These words made people very uncomfortable, especially Li Yuanji, who was jealous of General Tiance. He said dissatisfiedly: "Doesn't that mean that I will never be able to surpass King Qin in my life?"
"Wrong." Xue Deyin criticized his mistake.
"Wrong?" Li Yuanji turned to look at him, "Where did I go wrong?"
Xue Deyin said: "Your Majesty, no matter how strong the King of Qin is now, he is still the King of Qin, not the Crown Prince. Unless the Crown Prince dies suddenly, the King of Qin will always be the King of Qin. Taking a step back, even if the King can one day surpass the King of Qin, the King of Qin is the direct descendant.
Son, and the king is the fourth legitimate son, so there is still a huge gap."
No matter how stupid Li Yuanji is, he can still tell that Xue Deyin is hinting at him.
"What do you mean?"
Xue Deyin said lightly: "The prince's foundation is in the court, not in the army. The foundation of King Qin is both in the court and in the army. If your highness wants to leap over the dragon gate, you must defeat King Qin, otherwise everything will be empty talk."
Defeat King Qin?
Fish leaping over the dragon gate?
Thinking of this, Li Yuanji's eyes lit up.
He doesn't care about brotherhood. To him, the second brother is just the second brother and has no special meaning.
What's more, this second brother is his mortal enemy.
"Please teach me, sir."
"Easy to say." Xue Deyin chuckled.
Don't worry, I will teach you well.
Weihe Workshop.
After Li Zhiyun's supervision, the water-powered forging hammer was finally completed, the waterwheel was running well, and the pieces of plate armor were cast, much faster than the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works.
"How many are there now?" Li Zhiyun knocked on his plate armor and asked the scholar Yuwen next to him.
"More than two thousand pieces."
Li Zhiyun nodded and continued his inspection.
Of course, the more than two thousand pieces are not all the plate armor parts of the whole body, but only the upper body armor. He does not dare to cast them on a large scale yet.
Looking along the way, Li Zhiyun is quite satisfied. The workshop has already begun to build two more waterwheels. When they are completed, the work efficiency will be greatly improved. By then, they will be armed with a plate armor that is not inferior to the Xuanjia Army.
The military is still a trivial matter.
In addition, the soap workshop, sugar workshop, looms and other items have been gradually improved, and are just waiting for Li Zhiyun's order for large-scale manufacturing.
However, he won't do that now.
Low profile!
On the school field, Yu Chigong was wearing full body armor, like an 'iron man'.
The biggest feature of plate armor is that there are many parts in one piece. Unlike traditional armor, plate armor is completely made of parts based on various parts of the human body, and can perfectly cover the human body.
It can be called the ancient version of the armored warrior.
Yu Chigong moved his limbs and found that there were no constraints. Then he picked up the horse's shaft, got on the horse, and practiced on the horse. He felt that there was no problem.
Seeing this, Qin Qiong also started to put on plate armor at Li Zhiyun's signal.
This thing is different from wearing armor. It does not require help from others and can be put on by one person. After a while, Qin Qiong put on the plate armor, bowed to Li Zhiyun, and then rode towards Yuchi Gong.
The two generals practiced on the school field and fought fiercely.
"Uncle Fang, can you see anything?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Xie Shufang looked at it intently for a while and said: "It's very simple, your arms can be used freely."
Li Zhiyun nodded.
After a while, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong stopped and returned one after another.
"Your Highness." The two of them lifted up their face shields at the same time, revealing a pair of eyes.
Li Zhiyun asked: "What do you think?"
Qin Qiong took the lead and said: "It is very light, even lighter than the Mingguang Armor, but it seems not strong enough. A single blow can kill the person wearing this armor." Because he was still wearing a helmet, Qin Qiong's words were buzzing.
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun rolled his eyes. Isn't this nonsense? How many people in the entire Tang Dynasty can withstand your strength?
"Jingde, what do you think?"
Yuchi said respectfully: "It can protect against ordinary arrows, but if it encounters a hard crossbow such as the big yellow crossbow, I'm afraid it won't be able to block it."
