In any era, if you want to accomplish anything, you need the blessing of status. It is absolutely correct to do what kind of things with what kind of status. If the status does not match, it does not matter whether you have the ability to do something.
Inability to travel smoothly and difficulty in achieving the law will be the biggest possibilities.
In layman's terms, it doesn't matter if you know how to govern the country as a civilian, no one is willing to listen; but it is different as a leader, the blessings brought by official position are very important.
Therefore, mastering "name" and "tool" is so important!
"The 'scholars' and 'disciples' want to know whether Gongsun's new law can be applied to them." Zaiyu came over one day and asked.
When Zhiyao promulgated the new law, he did not specify which group it was for. Even if someone understood it, they would still make guesses and still want a clear answer.
Jaeyu, who is very talkative, not only makes friends with nobles, but also has frequent contact with any class, and his friends appear to be of all kinds.
"The Zhi family has access, so don't ask about other families." Zhi Yao replied.
Zhiyao did not make the decision without authorization. Before the new law was promulgated, Zhishuo's consent and Zhishen's approval were obtained.
It seems that Zhiyao just clearly announced the channels for advancement. The most important thing is the clear requirements for "promotion", and no longer issues rewards based on the mood of the leader. This is very important, and it is not that no one has thought about it.
What is important is to be able to reward and punish according to mood, and there are no detailed rules for the terms and conditions of advancement channels.
Zhi Xuwu, who came over and happened to hear what Yang Yu said, paused and thought: "I don't know what the subsequent impact of the new law will be for the time being. The soldiers who learned about the new law are obviously more motivated in training."
That's for sure!
After all, more people will have a stronger fighting spirit for goals they can see.
Zhixuwu came here to report that a new batch of weapons has been delivered.
"My family's large-scale transportation of goods to Hukou is known to everyone. Gongsun, it's hard to hide the military training here for a long time." Zhi Xuwu said.
Zhiyao said nonchalantly: "There is no need to do this for Qi's troops. His family naturally has many speculations. So what if I know that I am training troops here."
There are only a few families who have the courage to send people to spy. Once the spies are caught by the Lao Zhi family, they will not only give an explanation, but also make concessions in certain places in the future. Under such rules, unless it is a necessity
, otherwise each family would at best pay attention and not take action on Gan's idea of sending people to spy.
Zhiyao has been waiting for this batch of equipment for a long time.
One after another, oxcarts or horse-drawn carriages entered the valley through the long path, unloaded their goods, and then exited again in a long queue.
Because only some hard-covered goods are packed and transported, the rest are bundled and placed directly on the vehicle and covered with cloth. After unloading, you can see a large number of spears, spears, machetes, horse swords, battle axes, etc.
There are some bows, crossbows and arrows for bows, crossbows for crossbows, and then there are leather armors, paper armors, wooden armors and various shields.
Those were all unboxed goods, and many boxes contained wild goose feather knives, and more boxes contained iron breastplates and related leather protective gear.
Yes, Baili Steel can already be produced in small quantities in Zhishi, and carburized steel has also been discovered. However, the output of both is extremely worrying and can only be used to create a small number of high-quality weapons. Zhiyao chose to use it to make Yan
Feather knife.
As for the breastplate? It is not made of carburized steel, nor is it made of 100% steel, it is forged from pig iron.
Zhiyao has not been to "Huang's Father" for a long time, but time and time again someone took the finished paper armor to report, and again and again improved it according to the requirements, and finally finalized it.
Why make paper nails? It sounds very low-level.
However, in fact, it was the most luxurious to make paper armor in the Spring and Autumn Period, and paper armor was very effective in defending against long-range weapons, and could even withstand flintlock weapons. The defensive effect against swords and cuts was not inferior to that of iron armor, but its durability was not as good as that of iron armor.
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To put it bluntly, paper armor is not weak at all. The worrying part is that it will not be used for a long time, and don’t think that paper armor will be very afraid of water. You must know that from its appearance to the most used area is in the south, and many places in the south are exposed to rain.
It rains more frequently than in the north, especially since the navy in history also used paper armor liberally!
Lao Zhi's paper armor is made of paper and silk. In fact, the cost of using kapok is lower, but there are no kapok trees in Jin. The kapok in Zhuxia is mainly concentrated on the southwest coast, and it is not known whether it is a local species or something else.
passed in at the time.
Since Zhiyao has mass-produced paper armor and is going to install it, the product must have gone through various tests and is ready for use.
"The wooden armor is used for training. If there is any shortage, cut down the trees on the spot to make up for it." The wooden armor sent by Zhiyao are all the old Zhi family's inventory and will no longer be used in the future.
The Zhi family is a big family, and it is impossible not to have an arsenal. The existence of the arsenal is more for arming after recruiting "Xian", while "shi" and "disciples" will arm themselves.
In the future, paper armor will become the armor with the most reserves in the old wisdom family. If we don't take out the wooden armor and consume it in training, the wooden armor will just rot in the arsenal over time.
The transported weapons contain a large amount of bronze metal for the same reason as the wooden armor. Once Zhiyao increases the smelting workshop to a certain number, even if steel cannot be mass-produced, pig iron will begin to replace the bronze weapons.
