Since Luan Shu stepped down, the "Qing" of Jin rarely visited each other.
The reason? When Luan Shu was alive, members of the Que family and Luan family often visited each other, and several family heads often stayed in each other's houses.
And Luan Shu was an out-and-out old scumbag. He went to the Que family's guest house to spy on the secrets again and again, and used those secrets to plot against the Que family. Later, he really plotted against the Que family until the family was wiped out.
Although there was no such thing as "taking history as a lesson" during the Spring and Autumn Period, people would still learn from bad things that happened. Gradually, nobles rarely visited each other to avoid being seen as having bad intentions.
Zhiyao listened outside the door for a long time.
The things discussed there were quite complicated, and most of the time it was Zhao Yang who was talking, and it can be seen that Zhao Yang took the initiative in the conversation.
A full half an hour passed, and Zhiyao waited until the flowers were almost withered, but she finally waited until Zhao Yang came out.
Zhao Yang is forty-three years old this year, which is exactly the age when a man is most youthful.
He has a majestic appearance, is about 1.8 meters tall, and is dressed in a slightly luxurious manner.
This gorgeousness means that the clothes have quite bright colors. Considering the difficulty of dyeing fabrics in the current era, the more and brighter the colors, the more showy they will be.
"Huh? Yao is back from 'Huang Father'? I haven't seen you for several years and you already have a 'general role'." Zhao Yang saw Zhi Yao and joked with a smile.
Zhiyao, who is nine years old this year, divides her hair into two halves, the left and right halves, and ties each into a knot on the top of her head, shaped like two goat horns.
Children between the ages of eight and fourteen have such a hairstyle, so they are called "The Year of the Head".
If he could make his own decision, Zhiyao would prefer short, broken hair. The problem is that he has no choice.
Another point is that there is no such book as "The Book of Filial Piety" at present, and there is no such sentence as "the hair and skin of the body are received by the parents and do not dare to be damaged, which is the beginning of filial piety." It is just that everyone will follow the mainstream and will not deliberately do it. What are you doing to be unique?
Zhiyao saluted and said, "I've seen Zhongjun Zuo!"
Zhao Yang said with a smile: "Zhou is also in 'Xintian', it's fun to be with him."
Zhao Zhou is the direct grandson of Zhao Yang, and he is not much different in age from Zhiyao. Inviting him to play together is an obvious friendly signal from Zhao Yang.
After finishing speaking, Zhao Yang left under the protection of several tough-looking guards.
Since Zhao Dun's generation, the Zhao family has been fond of raising some strange warriors, and especially likes to select warriors from Rong Di to protect herself.
The current head of the family, Zhao Yang, learned from his ancestor Zhao Dun. He selected three warriors from the Zhao people and two from the Di people to form a five-person bodyguard group, which he must take with him whenever he goes out.
Just now, Zhiyao was waiting outside the door and saw Zhao Yang's five guards. Among the two Di people, one was fair-skinned.
White-skinned? There is nothing surprising. There are a considerable number of fair-skinned people in the Di people and Loufan in the north of Jin State.
In addition, the Zhao family has a history of intermarriage with the Di people, and their direct bloodline contains white-skinned blood. A tribe among the Di people that is related to the Zhao family will seek help from the Zhao family when a disaster strikes. Both parties have been Maintained relatively close contact.
Zhiyao entered the room and saw Zhishuo looking very tired. After greeting her, she sat down opposite Zhishuo.
"I heard that you have done a lot for 'Huang Father'?" Zhisong asked.
As the head of a family, if you want to know something, you just have to ask. With the current situation of the families in Jin State, no retainer dares to hide anything.
Here we can also see how serious and out-of-control the situation in the State of Lu was. The retainers not only fooled the family head, but also dared to disobey the family head's orders.
Zhiyao shouted outside.
Taihu was busy bringing things in.
Those things are relatively miscellaneous, including paper, brushes, ink, and some tools, and then a set of armor.
There were too many things that Zhizong couldn't understand, and his eyes stayed on that set of armor.
This is a set of fish-scale bronze armor, with all the required pockets (helmet), shoulder pads, arm guards, wrist guards, armor skirt, knee pads, etc. The main material of some parts is rhinoceros leather.
Rhinoceros? There are still rhinoceros in the south of Zhuxia, there are even elephants in "Yu", and there are a very large number of crocodiles in the Yangtze River Basin.
