters in three weeks, and the Mountain would come directly in another week or two.

In just one month, the continent of Westeros would be turned upside down.

He thought about it and said to the shopkeeper, "Two weeks, at most half a month, I want to pick up the goods."

The shopkeeper immediately frowned, "Master, can't you be a little more relaxed? We are just a small shop, and the efficiency is not the same as the big workshops in the West."

"If you can't do it, I will go to other shops to fight." Arthur gave an ultimatum and took out a handful of gold dragons from his purse.

The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Two weeks, we will definitely deliver the goods. Master, I will satisfy your requirements even if I don't eat or drink."

He didn't take the business of two hundred sets, but his peers rushed to take it.

Anyway, a shop can't make 200 sets anyway, and some will be divided among the shop owners in the end.

In this case, why not take it?

Arthur was very satisfied, and after discussing with the shop owner, he paid a preliminary deposit of 20 gold royals.

After two days, they will produce a few sets of samples, and after Arthur is satisfied, he will pay the full deposit of 180 gold royals.

After taking the token, several people left.

They have been shopping for almost a morning, and they have to go to those famous taverns to eat something good.

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Some people in the chapter comments said that there are mistakes in armor, which is my fault. I don't have much knowledge in this area, and I have been catching up recently, but there will still be some omissions.

If there is any mistake, please point it out in time.