Li Zhiyun said: "Yes, although the plate armor is light and has a certain degree of defense, there is indeed a problem with its hardness."
Hearing this, Qin Qiong frowned and said, "Your Highness, if you put it like that, isn't this armor useless?"
Useless?
For elites, it is naturally impossible to maximize their strength by wearing this kind of plate armor, and they cannot become a special unit like the Black Armor Army.
But the problem is that Li Zhiyun had no intention from the beginning to use this light plate armor to create a unit comparable to the Black Armor Army.
Because this is unrealistic.
"What do you think would happen if an army of 100,000 people were armed with this kind of plate armor?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong looked at each other and said in unison: "Invincible in the world."
Although both of them felt that this kind of plate armor was not particularly strong, if there were a hundred thousand soldiers and horses fully armed with this kind of plate armor, what would it be if it wasn't invincible?
You know, ordinary soldiers still wear cloth armor now!
And once 100,000 people put on this kind of plate armor and launch a charge in the field, they can almost ignore the opponent's sword.
It should be noted that the Tang Dynasty has the most powerful military force in the world today, but the Tang Dynasty could not arm every soldier, let alone other forces, even the Turks could not do it!
This is what Li Zhiyun wants. When quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, the disadvantages of plate armor will be covered up.
Now he has a water-powered forging hammer to build 100,000 plate armors, but it's just a matter of time. Think about it, 100,000 cloth-armored soldiers vs. 100,000 plate-armored soldiers, without considering other factors, who is stronger?
Think about it again, if the Turks, who are proficient in riding and archery, encounter an army of tens of thousands of plate-armored cavalry, who will win and who will lose?
This is the change brought about by productivity!
Others think that building plate armor is time-consuming, labor-intensive and money-consuming, but Li Zhiyun is able to avoid it perfectly because he can use water to reduce labor costs to a minimum. This saves time, effort and money!
Qin Qiong said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not easy to forge this armor. Arming 100,000 people can't be done in a short time, right?"
He felt that not only could it not be done, but it was also a bit like a dream. Although this kind of plate armor looked rough, it had many parts and it would probably take as long as the Mingguang Armor to build.
Li Zhiyun smiled and did not explain.
It was impossible for others, but he could do it easily. As long as he had enough iron ore and enough hydraulic forging hammers to build it day and night, he would be able to do it within a year or two.
At this time, Rutong Yuwen came over with someone.
"Your Highness, the heavy plate armor has been delivered."
Heavy plate armor?
Upon hearing this, all the generals cast their gazes behind Yuwen Rutong.
Behind him, more than a dozen people were carrying two pairs of plate armor that were exactly the same as those worn by Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong.
However, the difference in thickness is visible to the naked eye.
Li Zhiyun asked: "How heavy is one pair?"
"Sixty-five pounds."
"Who will try it on?" Li Zhiyun asked.
"I'll do it!" the generals shouted at the same time.
Li Zhiyun picked Cheng Yaojin and Xie Shufang to come out and try them on.
After the two of them were dressed, looking at their appearance, they looked no different from Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong.
But while walking, the dull sound of footsteps surprised everyone.
"How?" Yuchi Gong asked.
Cheng Yaojin chuckled, and suddenly punched Yuchi Gong in the chest. With a bang, Yuchi Gong took a step back.
"Dog thief!"
Yuchi Gong was furious and punched Cheng Yaojin on the breastplate with his backhand. There was another bang and Cheng Yaojin also took two steps back.
But everyone's expressions changed again and again.
Because what kind of strength is Yu Chigong? What kind of strength is Cheng Yaojin?
"Haha, it doesn't hurt!" Cheng Yaojin laughed, "Black thief, come again!"
After saying that, he rushed over.
"Come on, come on!"
Yuchi Gong was not afraid of him and just punched him.
The two were on the school field, one wearing heavy plate armor and the other wearing light plate armor, and they started fighting hand-to-hand.