From the Xia generation to the Spring and Autumn Period, there were only a few styles of Xia armors that came and went. The current popular one is "Lian Jia", which is mostly made of silk and thick cotton, and belongs to the category of cloth armor;
There are leather armor and bronze armor.
"This armor..." Zhizong was puzzled that she couldn't see the style.
Of course.
Even if there was bronze armor in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was usually done by putting copper sheets on key parts of the leather armor. That is to say, there was no serious fish scale armor in this period, but pierced armor has appeared on some parts of the armor, in the fish scale style.
Armor did not appear until the Warring States Period.
Zhiyao spent a lot of effort to make the set of armor that he was going to give to Zhisong. If he had to say what style of fish scale armor it was, it should be similar to the "Mingguang Armor", but it had many characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhi Shuang, who was delighted to see the hunter, called the waiter and couldn't wait to try it on the armor.
Because it was a new style of armor, the wearing aspect was actually different from the old style of armor, so Zhi Yao was there to give instructions on how to wear it.
Nowadays, the measurement units in various countries are not consistent. One pound in Jin Dynasty is about 250 grams in modern times.
After Zhisong finished putting on the entire set of armor, he briefly calculated the weight and concluded that the entire set of armor should weigh about eighty kilograms.
He was about 1.7 meters tall. He put on this suit of well-fitting armor and said with a smile: "This is the treasure of my family!"
This is true. Even in a later era, an excellent set of armor can be regarded as a family heirloom, let alone in the late Spring and Autumn Period? It’s just that Zhizong obviously ignored that the real treasures are paper, brushes and ink!
The ability of fish scale armor to protect against arrows, stabs, and cuts is not low, and it can even effectively protect against blunt objects. How does it compare with other styles of armor... Actually, it is a bit hard to explain clearly. It depends on the craftsmanship.
Zhiyao is introducing the process of making this set of armor.
"So, the Wei family is not the only one who is beautiful?" Zhisong asked.
How should I put it? The Wei family is ahead of all the Jin families in making heavy armor, and even other countries cannot compare with it.
Zhiyao knows that the characteristics of Wei's heavy armor are actually that Wei has mastered the mature armor manufacturing process, but the output is just that.
The Wei family mostly uses leather armor. The soldiers in their family usually wear at least three layers of leather armor. There are not many soldiers wearing metal armor. Five hundred is considered to be too many.
Therefore, after listening to what Zhiyao said, Zhizong realized that the old Zhi family had made a breakthrough in armor-making technology, and it was not just because they had dedicated such a set of fish scale armor.
Zhiyao thought to herself: "In fact, in terms of popularization, breastplates are the most suitable. What's more terrible is that qualified iron has not been developed yet, so it is better not to use copper materials."
Copper is a precious metal. It is also the metal used by Zhu Xia to make currency. There are other replaceable resources. Who would choose copper to make weapons?
Zhizhuo took off his armor, took Zhiyao to a yard, ordered people to wear the armor and tie it to a wooden stake, and began various defensive tests.
Of course!
Whether the armor is beautiful or not is secondary, the most important thing is the defensive ability. If you don't try it, how can you know how strong the defense is and what weapons can restrain it.
He shot arrows again and again, but the arrows bounced off the fish scales.
When stabbing with a sword, the fish scales will just be rolled up and then the sword tip will be slid away; if it is cut, it will still be ejected.
I took a blunt object and smashed it several times. The fish scales were damaged, but no signs of detachment were seen. The meat steaks deliberately placed inside were cracked by repeated hits.
Zhizong watched the warriors experimenting and said to Zhiyao: "The Zhao family has decided to attack Handan Zhao."
When Zhiyao saw Zhao Yang coming to Lao Zhi's house and chatting with Zhisong for so long, he had already guessed it.
Zhishuo then said: "I want to imitate the story of Zhao Chengji (Zhao Shuai), and the hesitant clan will have a grudge. What can I do?"
What do you mean?
Zhiyao needs to think about it carefully, or go to the family collection room to look for records about Zhao Shui, otherwise she will not understand what choice Zhizong made.
Therefore, when chatting with the ancients, you still don’t have enough knowledge. When the ancients quoted scriptures, you couldn’t understand what they were talking about!