Now Zhiyao is looking at the weapons category. Among them, the bronze weapons are spears, spears and horse swords. Only the long-handled machete is made of pig iron.
Why did the Spring and Autumn Period have a horse-cutting sword? In fact, it appeared very early. In the early stage, of course, it was made of bronze. It was only in the Han Dynasty that iron horse-cutting swords began to be used in large quantities. This is related to the objects of war. The main force of the Han army from the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
The opponent became the barbarians from the north, and the weapons they chose were definitely more targeted at cavalry.
There was no Ge among the weapons shipped. The reason was of course that Zhiyao found that Ge was no longer suitable for the battlefield of today's era.
The real situation is that in the early Warring States period, the simple Ge was eliminated by various countries and replaced by the spear with a "spear".
In this regard, the Chu State was ahead of the other countries in the Central Plains. They began to engage in warfare and spear fighting very early. On the contrary, the other countries in the Central Plains did not take action until they entered the Warring States Period.
"Should I train cavalry?" Zhiyao has been confused about this for a long time.
There is no shortage of horses in all the countries in the Central Plains. The difference lies in the quantity and quality held by each family.
For example, among all the families in the Jin Kingdom a long time ago, the Zhao family and the Hu family had the largest number of horses. Later, the Hu family separated from the Jin state, and the Zhao family and the Wei family owned the largest number of horses.
Why does the Wei family have a large number of horses? They are very Rong people and have a long history of friendship, especially during the Wei Shu era when they engaged in the cause of "harmony with the Rong".
Therefore, the Zhao family's horses were bred by themselves, while the Wei family's horses came from trade with the Rong people.
Although the number of horses owned by the Zhi family is not comparable to that of the Zhao family and the Wei family, it does not mean that the number of horses owned by the Zhi family is very small.
If Zhishi was really short of horses to a certain extent, how could he assemble so many chariots?
"The reason why I hesitate is purely because of the quality of the horses at home. Their quality is really worrying!" Zhiyao was helpless.
Take the engagement between Zhiyao and Fenying as an example. The Zhao family gave a thousand horses, and the quality of most of the horses was obviously better than the Zhi family's horses.
Based on the average statistics, the height of Chi's horse is about one meter and one meter on average. In terms of endurance, it is okay, but it has no explosive power, so it is obviously not suitable for use as a cavalry.
I don’t know whether it was Zhao’s deliberate selection or whether they were very good at raising horses. The average horseback height of a thousand horses is 1.20 meters, and their endurance and explosive power are much better than those of Zhi’s horses.
Don’t underestimate the height of the horse’s back, which is only ten centimeters higher!
On a horse with a back height of 1.10 meters, the rider may have both feet on the ground, but if it is an extra 10 centimeters, the rider can at least sway.
When is the cavalry the most ferocious? Of course it is when they charge as a group. Therefore, for the cavalry, the explosive power of the horse is crucial!
The horses obtained from the Zhao family were arranged by Zhiyao to the west bank of the Yellow River north of the "Zhi" land. The territory there does not yet belong to the Qin State, but belongs to the Zhi family's sphere of influence. Since it has not been developed at all, it belongs to the original ecology.
The most important thing is the plain terrain, which is very suitable for herding horses.
Zhiyao has asked Zhi's people who are good at handling horses to select the best stallions and mares, and try to breed better horses.
"Sword and shield? Spear and shield?"
Zhi Xuwu and Zi Lu were a little confused by Zhi Yao's insistence on training soldiers with shields.
They still knew how to write "dao" and what it meant from Zhiyao.
A long-handled machete in one hand and a tower shield in the other; a spear in one hand and a small buckler in the other. These are the two arms Zhiyao wants to try to train.
In fact, the long-handled machete has a shorter handle, otherwise it can be regarded as a Guandao. With such a weapon, coupled with a tower shield, it was regarded as a type of simple sword weapon in the Han Dynasty.
Because they really had no idea, Zhi Xuwu and Zi Lu just expressed surprise and wanted to see the actual results before expressing other opinions.
Zhiyao simply asked some people to come over and dress and arm them on the spot.
With the existence of the "model" and Zhi Yao's initial instructions on how to use it, Zhi Xuwu and Zi Lu, who were very good at military affairs, suddenly figured it out.
"Perhaps it would be better if the handle of the knife was shorter and equipped with a round shield?" Zilu said.
Zhiyao thought to himself: "A very traditional sword and shield soldier? You don't need to practice this. Every family has soldiers like this that are specially used to break the 'array line'."
The difference is that the weapons of those soldiers are short spears or swords, and shields are a necessity.
After understanding what was going on, Zhi Yao showed off the new arms. No, the Xia Dynasty and Shang Dynasty already had arms with heavy weapons, but the Xia Dynasty and Shang Dynasty soldiers used "yue". What Zhi Yao made was
Tomahawk Soldier.
Zhixuwu and Zilu saw that the tomahawk held by the tomahawk soldiers had spear parts, and the ax looked very heavy. The "model" was wearing a breastplate and related accessories.
At this moment, both Zhixuwu and Zilu were thinking: "It looks so cruel just looking at it!"