Liu Hao took out the blueprint for making dragon scale armor from his arms, handed it to Zheng Hun, and said with hope: "As for joining the army, let's not mention it for now... I have a blueprint for making heavy armor here. I heard that The master is proficient in blacksmith casting techniques. I wonder if you can help me make it. If you can, it will be a great achievement."
"Hey, this armor is probably quite heavy..."
An expert can tell if there is one with just a glance. As soon as Zheng Hun saw the dragon scale armor manufacturing drawings, boundless light bloomed in his eyes.
"How about it?"
Liu Hao looked at Zheng Hun's obsessed expression and asked eagerly.
hiss!
Zheng Hun took a deep breath, calmed down his interest, and asked excitedly: "Master Liu, where did this drawing come from?"
Liu Hao smiled faintly and said: "This pair of heavy armor was drawn just after my own conception. Master Zheng, what do you think?"
Liu Hao could only take the designer into his own hands, otherwise he would not be able to explain the system to others.
My lord... made it?
Zheng Hun's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock, and he sighed sincerely: "Sir, you are really a genius!"
Ding dong!
Zheng Hun developed a respect for the host and was rewarded with a worship value of two hundred and fifty points.
Liu Hao raised his eyebrows: "Master, is it so exaggerated?"
The rating of Dragon Scale Armor is not high, but I didn’t expect it to make Zheng Hun so excited.
"Sir, please stop calling me a master. You are the real master!"
Zheng Hun looked over the dragon scale armor manufacturing drawings with admiration, as if a child had encountered his favorite toy.
After a moment, he said in rapid succession: "The armor on this drawing is well made, especially the various key points. It has good defense. The armor is connected and interconnected, so that the person wearing it will not be injured." Producing too much discomfort is the only good armor I have seen in my life!"
"Without this drawing, sir, even if the finished product is taken apart, we still can't make the same sophisticated heavy armor!"
"If I read it correctly, this armor is too heavy for infantry. It is just right for cavalry! If there is an army wearing this kind of heavy armor and marching across the battlefield, who can stop it?"
He is indeed a master-level blacksmith and blacksmith!
The mystery of dragon scale armor can be seen at a glance.
The battle mode at this time was mostly light cavalry. Before Cao Cao trained as a tiger and leopard cavalry, heavy cavalry was not very popular, and the best equipment was just leather armor.
Although the rating of Liu Hao's dragon scale armor is not high, it can be mass-produced. It can be said to be an epoch-making battlefield heavy weapon!
"Sir, there is a problem..."
Zheng Hun frowned and said: "Sir, this set of armor can be made, but if you want to equip it for the army, I don't know how much iron it will consume!"
The dragon scale armor has a strange structure, with layers of armor leaves, and outstanding defensive effect, but all of this is based on consuming a large amount of iron.
"If you want to make 800 sets of armor like this, how many kilograms of iron will be needed?"
Zheng Hun thought for a while and then gave the answer: "In my opinion, there must be some waste, at least two thousand kilograms of iron!"
Zheng Hun was still immersed in the world of craftsmanship and said excitedly: "As long as you give me enough pig iron and manpower, I will work day and night and I will definitely be able to create hundreds of sets of these dragon scale armors within ten days! "
More than two thousand kilograms of iron!?
Liu Hao's heart sank and he became a little worried.
He wanted to support Zheng Hun in building dragon scale armor, but Yingchuan County did not have so many pig iron resources.
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so where can we get so much iron and steel?
When Liu Hao was at a loss what to do, a soldier suddenly rushed into the martial arts arena with a hurried look and said: "My lord, Master Zhang Shiping has returned from Xuzhou, and I heard that he has brought a guest!"
"What, Zhang Shiping is back, please quickly invite him over to talk!"
After hearing the news, Liu Hao felt happy.
After Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang joined Liu Hao, they took charge of his business.
Zhang Shiping went to Xuzhou to purchase important military supplies such as iron and steel.
Su Shuang, on the other hand, took the cloth, tea and other items in Liu Hao's hands to trade on the grasslands outside Youzhou, and picked up his family members by the way. Due to the long journey, he has not returned yet.
"My lord, my subordinates are lucky enough to live up to their orders. This time they rushed to Xuzhou and exchanged all the ten million and one thousand gold coins delivered by the lord into pig iron and grain!"
It didn't take long for Zhang Shiping to rush over. When he bowed and saluted, Liu Hao hurriedly helped him up and sighed: "I have brothers Shiping to help me, so why worry about not succeeding? This is..."
Liu Hao turned his eyes and spotted a middle-aged man standing next to Zhang Shiping. He looked to be in his thirties or forties. He was dressed luxuriously and behaved very respectfully.
"Haha, my lord, this is my good friend, Mi Zhu from Xuzhou, whose pseudonym is Zizhong."
Zhang Shiping received Liu Hao's commendation and felt very happy and excited. He introduced this elegant-looking middle-aged man to Liu Hao.
"Mi Zhu, Xuzhou, pays homage to Governor Liu of Yingchuan!"
After Mi Zhu saw Liu Hao, a strange light bloomed between his eyes: "I have heard for a long time that Prefect Liu is extremely talented and famous in Luoyang. When I saw him today, he is indeed well-deserved!"
"As soon as Mi Zizhong heard that I was doing something for his lord, he immediately prepared the iron and grain that the lord asked for at 70% of the price on the market. In addition, he also generously donated his own money and gave the lord an extra one thousand kilograms of iron and steel to build ordnance to deal with the increasing number of people. The powerful Yellow Turban bandit!"
"Good...good...good..."
Liu Hao said three good words in a row, and said quickly: "Mi Zizhong is the hero of Xuzhou, and I have admired his name for a long time!"
"Nowhere, I thought that Kong Ni's failure in several battles with the Yellow Turbans may be due to a lack of ordnance. Now that Prefect Liu wants to use troops against Yingchuan, he must be short of ordnance, so this time he specially transferred 300 blacksmiths from his family. Come and help the prefect build ordnance."
Mi Zhu did not take credit at all, he remained respectful and humble, and his words were impeccable, not even Kong Miao was offended.
"To be honest, I was about to recruit blacksmiths from all over the place. Zizhong came in time and helped me a lot this time!"
The way Liu Hao looked at Mi Zhu was meaningful...